Books Read in 2012
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
- Chinese Proverb
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1. The Sherwood Ring*- an old favorite that never gets old -
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2. Charles Dickens - the life of an amazing and complex man -
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3. Tears of Pearl - engaging and a fun read -
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4. Dangerous to Know - creepy and entertaining -
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5. The English Pleasure Garden - brief but informative -
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6. A Walk With Jane Austen - inspiring and personal -
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7. Wildwing - interesting concept but weak execution -
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8. A Crimson Warning - lovely, renewed my faith in the series -
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9. Pride and Prejudice* - absolute perfection -
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10. Please Pass the Guilt ♪ - a satisfying read -
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11. Entwined - funny, engaging, and plotty -
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12. Gambit ♪ - kept me guessing right to the very end -
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13. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - a wise tale -
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14. Oliver Twist - gripping story of humanity that applies to all times -
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15. Soulless - fun worldbuilding but too much romance for my taste -
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16. Georgette Heyer's Regency World - amazing resource -
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17. Wives & Daughters ♪ - great plot and characters -
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18. Wuthering Heights - crazy, thoughtful, madness -
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19. North and South ♪ - lovely but a stiff narration -
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20. The Old Curiosity Shop - a little slow but still good read -
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21. The Country House Revealed - awesome, awesome -
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22. Allegiance - very flawed but good -
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23. The Pickwick Papers - charmingly funny and observant -
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24. The Measure of Lady - heavy-handed but good-
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25. The White Dove - pretty -
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26. Emma* - absolutely delicious -
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27. Hard Times - a little rough but thoughful -
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28. The Hunger Games - brutal but well done -
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29. Catching Fire - very drawn out -
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30. Mockingjay - disappointing -
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31. Mystery of the Third Lucretia - old fav -
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32. A Tale of Two Cities - wonderful -
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33. Sisters Grimm: Book 1 * - inventive and fun -
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34. Sisters Grimm: Book 2 * - lovely -
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35. Sisters Grimm: Book 3 * - great fun -
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36. Sisters Grimm: Book 4 * - gets a little tricky -
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37. Sisters Grimm: Book 5 * - good -
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38. Sisters Grimm: Book 6 * - plots and plots thicken -
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39. Sisters Grimm: Book 7 * - very entertaining -
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40. Sisters Grimm: Book 8 * - dragging -
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41. Sisters Grimm: Book 9 - nice conclusion -
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42. If Death Ever Slept ♪ - a little dull -
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43. Murder by the Book ♪ - very good mystery -
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44. Our Mutual Friend - amazing characters and web of intrigue -
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45. Changeless - the lessened romance is highly welcomed -
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46. Blameless - great worldbuilding -
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47. Heartless - fun stuff -
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48. With - life changing -
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49. Timeless - a little disappointing -
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50. A Deathly Portent - worthy sequel -
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51. Northanger Abbey - superbly snarky -
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52. Dombey and Son - drags a little but powerful -
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53. Marie Antoinette: The Journey - insightful and stuffed with facts -
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54. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey - lovely and touching -
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55. A Magnificent Obsession - sad but very interesting -
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56. The Red Box * - great, great mystery -
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57. Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations - overrated and boring -
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58. Too Many Cooks - good but gritty -
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59. The Black Moth - very silly -
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60. Spellbound - nice closure but not a lot of continuity
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61. Dancing to the Precipice - amazing insight and interesting narrative -
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62. Barnaby Rudge - unusual main character in little-known era -
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63. Powder and Patch - cute but not as well-done as previous novels -
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64. The Scarlet Pimpernel - the plot points could be seen from a mile away but just like candy -
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65. And Be a Villain ♪ - riveting -
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66. The Pale Assassin - a little immature but fun -
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67.The Cavalier of the Apocalypse - good mystery but horrible details -
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68. Death Times Three ♪ - good stuff -
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69. Queen of Fashion - extremely interesting and vivid -
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70. The Traitor's Smile - good sequel and new characters -
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71. Madame Tussaud: A Novel - very good history but mixed feelings over the novelization -
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72. The Grand Sophy - hilarious perfection -
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73. Versailles: a Biography of a Palace - very informative and interesting -
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74. Marie-Therese, Child of Terror - interesting but not enough hard facts -
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75. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie *♪ - lovely writing -
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76. The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag *♪ - lots of fun to listen to -
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77. Reflections on the Revolution in France - eeriely phrophetic and fascinating -
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78. Revolution - hot and cold -
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79. A Red Herring Without Mustard ♪ - fun as always -
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80. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows ♪ - very fun -
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81. Princess Academy 2: The Palace of Stone - lovely and well-woven -
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82. Austenland - very intesting and not as light as believed -
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83. David Copperfield - really good but has some annoying characters -
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84. Midnight in Austenland - better than the first -
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85. His Majesty's Dragon - interesting alternate history with awesome dragons -
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86. Crown Duel - fun fantasy adventure -
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87. Court Duel - amazing intrigue and romance -
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88. A Right to Die - decent but some issues -
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89. Before Midnight - good mystery fun -
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90. Cranford - nice but disjointed -
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91. Mr. Harrison's Confessions - rambling -
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92. My Lady Ludlow - interesting but no plot -
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93. Throne of Jade - very intriguing world building -
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94. Black Powder War - kind of crazy -
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95. Empire of Ivory - thrown all over the place -
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96. Victory of Eagles - not a whole lot of plot progression -
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97. Tongues of Serpents - dragging -
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98. Crucible of Gold - back where we started -
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99. Mansfield Park - interesting -
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100. Les Misérables - amazingly haunting -
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101. The Pigeon Pie Mystery - had funny bits but too much ick -
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102. Entwined * - too much fun -
103. Sense & Sensibility - just perfect -
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104. The Age of Innocence - very poignant -
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105. Death in the Floating City - engaging -
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106: The Agency: A Spy in the House - full of detail -
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107. The Agency: A Body at the Tower - entertaining and detailed -
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108. The Agency: The Traitor in the Tunnel - really fun -
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109. Sacrifice - a change -
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110. The Unresolved - haunting -
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111. The Fellowship of the Ring - rich and lovely -
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112. The Two Towers - great characters -
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113. The Return of the King - excellent -
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114. A Change of Fortune - light and pleasant -
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115. The Anatomist's Wife - very engaging and entertaining -
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116. The Water Babies - really weird -
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117. The Perilous Gard - fantastic -
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118. City of Bones - kind of intriguing -
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119. City of Ashes - fun but repetitive -
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120. City of Glass - more engaging and informative -
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121. City of Fallen Angels - nice focus -
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122. City of Lost Souls - a little repetitive but ok -
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123. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society -amazing-
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124. I Capture the Castle - very poignant -
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125. Searching for Beauty: The Life of Millicent Rodgers - fascinating -
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126. The Doorbell Rang ♪ - fun -
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127. Plot It Yourself -♪ good mystery -
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128. Prisoner's Base ♪ - very good -
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129. Over My Dead Body ♪ - nice -
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130. Nicholas Nickleby - really, really good -
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131. A Christmas Carol ♪ - perfect as always -
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132. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle ♪ - cute -
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133. Martin Chuzzlewit - funny but lacked direction -
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134. The Mystery of Edwin Drood - thrilling -
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135. Beware, Princess Elizabeth - very engaging -