50 Books in 2011
Behind the LJ cut, please find a complete list of the books I've read thus far in 2011. The list includes both the title and author of each book, as well as a rating based on the quality of the work and my enjoyment of it.
Rating System
A read that felt like torture or like work. Will never re-read and regret ever wasting the time reading it in the first place.
A mediocre read. While it doesn't leave one feeling angry over wasted time, it doesn't even pass as a happy distraction from life.
An average read which was neither terrible nor mind-blowingly brilliant. Simply a nice escape from reality.
A pleasurable read that while not life-changing was far above 'average' and which I will probably re-read in the future.
A near perfect read that will leave a lasting impression and which I will definitely re-read in the future
Title
Author
Rating
Date Completed
001.
Georgette Heyer's Regency World
Jennifer Kloester
January 6th
002.
England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
Kate Williams
January 14th
003.
The Doctor Wore Petticoats: Women Physicians of the Old West
Chris Enss
January 17th
004.
Dressing The Elite: Clothes in Early Modern Europe
Susan Vincent
February 2nd
005.
Perdita: The Literary, Theatrical, Scandalous Life of Mary Robinson
Paula Byrne
February 5th
006.
Nell Gwyn: Mistress To A King
Charles Beauclerk
February 12th
007.
Lady Caroline Lamb: A Biography
Paul Douglass
February 22nd
008.
Our Tempestuous Day: A History of Regency England
Carolly Erickson
March 2nd
009.
Mad Men Unbuttoned: A Romp Through 1960's America
Natasha Vargas-Cooper
March 2nd
010.
Children of England: The Heirs of King Henry VIII
Alison Weir
March 22nd
011.
The Mistresses of Henry VIII
Kelly Hart
May 17th
012.
Alexandra: The Last Tsarina
Carolly Erickson
May 18th
013.
My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
Chelsea Handler
May 26th
014.
The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club
Laurie Notaro
May 27th
015.
I Was Told There'd Be Cake
Sloane Crosley
May 29th
016.
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
Chelsea Handler
June 1st
017.
Lies that Chelsea Handler Told Me
Chelsea Handler
June 2nd
018.
Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
Chelsea Handler
June 10th
019.
Scandalous Women
Elizabeth Kerri Mahon
June 12th
020.
Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O. J. Simpson Got Away with Murder
Vincent Bugliosi
June 18th
021.
A Scandalous Life: The Biography of Jane Digby
Mary S. Lovell
July 17th
022.
Dancing to the Precipice: The Life of Lucie de la Tour du Pin
Caroline Moorehead
July 29th
023.
Beloved Emma: The Life of Emma, Lady Hamilton
Flora Fraser
August 8th
024.
Love and Louis XIV
Antonia Fraser
August 15th
025.
Effie: The Passionate Lives of Effie Gray, John Ruskin and John Everett Millais
Suzanne Cooper
September 3rd
026.
The Rose of Martinique: A Life of Napoleon's Josephine
Andrea Stuart
September 20th
027.
Venetia
Georgette Heyer
September 26th
028.
Black Sheep
Georgette Heyer
October 1st
029.
The Corinthian
Georgette Heyer
October 9th
030.
Frederica
Georgette Heyer
October 10th
031.
The Prince's Mistress: A Life of Mary Robinson
Hester Davenport
November 10th
032.
Natalie Wood: A Life
Gavin Lambert
December 7th
033.
Marilyn: The Last Take
Peter Harry Brown
December 17th
A big thanks to reverieblues for the table code!
Current Status: 033/50 Books Read