A list of my 2010 book reviews by title. Click the letter to jump to the corresponding section.

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W

A

• Ahab’s Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund–5 Stars
• Alex Van Helsing: Vampire Rising by Jason Henderson–4 Stars
• All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot–5 Stars
• The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón–3 Stars
• Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery–5 Stars
• Annexed by Sharon Dogar–5 Stars
• Ash by Malinda Lo–3 Stars

B

• Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl–4.5 Stars
• The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R. King–4 Stars
• Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld–4 Stars
• The Bells by Richard Harvell–4 Stars
• Between, Georgia by Joshilyn Jackson–3.5 Stars
• Bite Me: A Love Story by Christopher Moore–4 Stars
• Black Mountain Breakdown by Lee Smith–3 Stars
• The Blind Contessa’s New Machine by Carey Wallace–3.5 Stars
• Bloody Jack by L. A. Meyer–4 Stars
• Blue Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews–4 Stars
• The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory–4 Stars
• The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly–4 Stars
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak–5 Stars
• Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale–5 Stars
• Bound South by Susan Rebecca White–3 Stars
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz–4 Stars
• The Bright Forever by Lee Martin–4 Stars
• By Fire, By Water by Mitchell James Kaplan–3 Stars

C

• Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones–4 Stars
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller–4 Stars
• Changeless by Gail Carriger–4 Stars
• The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans–4 Stars
• Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens–3 Stars
• The Classics by Caroline Taggart–4 Stars
• Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet by Stephanie Cowell–3 Stars
• The Clearing by Heather Davis–4 Stars
• Cleopatra’s Daughter by Michelle Moran–4 Stars
• The Confessions of Catherine de Medici by C. W. Gortner–4 Stars
• Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters–4 Stars
• Cybele’s Secret by Juliet Marillier–4 Stars

D

• The Dark Divine by Bree Despain–3 Stars
• Daughter of My People by James Kilgo–3 Stars
• The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank–5 Stars
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson–3 Stars
• Dracula by Bram Stoker–4 Stars
• Dracula in Love by Karen Essex–DNF
• Duchess of Aquitaine by Margaret Ball–3 Stars
• Dust City by Robert Paul Weston–4 Stars

E

• Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert–4 Stars
• Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer–4 Stars
• The Education of Bet by Lauren Baratz-Logsted–3 Stars
• Everlasting by Angie Frazier–4 Stars
• Everything is Going to be Great: An Overexposed and Underfunded European Grand Tour by Rachel Shukert–3 Stars

F

• Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith–5 Stars
• The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey–4 Stars
• The Fairy-Folk and She by Mary-Anne Grosse Ivie–4 Stars
• The Fetch by Laura Whitcomb–3 Stars
• Fireworks Over Toccoa by Jeffrey Stepakoff–3 Stars
• Forbidden Sea by Sheila A. Nielson–4 Stars

G

• A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin–5 Stars
• The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson–4.5 Stars
• The Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland–5 Stars
• The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen–3.5 Stars
• The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson–4 Stars
• The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson–4 Stars
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson–3 Stars

H

• The Haunting of Andrew Sharpai by Jerome Peterson–3 Stars
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett–5 Stars
• Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick–1 Star

I

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou–4 Stars
• The Ice Soldier by Paul Watkins–4 Stars

J

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou–4 Stars
• Juliet by Anne Fortier–4 Stars

L

• Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore–4 Stars
• Lament: The Faerie Queen’s Deception by Maggie Stiefvater–3 Stars
• Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld–4 Stars
• The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch–4 Stars
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel–2 Stars
• The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan–5 Stars
• Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez–3 Stars
• Lumby on the Air by Gail Fraser–4 Stars

M

• Mama Makes Up Her Mind: And Other Dangers of Southern Living by Bailey White–4 Stars
• Madapple by Christina Meldrum–4 Stars
• The Magicians by Lev Grossman–4 Stars
• Moon Called by Patricia Briggs–4 Stars
• Muse and Reverie by Charles de Lint–4 Stars

N

• Night by Elie Wiesel–5 Stars
• Nightshade by Andrea Cremer–3 Stars
• A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly–5 Stars

O

• Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout–4 Stars
• Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris–4 Stars
• One for the Money by Janet Evanovich–4 Stars
• The Outer Banks House by Diann Ducharme–3 Stars

P

• People of the Sword by Neil O’Donnell–2 Stars
• Persuasion by Jane Austen–5 Stars
• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett–4 Stars
• Poison by Sara Poole–4 Stars
• Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder–5 Stars
• Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende–3 Stars
• The Postmistress by Sarah Blake–5 Stars
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving–3.5 Stars
• The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafón–3 Stars

R

• Random Magic by Sasha Soren–2.5 Stars
• The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez–5 Stars
• Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly–4 Stars
• The Rise of Renegade X by Chelsea Campbell–4 Stars

S

• The Sandman Vol. I: Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman et al–3 Stars
• The Sandman Vol. II: The Doll’s House by Neil Gaiman et al–3.5 Stars
• Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership With a Search-and-Rescue Dog by Susannah Charleson–4 Stars
• The Secret Lives of Princesses by Philippe Lechermeier–5 Stars
• Sent: The Missing: Book Two by Margaret Peterson Haddix–3 Stars
• Serena by Ron Rash–4 Stars
• Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde–3 Stars
• Shadow of the Swords by Kamran Pasha–4 Stars
• The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón–4 Stars
• She-Rain by Michael Cogdill–5 Stars
• Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater–4 Stars
• Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane–4 Stars
• Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce–3 Stars
• Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian–5 Stars
• Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson–4 Stars
• The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes–3.5 Stars
• Soulless by Gail Carriger–5 Stars
• Spell Hunter by R. J. Anderson–4 Stars
• Spilling the Beans on the Cat’s Pajamas by Judy Parkinson–3.5 Stars
• Stardust by Neil Gaiman–5 Stars
• Storm Front by Jim Butcher–4 Stars
• The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore–3.5 Stars
• The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen–4 Stars
• Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George–3.5 Stars

T

• Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler–3.5 Stars
• The Temptation of the Night Jasmine by Lauren Willig–3.5 Stars
• Thumb Flagging by Jerome Peterson–4 Stars
• Thumbing Through Thoreau compiled by Kenny Luck–3 Stars
• The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan–4 Stars
• Truly, Madly by Heather Webber–3.5 Stars

U

• Un Lun Dun by China Miéville–5 Stars
• Under the Dome by Stephen King–4 Stars
• Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay–3 Stars

V

• Venom by Joan Brady–2.5 Stars
• Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani–3 Stars
• The Vision of Emma Blau by Ursula Hegi–3 Stars

W

• War For The Oaks by Emma Bull–5 Stars
• Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier–5 Stars
• World Without End by Ken Follett–3 Stars

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