A list of my 2011 book reviews by title. Click the letter to jump to the corresponding section.

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• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• W
• Y
• Z

8

• 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff–3 stars

A

• Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette by Sena Jeter Naslund–4 Stars
• Adam & Eve by Sena JeterNaslund–2 Stars
• The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey–4 Stars
• The Alchemyst by Michael Scott, read by Denis O’Hare–3 Stars
• Alice at Heart by Deborah Smith–4 Stars
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Constance Garnett–3 Stars
• The Arrival by Shaun Tan–4 Stars
• At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson–4 Stars
• Austenland by Shannon Hale, read by Katherine Kellgren–3.5 Stars

B

• The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan–4 Stars
• Bending Toward the Sun by Leslie Gilbert-Lurie and Rita Lurie–4 Stars
• Big Cherry Holler by Adriana Trigiani–3 Stars
• Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani–4 Stars
• Blankets by Craig Thompson–4 Stars
• Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs–4 Stars
• Bone: Out from Boneville by Jeff Smith–3 Stars
• Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson–3 Stars

C

• A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin–5 Stars
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker–4 Stars
• Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières–3 Stars
• Cujo by Stephen King–3.5 Stars

D

• The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born by Peter David, Stephen King, et al.–3 Stars
• Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop–4.5 Stars
• Deception Point by Dan Brown–4 Stars
• A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore–4 Stars
• Dissolution by C. J. Sansom–4 Stars
• The Dreaming Place by Charles de Lint–3 Stars
• Dreams Underfoot by Charles de Lint–5 Stars

E

• East of Eden by John Steinbeck–4 Stars
• Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi–4 Stars
• Emily the Strange: The Lost Days by Rob Reger et al.–3 Stars
• Everlost by Neal Shusterman, read by Nick Podehl–2.5 Stars
• The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly–5 Stars
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer–4 Stars

F

• Fablehaven by Brandon Mull–4 Stars
• The Fat Man: A Tale of North Pole Noir by Ken Harmon–3.5 Stars
• The Fixer Upper by Mary Kay Andrews, read by Isabel Keating–4 Stars
• Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher Moore, read by Bill Irwin–4 Stars
• Fool Moon by Jim Butcher–4 Stars
• Fortune’s Fool by Mercedes Lackey–4 Stars
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley–3 Stars

G

• The Gendarme by Mark T. Mustian–3 Stars
• The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar–3 Stars
• The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale–4.5 Stars
• Graceling by Kristin Cashore–5 Stars
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman–5 Stars
• The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw–4 Stars

H

• The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, read by David Warner–2.5 Stars
• Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill–4 Stars
• Heir to the Shadows by Anne Bishop–4 Stars
• The History of Love by Nicole Krauss–3 Stars
• Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris–DNF
• Horns by Joe Hill–4 Stars
• The House on Tradd Street by Karen White–3.5 Stars
• The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder–4 Stars
• How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff–3 Stars
• Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones–5 Stars
• Huck by Janet Elder–3 Stars

I

• I Am Legend by Richard Matheson–4 Stars
• In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant–3.5 Stars
• Instructions by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Charles Vess–5 Stars
• Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer–4 Stars
• The Invisible Ring by Anne Bishop–3 Stars

J

• Jack of Kinrowan by Charles de Lint–3.5 Stars
• Just After Sunset by Stephen King–4 Stars

K

• Kat, Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis–4 Stars
• The King’s Mistress by Emma Campion–3 Stars
• Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn, read by Marguerite Gavin–3 Stars
• The Known World by Edward P. Jones–4 Stars
• Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey–4 Stars

L

• Labyrinth by Kate Mosse–2 Stars
• The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan–4 Stars
• Leaving Gee’s Bend by Irene Latham–4 Stars
• The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly–4.5 Stars
• Linger by Maggie Stiefvater–4 Stars
• The Lost City of Z by David Grann, read by Mark Deakins–3 Stars

M

• M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman, read by the author–4 Stars
• Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson, read by Peter Altschuler–4.5 Stars
• Mansfield Park by Jane Austen–3 Stars
• The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif–3 Stars
• Mary, Called Magdalene by Margaret George–3 Stars
• Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman–5 Stars
• Maus II: A Survivor’s Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman–5 Stars
• The Maze Runner by James Dashner, read by Mark Deakins–2 Stars
• The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig–4 Stars
• Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English by Natasha Solomons–4 Stars
• Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin–4 Stars
• Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins–4 Stars
• Moloka’i by Alan Brennert–4 Stars
• The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff–3 Stars
• The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey–4 Stars

N

• The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss–4.5 Stars
• Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess’ Stardust–5 Stars
• Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny–3 Stars
• North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell–4 Stars
• Number the Stars by Lois Lowry–4 Stars

O

• Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman–4 Stars
• The Odyssey by Gareth Hinds–4 Stars
• One Good Knight by Mercedes Lackey–3 Stars

P

• People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks–4 Stars
• Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi, translated by Mattias Ripa–4 Stars
• The Phantom of Pemberley by Regina Jeffers–DNF
• Plant Life by Pamela Duncan–4 Stars
• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver–2 Stars

Q

• Queen of the Darkness by Anne Bishop–4 Stars

R

• Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon and Dean Hale, illustrated by Nathan Hale–3 Stars
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline–4 Stars
• The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff–3.5 Stars
• The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason–3 Stars
• Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America by John M. Barry–2.5 Stars
• The Roar by Emma Clayton–4 Stars
• The Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji–4 Stars
• Ruined by Paula Morris–3 Stars
• The Ruins by Scott Smith–2.5 Stars

S

• Sabriel by Garth Nix–3 Stars
• ‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King–4 Stars
• Scones and Sensibility by Lindsay Eland–4 Stars
• The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan–4 Stars
• Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand–4 Stars
• Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See–3.5 Stars
• Southern Plate by Christy Jordan–4 Stars
• Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach–4 Stars
• A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin–5 Stars
• Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi, translated by Stuart Woolf–3 Stars

T

• The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling–3 Stars
• The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney–4 Stars
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston–4 Stars
• Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich–4 Stars
• Twice Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris–3 Stars
• Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich–4 Stars

W

• Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen–4 Stars
• We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson–4 Stars
• Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, read by Robynne Young–DNF
• When Santa Fell to Earth by Cornelia Funke, translated by Oliver G. Latsch, read by the author–3 Stars
• Wild Orchid: A Retelling of “The Ballad of Mulan” by Cameron Dokey–3 Stars
• Winter’s Tale by Mark Helprin–3 Stars
• Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman by Alice Steinbach–4 Stars
• The Woods by Harlan Coben–3 Stars
• The Word Made Flesh by Eva Talmadge and Justin Taylor–3 Stars
• A World Without Heroes by Brandon Mull–4 Stars

Y

• A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle–4 Stars
• The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop by Lewis Buzbee–3 Stars

Z

• The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman–3 Stars
• Zora and Me by Victoria Simon and T. R. Bond–4 Stars

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