Ashlee - January

My sister came up with a great way to rate the books she's read this year... I'm going to do the same. I'll also add where it falls in my reading challenges. So here's what I've been reading in January...

1) Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton ***1/2

(New York, NY - 1001 Books to Read Before You Die)

I have a harder time reading (by which I mean listening) to book in the Old English style. The language is sometimes hard to follow and I find myself drifting. However... after a quick preview on Wikipedia I can usually get back into the swing of things. What I loved about this book was that the protagonist was male... and he was a little angsty. It was kind of a refreshing change.

2) The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson ***

(Des Moines, Iowa - Memoir)

Bill Bryson is the author of "A Short History of Nearly Everything," a book which I read a couple of years ago and simply adored (it gets 4 stars). I could have sworn the author was British, but apparently not. He grew up in the states and half way through college hopped across the pond and stayed. So in some ways he is British... he's been there a couple decades now. Anyway... I liked his memoir, but I like his style of writing. I think with all memoirs you take a risk... but for me at least, this one was good. 

3) A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore 1/2

(England)

This was weird. I'm not even sure I'm glad I read it.... which is why it got only 1/2 a star. While there were parts that were very thought provoking, there were parts that were just strange and not too uplifting. So there you go. Don't read it.

4) The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde *****

(England - 1001 Books to Read Before You Die - Victorian)

I loved this book!!! Even though it has the difficulty of Old English, I loved the ideas behind the novel. The power of good and evil on the soul, who we take with us, and the power of mercy.

 5) Mansfield Park by Jane Austen ****

(England - 1001 Books to Read Before You Die)

Again... I run into the Old English difficulty factor. This one is also bloody long. I was inspired to read more Jane Austen books after reading the Jane Austen Book Club last December. So anyway, Mansfield Park is not my favorite of Jane Austen's but the plot is interesting in that 'games' often do not go the way we think they will... but in some ways, our first impressions are more right on than we think.

SONJA 2012

1) Fallen Grace by Mary Hooper / YA  **
2)  The Search for WondLa by Tony Diterlizzi  / JF ***
3)  I Am the Messenger  by Markus Zusak / YA ***
4) Abandon by Meg Cabot / YA   ***
5) City of Bones by Cassandra Clare / YA  ****1/2
6) City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare / YA ****1/2
7) City of Glass by Cassandra Clare / YA ****1/2
8) Survivors: A Novel of the Coming Collapse by James Wesley Rawles / A / *
9) Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George / JF / ****
10) Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler / A / ***
11) Tiger's Curse by Coleen Houck / YA / ***
13) Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand / A / ****
14) Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg / YA / **
15) Fablehaven by Brandon Mull / JF / *** 1/2
16) Rise of the Evening Star (Fablehaven) by Brandon Mull / JF / *** 1/2
17) A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb / YA / **1/2
18) Ruined: A Novel by Paula Morris / YA / ** 1/2
19) Crossing the Tracks by Barbara Stuber / YA / ***1/2
20) Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Saenz / YA / ***
21) Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough / YA / ****
22) The Lucky Kind by Alyssa B. Sheinmel /YA/ ***
23) Grip of the Shadow Plague (Fablehaven) by Brandon Mull / JF / *** 1/2
24) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins / YA / *****
25) Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, Book 2) by Suzanne Collins / YA / *****
26) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3) / YA / ****
27) The Scorch Trials (Maze Runner Trilogy) by James Dashner / YA / ***
28) The Death Cure (Maze Runner Trilogy) by James Dashner / YA / ***
29) Decision Points by George W. Bush / A / ****
30) Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary (Fablehaven) by Brandon Mull / JF / ****
31) Fablehaven, vol. 5: Keys to the Demon Prison by Brandon Mull / JF / ***
32) Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos / YA / ***
33) Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell / A / ****
34) Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind" by Alexandra Ripley and Stephens Mitchell / A / ****
35) Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool / JF / **
36) True Colors by Kristin Hannah / A / **
37) Charly by Jack Weyland / YA / ***
38 ) A Grown-up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson / A  / ****
39) Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley / JF / ***
40) The Brave: A Novel by Nicholas Evans / A / ****
41) Perfect You by Elizabeth Scott / YA / *1/2
42) The Secret Hour (Midnighters #1) by Scott Westerfeld / YA / ***
43) The Edge on the Sword by Rebecca Tingle / YA / ***
44) The Secret Journal of Brett Colton by KayLynn Mangum / YA / *1/2
45) The Secondhand Charm by Julie Berry / YA / ***
46) The House of Gentle Men by Katy Hepinstall / A / ***
47) Nice to Come Home To by Rebecca Flowers / A / ****
48 )  Between, Georgia  by Joshilyn Jackson / A / ****
49 ) The Girl Who Stopped Swimming  by Joshilyn Jackson / A / ****
50) Tiger's Quest (book 2 in the Tiger's Curse Series)  by Colleen Houck / YA / ***
51) The Naming: The First Book of Pellinor by Alison Croggon / YA / ***
52) The Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace Stegner / A / **
53) The Garden of Eve  by K. L. Going / JF / * 1/2
54) The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson / A / ****
55) The Swan Thieves: A Novel by Elizabeth Kostova / A / ** 1/2
56) The Devil In the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erick Larson / A / ***
57) Ready Player One: A Novel by Ernest Cline / YA / ***
58) The Unseen by Ziplha Keatley Synder / JF / 0
59) While I Was Gone by Sue Miller / A / **
60) City of Lost Souls (Mortal Instruments) by Cassandra Clare / YA / **
61) All things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriott / A / ****
62) Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu and Erin McGuire / YA / ***
63) The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks / A / ***
64) The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson / JF / ***1/2
65) When the Emporer was Divine by Julie Otsuka / A / ***1/2
65) The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsukia / A / ** 1/2
66) CROSSED by Ally Condie / YA / ***1/2
67) Theodore Boon: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham / JF / J** 1/2
68) Enchantments: A Novel by Kathryn Harrison / A / ***
69) Pegasus by Robin McKinley / YA / *
70) Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman / JNF / ***
71) Wild Girl by Patricia Reilly Giff / JF / **
72) Divergent by Veronica Roth / YA / ***
73) Mistwood by Leah Cyrpess / YA / ***1/2
74) True (... sort of) by Katherine Hannigan / JF / *** 1/2
75) The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler / YA / ***
76) Plain Kate by Erin Bow / JF / *** 1/2
77) Insurgent by Veronica Roth / YA / *** 1/2\
78) Graceling by Kristin Cashore / YA / *****
79) Fire by Kristin Cashore / YA / ****
80) Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore / YA / **1/2
81) Scorpio Races by Maggie Steifvater / YA / ****

82) The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Potzsch / A / *** 1/2

83) Girl Reading by Katie Ward / A / *** 1/2
84) Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien / YA / *** 1/2
85) A history of Sevier County by Michael Guy Bishop / A / ** 1/2
86) Cinder and Ella by Melissa Lemon / YA / 0 starts
87) The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie / A / ****1/2
88) The Midwife's Apprentice / by Karen Cushman / YA / ****
89) Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly / YA / ***1/2
90) The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima / YA / ****
91) The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima / YA / ****
92)  The Grey Wolf Throne by Cinda Williams Chima / YA / **** 1/2
93) The Crimson Crown by Cinda Williams Chima / YA / ****
94) Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater / YA / *** 1/2
95) Linger by Maggie Stiefvater / YA / **1/2
96) The Trail of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz / A / ****
97) Uglies by Scott Westerfield / YA / ****
98) The Song of Achilles  by Madeline Miller  / A / ***
99) The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks / YA / ***
100) The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley / YA / *** 1/2
101) A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute / A / ** 1/2
102) Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie / A / ***1/2
103) The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen / YA / *1/2
104) Partials by Dan Wells / YA / *** 
105) The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Fulberg / YA / **1/2
106) The Seven Tales of Trinket by Shelley Moore Thomas / JF / ** 1/2
107) Twilight by Stephenie Meyer / YA / ****
108) Pretties by Scott Westerfield / YA / ***1/2
109) Specials by Scott Westerfield / YA / *** 1/2
110)Extras by Scott Westerfield / YA / ***
111) The Chaperon by Laura Moriary / A / **
112) The Memory Palace by Mira Bartok / A / **
113)When the Killing's Done by T.C. Boyle / A / ***1/2
114) The Litigators by John Grisham / A / ****
115) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer / A / ****
116) The Fault in Our Stars by John Green / YA / ****
117) The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Steven Chbosky / YA / *
118) The Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa Gregory / A / ***1/2
119) The Kitchen House: A Novel by Kathleen Grissom / A / **
120)Gone by Michael Grant / YA / ***
121) The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling / A / *
122)Hunger by Michael Grant / YA / ***
123) Me & Emma by Elizabeth Flock / YA / ****
124) Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard / A / **
125)The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani / A / **
126)Matched by Ally Condie / YA / ****
 

SONJA 2011

Books with a star I recommend

1. Maze Runner - James Dashner
2. Thief of Time - Terry Pratchett
3. Lock and Key - Sarah Dessen
4. Leaving the Bellweathers - Kristin Clark Venuti
5. The Card Turner - Lois Sachar
6. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landou-Banks - E. Lockhart
7. Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver
8. The Road** -  Cormac McCarthy
9. Brightly Woven - Alexandra Bracken
10. Dark and Hollow Places - Carrie Ryan
11. Playing for Pizza - John Grisham
12. Ford County - John Grisham
13. Walking to Gatlinburg - Howard Frank Mosher
14.  Shadow - Jenny Moss
15.  The Otherworldies - by Jennifer Anne Kogler
16. City of Fallen Angels  - by Cassandra Clare *
17. To Kill a Mockingbird - by Harper Lee ***
18. The Willoughby's - by Lois Lowry *
19. Incarceron - by Catherine Fisher
20. Sapphirique - by Catherine Fisher
21. Replay - Sharon Creech
22. Matched - by Ally Condie*
23. The Museum of Thiefs - by Lian Tanner
24. The Room - by Emma Donoghue
25. Words in the Dust - by Trent Reedy
26. Crunch by Leslie Conner

ASHLEE 2010

BOOK GROUP READS
1. In the Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
2. Shiver by Maggie Steifvater
3. Liar by Justine Larbalestier
4. The Heist Society by Ally Carter
5. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
6. The Finishing Touches by Hester Browne
7. The Explosionist by Jennifer Davidson
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BOOKS MADE INTO MOVIES
1. The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
2. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
3. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
4. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
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CAUSE I FELT LIKE IT
1. Whirligigs by Paul Fleischman
2. Fragments by Jeffry Johnston
3. Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve
4. Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko
5. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
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LIFE STORIES
1. An Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina
2. My Life in France by Julia Childs
3. Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer
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MAIN CHARACTER'S NAME STARTS WITH A
1. American Wife (ALICE) by Curtis Sittenfeld
2. Adaline Falling Star (ADALINE) by Mary Pope Osborne
3. Persuasion (ANNE) by Jane Austen
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ON MY SHELF
1. Santa Fe Dead by Stuart Woods

2. The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
3. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen
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ONCE UPON A TIME
1. Ice by Sarah Beth Durst
2. Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
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READ IT FORWARD
1. The Geometry of Sisters by Luanne Rice
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SOUNDS TASTY
1. The Lemon Table by Julian Barnes
2. Orange, Mint, and Honey by Carleen Brice
3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Anne Shaffer and Annie Barrows
4. Apple Turnover Mystery by Joanne Fluke
5. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
6. Saving Cinnamon by Christine Sullivan
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WHO DUNNIT?
1. The Cat Who Robbed the Bank by Lillian Jackson Braun
2. The Cat Who Smelled a Rat by Lillian Jackson Braun
3. The Cat Who Went Up The Creek by Lillian Jackson Braun
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SONJA 2010

** A star means I recommend the book


1. "Charly" by Jack Weyland **
2. "Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins**
3. "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins **
4. "Ladder of Years" by Anne Tyler **
5. "City of Bones" by Cassandra Clare**
6. "City of Ashes" by Cassandra Clare**
7. "City of Glass" by Cassandra Clare**
8. "Clockwork Angel" by Cassandra Clare
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1. "Evernight" by Claudia Gray
2. "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon (both had castles)
3. "Bran Hambric and the Farfield Curse" by Kaleb Nation(both involved magical travel)
4. "Impossible" by Nancy Werline (both involved a curse)
5. "A Curse Dark as Gold" by Elizabeth Bunce (another curse)
6. "Straw into Gold" by Gary Schmidt (both were Rumplestiltskin rewrites)
7. "Evermore" by Alyson Noel (both main characters were raised by someone other than their parents)
8. "Stargazer" by Claudia Gray (both could be described as "gothic romance")
9. "Shiver" by Maggie Steifvater (both involve people trying to control what they are {vampires/werewolves})
10. "Graceling" by Kristin Cashore ( both have wolves)


1. "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
2. "Go Ask Alice" by anonymous
3. "Lady Chatterly's Lover" by D.H. Lawrence
4. "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque **
5. "The Adventures of Huck Finn" by Mark Twain
6. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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1. "The Lightening Thief" by Rick Riordan
2. "The Black Sun Rising" by C.S. Friedman
3. "Breath of Snow and Ashes" by Diana Gabaldon
4. "Heat Wave" by Richard Castle
5. "Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry" by Mildred Taylor
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1. "The Girl Who Could Fly" by Victoria Forester (read with E2)
2. "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan (read with E2, E3)
3. "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan (E2,E3)
4. "The Battle of the Labryinth" by Rick Riordan (E2,E3)
5. "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan (E2,E3)
6. "Fire" by Kristin Cashore (E1)
7. "Journey of the Trail" by E. Stewart and R. Clark (E2)
8. "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks (E1)
9. "Finally" by Wendy Mass (read with E2)
10. "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins (read with E1 & E2)


1. "Living Oprah" by Robyn Okrant (recommended by Ker-Bear)
2. "Meely LaBauve" by Ken Wells (recommended by Linda)
3. "My Sister's Keeper) by Jodi Picoult (recommended by Ker-Bear)
4. "Waiting for Normal" by Leslie Conner (recommended by Robin)
5. "The Lost Conspiracy" by Frances Hardinge (recommended by Robin)
6. "Daughter of the Forest" by Juliet Marillier (recommended by Diane)
7. "Son of the Shadows" by Juliet Marillier ( recommended by Diane)
8. "Child of the Prophecy" by Juliet Marillier (recommended by Diane)
9. "I'd tell you I love you but then I'd have to Kill You" by Ally Carter (recommended by Joleen also read with E1)
10. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett (recommended by Jodi Solt and Tosha and several others. This is our October book group selection).



1. "The Winter of Our Discontent" by John Steinbeck
2. "The Invisible Man" by H.G. Wells
3. "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte
4. "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller (also read with Emily)
5. "Just So Stories" by Rudyard Kipling **
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1. "How to Ditch your Fairy" by Justine Larbalestier (Ashlee)
2. "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation" by M.T.Anderson (Ashlee)
3. "The Eleventh Man" by Ivan Doig ( Ashlee)
4. "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" by Fannie Flag (Roxey)
5. "The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie" by Alan Bradley (Ashlee)
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1. "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
2. "A Clearing in the Wild" by Jane Kirkpatrick
3. "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
4. "Maps for Lost Lovers" by Nadeem Aslam
5. "Th1rteen R3asons Why" by Jay Asher
6. "The Last Queen" by CW Gortner
7. "How to Steal A Dog" by Barbara O'Conner
8. "The Iron King" by Julie Kagawa
9. "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
10. "When You Reach Me" Rebecca Stead (2010 Newbery Winner)


1. "Boy in the striped pajamas" by John Boyne
2. "La's Orchestra Saves the World" by Alexander McCall Smith
3. "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
4. "Fly Boys" by James Bradley
5. "The English Patient" by Micahel Ondaatje
6. "Saints and Soldiers" by Jeffrey Scott
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1. "The Perfect Day" by Richard Paul Evans
2. "All the Pretty Horses" by Cormac McCarthy
3. "Dragonfly in Amber" by Diana Gabaldon
4. "Drums of Autumn" by Diana Gabaldon
5. "The short second life of Bree Tanner" by Stephenie Meyer
6. "An Echo in the Bone" by Diana Gabaldon
7. "Downsiders" by Neil Shusterman
8. "The Schwa was Here" by Neil Shusterman **
9. "Insatiable" by Meg Cabot
10. "Salt" by Maurice Gee
11. "Clockwork Angel" by Cassandra Clare **
12. "Beautiful Creatures" by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
13. "Beautiful Darkness" by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
14. "The Forest of Hands and Teeth" by Carrie Ryan
15. "The Dead tossed waves" by Carrie Ryan

Lady Taylor 2009

Clair Poulsen

1. I'll Find You

2. Relentless

3. Lost and Found

4. Conflict of Interest

5. Runaway

6. Cover-Up

7. Mirror Image

8. Blind Side

9. Evidence

Christian Fiction

1. Diamonds Are Forever - Dennis L. Mangrum

2. Final Act- C. Paul Andersen

3. Voice in the Night - C. Paul Andersen

4. The Light Above - Jean Holbrook Mathews

5. One Last Chance - Jerry Borrowman

6. Dead Wrong - Clair Poulson

7. Mummy's the Word - Kerry Blair

8. Topaz and Treachery - Lynn Gardner

9. Miracles for Michael - JoAnn Arnold

Christmas

1. The Red Suit Diaries Volume 1 - Ed Butchart

2. The Red Suit Diaries Volume 2 - Ed Butchart

3. The Christmas Quest - Richard Siddoway

4. Secret Santa - Anne Osborn Poelman

5. The Christmas Box - Richard Paul Evans

6. Home for Christmas - Anita Stansfield

7. The Christmas Wish - Richard M. Siddoway

8. Evergreen Miracles - Larry R. & Lisa Gleave Laycock

9. A Return to Christmas - Chris Heimerdinger

Weather Words

1. The Sound of Rain - Anita Stansfield

2. A Distant Thunder - Anita Stansfield

3. Winds of Hope - Anita Stansfield

4. Shelter From the Storm - Anita Stansfield

5. The Silence of Snow - Anita Stansfield

6. The Raging Sea - Sonia O'Brien

7. Little Snowflakes - Robyn Pearl Izquierdo

8. A Light in the Storm - Chris Heimerdinger

9. Counting Stars - Michele Paige Holmes

Takes place in another country

1. The Reader - Bernhard Schlink, takes place in Germany

2. A Train to Potevka - Mike Ramsdell, takes place in Russia

3. Assegai - Wilber Smith - takes place in South Africa

4. My Brother's Voice - Stephen Nasser- takes place in Auschwitz and Hungary

5. Playing for Time - Fania Fenelon - Womens orchestra in Auschwitz-Birkenau

6. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo - Capt. Ted Lawson - Japan and China

7. A Quiet Courage - Elizabeth R. Skoglund - Hungary, WWll

8. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie society - Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

9. Victoria's Daughters - Jerrold M. Packard

Historical-Fact or Fiction

1. We Refused to Die (Bataan Death March) - Gene S. Jacobsen

2. The Killer Angels (Battle at Gettysburg) - Michael Shaara,

3. Assegai (WW1) - Wilber Smith

4. Statehood (Utah) - Marilyn Brown

5. 9-11 Terror in America - David M. Bresnahan

6. Seven Years in Hanoi (Vietnam War) - Capt. Larry Chesley

7. Upon the Mountain - (WWl) - Gale Sears

8. The Rise and Fall of the House of Windsor - A.N. Wilson

9. Witness to War A Biography of Marguerite Higgins - Antoinette May

Womens Names

1. Roxey's Choice - Virginia Havens

2. Victoria's Daughters - Jerrold M. Packard

3. Laura - Larry Watson

4. Searching for Selene - Lael Littke

5. I Just Got a Letter from Allyson Pringle - Anya Bateman

6. Zoe's Gift - Leslie Beaton Hedley

7. A Love Like Lilly - Kay Lynn Mangum

8. Jennie - Susan Evans McCloud

9. Sarah's Key - Tatiana De Rosnay

Read to or by Nathan

1. The King's Highway - Howard Fullmer

2. Noisy Nora

3. The Case of the Mat's Meow - Crosby Bonsall

4. Ottie and the Star - Laura Jean Allen

5. Frog and Toad Together - Arnold Lobel

6. Dolphin - Robert A Morris

7. Frog and Toad all Year - Arnold Lobel

8. City Sounds - Jean Marzollo

9. Handa's Surprise - Eileen Browne

AARP Recommended/Others bookshelves

1. The Alchemist - Donna Boyd

2. The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch

3. Sander's Starfish - Tara C. Allred

4. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood - Ann Brashares

5. The Reader - Bernhard Schlink

6. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie society - Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

7. Sarah's Key - Tatiana De Rosnay

8. Jesse's Highway- -Barbara Miller

9. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - Fannie Flagg

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