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Jane's List 2006

January
The History of Love - Nicole Krauss (8/10)
Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons (abandoned)
Labyrinth - Kate Mosse (7/10)
A Jealous Ghost - A.N. Wilson (8/10)
The Conjuror's Bird - Martin Davies (9/10)

February
Arthur & George - Julian Barnes (7/10)
Small Island - Andrea Levy (7/10)
The Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst (5/10)

March
State of Fear - Michael Crichton (7/10)
The Boy in The Blue Pyjamas (9/10)
The Confessions of Max Tivoli - Andrew Sean Greer (8/10)

April
Snow Falling on Cedars - David Guterson (7/10)
The Dante Club - Matthew Pearl (7/10)
A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry (8/10)

May
The Secret Supper - Javier Sierra (8/10)
Gentlemen & Players - Joanne Harris (9/10)
Little Black Book of Stories - A.S Byatt (abandoned)
East of Eden - John Steinbeck (8/10)

June
Divided Kingdom - Rupert Thomson (6/10)
Prep - Curtis Sittenfeld (6/10)
Small World - Martin Suter (9/10)
Black Swan Green - David Mitchell (8/10)

July
Beneath A Marble Sky - John Shors (6/10)
Down Under - Bill Bryson (7/10)
Endymion Spring - Matt Skelton (7/10)
The Book Thief - Martin Zusak (8/10)
Five Smooth Stones - Ann Fairbairn (7/10)

August
Mission - Patrick Tilley (7/10)
The Icarus Girl - Helen Oyeyemi (7/10)
Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger (9/10)
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bragbury (6/10)
Righteous Men - Sam Bourne (7/10)
The Island - Victoria Hislop (6/10)

September

Harry Potter Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling (9/10)
The Stolen Child - Keith Donahue (8/10)
The Observations - Jane Harris (7/10)
The Saffron Kitchen - Yasmin Crowther (6/10)
Trace - Patricia Cornwell (reading)
Behind the Scenes at the Museum - Kate Atkinson (9/10)

October
The Big Over Easy - Jasper Fforde (8/10)
The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield (9/10)
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley (5/10)
The First Casualty - Ben Elton (7/10)
The Strangeness of Beauty - Lydia Minatoya (didn't finish)
An Instance of The Fingerpost - Iain Pears (8/10)

November
The Mathematics of Love - Emma Darwin (7/10)
Don't Look Back - Karin Fossum (8/10)
The Girls - Lori Lansens (7/10)

The Book of Lost Things - John Connolly (7/10)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke (see Dec)

December
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke (7/10)
A Christmas Guest - Anne Perry (5/10)
Whiteout - Ken Follett (7/10)
Seesaw - Deborah Moggach (7/10)

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January
Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman 2 of 5
Missing Persons
April Witch by Majgull Axelsson 3.5 of 5
Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich
Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America by Linda Hunt 4 of 5 (non fiction)
An Unpardonable Crime by Andrew Taylor 3 of 5 (historical fiction)
The Lighthouse by P.D. James 3 of 5
The Little Friend by Donna Tartt 1 of 5
Arthur & George by Julian Barnes 4 of 5 (historical fiction)

February
The Sea by John Banville 4 of 5
S is for Silence by Sue Grafton
Unwise Passions: a true story of a remarkable woman... by Alan Pell Crawford 2 of 5 (historical fiction)
Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel 2 of 5
The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly
Trunk Music by Michael Connelly
The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw 3.5 of 5
The Devil of Nanking by Mo Hayder 3 of 5

March
Trail of Feathers: Searching for Philip True by Robert Rivard 4 of 5 (non-fiction)
The Stranger House by Reginald Hill 3 of 5
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson 3 of 5
The Sixteen Pleasures by Robert Hellenga 4+ of 5
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides 3 of 5

April
The Ghost Orchid by Carol Goodman 2.5 of 5
The Black Ice by Michael Connelly
The People's Act of Love by James Meek (historical fiction)
Ordinary Heroes by Scott Turow (historical fiction)

May
The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters (historical fiction)
East of Eden by John Steinbeck 5 of 5
Marriage Most Scandalous by Johanna Lindsey
The Two-Minute Rule by Robert Crais

June
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean 3.5 of 5 (historical fiction)
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell 3 of 5 (historical fiction)
Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick (non-fiction)
Unless by Carol Shields 2.5 of 5
The Abortionist's Daughter by Elizabeth Hyde 2 of 5
Full of Grace by Dorothea Benton Frank 0 of 5
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse 3 of 5 stars
Cry of the Peacock by Gina Nahai 4 of 5 stars (historical fiction)

July
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 4.5 of 5 stars (historical fiction)
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 2 of 5
Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris 3 of 5
Small World by Martin Suter 3 of 5
In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson 2 of 5 (non-fiction)
Everyman by Philip Roth 3.5 of 5
Cover Her Face by P.D. James
A Darkness More Than Night by Michael Connelly
Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey 3.5 of 5 (historical fiction)
Three Junes by Julia Glass 4 of 5

August
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss 4+ of 5
Long Time No See Susan Isaacs
Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario 3.5 of 5 (non-fiction)
Widdershins by Charles de Lint 1 of 5
Old School by Tobias Wolff

September
Peyton Place by Grace Metalious 3 of 5
No Night is Too Long by Barbara Vine 2 of 5
Snow Blind by P.J. Tracy 3.5 of 5
Grayson by Lynne Cox (non-fiction)
Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern
The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld (historical fiction; mystery)
The Spectator Bird by Wallace Stegner
Letters From Yellowstone by Diane Smith

October
The Strangeness of Beauty by Lydia Minatoya ((historical fiction)
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (nonfiction; memoir)
Digging to America by Anne Tyler
Billy Boyle: a World War II Mystery by James R. Benn
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
The Broken Book by Susan Johnson
Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women by Geraldine Brooks (non-fiction)
Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear

November
The Chili Queen by Sandra Dallas
Lost Light by Michael Connelly
Beachcombing for a Shipwrecked God by Joe Coomer
Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith by Gina Nahai (historical fiction)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
Don't Look Back by Karin Fossum
The Night Journal by Elizabeth Crook (historical fiction)
Zorro by Isabel Allende (historical fiction)

December
Eye of the Wolf by Margaret Coel
The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen (historical fiction)
The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. James
The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea (historical fiction)

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Anne's list (booksalot) 2006

January

Turning Angel	Iles, Greg		4
The American boy	Taylor, Andrew		2
The Deal	Briskie, Lisa		2.5
The Sacred Cut	Hewson, David		3
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Rowling, J K		4
Whiteout	Follett, Ken	A	3
The Tenth Circle	Picoult, Jodi		3
Hot Lights, Cold Steel	Collins, Michael J, MD		4
Arc of Justice	Boyle, Kevin		3.5

February

Misfortune	Stace, Wesley		5
The Sea	Banville, John		3.5
The Painted Drum	Erdrich, Louise	A	2
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation	Willig, Lauren		2
Beyond Black	Mantel, Hilary		2.5
On the Run	Johansen, Iris		2
Leonardo's Swans	Essex, Karen		3
Body Double	Gerritsen, Tess	A	2
Arthur & George	Barnes, Julian		3

March

Train	Dexter, Pete	A	2
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close	Foer, Jonathan Safran		2
Red Leaves	Cook, Thomas H		2
The History of Love	Krauss, Nicole	A	3
Sex Wars	Piercy, Marge		4
Labyrinth	Mosse, Kate		4
Isolation Ward	Spanogle, Joshua		3.5
The Fencing Master	Reverte	A	3
Two Little Girls in blue	Clark, Mary Higgins		3

April

Forever Amber	Winsor, Kathleen		4
The Secret Supper	Sierra, Javier		3
Nightlife	Perry, Thomas		3
Challenger Park	Harrigan, Stephen		4
In the Company of the Courtesan	Dunant, Sarah		3.5
The Red Queen	Drabble, Margaret		3
The Lincoln Lawyer	Connelly, Michael	A	2
Intuition	Goodman, Allegra		2.5
Gone	Kellerman, Jonathan		2

May

Bleeding Hearts	Albert, Susan Wittig		2.5
The Secret Life of Bees	Kidd, Sue Monk		3
The Ice Queen	Hoffman, Alice	A	2
The Madonnas of Leningrad	Dean, Debra		4
Miracle in the Andes	Parrado, Nando		5
The People's Act of Love	Meek, James		3
The Mercy of Thin Air	Domingue, Ronlyn		3
Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles	George, Margaret		4
Manhunt: The 12-day Chase for Lincoln's Killer	Swanson, James L		3
Swing	Holmes, Rupert		4
The Mermaid Chair	Kidd, Sue Monk		3.5

June

The Colony	Tayman, John	A	3
My Dream of You	O'Faolain, Nuala		3
The Cold Moon	Deaver, Jeffery		3
On, Off	McCullough, Colleen		3
Black Swan Green	Mitchell, David	A	2.5
The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril	Malmont, Paul		2.5
The Flamenco Academy	Bird, Sarah		4.5
Break No Bones	Reichs, Kathy		3
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains	Bird, Isabella		4
Brunelleshi's Dome	King, Ross		2
The Poe Shadow	Pearl, Matthew		3.5
Love in the Time of Cholera	Garcia Marquez, Gabriel		4
The Book Thief	Zusak, Markus		4.5

July

Once Upon a Day	Tucker, Lisa		3
In a Sunburned Country	Bryson, Bill	A	3
Five Smooth Stones	Fairbairn, Ann		4
The Power of One	Courtenay, Bryce		4.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Rowling, J K		3.5
The Devil's Highway	Urrea, Luis Alberto		3
The Stolen Child	Donahue, Kevin	A	3
Disobedience	Alderman, Naomi		3
Killer Dreams	Johansen, Iris		3
There Will Never Be Another You	See, Carolyn		2
The Night Listener	Maupin, Armistead		4
Proof Positive	Margolin, Phillip		2.5
Back to Wando Passo	Payne, David		3.5

August

Angry Housewives Eating BonBons	Ludvick, Lorna	4
Widdershins	deLint, Charles	3.5
Abide with Me	Strout, Elizabeth	3
Carved in Bone	Bass, Jefferson	3
The Daughter of Time	Tey, Josephine	1
Lost and Found	Parkhurst, Carolyn	3
Peyton Place	Metalious, Grace	4
The Expected One	McGowan, Kathleen	3.5

September

Messenger of Truth	Winspear, Jacqueline		3
Mirabilis	Cokal, Susann		3.5
Return to Peyton Place	Metalious, Grace		3
Tandia	Courtenay, Bryce	A	4
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Rowling, J K		3
Grayson	Cox, Lynne		3.5
The Thirteenth Tale	Setterfield, Diane		3
The Icarus Girl	Oyeyemi, Helen		2
The Cairo Trilogy (Palace Walk)	Mahfouz		3
Twelve Sharp	Evanovich, Janet		3
Stormchild	Cornwell, Bernard	A	2
The Spectator Bird	Stegner, Wallace		3
The Glass Castle	Walls, Jeannette		4
Helen of Troy	George, Margaret		4

October

The Year of Magical Thinking	Didion, Joan		2
The Girls	Lansens, Lori		3.5
Water for Elephants	Gruen, Sara	A	3.5
Running with Scissors	Burroughts, Augusten		2.5
Kidnapped	Burke, Jan		3
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters	Dahlquist, Gordon		3.5
Interpretation of Murder	Rosenfeld, Jeb	A	3

November

The Night Journal	Crook, Elizabeth	4
The Collectors	Baldacci, David	3
The Mapmaker's Wife	Whitaker, Robert	4
Winter's Bone	Woodrell, Daniel	3.5
Don't Look Back	Fossum, Karin	4
Suite Francaise	Nemirovsky, Irene	4.5
Such a Pretty Girl	Wiess, Laura	4
The Meaning of Night	Cox, Michael	4

December

Triptych	Slaughter, Karin		3
Kabul Beauty School	Rodriguez, Deborah		3.5
The Early Birds	Minton, Jenny		2.5
True Evil	Iles, Greg		4.5
Closed Circle	Goddard, Robert	A	2.5
Just Between Us	Kelly, Cathy		2
Hummingbird's Daughter	Urrea, Luis Alberto		4
Have Mercy on us All	Vargas, Fred		2.5

Anne in Austin

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced--Soren Kierkegaard

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Book Title	Author	Month Read	BB Rating1-5

An American Boy	Andrew Taylor	January	2.5
Beyond Black	Hilary Mantel	January	3
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night	Mark Haddon	January	4
House of Sleep	Jonathan Coe	January	3
Strangeness of Beauty	Lydia Minatoya	January	2
Family Matters	Rohinton Mistry	February	4
Morvern Callar	Alan Warner	February	2.5
An Experiment in Love	Hilary Mantel	March	1.5
Arthur & George	Julian Barnes	March	2
Fruit of the Lemon	Andrea Levy	March	3
Rotters Club	Jonathan Coe	March	4
Five Smooth Stones	Anne Fairburn	April	5
Fourth Hand	John Irving	April	2.5
Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius	Dave Eggers	April	5
Middlesex	Jeffrey Eugenidies	May	4
Secret Life of Bees	Sue Monk Kidd	May	4
One Vacant Chair	Joe Coomer	June	4
You Shall Know Our Velocity	Dave Eggers	June	4
Bonesetters Daughter	Amy Tan	July	2.5
Rum Diary	Hunter S. Thompson	July	3
Bel Canto	Anne Patchett	August	3.5
Chopins Funeral	Benita Eisler	September	3
Cloud Atlas	David Mitchell	October	4
Diary	Chuck Palahniuk	November	3.5
Everything is Illuminated	Jonathan Safran Foer	November	4
Summer Book	Tove Jansson	December	4
Black Swan Green	David Mitchell	December	3

Meg
Currently Reading; The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid and What is the What by Dave Eggers
Just Finished; Magicians Assistant by Ann Patchett and The World According to Garp by Irving

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