Books Read and Reviewed in 2011

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January

1. My Mother She killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales Edited by Kate Bernheimer #
2. His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik ^
3. Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik ^
4. Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart^
5. The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino *
6. Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff #

February

7. A Widow's Story by Joyce Carol Oates *
8. The Rite by Matt Baglio ^#
9. The Poisoner's Handbook: The Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum ^
10. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill +
11. Embers by Sandor Marai #


March

12. The Altar of Bones by Philip Carter *
13. Moondogs by Alexander Yates *
14. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel ^
15. Night Road by Kristin Hannah *
16. Left Neglected by Lisa Genova *
17. The Sandalwood Tree by Elle Newmark *
18. The Vespertine by Saundra Mitchell *
19. Rotters by Daniel Kraus *
20. Chime by Franny Billingsley *

April

21. Amaryllis in Blueberry by Christina Meldrum *
22. The Baby Planner by Josie Brown *
23. In Stitches: A Memoir by Dr. Anthony Youn *
24. Prophecy by S.J. Parris *
25. A Conflict of Interest by Alan Mitzner *
26. In the Arms of Stone Angels by Jordan Dane *
27. Sister: A Novel by Rosamund Lupton *

May

28. The Dark City (Relic Master #1) by Catherine Fisher *
29. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs *
30. Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson *
31. The Hypnotist by S.J. Rose *


June

32. The Map of Time by Felix J. Palma *
33. The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh *
34. Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin ^
35. The Ghost of Greenwich Village by Lorna Graham *
36. French Lessons by Ellen Sussman *
37. Dominance by Will Lavender *
38. Creep by Jennifer Hillier *

July

39. The Genesis Key by James Barney *
40. This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel *
41. Iron House by John Hart *
42. Spycatcher by Matthew Dunn *
43. The Taker by Alma Katsu *
44. Sanctus by Simon Toyne *

August

45. Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay *
46. Crushed Seraphim by Debra Anastasia *
47. Wildwood by Colin Meloy *
48. The Restorer by Amanda Stevens #
49. Ruined by Paula Morris #
50. Discord's Apple by Carrie Vaughn ^
51. The Butterfly Cabinet by Bernie McGill ^
52. Among Others by Jo Walton ^
53. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor *

September

54. The Inquisitor's Apprentice by Chris Moriarty *
55. Lips Touch, Three Times by Laini Taylor ^
56. Archon by Sabrina Benulis *
57. Dark Souls by Paula Morris *
58. Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer by Laini Taylor ^
59. Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact by A.J. Hartley *
60. Liesl and Po by Lauren Oliver *
61. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick *

October

62. The Lost Angel by Javier Sierra *
63. The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson *
64. In the Forests of the Night by Kersten Hamilton *
65. Fairy Metal Thunder by J.L. Bryan *
66. Burned by Thomas Enger *
67. The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean ^
68. The Curse of the Wendigo by Rick Yancey #
69. Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu *
70. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi *
71. The Demon Lover by Juliet Dark *

November

72. The Face Thief by Eli Gottlieb *
73. The Awakening by Kate Chopin #

December

74. Falling Together by Marisa de los Santos *
75. Everneath by Brodi Ashton *
76. The Thorn and the Blossom by Theodora Goss *

*review copies
#bought with my own money
^borrowed from the library
~e-books
+books won, given as a gift, or just plain free