Read (2010)

A complete list of all books I’ve read in 2010, plus links to reviews I’ve written for them.

Past: 2008 | 2009
Future: 2011

Key
* = reread
% = book that was on Mount TBR (books marked that were read before March 6 are retroactively counted, just because I want to). eBooks don’t count.
R = book gotten for review from author/publisher

January

001. The Missing Ink – Karen E. Olson [rating: 3.5/5] %
002. The Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers – Angie Fox [rating: 2/5] %
003. Anne Frank: Her Life in Words and Pictures – Menno Metselaar and Ruud van der Rol [rating: 5/5]
004. Dead Clever – Scarlett Thomas [rating: 3/5]
005. Whom God Would Destroy – Commander Pants [rating: 3/5] R
006. Died in the Wool – Ngaio Marsh [rating: 4/5] %
007. The Stolen Blue – Judith van Gieson [rating: 2.5/5]
008. A Crack in the Line – Michael Lawrence [rating: 5/5] %
009. Quant by Quant – Mary Quant [rating: 3.5/5]
010. The Wright 3 – Blue Balliett [rating: 5/5] %
011. The Shadow Guests – Joan Aiken [rating: 3.5/5] %
012. The Floating Island – Elizabeth Haydon [rating: 4.5/5] %
013. Barefoot Gen Vol. 1 – Keiji Nakazawa [rating: 3.5/5]
014. Posted to Death – Dean James [rating: 4/5]
015. The Doom Machine – Mark Teague [rating: 4/5]
016. Voices – Ursula K. Le Guin [rating: 4/5]
017. Piratica – Tanith Lee [rating: 4.5/5]
018. Dream-Weaver – Louise Lawrence [rating: 2/5] %
019. The Court of the Air – Stephen Hunt [rating: 4.5/5] %
020. Paper Towns – John Green [rating: 4.5/5]
021. Barefoot Gen Vol. 2 – Keiji Nakazawa [rating: 3.5/5]
022. An Abundance of Katherines – John Green [rating: 4/5]
023. The Third Magic – Welwyn Wilton Katz [rating: 3.5/5] %
024. Bite Me! – Dylan Meconis [rating: 4.5/5] %
025. Looking For Alaska – John Green [rating: 4/5]
—Monthly Review

February

026. Beyond Tourism – Kenneth Cushner [rating: 3/5]
027. The Hunchback Assignments – Arthur Slade [rating: 3.5/5]
028. White is for Witching – Helen Oyeyemi [rating: 4.5/5]
029. Death By Darjeeling – Laura Childs [rating: 3.5/5]
030. Crewel World – Monica Ferris [rating: 3.5/5]
031. Murder 101 – Maggie Barbieri [rating: 3/5] %
032. Dying in Style – Elaine Vets [rating: 3/5] %
033. Me & Death – Richard Scrimger [rating: 3.5/5] R
034. The Godmother Tree – Ruth Wallace-Brodeur [rating: 4/5] %
035. The Last Guru – Daniel M. Pinkwater [rating: 2/5] %
036. You’ve Got Murder – Donna Andrews [rating: 4/5] %
037. Dead End Dating – Kimberly Raye [rating: 3.5/5] %
038. Murder with Peacocks – Donna Andrews [rating: 4.5/5] %
039. Mister B. Gone – Clive Barker (read by Doug Bradley) [rating: 4/5]
040. Scales of Justice – Ngaio Marsh [rating: 3.5/5] %
041. Dissolution – C.J. Sansom [rating: 4/5] %
042. Preacher Vol. 1 – Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon [rating: 4.5/5]
043. Preacher Vol. 2 – Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon [rating: 4.5/5]
044. Preacher Vol. 3 – Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon [rating: 4.5/5]
045. Preacher Vol. 4 – Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon [rating: 4.5/5]
046. Preacher Vol. 5 – Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon [rating: 4.5/5]
047. Preacher Vol. 6 – Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon [rating: 4.5/5]
048. Preacher Vol. 7 – Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon [rating: 4.5/5]
049. Preacher Vol. 8 – Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon [rating: 4.5/5]
050. Preacher Vol. 9 – Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon [rating: 4.5/5]
051. The Sleepers of Erin – Jonathan Gash [rating: 4/5] %
—Monthly Review

March

052. Vagabonding – Rolf Potts [rating: 4.5/5]
053. Heist Society – Ally Carter [rating: 2/5]
054. Ambrose Bierce & the One-Eyed Jacks – Oakley Hall [rating: 3/5] %
055. The Geographer’s Library – Jon Fasman [rating: 4/5] %
056. The Moving Finger – Agatha Christie [rating: 4/5] %
057. Odder Than Ever – Bruce Coville [rating: 4.5/5] %
058. The Kid Who Was Zapped Through Time – Deborah Scott [rating: 3/5] *? / %
059. The Circus Lunicus – Marilyn Singer [rating: 3.5/5] %
060. Dragonfly – Frederic S. Durbin [rating: 3.5/5] %
061. Calling on Dragons – Patricia C. Wrede (full cast audiobook) [rating: 4/5]
062. To the Lighthouse – Virginia Woolf [rating: 5/5] %
063. Soulless – Gail Carriger [rating: 4/5]
064. The Secret of the Mansion (Trixie Belden #1) – Julie Campbell [rating: 3.5/5] %
065. The Incomplete Enchanter – L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt [rating: 2.5/5] %
066. The Castle of Iron – L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt [rating: 2/5] %
067. Dealing With Dragons – Patricia C. Wrede (full cast audiobook) [rating: 4/5]
068. The Napoleon of Crime – Ben Macintyre [rating: 4/5] %
069. Lulu Dark Can See Through Walls – Bennett Madison [rating: 3.5/5] %
070. Ready or Not – Meg Cabot [rating: 3.5/5] %
071. Benny & Omar – Eoin Colfer [rating: 4/5] %
072. Theodosia & the Serpents of Chaos – R.L. LaFever [rating: 3.5/5]
073. Searching for Dragons – Patricia C. Wrede (full cast audiobook) [rating: 3.5/5]
074. Orlando – Virginia Woolf [rating: 5/5] %
075. Jurassic Park – Michael Crichton [rating: 3/5] %
076. The Fourth Side of the Triangle – Ellery Queen [rating: 3/5] %
077. Skin Hunger – Kathleen Duey [rating: 3.5/5]
078. Black Jack – Leon Garfield [rating: 3.5/5]
079. Talking to Dragons – Patricia C. Wrede (full cast audiobook) [rating: 3.5/5]
080. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes – Hugh Greene (editor) [rating: 3.5/5] %
—Monthly Review

April

081. Truckers – Terry Pratchett (read by ?) [rating: 4.5/5]
082. The Waves – Virginia Woolf [rating: 3.5/5] %
083. The Further Rivals of Sherlock Holmes – Hugh Greene (editor) [rating: 3/5] %
084. Boy – Roald Dahl [rating: 5/5] %
085. Diggers – Terry Pratchett (read by ?) [rating: 4/5]
086. My Autobiography – Charlie Chaplin [rating: 4/5]
087. The Ladies’ Paradise – Emile Zola [rating: 5/5] %
088. Othello Vol. 1 – Satomi Ikezawa [rating: 4/5] %
089. I-Doll Vol. 1 – Mi-ae Choi [rating: 2/5] %
090. It’s Too Late Now: The Autobiography of a Writer – A. A. Milne [rating: 4.5/5]
091. Bombos VS Everything Vol. 1 – Maximo V. Lorenzo [rating: 4/5] %
092. Spy High: Mission One – AJ Butcher [rating: 3.5/5] %
093. Earthlight Vol. 1 – Stuart Moore & Christopher Schons [rating: 3.5/5] &
094. The Club of Queer Trades – G.K. Chesterton [rating: 3/5] %
095. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate – Jacqueline Kelly [rating: 5/5]
096. Perloo the Bold – Avi [rating: 4/5] %
097. Bertie and the Tinman – Peter Lovesey [rating: 4.5/5] %
098. The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde [rating: 3/5] %
099. A Conspiracy of Paper – David Liss [rating: 4/5]
100. The Years – Virginia Woolf [rating: 4/5] %
101. Airhead – Meg Cabot [rating: 3.5/5]
102. Jinx – Meg Cabot [rating: 3.5/5]
103. Size 12 is Not Fat – Meg Cabot [rating: 3/5]
104. Will Grayson, Will Grayson – John Green & David Levithan [rating: 4.5/5]
105. The Corrections – Jonathan Franzen [rating: 4/5] %
106. Going Bovine – Libba Bray [rating: 4/5]
107. Vernon God Little – DBC Pierre [rating: 3.5/5]
108. The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World – E.L. Konigsburg [rating: 2.5/5]
109. The Hours – Michael Cunningham [rating: 3.5/5]
110. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie – Alan Bradley [rating: 3.5/5]
—Monthly Review

May

111. Changeless – Gail Carriger [rating: 4/5]
112. Rough Guide First-Time Around the World – Doug Lansky [rating: 4.5/5] %
113. Go Your Own Way: Women Travel the World Solo [rating: 4.5/5]
114. Wanderlust and Lipstick: The Essential Guide for Women Traveling Solo – Beth Whitman [rating: 2/5]
115. Darklost – Mick Farren [rating: 3/5] %
116. The Little Giant of Aberdeen County - Tiffany Baker [rating: 4/5] %
117. The Little Lady Agency – Hester Browne [rating: 3.5/5] %
118. Meeting Faith: The Forest Journals of a Black Buddhist Nun – Faith Adiele [rating: 5/5]
119. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 – Susan Townsend [rating: 3.5/5] %
120. The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole – Susan Townsend [rating: 3.5/5] %
121. True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole – Susan Townsend [rating: 3.5/5] %
122. Blood of Ambrose – James Enge [rating: 4.5/5] %
123. The Lost Conspiracy – Frances Hardinge [rating: 5/5] %
124. Eyes Like Stars – Lisa Mantchev [rating: 3.5/5] %
—Monthly Review

June

125. Playing With Fire – Derek Landy (read by Rupert Degas) [rating: 4.5/5]
126. Runemarks – Joanne Harris [rating: 4/5] %
127. Evil? – Timothy Carter [rating: 3/5]
128. Magic Under Glass – Jaclyn Dolamore [rating: 3.5/5] %
129. Star Trek Memories – William Shatner & Chris Kreski [rating 4/5]
130. Devil’s Kiss – Sarwat Chadda [rating: 1.5/5]
131. The Pirate Queen: In Search of Grace O’Malley and Other Legendary Women of the Sea – Barbara Sjoholm [rating: 4/5]
132. The Case of the Missing Marquess – Nancy Springer [rating: 3.5/5]
133. Around the Bloc – Stephanie Elizondo Griest [rating: 4/5]
134. Incognito Street – Barbara Sjoholm [rating: 4.5/5]
135. Monster – A. Lee Martinez [rating: 4/5]
136. Off the Map – Kika Kat & Hib Chickena [rating 3.5/5] %
137. The Salem Witch Tryouts – Kelly McClymer [rating: 3/5] %
137. A Dirty Job – Christopher Moore [rating: 4/5]
138. The Risks of Sunbathing Topless – Kate Chynoweth (ed.) [rating: 4/5]
139. Medina Hill – Trilby Kent [rating: 2/5]
140. Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years – Michael Kurland (ed.) [rating: 3/5]
—Monthly Review

July

141. The Veiled Detective – David Stuart Davies [rating: 2/5]
142. I Am Spock – Leonard Nimoy [rating: 4/5]
143. Three Men in a Boat – Jerome K. Jerome [rating: 4/5] %
144. Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons [rating: 4.5/5]
145. The Loved One – Evelyn Waugh [rating: 2.5/5]
146. Unlikely Destinations – Tony & Maureen Wheeler [rating: 2/5]
147. A Madness of Angels – Kate Griffin [rating: 3/5]
148. Do Travel Writers Go to Hell? – Thomas Kohnstamm [rating: 2/5]
149. All the Fishes Come Home to Roost – Rachel Manija Brown [rating: 5/5]
150. Mimus – Lilli Thal [rating: 4.5/5]
151. Malice – Chris Wooding [rating: 3/5]
152. Scat – Carl Hiassen [rating: 2.5/5]
153. Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency – Douglas Adams [rating: 4.5/5] %
154. Magic Moon – Wolfgang and Heike Hohlbein [rating: 1/5]
155. Trinity Blood: Rage Against the Moons #1 – Sunao Yoshida [rating: 2.5/5]
156-167. Yu Yu Hakusho Vol. 1-12 – Yoshihiro Togashi [rating: 3/5]
168. Good Omens – Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett [rating: 4.5/5] *
169. Yu Yu Hakusho Vol. 13 – [rating: 3.5/5]
—Monthly Review

August

170. Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Book 1: The Mysterious Howling – Maryrose Wood [rating: 3.5/5]
171. A Desirable Residence – Madeleine Wickham [rating: 3.5/5] R
172. Countdown – Deborah Wiles [rating: 4/5]
173. Ring - Koji Suzuki [rating: 2.5/5] %
174. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kesey [rating: 4/5]
175. A Quick Bite – Lynsay Sands [rating: 2/5] %
178. The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood – Rebecca Wells [rating: 3.5/5] %
179. The Meaning of Everything – Simon Winchester [rating: 4.5/5] %
180. Mexican Enough – Stephanie Elizondo Griest [rating: 4/5]
181. The Kingdom Keepers – Ridley Pearson [rating: 3/5] %
182. The Nymphos of Rocky Flats – Mario Acevedo [rating: 2/5]
—Monthly Review

September

183. The World’s Cheapest Destinations – Tim Leffel [rating: 3.5/5]
184. The World Awaits – Paul Otteson [rating: 2.5/5]
185. The Day of the Troll – Simon Messingham (read by David Tennant) [rating: Buy it]
186. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Edward Albee [rating: 4.5/5]
187. The Prisoner of Zenda – Anthony Hope [rating: 4/5]
188. Juggler in the Wind – Wim Coleman & Pat Perrin [rating: Buy it] R
— Here starts the new rating system (retroactively applied to the some books above).
189. Grey – Jon Armstrong [rating: Buy it]
190. The Autobiography of Malcolm X – as told to Alex Haley [rating: Buy it]
191. Dutchman and The Slave – Amiri Baraka [rating: Borrow it]
192. Running With Scissors – Augusten Burroughs [rating: Buy it] %
193. Voltaire’s Calligrapher – Pablo de Santis [rating: Bin it] R
—Monthly Review

October

194. Pirate Talk or Mermalade – Terese Svoboda [rating: Buy it] R
195. Dreadnought – Cherie Priest [rating: Buy it] %
196. People of the Book – Geraldine Brooks [rating: Buy it] %
197. Sport – Louise Fitzhugh [rating: Borrow it] %
198. Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go – Dale E. Basye [rating: Borrow it] %
199. News to Me – Laurie Hertzel [rating: Buy it] R
200. Heart-Shaped Box – Joe Hill [rating: TBD] %
201. Across Asia on a Bicycle – Thomas Gaskell Allen & William Lewis Sachtleben [rating: Buy it]
202. Mail Vol. 1 – Eiji Otsuka & Housui Yamazaki [rating: Buy it]*
203. Mail Vol. 2 – Eiji Otsuka & Housui Yamazaki [rating: Buy it]*
204. Mail Vol. 3 – Eiji Otsuka & Housui Yamazaki [rating: Buy it]*
205. Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. 1 – Eiji Otsuka & Housui Yamazaki [rating: Buy it]*
206. Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. 2 – Eiji Otsuka & Housui Yamazaki [rating: Buy it]*
207. Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. 3 – Eiji Otsuka & Housui Yamazaki [rating: Buy it]*
208. Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. 4 – Eiji Otsuka & Housui Yamazaki [rating: Buy it]*
209. Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. 5 – Eiji Otsuka & Housui Yamazaki [rating: Buy it]*
210. Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. 6 – Eiji Otsuka & Housui Yamazaki [rating: Buy it]*
211. The Sherwood Ring – Elizabeth Marie Pope [rating: Buy it] %
212. You Don’t Look Like Anyone I Know – Heather Sellers [rating: Buy it] R
213. Captain Blood – Raphael Sabatini [rating: Buy it]
214. The Tapestry Shop – Joyce Elson Moore [rating: Borrow it] R
—Monthly Review

November

215. Miss Mackenzie – Anthony Trollope [rating: Borrow it]
216. Dispatches – Michael Herr [rating: Buy it]
217. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test – Tom Wolfe [rating: Borrow it]
218. The Thief – Megan Whalen Turner [rating: Borrow it] %
219. Holy Disorders – Edmund Crispin [rating: Buy it] %
220. Suicide Excepted – Cyril Hare [rating: Buy it] %
221. Caliban’s Hour – Tad Williams [rating: Bin it] %
222. The Amazing Maurice & His Educated Rodents – Terry Pratchett [rating: Buy it] %
223. The Spellman Files – Lisa Lutz [rating: Buy it] %
224. Libyrinth – Pearl North [rating: Buy it] %
225. Middleworld (Jaguar Stones #1) – J & P Voelkel [rating: Buy it] R
226. Chutes & Adders – Barbara Block [rating: Bin it] %
227. The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril – Paul Malmont [rating: Buy it] %
— Monthly Review

December

228. Mr Scarborough’s Family – Anthony Trollope [rating: Borrow it]
229. Conan Doyle, Detective – Peter Costello [rating: Borrow it] %
230. A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens [rating: Buy it]
231. Agnes Grey – Anne Bronte [rating: Borrow it]
232. Mike and Psmith – P.G. Wodehouse [rating: Borrow it]
233. The Fort – Bernard Cornwell [rating: Borrow it] R
234. The Romance Readers’ Book Club – Julie L. Cannon [rating: Bin it] %
235. Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes – Loren D. Estleman [rating: Buy it] R
236. Psmith in the City – P.G. Wodehouse [rating: Buy it]
237. The End of the World Club – J & P Voelkel [rating: Borrow it] R
238. The Purloined Boy – Mortimus Clay [rating: Bin it] %
— Yearly Review