Read (2011)

A complete list of all books I’ve read in 2011, plus links to reviews I’ve written for them.

Past: 2008 | 2009 | 2010

Future: 2012

Key
* = reread
R = book gotten for review from author/publisher
B = BEA 2011 book
T = book read for a tour
e = ebook
a = audiobook

Bird ratings are out of five total possible birds.

January

01. Inventing George Washington – Edward G. Lengel [rating: Buy it] R
02. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms – N.K. Jemisin [rating: Buy it] e
03. Lockdown: Escape from Furnace 1 – Alexander Gordon Smith [rating: Borrow it] e
04. Walt Disney’s Way – New Word City [rating: Bin it] e
05. The Boxcar Children’s Mysteries #1 – Gertrude Chandler Warner [rating: Borrow it] e*
06. Heidi – Johanna Spyri [rating: Borrow it] e
07. The City of Ember – Jeanne DuPrau [rating: Buy it] e
08. Daddy Long Legs – Jean Webster [rating: Buy it] e
09. Brain Jack – Brian Falkner [rating: Borrow it] e
10. Scrapped Princess: A Tale of Destiny – Ichiro Sakaki [rating: Borrow it]
11. Jackaroo – Cynthia Voigt [rating: Buy it]
12. The False Princess – Eilis O’Neal [rating: Borrow it] R
13. Dust – Elizabeth Bear [rating: Buy it] e
14. Cat in the Mirror – Mary Stolz [rating: Borrow it]
15. Thirteenth Child – Patricia C. Wrede [rating: Borrow it] e
— Monthly Review

February

16. Postmortem – Laurel Saville [rating: Buy it] R
17. Skating to Antarctica – Jenny Diski [rating: Buy it]
18. The Red Necklace – Sally Gardner [rating: Borrow it]
19. The Book of Tomorrow – Cecelia Ahern [rating: Borrow it] R
20. Bitter Melon – Cara Chow [rating: Borrow it] R
21. Sandman Slim – Richard Kadrey [rating: Borrow it] e
22. The Great Perhaps – Joe Meno [rating: Borrow it] e
23. Human.4 – Mike A. Lancaster [rating: Buy it] R
24. The Bloomswell Diaries – Louis L. Buitendag [rating: Borrow it] R
25. I Lost My Mobile At the Mall – Wendy Harmer [rating: Borrow it] R
— Monthly Review

March

26. Bloodshot – Cherie Priest [rating: Borrow it]
27. Dead End Gene Pool – Wendy Burden [rating: Buy it] R
28. More Than Mortal – Mick Farren [rating: TBD]
29. Journey to the River Sea – Eva Ibbotson [rating: Buy it]
30. No One Belongs Here More Than You – Miranda July [rating: Borrow it]
31. Gosick vol. 1 – Kazuki Sakuraba [rating: Bin it]
— Monthly Review

April

32. No Wind of Blame – Georgette Heyer [rating: Bin it]
33. Dragon and Thief – Timothy Zahn [rating: Buy it] e
34. Dragon and Soldier – Timothy Zahn [rating: Buy it] e
35. The Goose Girl – Shannon Hale [rating: Buy it] e
36. Love Among the Chickens – P.G. Wodehouse [rating: Borrow it] e
37. Dragon and Slave – Timothy Zahn [rating: Borrow it] e
38. Kat, Incorrigible – Stephanie Burgis [rating: Buy it] R
39. The Tightwad Gazette – Amy Dacyczyn [rating: Buy it]*
40. The Explosionist – Jenny Davidson [rating: Borrow it]
— Monthly Review

May

41. The Warrior Heir – Cinda Williams Chima [rating: Borrow it] e
42. Northanger Abbey – Jane Austen [rating: Buy it] e
43. Silver Phoenix – Cindy Pon [rating: Buy it]
44. Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier [rating: Buy it]
—— here the bird ratings restart!
45. First Descent – Pam Withers [rating: 4] B
46. Dead End in Norvelt – Jack Gantos [rating: 4.5] B
47. The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman – Meg Wolitzer [rating: 4.5] B
48. Sparrow Road – Sheila O’Connor [rating: 4] R
49. This Thing Called the Future – J.L. Powers [rating: 4.5] B
50. Jack’s New Power – Jack Gantos [rating: 2]
51. A Handful of Dust – Evelyn Waugh [rating: 5]
— Monthly Review

June

52. Tuesdays at the Castle – Jessica Day George [rating: 5] B
53. The Undertakers: Rise of the Corpses – Ty Drago [rating: 4.5] B
54. The Wizard of Dark Street – Shawn Thomas Odyssey [rating: 4] R
55. Toads and Diamonds – Heather Tomlinson [rating: 4.5]
56. Finding Family – Tonya Bolden [rating: 4]
57. Wanderlust – Elisabeth Eaves [rating: 4] e T
58. Villain School: Good Curses Evil – Stephanie S. Saunders [rating: 2] B
59. Blink & Caution – Tim Wynne-Jones [rating: 4] R
60. Janitors – Tyler Whitesides [rating: 3] B
— Monthly Review

July

61. Decline & Fall – Evelyn Waugh [rating: 4.5]
62. Don’t Forget Me – R.L. Stine [rating: 2.5]
63. Locker 13 – R.L. Stine [rating: 2]
64. My Name is Evil – R.L. Stine [rating: 3]
65. Assassinating Shakespeare – Thomas Goltz [rating: 2.5]
66. Steinbeck’s Ghost – Lewis Buzbee [rating: 5]
67. A Traveller in Time – Alison Uttley [rating: 3]
68. Madeline – Ludwig Bemelmans [rating: 3.5] * e
69. Ten Miles Past Normal – Frances O’Roark Dowell [rating: 4] R
70. Blood Red Road – Moira Young [rating: 4]
71. Storm Front – Jim Butcher [rating: 3.5] *
72. Phoenix Rising – Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris [rating: 3.5] R
73. Ruby Red – Kerstin Gier [rating: 3]
74. Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day – Ben Loory [rating: 3.5] R
75. Sirenz – Charlotte Bennardo & Natalie Zaman [rating: 2] B
76. Brooklyn, Burning – Steve Brezenoff [rating: 2.5] B
77. The Westing Game – Ellen Raskin [rating: 4.5] *
78. Ringlingville USA – Jerry Apps [rating: 2]
79. The Implosion of Aggie Winchester – Lara Zielin [rating: 3.5] R
80. Lighthousekeeping – Jeanette Winterson [rating: 4]
81. The Story of the Trapp Family Singers – Maria Augusta Trapp [rating: 3]
82. Hard Spell – Justin Gustainis [rating: 3] e R
83. Jane-Emily – Patricia Clapp [rating: 4]
84. Witches’ Children – Patricia Clapp [rating: 3]
85. What Do Fish Have to Do With Anything? – Avi [rating: 3]
86. The Magicians – Lev Grossman [rating: 4] *
87. The Star of Kazan – Eva Ibbotson [rating: 4]
88. Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes – Jonathan Auxier [rating: 3.5] e R
89. Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti – Genevieve Valentine [rating 4] e
90. Dragon’s Blood – Jane Yolen [rating: 2]
91. Hounded – Kevin Hearne [rating: 4.5] e
— Monthly Review

August

92. The Warded Man – Peter V. Brett [rating: 3.5] e
93. The Summoning – Kelley Armstrong [rating: 5]
94. The Awakening – Kelley Armstrong [rating: 4] e
95. The Reckoning – Kelley Armstrong [rating: 4] e
96. A Year Without Autumn – Liz Kessler [rating: 3] R
97. The Magician King – Lev Grossman [rating: 4] R
98. The Unwanteds – Lisa McMann [rating: 2.5] R
99. iDrakula – Bekka Black [rating: 3] e
100. A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains – Isabella L. Bird [rating: 3.5] e
101. Bliss – Lauren Myracle [rating: 4.5]
102. Feed – Mira Grant [rating: 5] e
103. Storm Glass – Maria V. Snyder [rating: 4.5] e
104. The Postmortal – Drew Magary [rating: 2] R
105. Act of Will – A. J. Hartley [rating: 3] e
106. Irma Voth – Miriam Toews [rating: 3.5] R
— Monthly Review

September

107. Skyship Academy: The Pearl Wars – Nick James [rating: 2] B
108. Down the Mysterly River – Bill Willingham [rating: 4] B
109. 13 Little Blue Envelopes – Maureen Johnson [rating: 3.5] e
110. Bluefish – Pat Schmatz [rating: 4] R
111. The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1 – PJ Haarsma [rating: 3.5] e
112. Life: An Exploded Diagram – Mal Peet [rating: 4] R
113. Mister Creecher – Chris Priestley [rating: 3.5] B
114. Someone Like You – Sarah Dessen [rating: 4]
115. The Letter, the Witch and the Ring – John Bellairs [rating: 4] *
116. The 14th Dalai Lama: A Manga Biography – Tetsu Saiwai [rating: 2] R
117. Gandhi: A Manga Biography – Kazuki Ebine [rating: 1] R
— Monthly Review

October

118. The Apothecary – Maile Meloy [rating: 4] B
119. Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination – Helen Fielding [rating: 4]
120. The Fashion in Shrouds – Margery Allingham [rating: 2]
121. The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt – Caroline Preston [rating: 5] R
122. Bridget Jones’ Diary – Helen Fielding [rating: 3.5] *
123. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason – Helen Fielding [rating: 3]
124. Magic Knight Rayearth vol. 1 – CLAMP [rating: 4]
125. Magic Knight Rayearth vol. 2 – CLAMP [rating: 3.5]
126. Magic Knight Rayearth vol. 3 – CLAMP [rating: 3.5]
127. The Boneshaker – Kate Milford [rating: 4.5]
128. The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making – Catherynne M. Valente [rating: 5]
129. Prince of Persia: The Graphic Novel – AB Sina [rating: 2]
130. Murder at the Vicarage – Agatha Christie [rating: 4] e
131. Agatha Christie: An Autobiography – Agatha Christie [rating: 4.5]
132. Boxer, Beetle – Ned Beauman [rating: 4] R
133. Fiction Ruined My Family – Jeanne Darst [rating: 4.5]
134. The Dollhouse Murders – Betty Ren Wright [rating: 2]
135. Offshore – Penelope Fitzgerald [rating: 2.5]
136. There’s Treasure Everywhere – Bill Watterson [rating: 4] *
137. The Time Travelers – Linda Buckley-Archer [rating: 3.5]
— Monthly Review

November

138. The Hottest Dishes in the Tartar Cuisine – Alina Bronsky [rating: 3]
139. The Eye of the Warlock – P.W. Catanese [rating: 2.5]
140. Bright Young Things – Anna Godbersen [rating: 4] e
141. Ashes – Ilsa J. Bick [rating: 4] e
142. Bird – Rita Murphy [rating: 3] e
143. The Battle of the Sun – Jeanette Winterson [rating: 3] e
144. A Monster Calls – Patrick Ness [rating: 3.5] e
145. Bone Rattler – Eliot Pattison [rating: 4] e
146. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding – Agatha Christie [rating: 3] e
147. The Neddiad – Daniel Pinkwater [rating: 3] e
148. Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow – Jessica Day George [rating: 5] e
149. Billy Boyle: A World War II Mystery – James R. Benn [rating: 3.5] e
150. Cocaine Blues – Kerry Greenwood [rating: 4] e
151. Flying Too High – Kerry Greenwood [rating: 4] e
152. Murder on the Ballarat Train – Kerry Greenwood [rating: 4] e
153. London Calling – Edward Bloor [rating: 3] e
154. The Whole Story of Half a Girl – Veera Hiranandani [rating: 3] e
155. Nation – Terry Pratchett [rating: 5] e *
156. Inside Out – Maria V. Snyder [rating: 2] e
157. Princess of the Midnight Ball – Jessica Day George [rating: 2] e
— Monthly Review

December

158. Pagan’s Crusade – Catherine Jinks [rating: 3] e
159. Dust and Shadow – Lyndsay Faye [rating: 4] e
160. Miranda’s Big Mistake – Jill Mansell [rating: 3] e
161. A Map of Home – Randa Jarrar [rating: 3.5] e
162. Weetzie Bat – Francesca Lia Block [rating: 1.5] e
163. Hunted – Cheryl Rainfield [rating: 3] e
164. Pastworld – Ian Beck [rating: 2] e
165. Ascension – Kara Dalkey [rating: 3.5] e
166. Reunion – Kara Dalkey [rating: 3] e
167. Those Who Hunt the Night – Barbara Hambly [rating: 4] e
168. Anna and the French Kiss – Stephanie Perkins [rating: 4.5] e
169. Making a Living Without a Job – Barbara J. Winter [rating: 4]
— Monthly Review