books I've read in the past month

Here's my list of books I read in November. I put a * buy the ones I recommend.

"A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs, #8)" by Jacqueline Winspear

**"Tuesdays at the Castle" by Jessica Day George

"Sullivan's Woman" by Nora Roberts

"Breaking Night: A Memoir" by Liz Murray

"Irish Hearts #3" by Nora Roberts

"The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise" by Julia Stuart

books I've read in the past month

Here's what I read in August:

**Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo

**Dragon Flight (Dragon Slippers, #2) by Jessica Day George

The Dark Divine (The Dark Divine, #1) by Bree Despain

The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale

First Grave on the Right (Charley Davidson, #1) by Darynda Jones

My Grandfather's Blessings : Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging by Rachel Naomi Remen

I ** the ones I recommend.

books I've read in the past month

I read the following books in April. I ** the ones I recommend.

The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Eye of the Red Tsar: A Novel of Suspense by Sam Eastland

**The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay

Magnificent Obsession by Lloyd C. Douglas

The Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron

books I've read in the past month

Here's the list of books I've read in the past month. I've ** the ones I recommend.

**"Of Pigs, Pearls, and Prodigals: A Fresh Look at the Parable of Jesus" by John Bytheway

**"Schooled" by Gordon Korman

"Sundays at Tiffanys" by James Patterson

**"The Uncommon Reader" by Alan Bennett

"How High the Moon: A Novel" by Sandra Kring

**"Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption" By Laura Hillenbrand

"Hate List" by Jennifer Brown

"The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town" by John Grisham

As you can see, it was a good reading month with 4 titles that I'd recommend. If I had to choose an absolute favorite it would be "Unbroken". That book was fabulous! What have you read lately?

books I've read in the past month

Blame it on Brakston coming home, a new year, or whatever other good-mood-inducing thing you want, all I know is that I enjoyed almost everything I read this month. Some of them were just light-hearted easy reads but they were pleasant none-the-less.

The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard
The Maze Runner (Maze Runner #1) by James Dashner
A Vintage Affair: A Novel by Isabel Wolff
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
Truly, Madly (Lucy Valentine, #1) by Heather Webber
29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life by Cami Walker
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali

I would recommend any of them except "Olive Kitteridge". It was dreadful! "The Scent of Rain and Lightning" was only okay.

books I've read in the past month

Here's the list of books I've read in the past month. I've ** the ones I recommend.

The Rivers Run Dry by Sibella Giorello

Joan of Arc by Mary Gordon

**Remembering Isaac - The Beloved Potter of Niederbipp by Ben Behunin

**A Guide to the Birds of East Africa by Nicholas Drayson

Discovering Isaac - The Beloved Potter of Niederbipp by Ben Behunin

The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff

**Gift from the Sea by Ann Morrow Lindbergh

books I've read in the past month

Here's the list of books I've read in the past month. I've ** the ones I recommend.

The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway #1) by Elly Griffiths

Something Missing by Matthew Dicks

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

**Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

A Modest Proposal by Michele Ashman Bell

The Postmistress by Sarah Blake

**The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest by Anatoli Boukreev

Life on the Refrigerator Door by Alice Kuipers


What have you read lately that you'd recommend?

books I've read in the past month

Here's the list of books I've read in the past month. I've * the ones I recommend.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
*The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
Bound South by Susan Rebecca White
*The Hidden Christ: Beneath the Surface of the Old Testament by James L. Ferrell
The Calligrapher's Daughter by Eugenia Kim
The Rest of Her Life by Laura Moriarty
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Compound by S.A. Bodeen

I've loved Little Women since I was a girl and have lost track of how many times I've read it. The Hidden Christ took me forever to read because I had to do some heavy-duty thinking.

The biggest disappointment was Between a Rock and a Hard Place. It has been on my to-read list for over a year. It's the memoir of a trapped hiker in Southern Utah who had to cut off his arm to free himself and survive. It sounded like my type of book but the book is mostly about Aron's outdoor adventures in the years leading up to his canyon entrapment and escape.

books I've read in the past month

I missed posting this last week when I normally would but here is the list of books I've read in the past month. I've ** the ones I highly recommend.

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) by Alan Bradley
Henry's Sisters by Cathy Lamb
The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schire
The Bar Code Tatoo by Suzanne Weyn
**Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell
The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

books I've read in the past month

Here's the list of books I've read in the past month. I've ** the ones I highly recommend.



**The Safe-Keeper's Secret (Safe-Keepers, #1) by Sharon Shinn

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Me and Mr. Darcy by Alexandra Potter

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Dear John by Nicholas Sparks

Becoming Jane Eyre by Sheila Kohler

Child of the Prophecy (Sevenwaters, #3) by Juliet Marillier

**101 Things You Should Do Before Going to Heaven by David Bordon

The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff

**The Continuous Atonement by Brad Wilcox

**Son of the Shadows (Sevenwaters, #2) by Juliet Marillier

books I've read in the past month

Here's the list of books I've read in the past month. Number the Stars is a good YA novel but nothing else on the list would I highly recommend. They were all fair to middling reads.

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Never Tell a Lie: A Novel of Suspense by Hallie Ephron
The Buffalo Soldier by Chris Bohjalian
The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Hiroshima by John Hersey
A Map of the World by Jane Hamilton
Hello Goodbye by Emily Chenowith
Old City Hall: A Novel by Robert Rotenberg

Book Awards

A few book awards:

Best Romance: Pride and Prejudice

Best Fantasy: the Harry Potter series

Best Adventure: Dead Lucky: Life After Death on Mount Everest

Biggest Impact on My Teen Life: To Kill a Mockingbird

Most Influential: The Book of Mormon

Best Young Adult Fiction: The Hunger Games


These are MY awards - not based on any scientific research. Just my own humble opinion for whatever that is worth.

It might be interesting to note that I have read 63 of the 100 books which were voted the 100 Best Books on www.goodreads.com. My favorites of those I have read many times each. Several more of the 100 books are on my to-read list. Some of the books, I must admit, I have absolutely NO interest in reading!

books I've read in the past month

Here's the list of books I've read in the past month. I ** the ones I highly recommend.

25 Days to Better Thinking and Better Living: A Guide for Improving Every Aspect of Your Life by Linda Elder and Richard W. Paul

**Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage to the Antarctic by Alfred Lansing

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

My Antonia by Willa Cather

Arctic Homestead: The True Story of One Family's Survival and Courage in the Alaskan Wilds by Norma Cobb

The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom by Slavomir Rawicz

books I've read in the past month

Here's the list of books I've read in the past month. Though the number is down considerably from most months, I am surprised I've read as many as I have. There hasn't been much time for reading lately. Luckily, two of the titles are youth fiction and very quick reads. I've ** the ones I highly recommend.

**Diamond Willow by Helen Frost
Night Kill by Ann Littlewood
**Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
Specials (Uglies #3) by Scott Westerfield
Saturday by Ian McEwan

What have you read lately that you recommend?

books I've read in the past month

Here's the list of books I've read in the past month. I've ** the ones I highly recommend.

Don't Tell a Soul by David Rosenfelt
Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman? by Eleanor Updale
The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
Sarah's Key by Tatianna de Rosney
Playing for Pizza: A Novel by John Grisham
**The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
The Year My Son and I Were Born: A Story of Down Syndrome, Motherhood, and Self-Discovery by Kathryn Lynard Soper
**High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed by Michael Kodas


What have you read lately that you recommend?

books I've read in the past month

Here's the list of books I've read in the past month. I've ** the ones I recommend.

The Lover's Knot: A Someday Quilts Mystery by Clare O'Donohue

The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas

Handbags and Homicide by Dorothy Howell

**Listening is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project by Dave Isay

Casting Spells by Barbara Bretton

**Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

**On the Divinity of Second Chances by Kaya McLaren

**North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley


happy reading!

books I've read in the past month

Once again it is time for my report on the past month's reading. I managed to read 11 books in the past month which is quite a few but, unfortunately, they were not my favorite books. The two best books of the bunch I still only rated about 4 stars out of 5. I put an asterick by those two.

The Angels of Morgan Hill - by Donna VanLiere

Kissing Games of the World - by Sandi Kahn Shelton

The Dirty Secrets Club - by Meg Gardiner

Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail - by Malika Oufkir

City of Thieves - by David Benioff

Black and Blue - by Anna Quindlen

The Seat of the Soul - by Gary Zukav

**Survive! My Fight for Life in the High Sierras - by Peter DeLeo

Before You Get to Heaven: 8 Mighty Changes God Wants for You - by D. Kelly Ogden

The Road - by Cormac McCarthy

**The Patron Saint of Butterflies - Cecilia Galante


About the best thing I can say about this set of books is that it helped me in my quest to read a book by an author of every letter of the alphabet. This batch of books netted me an O, Q, V, and Z author. That only leaves me I, U, and X authors and then I have read my way through the alphabet this year.

books, recommended reading

It is time for my monthly update on reading. It has not been a very prolific reading month. I guess I've been distracted by youth conference, girls' camp, etc. I only managed to read 6 books in the past month. I have ** the ones I highly recommend.


**The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

**Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson

Life is Tough: I Doubt I'll Make It Out Alive by Stacy Anderson

**The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

books I've read in the last month

Here's the list of books I've read since April 15th (last list). I've ** the ones I highly recommend.

Crocodile on a Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Recovering Charles by Jason F. Wright
**The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (I've read it before)
Belong to Me: A Novel by Marisa de los Santos
The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia by Jean P. Sasson Folly by Laurie R. King
**Ten Degrees of Reckoning: The True Story of a Family's Love and the Will to Survive by Hester Rumberg
**Uglies by Scott Westerfield
Marley & Me: Love and Life with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan