Book list 2011

I had a goal of reading 36 books in 2011.  I am happy to report that I have met that goal and read 38!  hurray.  My goal for this year is 40 books.

My top 5 in alphabetical order:

• The Imperfectionists, Tom Rachman
  
• The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver
• The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, Walter Mosley
• Room, Emma Donoghue
• The Witch of Hebron, James Howard Kunstler

Here is my list in order of when I finished.  My rating is 1-5 with 5 being outstanding.

• Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins;  *** 1/2
• The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein, ****
• Razing Jake, Charlie Carilo, ****1/2
• How Evan Broke his Head and Other Secrets, Gart Stein, ****
• Mocking Jay, Suzanne Collins, ***
• Room, Emma Donoghue, ****1/2
• Three James, (Author???), ****
• Letter from Point Clear, Dennis McFarlan, ****
• Fugitive Pieces, Anne, Michaels, ***
• The Paris Wife, Paula McLain, ***1/2
• The Other, David Guterson, ***1/2
• The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, Walter Mosley, ****1/2
• Sister Mine, Tawni O’Dell, ***
• Making Toast, Roger Rosenblatt, ****
• The Metropolis Case, Matthew Gallaway, ****
• Keeping Time, Stacey McGlynn, ***
• Shadow Tag, Louise Erdrich, ***1/2
• Fall of Giants, Ken Follett, ***
• Faith, Jennifer Haigh, ****
• The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver, *****
• The Confession, John Grisham, ***1/2
• The 19th Wife, David Ebershoff, ****
• Calebs Crossing, Geraldine Brooks, ****
• Year of Wonders, Ann Patchett, ****1/2
• Gone with a Handsome Man, Michael Lee West, **1/2
• Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand, ***1/2
• The Vices, Lawrence Douglas, ***1/2
• The Astral, Kate Christensen, ***
• Lamb, Bonnie Nadzam, **1/2
• The Gap Year, Sarah Bird, **1/2
• The Thing We Didn’t Say, Sarah Bird, ***
• The Way Things Look to Me, Roopa Farooki, ***1/2
• The Witch of Hebron, James Howard Kunstler, ****1/2
• The Things We Cherished, Pam Jenoft, ***
• Father Mucker, Greg Olear, ***1/2
• World Made by Hand, James Howard Kunstler, ***1/2
• The Imperfectionists, Tom Rachman, ****1/2
• One Second After, William Forstchen, **1/2