CURRENTLY READING
Wild Swans

MOST RECENT BOOKS READ
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Join Me! by Danny Wallace - Bookring
Portuguese Irregular Verbs by Alexander McCall Smith
The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs by Alexander McCall Smith
At The Villa of Reduced Circumstances by Alexander McCall Smith
S is for Silence by Sue Grafton

Fall 2005:
I know I read more than one book! But I got a new job and have read less.
Swift As Desire by Laura Esquivel (library)

Summer 2005:
Canoe Lake by Roy MacGregor
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (from a friend)
Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs
Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs
Old Friends by Tracy Kidder (non-fiction)
African Creeks I Have Been Up (With A Mining Engineer And Three Male Minors) by Sue Spencer (non-fiction)
Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich (from a friend)
The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton (a novel) by Jane Smiley
The Bernini Bust by Iain Pears
Third Degree by James Patterson (from a friend)
Crampton Hodnet by Barbara Pym (reread)
The Lobster Chronicles by Linda Greenlaw (library)
In The Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez


January 2005:
Death of Riley by Rhys Bowen (friend)
Black Orchids by Rex Stout (friend)
The Novice's Tale by Margaret Frazer (friend)
Broken Dishes by Earlene Fowler (library)
Sunshine and Shadow by Earlene Fowler (library)
Steps to the Altar by Earlene Fowler (library)
Arkansas Traveler by Earlene Fowler (library)
Seven Sisters by Earlene Fowler (library)
Marnier's Compass by Earlene Fowler (from a friend)
The Bone Vault by Linda Fairstain (library)
Dove in the Window by Earlene Fowler (library)
Kansas Troubles by Earlene Fowler (library)
Goose in the Pond by Earlene Fowler (library)
Irish Chain by Earlene Fowler (library)
Plainsong by Kent Haruf
Fool's Puzzle by Earlene Fowler (from a friend)
Irish Coffee by Ralph McIneryn (library)

Fall 2004:
R Is For Ricochet by Sue Grafton (library)
The Sweet Potato Queens Book of Love (library)
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (from a friend)
Skeleton Man by Tony Hillerman
The Viking Funeral by Stephen J. Cannell (library)
Babel Tower by A.S. Byatt (re-read. library)
The Raphael Affair by Iain Pears (from a friend)
Comfort Me with Apples by Ruth Reichl (library. non-fiction)
Cruel as the Grave by John Armistead (library)
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver (gift from a bookcrosser)
Death and Restoration by Iain Pears (from a friend)
Almost French by Sarah Turnbull (non-fiction. library)
The Letterboxer's Companion by Randy Hall (non-fiction, library)
Geocaching: Hike and Seek with Your GPS by Erik Sherman (non-fiction, library)
The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith (library)
I am Madame X by Gioia Diliberto (library)
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Trace by Patricia Cornwell
The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff (non-fiction, library)
Three Fates by Nora Roberts (library)

January-August 2004:
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years by Sue Townsend (library)
Death DuJour by Kathy Reichs (library)

A Legacy of Vengenance by John Armistead (library)
A Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries - edited by Ed Gorman (library)
The Right Jack by Margaret Maron (library. re-read)
Blue Shoe by Anne Lamott (from a friend)
Tender to the Bone by Ruth Reichl (library)
The Queen Must Die!: And Other Affairs of Bees and Men by William Longgood (library. non-fiction)
Death in Blue Folders by Margaret Maron (library. re-read)
Past Imperfect by Margaret Maron (library. re-read)
Death of a Butterfly by Margaret Maron (library)
Bab: Sub-Deb by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Sudden Exposure by Susan Dunlap (from a friend)
Maigret and the Headless Corpse by Georges Simenon
A Miracle In Paradise by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera (from a friend)
Naked Came The Manatee by Hiaasen et al. [written serially by 13 Florida authors]
Stone Kiss by Faye Kellerman (library)
Villa Incognito by Tom Robbins (library)
Blue at the Mizzen by Patrick O'Brian (library)
A Room With a View by E.M. Forester
Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich (from a friend)
Night Gardening by E.L.Swann
Awakenings by Oliver Sacks (non-fiction)
Maigret and the Mad Killers [Maigret Hesitates; Maigret's Pickpocket; Maigret and the Killer] by Georges Simenon
A Murder on the Appian Way by Steven Saylor (library)
The Sinister Pig by Tony Hillerman
Bitter Sugar by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera (from a friend)
Havana Heat by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera (from a friend)
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (library)
Milk Glass Moon by Adriana Trigiani (library)
Blessings by Anna Quindlen (from a friend)
Absolute Friends by John le Carre'
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan (library, non-fiction)
Roommates by Max Apple (library, non-fiction)
The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith
The Master Quilter by Jennifer Chiaverini
The Bookman's Promise by Cliff Janeway
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom (library)
The Night of The Tiger by Robert van Gulik (library)
Red Sky at Night by James W. Hall (library)
The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler
The Well of Lost Plots - A Thursday Next Novel by Jasper Fforde (library)
Last Lessons of Summer by Margaret Maron (library)
Slow Dollar by Margaret Maron (library)
In The Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje (from a friend)
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Fluke by Christopher Moore (bookring)
Cork Boat by John Pollack (non-fiction)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain (library)
Murder Room by P.D. James
Exit Wounds by J.A. Jance (library)
Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton

Fall 2003:
The Subtle Serpent by Peter Tremayne (from a friend)
Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve (from a friend)
The Shelters of Stone by Jean M. Auel (library)
The Treasure of Montsegur by Sophy Burnham (from a friend)

Summer 2003:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (from a friend). That's it for the Summer, folks! Next book read will be in the Fall.
Metal Cowboy by Joe Kurmaskie (non-fiction)
Sea Glass by Anita Shreve (from a friend)
Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawk (non-fiction)
Smoke by Donald E. Westlake (from a friend)
Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde (library) - I can't wait for Thursday Next's return in 'The Well of Lost Plots' due out Spring 2004!
The Grilling Season by Diane Mott Davidson
Three Junes by Julia Glass (from a friend)
Marked For Murder by Wm X. Kienzle
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (library)
Evening Class by Maeve Binchy
The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown (from a friend)
The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason (library)
Quentins by Maeve Binchy (library)
A French Country Murder by Peter Steiner (library)
The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith
Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith
Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler (library)
A Homecoming for Murder by John Armistead (library)

I have gone through my books and found some I am willing to release. I noticed that the coffee house just down the street has been a site where several have been set free.


Favorite books: The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler; Blue Highways by William Leastheat Moon. Newest favorite book (Aug.2004): The Fourth Coast by Mary Blocksma.

July 4th (2003) we went to the Annual Cascade Friends of the Library Fourth of July Used Book Sale. Now we have even more books to 'catch and release'!