Golden Threads and Silver Needles: More Maxine

My Reading List

I rate the books I read based on my ability to remember the characters and the story lines. Some of these books I read just to clear my mind and that maybe part of why I don't remember them either. Most of you probably know that I do the biggest part of my reading via audio books otherwise this years reading list would be maybe 3 or 4 books.

The Help, Kathryn Stockett (f)*****

The Forgotten Garden, Kate Morton (f)*****

The Winding Ways Quilt, J. Chiaverini (f)**

O Pioneer, Willa Cather (f) ***

Lincoln at Gettysburg, Garry Willis (nf ) ****

Guardian of the Horizon, Elizabeth Peters (f ) ***

Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, David Mitchell (f ) ****

State Fair, Earlene Fowler (f ) **

The Search, Nora Roberts (f) **

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Winifred Watson (F)-cnr

Love Mercy, Earlene Fowler (f) **

Winter Study, Nevada Barr (f)***

The Lord God Made Them All, James Herriot (nf)****

The Quilters Homecoming, J. Chiaverini (f)**

Sarah's Key, Tatiana de Rosnay (f)****

Belong to Me, Marisa de los Santos (f)***

A River in the Sky, Elizabeth Peters (f)***

Tomb of the Golden Bird, Elizabeth Peters (f)***

Taking the Fifth, J.A. Jance (f)****

Hunting Season: An Anna Pigeon Novel, N. Barr (f)***

The French Lieutenant's Woman, John Fowles (f)***

The New Year's Quilt, J Chiaverini (f)**

The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog, E. Peters (f)***

Audrey Hepburn: A Biography, Warren G. Harris (nf)****

No Apology, Mitt Romney (nf)***

House Rules, Jodi Picoult (f) -couldn't read it

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet, Jamie Ford (f)****

Song of Survival, Helen Colijn (nf)****

The Book Thief, Markus Zusak (f)****

Wives & Daughters, Elisabeth Gaskell (f)****

South of Broad, Pat Conroy (f)****

Half Broke Horses, Jeannette Walls (f)****

A Good Woman, Danielle Steel (f)**

Blue Smoke, Nora Roberts (f)**

River's End, Nora Roberts (f)**

A Christmas Carol, C. Dickens (f)****

The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand (f)****

Cranford, E. Gaskell (f)****

Anne of Green Gables, Lucy M Montgomery (f)****

Made in the U.S.A. Billie Letts (f) cnr

Anne of Avonlea, Lucy M montgomery (f)****

Damage Control, J.A. Jance (f)***

The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri (f)***

The Lost Quilter, J. Chiaverini (f)**

All Things Bright & Beautiful, James Herriot (nf)*****

The Sugar Camp Quilt, J Chiaverini (f)**

All Things Wise & Wonderful, James Herriot (nf)*****

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (f)****

Me & Emma, Elizabeth Flock (f) ****

Circle of Quilters, J Chiaverini (f)**

Up From Orchard Street, Eleanor Widmer (f)****

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society, Annie Barrows (f)*****

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Preparing for Thanksgiving part 2