Reviews

I review the books I’ve read and write reviews mostly for myself so I can remember what I’ve read.  I write my own opinion and rate them based on how much I enjoyed them, not necessarily on literary merit or anything like that.

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Fiction (alphabetical by author)
A

Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman

Little Santa by Jon Agee

Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott

Untold Story by Monica Ali

Feed by M.T. Anderson

Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

Lovers by Daniel Arsand

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
B

The Curfew by Jesse Ball

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

Machine Man by Max Barry

The Clothes They Stood Up In by Alan Bennett

The Last Free Cat by Jon Blake

Maharani by Ruskin Bond

A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen (Her Royal Spyness #2)

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (Flavia de Luce #1)

The Weed that Strings the Hangman’s Bag by Alan Bradley (Flavia de Luce #2)

Speaking From Among the Bones by Alan Bradley (Flavia de Luce #5)

A 21st Century Courtesan by Eden Bradley

My Name is Memory by Anne Brashares

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Vader’s Little Princess by Jeffrey Brown

Pride and Prejudice (a graphic novel) by Nancy Butler
C

Insatiable by Meg Cabot (Insatiable #1)

Overbite by Meg Cabot (Insatiable #2)

The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

Soulless by Gail Carriger

Heist Society by Ally Carter

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu

Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines

Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn, David Levithan

Road to Perdition by Max Allan Collins

One Bloody Thing After Another by Joey Comeau

Amy Foster by Joseph Conrad

Innocents by Cathy Coote

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Sphere by Michael Crichton

Airframe by Michael Crichton

A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham
D

Matilda by Roald Dahl

My Familiar Stranger by Victoria Danann

The Suitors by Cecile David-Weill

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Landing by Emma Donoghue

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Frenchman’s Creek by Daphne du Maurier

Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
E

Mimi by Lucy Ellmann

One for the Money (Stephanie Plum #1) by Janet Evanovich
F

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (Thursday Next #1)

Casino Royale by Ian Fleming (James Bond #1)

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

The Con Job by Matt Forbeck

Maurice by E.M. Forster

Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon by Matt Fraction

Hawkeye, Vol. 2 : Little Hits by Matt Fraction

Sex Criminals by Matt Fraction
G

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Goliath by Tom Gauld

Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Sleeping with Mortals by Cathrine Goldstein

A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo
H

The Humans by Matt Haig

Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris

Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris

Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris

Dirty by Megan Hart

The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Ghostman by Roger Hobbs

Wool by Hugh Howey

The Left Bank Gang by Jason Hubert

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
I

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
J

Washington Square by Henry James

Nocturne by Syrie James

The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
K

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

The Taker by Alma Katsu

Brilliant by Marne Davis Kellogg

Batman: Death by Design by Chip Kidd

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

The Curiosity by Stephen P. Kiernan

Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King

I’ve Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
L

The Crecian Experience by Elle Lapraim

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Chew, Vol. 3: Just Desserts by John Layman

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

Every Day by David Levithan

The Lover’s Dictionary by David Levithan

The Giver by Lois Lowry
M

The Postmortal by Drew Magary

History of a Pleasure Seeker by Richard Mason

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh

Beauty by Robin McKinley

Batman: Year One by Frank Miller

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford

The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery

V for Vendetta by Alan Moore

Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore (Love Story #1)

You Suck by Christopher Moore (Love Story #2)

Lamb by Christopher Moore

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
N

The Duke in His Castle by Vera Nazarian

The Almond by Nedjma

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Domestic Violets by Matthew Norman
O

The Death of Bees by Lisa O’Donnell

The Marrying Kind by Ken O’Neill

The Diva’s Guide to Selling Your Soul by Kathleen O’Reilly

Animal Farm by George Orwell
P

Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

This Vacant Paradise by Victoria Patterson

The Expats by Chris Pavone

Night Film by Marisha Pessl

Letters from the Dhamma Brothers by Jenny Phillips

True Grit by Charles Portis
Q

Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl by Tracy Quan (Nancy Chan #1)

Diary of a Married Call Girl by Tracy Quan (Nancy Chan #2)
R

Entanglement by Dan Rix

Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love by Chris Roberson

A Kidnapped Santa Claus by Alex Robinson

Divergent by Veronica Roth (Divergent #1)

Insurgent by Veronica Roth (Divergent #2)
S

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Burrows

The Last Time I Saw Paris by Lynn Sheene

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

The Explorer by James Smythe

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

The Help by Kathryn Stockett
T

The Arrival by Shaun Tan

Buddha by Osamu Tezuka

Tryst by Elswyth Thane

Blankets by Craig Thompson

We the Animals by Justin Torres

Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
U

The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar

If Today Be Sweet by Thrity Umrigar
V

Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan

Saga: Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
W

The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

Soul Mates by Jeane Watier

The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

Zone One by Colson Whitehead

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Overseas by Beatriz Williams

Amped by Daniel H. Wilson

The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters (The Last Policeman #1)

Countdown City by Ben H. Winters (The Last Policeman #2)

The Wedding Girl by Madeleine Wickham

Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding

The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Z

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

Non-Fiction
A

God’s Debris by Scott Adams

The Wire: Truth Be Told by Rafael Alvarez

Free: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson

The Passion Test by Janet and Chris Attwood

B

The Company We Keep by Robert and Dayna Baer

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby

Add More Ing to Your Life by Gabrielle Bernstein

Spirit Junkie by Gabrielle Bernstein

Echoes of the Soul by Echo Bodine

Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo

What’s the Point of Life, Death, and the Universe by Gurdeep Brar

Sex and the Single Girl by Helen Gurley Brown

Dancing Lessons by Cheryl Burke

C

Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell

Candy Girl by Diablo Cody

Sugar Daddy Diaries
by Helen Croyden

D

Seriously…I’m Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres

Belle de Jour’s Guide to Men by Belle de Jour

Unbearable Lightness
by Portia de Rossi

Everything About Me Is Fake…and I’m Perfect by Janice Dickinson

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem by Wayne Dyer

E

The Hidden Messages in Water by Masuru Emoto

F

The World of Downton Abbey by Jessica Fellowes

Love Without Conditions by Paul Ferrini

Bossypants by Tina Fey

Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer

Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

Rework by Jason Fried

H

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life by Thich Nhat Hanh

Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart

My Brief History by Stephen Hawking

You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay

What to Say When You Talk to Yourself by Shad Helmstetter

The Law of Attraction by Esther Hicks

Ask and It Is Given by Jerry and Esther Hicks

Getting into the Vortex by Esther Hicks

Sugarbabe by Holly Hill

J

Drop Dead Healthy by A.J. Jacobs

Love is Letting Go of Fear by Gerald Jampolsky

Guts by Kristen Johnston

K

Find Your Happy by Shannon Kaiser

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling

Life on a Plantation by Bobbie Kalman

Swirling by Christelyn Karazin and Janice Littlejohn

Kardashian Konfidential by Kourtney, Kim, and Khloe Kardashian

After the Ecstasy, the Laundry by Jack Kornfield

L

The Fire Starter Sessions by Danielle LaPorte

Driving the Saudis by Jayne Amelia Larson

The Education of a Very Young Madam by Ma-Ling Lee

Judging a Book by Its Lover by Lauren Leto

Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe

M

Alice in Tumblr-land by Tim Manley

Go the Fuck to Sleep by Adam Mansbach

Bringers of the Dawn by Barbara Marciniak

Me by Ricky Martin

Cruel Shoes by Steve Martin

Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief by Bill Mason

Love, Lust and Faking It by Jenny McCarthy

The 10-Second Philosophy by Derek Mills

Life After Life by Raymond Moody

How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran

Superfood Smoothies by Julie Morris 

P

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

Personal Development for Smart People by Steve Pavlina

Grace After Midnight by Felicia “Snoop” Pearson

Alex & Me by Irene Pepperberg

Call Me Russell by Russell Peters

Celebrity, Inc.: How Famous People Make Money by Jo Piazza

The Hot Zone by Richard Preston

R

Christ Returns: Reveals Startling Truth by The Recorder

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach

S

The Manual by Steve Santagati

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

The Sculptor in the Sky by Teal Scott

The Kind Diet by Alicia Silverstone

Super Rich by Russell Simmons

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Sex and the City: The Movie by Amy Sohn

Maus by Art Spiegelman

The Man Who Quit Money by Mark Sundeen

Yeah, I Said It by Wanda Sykes

T

What is Lightbody? by Tashira Tachi-Ren

The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot

How to Be Black by Baratunde Thurston

Guardians of Being by Eckhart Tolle

The Moses Code by James F. Twyman

Emissary of Light by James F. Twyman

V

Earth Angels by Doreen Virtue

W

Conversations with God: Book 1 by Neale Donald Walsch

Conversations with God: Book 2 by Neale Donald Walsch

Happier Than God by Neale Donald Walsch

Frankly Scarlett, I Do Give a Damn!
by Beverly West and Nancy K. Peske

If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t) by Betty White

Being Kendra by Kendra Wilkinson

The Law of Divine Compensation by Marianne Williamson

A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson

I’d Rather We Got Casinos by Larry Wilmore

SoulPancake by Rainn Wilson

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