darth_kittius started it, and quite a few have followed suit, so I've borrowed her format and modified it a little. I think it'll be a great way of keeping track! I'll add the books I read (and/or review) this year (from birthday to birthday eve) right here.
Mostly-2007 Book List, finished between 25 Dec 2006 and 24 Dec 2007
Date finished:
Title, Author (first published in, subject heading, page count)
link if I write a reviewIf I write a review, expect spoilers to be on the other side of the link. One of these ^ indicates it was a Law Library Book Club selection.*****=I loved it
****=I liked it
***=It was okay
**=I won't be reading this again
*=I can't believe I read the whole thing!
2006/12/28:
Toujours Provence, by Peter Mayle (1991, travel/memoirs, 241 pages) *****
2007/01/01:
The Nonesuch, by Georgette Heyer (1964, period fiction, 297 pages) *****
2007/01/10:
Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen (1811, period fiction, 345 pages) *****
2007/02/01:
Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen, by Fay Weldon (1984, English literature, 224 pages) ****
2007/02/14:
These Old Shades, by Georgette Heyer (1926, period fiction, 409 pages) *****
2007/02/16:
The Devil's Cub, by Georgette Heyer (1932, period fiction, 282 pages) ****
2007/02/18:
84, Charing Cross Road, by Helene Hanff (1970, biography/correspondence, 97 pages) *****
2007/02/18:
Q's Legacy, by Helene Hanff (1985, biography, 177 pages) ***
2007/02/26:
Mathematics with Love: The Courtship Correspondence of Barnes Wallis, Inventor of the Bouncing Bomb, by Mary Stopes-Roe (2005, mathematics/correspondence, 357 pages plus index)
A squeeing review *****
2007/03/22: ^
A Year in Provence, by Peter Mayle (1991, travel/memoirs, 207 pages) *****
2007/03/28:
Snow White and Rose Red, by Patricia C. Wrede (1989, period fantasy/fairy tale, 273 pages) *****
2007/04/01:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J. K. Rowling (1997, fantasy fiction, 309 pages) *****
2007/04/20:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J. K. Rowling (1998, fantasy fiction, 341 pages) *****
2007/04/23: ^
A Case of Vineyard Poison: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery, by Phillip Craig (1995, mystery fiction, 253 pages) **
2007/04/26:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by J. K. Rowling (1999, fantasy fiction, 435 pages) *****
2007/05/01:
Carry On, Jeeves, by P. G. Wodehouse (1925, period fiction/short stories, 207 pages) *****
2007/05/06:
The Ladies of Missalonghi, by Colleen McCullough (1987, period fiction, 189 pages) ****
2007/05/21:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J. K. Rowling (2000, fantasy fiction, 734 pages) *****
2007/05/30: ^
Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog, by John Grogan (2005, pets/memoirs, 289 pages) ***
2007/06/09:
The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffeneger (2005, fantasy fiction, 518 pages)
A contemplative review ****
2007/06/09:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams (1980, fantasy/science fiction, 216 pages) *****
2007/06/20: ^
Life of Pi, by Yann Martel (2001, fiction, 319 pages)
Another contemplative review ****
2007/07/01:
The Squire's Tale, by Gerald Morris (1998, fantasy fiction, 212 pages) ****
2007/07/01:
Daddy Long-Legs/Dear Enemy, by Jean Webster (1912/1915, fiction, 357 pages)
(it's bound as one volume, so I'm considering it to be one book.) A happy review *****
2007/07/03:
Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon (1991, fantasy fiction, 627 pages) *****
2007/07/07:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J. K. Rowling (2003, fantasy fiction, 870 pages) *****
2007/07/12:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by J. K. Rowling (2005, fantasy fiction, 652 pages) *****
2007/07/16:
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, by Winifred Watson (1938, fiction, 234 pages) *****
Much happiness2007/07/21:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J. K. Rowling (2007, fantasy fiction, 759 pages) ***
A Disappointed Review2007/07/22:
Jane Austen in Scarsdale: Or Love, Death, and the SATs, by Paula Marantz Cohen (2006, fiction, 275 pages) *****
A fluffy review!2007/07/25:
Persuasion, by Jane Austen (1818, fiction, 254 pages) *****
2007/08/01:
Sprig Muslin, by Georgette Heyer (1956, period fiction, 268 pages) ****
2007/08/03:
A Room with a View, by E. M. Forster (1908, fiction, 172 pages) *****
2007/09/03:
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini (2003, fiction, 371 pages) ****
A pensive review2007/10/02:
Bath Tangle, by Georgette Heyer (1955, period fiction, 314 pages) *****
2007/10/07:
The Grand Sophy, by Georgette Heyer (1950, period fiction, 328 pages) *****
thirty-six books; 12,412 pages thus far*
I think the reason that I've rated so many of the books with five stars is because if I'm not enjoying it, I don't finish it.
Books still to be read in (mostly) 2007