Hello everyone out there and I hope that you all had a terrific reading year for yourselves. I am known as Rosefire around the Internet and this is my new personal reading blog. I originally posted my reviews over at my daughter's blog, Emeraldfire's Bookmark but am now in the process of transferring them all over to my own blog. My daughter makes blogging look like so much fun that I thought that I would try it out for myself! :)
Anyway, I started out January with about 665 unread books lying around the house and ended the month with 744 books unread. All of the books that I acquired this year came from authors, Bookmooch, Paperback Swap and Library Book Sales. Quite a number of my books that I read this year left my house to go to new homes so that's something I guess. :)
Let me try to break down the influx for you:
Re-reads
- True Crime by Andrew Klavan
- A Song For the Asking by Steve Gannon
- Survivor by Christina Crawford
- Saving Face and Other Stories by Norah Lofts
- Bad Desire by Gary Devon
- The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
- The Angels of Morgan Hill by Donna VanLiere
- A Father's Story by Lionel Dahmer
- The Copper Beech by Maeve Binchy
- Devil's Gate by Elizabeth Ergas
- Life Wish by Jill Ireland
- Horror House by J. N. Williamson
- Beyond Reason by Margaret Trudeau
- The Good Mother by Sue Miller
- The Manhood Ceremony by Ross Berliner
- Up Island by Anne Rivers Siddons
- Echoes by Maeve Binchy
Changes to the TBR pile
Read from my TBR pile (Yes! I am a reading machine :))
- Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler
- Classic Mysteries: A Collection of Mind-Bending Masterpieces by Molly Cooper
- Kept in the Dark by Nina Bawden
- Julian's House by Judith Hawkes
- My Soul to Keep by Judith Hawkes
- Low Country by Anne Rivers Siddons
- The Secret Hour by Luanne Rice
- Emma Hamilton by Norah Lofts
- Sliver by Ira Levin
- The Goodbye Summer by Patricia Gaffney
- Black Coffee by Agatha Christie and Charles Osborne
- Cold Kill: The True Story of a Murderous Love by Jack Olsen
- Nothing Lasts Forever by Sidney Sheldon
- Scrolls of Darkness by Paul Henry Johnson
- Disobedience by Jane Hamilton
- Coroner by Thomas T. Noguchi, M. D. and Joseph DiMona
- Spectre Nightmares and Visitations by Pamela K. Kinney
- Islands by Anne Rivers Siddons
- Margaret Trudeau: The Prime Minister's Runaway Wife by Felicity Cochrane
- At Paradise Gate by Jane Smiley
- Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
- The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright
- Duplicate Keys by Jane Smiley
- The President's Lady: A Novel About Rachel and Andrew Jackson by Irving Stone
- Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout
- Coroner at Large by Thomas T. Noguchi, M. D. and Joseph Dimona
- Shades of Souls Passed: True Accounts of Ghostly Encounters in Madison County, New York by Teresa R. Andrews
- Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
- 13 by Philip Loraine
- Henry and Clara by Thomas Mallon
- Scare Tactics by John Farris
- To Die is Not Enough: A True Account of Murder and Retribution by Donald Delano Wright
- An American Love Story by Rona Jaffe
- All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shreve
- A Village Affair by Joanna Trollope
- One Day at a Time by Danielle Steel
- While I Was Gone by Sue Miller
- Dancehall by Bernard F. Conners
- The Uncanny by Andrew Klavan
- Sea Glass by Anita Shreve
- Unsolved Mysteries...Stranger Than Fiction by Clifford L. Linedecker
- Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy
- Live to Tell by Lisa Gardner
- The Devil's Hunt by P. C. Doherty
- The Carousel by Rosamunde Pilcher
- The Lives of Danielle Steel: The Unauthorized Biography of America's #1 Best-Selling Author by Vickie L. Bane and Lorenzo Benet
- Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher
- Let the Magic Begin: Opening the Door to a Whole New World of Possibility by Cathy Lee Crosby
- Privileged Information by Stephen White
- Summer of the Red Wolf by Morris L. West
- Sunset in St. Tropez by Danielle Steel
- The Rector's Wife by Joanna Trollope
- Hollywood's Greatest Love Stories by Dick Kliener
- The Hampton Sisters by Bernard F. Conners
- Wife Found Slain by Caroline Crane
- The Letters by Luanne Rice and Joseph Monninger
- The Book Club by Mary Alice Monroe
- The Servant by Robin Maugham
- Lullaby and Good Night by Vincent Bugliosi and William Stadiem
- Anima by Marie Buchanan
- Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
- Sally: Unconventional Success by Sally Jessy Raphael and Pam Proctor
- The White Voyage by John Christopher
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
- A Sight For Sore Eyes by Ruth Rendell
- The Saints and Sinners of Okay County by Dayna Dunbar
- Looking For Peyton Place by Barbara Delinsky
- Crooked House by Agatha Christie
- Only You by Cynthia Victor
- Endless Night by Agatha Christie
- Dead Run by Erica Spindler
- Common Ground by Helen Stancey
- Outer Banks by Anne Rivers Siddons
- The Case of Lucy Bending by Lawrence Sanders
- Loose Change: Three Women of the Sixties by Sara Davidson
- Towards Zero by Agatha Christie
- Crescent City by Belva Plain
- Now You Know by Kitty Dukakis and Jane Scovell
- My Beloved Son by Catherine Cookson
- Claudia's Shadow by Charlotte Vale Allen
- Dear Doctor Lily by Monica Dickens
- Malice by Danielle Steel
- Family Treason: The Walker Spy Case by Jack Kneece
- The Haunted Mesa by Louis L'Amour
- Change Baby by June Spence
- Fortune's Hand by Belva Plain
- Crossroads by Belva Plain
- Hill Towns by Anne Rivers Siddons
- Trust by Kate Veitch
- The Murderer's Daughters by Randy Susan Meyers
- The Loving Spirit by Daphne du Maurier
- Winter Harvest by Norah Lofts
- To the Devil a Daughter by Dennis Wheatley
Added to my TBR pile (oh well, you win some and you lose some! :))
- Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
- Legacy of Silence by Belva Plain
- Daybreak by Belva Plain
- Impulse: Three Complete Novels by Barbara Delinsky, Tess Gerritsen and Linda Howard
- Lost by Gary Devon
- Rage by Elizabeth Ergas
- The Ice Bridge by Kathryn Meyer Griffith
- The Calling by Kathryn Meyer Griffith
- Evil Stalks the Night by Kathryn Meyer Griffith
- The Bait by Dorothy Uhnak
- Chill of Summer by Carol Brennan
- A Child's Garden of Death by Richard Forrest
- Skyward by Mary Alice Monroe
- Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen
- Girl in the Mirror by Mary Alice Monroe
- Almost Golden: Jessica Savitch and the Selling of Television News by Gwenda Blair
- After This by Alice McDermott
- The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
- Anne McKevitt's Style Solutions: 365 of the Freshest Looks, Smartest Tips and Best Advice For Your Home by Anne McKevitt
- Bargello Magic: How to Design Your Own by Pauline Fisher and Anabel Lasker
- Betty Crocker's Working Woman's Cookbook by Betty Crocker
- By the Lake by John McGahern
- Campbell's Quick Easy Recipes by Patricia Teberg
- Christmas Cross-Stitch by Better Homes and Gardens
- City of Bones by Michael Connelly
- The Climb: Tragic Ambition on Everest by G. Weston Dewalt and Antoli Boukreev
- Cold Mountain: A Novel by Charles Frazier
- Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher
- Commitments by Barbara Delinsky
- Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
- Deadly Grace by Taylor Smith
- Dream Country by Luanne Rice
- God's Other Son by Don Imus
- A Good Woman by Danielle Steel
- The Hours by Michael Cunningham
- The House on Fortune Street: A Novel by Margot Livesey
- The House on Hope Street by Danielle Steel
- Jordan's Bend by Carolyn Williford
- McNally's Folly by Vincent Lardo
- One Day by David Nicholls
- The Orphan Game by Ann Darby
- Past Perfect by Susan Isaacs
- A Patchwork Planet: A Novel by Anne Tyler
- The Peppered Moth by Margaret Drabble
- Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende
- The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
- Right Next Door by Debbie Macomber
- Saul and Patsy: A Novel by Charles Baxter
- Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan
- Shattered by Karen Robards
- The Taste of Salt by Martha Southgate
- A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell
- Trial by Fire by Terri Blackstock
- Two Women: A Novel of Friendship by Marianne Fredriksson
- The Unnatural Inquirer by Simon R. Green
- The Weight of Silence: A Novel by Heather Gudenkauf
- Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
- Puppets by Daniel Hecht
- Like Water For Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments, With Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies by Laura Esquivel
- The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi
- The Animal Hour by Andrew Klavan
- Pyramid of Skulls: A Novel of Timur, Warrior and Emperor by Martin Fructman
- Haunted Richmond II by Pamela K. Kinney
- Haunted Virginia: Legends, Myths and True Tales by Pamela K. Kinney
- The Murder of King Tut: The Plot to Kill the Child King by James Patterson and Martin Dugard
- The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton
- The Political Trial of Benjamin Franklin: A Prelude to the American Revolution by Kenneth Lawing Penegar
- The Captains' Airline: Pushing Back From the Brink by Art Samson
- Heartbreak Hotel by Anne Rivers Siddons
- In the Shadow of the School: Memories of Growing up in Rural North Kerry in the 1950's by Dick Carmody
- Silver Wedding by Maeve Binchy
- Mount Vernon Love Story: A Novel of George and Martha Washington by Mary Higgins Clark
- Downtown by Anne Rivers Siddons
- Prey by Linda Howard
- Victims by Jonathan Kellerman
- 44 Charles Street by Danielle Steel
- Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
- An Irish Country Christmas by Patrick Taylor
- Darkness, my Old Friend by Lisa Unger
Taken off my TBR pile and sent to a new home (Yay! Happy Dance! :))
- The Defense Never Rests by F. Lee Bailey
- The Spanish Bridegroom by Jean Plaidy
- Insomnia by Stephen King
- To the Devil a Daughter by Dennis Wheatley
- The Murderer's Daughters by Randy Susan Meyers
- Easy Peasy by Lesley Glaister
- Miracle by Irving Wallace
- A Father's Story by Lionel Dahmer
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
- The Mormon Murders by Gregory White Smith and Steven Naifeh
- The Loving Spirit by Daphne du Maurier
- Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk
- The Covenant of the Flame by David Morrell
- The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Toibin
- The Serpent's Mark by Robert L. Duncan
- Mistral's Daughter by Judith Krantz
- Tell me no Lies by Joy Fielding
-The Angels of Morgan Hill by Donna VanLiere
-The Doctor's Wife: A True Story of Marriage, Deception and Two Gruesome Deaths by John Glatt
- Goldilocks by Andrew Coburn
- The Haunting of Sara Lessingham by Margaret James
- Thinner by Stephen King
- Contents Under Pressure by Edna Buchanan
- Common Ground by Helen Stancey
- The Case of Lucy Bending by Lawrence Sanders
- Critical Judgment by Michael Palmer
- Thin Air by Robert B. Parker
- Crooked House by Agatha Christie
- False Witness by Dorothy Uhnak
- Six Great Modern Plays by Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Anton Chekhov, Henrik Ibsen, George Bernard Shaw and Sean O'Casey
- Charmed Life by Bernard Taylor
- The Funhouse by Owen West
- Perfect Victim: The True Story of the 'Girl in the Box' by Christine McGuire and Carla Norton
- The Story of Winston Churchill by Alida Sims Malkus
- The Prodigal Daughter by Jeffrey Archer
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
- The Ugly Duckling by Iris Johansen
- Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
- Walking Shadow by Robert B. Parker
- The First Victim by Ridley Pearson
- Legion by William Peter Blatty
- Thornyhold by Mary Stewart
- The Servant by Robert Maugham
- Darkness Falls by Joyce Anne Schneider
- Just Tell me What You Want by Jay Presson Allen
- The Haunted Mesa by Louis L'Amour
- A Sight For Sore Eyes by Ruth Rendell
- All Heads Turn as the Hunt Goes By by John Farris
-The Great Fire by Monica Dickens
- Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
- Towards Zero by Agatha Christie
- Privileged Information by Stephen White
- Skull Session by Daniel Hecht
- The Haunted Mesa by Louis L'Amour
- Harvest by Tess Gerritsen
- The Last Battle by Cornelius Ryan
- The Devil's Hunt by P. C. Doherty
- True Crime by Andrew Klavan
- The Shadow Guest by Hillary Waugh
- Still Waters by Tami Hoag
- Live to Tell by Lisa Gardner
- Horror House by J. N. Williamson
- Let the Magic Begin: Opening the Door to a Whole New World of Possibility by Cathy Lee Crosby
- The Letters by Luanne Rice and Joseph Monninger
- Servant of the Bones by Anne Rice
- Henry and Clara by Thomas Mallon
- A Whisper in the Attic by Gloria Murphy
- Scare Tactics by John Farris
- The Uncanny by Andrew Klavan
- 13 by Philip Loraine
- Shades of Souls Passed: True Accounts of Ghostly Encounters in Madison County, New York by Teresa R. Andrews
- Hawaii by James A. Michener
- Quentins by Maeve Binchy
- The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy
- My Beloved Son by Catherine Cookson
- The Saving Graces by Patricia Gaffney
- Sweet Everlasting by Patricia Gaffney
- Everlasting by Nancy Thayer
- The Secrets of Lake Success by Janet Quin-Harkin
- Inheritance by Judith Michael
- The President's Lady: A Novel About Rachel and Andrew Jackson by Irving Stone
- Where or When by Anita Shreve
- Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
- Master Builders of the Middle Ages by David Jacobs
- The Juror by George Dawes Green
- Blood Will Tell by Gary Cartwright
- Lullaby and Good Night by Vincent Bugliosi and William Stadiem
- Man With a Gun by Robert Daley
- Coroner by Thomas T. Noguchi, M. D. and Joseph DiMona
- Hannibal by Thomas Harris
- The Manhood Ceremony by Ross Berliner
- Spectre Nightmares and Visitations by Pamela K. Kinney
- The Crucible by Arthur Miller
- Scrolls of Darkness by Paul Henry Johnson
- Practical Fish Dishes by P3 Publishing
- Blood Memories by Barb Hendee
- Where River Turns to Sky by Gregg Kleiner
- The Complete Rhyming Dictionary by Clement Wood
- The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell
- Loose Change: Three Women of the Sixties by Sara Davidson
- At Paradise Gate by Jane Smiley
- Duplicate Keys by Jane Smiley
- The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright
- The Swarm by Arthur Herzog
Well, there it is...the breakdown! All in all, a very good reading year for me. Here's a further breakdown:- Loose Change: Three Women of the Sixties by Sara Davidson
- At Paradise Gate by Jane Smiley
- Duplicate Keys by Jane Smiley
- The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright
- The Swarm by Arthur Herzog
Books Read: 110
Pages Read: 35,050
Grade Range: A+! to B+!
So, there you go! The reading year that was 2012! I hope that you all had an equally good reading year; if not a little better. :) See you all next year! :)
Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight
