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Books Read in 2017 (-- Books. Major Events, excising rotten and hard: burlesque debut; won a pinup competition; decide to leave adjuncting; started my LLC; remarried my amazing wife in a fabulously gothic ceremony; spoke at two conferences; had two chapters accepted for publication - still pending; organized a panel for THE conference for my field (taking place in January); brought home a third poodle; started volunteering at an animal shelter)
1. Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 1.2.17. ****
2. Small Gods by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 1.7.17. ***
3. Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 1.2017. ***1/2
4. Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 1.18.2017. *****
5. Soul Music by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 1.2017. ****

6. Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 2.4.2017 *****
7. Masquerade by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 2.12.2017 ****
8. Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 2.20.2017 *****
9. Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader by Neil Gaiman. Comic. 2.2017.

10. Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay. Gender Studies. March 2017. ***
11. Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit. Gender studies. Unfinished. ****
12. My Best Friend is Invisible by R. L. Stine. YA. 3.22.2017. ***1/2
13. Romancing the Inventor by Gail Carriger. Steampunk. 3.23.17. ****
14. Poison or Protectby Gail Carriger. Steampunk. 3.24.17. **
15. Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel. Graphic Memoir. 3.28.17. ****

16. Jingo by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 4.2017. ****
17. Hogfather by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 4.2017. *****
18. Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs. Urban Fantasy. 4.2017. ***

19. Lady Killer by Jamie S. Rich. Graphic Novel. 5.7.17. *****

20. The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 6.13.17. ***1/2
21. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. Dystopian. 6.14.17. *****
22. A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay. Horror. 6.19.17. **1/2
23. Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 6.20.17. ****
24. The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy.. 6.27.17. ****

25. The Truth by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 7.10.17. *****
26. Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 7.13.17. *****
27. I, Vampire by Joshua Hale Fialkov. Comic. 7.14.17. ****
28. Batman Unseen by Doug Moench. Comic. 7.14.17. **
29. Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker. 7.14.2017. ****
30. Going Postal by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 7.2017. *****
31. Night Watch by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 7.2017. *****
32. Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist. Horror.

33. Making Money by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 8.8.2017. ***1/2
34. Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy.. 8.15.17. ****
35. Snuff > by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 8.26.17. ****
36. The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents. > by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 8.27.17. ****

37. Crimson Death by Laurell K. Hamilton. Terrible. 9.11.2017. *
38. Tarnished and Torn by Juliet Blackwell. Cozy Mystery. 9.25.17. **1/2
39. Night Shift by Charlaine Harris. Mystery. 9.27.17. *
40. Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. 9.27.17. ****

41. Imprudence by Gail Carriger. Steampunk. 10.2017. ****
42. If Walls Could Talk by Lucy Worsley. History. 10.11.2017. ***
43. The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket. Children’s. 10.15.17. ****
44. The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket. Children’s. 10.16.17. ***1/2
45. The austere Academy by Lemony Snicket. Children’s. 10.18.17. ****
46. Medea by Euripides. Tragedy. 10.11.17. *****
47. Death Note Volume 1: Boredowm by Tsugumi Ohba. Manga. 10.19.17. *****
48. Death note Volume 2: Confluence by Tsugumi Ohba. Manga. 10.31.17.
49. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood. Fiction. 10.31.17

50. Death Note Volume 3: Hard Run by Tsugumi Ohba. Manga. 11.4.17. *****
51. Batman: Arkham City by Paul Dini and Carlow D’anda. Comic. 11.4.17. ****
52. Death Note Volume 4: Love by Tsugumi Ohba. Manga. 11.8.17. *****
53. Othello by William Shakespeare. Drama. 11.2017. *****
54. Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare. Drama. 11.2017. *****
55. Batgirl Number 14: Terror in the Third Dimension by Bryan Q. Miller, Lee Garbett, and Trevor Scott. Comic. 11.2017. ***
73. Romancing the Werewolf by Gail Carriger. Paranormal Romance. 11.15.17. ****
56. Gone Gull by Donna Andrews. Cozy Mystery. 11.22.17. ***
57. Black Butler by Yana Toboso. Manga. 11.25.17. ***
58. The Ersatz Elevator. Children’s. 11.26.17. ***
59. Black Butler, Volume 2 by Yana Toboso. Manga. 11.26.17. ***
73. Romancing the Werewolf by Gail Carriger. Paranormal Romance. 11.15.17. ****

60. Umnentionable: The Victorian Lady’s Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners by Theresa Oneill. Just terrible. 12.3.17. *
61. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. Drama. 12.4.2017. *****
62. Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 12.13.17. ***1/2
63. Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse by Chris Riddell. YA. 12.16.17. ****
64. Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death by Chris Riddell. YA. 12.17.17. ***1/2
65. Goth Girl and the Wuthering Fright by Chris Riddell. YA 12.19.17. ***
66. How to Be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman. Nonfiction. 12.20.17. *****
67. How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell. YA. 12.23.17. ****
68. How to Be a Pirate b Cressida Cowell. YA. 12.25.2017. ***1/2
69. The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket. YA. 12.26.17. ***1/2
70. How to Speak Dragonese by Cressida Cowell. YA. 12.26.17. ***1/2
71. Lady Killer 2 by Joelle Jones. Graphic Novel. 12.26.17. *****
72. The Beauty by Jeremy Haun, et al. Graphic Novel. 12.27.17. ****
74. Sweet Tooth: Out of the Deep Woods by Jeff Lemire. Graphic Novel. 12.28.17. ****
75. Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett. YA Fantasy. 12.31.17. *****

Books Read in 2016 (108 Books. Major Events: Completed PhD coursework; passed PhD exams; taught in the spring semester; published a brief article, had a chapter accepted for 2017 publication, and two papers accepted for 2017 conferences; sewed two wedding dresses and one groom's suit; planned and executed two weddings for my best friend, who was diagnosed with cancer; finally built a website for my costuming portfolio; brought home a second poodle; general chaos and joy of living with my dear family)
1. Skin Trade by Laurell K. Hamilton. Vampires. 1.3.16. Bah.
2. Blood Noir by Laurell K. Hamilton. Vampires. 1.6.16. ****
3. Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel. Graphic Autobiography. 1.12.16. ****
4. The Missionary by Sydney Owenson. Victorian Oriental Fiction. 1.13.16. *
5. Through the Woods by Emily Carroll. Graphic Ghost Stories. 1.14.16. ****
6. Medea by Euripides. Greek Drama. 1.16.16. ****
7. Manhood in America by Michael Kimmel. Masculinity Studies. 1.22.16. ***
8. Lady Susan by Jane Austen. Nineteenth-Century. 1.24.16. *****

9. Jack Sheppard by William Harrison Ainsworth. Newgate fiction. 2.1.16. ****
10. The Politics of Gender in Victorian Britain: Masculinity, Political Culture and the Struggle for Women's Rights by Ben Griffin. Masculinity Studies. 2.5.16. ***
11. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. Fiction. 2.10.16. *****
12. Manliness & Civilization by Gail Bederman. Masculinity. 2.20.16. ***1/2
13. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. Gothic Satire. 2.23.16. ****

14. Victorian Masculinities: Manhood and Masculine Poetics in Early Victorian Literature and Art by Herbert Sussman. Masculinities. 3.4.16. ***1/2
15. Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man: The White Male Body and the Challenge of Modernity in America by John F. Kasson. Masculinities. 3.4.16. ****
16. Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs. Urban Fantasy. 3.9.16. ***
17. Masculinity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature: Duelling with Danger by Emelyne Godfrey. Masculinities. 3.19.16. ****
18. The Joker: Death of the Family by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. Comics. 3.20.16. *****
19. The Man Who Laughs by Ed Brubaker. Comics. 3.21.16. ****
20. Primary source readings in Victorian Gender. 3.27.16. *****

21. Manning the Race by Marlon B Ross. Sexuality and Masculinity. 4.1.16. ***1/2
22. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. Fantasy. 4.5.16. *****
23. Batman Detective Comics #1: Faces of Death by Tony S. Daniel. Comics. 4.2.16. *****
24. Batman/Houdini: The Devil's Workshop by Howard Chaykin. Comic. 4.7.16. **
25. From Hell by Alan Moore. Comic. 4.8.16. ***
26. Batman #1 by Bob Cane. Comic. 4.9.16. ****
27. The Nigger's Opera; or, The Darkie That Walked in Her Sleep by William Brough. Drama. 4.9.16. ***
28. The Gypsy Maid by William Brough. Drama. 4.10.16. **
29. Beowulf trans. Seamus Heaney. Anglo-Saxon. 4.14.16. *****
30. Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Victorian. 4.17.16. *****
31. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. Victorian. 4.17.16. ***
32. 200+ Pages of Student Research Papers. Work. 4.21.16.
33. The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells. Scientific Romance. 4.25.16. *****
34. Selections from A Question of Manhood Vol. 2 by various. Masculinity. 4.34.16. ****

35. Over 300 pages of student essays. Work. 5.3.15.
36. The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon by W.T. Stead. Journalism. 5.5.16. *****
37. Poetry selections from the Broadview Anthology by Various. Spring 2016. *****
38. Nonfiction selections from Victorian Prose and Victorian Prose by various. Spring 2016. *****
39. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. Victorian Gothic. Spring 2016. ******
40. The Odd Women by George Gissing. Victorian Fiction. 5.6.16. ****
41. The God, The Bad, and the Emus by Donna Andrews. Cozy Mystery. 5.8.16. ***
42. The Nightingale Before Christmas by Donna Andrews. Cozy Mystery. 5.10.16. **1/2
43. Lord of the Wings by Donna Andrews. Cozy Mystery. 5.12.16. ***1/2
44. American Vampire by Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque, and Stephen King. Graphic Novel. 5.12.16. ***1/2
45. Wytches by Scot Snyder, Joch, Hollingsworth, and Robins. Graphic Novel. 5.13.16. *****
46. Coffin Hill Volume 1 by Caitlin Kittredge. Graphic Novel. 5.13.16. ***1/2
47. The Astonishing X-Men by Joss Whedon. Graphic Novel. 5.18.16. ****
48. Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain, 1942 by the United States War Department. Historical Guide. 5.20.16. ****
49. Batman Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli. Comic Books. 5.28.16. ****
50. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. Fantasy. 5.2016. **
51. Extraordinary X-Men: X-Haven by Lemire and Ramos. Comics. 5.2016. **

52. The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter by Rod Duncan. Fantasy. 6.9.16. **
53. Amazing X-Men: The Quest for Nighcrawler by Jason Aaron. Comic. 6.17.16. ***
54. Batman: The Court of Owls by Scott Snyder. Comic. 6.18.2016. ****
55. Burial Rites by Hannah Kent. Historical Fiction. 6.0.16. *****
56. The G-String Murders by Gypsy Rose Lee. Pulp. 6.23.16. *****
57. Mother Finds a Body by Gypsy Rose Lee. Pulp. 6.25.16. ***
58. Sex Criminals: Vol. 1 by Matt Fraction. Comic. 6.27.16. ***
59. Lost Girls: Vol. 1 by Alan Moore. Graphic Novel. 6.16.16. ****
60. Lost Girls: Vol. 2 by Alan Moore. Graphic Novel. 6.17.16. ****

61. The Female Detective by Andrew Forrester. Detective Novel. 7.5.16. ***
62. Clean Room by Gail Simone. Graphic Novel. 7.6.16. *****
63. Flirt by Laurell K. Hamilton. Urban Fantasy. 7.10.16. **
64. Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda. Graphic Novel. 7.12.16. *****
65. Lost Girls: Vol. 3 by Alan More. Graphic Novel. 7.14.16. ***1/2
66. Hit List by Laurell K. Hamilton. Urban Fantasy. 7.12.16. *
67. Kiss the Dead by Laurell K. Hamilton. Urban Fantasy. 7.18.16. **
68. Affliction by Laurell K. Hamilton. Urban Fantasy. 7.25.16. ****
69. Dead Ice by Laurell K. Hamilton. Urban Fantasy. 7.28.16. ***

70. Batman: The City of Owls by Scott Snyder. Comic. 8.2.16. ***
71. The Joker: Endgame by Scott Snyder. Comic. 8.3.16. ******
72. Pretty Deadly by Kelly Sue Deconnick. Comic. 8.3.16. ***1/2
73. The Saga of the Swamp Thing by Alan Moore. Comic. 8.8.16. ***
74. 300 by Frank Miller. Comic. 8.9.16. ***
75. Catwoman: A Celebration of 75 Years by Frank Miller. Comic. 8.9.16. ***
76. Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire by John Ostrander. Comic. 8.2016. ****
77. The Perfect Gentleman: The Pursuit of Timeless Elegance and Style in London. by James Sherwood. Fashion History. 8.2016. ****

78. Suicide Squad: The Nightshade Odyssey by John Ostrander, Luke McDonnell, and Bob Lewis. Comic. 9.2.16. **
79. Gotham City Central: In the Line of Duty by Greg Rucka, Ed Brubaker. Comic 9.17.16. ****
80. Gotham City Central: Jokers and Madmen by Greg Rucka, Ed Brubaker. Comic. 9.19.16. ****
81. Catwoman: Selina's Big Score by Darwyn Cooke. Comic. 9.20.16. ***1/2
82. Catwoman: Vol. 1 Th Game by Judd Winick. Comic. 9.21.16. ***
83. Victorian Fashion by Jayne Shrimpton. Fashion History. 9.23.16. ***
84. Victoriana by James Laver. Material Culture, History. 9.25.16. ***

85. Dark Night by Paul Dini. Graphic Memoir. 10.2016. **
86. Fashioning Gothic Bodies by Catherine Spooner. Fashion and Literary Theory. 10.2016. *****
87. Dress Culture in Late Victorian Women's Fiction by Christine Bayles Kortsch. Fashion, Gender, and Literary Theory. 10.2016. *****

88. Hidden Destiny by Carrie Ann Ryan. Supernatural Romance. 11.2.16. ***
89. Tattered Loyalties by Carrie Ann Ryan. Supernatural Romance. 11.3.16. ***
90. Bodies by Si Spencer, et al. Graphic Novel. 11.4.16. ***
91. The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 11.7.16. ***
92. The Long Halloween by Jeoph Loeb. Comic. 11.8.16. ***1/2
93. The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 11.13.16. ***
94. Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 11.16.16. ****
95. Mort by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 11.17.16. *****
96. Sourcery by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 11.23.16. ***
97. Die Like an Eagle by Donna Andrews. Cozy Mystery. 11.25.16. ****
98. Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 11.27.16. ****
99. Pyramids by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 11.29.16. ***

100. Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 12.7.16. *****
101. Eric by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 12.10.16. **
102. The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey. Science Fiction. **
103. The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket. Children's. 12.12.16. ****
104. Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 12.18.16. ****
105. The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket. Children's. 12,19.16. ****
106. Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh. Graphic Memoir. 12.20.16. ****
107. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Ghost Story. 12.22.16. *****
108. Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 12.29.2016. ****

Books Read in 2015 (75 Books. Major Events: Four semesters of PhD coursework (spring, two summer, fall); published two reviews, spoke and organized at two conferences; taught 20+ credits a semester; bought a house; didn't forget the names of my children or partner; costumed like the enthusiastic amateur I am)
1. Jason by Laurell K. Hamilton. Paranormal Romance. 1.6.14. **1/2
2. How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny. Mystery. 1.9.15. *****
3. Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong. Urban Fantasy. 1.12.15. ***
4. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty. Memoir. 1.25.15. ***
5. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. Fiction 1.30.15. *****

6. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. Fiction. 2.1015. *****
7. Who Could That Be at This Hour? by Lemony Snicket. YA. 2.13.15. ****

8. Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs. Urban Fantasy. 3.5.15. ****
9. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Gothic. 3.9.15. *****
10. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore. Graphic Novel. 3.13.15. ***
11. The Wind Done Gone by Alice Randall. Appropriative Novel. 3.21.15
12. Reality Hunger by David Shields. Nonfiction. 3.22.15
13. Prudence by Gail Carriger. Steampunk. 3.28.15. ***.5

14. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. Fantasy. 4.2.15. *****
15. Beowulf trans. by Seamus Heaney. 4.12.15. *****
16. The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells. Scientific Romance. 4.19.15. ****
17. All the Copyright course readings.
18. 1005+ pages of student essays.
19. Master of O by Ernest Greene. BDSM. 4.2015. ***

20. Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton. Vampires. 5.7.15.
21. The Laughing Corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton. Vampires. 5.10.15.
22. Joker bu Brian Azzarello, ill. by Lee Bermejo. Comicbook. 5.11.15. ****
23. Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton. Vampires. 5.13.15.
24. Bloody Bones by Laurell K. Hamilton. Vampires. 5.19.15.
25. The Killing Dance by Laurell K. Hamilton. Vampires. 5.25.15
26. The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale. Children's chapter book. 5.26.15. ****

27. Otherworldly Nights by Kelley Armstrong. Urban Fantasy. 6.1.15. ***
28. A Little Night Murder by Nancy Martin. Cozy Mystery. 6.3.15. ***1/2
29. Burnt Offerings by Laurell K. Hamilton. Vampires. 6.2015.
30. Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton. Vampires. 6.19.15.
31. Catwoman Volume 1: The Game by Judd Winick and Guillem March. Comic. 6.20.15. ***
32. Catwoman Volume 2: Dollhouse by Judd Winick and Guillem March. Comic. 6.20.15. ****
33. Gotham City Sirens: Union by Paul Dini and Guillem March. Comic. 6.20.15. Rubbish.
34. Batman: Heart of Hush by Paul Dini, Dustin Nguyen, and Derek Fridolfs. Comic. 6.24.15. ***1/2
35. The Girl with the Iron Touch by Kady Cross. Teen Romance Steampunk. 6.25.15. ***

36. Shifting Shadows by Patricia Briggs. Urban Fantasy; Short Stories. 7.9.15. ***
37. Medievalisms by Pugh and Weisl. Cultural Studies. 7.10.15.
38. Soranus' Gynecology Trans. by Owsei Temkin. Gynecology. 8.2015. *****
39. INventing the Middle Ages by Norman F. Cantor. Cultural Studies. 7.2015. ***
40. The Shock of Medievalism by Kathleen Biddick. Cultural Studies. 7.2015. ****
41. How Soon is Now? by Carolyn Dinshaw. Cultural Studies. 7. 2015. ****

42. Murder on Fifth Avenue by Victoria Thompson. Cozy Mystery. 8. 2015. ***
43. Murder in Chelsea by Victoria Thompson. Cozy Mystery. 8.2015. ***
44. Murder in Murray Hill by Victoria Thompson. Cozy Mystery. 8.2015. *****
45. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Vol 2 by Alan Moore. Comic. 8.13.2015. ***
46. The Replacement by Brena Yovanoff. Fantasy. 8.17.15. ***1/2
47. The Killing Joke by Alan Moore. Comics. 8.18.2015. ****1/2
48. Horns by Joe Hill. Horror. 8.20.15. ****
51. The Coldest Girl in Cold Town by Holly Black. YA Vampire Romance. 8.2015. **

49. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg. Gothic. 9.1.2015 ****
50. Uncle Silas by Sheridan Le Fanu. Gothic. 9.9.15. *****
52. The Lifted Veil by George Eliot. Gothic. 9.16.15. ***
53. Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu. 9.16.15. *****
54. Narcissus in Chains by Laurell K. Hamilton. 9.21.15. ***
55. Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Gothic. 9.22.15. *****
56. She by H. Rider Haggard. Gothic. 9.2015. ***

57. Cerulean Sins by Laurell K. Hamilton. Urban Fantasy. 10.2.15. ***
58. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Gothic. 10.7.15. *****
59. The Cultural Politics of Emotion by Sara Ahmed. Affect Theory. 10.2015. ****
60. The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells. Gothic. 10.14.15. *****
61. Dracula by Bram Stoker. Gothic. 10.21.15. *****
62. The Beetle by Richard Marsh. Gothic. 10.28.15. *****

63. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. Gothic. 11.4.15. ****
64. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. Comic Memoir. 11.10.15. *****
65. Othello by William Shakespeare. Drama. 11.10.15. *****
66. Manners & Mutiny by Gail Carriger. Steampunk YA. 11.14.15. ****1/2
67. Incubus Dreams by Laruell K. Hamilton. Vampire. 11.2015. ***

68. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. Theatre of the Absurd. 12.3.2015. *****
69. Micah by Laurell K. Hamilton. Vampires. 12.4.15. **1/2
70. The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin. Horror. 12.15.15. *****
71. The Harlequin by Laurell K. Hamilton. Vampires. 12.27.15. **
72. Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin. Horror. 12.28.15. ****
73. Breed by Chase Novak. Horror. 12.30.15. ****
74. Pirates Past Noon by Mary Pope Osborne. Early Chapter Book 12.9.15.
75. Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare. Drama. 11.2015. ***** (forgot to add to original review list)

Books Read in 2014 (96 Books. Major Events: First two semesters of PhD coursework; published three papers, two reviews, spoke at two conferences, and organized two conference panels; taught at two schools simultaneously and did my first (and last) stint in a writing center.)

1. Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger. Steampunk. 1.7.14. ****
2. The Goddess Chronicle by Natsuo Kirino. Mythology. January Resolution Book. 1.15.14. *****
3. Life Below Stairs: True LIves of Edwardian Servants by Alison Maloney. Wikipedia4. The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How it Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World. by Steven Johnson. Nonfiction. 1.20.14. ***
5. The Darkest Secret by Gena Showalter. Paranormal Romance. 1.23.14. ***1/2
6. Incubus Wolf by Bonnie Vanak. Paranormal Romance. 1.23.14. *
7. Seduced by the Wolf by Bonnie Vonak. Paranormal Romance. 1.24.14. *
8. The Darkest Surrender by Gena Showalter. Paranormal Romance. 1.27.14. ***1/2
9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. Fiction. Work. 1.31.14. ****

10. Curtsies and Conspiracies by Gail Carriger. Steampunk. 2.1.14. ***
11. MacRieve by Kresley Cole. Paranormal Romance. 2.2.14. ****
12. The House of Dead Maids by Clare B. Dunke. YA Horror. 2.6.12. **
13. Bonds of Denial by Lynda Aicher. M/M Romance. 2.8.14. ****1/2
14. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. Gothic. Work. 2.9.14. ****1/2
15. The Redwood Pack: Volume 3 by Carrie Ann Ryan. Paranormal Romance. 2.11.14. ***
16. The Redwood Pack: Volume 4 by Carrie Ann Ryan. Paranormal Romance. 2.13.14. ***1/2
17. Othello by William Shakespeare. Drama. Work. 2.13.14. ****1/2
18. Bonds of Trust by Lynda Aicher. Romance. 2.15.14. **1/2
19. Bared by Stacey Kennedy. Romance. 2.14.

20. The Truth by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. Work. 3.6.14. *****
21. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Fantasy. 3.17.14. ****
22. The Savage Garden by Peter D'Amato. Horticulture. 3.17.14. ****
23. Night Broken by Patricia Briggs. Urban Fantasy. 3.20.14. ****1/2

24. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. Fantasy. 4.1.14. ****1/2
25. Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett. Fantasy. 4.2.14. ****
26. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey. Fiction/Work. 4.4.14.
27. Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. Drama/Work. 4.16.14.
28. Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells. Scientific Romance/Work. 4.17.14
29. Maus by Art Spiegelman. Graphic Novel. 4.28.14. ****
30. Maus II by Art Spiegelman. Graphic Novel. 4.28.14. ****

31. Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo. Fiction. 5.9.14. ***
32. Raven Girl by Audrey Niffenegger. Fable. 5.12.14. *****
33. Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi. Graphic Novel. 5.12.14. ****
34. The Lost Boy by Greg Ruth. Graphic Novel. 5.13.14. ***1/2
35. Princesses Behaving Badly by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie. Nonfiction. 5.16.14. ***1/2
36. Cress by Marissa Meyer. Science Fiction. 5.17.14. *****
37. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang. Graphic Novel. 5.19.14. ***
38. Daytripper by Gabriel Ba. Graphic Novel. 5.21.14. ****
39. Persepolis II by Marjane Satrapi. Graphic Novel. 5.21.14. ***
40. The Three Incestuous Sisters by Audrey Niffenegger. Graphic Novel. 5.22.14. ****
41. Batman: A Death in the Family by Jim Starlin. Graphic Novel. 5.24.14. **

*Note: I stopped recording faithfully in May ... not long before beginning my coursework.*

42. Real World by Natsuo Kirino. FIction. 5.27.14 *
43. Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane by Suzanne Collins. YA Science Fiction. 5.27.14. ****

44. Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth. Memoir. 6.1.14. ****
45. Audition by Ryu Murakami. Pulp. 6.8.14. ***1/2
46. I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Delphine Minoui. Meoir. 6.10.14
47. Out by Natsuo Kirino. Fiction. 6.14. Abandoned.
48. Logicomix by Aspostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitriou. Graphic Nonfiction. Abandoned June 2014 for greater responsibilities, and a library due date.
49. Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End by Jenifer Worth. Memoir. 6.17.14. ***
50. 'Zine by Pagan Kennedy. Early Review, Memoir. 6.20.14. **
51. The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper. YA Fantasy. 6.25.14. *
52. The Private Letters of Countess Erzsebet Bathory by Kimberly L. Craft. History. 6.15.14. **
53. My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf. Nonfiction Graphic Novel. 6.26.14. ****1/4
54. Catwoman: Nine Lives of a Feline Fatale by Ed Brubaker. Graphic Novel. 6.28.14. ****1/2
55. Superman vs. Lex Luther by various. Graphic novels. 6.30.14

56. The Death of Superman by Dan Jurgens. Graphic novel. 7.2.14.
57. Catwoman: Volume 1 by Ed Brubaker. Graphic Novel. 7.2014
58. Catwoman: Volume 2 by Ed Brubaker. Graphic Novel. 7.2014
59. Sweet Life: Erotic Fantasies for Couples by Violet Blue. Erotica. 7.2014.
60. Batman: Nightfall Volume 1 by Various. Graphic Novel. 7.2014.
61. Hero by Perry Moore. YA Superhero. 7.2014. ***1/2
62. Ultra: Seven Days by Jonathan Luna. Graphic Novel. 7.2014. *
63. Watchmen by Alan Moore. GraphicNovel. 7.2014.
64. Wanted by Mark Millar. Graphic Novel. 7.2014.
65. Ex Machina: The First Hundred Days by Ed Brubaker. Graphic Novel. 7.2014
66. Daredevil: Born Again by Frank Miller. Graphic Novel. 7.2014.
67. Cage by Brian Azzarello. Graphic Novel. 7.2014.
68. Superman: Red Son by Mark Millar. Graphic Novel. 7.2014. **
69. Catwoman: Elegy by Greg Rucka. Graphic Novel. 7.2014.
70. Rhetoric articles, 1,500+ pages. 7.2014.
71. Superhero and US Media Articles - approximate 500 pages. 7.2014
72. Icon: A Hero's Welcome by Dwayne McDuffie. Graphic Novel. 7.30.14.

73. The Girl in 6E by Alessandra Torre. Thriller, Early Review. 8.1.14
74. No Biking int he House Without a Helmet. by Melissa Fay Green. Adoption Memoir. 8.2014. ****
75. Batman Knightfall: Volume 1 by Doug Moench. Graphic Novel.

76. Girls Who Bite by Delilah Devon. Erotica. 9.2014. *

77. The Keepsake for 1829 by Paula R. Feldman. British Periodical. 10.2014.
78. Sol by Madison Stevens. Romance. 10.2014. ***

79. Titus by Madison Stevens. Romance. 11.2014. ***
80. Lucius by Madison Stevens. Romance. 11.7.14. ***
81. Victorian Print Media: A Reader by John Plunkett. Periodicals. Fall 2014.
82. The Pleasure's All Mine by Joan Kelly. Memoir. August 2014. *
83. Multicultural Comics: from Zap to Blue Beetle by Frederick Luis Aldama. Academic. August 2014. ****

84. If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho trans. Anne Carson. Poetry. 9.24.14. *****
85. Othello by Shakespeare. Drama. 10.15.14. *****
86. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. YA Fantasy. 11.3.14. *****
87 The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells. Scientific Romance. 11.11.14. *****
88. Mark Twain's Helpful Hints for Good Living. Essays. 8.29.14. *****
89. Gothic Stories by Mark Blair. Gothic Literature. 9.16.14. *****
90. Oxford Book of Essays. 10.2014. ****
91. Lysistrata trans. Sarah Ruden. 10.8.14. *
92. Othello by Shakespeare. Drama. 10.24.14. *****
93. Titus Andronicus by Shakespeare. Drama. 11.5.14

94. A Life in Books: The Rise and Fall of Bleu Mobley by Warren Lehrer. Illuminated Fiction. 123.14. ****
95. Bound by Blood by Cynthia Eden. Paranormal Romance. 12.17.14. **
96. A Shiver of Light by Laurell K. Hamilton. Urban Fantasy. 12.21.14. ***1/2

Books Read in 2013 (87 Books. Major Events: Published two papers!)
*****
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. Fiction. 1.31.13.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. Contemporary Gothic. 2.15.13. *****
The Truth by Terry Pratchett. Satire. 3.8.13.
Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs. Urban Fantasy. 3.11.13.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. YA Dystopian. 3.15.13.
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. YA Dystopian. 3.14.13.
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. YA Dystopian. 3.18.13.
Beowulf trans. Seamus Heaney. Anglo-Saxon Epic. 4.11.13.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells. Scientific Romance. 4.18.13.
The Midwife by Jennifer Worth. Memoir. 5.5.13.
The Death of Sweet Mister by Daniel Woodrell. Fiction. 6.10.13.
Dead Men Do Tell Tales by William R. Maples. Nonfiction. 6.11.13.
Newes from the Dead by Mary Hooper. Fiction. 7.5.13.
Othello by William Shakespeare. Drama. 10.7.13.
Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf. Satire. 10.7.13.
Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare. Drama. 10.21.13.
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. Drama. 11.3.13.

****1/2
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. Drama. 11.15.13.

****
Pride Mates by Jennifer Ashley. Paranormal Romance. 1.4.13.
Kitty Goes to Washington by Carrie Vaughn. Urban Fantasy. 1.15.13.
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. Fantasy. 4.4.13.
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. Nonfiction. 5.14.13.
How to Murder a Millionaire by Nancy Martin. Cozy Mystery. 6.28.13.
Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds by Nancy Martin. Cozy Mystery. 6.30.13.
Affliction by Laurell K. Hamilton. Urban Fantasy. 7.4.13.
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology, and My Harrowing Escape by Jenna Jenna Miscavige Hill. Autobiography. 7.13.
Some Like it Lethal by Nancy Martin. Cozy Mystery. 7.13.
Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die by Nancy Martin. Have Your Cake and Kill Him Too by Nancy Martin. Cozy Mystery. 7.13.
A Crazy Little Thing Called Death by Nancy Martin. Cozy Mystery. 7.13.
Murder Melts in Your Mouth by Nancy Martin. Cozy Mystery. 7.31.13.
The Hen of the Baskervilles by Donna Andrews. Cozy Mystery. 8.4.13.
Gulp by Mary Roach. Nonfiction. 8.24.13.
The Lady Submits by Chloe Cox. Romance. 9.1.13.
The Wolf's Captive by Chloe Cox. Romance.
Six Geese A-Slaying by Donna Andrews. Cozy Mystery. 11.3.13.
No Way to Kill a Lady by Nancy Martin. Cozy Mystery. 11.24.13.
Little Black Book of Murder by Nancy Martin. Cozy Mystery. 11.25.13.

***1/2
Megan's Mark by Lora Leigh. Paranormal Romance. 2.?.13. ***1/2
The Queen is Dead by Kate Locke. Steampunk. 3.2.13. ***1/2
A Charmed Life: Growing Up in Macbeth's Castle by Liza Campbell. 3.21.13.
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg. Early Reader. 4.14.13.
Housekeeping vs. The Dirt by Nick Hornby. Column Collection. 5.1.13.
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell. Nonfiction. 5.17.13.
Daughters of Darkness by L.J. Smith. YA Horror. 5.20.13.
The Smoky Corridor by Chris Grabenstein. YA Mystery Horror. 5.22.13.
Sold to the Sheikh by Chloe Cox. Romance. 9.13.
In a Witch's Wardrobe by Juliet Blackwell. Cozy Mystery. 9.29.13.

***
Hard Mated by Jennifer Ashley. Paranormal Romance.
"Saint's Curse" by Lee Brazil. M/M Paranormal Romance. 1.3.13.
Primal Bonds by Jennifer Ashley. Paranormal romance. 1.?.13.
Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn. YA. 1.30.13.
Redwood Pack Volume 2 by Carrie Ann Ryan. Paranormal Romance. 1.30.13.
"Purr" by Paisley Smith. f/f Paranormal Romance. 3.4.13.
Bound in Death by Cynthia Eden. Paranormal Romance. 4.22.12.
Forever Bound by Cynthia Eden. Paranormal Romance. 4.27.13.
Ever After by Kim Harrison. Urban fantasy. 5.26.13.
Death on Demand by Carolyn G. Hart. Cozy Mystery. 6.13.13.
Priceless by Shannon Mayer. Paranormal Romance. 6.20.13.
Marked by Elisabeth Naughton. Paranormal Romance. 6.22.13.
A Mating Dance by Lia Davis. Paranormal Romance. 6.24.13.
Seduced by Innocence by Kimberly Kimrade. Romance. 8.25.13.
Dark Wolf Rising by Rhyannon Byrd. Romance. 9.13.
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins. YA Fantasy. 10.20.13
Club Sin by Stacey Kennedy. Romance. 12.2013.
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
. YA Science Fiction. 12.24.13.

**1/2
Girl of Nightmare by Kendare Blake. YA Horror. 1.18.13.
Redwood Pack Volume 1 by Carrie Ann Ryan. Paranormal Romance. 1.28.13. **1/2
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan. Fiction. 2.5.13.
Gracefully Insane by Alex Beam. Nonfiction. 4.2.13.
A Bit of Bite by Cynthia Eden. Paranormal Romance. 4.19.13.
Citizen Vince by Jess Walter. Fiction. 5.24.13.
Night of the Living Deed by E.J. Copperman. Cozy Mystery. 11.17.13.

**
Blurred Expectations by Carrie Ann Ryan. Paranormal Romance. 1.30.13.
"Night Crow" by Paisley Smith. Paranormal Romance. 3.4.13. **
Hedging His Bets by Mina Carter. Paranormal Romance. 4.15.13.
Wicked Sexy by R.G. Alexander. Romance. 9.3.13.
Mistresses: A History of the Other Woman by Elizabeth Abbott. Nonfiction. 12.10.13.
Into the Woods: Tales from the Hollows and Beyond by Kim Harrison. Urban Fantasy. 12.30.13.

*1/2
"Bitten in the Big Easy" by Delilah Devlin, Paisley Smith. f/f Paranormal Romance. 3.9.13.

*
"Orion's Way" by DC Juris. M/M Paranormal Romance. 1.3.13.
"Gabriella" by Celia Kyle. Paranormal Romance. 7.7.13.
Control by Lucia Jordan. Romance. 9.13.

Books Read in 2012 (81 Books. Major Events: New - additional - Teaching Position, Moving, Surgery)
1. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. 1.1.12. *****
2. English After the Fall by Robert E. Scholes. 1.1.12. ***
3. "Rules for Virgins" by Amy Tan. 1.2.12. ****
4. Green River Killer by Jeff Jensen. 1.3.12. ****
5. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. 1.5.12. *****
6. "The Crazy Old Lady in the Attic" by Kathleen Valentine. 1.6.12. ***
7. Stitches: A Memoir by David Small. 1.8.12. *****
8. Feynman by Ottaviani and Myrick. 1.9.12. *****
9. The Last Vampire by Christopher Pike. 1.11.12. ***
10. Inside the Victorian Home by Judith Flanders. 1.16.12. ***
11. Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud. 1.17.12. **1/2
12. Black Blood by Christopher Pike. 1.17.12. ***
13. The Mill River Recluse by Darcie Chan. 1.17.12. ***1/2
14. The Terrible Axe-Man of New Orleans by Rick Geary. 1.24.12. ***1/2
15. A Taste of Midnight by Lara Adrian. 1.27.12. ***1/2
16. Darker After Midnight by Lara Adrian. 1.28.12. ****

17. Lothaire by Kresley Cole. 2.3.13. *
18. Oedipus the King by Sophocles. 2.7.12.
19. Ex Libris: Confessions of an Common Reader by Anne Fadiman. 2.10.12. ****
20. Cinder by Marissa Meyer. 2.11.12. ****1/2
21. Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood. 2.14.12. ***
22. Wither by Lauren DeStefano. 2.21.12. ****
23. One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. 2.21.12.
24. Timeless by Gail Carriger. 2.24.12. ****

25. A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison. 3.1.12. ****1/2
26. Torso by Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko. 3.4.12. **1/2
27. Fair Game by Patricia Briggs. 3.10.12. *****
28. Somebody Tell Aunt Tillie She's Dead by Christina Miller. 3.14.12. ****
29. Habibi by Craig Thompson. 3.15.12. *****
30. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. 3.24.12. ***
31. Return of the Rose by Theresa Ragan. 3.31.12. ****
32. Othello by Shakespeare. 3.31.12

33. Dirty Little Secrets by C.J. Omololu. 4.5.12. ****
34. Hexed by Ilona Andrews and others. 4.5.12. ***
35. At Home by Bill Bryson. 4.21.12. ***
36. Simon Said by Sarah R. Shaber. 4.27.12. ***
37. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. 4.27.12.

38. Broadmoor Revealed by Mark Stevens. 5.3.12. ***
39.Death Comes to Pemberly by P. D. James. 5.4.12. *
40. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon. 5.4.12. ****
41. "Beauty: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Outtake" by Laurell K. Hamilon. 5.9.12. ***
42. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley. 5.13.12. ***
43. Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. 5.15.12. ****
44. Chime by Franny Billingsley. 5.17.12. ***1/2
45. Charlotte Collins by Jennifer Whiteley Becton. 5.19.12. *****
46. Baby Shark by Robert Fate. 5.19.12. ****1/2
47. A Tale of 3 Witches by Christiana Miller and Barbra Annino. 5.30.12. **

48. Avalon High by Meg Cabot. 6.6.12. **1/2
49. Kiss the Dead by Laurell K. Hamilton. 6.7.12. ***1/2
50. Baby Shark's Beaumont Blues by Robert Fate. 6.9.12. ***1/2
51. Witch Way to Murder by Shirley Damsgard. 6.26.12. **1/2
52. The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot. 6.?.12. ***
53. Insatiable by Meg Cabit. Incomplete.

54. Persuasion by Jane Austen. 7.7.12. ****
55. Some Like it Hawk by Donna Andrews. 7.20.12. ***
56. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. 7.28.12. ***
57. Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong. 7.29.12. *****

58. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. 8.4.12. *****
59. The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing. 8.24.12. *****
60. Never Buried by Edie Claire. 8.28.12. ***
61. Kitty Steals the Show by Carrie Vaughn. 8.31.12. ***

62. Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths. 9.23.12. ***

63. The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson. 10.7.12. ***
64. Feed by M.T. Anderson. 10.14.12. **
65. Lies Beneath by Anne Greenwood Brown. 10.17.12. ***1/2
66. Othello by William Shakespeare. 10.20.12. *****

67. The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary e. Pearson. 11.1.12. ***1/2
68. Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare. 11.1.12. *****
69. The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny. 11.2.12. ***
70. The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross. 11.11.12. ***
71. We Sinners by Hanna Pylväinen. 11.20.12. ****
72. The Girl in the Clockwork Collar by Kady Cross. 11.22.12. ***

73. God Save the Queen by Kate Locke. 12.5.12. ***
74. Deep Kiss of Winter by Kresley Cole and Gena Showalter. 12.11.12. **1/2
75. Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake. 12.12.12. ****
76. Penelope by Rebecca Harrington. **
77. The Darkest Prison by Gena Showalter. 12.13.12. ***
78. Amityville Horrible by Kelley Armstrong. 12.13.12. ****
79. Delirium by Lauren Oliver. 12.17.12. **
80. Nightshifted by Cassie Alexander. 12.29.12. **1/2
81. Divergent by Veronica Roth. 12.30.12. ***

Books Read in 2011 (101 Books. Major Events: Birth of Third Monster, Poor health and a death in the family)
1. Expecting 411 by Michele Hakakha and Ari Brown. 1.1.11. ***
2. Mr. Monster by Dan Wells. 1.4.11. ****1/2
3. Home for a Spell by Madelyn Alt. 1.6.11. ****
4. Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. 1.7.11. *****
5. The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter. 1.8.11. ***1/2
6. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. 1.12.11. ****
7. The Darkest Kiss by Gena Showalter. 1.13.11. **1/2
8. Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy by Abigail Reynolds. 1.15.11. ****1/2
9. Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny. 1.18.11. *****
10. Trifles by Susan Glaspell. 1.28.11.

11. Murder on Astor Place by Victoria Thompson. 2.5.11. ***1/2
12. Oedipus the King by Sophocles. 2.6.11.
13. Murder on St. Mark's Place by Victoria Thompson. 2.8.11. ***3/4
14. Murder on Gramercy Park by Victoria Thompson. 2.11.11. ****
15. Murder on Washington Square by Victoria Thompson. 2.16.11. ****
16. Murder on Mulberry Bend by Victoria Thompson. 2.17.11. ****
17. Murder on Marble Row by Victoria Thompson. 2.22.11. ****
18. A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole. 2.24.11. ***
19. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. 2.24.11.
20. Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl. 2.28.11

21. No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole. 3.2.11. ***1/2
22. Murder on Lenox Hill by Victoria Thompson. 3.4.11. ****
23. Let's Kill Uncle by Rohan O'Grady. 3.5.11. ****
24. River Marked by Patricia Briggs. 3.9.11. *****
25. Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night by Kresley Cole. 3.12.11. ***1/2
26. Murder in Little Italy by Victoria Thompson. 3.18.11. ***1/3
27. Greasy Lake by T.C. Boyle. 3.22.11. **1/2
28. Tracking Trash by Loree Griffin Burns. 3.20.11.
29. Canning for a New Generation by Liana Krissoff. 3.20.11.
30. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. 3.23.11. ****1/2
31. Murder in Chinatown by Victoria Thompson. 3.28.11. ****

32. Dark Needs at Night's Edge by Kresley Cole. 4.2.11. ***1/2
33. Dark Desires After Dusk by Kresley Cole. 4.7.11. ***1/2
34. Beastly by Alex Flinn. 4.8.11. **1/2
35. Kiss of a Demon King by Kresley Cole. 4.11.11. ***1/2
36. Murder on Bank Street by Victoria Thompson. 4.14.11. *****
37. Murder on Waverly Place by Victoria Thompson. 4.19.11. ***1/2
38. The Misadventures of Maude March by Audrey Couloumbis. 4.22.11. ****1/2
39. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. 4.27.11.
40. The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells. 4.30.11. *****

41. Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale. 5.7.11. ****
42. Pleasure of a Dark Prince by Kresley Cole. 5.12.11. ***1/2
43. Demon from the Dark by Kresley Cole. 5.15.11. ****
44. Dreams of a Dark Warrior by Kresley Cole. 5.19.11. **1/2
45. Murder on Lexington Avenue by Victoria Thompson. 5.29.11. ****

46. A Cast-Off Coven by Juliet Blackwell. 6.3.11. ***1/2
47. Hit List by Laurell K. Hamilton. 6.8.11. ***1/2
48. Murder on Sisters' Row by Victoria Thompson. 6.10.11. ****
49. The Victorian Governess by Kathryn Hughes. 6.12.11. ****1/2
50. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Rigs. 6.17.11. ****1/2
51. Heartless by Gail Carriger. 6.28.11. ****

52. Deeper than Midnight by Lara Adrian. 7.1.11. ***1/2
53. "G" is for Grafton: The World of Kinsey Millhone by Natalie Hevener Kaufman and Carol McGinnis Kay. 7.1.11. ***1/2
54. All Different Kinds of Free by Jessica McCann. 7.15.11. ****
55. I Don't Want to Kill You by Dan Wells. 7.17.11. *****
56. The Real Macaw by Donna Andrews. 7.19.11. ****
57. Hexes and Hemlines by Juliet Blackwell. 7.21.11. ***
58. Dead Girls are Easy by Terri Garey. 7.23.11. **
59. Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong. 7.26.11. ****
60. Killed at the Whim of a Hat by Colin Cotterill. 7.31.11. ****

61. Bookmarked for Death by Lorna Barrett. 8.5.11. ***1/2
62. Death by Darjeeling by Laura Childs. 8.7.11. *
63. Death of a Trophy Wife by Laura Levine. 8.19.11. **1/2
64. E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton. 8.13.11. ****
65. F is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton. 8.14.11. ****
66. G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton. 8.15.11. ***1/2
67. H is for Homicide by Sue Grafton. 8.17.11. ***
68. I is for Innocent by Sue Grafton. 8.20.11. ****

69. J is for Judgment by Sue Grafton. 9.5.11. ***
70. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. 9.7.11. ****
71. Oedipus the King by Sophocles. 9.11.11.
72. The Law School Admission Game: Play Like an Expert by Ann K. Levine, Esq. 9.11.11. *****
73. A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny. 9.14.11. *****
74. The Mistress Contract by Anonymous. 9.14.11. *
75. Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George. 9.16.11. ****
76. Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George. 9.18.11. ****
77. Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George. 9.22.11. ****
78. Murder Most Persuasive by Tracy Kiely. 9.26.11. ****

79. Bowery Girl by Kim Taylor. 10.2.11. *****
80. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. 10.3.11.
81. Kindling the Moon by Jenn Bennett. 10.6.11. ***
82. No Mercy by Sherrilyn Kenyon. 10.11.11. **
83. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton. 10.18.11. ****
84. The Darkest Kiss by Keri Arthur. 10.26.11. ****

85. Darkness Unbound by Keri Arthur. 11.1.11. ****
86. Othello by Shakespeare. 11.1.11.
87. Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. 11.1.11.
88. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. 11.19.11.
89. Othello by Shakespeare. 11.19.11.
90. Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart. 11.20.11. **
91. The Darcys and The Bingleys by Marsha Altman. 11.25.11. ***

92. Sentenced to Death by Lorna Barrett. 12.5.11. ***1/2
93. The Valley of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 12.5.11. ***1/2
94. Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher. 12.6.11. **1/2
95. Whip Smart by Melissa Febos. 12.11.11. ****
96. Eliza's Daughter by Joan Aiken. 12.14.11. ****
97. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. 12.20.11. *****
98. Snuff by Terry Pratchett. 12.26.11. *****
99. Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor, et al. 12.26.11. ***
100. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi. 12.27.11. ****1/2
101. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. 12.29.11. ****

Books Read in 2010 (100 Books. Major Event: Second Adjunct Position Obtained)
1. 'C' is for Corpse by Sue Grafton. 1.3.10. ***
2. The Penguin Who Knew Too Much by Donna Andrews. 1.4.10. ***
3. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. 1.13.10. ***1/2
4. Poetic Lives: Coleridge by Daniel Hahn. 1.13.10. ****
5. Pig Tale by Verlyn Flieger. 1.15.10. *****
6. Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare by Darren Shan. 1.16.10. **1/2
7. 'D' is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton. 1.18.10. ***1/3
8. 'E' is for Evidence by Sue Grafton. 1.20.10. ***1/2
9. Naptime is the New Happy Hour by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor. 1.25.10. ****
10. Once Bitten by Kalayna Price. 1.27.10. **
11. Cockatiels at Seven by Donna Andrews. 1.30.10 *****

12. Six Geese A-Slaying by Donna Andrews. 2.1.10 *****
13. Flirt by Laurell K. Hamilton. 2.5.10. **1/2
14. Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett. 2.10.10. ****
15. Soulless by Gail Carriger. 2.13.10. ****
16. Oedipus the King by Sophocles and Dudley Fitts. 2.14.10. *****
17. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. 2.16.10. ****
18. Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris. 2.17.10. **
19. Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett. 2.28.10. ***

20. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. 3.7.10. *****
21. Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke. 3.11.10. ***
22. Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips. 3.17.10. ****
23.The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong. 3.18.10. ****
24. How to Wash a Cat by Rebecca M. Hale. 3.25.10. ***
25. One for the Money by Janet Evanovich. 3.27.10. ****1/2
26. Revelations by Melissa De La Cruz. 3.28.10. ***1/2
27. One Silent Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon. 3.31.10. ***

28. The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare. 4.8.10. *****
29. Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs. 4.11.10. *****
30. A History of the Wife by Marilyn Yalom. 4.17.10. ****
31. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. 4.22.10. *****
32. Shades of Midnight by Lara Adrian. 4.24.10. ***1/2
33. Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong. 4.28.10. ***1/2

34. Changeless by Gail Carrige. 5.2.10. *****
35. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. 5.4.10. *****
36. Shit My Dad Says by Justin Halpern. 5.7.10. ****1/2
37. Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl. 5.7.10. *****
38. Two for the Dought by Janet Evanovich. 5.12.10. ****
39. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. 5.13.10. *******
40. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris. 5.14.10. **
41. A Treatise of Witchcraft by Alexander Roberts. 5.18.10
42. Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison. 5.22.10. ***
43. Poison by Sara Poole. 5.29.10. ****

44. Bullet by Laurell K. Hamilton. 6.4.10. ***
45. Embraced by Darkness by Keri Arthur. 6.8.10. ***
46. Built of Books by Thomas Wright. 6.10.10. ****1/2
47. Working IX to V by Vicki Leon. 6.10.10.
48. I am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells. 6.13.10. *****
49. The Book of the Courtesans: A Catalogue of Their Virtues by Susan Griffin. 6.19.10. ***
50. Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb. 6.22.10. *

51. Bedlam: London and Its Damned by Catharine Arnold. 7.2.10. ****
52. The Trouble with Magic by Madlyn Alt. 7.5.10. ****1/2
53. Mine-Haha, or On the Bodily Education of Young Girls by Frank Wedekind. 7.6.10. *****
54. Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman. 7.9.10. **
55. The Elfish Gene: Dungeons, Dragons and Growing Up Strange by Mark Barrowcliffe. 7.15.10. ***
56. Swan for the Money by Donna Andrews. 7.17.10. ****
57. Stork Raving Mad by Donna Andrews. 7.18.10. ****1/2
58. The Unadulterated Cat by Terry Pratchett. 7.19.10. ***1/2
59. A Charmed Death by Madelyn Alt. 7.22.10. ***
60. Still Life by Louise Penny. 7.28.10. ******

61. Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman. 8.1.10. ****
62. The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. 8.6.10. *****
63. Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong. 8.8.10. ****
64. A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny. 8.12.10. *****
65. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. 8.16.10. ***
66. The Critic as Artist by Oscar Wilde. 8.21.10. ****
67. Mad Kings & Queens: History's Most Famous Raving Royals by Alison Rattle and Allison Vale. 8.21.10. **
68. Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey. 8.23.10. ***1/2

69. Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science by John Fleischman. 9.2.10. ****1/2
70. The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny. 9.3.10. ****1/2
71. The Unknowns: A Mystery by Benedict Carey. 9.10.10. ****
72. Oedipus the King by Sophocles and Dudley Fitts. 9.11.10. *****
73. Governess by Ruth Brandon. 9.13.10. ***
74. Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks by Ethan Gilsdorf. 9.13.10. *****
75. Blameless by Gail Carriger. 9.17.10. ****1/2
76. A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny. 9.27.10. *****
77. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. 9.29.10. ****
78. Taken by Midnight by Lara Adrian. 9.30.10. ***1/2

79. Swan Lake by Patrick Kill. 10.1.10. ***
80. After the Holocaust by Howard Greenfeld. 10.07.10. ****
81. The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny. 10.14.10. ****1/2
82. Medea by Euripides. 10.16.10. **1/2
83. The Damned by Algernon Blackwood. 10.23.10. ****
84. Othello by William Shakespeare. 10.28.10. *****

85. Hex Marks the Spot by Madelyn Alt. 11.8.10. ***
86. Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins. 11.13.10. **
87. Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac. 11.21.20. *****
88. I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett. 11.21.10. *****

89. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. 12.2.10. ****1/2
90. Magyk by Angie Sage. 12.5.10. ***1/2
91. Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson. 12.6.10. *****
92. Raising Demons by Shirley Jackson. 12.11.10. *****
93. Packing for Mars by Mary Roach. 12.13.10. ****1/2
94. No Rest for the Wiccan by Madelyn Alt. 12.16.10. **1/2
95. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs. 12.12.10. ****1/2
96. Where There's a Witch by Madelyn Alt. 12.18.10. ***1/2
97. A Witch in Time by Madelyn Alt. 12.19.10. ***1/2
98. The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson. 12.19.10. *****
99. Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell. 12.23.10. ***1/2
100. Pale Demon by Kim Harrison. 12.29.10. ****1/2

Books Read in 2009 (145 Books. Major Event: Birth of Second Monster)
Works Completed in 2009:
1. Robinson, Ray (ed). Famous Last Words: Fond Farewells, Deathbed Diatribes, and Exclamations Upon Expiration. 177 pages. 1.2.09
2. Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre: The Graphic Novel. 132 pages. 1.10.09
3. Miller, Kathleen E. Last Laughs: Funny Tombstone Quotes and Famous Last Words. 157 pages. 1.12.09
4. Carson, Anne (ed). If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho. 355 pages. 1.13.09
5. Hamilton, Laurell K. A Stroke of Midnight. 385 pages. 1.16.09
6. Hamilton, Laurell K. The Harlequin. 422 pages. 1.23.09.
7. Rand, Ayn. Anthem. 105 pages. 1.26.09
8. Hamilton, Laurell K. Mistral's Kiss. 302 pages. 1.28.09.
9. Armstrong, Kelley. Men of the Otherwold. 369 pages. 1.29.09.
10. Glaspell, Susan. Trifles and "A Jury of her Peers". 48 pages. 1.29.09 +
11. Peacock, Caro. A Dangerous Affair. 303 pages. 2.2.09.
12. Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island. 303 pages. 2.4.09.*
13. Sophocles. Oedipus Rex. 37 pages. 2.9.09.+
14. Bryson, Bill. The Mother Tongue: English, and How it Got That Way. 245 pages. 2.12.09
15. Poe, Edgar Allan. Complete Poems. 125 pages. 2.12.09.
16. McCarthy, Jenny. Belly Laughs. 165 pages. 2.14.09.
17. De La Cruz, Melissa. Masquerade. 305 pages. 2.14.09.
18. Hamilton, Laurell K. A Lick of Frost. 342 pages. 2.14.09.
19. Sebold, Alice. The Lovely Bones. 328 pages. 2.17.09.
20. Plath, Sylvia. The Bell Jar. 244 pages. 2.20.09.
21. Hamilton, Laruell K. Swallowing Darkness. 365 pages. 2.22.09.
22. Briggs, Patricia. Bone Crossed. 309 pages. 2.27.09.
23. Kesey, Ken. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. 281 pages. 2.28.09. +
24. Harrison, Kim. White Witch, Black Curse. 504 pages. 3.2.09.
25. Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. 284 pages. 3.10.09.
26. Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. 189 pages. 3.12.09.
27. Cast, P.C. and Kristin Cast. Hunted. 323 pages. 3.16.09.
28. Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. The Hound of the Baskervilles. 243 pages. 3.22.09.
29. Vern, Jules. Journey to the Centre of the Earth. 291 pages. 3.24.09. *
30. Lockwood, Cara. Wuthering High. 272 pages. 3.28.09.
31. Arthur, Keri. Dangerous Games. 384 pages. 4.2.09.
32. Kenyon, Sherrilyn. Fantasy Lover. 352 pages. 4.4.09.
33. Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice. 99 pages. 4.5.09.
34. Kenyon, Sherrilyn. Night Pleasures. 336 pages. 4.6.09.
35. Kenyon, Sherrilyn. Night Embrace. 416 pages. 4.12.09.
36. Kenyon, Sherrilyn. Dance with the Devil. 368 pages. 4.14.09.
37. Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House on the Prairie. 331 pages. 4.15.09.
38. Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House in the Big Woods. 238 pages. 4.17.09.
39. Moore, Christopher. Bloodsucking Fiends. 291 pages. 4.18.09.
40. Moore, Christopher. You Suck: A Love Story. 328 pages. 4.20.09.
41. Twain, Mark. Pudd'nhead Wilson. 196 pages. 4.22.09.
42. Beckett, Samuel. Waiting for Godot. 109 pages. 4.28.09. +
43. Hamilton, Laurell K., Green, Alves. The First Death. 128 pages. 5.1.09.
44. Kennedy, X.J. and Dana Gioia, eds. Literature: An Introduction... Vol. 2: Poetry. 38 pages (selection). January - May 2009. +
45. Kennedy, X.J. and Dana Gioia, eds. Literature: An Introduction... Vol. 1: Fiction. 74 pages (selection). January - May 2009. +
46. Sleator, William. House of Stairs. 166 pages. 5.3.09.
47. Hamilton, Laurell K, Lim, Booth. Guilty Pleasures: Volume 2. 144 pages. 5.5.09.
48. Kenyon, Sherrilyn. Kiss of the Night. 382 pages. 5.6.09.
49. Le Fanu, Sheridan. Carmilla. 112 pages. 5.6.09.
50. Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. 184 pages. +
51. Kenyon, Sherrilyn. Seize the Night. 352 pages. 5.9.09.
52. Kenyon, Sherrilyn. Sins of the Night. 384 pages. 5.11.09.
53. Harris, Charlaine. Dead and Gone. 320 pages. 5.17.09.
54. Lovecraft, H.P. "The Call of Cthulhu." 31 pages. 5.18.09.
55. Orwell, George. 1984. 254 pages. 5.19.09.
56. Moore, Alan, et al. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. 176 pages. 5.20.09.
57. Pratchett, Terry. The Truth. 348 pages. 5.23.09.
58. Campbell, Bruce. If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor. 338 pages. 5.25.09.
59. Pratchett, Terry. Going Postal. 377 pages. 5.28.09.
60. Moore, Alan and Dave Gibbons. Watchmen. 416 pages. 5.28.09.
61. Pratchett, Terry. Making Money. 394 pages. 5.29.09.
62. Harris, Charlaine. Grave Sight. 320 pages. 5.31.09.
63. Harris, Charlaine. Grave surprise. 320 pages. 6.1.09.
64. Hamilton, Laurell K. Skin Trade. 486 pages. 6.4.09.
65. Twain, Mark. The Prince and the Pauper. 267 pages. 6.4.09. *
66. Harris, Charlaine. Shakespeare's Landlord. 214 pages. 6.5.09.
67. Harris, Charlaine. An Ice Cold Grave. 288 pages. 6.5.09.
68. Arnold, Catharine. Necropolis: London and Its Dead. 247 pages. 6.8.09.
69. Austen, Jane. Northanger Abbey. 213 pages. 6.10.09.
70. Harris, Charlaine. Shakespeare's Champion. 224 pages. 6.12.09.
71. Harris, Charlaine. Shakespeare's Christmas. 224 pages. 6.12.09.
72. Slater, Maya. The Private Diary of Mr. Darcy. 324 pages. 6.15.09.
73. Pratchett, Terry. Nation. 367 pages. 6.17.09..
74. O'Brien, Robert C. Z for Zachariah. 249 pages. 6.19.09.
75. Harris, Charlaine. Shakespeare's Trollope. 194 pages. 6.22.09.
76. Harris, Charlaine. Shakespeare's Counselor. 243 pages. 6.22.09.
77. Boyne, John. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. 240 pages. 6.23.09.
78. Harris, Charlaine. Real Murders. 304 pages. 6.25.09.
79. Harris, Charlaine. A Bone to Pick. 272 pages. 6.26.09.
80. Harris, Charlaine. Three Bedrooms, One Corpse. 240 pages. 6.29.09.
81. Wilde, Oscar. An Ideal Husband. 96 pages. 6.29.09.
82. Harris, Charlaine. The Julius House. 240 pages. 6.30.09.
83. Yalom, Marilyn. A History of the Breast. 279 pages. 7.2.09.
84. Harris, Charlaine. Dead Over Heels. 272 pages. 7.3.09.
85. Harris, Charlaine. A Fool and His Honey. 272 pages. 7.3.09.
86. Harris, Charlaine. Last Scene Alive. 224 pages. 7.4.09.
87. Hall, Traci. Her Wiccan, Wiccan Ways. 240 pages. 7.5.09.
88. Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness and English Culture, 1830-1980. 250 pages. 7.8.09.
89. Adrian, Lara. Kiss of Midnight. 432 pages. 7.10.09.
90. Oakley, Annie (ed). Working Sex: Sex Workers Write about a Changing Industry. 301 pages. 7.12.09.
91. Blumenfeld-Kosinksi, Renate. Not of Woman Born: Representations of Caesarean Birth in Medieval and Renaissance Culture. 153 pages. 7.12.09.
92. Kenyon, Sherrilyn. Unleash the Night. 384 pages. 7.15.09.
93. Kenyon, Sherrilyn. Dark Side of the Moon. 384 pages. 7.16.09.
94. Feynman, Richard P. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out. Ed. Jeffrey Robbins. 257 pages. 7.18.09.
95. Eugenides, Jeffrey. Middlesex. 529 pages. 7.23.09.
96. Harris, Charlaine. Poppy Done to Death. 288 pages. 7.25.09.
97. Kenyon, Sherrilyn. Devil May Cry. 384 pages. 7.28.09.
98. Verne, Jules. Around the World in 80 Days. 297 pages. 8.4.09.*
99. Kenyon, Sherrilyn. Acheron. 816 pages. 8.4.09.
100. Valenti, Jessica. The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women. 219 pages. 8.7.09.
101. Colbert, Stephen. I Am America (And So Can You!). 230 pages. 8.9.09.
102. Rowling, J.K. The Tales of Beedle the Bard. 111 pages. 8.10.09.
103. Pratchett, Terry. Men at Arms. 377 pages. 8.11.09.
104. Pratchett, Terry. Feet of Clay. 357 pages. 8.12.09
105. Lowry, Lois. Messenger. 169 pages. 8.13.09.
106. Pratchett, Terry. Night Watch. 338 pages. 8.17.09
107. Pratchett, Terry. Monstrous Regiment. 405 pages. 8.24.09.
108. Adrian, Lara. Kiss of Crimson. 416 pages. 8.28.09.
109. Adrian, Lara. Midnight Awakening. 400 pages. 8.29.09.
110. Adrian, Lara. Midnight Rising. 384 pages. 9.1.09.
111. Briggs, Patricia. Hunting Ground. 286 pages. 9.4.09.
112. Pratchett, Terry. Wyrd Sisters. 265 pages. 9.6.09.
113. Roach, Mary. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. 304 pages. 9.10.09.
114. Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. 118 pages. 9.13.09.
115. Fforde, Jasper. The Eyre Affair. 382 pages. 9.17.09.
116. Twain, Mark. The Mysterious Stranger. 112 pages. 9.19.09.
117. Stoker, Bram. Dracula. 327 pages. 10.3.09.
118. Gaiman, Neil. The Graveyard book. 307 pages. 10.3.09.
119. Armstrong, Kelley. Frostbitten. 339 pages. 10.5.09.
120. Verne, Jules. Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. 279 pages. 10.8.09.*
121. Moore, Christopher. A Dirty Job. 387 pages. 10.14.09.
122. Pratchett, Terry. Unseen Academicals. 400 pages. 10.20.09.
123. Clare, Cassandra. City of Bones. 512 pages. 10.23.09.
124. Andrews, Donna. Murder with Peacocks. 296 pages. 10.25.09.
125. Roach, Mary. Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. 303 pages. 10.29.09.
126. Adrian, Lara. Veil of Midnight. 368 pages. 11.6.09.
127. Roach, Mary. Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife. 300 pages. 11.16.09.
128. Andrews, Donna. Murder with Puffins. 290 pages. 11.19.09.
129. Andrews, Donna. Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos. 293 pages. 11.20.09.
130. Andrews, Donna. Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon. 297 pages. 11.23.09.
131. Andrews, Donna. We'll Always Have Parrots. 340 pages. 11.25.09.
132. George, Jean Craighead. My Side of the Mountain. 177 pages. 11.26.09. *
133. Collins, Paul. The Book of William: How Shakespeare's Fist Folio Changed the World. 219 pages. 11.28.09.
134. Adrian, Lara. Ashes of Midnight. 368 pages. 12.3.09.
135. Shakespeare, William. As You Like It. 104 pages. 12.5.09.
136. Andrews, Donna. Owls Well That Ends Well. 326 pages. 12.7.09.
137. Hamilton, Laruell K. Divine Misdemeanors. 333 pages. 12.11.09
138. Shepherd, Jean. In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash. 264 pages. 12.13.09.
139. Andrews, Donna. No Nest for the Wicket. 304 pages. 12.14.09.
140. Armstrong, Kelley. Exit Strategy. 480 pages. 12.15.09.
141. Danielewski, Mark Z. The Whalestoe Letters. 83 pages. 12.16.09. .
142. Gautier, Théophile. The Mummy's Foot. 48 pages. 12.20.09.
143. Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. 156 pages. 12.24.09.*
144. Grafton, Sue. 'A' is for Alibi. 215 pages. 12.27.09
145. Grafton, Sue. 'B' is for Burglar. 211 pages. 12.30.09.

Incomplete Reads:
1. Urrea, Luis Alberto. The Hummingbird's Daughter. 10 chapters (approx. 118 pages). 7.3.09.
2. Grahame-Smith, Seth. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. 25 pages. 10.4.09.

Books Read in 2008 (61 Books. Major Events: Birth of First Monster, First Adjunct Position Obtained)
1. Goer, Henci. The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth. 218 pages.
2. Briggs, Patricia. Iron Kissed. 287 pages.
3. Pullman, Philip. The Golden Compass. 296 pages.
4. Rogak, Lisa. A Boy Named Shel. 215 pages.
5. England, Pam and Rob Horowitz. Birthing from Within. 281 pages.
6. Fields, Denise and Ari Brown, MD. Baby 411. 396 pages.
7. Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women. 525 pages.
8. Silverstein, Shel. Playboy's Silverstein Around the World. 181 pages.
9. Feinberg, Leslie. Stone Butch Blues. 301 pages.
10. Hamilton, Laurell K. Guilty Pleasures. 355 pages.
11. Hamilton, Laurell K. The Laughing Corpse. 293 pages.
12. Hamilton, Laurell K. Circus of the Damned. 329 pages.
13. Hamilton, Laurell K. The Lunatic Cafe. 369 pages.
14. Hamilton, Laurell K. Bloody Bones. 370 pages.
15. Hamilton, Laurell K. The Killing Dance. 387 pages.
16. Harrison, Kim. The Outlaw Demon Wails.. 455 pages.
17. Frost, Jeaniene. Halfway to the Grave. 358 pages.
18. Chance, Karen. Touch the Dark. 307 pages.
19. Harris, Charlaine. All Together Dead. 323 pages.
20. Armstrong, Kelley. Personal Demon. 371 pages.
21. Stein, Jeanne C. The Becoming. 293 pages.
22. Hamilton, Laurell K. Burnt Offerings. 392 pages.
23. Hamilton, Laurell K. Blue Moon. 418 pages.
24. Hamilton, Laurell K. Obsidian Butterfly. 585 pages.
25. Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Helpful Hints for Good Living: A Handbook for the Damned Human Race. 182 pages. *
26. London, Jack. The Call of the Wild. 76 pages.*
27. Hamilton, Laurell K. Narcissus in Chains. 630 pages.
28. Harris, Charlaine. From Dead to Worse. 359 pages.
29. Hamilton, Laurell K. Cerulean Sins. 529 pages.
30. Adams, Douglas and John Lloyd. The Deeper Meaning of Liff: A dictionary of things there aren't words for yet - but there ought to be. 156 pages.
31. Jones, Ron. The Acorn People. 80 pages. *+
32. Hamilton, Laurell K. Incubus Dreams. 722 pages.
33. Hamilton, Laurell K. Danse Macabre. 483 pages.
34. Hamilton, Laurell K. Blood Noir. 340 pages.
35. Burnett, Frances Hodgson. The Annotated Secret Garden. 285 pages.*+
36. Silverstein, Shel. Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book: A Primer for Tender Young Minds. 80 pages.
37. DiPrince, Dawn and Cheryl Miller Thurston. Unjournaling. 126 pages.+
38. Schnakenberg, Robert. Secret Lives of Great Authors. 297 pages.
39. Pantley, Elizabeth. The No-Cry Sleep Solution. 247 pages.
40. Snyder, Zilpha Keatley. The Egypt Game. 215 pages. +
41. Asimov, Isaac. I, Robot. 224 pages. +
42. Pratchett, Terry and Neil Gaiman. Good Omens. 412 pages.
43. Wilder-Taylor, Stefanie. Sippy Cups are Not for Chardonnay and Other Things I Had to Learn as a New Mom.. 218 pages.
44. Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan. 159 pages.*
45. Meyer, Stephenie. The Host. 619 pages.
46. Meyer, Stephenie. Breaking Dawn. 754 pages.
47. Farooki, Roopa. Bitter Sweets. 354 pages.
48. Cast, P.C. and Kristin Cast. Marked. 306 pages.
49. Cast, P.C. and Kristin Cast. Betrayed. 310 pages.
50. Cast, P.C. and Kristin Cast. Chosen. 307 pages.
51. Bray, Libba. A Great and Terrible Beauty. 403 pages.
52. Briggs, Patricia. Cry Wolf. 294 pages.
53. Cast, P.C. and Kristin Cast. Untamed. 338 pages.
54. De La Cruz, Melissa. Blue Bloods. 302 pages.
55. Armstrong, Kelley. Living With the Dead. 372 pages.
56. Hamilton, Laurell K. A Caress of Twilight. 384 pages.
57. Marr, Melissa. Wicked Lovely. 328 pages.
58. Harris, Charlaine, et al. Wolfsbane and Mistletoe. 340 pages.
59. Arthur, Keri. Tempting Evil. 371 pages.
60. Pells, Marisha. Special Topics in Calamity Physics. 508 pages.
61. Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willow. 176 pages.*

Incomplete Reads of 45 Pages or More:
1. La Leche League International. The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding. Read 111 pages. I wanted advice on breastfeeding, but apparently purchased a 400+ page advertisement for LLL meetings and products, with extremist propaganda thrown in for good measure.

Books Read in 2007 (85 Books. Major Event: Finished my MA in English Lit)

1. Hamilton, Laurell K. A Kiss of Shadows. 468 pages.
2. Burnford, Sheila. The Incredible Journey. 145 pages.
3. Thompson, Julian F. The Grounding of Group 6. 281pages.
4. Hamilton, Laurell K. Strange Candy. 257 pages.
5. Porter, Eleanor H. Pollyanna. 167pages.
6. Pratchett, Terry. Only You Can Save Mankind. 207 pages.
7. Baum, L. Frank. The Annotated Wizard of Oz. font 357 pages.
8. Rhys, Jean. Wide Sargasso Sea. 190 pages.
9. Paterson, Katherine. Bridge to Terabithia. 191 pages.
10. Armstrong, Helley. Bitten. 436 pages.
11. Pratchett, Terry. Wintersmith. 323 pages.
12. Haywood, Eliza. Lasselia: or, the Self-Abandoned. A Novel. 46 pages.
13. Haywood, Eliza. Love in Excess, or The Fatal Enquiry. 266 pages.
14. Armstrong, Kelley. Stolen. 468 pages.
15. Delany, Samuel R. Times Square Red Times Square Blue. 199 pages.
16. Pratchett, Terry. Johnny and the Dead. 213 pages.
17. Richardson, Samuel. Pamela. 473 pages.
18. Haywood, Eliza. Anti-Pamela. 174 pages.
19. Armstrong, Kelley. Dime Store Magic. 414 pages.
20. Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. 317 pages.
21. Seacole, Mary. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands. 160 pages.
22. Cvetkovich, Ann. An Archive of Felings: Trauma, Sexuality, and Lesiban Public Cultures. 287 pages.
23. Arm