This is the first of three quarterly blog assessment posts. This first part addresses the book lists. Part Two, coming soon, will take a look at the author lists. Part Three will deal with the challenges I joined this year.
My book lists are over in the right-side column. These are now divided into Prize Winners and "Must Reads" and include lists of books I have read or intend to read for some reason or another. Also in the right-side column are lists of my favorite authors. I add to these lists of lists from time to time.
NOTE: If you are working on any of these lists, please leave a comment here or on the post for the list (click on the title below or in the right-hand column) and leave a link to any related post. I will add the links on the list post.
In 2011, I read 47 books from my book lists. The list of all 115 books I read in 2011 is here.
THE PRIZE WINNERS
Books read in 2011: none
Books read in 2011: The Chatham School Affair by Thomas H. Cook (reviewed here).
Books read in 2011:
- G by John Berger (reviewed here; read for my 2010 Battle of the Prizes, British Version, challenge);
- Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd (reviewed here; read for my 2011 Battle of the Prizes, British Version, challenge).
Books read in 2011:
- G by John Berger (reviewed here; read for my 2010 Battle of the Prizes, British Version, challenge);
- Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (reviewed here; read for my 2011 Battle of the Prizes, British Version, challenge)
Books read in 2011:
- Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon (reviewed here; read for my 2010 Battle of the Prizes, American Version, challenge);
- Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (reviewed here; read for my 2011 Battle of the Prizes, American Version, challenge);
- The Hair of Harold Roux by Thomas Williams (reviewed here; read for my 2011 Battle of the Prizes, American Version, challenge)
Books read in 2011:one, Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (reviewed here; read for my 2011 Battle of the Prizes, British Version, challenge).
Books read in 2011: none.
Books read in 2011: one, On Beauty by Zadie Smith (reviewed here)
Books read in 2011: one, The Human Stain by Philip Roth (reviewed here)
Books read in 2011:
- Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler (reviewed here; read for my 2011 Battle of the Prizes, American Version, challenge);
- All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren (reviewed here; read for my 2011 Battle of the Prizes, American Version, challenge);
- Tinkers by Paul Harding (read for Book Club)
THE "MUST READS"
Books read in 2011: one, Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (reviewed here)
Books read in 2011: All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren (reviewed here; read for my 2011 Battle of the Prizes, American Version, challenge)
This list is from 99 Novels: The Best in English Since 1939 by Anthony Burgess, which I finally read this year. My review is here.
Books read in 2011:
- George Passant, the first volume of C. P. Snow’s 11-volume Strangers and Brothers series (reviewed here);
- Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor;
- The Rebel Angels (Cornish Trilogy, No. 1) by Robertson Davies (reviewed here)
- The Anti-Death League by Kingsley Amis (reviewed here)
Books read in 2011: one, Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy.
Books read in 2011:
- Honolulu by Alan Brennert;
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (reviewed here);
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery;
- Tinkers by Paul Harding (Pulitzer winner)
Books read in 2011:
- The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James.;
- Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (reviewed here)
Books read in 2011:
- Classic Spanish Cooking: Recipes for Mastering the Spanish Kitchen by Elisabeth Luard (reviewed here)
- With a Jug of Wine by Morrison Wood (discussed here)
Books read in 2011:
- The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James.;
- Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (reviewed here)
Books read in 2011:
- Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor;
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson (reviewed here);
- The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein.
Books read in 2011:
- The Food of France by Waverley Root (reviewed here);
- Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet by Stephanie Cowell;
- The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein;
- Meet Me in Venice by Elizabeth Adler;
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery;
- French Spirits: A House, a Village, and a Love Affair in Burgundy by Jeffrey Greene
Books read in 2011:
- One City's Wilderness by Marcy Cottrell Houle (reviewed here); and
- Maps and Shadows by Krysia Jopek (reviewed here);
- Started Early, Took My Dog (Jackson Brodie, No. 4) by Kate Atkinson (4/5; reviewed here);
- Because You Might Not Remember by Don Colburn;
- The Losing Role by Steve Anderson (reviewed here);
- Spinning the Law: Trying Cases in the Court of Public Opinion by Kendall Coffey;
- Real Women, Real Wisdom: A Journey into the Feminine Soul, edited by Maureen Hovenkotter (reviewed here)
- Very Bad Men by Harry Dolan (reviewed here);
- Carry Yourself Back to Me by Deborah Reed (reviewed here);
- 42 States of Grace by Maureen Hovenkotter (reviewed here)
LT EARLY REVIEWERS
Books read in 2011:
Books read in 2011:
- Shipwrecks, Monsters, and Mysteries of the Great Lakes by Ed Butts (reviewed here);
- Nat Tate: An American Artist: 1928-1960 by William Boyd (reviewed here);
- The Reluctant Detective by Martha Ockley (reviewed here);
- One Was a Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming (reviewed here;
- American Terroir by Rowan Jacobsen (reviewed here);
- The Hair of Harold Roux by Thomas Williams (4/5; reviewed here)
Books read in 2011: none.
Books read in 2011: zero (finished this list a couple of years ago).
Books read in 2011:
- The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James; and
- Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor.
Books read in 2011: none.
Books read in 2011:
- The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James;
- The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein;
- All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren (reviewed here; read for my 2011 Battle of the Prizes, American Version, challenge)
Books read in 2011: none so far. Who knows if the list will change this year.
This is a new list that I just created in 2011. I plan to make more progress in 2012 when I participate in the Venice in February Challenge.
Books read in 2011:
- Death in a Strange Country by Donna Leon;
- Meet Me in Venice by Elizabeth Adler
Books read in 2011: All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren (reviewed here; read for my 2011 Battle of the Prizes, American Version, challenge)
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