2010 Book Reviews: Wrap Up

Everyone's doing a book wrap up for the year, so here's goes. I reviewed 70 books but must have read over 100!

This year I started to read romances and more general women's fiction, adding these to the mysteries I normally read. I also reviewed self-help books and a cookbook or two. A good mix of genres for 2010! I have starred * the ones I really, really like, though I liked them all!

Books Reviewed:

                                
Defending the Enemy by Elaine B. Fischel, non-fiction
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh, Indian fiction*
Busy Body by M.C. Beaton, a cozy mystery*
The Tapestry of Love by Rosy Thornton, women's fiction, romance*
A King of Infinite Space by Tyler Dilts, crime ficiton
The End of Marking Time by C.J. West, dystopia
Every Bitter Thing by Leighton Gage, detective fiction*
The Insane Train by Sheldon Russel, crime fiction
The Love Goddess' Cooking School by Melissa Senate, women's fiction, romance
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley, mystery*


Extinction by Dan Ailey, sci-fi
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, thriller**
A Dog Named Slugger by Leigh Brill, non-fiction
Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh, self-help
A Darker God by Barbara Cleverly, Greek island mystery*
There's No Hope for Gomez by Graham Parke, comedy

The Season of Second Chances by Diane Meier, romance
The Blind Contessa's New Machine by Carey Wallace, historical fiction**
Half Life by Roopa Farooki, women's fiction
A Twist of Orchids by Michelle Wan, mystery**

Blood Hina by Naomi Hirahara, mystery
Petals from the Sky by Mingmei Yip, women's fiction
Kitchen Chinese by Ann Mah, women's fiction*
The Time of the Dragons by Alice Ekert-Rotholz, historical fiction
The Queen of Patpong by Timothy Hallinan, thriller**

                                The Mountain Place of Knowledge by Marshall Chamberlain, thriller
Assassins of Athens by Jeffrey Siger, mystery*
Making a Case for Life by Stephanie Wincik, health
The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova, women's fiction*
Seducing Mr. Darcy by Gwyn Cready, romance**

Clean, Green, and Lean by Dr. Walter Crinnion, health
Sahara by Clive Cussler, adventure/thriller

In the Shadow of the Cypress by Thomas Steinbeck, historical fiction
Flirting with Forever by Gwyn Cready, romance**
The Killing of Mindy Quintana by Jeffrey A. Cohen, legal thriller
Snakes Can't Run by Ed Lin, mystery
Nancy's Theory of Style by Grace Coopersmith, romance
Arabesk by Barbara Nadel, Turkish mystery
Pearl of China by Anchee Min, historical fiction
Perfection by Julie Metz, memoir

Skin and Bones by D.C. Corso, detective fiction
The Stone Monkey by Jeffrey Deaver, crime fiction
Murder in the Palais Royale by Cara Black**
Songs of the Humpback Whale by Jodie Picoult, women's fiction

A Dead Hand by Paul Theroux, thriller*
Feeling the Vibe by Candace Dow, romance
The Old Capital by Yasunari Kawabata, literary fiction*
At Home with Laurie Ann by Laurie Ann McMillin Ray, decorator's guide
Love in Mid Air by Kim Wright, romance
The Godfather of Katmandu by John Burdett, thriller**

 The Writing on My Forehead by Nafisa Haji
WOW: A Handbook for Living by Zen Ohashi and Zono Kurazono, self-help*
The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk, literary fiction
The Brick Layer by Noah Boyd, thriller
Far from the Land, an Irish Memoir by Thomas J. Rice
The Risk of Infidelity Index by Christopher G. Moore, detective fiction*
 Thirsty by Kristin Bair O'Keeffe, women's fiction
 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, women's fiction*
  I Ching: A New Interpretation for Modern Times by Sam Reifler, self-help
  Paying Back Jack by Christopher G. Moore, detective fiction*

One Amazing Thing by Chitra Divakaruni , fiction
The Trudeau Vector by Juris Jurjevics, thriller**
Dino Vicelli: Private Eye by Lori Weiner, detective fiction
Denise's Daily Dozen by Denise Austin, self-help, exercise*
Simply Quince by Barbara Ghazarian, cookbook
Knit, Purl, Die by Anne Canadeo, cozy
The Cuban Chronicles by Wanda St. Hilaire, travel memoir
The Last Surgeon by Michael Palmer, thriller
The Tricking of Freya by Christina Sunley, women's fiction**
A Map of Paradise by Linda Ching Sledge, historical fiction*

What does your list look like this year?