tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150152452011-04-22T00:10:07.147-05:00Books to ReadFlourish &amp; Blottshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07371405929311819245noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15015245.post-1122926828111092242006-01-21T06:47:00.000-05:002006-01-21T10:16:55.106-05:00<li>Dead Cat Bounce by Sarah Graves<br /></li><li>Clay's quilt by Silas House SH<br /></li><li>*Grime and Punishment by Jill Churchill WA Large Print<br /></li><li>*Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter<br /></li><li>*Them bones by Carolyn Haines M WA<br /></li><li>*Blues in the night by Rochelle Krich WA<br /></li><li>Innocence by Kathleen Tessaro<br /></li><li>One Sunday morning by Amy Ephron (historical novel) WA<br /></li><li>White rose by Amy Ephron (historical novel) RV<br /></li><li>CUP OF TEA by Amy Ephron (historical novel) WB<br /></li><li>Exes Anonymous by Lauren Henderson<br /></li><li>The secret history of the pink carnation by Lauren Willig WA<br /></li><li>Weekend in Paris by Robyn Sisman SH (better)<br /></li><li>The next big thing by Johanna Edwards<br /></li><li>The wonder spot by Melissa Bank<br /></li><li>The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova<br /></li><li>Alternate Beauty by Andrea Rains Waggener<br /></li><li>The night garden by Pamela Holm<br /></li><li>Sex, murder and a double latte by Kyra Davis RV<br /></li><li>Accidental happiness by Jean Reynolds Page WB<br /></li><li>Matchbook: the diary of a modern-day matchmaker by Samantha Daniels<br /></li><li>Dating is murder by Harley Jane Kozak M WA<br /></li><li>Hit reply by Rocki St. Claire<br /></li><li>Channeling Aphrodite by Kim Green<br /></li><li>Much ado about you by Eloisa James<br /></li><li>The white rose by Jean Hanff Korelitz</li><li>Hating Valentine's Day by Allison Rushby<br /></li><li>Children of God go bowling by Shannon Olson RV<br /></li><li>Do me, do my roots by Eileen Rendahl<br /></li><li>We thought you would be prettier: true tales of the dorkiest girl alive by Laurie Notaro<br /></li><li>I love everybody (and other atrocious lies) by Laurie Notaro<br /></li><li>The wife of Reilly by Jennifer Coburn<br /></li><li>He's got to go by Sheila O'Flanagan<br /></li><li>Someone like you by Susan Mallery<br /></li><li>Best of friends by Cathy Kelly RC<br /></li><li>Over her dead body by Kate White WA<br /></li><li>*Shadows on the ivy: an antique print mystery by Lea Wait WA<br /></li><li>A Friend of the Family by Lisa Jewell<br /></li><li>Wicked: the life and times of the Wicked Witch of the west by Gregory Maguire WA<br /></li><li>Frozen Music by Marika Cobbold RV</li><li>None of Your Buisness by Valarie Block</li><li>Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriquez</li><li>Wild Dogs by Helen Humphreys </li><li>Givenchy code by Julie Kenner</li><li>Pushing 30 by Wendy Gaskell</li><li>True Love (and other lies) by Wendy Gaskell</li><li>A princess of Roumania by Paul Park</li><li>Sight Hound by Pam Houston</li><li>Starter Wife by Gigi Levangie Grazer</li><li>Starter Marriage by Kate harrison</li><li>*Confession of a Vampire by Kim Mathis Schwartz</li><li>*Date with the Devil by Kim Mathis Schwartz</li><li>Man Camp by Adrienne Brodeur</li><li>Adored by Tilly Bagshawe WA</li><li><span class="sans">Going to Bend by Diane Hammond</span></li><li><span class="sans">Three Miss Margrets by Louise Shaffer</span></li><li><span class="sans">Love @ First Site by Jane Moore</span></li><li><span class="sans">*If looks could kill by Kate White</span></li><li><span class="sans">*How to Marry a Ghost by Hope McIntyre M</span></li><li><span class="sans">Soapsuds by Finola Hughes WA</span></li><li><span class="sans">Lake of sorrows by Erin Hart WA<br /></span></li><li><span class="sans">User ID by Jenefer Shute<br /></span></li><li><span class="sans">Laurien Berenson<br /></span></li><li>Lynne Murray</li><li>Elizabeth Peters</li><li>Dorothy Cannell</li><li>Barbara Michaels</li><li>Margaret Maron (Deborah Knott series)</li><li>Martha Grimes (Emma Graham series Hotel Paradise, Cold Flat Junction, Belle Ruin)</li><li>The Holding by Merilyn Simonds</li><li>Lipstick Jungle by Candace Bushnell</li><li>Adventure Divas by Holly Morris</li><li>Diary of a Manhattten Call Girl by Tracy Quan</li><li>She, myself, and I by Whitney Gaskell</li><li>Myth of you and me by Leah Stewart</li><li>Lessons in Duck Hunting by Jayne Buxton</li><li>Catch Me When I Fall by Nicci French</li><li>Annie Freeman's fabulous traveling funeral by Kris Radish</li><li>Some like it haute by Julie K. L. Dam</li><li>Ex and the single girl by Lani Diane Rich</li><li>The Secret Life of Mrs. Claus by Carly Alexander</li><li>Bronte Project by Jennifer Vandever</li><li>Truth of the Matter by Robb Forman Dew</li><li>Size 12 in Not Fat by Mey Cabot<br /></li><li>A time to be born by Dawn Powell<br /></li><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15015245-112292682811109224?l=flourishslist.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Flourish &amp; Blottshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07371405929311819245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15015245.post-1122927033331846952006-01-03T05:51:00.000-05:002006-01-03T15:52:11.546-05:00<li>Bless your heart, tramp by Celia Rivenbark WB 818.54<br /></li><li>We're just like you, only prettier: confessions of a tarnished southern belle by Celia Rivenbark<br /></li><li>Great women travel writers : from 1750 to the present edited by Alba Amoia<br /></li><li>History of modern yoga: Patañjali and Western esotericism by Elizabeth De Michelis<br /></li><li>Sprawl city: race, politics, and planning in Atlanta edited by Robert D. Bullard<br /></li><li>Henry Adams and the Making of America by Garry Wills</li><li>By the sword: a history of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic</li><li>Champions by Richard Cohen WA<br /></li><li>Forget Perfect by Lisa Earle Mcleod <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Blotts recommends it in her <a href="http://therestrictedsection.blogspot.com/2005/08/forget-perfect.html">review</a></span></li><li>Google Hacks: Tips &amp; Tools for smarter searching by Tara Calishain</li><li>Call of the Mall by Paco Underhill</li><li>Category Killers by Robert Spector</li><li>Whole Equation by David Thomson</li><li>Home Therapy by Lauri Ward</li><li>Inside the not so big house by Sarah Susanka</li><li>Girl Sleuth by melanie Rehak</li><li>Idiot Girls' Action Adventure Club by Laurie Notaro</li><li>GRITS Friends Are Forevah: A Southern-Style Celebration of Women by Deborah Ford</li><li>Give it up by Mary Carlomagno<br /></li><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15015245-112292703333184695?l=flourishslist.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Flourish &amp; Blottshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07371405929311819245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15015245.post-1122925137329377492005-11-09T17:30:00.000-05:002005-11-09T15:14:12.643-05:00<li>*Repair to her grave by Sarah Graves WA<br /></li><li>*Do you want to know a secret? by Mary Jane Clark WA<br /></li><li>*The track of the cat by Nevada Barr WB<br /></li><li>Miss Julia speaks her mind by Ann B. Ross WA<br /></li><li>The rottweiler by Ruth Rendell SH RV<br /></li><li>*Agatha Raisin and the quiche of death by M.C. Beaton WA<br /></li><li>Any place I hang my hat by Susan Isaacs WA<br /></li><li>*Catering to nobody by Diane Mott Davidson WA<br /></li>*Death on demand by Carolyn G. Hart WA<br /><li>The visitant by Kathleen O'Neal Gear WA<br /></li><li>Kiss me while I sleep by Linda Howard RC<br /></li><li>Bait by Karen Robards RC<br /></li><li>Pants on fire by Maggie Alderson WB<br /></li><li>Just one look by Harlan Coben WB<br /></li><li>In the bleak midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming RO<br /></li><li>Confessions of a reformed dieter: [how I dropped eight dress sizes and took my life back] by A.J. Rochester WB Biography</li><li>Everyone worth knowing by Lauren Weisberger SH</li> <li>Sweetwater Creek by Anne Rivers Siddons SH</li> <li>Pawleys Island by Dorothea Benton Frank WA</li> <li>Locked rooms by Laurie R. King SH</li> <li>The hungry tide by Amitav Ghosh WA</li> <li><br /></li> <li><br /></li> <li><br /></li><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15015245-112292513732937749?l=flourishslist.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Flourish &amp; Blottshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07371405929311819245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15015245.post-1126084292306815972005-09-07T04:04:00.000-05:002005-09-07T04:17:32.696-05:00Here is a list of books I've attempted to read but that didn't work out.<br /><br /><ul> <li>Best of friends by Cathy Kelly RC (too many characters to follow)</li> <li>Sight Hound by Pam Houston (too much about feminists in therapy)</li> <li><strong style="font-weight: normal;">Paradise Fields</strong>by Katie Fforde (too much minuscule, boring detail)</li> <li>Can you keep a secret by Sophie Kinsella (not interested in reading about a 25 year old with low self esteem)</li><li>Don’t Think Pink: What Really Makes Women Buy: And How to Increase Your Share of This Crucial Market by Lisa Johnson<br /></li><li><strong style="font-weight: normal;">The Mermaid Chair</strong> by Sue Monk Kidd (audio) (same plot devises as Secret life of Bees but not half as good)<br /></li> </ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15015245-112608429230681597?l=flourishslist.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Flourish &amp; Blottshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07371405929311819245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15015245.post-1123247916750569782005-08-25T05:09:00.000-05:002005-09-07T04:14:13.146-05:00<strong>June 2005</strong><br /><br />*<strong>Mulch</strong> by Ann Ripley<br />*<strong>Death of a Garden Pest</strong> by Ann Ripley<br /><strong>Fat Girl’s Guide to Life</strong> by Wendy Shanker<br /><strong>Bob Greene’s Total Body Makeover</strong> by Bob Greene<br /><strong>The Secret Life of Bees</strong> by Sue Monk Kidd (audio)<br /><strong>The Year of Pleasures</strong> by Elizabeth Berg<br /><strong>Cold Mountain</strong> by Charles Frazier (audio)<br /><br /><br /><strong>July 2005 </strong><br /><br /><strong>*I dreamed I married Perry Mason</strong> by Susan Kandel<br /><strong>Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince</strong> by J.K. Rowling<br /><strong>Undomestic Goddess</strong> by Sophie Kinsella<br /><strong>*Not a girl detective</strong> by Susan Kandel<br /><strong></strong><strong>Sammy's Hill</strong> by Kristin Gore (audio)<br /><br /><br /><strong>August 2005</strong><br /><br /><strong>*Death of a Political Plant</strong> by Ann Ripley<br /><strong>The Salvage Sisters’ Guide to finding style in the street and inspiration in the attic</strong> by Kathleen Hackett & Mary Ann Young<br /><strong>The Mermaid Chair</strong> by Sue Monk Kidd (audio)<br /><strong>The Butterfly House</strong> by Marcia Preston<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lost </span>by Gregory Maguire<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Flea Market Finds & How to Restore Them</span> by Caroline Atkins<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Aunt Dimity's Good Deed</span> by Nancy Atherton<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Madame Bovary's Ovaries: a Darwinian look at literature</span> by David P. Barash and Nanelle R. Barash<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Holes </span>by Louis Sachar<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Vanishing Acts</span> by Joid Picoult (audio)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Town that came a courtin' </span>by Ronda Rich<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Style on a Budget</span> by Emily Chalmers<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15015245-112324791675056978?l=flourishslist.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Flourish &amp; Blottshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07371405929311819245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15015245.post-1124113346473856982005-08-15T08:28:00.000-05:002005-08-15T09:21:55.893-05:00Don't you hate it when you're enjoying a really groovy book when suddenly you realize that this is the third book in a series so that you're left wondering what came before? Botts & I are both anal retentive in this category and loathe reading books out of sequence. To enable others with this same condition here is a list of my favorite series, listed in order!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter</span><br /><br />Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone<br />Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets<br />Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban<br />Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire<br />Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix<br />Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">G.A. McKevett - Savannah Reid mysteries</span><br /><br />Just desserts<br />Bitter Sweets<br />Killer calories<br />Cooked goose<br />Sugar and spite<br />Sour grapes<br />Peaches and screams<br />Death by chocolate<br />Cereal killer<br />Murder à la mode<br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity<br /></b></p> Aunt Dimity's Death<br />Aunt Dimity and the Duke<br />Aunt Dimity's Good Deed<br />Aunt Dimity Digs in<br />Aunt Dimity's Christmas<br />Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil<br />Aunt Dimity: Detective<br />Aunt Dimity Takes a Holiday<br />Aunt Dimity: Snowbound<br />Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ann Ripley - Gardening Mysteries</span><br /><br />Mulch<br />Death of A Garden Pest<br />Death of A Political Plant<br />The Garden Tour Affair<br />The Perennial Killer<br />Harvest of Murder<br />The Christmas Garden Affair<br />Death at the Spring Plant Sale<br />Summer Garden Murder<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Susan Kandel - Cece Caruso Mysteries</span><br /><br /><strong style="font-weight: normal;">I dreamed I married Perry Mason<br />Not a Girl Detective<br /></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15015245-112411334647385698?l=flourishslist.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Flourish &amp; Blottshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07371405929311819245noreply@blogger.com