Regular ol’ books

Dead Cat Bounce by Sarah Graves

Clay's quilt by Silas House SH

*Grime and Punishment by Jill Churchill WA Large Print

*Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter

*Them bones by Carolyn Haines M WA

*Blues in the night by Rochelle Krich WA

Innocence by Kathleen Tessaro

One Sunday morning by Amy Ephron (historical novel) WA

White rose by Amy Ephron (historical novel) RV

CUP OF TEA by Amy Ephron (historical novel) WB

Exes Anonymous by Lauren Henderson

The secret history of the pink carnation by Lauren Willig WA

Weekend in Paris by Robyn Sisman SH (better)

The next big thing by Johanna Edwards

The wonder spot by Melissa Bank

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

Alternate Beauty by Andrea Rains Waggener

The night garden by Pamela Holm

Sex, murder and a double latte by Kyra Davis RV

Accidental happiness by Jean Reynolds Page WB

Matchbook: the diary of a modern-day matchmaker by Samantha Daniels

Dating is murder by Harley Jane Kozak M WA

Hit reply by Rocki St. Claire

Channeling Aphrodite by Kim Green

Much ado about you by Eloisa James

The white rose by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Hating Valentine's Day by Allison Rushby

Children of God go bowling by Shannon Olson RV

Do me, do my roots by Eileen Rendahl

We thought you would be prettier: true tales of the dorkiest girl alive by Laurie Notaro

I love everybody (and other atrocious lies) by Laurie Notaro

The wife of Reilly by Jennifer Coburn

He's got to go by Sheila O'Flanagan

Someone like you by Susan Mallery

Best of friends by Cathy Kelly RC

Over her dead body by Kate White WA

*Shadows on the ivy: an antique print mystery by Lea Wait WA

A Friend of the Family by Lisa Jewell

Wicked: the life and times of the Wicked Witch of the west by Gregory Maguire WA

Frozen Music by Marika Cobbold RV

None of Your Buisness by Valarie Block

Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriquez

Wild Dogs by Helen Humphreys

Givenchy code by Julie Kenner

Pushing 30 by Wendy Gaskell

True Love (and other lies) by Wendy Gaskell

A princess of Roumania by Paul Park

Sight Hound by Pam Houston

Starter Wife by Gigi Levangie Grazer

Starter Marriage by Kate harrison

*Confession of a Vampire by Kim Mathis Schwartz

*Date with the Devil by Kim Mathis Schwartz

Man Camp by Adrienne Brodeur

Adored by Tilly Bagshawe WA

Going to Bend by Diane Hammond

Three Miss Margrets by Louise Shaffer

Love @ First Site by Jane Moore

*If looks could kill by Kate White

*How to Marry a Ghost by Hope McIntyre M

Soapsuds by Finola Hughes WA

Lake of sorrows by Erin Hart WA

User ID by Jenefer Shute

Laurien Berenson

Lynne Murray

Elizabeth Peters

Dorothy Cannell

Barbara Michaels

Margaret Maron (Deborah Knott series)

Martha Grimes (Emma Graham series Hotel Paradise, Cold Flat Junction, Belle Ruin)

The Holding by Merilyn Simonds

Lipstick Jungle by Candace Bushnell

Adventure Divas by Holly Morris

Diary of a Manhattten Call Girl by Tracy Quan

She, myself, and I by Whitney Gaskell

Myth of you and me by Leah Stewart

Lessons in Duck Hunting by Jayne Buxton

Catch Me When I Fall by Nicci French

Annie Freeman's fabulous traveling funeral by Kris Radish

Some like it haute by Julie K. L. Dam

Ex and the single girl by Lani Diane Rich

The Secret Life of Mrs. Claus by Carly Alexander

Bronte Project by Jennifer Vandever

Truth of the Matter by Robb Forman Dew

Size 12 in Not Fat by Mey Cabot

A time to be born by Dawn Powell

Non-Fiction

Bless your heart, tramp by Celia Rivenbark WB 818.54

We're just like you, only prettier: confessions of a tarnished southern belle by Celia Rivenbark

Great women travel writers : from 1750 to the present edited by Alba Amoia

History of modern yoga: Patañjali and Western esotericism by Elizabeth De Michelis

Sprawl city: race, politics, and planning in Atlanta edited by Robert D. Bullard

Henry Adams and the Making of America by Garry Wills

By the sword: a history of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic

Champions by Richard Cohen WA

Forget Perfect by Lisa Earle Mcleod Blotts recommends it in her review

Google Hacks: Tips & Tools for smarter searching by Tara Calishain

Call of the Mall by Paco Underhill

Category Killers by Robert Spector

Whole Equation by David Thomson

Home Therapy by Lauri Ward

Inside the not so big house by Sarah Susanka

Girl Sleuth by melanie Rehak

Idiot Girls' Action Adventure Club by Laurie Notaro

GRITS Friends Are Forevah: A Southern-Style Celebration of Women by Deborah Ford

Give it up by Mary Carlomagno

Audio Books

*Repair to her grave by Sarah Graves WA

*Do you want to know a secret? by Mary Jane Clark WA

*The track of the cat by Nevada Barr WB

Miss Julia speaks her mind by Ann B. Ross WA

The rottweiler by Ruth Rendell SH RV

*Agatha Raisin and the quiche of death by M.C. Beaton WA

Any place I hang my hat by Susan Isaacs WA

*Catering to nobody by Diane Mott Davidson WA

*Death on demand by Carolyn G. Hart WA

The visitant by Kathleen O'Neal Gear WA

Kiss me while I sleep by Linda Howard RC

Bait by Karen Robards RC

Pants on fire by Maggie Alderson WB

Just one look by Harlan Coben WB

In the bleak midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming RO

Confessions of a reformed dieter: [how I dropped eight dress sizes and took my life back] by A.J. Rochester WB Biography

Everyone worth knowing by Lauren Weisberger SH

Sweetwater Creek by Anne Rivers Siddons SH

Pawleys Island by Dorothea Benton Frank WA

Locked rooms by Laurie R. King SH

The hungry tide by Amitav Ghosh WA

Duds

Here is a list of books I've attempted to read but that didn't work out.

• Best of friends by Cathy Kelly RC (too many characters to follow)
• Sight Hound by Pam Houston (too much about feminists in therapy)
• Paradise Fieldsby Katie Fforde (too much minuscule, boring detail)
• Can you keep a secret by Sophie Kinsella (not interested in reading about a 25 year old with low self esteem)
• Don’t Think Pink: What Really Makes Women Buy: And How to Increase Your Share of This Crucial Market by Lisa Johnson
  
• The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd (audio) (same plot devises as Secret life of Bees but not half as good)
  

Books I've Read

June 2005

*Mulch by Ann Ripley
*Death of a Garden Pest by Ann Ripley
Fat Girl’s Guide to Life by Wendy Shanker
Bob Greene’s Total Body Makeover by Bob Greene
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (audio)
The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (audio)


July 2005

*I dreamed I married Perry Mason by Susan Kandel
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
*Not a girl detective by Susan Kandel
Sammy's Hill by Kristin Gore (audio)


August 2005

*Death of a Political Plant by Ann Ripley
The Salvage Sisters’ Guide to finding style in the street and inspiration in the attic by Kathleen Hackett & Mary Ann Young
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd (audio)
The Butterfly House by Marcia Preston
Lost by Gregory Maguire
Flea Market Finds & How to Restore Them by Caroline Atkins
Aunt Dimity's Good Deed by Nancy Atherton
Madame Bovary's Ovaries: a Darwinian look at literature by David P. Barash and Nanelle R. Barash
Holes by Louis Sachar
Vanishing Acts by Joid Picoult (audio)
Town that came a courtin' by Ronda Rich
Style on a Budget by Emily Chalmers

Books in a Series

Don'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!


J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince


G.A. McKevett - Savannah Reid mysteries

Just desserts
Bitter Sweets
Killer calories
Cooked goose
Sugar and spite
Sour grapes
Peaches and screams
Death by chocolate
Cereal killer
Murder à la mode

Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity

Aunt Dimity's Death
Aunt Dimity and the Duke
Aunt Dimity's Good Deed
Aunt Dimity Digs in
Aunt Dimity's Christmas
Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil
Aunt Dimity: Detective
Aunt Dimity Takes a Holiday
Aunt Dimity: Snowbound
Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin


Ann Ripley - Gardening Mysteries

Mulch
Death of A Garden Pest
Death of A Political Plant
The Garden Tour Affair
The Perennial Killer
Harvest of Murder
The Christmas Garden Affair
Death at the Spring Plant Sale
Summer Garden Murder


Susan Kandel - Cece Caruso Mysteries

I dreamed I married Perry Mason
Not a Girl Detective