The Book Whisperer

jottings, musings and recommendations of an incurable bookaholic

Reviews December 11, 2009

   A

A Room Swept White by Sophie Hannah

A Woman’s Life by Guy de Maupassant

Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin

   B

Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel

Before I Die by Jenny Downham

Before We Say Goodbye by Gabriella Ambrosio

Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson

Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris

Blindness by Jose Saramago

blueeyedboy by Joanne Harris

Books, Bedbugs and Baguettes by Jeremy Mercer

Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan

   C

Caedmon’s Song by Peter Robinson

Can You Keep A Secret? by Sophie Kinsella

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Caught by Harlan Coben

Chocolat by Joanne Harris

Cold Earth by Sarah Moss

Corrag by Susan Fletcher

   D

Dashing Through the Snow by Mary Higgins Clark

Day After Night by Anita Diamant

Deceptions by Rebecca Frayn

   E

East Lynne by Ellen Wood

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

Evermore (The Immortals) by Alyson Noel

   F

Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots by Adeline Yen Mah

Far From the Land: An Irish Memoir by Thomas J Rice

Fatwa: Living With a Death Threat by Jacky Trevane

Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris

   G

Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris

Girl, Missing by Sophie McKenzie

   H

Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger

Horns by Joe Hill

Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

   I

I Heard That Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark

If Only They Could Talk by James Herriot

Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir

Invisible I (The Amanda Project) by Stella Larson

It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet by James Herriot

   J

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark

   K

   L

Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Land of the Living by Nicci French

Little Boy Lost by Marghanita Laski

Losing You by Nicci French

   M

Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa

   N

Nighttime is My Time by Mary Higgins Clark

No Place Like Home by Mary Higgins Clark

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

   O

On The Street Where You Live by Mary Higgins Clark

   P

Part of the Furniture by Mary Wesley

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

   Q

   R

Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier

Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella

Retribution by Jilliane Hoffman

River Town by Peter Hessler

Room by Emma Donoghue

   S

Shakespeare’s Truth by Rex Richards

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Shopaholic Abroad by Sophie Kinsella

Shopaholic and Baby

Shopaholic and Sister

Shopaholic Ties the Knot

Sky Burial by Xinran

Special Topics in Calamity Physics

Stolen by Lucy Christopher

Stone in a Landslide by Maria Barbal

Soulless by Gail Carriger

Summer by Edith Wharton

Sunlight on Cold Water by Francoise Sagan

Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo

   T

The Autobiography of Henry VIII by Margaret George

The Bed I Made by Lucie Whitehouse

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Cradle Will Fall by Mary Higgins Clark

The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths

The Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain

The Elegance of the Hedgegog by Murial Barbery

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

The Good Women of China by Xinran

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Legacy by Katherine Webb

The Likeness by Tana French

The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

The Lollipop Shoes (or Girl with No Shadow) by Joanne Harris

The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Road Home by Rose Tremain

The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

The Shadow of Your Smile by Mary Higgins Clark

The Snowman by Jo Nesbo

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell

The Victorian Chaise-Longue by Marghanita Laski

The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard

The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf

The Weight of Water by Penelope Evans

The Whisperer by Donata Carrisi

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

True Things About Me by Deborah Kay Davies

Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella

Two Little Girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark

   U

Undomestic  Goddess by Sophie Kinsella

   V

Villette by Charlotte Bronte

   W

Walking in Pimlico by Ann Featherstone

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark

White Tiger by Aravind Adigo

Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong

   X

   Y

Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

You Belong to Me by Mary Higgins Clark

   Z

 

 

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