Random Musings of a Frogged Mind

Book Whore

This is a list of the books I’ve read, or am reading.   The star behind it means I put the book down without finishing because it was so crappy.  The numbers ( if they are any) mean that I liked the book enough to rate it out of 10.  If you see a number greater than 10, pick the damn thing up, would ya?  If there are no numbers, there is no rhyme or reason behind it, I just haven’t rated it yet.

Warning: I may end up remembering a book I read and may add to the list out of order. In other words, this list has no reason to it, not a smidgen of order… deal.  If you have a book I must read that isn’t on my list, please comment and suggest one (or five!).

The Girl who played with Fire: Stieg Larsson (7)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo : Stieg Larsson (9)
My miserable, lonely, lesbian pregnancy : Andrea Askowitz
The color of magic : a discworld novel : Terry Pratchett
Two for the dough : Janet Evanovich
One for the money : first Stephanie Plum novel : Janet Evanovich
Pain free : a revolutionary method for stopping chronic pain : Pete Egoscue
Specials : Scott Westerfeld
God is not great : how religion poisons everything : Christopher Hitchens
Wishful drinking : Carrie Fisher
The woman who can’t forget : Jill Price (1)
Shockaholic : Carrie Fisher
The forest of hands and teeth : Carrie Ryan
Daughter of smoke & bone : Laini Taylor
Blue bloods : Melissa De la Cruz
The blue girl : Charles De Lint
Ready player one : Ernest Cline (12)
A prayer for Owen Meany : a novel : John Irving(2)
An object of beauty : a novel : Steve Martin (2)
Falling backwards : a memoir : Jann Arden
Farm anatomy : the curious parts & pieces of country life : Julia Rothman
City of fallen angels : Cassandra Clare
The body of Christopher Creed : Carol Plum-Ucci
The magicians : a novel : Lev Grossman
Howl’s moving castle. : Diana Wynne Jones
Tattoos & tequila : to hell and back with one of rock’s most notorious frontmen : Vince Neil (4)
White cat : Holly Black
Night world. : L. J. (Lisa J.) Smith*
Another place at the table : a story of ravaged childhood and the redemption of love : Kathy Harrison (8)
The connected child : bring hope and healing to your adoptive family : Karyn Brand Purvis*
Chicken soup for the soul. Think positive : 101 inspirational stories about counting your blessings and having a positive attitude
Deadly fall : a Paula Savard mystery : Susan Calder
Life without limits : inspiration for a ridiculously good life : Nick Vujicic*
Confessions of a prairie bitch : how I survived Nellie Oleson and learned to love being hated : Alison Arngrim (10)
Unbearable lightness : a story of loss and gain : Portia DeRossi (9)
Deaf child crossing : Marlee Matlin*
Bizarre Canada : wonderfully weird & hilarious : Joanna Emery
When a billion Chinese jump : how China will save mankind–or destroy it : Jonathan Watts (8)
I’ll scream later : Marlee Matlin (6)
The glass castle : a memoir : Jeannette Walls
Bossypants : Tina Fey (5)
Me : Ricky Martin (6)
Escape : Carolyn Jessop (3)
The story of stuff : how our obsession with stuff is trashing the planet, our communities, and our health– and a vision for change : Annie Leonard (6)
Atlantic : great sea battles, heroic discoveries, titanic storms, and a vast ocean of a million stories : Simon Winchester (8)
The motion of the ocean : 1 small boat, 2 average lovers, and a woman’s search for the meaning of wife : Janna Esarey Cawrse (8)
World War One : Norman Stone*
Living yoga : creating a life practice : Christy Turlington (2)
Tips and traps when building your home : Robert Irwin
How to plan, contract, and build your own home : Richard M. Scutella
C’mon Papa : dispatches from a dad in the dark : Ryan Knighton (10)
The intuitive spark : bringing intuition home to your child, your family, and you : Sonia Choquette (6)
Everything you need to know about… organizing your home : Jenny Schroedel (4)
Sea monsters : prehistoric creatures of the deep : Michael J Everhart
Marked : P.C. Cast (7)
Chosen : P.C. Cast (7)
Untamed : P.C. Cast (7)
Hunted: P.C. Cast (7)
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: all : Rick Riordian (8)
The hunger games: Suzanne Collins* – yes I realize I’m the only one now who didn’t like this book
Monday mourning: Kathy Reichs
Girl, stolen: April Henry
Girl, stolen:  April Henry
Lady Gaga : behind the fame : Emily Herbert
Frankenstein. Lost souls : a novel Dean Koontz
The Duggars : 20 and counting! Michelle Duggar
All new square foot gardening : grow more in less space! Mel Bartholomew
The compost specialist: David Squire
The joy of keeping farm animals: Laura Childs
The dirty life : on farming, food, and love: Kristin Kimball
The French lieutenant’s woman: John Fowles
Frankenstein: Mary Shelley
Prodigal son: Dean Koontz
City of night: Dean Koontz
Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein: Dean Koontz
Towards freedom :  the African-Canadian experience Ken Alexander
The Earth, my butt, and other big, round things: Carolyn Mackler
Once-a-month cooking: Mimi Wilson
Grave peril: Jim Butcher
Unhooked : how young women pursue sex, delay love, and lose at both: Laura Sessions Stepp
Dead end:  Mariah Stewart.
Dead certain: Mariah Stewart.
Dead even: Mariah Stewart.
Brought in dead: Jack Higgins
Fatal voyage: Kathy Reichs
Portrait of a killer : Jack the Ripper case closed Patricia Cornwell
Whiplash: Catherine Coulter
Grave secrets: Kathy Reichs
Deadly decisions: Kathy Reichs
Artemis Fowl: The Arctic incident Eoin Colfer
Dead wrong: Mariah Stewart.
Fool moon: Jim Butcher
Death du jour: Kathy Reichs
Artemis Fowl: Eoin Colfer
Monster: Walter D. Myers
Brother Odd: Dean Koontz
Eleventh grade burns  :   Heather Brewer
That’s another story : the autobiography*     Julie Walters
Last breath : Mariah Stewart
Last words : Mariah Stewart
Why moths hate Thomas Edison and other urgent inquiries
The mercy rule  :   John Lescroart
Storm front :    Jim Butcher
Down came the rain :  Brooke Shields
Sunburn     John Lescroart
Deja dead     Kathy Reichs
Where the heart is :    Billie Letts
‘U’ is for undertow :    Sue Grafton
Knockout :    Catherine Coulter
Ninth grade slays :    Heather Brewer
Tenth grade bleeds     Heather Brewer
Sloppy firsts : Jessica Darling *
‘S’ is for Silence:  Sue Grafton
‘T’ is for Tresspass
Nine dragons : Michael Connelly
Tailspin : Catherine Coulter
Last look : Mariah Stewart
My visit to hell : Thomas Paul Thigpen
The 13th juror : John Lescroart
Eighth grade bites : Heather Brewer
Point blank : Catherine Coulter
Blowout : Catherine Coulter
The suspect :    John Lescroart
Treasure hunt : John Lescroart
Storm warning : Billy Graham *
Blindside : Catherine Coulter
The vig : John Lescroart
Dead Irish : John Lescroart
Running for dummies : Florence Griffith Joyner
Fractured : Karin Slaughter
It sucked and then I cried : Heather Armstrong (8)
Eleventh hour : Catherine Coulter
Freshman running : a guide for beginning runners
Rethinking thin : the new science of weight loss–and the myths and realities of dieting (12)
Energy medicine : balance your body’s energies for optimal health, joy, and vitality
The other Boleyn girl : a novel*
The source : beat fatigue, power up your health, and feel 10 years younger
Handbook of Offshore Cruising – - Jim Howard
Modern cruising under sail – - Don Dodds
The sailing bible – - Jeremy Evans
Sailing promise : around the world on a catamaran – - Alayne Main
The voyage of the Northern Magic : a family odyssey – - Diane Stuemer
Hunt Club – - John Lescroat
Body for Life for Women – - Some Dr.
Titanic’s last secrets (10) – - John Chatterton and Richie Kohler
My Friend Leonard     – - James Frey
Harry Bosch Novels    – - Michael Connelly
The Black Echo
The Black Ice
The Concrete Blonde
The Last Coyote
Trunk Music
Angel’s Flight
Darkness more than Night
City of Bones
Lost Light
The Narrows
The Closers
Echo Park
The Overlook
The Field Guide     – - Tony DiTerlizzi (Spiderwick series)
The Seeing Stone
Lucinda’s Secret
The Ironwood Tree
The Wrath of Mulgrath
The Mephisto Club     – -  Tess Gerritsen
Cold Truth    – -  Mariah Stewart
Hard Truth
Dark Truth
Twilight     – -   Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn
Eclipse
New Moon
All Shook Up    – -   Mike Harrison
20, 000 leagues under the sea     – -   Jules Verne
The Catcher in the Rye *      – -   J.D. Salinger
Gulliver’s travels      – -   Jonathon Swift
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy      – -   Doug Adams
I, Robot      – -   Isaac Asimov
Still Summer      – -   Jacquelyn Mitchard
Alphabet series      – -   Sue Grafton
“A” Is for Alibi
“B” Is for Burglar
“C” Is for Corpse
“D” Is for Deadbeat
“E” Is for Evidence
“F” Is for Fugitive
“G” Is for Gumshoe
“H” Is for Homicide
“I” Is for Innocent
“J” Is for Judgment
“K” Is for Killer
“L” Is for Lawless
“M” Is for Malice
“N” Is for Noose
“O” Is for Outlaw
“P” Is for Peril
“Q” Is for Quarry
“R” Is for Ricochet
Journey to the Center of the Earth      – -   Jules Verne
The Vagina Monologues      – -   Eve Ensier
Burnt Toast: And Other Philosophies of Life *      – -   Terri Hatcher
Leaving the Saints : How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith      – -       Martha Beck
War of the Worlds      – -   H.G. Wells
The Bartimaeus Trilogy Book 1: The Amulet of Samarkand      – -   Jonathon Stroud
The Bartimaeus Trilogy Book 2: The Golem’s Eye *      – -   Jonathon Stroud
Eragon      – -   Christopher Paolini
Eldest
The Golden Compass      – -   Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife – bk 2
The Amber Spyglass – bk 3
Book of the Dead      – -   Patricia Cornwell
Left Behind      – -   Tim LaHaye
Tribulation Force
Nicolae
Soul Harvest
Apollyon
Assassins
The Indwelling
The Mark
Desecration
The Remnant
Armageddon
Glorious Appearing
The Rising
The Regime
The Rapture
The Surgeon      – -   Tess Gerritsen
The Apprentice
The Sinner
The Body Double
Vanish
Odd Thomas      – -   Dean Koontz
Forever Odd
Brother Odd
Odd Hours
1st to Die      – -   James Patterson
2nd Chance
3rd Degree
4th of July
5th Horseman
6th Target
7th Heaven
The Hobbit      – -   J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings    – -   J.R.R. Tolkien
The Thief Lord      – -   Cornelia Funke
The Dream-Hunter      – -   Sherrilyn Kenyon
Postmortem       – -   Patricia Cornwell
Body of Evidence
All That Remains
Cruel and Unusual
The Body Farm
From Potter’s Field
Cause of Death
Unnatural Exposure
Point of Origin
Black Notice
The Last Precinct
Blow Fly
Trace
Predator
NeverEnding Story      – -   Michael Ende
The Princess Bride      – -   William Goldman
The witches of Eileanan      – -   Kate Forsyth
The Philospher’s Stone      – -   J.K. Rowling
The Chamber of Secrets
The Prisoner of Azkaban
The Goblet of Fire
The Order of the Phoenix
The Half-Blood Prince
The Deathly Hallows
Isle of Dogs      – -   Patricia Cornwell
Southern Cross
Hornet’s Nest
Win series
At Risk
The Front
Moby Dick *      – -   Herman Melville
Broken Music*      – -   Sting
One for the Money *      – -   Janet Evanovich