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Books Read in 2011

This is a list of the books that I read in 2011, broken up into Middle Grade Books, Young Adult Books, and Adult Books. Picture books are not included here. Since I'm reading so many picture books now, I'm including those in a sidebar list to the left-hand side of my blog, and occasionally archiving them here.

Early Reader to Middle Grade Books

  1. Jeanne Birdsall: The Penderwicks. Yearling. Read-aloud to Baby Bookworm. Completed January 7, 2011.
  2. Sara Pennypacker (ill. Marla Frazee): Clementine, Friend of the Week. Hyperion. Read-aloud to Baby Bookworm. Completed February 13, 2011. My review.
  3. Jennifer L. Holm: Turtle in Paradise. Random House Books for Young Readers. Completed February 26, 2011. My review.
  4. Karen Day: A Million Miles from Boston. Wendy Lamb Books. Completed March 5, 2011. My review.
  5. Zilpha Keatley Snyder: William S. and the Great Escape. Atheneum. Completed March 7, 2011, on MP3. My review.
  6. Eva Ibbotson: The Beasts of Clawstone Castle. Puffin. Completed March 21, 2011.
  7. Tim Egan: Dodsworth in Rome. Houghton Mifflin Books for Children. Completed April 1, 2011. Reviewed here.
  8. John Stephens: The Emerald Atlas (Books of Beginning, Book 1). Knopf Books for Young Readers. Completed April 30, 2011. My review.
  9. Kristen Tracy: The Reinvention of Bessica Lefter. Delacorte Press. Completed May 5, 2011. My review.
  10. Jennifer L. Holm and Matt Holm: Babymouse #14: Mad Scientist. Random House Books for Young Readers. Completed May 7, 2011.
  11. Jennifer L. Holm and Matt Holm: Squish #1: Super Amoeba. Random House Books for Young Readers. Completed May 8, 2011. My review.
  12. Jeanne Birdsall: The Penderwicks at Point Mouette. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Completed May 11, 2011. My review.
  13. Roald Dahl: Matilda. Puffin. Completed May 16, 2011, on MP3.
  14. Anne Ursu: Breadcrumbs. Walden Pond Press. Completed May 21, 2011. My review.
  15. Jarrett J. Krosoczka: Lunch Lady and the Summer Camp Shakedown. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Completed May 22, 2011. My review.
  16. Jarrett J. Krosoczka: Lunch Lady and the Bake Sale Bandit. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Completed May 23, 2011. My review.
  17. Elsbeth Edgar: The Visconti House. Candlewick. Completed May 26, 2011. My review.
  18. Emily Diamand: Flood and Fire. The Chicken House (Scholastic). Completed June 2, 2011. My review.
  19. Gary Paulsen: Liar, Liar. Wendy Lamb Books. Completed June 3, 2011. My review.
  20. Carolyn Coman (ill. Rob Shepperson): The Memory Bank. Arthur A. Levine Books. Completed June 3, 2011. My review.
  21. Jean Little: Dancing Through the Snow. Kane Miller. Completed June 3, 2011. My review.
  22. Ingrid Law: Scumble. Dial / Walden Media. Completed June 3, 2011. My review.
  23. Laurel Snyder: Penny Dreadful. Random House Books for Young Readers. Completed June 4, 2011. My review.
  24. Kirby Larson: The Friendship Doll. Delacorte Books for Young Readers. Completed June 20, 2011. My review.
  25. David A. Kelly (ill. Mark Meyers): The Fenway Foul-Up (Ballpark Mysteries #1). Random House Children's Books. Completed June 22, 2011. My review.
  26. Dana Reinhardt: The Summer I Learned to Fly. Wendy Lamb Books. Completed July 20, 2011. My review.
  27. Mike Lupica: The Underdogs. Philomel. Completed July 31, 2011. My review.
  28. Gary Paulsen: Flat Broke. Wendy Lamb Books. Completed August 13, 2011. My review.
  29. Linda Urban: Hound Dog True. Harcourt. Completed August 18, 2011. My review.
  30. Mister Lemur: Mister Lemur's Train of Thought. Ringtail Learning. Completed August 20, 2011. My review.
  31. Greg van Eekhout: The Boy at the End of the World. Bloomsbury. Completed August 20, 2011. My review.
  32. Zilpha Keatley Snyder: The Headless Cupid. Atheneum. Completed August 26, 2011, on MP3.
  33. Clare Vanderpool: Moon Over Manifest. Delacorte Books for Young Readers. Completed August 28, 2011. My review.
  34. Brian Selznick: Wonderstruck. Scholastic. Completed August 29, 2011. My review.
  35. Jen Bryant: Kaleidoscope Eyes. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Completed September 1, 2011. My review.
  36. Andreas Steinhöfel: The Spaghetti Detectives. The Chicken House. Completed September 9, 2011. My review.
  37. Chris Moriarty: The Inquisitor's Apprentice. Harcourt. Completed October 2, 2011.
  38. Jessica Day George: Tuesdays at the Castle. Bloomsbury. Completed October 23, 2011. My review.
  39. Sarah Weeks: Pie. Scholastic. Completed November 5, 2011. My review.
  40. Sarah Prineas: Winterling. HarperCollins. Completed November 17, 2011. My review.
  41. Jeff Kinney. Diary of a Wimpy Kid 6: Cabin Fever. Amulet Books. Completed November 24, 2011. My review.
  42. Michael Rex: Fangbone: Third Grade Barbarian. Putnam Juvenile. Completed December 21, 2011. My review.
  43. Michael D. Bell: The Red Blazer Girls: The Ring of Rocamadour. Yearling. Completed December 28, 2011, Kindle eBook from the library.

Young Adult Books

  1. Sarah Jamila Stevenson: The Latte Rebellion. Flux. Completed January 13, 2011. Reviewed here.
  2. Brian Falkner: Brain Jack. Random House. Completed January 26, 2010. My review.
  3. A. S. King: Please Ignore Vera Dietz. Random House. Completed January 31, 2011. My review.
  4. Judy Blundell: What I Saw and How I Lied. Scholastic. Completed February 17, 2011. My review.
  5. M. J. Putney: The Dark Mirror. St. Martins. Completed February 21, 2011. My review.
  6. Carrie Ryan. The Dark and Hollow Places (Book 3 of the Forest of Hands and Teeth trilogy). Random House. Completed March 31, 2011. My review.
  7. Jo Treggiari: Ashes, Ashes. Scholastic. Completed April 21, 2011. My review.
  8. Christine Hurley Deriso: ... then i met my sister. Flux. Completed April 24, 2011. My review.
  9. Lauren Myracle: Bliss. Amulet. Completed May 12, 2011.
  10. Meg Cabot: Abandon. Point. Completed May 13, 2011. My review.
  11. Gary D. Schmidt: Okay for Now. Clarion. Completed May 16, 2011. My review.
  12. Lauren Henderson: Kiss of Death (Scarlett Wakefield #4). Delacorte Books for Young Readers. Completed May 19, 2011. My review.
  13. Patrick Ness (inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd): A Monster Calls. Candlewick. Completed June 4, 2011. My review.
  14. Mary E. Pearson: The Fox Inheritance (The Jenna Fox Chronicles, Book 2). Henry Holt. Completed June 17, 2011. My review.
  15. Charlie Higson: The Enemy. Hyperion. Completed June 23, 2011. My review.
  16. Libba Bray: Beauty Queens. Scholastic. Completed June 30, 2011. My review.
  17. Maggie Stiefvater: Forever (Wolves of Mercy Falls Book 3). Scholastic. Completed July 14, 2011. My review.
  18. Jeff Hirsch: The Eleventh Plague. Scholastic. Completed July 17, 2011. My review.
  19. Charlie Higson: The Dead: An Enemy Novel. Hyperion. Completed July 27, 2011. My review.
  20. Susan Beth Pfeffer: Blood Wounds. Harcourt. Completed August 15, 2011. My review.
  21. Louise Spiegler: The Jewel and the Key. Clarion. Completed August 21, 2011. My review.
  22. James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts (ill. Laura Park): Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life. Little, Brown. Completed August 23, 2011. My review.
  23. Jessica Warman: Between. Walker. Completed September 5, 2011. My review.
  24. Amy Kathleen Ryan: Glow. St. Martins Griffin. Completed September 5, 2011. My review.
  25. M. J. Putney: Dark Passage (Dark Mirror #2). St. Martin's Griffin. Completed September 18, 2011.
  26. Ilsa J. Bick: Ashes. Egmont. Completed September 18, 2011. My review.
  27. Harlan Coben: Shelter: A Mickey Bolitar Novel. Putnam Juvenile. Completed September 21, 2011. My review.
  28. Veronica Roth: Divergent. Katherine Tegan Books. Completed October 4, 2011, on Kindle app for iPad.
  29. Laini Taylor: Daughter of Smoke and Bone. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Completed October 20, 2011. My review.
  30. e. lockhart: Real Live Boyfriends (Yes. Boyfriends, plural. If my life weren't complicated, I wouldn't be Ruby Oliver), Ruby Oliver #4. Delacorte Books for Young Readers. Completed October 26, 2011. My review.
  31. Loretta Ellsworth: Unforgettable. Walker Books for Young Readers. Completed November 2, 2011. My review.
  32. Cecil Castellucci: First Day On Earth. Scholastic. Completed November 4, 2011. My review.
  33. Gabrielle Zevin: All These Things I've Done. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). Completed November 8, 2011. My review.
  34. Debbie Duncan: Caller Number Nine. Completed November 14, 2011 (iBooks eBook). My review.
  35. Peter Abrahams: Reality Check. HarperTeen. Completed November 14, 2011 (Kindle eBook from the library). My review.
  36. Mike Mullin: Ashfall. Tanglewood Press. Completed November 20, 2011. My review.
  37. John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle: Let It Snow! Three Holiday Romances. Speak. Completed December 1, 2011 (my third annual holiday read of this book).
  38. Lauren Baratz-Logsted: Little Women and Me. Bloomsbury. Completed December 20, 2011. My review.
  39. Peter Abrahams: Bullet Point. HarperTeen. Completed December 22, 2011, Kindle eBook from the library.

Adult Books

  1. Georgette Heyer: Frederica. Sourcebooks. Completed January 15, on MP3.
  2. Victoria Thompson: Murder on Lexington Avenue. Berkeley. Completed January 25, 2010, on MP3.
  3. Julia Spencer-Flemning: One Was A Soldier. Minotaur Books. Completed February 20, 2011. My review.
  4. Georgette Heyer: The Quiet Gentleman. Sourcebooks. Completed February 22, 2011, on MP3.
  5. Robert Crais: The Sentry (A Joe Pike novel). Putnam Adult. Completed March 1, 2011, on MP3.
  6. Pam Allyn: What to Read When: The Books and Stories to Read with Your Child--and All the Best Times to Read Them. Avery Trade. Completed March 20, 2011.
  7. Louise Penny: Bury Your Dead (A Chief Inspector Gamache novel). Macmillan Audio. Completed April 10, on MP3. This series just keeps getting better.
  8. Jacqueline Winspear: A Lesson in Secrets: A Maisie Dobbs novel. Harper. Completed May 3, on MP3.
  9. Cecelia Ahern: The Book of Tomorrow. Harper. Completed May 12, 2011. My review.
  10. Michael Connelly: The Fifth Witness. Little, Brown. Completed June 2, 2011, on MP3.
  11. Harlan Coben: Live Wire (A Myron Bolitar novel). Completed June 18, on MP3.
  12. Charlaine Harris: Dead Reckoning: Sookie Stackhouse #11. Ace. Completed June 28, 2011, on MP3.
  13. Janet Evanovich: Smokin' Seventeen: A Stephanie Plum novel. Bantam. Completed July 11, 2011, on MP3.
  14. John Hart: Iron House. Thomas Dunne Books. Completed August 8, 2011. My review.
  15. Jeff Abbott: Trust Me. Dutton. Completed August 14, 2011, on MP3.
  16. Bernadette Pajer: A Spark of Death: A Professor Bradshaw Mystery. Poisoned Pen Press. Completed September 8, 2011, on MP3.
  17. Louise Penney: A Trick of the Light (A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel). Minotaur Books. Completed October 1, 2011.
  18. Alan Bradley: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. Bantam. Completed November 17, 2011 (Kindle eBook from the library).
  19. Lee Child: The Affair (A Reacher Novel). Delacorte Press. Completed November 29, 2011, on MP3.

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