Sunday, January 2, 2011

2011 Reading list

Here we go again. Going to try to beat my total of 35 in 2010.

Protect and Defend--Vince Flynn (1/5)
Mitch Rapp novel. Found some Flynn novels that I missed. Kennedy is kidnapped by Hezbollah. Rapp saves the day. Nice read. Ending wound up a little too easily.

Term Limits--Vince Flynn (1/25)
O'Rourke novel. Was a good read and an interesting premise.

Sophie's World--
Jostein Gaarder (2/?)
Not something I would normally choose. Dad recommended it as an interesting read. At times, it was interesting. At other times, it was tedious. Basically, its an intro to philosophy. Took a while to finish, but it was a nice challenge.

Jane Eyre--Charlotte Bronte (3/3)

Next on my list of classic novels. Was a decent read. Much better story than the last "classic" I read.

Wuthering Heights--Emily Bronte (3/14)
Another off my list of classics. A better read than Jane Eyre, but didn't capture me like some others have (LOTR for instance). Hey, one more down.

Backlash--Aaron Allston (3/18)
Book 4 in the Legacy of the Jedi series. I liked it. Flowed well.

Allies--Christie Golden (3/ )

Middlemarch--Elliot (6/9)
Another of the classics. Tough read. Someone will have to explain to me its standing.

The Black Echo--Michael Connelly (6/13)
Mystery novel. Decent read. I'll give Connelly a try for a while.

Hell's Corner--Baldacci (6/15)
Another good read. Next in line in the Camel Club saga.

Blood Work--Connelly (6/19)
Nice read. Not sure if the story tied up as neatly as it seemed. Made some jumps in logic that didn't seem to fit at times.

Heir To The Empire--Zahn (7/3)
Rereading this series. They really should be made into movies.

Dark Force Rising--Zahn
(7/6)
book 2

The Last Command--Zahn
(7/7 )
book 3

Alexander Hamilton--Ron Chernow (8/10)
A very enlightening read about one of our Founding Fathers. Hamilton is really one of the less well known of the most important FF.

Tim Tebow--TT (8/20)
A biography of Tebow. An impressive young man, but not sure his life is worthy of a biography just yet.

The Last Patriot--Brad Thor (8/26 )
Nice read. Thor is a good story teller.

Portrait of A Spy--Thor (9/12)
A nice read. Thor always delivers

Heaven Is For Real--Burpo (9/14)
An interesting read. Comforting, but I'm still leary that this story is a fraud.

Principle of the Path--Andy Stanley (9/15)
Book we're using for my life group.

The Confession--Grisham (9/16)
ANother good Grisham tale.

The Enchantress of Florence--Salman Rushdie (9/22)
Thought I would get out of my norm. Was a different story for sure. I'll read more of his.

Private--James Patterson (9/25 )
A surprisingly good Patterson novel. Last few haven't been that great.

The Lincoln Lawyer--Connelly
(9/27)
Nice read. I enjoy Connelly.

Trunk Music--Connelly (9/30)
Also a good read.


The Kill Artist--Daniel Silva (10/7)
Another good Gabriel Allon novel.

Lost Light--Michael Connelly
(10/12)
Was ok. Ending kinda didn't tie together. Maybe I missed something.

The Closers--Michael Connelly
(10/21)
Nice read. Ending wasn't great.

State of the Union--Brad Thor (10/27)
Fair read. several things in the story wrapped up a little too neatly.

Blowback--Brad Thor (11/8)
Nice read. Thor has a way of wrapping up big details in his stories a little too quickly sometimes.

Echo Park--Connelly (11/17)
Good story. Didn't see the bad guy at all.

The Last Lecture-- (11/20)
A nice read.

The Sixth Man--Baldacci (11/28)
Typical good Baldacci. Didn't see the end swerve coming.


Angel Flight--Connelly (12/1)
Nice read.

Water For Elephants--Sara Gruen (12/3)
Not quite the story I expected. A good read. Recommended read.

Choices of One--Timothy Zahn (12/13)
Star Wars novel. Nice read. Pre Empire storyline.

The Reversal--Connelly (12/17)
Nice story with Haller and Bosch together. Sometimes got confusing jumping from perspective to perspective. Sometimes took a page to figure out who was narrating at the time.


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