Young Adult, Young Reader, Intermediate/Beginning

• SPEAK — Laurie Halse Anderson (my third reading!)
• BONE AND JEWEL CREATURES — Elizabeth Bear (technically adult, splendid for anybody) (f)
• BAD KITTY GETS A BATH — Nick Bruel (I don’t care if it’s a beginning book—I liked it anyway!)
• STAR CROSSED — Elizabeth Bunce (who brought you A CURSE AS DARK AS GOLD) (f)
• PLAIN KATE — Erin Bow (a different flavor of fantasy)

• CLOCKWORK ANGEL — Cassandra Clare (historical/steampunk prequel to the City fantasy books)

• MOCKINGJAY — Suzanne Collins (end to the Hunger Games trilogy) (sf)

• FACTOTUM — D. M. Cornish (end of FOUNDLING/Monsterblood Tattoo trilogy) (f)

• MISTWOOD — Leah Cypress (published in 2011) (f)

• ENCHANTED IVY — Sarah Beth Durst (a girl looking to get into Princeton discovers it’s far more magical than she expected) (f)

• LEAVING PARADISE — Simone Ekeles (c)

• ODD AND THE FROST GIANTS — Neil Gaiman (f)

• GUARDIAN OF THE DEAD — Karen Healey (f)

• THRESHOLDS — Nina Kiriki Hoffman (published August 2011) (f)

• THE CRYSTAL DROP — Bettany Hughes (sf)

• THE RELUCTANT HEIRESS — Eva Ibbotson (historical romance)

• THE CARBON DIARIES — Saci Lloyd (sf or too-close future)

• FLY ON THE WALL — E. Lockhart (f, c)

• EXPOSED — Kimberly Marcus (verse, to be published in 2011)

• TIGER MOON, — Antonia Michaelis (f, a tale with an Indian slant!)

• FIRE WILL FALL — Carol Plum-Ucci (sf)

• I SHALL WEAR MIDNIGHT — Terry Pratchett (f)

• SHOOTING KABUL — N. H. Senzai (tough issues through different eyes) (c)

• HORTON HEARS A WHO and HORTON HATCHES THE EGG — Dr. Seuss (so they’re kids’ books!  So what!  They teach open-mindedness and tolerance!)

• INSIDE OUT — Maria V. Snyder (sf)

• DUSSSIE — Nancy Springer (f)

• MAGIC BELOW STAIRS — Carolyn Stevermer (f)

• GIVE A BOY A GUN — Todd Strasser (second reading) (c)

• LEVIATHAN — Scott Westerfeld (steampunk) (f)

• DAUGHTER OF XANADU — Dori Jones Yang (hi)

Mainstream Adult Novels

• THE GREATEST KNIGHT — Elizabeth Chadwick (hi)

• THE ELUSIVE MRS. POLLIFAX and A PALM FOR MRS. POLLIFAX — Dorothy Gilman (mystery adventure with a butt-kicking older lady in the 1960s)

• A TIME TO KILL — John Grisham (2^nd read) (c)

• THE WEIGHT OF SILENCE — Heather Gudenkauf  (c)

• HOMELAND — Barbara Hambly (letters between a Southern woman and a Northern one during the Civil War) (hi)

• NINTH DAUGHTER, THE — Barbara Hamilton, pseudonym for Barbara Hambly (Abigail Adams plunged into a friend’s murder) (hi) (mystery)

• APRIL LADY, ARABELLA, THE CONVENIENT MARRIAGE, COTILLION, DEVIL’S CUB, FALSE COLORS, FREDERICA, THE GRAND SOPHY, THE MASQUERADERS, THE QUIET GENTLEMAN, THE RELUCTANT WIDOW, SPRIG MUSLIN, THESE OLD SHADES, THE UNKNOWN AJAX, VENETIA — Georgette Heyer  (set in the Georgian and Regency periods of English history, I don’t know how many times I’ve read each of these!) (hi) (romance)

• PROMISE NOT TO TELL — Jennifer McMahon (c)

• HOUSE RULES — Jodi Picoult (c)

Thrillers

• SWORN TO SILENCE — Linda Castillo

• THE SUM OF ALL FEARS — Tom Clancy (2^nd read)

• DEEPER THAN THE DEAD — Tami Hoag

• TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY — John LeCarré (multiple re-reads!)

• UNDONE — Karin Slaughter

Adult SF and F

• THE HAKAWATI — Rabih Alameddine (interlinked Arabic legends)

• MAGIC BLEEDS — Ilona Andrews

• SKULL FRAGMENTS — Mike Arnason (h)

• THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD — Margaret Atwood

• HAMMERED and BONE AND JEWEL CREATURES — Elizabeth Bear

• FLESH AND SPIRIT and BREATH AND BONE — Carol Berg

• LINCOLN’S SWORD — Debra Doyle and James D. MacDonald

• GRAVE SECRET — Charlaine Harris

• GHOSTS IN THE SNOW — Tamara Siler Jones

• UNDER HEAVEN — Guy Gavriel Kay

• IN THE EYE OF TREASON — David Keck

• THE BORN QUEEN — Greg Keyes (the conclusion to The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone quartet starting with THE BRIAR KING)

• FIRE LOGIC and EARTH LOGIC — Laurie J. Marks (second reading)

• THE SUMMONER — Gail Z. Martin

• THE RIVER KING’S ROAD — Liane Merciel

• OATH OF FEALTY — Elizabeth Moon

• IN PURSUIT OF THE GREEN LION, THE MASTER OF ALL DESIRES, THE ORACLE GLASS, THE SERPENT GARDEN, THE WATER DEVIL, A VISION OF LIGHT — Judith Merkle Riley

• THE BETTER TO HOLD YOU — Alisa Sheckley

• AT THE QUEEN’S COMMAND — Michael Stackpole

• SECRETS OF THE SANDS — Leona Wisoker (fascinating!) (f)

Non-Fiction and Poetry