3M's Booklist

47. The Sea** by John Banville (2005,195 pp, Booker)
48. The Door in the Wall **** by Marguerite de Angeli (1949, 121 pp, Newbery)
49. Gathering Blue ****1/2 by Lois Lowry (2000, 215 pp.)
50. Messenger **** by Lois Lowry (2000, 169 pp.)
51. The White Stag **** by Kate Seredy (1937, 94 pp.)
52. Stardust **** by Neil Gaiman (1999, 248 pp.)
53. The Higher Power of Lucky **** by Susan Patron (2006, 134 pp, Newbery)
54. The Blind Assassin ***1/2 by Margaret Atwood (2000, 521 pp, Booker)

37. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde ****
38. A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken ****
39. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle ****
40. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry ****1/2
41. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys ****
42. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke ****1/2
43. New Testament *****
44. Coraline by Neil Gaiman ****1/2
45. The Bone People by Keri Hulme ****
46. Wild Swans by Jung Chang ****1/2

Pages read in June: 3364
Pages read in 2007: 13,473

29. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert ****
30. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood ****1/2
31. The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields ****1/2
32. Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates ****
33. Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos ****
34. The Color Purple by Alice Walker ****
35. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult ****
36. Phantastes by George MacDonald ****

Pages read in May: 2466
Pages read in 2007: 10,109

23. Grendel by John Gardner **
24. March by Geraldine Brooks ***1/2
25. The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald ****1/2
26. The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai ***1/2
27. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards ****1/2
28. The Translator by Leila Aboulela ****

Pages read in April: 1610
Pages read in 2007: 7643

15. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Rating: 5
16. The Echo Maker by Richard Powers Rating: 4
17. The Road by Cormac McCarthy Rating: 4.5
18. The Myth of Me and You by Leah Stewart Rating: 3.5
19. Everyman by Philip Roth Rating: 1
20. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Rating: 4.5
21. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke Rating: 4
22. The Giver by Lois Lowry Rating: 4.5

Pages read in March: 2613
Pages read in 2007: 6033

7. The Birds by Aristophanes Rating: 2.5
8. The Black Pearl by Scott O'Dell Rating: 4.5
9. Silas Marner by George Eliot - Rating: 4.5
10. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert L. Stevenson - Rating: 5
11. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - Rating: 5
12. Walking Across Egypt by Clyde Edgerton (bookclub pick)
13. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins Rating: 4.5
14. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Rating: 5

Pages read in February: 1498
Pages read for 2007: 3420

See books read in January here.

1. Angle of Repose - Stegner - Rating: 4
2. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Smith - Rating: 4.5
3. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - See - Rating: 5
4. Atonement - McEwan - Rating: 3.5
5. Peace Like a River - Enger Rating: 4.5
6. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - DiCamillo - Rating: 4.5

Total pages read: 1922

None!! Too busy vacationing and holiday-ing.

A Redbird Christmas - Fannie Flagg 4.5
Jayber Crow - Wendell Berry (bookclub pick) 4
Little Children - Tom Perrotta 3.5
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho 5
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop - Lewis Buzbee 4

Children of God - Mary Doria Russell Rating: 4
The Rebel Bookseller - Andrew Laties 3.5
The King's English - Betsy Burton 4
Evening Class - Maeve Binchy 4
O is for Outlaw - Sue Grafton (bookclub pick)3
Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón 3.5
Case Histories - Kate Atkinson 3
Gilead - Marilynne Robinson 5

Clay's Quilt - Silas House Rating: 3.5
O Artful Death - Sarah Stewart Taylor 3
The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield 4
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger Rating: 4
Parchment of Leaves - Silas House (bookclub pick) Rating: 3.5
Red Leaves - Thomas H. Cook Rating: 3.5
Plainsong - Kent Haruf Rating: 0.5
The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell Rating: 4