Susan Anderson's Personal Book Log #3 -- Update:  May 13, 2008

   Log of books read January 2006 through current update (May 13, 2008)

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Susan Anderson's Personal Book Log #1 now contains: Most of The Books I Have Read Begun
     October 1969, Columbia, MO  (Not kept June "74 - June "82)
 through 1990
Susan Anderson's Personal Book Log #2 now contains: Book I read January 1991 through December 2005
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May 2008:
Strike Force by Dale Brown
The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
     release 3.0 by Thomas L. Friedman
The Abduction by James Grippando


April 2008:
(again) Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides
Back on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
(audio) Peony in Love by Lisa See
Murder Can Depress Your Dachshund (a Desiree Shaprio mysterm)
     by Selma Eichler
The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke (A Dave Robicheaux novel)
Deadliest Catch: Desperate Hours: High Seas, Rugged Men, Raw Terror
    
by the Discovery Channel
Time Bandit: Two Brothers, the Bering Sea, and One of the World's
     Deadliest Jobs
by Andy & Johnathan Hillstrand, w/Malcolm MacPherson
The Red Syndrome by Haggai Carmon (2nd Dan Gordon intelligence thrilled)
The Jew Store: A Family Memoir by Stella Suberman
The Whole Truth by David Baldacci
started (Audio) The Mayflower
: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
     by Nathaniel Philbrick

March 2008:
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
The American by Andrew Britton (1st Ryan Kealey thriller)
Sinai Secret by Gregg Loomis
Going Back to Bisbee by Richard Shelton
Simple Genius
by David Baldacci
The Navigator
by Clive Cussler
(audio) Blood and Thunder
by Hampton Sides

February 2008:
They Did It With Love by Kate Morgenroth
Project President: Bad Hair & Botox on The Road to The White House
     by Ben Shapiro
Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America
     by Linda Lawrence Hunt
A Deeper Sleep: A Kate Shugak Novel by Dana Stabenow
The Hunters by W.E.B. Griffin (3rd Presidential Agent Novel)
The Assassin by Andrew Britton (2nd Ryan Kealey thriller)
(audio) The Collectors by David Baldacci (again)
Triple Identity by Haggai Carmon (1st Dan Gordon intelligence thriller)
The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson (1st John Wells thriller)
Capitol Threat by William Bernhardt


January 2008:
The Web of Evil by J. A. Jance (2nd Ali Reynolds novel)
(again) The Last Days of Dogtown by Anita Diamant
(again) A History of The World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton (20th Kinsey Millhone mystery)
Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich
The Venetian Betrayal by Steve Berry
Bleeding Kansas, a novel by Sara Paretsky
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

December 2007:
The Alexandria Link by Steve Berry
The Nine: Inside The Secret World of the Supreme Court
     by Jeffrey Toobin
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
     by Louise Erdrich
The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History by Katherine Ashenburg
(Audio) The Camel Club by David Baldacci (again)
The First Commandment by Brad Thor
Steve & Me by Terri Irwin (www.wildlifewarriors.org.au)
The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry

November 2007:
On Agate Hill by Lee Smith
(Audio) The Hour Game by David Baldacci
Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made
     America Modern 
by Joshua Zeitz
The Bancroft Strategy by Robert Ludlum
The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey & Mars
     by Joel Glenn Brenner
Stone Cold by David Baldacci
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (#1 of vampire love saga)
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky

October 2007:
(again) The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
The Secret Servant by Daniel Silva
The Gods of Newport by John Jakes
Life's A Campaign: What Politics Has Taught Me About Friendship, Rivalry,
     Reputations, and Success
by Chris Matthews
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
It's Getting Ugly: The Frauds, Bunglers, Liars, and Losers Who Are Hurting
      America
by Jack Cafferty
Saving The World by Julia Alvarez
Salt River by James Sallis (3rd in John Turner series)
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling (book #7)
The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History by Joseph M. Marshall III

September 2007: (June 28 -> Sept. 28, 13 week trip to/from Alaska)
(Audio) Splint Second by David Baldacci
(Audio) Wildfire by Nelson DeMille
(Audio) The Confessor by Daniel Silva

Blindfold Game
by Dana Stabenow (a stand alone thriller)
The Lost VanGogh
by A. J. Zerrie (thriller / suspense / police procedural)
The Afghan
by Frederick Forsyth
74 Seaside Avenue by Debbie Macomber (7th in Cedar Cove series)

August 2007: (June 28 -> Sept. 28, 13 week trip to/from Alaska)
Tisha as told to Robert Specht, life of Anne Hobbs Purdy
Midnight Come Again by Dana Stabenow (A Kate Shugak novel)
The Singing Of The Dead by Dana Stabenow (a Kate Shugak novel)
A Grave Denied by Dana Stabenow (A Kate Shugak novel)
A Taint In The Blood by Dana Stabenow (A Kate Shugak  novel)

July 2007: (June 28 -> Sept. 28, 13 week trip to/from Alaska)
(Audio) Transfer of Power by Vince Flynn
(Audio) Act of Treason by Vince Flynn
(Audio) Last Man Standing by David Baldacci

Telegraph Days
by Larry McMurtry
Tara Road
by Maeve Binchy
The Alaska Almanac: Facts About Alaska
29th Edition
Deep Black: Dark Zone
by Stephen Coonts & Jim DeFelice
A Fine and Bitter Snow
by Dana Stabenow (A Kate Shugak novel)

June 2007: (June 28 -> Sept. 28, 13 week trip to/from Alaska)
The Case of The Missing Books
by Ian Sansom
The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood by Sy Montgomery
Something In The Air: Radio, Rock and The Revolution That Shaped a Generation by Marc Fisher
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
Wind Spirit (an Ella Clah novel) by Aimee & David Thurlo
Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War by Joe Bageant
The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
(audio) Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
(audio) Crusader's Cross by James Lee Burke
The Traitor by Stephen Coonts

May 2007:
No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club: Diary of a 60th Year by Virginia Ironside
The Husband by Dean Koontz
(audio) Path of The Assassin by Brad Thor
My Life in France by Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme
Sarah's Quilt: A novel of Sarah Agnes Prine and The AZ Territories, 1906 by Nancy E. Turner
Susannah's Garden by Debbie Macomber
Killer Elite: The Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Operations Team by Michael Smith
Malpractice in Maggody (an Arly Hanks mystery) by Joan Hess
The Overlook (a Harry Bosch novel) by Michael Connelly

April 2007:
Terror by Dan Simmons
(audio) Pegasus Descending by James Lee Burke
A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
Rogue Threat by Aiden Rocke
The Tooth of Time by Sue Henry (2nd Maxie McNabb & Stretch cozy mystery)
Holy Terror by Richard "Rogue Warrior" Marcinko & Jim DeFelice
Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse: My Life in Comedy by Phyllis Diller w/Richard Buskin
Where Have All The Leaders Gone? by Lee Iacocca w/Catherine Whitney

March 2007:
Lighting The Way: Nine Women Who Changed Modern America by Karenna Gore Schiff
Petropolis by Anya Ulinich
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
Snoop by Rene Gutteridge
(again) The Lady and The Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring
           Back China's Most Exotic Animal
 by Vicki Constantine Croke
(audio) Consent To Kill by Vince Flynn

February 2007:
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
The Night Journal by Elizabeth Crook
America's Last Days by Douglas McKinnon
The Blind Man of Seville by Robert Wilson
The Hostage by W.E.B. Griffin (2nd presidential agent novel)
Blood Brothers: Among The Soldiers of Ward 57 by Michael Weisskopf
Blood and Thunder: An Epic of The American West by Hampton Sides
Sleep with the Fishes by Brian M. Wiprud
The Serepteine Trail by Sue Henry

January 2007:
The Last Days of Dogtown by Anita Diamant
Treasure of Kahn: A Dirk Pitt Novel by Clive Cussler with Dirk Cussler
Don't Throw Away Your Stick Till You Cross the River: The Journey of an Ordinary Man
     by Vincent Collin Beach with Anni Beach
You're Only Young Twice: 10 Do-Overs to Reawaken Your Spirit by Ronda Beaman, EdD
Intuition by Allegra Goodman
Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich

December 2006:
The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury
The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman
Act of Treason by Vince Flynn
The Book Club Companion by Diana Loevy
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
:07 Seconds Or Less (My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns)
      by Jack McCallum
Too Soon to Say Goodbye by Art Buchwald

November 2006:
The Collectors by David Baldacci (follow up to The Camel Club)
A NASCAR Holiday by Kimberly Raye, Roxanne St. Claire & Debra Webb
Chain of Command by Caspar Weinberger & Peter Schweizer
The March by E. L. Doctorow
Spice: The History of a Temptation by Jack Turner
The Washingtonienne by Jessica Cutler
Crusader's Cross by James Lee Burke (a Dave Robicheaux novel)
Faith and Betrayal: A Pioneer Woman's Passage In The American West by Sally Denton
(again) Getting Old is Murder by Rita Lakin
(audio) Politics Lost: How American Democracy Was Trivialized by People Who Think
               You're Stupid
by Joe Klein
Glad Tidings by Debbie Macomber
Fire Dancer by Colleen Coble (1st in Smoke Jumper series)

October 2006:
The First Billion by Christopher Reich
Marley and Me: life and love with the world's worst dog by John Grogan
the Rescue Artist by Edward Dolnick
Cinnamon Kiss by Walter Mosley
The Patriots Club by Christopher Reich
On The Edge by Pamela Britton (#2 of NASCAR series)
(audio) The Messenger by Daniel Silva
Arizona Dreams by Jon Talton
The Collectors by David Baldacci
Echo Park by Michael Connelly

September 2006:
204 Rosewood Lane by Debbie Macomber (2nd in Cedar Cove series)
The Inside Ring by Mike Lawson (1st Joe DeMarco novel)
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins
311 Pelican Court by Debbie Macomber (3rd in Cedar Cove series)
44 Cranberry Point by Debbie Macomber (4th in Cedar Cove series)
50 Harbor Street by Debbie Macomber (5th in Cedar Cove series)
6 Rainier Drive by Debbie Macomber (6th in Cedar Cove Series)
The Ride of Our Lives: Roadside Lessons of an American Family by Mike Leonard
Kill All The Lawyers by Paul Levin (#3 of Solomon vs Lord novel)
The Runner by Christopher Reich
(audio) Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam
     by Mark Bowden
(audio) Flight of the Old Dog by Dale Brown

August 2006:
(continued) Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed The World by Margaret Macmillan
Minutemen: The Battle to Secure America's Borders by Jim Gilchrist & Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D.
The Complete RV Handbook by Jayne Freeman
The Lady and The Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal
     by Vicki Constantine Croke
Red Lily by Nora Roberts (3rd in Garden Trilogy)
Dispatches From The Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival by Anderson Cooper
I Married Adventure: The Lives of Martin and Osa Johnson by Osa Johnson
Consent To Kill by Vince Flynn
(audio) Twelve Sharp: A Stephanie Plum novel by Janet Evanovich

July 2006:
The Owl & Moon Cafe by Jo-Ann Mapson
In Mortal Danger: The Battle for America's Border and Security by Tom Tancredo, US Congressman, Colorado
(again) Vanished Arizona: Recollections of the Army Life of a New England Woman
      by Martha Summerhayes
(again) Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner
(continued) The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan & the
       Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
by Russell Shorto
The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History by John M. Barry
The Wyoming Kid by Debbie Macomber
Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts (1st in Garden Trilogy)
Black Rose by Nora Roberts (2nd in Garden Trilogy)
(started) Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed The World by Margaret Macmillan
Takedown by Brad Thor
The Messenger by Daniel Silva (6th Gabriel Allon book)

June 2006:
4th of July by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
In The Bleak Midwinter
by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Blow The House Down, a novel, by Robert Baer
See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism
      by Robert Baer (The true story that suggested the motion picture "Syriana")
The Jasmine Trade by Denise Hamilton
(started) The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan & the
       Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
by Russell Shorto
To Darkness and To Death by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Killing Rain by Barry Eisler (4th in series)
(audio) The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived The Great
       American Dust Bowl
by Timothy Egan
(audio) The Cat Dancers by P.T. Deutermann

May 2006:
(audio) The Broker by John Grisham
We'll Always Have Parrots by Donna Andrews
Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds by Nancy Martin
Some Like It Lethal by Nancy Martin
Owls Well That Ends Well by Donna Andrews
Edge of Battle by Dale Brown
16 Lighthouse Road by Debbie Macomber (1st in Cedar Cover series)
(again) Reading Lolita in Teheran by Azar Nafisi
A Good Yarn by Debbie Macomber
Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
(again) Baker Towers by Jennifer Haigh

April 2006:
The Third Secret by Steve Berry
The Diary of Mattie Spenser by Sandra Dallas
(audio) Prince of Fire by Daniel Silva
American Heroines: The Spirited Women Who Shaped Our Country
      by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon by Donna Andrews
Full Scoop by Janet Evanovich & Charlotte Hughes
Cripple Creek by James Sallis (2nd in John Turner series)
Murder With Peacocks
by Donna Andrews
(again) Blowing My Cover: My Life As A CIA Spy by Lindsay Moran
In The Groove by Pam Britton
Flamingo Fatale by Jimmie Ruth Evans
Murder with Puffins by Donna Andrews
Revenge of The Wrought Iron Flamingos by Donna Andrews
Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die by Nancy Martin

March 2006:
Dandelions in A Jelly Jar by Traci DePree
Blood Memory by Greg Iles
Drive by James Sallis
The Mapmaker's Wife by Robert Witaker
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Tie That Binds by Kent Karuf
Murder at Five Finger Light by Sue Henry
One Shot: A Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child

February 2006:
Dangerous Curves by Pamela Britton
(again) The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
Nellie Taft: The Unconventional First Lady of the Ragtime Era by Carl Sferrazza Anthony
Dry Death in Arizona by Elizabeth Bruening Lewis
Cypress Grove by James Sallis (1st in John Turner series)
Getting Old Is Murder by Rita Lakin
Solomon vs. Lord by Paul Levine
The Deep Blue Alibi by Paul Levine (2nd in series)
The Camel Club by David Baldacci
(again) Rain Storm by Barry Eisler (3rd in series)

January 2006:
Maybe A Miracle by Brian Strause
An Unreasonable Woman: A True Story of Shripmers Politicos Polluters and The Fight
     for Seadrift, Texas
by Diane Wilson
Sleeping With The Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul For Saudi Crude by Robert Baer
The Lonely Girls Club by Suzanne Forster
By Order of The President by W.E.B. Griffin (1st presidential agent novel)
Double Tap by Steve Martini
Edge of Evil by J. A. Jance

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