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- Nancy Parkinson
- Austin, Texas, United States
- I'm 50, live in Austin, Texas but am a Northern California native and my heart still belongs there. I spend a lot of my time quilting, cooking, reading and working on my house. I've been keeping track for about ten years of all the books that I read. I had been writing comments but life got in the way and I need to start doing that again.
2012 Book List
- The Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
- The Panther by Nelson DeMille
- The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
- Severe Clear by Stuart Woods
- Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures by Emma Straub
- The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
- The Summer He Didn't Die by Jim Harrison
- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
- Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
- Yes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson
- Black Water Rising by Attica Locke
- The Long Road to Antietam: How the Civil War Became a Revolution by Richard Slotikin
- The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
- Where We Belong by Emily Giffin
- Kill You Twice by Chelsea Cain
- The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
- The Inn at Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber
- Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead
- Creole Bell by James Lee Burke
- A Pig in Provence by Georgeanne Brennan
- The Next Best Thing by Jennifer Weiner
- The Good Son by Michael Gruber
- Wild : From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
- Canada by Richard Ford
- Dreams of the Dead by Perri O'shaughnessy
- When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka
- The Lifeboat by Charlotten Rogan
- Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan
- Uncorked: One Man's Journey Through the Crazy World of Wine by Marco Pasanella
- I Am An Execution: Love Stories by Rajesh Parameswaran
- Porch Lights by Dorothea Benton Frank
- Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
- Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
- True Sisters by Sandra Dallas
- The Innocent by David Baldacci
- A Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash
- The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler
- Calico Joe by John Grisham
- By the Iowa Sea: a memoir by Joe Blair
- Sonoma Rose by Jennifer Chiaverini
- Unnatural Acts by Stuart Woods
- 11/22/63 by Stephen King
- Fall From Grace by Richard North Patterson
- The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani
- Glaciers by Alexis M. Smith
- I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
- Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult
- The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
- Defending Jacob by William Landay
- Home Front by Kristin Hannah
- Victims by Jonathan Kellerman
- Another Piece of my Heart by Jane Green
- Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
- Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
- The Dog Who Knew Too Much by Spencer Quinn
- Men in the Making by Bruce Machart
- 1225 Christmas Tree Lane by Debbie Macomber
- Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell
- D.C. Dead by Stuart Woods
- The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
- The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson
- Zero Day by David Baldacci
- Balitimore Blues by Laura Lippman
- V is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton
- The Litigators by John Grisham
2011 Book List
- I Am Half Sick of Shadows: A Flavia de Luce Novel by Alan Bradley
- The Girl in the Green Rain Coat by Laura Lippman
- Plenty by Alisa Smith and J.B. Mackinnon
- Feast Day of Fools by James Lee Burke
- Son of Stone by Stuart Woods
- The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian
- The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
- 1105 Yakima St by Debbie Macomber
- Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
- Dick Francis' Gamble by Felix Francis
- 40 Years of Chez Panisse: The Power of Gathering by Alice Waters
- The Bride's House by Sandra Dallas
- Farm City by Novella Carpenter
- Rosie by Anne Lamott
- Everything Changes by Jonathan Tropper
- Night Work by Steve Hamilton
- In the garden of beasts : love, terror, and an American family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
- Girl's in White Dresses by Jennifer Close
- Forty Years of Chez Panisse: The Power of Gathering by Alice Waters
- Bruno: Chief of Police by Martin Walker
- Two for the Money by Janet Evanovich
- My Korean Deli: Risking it all for a Convenience Store by Ben Ryder Howe
- Flower Net by Lisa See
- Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner
- The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David G. McCullough
- Folly Beach by Dorothea Benton Frank
- The Privledges by Jonathan Dee
- The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
- Silver Girl by Elin Hilderbrand
- Bossy Pants by Tina Fey
- The Devil's Light by Richard North Patterson
- State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
- One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
- The Surrendered by Chang-Rae Lee
- 1861: The Civil War Awakening by Adam Goodheart
- A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
- 10th Anniversary by James Patterson
- The Disappeared by Kim Echlin
- The Year We Left Home by Jean Thompson
- The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
- Bel Air Dead by Stuart Woods
- A Turn in the Road by Debbie Macomber
- The Free World by David Bezmozgis
- Swim Back to Me by Ann Packer
- The Sixth Man by David Baldacci
- The Adults by Alison Espach
- Mystery by Jonathan Kellerman
- Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult
- The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
- House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
- Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
- The Union Quilters by Jennifer Chiaverini
- You Know When the Men are Gone by Siobhan Fallon
- Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
- Silent Mercy by Linda Fairstein
- The Night Season by Chelsea Cain
- The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
- Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
- Decision Points by George W. Bush
- A Red Herring without Mustard by Alan Bradley
- Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Lauren Hillenbrand
- The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman
- The Autobiography of an Execution by David Dow
- My nest isn't empty, it just has more closet space : the amazing adventures of an ordinary woman by Lisa Scottoline
- Model Home by Bruce Puchner
- The Wake of Forgiveness by Bruce Machart
- The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards
- Strategic Moves by Stuart Woods
- Vida by Patricia Engel
- Hell's Corner by David Baldacci
- The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
- How to Talk to a Widower by Jonathan Tropper
- Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell
- An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin
- Rescue by Anita Shreve
- To Fetch a Thief: A Chet and Bernie Mystery by Spencer Quinn
- Speech-less: Tales of a White House Survivor by Matthew Latimer
- Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
- The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David G. McCullough
2010 Book List
- Room by Emma Donoghue
- Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk : A Modest Bestiary by David Sedaris
- Plan B by Jonathan Tropper
- The Confession by John Grisham
- Cross Fire by James Patterson
- In The Company of Others by Jan Karon
- The False Friend by Myla Goldberg
- Galveston by Nick Pizzolatto
- Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
- Whiter than Snow by Sandra Dallas
- This is Where I Leave you by Jonathan Tropper
- Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain
- 1022 Evergreen Place by Debbie Macomber
- Santa Fe Edge by Stuart Woods
- Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
- The Widower's Tale by Julie Glass
- Last Night at the Chateau Marmont
- The Virgin of the Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
- The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman
- A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff
- At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream : Misadventures in Search of the Simple Life by Wade Rouse
- War by Sebastian Junger
- The Aloha Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini
- Hannah's List by Debbie Macomber
- The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carter
- Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner
- Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
- The Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burke
- The Island by Elin Hilderbrand
- Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
- Judgement Calls by Alafair Burke
- Promises to Keep by Jane Green
- In the Name of Honor by Richard North Patterson
- Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
- The Lion by Nelson DeMille
- Lowcountry Summer by Dorthea Benton Frank
- The Scent of Rain and Lightening by Nancy Pickard
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
- The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
- Deliver us from Evil by David Baldacci
- Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
- Every Last One by Anna Quindlen
- The 9th Judgment by James Patterson
- Innocent by Scott Turow
- Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
- Lucid Intervals by Stuart Woods
- The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
- Ford County by John Grisham
- Thereby Hangs a Tail: A Chet and Bernie Mystery by Spencer Quinn
- The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
- Deception by Jonathan Kellerman
- Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen
- Hell Gate by Linda Fairstein
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Moshin Hamid
- Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
- The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
- Think Twice by Lisa Scottoline
- The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
- House Rules by Jodie Picoult
- Horns by Joe Hill
- The Paperboy by Pete Dexter
- Brava Valentine by Adriana Trigiana
- Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls
- Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian
- Cleaving by Julie Powell
- The Big Burn by Timothy Egan
- Worst Case by James Patterson
- Kisser by Stuart Woods
- The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris
- The English Major by Jim Harrison
- True Compass by Edward M. Kennedy
- I, Alex Cross by James Patterson
- Under the Dome by Stephen King
- The Well and the Mine by Gin Phillips
- The Imperial Cruise by James Bradley
- Hollywood Moon by Joseph Wambaugh
2009 Book List - Most Recently Read at the Top
- Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
- Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog by Lisa Scottoline
- American Rebel (The Life of Clint Eastwood ) by Marc Elliot
- The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell
- True Blue by David Baldacci
- Evidence by Jonathan Kellerman
- Traveling with Pomegranates by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Taylor Kidd
- The Vintage Caper by Peter Mayle
- The Blind Side by Michael Lewis
- Bird in Hand by Christina Baker Kline
- Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro
- The Day the Falls Sttod Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan
- Apologize! Apologize! by Elizabeth Kelly
- The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
- A Single Thread by Marie Bostwick
- The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
- 92 Pacific Boulevard by Debbie Macomber
- A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg
- Paris Trout by Pete Dexter
- Hothouse Orchid by Stuart Woods
- Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain
- The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
- A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve
- The Girl She Used to Be by David Cristofano
- A Good Indian Wife by Anne Cherian
- When I'm Falling by Laura Moriarty
- The Spire by Richard North Patterson
- Dog On It by Spencer Quinn
- Even Money by Dick and Felix Francis
- The Lost Quilter by Jennifer Chiaverini
- South of Broad by Pat Conroy
- The Girl Who Played with Fire by Steig Larsson
- The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman
- The Shimmer by David Morrell
- New Mercies by Sandra Dallas
- Happens Every Day by Isabel Gillies
- That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo
- Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner
- Rain Gods by James Lee Burke
- Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
- Return to Sullivan's Island by Dorothea Benton Frank
- Summer Affair by Elin Hilderbrand
- Olive Kittridge by Elizabeth Strout
- Jesus Out to Sea by James Lee Burke
- Swimsuit by James Patterson
- Second Hand by Michael Zadoorian
- Swimming to Antartica by Lynne Cox
- The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
- Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas
- The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
- Adultery for Beginners by Sarah Duncan
- Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman
- 8th Confession by James Patterson
- Generation Kill by Evan Wright
- First Family by David Baldacci
- Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas
- Look Again by Lisa Scottoline
- Loitering with Intent by Stuart Woods
- The Winding Ways Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini
- Everyone is Beautiful by Katherine Center
- A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
- Little Pink House by Jeff Benedict
- The Color of Lightening by Paulette Jiles
- Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
- The Soloist by Steve Lopez
- Knit Two by Kate Jacobs
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- The Leisure Seeker by Michael Zadoorian
- The Whole World Over by Julia Glass
- Run for your Life by James Patterson
- Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
- The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
- Lethal Legacy by Linda Fairstein
- Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiana
- The Associate by John Grisham
- I Know this Much is True by Wally Lamb
- Mounting Fears by Stuart Woods
- Show No Fear by Peri O'Shaughnessy
- Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs
- Eclipse by Richard North Patterson
- What are You Like? by Anne Enright
- The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews
- Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian
- The Department of Lost and Found by Alison Winn Scotch
- Summer Light by Roxana Robinson
- Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan
- Enemy Woman by Paulette Jiles
- Sammy's House by Kristin Gore
- The Gatehouse by Nelson Demille
- Cedar Cove Christmas by Debbie Macomber
- Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian
1 comment:
Ok. I am going toread my first James Lee Burke book. I will keep you posted.
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