2011 - A Year in Books

Rather than weekly blog posts, I'm going to attempt to track the books I read (or re-read) here in 2011.  I use the Goodreads rating system for the most part:
1* - didn't like it
2* - it was ok
3* - liked it
4* - really liked it
5* - it was amazing

December (177)
  1. Lessons in Seduction - Sandra Hyatt (4*) (e-book - Kindle)
  2. Once Upon A Winter's Eve (novella) - Tessa Dare (4*) (e-book - Kindle)
  3. Winning the Wallflower (novella) - Eloisa James (4*) (e-book - Kindle)
  4. The Duke is Mine - Eloisa James (4*) (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (review)
  5. The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae - Stephanie Laurens (3.5*) (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (review)
  6. An O'Brien Family Christmas - Sherryl Woods (3*) (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (review)
  7. Taming the Rake - Kasey Michaels
  8. Wolf At The Door - MaryJanice Davidson (2.5*)
  9. The Accidental Courtesan - Cheryl Ann Smith (2.5*)
  10. The Son of Neptune - Rick Riordan (4*)
  11. Dangerous Games - Keri Arthur (2*)
  12. Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish - Grace Burrowes (2*)
  13. The MacGregors: Daniel & Ian - Nora Roberts (3*)
  14. Explosive Eighteen - Janet Evanovich (3*)
  15. The MacGregor Grooms - Nora Roberts (3*)

November (162)
  1. Winter Scandal - Candace Camp (2*)
  2. Kissing Sin - Keri Arthur (3*)
  3. Tempting Evil - Keri Arthur (3*)
  4. Reflections & Dreams - Nora Roberts (3*)
  5. If You Give A Girl A Viscount - Kieran Kramer (2*)
  6. O'Hurley's Return - Nora Roberts (3.5*)
  7. Born O'Hurley - Nora Roberts (3.5*)
  8. Waiting for Nick - Nora Roberts (3*)
  9. The Next Always - Nora Roberts (3.5*)
  10. Slow Ride - Erin McCarthy (2*)
  11. Considering Kate - Nora Roberts (3*)
  12. The Stanislaski Brothers - Nora Roberts (3*)
  13. The Stanislaski Sisters - Nora Roberts (3*)
  14. Full Moon Rising - Keri Arthur (3*) (e-book - Kindle)
  15. Night Shield - Nora Roberts (3*)
  16. Night Tales - Nora Roberts (3*)
  17. Always a Temptress - Eileen Dreyer (3*)
  18. The Sinner Who Seduced Me - Stefanie Sloane (2*)
  19. The Angel in My Arms - Stefanie Sloane (3*)
  20. This Side of the Grave - Jeaniene Frost (3*)
  21. Destined for An Early Grave - Jeaniene Frost (3.5*)
  22. At Grave's End - Jeaniene Frost (3*)
October (140)
  1. Revenge at Bella Terra - Christina Dodd (3.5*)
  2. Secrets of Bella Terra - Christina Dodd (3.5*)
  3. A Bride Unveiled - Jillian Hunter (2*)
  4. Tis the Season To Be Sinful - Adrienne Basso (2*)
  5. Confessions of an Improper Bride - Jennifer Haymore (2*)
  6. The Devil in Disguise - Stefanie Sloane (3*)
  7. Bonnie - Iris Johansen (3.5*)
  8. A Visit From the Goon Squad - Jennifer Egan (2.5*) (review)
  9. Eternal Kiss of Darkness - Jeaniene Frost (3*) (E-book from library)
  10. Bewitching - Jill Barnett (2.5*) (e-book - Kindle)
  11. One Foot In The Grave - Jeaniene Frost (3*) (e-book - Kindle)
  12. Halfway to the Grave - Jeaniene Frost (3*) (e-book - Kindle)
  13. School for Brides - Cheryl Ann Smith (3*)
  14. His Mistress By Christmas - Victoria Alexander (3*) 
  15. Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue - Stephanie Laurens (3*)
  16. Trouble at the Wedding - Laura Lee Guhrke (3*) (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (4*) (review)  
  17. The Bride Wore Scarlet - Liz Carlyle (3*)
  18. My Ruthless Prince - Gaelen Foley (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (4*) (review) 
  19. Canyons of Night - Jayne Castle (3*)
September (121)
  1. New York to Dallas - J.D. Robb (4*) 
  2. In Total Surrender - Anne Mallory (3*) (e-book - Kindle) (review to follow)
  3. The Many Sins of Lord Cameron - Jennifer Ashley (3*)
  4. The Heretic's Daughter - Kathleen Kent (2*)
  5. Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling (audio) (5*)
  6. Silk is For Seduction - Loretta Chase (3*)
  7. In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster - Stephanie Laurens (e-book - Kindle) (3*) (review)
  8. A Night to Surrender - Tessa Dare (e-book - Kindle) (3*)
  9. Elizabeth the Enchantress: Real Duchesses of London - Lavinia Kent (novella) (e-book - Kindle) (review) (3*)
  10. Unclaimed - Courtney Milan (e-book - Kindle) (review) (3*)
  11. Brazen - Margo Maguire (e-book - Kindle) (review) (2*)
August (110)
  1. His Christmas Pleasure - Cathy Maxwell  (e-book - Kindle) (3*)
  2. Wicked Nights With A Lover -  Sophie Jordan (e-book - Kindle) (3*)
  3. One Night in London: The Truth About the Duke - Caroline Linden (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (review) (3*)
  4. Linnette the Lioness: Real Duchesses of London - Lavinia Kent (novella) (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (review) (3*)
  5. Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling (5*) (audio)
  6. I Love the Earl - Caroline Linden (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (review) (3*)
  7. Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling (5*) (audio)
July (103)
  1. The Throne of Fire - Rick Riordan (4*)
  2. Quinn - Iris Johansen (3*)
  3. Just Like Heaven - Julia Quinn (3*)
  4. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot (4*)
  5. Belly Laughs - Jenny McCarthy (4*)
  6. Undead and Undermined - MaryJanice Davidson (3*)
  7. The Naked King - Sally Mackenzie (3*)
  8. This Time Together - Carol Burnette (3*) (audio)
  9. The Red Pyramid - Rick Riordan (4*) (audio)
 June (94)
  1. Smokin' Seventeen - Janet Evanovich (3*)
  2. Hit List - Laurell K. Hamilton (3*)
  3. The Last Olympian - Rick Rioran (4*)
  4. Nowhere Near Respectable - Mary Jo Putney (3*)
  5. Yours to Keep - Shannon Stacy (3*) (e-book -
  6. A Well Favored Gentleman - Christina Dodd (2*) (e-book - Kindle)
  7. The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan (4*)
  8. Cloudy With A Chance of Marriage - Kieran Kramer (3*)
  9. My Favorite Countess - Vanessa Kelly (3*)
May (85)
  1. Notorious - Nicola Cornick (3*) (e-book - Adobe Digital editions (review to come)
  2. Unlocked (Novella) - Courtney Milan (3*) (e-book - Kindle)
  3. The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan (4*)
  4. The Dark Enquiry - Deanna Raybourn (4*) (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (review to come)
  5. Dark Road to Darjeeling - Deanna Raybourn (4*)
  6. Never A Gentleman - Eileen Dreyer (3*)
  7. Guarding A Notorious Lady - Olivia Parker (3*) (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (review to come
  8. The Sins of Viscount Sutherland - Samantha James (2*) (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (review to come
  9. Lord Langley Is Back In Town - Elizabeth Boyle (3*) (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (review)
  10. The Bed and The Bachelor - Tracey Anne Warren (3*)  (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (review to come)
  11. The Amorous Education of Celia Seaton - Miranda Neville (3.5*) (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (review to come)
  12. Any Man of Mine - Rachael Gibson (3*) (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (review)
  13. Mobbed - Carol Higgins Clark (3*)
  14. The Chase - Erin McCarthy (2*)
  15. Taken By The Prince - Christina Dodd (3*)
  16. Quicksilver - Amanda Quick (3*)
  17. Mockingjay - Suzanne Harris (4*)
  18. Catching Fire - Suzanne Harris (4*)
  19. Dead Reckoning- Charlaine Harris (4*) (review)
April (66)
  1. Eve - Iris Johansen (4*)
  2. Chasing Fire- Nora Roberts (3*)
  3. Absolutely, Positively- Heather Webber (3*)
  4. Dangerous in Diamonds- Madeline Hunter (3.5*)
  5. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins (5*) (review to come)
  6. My Dangerous Duke - Gaelen Foley (2.5*) (review)
  7. My Wicked Marquess - Gaelen Foley (3*)
  8. Barely A Lady - Eileen Dreyer (3.5*) 
  9. When Beauty Tamed the Beast - Eloisa James (4*) 
  10. The Unlikely Countess - Jo Beverley (2.5*) (review)
  11. The Restorer  - Amanda Stevens (4.5*) (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (review)
  12. My Irresistible Earl - Gaelen Foley (3.5*) (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (review to come)
  13. Royal Weddings: An Original Anthology - Stephanie Laurens, Gaelen Foley, Loretta Chase (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (review)
  14. Myth of You & Me - Leah Stewart (3.5*)
March (52)
  1. Treachery in Death- J.D. Robb (4*) (review)
  2. The Vampire Narcise- Colleen Gleason (3.5*) (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (review to come)
  3. The Vampire Dimitri- Colleen Gleason (3*) (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (review)
  4. Captured By A Rogue Lord - Katharine Ashe (3*) (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (review)
  5. Fatal Error- J.A. Jance (2.5*) (review)
  6. The Naked Baron- Sally MacKenzie (2*) (review)
  7. The Perfect Mistress- Victoria Alexander (3.5*) (review)
  8. The Vampire Voss  - Colleen Gleason (3*) (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (review)
  9. Dukes to the Left of Me, Princes to the Right - Kieran Kramer (3*) (review)
  10. The Lost Hero - Rick Riordan (4*) (audio book) (review)
  11. Driftwood Cottage  - Sherryl Woods (3*) (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (review)
  12. The Earl of Her Dreams - Anne Mallory (3*)
  13. Firelight - Sophie Jordan (3*) (review)
  14. The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan (4*) (review)
  15. The Spymaster's Lady - Joanna Bourne (3*) (review)
  16. Seduce Me - Robyn DeHart (3*)
  17. Where Shadows Dance - C.S. Harris (4*) (review to come)
  18. Notorious Pleasures - Elizabeth Hoyt (3.5*)
  19. Eleven Scandals to Start to Win A Duke's Heart  - Sarah MacLean (4*) (e-book - Adobe Digital editions) (review)
  20. After Dark With A Scoundrel - Alexandra Hawkins (4*)
February (32)
  1. Wicked Appetite - Janet Evanovich (3.5*)
  2. Drowning Ruth - Christina Schwarz (3*) (review)
  3. It Happened One Season- Anthology - Stephanie Laurens, Jacquie D'Alessandro, Candice Hern, Mary Balogh  (ebook - Adobe Digital Editions) (3*) (review)
  4. How to Woo a Reluctant Lady - Sabrina Jeffries (4*)
  5. Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan (4*) (review) (audio book)
January (27) 
  1. Angels Fall - Nora Roberts (4*) (review)
  2. Shadowfever - Karen Marie Moning (ebook - Kindle) (4*)
  3. Outrageously Yours - Allison Chase (3*) (review)
  4. His Sinful Secret - Emma Wildes (3.5*)
  5. Our Wicked Mistake - Emma Wildes (3.5*)
  6. My Lord Scandal - Emma Wildes (3.5*)
  7. The Orchid Affair - Lauren Willig (4.5*) (review)
  8. The Hemingses of Monticello - Annette Gordon-Reed (2*) (review)
  9. One Wicked Sin - Nicola Cornick (3*)
  10. Indulgence in Death - J.D. Robb (4*)
  11. In Too Deep - Jayne Ann Krentz (4*) 
  12. Chasing the Night - Iris Johansen (4.5*)
  13. What I Did For A Duke - Julie Anne Long (ebook - Adobe Digital Editions) (3.5*) (review)
  14. The Year of Living Scandalously - Julia London (3.5*)
  15. A Seduction At Christmas - Cathy Maxwell (3.5*)
  16. Most Eagerly Yours - Allison Chase (3.5*)
  17. Here Comes the Groom - Karina Bliss (ebook - Kindle) (3.5*)
  18. Seducing The Governess - Margo Maguire (ebook - Adobe Digital Editions) (2.5*) (review)
  19. The Reckless Bride - Stephanie Laurens (2.5*)
  20. One Night is Never Enough - Anne Mallory (ebook - Adobe Digital Editions) (3*) (review)
  21. Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage - Jennifer Ashley (3.5*)
  22. A Perfect Scandal - Delilah Marvelle (ebook - Adobe Digital Editions) (3*) (review)
  23. Taste of Desire - Beverly Kendall (ebook - Kindle) (4*)
  24. Once Upon a Scandal - Delilah Marvelle (ebook - Adobe Digital Editions) (3*) (review)
  25. Prelude to a Scandal - Delilah Marvelle (ebook - Adobe Digital Editions) (3*) (review)
  26. A Duke's Temptation - Jillian Hunter (3*)
  27. Just One Taste - Louisa Edwards (3*)
Challenge Totals - 177
  • Library Books - 98
  • E-books - 53
  • My Bookshelf - 26
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