Meanderings and Muses: A Brief History of Eloquence

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Books Read

Every year I promise myself I'm going to keep a log of books I'm reading. And I immediately forget. Then I remember again, but only after I've already read a few books, but can't be sure I'll remember them all and so - - can't bring myself to start the list. It's sort of like missing the first 30 minutes of a movie. I just can't watch it if I've missed the beginning. And being the anal ol' soul I am, I can't bring myself to start a list if I can't be sure it's going to be a complete one. So. I decided to keep a list during 2010 and found it to be a fun thing. Especially for a compulsive list-maker like myself.

You can see my 2010 list here -

http://meanderingsandmuses.blogspot.com/2010/12/books-read-during-2010.html

And, you can see my 2011 list here -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2011/12/books-read-during-2011.html

And here's my 2012 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2013/01/books-read-in-2012.html

And, my 2013 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2013/12/books-read-duing-2013.html

And, my 2014 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2014/12/books-read-in-2014.html

And, my 2015 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2015/12/books-read-in-2015_14.html

And, my 2016 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2016/12/books-read-during-2016.html

And, my 2017 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2017/12/books-read-during-2017.html

AND, because I enjoyed doing it, I'm going to do it again this year.

Books Read in 2018

THE BOOK ARTIST by Mark Pryor (ARC)
A RISKY UNDERTAKING FOR LORETTA SINGLETARY by Terry Shames (ARC)
THE LIBRARY OF LOST AND FOUND by Phaedra Patrick (ARC)
BELLWEATHER RHAPSODY by Kate Racculia
THE LAST OF THE STANFIELDS by Marc Levy
Paris-Chien: Adventures of an Expat Dog by Jackie Clark Mancuso
BLACK SWAN RISING by Lisa Brackmann
BIBLIOPHILE: An Illustrated Miscellany by Jane Mount
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel
A Reckoning in the Back Country by Terry Shames
An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock by Terry Shames
The Necessary Murder of Nonie Blake by Terry Shames
A Deadly Affair at Bobtail Ridge by Terry Shames
Dead Broke in Jarrett Creek by Terry Shames
The Last Death of Jack Harbin by Terry Shames
A KILLING AT COTTON HILL by Terry Shames
THE WHISPERED WORD by Ellery Adams (ARC)
COMING HOME by Rosamunde Pilcher
BECOMING by Michelle Obama
FIERCE KINGDOMS by Gin Phillips
WINTER SOLSTICE by Rosamunde Pilcher
SEPTEMBER by Rosamunde Pilcher
The PRINTED LETTER BOOKSHOP by Katherine Reay (ARC)
THE COLLECTOR'S APPRENTICE by B. A. Shapiro
OUR PRINCE OF SCRIBES, WRITERS REMEMBER PAT CONROY Edited by Seitz and Haupt
THE WITCH ELM by Tana French
DAUGHTERS OF THE LAKE by Wendy Webb
A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME by Marianne Holmes (ARC)
THE LABYRINTH OF THE SPIRITS by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
CLARIS by Megan Hess
THE HOTEL ON PLACE VENDOME by Tilar J. Mazzeo
THE FRENCH ESCAPE by Suzi Tullett (ARC)
THE AGE OF LIGHT by Whitney Scharer (ARC)
MEET ME AT THE MUSEUM by Anne Youngson
LEVERAGE IN DEATH by J. D. Robb
THE LIBRARY OF LIGHT AND SHADOW by M. J. Rose
THE LOST CAROUSEL OF PROVENCE by Juliet Blackwell (ARC)
THE DOUBLE GAME by Dan Fesperman
SAFE HOUSES by Dan Fesperman
WINTER IN PARADISE by Elin Hilderbrand (ARC)
DESOLATION MOUNTAIN by William Kent Krueger
THE SHADOW OF THE WIND by Carlos Ruiz Zaffon
Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and The Dawn of the Modern Woman by Sam Wasson
ARETHA FRANKLIN, THE QUEEN OF SOUL by Mark Bego
TRANSCRIPTION by Kate Atkinson (ARC)
DREAMS OF FALLING by Karen White
GEORGIA BOTTOMS by Mark Childress
OPEN YOUR EYES by Paula Daly (ARC)
NIGHT OF MIRACLES by Elizabeth Berg (ARC)
GOODBYE, PARIS by Anstey Harris (ARC)
CLOCK DANCE by Anne Tyler
THE CONFECTIONER'S TALE by Laura Madeleine
THE AU PAIR by Emma Rous (ARC)
KINGDOM OF THE BLIND by Louise Penny (ARC)
LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng
DEAD MAN RUNNING by Steve Hamilton (ARC)
PAST TENSE by Lee Child (ARC)
WINTER COTTAGE by Mary Ellen Taylor (ARC)
A WELL-BEHAVED WOMAN: A NOVEL OF THE VANDERBILTS by Therese Anne Fowler (ARC)
The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (And Their Muses) by Terri-Lynne DeFino (ARC)
UNDER MY SKIN by Lisa Unger (ARC)
NOVEMBER ROAD by Lou Berney (ARC)
SUMMER ON THE RIVER by Marcia Willett (ARC)
BRING ME BACK by B. A. Paris
DIARY OF A BOOKSELLER by Shaun Bythell
GOOD SAM by Dete Meserve
THE SPACE BETWEEN by Dete Meserve (ARC)
THE REALIST: A Novel of Berenice Abbott by Sarah Coleman
IMPOSTOR'S LURE by Carla Neggers (ARC)
PARIS ECHO by Sebastian Faulks (ARC)
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PARIS: SIXTY YEARS OF WRITING FROM GOURMET edited by Ruth Reichl
VISIBLE EMPIRE by Hannah Pittard
THE ART OF INHERITING SECRETS by Barbara O'Neal ( ARC)
THE PARIS APARTMENT by Juliet Gauvin
THE LONDON FLAT by Juliet Gauvin
THE IRISH COTTAGE by Juliet Gauvin
THE THINGS WE DON'T SAY by Ella Carey (ARC)
THE VERY PICTURE OF YOU by Isabel Wolff
BY INVITATION ONLY by Dorothea Benton Frank
NO GOOD ASKING by Fran Kimmel (ARC)
THE SUMMER NANNY by Holly Chamberlin (ARC)
A COLLAR FOR CERBERUS by Matt Stanley (ARC)
THE CLOCKMAKER'S DAUGHTER by Kate Morton (ARC)
SLEEPING IN THE GROUND by Peter Robinson
TRUST ME by Hank Phillippi Ryan (ARC)
THE FRENCH FOR CHRISTMAS by Fiona Valpy
THE FRENCH FOR LOVE by Fiona Valpy
THE FRENCH FOR ALWAYS by Fiona Valpy
THE BEEKEEPER'S PROMISE by Fiona Valpy (ARC)
WHITE HOUSES by Amy Bloom (ARC)
THE SCRAPBOOK OF FRANKIE PRATT by Caroline Preston
THE RED NOTEBOOK by Antoine Laurain
THE GUILTY DEAD by P. J. Tracy (ARC)
THE MURALIST by B. A. Shapiro
THE ART FORGER by B. A. Shapiro
THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah
PARIS MENDS BROKEN HEARTS by Kaya Quinsey
THE GREAT ALONE by Kristin Hannah
APRIL IN PARIS, 1921 by Tessa Lunney (ARC)
THE ITALIAN PARTY by Christina Lynch (ARC)
THE SILVER SHOES by Jill G. Hall (ARC)
THE DEATH OF MRS. WESTAWAY by Ruth Ware (ARC)
THE MASTERPIECE by Fiona Davis (ARC)
THE RAIN WATCHER by Tatiana de Rosnay (ARC)
LESS: A NOVEL by Andrew Sean Greer
THE LOST FOR WORDS BOOKSHOP by Stephanie Butland (ARC)
LULLABY ROAD by James Anderson
OUR PARIS: SKETCHES FROM MEMORY by Edmund White
IN THE SHADOW OF 10,000 HILLS by Jennifer Haupt (ARC)
SHORECLIFF by Ursula DeYoung
HALF A MIND by Wendy Hornsby
NO HARM by Wendy Hornsby
THE BOOKSHOP OF YESTERDAYS by Amy Meyerson (ARC)
The Portrait of Molly Dean by Katherine Kovacic (ARC)
The Art of the Wasted Day by Patricia Hampl
TEXT ME WHEN YOU GET HOME by Kayleen Schaefer
TIN MAN by Sarah Winman (ARC)
THE PARAMOUR'S DAUGHTER by Wendy Hornsby
IN THE GUISE OF MERCY by Wendy Hornsby
77th Street Requiem by Wendy Hornsby
BAD INTENT by Wendy Hornsby
MIDNIGHT BABY by Wendy Hornsby
MY EXAGGERATED LIFE - PAT CONROY by Katherine Clark
BEACH HOUSE REUNION by Mary Alice Monroe (ARC)
TELLING LIES by Wendy Hornsby
THE HANGING by Wendy Hornsby
THE COLOR OF LIGHT by Wendy Hornsby
NUMBER 7, RUE JACOB by Wendy Hornsby (ARC)
TANGERINE by Christine Mangan (ARC)
THE CAST by Amy Blumenfeld (ARC)
SAILING LESSONS by Hannah McKinnon (ARC)
THE BISHOP'S PAWN by Steve Berry (ARC)
COLD GRAVE by Craig Robertson
SNAPSHOT by Craig Robertson
RANDOM by Craig Robertson
THE PHOTOGRAPHER by Craig Robertson
PARIS EVER AFTER by KSR Burns (ARC)
THE HOUSE ON HARBOR HILL by Shelly Stratton (ARC)
SUNBURN by Laura Lippman
MIDNIGHT RIOT by Ben Aaronovitch
WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT by Sandra Block (ARC )
NOT THAT I COULD TELL by Jessica Strawser (ARC)
THE HIGH TIDE CLUB by Mary Kay Andrews (ARC)
THE WESTERN STAR by Craig Johnson
MY PARIS DREAM by Kate Betts
PARIS FOR ONE by Jojo Moyes
THE POSSIBLE WORLD by Liese O'Halloran Schwarz (ARC)
SULFUR SPRINGS by William Kent Krueger
THURSDAY'S CHILD by Joseph Wurtenbaugh
THE MEMORY OF LEMON by Judith Fertig
GIVE ME YOUR HAND by Megan Abbott (ARC)
A NANTUCKET WEDDING by Nancy Thayer (ARC)
DARK IN DEATH by J.D. Robb
AFTER NIGHTFALL by A. J. Banner (ARC)
THE HIGH SEASON by Judy Blundell (ARC)
YEAR ONE by Nora Roberts
LOVE AND RUIN by Paula McLain (ARC)
GO ASK FANNIE by Elisabeth Hyde (ARC)
THE SOMETIMES SISTERS by Carolyn Brown (ARC)
HOW IT HAPPENED by Michael Koryta (ARC)
THE PIANO SHOP ON THE LEFT BANK by Thad Carhart
HALF MOON BAY by Alice LaPlante (ARC)
THE REUNION by Samantha Hayes (ARC)
PARIS STILL LIFE by Rosalind Brackenbury (ARC)
THE POT THIEF WHO STUDIED EDWARD ABBEY by J. Michael Orenduff (ARC)
CAME BACK TO SHOW YOU I COULD FLY by Robin Klein
RARE OBJECTS by Kathleen Tessaro
SOUVENIR (object lessons) by Rolf Potts (ARC)
DEAD HOUSE by Billy O'Callaghan (ARC)
"A" is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
BELLMAN & BLACK: A NOVEL by Diane Setterfield

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FTC has a regulation which went into effect in December, 2009 which says, basically - "Amateur Bloggers to Disclose Freebies or Be Fined." Significantly fined. So. Since I happen to be an amateur blogger who sometimes receives free books, here's my required FTC Disclosure Notice: Dear FTC - Regarding review copies of books obtained for this blog. No other compensation is accepted beyond review copies of books - ever. When I do write a review, or opinion, the source of the book cited will be disclosed in the post in which the review/opinon appears. If you have questions, please feel free to contact me.

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