2012 Books Read List
January
- 4 non-fiction
- 1 historical fiction
**2. BETWEEN BARACK AND A HARD PLACE
(Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama, by Tim Wise, 0872865002, City Lights Books, 160 pages, Published 2009. (Self-purchase) Non-fiction. Current Events, Sociology
**3. AMERICA AFLAME, Kindle Version,
***4. CAVALIER QUEEN, by Fiona Mountain, Kindle Version
***5. THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot, 978-1-400-5217-2, Crown Publishers, HC, 370 pages, Published 2010. Non-fiction. Science Cultural Studies. (Self Purchase)
February
*6. AMERICAN SNIPER, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE MOST LETHAL SNIPER IN MILITARY HISTORY, by Chris Kyle with Scott Mcewen and Jim DeFelice, 978-0-06-208235-0, William Morrow, HC, 381, Published 2012. Non-fiction, autobiography, Iraq, war, Navy Seals. (Received by Publisher)
**7. WATERGATE: A NOVEL, by Thomas Mallon, 978-0-307-37872.9, Pantheon Books, ARC, pb, 439 pages, Published 2012, Novel-Watergate Affair, Political Fiction.(Received by HNR)due for review March 15, 2012.
***8. GLOW, by Jessica Maria Tuccelli, 978-0-670-02331-8, Viking, HC, 324 pages, published 2012, historical fiction, 1836-1941, Georgia, mountain life, slavery, multi-generation. (Received by Publisher).
*9. THE SECRET KEEPERS, by Paul Yee (YA), 978-1-896580-968, Tradewind books, pb 135 pages, published 2012, historical fiction, 1906-San-Francisco Earthquake, Chinese Americans, paranormal.
(Received by HNR)due for review March 15, 2012.
10. A STRONGER KINSHIP, One Town's Extraordinary Story of Hope and Faith, by Anna-Lisa Cox, 978-0-316-11018-1, Little, Brown and Company, HC 273 pages, published 2006, Non-Fiction, 19th century, African Americans, race relations, Covert, Michigan, attitudes. (Self-purchase at Borders)
11. TIDES OF WAR, by Stella Tillyard, 978-0-8050-9457-2, Henry Holt and Company, pb, 375 pages, published 2011, historical fiction, 1812-1815, (Library Thing, received for Early Reviewer program).
12. ROBIN: LADY OF LEGEND, (The Untold Adventures of the Girl Who Became Robin Hood),R.M. ArceJaeger, Amazon Kindle Edition, ASIN-B006SFN4GI, Platypus Press, (505KB), January 2012.
March
13. BLUE ASYLUM, Kathy Hepinstall, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2012),
$24.00, Kindle $15.50 (, Hardcover, 288 pages, 0547712073.--HISTORICAL FICTION 19TH CENTURY,
NET GALLEY AVAILABLE.
14. GATHERING OF WATERS, , Bernice L. McFadden, Akashic Books, 2012, $15.95, pb, 259pp, 978-1617750311. Historical Fiction, 1955, Emmet Till. Published in HNR Reviews upcoming issue. (Provided by HNR)
15. SACRILEGE: A NOVEL, S.J. Parris, Doubleday, 2012, $26.95, HC, 432pp, 978-0385535472.
Published in HNR Reviews upcoming issue. HISTORICAL FICTION, GIORDANO BRUNO. 16TH CENTURY ENGLAND (Provided by HNR)
16. PROPHESY: A NOVEL, S.J. Parris, Doubleday, May 3, 2011, $26.95, HC, 384pp, 978-038553130.16TH CENTURY ENGLAND.(self-purchase)
17. FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, (Book One) Kindle, by E.L. James, Contemporary Fiction, Erotica,(self-purchase)
18. FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, (Book Two) Kindle, by E.L. James, Contemporary Fiction, Erotica,
(self-purchase)
19. THE BAKER'S DAUGHTER, Sarah McCoy, Crown Publishers, Historical Fiction, WWII
(Received by Read-It-Forward, Contest)
April
20. Elizabeth the Queen, The Life of a Modern Monarch, Sally Bedell Smith, Biography, ARC from Library Thing.
21. Accidents of Providence, Stacia M. Brown
May
22. The Secrets of Mary Bowser, Lois Leveen, TLC Tours, Historical Fiction, ARC from TLC and Purchased Kindle Version.
23. Freedom's Cap: The United States Capitol and the Coming of the Civil War, Guy Gugliotta, HNR Review-August 2012 Issue.
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