last updated December 29, 2011

2011 Selections

Books reviewed in December

	The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides Fiction -- Eugenides.
	Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James Fiction -- James.
	The Language of Light by Meg Waite Clayton Fiction -- Clayton.
	Already Gone by John Rector   Fiction -- Rector.
	A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos by Dava Sobel Non-Fiction -- 523.2 Sob.
	Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend by Susan Orlean Non-Fiction -- 636.737 Orl.
	Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 by Ian Toll Non-Fiction -- 940.542 Tol.
	Defensive Wounds by Lisa Black Fiction -- Black.
	The Drop by Michael Connelly Fiction -- Connelly.
	Zero Day by David Baldacci Fiction -- Baldacci.
	Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie Non-Fiction -- Biography Catherine.
	Bohemian Girl by Terese Svoboda Fiction -- Svoboda.
	Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin Non-Fiction -- Biography Dickens.
	The Whore of Akron: One Man's Search for the Soul of LeBron James by Scott Raab Non-Fiction -- Raab. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Ranger by Ace Atkins Fiction -- Atkins.

Books reviewed in November

	This is Not the Ivy League: A Memoir by Mary Clearman Blew Non-Fiction -- Blew. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Nightwoods by Charles Frazier Fiction -- Frazier.
	Game of Secrets by Dawn Tripp Fiction -- Tripp. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Blue Nights by Joan Didion Fiction -- Didion.
	The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson   Fiction -- Sanderson.
	A Bitter Truth by Charles Todd Fiction -- Todd.
	Salvage by Jesmyn Ward Fiction -- Ward. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	11/22/63 by Stephen King Fiction -- King.
	1Q84 by Haruki Murakami Fiction -- Murakami.
	Atlas of the Great Plains by Stephen J. Lavin, Fred M. Shelley and J. Clark Archer Non-Fiction -- Lavin. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	A Sheetcake Named Desire by Jacklyn Brady Fiction -- Brady.
	A Far Allegiance by Roy Scheele Non-Fiction -- 811 Sch.
	Let's Take the Long Way Home by Gail Caldwell Non-Fiction -- Biography Caldwell.
	With Friends Like These by Sally Koslow Fiction -- Koslow.
	Eyes Wide Open by Andrew Gross Fiction -- Gross.
	The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje Fiction -- Ondaatje.

Books reviewed in October

	The Litigators by John Grisham Fiction -- Grisham.
	The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty Fiction -- Blatty. Library does not own the specific 40th anniversary (2011) edition reviewed this day.
	No Rest for the Dead a group novel by 27 combined authors Fiction -- Brown.
	Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson Non-Fiction -- Biography Jobs.
	The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach Fiction -- Harbach.
	The Future of Water, a Startling Look Ahead by Steve Maxwell and Scott Yates Non-Fiction -- Maxwell. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Murder in Passy by Cara Black Fiction -- Black.
	The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors, and One Woman's Search for Justice by Kathryn Bolkovac and Cari Lynn Non-Fiction -- 364.15 Bol.
	The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Fiction -- Morgenstern.
	Forbidden by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee Fiction -- Dekker.
	The Vault by Boyd Morrison Fiction -- Morrison.
	The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman Fiction -- Hoffman.
	Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues by Michael Brandman Fiction -- Brandman.
	Acceptable Loss by Anne Perry Fiction -- Perry.
	Tunnel Vision by Gary Braver Fiction -- Braver. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Death at the Chateau Bremont by Mike Longworth Fiction -- Longworth. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Goddess of Vengeance by Jackie Collins Fiction -- Collins.

Books reviewed in September

	The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin by Joe McGinniss Non-Fiction -- Biography Palin.
	Abyss by David Hagberg Fiction -- Hagberg.
	Heady Waters by John Louis Horan   Fiction -- Horan. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Girl in the Garden by Kamala Nair Fiction -- Nair.
	Foxy: My Life in Three Acts by Pam Grier Non-Fiction -- Biography Grier.
	Buried Secrets by Joseph Finder Fiction -- Finder.
	In My Time by Dick Cheney   Non-Fiction -- Biography Cheney.
	Leaving Van Gogh by Carol Wallace Fiction -- Wallace.
	You're Next by Gregg Hurwitz Fiction -- Hurwitz.
	Betrayal of Trust by J.A. Jance Fiction -- Jance.
	Sixkill by Robert B. Parker Fiction -- Parker.
	The Secret Lives of Dresses by Erin McKean Fiction -- McKean.

Books reviewed in August

	Sweet Jimmy by Kristin Gore Fiction -- Gore. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Submission by Amy Waldman Fiction -- Waldman.
	The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen Fiction -- Adler-Olsen.
	Potsdam Station by David Downing Fiction -- Downing.
	My Nebraska: The Good, the Bad and the Husker by Roger Welsch   Non-Fiction -- 917.82 Wel.
	Hot: Living Through the Next 50 Years on Earth by Mark Hertsgaard Non-Fiction -- 363.738 Her.
	Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood and Invented Modern Horror by Jason Zinoman Non-Fiction -- 791.436 Zin.
	The Story of Charlotte's Web: E.B. White's Eccentric Life in Nature and the Birth of an American Classic by Michael Sims Non-Fiction -- Biography White.
	House Divided by Mike Lawson Fiction -- Lawson.
	The Mistress of Nothing by Kate Pullinger Fiction -- Pullinger.
	The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning and Gambling Feel So Good by David J. Linden Non-Fiction -- 612.823 Lin.
	Bloodmoney by David Ignatius Fiction -- Ignatius.
	A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan Fiction -- Egan.
	Close Your Eyes by Amanda Eyre Ward Fiction -- Ward.

Books reviewed in July

	Hotwire by Alex Kava Fiction -- Kava.
	Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan by Del Quentin Wilber Non-Fiction -- 973.927 Wil.
	Folly Beach by Dorothea Benton Frank Fiction -- Frank.
	The Fund by H.T. Narea Fiction -- Narea.
	The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paulo Giordano Fiction -- Giordano. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Payback at Morning Peak by Gene Hackman Fiction -- Hackman.
	Ghost Story by Jim Butcher Fiction -- Butcher.
	Innocent by Scott Turow Fiction -- Turow.
	The Greater Journey: An American in Paris by David McCullough Non-Fiction -- 920.02 McC.
	Never Wave Goodbye by Doug McGee Fiction -- McGee.
	State of Wonder by Ann Patchett Fiction -- Patchett.
	The Social Climber's Handbook by Molly Jong-Fast Fiction -- Jong-Fast. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Trespasser by Paul Doiron Fiction -- Doiron.

Books reviewed in June

	The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon Fiction -- Simon.
	One Summer by David Baldacci Fiction -- Baldacci.
	A Wild Surge of Guilty Passion by Ron Hansen   Fiction -- Hansen.
	The Return of Ixtab by Robert Zitella Fiction -- Zitella. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Bobblehead Dad: 25 Life Lessons I Forgot I Knew by Jim Higley Non-Fiction -- Higley. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson Non-Fiction -- AUTHOR.
	Cold Wind by C.J. Box Fiction -- Box.
	Omega Theory by Mark Alpert Fiction -- Alpert.
	Treason at Lisson Grove by Anne Perry Fiction -- Perry.
	Come to the Edge: A Memoir by Christina Haag Non-Fiction -- Biography Haag.
	The Snowman by Jo Nesbo Fiction -- Nesbo.
	The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared by Alice Ozma Non-Fiction -- Biography Ozma.
	The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie by Wendy McClure Non-Fiction -- 813 WilYm.

Books reviewed in May

	Breaking the Rules by Suzanne Brockmann Fiction -- Brockmann.
	The Sixth man by David Baldacci Fiction -- Baldacci.
	The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Non-Fiction -- Biography Lacks.
	Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks Fiction -- Brooks.
	Among Thieves by David Hosp Fiction -- Hosp.
	I Think I Love You by Allison Pearson Fiction -- Pearson. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio and downloadable E-boook formats.]
	A Fierce Radiance by Lauren Belfer Fiction -- Belfer. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio and downloadable E-book formats.]
	Electric Barracuda by Tim Dorsey Fiction -- Dorsey. [Also available in unabridged downloadable E-book format.]
	The Pope's Assassin by Luis M. Rocha Fiction -- Rocha.
	Andrew Johnson by Annette Gordon-Reed Non-Fiction -- Biography Johnson.
	The Troubled Man by Henning Mankell Fiction -- Mankell. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio, downloadable E-book and book-on-CD formats.]
	15 Minutes: General Curtis LeMay and the Countdown to Nuclear Annhilation by L. Douglas Keeney Non-Fiction -- 355.021 Kee.
	Found Wanting by Robert Goddard Fiction -- Goddard. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]

Books reviewed in April

	Bossypants by Tina Fey Non-Fiction -- Biography Fey. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Gideon's Sword by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Fiction -- Preston. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio and book-on-CD formats.]
	Pretty magic: Being the Memoirs and Confessions of Miss Evelyn Harbinger, Temptress and Troublemaker by Camille DeAngelis Fiction -- DeAngelis. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Coffins of Little Hope by Timothy Schaffert   Fiction -- Shaffert.
	Attachments by Rainbow Rowell   Fiction -- Rowell.
	Live Wire by Harlan Coben Fiction -- Coben. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio and downloadable E-book and book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	The Color of Night by Madison Smartt Bell Fiction -- Bell.
	Swallowing the Soap: New and Selected Poems by William Kloefkorn   Non-Fiction -- 811 Klo.
	OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word by Allan Metcalf Non-Fiction -- Metcalf. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Secret Soldier by Alex Berenson Fiction -- Berenson. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Swamplandia by Karen Russell Fiction -- Russell. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio and book-on-CD and Downloadable E-book formats.]
	Satori by Don Winslow   Fiction -- Winslow.
	Narrows Gate by Jim Fusilli Fiction -- Fusilli. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]

Books reviewed in March

	A Lonely Death by Charles Todd Fiction -- Todd. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio and book-on-CD and downloadable E-book formats.]
	Joe DiMaggio: The Long Vigil by Jerome Charyn Non-Fiction -- Biography DiMaggio.
	The Contract Surgeon by Dan O'Brien Fiction -- O'Brien.
	The Indian Agent by Dan O'Brien Fiction -- O'Brien.
	The Radleys by Matt Haig Fiction -- Haig.
	The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths Fiction -- Griffiths.
	The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin by Joe McGinniss Non-Fiction -- Biography Palin.
	Fatal Error by J.A. Jance Fiction -- Jance. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Tough Without a Gun: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of Humphrey Bogart by Stefan Kanfer Non-Fiction -- Biography Bogart.
	Hell's Horizon by Darren Shan Fiction -- Shan.
	The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown Fiction -- Brown. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio and downloadable E-book formats.]
	The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy and the Way Out of Afghanistan by Bing West Non-Fiction -- 958.104 Wes.
	Kind of Blue by Miles Corwin Fiction -- Corwin.
	Cold Shot to the Heart by Wallace Stroby Fiction -- Stroby.
	The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman Fiction -- Hoffman. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio and downloadable E-book formats.]

Books reviewed in February

	A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness Fiction -- Harkness.
	The Science of Kissing: What Our Lips Are Telling Us by Sheril Kirshenbaum Non-Fiction -- Kirshenbaum. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Paris Wife by Paula McLain Fiction -- McLain.
	Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips Fiction -- Phillips. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio and book-on-CD and downloadable E-book formats.]
	The Death Instinct by Jed Rubenfeld Fiction -- Rubenfeld. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio and book-on-CD formats.]
	Driven West: Andrew Jackson and the Trail of Tears to the Civil War by A.J. Langguth Non-Fiction -- 973.56 Lan. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Shortcut Man by P.G. Sturge Fiction -- Sturge.
	The Inner Circle by Brad Meltzer Fiction -- Meltzer. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio and book-on-CD formats.]
	I Hotel by Karen Tei Yamashita Fiction -- Yamashita.
	And the Rest is History: The Famous (and Infamous) First Meetings of the World's Most Passionate Couples by Marlene Wagman-Geller Non-Fiction -- 790 Wag.
	Stash by David Klein Fiction -- Klein. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Agent X by Noah Boyd Fiction -- Boyd.
	The Stray Sod Country: A Novel by Patrick McCabe Fiction -- McCabe.
	The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse Fiction -- Mosse.
	The Discovery of Jeanne Baret by Glyis Ridley Non-Fiction -- Biography Baret.

Books reviewed in January

	A Man in Uniform by Kate Taylor Fiction -- Taylor.
	Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland Fiction -- Vreeland. [Also available iidx=title&op=and&qdged downloadable audio and downloadable E-book formats.]
	Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon Fiction -- Gordon.
	Red Rain by Bruce Murkoff Fiction -- Murkoff.
	The Sentry by Robert Crais Fiction -- Crais. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio and downloadable E-book formats.]
	Bird Cloud: A Memoir by Annie Proulx Non-Fiction -- Biography Proulx. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Fatal Error by F. Paul Wilson Fiction -- Wilson.
	Texas Standoff: A Novel of the Texas Rangers by Elmer Kelton Fiction -- Kelton.
	Damage by John Lescroart Fiction -- Lescroart. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio and book-on-CD formats.]
	What the Night Knows by Dean Koontz Fiction -- Koontz. [Also available in unabridged downloadable E-book and book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins Non-Fiction -- 576.8 Daw.
	As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto edited by Joan Reardon Non-Fiction -- Biography Child.
	Come Again No More by Jack Todd   Fiction -- Todd.
	The Man Who Invented the Computer by Jane Smiley Non-Fiction -- Biography Atanasoff.
	Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie Fiction -- Rushdie. [Also available in unabridged downloadable E-book format.]
	And the Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied France by Alan Riding Non-Fiction -- 944.36 Rid. [Also available in unabridged downloadable E-book format.]
	The Lucifer Code by Charles Brokaw Fiction -- Brokaw.
	All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis by Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera Non-Fiction -- 330.973 McL.
	Book of Nathan by Curt Weeden and Richard Marek Fiction -- Weeden. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Colonel Roosevelt by Edmund Morris Non-Fiction -- Biography Roosevelt. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio and book-on-CD and downloadable E-book formats.]
	Red Jade by Henry Chang Fiction -- Chang.
	Fly by Wire by Ward Larsen Fiction -- Larsen. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]

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