September 2001 - May 2002 Reading

First, a random book from 2004, then on the the 2001/2002 list...

Cry No More
Linda Howard
Audio CD/ 10 hours
2003
Listened to on Friday, 5/28/04 on the way to Dede's
Goodreads rating:  4.03
Setting:  El Paso, Mexico, and Outer Banks with a touch of Idaho and NM

This looked like a murder mystery, but although it had that element, it was mostly a hot... steamy... sexy... love story ...the kind I usually HATE, but not too, too bad this time for some reason.  And the sex bits were, admittedly, enjoyable...    Milla Edge never stops searching for the baby who was kidnapped from her... ten years later, with the help of Diaz, who's supposed to be dark and menacing (a man's man?) she finds him.  Some parts are really sappy (I think the author was trying to be eloquent).

Here's part of a list from 2001:

Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver
Published 1998
audio
Finished August, 2001
Goodreads rating: 3.97
my rating:  4

Blood Will Tell
Dana Stabenow
Kate Shugak #6
Published 1996
Finished August, 2001
Goodreads rating: 4.20

Our Strange New Land, Elizabeth's Jamestown Colonial Diary #1
Patricia Hermes
My America series
Published 2000
Finished August, 2001
Goodreads rating: 3.71




another Stabenow,but I'm not sure which one, darn!!
audio
Finished September, 2001

Many Stones
Carolyn Coman
Published 2001
audio
Finished September, 2001
Goodreads rating: 3.38

From the Corner of His Eye
Dean Koontz
Published 2001
audio
Finished October, 2001
Goodreads rating: 3.96
I don't remember much at all about this book, but I do remember thinking it was really freaky...

Standoff
Sandra Brown
audio
Published 2000
Finished November, 2001
Goodreads rating: 3.63

Isle of Dogs
Patricia Cornwell
Andy Brazil #3
Published 2001
Finished November 2001
Goodreads rating: 3.01

Girl of Kosovo
Alice Mead
Published 2001
Finished December, 2001
Goodreads rating: 3.81

Prodigal Summer
Barbara Kingsolver
Published 2000
audio
Finished December, 2001
Goodreads rating: 3.94
My rating:  5

Stargirl
Jerry Spinelli
Published 2000
audio
Finished December, 2001
Goodreads rating: 3.73
My rating:  4




Desire Lines
I'm assuming it's the Christina Baker Kline novel, but I can't tell by reading the blurb on Goodreads. It was written in 1998, so that makes sense.  It sounds intriguing, perhaps I'd better give it another read, just to make sure, before I include it.  Therefore, I haven't included it in any other lists...
Published 1998
audio
Finished December, 2001

Skipping Christmas
John Grisham
Published 2001
Finished December, 2001
Goodreads rating: 3.42

Girl With a Pearl Earring
Finished January, 2002
Published 1998
Goodreads rating: 3.80
My rating:  3

The Breadwinner
Deborah Ellis
#1 in a series
Published 2000
Finished January, 2002
Goodreads rating: 3.89

The Shipping News
Annie Proulx
Published 1993
audio
Finished March, 2002
Goodreads rating: 3.78
My rating:  3.5
If I remember right, I didn't think I'd like this, but liked it more and more as the book progressed.

Esperanza Rising
Pam Munoz Ryan
Published 2000
audio
Finished April, 2002
Goodreads rating:  3.84
My rating:  4

The Run
Stuart Woods
Will Lee #5
Published 1995
audio
Finished April, 2002
Goodreads rating: 3.76

P is for Peril
Sue Grafton
Kinsey Milhone #16
Published 2000
audio
Finished April, 2002
Goodreads rating: 3.81

Everything on a Waffle
Polly Horvath
Published 2001
audio
Finished April, 2002
Goodreads rating: 3.68
My rating:  4

A Darker Place
Laurie R. King
Published 1998
Finished April, 2002
Goodreads rating: 3.81

Angus, Thongs, and Full-Fronted Snogging
Louise Rennison
Published 1999
YA
Finished May, 2002
Goodreads rating: 3.75

Trans-Sister Radio
Chris Bohjalian
Published 1998
Finished May, 2002
Goodreads rating: 3.70

Space Race
Sylvia Waugh
Published 2000
Finished April, 2002
Goodreads rating: 3.80

Boy in the Burning House
Time Wynne-Jones
Published 2000
Finished May, 2002
Goodreads rating: 3.65

In Spite of Killer Bees
Julie Johnston
Published 2001
Finished May, 2002
Goodreads rating: 3.41