{"id":3270,"date":"2012-01-06T18:00:09","date_gmt":"2012-01-07T00:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/archives\/2012\/01\/books-read-in-2011.html"},"modified":"2012-01-06T18:00:09","modified_gmt":"2012-01-07T00:00:09","slug":"books-read-in-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/archives\/2012\/01\/books-read-in-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Books Read in 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>date refers to date finished; i.e., just b\/c I finished two books in a given day doesn&#8217;t mean I read two entire books that day!<\/em><br \/>\n<UL type=\"square\"><LI>Enclave, by Ann Aguirre (12\/27)<br \/>\n<LI>The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano, by Margarita Engle (12\/27) (biography) (poetry)<br \/>\n<LI>Someday Soon, by Joan Wolf  (12\/26)<br \/>\n<LI>No Dark Place, by Joan Wolf (12\/26) (re-read)<br \/>\n<LI>Life, by Keith Richards (12\/25) (memoir)<br \/>\n<LI>Steel My Soldiers&#8217; Hearts: The Hopeless to Hardcore Transformation of U.S. Army, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, Vietnam, by David H. Hackworth (12\/24) (memoir)<br \/>\n<LI>Foiled, by Jane Yolen (12\/20) (graphic novel)<br \/>\n<LI>To Dance: A Ballerina&#8217;s Graphic Novel, by Siena Cherson (12\/20) (memoir) (graphic novel)<br \/>\n<LI>One Day, by David Nicholls (12\/19)<br \/>\n<LI>Inside Out &#038; Back Again, by Thanhha Lai (12\/18)<br \/>\n<LI>Falling Together, by Marisa de los Santos (12\/17)<br \/>\n<LI>A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness (12\/16)<br \/>\n<LI>The Black Cauldron, by Lloyd Alexander (12\/10)<br \/>\n<LI>Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery (12\/6) (re-read) (audio)<br \/>\n<LI>Three Cups of Deceit, by Jon Krakauer (11\/11)<br \/>\n<LI>A Life in Stitches, by Rachael Herron (11\/10)<br \/>\n<LI>Invitation to the Game, by Monica Hughes (11\/10)<br \/>\n<LI>The Wednesday Wars, by Gary D. Schmidt (11\/8)<br \/>\n<LI>Mockingbird, by Kathryn Erskine (11\/8)<br \/>\n<LI>When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead (11\/7)<br \/>\n<LI>Love Is the Higher Law, by David Levithan (11\/6)<br \/>\n<LI>Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler&#8217;s Shadow, by Susan Campbell Bertoletti (11\/6)<br \/>\n<LI>Charles and Emma; the Darwins&#8217; Leap of Faith, by Deborah Heiligman (11\/6)<br \/>\n<LI>Honeybee, by Naomi Shihab Nye (10\/30) (poetry)<br \/>\n<LI>The Ocean Between Us, by Susan Wiggs (10\/30)<br \/>\n<LI>Life as We Knew It, by Susan Beth Pfeffer (10\/28)<br \/>\n<LI>The Demon Trapper&#8217;s Daughter, by Jana Oliver (10\/23)<br \/>\n<LI>The Book of Three, by Lloyd Alexander (10\/23)(re-read)<br \/>\n<LI>Feed, by M.T. Anderson (10\/21)<br \/>\n<LI>Educating Esme, Diary of a Teacher&#8217;s First Year, by Esme Raji Codell (10\/18)<br \/>\n<LI>Northlanders Vol 2: The Cross + The Hammer (10\/15)<br \/>\n<LI>Northlanders Vol 1: Sven The Returned, by Brian Wood (10\/15)<br \/>\n<LI>Jacob Have I Loved, by Katherine Patterson (10\/15)<br \/>\n<LI>Where do you think you&#8217;re going, Christopher Columbus? by Jean Fritz, pics by Margot Tomes (10\/10)<br \/>\n<LI>The Good Soldiers, by David Finkel (10\/10)<br \/>\n<LI>Don&#8217;t You Know There&#8217;s a War On? by Avi (10\/9)<br \/>\n<LI>Ten Birds, by Cybele Young (10\/9)<br \/>\n<LI>The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin (10\/9)<br \/>\n<LI>The Trouble with Thirteen, by Betty Miles (10\/8) (re-read)<br \/>\n<LI>Wonderstruck, by Brian Selznick (10\/8)<br \/>\n<LI>The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick (10\/8)<br \/>\n<LI>Journey Into Mohawk Country, by George O&#8217;Connor (10\/2)<br \/>\n<LI>Y: The Last Man &#8212; Unmanned, by Brian K. Vaughn (10\/1)<br \/>\n<LI>Okay for Now, by Gary D. Schmidt (9\/25)<br \/>\n<LI>Stitches, by David Small (9\/23)<br \/>\n<LI>The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir About Writing and Life, by Ann Patchett (9\/22)<br \/>\n<LI>The Arrival, by Shaun Tan (9\/18)<br \/>\n<LI>Lockdown, by Walter Dean Myers (9\/17)<br \/>\n<LI>Fortune&#8217;s Bones: The Manumission Requiem, by Marilyn Nelson (9\/15) (poetry)<br \/>\n<LI>The Patchwork Quilt, by Valerie Flournoy (9\/11)<br \/>\n<LI>The Butter Battle Book, by Dr. Seuss (9\/11)<br \/>\n<LI>Maizon at Blue Hill, by Jacqueline Woodson (9\/10)<br \/>\n<LI>Weed Flower, by Cynthia Kadohata (9\/10)<br \/>\n<LI>The Northern Girl, by Elizabeth A. Lynn (9\/x) (re-read)<br \/>\n<LI>The Dancers of Arun, by Elizabeth A. Lynn (9\/x) (re-read)<br \/>\n<LI>Watchtower, by Elizabeth A. Lynn (9\/x) (re-read)<br \/>\n<LI>The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, by Peter Sis (9\/4)<br \/>\n<LI>Ship Breaker, by Paolo Bacigalupi (9\/4)<br \/>\n<LI>Boneshaker, by Cherie Priest (9\/3)<br \/>\n<LI>Ninth Ward, by Jewell Parker Rhodes (8\/29)<br \/>\n<LI>Purgatory Chasm, by Steve Ulfelder (8\/27)<br \/>\n<LI>A Summer to Die, by Lois Lowry (8\/27) (re-read)<br \/>\n<LI>Charlotte&#8217;s Web, by E.B. White (8\/26) (re-read)<br \/>\n<LI>The New Teacher Book, from Rethinking Schools (8\/24)<br \/>\n<LI>The Bone People, by Keri Hulme (8\/21)<br \/>\n<LI>The Geography of Bliss, by Eric Weiner (8\/12)<br \/>\n<LI>Heartless, by Gail Carriger (8\/8)<br \/>\n<LI>Rebirth, by Sophie Littlefield (8\/6)<br \/>\n<LI>The Cradle in the Grave, by Sophie Hannah (8\/4)<br \/>\n<LI>Divergent, by Veronica Roth (8\/1)<br \/>\n<LI>Maybe This Time, by Jennifer Crusie (7\/26)<br \/>\n<LI>Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, by Tom Franklin (6\/28)<br \/>\n<LI>The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss (6\/26)<br \/>\n<LI>The Price of Honor, by Colonel David H. Hackworth (6\/19)<br \/>\n<LI>Just Like Heaven, by Julia Quinn (6\/19)<br \/>\n<LI>The Hunted, by Elmore Leonard (6\/19)<br \/>\n<LI>State of Wonder, by Ann Patchett (6\/18)<br \/>\n<LI>The Hero of Ages, by Brandon Sanderson (6\/17)<br \/>\n<LI>One Bullet Away, the Making of a Marine Officer, by Nathaniel Fick (6\/6)<br \/>\n<LI>Generation Kill, by Evan Wright (6\/5)<br \/>\n<LI>Red Seas Under Red Skies, by Scott Lynch (6\/2)<br \/>\n<LI>Trust No One, by Gregg Hurwitz (5\/?)<br \/>\n<LI>All Clear, by Connie Willis (5\/15)<br \/>\n<LI>Blackout, by Connie Willis (5\/14) (re-read)<br \/>\n<LI>Relentless, by Lauren Dane (5\/12)<br \/>\n<LI>Carry Me Down, by M.J. Hyland (5\/12)<br \/>\n<LI>Blameless, by Gail Carriger (5\/11)<br \/>\n<LI>The Lies of Locke Lamora, by Scott Lynch (5\/7)<br \/>\n<LI>Killbox, by Ann Aguirre (4\/28)<br \/>\n<LI>36 Arguments for the Existence of God, by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein (4\/28)<br \/>\n<LI>The Well of Ascension, by Brandon Sanderson (4\/17)<br \/>\n<LI>Mistborn, by Brandon Sanderson (4\/14)<br \/>\n<LI>Charlotte&#8217;s Web, by E.B. White (4\/10) (re-read)<br \/>\n<LI>Changeless, by Gail Carriger (4\/8)<br \/>\n<LI>The Berrybender Narratives, Book 1: Sin Killer, by Larry McMurtry (4\/6)<br \/>\n<LI>Soulless, by Gail Carriger (4\/5)<br \/>\n<LI>Aftertime, by Sophie Littlefield (3\/29)<br \/>\n<LI>The Night Season, by Chelsea Cain (3\/24)<br \/>\n<LI>Undercover, by Lauren Dane (3\/18)<br \/>\n<LI>Tempest Rising, By Nicole Peeler (3\/18)<br \/>\n<LI>Composed, by Rosanne Cash (3\/15)<br \/>\n<LI>Magic at the Gate, by Devon Monk (3\/15)<br \/>\n<LI>The Dark and Hollow Places, by Carrie Ryan (3\/15)<br \/>\n<LI>How to Knit a Heart Back Home, by Rachael Herron (3\/13)<br \/>\n<LI>Mother&#8217;s Milk, by Edward St Aubyn (3\/12)<br \/>\n<LI>River Marked, by Patricia Briggs (3\/9)<br \/>\n<LI>Faith Fox, by Jane Gardam (2\/20)<br \/>\n<LI>Visitation, by Jenny Erpenbeck (2\/14)<br \/>\n<LI>Across the Universe, by Beth Revis (2\/1)<br \/>\n<LI>The Old Devils, by Kingsley Amis (1\/27)<br \/>\n<LI>What the Librarian Did, by Karina Bliss (1\/19)<br \/>\n<LI>The Sentry, a Joe Pike novel, by Robert Crais (1\/18)<br \/>\n<LI>Hunger, by Jackie Morse Kessler (1\/5)<br \/>\n<\/UL><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>date refers to date finished; i.e., just b\/c I finished two books in a given day doesn&#8217;t mean I read two entire books that day! Enclave, by Ann Aguirre (12\/27) The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/archives\/2012\/01\/books-read-in-2011.html\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-76","category-books"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}