News From Laggeland: The Open House

After friends and family stopped by to eat a cookie and wish the couple well, they got to open some of their gifts. One half of this duo seemed more excited about this than the other half.

Books I've Read in 2012 -----------*Okay, ** Pretty Good, ***Very Good, ****GREAT Book

12/12 "The Racketeer" by John Grisham **
12/12 "A Casual Vacancy" by J K Rowlins ***
12/12 "Love Times Three" by Joe, Alvina, Vickie, and Valerie Darger ***
12/12 "A Soft Place to Land" by Susan Rebecca White **
11/12 "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins ****
11/12 "The Smoke Room" by Earl Emerson ***
11/12 "The Art Forger" by B.A. Shapiro ***
11/12 "An Unfinished Life" by Mark Spragg ****
10/12 "Family Honor" by Robert B. Parker **
10/12 "The Night Journal" by Elizabeth Crook ***
9/12 "Dark Tort" by Diane Mott Davidson **
9/12 "Looking For Peyton Place" by Barbara Delinsky **
9/12 "Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James **
9/12 "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" by Lisa See ***
8/12 "Fifty Shades Darker" by E.L. James ***
8/12 "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James **
8/12 "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn ***
8/12 "The Nightmare" by Lars Kepler ****
7/12 "In One Person" by John Irving **
7/12 "The Almost Moon" by Alice Sebold *
7/12 "Lemon Tart" by Josi S. Kilpack **
7/12 "The Hypnotist" by Lars Kepler ***
7/12 "The Hunt Club" by John Lescroart ***
7/12 "At Risk" by Patricia Cronwell *
6/12 "The Confession" by John Grisham ****
6/12 "The Orange Tree" by Mildred Walker **
6/12 "Stolen Lives: Twenty Years In A Desert Jail" by Malika Oufkir **
5/12 "Tears In The Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March And It's Aftermath" by Michael and Elizabeth Norman **
4/12 "House Rules" by Rachel Sontag ***
4/12 "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins ***
4/12 "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins ***
3/12 "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins ***
3/12 "Explosive Eighteen" by Janet Evanovich ***
3/12 "The Wrong Mother" by Sophie Hannah ****
3/12 "V is for Vengeance" By Sue Grafton ***
2/12 "Where The Bluebird " by Wallace Stegner NO STARS
2/12 "Moloka'i" by Alan Brennert ****
2/12 "The 10th Anniversary" by James Patterson **
1/12 "Hawaii" by Alan Brennert **
1/12 "Some Girls: My Life In A Harem" by Jillian Lauren **
1/12 "Paper Towns" by John Green **
1/12 "First Family" by David Baldacci **

Books I've Read in 2011 *Okay, **Good, ***Great

12/11 Hester: The Missing Years of the Scarlet Letter: A Novel by Paula Reed ***
12/11 Notes From The Dog by Gary Paulsen **
12/11 Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe***
12/11 Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich **
11/11 George Clooney The Last Great Movie Star by Kimberly Potts *
11/11 The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff ***
11/11 The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton **
10/11 The Pelican Brief by John Grisham ***
10/11 Friday Night Lights by H. G. Bissinger **
10/11 The Thornbirds by Colleen McCullough *
9/11 The Appeal by John Grisham *
9/11 The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards **
8/11 The Client by John Grisham ***
8/11 Summer Sisters by Judy Blume **
8/11 The Red Queen by Phillipa Gregory *
8/11 The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly **
7/11 The Queen of Palmyra by Minrose Gwin ***
7/11 Blind Your Ponies by Stanley Gordon West ***
7/11 The Help by Kathryn Stockett ***
6/11 The Red Tent by Anita Diamant ***
6/11 Turning the Tables by Rita Rudner **
5/11 House Rules by Jodi Picoult **
5/11 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold ***
5/11 Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler *
4/11 Hokus Pokus by Fern Michaels NO STARS!
4/11 The Street Lawyer by John Grisham **
4/11 Alex Cross's Trial by James Patterson and Richard Dilallo **
4/11 Plainsong by Kent Haruf ***
4/11 Mennonite In A Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen ***
3/11 A Time To Kill by John Grisham ***
3/11 The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson ***
3/11 Molokai by Alan Brennert ***
2/11 American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld **
2/11 The Sweater by Glenn Beck *
2/11 Hotel On The Corner of Bitter And Sweet by Jamie Ford **
1/11 Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert **
1/11 Sweet Shattered Dreams by Stanley Gordon West *
1/11 Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult *

Books I've Read in 2010 *Okay, **Good, ***Great

12/10 Little Bee by Chris Cleave *
12/10 The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson ***
12/10 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling ***
11/10 The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon ***
10/10 The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson ***
10/10 The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver *
9/10 Look Again by Lisa Scottoline **
9/10 Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich *
8/10 The 8th Confession by James Patterson **
8/10 Pray for Silence by Linda Castillo **
8/10 Gilead by Marilynne Robinson *
8/10 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson ***
7/10 Sam's Letters to Jennifer by James Patterson *
7/10 The Ocean Inside by Janna McMahan *
7/10 Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg **
7/10 Twice Kissed by Lisa Jackson **
6/10 Feerless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich **
6/10 U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton **
6/10 Blueberry Muffin Murder by Joanne Fluke *
6/10 Shelter Me by Juliette Fay ***
6/10 The Lonely Girls Club by Suzanne Forster **
6/10 Mercy by Julie Garwood **
5/10 Night by Elie Wiesel ***
5/10 The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton **
5/10 In Open Spaces by Russell Rowland ***
5/10 Vampirates-Demons of the Ocean by Justin Somper NO STAR
4/10 Killer Blond by Laura Levine *
4/10 The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffeneggar **
4/10 Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich *
3/10 Heat Lightning by John Sandford**
3/10 Oxygen by Carol Cassella **
3/10 Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich **
3/10 The Help by Kathryn Stockett ***
2/10 Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich **
2/10 Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown **
2/10 This Pen For Hire by Laura Levine **
2/10 92 Pacific Boulevard by Debbie Macomber *
1/10 Chill Factor by Sandra Brown **
1/10 Dead Man Walking by Sister Helen Prejean **
12/09 The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards ***
12/09 Happiness Key by Emily Richards **

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

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