Book List 2009

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= Amazing / Desert Island Worthy
= Impressive / Recommended to Interested Friends
= Good / Amusing
= Perhaps Not the Author's Best Work
= RUN AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!

Star graphics stolen from genrocks

Books with an asterisk (*) denote re-reads.

Books with a double asterisk (**) denote religious or philosophical texts whose ratings are based on translation and readability, not on doctrine.


Completed

1.) Mercedes Lackey, The Black Swan   {01/05}  
2.) Jean Sasson, Princess Sultana's Circle  {01/07} 
3.) Keith R.A. DeCandido, Star Trek: The Next Generation - Q & A  {01/11} 
4.) Eloisa James, When the Duke Returns  {01/23} 
5.) Helen Halstead Mr. Darcy Presents His Bride  {01/28} 
6.) Ellis Avery, The Teahouse Fire  {02/08} 
7.) Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha *  {02/15}  
8.) Mineko Iwasaki, Geisha, A Life  {02/17} 
9.) Joan Haslip, The Lonely Empress: Elizabeth of Austria  {02/23} 
10.) Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching: The Definitive Edition, trans. Jonathan Star** {02/24}
11.) Mercedes Lackey, Magic's Pawn * {03/12} 
12.) Confucius, The Analects, trans. D.C. Lau**  {03/16} 
13.) Philippa Gregory, The Constant Princess  {04/08} 
14.) Andrew Sinclair, Death by Fame: A Life of Elisabeth of Austria  {04/15} 
15.) Mercedes Lackey, The Fire Rose  {04/23} 
16.) Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice *  {04/24} 
17.) Stephanie Mayer, Twilight  {04/24} 
18.) Cathy Maxwell, Temptation of a Proper Governess  {04/24} 
19.) Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, The Flame and the Flower  {0428} 
20.) A.C. Crispin, Star Trek: Time For Yesterday *  {04/30} 
21.) Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland *  {05/04} 
22.) Ann Nibbs, The Elusive Empress  {05/04} 
23.) Susan Adriani, Affinity and Affection  {05/06} 
24.) Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass *  {05/13} 
25.) Count Egon Corti, Elizabeth: Empress of Austria, trans. C. Phillips  {05/15} 
26.) Louisa May Alcott, Little Women  {05/23} 
27.) Robin Schone, The Lady's Tutor  {05/25} 
28.) Quinn Taylor Evans, Merlin's Legacy: Daughter of Fire  {05/29} 
29.) Quinn Taylor Evans, Merlin's Legacy: Daughter of the Mist  {06/01} 


Currently Reading

Brian D'Amato, In the Courts of the Sun
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre


On The Chopping Block

Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy
Quinn Taylor Evans, Merlin's Legacy: Daughter of Light
George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale
George Orwell, 1984
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
Mercedes Lackey, Magic's Promise
The Qu'ran, trans. Dr. Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali and Dr. Muhammad Mushin Khan
Kojiki
Mahābhārata
Ramayana