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2010 Reviews

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The 258 Books Reviewed in 2010 (so far…)

1. How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu (09-08-10) (review by Doug Bruns)
2. The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon (09-07-10) (review by Devon Shepherd)
3. Homer & Langley by E. L. Doctorow (09-06-10) (review by Vesna McMaster)
4. The Matter of Sylvie by Lee Kvern (09-05-10) (review by Betsey Van Horn)
5. The Companion by Lorcan Roche (09-04-10) (review by Roger Brunyate)
6. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen (09-03-10) (review by Poornima Apte)
7. The Shadows in the Street by Susan Hill (09-03-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
8. Gendarme by Mark T. Mustian (09-02-10) (review by Jill I. Shtulman)
9. Bitter in the Mouth by Monique Truong (09-01-10) (review by Poornima Apte)
10. A Novel Bookstore by Laurence Cossé (08-31-10) (review by Guy Savage)
11. Our Tragic Universe by Scarlett Thomas (08-30-10) (review by Betsey Van Horn)
12. The Thing Around Your Neck : Stories by Chimananda Ngozi Adichie (08-29-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
13. Purple Hibiscus by Chimananda Ngozi Adichie (08-29-10) (review by Vesna McMaster)
14. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet by David Mitchell (08-28-10) (review by Roger Brunyate)
15. The Last Estate by Conor Bowman (08-27-10) (review by Betsey Van Horn)
16. The Thieves of Manhattan by Adam Langer (08-26-10) (review by Poornima Apte)
17. The Good Daughters by Joyce Maynard (08-24-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
18. Three Stations by Martin Cruz Smith (08-23-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
19. Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith (08-22-10)Ann Wilkes)
20. The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman (08-21-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
21. Memory Wall by Anthony Doerr (08-20-10) (review by Jill I. Shtulman)
22. Outside the Ordinary World by Dori Ostermiller (08-19-10) (review by Roger Brunyate)
23. The Invisible Bridge by Julie Ottinger (08-19-10) (review by Roger Brunyate)
24. Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen by P. G. Wodehouse (08-18-10) (review by Poornima Apte)
25. I’d Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman (08-17-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
26. Breathing Water by Timothy Hallinan (08-17-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
27. The Changeling by Kenzaburo Oe (08-16-10) (review by Roger Brunyate)
28. Legend of a Suicide by David Vann (08-15-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
29. The Past is a Foreign Country by Gianrico Carofiglio (08-14-10) (review by Guy Savage)
30. The Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende (08-13-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
31. You Lost Me There by Rosecrans Baldwin (08-12-10) (review by Betsey Van Horn)
32. Remedies by Kate Ledger (08-11-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)–> INTERVIEW
33. Brodeck by Philippe Claudel (08-10-10) (review by Jill I. Shtulman)
34. A Scattered Life by Karen McQuestion (08-10-10) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
35. Three Sisters by Bi Feiyu (08-09-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
36. City of Veils by Zoe Ferraris (08-09-10) (review by Jill I. Shtulman)
37. The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva (08-08-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
38. The Burning Wire by Jeffery Deaver (08-07-10) (review by Chuck Barksdale)
39. The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katherine Green (08-06-10) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
40. Dancing Backwards by Salley Vickers (08-05-10) (review by Guy Savage)
41. The Doctor and the Diva by Adrienne McDonnell (08-05-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
42. I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson (08-04-10) (review by Jill I. Shtulman)
43. The Good Psychologist by Noam Shpancer (08-03-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
44. Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart (08-02-10) (review by Poornima Apte)
45. Mentor by Tom Grimes (08-01-10) (review by Betsey Van Horn)
46. Savages by Don Winslow (07-31-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
47. Able One by Ben Bova (07-31-10) (review by Ann Wilkes)
48. Father of the Rain by Lily King (07-30-10) (review by Jill I. Shtulman)
49. Beautiful Malice by Rebecca James (07-30-10) (review by Maggie Hill)
50. Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer (07-29-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
51. Stash by David Klein (07-28-10) (review by Betsey Van Horn)
52. The Homecoming Party by Carmine Abate (07-27-10) (review by Guy Savage)
53. Strangers by Anita Brookner (07-26-10) (review by Betsey Van Horn)
54. The Dead Republic by Roddy Doyle (07-25-10) (review by Guy Savage)
55. A Darker God by Barbara Cleverly (07-24-10) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
56. Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant (07-23-10) (review by Terez Rose)
57. My Wife’s Affair by Nancy Woodruff (07-22-10) (review by Jill I. Shtulman)
58. The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall (07-21-10) (review by Poornima Apte)
59. A Thread of Sky by Deanna Fei (07-20-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
60. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (07-19-10) (review by Devon Shepherd)
61. The Wilderness by Samantha Harvey (07-18-10) (review by Doug Bruns)
62. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly (07-16-10) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
63. Lucy by Laurence Gonzales (07-15-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
64. 03 by Jean Christophe Valtat (07-14-10) Poornima Apte)
65. Faithful Place by Tana French (07-13-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
66. Red Hook Road by Ayelet Waldman (07-12-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
67. This Is Exactly Like You by Drew Perry (07-11-10) (review by Jill I. Shtulman)
68. The Anniversary Man by R. J. Ellory (07-10-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
69. The Book of Spies by Gayle Lynds (07-09-10) (review by Ann Wilkes)–> INTERVIEW
70. Under the Dome by Stephen King (07-08-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
71. The Ghost of Milagro Creek by Melanie Sumner (07-07-10) (review by Jill I. Shtulman)
72. Everything by Kevin Canty (07-06-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
73. Still Midnight by Denise Mina (07-05-10) (review by Guy Savage)
74. A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks (07-04-10) (review by Jill I. Shtulman)
75. Next by James Hynes (07-03-10) Poornima Apte)
76. The Nobodies Album by Carolyn Parkhurst (07-02-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
77. Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen (07-01-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
78. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell (06-30-10) (review by Betsey Van Horn)
79. Work Song by Ivan Doig (06-29-10) Poornima Apte)
80. The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds (06-28-10) (review by Jill I. Shtulman)
81. Beach Week by Susan Coll (06-27-10) (review by Mike Frechette)
82. Where the God of Love Hangs Out by Amy Bloom (06-26-10) (review by Maggie Hill)
83. Private Life by Jane Smiley (06-25-10) (review by Betsey Van Horn)
84. The Lovers by Vendela Vida (06-24-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
85. Broken by Karin Slaughter (06-23-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
86. Learning to Lose by David Trueba (06-22-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
87. In the Company of Angels by Thomas E. Kennedy (06-21-10) (review by Jill I. Shtulman)
88. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (06-20-10) (review by Vesna McMaster)
89. Zen and Now: On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Mark Richardson (06-19-10) (review by Doug Bruns)
90. A Kind of Intimacy by Jenn Ashworth (06-18-10) (review by Guy Savage)–> INTERVIEW
91. Husband and Wife by Leah Stewart (06-17-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
92. Perfect Reader by Maggie Pouncey (06-16-10) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
93. A Fierce Radiance by Lauren Belfer (06-15-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
94. Anthropology of an American Girl by Hilary Thayer Hamann (06-14-10) Poornima Apte)
95. The Vera Wright Trilogy: My Father’s Moon / Cabin Fever / The Georges’ Wife by Elizabeth Jolley (06-13-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
96. 2 in the Hat by Raffi Yessayan (06-12-10) (review by Chuck Barksdale)
97. 8 in the Box by Raffi Yessayan (06-12-10) (review by Chuck Barksdale)
98. The Lie by Petra Hammesfahr (06-11-10) (review by Guy Savage)
99. A Parallel Life by Ruth Hamilton (06-09-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
100. Director’s Cut by Arthur Japin (06-08-10) (review by Doug Bruns)
101. The Passage by Justin Cronin (06-07-10) (review by Betsey Van Horn)
102. Dear Money by Martha McPhee (06-06-10) (review by Jill I. Shtulman)
103. Agents of Treachery edited by Otto Penzler (06-05-10) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
104. The Dead Lie Down by Sophie Hannah (06-04-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
105. Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor (06-03-10) (review by Ann Wilkes)
106. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender (6-02-10) (review by Debbie Lee Wesselmann)
107. Moscow Noir by edited by Natalia Smirnova and Julia Goumen (06-01-10) Sudheer Apte)
108. Leaving Rock Harbor by Rebecca Chace (05-31-10) Poornima Apte)
109. Day After Night by Anita Diamant (05-30-10) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
110. The Accidental Santera by Irete Lazo (05-29-10) (review by Katherine Petersen)
111. Conspirata by Robert Harris (05-28-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
112. Coyote Horizon by Allen M. Steele (05-27-10) (review by Ann Wilkes)
113. My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira (05-26-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
114. The Night Monster by James Swain (05-25-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
115. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson (05-24-10) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
116. The Unknown Knowns by Jeffrey Rotter (05-23-10) Poornima Apte)
117. The Last Time I Saw You by Elizabeth Berg (05-22-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
118. Try to Remember by Iris Gomez (05-21-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
119. Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard (05-20-10) (review by Guy Savage)
120. Elegy for April by Benjamin Black (05-19-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
121. 61 Hours by Lee Child (05-18-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
122. Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco (05-17-10) Poornima Apte)
123. Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley (05-16-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
124. How to Paint a Dead Man by Sarah Hall (05-15-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
125. The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (05-14-10) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
126. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith (05-13-10) (review by Ann Wilkes)
127. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (05-12-10) (review by Doug Bruns)
128. The Nearest Exit by Olen Steinhauer (05-11-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
129. Zulu by Caryl Férey (05-10-10) (review by Guy Savage)
130. Cecilia by Linda Ferri (05-9-10) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
131. WWW : Watch by Robert J. Sawyer (05-8-10) (review by Ann Wilkes)
132. One More Theory About Happiness by Paul Guest (05-7-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
133. Love and Obstacles: Stories by Aleksandar Hemon (05-6-10) (review by Guy Savage)
134. The Singer’s Gun by Emily St. John Mandel (05-5-10) (review by Poornima Apte)
135. Innocent by Scott Turow (05-4-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
136. The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of Little Bighorn by Nathaniel Philbrick (05-3-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
137. How Clarissa Burden Learned to Fly by Connie May Fowler (05-2-10) (review by Terez Rose)
138. Every Last One by Anna Quindlen (05-1-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
139. Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker (04-30-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
140. City At the End of Time by Greg Bear (04-29-10) (review by Ann Wilkes)
141. Ox-Tales: Air, Water, Earth & Fire edited by Mark Ellingham and Peter Florence (04-28-10) (review by Guy Savage)
142. The Origin of Stars and Other Stories by Katherine Haake (04-27-10) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
143. Day for Night by Frederick Reiken (04-26-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
144. The Last Station by Jay Parini (04-25-10) (review by Doug Bruns)
145. Unforgivable by Philippe Djian (04-24-10) (review by Guy Savage)
146. Peter and Olivier in America by Peter Carey (04-23-10) (review by Mike Frechette)
147. The Third Rail by Michael Harvey (04-22-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
148. The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall (04-21-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
149. Boys and Girls Like You and Me by Aryn Kyle (04-20-10) (review by Poornima Apte)
150. Pen/O’Henry Prize Stories 2010 edited by Laura Furman (04-19-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
151. Frame Up by John F. Dobbyn (04-18-10) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
152. Iron River by T. Jefferson Parker (04-17-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
153. 31 Bond Street by Ellen Horan (04-16-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
154. Imperfect Birds by Anne Lamont (04-15-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
155. Broken Glass Park by Alina Bronsky (04-13-10) (review by Poornima Apte)
156. The Storm by Margriet de Moor (04-12-10) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
157. The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine (04-11-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
158. The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher (04-10-10) (review by Guy Savage) –> INTERVIEW
159. The Lake Shore Limited by Sue Miller (04-8-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
160. What Becomes by A.L. Kennedy (04-7-10) (review by Doug Bruns)
161. The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman (04-6-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
162. The Serialist by David Gordon (04-5-10) (review by Maggie Hill)
163. The Dream of Perpetual Motion by Dexter Palmer (04-4-10) (review by Debbie Lee Wesselmann)
164. The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear (04-3-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
165. Are You There? and Other Stories by Jack Skillingstead (04-2-10) (review by Ann Wilkes)
166. Harbinger by Jack Skillingstead (04-2-10) (review by Ann Wilkes)
167. Shadow of the King by Helen Hollick (04-1-10) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
168. Pendragon’s Banner by Helen Hollick (04-1-10) (review byJana L. Perskie)
169. The Kingmaking by Helen Hollick (04-1-10) (review byJana L. Perskie)
170. Haunting Bombay by Shilpa Agarwal (03-31-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
171. Solar by Ian McEwan (03-30-10) (review by Poornima Apte)
172. Memory by Donald E. Westlake (03-29-10) (review by Guy Savage)
173. Nothing to Lose: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick (03-27-10) (review by Poornima Apte)
174. Big Machine by Victor LaValle (03-26-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
175. Losing Charlotte by Heather Clay (03-25-10) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
176. The Devil’s Star by Jo Nesbo (03-24-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
177. Caught by Harlan Coben (03-23-10) (review by Chuck Barksdale)
178. The Forty Years War: The Rise and Fall of the Neocons, from Nixon to Obama by Len Colodny and Tom Schactman (03-22-10) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
179. Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime by by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin (03-22-10) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
180. Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd (03-21-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
181. The Endless Forest by Sara Donati (03-20-10) (review by Katherine Petersen)
182. Starbound by Joe Haldeman (03-19-10) (review by Ann Wilkes)
183. The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano (03-18-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
184. Bone Fire by Mark Spragg (03-17-10) (review by Poornima Apte)
185. So Much For That by Lionel Shriver (03-16-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
186. Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian (03-15-10) (review by Doug Bruns)
187. Hush by Kate White (03-14-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
188. The Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda (03-13-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
189. Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett (03-12-10) (review by Ann Wilkes)
190. Mexico City Noir edited by Paco Ignacio Taibo II (03-11-10) (review by Guy Savage)
191. Lost by Alice Lichtenstein (03-10-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
192. The Surrendered by Chang-rae Lee (03-09-10) (review by Poornima Apte)
193. The Weed that Strings the Hangman’s Bag by Alan Bradley (03-08-10) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
194. Small Kingdoms by Anastasia Hobbet (03-07-10) (review by Debbie Lee Wesselmann)
195. Small Wars by Sadie Jones (03-06-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
196. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson (03-05-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
197. Country Driving by Peter Hessler (03-04-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
198. Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China by Leslie T. Chang (03-04-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
199. See How Much I Love You by Luis Leante (03-03-10) (review by Guy Savage)
200. House Rules by Jodi Picoult (03-02-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
201. Among Thieves by David Hosp (03-01-10) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
202. The Infinities by John Banville (02-28-10) (review by Doug Bruns)
203. Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage by Elizabeth Gilbert (02-27-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
204. Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby (02-26-10) (review by Mike Frechette)
205. War Dances by Sherman Alexie (02-25-10) (review by Debbie Lee Wesselmann)
206. The Room and the Chair by Lorraine Adams (02-24-10) (review by Poornima Apte)
207. The Fourth Assassin by Matt Beynon Rees (02-23-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
208. Vienna Secrets by Frank Tallis (02-22-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
209. The Truth About Love by Josephine Hart (02-21-10) (review by Doug Bruns)
210. The First Rule by Robert Crais (02-20-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
211. Point Omega by Don DeLillo (02-19-10) (review by Daniel Luft)
212. The Kingdom of Ohio by Matthew Flaming (02-18-10) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
213. Hurry Down Sunshine by Michael Greenberg (02-17-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
214. The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell (02-16-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
215. The Routes of Man by Ted Connover (02-15-10) (review by Poornima Apte)
216. The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb (02-14-10) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
217. Dying Gasp by Leighton Gage (02-13-10) (review by Guy Savage)
218. Yellow Blue Tibia by Adam Roberts (02-12-10) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
219. Family Album by Penelope Lively (02-11-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
220. Something Is Out There: Stories by Richard Bausch (02-10-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
221. Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett (02-09-10) (review by Poornima Apte)
222. Model Home by Eric Puchner (02-08-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
223. The Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep and Never Had To by DC Pierson (02-06-10) (review by Mike Frechette)
224. A Friend of the Family by Lauren Grodstein (02-05-10) (review by Sudheer Apte)
225. The Information Officer by Mark Mills (02-04-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
226. Baba Yaga Laid an Egg by Dubravka Ugresic (02-03-10) (review by Poornima Apte)
227. Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich (02-02-10) (review by Debbie Lee Wesselmann)
228. Sashenka by Simon Montefiore (02-01-10) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
229. Summertime by J.M. Coetzee (01-31-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
230. Doors Open by Ian Rankin (01-30-10) (review by Guy Savage)
231. Soulless by Gail Carriger (01-29-10) (review by Ann Wilkes)
232. The Butterflies of the Grand Canyon by Margaret Erhart (01-28-10) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
233. The Interrogative Mood by Powell Padgett (01-27-10) (review by Doug Bruns)
234. Devotion: A Memoir by Dani Shapiro (01-26-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
235. Blood Ties by Kay Hooper (01-26-10) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
236. Snow Angels by Jim Thompson (01-24-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
237. Ransom by David Malouf (01-23-10) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
238. The Godfather of Kathmandu by John Burdett (01-22-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
239. Bloodroot by Amy Greene (01-21-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
240. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (01-19-10) (review by Doug Bruns)
241. The Unnamed by Josh Ferris (01-18-10) (review by Poornima Apte)
242. Evening’s Empire by Bill Flanagan (01-17-10) (review by Guy Savage)
243. Brothers by Yu Hua (01-16-10) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
244. Go With Me by Castle Freeman, Jr. (01-15-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
245. All That I Have by Castle Freeman, Jr. (01-15-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
246. Lying with the Dead by Michael Mewshaw (01-14-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
247. Johnny Future by Steve Abee (01-13-10) (review by Doug Bruns)
248. Beneath the Lion’s Gaze by Maaza Mengiste (01-12-10) (review by Poornima Apte)
249. Beat by Amy Boaz (01-11-10) (review by Beth Chariton)
250. The Convict’s Sword by I.J. Parker (01-10-10) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
251. Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton (01-09-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
252. The Semantics of Murder by Aifric Campbell (01-07-10) (review by Guy Savage)–> INTERVIEW
253. The Theory of Light and Matter by Andrew Porter (01-06-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
254. Noah’s Compass by Anne Tyler (01-05-10) (review by Doug Bruns)
255. Unfinished Desires by Gail Godwin (01-04-10) (review by Bonnie Brody)
256. When Everything Changed by Gail Collins (01-03-10) (review by Poornima Apte)
257. Sunnyside by Glen David Gold (01-02-10) (review by Lynn Harnett)
258. Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde (01-01-10) (review by Ann Wilkes)

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