2010 in Review
The following are books read in 2010, with ratings and links to reviews. Books are rated as follows:
= Amazing, highly recommended, a must read
= Very good/good, recommended
= Okay, some people might like it
= Didn’t like it, weak writing, not recommended
= Hated it, don’t waste your time
January 2010
In January I read eight (8) books – 5 novels, 1 memoir, and 2 general nonfiction books with an average rating of 4.1 stars. I read 2683 pages (an average of 335 pages per book). My favorite read of the month was Keeping The Feast. Of the books I read, three were new-to-me authors (Dunant, Butturini, and the Grimms).
1. The Year of the Flood, by Margaret Atwood
Rated: 
Number of Pages: 386
Read for: Bookies Too Yahoo Group, ARC 2010 Challenge, O.A.T.E.S. Challenge, AND Notable Books Challenge
Started: January 2, 2010
Finished: January 7, 2010
Read my review.
2. Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
Rated:
Number of Pages: 309
Read for: TLC Book Tours, AND The Year of the Historical Challenge,
Started: January 7, 2010
Finished: January 13, 2010
Read my review.
3. Sacred Hearts, by Sarah Dunant
Rated:
Number of Pages: 400
Read for: Social Justice Challenge, Cafe Dei Letterati Yahoo Book Group, Women Unbound Challenge, 2010 ARC Challenge, Reading the World (Europe), The Year of the Historical, AND 2010 New Author Challenge
Started: January 13, 2010
Finished: January 21, 2010
Read my review.
4. House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton
Rated:
Number of Pages: 350
Read for: The 1% Well-Read Challenge, AND The Classics Circuit
Started: January 22, 2010
Finished: January 26, 2010
Read my review.
5. The Writing of Fiction, by Edith Wharton
Rated: 
Number of Pages: 125
Read for: The Classics Circuit
Started: January 26, 2010
Finished: January 26, 2010
Read my review.
6. Keeping the Feast, by Paula Butturini
Rated:
Number of Pages: 259
Read for: TLC Book Tour, 2010 New Authors Challenge, 2010 ARC Reading Challenge, 2010 PUB Challenge, AND Memorable Memoirs Challenge
Started: January 27, 2010
Finished: January 29, 2010
Read my review.
7. The Basic Book of Digital Photography, by Tom Grimm and Michele Grimm
Rated:
Number of Pages: 481
Read for: 2010 New Authors Challenge, AND Review for Plume Books
Started: January 27, 2010
Finished: January 29, 2010
Read my review.
8. The Last Surgeon, by Michael Palmer
Rated:
Number of Pages: 373
Read for: Suspense-Thriller Challenge, 2010 ARC Challenge, 2010 PUB Challenge, AND early review for St. Martin’s Press
Started: January 30, 2010
Finished: January 31, 2010
Read my review.
February 2010
In February I read six (6) books – 2 novels, 3 memoirs, and 1 general nonfiction book with an average rating of 4.1 stars. I read 1786 pages (an average of 298 pages per book). My favorite read of the month was Let’s Take the Long Way Home. Of the books I read, all but Lippman were new-to-me authors.
9. Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel
Rated:
Number of Pages: 532
Read for: Chunkster Challenge, Year of the Historical Challenge, What an Animal II Challenge, New Authors Challenge, Book Awards IV Challenge, Notable Book Challenge, AND Complete Booker Perpetual Challenge
Started: February 1, 2010
Finished: February 20, 2010
Read my review.
10. Let’s Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship, by Gail Caldwell
Rated:
Number of Pages: 186
Read for: Early review for Random House, 2010 ARC Challenge, 2010 PUB Challenge, 2010 New Authors Challenge, What An Animal II Challenge, AND The Memorable Memoir Reading Challenge
Started: February 14, 2010
Finished: February 15, 2010
Read my review.
11. Just Don’t Fall: How I Grew Up, Conquered Illness, and Made it Down the Mountain, by Josh Sundquist
Rated:
Number of Pages: 316
Read for: Review for Viking, The Memorable Memoir Reading Challenge, 2010 PUB Challenge, AND 2010 New Authors Challenge
Started: February 16, 2010
Finished: February 21, 2010
Read my review.
12. Life Sentences, by Laura Lippman
Rated:
Number of Pages: 342
Read for: TLC Book Tour, AND Review for William Morrow/Harper Collins
Started: February 22, 2010
Finished: February 27, 2010
Read my review.
13. The Mayo Clinic Diet, by the weight loss experts at The Mayo Clinic
Rated:
Number of pages: 245
Read for: 2010 New Authors Challenge, 2010 PUB Challenge, AND Early review for Good Books
Started: February 25, 2010
Finished: February 26, 2010
Read my review.
14. Making Toast, by Roger Rosenblatt
Rated:
Number of pages: 165
Read for: 2010 Memorable Memoir Challenge, 2010 New Author Challenge, Early Review for Harper Collins/ECCO, 2010 ARC Challenge, 2010 PUB Challenge
Started: February 27, 2010
Finished: February 28, 2010
Read my review.
March 2010
15. Raven Stole the Moon, by Garth Stein
Rated:
Number of Pages: 441
Read for: Early Review (Harper Collins), 2010 ARC Challenge, AND Suspense-Thriller Challenge
Started: March 1, 2010
Finished: March 3, 2010
Read my review.
16. The Children’s Book, by A.S. Byatt
Rated:
Number of Pages: 675
Read for: Chunkster Challenge, Booker Yahoo Group
Started: March 4, 2010
Finished: March
Read my review.
17. The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver
Rated:
Number of Pages: 507
Read for: Chunkster Challenge, Reading Around the World
Started:
Finished:
Read my review.
18. The Glass Room, by Simon Mawer
Rated:
Number of Pages: 404
Read for: Booker Yahoo Group
Started:
Finished:
Read my review.
19. The Lotus Eater, by Tatjana Soli
Rated:
Number of Pages: 386
Read for: TLC Book Tour, Early Review for St. Martin’s Press, Reading Around the World
Started:
Finished:
Read my review.
20. An Irish Country Girl, by Patrick Taylor
Rated:
Number of Pages: 292
Read for: Early review for Tor/Forge, 2010 PUB Challenge, AND 2010 New Authors Challenge
Started:
Finished:
Read my review.
21.
I just finished reading and reviewing Wolf Hall on my blog. I’ll be anxious to read your thoughts on it.