Books I read 1/1 - 3/17/10

I did start a reading journal, but have failed to post any of the books yet. Here goes the catching up effort. Rather than add reviews to this long list, this time I'll add links and the word or two I wrote to prompt my memory of the book. I no longer finish books I don't like, so all of these are good. I've added *** to the titles I've especially enjoyed.

The Maze Runner
by James Dashner
Delacorte

YA futuristic social experiment


Arcadia Falls
by Carol Goodman
Ballantine

*** Story within a story, dark fairy tale


Remarkable Creatures
by Tracy Chevalier
Dutton

early English fossil hunters


Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
by Beth Hoffman
Viking

Southern family drama, Steel Magnolias like


Angel of Death Row: My Life as a Death Penalty Defense Lawyer
by Andrea Lyon
Kaplan

see subtitle


The Singer's Gun
by Emily St John Mandel
Unbridled Books

*** "The Singer's Gun is as riveting as any suspense novel and as beautifully written as any literary fiction you can find. I was so involved in the story that I gasped out loud when I realized where Mandel was taking us." - Lisa Sharp, Nightbird Books

I Thought You Were Dead
by Pete Nelson
Algonquin

Love story with an old dog, thoughtful and funny


The Big Burn
by Timothy Egan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

National Forest creation, huge fire, author of The Worst Hard Time


Imperfect Endings
by Zoe Fitzgerald Carter
Simon & Schuster

Mother who wants assisted suicide; sibling reactions