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Stout, Rex.  The Second Confession.  1949.  New York: Bantam Books, 1995.

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Foglio, Phil and Kaja.  Girl Genius: Adventure, Romance, Mad Science!  Omnibus edition, volume 1.  Seattle, WA: Airship Entertainment, 2006.

I recommend this book. June 2008
Wills, Garry.  What the Gospels Meant.  New York: Viking, 2008.
I recommend this book. June 2008
Murphy, C.E.  Coyote Dreams.  New York: Luna, 2007.
I recommend this book. June 2008
Murphy, C.E.  Thunderbird Falls.  New York: Luna, 2006.
I do not recommend this book. May 2008
Showalter, Gena.  Heart of the Dragon.  Don Mills, Ontario: HQN Books, 2005.
I recommend this book. May 2008
Murphy, C.E.  Urban Shaman.  New York: Luna, 2005.
I do not recommend this book. May 2008 (begun April 2008)
Smith, Kyle.  Love Monkey.  New York: Harper Perennial, 2005.
I recommend this book. April 2008
Foster, Lori.  Jude's Law.  New York: Zebra Books, 2006.
I recommend this book. March 2008
Scott, Jerry and Jim Borgman.  Big Honkin' Zits: A Zits Treasury.  Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2001.
I recommend this book. March 2008 (begun January 2008)
Cummins, John.  The Art of Medieval Hunting: The Hound and the Hawk.  1988.  Edison, NJ: Castle Books, 2003.
I recommend this book. February 2008
Wills, Garry.  What Jesus Meant.  New York: Viking, 2006.
I recommend this book. January 2008 (begun November 2007)
Feiler, Bruce.  Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land through the Five Books of Moses.    New York: Harper Perennial, 2005.
I recommend this book. January 2008
Sullivan, Jane.  The Matchmaker's Mistake.  Toronto: Harlequin Duets, 2001.

2007


I do not recommend this book. December 2007
Kelley, Karen.  Southern Exposure.  New York: Kensington, 2005.
I recommend this book. December 2007
Stout, Rex.  Where There's a Will.  1940.  New York: Bantam Books, 1922.
I recommend this book. November 2007
Stout, Rex.  The League of Frightened Men.  1935.  New York: Pyramid Books, 1963.
I do not recommend this book. November 2007
Devine, Thea.  The Forever Kiss.  New York: Brava Kensington, 2003.
I recommend this book. November 2007
Stout, Rex.  Not Quite Dead Enough.  1944.  New York: Pyramid, 1976.
I recommend this book. October 2007 (begun August)
Hughes, Dennie.  Dateworthy: Get the Relationship You Want.    New York: Rodale, 2004.
I recommend this book. October 2007
Miller, Linda Lael, Jennifer Apodaca and Shelly Laurenston.  Sun, Sand, Sex.  New York: Brava Kensington, 2007.
I recommend this book. October 2007
Foster, Lori, Janelle Denison and Crystal Green.  Unzipped.  New York: Harlequin, 2005.
I recommend this book. October 2007
Stout, Rex.  Some Buried Caesar.  1938.  New York: Bantam Books, 1994.
I recommend this book. September 2007
Stout, Rex.  Curtains for Three.  1950.  New York: Bantam, 1976.
I do not recommend this book. September 2007
Macpherson, Suzanne.  The Forever Summer.  New York: Avon Books, 2007.
I do not recommend this book. September 2007
Michaels, Fern, et al.  Homecoming.  New York: Avon Books, 2007.
I do not recommend this book. September 2007
Stout, Rex.  Too Many Cooks.  1938.  New York: Bantam Books, 1993.
I recommend this book. September 2007
Stout, Rex.  Black Orchids.  1942.  New York: Bantam Books, 1992.
I recommend this book. September 2007 (begun August)
Rose, Phyllis.  Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages.  New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1983.
I recommend this book. September 2006
Monroe, Lucy.  Satisfaction Guaranteed.  New York: Brava Kensington, 2007.
I recommend this book. August 2007
Lee, Sharon and Steve Miller.  Crystal Soldier.  Atlanta, GA: Meisha Merlin, 2005.
I recommend this book. August 2007
Lee, Sharon and Steve Miller.  Pilots Choice.  Being Local Custom and Scout's Progress.  Atlanta, GA: Meisha Merlin, 2003.
I do not recommend this book. August 2007
Barry, Dave.  Dave Barry's Money Secrets.  New York: Crown Publishers, 2006.
I recommend this book. August 2007
Stout, Rex.  Three Doors to Death.  Being "Man Alive" (1947), "Omit Flowers" (1948) and "Doors to Death" (1949).  New York: Bantam Books, 1970.
I recommend this book. August 2007
Stout, Rex.  Fer-de-Lance.  1934.  New York: Bantam Books, 1992.
I do not recommend this book. July 2007
Rowling, J.K.  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.  New York: Scholastic, 2007.
I do not recommend this book. July 2007
Bujold, Lois McMaster.  The Sharing Knife: Legacy.  New York: Eos, 2007.
I recommend this book. July 2007  (begun March 2007)
Dickson, Gordon.  The Book of Gordon Dickson.  Original title: Danger - Human.  1970.  New York: Daw Books, 1973.
I recommend this book. June 2007
Greeley, Andrew.  The Making of the Pope 2005.  New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2005.
I do not recommend this book. June 2007 (begun May 2007)
Nakamoto, Steve.  Dating Rocks! The 21 Smartest Moves Women Make for Love.  Huntington Beach, CA: Java Books, 2006.
I recommend this book. June 2007
Moore, John.  The Unhandsome Prince.  New York: Ace, 2005.
I recommend this book. May 2007
Barry, Dave.  Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway.  New York: Random House, 2001.
I recommend this book. May 2007
Barry, Dave.  Boogers are my Beat.  New York: Crown Publishers, 2003.
I do not recommend this book. May 2007
Kuriansky, Judy.  The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dating.  New York: Alpha, 2003.
I recommend this book. May 2007
Scott, Jerry and Jim Borgman.  Busted! Zits Sketchbook 6.  Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2002.
I do not recommend this book. April 2007
Adair, Cherry, Jill Shalvis and Julie Elizabeth Leto.  Dare Me.  New York: Signet Eclipse, 2005.
I do not recommend this book. April 2007
Franken, Al.  Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right.  New York: Dutton, 2003.
I recommend this book. April 2007
Breathed, Berke.  Bloom County: Loose Tails.  Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1983.
I recommend this book. April 2007
Cane, William.  The Art of Hugging.  New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1996.
I recommend this book. April 2007
Harrison, Kim, Lynsay Sands, Kelley Armstrong and Lori Handeland.  Dates from Hell.  New York: Avon Books, 2006.
I recommend this book. April 2007 (begun March 2007)
Winchester, Simon.  A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906.  New York: HarperCollins, 2005.
I do not recommend this book. March 2007
Barry, Dave.  All the Dave Barry You Could Ever Want: Four Classic Books in One.  United States: Rodale, 2001.
I recommend this book. March 2007
Greeley, Andrew M.  The Search for Maggie Ward.  New York: Warner Books, Inc., 1991.
I recommend this book. March 2007
Naifeh, Ted.  Polly and the Pirates, Volume 1.  Portland, OR: Uni Press, 2006.
I recommend this book. February 2007
Rosenthal, Pam.  The Bookseller's Daughter.    New York: Brava, 2004.
I do not recommend this book. February 2007
Reed, Paula.  Nobody's Saint.  New York: Zebra Books, 2005.
I do not recommend this book. February 2007
Cast, P.C.  Goddess of Light.  New York: Berkeley Sensation, 2005.
I recommend this book. February 2007
Rosenthal, Pam.  Almost a Gentleman.  New York: Brava, 2003.
I recommend this book. February 2007
Von Drehle, David.  Triangle: The Fire That Changed America.  New York: Grove Press, 2003.
I recommend this book. February 2007
Stuart, Anne, Joanna Wayne and Caroline Burnes.  What Lies Beneath.  Toronto: Harlequin, 2002.
I do not recommend this book. January 2007
Showalter, Gena.  The Pleasure Slave.  Don Mills, Ontario: HQN, 2005.
I recommend this book. January 2007
Jones, Linda Winstead, Evelyn Vaugh and Karen Whiddon.  Beyond the Dark.  New York: Silhouette Harlequin, 2005.
I recommend this book. January 2007
Wills, Garry.  What Paul Meant.  New York: Viking, 2006.
I do not recommend this book. January 2007
Bernard, Hannah and Tanya Michaels.  Duets, Two Romantic Comedies: Catch and Keep and The Maid of Dishonor.  Toronto: Harlequin, 2003.
I do not recommend this book. January 2007
Kurtz, Katherine.  Childe Morgan.  New York: Ace, 2006.
I do not recommend this book. January 2007
Denton, Jamie and Holly Jacobs.  Duets, Two Romantic Comedies: I Waxed My Legs for This? and Making Mr. Right.  Toronto: Harlequin, 2001.
I recommend this book. January 2007
Greeley, Andrew M.  Happy are the Peace Makers.  New York: Jove, 1993.

2006


I do not recommend this book. December 2006
Jackson, Melanie.  The Saint.  New York: Love Spell, 2006.
I do not recommend this book. December 2006
Fobes, Tracy.  Portrait of a Man.  New York: Love Spell, 2006.
I recommend this book. December 2006
Halliday, Cindy and Dianne Drake.  Duets, Two Romantic Comedies: Lady and the Scamp and The Doctor Dilemma.  Toronto: Harlequin, 2001.
I recommend this book. December 2006
Collins, Colleen and Darlene Gardner.  Duets, Two Romantic Comedies: She's Got Mail! and Forget Me? Not.  Toronto: Harlequin, 2000.
I do not recommend this book. December 2006
Smith, Kyle.  A Christmas Caroline.  New York: William Morrow (HarperCollins), 2006.
I do not recommend this book. December 2006
Greeley, Andrew M.  Irish Eyes.  New York: Forge, 2000.
I recommend this book. December 2006
Fforde, Jasper.  The Fourth Bear: A Nursery Crime.  London: Viking, 2006.
I do not recommend this book. December 2006
Barrett, Linda.  A Man of Honor.  Toronto: Harlequin Super Romance, 2006.
I do not recommend this book. December 2006
Greeley, Andrew M.  Irish Mist.  New York: Forge, 1999.
I do not recommend this book. December 2006
Greeley, Andrew M.  The Senator and the Priest.  New York: Forge, 2006.
I do not recommend this book. December 2006 (begun November 2006)
Greeley, Andrew M.  Irish Whiskey.  New York: Forge, 1998.
I do not recommend this book. November 2006
Greeley, Andrew M.  Irish Lace.  New York: Forge, 1996.
I recommend this book. November 2006
Greeley, Andrew M.  Irish Gold.  New York: Forge, 1994.
I do not recommend this book. November 2006
Celmer, Michelle.  House Calls.  New York: Silhouette Desire, 2006.
I recommend this book. November 2006
Scott, Jerry and Jim Borgman.  Random Zits.  Kansas City, MO: Andrews and McMeel, 2003.
I do not recommend this book. November 2006
Lee, Sharon and Steve Miller.  Balance of Trade.  Atlanta, GA: Meisha Merlin Publishing, 2004.
I recommend this book. November 2006
Lee, Sharon and Steve Miller.  I Dare.  Atlanta, GA: Meisha Merlin Publishing, 2002.
I recommend this book. November 2006
Lee, Sharon and Steve Miller.  Plan B.  New York: Ace, 2003.
I do not recommend this book. November 2006
Greeley, Andrew M.  Contract with an Angel.  New York: Forge, 1998.
I recommend this book. November 2006
Lee, Sharon and Steve Miller.  Partners in Necessity: Liaden Universe Adventures.  Atlanta, GA: Meisha Merlin Publishing, 2000.
I recommend this book. October 2006
Jones, Tom and Harvey Schmidt.  The Fantasticks: The 30th Anniversary Edition.  New York: Applause Theater Book Publishers, 1990.
I recommend this book. October 2006 (begun July 2006)
Gies, Frances.  The Knight in History.  New York: Harper & Row Perennial Library, 1987.
I recommend this book. October 2006
Smith, Alexander McCall  Tears of the Giraffe.  New York: Anchor Books, 2000.
I do not recommend this book. October 2006
Bujold, Lois McMaster.  The Sharing Knife: Beguilement.  New York: Eos, 2006.
I do not recommend this book. October 2006
Tamura, Yumi.  Basara, Volumes 5-8.  Translated by Gerard Jones and Lillian Olsen.  San Francisco: Viz, 2004.
I recommend this book. October 2006 (begun August 2006)
Cox, Michael and R.A. Gilbert, eds.  The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
I do not recommend this book. September 2006
Kurland, Lynn, Patricia Potter, Deborah Simmons and Glynis Campbell.  A Knight's Vow.  New York: Jove Books, 2001.
I recommend this book. September
Davidson, MaryJanice, Susan Grant, P.C. Cast and Gena Showalter.  Mysteria.  New York: Berkeley Sensation, 2006.
I recommend this book. September
Smith, Alexander McCall.  The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency.  New York: Random House Anchor Books, 2002.
I do not recommend this book. September 2006
Watsuki, Nobuhiro.  Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 28: Toward a New Era.  Translated by Pancha Diaz and Kenichiro Yagi.  San Francisco: Viz, 2006.
I recommend this book. August 2006
Amend, Bill.  Wildly FoxTrot.  Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1995.
I do not recommend this book. July 2006
Barry, Dave.  Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys.  New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1995.
I recommend this book. July 2006
Doran, Colleen.  A Distant Soil IV: Coda.  Berkeley, CA: Image Comics, 2005.
I do not recommend this book. June 2006
Mariotti, Annamaria Lilla.  The World's Greatest Lighthouses.  Vercilli, Italy: White Star S.P.A., 2005.
I recommend this book. June 2006
De Wire, Elinor.  The Field Guide to Lighthouses of the Pacific Coast: California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Hawai'i.  St. Paul, MN: Voyageur Press, 2006.
I do not recommend this book. June 2006
Watsuki, Nobuhiro.  Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 27: The Answer.  Translated by Pancha Diaz and Kenichiro Yagi.  San Francisco: Viz, 2006.
I recommend this book. June 2006
Greeley, Andrew M.  Happy are the Oppressed, a Blackie Ryan Novel.  New York: Jove Books, 1996.
I recommend this book. June 2006
Greeley, Andrew M.  Wages of Sin.  New York: Jove Books, 1993.
I recommend this book. May 2006
Watsuki, Nobuhiro.  Rurouni Kenshin, Volumes 25: The Truth and 26: A Man's Back.  Translated by Pancha Diaz and Kenichiro Yagi.  San Francisco: Viz, 2006.
I recommend this book. May 2006
Michael, Judith.  Acts of Love.  New York: Ivy Books, 1997.
I recommend this book. May 2006
MacAvoy, R.A.  The Grey Horse.  New York: Bantam Spectra, 1987.
I recommend this book. May 2006
Tamura, Yumi.  Basara, Volumes 1-4.  Translated by Gerard Jones and Lillian Olesen.  San Francisco: Viz, 2003.
I recommend this book. April 2006
Fitzgerald, F. Scott.  Tales of the Jazz Age.  1922.  New York: Mud Puddle Books Inc., 2005.
I do not recommend this book. April 2006
Greeley, Andrew M.  The Bishop in the Old Neighborhood (A Blackie Ryan Story).  New York: Forge, 2005.
I do not recommend this book. April 2006
Press, Bill.  How the Republicans Stole Christmas: The Republican Party's Declared Monopoly on Religion and What Democrats Can Do to Take It Back.  New York: Doubleday, 2005.
I recommend this book. April 2006
Greeley, Andrew M.  Golden Years.  New York: Forge, 2004.
I recommend this book. March 2006
Barry, Dave.  Bad Habits: A 100% Fact-free Book.  New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1987.
I recommend this book. March 2006
Barry, Dave.  Dave Barry is Not Making This Up.  New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1995.
I recommend this book. March 2006
Eliot, George.  Silas Marner.  1861.  Edited by W. Patterson Atkinson.  Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1898.
I recommend this book. March 2006
Gibson, David.  The Coming Catholic Church: How the Faithful are Shaping a New American Catholicism.  New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 2004.
I recommend this book. March  2006 (begun February 2006)
Watsuki, Nobuhiro.  Rurouni Kenshin, Volumes 21: And so, Time Passed, 22: Battle on Three Fronts, 23: Sin, Judgment, Acceptance, and 24: The End of Dreams.  Translated by Pancha Diaz and Kenichiro Yagi.  San Francisco: Viz, 2005 and 2006.
I recommend this book. February 2006
Grahame, Kenneth.  The Wind in the Willows.  1908.  Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.  New York: The Heritage Press, 1966.
I do not recommend this book. February 2006
Greeley, Andrew M.  St. Valentine's Night.  New York: Warner Books, 1990.
I do not recommend this book. February 2006
Greeley, Andrew M.  Second Spring.  New York: Forge, 2003.
I do not recommend this book. February 2006
Greeley, Andrew M.  September Song.  New York: Forge, 2001.
I recommend this book. January 2006
Marillier, Juliet.  Son of the Shadows.  New York: Tor, 2001.
I recommend this book. January 2006
Aron, Paul.  Unsolved Mysteries of American History: An Eye-Opening Journey through 500 Years of Discoveries, Disappearances and Baffling Events.  New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000.
I do not recommend this book. January 2006
Stasheff, Christopher.  Saint Vidicon to the Rescue.  New York: Ace, 2005.

2005


 I recommend this book. December 2005
Greeley, Andrew M.  Star Bright! A Christmas Story.  New York: Forge, 1997.
I recommend this book. December 2005
Greeley, Andrew M.  A Christmas Wedding.  New York: Tor, 2000.
I recommend this book. December 2005
Greeley, Andrew M.  Younger Than Springtime.  New York: Tor, 1999.
I recommend this book. December 2005  (begun November)
Austen, Jane.  Lady Susan, The Watsons and Sanditon.  Margaret Drabble, ed.  London: Penguin Books, 2003.
I do not recommend this book. November 2005  (begun September)
Hollander, Dory.  101 Lies Men Tell Women and Why Women Believe Them.  New York: HarperCollins, 1995.
I recommend this book. November 2005
Watsuki, Nobuhiro.  Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 19: Shades of Reality and Volume 20: Remembrance.  Translated by Gerard Jones and Kenichiro Yagi.  San Francisco: Viz, 2005.
I do not recommend this book. November 2005  (begun 2004)
Marillier, Juliet.  Daughter of the Forest.  New York: Tom Doherty and Associates, 2000.
I recommend this book. November 2005
Watsuki, Nobuhiro.  Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 18: Do You Still Bear the Scar?.  Translated by Gerard Jones and Kenichiro Yagi.  San Francisco: Viz, 2005.
I recommend this book. October 2005
McGreevy, John T.  Catholicism and American Freedom: A History.  New York:  W.W. Norton & Co., 2003.
I recommend this book. September 2005
Fforde, Jasper.  The Big Over Easy.  New York: UViking Penguin, 2005.
I recommend this book. September 2005
McGreevy, John T.  Parish Boundaries: The Catholic Encounter with Race in the Twentieth-Century Urban North.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.
I recommend this book. September 2005
Greeley, Andrew M.  The Bishop Goes to The University: A Blackie Ryan Mystery.  New York: Forge, 2003.
I do not recommend this book. September 2005
Greeley, Andrew M.  Happy are the Merciful: A Blackie Ryan Mystery.  New York: Jove Books, 1992.
I do not recommend this book. September 2005
Greeley, Andrew M.  The Bishop in the West Wing: A Blackie Ryan Mystery.  New York: Forge, 2002.
I recommend this book. September 2005
Greeley, Andrew M.  Happy are Those Who Thirst for Justice: A Blackie Ryan Mystery.  New York: The Mysterious Press, 1987.
I recommend this book. September 2005
Whitehead, Barbara Dafoe.  Why There are no Good Men Left: The Romantic Plight of the New Single Woman.  New York: Broadway Books, 2004.
I recommend this book. August 2005
Gregory, Susanna.  A Wicked Deed: The Fifth Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew.  New York: Time Warner Trade Publishing, 2003.
I recommend this book. August 2005
Watase, Yű.  Imadoki! Volumes 3-5.  Adapted by Lance Caselman.  San Francisco: Viz, 2005.
I recommend this book. August 2005
Greeley, Andrew M.  The Bishop and the Beggar Girl of Saint Germain: A Blackie Ryan Mystery.  New York: Forge, 2001.
I do not recommend this book. August 2005
Greeley, Andrew M.  The Bishop and the Missing L Train: A Blackie Ryan Mystery.  New York: Forge, 2000.
I do not recommend this book. August 2005
Lackey, Mercedes.  Storm Breaking: The Mage Storms, Book 3.  New York: DAW Books, 1996.
I recommend this book. August 2005
Greeley, Andrew M.  Happy are the Poor in Spirit: A Blackie Ryan Novel.  New York: Jove Books, 1994.
I recommend this book. August 2005
Watsuki, Nobuhiro.  Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 16: Providence and Volume 17: The Age Decides the Man.  Translated by Gerard Jones and Kenichiro Yagi.  San Francisco: Viz, 2005.
I do not recommend this book. August 2005
Lackey, Mercedes.  Storm Breaking: The Mage Storms, Book 3.  New York: DAW Books, 1996.
I do not recommend this book. August 2005
Lackey, Mercedes.  Storm Rising: The Mage Storms, Book 2.  New York: DAW Books, 1995.
I recommend this book. July 2005
Lackey, Mercedes.  Storm Warning: The Mage Storms, Book 1.  New York: DAW Books, 1994.
I do not recommend this book. July 2005
Lackey, Mercedes.  By the Sword.  New York: DAW Books, 1991.
I do not recommend this book. July 2005
Alexander, Carrie.  Sinfully Sweet.  Toronto: Harlequin Temptation, 2003.
I recommend this book. July 2005
Larson, Erik.  The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America.  New York: Vintage Books, 2004.
I do not recommend this book. July 2005
Leigh, Jo.  Husband 101.  Toronto: Harlequin American Romance, 1998.
I recommend this book. July 2005
Lackey, Mercedes.  Winds of Fury.  New York: Daw, 1994.
I recommend this book. July 2005
Lackey, Mercedes.  Winds of Change.  New York: Daw, 1993.
I recommend this book. July 2005
Lackey, Mercedes.  Winds of Fate.  New York: Daw, 1991.
I recommend this book. June 2005 (begun May 2005)
Gilliam, Harold.  San Francisco Bay.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957.
I recommend this book. June 2005
Watsuki, Nobuhiro.  Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 15: The Great Man vs the Giant.  Translated by Gerard Jones and Kenichiro Yagi.  San Francisco: Viz, 2005.
I recommend this book. June 2005
Takaya, Natsuki.  Fruits Basket, Volumes 3, 7-8.  Translated by Alethea Nibley and Athena Nibley.  Los Angeles: TokyoPop, 2004, 2005.
I recommend this book. June 2005
Bujold, Lois McMaster.  The Hallowed Hunt.  New York: Eos, 2005.
I recommend this book. June 2005
James, P.D.  Cover Her Face.  1962.  New York: Warner Books, 1992.
I recommend this book. May 2005
Stasheff, Christopher.  The Warlock's Last Ride.  New York: Ace, 2004.
I do not recommend this book. May 2005
Stasheff, Christopher.  A Wizard in a Feud.  New York: Tor, 2002.
I do not recommend this book. May 2005
Stasheff, Christopher.  A Wizard in the Way.  New York: Tor, 2001.
I recommend this book. May 2005
Stasheff, Christopher.  A Wizard and a Warlord.  New York: Tor, 2000.
I do not recommend this book. May 2005
Greeley, Andrew M.  Angel Light.  New York: Forge, 1995.
I recommend this book. May 2005
Watsuki, Nobuhiro.  Rurouni Kenshin, Volumes 13-14.  Translated by Gerard Jones and Kenichiro Yagi.  San Francisco: Viz, 2005.
I recommend this book. May 2005
Wodehouse, P.G.  The Inimitable Jeeves.  1923.  New York: Penguin Books, 1984.
I recommend this book. April 2005
Watsuki, Nobuhiro.  Rurouni Kenshin, Volumes 11-12.  Translated by Gerard Jones and Kenichiro Yagi.  San Francisco: Viz, 2004.
I recommend this book. April 2005
Pearl, Matthew.  The Dante Club.  New York: Random House, 2004.
I recommend this book. April 2005
Greeley, Andrew M.  Happy are Those who Mourn.  New York: Jove Books, 1995.
I do not recommend this book. March 2005
Cane, William.  The Art of Kissing.  New York: St Martin's Griffin, 1995.
I recommend this book. February 2005
Wodehouse, P.G.  Wodehouse on Crime: A Dozen Tales of Fiendish Cunning.  Forward by Isaac Asimov.  Ticknor & Fields, 1981.
I recommend this book. February 2005
Watsuki, Nobuhiro.  Rurouni Kenshin, Volumes 9-10.  Translated by Gerard Jones and Kenichiro Yagi.  San Francisco: Viz, 2004.
I recommend this book. January 2005
Takaya, Natsuki.  Fruits Basket, Volumes 4-5.  Translated by Alethea Nibley and Athena Nibley.  Los Angeles: TokyoPop, 2004.
I recommend this book. January 2005
Barry, Dave.  Dave Barry's Greatest Hits.  New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1988.

2004


I do not recommend this book. December 2004
Yasuko, Aoike.  From Eroica with Love, Volume 1.  1976.  Translated by Tony Ogasawara.  La Jolla, CA: Windstorm Productions, 2004.
I do not recommend this book. December 2004
Lackey, Mercedes.  Vows and Honor (The Oathbound and Oathbreakers).  New York: Guild America Books, 1989.
I do not recommend this book. November 2004
Asprin, Robert.  Something M.Y.T.H. Inc..  New York: Ace Books, 2002.
I recommend this book. November 2004
Clarke, Susanna.  Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell.  New York: Bloomsbury, 2004.
I recommend this book. November 2004 (begun October 2004)
Watsuki, Nobuhiro.  Rurouni Kenshin, Volumes 4-8.  Translated by Gerard Jones and Kenichiro Yagi.  San Francisco: Viz, 2004.
I recommend this book. November 2004
MacAvoy, R. A.  Tea with the Black Dragon.  New York: Bantam Books, 1983.
I do not recommend this book. November 2004 (begun October 2004)
Asaro, Catherine, ed.  Irresistible Forces.  New York: New American Library, 2004.
I do not recommend this book. October 2004
Fforde, Jasper.  Something Rotten.  New York: Viking Penguin Group, 2004.
I do not recommend this book. October 2004
Lackey, Mercedes and Larry Dixon.  Owlknight.  New York: Daw Books, 2000.
I recommend this book. October 2004
Lackey, Mercedes and Larry Dixon.  Owlsight.  New York: Daw Books, 1998.
I do not recommend this book. September 2004
Lackey, Mercedes and Larry Dixon.  Owlflight.  New York: Daw Books, 1997.
I recommend this book. September 2004
Riley, Judith Merkle.  The Master of All Desires.  Penguin Books, 2000.
I recommend this book. September 2004
O'Malley, William J.  Why Be Catholic?  New York: Crossroad, 1995.
I recommend this book. September 2004
Hepinstall, Kathy.  The House of Gentle Men.  New York: Avon Books, 2000.
I do not recommend this book. August 2004
Paige, Robin.  Death at Devil's Bridge.  New York: Berkeley Prime Crime, 1998.
I do not recommend this book. August 2004
Paige, Robin.  Death at Daisy's Folly.  New York: Berkeley Prime Crime, 1997.
I do not recommend this book. August 2004
Paige, Robin.  Death at Gallows Green.  New York: Berkeley Prime Crime, 1998.
I recommend this book. August 2004
Watsuki, Nobuhiro.  Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 3.  Translated by Gerard Jones and Kenichiro Yagi.  San Francisco: Viz, 2004.
I do not recommend this book. August 2004
Paige, Robin.  Death at Epsom Downs.  New York: Berkeley Prime Crime, 2002.
I do not recommend this book. August 2004
Greeley, Andrew M. and Mary Greeley Durkin.  How to Save the Catholic Church.  New York: Viking, Elisabeth Sifton Books, 1984.
I recommend this book. August 2004
Takaya, Natsuki.  Fruits Basket, Volumes 1-2.  Translated by Alethea Nibley and Athena Nibley.  Los Angeles: TokyoPop, 2004.
I recommend this book. August 2004
Stasheff, Christopher.  A Wizard in Midgard.  New York: Tor Fantasy, 1998.
I recommend this book. August 2004
Stasheff, Christopher.  A Wizard in Chaos.  New York: Tor Fantasy, 1997.
I do not recommend this book. August 2004
Stasheff, Christopher.  Here Be Monsters.  New York: Ace Books, 2001.
I recommend this book. July 2004
Stasheff, Christopher.  The Spell-bound Scholar.  New York: Ace Books, 1999.
I recommend this book. July 2004
Watsuki, Nobuhiro.  Rurouni Kenshin, Volumes 1-2.  Translated by Gerard Jones and Kenichiro Yagi.  San Francisco: Viz, 2003.
I recommend this book. July 2004
Watase, Yű.  Mikage: Ceres, Celestial Legend, Volume 5.  Translated by Lillian Olsen and Gary Leach.  San Francisco: Viz, 2003.
I do not recommend this book. July 2004
Greely, Andrew M.  Fall From Grace.  New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1993.
I recommend this book. July 2004
Nicholi, Armand M.  The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life.  New York:  The Free Press, 2002.
I do not recommend this book. July 2004
Licari, Louis and Sharon Esche.  Color Your Life . . . With Haircolor.  New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1985.
I recommend this book. July 2004
Waters, Peter.  Color Your Hair: All You Need to Know About Color Choice, Hair Painting, Tinting, Toning, Highlighting, Bleaching and Much More.  New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984.
I recommend this book. July 2004
Greely, Andrew M.  The Priestly Sins.  New York: Forge, 2004.
I do not recommend this book. June 2004
Lackey, Mercedes.  Take a Thief.  New York: Daw Books, 2001.
I recommend this book. June 2004
Greeley, Andrew M.  Patience of a Saint.  New York: Warner Books, 1987.
I recommend this book. June 2004 (begun May 2004)
Oden, Amy, ed.  In Her Words: Women's Writings in the History of Christian Thought.  Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1994.
I recommend this book. May 2004
Bradley, Rebecca.  Lady Pain.  1998.  New York: Ace Books, 2001.
I recommend this book. May 2004
Bradley, Rebecca.  Scion's Lady.  1997.  New York: Ace Books, 2000.
I recommend this book. May 2004
Bradley, Rebecca.  Lady in Gil.  1996.  New York: Ace Books, 2000.
I do not recommend this book. April 2004
Stasheff, Christopher.  Quicksilver's Knight.  New York: Ace Books, 1995.
I recommend this book. April 2004
Fforde, Jasper.  The Well of Lost Plots.  London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2003.
I recommend this book. April 2004
Stewart, Desmond.  Early Islam.  New York: Time-Life Books, 1967.
I recommend this book. March 2004
Macaulay, Rose.  The Towers of Trebizond.  1956.  New York: New York Review Books, 2003.
I do not recommend this book. March 2004 (begun February 2004)
Eddings, David and Leigh.  The Elder Gods: Book One of the Dreamers.  New York: Aspect, 2003.
I recommend this book. February 2004
Knapp, Caroline.  Appetites: Why Women Want.  New York: Counterpoint, 2003.
I recommend this book. February 2004  (begun January 2004)
Mackenzie, Compton.  The Monarch of the Glen.  1941.  London: Penguin Books, 2000.
I do not recommend this book. January 2004
Kurtz, Katherine.  In the King's Service.  New York: Ace, 2003.
I do not recommend this book. January 2004
Lackey, Mercedes.  Exile's Valor.  New York: Daw, 2003.
I do not recommend this book. January 2004
Greeley, Andrew.  Sex: The Catholic Experience.  Allen, TX: Thomas More, 1994.
I do not recommend this book. January 2004
Lackey, Mercedes and Larry Dixon.  The Silver Gryphon.  New York: Daw Books, 1996.
I do not recommend this book. January 2004
Lackey, Mercedes and Larry Dixon.  The White Gryphon.  New York: Daw Books, 1995.
I recommend this book. January 2004
Lackey, Mercedes and Larry Dixon.  The Black Gryphon.  New York: Daw Books, 1994.
I recommend this book. January 2004
Mackenzie, Compton.  Whiskey Galore.  1947.  London: Penguin, 2000.
I recommend this book. January 2004
Fforde, Jasper.  Lost in a Good Book.  New York: Viking, 2002.
I recommend this book. January 2004
Winchester, Simon.  The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary.  New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.

2003


I recommend this book. December 2003
Winchester, Simon.  Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883.  Waterville, Maine: Thorndike Press, 2003.
I do not recommend this book. December 2003
Watase, Yű.  Chidori: Ceres, Celestial Legend, Volume 4.  Translated by Lillian Olsen and Gary Leach.  San Francisco: Viz, 2003.
I recommend this book. December 2003
Watase, Yű.  Suzumi: Ceres, Celestial Legend, Volume 3.  Translated by Lillian Olsen and Gary Leach.  San Francisco: Viz, 2003.
I recommend this book. November 2003
Tomalin, Claire.  Jane Austen: A Life.  New York: Vintage Books, 1999.
I recommend this book. November 2003
McKinley, Robin.  Sunshine.  New York: Berkeley Books, 2003.
I recommend this book. November 2003
Bujold, Lois McMaster.  Paladin of Souls.  New York: Eos (Harper Collins), 2003.
I recommend this book. October 2003
McKinley, Robin.  Deerskin.  New York: Ace, 1994.
I recommend this book. October 2003
Wodehouse, P.G.  Uncle Dynamite.  1948.  London: Penguin, 1966.
I recommend this book. October 2003
Greeley, Andrew M.  White Smoke.  New York: Forge, 1996.
I recommend this book. October 2003
Ivins, Molly and Lou Dobbs.  Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America.  New York: Random House, 2003.
I recommend this book. October 2003
Wodehouse, P.G.  Jeeves in the Morning.  1971.  New York: Perennial, 2002.
I recommend this book. October 2003
Greeley, Andrew M.  Faithful Attraction: Discovering Intimacy, Love and Fidelity in American Marriage.  New York: Tor, 1991.
I recommend this book. October 2003
Johnston, Lynn.  The Big 5-0: A For Better or For Worse Collection.  Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews and McMeel Publishing, 2000.
I do not recommend this book. September 2003
Rowling, J.K.  Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.  New York: Scholastic Press, 2001.
I do not recommend this book. September 2003
Rowling, J.K.  Quidditch through the Ages.  New York: Scholastic Press, 2001.
I recommend this book. September 2003
Ryan, Penelope J.  Practicing Catholic: The Search for a Livable Catholicism.  New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1998.
I recommend this book. September 2003
Cornwell, John.  Breaking Faith: The Pope, the People, and the Fate of Catholicism.  New York: Doubleday, 2000.
I recommend this book. September 2003
Wills, Garry.  Papal Sin: Structures of Deceit.  New York: Doubleday, 2000.
I do not recommend this book. September 2003
Stasheff, Christopher.  M'Lady Witch.  New York: Ace Books, 1994.
I do not recommend this book. September 2003
Weigel, George.  The Courage to be Catholic: Crisis, Reform, and the Future of the Church.  New York: Basic Books, 2002.
I recommend this book. September 2003
Lackey, Mercedes.  Exile's Honor.  New York: Daw Books, 2002.
I do not recommend this book. September 2003
Lackey, Mercedes.  Brightly Burning.  New York: Daw Books, 2000.
I recommend this book. September 2003 (begun August 2003)
Greeley, Andrew M.  Summer at the Lake.  New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 1997.
I do not recommend this book. August 2003
Lackey, Mercedes.  Arrow's Fall.  New York: Daw Books, 1988.
I do not recommend this book. August 2003
Lackey, Mercedes.  Arrow's Flight.  New York: Daw Books, 1987.
I do not recommend this book. August 2003
Lackey, Mercedes.  Arrows of the Queen.  New York: Daw Books, 1987.
I recommend this book. August 2003
Eliot, George.  Scenes of Clerical Life.  1858.  Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2000.
I recommend this book. August 2003
Rowling, J. K.  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.  New York: Scholastic, 2003.
I recommend this book.

July 2003
Messmer, Max.  Job Hunting for Dummies.  New York: Hungry Minds, 1999.

I do not recommend this book.

July 2003
Koike, Kazuo and Goseki Kojima.  Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume III: The Flute of the Fallen Tiger.  1995.  Translated by Dana Lewis.  Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Comics, 2000.

I recommend this book.

July 2003
Koike, Kazuo and Goseki Kojima.  Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume II: The Gateless Barrier.  1995.  Translated by Dana Lewis.  Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Comics, 2000.

I do not recommend this book.

July 2003
Koike, Kazuo and Goseki Kojima.  Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume I: The Assassin's Road.  1995.  Translated by Dana Lewis.  Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Comics, 2000.

I do not recommend this book.

June 2003
Wills, Garry.  Why I am a Catholic.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002.

I recommend this book.

June 2003
Israel, Betsy.  Bachelor Girl: The Secret History of Single Women in the Twentieth Century.  New York: HarperCollins, 2002.

I recommend this book.

June 2003
Foucault, Michel.  The History of Sexuality, Volume One: An Introduction.  Translated by Robert Hurley.  New York: Vintage Books, 1980.

I recommend this book.

June 2003
Wodehouse, P.G.  Five Complete Novels: The Return of Jeeves (1953), Bertie Wooster Sees it Through (1955), Spring Fever (1948), The Butler Did It (1956), The Old Reliable (1950).  New York: Gramercy Books, 1983.

I do not recommend this book.

June 2003
Marler, Patty and Jan Baily Matia.  Cover Letters Made Easy.  Chicago: VGM Career Horizons, 1996.

I do not recommend this book.

June 2003
Bujold, Lois McMaster.  Falling Free.  New York: Baen Books, 1988.

I recommend this book.

May 2003 (begun February 2003)
Fromkin, David.  A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East.  1989.  New York: Owl Books, 2001.

I recommend this book.

May 2003
Lackey, Mercedes.  Magic's Price, Book Three of The Last Herald-Mage.  New York: Daw Books, 1990.

I recommend this book.

May 2003
Lackey, Mercedes.  Magic's Promise, Book Two of The Last Herald-Mage.  New York: Daw Books, 1990.

I recommend this book.

May 2003
Lackey, Mercedes.  Magic's Pawn, Book One of The Last Herald-
Mage.  New York: Daw Books, 1989.

I recommend this book.

May 2003
Bujold, Lois McMaster.  The Spirit Ring.  New York: Baen Books, 1992.

I recommend this book.

May 2003
Wodehouse, P. G.  Uncle Fred in the Springtime.  New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1939.

I do not recommend this book.

May 2003
Breathed, Berke.  Classics of Western Literature: Bloom County 1986-1989.  Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1990.

I recommend this book.

May 2003
Wodehouse, P. G.  Meet Mr. Mulliner.  1927.  London: Herbert Jenkins, 1956.

I recommend this book.

April 2003
Fforde, Jasper.  The Eyre Affair.  New York: Penguin Books, 2003.

I do not recommend this book.

April 2003
Wodehouse, P. G.  The Girl in Blue.  New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971.

I do not recommend this book.

April 2003
Stasheff, Christopher.  The Sage.  The Star Stone, Book Two.  New York: Del Rey, 1996.

I recommend this book.

April 2003
Trudeau, G. B.  The Portable Doonesbury.  Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews and McMeel Publishing, 1993.

I recommend this book.

April 2003
Trudeau, G. B.  Peace Out, Dawg! Tales from Ground Zero.  Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews and McMeel Publishing, 2002. 

I do not recommend this book.

April 2003
Stasheff, Christopher.  The Shaman.  The Star Stone, Book One.  New York: Del Rey, 1995.

I do not recommend this book.

April 2003
Garwood, Julie.  Heartbreaker.  New York: Pocket Books, 2000.

I recommend this book.

April 2003
Wodehouse, P.G.  A Damsel in Distress.  1919.  New York: Penguin Books, 1961.

I recommend this book.

April 2003
Wodehouse, P.G.  The World of Jeeves.  New York:  Manor Books, 1973.

I recommend this book.

April 2003
Wodehouse, P.G.  Something New.  1915.  New York: Ballantine Books, 1977.

I recommend this book.

March 2003 (begun February 2003)
Dunnett, Dorothy.  Pawn in Frankincense.  1969.  New York: Vintage Books, 1997.

I recommend this book.

February 2003
Maclean, Fitzroy.  Scotland: A Concise History.  Revised Edition.  London: Thames and Hudson, 1993.

I recommend this book.

February 2003 (begun January 2003)
MacGregor, Neil and Erika Langmuir.  Seeing Salvation: Images of Christ in Art.  London: Yale University Press, 2000.

I recommend this book.

January 2003
MacAvoy, R. A.  Raphael.  New York: Bantam Books, 1984.

I recommend this book.

January 2003
MacAvoy, R. A.  Damiano's Lute.  New York: Bantam Books, 1984.

I recommend this book.

January 2003
MacAvoy, R. A.  Damiano.  New York: Bantam Books, 1984.

I recommend this book.

January 2003
Lovelace, Maud Hart.  Betsy-Tacy.  1940.  New York: HarperTrophy, 2000.

I do not recommend this book.

January 2003
Takeuchi, Naoko.  Sailor Moon StarS, Volume 3
Translated by Jack Niida.  Los Angeles: Tokyopop, 2001.

I recommend this book.

January 2003
Watase, Yű.  Yűhi: Ceres, Celestial Legend, Volume 2.  Translated by Lillian Olsen and Gary Leach.  San Francisco: Viz Communications, 2002.

I recommend this book.

January 2003
Stasheff, Christopher.  A Wizard in Peace: Fourth Chronicle of the Rogue Wizard.  New York: Tor Fantasy, 1997.

I do not recommend this book.

January 2003
Stasheff, Christopher.  A Wizard in War: Third Chronicle of the Rogue Wizard.  New York: Tor Fantasy, 1996.

2002


I recommend this book.

December 2002
Colborn, Nigel.  The Container Garden.  Photographs by Marijke Heuff.  London: Conran Octopus, 1999.

I recommend this book.

November 2002
Lewis, C. S.  Mere Christianity.  1952.  New York: HarperCollins, 2001.

I do not recommend this book.

November 2002
Asprin, Robert.  Myth-ion Improbable.  New York: Ace Books, 2001.

I recommend this book.

November 2002
Dunnett, Dorothy.  The Disorderly Knights.  1966.  New York: Vintage Books, 1997.

I do not recommend this book.

November 2002
Rawn, Melanie.  The Mageborn Traitor.  New York: Daw Books, 1997.

I do not recommend this book.

November 2002
Beard, Henry N. and Douglas C. Kenney.  Bored of the Rings: A Parody of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.  New York: Roc Penguin, 1993.

I do not recommend this book.

October 2002
Néret, Gilles.  Michelangelo 1475-1564.  Translated by Peter Snowdon.  Cologne: Taschen, 2000.

I recommend this book.

October 2002 (begun September)
Massey, James C. and Shirley Maxwell.  House Styles in America: The Old-House Journal Guide to the Architecture of American Homes.  New York: Penguin Studio, 1996.

I do not recommend this book.

October 2002
McCaffrey, Anne.  The Skies of Pern.  New York: Del Rey, 2001.

I recommend this book.

October 2002
McCaffrey, Anne.  The Girl Who Heard Dragons.  New York: Tor, 1994.

I do not recommend this book.

October 2002
McCaffrey, Anne.  The Renegades of Pern.  New York: Del Rey, 1989.

I do not recommend this book.

September 2002
Von Hoffman, Nicholas and Garry Trudeau.  Trout Fishing in the Reflecting Pool, or The Fireside Watergate.  New York: Popular Library, 1973.

I recommend this book.

September 2002 (begun July)
Davis, Mike.  City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles.  New York: Vintage Books, 1992.

I recommend this book.

August 2002
Bujold, Lois McMaster.  Diplomatic Immunity.  Riverdale, New York: Baen, 2002.

I recommend this book.

August 2002
Takeuchi, Naoko.  Sailor Moon.  English-language compilation volume 11.  Los Angeles: Tokyopop, 2001.

I recommend this book.

July 2002
Pope, Elizabeth Marie.  The Perilous Gard.  New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1974.

I recommend this book.

July 2002
Cooper, Louise.  The Master: Time Master III.  New York: Tor Fantasy, 1987.

I recommend this book.

June 2002
Cooper, Louise.  The Outcast: Time Master II.  New York: Tor Fantasy, 1986.

I do not recommend this book.

June 2002
Cooper, Louise.  The Initiate: Time Master I.  New York: Tor Fantasy, 1985.

I recommend this book.

June 2002 (begun May 2002)
Goodman, Dena.  The Republic of Letters: A Cultural History of the French Enlightenment.  Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1994.

I do not recommend this book.

May 2002
Kurtz, Katherine.  St. Patrick's Gargoyle.  New York: Ace Books, 2002.

I do not recommend this book.

April 2002
Ford Motor Company.  Owner's Guide: Focus, 2002 Model Year.  Ford Motor Company, 2001.

I recommend this book.

April 2002
Johnson, Kevin Orlin.  Why Do Catholics Do That? A Guide to the Teachings and Practices of the Catholic Church.  New York: Ballantine Books, 1995.

I do not recommend this book.

March 2002
Adams, Douglas.  The Prostitute in the Family Tree: Discovering Humor and Irony in the Bible.  Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 1997.