Don’t you wish you had kept record of every book you’ve ever read? I suppose some forward thinking souls have actually done that. I’m not one of them. But I am now trying to keep a list of the books I’m reading or re-reading. You can also see my ratings, reviews, and additional books I’ve read by viewing my virtual bookshelves at Goodreads.

Some of my favorite books on writing are listed on my For Writers page.

Currently reading: 

• And Then I Found You by Patti Callahan Henry (novel)

June 2013

• The Glass Wives by Amy Sue Nathan (novel)
• On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah (novel)

May 2013:

• Dangerous Embrace by Dana Mason (novel)
• Buried by Debt by Cathryn Grant (novel)
• The Unfinished Garden by Barbara Claypole White (novel)

March 2013:

• The Breakaway by Michelle Davidson Argyle (novel)
• Dance on Fire by James Garcia, Jr. (novel)

February 2013:

• Emilia by Christa Polkinhorn (novel)

January 2013:

• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: A Novel by Deborah Moggach (novel)

December 2012:

• Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories by Sherman Alexie (short stories)

October 2012:

• Angel Sometimes by Helen Ginger (novel)
• Wired for Story: The Writer’s Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence by Lisa Cron (non-fiction)

June 2012:

• Unholy Child by Cathryn Grant (novella)

May 2012:

• Finding Your Voice: How to Put Personality in Your Writing by Les Edgerton (non-fiction)

April 2012:

• The Beginner’s Goodbye by Anne Tyler (novel)
• Forever by Judy Blume (YA novel)
• Tender Graces by Kathryn Magendie (novel)

March 2012:

• The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice (novel)
• Sweetie by Kathryn Magendie (novel)

February 2012:

• True Colors, and Other Short Stories by Michelle Davidson Argyle (short stories)

December 2011:

• 11/22/63 by Stephen King (novel)

November 2011:

• Sideways by Rex Pickett (novel)
• Shallow Water by Cathryn Grant (novella)

October 2011:

• The Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen (novel)
• Shallow Water by Cathryn Grant (novella)
• The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta (novel)

September 2011:

• Joy for Beginners by Erica Bauermeister (novel)
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett (novel)
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (non-fiction)
• Monarch by Michelle Davidson Argyle (novel)

August 2011:

• An Uncommon Family by Christa Polkinhorn (novel)
• Dancing in the Shadows of Love by Judy Croome (novel)
• The Wild Grass and Other Stories by Davin Malasarn (short stories)
• Just Desserts: Greed. Lust. Death. Tiramisu. by Natasha Alexander (novella)

July 2011

• Fatal Cut by Cathryn Grant (novella)
• Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury (essays)

June 2011

• Clear Springs by Bobbie Ann Mason (memoir)
• I’m Over All That and Other Confessions by Shirley Maclaine (memoir)

May 2011

• Love of a Stonemason by Christa Polkinhorn

March 2011

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie ( YA novel)
• Across the Universe by Beth Revis (YA novel)
  

February 2011

• Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (short stories)
• I Remember Nothing by Nora Ephron (humorous essays)

January 2011

• The Demise of the Soccer Moms by Cathryn Grant (novel)

December 2010

• Cinders by Michelle Davidson Argyle (novella)
• Devotion by Dani Shapiro (memoir)
• Becoming an Indie Author by Zoe Winters (non-fiction)

November 2010

• Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates (novella)
• Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout (novel)

October 2010

• The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (novel)

September 2010

• Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozah Dumas (memoir)

August 2010

• The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman (novel)
• Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman (novel)

June/July 2010

• If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This by Robin Black (short stories)
• Mrs. Somebody Somebody by Tracy Winn (short stories)

April/May 2010

• Bloodroot by Amy Greene (novel)
• Herb’s Pajamas by Abigail Thomas (short stories)
• Bitter, Sweet by Laura Best (YA novel)

February 2010

• An Actual Life by Abigail Thomas (novel)

January 2010

• Noah’s Compass by Anne Tyler (novel)
• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (novel)
• On Becoming a Novelist by John Gardner (non-fiction)

October 2009

• On Writing by Stephen King (non-fiction)

August/September 2009

• Columbineby Dave Cullen (non-fiction)
• The Writer’s Notebook: Craft Essays from Tin House (non-fiction)

July 2009

• Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler (novel)
• Oral Historyby Lee Smith (novel)

June 2009

• Mystery and Manners by Flannery O’Connor (non-fiction)
• Glimmer Train Short Stories, #70 (stories)

May 2009

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (novel)
• Gap Creek by Robert Morgan (novel)

April 2009

• The Sweet In-Between by Sheri Reynolds (novel)
• The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler (novel)
• Jesus: The Evidence by Ian Wilson (non-fiction)

March 2009

• A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery O’Connor (short stories)
• Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler (novel)
• To See and See Again by Tara Bahrampour (biography)

February 2009

• We Have Always Lived In the Castle by Shirley Jackson (novella)
• The Shipping News by Annie Proulx (novel)
• Glimmer Train Short Stories, #69 (stories)
• Surviving Nashville by Stacy Barton (short stories)
• Tara Road by Maeve Binchy (novel)

January 2009

• Abide With Me by Elizabeth Strout (novel)
• On Writing by Stephen King (non-fiction)
• Little Children by Tom Perrotta (novel)
• Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience by Stanton T. Friedman and Kathleen Marden (non-fiction)