Books

2012 was the year I decided to keep track of all the books I've read. Partly out of curiosity as to how many books I read in a year and partly so I can refer back to which books I'd recommend to others and which ones I wouldn't. As far as reviews, I don't have a checklist or any sort of strict review system. If I like a book I give it a high grade. I tend to like reading memoirs and historical fiction, but you'll see me step away from those styles from time to time.
Reviews by Grade:

A
Montana 1948 by Larry Watson
The Handmaid's Tail by Margaret Atwood
On Agate Hill by Lee Smith
Sarah's Key by Tatiana De Rosnay
One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus
The Distant Land of My Father by Bo Caldwell
The Summer of Ordinary Ways by Nicole Lea Helget
Silent Tears: A Journey of Home in a Chinese Orphanage by Kay Bratt
What Happened to Sophie Wilder by Christopher Beha
Wishin' and Hopin': A Christmas Story by Wally Lamb


B
The Last Girls by Lee Smith
Frankenstein book series by Dean Koontz
Toujours Provence by Peter Mayle
Your Oasis on Flame Lake by Lorna Landvik
In Search of Lucy by Lia Fairchild
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can by Barbara Gordon
The Irish Americans by Jay P. Dolan
The Dirty Parts of the Bible by Sam Torode
The Dark Monk: A Hangman's Daughter Tale by Oliver Potzsch
A Gentle Rain by Deborah Smith
Sipping From the Nile: My Exodus from Egypt by Jean Naggar


C
Ghosty Men by Franz Lidz
Following Daisies by Heather Pardon