Books Read in 2012

I've always liked to read, but this is the first year I've kept a list of all the books I read--not including picture books or read-alouds.  I put a * by my favorites!

1.  Code Busters Club #1--Penny Warner

2.  Missing on Superstition Mountain--Elise Broach

3.  Murder in the PTA—Laura Alden

4.  Closet Confidential—Mary Jane Maffini*

5.  Organize Your Corpses--Mary Jane Maffini*

6.  Death Loves a Messy Desk--Mary Jane Maffini*

7.  Murder of a Creped Suzette—Denise Swanson

8.  The Busy Woman’s Guide to Murder--Mary Jane Maffini*

9.  The Cluttered Corpse--Mary Jane Maffini*

10.  The Tilting House—Tom Llewellyn

11.  A Long Way from Chicago—Richard Peck*

12.  A Year Down Yonder—Richard Peck*

13.  A Season of Gifts—Richard Peck*

14.  Foul Play at the PTA—Laura Alden

15.  The Kellyhorns—Barbara Cooney

16.  Secrets at Sea—Richard Peck

17.  Here Lies the Librarian—Richard Peck*

18.  The Great Wheel—Robert Lawson

19.  On the Wings of Heroes—Richard Peck*

20.  Frankly, My Dear, I’m Dead—Livia J. Washburne

21.  The Teacher’s Funeral—Richard Peck*

22.  The Orphan of Ellis Island—Elvira Woodruff

23.  Bloom—Kelle Hampton*

24.  Matisse on the Loose—Georgia Bragg

25.  Heaven is Here—Stephanie Nielson

26.  Moon Over Manifest—Clare Vanderpool*

27.  All the Lovely Bad Ones—Mary Downing Hahn

28.  Destiny of the Republic:  A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the

            Murder of a President—Candice Millard*

29.  Homicide in Hardcover—Kate Carlisle

30.  If Books Could Kill—Kate Carlisle

31.  The Lies that Bind—Kate Carlisle

32.  Murder Under Cover—Kate Carlisle

33.  One Book in the Grave—Kate Carlisle

34.  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone—J.K. Rowling*

35.  Hot Time in the Old Town:  The Great Heat Wave of 1896 and 

            the Making of Theodore Roosevelt—Edward P. Kohn

36.  Ruby Holler—Sharon Creech*

37.  Chasing Redbird—Sharon Creech*

38.  The Homeschool Experiment—Charity Hawkins

39.  Sew Deadly—Elizabeth Lynn Casey

40.  Death Threads—Elizabeth Lynn Casey

41.  Pinned for Murder—Elizabeth Lynn Casey

42.  My So-Called Life as a Proverbs 31 Wife—Sara Horn

43.  Miracle’s Boys—Jacqueline Woodson

44.  Wonderstruck—Brian Selznick*

45.  The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln--Stephen L. Carter

46.  Letting Go of Perfect—Amy E. Spiegel

47.  Let’s Play Dead—Sheila Connolly

48.  A Comedy of Heirs—Rett MacPherson*

49.  A Misty Mourning—Rett MacPherson*

50.  Family Skeletons—Rett MacPherson*

51.  A Veiled Antiquity—Rett MacPherson*

52.  Killing Cousins—Rett MacPherson*

53.  The Dancing Pancake—Eileen Spinelli

54.  Keepsake Crimes—Laura Childs

55.  Photo Finished--Laura Childs

56.  Blood Relations—Rett MacPherson*

57.  Marland Tragedy—Kim Brumley

58.  In Sheep’s Clothing—Rett MacPherson*

59.  The Broken Statue—Bob Perry

60.  Thicker Than Water—Rett MacPherson*

61.  Dead Man Running—Rett MacPherson*

62.  The Twelve Clues of Christmas—Rhys Bowen*

63.  Died in the Wool—Rett MacPherson*

64.  The Blood Ballad—Rett MacPherson*

65.  Mrs. Jeffries and the Yuletide Weddings—Emily Brightwell

66.  The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries--Emily Brightwell 

Happy Reading!