MIL'S LIST OF "BOOKS READ" IN 2011

Writer's note: a number of my readers have written me or asked in person: "What and how much do you read?" Several others have said: "You ought to write a book!" (Bless you, but what about and who'd read?) Anyway, it seemed an appropriate time, here in the wrap-up days of Old 2011, nearly gone, for better or worse---and I hope it's been better for ALL of you--- that I might just print my list of books-read, as maybe a matter of interest to you.

In my younger days I tackled long historical works like Halberstam's book on the Korean War and lengthy, heavy stuff like that, but you will notice now I am doing a lot more fiction. The fact that a book appears on my list does not indicate a recommendation necessarily---or that you should "try it at home." LOL.

At any rate, I do feel that my mind has been expanded, and we should remember that "not reading" is almost as bad as "can't read."

JANUARY
1. Cross Fire- Patterson
2. Deal Breaker-Coben
3. Die Trying- Lee Child
4. Without Fail- Lee Child
5. Unbroken- L. Hillenbrand
6. Persuader- Lee Child
7. Nothing to Lose- Lee Child
8. 61 Hours- Lee Child
9. Tripwire- Lee Child
10. Running Blind- Lee Child
11. The Enemy- Lee Child
12. The Killing Floor- Lee Child
13. Echo Burning- Lee Child
14. The Hard Way- Lee Child


FEBRUARY
15. Bad Luck and Trouble- Lee Child
16. Gone Tomorrow- Lee Child
17. One Shot- Lee Child
18. Worth Dying For- Lee Child
19. We Die Alone- Norwegian
20. Touch-Elmore Leonard
21. Dead or Alive (955 pages)- Tom Clancy
22. Worst Case- Patterson/ Ledgwidge
23. Next Time You See Me- K.T.
24. Vera Atkins: A Secret Life- Helm

MARCH
25. Vera Atkins: Spymistress-
26. Morning of Fire- (History of Pacific explorations) Scott Ridley

APRIL
27. Between Silk and Cyanide - Leo Marks
28. Half Broke Horses- Jeannette Walls
29. The Fifth Woman- Henning Mankell
30. Faceless Killers- Mankell
31. Malta Spitfire Pilot- Burnham
32. The Dogs of Riga- Mankell

MAY
33. One Step Behind- Mankell
34. The White Lioness- Mankell
35. The Man who Smiled- Mankell
36. The Man From Beijing- Mankell
37. Side-Tracked- Mankell
38. Firewall- Mankell
39. Lost in Shangri-la ( WWII, C 47 crashes New Guinea, WACS lost)- Zuckoff
40. Before the Frost- Mankell

JUNE
41. Rat King- Dibdin
42. Dragon 9 - Michael Connelly
43. The Overlook- Connelly
44. The Pyramid- Mankell
45. The Lighthouse- P.D. James

JULY
46. The Brass Verdict- Connelly
47. The Lincoln Lawyer- Connelly
48. Shattered- Michael Robotham
49. Reversal- Connelly
50. Empire of the Southern Moon ( Quanah Parker's life)- Gwynne

AUGUST
51. Suspect- Robotham
52. The Art of Reading ( The Great Courses)- Dr.Timothy Spurgin
53. Lost- Robotham
54. Ancient Egypt, Volume One ( The Great Courses)- Dr.Bob Brier
55. Area 51- Connie Jacobsen
56. Ancient Egypt, Volume Two (The Great Courses)- Dr. Bob Brier
57. Lost Light-Connelly

SEPTEMBER
58. The Cathedrals (The Great Courses)- Dr. William Cook
59. A Darkness More Than Light- Connelly
60. Experiencing Rome (The Great Courses) Volume One- Dr.StevenTuck
61. Wreckage- Robotham
62. Night Ferry- Robotham
63. Experiencing Rome (The Great Courses) Volume Two- Dr. Steven Tuck

OCTOBER
64. The Troubled Man- Mankell
65. City of Bones- Connelly
66. The Art of Writing: Building Greater Sentences (The Great Courses)- Dr. Brooks Landon
67. The White Road- Connelly
68. The Art of Writing (The Great Courses) Volume Two- Dr. Brooks Landon
69. Evolution (The Great Courses) Edward J. Larson
70. In The Garden of Beasts- Erik Larson
71. The Day I Ate Everything I Wanted- Berg

NOVEMBER
72. The Nostradamus Secret- Joseph Badal
73. The Affair- Lee Child
74. Michelangelo (The Great Courses) Volume One- Dr. William A. Wallace
75. The Devil in the White City- Erik Larson
76. Michelangelo (The Great Courses) Volume Two- Dr. William A. Wallace
77. Don't Blink- Patterson/Roughan
78. The Hypnotist- Lars Kepler
79. Michelangelo (The Great Courses) Volume Three- Dr. William A. Wallace

DECEMBER
80. Ancient Egypt- (The Great Courses) Volume Three- Dr. Bob Brier
81. Ancient Evypt- (The Great Courses) Volume Four- Dr. Bob Brier
82. The Source Field Investigations- David Willcock

Here's wishing good reading to all of you in 2012! I also hope for you a meaningful Christmas season!
Thanks for being a loyal reader!
By Mil

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