So here’s the list of books I’ve read this year so far. Links are to reviews or comments here at Semicolon:

Behind the Burqa—Yasgur B
Book Lust—Pearl A-
Canticle for Leibowitz—Miller B+
Charles Dickens—Smiley A-
Chasing Hepburn—Lee B
Children’s Blizzard—Laskin B+
Color of Water—McBride A- Recommended by Barbara at Mommy Life.
Confederates in the Attic—Horowitz B+ Also recommended by Barbara at Mommy Life.
Education of a Wandering Man—L’Amour A- Recommended by MFS at Mental Multivitamin.
Eldest—Paolini B-
Ender’s Game—Card A
Ex Libris—Fadiman B+
February’s Road—Verney B I found a used copy of this old favorite in a bookstore in San Angelo. I wish I could find a copy of Friday’s Tunnel to go with it. Very 60’s British.
Galveston’s Summer of the Storm–Lake B+
Girl Meets God—Winner A-
Glimpses of Truth—Cavanaugh C+
He Talk Like a White Boy–Phillips B-
I, Coriander—Gardner B
Jesus Land—Scheeres C+
Jewel—Lott A-
Light from Heaven—Karon A
Lighthouse, The—PD James A-
Mark of the Cross—Pella B
Maul and the Pear Tree-P.D. James B
Penderwicks—Birdsall A-
Presumed Guilty—Bell C
Queen’s Own Fool—Yolen& Harris B
River Rising—Dickson A
Shell Seekers—Pilcher B
Snow—Pamuk C- Read more about this April book club choice at Reading Matters.
Strangers on a Train—Highsmith B
Sunne in Splendor—Penman B+
Tam Lin—Dean B Recommended by Kate at The Little Bookroom.
Voice in the Wind—Rivers C
Waking Lazarus—Hines B
Walking Drum—L’Amour B

That’s thirty-six books, if I counted correctly. I read seventy plus books last year, so I’m about on track. I hope to enjoy thirty or forty more more books in the second half of the year. THE LIST has grown, and it’s now so long that I’m afraid to post it —even after removing all the books in the preceding list.