Sunday Salon: Books Read in February, 2012

I’m taking a mostly-break from blogging for Lent, so most of the following books will be reviewed here after Resurrection Sunday in April.

Children’s and Young Adult Fiction:
Love Twelve Miles Long by Glenda Armand. Semicolon review here.
Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson. Semicolon review here.
Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt. Should have won the Newbery Award.
Blood Red Road by Moira Young. Winner of the Cybils Award for Young Adult Fantasy/Science Fiction.

Adult Fiction:
Lone Star Rising by Elmer Kelton. A three book trilogy about Texas Ranger, Rusty Shannon, that I picked up at a library book sale a long time ago. Semicolon review of The Buckskin Line, the first book in the trilogy, here.
The Hour Before Dawn by Penelope Wilcock. Semicolon review here.
Dancing Priest by Glynn Young.
What Alice Forgot by Lianne Moriarty.
The Expats by Chris Pavone.
Joy for Beginners by Ericca Bauermeister.

Nonfiction:
Desert Elephants by Helen Cowcher. Semicolon review here.
The Devil in Pew Number Seven by Rebecca Nichols Alonzo. Semicolon review here.
Sahara: A Natural History by Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle. Semicolon review here.
Passport Through Darkness by Kimberly L. Smith.
Moon Shot by Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton with Jay Barbree.

4 thoughts on “Sunday Salon: Books Read in February, 2012

  1. Glynn–Yes, I did , very much. However, I’m technically “not blogging” for the duration of Lent, only posting pre-set posts. So you and the world will have to wait until after Easter for my review.

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