Alphabetical Listing of Books Reviewed (259)
Note: The designation indicates that the author has contacted me.

101 Reasons the '90s Ruledby M.C. King Aug 2009
1776by David McCullough Aug 2008
30 Days in Sydneyby Peter Carey Dec 2006

[ A ]
A Castle in the Backyard by Betsy Draine and Michael Hinden July 2004
A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer Feb 2007
A Child Is Born by Lennart Nilsson (Photographer)
Linda Schenck
Pre-Fall 2003
A Cook's Tour by Anthony Bourdain Aug 2004
A Hell of a Place to Lose a Cow by Tim Brookes Feb 2006
A Lady's Life in the Rockies by Isabella L. Bird Pre-Apr 2011
A Million Chameleons by James Young Pre-Fall 2003
A Paris Notebook by C.W. Gusewelle July 2004
A Perfect World by Debra Trione Dec 2006
A Thousand Days in Venice by Marlena De Blasi Apr 2005
A Trip to the Beach by Melinda Blanchard and Robert Blanchard Jan 2007
A Year in the World by Frances Mayes Jan 2008
A Year by the Sea by Joan Anderson Dec 2006
Above Paris by Robert Cameron Feb 2008
Absolutely Faking It by Ayun HallidayTiana Templeman Feb 2008
Adventures of a No Name Actor by Marco Perella Oct 2005
Almost Frenchby Sarah TurnbullApr 2007
America's Best Collegesby U.S. News & World ReportApr 2006
Among Flowers by Jamaica Kincaid Mar 2006
Among the Russians by Colin Thubron Jan 2006
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt Apr 2007
An Insider's Tour of the Pike Place Public Market by Michael Yaeger July 2010
Around the Weird in 80 Days by Rich Smith Jan 2010
Around the World in 80 Gardens by Monty Don Jan 2010
As always, Jack by Emma Sweeney Feb 2006
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell Jun 2008
Australian Quirk by Steve Parrish Dec 2006

[ B ]
Bad Girls of the Bible by Liz Curtis Higgs Nov 2010
Because there's color in
a black and white world
by Maria Magistro & Meg Schutte Nov 2005
Bella Tuscany by Frances Mayes Oct 2003
Best Foot Forward by Susie Kelly Apr 2005
Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston Oct 2008
Between the Tackles by Tom Houck Nov 2007
Beyond the Big Sticks by Paul Daffey Dec 2009
Black by Ted Dekker May 2009
Black Earth City by Charlotte Hobson Sep 2008
Brainiac by Ken Jennings Mar 2009
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer Jun 2009
Brick Lane by Monica Ali Aug 2009
Butter comes from Butterflies by Mat Connolley Dec 2004

[ C ]
Candide by Voltaire April 2009
Capital Visions by James Dixon February 2010
Catfish and Mandala by Andrew X. Pham Apr 2004
Centimetre Perfect by Dennis Cometti Sept 2004
Chasing the Red, White and Blue by David Cohen Jul 2010
Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools by Victoria Twead Jul 2011
Christmas with Paula Deen by Paula Deen Mar 2008
Ciao, America! by Beppe Severgnini Aug 2004
Clotilde's Edible Adventures in Paris by Clotilde Dusoulier Jan 2008
Cold Beer and Crocodiles by Roff Smith Pre-Fall 2003
Comrade Don Camillo by Giovanni Guareschi Jul 2006
Conclave by John L. Allen, Jr. Mar 2005

[ D ]
Dangerous Beauty by Mark C. Ross Mar 2006
Daughters of the House by Michele Roberts Mar 2006
Dear Exile by Hilary Liftin & Kate Montgomery Aug 2006
Diary of a Super Bowl Season by Eugene Robinson, Rocky Landsverk, Kevin Isaacson Aug 2004
Don Camillo and His Flockby Giovanni Guareschi Jun 2006
Don Camillo meets the Flower Childrenby Giovanni Guareschi Mar 2008
Don Camillo Takes the Devil by the Tail by Giovanni Guareschi Jun 2006
Drinking the Rain by Alix Kates Shulman Jan 2006

[ E ]
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert Jan 2008
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer Jun 2009
Eleven Minutes Late by Matthew Engel Mar 2011
England England by Julian Barnes Sep 2007
Eragon by Christopher Paolini Dec 2008
Everyday Blessings by Max Lucado Feb 2009
Everyday Devils and Angels by Michael Leunig Jan 2006
Everyone Has a Life to Live by Jerry Gay Jul 2005
Everything You Need to Know about College Sports RecruitingBy Jim Walsh with Richard TruboJun 2007

[ F ]
First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria by Eve Brown-WaiteJuly 2009
Fork it Over by Alan Richman Jan 2007
French by Heart by Rebecca S. Ramsey Jan 2008
French Impressions by John S. Littell Jul 2005
From Here, You Can't See Paris by Michael S. Sanders Jul 2004
From the Ground Up by Amy Stewart Jun 2005
From the Land of Green Ghosts by Pascal Khoo Thwe Mar 2006
Frommer's Memorable Walks in Paris by Haas Mroue Nov 2004

[ G ]
General Howe's Dog by Caroline Tiger Aug 2008
Getting Stoned with Savages by J. Maarten Troost Sep 2009
Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Da Vinci by Mike Venezia Pre-fall 2003
Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Monet by Mike Venezia Pre-fall 2003
Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Picasso by Mike Venezia Pre-fall 2003
Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Rembrandt by Mike Venezia Pre-fall 2003
Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Van Gogh by Mike Venezia Pre-fall 2003
God is No Laughing Matterby Julia Cameron Feb 2009
Going Rogueby Sarah Palin Nov 2009
Greater Nowheresby Dave Finkelstein and Jack London Dec 2007
Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan SwiftNov 2010

[ H ]
Hard Eightby Janet EvanovichSept 2009
Hard Knoxby Chuck Knox & Bill PlaschkeJan 2008
Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Princeby J.K. RowlingJul 2005
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallowsby J.K. RowlingJuly 2007
Harry Truman's Excellent Adventureby Matthew AlgeoJan 2010
Helen of Troy by Margaret George Dec 2007
Heroes II by Chris Greenway Jan 2004
Heroes III by Chris Greenway July 2004
Honeymoon with my Brotherby Franz Wisner Aug 2007
Honor Lost by Norma Khouri May 2006
Hot...and bothered by Michael Leunig Dec 2007
How to Back Up a Trailer by Kurt Anderson Jan 2008
Hungry Planet by Peter Menzel, Faith D'Aluisio Feb 2006

[ I ]
I was Right on Time by Buck O'Neil Mar 2006
I'll Always Have Paris by Art Buchwald Jan 2004
Impact by Karen Kasmauski and Peter Jaret Sep 2008
In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson Pre-fall 2003
Innocent, Your Honor by Danny Shanahan Dec 2006
Inside the Pike Place Marketby Braiden Rex-JohnsonOct 2004
Introspective by Michael Leunig Jul 2004
Irresistible Invitation by Maxie D. Dunnam Oct 2009
Italian Neighbors by Tim Parks Sep 2006

[ J ]
Jesus Loves Me by Calvin Miller Jul 2005
John Adams by David McCullough Aug 2005
Julie & Julia by Julie Powell Aug 2009

[ K ]
Keeping the Faith: Collingwood by Steve Strevens Nov 2005
Kiwis Might Fly by Polly Evans Jul 2006

[ L ]
Last Team Standing by Matthew Algeo Jun 2010
Let there be Hope by Ken Duncan Jul 2004
Let there be Joy by Ken Duncan Jul 2004
Let there be Peace by Ken Duncan Jul 2004
Letters from a Nut by Ted L. Nancy Dec 2006
Life of Pi by Yann Martel Oct 2005
Living in a Foreign Language by Michael Tucker Feb 2009
Local Rites by Paul Daffey Jan 2009
Lord of the Flies by William Golding Sep 2009
Lost in My Own Backyard by Tim Cahill Feb 2006

[ M ]
Lucky Man: A Memoir by Michael J. Fox Sep 2004
Mary Called Magdalene by Margaret George Apr 2004
Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles by Margaret George Oct 2009
Me, Myself and Paris by Ruth Yunker Jul 2011
Mediterranean Summer by David Shalleck Oct 2008
Mi Moto Fidel by Christopher P. Baker Mar 2008
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure by Michael Palin Mar 2008
Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough Jul 2008
Motherland by Fern Schumer Chapman Dec 2005
My Heart's in the Lowlands by Liz Curtis Higgs Jul 2010
My Life in France by Julia Child Jul 2009

[ N ]
Never Again by John Ashcroft Feb 2008
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer jun 2009
Next Man Up by John Feinstein Feb 2008
Nine Hills to Nambonkaha by Sarah Erdman jun 2009
No Touch Monkey! by Ayun Halliday Aug 2004
Notes from a 12 Man by Mark Tye Turner Sep 2009
Notes from the Hyena's Belly by Nega Mezlekia Oct 2005

[ O ]
Off Ramp by Hank Stuever Nov 2006
On Borrowed Words by Ilan Stavans Nov 2006
On Rue Tatin by Susan Loomis Jan 2008
On the Vineyard by Jane CarpinetoNov 2007
One For the Money by Janet Evanovich Sep 2009
One Knee Equals Two Feet by John Madden Jan 2004
One Year Off by David Elliot Cohen Sep 2003
One Year Through the Bible by David R. Veerman
& Daryl J. Lucas
Oct 2009

[ P ]
Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik Dec 2008
People of the Book by Garaldine Brooks Apr 2009
Picture a Letter by Brad Sneed Apr 2006
Pike Place Market Cookbook by Braiden Rex-Johnson Oct 2004
Piroshky with an Accentby Vladimir KotelnikovJun 2007
Playing Hurt by Pierce E. Scranton Jr., M.D. Sep 2004
Prisoners of Hope by Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer Feb 2005
Pumped and Ready to Send by Scott Adams Nov 2004

[ Q ]
Queen of the Road by Doreen Orion Jul 2009

[ R ]
Ramming the Shears by Michael Leunig Mar 2005
Red Harvestby Dashiell HammettFebruary 2010
River Townby Peter Hessler Mar 2008

[ S ]
Sacked Coach by Stan Alves Aug 2008
Sarah by Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York Nov 2005
Save Karyn by Karyn Bosnak May 2006
Seahawks by Doug Thiel Jul 2005
Seatte Then and Now by James Madison Collins Aug 2008
Sister Genevieve by John Rae Sep 2005
Sister in the Band of Brothers by Katherine M. Skiba Oct 2005
Six Men by Alistair Cooke Mar 2008
Snowball Orangesby Peter KerrFeb 2008
So Many Books, So Little Time by Sara Nelson Sep 2006
Sons of the Profits by William Speidel Feb 2006
Stargazing by Peter Hill Apr 2006
Steve Raible's Tales from the Seahawks Sideline by Steve Raible & Mike Sando Aug 2004
Stories We Heard About Hope by Bruce Bickel & Stan Jantz Jul 2005

[ T ]
Tales of a Female Nomad by Rita Golden Gelman Apr 2005
Tales of the Country by Brian Viner Jul 2008
Tatterhood and Other Tales by Ethel Johnston Phelps Aug 2007
Teenage Tales by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman Jul 2004
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieJan 2010
The Autobiography of Henry VIII by Margaret George Jun 2004
The Bronski House by Philip MarsdenSep 2008
The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer Mar 2009
The Cruelest Journey by Kira Salak Jan 2008
The Dieter's Prayer Book by Heather Kopp Apr 2006
The Dolce Vita Diaries by Jason Gibb Jun 2011
The Facts of Lifeby Graham JoyceJun 2007
The Family of Man by Edward Steichen for the Museum of Modern Art Mar 2006
The Football Fan's Manifesto by Michael Tunison Sep 2009
The Frugal Gourmet by Jeff Smith Mar 2005
The Game in Time of War by Martin Flanagan Jul 2006
The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner Mar 2009
The Good Bad Boy by Fr. Gerald T. Brennan Mar 2005
The Good, The Bad and Me by Eli Wallach Dec 2008
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly by Chris Cluff Nov 2007
The Grand Tour by Tim Moore Jun 2006
The Greatest Generation Speaks by Tom Brokaw Jan 2006
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick Jun 2010
The Kommandant's Girl by Pam JenoffApr 2007
The Last
Gentleman Adventurer
by Edward Beauclerk Maurice Aug 2008
The Little World of Don Camillo by Giovanni Guareschi Sep 2005
The Lot by Michael Leunig Dec 2008
The Last Season by Eric BlehmMar 2009
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettNov 2009
The Meaning of Tingo by Adam Jacot de BoinodJan 2007
The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret GeorgeMar 2007
The Next Pope by Peter Hebblethwaite (Revised and Updated by Margaret Hebblethwaite) Dec 2003
The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie Omartian Feb 2005
The President & Mrs. Reagan by Harry Benson Aug 2008
The Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway Pre-Fall 2003
The Road from the Past by Ina Caro Pre-Fall 2003
The Sea by John Banville Jun 2010
The Seattle Seahawks by James R. Rothaus Mar 2006
The Secret Archives of the Vatican by Maria Luisa Ambrosini Nov 2003
The Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson BurnettAug 2010
The Secret Riverby Kate GrenvilleMay 2007
The Sex Lives of Cannibalsby J. Maarten TroostDec 2008
The Sewing Circles of Heratby Christian LambJul 2007
Slightly Bad Girls of the Bibleby Liz Curtis HiggsApr 2011
The South Beach Dietby Arthur Agatston, M.D.May 2007
The Stick and other tales of our times by Michael Leunig Feb 2004
The Stone Boudoir by Theresa Maggio Aug 2008
The Summer of a Dormouse by John Mortimer Sep 2008
The View from Garden City by Carolyn Baugh Jul 2009
The View from a Monastery by Benet Tvedten Jun 2005
"Then Zorn said to Largent..." by Chris Cluff Dec 2008
Time was Soft Thereby Jeremy MercerFeb 08
Tisby Frank McCourtJul 07
To the Nines by Janet Evanovich Sep 2009
Total Football by Bob Carroll, John Thorn, Michael Gershman, David Neft Everyday!
Touchdown Alexander by Shaun AlexanderJun 2008
Travel as a Political Actby Rick StevesJul 2009
Turtle Island by Sergio GhioneJuly 2009
Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonAug 2008
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey Dec 2005
Truman by David McCullough Mar 2006
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer jun 2009

[ U ]
Unveiling Mary Magdaleneby Liz Curtis HiggsAug 2010

[ V ]
Venetian Dreamingby Paula Weideger Aug 2009
Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet EvanovichMar 2009

[ W ]
Waiting on a Train by James Mccommons Mar 2011
We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee Jan 2011
When I Talk to You by Michael Leunig Nov 2004
When in Rome by Robert J. Hutchinson Jun 2004
What I Wasby Meg RosoffMar 2008
When the Astors Owned New Yorkby Justin KaplanMay 2009
White Trash Cooking II by Ernest Matthew Mickler Apr 2006
Why So Many Gods? by Tim Baker & Kate Etue Nov 2003
Wind Chimes by Mark Crow Oct 2005
Without Reservationsby Alice Steinbach Feb 2007
Wounded Warriors as told to Doyle Arborgast Jun 2004

[ X ]

[ Y ]
You and Me by Michael Leunig Feb 2004
You Are a Loser by Rick Broadhead Jun 2006
You Know You're a Republican Democrat if... by Frank Benjamin Aug 2008
You Should Have Been Here Yesterday by Garrick Utley Jun 2006

[ Z ]