annesion's second attempt at success: 75 in 2011!

Okay I am going to make it this year! I am on a mission....Here it goes!

1. Throne of Gold:The Lives of the Aga Khans by Anne Edwards - January 3, 2011

2. In Triumph's Wake by Julia Gelardi - January 9, 2011

3. Miss O'Dell: My Hard Days and Long Nights with The Beatles, The Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and the Women They Loved by Chris O'Dell - January 14, 2011

4. Catherine Parr by Elizabeth Norton - January 20, 2011

5. Hessian Tapestry: The Hesse Family and British Royalty by David Duff - January 25, 2011

I am a Tudorphobe! I did not know of another book re. Catherine Parr. I'm going to see if my library has a copy of this one!

You are off to a great start. Good luck with your "mission".

Welcome back!

@ Whisper - Two new biography's of Catherine Parr came out last year. I was happy!

@ alcottacre - Thanks I need it!

6. Queen Victoria's Grandchildren by Lance Salway - January 29, 2011: This book had a lot of photographs of the 'Victorians' that I had not seen. It also went into depth about the lesser known of the grandchildren.

Welcome back!

Hi There

I'm compiling a list of birthdays of our group members. If you haven't done so already, would you mind stopping by this thread and posting yours.

Thanks.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/105833

7. Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer - February 3, 2011 : I read this hoping to find a little closure from the cancellation of the TV series....the book was an easy read, but still let me down. I was expecting a closer tie in to the TV version....I didn't get it!

8. Death and the Virgin Queen by Chris Skidmore - February 8, 2011 : Really interesting facts about the murder??? of Robert Dudley's wife, Amy Robsart. Most telling was the recently found coroner's report....the staircase only had 8 steps, and 'dyntes' were found in her head. I liked it!

9. Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Legendary Neighborhood by Michael Walker - February 12, 2011

10. Take a Walk on the Dark Side: Rock and Roll Myths, Legends, and Curses by R. Gary Patterson - February 14, 2011 : Some rumors, some facts, always interesting!

The music book titles sound interesting - I have another book on the Laurel Canyon musicians by a different author.

11. Kings of the Hellenes: The Greek Kings 1863-1974 by John Van der Kiste - February 24, 2011

12. The Murders of Richard III by Elizabeth Peters - February 28, 2011

13. From Splendor to Revolution: The Romanov Women, 1847-1928 by Julia P. Gelardi - March 29, 2011

For some reason I just could not get the time to read this month at all. It also took me three times longer to read the books this month that I did manage to read. Therefore I am woefully behind on my challenge. April will be better!

I hope April does prove to be better for you!

I am adding From Splendor to Revolution to the BlackHole. It looks like a book I would enjoy. Thanks for the mention.

So I've had a really eventful couple of months....which means I did not get to read as much as I had hoped, but I did get quite a few new books at the Greater St. Louis Area Book Fair which I still need to categorize and put away...... This being said I am even further behind on my challenge!

14. Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway by Cherie Currie - April 5, 2011

15. Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr by Linda Porter - April 11, 2011

16. The Royal Griffin: Frederick Prince of Wales 1707-51 by John Walters - May 2, 2011

17. A Royal Affair: George III and His Scandalous Siblings by Stella Tillyard - May 14, 2011

The Greater St. Louis Area Book Fair sounds fun! I hope you got a lot of books while you were there!

18. Philadelphia by Christopher Davis - May 21, 2011

19. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer - May 27, 2011 (reread)

20. Gimme Something Better: The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day by Jack Boulware and Silke Tudor - June 5, 2011

21. Secrets & Mysteries of the World by Sylvia Browne - June 11, 2011

Okay, I read this in the bathtub. I thought it was sacrifice worthy. As I thought total and complete bunk.

22. Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick - June 20, 2011

I truly loved this book. I recommend it to anyone with an interest in Colonial American History.

23. The Enemy Within: 2,000 Years of Witch-hunting in the Western World by John Demos - June 29, 2011

I forgot the last book I read..................

24. The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro & Chuck Hogan - July 5, 2011: I am going to read the rest of this series.

25. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer - July 8, 2011

Okay I thought I wouldn't like this one, but I did!

26. Lady Jane Grey; Nine Days Queen by Alison Plowden - July 11, 2011

27. The Sisters Who Would be Queen: Mary, Katherine, and Lady Jane Grey; A Tudor Tragedy by Leanda De Lisle - July 19, 2011

28. Marie-Therese; Child of Terror: The Fate of Marie Antoinette's Daughter by Susan Nagel - August 8, 2011

29. The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall - August 24, 2011

My favorite book of the year thus far!.......in fiction!

30. Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell: The Dangerous Glitter of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed by Dave Thompson - September 12, 2011

I feel like I am forgetting something here...............................

31. Paris: The Secret History by Andrew Hussey - September 21, 2011

32. Versailles: A Biography of a Palace by Tony Spawforth - September 29, 2011

33. The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by A.N. Roquelaure - October 8, 2011

34. Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings by Alison Weir - October 16, 2011

35. More Strange Highways by Jerry D. Coleman - October 21, 2011

36. Prince Phillip: The Turbulent Early Life of the Man Who Married Queen Elizabeth II by Phillip Eade - October 30, 2011

37. Queen's Consort: England's Medieval Queen's by Lisa Hilton - December 20, 2011

EPIC FAILURE FOR THE BOOK CHALLENGE THIS YEAR........EPIC!

But if you enjoyed the books you read, or at least hopefully you enjoyed most of them, that's the main thing!