Book Reviews 2004

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2004

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Key: C = Classic Ch = Children's F = Fantasy G = General Fiction M = Mystery and Suspense
N = Non-Fiction P = Poetry R = Romance S = Science Fiction YA = Young Adult

Date Added	Title	Author	Type
12/31/04	Fool Moon	Butcher, Jim	F
12/31/04	Hogfather	Pratchett, Terry	F
12/28/04	Light on Snow	Shreve, Anita	G
12/28/04	High Country Fall	Margaret Maron	M
12/23/04	Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Adams, Douglas	S
12/19/04	Valhalla Rising	Cussler, Clive	M
12/19/04	Stone Angel	O'Connell, Carol	M
12/19/04	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Rowling, J.K.	F
12/12/04	Set in Darkness	Rankin, Ian	M
12/12/04	Shoulder the Sky	Perry, Anne	M
12/12/04	Hero Perseus, The	Robyn & Tony DiTocco	F
12/10/04	Cordelia's Honor	Lois McMaster Bujold	S/R
12/10/04	The Tail of the Tip-Off	Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown	M
11/22/04	The Humanoids	Jack Williamson	S
11/19/04	The Synthetic Man	Theodore Sturgeon	S
11/19/04	A Walk in the Woods	Bill Bryson	N
11/13/04	Dark Matter	Philip Kerr	M
11/7/04	A Perfect Day	Richard Paul Evans	F/R
11/3/04	Mirror, Mirror	Gregory Maguire	F
11/3/04	Tea and Chocolates	Jo Janoski	G
10/31/04	Killing Critics	Carol O'Connell	M
10/31/04	Circles in the Stream	Roberts, Rachel	F/Ch
10/31/04	From the Kitchen Table to the Conference Table	Michaud, Laura	N
10/16/04	Farnham's Freehold	Heinlein, Robert A.	S
10/16/04	Hidden Star	Roberts, Nora	R
10/16/04	King Lear	Shakespeare, William	F/C
10/16/04	Cemetery Island	Kostro, Edward	S
10/12/04	Polar Express, The	Van Allsburg, Chris	Ch/F
10/12/04	Storm Track	Margaret Maron	M
10/12/04	Long Hot Summoning	Huff, Tanya	F
10/8/04	Thousand Acres, A	Smiley, Jane	F
10/4/04	Mount Dragon	Preston, Douglas, and Child, Lincoln	M/S
10/3/04	Santa Claus: is he for your child?	Hoh, John	N
10/3/04	We Both Read About Dinosaurs	McKay, Sindy	Ch/N
9/26/04	Storm Front	Butcher, Jim	F/M
9/26/04	Blood Test	Kellerman, Jonathan	M
9/26/04	Minor in Possession	Jance, J.A.	M
9/26/04	No Graves as Yet	Perry, Anne	M
9/18/04	Hello, Darkness	Brown, Sandra	M/R
9/18/04	Standing in the Rainbow	Flagg, Fannie	G
9/17/04	Man Called Peter, A	Marshall, Catherine	N
9/17/04	Day the Zoo Came to Visit, The	Smith, James DD	Ch
9/6/04	Cat in an Orange Twist	Douglas, Carole Nelson	M
9/6/04	Lulu's Lost Shoes	Blankenship, Paula and Reinhart, Larry	Ch
9/5/04	Murder in a Hot Flash	Millhiser, Marlys	M
9/5/04	Mother of Sons: poems of love, wisdom & dreams, A	Ferrer, Jayne Jaudon	G
9/5/04	Harry Potter and the Prison of Azakaban	Rowling, J.K.	F/CH
9/3/04	Once Upon a Tangled Tale	Wolfe, Bronwyn	R
9/3/04	Fancy Crazy Hydrants	Ray, Baltazar	Ch
8/28/04	Wheat Field, The	Thayer, Steve	M
8/28/04	Thief Lord, The	Funke, Cornelia	Ch/F
8/25/04	Xenocide	Card, Orson Scott	S
8/25/04	Leadership Talk: The Greatest Leadership Tool , The	Filson, Brent	N
8/22/04	Shifting Tide, The	Perry, Anne	M
8/19/04	Blood Lure	Barr, Nevada	M
8/18/04	Ten Big Ones	Evanovich, Janet	M
8/18/04	Death of a Dude	Stout, Rex	M
8/18/04	Promised Ones, The	Beers, Robert Lee	F
8/15/04	Dawn	Butler, Octavia E.	S
8/15/04	Message in a Bottle	Sparks, Nicholas	G/R
8/15/04	Aiden of Oren: the journey begins	St. Jean, Alan	Ch/F
8/14/04	Visions in Death	Robb, J.D.	M/S
8/13/04	Summer Replacement	Herrick, Ann	Ch
8/8/04	Role Players, The	Grey, Dorien	M
8/7/04	Springwater Wedding	Miller, Linda Lael	R
8/7/04	Amethyst of the Gods	Tuttle, Richard S.	F
8/7/04	Revelations: Alpha and Omega	Rigsby, David Allen	G
8/6/04	East of Eden	Steinbeck, John	G/C
8/6/04	R is for Ricochet	Grafton, Sue	M
8/6/04	Dragon's Kin	Anne McCaffrey & Todd McCaffrey	F
8/1/04	Beyond the Deep Woods	Stewart, Paul and Riddell, Chris	Ch, F
8/1/04	Dear World a suicide letter	Jones, Paul E.	N
7/24/04	Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The	Baum, L. Frank	Ch, F
7/24/04	Killer Cats in San Francisco	Shields, Lew	M
7/24/04	Soccer Dreams	Lauber, Leah	N/Ch
7/24/04	Emotions: Love Made Courageous	Alvarez, Milena G	G
7/18/04	Being a Green Mother	Anthony, Piers	F
7/18/04	Michael's Safari	Francis, JennaKay	Ch
7/15/04	I, Spiritkin	Evlin, Frances	F
7/10/04	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Rowling, J.K.	F, Ch
7/10/04	Beside Myself	Simpson, Ginger	M/R
7/4/04	Kangaroo Clues	Finke, Margot	Ch
7/4/04	Hero in the Shadows	Gemmell, David A.	F
7/3/04	I Promise Not to Tell	Weber, Brenda M.	N
7/3/04	Marvin Monster's Big Date	D'Agata, Tabatha Jean	Ch
6/24/04	Tooth and Nail	Rankin, Ian	M
6/18/04	My Little One	Rechtman, Nancy	G
6/18/04	Black Water	Parker, T. Jefferson	M
6/18/04	May It Please the Court	Kessler, Mitchell D.	N
6/18/04	Deadly Distractions	Manchee, William	M
6/13/04	How to Read a Book	Adler, Mortimer & Van Doren, Charles	N
6/12/04	I Love You Because	Rubino, Diana	G
6/12/04	Dancing in the Mirror	Walton, Bryan	N
6/12/04	Murder Room, The	James, P.D.	M
6/12/04	Other Side of the Mountain, The	Braswell, John	G
5/31/04	Tales from Margaritaville	Buffet, Jimmy	G
5/31/04	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Rowling, J.K.	F, Ch
5/31/04	Hot Ice	Roberts, Nora	R/M
5/30/04	Wilderness Within, The	Spring, Barbara	G
5/30/04	Cry the Night	Miller, Glenn	M
5/30/04	Mean Woman Blues	Smith, Julie	M
5/23/04	Only You	Lowell, Elizabeth	R
5/23/04	Maisie Dobbs	Winspear, Jacqueline	M
5/23/04	Wings of the Storm	Sizemore, Susan	R, S
5/19/04	Guardian of the Horizon	Peters, Elizabeth	M
5/19/04	Death of a Fool	Marsh, Ngaio	M
5/18/04	One Small Giggle: A Now and Forever Journey	Piper, Molly	Ch
5/18/04	Degrees of Separation	Wiesner, Karen and Spindler, Chris	M
5/15/04	She's Come Undone	Lamb, Wally	G
5/15/04	In the Stacks	Cart, Michael, ed.	G
5/15/04	Die in Plain Sight	Lowell, Elizabeth	M/R
5/12/04	Sassinak	Anne McCaffrey and Moon, Elizabeth	S
5/12/04	Full Bloom	Krentz, Jayne Ann	R
5/12/04	Endless Knot, The	Lawhead, Stephen A.	F
5/8/04	Without Due Process	Jance, J.A.	M
5/8/04	I'm Not Scared	Ammaniti, Niccolo	G
5/8/04	Glory in Death	Robb, J.D.	M, S
5/8/04	My Man Jeeves	Wodehouse, P.G.	G
5/1/04	Secret Life of Bees, The	Kidd, Sue Monk	G
4/24/04	Silver Hand, The	Lawhead, Steven R.	F
4/24/04	Weather or Not! Fall	Burch, Lynda	Ch/N
4/24/04	Weather or Not! Summer	Burch, Lynda	Ch/N
4/23/04	Random Hearts	Adler, Warren	G/R
4/17/04	When the Gods Are Silent	Lindskold, Jane	F
4/17/04	Tess of the d'Urbervilles	Hardy, Thomas	G/C
4/17/04	Special Deliverance	Simak, Clifford D.	S
4/15/04	Bookman's Promise, The	Dunning, John	M
4/7/04	Dead Cert	Francis, Dick	M
4/7/04	Color Is In the Eye of the Beholder	Evans, Arlene	N
4/7/04	Cat Named Brat, A	Adamson, Lydia	M
3/27/04	Hour Before Daylight, An	Carter, Jimmy	N
3/27/04	Blue Paint	Maher, Liam	Ch
3/27/04	Ducky Duddle Leaves Home	Howe, Cathrene	Ch
3/20/04	Only Mine	Lowell, Elizabeth	R
3/14/04	Gunpowder Green	Childs, Laura	M
3/14/04	Handicap for the Devil?, A	Lyne, Allen	G
3/14/04	Kira's Undersea Garden	Tunnicliffe, Verena	Ch/N
3/13/04	Protector	Niven, Larry	S
3/13/04	Wielding a Red Sword	Anthony, Piers	F
3/13/04	Door in the Woods, A	Dashner, James	Ch/F
3/13/04	Payback, The	Hawke, Hilary	M
3/13/04	Painting on the Pond, The	Koho, Sharon Lewis	S
2/29/04	First, Break All the Rules	Buckingham, Marcus & Coffman, Curt	N
2/29/04	Eight Frames Eight	Cody, Judity	G
2/29/04	Jamaica Blood	Kessler, Franz L.	G
2/29/04	Mystery of the Golden Skate, The	Savageau, Tony	Ch/M
2/29/04	Dancing on the Barricades	Coriolan, John	G
2/29/04	One Incredible Dog!: Lady	Williams, Chris	Ch/N
2/29/04	Split Second	Baldacci, David	M
2/29/04	Being Kind to George	Dunningham, Jo	Ch
2/24/04	Anne of Green Gables	L.M. Montgomery	G/Ch/C
2/24/04	Because I Said So	Enderle, Dotti	Ch
2/24/04	Death of a Butterfly	Margaret Maron	M
2/20/04	Brazen Virtue	Roberts, Nora	M/R
2/20/04	Dragon Stew	diCiacca, Domenic	F
2/18/04	Spinsters in Jeopardy	Marsh, Ngaio	M
2/18/04	Dragons' Onyx	Tuttle, Richard	F
2/16/04	City Who Fought, The	Anne McCaffrey and S.M. Stirling	S
2/16/04	Business, The	Iain Banks	G
2/12/04	Listen to the Ghost	McClure, Beverly Stowe	F
2/10/04	Concourse	Rozan, S.J.	M
2/10/04	Curiosity	Wunsch, Gerald Allen	Ch
2/7/04	Naked Sun, The	Asimov, Isaac	S/M
2/7/04	Engraved in Stone	Coleman, Alice Scovell	Ch/F
2/6/04	Divided in Death	Robb, J.D.	M/S
2/6/04	It Was Like This	Rubino, Diana	G
2/6/04	Double Trouble Ditto Box	Schuler, Betty Jo	Ch/S
2/2/04	Brainman	Schuler, Betty Jo	Ch/S
2/2/04	Firestorm	Barr, Nevada	M
2/1/04	Immortal in Death	Robb, J.D.	M, S
1/31/04	I Am Me	Leese, Jennifer L. B.	Ch
1/28/04	Free Lunch, The	Robinson, Spider	S
1/28/04	Music Theory, Theory Series Vol 1	Chriss, Jacob	N
1/25/04	Hugger Mugger	Parker, Robert B.	M
1/25/04	Timeless Art of Italian Cuisine, The	Volpi, Anna Maria	N
1/25/04	Let's All Kill Constance	Bradbury, Ray	M
1/25/04	82 Desire	Smith, Julie	M
1/25/04	Halloween Tree, The	Roark, Tina	Ch
1/24/04	Trouble in Paradise	Parker, Robert B.	M
1/24/04	Silver Squirrel	Ritchie, Daniel	F/Ch
1/23/04	Shark River	White, Randy Wayne	M
1/21/04	Sticks and Scones	Davidson, Diane Mott	M
1/21/04	One to Ten and Home Again	Haapoja, Heather	Ch
1/21/04	Ocean Fairies	Peterson, Wendy	F, Ch
1/20/04	Man Who Cast Two Shadows, The	O'Connell, Carol	M
1/18/04	Reunion in Death	Robb, J.D.	M/S
1/17/04	Mystic River	Lehane, Dennis	M
1/17/04	Menace in the Walls	Eskeland, N.L., PhD.	M, Ch
1/16/04	Beautiful Mind, A	Nasar, Sylvia	N
1/16/04	Osiris Factor, The	Roos, Phillip, Ph.D.	N
1/11/04	Neuromancer	William Gibson	S
1/11/04	Why Me?	Toews, Rita Y.	Ch/N
1/10/04	Back Story	Parker, Robert B.	M
1/10/04	Jack's First Fish	Tognola, Lou, and Hubbard, Roberta	Ch
1/8/04	Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank, The	Bombeck, Erma	F
1/8/04	Beginning Place, The	LeGuin, Ursula	F
1/8/04	Key of Valor	Roberts, Nora	R/S
1/7/03	Fashion in Shrouds, The	Allingham, Margery	M
1/4/04	When the Bough Breaks	Kellerman, Jonathan	M
1/4/04	Eye of Cat	Zelazny, Roger	S
1/3/04	Key of Knowledge	Roberts, Nora	R/S
1/3/04	Camelot Caper, The	Peters, Elizabeth	M
1/3/04	Chorus of Voices, A	Messick, Kurt	G
1/2/04	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Kinsella, Sophie	G
1/2/04	Key of Light	Roberts, Nora	R, S
1/1/04	Little Star's Big Day A Children's Christmas Story	Wohlford, Martha Crikelair	Ch
1/1/04	Paying the Piper	McCrumb, Sharyn	M
1/1/04	View from Beyond the Path, A	Kellogg, Daniel S.	M
1/1/04	Magician's Nephew, The	Lewis, C.S.	F/C

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