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This will be my first year with this group and I'm excited about being among you. I read a lot of Scandinavian crime fiction, and I've joined the Pulitzer group on ÀÏ»¢»úÎÈÓ®·½·¨. Aside from that, I organize a local book club. All of these interests will influence my list, but I hope to find some surprises along the way! For Jan 2012, I'm beginning with these three and will be adding more soon:
The Snowman
The Paris Wife
The Known World

Book 1, The Snowman, finished Jan 4, 2012.
Book 2 Mind's Eye by Hakan Nesser, finished Jan 9.
Book 3, Sun Storm by Asa Larsson, finished Jan 13, 2012.
Book 4, The Paris Wife by Paula McLain, finished Jan 21.
Book 5, The Man Who Smiled by Henning Mankell, finished Jan 27.
Book 6' The Known World by Edward Jones, February 3.
Book 7, Sun and Shadow by Ake Edwardsson, finished Feb 11.
Book 8, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John LeCarre, finished Feb 19.
Book 9' A Visit from the Goon Squad, finished Feb 24.
Book 10, The Buddha in the Attic, finished Feb 25.

Book 11, When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka, finished Feb 29.
Book 12, The Leopard by Jo Nesbo, (finally) finished Mar 16.
Book 13' Misterioso by Arne Dahl, finished Mar 20.
Book 14, Wicked : The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, by Gregory McGuire, finished Mar 26.
Book 15, The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck, finished Apr 4.
Book 16, Unwanted: A Novel by Kristina Ohlsson, finished Apr 7.
Book 17,Borkmann's Point by Hakan Nesser, finished Apr 14.
Book 18,Before I Go To Sleep , by S. J. Watson, finished Apr 22.
Book 19,Angle of Repose , by Wallace Stegner, finished Apr 30.

Book 20, 11/22/63, by Stephen King, finished May 22, 2012.
Book 21, Last Rituals, by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, finished May 23, 2012.
Book 22, Headhunters, by Jo Nesbo, finished May 26, 2012.

Susan wrote: "Book 20, 11/22/63, by Stephen King, finished May 22, 2012.
Book 21, Last Rituals, by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, finished May 23, 2012.
Book 22, Headhunters, by Jo Nesbo, finished May 26, 2012."
Book 23,
Ashes to Dust, by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, finished June 2, 2012.
Book 24, Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides, finished June 8, 2012.
Book 25, Where the Shadows Lie by Michael Ridpath, finished June 12, 2012.
Book 26, Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, finished June 18, 2012.
Book 27, The Elegance of the Hedgehogby Muriel Barbery, finished June 25, 2012.
Book 28, The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg, finished June 30, 2012.
Book 29, The Torso by Helene Tursten, finished July 5, 2012.
Book 30, The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, finished July 6, 2012.

Book 31, The Hours by Michael Cunningham, finished July 7, 2012.
Book 32, Brenner and God by Wolf Haas, finished July 13, 2012.
Book 33, The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by Wm Doyle, finished July 15, 2012.
Book 34, A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick, finished July 21,2012.
Book 35, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, finished July 22, 2012.

Book 36, 66 North by Michael Ridpath, finished July 30, 2012.
Book 37, An American SpyOlen Steinhauer, finished Aug 8, 2012.
Book 38,Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power by Rachel Maddow, finished Aug 11, 2012.
Book 39, Death Angels by Ã…ke Edwardson, finished Aug 14, 2012.
Book 40, A Summons to Memphis byPeter Taylor, fished Aug 21, 2012.

Book 41, The Thirteenth Tale, by Diane Setterfield, finished Aug 26, 2012.
Book 42, The Absent OneJussi Adler-Olsen, finished Sept 16, 2012.
Book 43, Infidel, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, finished SEPT 24, 2012.
Book 44, Blackwater by Kerstin Ekman, finished Oct 2, 2012.
Book 45, Bel Canto by Ann Patchett, finished Oct 15, 2012.
Book 46, Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver, finished Oct 20, 2012.

Book 47, Echoes from the Dead by Johan Theorin, finished Oct 27, 2012.
Book 48, Invisible Murder, by Lene Kaaberbøl, finished Nov 7, 2012.
Book 49, Sidetracked, by Henning Mankell, finished Nov 28, 2012.
Book 50, The Virgin Suicides, by Jeffrey Eugenides, finished Dec 02, 2012.
Book 51, Beware This Boy, by Maureen Jennings, finished 12/29/2012.