The Captive Reader

A reference point for books read and reviewed:

January:

1. One Fine Day by Mollie Panter-Downes (1947)
2. London War Notes, 1939-1945 by Mollie Panter-Downes (1971)
3. The Fishing Fleet by Anne de Courcy (2012)
4. Revenge of the Vinyl Cafe by Stuart McLean (2012)
5. All the Books of My Life by Sheila Kaye-Smith (1956)
6. Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope (1861)
7. Moranthology by Caitlin Moran (2012)
8. Daughter of Empire by Pamela Hicks (2012)
9. Summer Term by Susan Pleydell (1959)
10. Speaking of Jane Austen by Sheila Kaye-Smith and G.B. Stern (1943)
11. Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey (1932)
12. The Musgraves by D.E. Stevenson (1960)
13. A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy (2012)
14. A Young Man’s Fancy by Susan Pleydell (1962)
15. The English Lakes by Ian Thompson (2010)
16. Charlotte Fairlie by D.E. Stevenson (1954)
17. A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson (1997)

February:

18. Just One of the Guys by Kristan Higgins (2008)
19. Autumn Crocus by Dodie Smith (1931)
20. The Next Best Thing by Kristan Higgins (2010)
21. Fools Rush In by Kristan Higgins (2006)
22. The Passing Bells by Phillip Rock (1978)
23. Circles of Time by Phillip Rock (1981)
24. Call It A Day by Dodie Smith (1936)
25. All I Ever Wanted by Kristan Higgins (2010)
26. Q’s Legacy by Helene Hanff (1985)
27. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores by Jen Campbell (2012)
28. How To Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran (2011)
29. The Quiet Gentleman by Georgette Heyer (1951)
30. The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer (1936)
31. A Future Arrived by Phillip Rock (1985)
32. Ride with Me by Ruthie Knox (2012)
33. Crazy Thing Called Love by Molly O’Keefe (2013)
34. Princes in the Land by Joanna Cannan (1938)
35. The Lovesick Cure by Pamela Morsi (2012)
36. The Children Who Lived in a Barn by Eleanor Graham (1938)
37. Puppy Love by Frauke Scheunemann (2010)
38. The Best Man by Kristan Higgins (2013)
39. A Rogue By Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean (2012)
40. Any Man of Mine by Rachel Gibson (2011)

March:

41. Another Part of the Wood by Denis Mackail (1929)
42. The Happy Prisoner by Monica Dickens (1946)
43. Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis (2011)
44. Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis (2011)
45. Without Reservations by Alice Steinbach (2000)
46. More Baths Less Talking by Nick Hornby (2012)
47. In For a Penny by Rose Lerner (2010)
48. Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl (2009)
49. Sorcery and Cecelia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer (1988)
50. Rescue Me by Rachel Gibson (2012)
51. Lunch With by Jan Wong (2000)
52. Notes From A Big Country by Bill Bryson (1999)
53. The Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer (1959)
54. Double Play by Jill Shalvis (2009)
55. The Charm School by Susan Wiggs (1999)
56. Confessions of a Prairie Bitch by Alison Arngrim (2010)
57. Talking to Addison by Jenny Colgan (2001)

April:

58. Kate Hardy by D.E. Stevenson (1947)
59. The Misinterpretation of Tara Jupp by Eva Rice (2013)
60. The English Air by D.E. Stevenson (1940)
61. The Baker’s Daughter by D.E. Stevenson (1938)
62. Out of the Blue by Jan Wong (2012)
63. What Matters in Jane Austen? by John Mullan (2012)
64. Ayala’s Angel by Anthony Trollope (1881)
65. The Honey Queen by Cathy Kelly (2013)
66. Boys, Bears, and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots by Abby McDonald (2010)
67. Nights of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy (2004)
68. Scarlet Feather by Maeve Binchy (2000)
69. Quentins by Maeve Binchy (2002)
70. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (2013)

May:

71. Thunder on the Right by Mary Stewart (1957)
72. The Four Graces by D.E. Stevenson (1946)
73. The Ashford Affair by Lauren Willig (2013)
74. The View from Penthouse B by Elinor Lipman (2013)
75. The Smart One by Jennifer Close (2013)
76. Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy (2006)
77. Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg (2013)
78. Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson (2012)
79. Heat Lightning by Helen Hull (1932)
80. Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta (2003)
81. The Trouble with Valentine’s Day by Rachel Gibson (2005)
82. Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchy (2008)
83. The Bannister Girls by Jean Saunders (1990)
84. Betsy and the Great World by Maud Hart Lovelace (1952)
85. The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley (2013)
86. Gardens of Delight by Erica James (2005)
87. Betsy’s Wedding by Maud Hart Lovelace (1955)

June:

88. Evening Class by Maeve Binchy (1996)
89. Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi (2004)
90. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (2013)
91. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell (2011)
92. Sophomore Switch by Abby McDonald (2009)
93. Austensibly Ordinary by Alyssa Goodnight (2013)
94. Losing It by Cora Carmack (2012)
95. The Anti-Prom by Abby McDonald (2011)
96. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (2012)
97. The Falcon at the Portal by Elizabeth Peters (1999)
98. He Shall Thunder in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters (2000)
99. Getting Over Garrett Delaney by Abby McDonald (2012)
100. Legend in Green Velvet by Elizabeth Peters (1976)
101. Bellweather by Connie Willis (1996)

July:

102. The Love Letter by Fiona Walker (2012)
103. The Setons by O. Douglas (1917)
104. Thirtynothing by Lisa Jewell (2000)
105. The Real Katie Lavender by Erica James (2011)
106. My Single Friend by Jane Costello (2010)
107. Mr Tibbits’s Catholic School by Ysenda Maxtone Graham (2011)
108. Echoes by Maeve Binchy (1985)
109. A Girl Like You by Gemma Burgess (2011)
110. Last Night’s Scandal by Loretta Chase (2010)
111. The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (2003)
112. What We Eat When We Eat Alone by Deborah Madison and Patrick McFarlin (2009)
113. Devil May Care by Elizabeth Peters (1977)
114. Keeping the Castle by Patrice Kindl (2012)
115. A French Affair by Katie Fforde (2013)
116. I Can’t Complain by Elinor Lipman (2013)
117. The Best Laid Plans by Sarah Mayberry (2010)
118. A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare (2011)
119. A Lady by Midnight by Tessa Dare (2012)
120. Goddess of the Hunt by Tessa Dare (2009)
121. Trains and Lovers by Alexander McCall Smith (2012)
122. The Dearly Departed by Elinor Lipman (2001)
123. Audrey in Rome by Luca Dotti, Ludovica Damiani, and Sciascia Gambaccini (2013)
124. Lessons from Madame Chic by Jennifer L. Scott (2012)
125. The Dating Detox by Gemma Burgess (2009)
126. The Way Men Act by Elinor Lipman (1992)
127. The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls by Anton DiSclafani (2013)
128. Then She Found Me by Elinor Lipman (1990)
129. How Reading Changed My Life by Anna Quindlen (1998)

August:

130. The Three Clerks by Anthony Trollope (1857)
131. The Family Man by Elinor Lipman (2009)
132. Cluny Brown by Margery Sharp (1944)
133. The Best Man by Kristan Higgins (2013)
134. The Eye of Love by Margery Sharp (1957)
135. The Young Clementina by D.E. Stevenson (1938)
136. Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell (1866)
137. Meet Me at the Cupcake Café by Jenny Colgan (2011)
138. Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay (2010)
139. Where Have All the Boys Gone? by Jenny Colgan (2005)
140. Into Love and Out Again by Elinor Lipman (1987)
141. A User’s Guide to Neglectful Parenting by Guy Delisle (2013)
142. The Abominables by Eva Ibbotson (2012)
143. Welcome to Rosie Hopkins’ Sweet Shop of Dreams (2013)
144. Anna and Her Daughters by D.E. Stevenson (1958)
145. French Twist by Catherine Crawford (2013)
146. River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay (2013)
147. High Wages by Dorothy Whipple (1930)
148. The Harold Nicolson Diaries: 1907 – 1964 edited by Nigel Nicolson (2004)

September:

150. Miss Buncle Married by D.E. Stevenson (1936)
151. The Two Mrs Abbotts by D.E. Stevenson (1943)
152. The Glenvarroch Gathering by Susan Pleydell (1960)
153. Under the Rainbow by Susan Scarlett (1942)
154. French Kids Eat Everything by Karen le Billon (2012)
155. Airs Above the Ground by Mary Stewart (1965)
156. Five Windows by D.E. Stevenson (1953)
157. Summer Pudding by Susan Scarlett (1943)
158. Gerald and Elizabeth by D.E. Stevenson (1969)
159. The House of the Deer by D.E. Stevenson (1970)
160. Midsummer Night in the Workhouse by Diana Athill (2011)
161. Magic Flutes by Eva Ibbotson (1984)
162. Madensky Square by Eva Ibbotson (1988)
163. Which Witch? by Eva Ibbotson (1979)
164. The Passion of the Purple Plumeria by Lauren Willig (2013)
165. Bertie’s Guide to Life and Mothers by Alexander McCall Smith (2013)

October:

166. A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor (1977)
167. Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale (2007)
168. The Morning Gift by Eva Ibbotson (1993)
169. More Talk of Jane Austen by Sheila Kaye-Smith and G.B. Stern (1950)
170. Wild Strawberries by Angela Thirkell (1934)
171. Laughing Gas by P.G. Wodehouse (1936)
172. Consider the Years by Virginia Graham (1946)
173. Homecoming by Cathy Kelly (2010)
174. More Than Love Letters by Rosy Thornton (2006)
175. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell (2013)
176. Goddess of the Hunt by Tessa Dare (2009)
177. The Perfect Match by Kristan Higgins (2013)
178. The Inn at Lake Devine by Elinor Lipman (1998)

November:

179. The Little Lady Agency by Hester Browne (2006)
180. The Little Lady Agency and the Prince by Hester Brown (2008)
181. Little Lady, Big Apple by Hester Browne (2007)
182. Swept Off Her Feet by Hester Browne (2011)
183. Letters from England by Karel Čapek (1924)
184. I Remember You by Harriet Evans (2010)
185. All Out of Love by Lori Wilde (2013)
186. The Fair Miss Fortune by D.E. Stevenson (2011)
187. The Camelot Caper by Elizabeth Peters (1969)

December:

188. Self-Portrait as a Young Man by Roy Strong (2013)
189. The Tall Man by D.E. Stevenson (1957)
190. Glaciers by Alexis M. Smith (2012)
191. The Smartest Kids in the World by Amanda Ripley (2013)
192. The Wry Romance of the Literary Rectory by Deborah Alun-Jones (2013)
193. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (2013)
194. One Last Thing Before I Go by Jonathan Tropper (2012)
195. Not Without You by Harriet Evans (2013)
196. Christmas at High Rising by Angela Thirkell (2013)
197. This Is The Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett (2013)
198. Maeve’s Times edited by Roisin Ingle (2013)
199. An Astronaut’s Guide to Life by Chris Hadfield (2013)