The Captive Reader

January 2012 – December 2012
Aim: Read and review a book published in each year of the 20th Century
Completed – see project page for details

January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2012
Aim: Scholar Level (12 Books)
Completed (9 books read)

1. Leningrad by Anna Reid (Russia)

2. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (Russia)

3. Elza’s Kitchen by Marc Fitten (Hungary)

4. Every Day, Every Hour by Nataša Dragnić (Croatia)

5. Prague Winter by Madeleine Albright (Czech Republic)

6. Ashes, Ashes, All Fall Down by Zdena Salivarová (Czech Republic)

7. Under a Cruel Star by Heda Margolius Kovály (Czech Republic)

8. Silver Moon by Ian and Vladyana Krykorka (Czech Republic)

9. Catherine the Great by Robert K. Massie (Russia)

July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012
Aim: To read and review 13 Canadian books
Completed – Final Recap

1. Making Avonlea: L.M. Montgomery and Popular Culture edited by Irene Gammel

2. Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) by Ann-Marie Macdonald

3. The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly

4. Essex County by Jeff Lemire

5. Earth and High Heaven by Gwethalyn Graham

6. A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay

7. An Appetite for Life by Charles Ritchie

8. The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay

9. A Reader on Reading by Alberto Manguel

10. The Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay

11. The Siren Years by Charles Ritchie

12. Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton

13. Among Others by Jo Walton

14. Farthing by Jo Walton

15. Ha’penny by Jo Walton

16. Half a Crown by Jo Walton

17. Diplomatic Passport by Charles Ritchie

18. Storm Signals by Charles Ritchie

19. Mariana by Susanna Kearsley

20. The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley

21. The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley

22. The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley

This page has the following sub pages.

• A Century of Books