Here’s what I read in March. (No fooling.)

1. Plan B by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller–Reread of one of my favorite sci fi/space-opera-ish stories.

2. How to Knit a Love Song by Rachel Herron–Rachel’s new book! Review here.

3. I Dare by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller–Reread of one of my favorite sci fi/space-opera-ish stories.

4. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford–Absolutely fascinating story. I really had no idea how enlightened and even-tempered dear Genghis was … as long as you were either fighting on his side, or surrendered promptly. Really fascinating, really enjoyable read.

5. Initiate Brother by Sean Russell–Reread of one of my favorite fantasy books, part 1

6. Gatherer of Clouds by Sean Russell–Reread of one of my favorite fantasy books, part 2. Asian-inspired, beautifully written, wonderful story. Great.

7. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold–Loaned by a co-worker, interesting. I’d been curious but not curious enough to buy a copy.

8. Broken for You byStephanie Kallos–Reread of her first book. Just lovely, with a nicely played out ending. Love.

9. Once Upon a Day by Lisa Tucker–Intriguing story of a girl who’s been raised by her father to be perfectly safe (no cooking, she could cut herself. no playing outside, she could get skin cancer), but when he gets sick, she leaves to go looking for her brother … and finds out that her father has been lying all these years.

10. Apothecary’s Daughter by Julie Klassen–A Jane-Austenish kind of romance.

11. Copenhagen Connection by Elizabeth Peters–Light fluff, but entertaining. I mostly read it this time around because it so nicely matched the movie Mom and I had just watched. (“Year of the Comet”)

12. Client by John Grisham–Young Mark Sway witnesses a mob lawyer’s suicide and suddenly the FBI and the mob all want to talk to him.

13. Magician’s Assistant by Ann Patchett–My favorite of this, a favorite author’s works. I don’t know why this particular story resonates so much, but I love it. Sabine is newly-widowed, her (gay) magician husband having suddenly died from an aneurism. It’s only then that she finds out he had lied about his childhood and his mother and sisters–whom he had never mentioned–were alive and well in Nebraska.

14. Paris to the Moon by Adam  Gopnick–Memoir from the five years he and his wife spent in Paris after their son was born. Charming.

15. Love Walked in by Maris de los Santos–Her first book, and also a favorite. It all starts when a man who looks just like Cary Grant walks into Cornelia’s coffee shop…

16. Toe Up Socks for Everybody by Wendy Johnson (Review here)

17. Natural Dyeing by Eva Lambert and Tracy Kengall (Review here)

18. Knitwear Design Workshop by Shirley Paden (Review here)

19. Emma by Jane Austen

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