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JANUARY

1. Adam Hochschild
Finish Date: January 6 2012
Genre: British History
Rating: B+

Review: This is a great overview of the loyalty and dissenting voice in England over World War One. Many of the pages are devoted to the action on the front than the actual details of the protestors. This is why it did not give it an A. I think people who are familiar with the war will skim over this stuff and read the interesting tales of people who faithfully supported the war and those who did not. I still recommend it and the writing is first rate.

2. Matthew Algeo
Finish Date: January 12 2012
Genre: Presidential History
Rating: A

Review: What a great book. I can't imagine Harry and Bess driving their Chrysler to NYC without bodyguards for Secret Service, but it happened in 1953. Algeo weaves 1953 history with today as he re-traces their trip. Fun and interesting!

Those were different times; better days I am afraid were in the past in terms of safety.

March

3. Robert R. McCammon
Finish Date: March 4 2012
Genre: Horror
Rating: A-

Review: This was good horror, post-Apocalypse kind of story. The evil villains were fun to read and the the book went along at a good pace.

I read that book Bryan.....and I don't usually read in the apocalyptic genre.......but I really, really liked it and it looks like you did too!!!

I did!

4. Sally Bedell Smith
Finish Date: March 29 2012
Genre: British History
Rating: B+

Review: Anyone who wants to learn more about the Queen will need to read this book. It is well researched and she gained great access to materials and individuals. It reads like fast and you come away with a portrait of a monarch who is a person, not just a figure head.

April

5. Judith Herrin
Finish Date: April 8 2012
Genre: European History
Rating: B

Review: I liked this book. I'm used to more of a chronology, but it gave you a good overview of this important time period.

Wow, I did not know that you were reading that book. Glad you completed it.

I was and I commented in the discussions early on, but then once the other moderator stuff and Greta arrived, I lost touch. So sorry about that.

No problems...Greta takes center stage and you will find that you will be always in the wings from now on for her and your son.

Nicely put, Bentley, thanks :-)

6. Louise Bates Ames
Finish Date: April 23 2012
Genre: Parenting
Rating: B

Review: I like this series and this installment helped in that I didn't feel alone as my son enters the crazy three-and-a-half stage. I understand why threes are worse than twos.

You are not alone and each age has it's own stage as you will undoubtedly find out (smile)

May

7. Paul C. Nagel
Finish Date: May 1 2012
Genre: Biography
Rating: B

Review: This is a good psycho-history and I learned a lot about JQA's life and personal struggles. I think it is a good compliment to a political history.

8. Robert Dallek
Finish Date: May 13 2012
Genre: Biography
Rating: A

Review: This is a well-balanced biography of LBJ, the first of two volumes. It is more digestible than Caro's and I highly recommend it.

Robert A. Caro

Our Format:

JANUARY

1. Winston S. Churchill
Finish date: March 2008
Genre: (whatever genre the book happens to be)
Rating: A

Review: You can add text from a review you have written but no links to any review elsewhere even goodreads. And that is about it. Just make sure to number consecutively and just add the months.

Good to put in the Month Day and Year - if you do not know the exact day - then at least the Month and Year.

Oops, got it; glad I didn't have 50 of these; it pays sometimes to read slow :-)

You are making me laugh Byran - I have no idea why I did not catch it before. (smile).

9. Douglas J. Feith
Finish Date: May 2
Genre: American Politics/2003 Iraq War
Rating: A

Review: Because Feith was in the heart of it all, anyone interested in the Iraq war will need to read it. Also, his writing style is quite good.

June

10. L. Paul Bremer
Finish Date: June 8
Genre: American Politics
Rating: A

Review: This is also another important book to read to get Bremer's side of events. Very interesting.

Bryan - great progress and great job with the format. Thanks.

July

11. James M. McPherson
Finish Date: July 16
Genre: American History
Rating: A

Review: This still holds well after 20 plus years. The writing is skillful and I recommend this as the first book to read to get a great overview.

12. Suzanne Collins
Finish Date: July 21
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy
Rating: A-

Review: This is a great story, the second in the series. I didn't like it as well as the first, because the whole concept was new. However, the second was great and the author steered the story in creative ways. I'm ready for the next one!

August

13. Michael Dobbs
Finish Date: August 5
Genre: American History
Rating: A

Review: This has become the standard book for the Cuban Missile Crisis for me. The author uses recently declassified material and shows not just the U.S. and Soviet side, but the Cuban side of things. You really understand how scary this time was.

14. Donald Rumsfeld
Finish Date: August 3
Genre: American History
Rating: A

Review: This is a great book to help us understand what was going inside the Bush White House/Pentagon.

15. Tim Weiner
Finish Date: August 28
Genre: American History
Rating: A

Review: I figured I can add this now since we are done with the discussion. This is a great book, but I warn you, it doesn't cover the crime side of the FBI, but the intelligence part of it. Hoover casts a large shadow over the book and the FBI. Well written and shocking.

September

16. Robert K. Massie
Finish Date: September 15
Genre: Russian History
Rating: B+

This is a great introduction to Catherine the Great. It is well written and I think the strongest parts are her early life. It is quite a story.

disclosure: I received this book for free through the History Book Club on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ.

Glad to have you along for the discussion on Catherine. I am back at Enemies and hope to finish that within the next few weeks. Two great books I think.

by Robert K. Massie
by Tim Weiner

Yes, they were. Glad to be a part of the discussions.

October

17. Larry Correia
Finish Date: October 10
Genre: Horror
Rating: A

Review: Thanks to fellow moderator, Michael, for introducing me to this series. This is a lot of fun. It has interesting villains and great action with some good humor. It ended in a great fashion.

December

18. Geoffrey Kabaservice
Finish Date: December 8
Genre: Political history
Rating: A-

Review: This is a great history of the decline of moderates in the GOP. I am fascinated by this and I'm glad I read it. The fact the GOP are struggling with minorities makes sense now.

Bryan wrote: "December

18. Geoffrey Kabaservice
Finish Date: December ..."

I will have to add this one to my to-read list.

I think you will enjoy it, Alisa.

19. Robert A. Caro
Finish Date: December 8
Genre: Presidential biography
Rating: A

Review: Fans of this series will not be disappointed, and those who started with this book will be compelled to read the previous books. This is first-rate biography.