rainpebble reads in 2013

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I enjoyed a great year of reading in this year of our Lord, 2012. My 5 star reads were:
The Betrayal by Helen Dunmore,
Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night by Sindiwe Magona,
The Kitchen Madonna by Rumer Godden,
The Girl in the Green Raincoat by Laura Lippman,
The Sleeping Beauty by Elizabeth Taylor,
Peking Picnic by Ann Bridge,
Angel by Elizabeth Taylor,
In a Summer Season by Elizabeth Taylor,
The Soul of Kindness by Elizabeth Taylor,
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor,
Blaming by Elizabeth Taylor and
Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple.

My duds for the year were:
The Forgetting River,
Fifty Shades of Grey and
The Old Shades.

ORANGE JANUARY:

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1. The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville winner 2001
2. The Road Home by Rose Tremain winner 2008
3. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller winner 2012
4. Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels winner 1997
5. Old Filth by Jane Gardam S/L 2005
6. The Very Thought of You by Rosie Alison S/L 2010
7. The Colour by Rose Tremain S/L 2004
8. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters S/L 2002

February:

To meet Darryl's AN ORANGE A DAY CHALLENGE:
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood S/L 2001
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March:

To meet Darryl's AN ORANGE A DAY CHALLENGE:
Paradise by Toni Morrison S/L 1999
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April:

To meet Darryl's AN ORANGE A DAY CHALLENGE:
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood S/L 1999
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May:

To meet Darryl's AN ORANGE A DAY CHALLENGE:
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver S/L 1999
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June:

To meet Darryl's AN ORANGE A DAY CHALLENGE:
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern L/L 2012
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ORANGE JULY:

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1. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan L/L 2011
2. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin L/L 2011
3. The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer L/L 2011
4. Secret Son by Laila Lalami L/L 2010
5. Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund L/L 2001
6. The Clothes on Their Backs by Linda Grant L/L 2008
7. Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantel S/L 2010
8. Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier L/L 2000

ALL VIRAGO/ALL AUGUST:

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To meet Darryl's AN ORANGE A DAY CHALLENGE:
The Remedy by Michelle Lovric L/L 2005
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September:

To meet Darryl's AN ORANGE A DAY CHALLENGE:
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald L/L 1997
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October:

To meet Darryl's AN ORANGE A DAY CHALLENGE:
Charming Billy by Alice McDermott L/L 2000
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November:

To meet Darryl's AN ORANGE A DAY CHALLENGE:
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold L/L 2003
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December:

To meet Darryl's AN ORANGE A DAY CHALLENGE:
The Solace of Leaving Early by Haven Kimmel L/L 2003
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Blast! All this work setting up my thread for 2013 and I used the 2012 group to do it in. :-( I must be rummy. Now I will have to do it all over again when the 2013 group is set up. Oh well, maybe I can just copy and paste the whole damned thing! ;-)