14. Fall - Colin McAdam (-) a little too disturbing of subject matter for my tastes
15. Mother of the Believers - Kamran Pasha interesting account of the birth of Islam and the life of Mohammad
16. Vanishing and Other Stories - Deborah Willis (-) pretentious & cliche
17. The Disappeared - Kim Echlin ♥ gorgeous writing, period
18. Infidel - Ayaan Hirsi Ali ♥ thought-provoking and intelligent
19. Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen (+) sweet, though a bit too sweet at times perhaps
20. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte (-) too much melodrama
21. The Inheritance - Louisa May Alcott (-) saccharine
22. The Golden Mean - Annabel Lyon (+) well-written and a pleasure to read
23. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens (+) amazing characterization and a complex plot
24. Married to a Bedouin - Marguerite van Geldermalsen ♥ a sweet and insightful love story
25. Galore - Michael Crummey (+) history & myth of a maritime community
26. Too Much Happiness: Stories - Alice Munro (abandoned) (-) found I just couldn't get into her writing, especially in a short-story format
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