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I don't review books I don't like!
*****= An all-time favorite
**** = Outstanding
*** = Above average
** = Enjoyable
* = Good, with reservations
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Sonderbooks Back Issues
Below are the issues of Sonderbooks that I've posted so far. I'll
list a few of the top-rated
books in each issue.
Diary of a Medical Intuitive, Three Cups of Tea, How We Choose
To Be Happy, Jane Austen in Scarsdale
Ptolemy's Gate, NOT "Just Friends," You'll Never Nanny in This
Town Again, The Unmistakable Touch of Grace
The King of Attolia, You Don't Have to Take It Anymore, Waking
the World, End of the Spear
A Writer's Paris, The Script, How One of You Can Bring the Two
of You Together, These Three Remain
The Divorce Remedy, For Women Only, Parnassus on Wheels, The
Folk Keeper, Unlikely Pairs
Once Upon a Midlife, Animals in Translation, The City of
Falling Angels, The Shamer's Signet
The Foretelling, The Horses of Proud Spirit, The Phantom
Tollbooth
The Confessions
of Super Mom, Across the Wall, Talking to Dragons
Q & A, A Generous Orthodoxy, Love & Respect, The Widow
and the King, The Big Over Easy
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Cup of the World,
The Sphere of Secrets, Princess Academy
Best Foot Forward, A Good Yarn, Calling on Dragons, Once Upon
a Cool Motorcycle Dude
Zorro, Carry On, Jeeves, Michael Rosen's Sad Book
In the Coils of
the Snake, Permanent Rose, Searching for Dragons
Knitting, In the
Company of Cheerful Ladies, Something Rotten, Miracle, Dealing with
Dragons
Leaving the Saints, Over Hill and Dale, Vanishing Acts,
Emily's Quest
My Descent Into Death, The True Story of Hansel and Gretel,
Girls in Pants, The Golem's Eye
Writing About Your Life, The Well of Lost Plots, Gifts, By
These Ten Bones, Emily Climbs, Ish
The Inescapable Love of God, If Grace Is True, A Year with C.
S. Lewis, The Prince of the
Pond
The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness, The Shamer's
Daughter, If You Want to Write
Count Down, The Eyre Affair, The Middle of Everywhere, Enna
Burning, The Sunday Philosophy Club
Jonathan Strange
& Mr. Norrell, Close Kin, Nights of Rain and Stars, Sixpence
House, Emily of New Moon
An Assembly Such
as This, The Spellcoats, Chasing Vermeer, Unexpected Magic, Indigo's
Star
Letters to a Young Therapist, Running on Empty, The Beast,
Wren's War, Mister Seahorse
Bel Canto, The Grand Tour, The Pentagon's New Map, Drowned
Ammet
Seven Blessings,
Wren's Quest, Unspoken Sermons, Raising a Reader, Rhinoceros
Tap
Expecting Adam, Wren to the Rescue, Cart and Cwidder
Love in the Driest Season, The Alchemist, Gift from the Sea
A Circle of Quiet, The Opposite of Fate, The Fairy Godmother
The Sunbird; Eats, Shoots & Leaves; Burned Alive; City of
Stars; The Great Impersonation
Crown Duel; Millicent Min, Girl Genius; Seven Steps on the
Writer's Path; Iqbal
Defending Irene,
My Sister's Keeper, A Second Legacy, The Oracle Betrayed,
The Last Battle
Pooh and the Philosophers, Write Away, The Winter Prince, The
Magician's Nephew
Dangerous Notes,
The Full Cupboard of Life, The Horse and His Boy, The Working Poor
The Da Vinci Code, The Last Chance Texaco, To Kill a
Mockingbird
Madeleine L'Engle Herself, The Hollow Kingdom, Philadelphia
Chickens
Lirael, Abhorsen, Bird by Bird, The Wishing of Biddy Malone
Render Unto Caesar, Olive's Ocean, The Silver Chair
Sorcery and Cecilia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot, Sabriel,
The Hobbit
Firebirds, The Tears of the Salamander, Glimpses of Grace, The
Wolf's Chicken Stew
East, The Princess and the Pauper, Biblioholism, Serious Farm
The Goose Girl, The Tale of Despereaux, River Town, Balance of
Power
Run from the Nun!, The Time Traveler's Wife, The God I Love,
The Dot, Singing the Dogstar Blues
Sunshine, The Changeling Sea, Stealing the Elf-King's Roses,
Bloomability, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Great
Divorce
The Wedding, Sword of the Rightful King, Prince Caspian,
Sleeping Ugly
Walking Forward Looking Back, A Coalition of Lions, Don't Let
the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
Beyond the Limit; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe;
Officer Buckle and Gloria; Feynman's Rainbow
The Probable Future, After, The City of Ember, The Weekend
Novelist
Take Joy, The Prisoner of Zenda, The Perilous Gard
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix;
The Kalahari Typing School for Men; Girl in a Cage; In English, Of
Course
Morality for Beautiful Girls, Jane and the
Ghosts of Netley, A House Somewhere, Rogue Nation, I
Am Not Esther
Traveling While Married, Tears of the
Giraffe, Millicent's Gift, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Quest
for a Maid
Life of Pi, Yellow and Pink, I'm a
Stranger Here
Myself
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, Of
Paradise and Power, The Dive From Clausen's Pier
Princess in Waiting, The Queen of Attolia,
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons, The Thief
The Waiting Child, The Road from the Past,
Discovering the Character of God
Feed, The Myth of Laziness, The Case
Against Lawyers
Saffy's Angel, Suzanne's Diary for
Nicholas, Death of a Village, Pollyanna Grows Up
What Should I Do With My Life?, Children
of the
Star
The Four Feathers, Balzac and the Little
Chinese Seamstress, A Wizard Alone, The Rumpelstiltskin Problem
Heir Apparent, Taking Liberty
Bringing Down the House, The Christmas Box Miracle,
The Fairy's Return, For Biddle's Sake, Of Other Worlds
The Lovely Bones, Longitudes and Attitudes, Harry
Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The House of the Scorpion, The Princess and the Pizza
The Threatening Storm, Crocodile on the Sandbank, Quentins
This Star Shall Abide, The Same Stuff as Stars
In Search of America, All-American Girl, Heidi
Lord of the Silent, Crispin, Walking on Water
Storybook Travels, The Hunting of the Last Dragon, Watership
Down
Walking the Bible, China Run, Firesong, Harry Potter
and the Chamber of Secrets
Angles of Reflection, The Curse of Treasure Island, Between
Goddess of Yesterday, Treasure Island
Cleopatra's Heir, The Blue Sword, A Mind At a Time
Water, A String in the Harp, Thunderhead
Love, Greg and Lauren; Shylock's Daughter; The
Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
From the Good Earth, In the Stacks, My
Friend Flicka
Small Wonder, Learning to Fly, Anne of Windy Poplars
Life Among the Savages, Under the Tuscan Sun, Daughter
of Venice
Five Quarters of the Orange, Slaves of the Mastery
Eldorado, Vendela in Venice, Knowing the Heart of God
The Zygote Chronicles, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
The Ropemaker, Instead of Three Wishes, Ella Enchanted
Rat Boys, Rebecca
Sky of Stone, Dr. Folkman's War, Anne of the Island
In Code, The King's Swift Rider, Caravan
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank, Dogsbody, Winnie-the-Pooh
One Nation, Pride and Prejudice
Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey; Watership Down
Suburban Nation, The Other Side of Truth, Little Britches
The Hills Is Lonely, Jane Eyre, Rainy Morning
Davita's Harp
The Jerusalem Scrolls, The Other Wind, The Wonderful Wizard of
Oz
Enchantress From the Stars, The Scarlet Pimpernel
Love That Dog, Anne of Avonlea
The Breadwinner, The Lord of the Rings
The Coalwood Way, Pride and Prejudice
Dark Lord of Derkholm, The Year of the Griffin, The Blue Castle
The Earthsea Books, The Three Little Wolves and the Big
Bad Pig
Clever Cat
The Oasis, I Had Seen Castles
Eyewitness: Germany, Drummer in the Dark
The Wolf Hunt, Anne of Green Gables, A Wrinkle in Time
Nickel and Dimed and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone
For the Love of Ireland, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
Maintenance, The Sand-Reckoner, and Owl in Love
Sonder is a German prefix meaning "special."
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