Books Read 2012

 

My star rating is based on 4 stars being the max:

* Not worth the time
* * It was ok
* * *  Good story; well-written
* * * * Good story; well-written.
I loved it and recommend it to others

 

 

Month
Finished		 Author Title Cover/Link Copyright My  Rating:
4 Stars Max
  Blackman, Tony Blind Landing:
Sydney to London dead stop. An aviation mystery		 2010  
5/2012 Johnston, Kristen Guts:
The endless follies and tiny triumphs of a Giant Disaster		 2012 ***
xx Haney, Hank The Big Miss:
My Years Coaching Tiger Woods		 2012 *
5/2012 Borowitz, Andy An Unexpected Twist 2012 ***
5/2012 Tougias, Michael Ten Hours Until Dawn:
The true story of heroism and tragedy aboard the Can Do		 2010 ***
5/2012 Maddow, Rachel Drift:
The Unmooring of American Military Power 		2012 ***
5/2012 Preston, Richard The Wild Trees:
A story of passion and daring		 2008 ***
4/2012 Hooper, John Final Voyage: The Wrecking of the Costa Concordia 2012  
4/2012 Various 4 2012 books about Columbine and school shootings--none long; none worthwhile   2012 *
4/2012 John Heilemann and Mark Halperin Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime by  (Hardcover 2010 ****+
3/2012 John Hoskison Inside (One Man's Experience of Prison) A true story 2012 ***
    Deadliest Sea: The Untold Story Behind the Greatest Rescue in Coast Guard History 2012 **
3/2012 Klein, Philip E. Lost at Sea:
The Hunt for Patrick McDermott		 2012 ***
now Heuer, Karsten Walking the Big Wild:
From Yellowstone to the Yukon on the Grizzly Bears' Trail 		2004 **
3/3012 Weissman, Jerry The Worlds Most Dangerous Cults 2012 *
3/2012 Hoskison, John Inside:
One Man's Experience of Prison		 2012 ***
2/2012 Weissman, Jerry In the Line of Fire:
How to Handle Tough Questions When It Counts		 2005 ***
2/2012 Anderson, Tim Tune in Tokyo:
The Gaijin Dairies		 2011 *
2/2012 Knox-Johnson, Robin Force of Nature 2008 *
2/2012 Walker, Spike On the Edge of Survival:
A Shipwreck, A Raging Storm, and the Harrowing Alaskan Rescue that Become a Legend		 2010 ***
2/2012 Frost, Timothy Final Passage:
The ocean must give up its secret		 2010 **
2/2012 Fortier, Zack Curbchek 2011 **
1/2012 Chiles, Webb Storm Passage:
Alone Around Cape Horn 		2011 **
1/2012 Ward, Nick Left for Dead
Surviving the Deadliest Storm in Modern Sailing History (Fastnet 1979)		 2007 * * * *
1/2012 McGinnis, William Sailing the Greek Islands:
Dancing with Cyclops		 2011 * *
1/2012 Didion, Joan Blue Nights 2011 *
1/2012 Langewiesche, William Fly by Wire 2010 * * *
1/2012 Cannon, Dyan Dear Cary
My life with Cary Grant		 2011 * *
1/2012 Maxey, Glen Head Figure Head:
The Search for the Hidden Life of Rick Perry 		2011 * *