2011's books:

1st Quarter): January 1st, (long gone), -- March 31st.
The Outlander by Diana Gabaldon with an L.T. rating of 4.39.

2nd Quarter): April 1st -- June 30th.
Bleak House by Charles Dickens with an L.T. rating of 4.27.

3rd Quarter): July 1st -- September 30.
The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly with an L.T. rating of 4.05.

And for the 4th and final Quarter of 2011): October 1st -- December 31st.
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton also with an L.T. rating of 4.05.

And perhaps, if cyderry would be so kind to get together another list of L.T. 'highly rated' books come near the end of 2011, we will be able to smoothly segue into 2012. That would be such a treat.

Excellent job Cheli. Thank you so much.

Well, I'm currently reading Bleak House and I'm hoping to finish it this month so I'll be ahead on that one, and I'm planning to read Outlander in March so I'll be a bit behind starting that one. With those two chunksters, I may not be able to fit the other two chunksters in for the second half of the year, we'll see. But I'm in for the first two.

As I recall, The Age of Innocence is a rather small book. I don't know anything about The Tea Rose but come the 3rd quarter of the I guess I will find out. Am looking forward to Bleak House probably the most out of all four.

Thanks, Belva and Cheli!
--BJ

Just got the Wharton and Donnelly books from ebay for 99p each - yay!! Plus another, recommended as being in a similar vein to Edith Wharton - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day.

And I read Bleak House while on holiday in Yorkshire, so I'm all caught up and raring to go...