Sept. Books Read & Past Week

So I've spent most of the past week being semi-sick and finally today feel much better. Mary-Anne and I went over to Hazel and John's for cards etc. Gave John a pen from Fallingwater, and Hazel a "bookwyrm with dragon" bookbag. Next week is shaping up to be packed with stuff to do and folk to see. Tomorrow is brunch with Mary Jo, dump the black and gray tanks, and dinner at Amy's with an episode of "True Blood," the new series based on the Charlaine Harris "Sookie Stackhouse" books. So a pretty full day. Monday the RV goes in the shop for minor maintenance. Wednesday and Thursday are filling up, as is Saturday. I still have to fit in some must dos, like getting my Modesty Blaise and Buffy fix (and more).

Not as many books as usual in a month, but remember that I spent a week on the road and a week at the convention, so didn't have as much time for reading.

Author (*=perm.lib.),Title,Genre,When,Rating,Finish,Comments
*Brockmann, Suzanne, Forever Blue, thriller/romance, good, yes.
---, Frisco's Kids, thriller/romance, good, yes.
---,Harvard's Education, thriller/romance, good, yes.
*Child, Lee, Hard Way, thriller, good, no, Jack Reacher series; read it before!
*Gilman, Laura Anne, Bring It On, fantasy, good, no, Retrievers series; well done urban fantasy (had read before)
---, Freefall, fantasy, good, no, Retrievers series
*Graham, Caroline, Death in Disguise, mystery, good, no, a little too satiric/parodic and "British" humor"
*Harris Butcher et al, Many Bloody Returns, paranormal, good, yes.
*Harris, Charlaine, Shakespeare's Christmas, mystery, good, yes. Lily Bard. Want my own copy for perm.lib.
*Harrison Sands et al, Dates From Hell, pararomance, medium, yes.
*Huff, Tanya, Confederation of Valor, sf, good, yes, Confederation series; excellent military sf w/female lead
---, Heart of Valor, sf, good, yes, Confederation series
---, Long Hot Summoning, fantasy, good, no, Keeper Chronicles 3; too much of a muchness
---, Second Summoning, fantasy, good, no, Keeper Chronicles 2; getting just a trifle "chick-lit-y"
---, Summon the Keeeper, fantasy, good, yes, Keeper Chronicles 1. Clever, and funny, too.
*Jackson, Lisa, Left to Die, thriller, medium, no, serial killer, women victims, love conquers all, yadda yadda.
*Liu, Marjorie, Iron Hunt, fantasy, good, yes, Excellent, dense, not an easy read, helps to know classical mythology.
*Murphy, C.E. House of Cards, fantasy, good, no, main character ""Grit"" in love w/gargoyle -- how cute; well-written, densely plotted, but somehow all are "archetypal" and thus not quite 3-D.
*Richardson, Kat, Greywalker, paranormal, good, yes, Harper Blaine 1. Had read it before.
---, Poltergeist, paranormal, good, yes. Harper Blaine 2
---, Underground, paranormal, good, yes. Harper Blaine 3
*Vaughn, Carrie, Kitty Goes to Washington, paranormal, good, no, female werewolf.
---, Kitty & the Silver Bullet, paranormal, good, no.
---, Kitty Takes a Holiday, paranormal, good, no.