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Books Read 2012
JAN
1. The Fifth Witness, Michael Connelly, Crime
2. Deception, Jonathan Kellerman (library kindle), Crime
3. Eleven, Patricia Reilly Giff (library kindle), YA
4. The Silent Girl, Tess Gerritsen (audio), Crime
5. Dead Sleep, Greg Iles (audio), Crime
FEB
6. Alone, Lisa Gardner (audio), Crime
7. Gideon's Sword, Preston & Child, Thriller
8. The Zero Game, Brad Meltzer, Thriller
9. Taken, Robert Crais, Crime
10 Dead Wood, Danin Amore, Crime
11. L.A. Outlaws, T. Jefferson Parker, Crime
MAR
12. Half-Assed: A Weight Loss Memoir, Jennette Fulda, Memoir
13. Pronto, Elmore Leonard, Crime
14. Paranoia, Joseph Finder, Thriller
15. Riding the Rap, Elmore Leonard, Crime
16. Why We Get Fat, Gary Taubes, Non-Fic
APR
17. The Stainless Steel Rat, Harry Harrison (audio), SF
18. Aphrodite, Russell Andrews (audio), Thriller
19. Fire in the Hole, Elmore Leonard, Crime
20. First Flight, Mary Robinette Kowal, SF
MAY
21. Raylan, Elmore Leonard, Crime
22. The Lock Artist, Steve Hamilton (audio), Crime
23. The Jaguar, T. Jefferson Parker, Crime
24. Daemon, Daniel Suarez (audio), SF/Thriller
JUNE
26. Freedom™, Daniel Suarez (audio), SF/Thriller
27. The Book of Man, Barry Graham, LitFic
28. The Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime
29. Crusader's Cross, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime
JULY
30. Pegasus Descending, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime
31. Swan Peak, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime
32. Hide, Lisa Gardner (audio), Crime
33. The Skinny Rules, Bob Harper, Non-Fic
AUGUST
34. The Preacher, Camilla Lackberg, Crime. Set in resort town of Fjallbacka, Sweden. Small town police work involving big time crimes. Her characters are particularly complex and the crimes are pretty vile. The local cops solve the case through some excellent police work, accidental bumbling, sheer luck, and dogged determination. But it's all pretty Swedish, so everything is sort of laid back and calm. I often wonder with translated books if that's the way they're actually written, or if a lot is lost in translation. Until I become fluent in Swedish, I guess I won't know!
35. Sweetheart, Chelsea Cain (audio), Crime. Follow up to the excellent "Heartsick". After his kidnapping and torture by the serial killer Gretchen Lowell, Archie Sheridan has become a prescription drug addict. While trying to solve a murder, Archie is again faced with Gretchen, who has escaped from prison. The reader was good, but I just didn't bond with this book until the last quarter or so of it. I read the first in this series when it came out in hardcover, and I remember that I loved it. Maybe it was that this time I was listening rather than reading, or maybe it just wasn't as good. And man was the plot fairly ridiculous. You can safely say I was disappointed, overall. I'll still listen to the third one because I picked it up during an Audible sale.
36. The Renegades, T. Jefferson Parker, Crime. The second book in the Charlie Hood series, taking place immediately after LA Outlaws. Parker writes very interesting characters against a backdrop of Southern California, the drug trade, border crossings, and corrupt cops. Charlie Hood has to work for Internal Affairs for a good chunk of this one, and he's not at all happy about it.
37. The Glass Rainbow, James Burke (audio), Crime. Interestingly, the possibility of redemption that Burke explores in the last book has been burned to the ground in this one. While the last book allowed a couple of seemingly irredeemable characters to, well, redeem themselves, this time pretty much anyone with a bad past meets a bad end. Dark, but really really good, and thankfully back safely in New Iberia and New Orleans. Burke uses particular phrases in all of his books, and listening to Will Patton say them in his inimitable style is causing them all to seep into the deepest recesses of my brain. I will probably never say "PEE-CAN" for pecan ever again. It's always going to be "peh-KAHN", with a French lilt to it. And I will wonder what the fecund smell of fish spawning smells like, probably forever.
Books Read 2012
JAN
1. The Fifth Witness, Michael Connelly, Crime
2. Deception, Jonathan Kellerman (library kindle), Crime
3. Eleven, Patricia Reilly Giff (library kindle), YA
4. The Silent Girl, Tess Gerritsen (audio), Crime
5. Dead Sleep, Greg Iles (audio), Crime
FEB
6. Alone, Lisa Gardner (audio), Crime
7. Gideon's Sword, Preston & Child, Thriller
8. The Zero Game, Brad Meltzer, Thriller
9. Taken, Robert Crais, Crime
10 Dead Wood, Danin Amore, Crime
11. L.A. Outlaws, T. Jefferson Parker, Crime
MAR
12. Half-Assed: A Weight Loss Memoir, Jennette Fulda, Memoir
13. Pronto, Elmore Leonard, Crime
14. Paranoia, Joseph Finder, Thriller
15. Riding the Rap, Elmore Leonard, Crime
16. Why We Get Fat, Gary Taubes, Non-Fic
APR
17. The Stainless Steel Rat, Harry Harrison (audio), SF
18. Aphrodite, Russell Andrews (audio), Thriller
19. Fire in the Hole, Elmore Leonard, Crime
20. First Flight, Mary Robinette Kowal, SF
MAY
21. Raylan, Elmore Leonard, Crime
22. The Lock Artist, Steve Hamilton (audio), Crime
23. The Jaguar, T. Jefferson Parker, Crime
24. Daemon, Daniel Suarez (audio), SF/Thriller
JUNE
26. Freedom™, Daniel Suarez (audio), SF/Thriller
27. The Book of Man, Barry Graham, LitFic
28. The Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime
29. Crusader's Cross, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime
JULY
30. Pegasus Descending, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime
31. Swan Peak, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime
32. Hide, Lisa Gardner (audio), Crime
33. The Skinny Rules, Bob Harper, Non-Fic
AUGUST
34. The Preacher, Camilla Lackberg, Crime. Set in resort town of Fjallbacka, Sweden. Small town police work involving big time crimes. Her characters are particularly complex and the crimes are pretty vile. The local cops solve the case through some excellent police work, accidental bumbling, sheer luck, and dogged determination. But it's all pretty Swedish, so everything is sort of laid back and calm. I often wonder with translated books if that's the way they're actually written, or if a lot is lost in translation. Until I become fluent in Swedish, I guess I won't know!
35. Sweetheart, Chelsea Cain (audio), Crime. Follow up to the excellent "Heartsick". After his kidnapping and torture by the serial killer Gretchen Lowell, Archie Sheridan has become a prescription drug addict. While trying to solve a murder, Archie is again faced with Gretchen, who has escaped from prison. The reader was good, but I just didn't bond with this book until the last quarter or so of it. I read the first in this series when it came out in hardcover, and I remember that I loved it. Maybe it was that this time I was listening rather than reading, or maybe it just wasn't as good. And man was the plot fairly ridiculous. You can safely say I was disappointed, overall. I'll still listen to the third one because I picked it up during an Audible sale.
36. The Renegades, T. Jefferson Parker, Crime. The second book in the Charlie Hood series, taking place immediately after LA Outlaws. Parker writes very interesting characters against a backdrop of Southern California, the drug trade, border crossings, and corrupt cops. Charlie Hood has to work for Internal Affairs for a good chunk of this one, and he's not at all happy about it.
37. The Glass Rainbow, James Burke (audio), Crime. Interestingly, the possibility of redemption that Burke explores in the last book has been burned to the ground in this one. While the last book allowed a couple of seemingly irredeemable characters to, well, redeem themselves, this time pretty much anyone with a bad past meets a bad end. Dark, but really really good, and thankfully back safely in New Iberia and New Orleans. Burke uses particular phrases in all of his books, and listening to Will Patton say them in his inimitable style is causing them all to seep into the deepest recesses of my brain. I will probably never say "PEE-CAN" for pecan ever again. It's always going to be "peh-KAHN", with a French lilt to it. And I will wonder what the fecund smell of fish spawning smells like, probably forever.