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Almost to the end of the year. Will she meet her goal of a book a week?
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.
35. Sweetheart, Chelsea Cain (audio), Crime.
37. The Glass Rainbow, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime.
SEPTEMBER
38. Dark Tangos, Lewis Shiner. Fiction.
39. The End of Overeating, David A. Kessler, MD, Non-Fic.
40. Creole Belle, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime.
41. Jump Cut, Lise McClendon, Crime.
OCTOBER
42. Case Histories, Kate Atkinson (audio), Crime.
43. Phantom, Jo Nesbo, Crime.
44. Tomatoland, Barry Estabrook, Non-Fic.
NOVEMBER
45. One Good Turn, Kate Atkinson (audio), Crime. Same audio series, new story. Still cozy! Newly minted millionaire Jackson has retired to France, but he soon realizes that his dream wasn't so great in reality. He's followed his actress girlfriend to the fringe festival in Edinburgh, and is almost immediately caught up in mayhem. Some variance again from the tv series, plotwise.
46. Big City, Bad Blood, Sean Chervover (audio), Crime. Gritty Chicago private eye. Takes a side trip to LA, then back to the Big City, pursued by mafia hitmen all the way. Not bad. Amusingly hard-bitten. Reader was good, but he sounded a lot older than the lead character, so I kept forgetting that the lead character was only thirty-seven. The story got better in the second half.
47. Mission Flats, William Landay, Crime. Good! Dark, unexpected, well-written. Young small-town police chief finds a body in a cabin in his resort town in Maine. The murder victim is a DA from Boston, and the chief follows the trail to Boston to help to solve the crime. Like many crime stories set in Boston there's a whiff of corruption, racism, family drama, and long-standing guilt.
48. Victims, Jonathan Kellerman, Crime. Thank goodness, Kellerman didn't suck in this one. In fact, it was a pretty decent page turner that I finished in a few hours. There's an extremely gruesome murderer out there, and he's escalating. The boys have to figure out whodunnit and why quickly, before the LA citizens figure out a crazy serial killer is on the loose. That's never good.
Since I am most of the way through the latest Tana French, an audio book, and partway into another audio book, it's looking good to hit 52 books this year. Might even go over, as I have the new Michael Connelly and the new Jim Butcher also queued up. Still, makes me feel like a slouch. I used to read a book a day! TV and work and the Internet take up too much of my time, clearly! I need to reprioritize.
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.
35. Sweetheart, Chelsea Cain (audio), Crime.
37. The Glass Rainbow, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime.
SEPTEMBER
38. Dark Tangos, Lewis Shiner. Fiction.
39. The End of Overeating, David A. Kessler, MD, Non-Fic.
40. Creole Belle, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime.
41. Jump Cut, Lise McClendon, Crime.
OCTOBER
42. Case Histories, Kate Atkinson (audio), Crime.
43. Phantom, Jo Nesbo, Crime.
44. Tomatoland, Barry Estabrook, Non-Fic.
NOVEMBER
45. One Good Turn, Kate Atkinson (audio), Crime. Same audio series, new story. Still cozy! Newly minted millionaire Jackson has retired to France, but he soon realizes that his dream wasn't so great in reality. He's followed his actress girlfriend to the fringe festival in Edinburgh, and is almost immediately caught up in mayhem. Some variance again from the tv series, plotwise.
46. Big City, Bad Blood, Sean Chervover (audio), Crime. Gritty Chicago private eye. Takes a side trip to LA, then back to the Big City, pursued by mafia hitmen all the way. Not bad. Amusingly hard-bitten. Reader was good, but he sounded a lot older than the lead character, so I kept forgetting that the lead character was only thirty-seven. The story got better in the second half.
47. Mission Flats, William Landay, Crime. Good! Dark, unexpected, well-written. Young small-town police chief finds a body in a cabin in his resort town in Maine. The murder victim is a DA from Boston, and the chief follows the trail to Boston to help to solve the crime. Like many crime stories set in Boston there's a whiff of corruption, racism, family drama, and long-standing guilt.
48. Victims, Jonathan Kellerman, Crime. Thank goodness, Kellerman didn't suck in this one. In fact, it was a pretty decent page turner that I finished in a few hours. There's an extremely gruesome murderer out there, and he's escalating. The boys have to figure out whodunnit and why quickly, before the LA citizens figure out a crazy serial killer is on the loose. That's never good.
Since I am most of the way through the latest Tana French, an audio book, and partway into another audio book, it's looking good to hit 52 books this year. Might even go over, as I have the new Michael Connelly and the new Jim Butcher also queued up. Still, makes me feel like a slouch. I used to read a book a day! TV and work and the Internet take up too much of my time, clearly! I need to reprioritize.