Sunday, January 4, 2009

103

So I did 103 books last year. Here is my final list, including commentary on most of them. Some of them, the commentary is self explainatory. Like Twilight and HP need no comment. Others, I commented on the whole series instead of the individual books. And some of them there just isn't much to say about so I listed what topic they were. That happened fairly frequently with older books, since I can't remember much about them :)

Maid for Murder Barbara Colley Meh

The SPQ Field Giude to Men Jill Conner Brown May Funny, more fact than fiction

Really Unusual Bad Boys Mary Janice Davidson May Romance

The Royal Pain Mary Janice Davidson Feb Funny

The Royal Treatment Mary Janice Davidson Feb Funny

Valentine's Day is Killing Me Mary Janice Davidson Romance

Hot Mama Jennifer Estep Superhero romance better than Karma Girl

Karma Girl Jennifer Estep Superhero Romance

Wife for Hire Janet Evanovich Typical JE

To have and to hold Jane Green BORING

Obsession, Deceit and Really Dark Chocolate Kyra Green Funny, like JE

Passion, Betrayal and Killer Highlights Kyra Green Funny like JE

Sex, Murder and a Double Latte Kyra Green Funny like JE

So Much For My Happy Ending Kyra Green Not as funny as other books by her but decent

Killer in High Heels Gemma Halliday interesting series, much like Kyra Green

Bloody Bones Laurell Hamilton Vampires

Circus of the Damned Laurell Hamilton Vampires

Guilty Pleasures Laurell Hamilton Vampires

Killing Dance Laurell Hamilton Vampires

Laughing Corpse Laurell Hamilton Vampires

Lunatic Café Laurell Hamilton Vampires

Dead Until Dark Charlaine Harris Vampires

Dead Witch Walking Kim Harrison Whiny witch, needs to change instead of bitching

Killer Insight Victoria Laurie interesting

Bad Boys in black Tie Erin McCarthy Romance

Bit the Jackpot Erin McCarthy vampire romance

Bled Dry Erin McCarthy vampire romance

High Stakes Erin McCarthy vampire romance

Chopping Spree Diane Mott Davidson cooking

Dark Tort Diane Mott Davidson cooking

Double Shot Diane Mott Davidson cooking

Prime Cut Diane Mott Davidson cooking

Sticks and Scones Diane Mott Davidson cooking

Sweet Revenge Diane Mott Davidson cooking

Tough cookie Diane Mott Davidson cooking

We Thought you'd be Prettier Laurie Nataro non-fiction, fairly funny

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire JK Rowling HP

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix JK Rowling July HP

Good in Bed Jennifer Wiemer Read for book club. It was fine but I wouldn't read any others by her. It took too long and didn't hold my attention enough

Barking Goats and the Redneck Mafia Dolores Wilson Funny

Jail Bertie and the Peanut Ladies Dolores Wilson Funny

Blue Moon Laurell Hamilton May Vampire

My son's goal in life… Dave Barry June non-fiction, typical DB, fast read

The book of bad songs Dave Barry June non-fiction, typical DB, fast read

The hipster handbook Anchor Books June Lame

Narcisuss in Chains Laurell Hamilton June Vampire

Cerulean Sins Laurell Hamilton June Vampire

Me Talk Pretty One Day David Sedaris June Read for book club, it was ok, some stories were good but other were hard to get through. Won't push myself to read any of his others

Obsidian Butterfly Laurell Hamilton June Vampire

Cross my Heart and Hope to Die Nancy Martin June Interesting series. Good characters, good plots

Incubus Dreams Laurell Hamilton July Vampires

Micah Laurell Hamilton July Vampires

Danse Macabre Laurell Hamilton July Vampires

The Harliquin Laurell Hamilton July Vampires

Dead over Heals Mary Janice Davidson July Part of the "Undead" series. Not the best, too heavy

Some Like it Lethal Nancy Martin July Interesting series. Good characters, good plots

T is for Trespass Sue Grafton July Very dark SG book. Deals with elder abuse and stalking

Succubus on Top Richelle Mead July Better than expected with the terrible title.

Blood Noir Laurell Hamilton July Vampire

The Good, The Bad and The Undead Kim Harrison Aug Whiny witch, needs to change instead of bitching

Grave Surprise Charlaine Harris Aug Fairly predictable, not nearly as good as the Sookie books

Grave Sight Charlaine Harris Aug Fairly predictable, not nearly as good as the Sookie books

Curly Girl Aug BORING non-fiction about how to care for curly hair

A Fistful of Charms Kim Harrison Aug Whiny witch, needs to change instead of bitching

Dead and Dateless Kimberly Raye Aug Way too over the top and that is saying a lot since it is vampire romance

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince JK Rowling HP

Fearless Fourteen Janet Evanovich Aug Pretty typical number series

Every Witch Way but Dead Kim Harrison Aug Whiny witch, needs to change instead of bitching

A Charmed Death Madelyn Alt Sept No impression

For a Few Demons More Kim Harrison Sept Whiny witch, needs to change instead of bitching

The Other Bolelyn Girl Phillipa Gregory Sept Better than expected for historical fiction. Prompted other books to read later about real relationships

The Trouble with Boys Peg Tyre Sept FANTASTIC! A must read for any mom of boys

Twilight Stephanie Meyer Sept Twilight

New Moon Stephanie Meyer Sept Twilight

Eclipse Stephanie Meyer Sept Twilight

Breaking Dawn Stephanie Meyer Sept Didn't like as much as the other. The POV change ruined it for me

Midnight Sun Stephanie Meyer Sept Better, even, than original

Creation in Death JD Robb Sept Typicaly JD RObb

Living Dead in Dallas Charlaine Harris Sept Sookie

Undead and Unworthy Mary Janice Davidson Oct More "Undead"

Alibi in High Heels Gemma Halliday Oct interesting series, much like Kyra Green

Designed to die Chloe Green Oct No impression

Club Dead Charlaine Harris Oct This was a decent series. The early books were better than the later books but you have to read the whole, you can't quit part way through

Dead to the World Charlaine Harris Oct

Schooled Anisha Lakhani Nov Decent. About a Manhatten teacher turned high priced tutor and the moral delimas that go along with that

Trick or Treat Murder Leslie Meier Nov Interesting series. Nice that it doesn't HAVE to be read in order to understand what is going on, like other series

Sex with Kings Eleanor Herman Nov For the topic, this book was awfully dry. It was very fact based and only talked about a handful of European kings

Better Read than Dead Victoria Laurie Nov This series is another interesting one. It does kind of need to be read in order to understand but you can muddle through if you mess up like I did

Abby Cooper, Physic Eye Victoria Laurie Nov This series is another interesting one. It does kind of need to be read in order to understand but you can muddle through if you mess up like I did

Turkey Day Murder Leslie Meier Nov Interesting series. Nice that it doesn't HAVE to be read in order to understand what is going on, like other series

Too Pretty to Die Susan McBride Nov A little too predictable.

Father's Day Murder Leslie Meier Nov Interesting series. Nice that it doesn't HAVE to be read in order to understand what is going on, like other series

Runaway Ralph Beverly Cleary Dec Kids book. I'm reading it to The Boy and it is over 100 pages so I'm counting it

Have your Cake and Kill Him Too Nancy Martin Dec Interesting series. Good characters, good plots

Bake Sale Murder Leslie Meier Dec Interesting series. Nice that it doesn't HAVE to be read in order to understand what is going on, like other series

Sex with the Queen Eleanor Herman Dec Much better than Kings. More diversity and more details. Way better information

A Vision of Murder Victoria Laurie Dec This series is another interesting one. It does kind of need to be read in order to understand but you can muddle through if you mess up like I did

Birthday Party Murder Leslie Meier Dec Interesting series. Nice that it doesn't HAVE to be read in order to understand what is going on, like other series

1 comment:

Misc said...

Congrats on topping 100 books in a year! We should make a club. :-)

I'm sensing a theme to your selections...