Karen's Notebook

Books read in August 2008

51. Arthur Herzog. The Swarm. Thriller 3*/5
52. Robert J. Sawyer. Rollback. SF 3*/5
53. Barbara Hambly. The Magicians of Night. Fantasy 3*/5

Books read in July 2008

42. Vernor Vinge. The Peace War. SF 3*/5
43. Jessie Prichard Hunter. Blood Music. Thriller 3*/5
44. Jerry Jay Carroll. Top Dog. Fantasy 3*/5
45. Giles Milton. Nathaniel's Nutmeg. History 3*/5
46. S.M. Stirling. Conquistador. SF 3*/5
47. Michael Connelly. The Black Ice. Mystery 3*/5
48. C.E. Murphy. Urban Shaman. Urban Fantasy 3*/5
49. Camille DeAngelis.  Mary Modern. Fiction 4*/5
50. Joy Adamson. Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds. Nonfiction 3*/5

Books Read in June 2008

32.  Barbara D'Amato.  Death of a Thousand Cuts. Mystery 3*/5
33. Harry Turtledove, et al.  Worlds That Weren't. SF 3*/5
34. Arundhati Roy. The God of Small Things. Fiction 3*/5
35. Tess Gerritsen. The Sinner. Mystery 3*/5
36. Ingrid Hill. Ursula, Under. Fiction 4*/5
37. Robert Rankin. Apocalypso. Fantasy 3*/5
38. Holly Black. Valiant.  Urban Fantasy 3*/5
39. Rohinton Mistry. Such a Long Journey. Fiction 4*/5
40. R.D. Wingfield. Night Frost. Mystery 3*/5
41. Ilona Andrews. Magic Bites. Urban Fantasy 3*/5

Books read in May 2008

27.  Terry Pratchett.  Night Watch.  Fantasy 3*/5
28.  David McCullough.  1776.  History 3*/5
29.  Clare Dudman.  One Day the Ice Will Reveal All Its Dead.  Fiction 3*/5
30.  Harlan Ellison.  Ellison Wonderland. SF 4*/5
31. Lionel Shriver. We Need to Talk About Kevin. Fiction 3*/5

Books read in April 2008

21.  Robert R. McCammon.  Mine.  Horror 3*/5
22.  Lee Child.  Killing Floor.  Mystery 3*/5
23.  Robin McKinley.  A Knot in the Grain, and Other Stories.  Fantasy 3*/5
24.  Douglas Clegg.  The Attraction.  Horror 3*/5
25.  Susanna Clarke.  Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.  Historical Fantasy 4*/5
26. James Patterson.  3rd Degree.  Mystery 3*/5

Books read in March 2008

14. Jung Chang. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China.  Nonfiction 3*/5
15. Michael Chabon.  The Final Solution.  Historical Fiction/Mystery 3*/5
16. Laurie R. King.  Locked Rooms. Historical Fiction/Mystery 3*/5
17. Jeffrey Eugenides.  Middlesex.  Fiction  4*/5
18. John Irving.  The Fourth Hand.  Fiction 3*/5
19. Sophie Hannah.  Little Face.  Thriller 3*/5
20. Raymond E. Feist.  Faerie Tale.  Dark Fantasy 3*/5

Books read in February 2008

8.  Tad Williams.  The Dragonbone Chair.  Fantasy 3*/5 = good
9.  Julian Barnes.  Arthur & George.  Historical Fiction 3*/5 = good
10. Tom Cole.  Hell West and Crooked.  Autobiography 3*/5 = good
11. Dana Stabenow, et al.  Powers of Detection.  Fantasy/Mystery/SF  3*/5 = good
12. Katie MacAlister.  Fire Me Up.  Paranormal Romance/Mystery 3*/5 = good
13. Karen Joy Fowler.  Sister Noon. Historical Fiction 3*/5 = good

Books read in January 2008

1.  Barbara Vine.  A Dark-Adapted Eye.  Mystery 3*/5 = good
2.  Patrick O'Brian.  The Mauritius Command.  Historical Fiction/Nautical Adventure  3*/5 = good
3.  Nicci French.  The Red Room.  Mystery 3*/5 = good
4.  Isaac Asimov.  The Naked Sun.  SF/Mystery  3*/5 = good
5.  Lisa See.  Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.  Historical Fiction 4*/5 = great
6.  Harlan Ellison.  Paingod and Other Delusions.  SF 4*/5 = great
7.  Pete Goss.  Close to the Wind.  Memoir/Adventure  3*/5 = good

Books read in December 2007

105.  Robert A. Heinlein.  The Puppet Masters.  SF 3*/5
106.  Katherine Paterson.  Bridge to Terabithia.  YA  4*/5
107.  John Irving.  The Hotel New Hampshire.  Fiction 4*/5
108.  Kathy Reichs.  Break No Bones.  Mystery 3*/5
109.  China Mieville.  Perdido Street Station.  Urban Fantasy 4*/5
110.  Marion Zimmer Bradley.  The Forest House.  Historical Fiction/Fantasy 3*/5
111.  Alfred Bester and Roger Zelazny.  Psycho Shop.  SF 3*/5
112.  Laura Lee.  Blame it on the Rain.  Nonfiction 3*/5
113. Roger Zelazny.  The Courts of Chaos. SF 3*/5
114. Ken Follett.  The Man from St. Petersburg.  Thriller 3*/5
115. Carolyn G. Hart.  Design for Murder.  Mystery 3*/5
116. Katharine Kerr.  Darkspell.  Fantasy 3*/5

 

Books read in November 2007

96. Charles Stross.  Glasshouse.  SF 3*/5
97. Thomas Mullen.  The Last Town on Earth.  Historical Fiction 4*/5
98.  Louis L'Amour.  The Haunted Mesa.  Western/SF 3*/5
99. Charlaine Harris.  Shakespeare's Trollop.  Mystery 3*/5
100. Christopher Moore.  Fluke, or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings.  Fiction 3*/5
101. Charlaine Harris.  Shakespeare's Counselor.  Mystery 3*/5
102. Christopher Moore.  A Dirty Job.  Fiction 3*/5
103. Gillian Flynn.  Sharp Objects.  Thriller 4*/5
104. Kage Baker.  The Children of the Company.  SF 3*/5

Books read in October 2007

88.  Elizabeth Peters.  The Curse of the Pharoahs.  Mystery 3*/5
89.  Keri Arthur.  Full Moon Rising.  Paranormal Romance 3*/5
90.  Khaled Hosseini.  A Thousand Splendid Suns.  Fiction 4*/5
91.  Kage Baker.  Mother Aegypt and Other Stories.  Fantasy/SF 3*/5
92.  Kevin Brockmeier.  The Brief History of the Dead.  Fiction 3*/5
93.  Mary Brown.  Dragonne's Eg.  Fantasy 3*/5
94.  Matthew Pearl.  The Poe Shadow.  Historical Fiction/Mystery  3*/5
95. Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.  Riptide.  Thriller  3*/5

Books read in September 2007

81.  Brian Lumley.  Necroscope IV: Deadspeak.  Horror 3*/5
82.  Patrick Suskind  Perfume: The Story of a Murderer.  Historical Fiction/Thriller 3*/5
83.  James Reese.  The Book of Shadows.  Historical Fiction/Horror 3*/5
84.  Peter Straub.  lost boy lost girl.  Horror/Mystery 3*/5
85.  David Sinclair.  Sir Gregor MacGregor and the Land That Never Was.  History/Biography 3*/5
86.  Gena Showalter.  Awaken Me Darkly.  SF  3*/5
87.  Emma Bull.  War for the Oaks.  Urban Fantasy  4*/5

Books read in August 2007

69.  Greg Iles.  Blood Memory.  Mystery 3*/5
70. Carrie Vaughn.  Kitty Goes to Washington.  Urban Fantasy 3*/5
71. Leif Enger.  Peace Like a River.  Fiction 3*/5
72. Robin Jarvis.  The Woven Path.  Fantasy 3*/5
73. Dean Koontz.  Sole Survivor.  Thriller 3*/5
74. Edwin Chen.  Cheating Death.  Nonfiction 3*/5
75. Dean Koontz.  Brother Odd.  Thriller 3*/5
76. Gregory Gibson.  Demon of the Waters.  Nonfiction 3*/5
77. Peter Mayle.  Anything Considered.  Fiction 3*/5
78. Dean Koontz.  The Husband.  Thriller 3*/5
79. Cody Mcfadyen.  Shadow Man.  Thriller 3*/5
80. Lisa Gardner.  The Next Accident.  Mystery 3*/5

 

Books read in July 2007

56.  Kazuo Ishiguro.  Never Let Me Go.  Fiction 3*/5
57.  Derek Lundy.  Godforsaken Sea: Racing the World's Most Dangerous Waters.  Nonfiction 3*/5
58.  Russell Andrews.  Aphrodite.  Mystery 3*/5
59. Sue Henry.  Murder on the Iditarod Trail.  Mystery 3*/5
60. John Burdett.  Bangkok Tattoo.  Mystery 3*/5
61. Richard Rayner.  The Cloud Sketcher.  Historical Fiction 4*/5
62. Matt Ruff.  Fool on the Hill.  Fantasy 3*/5
63. Simon R. Green.  Something from the Nightside.  Fantasy 3*/5
64. Kate Pepper.  Five Days in Summer.  Mystery 3*/5
65. Christopher Moore.  Practical Demonkeeping.  Fantasy 3*/5
66. John Dunning.  The Sign of the Book.  Mystery 3*/5
67. Charlaine Harris.  Grave Sight.  Mystery 3*/5
68. Geraldine Brooks. March.  Historical Fiction 3*/5

Books read in June 2007

45. Karin Yapalater. An Hour to Kill. Mystery 3*/5
46. Naomi Novik.  His Majesty's Dragon.  Fantasy 4*/5
47. Jonathan Carroll.  The Wooden Sea.  Fiction 3*/5
48. Caleb Carr.  The Angel of Darkness.  Mystery 3*/5
49. Robert Silverberg.  Sorcerers of Majipoor.  SF  3*/5
50. Kevin Smokler, ed.  Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times.  Nonfiction 3*/5
51. Matthew Kneale.  Sweet Thames.  Fiction 3*/5
52. Charlaine Harris.  Shakespeare's Champion.  Mystery 3*/5
53. Keith Donohue.  The Stolen Child.  Fantasy 4*/5
54. Marion Zimmer Bradley.  Survey Ship.  SF  3*/5
55. Charlaine Harris.  Shakespeare's Christmas.  Mystery 3*/5

Books read in May 2007

36. Joan Clark. An Audience of Chairs. Fiction 3*/5
37. John Le Carre. A Perfect Spy. Fiction 3*/5
38. Christopher Moore. The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove. Fantasy 3*/5
39. Nick Tosches. In the Hand of Dante. Fiction 3*/5
40. Lilith Saintcrow. Working for the Devil. Fantasy 3*/5
41. Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois, eds. Future War. SF 3*/5
42. Gaby Wood.  Edison's Eve: The Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life.  Nonfiction 3*/5
43. Mitch Cullin.  A Slight Trick of the Mind.  Fiction 4*/5
44. Lilith Saintcrow.  Dead Man Rising.  Fantasy 3*/5

Books read in April 2007

29. The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break by Steven Sherrill. Fiction 3*/5
30. Sleep Toward Heaven by Amanda Eyre Ward. Fiction 3*/5
31. Jackdaws by Ken Follett. Thriller 3*/5
32. The Visitor by Sheri S. Tepper. SF 3*/5
33. Dead Silent by Robert Ferrigno. Mystery 3*/5
34. Tea from an Empty Cup by Pat Cadigan. SF/Mystery 3*/5
35. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs.  Fantasy 3*/5

Books read in March 2007

20. The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison. Fantasy 3*/5
21. Raising the Past by Jeremy Robinson. Thriller 3*/5
22. Bite by Laurell K. Hamilton, et al. Paranormal Romance 3*/5
23. The Geographer's Library by Jon Fasman. Fiction 3*/5
24. Summon the Keeper by Tanya Huff. Fantasy 3*/5
25. A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley. Fiction 3*/5
26. A Place of Hiding by Elizabeth George. Mystery 3*/5
27. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards. Fiction 4*/5
28. Saving the World by Julia Alvarez.  Fiction 3*/5

Books read in February 2007

11. Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks. Memoir 3*/5
12. Abra Cadaver by James Tucker. Mystery 3*/5
13. The Mugger by Ed McBain. Mystery 3*/5
14. The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll. Nonfiction 4*/5
15. Fool's Puzzle by Earlene Fowler. Mystery 3*/5
16. The Sixth Lamentation by William Brodrick. Fiction 4*/5
17. Buried Dreams by Brendan DuBois. Mystery 3*/5
18. Thief of Souls by Darian North. Thriller 3*/5
19. Shadows Over Baker Street edited by Michael Reaves and John Pelan.  Mystery/Horror 4*/5

Books read in January 2007

1. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer. Fantasy 3*/5
2. Arcadia by Jim Crace. Fiction 4*/5
3. Far Horizons edited by Robert Silverberg. SF 3*/5
4. Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris. Mystery 3*/5
5. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Fiction 4*/5
6. The Amateur Cracksman by E.W. Hornung. Fiction 3*/5
7. Storm Front by Jim Butcher. Fantasy 3*/5
8. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. Fiction 4*/5
9. By the Light of the Moon by Dean Koontz.  Mystery 3*/5
10. Tinker by Wen Spencer.  Fantasy 3*/5