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My 2011 Books



These are the books I've finished reading. I'm not going to use any specific rating system. If I finished reading them, you can take it as a given that they are either interesting or enjoyable - otherwise they won't be showing up here . I'll post comments with the listing if needed.

001. Singh, Nalini - Mine To Possess (working my way through the series)
002. Singh, Nalini - Hostage To Pleasure (sucky titles & too much sex, but interesting story arc)
003. Singh, Nalini - Branded By Fire
004. Singh, Nalini - Blaze of Memory
005. Singh, Nalini - Bonds of Justice
006. Singh, Nalini - Play of Passion (still too many pages wasted with sex scenes IMO but the overall series story arc is holding my interest)
007. Kittredge, Kaitlin - Street Magic (Black London #1)
008. Kittredge, Kaitlin - Demon Bound (BL#2)
009. Kittredge, Kaitlin - Bone Gods (BL#3) (enjoyed the series)
010. Jones, Darynda - First Grave On The Right (amusing book)

011. Moning, Karen Marie - Darkfever (Fever #1) (re-read)
012. Moning, Karen Marie - Bloodfever (Fever #2) (re-read)
013. Moning, Karen Marie - Faefever (Fever #3) (re-read)
014. America's Test Kitchen - Slow Cooker Revolution (read it to do a required review)
015. Moning, Karen Marie - Dreamfever (Fever #4) (re-read)
016. Moning, Karen Marie - Shadowfever (Fever #5) (series conclusion - enjoyed the whole series)
017. MacAlister, Katie - Steamed (steampunk)
018. Moning, Karen Marie - The Dark Highlander (Highlander #5) (re-read for ties to Fever series)
019. Moning, Karen Marie - Spell of the Highlander (Highlander #7) (re-read - ditto above)
020. Mansfield, Howard - Turn and Jump (interesting book about time and how our perception of it has changed)

021. Alexander, Tasha - And Only To Deceive (Lady Emily Ashton mysteries #1) (interesting series debut - Victorian London/Paris setting)
022. Price, Kaylayna - Grave Witch (Alex Craft #1)
023. Alexander, Tasha - A Poisoned Season (LEA #2)
024. Harkness, Deborah - A Discovery of Witches (interesting debut novel about alchemy, witches and vampires by a USC professor of the history of science)
025. Haines, Jess - Hunted By The Others (H&W Investigations #1 - enjoyed it)
026. Sigurdardottir, Yrsa - Last Rituals (mystery series set in Iceland)(Thora Gudmundsdottir #1)
027. Haines, Jess - Taken By The Others (H&W 2)
028. Connolly, Harry - Child of Fire (debut mystery/horror - good book - Twenty Palaces #1)
029. Hearne, Kevin - Hounded (Iron Druid Chronicles #1) - excellent debut of an urban fantasy series - I recommend it
030. Sigurdardottir, Yrsa - My Soul To Take (TG #2)

031. Sigurdardottir, Yrsa - Ashes To Dust (TG#3) (looking forward to the next ones in the series)
032. Williams, Alayna - Dark Oracle (Oracle #1)
033. Williams, Alayna - Rogue Oracle (Oracle #2)
034. Acosta, Marta - Happy Hour at Casa Dracula (Casa Dracula #1)
035. Acosta, Marta - Midnight Brunch (CD #2)
036. Acosta, Marta - The Bride of Casa Dracula (CD#3)
037. Hunter, Faith - Blood Cross (Jane Yellowrock #2) (re-read)
038. Hunter, Faith - Mercy Blade (JY #3)
039. Briggs, Patricia - Masques (audiobook)
040. Briggs, Patricia - When Demons Walk (re-read)

041. Briggs, Patricia - Wolfsbane
042. Briggs, Patricia - Silver Borne (Mercy Thompson #5) (re-read)
043. Briggs, Patricia - River Marked (MT #6)
044. Vaughn, Carrie - Steel (really a YA novel, rather simple)
045. Briggs, Patricia - Steal The Dragon
046. Murphy, C. E. - Demon Hunts (Walker Papers #5)
047. Murphy, C. E. - Spirit Dances (WP #6)
048. Sharon Lee - Carousel Tides (audiobook)
049. Gilman, Laura Anne - Pack of Lies - (P.U.P.I. #2)
050. Graham, Wade - American Eden:From Monticello to Central Park to Our Backyards: What Our Gardens Tell Us About Who We Are

051. Winkowski, Mary Ann & Foley, Maureen - The Ice Cradle (The Ghost Files #2)
052. Mynheir, Mark - The Corruptible (Ray Quinn #2)
053. Fodor's - Fodor's France 2011
054. Estep, Jennifer - Spider's Bite (Elemental Assassin #1) (audiobook) (really enjoying this urban fantasy series)
055. Estep, Jennifer - Web of Lies (EA #2) (audiobook)
056. Estep, Jennifer - Venom (EA #3) (audiobook)
057. Estep, Jennifer - Tangled Threads (EA#4) (audiobook)
058. Hearne, Kevin - Hexed (IDC #2)
059. Cotterill, Colin - Killed At The Whim Of A Hat (great mystery series debut)
060. Kane, Stacia - Unholy Ghosts (Chess Putnam #1) (audiobook)(excellent narrator)

061. Kane, Stacia - Unholy Magic (CP #2) (audiobook)
062. Kane, Stacia - City of Ghosts (CP #3) (audiobook)
063. Meding, Kelly - Three Days to Dead (Dreg City #1)
064. Meding, Kelly - As Lie the Dead (DC #2)
065. Rosenzweig, Gary - My iPad 2 (read to do a required review - had to borrow an iPad, lol)
066. Hearne, Kevin - Hammered (IDC #3)
067. Cotterill, Colin - The Coroner's Lunch (Dr. Siri Paiboun #1) (set in Laos - LOVE this series)
068. Cotterill, Colin - Thirty-Three Teeth (DRS #2)
069. Cotterill, Colin - Disco For The Departed (DRS #3)
070. Cotterill, Colin - Anarchy and Old Dogs (DRS #4)

071. Cotterill, Colin - Curse of the Pogo Stick (DRS #5)
072. Cotterill, Colin - The Merry Misogynist (DRS #6)
073. Cotterill, Colin - Love Songs From A Shallow Grave (DRS #7)
074. Acosta, Maria - Haunted Honeymoon (CD #4)
075. Chan, Kylie - White Tiger (Dark Heavens #1) (urban fantasy using Chinese mythology)
076. Chan, Kylie - Red Phoenix (DH #2)
077. Chan, Kylie - Blue Dragon (DH #3)
078. Chan, Kylie - Earth To Hell (Journey to Wudang #1)
079. Chan, Kylie - Hell To Heaven (JTW #2)
080. Chan, Kylie - Heaven To Wudang (JTW #3)

081. Price, Kalayna - Once Bitten (Haven #1)
082. Neill, Chloe - Some Girls Bite (Chicagoland Vampires #1) (much better than I expected)
083. Neill, Chloe - Friday Night Bites (CV #2)
084. Neill, Chloe - Twice Bitten (CV #3)
085. Neill, Chloe - Hard Bitten (CV #4)
086. Neill, Chloe - Drink Deep (CV #5)
087. Green, Simon R. - The Man With The Golden Torc (Secret Histories #1)
088. Brook, Meljean - The Iron Duke (Iron Seas #1) (steampunk with the Horde & zombies)
089. Brook, Meljean - Heart of Steel (IS #2)
090. Crusie, Jennifer - Dogs and Goddesses (audiobook)

091. Asaro, Catherine - Diamond Star (Skolian Empire #11) (audiobook)
092. Lee, Sharon & Miller, Steve - Fledgling (Liaden Universe)
093. Lee, Sharon & Miller, Steve - Saltation (LU)
094. Lee, Sharon & Miller, Steve - Ghost Ship (Lu)
095. Ivy, Alexandra - The Real Werewives of Vampire County
096. Wells, Jaye - Red-Headed Stepchild (Sabina Kane #1)
097. Wells, Jaye - The Mage in Black (SK #2)
098. Shepherd, Mike - Redoubtable (Kris Longknife #8)
099. Shepherd, Mike - Daring (KL #9)
100. Ballantine, Pip & Morris, Tee - Phoenix Rising

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