 |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
Jeffery Deaver, The Broken Window – pretty good, B+ Linda Fairstein, Lethal Legacy – quite good, B+ Lisa Scottoline, Look Again – excellent, although the ending was a little too convenient, A- Lauren Henderson, Don’t Even Think About It – not bad, B+ Kitty Sewell, Ice Trap – not bad, C+ Richard North Patterson, Conviction – not bad although rather didactic, B- Janet Evanovich, Fearless Fourteen – one of her better books, pretty entertaining, B Mark Wallington, Travels With Boogie (omnibus of 500 Mile Walkies and Boogie Up The River) – pleasantly entertaining, B Alan Dean Foster, Quofum – OK, C Harlan Coben, Long Lost: somewhat implausible, C E M Channon, Her Second Chance – quite entertaining, C+ Carola Hicks, Improper Pursuits: The Scandalous Life of Lady Di Beauclerk, nicely written biography, B
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |



 |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
Patricia Cornwell, Scarpetta – not too bad Lisa Unger, Beautiful Lies – not bad Eloisa James, Potent Pleasures; Midnight Pleasures; Enchanting Pleasures; Pleasure For Pleasure; An Affair Before Christmas: historical errors but real charm Gwendoline Courtney, The Wild Lorings Hillary Jordan, Mudbound: OK Eva Ibbotson, Magic Flutes: nice, not her best Noel Streatfield, The Circus Is Coming (nostalgic reread); Wintle’s Wonders Alan Dean Foster, Patrimony Jim Butcher, Turn Coat – great Jude Morgan, Symphony – very boring Mary Balogh, Simply Magic and Simply Perfect – not very historically accurate or emotionally convincing, but quite charming
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |

 |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
Karen Rose, Scream For Me Antonia Forest, The Thursday Kidnapping (first reread after many years, better than I remembered) Diana Wynne Jones, The House Of Many Ways – nice but not her best Gwendoline Courtney, The Chiltons Simon Kernick, Severed; A Good Day To Die Eloisa James, Much Ado About You and The Taming Of The Duke– rather good, almost Heyer-like Isabel Wolff, A Vintage Affair Eva Ibbotson, The Dragonfly Pool Gina B Nahai, Moonlight On The Avenue Of Faith – pretty good magical realism, improved as it went on Hallie Rubenhold, The Covent Garden Ladies Linwood Barclay, Too Close To Home – pretty good Thomas H Cook, The Chatham School Affair – nicely constructed Julia Quinn, The Secret Diaries Of Miss Miranda Cheever
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |


 |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
January 2009 Books: rather crime-heavy this month Anne Marshall Zwack, The Diplomatic Corpse – pleasant but slight Jonathan Kellerman, Bones – a definite return to form, I found this engrossing Kat Martin, Heartless – extremely inaccurate historically Peter Robinson, All The Colours Of Darkness – pretty good Karen Rose, I’m Watching You – generic but an OK read Simon Kernick, Deadline Lynwood Barclay, No Time For Goodbye – pretty good, although there were a couple of rather unlikely coincidences Julia Quinn, The Lost Duke Of Wyndham – pleasant enough Jennifer Donnelly, A Gathering Light – pretty good
CDs Donna Ulisse, Walk This Mountain Down – good but not ground breaking
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
|
 |
|
 |