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

Will Lavender, Obedience – interesting twists, would make good movie fodder
Karen Rose, I’m Watching you – formulaic but held my interest at least while I was reading
Barbara Willard, The Lark And The Laurel; The Sprig Of Broom – I’d forgotten just how good these were
Bobby Braddock, Down In Orburndale – an entertaining read
Theresa Monsour, In Cold Blood – not very well written
Karin Slaughter, Genesis – well written but rather nasty
Laura Lippman, Life Sentences – very good

Julia Quinn, What Happens In London: surprisingly dull. Apparently not much does happen in London.
Gaelen Foley, My Wicked Marquess – a very silly sub plot about secret societies
Andrew Holmes, Rain Dogs And Love Cats - not bad, if not what I was expecting from the cover
Eloisa James, A Duke Of Her Own – fun, but Ms James really doesn’t know her Quaker history; Fool For Love; A Wild Pursuit
Elizabeth Wrenn, Last Known Address – unambitious but competent and I warmed to it more as I got through it
Ian Hodder, Catalhoyuk: The Leopard’s Tale – absolutely fascinating

Terry Pratchett, Nation (actually last month but I forgot it, which says a lot about how interesting I found it)
Rob Thurman, Moonshine (reread), Madhouse, Deathwish – both reasonably interesting
Stephanie Laurens, Fair Juno – boring early work
Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects – not bad
Karin Slaughter, Fractured – good
Carol O’Connell, Shark Music – compelling reading

(OK, I was on holiday so this is all a little embarrassing)
Stephanie Laurens, Tangled Reins – bears a Very Strong Debt to Heyer
Eloisa James, Duchess By Night, When The Duke Returns, Duchess In Love, This Duchess Of Mine
Maria V Snyder, Fire Study - OK
Rob Thurman, Nightlife (reread)

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

Robertson Davies, A Leaven Of Malice; A Mixture Of Frailties – rereads
Harlan Coben, Hold Tight – pretty decent
Julia Justiss, The Untamed Heiress – entertaining rubbish
Simon Kernick, The Murder Exchange – not bad
Lois McMaster Bujold, the Sharing Knife, Passage and Horizon, and reread of the first two – charming if a little episodic
Karen Rose, Die For Me - ridiculously implausible

Naomi Novik, Empire of Ivory and Victory of Eagles – both good
Rose Tremain, Restoration – lots of historical errors! This one kept me pretty bogged down.
Robertson Davies, Tempest-Tost (reread)

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