10. Blind Eye - Stuart MacBride

I absolutely LOVE this author! The creativity of the crime scenes, and the vivid description of injuries makes me cringe! That's not too easy to do, and I enjoy every page of his books~can't wait for the next one!
-Local Library Challenge
-Finish That Series Challenge

9. Eat to Live - Joel Fuhrman

This was the first diet/health book that I've really read all the way through. The author makes several valid points, and notes several studies to support his points. I am not yet willing to go vegan, but I am now paying much closer attention to the food that I am eating, and making an effort to eat more raw fruits/veggies.
-New Author Challenge

8. Children of the Storm - Elizabeth Peters

Number 15 in the series.
-A ~ Z Challenge
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-Audio Book Challenge
-Finish That Series Challenge

7. The Golden One - Elizabeth Peters

Number 14 in the series, still love them all.
-A ~ Z Challenge
-Local Library Challenge
-Audio Book Challenge
-Finish That Series Challenge

6. Frames - Loren D. Estleman

The first in the series, and YES, I actually read something out of order for once. Lucky for me, the second book explained just enough about this one that made me want to read this one, but didn't leave me behind by reading the second one first. Wow, did that even make sense? Anyway, these are quick reads, with a ton of movie history research done to put them together. I'm not much for classic movies, but I certainly appreciate them now.
-Chill Baby, Chill Challenge (COMPLETED)
-Local Library Challenge

5. Eleven On Top - Janet Evanovich

What can you say about Stephanie Plum? The characters get better with each installment and the author never fails to make me laugh out loud while reading, or listening. Grandma Mazur is my favorite character of the series, with Ranger a close second.
-Chill Baby, Chill Challenge
-Local Library Challenge

4. Lord of the Silent - Elizabeth Peters

This was book 13 in the series and I have enjoyed them all so far. I listen to them on CD in my vehicle and love the narrator: Barbara Rosenblat. She does a fantastic job with the voices and makes each character come alive.
-Chill Baby, Chill Challenge
-A ~ Z Challenge
-Local Library Challenge
-What's in a Name Challenge
-Finish That Series Challenge

3. Echo Burning - Lee Child

Always exciting...definitely geared toward the male reader, but these are still fun books to read.
-Chill Baby, Chill Challenge
-A ~ Z Challenge

2. Flesh House - Stuart MacBride

The fourth in the series and it just gets better! The crime scenes are incredibly vivid, better than CSI could ever do. The mystery comes together at the end, the 'Flesher' is identified, but a few loose ends are left, leaving more than enough room for several more books to clean everything up.
-Chill Baby, Chill Challenge
-A ~ Z Title Challenge
-Local Library Challenge
-Finish That Series Challenge
-Mystery Read-A-Thon Completed!

1. Bloodshot - Stuart MacBride

This was number three in Stuart MacBride's Logan McRae series. I finished it on 11 January and am just now getting things posted. I am so horrible about that! Guess I'd rather be reading than writing about reading...Anyway, this installment was even better than the last. MacBride is getting more and more bold in his character development, and his descriptions of the crimes are more and more vivid. I love it and hope he keeps writing. Very similar to Mark Billingham's DI Thorne series, which is one of my favorites.
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-Local Library Challenge

Happy New Year!

Ahhhh, a new year is upon us once again. Where did 2009 go? I signed up for all of these really great challenges and hardly finished any of them! I did manage to read 41 books though, so that is about 40 more than the average American reads. Guess that isn't too bad then. I have signed up for a ton more for 2010 and am really, really going to try to do better this year. I also finally joined the bandwagon and signed up on Facebook! My roommates are on it all of the time, and they love it, so I figured why not? Still trying to get all of the challenges that I've signed up for posted on the blog, so keep checking back to see what I've been reading and my (hopefully) stellar progress in the challenges.

Have a wonderful New Year!

41. Alone - Loren D. Estleman

I received this as an ARC and am glad to have been introduced to this author! I have the first in the series on hold at our local library. Reading the second in the series first in this case didn't leave me wondering what happened in the first one, but it did get my interest up enough to want to read the first one. The research done for this book was amazing, and I didn't have the mystery solved before it was all wrapped up in the end. I love it when I don't figure it out before the author clues me in. All of the information was there, you just have to put it together! (Finished reading this one on Christmas night)
-New 2 You Author Challenge
-Pub '09 Challenge

Special Thank You!

A very, very special THANK YOU to Minotaur Books for sending me a hardcover copy of Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain! I had received and reviewed a preview copy and I am very happy to have a full hardcover edition to add to my personal library. I am grateful to the publisher for sending me the preview copy, as I had not read any of her other books. I have now read the three installments of the trilogy, and am really hoping this will blossom into a series!

40. He Shall Thunder in the Sky - Elizabeth Peters

This was number 12 in the series, and I am still very much interested. The characters are wonderful and the story always comes together. I always enjoy a happy ending!
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39. Dying Light - Stuart MacBride

The second in the series, and even better than the first.
-Local Library Challenge