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)
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-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!
-Local Library Challenge
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39. Dying Light - Stuart MacBride

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

38. 8th Confession - James Patterson

Listened: 11/22/09 - 11/27/09
Finally caught up with this series. Boxer's character delivers every time, and Patterson / Paetro always add a little something extra...the Dr!
-Pub '09 Challenge
-Local Library Challenge
-Audio Book Challenge

37. Austenland - Shannon Hale

Listened: 11/16/09 - 11/22/09
I've heard about this one for a while but hadn't had a chance to get it read until now. I was very pleasantly surprised, and was certainly not expecting the ending.
-New 2 You Challenge
-Romance Challenge
-Local Library Challenge
-Audio Book Challenge

36. A Falcon at the Portal - Elizabeth Peters

Listened: 10/31/09 - 11/18/09
Next in the series, and always fun to listen to in the car.
-Local Library Challenge
-Audio Book Challenge

35. Monday Mourning - Kathy Reichs

Read: 10/31/09 - 11/16/09
The next in the series and interesting as ever. I enjoy the specific descriptions of the crime scenes, and the fact that the stories are based on real cases. It is terrible that these things happen, but nice that we can learn from what is left behind.
-Didn't qualify for any challenges!

34. Fire and Ice - Julie Garwood

Listened: 11/10/09 - 11/15/09
Another in the Buchanan series and always a great read! Can't wait for her next book to be released in December.
-Romance Challenge
-Local Library Challenge
-Audio Book Challenge

33. Cold Granite - Stuart MacBride

Read: 09/23/09 - 11/04/09
An interesting first novel in the series featuring 'Laz' McRae. I do enjoy police procedurals from other lands. Looking forward to the next in the series.
-New 2 You Challenge
-Local Library Challenge

32. The Ape Who Guards the Balance - Elizabeth Peters

Listened: 10/07/09 - 10/30/09
-Local Library Challenge
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31. Evil at Heart - Chelsea Cain

(ARC) Read: 09/08/09 - 10/18/09
-Pub '09 Challenge
-Trilogy Challenge

30. Seeing a Large Cat - Elizabeth Peters

Listened: 09/12/09 - 10/07/09
-Local Library Challenge
-Audio Book Challenge

29. Bare Bones - Kathy Reichs

Read: Sept/Oct 09
Next in the series, but didn't count for any challenges!

28. Sweetheart - Chelsea Cain

Listened: 09/05/09 - 09/08/09
-Local Library Challenge
-Trilogy Challenge
-Audio Book Challenge