(A) means I listened to it.
(BC) means I read it for a book club.
(RR) means I re-read it.
I also put this information into goodreads.com. You can find me there with my gmail address (the.karend).
January 1, 2010 to Now: (latest finished on top)
The Other Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory
I’ve had this book what feels like forever. I took it on several vacations and brought it back unstarted. My procrastination continued once I did finally start it; it took me a very long time to get through this. I’ve had an affinity for Anne Boleyn since I portrayed her in a school event in 6th grade, so this annoyed me rather more than most historical novels since I’m more familiar with the documented facts than usual. I wish the author had just made up characters and not messed with real people.
A Touch of Dead, Charlaine Harris
I checked this out of the library not realizing I’d already read most of these stories in other collections. The ones that were new to me weren’t any better than the ones I’d already read—I’m afraid Sookie has jumped the shark for me.
Mr. Majestyk, Elmore Leonard, read by Frank Muller (A)
Several of the plot points made me say “o rly?” but this was a good car book—enough happening to keep my interest but nothing too complicated to distract me from driving.
Playing for Pizza, John Grisham, read by Christopher Evan Welch (A)
This was a pleasant enough book, though all the lengthy descriptions of food and tourist sites in Italy made me wonder if this was written just so the author could claim a vacation in Italy as a business expense.
Many Bloody Returns, Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, Kelley Armstrong, and Others
This is a collection of short stories written around the theme of vampires and birthdays. Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse story is the headliner here, but it was nowhere near the best one in the book—it felt forced to me, and didn’t really add anything to the mythos of that world. I liked Christopher Golden’s coming of age story the best—maybe because it was different than the typical vampire tale.
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