Beginnings ~ Kelley Armstrong

This is the third book a series of 3 prequals to the Women of the Otherworld series. This tells the story of the courtship of Clay and Elaina, how they met, and began dating. And Clay's struggle with how to deal with telling Elaina what he is, and how to get the Pack to accept her.

Ascension ~ Kelley Armstrong

This is the second book a series of 3 prequals to the Women of the Otherworld series. This story starts just a few months after the previous one ended, when Clay was 10, and follows his life through high school, and college, and into his graduate school. During this time, Clay and Jeremy deal with Malcolm, and other pack matters. As well as dealing with the different issues facing a maturing werewolf.

Savage ~ Kelley Armstrong

This is the first in a series of 3 prequals to the Women of the Otherworld series. Savage is written as a memoir, of a young werewolf named Clayton, it tells the story of just a few years when he was 6-8 years old. How he became a werewolf, and how he learned to be human again thanks to a young man named Jeremy who took him in and had the patience to teach him all he needed to know.

Innocent in Death ~ J. D. Robb

This is the twenty-eighth story in the Eve Dallas series. Murder is committed at a elite private school and Eve catches the case. at the same time, one of Rourke's old flame's makes a reappearance in his life, and it is really bothering Eve, even though she KNOWS that Rourke would not cheat on her. What is it gonna take for Eve to solve this murder, and how many will die first? And is Eve's discomfort about Rourke's old flame going to drive a wedge between her and Rourke?

Danse Macabre ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the fourteenth book in the Anita Blake series. Anita is still trying to come to terms with her second triumvirate, and the level of power it has brought her to, as well as with the fact that she is a succubus. Jean-Claude has set up a vampire troupe of performers, ballet, who has been touring the country performing their show, and they are ending the tour in St. Louis. To celebrate the tour, several Masters of the City are visiting St. Louis and with the new powers of the triumvirates yet untried, they are not sure what will happen. Also, it appears that Anita may be pregnant, she is unsure how this will effect her life, but she also knows that she just can't stop being who she is.

Micah ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the thirteenth story in th Anita Blake series, it is a short story. Anita is called to Philadelphia to do a Animating job for the FBI, because Larry has to stay behind with his wife. Because of the Ardour, Anita must take someone with her, process of elimination makes that someone Micah. While in Philly, Anita learns the story behind Micah's infection with lycanthropy.

Incubus Dreams ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the twelfth book in the Anita Blake series. Anita is finally getting a handle on the Ardour, when she accidentally manages to form a second triumvirate with Nathanial and Damian. The new triumvirate seems to have sent all triumvirate members, from both triumvirates, to a new level of power, and no one is quite sure what all the new powers are. Also, Nathanial is not happy with things the way they have been, and now Anita has to figure out what to do.
Also there is a serial killer loose in town, a vampire one, that seems to be a Master not tied to Jean Claude or Malcolm, the leader of the vampire church. Anita needs to find the killer, and figure out what to do with her personal life.

Cerulean Sins ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the eleventh book in the Anita Blake series. Belle Morte, the head of Jean-Claude's line of vampires has learned that Anita has inherited the Ardour, and wants to send her representative, Musette to visit. When Musette arrives 3 months earlier than expected, things start to fall apart, they have to make sure everyone is safe from the machinations of the visiting vampires. And Anita has been called in to consult on a serial murder case, that appears to have been committed by a werewolf. But it appears that Dolph is losing control of his emotions and may not let Anita help.

Narcissus in Chains ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the tenth book in the Anita Blake series. Anita has decided that she is through running from her relationship, and the marks, between her, Richard and Jean-Claude. But before she actually contacts them she is called to help Nathaniel, one of her wereleopards, who is in trouble, and may not survive, but the saving of him is gonna take more than she has, so she must contact Jean Claude for help. In the saving of Nathaniel, Anita almost dies, and it appears that she may be Namir-Ra for the Wereleopards for real, only the next full moon will tell for sure. Anita also meets Micah, who appears to be her Namir-Raj, but will the other men in her life accept him, and what else is gonna come up as they fight this battle?

Obsidian Butterfly ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the ninth book in the Anita Blake Series. I always have the hardest time getting through this one. Edwards calls in the favor that Anita owed him for killing his backup, Harley, in The Killing Dance, and Anita must go to New Mexico to help him figure out who is committing the serial killings. While in New Mexico, Anita meets two others that Edward has called in on the case, as well as several local law enforcement, and the FBI Agent she dealt with in Bloody Bones. Anita has cut off her relationship with Richard and Jean Claude, and each only has a brief appearance in the book. After Anita nearly dies Jean Claude comes to her in a dream, and warns her away from the local Master of the City, cause she has killed all vampires that have entered her territory in the last 50 years, and the counsel has declared the area off limits. Except that Anita has already met her, and must go back. Will Anita figure out what kind of creature is behind the gruesome killings in time? And will she survive the quest?

Blue Moon ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the eighth book in the Anita Blake series. Richard has been arrested in Tennessee on attempted rape charges, and the full moon is swiftly approaching. Anita must go and make him see reason about a lawyer, as well as help him get out of this, but the local Master of the City refuses to allow them in the area. Anita will not be deterred, and ends up going in with some of her leopards, Jason, Asher and Damien. They get Richard out of jail, but run into more problems with the local Master of the City, as well as with the local police. Will they manage to get out of this one alive?

Burnt Offerings ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the seventh book in the Anita Blake series. Anita is called to the hospital, where she learns that in killing Gabriel, the leader of the wereleopards, she has left them leaderless, and any one's meat, now they are suffering for her ignorance. Anita feels she has to do something, so she sets herself up as the temporary leader of the pard.

The Vampire council has come to town, seeking to determine if there needs to be punishment made for the death of another council member, Mr Oliver, from the third book, The Circus of the Damned. Also there is rumor that Jean Claude, Anita and Richard are starting up a new council and if this is true, it needs to be stopped before it undermines the existing counsel. With the council, a ghost from Jean Claude's past appears, Asher, who blames Jean Claude for the death of his love, and human servant, Julianna, as well as the horrible scarring he has lived with for the last 200 years.

The local Fire Marshal also consults with Anita over what appears to be a series of fires that appear to be started by a pyrokenetic. Can Anita, Jean Claude and Richard survive the encounter with the counsel?

The Killing Dance ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the sixth book in the Anita Blake series. In this book a visiting vampire has come to ask Anita for help, he has been on a diet of cold blood, and it has made his body rot, alive, they believe that Anita can help heal him. Problems keep adding up, Edward contacts Anita, it seems that someone tried to hire a hit man to kill her. And Richard is in a battle for command of the local werewolf pack, but there is more behind all this than meets the eye. Anita, Richard and Jean Claude form a triumvirate of power, and manage to do what needs to be done, but will the doing kill them?

Bloody Bones ~ Laurell Hamilton

this is the fifth book in the Anita Blake series. Anita is hired for a job raising dead from a disturbed graveyard outside Branson, the bodies are anywhere from 200-300 years old. Can Anita do it? Along the way, Anita is called to a murder scene, it appears to be a vampire murder. Shortly afterwards, she is called to another murder scene, this one definitely a vampire. Anita needs to meet with the local Master of the City, and brings Jean-Claude into the situation. Jean Claude and Jason, a werewolf, show up in Branson, and they meet with the local Master of the City, and discover they have more trouble than they imagined!

the Lunatic Cafe ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the fourth book in the Anita Blake series. In this book we see very little of the vampires, and learn a great deal more about the Lycanthrope community. We know that Richard is a werewolf, but we meet several more here, as Anita is asked to help investigate the disappearance of several lycanthropes. We get to see Edward again, always a treat! As well as discover some of the hierarchy involved in werepacks.

The Circus of the Damned ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the third book in the Anita Blake series. In this book there is a series of murders committed by what appears to be a rouge master vampire and his troupe. While investigating these murders, Anita encounters Alejandro, one of the oldest vampires that Anita has ever encountered. We see a great deal more Were animals in this book, especially werewolves. This book is also the first appearance of Larry, Anita's new apprentice Vampire Hunter, and Animator. We also meet Richard for the first time in Circus of the Damned, a Junior High School science teacher that for some reason, spends his time with the monsters.

The Laughing Corpse ~ Laurall Hamilton

This is the second book in the Anita Blake series. In this book, Anita is avoiding Jean-Claude, the Master Vampire of the City (St. Louis) who really wants to see Anita. Anita has been marked with two of the marks of a human servant, servant to a master vampire that is, and she is not happy about it, and is not submitting to it. And now there are murders being committed, by something preternatural, and Anita has to figure out what it is, and how to kill it, without getting herself killed in the process.

Guilty Pleasures ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the first book in the Anita Blake series. I just reread this for about the third time, I love this series, it is definitely a sci/fi or fantasy because in these novels Vampires exist, as well as shape shifters or Were's (several species) and vampires are legal citizens in the US. In order to legally deal with criminal vampires the government issues death warrants and vampire hunters then hunt down and kill them, it is illegal to kill a vampire without a warrant. In this novel, we are just being introduced to the world of Anita Blake, we meet a few vampires, as well as Edward, a bounty hunter, and Rafael, the Rat King, he is the leader of the local group of wererats. I love these and reread them fairly often.

Sleeping with the Fishes ~ MaryJanice Davidson

This is a cute novel about a girl who is half mermaid, and only her parents and her best friend know about it. Soon she meets a new marine biologist at work, and the prince of the Undersea people shows up to demand her help with a problem.

This could be a stand alone novel, but would easily worked into an ongoing series, I look forward to how it develops.

Hot Stuff ~ Janet Evanovich and Leanne Banks

Cate Madigan, a bartender and student, is just trying to get through school, and survive the fix ups that her family throws her way. When suddenly, her roommate vanishes. Then Cate meets ex-cop Kellen McBride, he has decided that he needs to get to know Cate better. Soon Cate finds herself in deep trouble, and is not sure how to find her way out of it!

This has a typical Janet Evanovich feel to it, and has most of the usual elements of an Evanovich book. Boy, girl, dog, trouble. The only thing missing is the comedy, still a great book.

Darkfever ~ Karen Marie Moning

This is the first book in a new series, the Dark Series. Mackayla Lane, Mac, grew up in small town Georgia, with her sister, Alina. Now Alina, who was at school in Dublin, is dead, and no one knows why or who did it. Mac is determined to find some answers. Along the way she encounters Jericho Barrons, who knows something about the community that Alaina had become involved in, and may end up keeping Mac alive.

Into the Storm ~ Suzanne Brockmann

This is the Tenth book in the Troubleshooter series. Mark Jenkins, Jenk, with SEAL Team Sixteen, has had an experience in which he thought he was not going to survive, it made him reconsider his life, and his goals in it, and now he has decided that he wants to settle down and have a family. He has set his sights on his teenage crush, Tracy, and even gone as far as to get her a job as receptionist at Troubleshooters Inc. so that he can see her more often. Lindsey Fontaine works for Troubleshooters Inc. as an agent, and is assigned to work on a project with SEAL Teem Sixteen. She feels a strong attraction to Jenk, but is completely not ready for a relationship of any kind. How will they manage to work together and keep their personal lives out of it?

Deadly Game ~ Christine Feehan

This is the fifth book in the Ghostwalkers series. Ken Norton is assigned to protect a senator from an assassination attempt, he soon learns that another team has also been assigned to protect the senator, only neither team knows of the other, and believes the opposing team is the assassins. Along the way Ken meets Marigold, another Ghostwalker, who also happens to be his twin brother, Jack's, wife's twin sister, that they have been looking for.

The Friday Night Knitting Club ~ Kate Jacobs

This is the story of Georgia Walker, who when she was young, alone and pregnant, started her own business, a knitting shop. Now that her daughter is 12, things are going well, and a knitting club has recently started in her shop on Friday nights. And her daughter's father is back in the picture. Georgia helps each woman in the knitting club grow, in their own way, through the course of the book, and when the time comes that Georgia needs help, they are all there for her.

I was a little slow to get interested in this, not sure if it was cause I was so busy, or the beginning was just a little slow, but it was really good. And I really enjoyed it.

Shakespeare’s Counselor~/ Charlaine Harris

This is the fifth book in the Lily Bard series. Lily wakes one night in the middle of a nightmare, only to find she is not strangling the men who attacked her, but Jack, in bed next to her. Lily decides it is time for counseling, and starts to attend a rape survivor group that is held locally. On the evening of the third meeting, Lily and the others show up, and find a body in the counselor's office, so now Lily is trying to figure out for Shakespeare's latest crimes.

Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood ~ Ann Brashares

This is the fourth book in the Traveling Pants series, and the conclusion to the same. This one starts out a little slow, had a weird feel to tit for a while, maybe it was just me, and I wasn't in the right frame of mind. All the girls have their own plans for the summer, and none of them involve being home or with each other, Tibby, Lena, and Carmen are all staying at school for different reasons, and Bee is going to Turkey for an Archeology dig. They continue to trade the pants, but it just doesn't have the same feel as the previous summers, they all pull away from the others for one reason or another.

Shakespeare's Trollop ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the fourth book in the Lily Bard series. On her way back into town after one of her weekly cleaning jobs, Lily sees something that catches her eye, it strikes her as strange so she investigates. And Lily finds a body, the body of a local girl, who Lily also happens to clean for. So she calls it in and the investigation begins. Also Jack tells Lily that they need to talk about their relationship, and they determine that they need to spend more time together, and the will be moving in together. Jack will still have to be in Little Rock, at least part time, but he can spend a great deal more time in Shakespeare with Lily.

Shakespeare's Christmas ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the third book in the Lily Bard series. Lily has to go back to her home town for her sister's wedding, while there, she learns that one of three little girls, including her sisters step-daughter to-be, is not who she seems to be. Jack has come to town, not only to be with Lily, but to find the girl, and return her to her family. Now Lily feels like she has to help Jack discover the truth.

Born in Death ~ J. D. Robb

This is the twenty-seventh in the Eve Dallas series. Eve and Rourke have been convinced to be Mavis's birthing coaches, and now have to attend the classes, and she is throwing Mavis's shower too. Eve gets called out to investigate a double murder, and Peabody insists on helping Eve with the shower prep. One of Mavis' best friends doesn't make it to the shower, and with some investigation, they discover that she has gone missing, now Eve has to find her on top of solving her double homicide.

Shakespeare's Champion ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the second book in the Lily Bard Series. Lily lives in rural Shakespeare, Arkansas, where she cleans for a living, suddenly people are turning up dead, and Lily finds herself in the middle, with no clue how she got there.

Shakespeare's Landlord ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the first book in the Lily Bard series. Lily Bard is a woman with a past, she lives in a small town in Arkansas, and cleans houses. She lives a very quiet life... until she sees someone dumping a body in the local park late one night. Then things start to speed up.

Definately Dead ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the sixth book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. Sookie starts to date Quinn, and while they are out together, they are attacked by Werewolves. Quinn makes sure that all of the supernatural community is aware that Sookie is now under his protection. But Sookie is summoned to New Orleans by the Vampire Queen of Louisiana to settle Sookie's cousin's affairs, as her cousin had been a consort of the queen's when she was killed. While in New Orleans, more attacks occur, and Sookie must discover who is behind them.

Dead as a Doornail ~ Charliane Harris

This is the fifth book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. Sookie's brother Jason has become a shape shifter, due to multiple Wereleopard bites he sustained in the last book. And now someone is shooting shape shifters. Sookie enlists some help from Eric for the bar. and suddenly Sookie's house is set on fire. Sookie has no clue why all these things are happening, but she must get to the bottom of it!

Dead to the World ~ Charliane Harris

This is the fourth book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. Sookie is no longer dating Bill, she is headed home from work one evening, and comes across Eric, the vampire sheriff over the area, on the road, he has no memory, no idea why he is there, and no clue what is going on. Shortly after Sookie takes Eric in and does what she can to help him, her brother Jason disappears, now she needs to find out what has happened to Eric, and who has kidnapped her brother!

Club Dead ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the third book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. In the very beginning of the book Bill tells Sookie he has to leave town for a while, that he is going to Seattle, and is unsure when he will return. A few days later, a vampire friend of Bill's comes to Sookie and tells her that Bill was not in Seattle, but has now gone missing, and they need Sookie's help to find him. Sookie ends up traveling to Jackson, Mississippi in search of what has happened to Bill.

Living Dead In Dallas ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the second book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. In this book, Sookie has to go to Dallas to help the leader of the vampires there solve a mystery, as part of her agreement with Eric, the local leader of the vampires. While in Dallas, Sookie runs up against a group that is against legalized vampires, and also meets some local shape shifters. Once Sookie returns home she still has a murder that is not yet solved and other strange occurrences that she must figure out.

Dead Until Dark ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the beginning of a vampire series. Sookie Stackhouse is a waitress with a disability, at least that is how she sees it. Her disability is that she reads minds, unless she is consciously blocking, she hears what everyone around her is thinking. Then into the bar walks Bill Compton, vampire, and for some reason, she can't read his mind, even if she tries. Sookie is intrigued and interested in Bill, and suddenly, there are a series of murders occurring, that appear to have been committed by vampires. Sookie must solve the crime in order to ensure her security as well as Bill's.

This series reminds me very much of Laurell Hamilton's Anita Blake series, I am enjoying it so far.

Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony ~ Eoin Colfer

This is the fifth book in the Artemis Fowl series. In this book Artemis has discovered that something massive is happening, and unless he does something to stop it, all of the underworld will be exposed, and possibly destroyed. This is the tale of what Artemis has to go through to keep the fairy kind a secret.

Bite Me if You Can ~ Lynsay Sands

This is the fifth book in the Argeneau series. Lucian, the oldest member, and the backbone of the Argeneau family, is in Kansas City hunting down Morgan, an Immortal who has gone rogue. As He gets closer to destroying Morgan, he finds Leigh, a local restaurant owner, who Morgan has initiated the change on, but has not yet completed the change. Lucian ends up taking Leigh back to Toronto to complete the change, and discovers along the way that she is his lifemate, something he had given up on centuries earlier.

The Dream-Hunter ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

This novel is part of the Dark Hunter series. Arikos was doomed by the gods, he had lived for eternity and had no emotions of his own. The only time he could experience an emotion was when he was sharing a dream with a human. And he has finally found a dreamer who's vivid mind he can't live without.
Dr Megeara Kafieri was in search of Atlantis. She has spent most of her life in search of a place that most people believe is a myth. But Megeara knows better, she knows it exists, and better yet, she believes she knows where it is.
Together maybe they can uncover secrets that have been hidden for thousands and thousands of years.
I really enjoyed this book, though was slightly disappointed that it wasn't 'next' in the series. It does explain a lot of mysteries that we have been wanting solved. it is just not the next story chronologically.

Afterglow ~ Catherine Coulter

Chelsea is a flamboyant, Californian romance writer, David is a stuffed shirt, Bostonian doctor, what on earth could they possibly have in common? When a mutual friend decides to fix them up they will find out. More than once the fur will fly! This is a pretty good romance, it predates Catherine Coulter's FBI series, but there is the same basic style, if none of the mystery elements. I enjoyed it.

Naked in Death ~ J. D. Robb

This is the first book in in Death series. I have read this before, and reread it for a book club at Batgirls. I really enjoy it, Eve Dallas, a New York cop, is investigating a murder, that becomes a serial killer. She approaches the case with a singular determination and dedication.

The Shape Shifter ~ Tony Hillerman

This is the latest in the Leaphorn/Chee mystery series. Chee has a very small part in this story, mostly he is hearing the story as Leaphorn tells it.

Retired Leutenant Leaphorn has been contacted about a murder he helped to investigate when he was just a rookie, something that was supposedly destroyed has turned up. And out of curiosity, Leaphorn decides to look into it, and finds a really intriguing mystery along the way.

On a side note, the man who owns the rug, his name is Jason Delos, which really struck my interest, cause my best friend growing up was named Jayson Delos for his first and middle name. and his middle name is a family name. Just made me wonder...

Texas! Sage ~ Sandra Brown

This is the third in Texas! trilogy by Sandra Brown. Sage Tyler is the youngest, and only girl in her family, she feels that her older brothers only see her as the baby sister and a brat, she sets out to prove them wrong. At the same time, she just can't resist her attraction to the troubleshooter her brothers have brought in to help the business, Harlan Boyd. Sage sets out to create a place in the family business for herself, and prove once and for all she is not the air head her brothers believe!

Texas! Lucky ~ Sandra Brown

This is the first book in the Texas! trilogy by Sandra Brown. Lucky Tyler is a suspect in an arson case, only he didn't do it, and he can't find the woman he was with to prove it! When he finally finds her, she refuses to admit that she was with him for reasons of her own.
I enjoy this trilogy, but hadn't read it in about 15 years.

Princess Diaries 4: Mia Goes Forth ~ Meg Cabot

This is the fourth in the Princess Diaries series. Mia has returned from Genovia from the Christmas holidays and school is starting up again. and Mia has issues.. this is not a bad book, but I am going to have to take a break from the series. I can only take so much Teenage Angst without going nuts.

Texas! Chase ~ Sandra Brown

This is the second book in Sandra Brown's Texas! trilogy, I picked them up in the wrong order. Chase Tyler, is a haunted man, he is haunted by the death of his young wife in a car accident. Marcie is an old friend of Chase's from school, and unfortunately, the person who was driving the car Chase's wife was killed in, though, she was not at fault. Two years after his wife's death, Chase is living a reckless life of rodeo and alcohol, when he gets stepped on my ab bull, and just by chance, Marcie is there to witness it. Marcie sees him home safely, and says a few things to him to make him see how much his hurting has hurt those most dear to him, his family.

Princess in Love ~ Meg Cabot

This is the third book in the Princess Diaries series. These are definitely teen girl books, and not the truly any age books that some are, like the Harry Potter Series, or the Anne of Green Gables series, or the Little House series.
She spent the entire book agonizing about whether a certain boy liked her. While at the same time getting ready for finals and dealing with princess training and all the other events in her life. Not that they are bad, by any means, they are pretty good, you just have to consider the target age when reading them.

Brother Odd ~ Dean Koontz

This is the third book in the Odd Thomas series. Odd Thomas is a young man (only 21) who can see spirits. He says the dead never talk, but he usually figures out how to help them on to the other side even without them speaking. One of the spirits that Odd encounters most often is Elvis. Elvis does not haunt a particular place, but seems attached to Odd, and is one of the few ghosts who freely interacts with Odd. Odd has has some troubling and disturbing events occur in his life in the last 18 months, and has recently retreated to a monastery in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to try to find some peace. Unfortunately, the monastery is not as peaceful as Odd would have hoped, but Odd manages to make it through and move on to the next challenge.

Princess in the Spotlight ~ Meg Cabot

This is the second book in the Princess Diaries series. This novel takes place in October of Mia's Freshman year of high school. She is still attending school and living in New York, and taking princess lessons from her grandmother. In the very beginning of the book we learn that Mia's mother is pregnant, by Mia's algebra teacher. Most of the book is Mia and her family dealing with this. And how Mia handles the pressures of learning to be a princess and attending high school.

The Princess Diaries I ~ Meg Cabot

OK, I picked this book up after having seen the movie and thinking it would be a pretty good book. I was right, it is a pretty good book, BUT, try to forget you have seen the movie, or if possible, don't see the movie first. Don't think of this as the same story, the way a lot of movies made from books are. If you can think of them as two totally separate stories, then you will be OK, I had a hard time with thinking... That isn't how it was in the movie!! But it really is a good story, and really well told, I like the diary perspective too, it is different from a lot of things you read these days, it is definitely interesting enough for me to pick up the next one soon.

Shadow Dance ~ Julie Garwood

This is the sixth book in the Buchanan series. In this novel we also learn that the Buchanan series is loosely tied to her Rose series (For the Roses, One Pink Rose, One White Rose, One Red Rose, Come the Spring). Jordan Buchanan is goaded out of her safe established life by her brother's partner, Noah Clayborne, and she goes to Texas, in a treasure hunt for a friend. What she finds in Texas is a lot more trouble than treasure, and in some ways, more treasure than trouble.

Dark Celebration ~ Christine Feehan

This is the seventeenth novel in the Dark series. In this novel the goal is for all the Carpathians to get together and celebrate the Christmas season, but there are problems from the start. The women are determined to prepare the entire feast in 'the human manner' and there are several problems that arise from being unfamiliar with the methods, or simply that it has been so long since they actually did anything like we do. Added to this problem is that there seems to be attacks being made on the Carpathians. More than one of them encounters a vampire, and the vampires have new tricks up their sleeves too!

Circle of Quilters ~ Jennifer Chiaverini

This is an Elm Creek Quilts novel. It is very different from most things I read, Elm Creek Quilting Camp is hiring for 2 new positions, and have had many people apply. This books follows the quilting stories of the 5 applicants they choose to interview. Each has a different story and life, and quilting means a very different thing to each person, in the end they offer the two positions, but the positions are secondary to the story, the greatest part of the story is the people who apply.

The story was quite engrossing, and I may pick up some more of Jennifer Chiaverini's work.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ~ J. K Rowling

This is the fourth book in the Harry Potter series. In this book, they have decided to revive the Tri-Wizard's competition. There are supposed to be Three competitors, one from each of the three schools involved, Hogwarts, Beaubatons, and Durmstrang. However, when the time comes for the names to be chosen, a fourth name was chosen by the magical object set to do the choosing, the fourth was Harry Potter, several years younger than the other competitors, Harry has no clue who put his name in for consideration. As his name has been drawn, he is required to compete, and goes on to try his best at the three tasks set for the competitors.

This was a good novel, it explained a lot of things from earlier novels but still left lots of questions to be answered in the future.

Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood ~ Ann Brashares

This is the Third book in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series. This year the girls are 17, and moving on in life and preparing to go away to collage. The four girls, Tibby, Bridget, Lena and Carmen take turns with a seemingly magical pair of pants (fits and flatters 4 very different girls wonderfully), and in the wearing, something magical seems to occur with each girl. The wearer will make a realization or have something wonderful happen to them .
A great story, very entertaining and uplifting. A great young adult novel

Plum Lovin' ~ Janet Evanovich

This is part of the Stephanie Plum series, a between the numbers novel, it takes place between Twelve Sharp and Lean Mean Thirteen. Stephanie is given the strange task of solving the problems of five people in order to get the skip she is hunting. She starts looking into things, and all five problems have to do with love, and she has to solve the problems by Valentine's Day!!

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ~ J. K. Rowling

This is the Third book in the Harry Potter series. This is Harry's third year at Hogwarts, and the year starts off with an escape from prison, by the person who was convicted of turning Harry's parents over to Voldemort, though Harry has no idea who he is or what he has done. Harry returns to school, and many things happen, the school is being guarded by Dementor's the guards from Azkaban. Also, Harry and his friends start new classes, and have another new teacher for Defense Against the Dark Arts. Harry has a very busy year, with studying, and Quiddich, plus everything else that his happening at school.

Very good, I really enjoy these books, and this is one of the best, actually, I think as they progress, they get better.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ~ J. K. Rowling

This is the second book in the Harry Potter series. We return to Harry's story on his twelfth birthday. At which time his Aunt and Uncle try to prevent Harry from returning to Hogwarts for his second year. Harry's friend Ron, and Ron's twin brothers, George and Fred, rescue Harry and he spends the rest of the summer with their family. After Harry's return to Hogwarts, strange things keep happening leading us to believe that the Chamber of Secrets has once again been opened. The question is who has opened it, and what will they do before they are caught!!

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ~ J. K. Rowling

This is the first book in the Harry Potter series. Harry, a young boy who has been raised by his aunt and uncle, discovers on his eleventh birthday, that he is a wizard, and there is a whole other community than the one he has been living in. He is invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where both of his parents attended before they were killed when Harry was a baby. Harry discovers that his parents were killed by an evil wizard, and not killed in a car accident as his aunt had told him. As we follow Harry's first year at Hogwarts we learn a great deal about the magicking world and Harry's history in it.


I really enjoy these books, I have read them several times already and was just in the mood to do so again.

The Corset Diaries ~ Katie MacAlister

This book tells the story of Tessa Riordan, an American, who has been hired to live as an English Duchess did in 1879 for one month, for a television show. It is written as a diary, of the events and adventures that happen as she attempts to live a lifestyle she has only read about. Along the way, she meets Max, the Duke for the show, as well as many other people playing rolls for the program.

This book was hilarious I laughed and laughed.

Even Vampires get the Blues ~ Katie MacAlister

This is the fourth book in the Dark Ones series. In this novel, Paen, a Dark One, has been contacted about fulfilling a contract that his father agreed to two hundred and fifty years earlier. He must find and return a statue to the demon the contract was with. In trying to fulfill this contract, Paen hires Samantha Cosse, a half-elf private detective, to aide him in the search. it is quickly discovered that Samantha is his Beloved, though not nearly as accepted. This is a pretty good story, with several twists and turns that really surprised me.

Sex, Lie and Vampires ~ Katie MacAlister

This is the third book in the Dark Ones series. In this novel, Nell, a Medieval history professor and charmer, has been hired to find Damien, a Dark One child, who has been abducted and is being held by a demon lord. Along the way, she meets Adrian, a dark one known as Adrian the Betrayer, as he is bound to a demon lord, and had turned Dark Ones over to him in the past.

Sex and the Single Vampire ~ Katie MacAlister

this is the second book in the Dark Ones series. Christian, who we met in Single Girls Guide to Vampires, is in London for a book signing, and visiting with Joy, Raphael and Roxy. While in London, he meets Allegra, Allie for short, a Summoner there on tour, visiting haunted places in town trying to document ghosts and summon them. Allegra agrees to help Christian find a friend of his who has disappeared, and they have a great adventure.

A Girl's Guide to Vampires ~ Katie MacAlister

This is the first in a series of vampire books by Katie MacAlister. In this book Joy and her friend Roxy visit the Czech Republic in a hunt for a writer who writes their favorite series.. about vampires. Along the way they meat new people, and discover that there has been a series of murders following the vampire fair that is in the area where they are going. They attempt to solve the crimes, and Joy falls in love at the same time.

A Bite to Remember ~ Lynsay Sands

This is the fifth book in the Argeneau series. In this novel Vincent, an actor, is having trouble with his productions, it appears as though someone is sabotaging them, forcing him to stop productions on several plays. Vincent hires a private detective who is used to dealing with vampires. Jackie Morrisey, who's name he got through Bastien, his cousin. Jackie has been dealing with vampires since she turned 18 and her father brought her into the detective agency. She has had some encounters with vampires that have left her very leery of them and unable to trust them.

Tall, Dark and Hungry ~ Lynsay Sands

This is the fourth book in the Argeneau series. In this story we follow the tale of Bastien Argeneau, as he is trying to help his brother Lucern, and his fiance Kate, prepare for their wedding, suddenly, Kate's cousin / best friend Terri is coming to town, and Kate and Lucern need to go out of town. Terri ends up staying at the family penthouse with Bastien while they try to make sure everything goes smoothly for the two people who are so important to them!

Robot Santa ~ Dean Koontz

The Further Adventures of Santa's Twin, this is a sequel to Koontz's Santa's Twin. This is written as a poem, similar to Twas the Night before Christmas, but with much more mischief. Santa's twin brother, Bob, has built a robot to help out Santa on the big night.. but something has gone wrong!!!

I found this quite amusing, it was written as a children's book, like the Santa's Twin, with some really great illustrations. It is definitely a collector's item!!

Single White Vampire ~ Lynsay Sand

This is the third in book in the Argeneau series. In this story, Lucern, a writer, who has been writing the stories of his siblings' romances and had them published as paranormal fiction, meets Kate, his new editor, who is determined that Lucern do at least one publicity event.

Love Bites ~ Lynsay Sands

This is the second book in the Argeneau series. This is the story of Etienne Argeneau, a video game programmer, and Rachel, a local coroner. Etienne ends up in Rachel's morgue, when she realizes that he appears to be healing... and all of a sudden a man bursts in, and tells her that Etienne is a vampire, and proceeds to attempt to cut his head of with an ax. Rachel steps into the way and is morally wounded by the ax, the man runs off. Etienne turns her to vampire to save her life, and then must teach her how to survive. While trying to protect her from the man who is trying to kill him.

A Quick Bite ~ Lynsay Sands

This is the first installment in the Argeneau series. This is about Lissianne, a vampire, but the twist is that vampires are not what we have always thought of them as, they are basically human, but need blood to survive, like hemophiliacs. The race originally started way back in Atlantis, when nanos were invented (tiny, tiny computers, that are introduced into the body intravenously, designed to repair the body, then self destruct) the problems is that the body is always sustaining damage. From the sun.. from aging.. from disease... so the nanos are constantly repairing the body, so you live much longer, and it is the nanos that require the blood, they use blood to reproduce and for fuel, so the more damage your body sustains, the more blood you need to drink.

Anyway, Lissianne has a phobia... she is hemophobic, this can be a major problem to someone who must drink blood to survive!! So her mother kidnaps a psychologist who specializes in phobias for Lissi's birthday to cure her of her phobia.

This was great, I can't wait to get to more in the series!!!

Motor Mouth ~ Janet Evanovich

This is the second book in the Barnaby series. Alex Barney has a taste for speed and trouble. In an attempt to help a friend Barney and her sometimes boyfriend, Hooker, "borrow' a NASCAR hauler, discover a dead body and become wanted for questioning in said murder. The owners of the hauler want something back that was hidden in the hauler, and are willing to forget that it was "borrowed" only if that item is returned, undamaged. It turns out to be a wild ride, running from the bad guys and dealing with the bodies that keep turning up. There is a great deal of comedy and blunders that just keep you laughing and engrossed as the story rolls along.

Mistral's Kiss ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the fifth novel in the Merry Gentry series. Merry is a half faerie, as in one of the magic peoples from Ireland, and is in a contest to become the queen of the Unseelie, the first person, Merry or her cousin Cel, to reproduce shall become ruler, Merry would be Queen, where Cel would be King. There is a battle going on among all the Faerie peoples in the underworld ruled by the Unseelie, between those who want to see Merry rule, and those who want to see Cel rule.

Danse Macabre ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the fourteenth book in the Anita Blake series. This book seems to be where we will work out a lot of emotional issues. In the very beginning, Anita believes she may be pregnant, and is unsure how to deal with how she is feeling about this possibility. We also see some of Richard's issues, a lot more of Anita's and even some of Asher's.

At the same time, they have a bunch of visiting Master's of the City, who have been invited to enjoy a traveling ballet group, made up entirely of vampires. And, of course, there are complications in dealing with all the visiting Masters.

Micah ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the thirteenth book in the Anita Blake series, it is a short story, at least much shorter than the average book in this series. In this book, Anita and Micah take a trip to Philadelphia for an Animating (raising a zombie) job for the FBI. The agent in charge of the case that Anita has been hired for is one that already knew Micah, and Anita now learns the story of how Micah became a wereleopard. Also in the story they learn that though Anita is not a Lycantrope, she is a carrier for four different kinds of lycantropy, which is totally unheard of! Great story, shows a bit more back ground and day to day life for Anita and her men.

Incubus Dreams ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the twelfth book in the Anita Blake series. We see a lot of progress in Anita's personal situation in this book, she realizes that she is not giving Nathanial what he needs, that in trying to make herself feel like she is not using him, while making him her Pomme de Sang, that in fact, she is making him feel used. She also manages to forge another Triumvirate, this one between her, Nathanial, and Damian, and in this one Anita is the Master.

Anita also moves to another level in her dealings with the Ardeur, and in the amount of power that her triumvirates wield. During all this, Anita is also trying to help the police solve a serial murder, committed by vampires.

Fear the Darkness ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

This is a short story that is part of the Dark Hunter series. It tells a small portion of Nick's tale, Nick was a friend to Ash, for a long time, until Nick's mother was killed by Daimons. Nick blamed Ash and called down Artemis, and when Artemis told him that he had to be dead to become a Dark Hunter, he killed himself. Now Nick is determined to use his immortality to get revenge against Ash for allowing his mother to die.

Cerulean Sins ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the eleventh book in the Anita Blake series. In this book, the vampire at the head of Jean-Claude's line has sent a representative to visit with Jean-Claude, she arrives three months early and totally unexpected, and this causes many problems. We deal with the visiting vampires, as well as Richard's issues with himself and his beast, as well as a serial murderer loose in St. Louis. Anita is also learning to deal with and control the Ardeur, which is what makes Anita a form of Succubus, it is a need she gained when she and Jean-Claude married the marks of her being his human servant.

Narcissus in Chains ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the tenth book in the Anita Blake series. In the very beginning of this novel, Anita is called to rescue Nathanial, one of her wereleopards. Once she gets to the club where he is, there is more going on that they originally thought. Anita and Jean-Claude, along with Richard, ‘marry’ their vampire marks, meaning that Anita and Richard receive the 4^th and finial mark of servant, and they are now a true triumvirate. In the fight to get Nathanial back, Anita is severely injured, and it now appears that Anita may be a wereleopard herself, and the true Namir-Ra to her pard. Anita also has to try to save Damien, the vampire she has managed to free from his creators and his blood oath to Jean-Claude, by way of her necromancy, who after she cut herself off from everyone to try to come to terms with herself, went crazy and has spent the last 6 months locked in a coffin covered in crosses.

Obsidian Butterfly ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the ninth novel in the Anita Blake series. In this novel Anita has to repay Edward for having killed his backup in a previous novel (The Killing Dance). He calls Anita and tells her he needs her to come to Santa Fe and help with the case he is working on. Anita arrives in New Mexico, and visits the crime scenes, and starts investigating, as well as meeting a couple more of Edwards associates. Anita also meets the local Master of the City, an Aztec goddess.

Blue Moon ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the eighth book in the Anita Blake series. In the very beginning of this book, Anita gets a call, Richard has been arrested in Tennessee for Attempted Rape, which we all know he didn't commit. The Master of the City there has refused to allow Jean-Claude or any of his people passage, but Anita goes anyway. After they get down there, Anita and her bodyguards, a couple vampires, a few wereleopards, and a few werewolves, run into trouble with the local sheriff, as well as with the Master of the City. Together with the local werewolf den, they battle it out and solve the problems.

Burnt Offerings ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the seventh book in the Anita Blake series. In the beginning of this novel, Anita learns that her killing Gabriel in the last book has left the Wereleopards without a leader, and they have become anyone's meat, basically, free for anyone who cares to use or abuse them. So in trying to help them out, she becomes their Alpha, their leader. At the same time, she is still considered Lupa for the Werewolves, cause Richard still has not chosen another mate, so she also protects / commands them.
While all this is happening, the Vampire Counsel has come to town, looking for revenge for the killing of one of it's members... Mr Oliver (Circus of the Damned). Anita must do her best to protect or seek revenge for her Wereleopards and her Werewolves, while trying to survive the encounter with the Council, and not getting any of their party killed.

The Killing Dance ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the sixth novel in the Anita Blake series. In this novel Anita is still dating both Richard and Jean-Claude. And Edward informs her that there has been a contract taken out on her life, someone wants her dead. So Anita and Edward try to find the assassin before the assassin can find Anita. In the mean time, Anita is still navigating the intricacies of dating a werewolf and a vampire.

Bloody Bones ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the fifth book in the Anita Blake series. Anita is called to another part of the state to investigate some preternatural deaths. While there, there are some vampire killings, and Anita becomes involved, and ends up having to ask Jean-Claude for help. We get to see a lot more of Jean-Claude and Jason, a werewolf that Jean Claude keeps close to him. There is also a great deal more cooperation between Anita and Jean-Claude in this novel. We only have one scene with Richard in the entire novel, and it is a short one. There is also very little of the RPIT team, as they are stuck in St. Louis investigating a murder of their own.

The Lunatic Cafe ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the fourth book in the Anita Blake series. This is more about shape shifters than Vampires, although, Jean-Claude does play a role, as Anita is convinced to date both him and Richard. This book starts out with a missing werewolf and her husband is looking for her. As the story progresses we find out that there are 7 or 8 missing Lycanthropes, of several different species. Anita has been hired to find out what happened to them, at the same time, she has to face some of the difficulties of dating a werewolf.

Circus of the Damned ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the third book in the Anita Blake Series. In this book Anita has her first real encounters with Lycanthropes, or shape shifters, more specifically, werewolves. She is trying to solve a series of murders committed by vampires and has more than one meeting with Jean-Claude to that end. This is also the first time we encounter Richard Zeeman, a love interest for Anita.

The Laughing Corpse ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the second book in the Anita Blake series. In this book, someone wants Anita to raise a zombie so old that she would need a human sacrifice to do so, Anita refuses, so that person is out to convince her that she needs to do it. Anita is also trying to avoid Jean-Claude, the new Master of the City (vampire), who wants Anita to be his human servant. She is also threatened by a voodoo priestess who wants Anita to join her in a 'business venture.' There is plenty of action, from being assaulted by muscle bound bodyguards, to being attacked by zombies.

This is one of my favorite series, it progresses well, and is quite entertaining.

Guilty Pleasures ~ Laurell Hamilton

This is the first in the Anita Blake series. Anita is an animator, she is able to raise the dead. She is also known as The Executioner, because she is a vampire hunter, she chases and kills vampires who have been convicted to death (in Anita's world, vampirism has been legalized, there is living, dead and undead... ) In this novel, the Master of the City (vampire) hires Anita, against her will, to solve a series of vampire murders happening in St. Louis (Anita's home city). Along the way we learn some of Anita's history, and meet some of her friends.

I have read this series before, and I really like it, it was just what I am in the mood to read for the next little bit.

Breaking Point ~ Suzanne Brockmann

This is the ninth book in the Troubleshooters series. It tells the story of Max, an FBI negotiator, and Gina, who was a hostage in an earlier novel, that Max worked trying to free. Very engrossing, made me shake just to read it, I couldn't wait till I could get back to it.

Hot Target ~ Suzanne Brockmann

This is the eight book in the Troubleshooters series. It tells the story of Cosmo, a Navy SEAL with Team Sixteen, working part time for for Troubleshooters Inc. and J. Mercedes Chadwick, a Hollywood movie producer. Mercedes is making a movie about a couple of men during WWII and has started receiving death threats, when her production company hires Troubleshooters Inc. to see to her security. This story was very engrossing, and involved, it was very hard for me to put it down and do anything else, I LOVED it. I was totally surprised by the bad guy in the end, I had it totally wrong!

Thanksgiving ~ Janet Evanovich

This is one of her early romances, it is Very cute, and entertaining, not as funny as the Stephanie Plum novels, but I can see the start of them . Tells the story of Megan, a part time ticket taker, part time potter, and Pat, a pediatrician. As a baby is dropped in their laps and they can't bear to call CPS, so they take care of it till the mother returns. Along with all the happenings and mishaps along the way.

Flashpoint ~ Suzanne Brockmann

This is the seventh book in the Troubleshooters series. It is the first novel that they are no longer part of Navy SEAL Team Sixteen, but have broken off, and formed Troubleshooters Inc. This is the story of Jimmy, and Tess, both Ex-CIA, who have quit, and been recruited by Troubleshooters Inc. then sent in to a hostile area to retrieve an item that is pivotal to counter terrorism battles. Very engrossing, and quite entertaining.

Gone too Far ~ Suzanne Brockmann

This is the sixth novel in the Troubleshooter's series, it tells the story of Sam, a Navy Seal with Team Sixteen, and Alyssa, a former Navy sniper, now working for FBI's counterterriorism unit. We have seen lots of Sam and Alyssa in the past, and it is finally time for their story. Sam's daughter and ex-wife have disappeared, and Sam is a suspect in their disappearance. Alyssa is part of the team in charge of apprehending and questioning Sam, but doesn't believe that Sam is guilty. This is an action packed thriller, I just couldn't put it down. it was GREAT

Into the Night ~ Suzanne Brockmann

This is the fifth book in the Troubleshooters series. This tells the story of Joan, a White House Staffer, and Mike, a Navy SEAL with Team Sixteen's Troubleshooters. Mike starts out giving Joan a tour of the base and an example of some of what SEALs go through in training and Hell Week on the base where Team Sixteen is stationed. We also get to follow the story of a couple during WWII. I was very entertained by this story, I was engrossed in the action and intrigue, and kept hopping my the events in the story, I did figure out who the bad guy was in the end, long before some even realized that there WAS a bad buy, But I think part of that may be that I am becoming accustomed to Suzanne's writing style.

Out of Control ~ Suzanne Brockmann

This is the fourth novel in the Troubleshooter's series. It tells the story of Savannah, a young lawyer who needs to make a trip to Indonesia to deliver a large amount of money to help her uncle, and enlists the aid of Ken Karmody, a Navy Seal with Team Sixteen's Troubleshooters unit. We follow their adventures and misadventures to and through Indonesia. We also get to hear the story of Savannah's grandmother, a double agent between the US and Germany during WWII..

I really enjoyed this novel, it was very entertaining, and so engrossing I could barely put it down.

Over the Edge ~ Suzanne Brockmann

This is book #3 in the Troubleshooters series by Suzanne. So far, this series is very engrossing. You have a elite Navy Seals team, and a crisis that they have to work an op through, and the main romance that happens along the way. At the same time you have a background romance, as well as a retelling of a romance that happened during a previous war (in the three I have read so far, we have had one during WWI and two during WWII) and in the end, it all ties together and makes sense, it is quite engrossing and very entertaining.

The Wizard of London ~ Mercedes Lackey

This is the fourth novel in the Elemental Masters' series by Mercedes Lackey. It takes place in 19th century England, and tells the story of 2 young talented girls in a boarding school, and their encounters with a few things magical.

The Defiant Hero ~ Suzanne Brockmann

This is the second novel in the Troubleshooters series. This is a story about Meg, who's daughter and grandmother have been abducted by terrorists, and given her a job to get them back. Along the way she enlists and uses a Navy Seal that she once knew. This is the story of what she has to do, and what happens along the way. It was a very intriguing and engrossing story, I really enjoyed it.

The Unsung Hero ~ Suzanne Brockmann

This is the first book in the Troubleshooters series. This is the story of a Navy Seal who has been injured and goes home on leave to visit his family. While there he thinks he sees a terrorist that he has spent a great deal of time hunting in the past, but is presumed to be dead now. He meets the girl he loved before he left, and tries to deal with the impending death of her father, who happens to be his uncle's best friend for over 60 years, all while trying to determine if he actually is seeing this terrorist, or if he is going crazy.

I really enjoyed this novel, it reminds me a great deal of Catherine Coulter's FBI series. Lots of mystery and suspense with several plot twists. It kept me enthralled!

Whirlpool ~ Elizabeth Lowell

This is a reprint of an older Ann Maxwell book called Ruby, I didn't realize this at first, but since I hadn't read Ruby, I still enjoyed it.

The book tells the story of jewelry designer Laurel Swann, whose father has stolen a previously unknown Faberge egg, and now the owners are after her for it. Along the way she meets Cruz Rowan, an ex FBI agent who is trying to recover the egg. They team up and do what they can to keep from being killed, and to return the egg to its owners.

This book has a similar feeling to it as Lowell's Donovan series, which I loved, so I found this one quite enjoyable, can't wait till her next release!!