Book 61:  C.E. Murphy, Urban Shaman, Book 1 of the Walker Papers series.  Paranormal.  5 stars.

Comic threads intertwine with the darker ones, making this an enjoyable read. Joanne's insistance on walking away from her heritage and being "just a mechanic" bite her in the butt as she goes on a wild chase to rescue a woman she saw chased from the ( Read more... )

Lots of books (I need to review more often!)

Book 52:  Richard K. Morgan - Woken Furies,  Book 3 of the Takeshi Kovacs series.  Cyberpunk.  4 stars.

While the Takeshi Kovacs books remain dark in nature due to their cyberpunk theme, this third novel seemed to be the darkest of the three.  Kovacs is revived on his homeworld of Harlan's World this time ( Read more... )

Book 47 - Laurell K. Hamilton, The Harlequin, Book 15 of the Anita Blake series.  Paranormal fantasy.  4 stars.

At last, a return to a bit more plot than porn in the Anita Blake series, with more of the harem as actual people instead of yet another boy-toy for Anita.  This one had strong overtones of the early books, with an actual mystery to be ( Read more... )

43. Jim Butcher - Fool Moon, book 2 of the Dresden Files series.  Paranormal (modern horror/fantasy).  5 stars.

Still a good series, with Harry being a likeable character who tends to succeed as much by sheer luck and bravado as by skill.  I like the twists on the traditional werewolf mythos used in this one - much better than the standard Hollywood ( Read more... )

I knew I'd missed some books (plus got to add the two I just finished).

38-39. Anne Bishop, books 1-2 of The World of the Fae series (The Pillars of the World [REREAD], Shadows and Light).  Fantasy.  5 stars.

Bishop remains one of my all time favorite authors.  While the fae series doesn't enthrall me as much as the Dark Jewels one did, it still has ( Read more... )

Playing catchup since I haven't updated my book list since March and the new baby's arrival in April. This isn't nearly everything yet (library's website is down) so I'll probably miss some non-series stuff.

Books 8-37.

8. Tanya Huff - Long, Hot Summoning, Book 3 of the Keeper's Chronicles series. Modern Fantasy. 4.5 stars.

Series note: Very good ( Read more... )

5. Sarah Ash - Prisoner of the Iron Tower, Book 2 of The Tears of Artamon series.  Fantasy.  3 stars

Series note:  this series still has strong flaws with overall characterization.  While the main character has fleshed out a little, and some of the others are interesting, the "villain" is a Jekyll/Hyde style character whom I often feel is just ( Read more... )

I didn't keep track of books in 2006... the year was just nuts all around. But I'm going to try to do better this year, since I've tracked my reading since 2003 otherwise. ;-)

Got a B&N giftcard for Xmas and invested in my favorite series that I've never actually owned... Anne Bishop's Dark Jewels trilogy.

1. Anne Bishop - Daughter of the Blood, ( Read more... )