All, except the last one, are authors I've read before - and all do good jobs here ( Read more... )

The Rooster's Antlers illustrated by Xuan Yong Shen, by Eric Kimmel - a small cheat for X - a Chinese Zodiac story about how the animals were chosen to represent the zodiac. Also a warning to think before you act and the story of why roosters hate centipedes. Cut paper illustrations ( Read more... )

Place holder post for 2009 YA Challenge. Not going to list any - am just going to get them throughout the year :)

1. Schooled by Gordon Korman - A commune-raised teenager gets thrust out into society when his grandmother is hospitalized and he's placed in a foster home. Totally unprepared for the outside world, Cap is elected 8th grade class ( Read more... )

And didn't post reviews during the month. Bad me! Going to be bad and just do a list this time.
Best 2 books are in bold.

Excellent books:
Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Fragment by Warren Fahy
Trust No One by Gregg Hurwitz

Very good:
Long Lost by Harlan Coben
The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly
The Spy Who ( Read more... )

Kind of long again, so will cut.

( 8 books )

Oops,that's kind of long. Here's a cut :)

( Graphic novel, romance, crime, and thrillers! )

The Archangel Project by C.S. Graham - more of a thriller with a psychic bent, than paranormal, but, hey, I put them where I want them :) Tobie Guiness is a remote viewer - she can see rooms and objects from miles away. It's not exact though, but still manages to land her in deep trouble. One of her latest viewings uncovers a government ( Read more... )

The Perfect Family by Carla Cassidy - Marissa's husband has been dead a year and she and her children are trying to move on. But the man who killed him in a hit-and-run has also decided that it's now time for them to become his perfect family. Good, fluff thrills.

Pursuit by Karen Robards - Jessica Ford, a new young and ambitious lawyer, is the ( Read more... )

Damage Control by Robert Dugoni - Attorney Dana Hill has everything going for her - until she gets three rapid hits: a diagnosis of breast cancer, her husband is having an affair, and her brother is murdererd. Her investigation into her brother's death leads her to a political coverup that nearly gets her killed. Good storytelling, okay characters ( Read more... )

Triple Cross by Mark T. Sullivan - The Jefferson Club, a super-elite resort in Montana, is currently hosting six of the richest men in the world for a very snowy New Year's Eve, when the place is taken over by anti-globalists, who free the men's families, but keep them to put them on trial for crimes against the world, broadcast over the internet. ( Read more... )