Reading lists - a bit of a catch up

Even though I haven't posted any reading lists for ages, I've still been reading & keeping a record!

Dec 2007:

• Transformation (Carol Berg)
• Chasm City (Alastair Reynolds)
• The Empty Chair (Jeffery Deaver)
• Portuguses Irregular Verbs (Alexander McCall Smith)
• Like Mother, Like Daughter (Jane Sigaloff)
• Polar City Nightmare (Katharine Kerr)
• Love & Devotion (Erica James)
• My Legendary Girlfriend (Mike Gayle)
• Revelation (Carol Burg)
• Sleep No More (Greg Iles)
• In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (Alexander McCall Smith)

Unfortunately, I didn't keep any notes on what books I enjoyed or not but I do remember that I was very disappointed with 'Portuguese Irregular Verbs'. I'm guessing that I enjoyed the Carol Burg books if I went on to read the 2nd one in the series.

Jan 2008:

• She's All That (Kristin Billerbeck) - Christian chick lit (had to read it when it was categorised as that!)
• Small Town (Lawrence Block) - skim read this. Absolute trash. Don't bother. Thank goodness for libraries.
• Lot of Love (Fiona Walker) - chick lit
• The Curse of Challion (Lois McMaster Bujold) - fantasy
• Vroom by the Sea (Peter Moore) - travel. Have fantasies of doing this sort of thing (travelling by Vespa in Italy)
• Paladin of Souls (Lois McMaster Bujold) - fantasy
• The Blessing File (Caroline Morwood)
• Friends, Lovers, Chocolate (Alexander McCall Smith) - mildly entertaining
• Natural History (Justina Robson) - fantasy/sci fi. Really couldn't be bothered with it & returned it unread

On to the next month which was . . .

Feb 2008:

• China Road (Rob Gifford) - non-fiction. Absolutely brilliant and positive. One of those books that I just had to keep reading
• A Sight for Sore Eyes (Ruth Rendell) - murder/mystery. Depressing
• Accelerando (Charles Stross) - sci fi. I don't remember this one at all but made a note saying mind bending!
• Seeing George (Cassandra Austin) - this was categorised as a modern fairytale and was a quick and pleasant read
• Trading Tatiana (Debi Alper) - modern mystery. Evocative with weird characters
• The Secrets of Jin-Shei (Alma Alexander) - medieval/historic. Set in China. Completely feminine viewpoint. I found it fabulous
• Every Boy's Got One (Med Cabot) - chick lit. Nice read
• Yon Ill Wind (Piers Anthony) - sci fi. Lots of work puns
• The Last Precinct (Patricia Cornwall) - murder mystery

That will do for the lists for today!