January 3, 2016

Books I Didn't Finish in 2016

Updated September 17, 2016

 Below will be any books I started and didn't finish and the reason why.

August 2016,   Playing with Fire by Derek Landy. I absolutely loved the first book in this series but I guess I waited too long in between the two. This one just didn't hold my interest and I quickly decided to pass on it. 

 September 2016, Life After Life by Kate Atkinson. I just couldn't get into the book flipping back and forth between the different lives of  Ursula. Put it down less than a third of the way in which disappointed me because I heard this was a great book.





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Top 5 Books I've Read in 2016

Updated January 3, 2016
  1. Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson
  2. Closer Home by Kerry Anne King
  3. The Magician's Lie by Greer Macallister
  4. The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
  5.  The Silent Sister by Diane Chamerlain
2015 Top 5
2014 Top 5


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Books I've Read in 2016

Books
January

  1. The Flood Girls by Richard Fifield
  2. Try Not to Breathe by Holly Seddon
  3. The Quality of Silence by Rosamund Lupton
February
  1. The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
  2. The Exorcist Who Loved Me by Jennifer Savalli
March
  1. Nomad by Matthew Mather
  2. The Map of Bones by Francesca Haig
  3. Dead Girl's Don't Dance by MaryJanice Davidson
April
  1. Foundation by Ann Aguirre
  2. Closer Home by Kerry Anne King
  3. The Hatching by Ezekiel Boone
May
  1. Rescue From Planet Pleasure by Mario Acevedo
June
  1. The Time Traveler's Boyfriend by Annabelle Costa
  2. Indiana Belle by John A. Heldt
  3. A Good-Looking Corpse by Jeff Klima
  4. The House of Secrets by Brad Meltzer & Tod Goldberg
July
  1. Two for the Show by Jonathan Stone
August
  1. Outside the Lines by Sheila Lowe
  2. The Chocolate Frog Frame Up by Joanna Carl
September
  1. Resonance by A.J. Scudiere
October
  1. Class of '59 by John A. Heldt
  2. Unwanted by Jennifer Estep
November
  1. When by Victoria Laurie
Audiobooks
January

  1. The Last American Vampire by Seth Grahame-Smith
  2. Fairest by Marissa Meyer
  3. X by Sue Grafton
  4. The Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
  5. Winter by Marissa Meyer
  6. The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks
February

  1. White Trash Zombie Gone Wild by Diana Rowland
  2. Cold Burn of Magic by Jennifer Estep
  3. Devoted in Death by J. D. Robb
  4. No Ghouls Allowed by Victoria Laurie
  5. The Target by David Baldacci
March
  1. Time Flies by Claire Cook
  2. Stars Above by Marissa Meyer
  3. Wonderment in Death by J.D. Robb
  4. Trouble in Mudbug by Jana DeLeon
  5. Bitter Bite by Jennifer Estep
  6. Road Kill by Kevin J. Anderson
  7. Kiss and Spell by Shanna Swendson
  8. To Fetch a Thief by Spencer Quinn
  9. Undead and Underwater by MaryJanice Davidson
April
  1. The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell by Lilian Jackson Braun
  2. Iced by Karen Marie Moning
  3. Dark Heart of Magic by Jennifer Estep
  4. Unintended Consequences by Stuart Woods
May
  1. The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
  2. Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson
  3. The Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain
  4. The Helena Diaries by Jana DeLeon
  5. Brotherhood in Death by JD Robb
June
  1. The Guilty by David Baldacci
  2. Armada by Ernest Cline
  3. Bright Blaze of Magic by Jennifer Estep
  4. Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
  5. The Magician's Lie by Greer Macallister
  6. The Good Girl by Mary Kubica
July
  1. The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin
  2. The Widow by Fiona Barton
  3. Eighteen Acres by Nicolle Wallace
  4. The Fat Man by Ken Harmon
  5. Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
August
  1. Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
  2. Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver
  3. Doing Hard Time by Stewart Woods
  4. Killer Frost by Jennifer Estep
  5. End of Watch by Stephen King
  6. Sandman Slim by Richard Kadry
  7. All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda
  8. Deja Demon by Julie Kenner
September
  1. Kill the Dead by Richard Kadrey
  2. Accidentally Demonic by Dakota Cassidy
  3. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
  4. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
  5. Accidentally Catty by Dakota Cassidy
  6. The 14th Colony by Steve Berry
  7. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
October
  1. Stand Up Guy by Stuart Woods
  2. Undead and Unsure by MaryJanice Davidson
  3. Apprentice in Death by J.D. Robb
  4. Home by Harlen Coben
  5. The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
November
  1. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
  2. A Ghoul's Guide to Love and Murder by Victoria Laurie
  3. Found by Harlan Coben
  4. Unraveled by Jennifer Estep
  5. Carnal Curiosity by Stuart Woods
  6. Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich
December
  1. Burned by Karen Marie Moning
  2. No Man's Land by David Baldacci
  3. Cut and Thrust by Stuart Woods
  4. Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
  5. The Jakarta Pandemic by Steven Konkoly
  6. The Last Mile by David Baldacci
Grand Total: 95

Here's what I read in previous years:
    2015
    2014
    2013
    2012
    2011
    2010
    2009
    2008
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December 28, 2015

Review: The Passenger by Lisa Lutz



Product Description:
In case you were wondering, I didn’t do it. I didn’t have anything to do with Frank’s death. I don’t have an alibi, so you’ll have to take my word for it...

Forty-eight hours after leaving her husband’s body at the base of the stairs, Tanya Dubois cashes in her credit cards, dyes her hair brown, demands a new name from a shadowy voice over the phone, and flees town. It’s not the first time.

She meets Blue, a female bartender who recognizes the hunted look in a fugitive’s eyes and offers her a place to stay. With dwindling choices, Tanya-now-Amelia accepts. An uneasy―and dangerous―alliance is born.

It’s almost impossible to live off the grid today, but Amelia-now-Debra and Blue have the courage, the ingenuity, and the desperation, to try. Hopscotching from city to city, Debra especially is chased by a very dark secret…can she outrun her past?

 My Thoughts:
I devoured this book and finished in less than 24 hours. I was hooked from the very first few sentences. Slowly the tragic story unravels and with each page I turned the anticipation built up more and more. Towards the end I guessed a little bit of what was really going on but there is a huge twist at the end that I did not see coming at all. 

 Lisa Lutz authors one of my favorite series, The Spellman Files and I loved her humorous collaboration with David Hayward Heads You Lose so I knew I would love this one but I didn't realize it would be come one of my favorite reads of this year. 

 My Recommendation:
I recommend this to anyone who loves a nail-biting suspense thriller that keeps you guessing to the end. 

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Labels: 5 stars , suspense thriller , top 5

November 5, 2015

Review: Witches Protection Program by Michael Phillip Cash



Product Description: 
Wes Rockville, a disgraced law enforcement agent, is given one last chance to prove himself and save his career when he's reassigned to a 232 year old secret government organization. The Witches Protection Program. His first assignment: uncover a billion-dollar Cosmetics company’s diabolical plan of using witchcraft for global domination, while protecting its heiress Morgan Pendragon from her aunt’s evil deeds. Reluctantly paired with veteran witch protector, Alastair Verne, Wes must learn to believe in both witches and himself. Filled with adventure, suspense and a rousing good time, Michael Phillip Cash creates a tongue-in-cheek alternate reality where witches cast spells and wreak havoc in modern day New York City.

 My Thoughts: 
Overall for a children's book this was a fun adventure. After disgracing his law enforcement family, Wes Rockville is assigned to a secret organization that is tasked with keeping the peace between two dueling factions of witches. Of course things go wrong but Wes pulls it out in the end and makes his father proud. 

 Although the book had a slow start, the story picked up pace about halfway in and I finished it within a couple of days. If this wasn't a children's book it would rate it fewer stars but I can see tweens loving the book and hope it does well as a series. 

 My Recommendation:
This would be perfect for younger teens and older children that love supernatural fantasy reads. 
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Labels: 1st in series , 3 stars , children , fantasy , sci-fi
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