Viehl, S.L
A Plague of Memory (reread)
Omega Games
2/6/11
Rereading Plague of Memory clarified some of Rebel Ice. Resa was a friend of Cherijo and they both crashed on the Ice Planet. Cherijo suppressed her memory and ended up with the Dead Handlers -- outcast women. Resa was cared for by the tigers of the world, came to be in one of the Iisleg camps, and eventually ended up with the Dead Handlers. When she comes to the Dead Handlers, Cherijo starts speaking and is given the name Jarn.
Omega Games has Jarn and Reever leaving Marel on Joren and taking off in a two person scout ship. They are forced down on Trellus, a very sparsely populated planet, by one of Reevers "friends" so that they can recapture a creature that lays a spore in people and eats them from the inside out. They have a close encounter with the Black Crystal that Maggie has been trying to get them to fight.
Hoyt, Sarah A.
Draw One in the Dark (Baen ebook)
Gentleman Takes a Chance
2/9/11
Kyrie is a panther shifter, her boyfriend (at least by the end) Tom is a dragon shifter. They are drawn to Goldport, Co by a beetle shifter looking for a mate. In the first book, the beetles kill a bunch of people, Kyrie and Tom deal with the Lord of the Dragons, and Tom reconciles sort of with his father.
In Gentleman Takes a Chance, they deal with another shifter who has decided to eat people, and an ancient shifter who wants to kill them because they killed the beetles babies.
Very good, deals with practical aspects of shape shifting -- such as what happens to their clothes, and relative size between a under 6 foot man and a much larger dragon.
Harris, Charlaine
A Bone to Pick
2/11/11
Second in Aurora Teagarden series
Better than the first in the series. Ro inherits a house and lots of money from a former member of the Murder club in the first book. She also inherits a mystery which she solves.
I am currently reading three books: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, God Stalker Chronicles by P.C. Hodgell (both on the iPad), and To Play the Fool by Laurie King. I have to have at least one on paper, so I can read it in the bathtub. I will finish the Laurie King tonight and probably the Ishiguro book club book tomorrow.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Viehl, S.L.
Endurance
1/22/11
Third in StarDoc series. I went out to Amazon used books and got the whole series, so I'm going through them rapidly. This starts directly after Beyond Varallan, with our heroine captured by the Hsktskt. I am finding Cherijo less than admirable -- she jumps to conclusions about people and is very unforgiving.
Hyzy, Julie
Buffalo West Wing
1/24/11
Fourth in White House Chef series. I do like series. A new family has moved into the White House, and Ollie is uncertain whether she will keep her job. Complications ensue, with the new First Family bringing their own chef, who is a major jerk. There are now children in the First Family and they are the cause of the suspense in the story.
Vielh, S.L.
Shockball
1/26/11
Fourth in StarDoc series. Cherijo is recaptured by her progenitor and we learn more about her early life. Escapes him to end up in a Navaho underground. Cherijo and Reever get a surprise when finally rescued by Cherijo's adoptive family.
Viehl, S.L.
Eternity Row
1/27/11
Fifth in StarDoc series.
The gang are for a change not seriously threatened or imprisoned by anyone. Find a cure for two opposite species, one which cannot die, one dying early. Turns out they are symbiots.
King, Laurie R.
The Beekeeper's Apprentice
1/29/11
First in Mary Russell series. Very different from her other series. Mary Russell, 16 year old heiress, while wandering the countryside while escaping her odious aunt and guardian, encounters Sherlock Holmes who has retired to the country with Mrs. Hudson (but not Dr. Watson). She becomes his apprentice and eventually partner.
Viehl, S.L.
Rebel Ice
1/31/11
Sixth in StarDoc Series.
Very confusing. Cherijo has crashed on an ice world, after various adventures is rescued by Reever, but has changed personalities and is now Jarn.
Shepherd, Mike
Kris Longknife: Intrepid
2/2/11
Sixth in series
Series reminds me of Honor Harrington (Weber) and Lt. Leary. Kris is Navy officer and daughter of political head, granddaughter of elected King. She and her various companions participate in a planetary war in the boondocks, uncover a plot to assassinate the rival political boss to be blamed on her, save him, and extricate themselves from the resulting mess.
These books are very easy and enjoyable to read.
Endurance
1/22/11
Third in StarDoc series. I went out to Amazon used books and got the whole series, so I'm going through them rapidly. This starts directly after Beyond Varallan, with our heroine captured by the Hsktskt. I am finding Cherijo less than admirable -- she jumps to conclusions about people and is very unforgiving.
Hyzy, Julie
Buffalo West Wing
1/24/11
Fourth in White House Chef series. I do like series. A new family has moved into the White House, and Ollie is uncertain whether she will keep her job. Complications ensue, with the new First Family bringing their own chef, who is a major jerk. There are now children in the First Family and they are the cause of the suspense in the story.
Vielh, S.L.
Shockball
1/26/11
Fourth in StarDoc series. Cherijo is recaptured by her progenitor and we learn more about her early life. Escapes him to end up in a Navaho underground. Cherijo and Reever get a surprise when finally rescued by Cherijo's adoptive family.
Viehl, S.L.
Eternity Row
1/27/11
Fifth in StarDoc series.
The gang are for a change not seriously threatened or imprisoned by anyone. Find a cure for two opposite species, one which cannot die, one dying early. Turns out they are symbiots.
King, Laurie R.
The Beekeeper's Apprentice
1/29/11
First in Mary Russell series. Very different from her other series. Mary Russell, 16 year old heiress, while wandering the countryside while escaping her odious aunt and guardian, encounters Sherlock Holmes who has retired to the country with Mrs. Hudson (but not Dr. Watson). She becomes his apprentice and eventually partner.
Viehl, S.L.
Rebel Ice
1/31/11
Sixth in StarDoc Series.
Very confusing. Cherijo has crashed on an ice world, after various adventures is rescued by Reever, but has changed personalities and is now Jarn.
Shepherd, Mike
Kris Longknife: Intrepid
2/2/11
Sixth in series
Series reminds me of Honor Harrington (Weber) and Lt. Leary. Kris is Navy officer and daughter of political head, granddaughter of elected King. She and her various companions participate in a planetary war in the boondocks, uncover a plot to assassinate the rival political boss to be blamed on her, save him, and extricate themselves from the resulting mess.
These books are very easy and enjoyable to read.
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