Most of March

I fully intend to update this weekly.  Actions unfortunately do not follow intent.


Harris, Charlaine
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse
3/2/11
Fun.  Ro tries to work in her mother's real estate agency and ends up finding bodies instead.  She finds a new beau, better suited than the minister.

Hoyt, Sarah
Darkship Thieves
3/5/11
ebook
I liked the first paragraph, and then it took an unexpected twist.  I still liked it, but it was a fairly predictable boy-girl, culture clash plot.

Asaro, Catherine
Diamond Star
3/8/11
ebook
I always like Asaro, and this did not disappoint. Boy runs away from home (not exactly, home sort of ran away from him) and finds fulfillment as a rock star.  This is third generation of the Skolia Imperial Family.

Butcher, Jim
First Lord's Fury
3/11/11
6th and final in Fury series.
Tavi having defeated the Cane now elists them to save the rest of the world.  I didn't find this as enjoyable as the previous in the series.  If you like battles, you will enjoy the final 150 page battle.

Stabenow, Dana
A Night Too Dark
3/12/11
Latest in the series.  Gold mining in the Park causes troubles.

Shepherd, Mike
Kris Longknife: Redoubtable
3/13/11
8th or so in series
Another planet rescue and helping Vicki Peterwald come into her own.

Bujold, Lois McMaster
Sharing Knife: Passages
3/16/11
Third of 4 in series
I had read book four earlier, not sure how I missed this one.  I enjoyed it.  It filled in a lot of blanks and developed three interesting characters: Fawn's brother Whit, and two young Lakewalkers.  Also introduced Boss Berry and her flatboat.  Gave a view of a different subculture on the planet.

Lee, Sharon and Steve Miller
Mouse and Dragon
3/19/11
ebook
Liaden universe
Story of Alianna and Daav, Delm Korval.

Lee, Sharon and Steve Miller
Scout's Progress
3/19/11
ebook
Liaden universe
Early story of Alianna and Daav.  I read this one quite a long time ago, and when reading the beginning of Mouse and Dragon kept saying "I've read this before."   Discovered I had indeed.  The last chapters of this one are the first chapters of that one.

Diaz, Junot
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
3/19/11
book club
Lots of discussions of Dominicans.  Pretty stupid book.

Lee, Sharon and Steve Miller
Fledgling
3/20/11
ebook
This is something of a sequal to Mouse and Dragon, main character Theo is daughter of alter identy of Daav after he has left Liaden to pursue a scholarly career and hide out from enemies.

Woods, Stuart
Lucid Intervals
3/21/11
Stone Barrington series
real book for a change
Stone alternates between two clients: HM government wanting him to find a traitor in the US, and a stupid lottery millionaire who insists on getting into trouble.  Guns and sex and airplanes.

End of February

I am way behind here.  The dates below are approximations.  So, for that matter, are the dates above.

King, Laurie
To Play the Fool
2/13/11
Kate Martinelli series # 2
Kate and her partner investigate the death of a homeless man in a San Francisco park.  The investigation is complicated by a Fool, who speaks only in quotations.  The side information about the Holy Fool movement makes the story very interesting.

Ishiguro, Kazuo
Never Let Me Go
Kindle ebook
2/15/11
Very creepy.  Carers and donors grow up in a institution where they are given many privileges, excellent education, encouraged to develop artistic abilities.  As the book progresses, a much darker picture emerges.

Hodgell, P.C.
God Stalker Chronicles
2/17/11
Started in Baen ebook, decided to get paper after a bit.  Good fantasy, interesting creatures.

Child, Lee
Persuader
2/20/11
Typical Reacher.  You keep asking "so how is he going to get out of this one."

Dietrich, William
Napoleon's Pyramids
2/22/11
American former assistant to Benjamin Franklin in Paris joins Napoleon and his army as they attempt to conquer Egypt.  History is a distant second to adventure in a "Raider's" ripoff.

Spencer, Wen
Tinker
Baen ebook
2/24/11
As a result of the Chinese opening a gate to Elfholm, Pittsburg is semi-permanently transfered to Elfhome.  Tinker, aka Alexander Graham Bell, (female, 18 years old) rescues a Elf lord - Wolfwind, and much chaos ensues.  Lots of fun.

Spencer, Wen
Wolf Who Rules
Baen ebook
2/26/11
Wolfwind and Tinker continue their merry adventures.

Reeve, Laura E.
Peacekeeper
2/28/11
SciFi.  Space Opera.  Works as a murder mystery also. Special Reserve Major Ariane Kedros is activated to investigate a series of murders.  She has a civilian partner in space exploration who is left behind and gets into trouble of his own.  Lots of side issues, possibly not the best integrated book I've read, but I'm ready to get the next in the series.

Next up: the third Aurora Teagarden mystery, and Lord Protector's Fury by Jim Butcher.