Thursday, December 20, 2007

Only the hardbacks

Making Money by Terry Pratchett: I love his books, and was very sorry to hear he's got early-onset Alzheimer's. Going Postal and Making Money are both wonderful books, and I look forward to reading more with Moist Lipwig.
Mistral's Kiss and A Lick of Frost by Laurell K. Hamilton: With A Lick of Frost, she managed to write a book where there wasn't any sex until page 160 or so! I'm amazed! And this book actually has an intense, interesting plot (not that the others don't, but the plot is often overwhelmed by the sex). I really enjoyed both of these (almost enough to make me re-read the Anita Blake series, but not quite).
A War of Gifts by Orson Scott Card: This was a short but poignant little story set in the Ender's Game universe. I wasn't going to pick it up, because I haven't liked much of his work since the original quartet, but I did, and it was a nice holiday read.
High Noon by Nora Roberts: This had as much Law and Order feel to it as it did romance. What happens when a police negotiator is stalked (by two different people, nonetheless)? Interesting family situation, personal background, and significant other. I read it quickly and enjoyed it.

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Stuff I've read in the last couple of weeks

White Tiger by Tamora Pierce: I've read pretty much everything else she's ever written, and when I found out about this through reading her blog, I couldn't resist. It's a six comic compilation about White Tiger, or Angela del Toro, the niece of the former White Tiger, who inherits the amulets that gave him his powers. While discovering her powers and learning to use them, she manages to balance dealing with world-wide criminal concerns with keeping her local neighborhood cleaned up. She's a really interesting and well-rounded character, and I hope to find out whether or not she continues to show a presence in the Daredevil comics.
Luke's Runaway Bride by Kate Bridges: This was kind of lame. Too much Stockholm Syndrome for me.
Shades of the Past by Kathleen Kirkwood: I found the heroine and the writing style so annoying I couldn't make it past page 50 or so. The heroine kept experiencing these cold breezes no one else did. Way to fake dramatic attention!
Blackstone's Bride by Bronwyn Williams: I enjoyed this. The heroine had problems, but also had spunk, and the hero was also a believable rounded character.
The Drifter by Lisa Plumley: The plot of this is kind of amusing, but the heroine is annoying.
Scoundrel's Daughter by Margo Maguire: This was very reminiscent of Indiana Jones. There was a little bit of actual magic at the end, which seemed out of place. The characters had good reasons for their misunderstanding and lack of communication.
McKinnon's Bride by Sharon Harlow: What happens when you meet someone you like but he's lied to you about your brother's safety? This was pretty decent.
Lord Stanhope's Proposal by Jessica Benson: This was really farcical and funny and cute.
The Notorious Marriage by Nicola Cornick: This is the sequel to Lady Allerton's Wager, and I again enjoyed it except for all of the !!!!'s.
Adam's Promise by Julieanne MacLean: This was well-written but I hate stories where the guy loves both sisters.
Montana Legend by Jillian Hart: I really liked this one. Both people have kids, and the woman is remarkably stubborn about getting involved again, and the guy doesn't want to either, and there is a disagreement between the guy and the woman's uncle about land.
The Other Bride by Lisa Bingham: Two women trade places as one travels out west and the other stays in New England. Turns out the one who was supposed to be in New England is being hunted. This was ok - I'd like to get the sequel.
The Angel of Devil's Camp by Lynna Banning: Too sappy for me - annoying woman finally wins through to heart of wounded ex-soldier.
Beauty and the Baron by Deborah Hale: Faking a betrothal is always interesting. This did have a lot of Beauty and the Beast feeling to it, but went a bit beyond that with the tangled relationships, especially towards the end.

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

All the books I read on my trip to Curacao (Nov 10-Nov 17)

A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole: This was an interesting universe, but the main male and female characters were really annoying.
Lord Radcliff's Season by Jo Ann Ferguson: In this romance, I disliked the male character, who seemed to go out of his way to be obnoxious.
Demon Angel and Demon Moon by Mejean Brook: Paranormal romances, one between a demon and a Guardian and the other between a vampire and a human.
In the Shadow of Evil edited by Martin H. Greenberg and John Helfers: I generally love short story compilations, but some of these were too dark for me.
How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks: This was really funny and well-written. The behavior of the characters was quite believable. You gotta love a vampire romance that starts with the vampire breaking his fang off on an inflatable doll!
Mortal Danger, Tempting Danger, and Blood Lines by Eileen Wilks: These are categorized as paranormal romance, but were actually a really good modern fantasy. I'm definitely interested in reading the rest of the series as they come out.
Saving Sarah by Gail Ranstrom: I will buy some amount of non-standard societal behavior in a Victorian romance, but not as much as this heroine displayed. It broke my suspension of disbelief.
The Chester Charade by Gayle Buck: A bit of a farcical story about what happens when your former suitor comes back to stay at your house party. Enjoyable.
Beyond Seduction by Stephanie Laurens: My favorite Victorian romance author. She's got an ongoing series of interesting guys who need to find wives. I've enjoyed them all.
Irresistible by Mary Balogh: My second-favorite Victorian romance author. I'm almost positive I've either read or own this one already, but I enjoyed it again regardless.
Book of Enchantments by Patricia Wrede: Short stories by an author I love. I read this in about half an hour. They were wonderful.
Black Order by James Rollins: My brother introduced me to these. They are totally good vacation reading - fast paced plots, and lots of stuff blowing up. I would compare them to Indiana Jones, but with more people and more explosives.
Wicked Nights, Wicked Pleasure, and Wicked Fantasy by Nina Bangs: Each book is about one of three male employees of a pleasure park and how they meet their true loves. I enjoyed these - interesting characters and world.
If I Were An Evil Overlord by Martin H. Greenberg and Russell Davis: Rather than being scary, these short stories were pretty funny and almost silly.
Mr. Montgomery's Quest by Martha Kirkland: Girl lies about her gender to lead walking tours across England. Guy thinks her younger brother is his long-lost half brother and joins the tour. Girl is attacked while on tour and thinks it is the guy. Certainly a rather novel premise, if a bit unlikely.
Magic Tails by Martin H. Greenberg and Janet Pack: Short stories about magic and cats. I enjoyed these.
Lady Allerton's Wager by Nicola Cornick: This one was pretty good, and in fact I read the sequel once I got home. However, the characters constantly speak with exclamation marks! This gets annoying!

That's only 22 books, and I know on the plane on the way back I was up to 25, but I'm not sure what the other three were. On to the books I've read since then.

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Simply Love and One Night for Love by Mary Balogh: One of my favorite regency romance authors
The Legend of Luke and The Outcast of Redwall by Brian Jacques: More Redwall books. They apparently never end.
Pyramid Scheme and Pyramid Power by Eric Flint and Dave Freer: Amusing and good adventure stories.
Women of War edited by Tanya Huff and Alexander Potter: I was on a short story kick - most of the "edited by" books are borrowed from a friend
A Constellation of Cats edited by Denise Little
Slipstreams edited by Martin H. Greenberg and John Helfers
Fate Fantastic edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Daniel M. Hoyt
The Hob's Bargain by Patricia Briggs: This is one of my favorite books by her. I love the character development and combination of disaster novel and romance.
A Secret History, Carthage Ascendant, The Wild Machines, and Lost Burgundy by Mary Gentle: These were really good, if unusual, alternate history. It took me a while to get into the first one, but once I did I couldn't put them down. They are a bit dark.
Parallelities by Alan Dean Foster: An interesting SF premise, and I enjoyed the alternate universes.
Singer in the Snow by Louise Marley: A peek into how futuristic worlds will still have societal problems. Interesting world development, kind of dark for YA IMHO.
Worlds that Weren't by Harry Turtledove, S.M. Stirling, Mary Gentle, and Walter Jon Williams: The Mary Gentle story is from the Ash universe (and, while it was good, in my opinion should definitely be read after the 4 books). The Stirling story is from the Peshwar Lancers universe and was really good.
On Fire's Wings by Christie Golden: For a Luna imprint book (which I understand are supposed to be fantasy/romance crossovers) the universe and characters were interesting but the incest and death were squick. I'm returning it.
Reserved for the Cat by Mercedes Lackey: The fifth book in her Elemental Masters series. I didn't enjoy this one as much as the others, I think perhaps because the heroine was pushed to do everything and wasn't as independent as in the previous books.

Monday, October 15, 2007

Monday, October 1, 2007

The Good Ghouls' Guide to Getting Even by Julie Kenner: She really excels at these funny modern fantasies (with a high school student turning into a vampire this time).
Sword of Ice and Other Tales Of Valdemar edited by Mercedes Lackey: I love more or less everything she's written in this universe. The short stories give great inside views of individual heralds and people that don't get included in the larger novels.
Devil on my Back and The Dream Catcher by Monica Hughes:
Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot, The Mislaid Magician or Ten Years After, and The Grand Tour by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer: Another Victorian magic universe, this one written as letters (which the authors did send back and forth to each other).
Making Money by Terry Pratchett:
Map of Bones, Ice Hunt, Deep Fathom, and Amazonia by James Rollins: My brother loaned these to me, and while they are labeled thrillers, I would call them alternate history. They are fast-going, reasonably unrealistic but entertaining plots, and I am definitely buying the rest before my next vacation.
Memory by Linda Nagata:
Stardoc, Beyond Varallan, Endurance, Shockball, and Eternity Row by S.H. Viehl: Constantly on the move genetically engineered medical doctor in space. I finally started slacking on this series in the middle of the next book, which is more from the viewpoint of the natives on a planet and less from the doctor. There are at least two spinoff series in the universe and I will eventually go back and read the rest of the main series as well.
Derik's Bane by Mary Jane Davidson: COmplete werewolf romance fluff.
November 1980 issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine: I really disliked Harlan Ellison's story, but did like the one after it about an alien dinosaur who became a religious convert.
Bobby's Girl by J.D. Austin: This was great, and reminded me a bit of John Scalzi's Agent to the Stars, although with more exploration of the alien homeworld and lifestyle.
On the Prowl (multiple authors): I liked all of these except the last one, and plan on picking up books by a couple of the authors that I hadn't read before. The Patricia Briggs story, set in the Mercy Thompson universe, was wonderful.
Glass Houses and The Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine: A unique look at what happens when vampires run a small town in Texas and an out of town girl gets involved in the town's politics.
Trouble with Aliens by Christopher Anvil: Short stories about humans fighting aliens, most of which I liked. Although they are heavily military, which sometimes causes me to tune out a bit, the changes and surprises in who the humans were fighting kept me interested.
The Best of Jim Baen's Universe 2006: Loved the majority of these short stories. Definitely will buy next year's edition.
One Foot in the Grave, Dead on My Feet, Habeus Corpus by Wm. Mark Simmons: This is an interesting look at a dark modern fantasy universe where the main character has really, really bad days. Heavily vampire/werewolf/zombie. I liked these three, and there's a fourth one that just published.
The Android's Dream by John Scalzi: This was a really funny look at intergalactic politics and outsmarting people by following the fine print.
Magic and Malice by Patricia Wrede: I've read these numerous times. A thief becomes a magician's apprentice, with a little bit of romance thrown in. Great Victorian magic setting.
The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia Wrede: This is a SF book club edition of four wonderful fantasy stories. The first three star a thoroughly non-standard princess, and the fourth stars her son (although he doesn't know what's going on for most of the book).
The Sharing Knife: Legacy and The Sharing Knife: Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold: I really enjoyed this newest series by Lois McMaster Bujold (although I miss Miles extensively). These books read much more like the latest Miles books, where romance plays a more emphasized role in the plot, but the new characters have their own quirks and personalities, and the setting holds hints of a complicated history. The main characters have enough particular quirks to seem human and their relationship grows as the plot unfolds. I particularly enjoyed how they supported each other against the judgmental attitude of the people in both of the societies that they traveled through. In the end, their journey continues, and I look forward to seeing where they go and how they grow in the next two books in the series.
Magic Lost, Magic Found by Lisa Shearin: Set in a fantasy universe, the main character has perhaps too much spunk for her own good. The tag line on the front pretty much sums it up: A girl with attitude. An all-powerful amulet. This could only mean trouble.

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Silver on the Tree by Susan Cooper: I loved this series when I read it as a kid, but the end of this last book in the series actually disappointed me a bit this time.
Carpe Demon by Julie Kenner: This is a hysterical story about what would happen to a demon hunter who raises a family and then has to go back to hunting again. There are two more sequels and I definitely want to read them.
Only Mine, Only You, and Only Love by Elizabeth Lowell: These western romances are a fallback series for me. Interesting characters, vivid descriptions and plot.
Web of Love, Slightly Dangerous, Slightly Sinful, Slightly Scandalous, Slightly Tempted, Irresistible by Mary Balogh: Another favorite romance author. I've reread these numerous times.
Excavation by James Rollins: Recommended by my brother, who is an archaeologist, this was a great Indian Jones style book.
Dragonsinger, Dragonsong, Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey: Another old favorite trilogy. Teenager finds a life that makes her happy and a whole bunch of dragons. How can you go wrong?
Sleeping with the Fishes by Mary Janice Davidson: Cute and silly paranormal (mermaid) romance.
Salamandastron by Brian Jacques: As much as I like this author, eventually these novels start to get dull. They have the same plot - and it's not a bad one (evil is scary, good people fight back, good people have problems, evil people are defeated, everything is happy (and lots of wonderful food descriptions)) - but I usually get bored after about 8 or 10 of them (and I just checked and there are now 18 in the series. I wish he would start in another universe or change the format.

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Harry Potter 1-7 by JK Rawlings: This was a draft post I just forgot about. I reread the entire series before book seven came out. I stopped really liking them beginning with book five, but finished the whole series anyway. I wish she'd had a series editor who would have had her bring more hints about the horcruxes into the earlier books (more than just the diary in book 2) and I hated the introduction of another set of random magical stuff in book seven, although I liked seeing the darker side of Dumbledore. I also wanted to see more at Hogwarts rather than Harry and co wandering around the woods. Even more via the radio would have been enough. Hermione never got acknowledgment of all of her help and I hated that Lupin and Tonks had a kid and died only because Rawlings didn't want to kill off Mr. Weasley. I loved Mrs. Weasley fighting Bellatrix, I liked Neville and the sword, I liked Dudley finally showing some appreciation for Harry, and in general I was happy with the series as a whole. I wish she hadn't put the epilogue in. Ending with the line about Harry's scar not having hurt in 19 years makes me want to write a fan fic where the Slytherin kids bring back Voldemort the next year.
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
Firebirds edited by Sharyn November

Monday, July 23, 2007

I would like to post a link to the Jim Butcher Codex Alera sequel that I am dying to read. December cannot come fast enough!
I've read more than this recently, so this list includes only the books that were close enough to my desk to remind me to type them in the post.

Furies of Calderon, Academ's Fury,
and Cursor's Fury by Jim Butcher:
1632, 1633, 1634: The Baltic Wars, and Grantville Gazette I, GG II, and GG III by Eric Flint (and various other people):
Daughter of the Blood, Heir to the Shadows, Queen of Darkness, and Dreams Made Flesh by Anne Bishop
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews:
The Lost Fleet (Dauntless) by Jack Campbell:
Martin the Warrior, Marlfox, The Bellmaker, and The Long Patrol by Brian Jacques:
An Oblique Approach, In the Heart of Darkness, Destiny's Shield, Fortune's Stroke, The Tide of Victory, The Dance of Time, and the short story in The Warmasters by Eric Flint and David Drake:
Kitty Takes a Holiday and Kitty Goes to Washington by Carrei Vaugh:
Tris's Book (Circle of Magic #2) by Tamora Pierce:
The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Dog by Dave Barry:

Saturday, July 7, 2007

The Vor Game and Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold
Legacy by Lois McMaster Bujold
Night, Sylvie by Shawn M. Tolhurst

Sunday, July 1, 2007

Here's my stacks of books from whenever I last posted through today (date entry done, descriptions to come later):
Books that I got advanced copies of at Book Expo America:
The Salamander Spell by E.D. Barker: This is a Y.A. book,
Get Well Soon by Julie Halpern:
True Love, The Sphinx, and Other Unsolvable Riddles by Tyne O'Connell:
The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes by Jennifer Cruise, Eileen Dreyer, and Anne Stewart:
The Candy Shop by Brandon Mull:
Carpe Diem by Autumn Cornwell:
Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate:
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale:
The Chicken Dance by Jacques Couvillion
Elijah by Jacquelyn Frank
The Cat on the Mat is Flat by Andy Griffiths

Special circumstances (paid $60 for at an auction cuz it's not going to come out until September and I was DYING to read it):
The Phoenix Unchanged by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory:

My books:
Warp Speed by Travis S. Taylor:
Medalon by Jennifer Fallon: Want to buy the rest.
Scimitar SL-2 by Patrick Robinson:
Woman Without a Shadow by Karen Haber:
Burning Bridges and Curse the Dark and Bring It On and Staying Dead by Laura Anne Gilman:
Single White Vampire Seeks Same edited by Martin Greenberg and Brittiany A. Koren:
The Broker by John Grisham:
Poison Study and Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder:
Redwall, Mossflower, Mattimeo, and Mariel of Redwall by Brian Jacques:
Moonstruck by Edward M. Lerner:
Jacob and Gideon by Jacquelyn Frank:
Diamonds Can Be Deadly by Merline Lovelace:
The First Betrayal by Patricia Bray:
Touch the Dark and Claimed Shadow by Karen Chance:
Talyn by Holly Lisle:
I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson:
The Wizard's Dilemma, A Wizard Alone, Wizard's Holiday, and Wizards at War by Diane Duane:
Sandry's Book by Tamora Pierce:
Bad Prince Charlie by John Moore:
Witchling and Changling by Yasmine Galenorn:
The Outlands by David B. Coe:
Captive of My Desires by Johanna Lindsey:

Library books:
Bright of the Sky by Kay Kenyon:
Sun of Suns by Karl Schroeder:
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot:
Lioness Rampant, The Woman Who Rides Like a Man, and In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce:
Daja's Book and Briar's Book by Tamora Pierce:
The Cradle Will Fall by Mary Higgins Clark:

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Ok, so I missed more than a whole month, which is pathetic. I do have a big stack of books here waiting for me to write a blog entry. I've been so busy with work and scuba diving that I haven't had time enough to do the data entry.

Princess at Sea and The Decoy Princess by Dawn Cook. I'd loaned these to a friend and she complained that the second one was slow, so when she returned them I re-read them and I have to disagree - I actually think the action in the second one was faster paced than the first.

Monday, April 30, 2007

Ok , the post below was all the books that I'd read before the cruise I went on last week but hadn't blogged. Now, for a week long cruise, I took 29 books and read 24 (including four from the ship's library though). Here they are:

Eternity Road by Jack McDevitt
Crystal Sage by Kara Dalkey
Suisan by Phyllis Carol Agins
Wolverine's Daughter by Doranna Durgin
Warprize, Warlord, and Warsworn by Elizabeth Vaughan
The Bone Vault by Linda Fairstein
The Winter Queen by Devin Cary
Exile by Anne Logston
Devlin's Luck by Patricia Bray
Fifty Degrees Below by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Engines of Dawn by Paul Cook
The Warslayer by Rosemary Edgehill
The Knight, the Harp, and the Maiden by Anne Kelleher Bush
Instrument of Fate by Christie Golden
Touched by Venom by Janine Cross
Sam Gunn Forever by Ben Bova

Romances:
Whispers in the Night
When Night Falls
Entrapment
Letters to Kelly

The books I borrowed from the ship's library:
Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way by Bruce Campbell (He's not as funny as he thinks he is)
The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett (because I will always read a Pratchett novel)
We Few by David Weber and John Ringo (I hate reading book three without the first two, but it's soooo good!)
and Night Watch by Suzanne Brockman

For a total of 23 books in one week (and I think I'm missing a few).

I brought but did NOT read a dreadful book called something like American Book of the Dead that was about some guy that went nuts worrying about the possibility of nuclear war and the enemy didn't have a name but was referred to as "______ ______". I read about 30 pages and got frustrated and left it on the ship.

I also didn't read the new Tolkein book, I just wasn't in the mood for wading through his long sentences while on vacation.

Saturday, April 7, 2007

Sam Gunn Unlimited by Ben Bova
When Demons Walk by Patricia Briggs
The Sherwood Game by Esther Friesner
Touch the Dark and Claimed by Shadow by Karen Chance
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
Sebastian and Belladona by Anne Bishop
Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Hunting of the Last Dragon by Sherryl Jordan
Plan B, I Dare, Scout's Progress, Local Custom, Conflict of Honors, Carpe Diem, and Agent of Change by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (as well as a bunch of their short stories)
Stealing the Elf-King's Roses by Diane Duane
A Point of Honor by Dorothy Heydt
Apprentice Fantastic

Somebody's Hero by Marilyn Pappanp
Crossfire by Jenna Mills

I found my westerns as well, and read Borden Chantry, The Californios, Kilrone, Dark Canyon, Conagher, Bowdrie, and Crossfire Trail, all by Louis L'amour.

Monday, April 2, 2007

Decided to bold the SF titles I write about, at a reader's request.

One more book to add (there are more, but I can't put my hands on them):
Across the Wall by Garth Nix (I read his earlier books - Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen - because a friend loaned them to me, and loved them. Saw this in the store and couldn't resist it. It's short stories, and only one of them is in the Abhorsen Trilogy universe, but that one is REALLY good, as are several of the others. In particular, there's one about two kids in a war that's well written. There's also a choose your own adventure, which is a bit bizarre and I didn't bother reading it.)

I bought another book by Nix that's set in a different universe that I'm reading now.

Friday, March 30, 2007

Hope's End by Stephen Chambers (I didn't really care for the big plot surprise at the end of this, but I thought the character's rebellion against his society was pretty well written and believeable. I liked it enough to read the sequel.)
Ghosts in the Snow and Threads of Malice by Tamara Siler Jones (The back says it combines forensics, fantasy, and edge-of-your-seat suspense. I'd definitely buy the forensics and fantasy part, but I might go so far as to call this horror rather than suspense. If you have an active imagination, this may not be for you. I actually woke up from a nightmare about the bad guy in the second book! There's a third one out that I would read.)
Beka Cooper by Tamora Pierce. (I have read and loved everything Tamora Pierce ever wrote. However, although this hardback is set in the same universe as her Alanna series, it is a very different book. For starters, it's written as a series of diary entries. The first three try to set the placement of the story in the universe, but that only works if you're familiar with her earlier stories. I guess she may be a big name enough author - I mean, I recognized all of the characters she was referring to - but it nonetheless was a bit annoying to read three abrupt journal entries, especially since at least one of them was written by a barely literate character. I was caught up in the actual story once it started, however, and rapidly grew to like the main character much like I have most of her earlier characters. Amusingly, I'm just making the connections between this and the two books above with the fantasy, forensic, and horror themes. These are prevalent themes in all three books. I enjoyed the way the pages were decorated around the edges to look like a journal and how there is an ink blot on one page where the character is startled while writing.)

And Then There Were Three by Lynda Sandoval
Cole Dempsey's Back in Town by Suzanne McMinn
Tycoon Meets Texan! by Arlene James
Run to Me by Lauren Nichols
Memories of Megan by Rita Herron

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Well, I started a new blog, because I think the entry at the top of my old blog was taking up too much space there. I'm going to put a link to this blog in the Dec 2007 entry, and I'll keep putting the books that I read here instead. Please comment.
Books I have read since March 1, 2007

Sf/F
The Paladin by C.J. Cherryh (I enjoyed this overall, but almost gave up on it a couple of times because the writing style became very disjointed at times. I suspect this was because it's written from the thoughts and perceptions of the main characters and meither one of them are entirely sane, but it still made for a choppy read).
Signal to Noise by Eric S. Nylund (I liked the character development of the main character, although I guessed in a couple of cases what was going on before he did. I'm going to pick up the sequel).
Covenants and The King's Own by Lorna Freeman (I love these books. This is the second time that I've read them. The characters are interesting and the universe is incredibly detailed. My only complaint is that the main character doesn't really have a whole lot of control over his life - it's a bit of one of those AAAGH RUN! plots but the plots do unfold so that you can see why they are running. I'm anxious to read the third one, but it won't be out until Dec 2007! :( )

Romances
For the Baby's Sake by Christine Rimmer
Hart's Last Stand by Cheryl Biggs
Illusions of Love by Marcia King-Gamble
Live to Tell by Valerie Parv
Mail Order Cowboy by Patricia Coughlin
Midnight, Moonlight, and Miracles by Teresa Southwick
On Dean's Watch by Linda Winstead Jones
Risking It All by Beverly Bird
Secondhand Husband by Dallas Schulze
Some Men's Dreams by Kathleen Korbel
Special Report by Lovelace, Price, and Cowan
Target of Opportunity by Justine Davis
Taylor's Temptation by Suzanne Brockmann
The Cattleman and the Virgin Heiress by Jackie Merritt
The Loner by Linda Turner
The Morningside of Dawn by Justine Davis
The Perfect Lover by Stephanie Laurens
The Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux
Tommy's Mom by Linda O. Johnson
Truth or Lies by Kylie Bryant

Young Adult/Juvenile
Bronco Charlie and the Pony Express by Marlene Targ Brill
Fire at the Triangle Factory by Holly Littlefield
Lunch Money by Andrew Clements
The Breadwinner by Arvella Whitmore
The Landry News by Andrew Clements

Other
The Shining by Stephen King
Bag of Bones by Stephen King
Godplayer by Robin Cook