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.

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.

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.