Books Read in 2010

Her Mother's Hope (Marta's Legacy)?by Francine Rivers...good, sad, draggy at times, repetitive

1. Giving Chase by Lauren Dane...started out slow, but absolutely wonderful from the 3rd chapter on...hot, great story, sweet ending...can't wait for the next one!
2. Menagerie by Lara Santiago...Ok, I thought I could swap this, but NO WAY! ; ) Incredible from the start...
3. Here's the story by Marcia Brady (Maureen McCormick)...awful, awful, awful! What a terrible life this girl had...I didn't want to know all that! Ugh!
4. Savannah's Vision by Nicole Austin...I liked it, but didn't love it. The ending surprised me.
5. Highland Knight by Cindy Miles...absolutely LOVED it! Wonderful...just my type of story...felt like I was there! One HOT knight! ; )
6. Love Affair With An English Lord by Jillian Hunter...2nd in the series...loved this one just as much as the first! Funny, very sensual and romantic, erotic, too...just perfect...oh, suspense also!
7. Marry Christmas by Jane Goodger...excellent so far...mother really wins worst mother award...lol!
8. Taking Chase by Lauren Dane...2nd in series...wonderful so far...very romantic erotica...perfect!
9. The Sky Inside by Clare Dunkle...excellent science fiction young adult about a utopian sociey
10. A Charmed Death by Madelyn Alt...another good one in this series...but can't they make the print a little larger?
11. A Pedigree to Die For by Laurien Berenson...slow to start, but exciting at the end
12. Clues in the Shadows: A Molly Mystery by Kathleen Ernst...excellent American Girl mystery!
13. The Cry of the Loon: A Samantha Mystery by Barbara Steiner...another good one!
14. Lady Margaret's Ghost: A Felicity Mystery by Elizabeth McDavid Jones...my favorite of the 4 new ones...exciting and suspenseful!
15. The Tangled Web: A Julie Mystery by Kathryn Reiss...my least favorite...not too keen on the 70's being a historical time period...
16. Celtic Charms: Destined by .Dawn Madigan..just not my cup of tea, although good story surprisingly...to fantastical for my tastes
17. Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchy...another goodie...soap opera, but happy ending!
18. Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer...teen drama about planetwide catastrophe...interesting view from a totally atheistic perspective. Depressing.
19. The Dead & the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer...sequel to above book...even more depressing...lol, but still fascinating, this time from what the author feels is a religious point of view...
20. RV There Yet? by Diann Hunt...very good, chick lit all the way...I enjoyed this one. Happy ending. :)
21. Portrait of a Lady: A Leonardo DaVinci Mystery :: Diane A. S. Stuckart
22. Found (The Missing, Bk 1) :: Margaret Peterson Haddix...excellent YA sci-fi book...can't wait for the next one!
23. Death Swatch (Scrapbooking Mystery, Bk 6) :: Laura Childs...another fun New Orleans mystery!
24. The Language of Bees (Mary Russell, Bk 9) :: Laurie R. King...wonderful Sherlock Holmes mystery with all my favorite characters!
25. Crafty Teddy by John J. Lamb...another wonderful cozy in a series I really enjoy
26. Ghastly Glass by Jim and Joyce Lavene...very good, I need to find the first one now...
27. A Catered Halloween by Isis Crawford...still reading
28. Magic and the Modern Girl by Mindy Klasky...loved it!
29. Sent (The Missing, Book 2) by Margaret Peterson Haddix...not as good as the first one
30. Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark...scary, but good
31. Mother's Day Murder by Leslie Meier...good
32. Star-Spangled Murder by Leslie Meier...good
33. Airman by Eoin Colfer...dragged...just couldn't get through it...finally did...good plot, just couldn't get into it
34. Father's Day Murder...good
35. Magnolia's Moonlight and Murder (Mom Zone Mystery) by Sara Rosett...I really liked this series...will look for more
36. Unmasked (Michael Jackson) by Ian Halperin...skimmed it...not too good, very depressing
37. Multiple Blessings by the Gosselins...incredible...I can't even imagine!
38. A Fatal Slip (Clay and Crime, Bk 3) by Melissa Glazer...loved it!
39. Any Way You Want it by Kathy Love...my only vampire historical romance...he is a composed from the renaissance...not scary, just romantic if that is possible! lol

1. My Secret Life by Lori Wilde...good...
2. Blame it on the Blackout by Heidi Betts...great elevator scene...
3. Murder She Wrote: Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch by Jessica Fletcher...good
4. Midnight Man by Lisa Marie Rice...unbelievably good...
5. Bead on Trouble (A Kitzi Camden Mystery) by Barbara Burnett Smith...really good mystery, fun location (camp)
6. Nursery Crimes (A Mommy-Track Mystery) by Ayelet Waldeman...ok, too different a life for me, though...
7. The Trouble With Magic by Madelyn Alt...I was really surprised at how much I enjoyed this...sexy guy in this one, too...
8. Rent-A-Stud by Lynn LaFleur...wow, great premise and sweet ending, too. Cover makes him look like a wolf, though!
9. The Naked Earl by Sally MacKenzie...fun, but kind of silly...
10. A Peach of a Murder (A Fresh-Baked Mystery) by Livia Washburn...I really enjoyed this one...older sleuth...I like that
11. Dirty Deeds by Lorelei James...oh my, hot, hot, hot...and the guy is Native American! Almost too much at times... ;)
12. Frill Kill (A Scrapbooking Mystery) by Laura Childs...great, easy read, fun mystery, great locale!
13. Overexposed (Harlequin Blaze) by Leslie Kelley...really, really hot...
14. Me vs. Me by Sarah Mlynowski...really good premise, but dragged on a bit, plus the girl drove me nuts!
15. Cross My Heart by Carly Phillips
16. High Rhymes and Misdemeanors by Diana Killian...one of my favorite cozies...secret passages in the cotswolds...wow! plus a cute guy!
17. Just Like Heaven by Barbara Bretton...this was a super sweet romance...I really enjoyed it
18. The Mournful Teddy by John Lamb...excellent mystery, I really liked the detective, even though he was a man...lol!
19. Death of a Tart by Kate Borden...one of the best cozies I've ever read...fast and fun!
20. The Stranger by Ryanne Corey...sexy mountain man..mmmmm!
21. Overexposed (Harlequin Blaze) by Leslie Kelly...incredibly good...whoohoo!
22. The Devilish Pleasures of a Duke by Jillian Hunter...really good, with a sexy rake!
23. Real Men Do it Better by Lori Wilde, Lora Leigh, Susan Donovan, Carrie Alexander...good one!
24. Moving Violations by Veronica Chadwick, Lora Leigh...hot!
25. If This Bed Could Talk by .Lynn LaFleur, Kimberly Dean,Liz Maverick..mmmmm!
26. Wild Ride by Luann McLane...excellent and hot!
27. Seduce Me by Dahlia Schweizer...didn't like
28. Paws for Alarm by Marian Babson...very good cozy mystery...not much on cat, though
29. Teen Idol by Meg Cabot...super good! I loved it! Even had a moral! :)
30. Heat Wave - Rex on the Beach, Getting Into Trouble, Shaken and Stirred by Leslie Kelly, Stephanie Bond, Heidi Betts....super good and hot!
31. A Murderous Glaze by Melissa Glazer...wonderful new cozy series...loved it!
32. Red Velvet by Noelle Black...OK...
33. Where Have all the Cowboys Gone? by Kate Pearce...whoo hooo! Loved it!
34. A Girl's Guide to Witchcraft by Mindy Klasky...Wonderful, quick book!
35. Losing it by Valerie Bertinelli...sad, but interesting
36. St. Patrick's Day Murder by Leslie Meier
37. Motif for Murder by Laura Childs...I love this series, but please let's lose Shamus!
38. Talking in Your Sleep (Blaze) by Samantha Hunter...excellent story
39. Two Hot! by Cara Summers...wow, what a great suspenseful secret agent man romance...sexy fun!
40. Good Girls Do! by Julie Elizabeth Leto...great story, good characters, but took a while to get to the action
41. Twin Fantasies by Opal Carew...whew, pretty amazing story here, very steamy
42. Triple Play by Rhiannon Byrd...my favorite erotica book yet! Incredibly realistic (I think...LOL!)
43. O'Malley Wild: Tangled Sheets by Maggie Casper...very hot, but too much swearing, guy was a little too alpha for me
44. High School Reunion (Cheek) by Kimberly Dean...excellent! Great story with lots of nice hot scenes
45. Unlucky by Jana Deleon...I'm loving this one, great paranormal mystery with hot guy, too!
46. Sorcery and the Single Girl by Mindy Klasky...I love this series!
47. Killer Secrets by Lora Leigh
48. In the Thrill of the Night by Candace Hearns...wonderful sexy romance...will look for more by this author!
49. Sit, Stay, Slay! by Linda O. Johnston...I really enjoyed this new to me series!
50. Blessed is the Busybody by Emilie Richards...OK mystery, but I just couldn't get into this...it really dragged for me...main character is very sarcastic and dry, which bothered me
51. A Hard Man to Love by Kathleen Lawless...another hot romance by one of my favorite authors!
52. The Run-Away Friend: A Kirsten Mystery (American Girl) by Kathleen Ernst...slow, but good
53. A Thief in the Theater: A Kit Mystery (American Girl) by Sarah Masters Buckey...still reading, good
54. Traitor in Williamsburg: A Felicity Mystery (American Girl) by Elizabeth McDavid Jones...good, had Ben in it again!
55. Nauti Boy by Lora Leigh...wow! This was really great, a little over the top for me and surprising also that it didn't go further in some ways, but excellent hot story...can't wait for the next one!
56. Carnal Agreement by Silvia Violet...excellent!
57. Wanton Winter...not what I expected
58. The Cop...two of the stories were pretty good, the other ugh!
59. Trouble With Harry...I ended up really liking this one...totally needs the sequel at the end, though!
60. Secrets, Vol. 1...wow, this is really good...now I want the next one!
61. Sins and Secrets...PF. Kozak...an erotic Choose Your Own Adventure...pretty good
62. Uprising...Margaret Haddix...very good...Triangle Shirtwaist story, excellent historical view of women
63. Summersville Heat by N. J. Walters...keeper, love the librarian romance!
64. The Sweetgum Knit Lit Society by Beth Pattillo...great chic lit story!
65. Nauti Nights by Lora Leigh...book two...steaming! Dawg's story...exciting adventure, too!
66. Nauti Dreams by Lora Leigh...excellent!
67. Magic and the Modern Girl by Mindy Klasky...another great one in this series
68. Happy Birthday, Baby by Lynn LaFleur...two were hot, one was weird...
69. I'm Your Santa by Lori Foster, et al...loved it!