Monday, October 31, 2011

Books Read in October 2011

Alt, Madelyn
- Home for a Spell 

Blackwell, Juliet
- If Walls Could Talk 

Blair, Annette
- Larceny and Lace
- Death by Diamonds 
- Skirting the Grave 

Childs, Laura
- The Teaberry Strangler 
- Scones & Bones 

Christie, Agatha
- Poirot Investigates 
- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 

Dams, Jeanne M.
- A Dark & Stormy Night 

Davidson, Diane Mott
- Crunch Time

de Lint, Charles
- Moonheart 

Evanovich, Janet
- Smokin’ Seventeen 

Fluke, Joanne
- Cream Puff Murder 
- Plum Pudding Murder 
- Apple Turnover Murder 
- Devil’s Food Cake Murder

Grafton, Sue
- T is for Trespass 

Hunter, Maddy
- Hula Done It
- G’day to Die
- Norway to Hide 

Lewis, Matthew Gregory
- The Monk 

Micheals, Fern; Barton, Beverly; Fluke Joanne; Jump, Shirley
- Sugar and Spice 

Myers, Tim
- Innkeeping with Murder 

Starbird, Margaret
- The Woman with the Alabaster Jar

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Books Read in September 2011

Allen, Sarah Addison
- Garden Spells 
Fiction.  Story of two sisters who followed very different paths in life, only to have them reunite as they grow as adults and as sisters.  Two sisters, a girl, and a temperamental apple tree.  Very magical.

Christie, Agatha
- The Mysterious Affair at Styles 
- Murder on the Links 
- Poirot Investigates 
Fiction.  The first three Hercule Poirot mysteries.

Davidson, Diane Mott
- Double Shot 
- Dark Tort 
- Sweet Revenge
- Fatally Flaky 
Fiction.   Books 12-15 of the Goldy Culinary mystery series.

Greenway, Alice
- White Ghost Girls 
Fiction.  Story of two  American sisters who grow up in Hong Kong during the Vietnam War.  Surprise ending.

MacInerney, Karen
- Murder on the Rocks 
Fiction. First book in the Gray Whale Inn mysteries set in Maine.  Natalie Barnes starts life over as an innkeeper and finds her livelihood in danger from a greedy land developer.

O’Brien, Edna
- A Pagan Place 
Fiction. Story of a young Irish girl's life in the early 1900's Ireland.

Radclyffe
- When Dreams Tremble 
Fiction. Lesbian love story of young love, loss, growth, and renewal.

Stamps, Laura 
- The Witches of Dixie 
Fiction. Book 1 in the Witchery trilogy.  Paranormal tale of four southern bell witches.

Swendson, Shanna
-  Enchanted, Inc.
Fiction. Book 1 in the Katie Chandler paranormal comedy treat.  Very light and magical.

Wesselman, Hank
- Spiritwalker: Messages from the Future
Non-fiction. Anthropologist Hank Wesselman's account of a series of visions he has while living on the Kona coast.  Written like a fictional story, I had to keep reminding myself that these were his true visions.