Chapter and Hearse by Lorna Barrett

I had missed this series, I couldn't find this volume in the series for a while but now I'm back on track. The heroine of this series owns a mystery bookstore (some of the books I've read are recommendations from these books actually!) and seems to have the bad luck to be connected in a series of murders. I love this book and the earlier books because the heroine reminds me of me in a lot of ways, she loves books and she honestly wants to help people. The characters in this book seem a little more deep in your typical mystery series. I like it. The mystery almost is secondary to the personal relationships but that being said the mystery was clever.

Rating: 4 stars

Recommendations: The first book in this series is Murder is Binding.

352 pages only took me about 2.5 hours!

The Jefferson Key by Steve Berry

This was the latest in the Cotton Malone books, it was set in the US and featured pirates lol it was great fun. I finished it in one day. One of the things I like about this author is he does a lot of research and includes it in his books. In fact, in the afterword he talks about what in the book was based on fact and what was his own creation, I like that. I like the Cotton Malone books and Steve Berry in general. He tends towards the more believable end of the action adventure genre.

Rating: 4 stars

Recommendations: Any of Steve Berry's books are great. I especially liked The Third Secret.

480 pages took around 5 hours.

Hit List by Laurell K Hamilton

Hit List is the latest Anita Blake novel. I enjoyed it more than the last couple, although I was disappointed at the end. Hamilton had spent several books building up the main enemy and then *poof* she was dealt with at the end of this one. She also ended this book really abruptly, like I said *poof* evil vanquished and then no fall out. I'm sure it will be dealt with in the next book but I was still annoyed. There are still plenty of monsters to be dealt with and emotional baggage to be explored. That's one of the things I like about this series is how much the main character has changed and grown.

Rating: 4 stars

Recommendations: Read this series in order!! The first book is Guilty Pleasures. She also has another series but I just haven't gotten to it.

336 pages took me about 3 hours, I read it in one sitting.

Scent to Her Grave by India Ink

I really like this series, I like the main character, I like the mysteries, I like the secondary characters, it's just a great series. This is actually book one, I read book two (A Blush with Death) first by mistake. The main character is Persia and she is a nicely rounded likable heroine. Her friends and family are pretty well rounded as well. The mystery was a good one, I didn't figure it out ahead of time.

Rating: 4 stars

Recommendations: The rest of this series of course!

272 pages in about 3 hours

Battle for Commitment Planet by Graham Sharp Paul

I think this might have been my least favorite of the series. Mainly because it didn't go anywhere. Almost 400 pages and nothing was resolved, it's like there should be another book in the series. Plus, I really hate Michael's girlfriend, Anna. She is totally illogical, and very poorly conceptualized.

Rating: 2 stars

No recommends on this one!

384 pages in about 3 hours I was excited for this one, I figured it would end the series but I started to get suspicious about page 300....

Battle of Devastation Reef by Graham Sharp Paul

This was my favorite of the series. There was more thought put into this book, there was some exploration of how politics and tradition impacts the running of a war. The space battles were still poorly done but the overall arc of the story kept me in.

Rating : 4 stars

Recommendations: Same stuff lol Honor Harrington

368 pages I read in one stitting, three hours lol

Battle of the Hammer Worlds by Graham Sharp Paul

I liked this one a little better than the first book in this series, Battle at the Moons of Hell*, it still was a pale echo of some better series but I find myself warming to Michael. His character is starting to fill out a little and he's getting more interesting. Plus there weren't really very many space battles in this one to distract me.

Rating: 3 stars

Recommendations: Once again read the Honor Harrington novels!

336 pages once again about 3 hours