Eh {shrug} reviews

Confessions of a Contractor by Richard Murphy - got this as an ARC, and even though I seem to have lost the info to send the publisher my review, I'll still do it :> Contractor Henry Sullivan muses about life, love, and home renovation - and the dangers of getting too involved with your clients. The reviewers at amazon.com liked it much more than I did. It was pleasant - the guy equivalent of chick-lit.

Keeper of the Universe by Louise Lawrence - looking at the editorial reviews on amazon.com, I agree much more with the second one - I found this slow and didactic. Read for the 888 challenge.

September books

Suffered some cattus interruptus last night and only got to post one list :)

Death's Half Acre by Margaret Maron
Breaking Cover by J. D. Rhoades
Streams of Babel by Carol Plum-Ucci - teen thriller
Melting Stones by Tamora Pierce - teen fantasy
Silks by Dick and Felix Francis
Wild Jinx by Sandra Hill
Chillwater Cove by Thomas Lakeman
Erec Rex: The Dragon's Eye by Kaza Kingsley - juvenile fantasy
Hit and Run by Lawrence Block
The Crystal Skull by Manda Scott
The Dawn Patrol by Don Winslow
Hell's Bay by James W. Hall
Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel by Eoin Colfer
and a run of James Rollins:
Map of Bones
The Black Order
The Judas Strain
Excavation
Deep Fathom
Any Given Doomsday by Lori Handeland

October books

Skeleton Lake by Mike Doogan
Sly Mongoose by Tobias Buckell
Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen
Damage Control by J.A. Jance
Lie Down With the Devil by Linda Barnes
The Black Sun by James Twining
The Deadliest Denial by Colleen Thompson
Rough Weather by Robert B. Parker
The Winter of Frankie Machine by Don Winslow
We Must Be Gods: Two Lumps Year Two by Mel Hynes & J. Grant
Severance Package by Duane Swierczynski
Hell Bent by William G. Tapply

and one's I'll review:
Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi
Nothing To Lose by Alex Flinn
The Double Eagle by James Twining
Private Lives by Karen Young

Top choices - Aug, Sept, Oct

August:
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Big Fat Manifesto by Susan Vaught
A Thousand Bones by P. J. Parrish


September:
The Dawn Patrol by Don Winslow
Streams of Babel by Carol Plum-Ucci
Hell's Bay by James W. Hall
Death's Half Acre by Margaret Maron
Breaking Cover by J. D. Rhoades


October:
The Winter of Frankie Machine by Don Winslow
Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi
Damage Control by J. A. Jance
Lie Down With the Devil by Linda Barnes
Severance Package by Duane Swierczynski