read 100 books in 2007

Kate Forsyth: The Witches of Eileanan Book 3 – The Cursed Towers

Great saga, but a slow read for me. Intruiging nontheless

Daniel Parker: Countdown January & February
Awesome Teen-Series, quick reads, can’t wait to read the rest of the series!

Jim Butcher: Storm Front (The Dresden Files 1)
Loved the hero. Looking forward to read more!

I loved this book simply for the fact because it took place in San Diego and I recognized almost all the places and streets described. The author actually lives in San Diego and co-owns my favourite bookstore there, Mysterious Galaxy. So yes, I’m pretty prejudiced. ;-) It totally cracked me up when in the beginning he described La Jolla and he even mentioned the language school I attended myself a couple of years ago! So this book was great for me because it has such a big recognition factor for me.

This is the first in a series of four books. It’s a nice, light YA story, a bit fluffy but that’s why I love this kind of books. It relaxes me like no other and it was a fast, entertaining read

This was my read for the long flight home from San Diego to Switzerland. And guess what? I finished reading it in that time! I kinda had to, since Lio wanted to read it next and so I could pass it on to him right away after he picked me up at the airport.

What can I say – Wow! I simply love her style of writing, it’s easy and fluent to read and the suspense keeps on to the end. I loved the fact that she did wrap up quite a few loose ends, explained backstories of various people, e.g. Dumbledore and Snape.

I won’t tell any more. Only that much: I think the epilogue leaves the door for a new series open…

Great read!

I took this book on vacation with me, I figured it’ll be a nice in-between-read. I was amazed at myself, I got through it pretty quickly.

The LKH story did not belong in this book. If I’m not mistaken, what was sold to us as a short story / novella, is really the first chapter of a full blown novel (I just don’t remember which Anita Book it was…). So, in context with the whole novel that would follow, it’d actually make sense. But just ripped out like this it didn’t belong and was just a lot of blah blah.

I’m not really a fan of MJD and her Undead series. I only read the first book in her series and it was way too chick-lit for me. However, I did enjoy this novella about a vampiress and her old college crush, it had me giggle throughout!

I absolutely adored Wilks’ story “originally human”. Very nice idea with the succubus, well written and I just loved the last sentence, about women wanting to curl up in bed with a good book… ;-)))

Rebecca York’s werewolf story was o.k., but a bit too heavy on the romance side for me. Still – entertaining.

I wasn’t blown away by the book, but I liked it. There were some interesting ideas in it and different takes on the supernatural and I always enjoy reading these. Of course there has to be a cliffhanger at the end so that now I’m curious what’s gonna happen next… There could have been more sex and romance, but it was o.k. as it was.

Nice read.

I finished reading this during my flight to San Diego. I got mixed feelings about this one. On one hand it was very suspenseful and kept me interested to the end. On the other hand, now I realized how very flowery the writing style is. Mr. Sellar sure likes his adjectives! That was a bit annoying at times. And by now even I know that felicity is auburn maned… ;-)
I also didn’t like the resolution of the story. Who was the bad guy? Why did he do it? I would have liked to know more about him and his motifs. Still – I’m looking forward to read more in the series.

Adult Comic, very well drawn, very sexy, good story. Loved it!

What a powerful little book! For me it came at the right time to be a companion for awhile on my journey and lend some wisdom and courage. Not the kind of book I usually read, but absolutely worth it!

A very enjoyable read. I completely can relate to Daphne’s trouble with men and Darius in particular… Seems like vampires are only humans, too! ;-)
Loved the action, but was a bit disappointed in the drug-plot. The solution there left me a bit unsatisfied. What was the deal with susto? Where did it come from? Who’s Don Manuel, what’s his part in the story and what’s the deal with Jade?
I very much like the bits and pieces of history woven into the story. Very nice touch! Also, for us non-americans, the appendix at the end was very helpful.

Finished reading this last week. I liked it; a nice murder mystery with a wiccan twist… Reminds me a bit of the novels of Silver Ravenwolf. Haven’t read a book where males were the main protagonists in ages, so that was a fun change. :-) Am looking forward to read book 2 in the series, but will read somehting else first before getting started on it.