Chelsea Cain: evil at heart & - the over-the-top, weird, gruesome kind of murder mystery; The Night Season - not as bad, but not really my kind of book. I checked both out at once, but no more Chelsea Cain.
Jan Burke: Disturbance - I like Jan Burke's mystery series featuring Irene Kelly.Peter Orullian: The Unremembered - Fantasy that definitely needed an editor. Almost abandoned it, but found myself more involved as I went along. Didn't change the fact that it needed a ruthless editor for, among other things, length and repetition. First in a series.
Andrew P. Mayer: The Falling Machine (Book One of The Society of Steam) - Another steam punk disappointment.Graham Thomas: Malice on the Moors - Not bad. I enjoyed this one.
Peter Robinson: Playing with Fire - I always enjoy Peter Robinson.
Deanna Raybourn: The Dead Travel Fast - Oh, no. Don't bother.
jenclair: I admire you for finishing books you're not liking. I can never seem to do that and maybe I've missed some books that got better in the second half but life's just too short. :)
ReplyDeleteI like Jan Burke though I haven't read her in a while. I do remember liking NINE, a standalone she wrote a few years ago.
welcome back! Love the pithiness of your reviews...
ReplyDeleteI was wondering where you vanished to. Glad to see you back around!
ReplyDeleteYvette - I find it difficult to abandon books, but it does happen! I agree, life is too short too waste the time...and still, I do it.
ReplyDeleteAnne - They are pretty pithy, aren't they? And a little snarky, too. :)
Kailana - Yep, it is always difficult to catch up after a long absence. I have to ruthlessly restrict myself from trying to read all the posts I've missed on all the blogs I usually read.