Thriller and Suspense Challenge 2010

This is my last choice(I think!) for a 2010 reading challenge. The sub genres are listed on another site and the list is long so I'm just posting the link here.

The Dead Travel Fast by Deanna Raybourn

I just realized that there is a new book from Deanna Raybourn due out in 2010. Love the cover! I found the first books in her series toward the end of 2008 and it quickly became one of my favorite historical mystery series. This one's a stand alone, and although I wish it had been a continuation of the series, I loved the gothic style of her last book and this one promises more of the same. Click on the link for more info and a trailer, The Dead Travel Fast

Now if only we'd get the new Sarah Tolerance from Madeleine E. Robins or another C.J. Sansom. Who are some of your favorite historical mystery/thriller authors?

Reading For a Cure

I've decided to join a new challenge in 2010, hope you'll check it out. For info please check out Caribousmom's blog.

What Are You Reading On Mondays

This weekly Meme can be found at j-kaye-book-blog.blogspot.com

This week I'm well into Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger, is anyone else planning on reading it or maybe you've already read it?

Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich

I was so pleased to get a copy this month and couldn't wait to read it. As expected, Evanovich didn't disappoint and there were scenes where I was rolling on the floor I was laughing so hard. In spite of that, I'm thinking this will probably be my last in this series. After so many, I still am in awe of the way this author can do slapstick, hilarious is an understatement, and there are times I'm laughing so hard, it's a wonder the neighbors don't think I'm crazy. But, (you knew there was a but coming, didn't you?) for the last 3 or 4 books, I've been irritated with the issues that are never resolved and the repetitiveness is starting to wear on me. It will be hard to leave Ranger and Joe Morelli behind but I can certainly understand more why some authors decide to end a series. After a certain point, there's just not anymore story to tell.

3.5/5

Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris

Grave Secret is the 4th installment in Harris' Grave series. This series follows the career of Harper Connelly and her stepbother Tolliver as they travel across the country, paid to find the dead and in some cases, the circumstances that caused the deaths. I'm a big fan of everything Charlaine Harris but occasionally, there's a book that seems to be just filler. This is one of those times and while it does a great job of tying up some loose ends that have been hanging around since the beginning of their story, it settles them in such a way that I'm worried that this will either be the last book or close to it. There is one consolation to that thought, and that is that whatever she comes up with next , it will be worth waiting for. And I suppose it's always possible that she just wants to take the storyline in a new direction and is just clearing out some of the clutter thats accumulated. Amazing to me that I resisted reading her books for so long cause I was under the impression that they were cutesy and light , definitely a case of judging books by their cover as they are anything but.

3.5/5

Age of Autism newsletter

I subscribe to a daily web based paper called Age of Autism. Even though I have the feed coming directly to my blog, I just wanted to point out that there are some really interesting articles today concerning the H1N1 flu shots. I've been worrying lately that I'm biased about this given that I have a close friend with an autistic son and a great niece that started having seizures within a week of getting her 6 month vaccinations. The worry has come with all the publicity surrounding the new flu shots. Having an 8 year old daughter of my own, the decision on whether or not to have her vaccinated for the flu has not come easily, and truthfully, I'm still struggling with it. But that's a lot what being a parent is about , making decisions concerning the well being of our children until such a time that they can make those decisions for themselves. And then still, we worry....

I'd love to hear any thoughts?