[Kokomo Lee]

I'm in!

2015 Goals:
Read at least 7 books per month (84 this year)
Include 1 new (to me) author per month
Remember to read previously-purchased books
Remember to post them on Mobileread (still working on this one...)

Book Rating/Comments:
1: Awful, or did not finish
2: Not great, or not to my taste
3: Average
4: Good. Would read again.
5: Great! A prominent place in my library.


January - Here we go!
1. The Adventures of Ellery Queen - Ellery Queen (rating 3)
I loved these stories as a child, but they are not holding up as well as I had hoped
2. The Draco Tavern - Larry Niven (rating 4)
3. Kalorama Shakedown - Robert Bruce Stewart (new author, rating 3)
4. Chains of Frost - T.A. Grey (new author, rating 3)
5. Return of the Wicca - Craig Havens (new author, rating 4)
6. Bone Crossed - Patricia Briggs (rating 3.5)
7. Vengeance in Death - JD Robb (rating 3)
8. Masters of Seduction Book 1 - Edited by Lara Adrian (rating 4)
9. Holiday In Death - JD Robb (rating 3.5)
9 books to date

February - Romance and Chilly Weather
1.Conspiracy in Death - JD Robb (rating 4)
2. Loyalty in Death - JD Robb (rating 3)
3. Witness in Death - JD Robb (rating 4)
I have been recovering from minor surgery, and the In Death books are a perfect sickroom read.
4. To Drink or Not to Drink: Prohibition-era arguments for and Against Lawless Liquor - Adams Media (new author, rating 3)
5. Darkship Thieves - Sarah Hoyt (rating 4)
6. Hell on Wheels - Julie Ann Walker (new author, rating 3)
7. In Rides Trouble - Julie Ann Walker (rating 3)
8. Hidden - Kendra Elliott (new author, rating 3)
17 books to date

March - Busy and Warm
1. Rev It Up - Julie Ann Walker (Black Knights 3 - rating 2)
2. Bite Me - Shelly Laurenston (new author, rating 4)
3. The Very Best of Charles De Lint - Charles De Lint (rating 5)
4. Under Her Skin - edited by Ilona Andrews (rating 4)
5. You Are Not So Smart - David McRaney (new author, rating 3.5)
6. Memory and Dream - Charles De Lint (rating 4)
7. The Two Income Trap: why middle-class mothers and fathers are going broke - Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi (new author, rating 3.5)
24 books to date

April - Travel and Hoping for Rain
1. Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic - Meghan Diana Doidge (new author, rating 4)
2. Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic - Meghan Diana Doidge (rating 4)
3. Prescription: Murder! Volume 1 - Alan Hynd (rating 3)
4. Treasures, Demons, and Other Black Magic - Meghan Diana Doidge (rating 4)
5. I See Me - Meghan Diana Doidge (rating 4)
6. Shadows, Maps, and Other Ancient Magic - Meghan Diana Doidge (rating 3)
7. Shifting Shadows - Patricia Briggs rating 3.5
8. House of the Rising Sun - Kristen Painter (new author, rating 2)
32 books to date

May - Looking for May Showers
1. Bones Never Lie - Kathy Reichs (rating 3.5)
2. Silver Borne - Patricia Briggs (rating 3.5)
3. The Inn at Rose harbor - Debbie Macomber (new author, rating 3)
4. Silver Wolf Clan - Tera Shanley (new author, rating 3)
5. House Without a Key - Earl Derr Biggers (new author, rating 4)
6. Darkship Renegades - Sarah Hoyt (rating 4)
7. Airborn - Kenneth Oppel (new author, rating 4.5)
8. The Chinese Parrot - Earl Derr Biggers (rating 3.5) (Charlie Chan 2)
9. Dead Man's Switch - Tammy Kaehler (rating 3)
10. Ghost Ship - Clive Cussler and Graham Brown (rating 3)
11. Pineapple Lies - Amy Vansant (rating 2)
12. Earthly Delights - Kerry Greenwood (rating 4.5) (Corinna Chapman 1)
13. Behind That Curtain - Earl Derr Biggers (rating 3) (Charlie Chan 3)
14. River Marked - Patricia Briggs (Mercy 6, rating 3.5)
Had a few long plane flights: good time to catch up on my reading!
46 books to date

June - Hello Sunshine
1. Robert B Parker's Cheap Shot - Ace Atkins (new author, rating 3.5)
Long-time Spenser reader: this was my first Spense by Ace Atikins. Not bad..
2. The Mane Event - Shelly Laurenston (rating 3)
3. Outliers - Malcolm Glad we'll (rating 4.5)
4. Aegis Rising - S.S. Segran (new author, rating 3)
5. Lost Things - Melissa Scott and Jo Graham (new author, rating 4)
6. Steel Blues - Melissa Scott and Jo Graham (rating 4)
7. Silver Bullet - Melissa Scott and Jo Graham (rating 3)
8. Masters of Seduction 5-8 - Edited by Lara Adrian rating 3.5
9. Beast Behaving Badly - Shelly Laurenston (rating 3)
10. Wind Raker - Melissa Scott and Jo Graham (rating 3)
56 books to date

July - Hot Temperatures and Hot Books
1. The Getaway Car - Donald E Westlake (rating 3.5)
2. Mai Tai'd Up - Alice Clayton (new author, rating 3)
3. Under a Graveyard Sky - John Ringo (rating 3.5)
4. What the Dog Saw - Malcom Gladwell (rating 3)
5. To Sail a Darkling Sea - John Ringo (rating 3.5)
6. Dragon Actually - G.A. Aiken (rating 3.5)
7. Frost Burned - Patricia Briggs (Mercy 7, rating 4)
8. Islands of Hope and Rage - John Ringo (rating 4)
9. Dragon Lust - Kelly Armenta (rating 4)
10. Shadows, Maps, and Other Ancient Magic - Meghan Diana Doidge (rating 4)
66 books to date

August - Days Off and Vacation Reading
1. Piranha - Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison (Oregon Files) Rating 3
2. Whale Hunt in the Desert: Secrets of a Vegas Superhost - Deke Castleman Rating 3.5
3. Strands of Sorrow - John Ringo (rating 4) Black Tide Rising 4 Zombie Apocalypse
4. Maids of Misfortune - M Louisa Locke (new author, Rating 4)
5. Night Shift - Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, Lisa Shearin, Milla Vane (overall 3.5)
6. The Grendel Affair - Lisa Shearin (new author, 3.5)
7. Night Broken - Patricia Briggs (Mercy 8, rating 4.5)
8. Tom Swift and His Luna-Tronic Excavator - Leo L Levesque (new author, rating 3)
9. Hollywood Murder Mystery - Lee Saylor (new author, rating 3)
10. The Desperados - Sienna Valentine (rating 2.5)
76 books to date

September - Back to School Time
1. Tales of Tinfoil: Stories of Paranoia and Conspiracy - edited by Nick Cole (rating 3.5)
2. Dragon Conspiracy - Lisa Shearin (rating 3)
3. Summer of the Eagles - Jackie Clay (new author, rating 4.5)
4. Dragon Rage - Kelly Armenta (rating 3)
5. Autumn of the Loons - Jackie Clay (rating 3.5)
6. Magic Breaks - Ilona Andrews (, rating 3.5)
7. Magic Shifts - Ilona Andrews (rating 4)
8. The Martian - Andy Weir (new author, rating 4.5)
9. Hawk - Steven Brust (rating 4)
65 books to date

October - Fall and Spooky Doings
1. Heavenly Pleasures - Kerry Greenwood (rating 4)
2. Uneasy Spirits - M Louisa Locke (rating 4)
3. Bloody Lessons - M Louisa Locke (rating 3.5)
4. Sons of Sparta - Jeffrey Siger (6, rating 4)
5. About a Dragon - G A Aiken (rating 3.5)
6. Devil of Delphi - Jeffrey Siger (7, rating 4)
7. Burn for Me - Ilona Andrews (rating 3.75)
8. Torch Ginger - Toby Neal (new author, rating 3)
73 books to date

November - Ramping Up for the Holidays
1. What a Dragon Should Know - G A Aiken (rating 4)
2. Last Dragon Standing - G A Aiken (rating 3.5)
3. The Land Beyond - Dana Stabenow (rating 4)
4. It's In His Heart - Shelly Alexander (new author, rating 3.5)
5. The Dragon Who Loved Me - G A Aiken (rating 4)
6. The Vampire's Mail Order Bride - Kristen Painter (rating 3)
7. How to Drive a Dragon Crazy - G.A. Aiken (rating 3.5)
8. Quicksilver - Toni Dwiggens (new author, rating 3.5)
9. White Leopard - Laurent Guillaume (new author, rating 2)
10. Badwater - Toni Dwiggens (rating 3)
83 books to date

December - Time to Wrap Up the Year
1. The Aeronaut's Windlass - Jim Butcher (rating 4.5)
2. Dragons at Crumbling Castle - Terry Pratchett (rating 3.5)
3. The Pharaoh's Secret - Clive Cussler (rating 3)
4. The Forest - Justin Groot (new author, rating 4.5)
5. Midnight at Marble Arch - Anne Perry (rating 2)
6. Quarter Share - Nathan Lowell (new author, rating 4.5)
7. The Soloman Curse - Clive Cussler & Russell Blake (rating 2.5)
8. Murder in Murray Hill - Victoria Thompson (new author, rating 2.5)
9. I See You - Meghan Ciana Doidge (rating 4) Oracle 2
10. Half Share - Nathan Lowell (rating 4) Trader's Tales 2
93 books!

Year-End Summary
93 books read
25 new authors discovered