Kathy Reichs is awesome!

I've read several of her books now- Deja Dead, Deadly Décisions, Fatal Voyage, Grave Secrets, Bare Bones, Bones to Ashes, and I'm just about finished with her latest, 206 Bones. Each book is about forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance "Tempe" Brennan and the cases she helps solve. Some are absolutely gruesome, dealing with plane crashes, masacres, and serial killers. The detail is amazingly real (because of Reichs herself is a forensic anthropolgist and academic). And there are plenty of interesting supporting characters.

So far I think 206 Bones and Fatal Voyage are my favorites.

The television show Bones is so different. Only the character's name and occupation are the same. The books are so much better, but the show is a lot of fun. Book Tempe is far more interesting than television's "Bones". 

Once I finish 206 Bones, my total will be 21 books read (not counting several cookbooks, which I will probably add to the list). 

Still behind on my reading.

I just picked up Cheri and The Last of Cheri by Collette. I'm looking forward to reading them.

I've recently gotten hooked on the T.V. series Bones, which is (very loosely) based on the crime novels by Kathy Reichs. I enjoy the series, but I've heard the books are way better. So I'm going to start reading them. This will at least bring me a little closer to my goal of 50 books this year!

QFT.

I'm sorry, but the Twilight books are drivel. I couldn't get through the first one.

I've spent most of this summer rather ill, so my reading has suffered. I have finally finished Pride and Prejudice and Zombies...and I laughed through every freaking page. Looking forward to Sense and Sensibilty and Sea Monsters!

Three more.

I finished all three of the Torchwood novels this week. Very entertaining! So I'm up to 13 books...and it's already June. Pathetic! I'll read more this month.

Summer reading- started.

I've started with the three Torchwood novels I haven't read yet. I'm almost done with Pack Animals, which is good, gory fun and a lot like an episode of the show! Next up: Skypoint and Almost Perfect.

The more serious reading will start in June- I still have Cranford, A Passage to India, and Villette in my to-read pile.

I still can't believe I've neglected my reading so badly this year.

New Hamish Macbeth!

I read Death of a Witch, the newest M.C. Beaton novel, over the weekend. It was pretty good. The Hamish stories do get a bit repetitive after a while. This one has Hamish investigating the death of a woman who had tricked the men of Lochdubh into buying aphrodisiacs that didn't work. The killer is a bit of surprise, and the reasons for the killings is quite sad, and proves that Hamish doesn't know what really goes on behind the doors of his beloved village. The usual Hamish-is-unlucky-in-love subplot appears, too, with his two former loves and a possible new one clashing. That gets boring after a while. It would be nice if Hamish actually picks one and settles down! But then, I guess he wouldn't be Hamish.

So now I've read both new Beaton novels. It will be a long time before a new Hamish or Agatha Raisin story comes out.

That's book number ten. I really need to get back to reading...

R.I.P., J. G. Ballard.

The author of Empire of the Sun, Crash, and other novels died yesterday at 78.

Crash was kind of icky (I didn't even bother with the movie version), but Empire was a classic. I need to read it again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._G._Ballard




I finished The Reader (better than the movie), and I'll read either Cranford or A Passage to India next. I've really neglected the books so far this year. :(