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from the Challenge: 50 Books group.
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Congratulations to me! I met my goal for 2011, but I think I'm going to take a break from posting my books in 2012....not being able to access Goodreads at work anymore just makes things tougher. Maybe I'll be back for 2013...
Book 55 The Magician King by Lev Grossman
Rating: 4 Stars - Not sure if I enjoyed this one more than the first in the series....just too many Narnia references.
Book 54The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Rating: 4 Stars - Very engrossing, although I think Grossman borrowed a bit much from J.K. Rowling and C.S. Lewis.
Book 53The Naked Marquis by Sally MacKenzie
Rating: 3 Stars - Quick, easy fluff.
Book 52The Naked Baron by Sally MacKenzie
Rating: 3 Stars - Nice, easy fluff....But, after two of these in a row, I need a break.
Book 51The Naked Duke by Sally MacKenzie
Rating: 3 Stars - Definitely not a work of great literature, but it was a quick diverting read that met the requirement of not making me think.
Book 50Moneyball by Michael Lewis
Rating: 4 Stars - I am not much of a baseball fan, but Lewis made the subject extremely interesting.
Book 49Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
Rating: 4 Stars - I'm still collecting my thoughts on this one....
Book 48Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr
Rating: 3 Stars - A bit too juvenile, but it did end better than it began.
Book 47Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis
Rating: 3 Stars - Not as enjoyable as Lewis' The Big Short, but I found it at least informative, if not as hilarious as the back cover would have you believe.
Books 44-46The Study Series Bundle by Maria V. Snyder
Rating: 4 Stars - I read all three books in the series within a week, so I would say that they were quite entertaining. Not the best literature on earth, but they surely kept my interest.
Book 43Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong
Rating: 3 Stars - Meh....not bad, not great, and not my favorite in the series. There just wasn't much of a resolution, so the book felt like filler.
Book 42What a Westmoreland Wants by Brenda Jackson
Rating: 1 Star - Just utter melodramatic rubbish...I have to stop being lured in by the freebies on Kindle.
Book 41The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Rating: 3 Stars - A quick but very emotional read. I enjoy McCarthy's style, but the plot wasn't favorite. I find that I have read quite a few post-apocalyptic stories, but I don't care for them all that much...probably because they're depressing.
Book 40Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
Rating: 3 Stars - Yet another lackluster Stephanie Plum book...not even sure why I gave it 3 Stars. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either.
Book 39Hit List by Laurell K. Hamilton
Rating: 3 Stars - I prefer the Anita Blake novels that involve more fighting, less sex.....when the whole book is sex, the sex loses something....not as much fun, I guess. So, I enjoyed this installment more than others, but Hamilton really needs to get a better editor. The writing really wasn't up to par, and there were typos all over the place.
Book 38Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner
Rating: 4 Stars - An interesting, fictionalized look at the lives of women and motherhood....doesn't necessarily make me want to have a child anytime soon, though.
Book 37Heartless by Gail Carriger
Rating: 3 Stars - Sometimes Carriger's writing is a bit to flippant....and, I'm not sure if I like that or not. It does provide a change of pace from much of what I read.
Book 36The Dark Enquiry by Deanna Raybourn
Rating: 4 Stars - I have to say, Raybourn manages to write a mystery to which I can't figure out the killer within the first few chapters. I find that I have that problem with many mysteries and have enjoyed finding this series....if only she published more often....
Book 35The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen
Rating: 2 Stars - Not that I expected a book about the flu epidemic of 1918 to be completely joyful, but geez was this depressing. You'd think at least one character would get a happy ending, but noooooo....
