Old Book Review Sidebar

Well, I did the blog review reform thing a while back, but I kept the sidebar because...I don't know, lazy maybe :). Keeping the books changing when I read one to two a week though has become just as not happening as the reviews. In fact, the reviews happen more often than the sidebar gets updated. So, this is the first of two new "book" posts. This is just an archive of my previous comments and a quick link to the reviews. I'll put a link to this post in the sidebar so it's easy to find.

The second is something I'm stealing from a friend who stole it from a group. Basically, I'm starting to track my to read pile in a spreadsheet. I'll make one post that I'll also point to in the sidebar. This will contain a table with my TBR pile contents and their status. Who knows, maybe people will poke me as to what should bubble up to the top first.

Read and Enjoyed

• The Privateer
  Jon Williams: My hubby has been recommending the series. It is by Walter Jon Williams under a penname and if you love sea tales like Hornblower and Ramage, you should give this a try.


• Almost A Lady
  Jane Feather: Bantam Books Advanced Reader copy


• Bitten and Smitten
  Michelle Rowen: Won in a blog contest.


• Midnight Rain
  Holly Lisle: Because Holly has never let me down yet.

Read and Reviewed

• WarChild(R)
  Karin Lowachee: I have heard a lot about this book, especially on the Online Writers Workshop listserv and so wanted to give it a try.


• Into the Fire(R)
  Jessica Hall: What can I say, I like them :).


• Heat of the Moment(R)
  Jessica Hall: Her growing skill continues to amaze me.


• Diplomacy of Wolves(R)
  Holly Lisle: I just felt like reading a good Holly fantasy and I have had these on my shelf waiting for a bit.


• Vengence of Dragons(R)
  Holly Lisle: And I could not stop at just one :).


• Courage of Falcons(R)
  Holly Lisle: Or even two.


• His One-Night Mistress(R)
  Sandra Field: For the Harlequin We Hear You reader survey program.


• Blackmailed into Marriage(R)
  Lucy Monroe: For the Harlequin We Hear You reader survey program.


• If Angels Burn(R)
  Lynn Viehl: I read this first in the author proof and felt that medium had not given me the chance to absorb the book properly.


• Ghosts in the Snow(R)
  Tamara Siler Jones: Tambo is an FM friend and the concept sounded fun.


• Hard Contact (Star Wars Republic Commando(R)
  Karen Traviss: Because Karen asked me to ;)


• Talyn(R)
  Holly Lisle: Cause it's a Holly book :).


• The Kissing Blades(R)
  Jessica Hall: I had to know what happened with Sean Delaney :). This is the third in the White Tiger Swords Trilogy.


• A Girl Named Disaster(R)
  Nancy Farmer: Suggested because I am writing a feral character and this book is about a girl who goes feral.


• Left Horse Black(R)
  S.J. Reisner: Another FM friend and I won it in her contest


• Dragonsblood(R)
  Todd McCaffrey: My husband picked it out in the library because I have always read Pern


• What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew
  Daniel Pool: Recommended on Forward Motion for research into the 19th century(R)


• Afterburn(R)
  S.L. Viehl: I could not miss out on a Sheila book, now could I?


• Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons(R)
  Lorna Landvik: This is the first book for my book club.


• Old Boyfriends(R)
  : For the Harlequin We Hear You reader survey program.


• Shaman's Crossing(R)
  Robin Hobb: Another reader review and another author I am adding to my buy list.


• Crucible(R)
  Nancy Kress: Nancy Kress rarely disappoints me. Her cultural and political tangles are fascinating.


• Paradise Island(R)
  Gena Hale: I have enjoyed other works by Sheila Kelly and wanted to try these too.


• City of Pearl(R)
  Karen Traviss: Read the second through the reader review program and enjoyed it so much I wanted to read the first.


• Dream Mountain(R)
  Gena Hale: I have enjoyed other works by Sheila Kelly and wanted to try these too.


• Gods Old and Dark(R)
  Holly Lisle: I had read the rest of the series and could not wait.