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Saturday, October 23, 2010

Review: Wild Evolution by C. Fern Cook

Thanks to C. Fern Cook for sending me a copy of her book for review!



About the Book

The night Dan Tucker defends his livestock against a wild canine attack, he is put in a 'kill or be killed' battle. Planning to take the head of the wolf-like creature in to be tested for rabies, Dan discovers he has the head of a man instead of an animal. Fearing no one will believe the human head was taken from a wild dog he killed in self-defense, he is forced to cover up the murder. As a werewolf by contamination, Dan's strength and senses are heightened, including his passion for the wild. When his cantankerous neighbor plans a new housing development that threatens the habitat of local wildlife, Dan has no choice but to try and stop construction. But things don't go according to plan, and now Dan has a second body to dispose of. This edgy eco-thriller is fast-paced, full of suspense, and guaranteed to surprise.

You can visit C. Fern Cook's website.

You can also read the two guest blog posts she's done here on JustJenniferReading: post 1 post 2

My Review

This was definitely not a "normal" werewolf story. I don't know if it is my lack of reading werewolf stories, but I don't ever remember reading a werewolf story in which the reader is let into the mind of the werewolf while he/she is in werewolf form. Most of the ones I've read the person is not "conscious" of their actions while they are in wolf form. I really liked that angle in this one. But like I said, don't know if it is my lack of experience with the genre or if it is a new way of writing.

Being an animal lover I really enjoyed Dan's connection with nature and animals. Even in his wolf form he is aware of other animals and is careful of his actions. The pain that was caused to him and his dogs in the beginning of the book is brought back to memory a few times. And while it was sad and difficult to read (I cry while watching ASPCA commercials) it really made me like Dan as the main character. I think without that "link" to him I would have easily been able to find him despicable. Even knowing that it wasn't really him it was the change from becoming a werewolf that made him so rude sometimes, I still could have easily disliked him.

I liked Angela, she reminded me of me. She was a warm and caring person and she was willing to put up with Dan and his behavior because she is in love with him. I'm the same way with people, loyal to a fault at times. While she wasn't a huge focus in this first book I'm hoping that she has a larger part in the rest of the series.

Like I said earlier, I haven't read many paranormal stories so this may be a lack of experience on my part but I thought this was a very different take on the normal paranormal story. It was refreshing to read. And once I got the time to really sit with the book it was a very fast read.

Wild Evolution

Friday, October 22, 2010

Review: e-Book Follow the Money by Ross Cavins

Thank you to the author, Ross Cavins, for allowing me to review his book.



About the Book

From one of America's most unknown authors comes a book so humorous, so vile, so inane ... it could only be a cry for help.

If you're searching for a refreshing style that's a tad demented, with characters that burrow deep into your mind and never leave, you've found the right book. "Follow the Money" is a collection of ten interconnected short stories that will grab you, wrestle you to the ground and squeeze you until your funny bone snaps in two.

A botched kidnapping, a money scam, a not-so-average convenience store holdup ... each story flows (with the money) through a series of interesting, and sometimes bizarre, plots. Layered and interweaved with seamless complexity, recurring characters and everyday motifs bind the ten stories into a single universal plot*.

Ingenious in its conception, flawless in its execution, "Follow the Money" is a hilarious, detailed study on the many facets of the human condition. Greed, Pride, Lust ... the seven deadly sins have never been so entertaining.

Prepare yourself for a raunchy, gritty ride you'll never want to end.

* (Note: Not one single vampire, zombie or sorcerer was thought about during the writing or editing of these stories)

For more information please visit Ross Cavins' website.

My Review

This book was hilarious. Right from the dedication through to the end. I still hate to admit that I have a sick and dark sense of humor, but the fact that I laughed through most of this book I think just sets that even more in stone...

The stories were so weird. They all seemed to revolve around, what most people would consider, "trash". Sadly though there were a few characters that when I started reading them I thought to myself "This is just like ..." It was both a frightening and liberating, it meant I could laugh at it because I was part of it.

For being short stories the characters are very well developed. The fact that some of them carry through one or two of the stories helps build them even more. I think the ability to create such developed characters within the limitations of a short story is a sign of a great author.

The stories are well written. Sometimes it took me a minute to find the "connection" to the previous stories, but once I figured it out it all really started to make sense. Again I have to mention the humor that was so well-placed in the stories. I don't want to give anything away but my favorite bit of humor is the toe/thumb... (That's got you thinking doesn't it???) Like I said, it's kind of dark twisted humor.

While I didn't get lost in the story, and the characters were all fairly despicable I do have to say that I really enjoyed myself while reading this book. I really hope Cavins writes something else because I think I'm going to have to read this a few times. Not only to pick up some of the things I may have missed but also because I enjoyed it so much.

Review: e-Book Common Sense by Thomas Paine

I bought this to help my sister with a paper she had to write.



About the Book

Thomas Paine arrived in America from England in 1774. A friend of Ben Franklin, he was a writer of poetry and tracts condemning the slave trade. In 1775, as hostilities between Britain and the colonies intensified, Paine wrote Common Sense to encourage the colonies to break the British exploitative hold through independence. The little booklet of 50 pages was published January 10, 1776 and sold a half-million copies, approximately equal to 75 million copies today.

My Review

I can't say that I liked this one, but I didn't hate it and I actually found it fairly interesting. It was intriguing and as Paine made his arguments for why we should revolt I kept having to remind myself of the time that this was written. It really made me think had we not had people like Paine in our history where would we be today? How different of a world would we live in if there had not been revolutionists?

The language took me a bit to get used to. I realized how nice the dictionary feature on the nook really is... There were quite a few times that I had to look something up because I was lost as to what Paine was trying to get across.

Overall I think it was a compelling piece of literature. At the very least it was thought provoking and gave me a better idea of the place America was in politically and socially before the revolution.

Review: Audiobook: When I Stop Talking You'll Know I'm Dead by Jerry Weintraub

Thanks to Anna at Hachette for letting me review this audiobook.



About the Book

Here is the story of Jerry Weintraub: the self-made, Brooklyn-born, Bronx-raised impresario, Hollywood producer, legendary deal maker, and friend of politicians and stars. No matter where nature has placed him--the club rooms of Brooklyn, the Mafia dives of New York's Lower East Side, the wilds of Alaska, or the hills of Hollywood--he has found a way to put on a show and sell tickets at the door. "All life was a theater and I wanted to put it up on a stage," he writes. "I wanted to set the world under a marquee that read: 'Jerry Weintraub Presents.'"

In WHEN I STOP TALKING, YOU'LL KNOW I'M DEAD, we follow Weintraub from his first great success at age twenty-six with Elvis Presley, whom he took on the road with the help of Colonel Tom Parker; to the immortal days with Sinatra and Rat Pack glory; to his crowning hits as a movie producer, starting with Robert Altman and Nashville, continuing with Oh, God!, The Karate Kid movies, and Diner, among others, and summiting with Steven Soderbergh and Ocean's Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen.

Along the way, we'll watch as Jerry moves from the poker tables of Palm Springs (the games went on for days), to the power rooms of Hollywood, to the halls of the White House, to Red Square in Moscow and the Great Palace in Beijing-all the while counseling potentates, poets, and kings, with clients and confidants like George Clooney, Bruce Willis, George H. W. Bush, Armand Hammer, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, John Denver, Bobby Fischer . . .well, the list goes on forever.

And of course, the story is not yet over . . .as the old-timers say, "The best is yet to come."

As Weintraub says, "When I stop talking, you'll know I'm dead."

With wit, wisdom, and the cool confidence that has colored his remarkable career, Jerry chronicles a quintessentially American journey, one marked by luck, love, and improvisation. The stories he tells and the lessons we learn are essential, not just for those who love movies and music, but for businessmen, entrepreneurs, artists . . . everyone.

You can Like Jerry Weintraub on Facebook.

My Review

I liked this book. I had heard the name Jerry Weintraub before but I never really knew who he was. After hearing all of the things he has accomplished in his life I now realized that I've probably heard his name a million times but since he's not the star of anything I've never really paid that much attention to who he was.

This book is like sitting with your grandfather listening to the stories of his life and taking in all the advice he has to give. It was very enlightening. Jerry never really had a formal education, he just had the mindset that if he wanted something he was going to get it. His entire life he made things happen for himself, weather he was "prepared" for them or not. I wish I would have kept a pen and paper near by while listening to this one as there were so many nuggets that I can't even begin to remember them all.

I think this without realizing it this book has started to make subtle changes in my life. Since I've finished this I've had a bit more of a positive outlook and have been stepping outside my comfort zone to get things accomplished. Jerry says throughout the book that if a kid from the Bronx can do it... And while I don't think being from the Bronx is a detriment in life I do get what Jerry is trying to say. That he's nothing special, he's just another person, and if he can accomplish these things there is no reason that anyone else wouldn't be able to reach their goals.

What I really liked was that Jerry has such a great sense of humor. There were so many times in this one where he was able to laugh at himself. Even though he is a millionaire and has worked with Sinatra, Elvis, John Denver, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Brad Pitt, and so many others he gives off the feel that he is a truly humble person.

As I first started listening to this book I thought Jerry's voice would get a bit irritating, but the longer I listened the more I was endeared to Jerry because of his voice. I know it was his story, but he read the book like he was just sitting down and having a conversation. You could hear the emotion in his voice as he talked about the moments that really changed his life. He made a great narrator.

I really liked this book. It made me want to meet Jerry. And I keep calling him Jerry because after spending 8 hours with him and his life story I feel like I know him. I feel like if I were to be given the chance to speak with him it would be like catching up with a long lost friend.

When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead: Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man

1 Star Books


The Disappearance of God by R. Albert Mohler Jr.
Extraordinary by John Bevere
Yesterday's Promise by Linda Lee Chaikin

4 Star Books

Audiobook The 9th Judgment by James Patterson
Audiobook: Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
Adventures of a Lightworker: Dead End Date by Caroline Shearer
After All by Deborah Raney
Alexandra, Gone by Anna McPartlin
Almost Heaven by Chris Fabry
Barely A Lady by Eileen Dreyer
Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner
Blue Like Play Dough by Tricia Goyer
Audiobook: The Brave by Nicholas Evans
Audiobook The Bride Collector by Ted Dekker
Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie
A Cheater's Promise by Maurice Derrick Geter
The Christmas Wedding by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo 
Colin Preston Rocked and Rolled by Bert Murray
The Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers by Angie Fox
Deadly Fear by Cynthia Eden
Deadly Heat by Cynthia Eden
Deadly Lies by Cynthia Eden
Audiobook Deliver Us From Evil by David Baldacci
Desire Me by Robyn DeHart
Desperate Deeds by Dee Davis
Duma Key by Stephen King
An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage
Eyes Wide Open by Jud Wilhite
The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
Find Your Strongest Life by Marcus Buckingham
Forever Hilltop by Judy Baer
Frigate: November by Robert Wacster and Paul DeGeorge
Ghellow Road by T.H. Waters
The Glamour of Grammar by Roy Peter Clark
Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult
Healing With Words by Diana Raab
The Help by Kathryn Stockett 
Home for Broken Hearts by Rowan Coleman
Hot House Flowers and the Nine Plants of Desire by Margot Berwin
How Perfect is That by Sarah Bird
How Sweet it is by Sophie Gunn
How to Marry a Duke by Vicky Dreiling
How to Never Look Fat Again by Charla Krupp
Hull's Landing by James Melzer
I'm Perfect You're Doomed by Kyria Abrahams
In the Footsteps of Paul by Ken Duncan
Indivisible by Kristen Heitzmann 
Journey on the Estrada Real by Glenn Cheney
Just After Sunset: Stories by Stephen King
The Kingdom Hall no More by Daniel Chamberlayne 
Kiss the Darkness by Robert Wacaster
The Knight Life by Keith Knight
The Kwame Sutra
ebook: The Last Key by Rob Steiner
Last Light Over Carolina by Mary Alice Monroe
Lost + Found by David Trotter
The Male Factor by Shaunti Feldhahn
Audiobook Men and Dogs by Katie Crouch
A Mile in my Flip Flops by Melody Carlson
Night of the Living Dead Christian by Matt Mikalatos
Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt
One Scream Away by Kate Brady
Outlive Your Life by Max Lucado
Pearl: A Life too Short; a Death too Long by Darlene Cox
The Puppy Diaries: Raising a Dog Named Scout by Jill Abramson
Pure Heart by Rita Hsu Syers
Put Your Dreams to the Test by John C. Maxwell
Ravens by George Dawes Green
Ravished by a Highlander by Paula Quinn
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates  
Salem the Safety Seal by Otto Scamfer
The Secrets of Newberry by Victor McGlothin
Sexaholics by PYNK
Shattered Wings by Bryan Healey
Shawls Two (Vogue Knitting on the Go)
Sisterchicks in Wooden Shoos by Robin Jones Gunn
A Slaying in the Suburbs: The Tara Grant Murder by Steve Miller and Andrea Billups
Something Blue by Emily Giffin
Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
Soul Harvest by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
Street Boners by Gavin McInnes
Tattoos on the Heart by Greg Boyle
Tea With Hezbollah by Ted Dekker and Carl Medearis
Tempted by Fate by Kate Perry
Thanksgiving: The Pilgrim's First Year in America by Glen Cheney
Thirsty by Tracey Bateman
Tokyo Lives by Mark Hersberger
Unlocking the Poet's Realm by Matt Wiebusch
Vanishing Act by Liz Johnson
Audiobook When I Stop Talking You'll Know I'm Dead by Jerry Weintraub
White Picket Fences by Susan Meissner
Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt
Wild Evolution by C. Fern Cook
Wild Justice by C. Fern Cook
A Writer's Engagement by Robert Wacaster
A Writer's Love Story by Robert Wacaster
The Writing Circle by Corinne Demas
You Wanna Go to Willard by Linda M. Holbrook
Your Name Here by Michael Rosenbaum

3 Star Books

Always in My Heart by Catherine Anderson
Audiobook: The Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace
Boots and Pieces by Emily Ecton
Captured by Desire by Kira Morgan
The Chameleon Conspiracy by Haggi Carmon
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Cult Fiction by Chancery Stone
Death's Door: The Truth Behind Michigan's Largest Mass Murder by Steve Lehto
Donkeys Can't Sleep in Bathtubs by Susan Dach
Eternal Craving by Nina Bangs
Faithful Heart by Al Lacy
The Forgotten Man by William Graham Sumner
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Hope of Refuge by Cindy Woodsmall
Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer
Knitting Under the Influence by Claire LaZebnik
The Kidnapping of Kenzie Thorn by Liz Johnson
Knight of Passion by Margaret Mallory
The Liberation Diet by Kevin Brown and Annette Presley
Life After Genius by M. Ann Jacoby
Audiobook Live Long, Finish Strong by Gloria Copeland
The Midwife of Venice by Roberta Rich
No Hope for Gomez! by Graham Parke
Obama's Blackberry by Kasper Hauser
Audiobook: The Postcard Killers by James Patterson and Liza Marklund
Audiobook: Private by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Rachel's Tears by Beth Nimmo and Darrell Scott
The Sara Chronicles: Book 2 Evolution of Us by L. Hughes
Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives by Josie Brown
Shooting and Albatross by Steven R. Lundin
Sir Dalton and the Shadow Heart by Chuck Black
Stray Affections by Charlene Ann Baumbich
To Surrender To A Rogue by Cara Elliot
Unfaithfully Yours by Anthony C. Patton
The Vanishing Sculptor by Donita K. Paul
The Wake of Forgiveness by Bruce Machart
The Web of Deciet by Darlene Cox
Wild Legacy by C. Fern Cook

2 Star Books



Curios by Richard Marsh
GateKEEPERS by Sheldon Robert Stone and Rudolf B. Schmerl
The Mask of the River King by Jules Wellesley
Principle of the Path by Andy Stanley
Raven's Ladder by Jeffrey Overstreet
When That Day Comes by Louise Alberto McAtee

5 Star Books



And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club by Gil McNeil 
Between Us Baxters by Bethany Hegedus
Blind Hope: An Unwanted Dog & the Woman She Rescued by Kim Meeder and Laurie Sacher
A Circle of Souls by Preetham Grandhi
Crazy Dangerous by Andrew Klavan
Drawn to Injustice by Timothy Masters and Steve Lehto
Enduring Justice by Amy Wallace
Fearless by Max Lucado
Audiobook: Fever Dream by Preston & Child
e-Book Follow the Money by Ross Cavins
Girls in Trucks by Katie Crouch
The Gnostic Mystery by Randy Davila
The Gods of Greenwich by Norb Vonnegut
Guest House by Barbara K. Richardson
Hidden Wives by Claire Avery
How Clarissa Burden Learned to Fly by Connie May Fowler
How it Ends by Laura Wiess
In My Own Words by Mother Teresa
Just a Nice Guy by Phil Torcivia
Kasey to the Rescue by Ellen Rogers 
The Last Christian by David Gregory
The Last Goodnights by John West
Last to Die by Kate Brady
Life in Spite of Me by Kristen Jane Anderson
A Line Blurred by Bryan Healey
Lipstick in Afghanistan by Roberta Gately
Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
The Mammoth Hunters by Jean M. Auel
The Moon Looked Down By Dorothy Garlock
Audiobook: Nora, Nora by Anne Rivers Siddons
The Noticer by Andy Andrews
Not This Time by Vickie Hinze
Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love by Larry Levin
Passages by Brian Hardin
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
Put on Your Crown by Queen Latifah
Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead
Selene of Alexandria by Faith L. Justice
Still the One by Robin Wells
Summer of Two Wishes by Julia London
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The Void by Bryan Healey 
The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks
Wisdom Hunter by Randall Arthur

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Genre: Romance

Always in My Heart by Catherine Anderson
Barely A Lady by Eileen Dreyer
Captured by Desire by Kira Morgan
Cult Fiction by Chancery Stone
The Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers by Angie Fox
Deadly Fear by Cynthia Eden
Deadly Heat by Cynthia Eden
Deadly Lies by Cynthia Eden
Desire Me by Robyn DeHart
Eternal Craving by Nina Bangs
Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer
How Sweet it is by Sophie Gunn
How to Marry a Duke by Vicky Dreiling
The Kidnapping of Kenzie Thorn by Liz Johnson
Kiss the Darkness by Robert Wacaster
Knight of Passion by Margaret Mallory
The Moon Looked Down By Dorothy Garlock
Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt
Ravished by a Highlander by Paula Quinn
Selene of Alexandria by Faith L. Justice
Sexaholics by PYNK
Shooting an Albatross by Steven R. Lundin
Still the One by Robin Wells
Summer of Two Wishes by Julia London
To Surrender To A Rogue by Cara Elliot
Tempted by Fate by Kate Perry
Vanishing Act by Liz Johnson
Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt
A Writer's Engagement by Robert Wacaster
Yesterday's Promise by Linda Lee Chaikin

Genre: Christian Non-Fiction

Blind Hope: An Unwanted Dog & the Woman She Rescued by Kim Meeder and Laurie Sacher
The Disappearance of God by R. Albert Mohler Jr.
Extraordinary by John Bevere
Eyes Wide Open by Jud Wilhite
Fearless by Max Lucado
Find Your Strongest Life by Marcus Buckingham
In My Own Words by Mother Teresa
In the Footsteps of Paul by Ken Duncan
Life in Spite of Me by Kristen Jane Anderson
Audiobook Live Long, Finish Strong by Gloria Copeland
Lost + Found by David Trotter
Outlive Your Life by Max Lucado
Passages by Brian Hardin
Principle of the Path by Andy Stanley
Put Your Dreams to the Test by John C. Maxwell
Rachel's Tears by Beth Nimmo and Darrell Scott
Tattoos on the Heart by Greg Boyle
Tea With Hezbollah by Ted Dekker and Carl Medearis
Touched by a Vampire by Beth Felker Jones

Genre: Contemporary Fiction

Alexandra, Gone by Anna McPartlin
Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner
Audiobook: The Brave by Nicholas Evans
Audiobook: The Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace
Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie
The Christmas Wedding by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo
A Circle of Souls by Preetham Grandhi
Colin Preston Rocked and Rolled by Bert Murray
Cult Fiction by Chancery Stone
Audiobook: Fever Dream by Preston & Child
e-Book Follow the Money by Ross Cavins
Frigate: November by Robert Wacaster and Paul DeGeorge
GateKEEPERS by Sheldon Robert Stone and Rudolf B. Schmerl
Girls in Trucks by Katie Crouch
The Gnostic Mystery by Randy Davila
Guest House by Barbara K. Richardson
Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult
The Help by Kathryn Stockett 
Home for Broken Hearts by Rowan Coleman
Hot House Flowers and the Nine Plants of Desire by Margot Berwin
How Clarissa Burden Learned to Fly by Connie May Fowler
Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer
Just After Sunset: Stories by Stephen King
The Knight Life by Keith Knight
Life After Genius by M. Ann Jacoby
A Line Blurred by Bryan Healey
The Lion by Nelson Demille
Lipstick in Afghanistan by Roberta Gately
Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
The Mammoth Hunters by Jean M. Auel
No Hope For Gomez! by Graham Parke
Audiobook: Nora, Nora by Anne Rivers Siddons
Obama's Blackberry by Kasper Hauser
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
Audiobook: The Postcard Killers by James Patterson and Liza Marklund
Pure Heart by Rita Hsu Syers
Ravens by George Dawes Green
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates 
Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead
Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives by Josie Brown
The Secrets of Newberry by Victor McGlothin
Shattered Wings by Bryan Healey
Summer of Two Wishes by Julia London
Tea With Hezbollah by Ted Dekker and Carl Medearis
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Tokyo Lives by Mark Hersberger
Unfaithfully Yours by Anthony C. Patton
The Void by Bryan Healey 
The Wake of Forgiveness by Bruce Machart
The Web of Deciet by Darlene Cox
When That Day Comes by Louise Alberto McAtee
Wild Evolution by C. Fern Cook
Wild Justice by C. Fern Cook
Wisdom Hunter by Randall Arthur
A Writer's Love Story by Robert Wacaster
The Writing Circle by Corinne Demas
You Wanna Go to Willard by Linda M. Holbrook

E-Books


A Cheater's Promise by Maurice Derrick Geter
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Follow the Money by Ross Cavins
Hull's Landing by James Melzer
Just a Nice Guy by Phil Torcivia
Kiss the Darkness by Robert Wacaster
The Last Key by Rob Steiner
A Line Blurred by Bryan Healey
The Mask of the River King by Jules Wellesley
Shattered Wings by Bryan Healey
Unlocking the Poet's Realm by Matt Wiebusch
The Writing Circle by Corinne Demas

Genre: Spiritual/Religious Non-Christian

Adventures of a Lightworker: Dead End Date by Caroline Shearer
Hidden Wives by Claire Avery
I'm Perfect You're Doomed by Kyria Abrahams
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe

Genre: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller

Audiobook The 9th Judgment by James Patterson
Audiobook: Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Audiobook: The Brave by Nicholas Evans
Audiobook: The Bride Collector by Ted Dekker
Audiobook: The Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace
The Chameleon Conspiracy by Haggi Carmon
A Circle of Souls by Preetham Grandhi
Curios by Richard Marsh
Deadly Fear by Cynthia Eden
Deadly Heat by Cynthia Eden
Deadly Lies by Cynthia Eden
Audiobook Deliver Us From Evil by David Baldacci
Desperate Deeds by Dee Davis
Duma Key by Stephen King
Enduring Justice by Amy Wallace
Audiobook: Fever Dream by Preston & Child
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
The Gods of Greenwich by Norb Vonnegut 
Hull's Landing by James Melzer
Indivisible by Kristen Heitzmann
Just After Sunset: Stories by Stephen King
The Kidnapping of Kenzie Thorn by Liz Johnson
Last to Die by Kate Brady
The Lion by Nelson DeMille
Not This Time by Vickie Hinze
One Scream Away by Kate Brady
Pearl: A Life too Short; a Death too Long by Darlene Cox
Audiobook: The Postcard Killers by James Patterson and Liza Marklund
Audiobook: Private by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Pure Heart by Rita Hsu Syers
Ravens by George Dawes Green
A Slaying in the Suburbs: The Tara Grant Murder by Steve Miller and Andrea Billups
Thirsty by Tracey Bateman
Tokyo Lives by Mark Hersberger
Vanishing Act by Liz Johnson
Wild Justice by C. Fern Cook
Wisdom Hunter by Randall Arthur

Genre: Paranormal/Fantasy

Adventures of a Lightworker: Dead End Date by Caroline Shearer
A Circle of Souls by Preetham Grandhi
The Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers by Angie Fox
Eternal Craving by Nina Bangs
ebook: The Last Key by Rob Steiner
The Mask of the River King by Jules Wellesley
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
Pure Heart by Rita Hsu Syers
Raven's Ladder by Jeffrey Overstreet
The Sara Chronicles: Book 2 Evolution of Us by L. Hughes
Sir Dalton and the Shadow Heart by Chuck Black
Tempted by Fate by Kate Perry
Thirsty by Tracey Bateman
Unlocking the Poet's Realm by Matt Wiebusch
The Vanishing Sculptor by Donita K. Paul
Wild Evolution by C. Fern Cook
Wild Justice by C. Fern Cook
Wild Legacy by C. Fern Cook

Genre: Knitting

Knitting Under the Influence by Claire LaZebnik
Shawls Two (Vogue Knitting on the Go)

Genre: Non-Fiction

Blue Like Play Dough by Tricia Goyer
e-Book Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Death's Door: The Truth Behind Michigan's Largest Mass Murder by Steve Lehto
The Disappearance of God by R. Albert Mohler Jr.
An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage
Extraordinary by John Bevere
Eyes Wide Open by Jud Wilhite
Fearless by Max Lucado
Find Your Strongest Life by Marcus Buckingham
The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
The Forgotten Man by William Graham Sumner
Ghellow Road by T.H. Waters 
The Glamour of Grammar by Roy Peter Clark
Healing With Words by Diana Raab
How to Never Look Fat Again by Charla Krupp
I'm Perfect You're Doomed by Kyria Abrahams
In My Own Words by Mother Teresa
In the Footsteps of Paul by Ken Duncan
Journey on the Estrada Real by Glenn Cheney
Kasey to the Rescue by Ellen Rogers 
The Kingdom Hall no More by Daniel Chamberlayne 
The Last Goodnights by John West
The Liberation Diet by Kevin Brown and Annette Presley
Life in Spite of Me by Kristen Jane Anderson
Audiobook Live Long, Finish Strong by Gloria Copeland
Lost + Found by David Trotter
The Male Factor by Shaunti Feldhahn
Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love by Larry Levin
Principle of the Path by Andy Stanley
The Puppy Diaries: Raising a Dog Named Scout by Jill Abramson 
Put on Your Crown by Queen Latifah
Put Your Dreams to the Test by John C. Maxwell
Rachel's Tears by Beth Nimmo and Darrell Scott
A Slaying in the Suburbs: The Tara Grant Murder by Steve Miller and Andrea Billups
Street Boners by Gavin McInnes
Tattoos on the Heart by Greg Boyle
Tea With Hezbollah by Ted Dekker and Carl Medearis
Thanksgiving: The Pilgrim's First Year in America by Glen Cheney
Touched by a Vampire by Beth Felker Jones
Audiobook When I Stop Talking You'll Know I'm Dead by Jerry Weintraub
Your Name Here by Michael Rosenbaum

Genre: Biography and Current Events

Blue Like Play Dough by Tricia Goyer
Drawn to Injustice by Timothy Masters and Steve Lehto
Ghellow Road by T.H. Waters 
Healing With Words by Diana Raab
Just a Nice Guy by Phil Torcivia
I'm Perfect You're Doomed by Kyria Abrahams
In My Own Words by Mother Teresa
In the Footsteps of Paul by Ken Duncan
The Kingdom Hall no More by Daniel Chamberlayne 
The Kwame Sutra
The Last Goodnights by John West
Life in Spite of Me by Kristen Jane Anderson
Lost + Found by David Trotter
Put on Your Crown by Queen Latifah
Rachel's Tears by Beth Nimmo and Darrell Scott
A Slaying in the Suburbs: The Tara Grant Murder by Steve Miller and Andrea Billups
Tattoos on the Heart by Greg Boyle
Audiobook When I Stop Talking You'll Know I'm Dead by Jerry Weintraub

Genre: Self-Help

Extraordinary by John Bevere
Fearless by Max Lucado
Find Your Strongest Life by Marcus Buckingham
The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
Healing With Words by Diana Raab
How to Never Look Fat Again by Charla Krupp
The Liberation Diet by Kevin Brown and Annette Presley
Audiobook Live Long, Finish Strong by Gloria Copeland
The Male Factor by Shaunti Feldhahn
Outlive Your Life by Max Lucado
Principle of the Path by Andy Stanley
Put Your Dreams to the Test by John C. Maxwell

Audiobooks

The 9th Judgment by James Patterson
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
The Brave by Nicholas Evans
The Bride Collector by Ted Dekker
The Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace
Deliver Us From Evil by David Baldacci
Fever Dream by Preston & Child
The Lion by Nelson DeMille
Live Long, Finish Strong by Gloria Copeland
Men and Dogs by Katie Crouch
Nora, Nora by Anne Rivers Siddons
The Postcard Killers by James Patterson and Liza Marklund
Private by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
When I Stop Talking You'll Know I'm Dead by Jerry Weintraub

Genre: Chick-Lit

The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club by Gil McNeil 
Between Us Baxters by Bethany Hegedus
Girls in Trucks by Katie Crouch
Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult
Home for Broken Hearts by Rowan Coleman
How Clarissa Burden Learned to Fly by Connie May Fowler
How Perfect is That by Sarah Bird
Knitting Under the Influence by Claire LaZebnik
Last Light Over Carolina by Mary Alice Monroe
Audiobook Men and Dogs by Katie Crouch
A Mile in My Flip Flops by Melody Carlson
Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives by Josie Brown
Sisterchicks in Wooden Shoos by Robin Jones Gunn
Something Blue by Emily Giffin
Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
Still the One by Robin Wells
The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks

Genre: Christian Fiction

After All by Deborah Raney
Almost Heaven by Chris Fabry
Enduring Justice by Amy Wallace
Faithful Heart by Al Lacy
Forever Hilltop by Judy Baer
The Gnostic Mystery by Randy Davila
Hope of Refuge by Cindy Woodsmall
The Kidnapping of Kenzie Thorn by Liz Johnson
The Last Christian by David Gregory
Night of the Living Dead Christian by Matt Mikalatos
The Noticer by Andy Andrews
Not This Time by Vickie Hinze
Raven's Ladder by Jeffrey Overstreet
Sir Dalton and the Shadow Heart by Chuck Black
Soul Harvest by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
Stray Affections by Charlene Ann Baumbich
Vanishing Act by Liz Johnson
The Vanishing Sculptor by Donita K. Paul
White Picket Fences by Susan Meissner
Wisdom Hunter by Randall Arthur
Yesterday's Promise by Linda Lee Chaikin

Genre: Childrens and YA

Children's
Boots and Pieces by Emily Ecton
Donkeys Can't Sleep in Bathtubs by Susan Dach
Salem the Safety Seal by Otto Scamfer

YA
Crazy Dangerous by Andrew Klavan
How it Ends by Laura Wiess
Raven's Ladder by Jeffrey Overstreet
The Sara Chronicles: Book 2 Evolution of Us by L. Hughes
Sir Dalton and the Shadow Heart by Chuck Black
Unlocking the Poet's Realm by Matt Wiebusch
The Vanishing Sculptor by Donita K. Paul

Challenge: 100 books in 2009

This was a challenge I did last year from Goodreads. Didn't quite make it...

1. Cult Fiction by Chancery Stone
2. Soul Harvest by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
3. Knitting Under the Influence by Claire LaZebnik
4. Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
5. The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks
6. A Slaying in the Suburbs: The Tara Grant Murder by Steve Miller and Andrea Billups
7. Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead
8. Rachel's Tears by Beth Nimmo and Darrell Scott
9. In the Footsteps of Paul by Ken Duncan
10. Something Blue by Emily Giffin
11. GateKEEPERS by Sheldon Robert Stone and Rudolf B. Schmerl
12. Shawls Two (Vogue Knitting on the Go)
13. Girls in Trucks by Katie Crouch
14. I'm Perfect You're Doomed by Kyria Abrahams
15. The Gnostic Mystery by Randy Davila
16. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
17. The Noticer by Andy Andrews
18. Pure Heart by Rita Hsu Syers
19. Put Your Dreams to the Test by John C. Maxwell
20. Enduring Justice by Amy Wallace
21. Eternal Craving by Nina Bangs
22. Boots and Pieces by Emily Ecton
23. In My Own Words by Mother Teresa
24. Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer
25. The Chameleon Conspiracy by Haggi Carmon
26. When That Day Comes by Louise Alberto McAtee
27. The Liberation Diet by Kevin Brown and Annette Presley
28. You Wanna Go to Willard by Linda M. Holbrook
29. The Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers by Angie Fox
30. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
31. Sisterchicks in Wooden Shoos by Robin Jones Gunn
32. Sir Dalton and the Shadow Heart by Chuck Black
33. Eyes Wide Open by Jud Wilhite
34. The Disappearance of God by R. Albert Mohler Jr.
35. Between Us Baxters by Bethany Hegedus
36. The Vanishing Sculptor by Donita K. Paul
37. Hot House Flowers and the Nine Plants of Desire by Margot Berwin
38. Obama's Blackberry by Kasper Hauser
39. How Perfect is That by Sarah Bird
40. Last Light Over Carolina by Mary Alice Monroe
41. One Scream Away by Kate Brady
42. The Kidnapping of Kenzie Thorn by Liz Johnson
43. Duma Key by Stephen King
44. Ravens by George Dawes Green
45. Hope of Refuge by Cindy Woodsmall
46. Summer of Two Wishes by Julia London
47. Blue Like Play Dough by Tricia Goyer
48. Fearless by Max Lucado
49. Stray Affections by Charlene Ann Baumbich
50. The Forgotten Man by William Graham Sumner
51. Find Your Strongest Life by Marcus Buckingham
52. Extraordinary by John Bevere
53. Thirsty by Tracey Bateman
54. Touched by a Vampire by Beth Felker Jones
55. Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie
56. Wisdom Hunter by Randall Arthur
57. White Picket Fences by Susan Meissner
58. An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage
59. Shooting and Albatross by Steven R. Lundin
60. Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner
61. How it Ends by Laura Wiess