Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Secrets To The Grave - Tami Hoag (special giveaway)





By

Tami Hoag




Author Synopsis:  Marissa Fordham had a past full of secrets, a present full of lies. Everyone knew of her, but no one knew her.  When Marissa is found brutally murdered, her young daughter, Haley, with her head on her mother’s bloody breast, this mystery woman sends the idyllic California town of Oak Knoll into a tailspin. Already on edge with the upcoming trial of the See-No-Evil killer, residents are shocked at reports of the crime scene, which might not have been discovered for days but for a chilling 911 call: a small child’s voice saying, “My daddy hurt my mommy.”

The police face a puzzle with nothing but pieces that won’t fit. To assist with their only witness, four-year-old Haley, they call teacher-turned-child advocate Anne Leone. Anne’s life is hectic enough—she’s a newlywed and a part-time student in child psychology, and she’s the star witness in the See-No-Evil trial. But one look at Haley, alone and terrified, and Anne’s heart is stolen.

As Anne, her FBI profiler husband, Vince, and local sheriff’s deputy, Tony Mendez, begin to peel back the layers of Marissa Fordham’s life, they find a clue fragment here, another there. And just when it seems Marissa has taken her secrets to the grave, they uncover a fact that puts Anne and Haley directly in the sights of a killer: Marissa Fordham never existed at all.

I just finished reading Deeper Than The Dead and Secrets To The Grave by Tami Hoag.  Hoag has been around for a while but is a new to me author. She has an amazing book list that I'll definitely be checking out in the future.  Both stories are excellent  with interesting characters and a tale that will grab you and hold on for the entire story.  You really should read the first book to appreciate the second.   Deeper Than the Dead introduces you to Anne, Vince, and Tony and various characters you will meet in both books.  Secrets to the Grave continues the story and it takes place back in 1986 so modern forensics don't exist yet.  There are many twists and turns to the story and anyone could be a bad guy.  Everyone has a secret and something to hide.   Chilling, graphic, heart rending, as well as gut wrenching, the stories are well worth the read.

Secrets to the Grave is being released on December 28th and thanks to the publisher, some lucky person will have the opportunity to read both books.  I will be giving away a copy of both books to one of my lucky readers.   Leave your name in the comments along with your email address.  The giveaway is open U.S. and Canadian residents only (no P.O. Boxes please and will end on December 27, 2010 at 11:59 p.m.


Thank you to TLC  Book Tours for asking me to be a part of the tour, Dutton Publishing for providing me with a copy of both books and Tami Hoag for writing remarkable, entertaining stories.   Be sure to check out the rest of the tour at TLC book Tours or these blog stops:




Monday, December 6th:  A Bookworm’s World
Tuesday, December 7th:  Luxury Reading
Wednesday, December 8th:  Musings of an All Purpose Monkey
Thursday, December 9th:  Under the Boardwalk
Friday, December 10th:  Life in Review
Monday, December 13th:  The Well-Read Wife
Tuesday, December 14th:  My Two Blessings (me)
Wednesday, December 15th:  Musings of a Bookish Kitty
Thursday, December 16th:  Bewitched Bookworms
Friday, December 17th:  Presenting Lenore
Monday, December 20th:  Man of La Book
Tuesday, December 21st:  I’m Booking It
Wednesday, December 22nd:  Rundpinne (Deeper Than the Dead)
Thursday, December 23rd:  Rundpinne (Secrets to the Grave)
Monday, December 27th:  Reviews by Molly
Monday, January 3rd:  Teresa’s Reading Corner
Wednesday, January 5th:  Lesa’s Book Critiques
Monday, January 10th:  Jen’s Book Thoughts



Sunday, December 12, 2010

Blogging Author Reading Project Wrap Up




At the beginning of the year, I joined in on Florinda's Blogging Authors Reading Project.  The project was basically to read books by authors who blog.  I follow a number of author blogs including group blogs such as Murderati, Running with Quills and Deadline Dames.  I've been working my way slowly through all their books.

Murderati is a group blog of 14 mystery writers includes Pari Noskin Taichert, Alafair Burke, Allison Brennan, Brett Battles, Cornelia Read, J.D. Rhoades, J.T. Ellison, Louise Ure, Robert Gregory Brown, Zoe Sharp, Toni McGee Causey, Stephen Jay Schwartz,  Alex Sokoloff and Tess Gerritsen. Wonderful blog. If you haven't been following them, you should. I've read stories by Tess Gerritsen, Robert Gregory Browne, J.T. Ellison, and Allison Brennan.    This year I read

Toni McGee Causey's Charmed and Dangerous
Louise Ure's Liar's Anonymous and The Fault Tree (e-book)
Tess Gerritsen'The Sinner 


Running with Quills was a blog with  7 great romance suspense authors including Susan Anderson, Stella Cameron, Kate Douglas, Lori Foster, Jayne Ann Krentz, Elizabeth Lowell and Carla Neggers. They just recently decided to pull the plug on the blog.  I've read stories by Susan Anderson, Lori Foster, Elizabeth Lowell, Jayne Ann Krentz and Carla Neggers so far.    However I love most of the authors and will continue to read their stories.  This year I completed 

Jayne Ann Krentz aka Amanda Quick  The Third Circle
Lori Foster aka L.L. Foster's Servant: The Kindred, 
Lori Foster's Caught in the Act and the Buckhorn Brothers series.


Deadline Dames is the group blog of paranormal romance authors including Rachel Vincent, Keri Arthur, Devon Monk, Jackie Kessler, Karen Mahoney, Lilith Saintcrow, Rinda Elliot and Toni Andrews.

I read the entire Riley Jensen Guardian Series by Keri Arthur
My Soul to Lose. and Stray by Rachel Vincent

The Kill Zone is a group blog with authors James Scott Bell, John Ramsey Miller, John Gilstrap, Joe Moore, Michelle Gagnon,  Kathryn Lilley, and Clare Langley Hawthorne.

I read Michelle Gagnon's The Gatekeeper and Kidnap and Ransom.


I also read several other blogging authors books including:

Robert Liparulo's Comes a Horseman
Ted Dekker's "Burn" 
Susan Helene Gottfried Shapeshifter Demo Tapes year 1 and year 2 (e-books) and Trevor's Song.
Christine Fonseca's Emotional Intensity in Gifted Children


I'm going to continue the project in 2011 along with Florinda and will writing up a 2011 post detailing which books will be reading from the blogs I've been following.  I've already acquired a number of their books, so won't be breaking my self imposed buying ban with the beginning of the new year.  

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

2010 New Author Reading Challenge Wrapup


At the beginning of 2010, I joined in on Jackie of Literary Escapism's New Author Reading Challenge with the goal of reading 50 new authors this year.   Surprisingly, I reached that goal.  I enjoyed discovering and reading a great many new authors this year.  The books and new authors I read are:

  1. Poetics - Aristotle
  2. Boomerang - Alan Hutcheson
  3. The Mists of Avalon - Marian Zimmer Bradley
  4. Promise Me- Harlan Coben
  5. The Last Surgeon - Michael Palmer 
  6. The Forgotten Legion - Ben Kane
  7. The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
  8. A Ship Possessed - Alton Gansky
  9. Soul Catcher - Leah Bridger
  10. The Last Ember - Daniel Levin
  11. The Eye of the World - Robert Jordan
  12. Shimmer - David Morrell
  13. Under the Dome - Stephen King
  14. The Mayo Clinic Diet
  15. Keeping the Feast - Paula Butturini (review book)
  16. Don't Look Behind You - Lois Duncan
  17. The Scarlet Lion - Elizabeth Chadwick
  18. Spin - Robert Charles Wilson
  19. City of Bones - Cassandra Clare
  20. Nausea - Jean  Paul Sartre
  21. The Scarlet and the Black - J.D. Gallagher 
  22. Young Bess - Margaret Irwin
  23.  Mr Darcy Broke My Heart -  Beth Pattilo
  24. People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks 
  25. Endgame - Samuel Beckett
  26. The Lumby Lines -  Gail Fraser
  27. Certain Prey - John Sandford
  28. The Magic Mountain - Thomas Mann
  29. The Killing of Mindy Quintana - Jeffrey Cohen
  30. Black Water Rising - Attica Lock (Review book)
  31. The Silent Cry - Kenzaburo Oe 
  32. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
  33. Shadow Bound - Erin Kellison 
  34. Heart of Lies - M.L. Malcolm
  35. Shapeshifters 1 and 2 - Susan Helene Gottfried (e-book)
  36. The Great Lover - Jill Dawson 
  37. www.wake - Robert J. Sawyer (e-book)
  38. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlein
  39. 206 Bones - Kathy Reichs
  40. Lumby on the Air - Gail Fraser
  41. The Lace Makers of Glenmara - Heather Barbieri
  42. The Rembrandt Affair - Daniel Silva
  43. Charmed and Dangerous - Toni McGee Causey
  44. The Reincarnationist - M.J. Rose
  45. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffennegger
  46. Offworld - Robin Parrish 
  47. Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
  48. Against All Odds - Irene Hannon
  49. Tempest Rising - Nicole Peeler 
  50. The Silent Gift - Michael Landon Jr.
  51. Infinite Days - Rebecca Maizel
  52. Wizard's Last Rule - Terry Goodkind
  53. Book of Souls - Glenn Cooper
  54. My Soul to Lose - Rachel Vincent (ebook)
  55. Marked - P.C. Cast (ebook)
  56. The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
  57. Hope Undaunted - Julie Lessman
  58. Magic in the Wind (Drake sister #1) - Christine Feehan
  59. Bitten - Kelley Armstrong
  60. The Watchman - Robert Crais 
  61. Emotional Intensity in Gifted Children - Christine Fonseca 
  62. The Fault Tree - Louise Ure
  63. Tyger Tyger - Kersten Hamilton 
  64. Stormwalker - Allyson James
  65. Carry On Mr. Bowditch - Jean Lee Latham (read aloud with James) 
  66. The Iron Hunt - Marjorie M. Lui (e-book) 
  67. Deeper Than The Dead - Tami Hoag

I'll be signing up to give it another go in 2011, except I'm going to be a bit more conservative and go with 15 new authors


What new authors have you discovered this year?

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

2010 Ireland Reading Challenge wrap up


The Ireland Reading Challenge hosted by Carrie of Books and Movies has come to an end.  My goal was to read 6 books to fulfill the Kiss the Blarney Stone level.  I didn't end up reading the books I originally planned. I ended up reading

  1. Venetia Kelley's Traveling Show by Frank Delaney
  2. The Lace Makers of Glenmara by Heather Barbieri 
  3. Endgame by Samuel Beckett ( Irish Author) 
  4. A Passion Most Pure - Julie Lessman (Christian romance series about an Irish Family)
  5. A Passion Redeemed - Julie Lessman A
  6. Passion Denied - Julie Lessman 

Thank you to Carrie for hosting and she'll being doing it again for 2011. If you'd like to join in the 2011 Ireland Reading challenge, go to Books and Movies and sign up. I'll signing up for the "Luck o' the Irish Level and will be reading 4 books in 2011. 

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Sunday Salon: November, Nanowrimo, and notions


November is over and winter is approaching. Time to cozy up to the fire and do some thinking, reading, writing, or just some good old fashioned cuddling.  November was a hectic month with the start of my short story's class and National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). 


I love Nanowrimo because it not only challenges me, but gets me back in the habit of writing every single day.   The challenge of writing 1667 words a day for 30 days also weaned me off of my too many hours spent browsing, not getting anything done, internet habit.  I discovered Twitter was just a big, time consuming distraction that at this point in my life, doesn't serve a useful purpose for me.  So *gasp* I deleted my account.   And I've decided to set up a schedule for blogging.  I'll be posting at least once a week on a day to be determined.  Still trying to figure out which day is the best.  Sunday will remain the scheduled post day for Reading 52 Books in 52 weeks challenge. 


I've set a goal of 25,000 words for the month of December in the hopes of completing "Red Thief."  The story may end up needing more words than that, we'll find out.  I'm enjoying the story and learning so much about my characters.  I sort of skipped around in the story, jumping around, writing scenes out of sequence.  When I initially decided to write the story, I started writing in my mind, from somewhere midpoint in the story and worked my ways backwards to a beginning point.   Weird, but that's how it worked.  So when I'd get stumped as to what the next sequential scene should have been, I'd jump back to the midpoint and start writing from there.  


Joseph Bates of Novel Journey's wrote the most awesome post: Off the Clock, On Preparation, Inspiration and Time Management  in which he quoted Toni Morrison


"I type in one place, but I write all over the house. I never go to the paper to create. The meat and juice and all that I work out while doing something else..."
Wonderful post. Go read it, then come back.  So, true.  I found that by daydreaming about the story while involved in other things - cleaning, driving, etc and writing it in my mind that  when I was ready to sit down and write, the words flowed.  My writing time is more productive.  Although a side effect of all that, was I read less, spent less time on the internet and got side tracked somewhat while involved in other things. But hey, that's November for you.  My family has learned Novembers are for Nano and are quite accommodating. 

As you can imagine I didn't get much reading done and books reviews for the year have kind of fallen by the way side.  I decided to limit my reviews for the time being and also  limit the number of book tours to one or two a month for the new year.   I'm also not going to go all challenge crazy in the coming new year and will limit it to three or four.   I'll be hosting the Read 52 books in 52 books challenge again in 2011 and will meld the Mind Voyages in with it as a mini challenge of some sort, so I'm managing one challenge only.  If you want to join in, let me know.  

Sometimes you just have to stop, re access and find your balance.  Thanks for sticking around through the November madness and I'm working on catching up with everyone slowly but surely.  See you on the interwebs.

"Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony."
--- Thomas Merton



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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

2011 Writing Deliberately

2011 Writing Deliberately

Goals




To help me with my goals, I am joining two writing challenges.  I've signed up for Kelly Stone's 90 Day Writing Challenge on Facebook.   The goal is to set a writing goal you can meet and write every day from January 1st through April 2nd.   The other challenge is Kait Nolan's A Round of Words in 80 Days.  



The challenge will run in 80 days increments, 4 times a year with a break between.  Round one will run through March 24th. Kait says:

Your goal can be anything you like as long as it is MEASURABLE. If you’re already in the middle of a WIP, that’s fine.  Tailor your goal to suit that.  You may even want to set mini goals (I want to finish the last 40k of this novel.  Then I want to spend the last 20 days revising it at x pages a day.).  There are a lot of elements to writing a book other than the writing itself.  Plotting.  Outlining.  Character Interviews.  Whatever.  Set your goal to match wherever you are right now on your WIP.  If you want to use your Round for editing a novel, that’s fine too.  Just know that this is, at heart, a writing challenge, so all the weekly inspirational posts will be geared in that direction.

There’s no mandatory daily word count. Every writer is different, everyone has different schedules.  You set a goal that works for you.  Find a way to make writing a priority in your life in a way that FITS.  But set SOME kind of schedule and be CONSISTENT.

Goals for 90 Days Writing Challenge

Write every day for one hour and shoot for 500 words (equal to one handwritten page front and page)

A Round of Words in 80 Days

1st quarter:  Work on Red Thief and attempt to finish first draft


My goals for the year 

Finish the first draft of Red Thief

Outline Red Thief, complete character interviews and research plot points.

Complete 2nd edit of Winter Illusion and Beta Reading 

Take an online writing course.

Enter at least one Writer's Digest writing contest

Join IRL or online critique group.

By the end of the year I would like to have at least one story ready to query.  I love all my stories and will have to decide which one I love the most and do my best to finish it.

2010 Review & Book List

2010 Book List and Reviews

Post rotates to the first of the month every month

I will be keeping track of the books I read for 2010 in this post.   Posts with links lead to my review of the book. Reviews may be posted later than when finished the book.


  1. Poetics - Aristotle
  2. Boomerang - Alan Hutcheson (e-book)
  3. Dune - Frank Herbert 
  4. Definitely Dead - Charlaine Harris
  5. All Together Dead - Charlaine Harris
  6. From Dead to Worse - Charlaine Harris
  7. Kill for Me - Karen Rose
  8. The Mists of Avalon - Marian Zimmer Bradley
  9. Promise Me- Harlan Coben
  10. The Last Surgeon - Michael Palmer (review book)
  11. The Forgotten Legion - Ben Kane (review book)
  12. The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
  13. A Ship Possessed - Alton Gansky
  14. Forbidden Falls - Robyn Carr
  15. Soul Catcher - Leah Bridger
  16. The Last Ember - Daniel Levin (shelf aware)
  17. Cowboy Trouble - Joanne Kennedy (review book)
  18. The Eye of the World - Robert Jordan
  19. Shimmer - David Morrell (Shelf Aware)
  20. Cold River - Carla Neggers
  21. Cold Pursuit - Carla Neggers
  22. Under the Dome - Stephen King
  23. The Mayo Clinic Diet (review book) 
  24. M is for Malice - Sue Grafton 
  25. Keeping the Feast - Paula Butturini (review book)
  26. The Gatekeeper - Michelle Gagnon 
  27. Don't Look Behind You - Lois Duncan
  28. Double Eagle - Sneed Collard (review book)
  29. The Bible of Clay - Julia Navarro
  30. Untraceable - Laura Griffin 
  31. The Scarlet Lion - Elizabeth Chadwick (review book)
  32. Spin - Robert Charles Wilson
  33. Hothouse Orchid - Stuart Woods
  34. The Cold Room - J.T. Ellison
  35. City of Bones - Cassandra Clare
  36. The Third Circle - Amanda Quick
  37. Bone Crossed - Patricia Briggs
  38. Nausea - Jean  Paul Sartre (class)
  39. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne  (read aloud with James)
  40. The Scarlet and the Black - J.D. Gallagher 
  41. Young Bess - Margaret Irwin (review book)
  42. Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway  (class)
  43. Mr Darcy Broke My Heart -  Beth Pattilo (review book)
  44. Burn - Ted Dekker and Erin Healy (review book)
  45. People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks 
  46. Endgame - Samuel Beckett (class)
  47. Across the Endless River - Thad Carhart (DNF) 
  48. How to Paint a Dead Man by Sarah Hall (DNF)
  49. Lion's Heat - Lora Leigh
  50. The Lumby Lines -  Gail Fraser (review book)
  51. Make Her Pay - Roxanne St. Claire
  52. Hot Rocks -  Nora Roberts
  53. Savor the Moment - Nora Roberts
  54. Moonlight Road - Robyn Carr
  55. Certain Prey - John Sandford (Review book)
  56. The Magic Mountain - Thomas Mann (class book)
  57. Running Hot - Jayne Ann Krenz
  58. The Killing of Mindy Quintana - Jeffrey Cohen (review book)
  59. First Comes Marriage - Debbie Macomber 
  60. Dead and Gone - Charlaine Harris 
  61. Black Water Rising - Attica Lock (Review book)
  62. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment - James Patterson
  63. Servant: The Kindred - L.L. Foster 
  64. Sudden Death - Allison Brennan
  65. Fatal Tide - Iris Johansen 
  66. The Silent Cry - Kenzaburo Oe (class book)
  67. The Sinner - Tess Gerritsen
  68. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
  69. Shadow Bound - Erin Kellison (shelf aware)
  70. Heart of Lies - M.L. Malcolm (review book)
  71. Maximum Ride: Schools out forever - James Patterson 
  72. Rainwater - Sandra Brown
  73. Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury 
  74. Shapeshifters 1 and 2 - Susan Helene Gottfried (e-book)
  75. 2nd Chance - James Patterson 
  76. The Great Lover - Jill Dawson 
  77. www.wake - Robert J. Sawyer (e-book)
  78. Maximum Ride: Saving the World - James Patterson
  79. Tempting Evil - Keri Arthur 
  80. A Summer in Sonoma - Robyn Carr
  81. Ice - Linda Howard
  82. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlein
  83. Silver Borne - Patricia Briggs
  84. Causing Havoc - Lori Foster
  85. 206 Bones - Kathy Reichs
  86. Lumby on the Air - Gail Fraser (review book)
  87. Shiver - Lisa Jackson
  88. The House on Olive Street - Robyn Carr
  89. The Lace Makers of Glenmara - Heather Barbieri (review book)
  90. The Search - Nora Roberts
  91. Dangerous Games #4 - Keri Arthur
  92. Comes a Horseman - Robert Liparulo 
  93. Simon Says - Lori Foster
  94. Embraced by Darkness #5- Keri Arthur 
  95. The Rembrandt Affair - Daniel Silva
  96. The Perfect Couple - Brenda Novak
  97. The Bodyguard - Adair, Showalter and O'Claire 
  98. Charmed and Dangerous - Toni McGee Causey
  99. The Reincarnationist - M.J. Rose
  100. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffennegger
  101. Offworld - Robin Parrish 
  102. Outlander - Diana Gabaldon (Sept tlc tour)
  103. Coming Home - Mariah Stewart (Sept tlc tour)
  104. Home Again - Mariah Stewart (Sept tlc tour)
  105. Venon - Joan Brady (dnf) 
  106. The Night Before - Lisa Jackson
  107. Against All Odds - Irene Hannon
  108. Crescendo - Becca Fitzpatrick
  109. Tempest Rising - Nicole Peeler 
  110. Winter Study - Nevada Barr
  111. Darkest Kiss #6- Keri Arthur 
  112. Sawyer (Buckhorn brothers) - Lori Foster (ebook)
  113. Morgan (Buckhorn brothers) - Lori Foster (ebook)
  114. Gabe (Buckhorn brothers) - Lori Foster (ebook)
  115. Jordan (Buckhorn Brothers- Lori Foster (ebook)
  116. The Silent Gift - Michael Landon Jr.
  117. Infinite Days - Rebecca Maizel
  118. Deadly Desire # 7 - Keri Arthur
  119. Bound to Shadows # 8 - Keri Arthur
  120. Moon Sworn # 9 - Keri Arthur
  121. Running Scared - Lisa Jackson
  122. Casey (Buckhorn Brothers) - Lori Foster (e-book)
  123. Black Magic - Cherry Adair
  124. Wizard's Last Rule - Terry Goodkind
  125. Book of Souls - Glenn Cooper
  126. Caught in the Act - Lori Foster (ebook)
  127. My Soul to Lose - Rachel Vincent (ebook)
  128. Marked - P.C. Cast (ebook)
  129. The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver (TLC tour review)
  130. Hope Undaunted - Julie Lessman (review)
  131. Wicked Game - Lisa Jackson 
  132. Magic in the Wind (Drake sister #1) - Christine Feehan  (e-book)
  133. The Twilight Before Christmas (#2) - Christine Feehan(e-book)
  134. Oceans of Fire (#3) - Christine Feehan (e-book)
  135. Dangerous Tides (#4) - Christine Feehan (e-book)
  136. Safe Harbor (#5) - Christine Feehan (e-book)
  137. Turbulent Sea (#6) - Christine Feehan (e-book)
  138. Hidden Currents (#7) - Christine Feehan (e-book)
  139. Bitten - Kelley Armstrong
  140. Harry Potter and The Philospher's Stone - J.K. Rowling (reread)
  141. Stray - Rachel Vincent
  142. Water Bound - Christine Feehan (e-book)
  143. Unraveled - Gena Showalter (ebook) 
  144. Stealing Lumby (#2) - Gail Fraser
  145. White Heat - Brenda Novak
  146. The Watchman - Robert Crais 
  147. Emotional Intensity in Gifted Children - Christine Fonseca 
  148. Infamous - Suzanne Brockmann (shelf aware) 
  149. The Fault Tree - Louise Ure (e-book)
  150. A Passion Redeemed (#2) - Julie Lessman  
  151. A Passion Denied (#3) - Julie Lessman 
  152. Lumby's Bounty (#3) - Gail Fraser 
  153. Kidnap and Ransom - Michelle Gagnon
  154. Tyger Tyger - Kersten Hamilton (review)
  155. Stormwalker - Allyson James
  156. Happy Ever After - Nora Robert
  157. Indulgence in Death - J.D. Robb
  158. Carry On Mr. Bowditch - Jean Lee Latham (read aloud with James)
  159. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows (read aloud with James) 
  160. The Iron Hunt - Marjorie M. Lui (e-book)
  161. The Death of Ivan Illych - Leo Tolstoy
  162. Firewalker - Allyson James (ebook)
  163. Darkness Calls - Marjorie M. Lui (ebook)
  164. Edge of Sight - Roxanne St. Claire
  165. Mark of the Demon - Diana Rowland (e-book)
  166. Deeper Than the Dead - Tami Hoag
  167. Secrets of the Grave - Tami Hoag (review)
  168. A Wild Light - Marjorie Liu (ebook)
  169. Blood of the Demon - Diana Rowland (e-book)
  170. Covet - J.R. Ward (e-book)
  171. Thieves of Heaven - Richard Doetsch (e-book)
  172. Pretty When She Dies - Rhiannon Frater (e-book)
  173. The Keepers (book1 Keepers series) - Heather Graham (ebook)  
  174. The Shifters (b2 keepers series) - Alexandra Sokoloff (ebook) 
  175. The Wolven (b3 keepers series) - Deborah LeBlanc (e-book)
  176. Bewitched - Lori Foster (ebook)
  177. Men of Courage - Lori Foster (ebook)
  178. The Perfect Liar - Brenda Novak
  179. The Perfect Murder - Brenda Novak