From Jennie, a list of favorite books in 2010.
- The Time Weaver, Shana Abe, A- (review by Jennie)
- The Forbidden Rose, Joanna Bourne, B+ (review by Jane)
- Last Night’s Scandal, Loretta Chase, A- (review by Jayne, also on Janine’s best list)
- Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins, A- (review by Jia, also on Jill Sorenson’s best list)
- Wicked Becomes You, Meredith Duran, A- (review by Jennie, also on Janine’s best list)
- Dead in the Family, Charlaine Harris, B+ (review by Janet aka Robin)
- Improper Relations, Janet Mullany, A- (review by Jennie)
- His at Night, Sherry Thomas, B+ (review by Sunita and review by Jennie)
Nice list! It doesn’t say so, but Mockingjay is one of three books that was on my list as well.
Your review said a high B+. Did your grade go up with time? Sometimes that happens to me.
The Time Weaver came thisclose to making my list as well. I enjoyed it a lot, just wished there had been more of Sandu and Honor/Rez in it, and maybe a little less Zane and Lia? Although I love Zane and Lia. The ending wasn’t what I was expecting, but it was a good book.
I really wanted to read The Forbidden Rose and Improper Relations but didn’t get to them this year.
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This reminds me that I must read Queen of Dragons. I am so enjoying Abe’s books and that’s next in my queue.
@Janine: Yeah, in retrospect it stayed with me and was worthy of the A- grade.
I know that a lot of people didnt like Dead in the Family, but I also really liked it.
@Bella F. – it’s hard for me to imagine giving a Sookie Stackhouse book less than a B+ at the lowest, because I am so invested in the world Harris has created, and I really like her prose. So that just leaves plot, which is generally less important to me that characterization and prose. It’s a little different in a long series like this; *because* of my investment in the characters, I do care more about plot points. But over all it’s not going to bring down my grade that much.
I really want to read Improper Relations by Janet Mullany, but I can’t find an ebook version. I guess that publisher doesn’t do ebooks.
I also loved Shana Abe’s The Time Weaver, and I hope that it isn’t the end of the series.
Thanks, Jennie, for including Improper Relations. And sorry, no e-version, only processed dead trees.
@Janet Mullany: Aw, that sucks. I guess I’ll be asking Santa for this one. :)
@Dana S:
If you live in the US, it might be good to hint to Santa to get it from bookdepository.com or another UK bookstore, since I don’t think it’s available in the US. Bookdepository ships free of charge and the books arrive fast, too.
@Janine: Thanks for the tip. I’ll just give a little hint to Santa. (I might have just emailed this blog post to Santa, cause I’m subtle like that.)