Book Reviews Alphabetized by Title

Done through 2008

A

• Abarat by Clive Barker – 5/5 stars
• Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War by Clive Barker – 4/5 stars
• A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb – 2/5 stars
• Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, Book 1) by Lian Hearn – 4/5 stars
• Agents of Light and Darkness (Nightside, Book 2) by Simon Green – 4/5 stars
• An Ice Cold Grave (Harper Connolly Mysteries, Book 3) by Charlaine Harris – 4/5 stars

• Another One Bites the Dust (Jaz Parks, Book 2) by Jennifer Rardin – 4/5 stars

   

• Archangel Protocol by Lyda Morehouse – 3/5 stars

   

• Attack of the Fiend (The Last Apprentice, Book 4) by Joseph Delaney – 5/5 stars

   

B

• The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy and the Olympians, Book 4) by Rick Riordan – 5/5 stars
• The Becoming (Anna Strong Chronicles, Book 1) by Jeanne C. Stein – 4/5 stars
• Betrayed (House of Night, Book 2) by PC and Kristin Cast – 3/5 stars
• Biting the Bullet (Jaz Parks, Book 3) by Jennifer Rardin – 4/5 stars
• Bitten to Death (Jaz Parks, Book 4) by Jennifer Rardin – 4/5 stars
• Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson, Book 2) by Patricia Briggs – 3/5 stars

 

• Blood Drive (Anna Strong Chronicles, Book 2) by Jeanne C. Stein – 4/5 stars
• Blood is the New Black by Valerie Stivers – 2/5 stars
• Bloodlist (Vampire Files, Book 1) by P. N. Elrod – 3/5 stars
• Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz – 3/5 stars
• Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Book 4) by Stephenie Meyer – 5/5 stars

• Breath and Bone (Lighthouse Duet, Book 2) by Carol Berg – 5/5 stars

   

• Brilliance of the Moon (Tales of the Otori, Book 2) by Lian Hearn – 2/5 stars

• Brisinger (Inhertance Cycle, Book 3) by Christopher Paolini – 2/5 stars

   

 

C

• Cast in Secret (Chronicles of Elantra, Book 3) by Michelle Sagara – 4/5 stars
• Child of a Dead God (The Noble Dead, Book 5) by Barb and JC Hendee – 3/5 stars
• Cursor’s Fury (Codex Alera, Book 3) by Jim Butcher – 4/5 stars

D

• Danse Macabre by Laurell Hamilton – 2/5 stars
• The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper – 4/5 stars
• Dark Nocturne (Vampire Hunter D, Book 10) by Hideyuki Kikuchi (3/5 stars)
• Dead Man Rising (Dante Valentine, Book 2) by Lilith Saintcrow – 3/5 stars
• The Devil’s Right Hand (Dante Valentine, Book 3) by Lilith Saintcrow – 4/5 stars

• Dreaming Again edited by Jack Dann

   

• Drowned Wednesday (Keys to the Kingdom, Book 3) by Garth Nix – 3/5 stars

E

• Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert – 4/5 stars
• Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss – 4/5 stars
• Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3) by Stephanie Meyer – 4/5 stars

• Elliot Finnley’s Jus’ Plain Ole Daisy by Pamela M. Herbert – 3/5 stars

   

• Empress Orchid by Anchee Min – 3/5 stars
• Evernight by Claudia Gray – 3/5 stars

F

• The Faerie Path by Frewin Jones – 2/5 stars

   

• Fallen Host by Lyda Morehouse – 4/5 stars

   

• Finder by Emma Bull – 3/5 stars

• Fire Me Up (Aisling Grey Guardian, Book 2) by Katie MacAlister – 3/5 stars

   

• Fire Study (Poison Study, Book 3) by Maria V. Snyder – 4/5 stars
• Flesh and Spirit (Lighthouse Duet, Book 1) by Carol Berg – 3/5 stars

• The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip – 4/5 stars

   

• From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 8) by Charlaine Harris (4/5 stars)
• Frostbite (Vampire Academy, Book 2) by Richelle Mead – 5/5 stars

G

• A Giant Problem (Beyond The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 2) by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black – 4/5 stars

   

• Gil’s All Fright Diner by A. Lee Martinez – 4/5 stars
• Grass for His Pillow (Tale of the Otori, Book 2) by Lian Hearn – 3/5 stars

• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman – 5/5 stars

   

 

H

• Half Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer – 3/5 stars
• The Harlequin (Anita Blake, Book 15) by Laurell K. Hamilton – 3/5 stars
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling – 4/5 stars

• Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve – 4/5 stars

   

• Hex and the City (Nightside, Book 4) by Simon Green – 4/5 stars
• The High King’s Tomb (Green Rider, Book 3) by Kristen Britain – 3/5 stars
• To Hell and Back (Dante Valentine, Book 5) by Lilith Saintcrow – 3/5 stars
• Hell to Pay (Nightside, Book 7) by Simon Green – 3/5 stars

• Holidays are Hell edited by Kim Harrison – 5/5 stars

   

• House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne 3/5 stars
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins – 5/5 stars

 

I

• Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson, Book 3) by Patricia Briggs – 3/5 stars
• Ironside: A Modern Faery’s Tale by Holly Black – 5/5 stars

 

J

K

• Kushiel’s Avatar by Jacquline Carey – 5/5 stars
• Kushiel’s Justice by Jacqueline Carey – 4/5 stars

• Kushiel’s Mercy by Jacqueline Carey – 5/5 stars

   

• Kushiel’s Scion by Jacqueline Carey – 4/5 stars

L

• Lady Friday (Keys to the Kingdom, Book 5) by Garth Nix – 4/5 stars

• Legacy (Anna Strong Chronicles, Book 4) by Jeanne C. Stein – 2/5 stars

   

• The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch – 4/5 stars
• The Lightening Thief (Percy and the Olympians, Book 1) by Rick Riordan – 4/5 stars
• The Lone Drow by R. A. Salvatore – 3/5 stars
• Lucky Billy by John Vernon – 1/5 stars

 

M

• Macromedia Flash Professional 8 Hands-On Training by James Gonzalez – 5/5 stars
• Maledicte by Lane Robins – 5/5 stars
• Many Bloody Returns, various authors – 4/5 stars
• The Man with the Golden Torc (Secret Histories, Book 1) by Simon Green – 4/5 stars
• Marked (House of Night, Book 1) by PC Cast, Kristin Cast – 3/5 stars
• M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman – 4/5 stars
• Mistral’s Kiss (Meredith Gentry, Book 5) by Laurell Hamilton – 3/5 stars
• Molecules of Murder by John Emsley – 5/5 stars
• Mona Lisa Awakening 
  

  (Children of the Monere, Book 1) by Sunny – 3.5/5 stars

   

• Mona Lisa Blossoming (Children of the Monere, Book 2) by Sunny – 4/5 stars

  Mona Lisa Craving (Children of the Monere, Book 3) by Sunny – 3/5 stars

   

• Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, Book 1) by Patricia Briggs – 3/5 stars

• My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison – 3/5 stars

   

• Mysterious Journey to the North Sea, Part One (Vampire Hunter D, Book 7) by Hideyuki Kikuchi – 4/5 stars
• Mysterious Journey to the North Sea, Part Two (Vampire Hunter D, Book 8) by Hideyuki Kikuchi – 5/5 stars

N

• Nabi the Prototype by Yeon Joo Kim – 5/5 stars

   

• Nightingale’s Lament (Nightside, Book 3) by Simon Green – 5/5 stars
• Night of the Soul Stealer (The Last Apprentice, Book 3) by Joseph Delaney -5/5 stars
• The Nixie’s Song (Beyond The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1) by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black – 3/5 stars

O

• Once Bitten, Twice Shy (Jaz Parks, Book 1) by Jennifer Rardin – 5/5 stars

   

• Ophelia by Lisa Klein – 3/5 stars
• The Outlaw Demon Wails (The Hollows, Book 6) by Kim Harrison – 5/5 stars

 

P

• Paths Not Taken (Nightside, Book 5) by Simon Green – 4/5 stars

• Peter and the Secret of Rundoon by Dave Berry and Ridley Pearson – 4/5 stars

   

• Peter and the Shadow Theives by Dave Berry and Ridley Pearson – 4/5 stars
• Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Berry and Ridley Pearson – 5/5 stars

• The Plucker by Brom – 4/5 stars

   

• Pretties (Uglies, Book 2) by Scott Westerfeld – 3.5/5 stars

 

Q

R

• Rare Beasts (Edgar and Ellen, Book 1) by Charles Ogden and Rick Carton – 4/5 stars
• The Rose Princess (Vampire Hunter D, Book 9) by Hideyuki Kikuchi – 5/5 stars

S

• Saint City Sinners (Dante Valentine, Book 4) by Lilith Saintcrow – 5/5 stars
• The Sea of Monsters (Percy and the Olympians, Book 2) by Rick Riordan – 4/5 stars

• The Servants by Michael Marshall – 2/5 stars

  The Scent of Shadows (Signs of the Zodiac, Book 1) by Vicki Petterson – 4/5 stars

   

• Shadow (The Trilogy, Book 1) by K. Parker – 3/5 stars

• Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, Book 3) by Richelle Mead – 5/5 stars

   

• Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth (Nightside, Book 6) by Simon Green – 5/5 stars
• Sir Thursday (Keys to the Kingdom, Book 4) by Garth Nix – 4/5 stars

• Slow Storm by Danica Novgorodoff – 4/5 stars

   

• Small Favor (Dresden Files, Book 10) by Jim Butcher – 5/5 stars
• Something from the Nightside (Nightside, Book 1) by Simon Green – 4/5 stars
• Specials (Uglies, Book 3) by Scott Westerfeld – 4/5 stars

• Stained by Jennifer Richard Jacobson – 3/5 stars

   

• Superior Saturday (Keys to the Kingdom, Book 6) by Garth Nix – 4/5 stars

   

• The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle, Book 3) by Libba Bray – 4/5 stars

 

T

• The Taste of Night (Signs of the Zodiac, Book 2) by Vicki Pettersson – 4/5 stars

   

  Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris (Theodosia, Book 2) by R. L. LaFevers – 4/5 stars

   

• The Thousand Orcs by R.A. Salvatore – 4/5 stars
• Threads of Malice by Tamara Siler Jones – 4/5 stars
• The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger – 3/5 stars
• The Titan’s Curse (Percy and the Olympians, Book 3) by Rick Riordan – 5/5 stars

• The Touch of Twilight (Third Sign of the Zodiac) by Vicki Pettersson – 4/5 stars

   

• The Two Swords (Hunter’s Blade, Book 3) by R.A. Salvatore – 3/5 stars

U

• Uglies (Uglies, Book 1) by Scott Westerfeld – 3/5 stars

• The Unnatural Inquirer (The Nightside, Book 8) by Simon Green – 3/5 stars

   

V

• Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead – 4/5 stars

W

• The Watcher (Anna Strong Chronicles, Book 3) by Jeanne C. Stein – 3/5 stars
• The White Mary by Kira Salak – 5/5 stars
• White Night (The Dresden Files Book 9) by Jim Butcher – 5/5 stars
• Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr – 2.5/5 stars
• Working for the Devil (Dante Valentine, Book 1) by Lilith Saintcrow – 5/5 stars

 

X

Y

• You Don’t Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But it Helps by Tom Holt – 3/5 stars

• You Slay Me (Aisling Grey Guardian, Book 1) by Katie MacAlister – 4/5 stars

   

Z