Books Completed in 2010: (Rating system — ***** of ***** stars — there won’t be many ***** ratings)
- Brink of Death, Brandilyn Collins (****)
- Population: 485, Michael Perry (****)
- Exposure, Brandilyn Collins (***)
- The Fury, Jason Pinter (***)
- Stain of Guilt, Brandilyn Collins (***1/2)
- Hard to Hold, Stephanie Tyler (*** 1/2)
- The Little Known, Janice Daugherty (**** 1/2)
- Marley and Me, John Grogan (*** 1/2)
- A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin (****)
- The Cougar Club, Susan McBride (***)
- Dead of Night, Brandilyn Collins (*** 1/2)
- Too Hot to Hold, Stephanie Tyler (** 1/2)
- The Big 5-0h!, Sandra D. Bricker (***)
- Extreme Measures, Vince Flynn (**** 1/2)
- Everyday Justice: The Global Impact of Our Daily Choices, Julie Clawson (*** 1/2) (Kindle Edition)
- Breach of Trust, DiAnn Mills (****) (Kindle Edition)
- Ice Cold, Tess Gerritsen (**** 1/2)(ARC)
- The Fence My Father Built, Linda S. Clare (****) (Kindle Edition)
- Rooms, James L. Rubart (**** 1/2) (Kindle Edition)
- Exclusively Yours, Shannon Stacey (*****) (Kindle Edition)
- Spoken From the Heart, Laura Bush (**** 1/2) (Kindle Edition)
- God Don’t Like Ugly, Mary Monroe (Kindle Edition) (**** 1/2)
- God Still Don’t Like Ugly, Mary Monroe (Kindle Edition) (*** 1/2)
- They Almost Always Come Home, Cynthia Ruchti (Kindle Edition) (****)
- Irresistible Forces, Brenda Jackson (Kindle Edition) (**)
- The Weight of Shadows, Alison Strobel (Kindle Edition) (*****)
- Floozy And Other Stories, Stephen B. Bagley (*** 1/2)
- Columbine, Dave Cullen (*****)
- Out of Bounds, J. A. Chase (***)
- Felicity Stripped Bare, Vanessa Jaye (***)
- Colters’ Wife, Maya Banks (Kindle Edition) (** 1/2) (not even a novella)
- The Painted Darkness, Brian James Freeman (PDF version) (*** 1/2)
- Mixed Bags, Melody Carlson (Kindle Edition) (*** 1/2)
- Play Their Hearts Out, George Dorhmann (*****)
- In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor’s Journey in the Saudi Kingdom, Qanta A. Ahmed, MD (**** 1/2)
- Life, Love, and a Polar Bear Tattoo, Heather Wendell (**** 1/2) (nook format)
- Compromising Positions, Jenna Bayley-Burke (*** 1/2) Kindle format (fun to read)
- A Night, A Secret Child, Miranda Lee (**) Kindle Format Harlequin Presents 1-Click Buy
- Speed Dating, Nancy Warren (***) Kindle format
- Raising Jake, Charlie Carillo (*** 1/2) Kindle format
- Always Watching, Brandilyn Collins and Amberly Collins (*** 1/2) Kindle format
- Lucy Doesn’t Wear Pink, Nancy Rue (****) Kindle Format
- The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts, Gary Chapman(****) Kindle format
- Undeniably Yours, Shannon Stacey (*****) Kindle format
- A Simple Amish Christmas, Vannetta Chapman (****) Kindle format
- Saint Training, Elizabeth Fixmer (****) Kindle format
- Crossing Oceans, Gina Holmes (*****) Kindle format
- My best Friends Have Hairy Legs, Cierra Rnatoul, (*** 1/2) nook format
Books I’m Reading Now (sometimes, there are months between putting down and picking up, though…):
Life Support, Tess Gerritsen (I’m really struggling with this one. It’s really creepy.)
Waging Modern War, General Wesley K. Clark (I don’t like this guy, but I want to get a balanced view of this era of generals)
Liberty and Tyranny, Mark Levin
America in the Gilded Age: Third Edition, Sean Cashman
New Spirits: Americans in the Gilded Age, 1865-1900, Rebecca Edwards (This is an EXCELLENT book)
Lessons for the Young Economists, Robert P. Murphy (e-Pub format)
Hold on Tight, Stephanie Tyler
Black Belt Patriotism, Chuck Norris
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog, Chad Orzel
The Dark Tide, Andrew Gross (Kindle Edition)
Death of A Trophy Wife, Laura Levine (Kindle Edition) — Abandoned for now. Not getting into it.
No Surrender, Shannon Stacey (Kindle Edition)
God Don’t Play, Mary Monroe (Kindle Edition)
The Future of Learning Institutions in A Digital Age (Kindle Edition)
The One Year Daily Insights with Zig Ziglar (Kindle Edition)
Conservative Victory: Defeating Obama’s Radical Agenda, Sean Hannity