Booklist

As of 11/14/2009:

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer. season eight. vol. 3, Wolves at the Gate by Drew Goddard. Buffy experiments, Dracula makes an appearance. All together satisfying.
• Seize the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon. My favorite Dark Hunter novel, this was a re-read
• Hot gimmick. Vol. 12 by Miki Aihara. Manga.
• Love com. 1 by Aya Nakahara. Manga.
• Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read By Scott McNulty. Highly recommended if you have anything to do with WordPress. I had it on hold for a long time before I got it. Apparently so did someone else because I couldn’t renew it. So I kept it and paid the late fee. It was worth it. It gets into the mechanics of WordPress rather than the best ways to write and publish your blog. I hope to find it electronically to add to my collection.
• A Touch of Dead: Sookie Stackhouse: the Complete Stories by Charlaine Harris
• The Dark-Hunters. Volume 1 by Sherrilyn Kenyon. Graphic novel. I had to put it on hold. It tells the beginning of Kyrian and Amanda’s story which I’ve not read in novel form. Now I don’t have to except I doubt the graphic novel will turn x-rated like the books do. Alas.
• Remember Me to Harold Square by Paula Danziger. I love this author. I read The Pistachio Prescription when I was in junior high. I love this author.
• Picket Fences by Kimberly Cates. Maudlin.
• The Disciples of Trotsky by Cevin Soling. Graphic novel. I found it shoved behind other graphic novels when shelving one day. I don’t think it circulates and will get weeded which is a shame. It should probably not go in Teen, despite its cartoonish style. I found it delightful and subversive.
• Chasing the Bear: a Young Spenser Novel by Robert B. Parker
• The Boxer and the Spy by by Robert B. Parker
• My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent. Teen book. Well plotted, not too contrived for a book about banshees (spelled bean sidhe in the book). Kaylee was a cool teen I’d want in my library.
• Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen. I didn’t like it as much as The Sugar Queen. Garden Spells was her first book. It’s a good thing I didn’t read them in order or I may not have made it to The Sugar Queen which I did like.
• The Jungle by Peter Kuper. Graphic novelization of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. The artwork was really excellent. It really communicated the despair, hopelessness and filth.

Book List

As of 07/05/2009

• American Thighs: The Sweet Potato Queens’ Guide to Preserving your Assets by Jill Conner Browne – Can’t wait for the audio.
• Patty Jane’s House of Curl by Lorna Landvik – The story really sucked me in. I liked tone.
• Shimura Trouble by Sujata Massey – The last of the Rei Shimura books. Filling but not satisfying.
• Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts: A History of Burial by Penny Colman – Fascinating in the way of “Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers” by Mary Roach or any visit to an old graveyard.
• If I Was Your Girl by Ni-Ni Simone
• Mistakes Men Make by Daniel Billett – Truly hilarious. No truly, as in everything the author tells men not to do (grow a mullet or back hair, stuff a sock in your jock or sport a Shel Silverstein beard) are true.
• X-Rated Blood Suckers by Mario Acevedo
• Buffy Omnibus
• Girl in a Box by Sujata Massey – Yah! She’s back. All the elements from the first books. When she left Japan I left her. Rei seemed so humorless. Hugh seemed sexy but a real douche. She shines in Japan.
• Shortie Like Mine by Ni-Ni Smone
• Between Mom and Joe by Julie Anne Peters – Loved.
• Wolfsbane and Mistletoe
• Simple Italian Snacks

Book List

As of 06/17/2009

• The Boy and the Ghost by Robert Sans Souci – Children’s picture book. Loved the illustration. The story is an old fable.
• Cribs by MTV – I had to see a picture of Tommy Lee’s Starbucks in his house.
• House of Java by Mark Murphy – Graphic novel.
• The Bearskin Rug by Jennifer Stevenson – Not hot. You’ve got to do more than use the word cock to be hot.
• Date Like a Grown Up: Everything You Need, blah, blah, blah by Lisa Daily – Like any diet book on the market. Always a “new take” but really says the same thing; exercise and eat healthy. In other words, nothing new to add. Would probably be good for a less internet-savvy reader.
• Water Baby by Ross Campbell – Good art work, really tells the story, crappy as it was.
• Burnout by Rebecca Donner illustrated by Inaki Miranda – Graphic novel. About a girl who falls for her step brother who is an ecoterrorist.