24. Lessons from the Fat-O-Sphere by Kate Harding and Marianne Kirby:  Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body

I read this a couple days ago, but put off reviewing it, because unlike brain candy fiction, it requires some real writing and explanation on my part.  Especially because it's a book and a concept that a lot of people seem to have ( Read more... )

23. Date Me Baby One More Time by Stephanie Rowe

Justine is a Guardian--she protects Desdemona's Temptation, the source of the elixir of immortality, from falling into the wrong hands.  She's been doing this for the last couple hundred years and is bored out of her flipping mind.  Sex-starved, too, because Guardians aren't allowed to have sex.  Her ( Read more... )

21. Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

I was really impressed by these.  This woman has a hell of an imagination.  The cool thing was that you'd read the story, each of which was memorable in and of itself, and then you got Albus Dumbledore's commentary, where he explains some of the history behind the stories, or how this group or that group ( Read more... )

19. The Stepsisters' Scheme by Jim C. Hines

This one was a lot of fun.  Danielle de Glas, aka Cinderella, has to help rescue her prince, who is kidnapped by her stepsisters.  She's joined by Talia (Sleeping Beauty), who's a kick-ass fighter, and Snow, who's very good with magic.  It plays with a lot of the darker, older versions of the fairy tales ( ( Read more... )

18. Turn Coat by Jim ButcherAnother very good one. Lots more character development on Luccio, Morgan, and Molly. (I just want to hug that girl, even when she does things that are blindingly stupid.) Murph as well. If she and Dresden don't get together by the end of the series, I'll be deeply disappointed ( Read more... )

17. War of Honor

Edit: What the heck? I wrote a long post on this. Where did it go?

16. Ashes of Victory by David Weber

More Honor Harrington awesomeness.  There were a couple places where the exposition dragged, but overall, I love this series and the depth and complexity of the universe.  I have trouble even writing a book review of the 9th or 10th book in a series, though.  What do you say that doesn't spoil it for someone who ( Read more... )

14. The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold

Fun, funny science fiction.  The son of an important family, who has severe medical issues, washes out of military school because he screws up the obstacle course.  You know, despite severely messed up legs, he jumps off a wall instead of climbing down.  After all the trouble he went to to get his ( Read more... )

11.  White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison
This was a very good read.  I liked the way it tied together the threads from all the various short stories about Mia, Art, and Pierce. I wanted to see more with Rachel in the Ever After, though.  The bit about her being Al's student, which was the point where the last book ended, seemed downplayed here ( Read more... )

9. Why Work Sucks and How to Fix it by Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson

10. Small Favors by Jim Butcher

So, I'm now caught up on this series, til April when Turn Coat comes out.  Karrin Murphy is definitely my hero.  Not that she wasn't before, but the scene where she stands up to someone sent to kill Harry is brilliant.  Not just taking on someone who ( Read more... )