The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths - once again Ruth Galloway finds herself involved in a decades old murder investigation. And now someone is threatening her life. Pretty exciting at the end and with a twist. I'm getting involved in the two main characters lives now and will try to read the 3rd in the series soon.
3 stars
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The Fiddler in the Subway by Gene Weingarten - a collection of articles written by a journalist for the Washington Post. It was interesting to see how sometimes his idea for an article took a completely different turn when he started investigating it. I had to skip the chapter about parents who accidentally left their children in hot cars.
3 stars
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Immoral by Brian Freeman - this was quite a twisty tale of two missing girls. Lots of surprises. However, the clinical and detailed sex scenes and other descriptions of personal details really were unnecessary and distracting. I had hoped this would be the start of a new series for me but I won't be continuing.
3 stars for the story
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Mistletoe Murder by Leslie Meier - the first (1991) in a long series of cozy mysteries featuring Lucy Stone. While working at Country Cousins, Lucy finds her boss dead in his car. Quite a lot of home life besides the mystery part but that's what makes it a cozy. I'll be reading more of these to offset my heavier reading.
3 stars
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Eleven Doctors, Eleven Stories by Eoin Colfer - actually, each story is written by a different author. The doctor is Doctor Who and each story is about all the different Doctors, starting with the first. Some were better than others and I enjoyed the ones about 9, 10, and 11 the best because those are the Doctors I know. Although this isn't advertised as a YA book, all the authors are YA.
3 stars
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Follow Her Home by Steph Cha - this author never met a metaphor she didn't like. At first I was drawn in by the mystery but the ending left me confused and irritated. I'm surprised this was published in book form - it read much more like a free ebook.
1 star
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The Shadows in the Street by Susan Hill - the 5th in the Simon Serrailler series, it takes some time before Simon makes an appearance. Prostitutes are being murdered and then other women go missing. Again quite a bit of family life going on.
3 stars
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The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss - a fantasy that takes forever to tell and then of course is part of a trilogy or more. Took me awhile to get through this as I kept putting it down. There seems to be a lot of nothing happening and then there will be a little action. And yet I will probably read the second book because I want to know how much more nothing there will be before we know what's going on. I'm wondering if the author knows since the third book was supposed to be published this year but it will be 2015 instead.
2 stars
So, tell me how you *really* feel about Follow Her Home. ;)
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