Finished Appaloosa by Robert B. Parker. I read the sequel to this, Resolution, a few weeks ago and decided to read the first book. And hey, it’s a western. I love me some westerns. 😎 In this one, gunfighter Virgil Cole and his friend Everett Hitch are hired to be the law in the Old West town of Appaloosa and →

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Finished Ill Wind by Rachel Caine. This is the first book in her urban fantasy Weather Warden series. Or, as Wheezley puts it, a book that combines two of my favorite things — magic and the Weather Channel. Yeah, I like to watch the Weather Channel. Weird, I know, but that’s me. :cool:  In this book, Joanne Baldwin is a weather →

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Finished Running Blind by Lee Child. This is the fourth book in his popular series about ex-military policeman Jack Reacher. (Can you tell I’m trying to get caught up on this series this summer?) In this one, Reacher’s having a quiet dinner in New York before driving home — where he’s taken into custody by the FBI. Someone is murdering →

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Finished Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur. This is the first book in her Guardian series. I’ve heard a lot of people buzzing about Arthur (and someone, I think Chasity, recommended her on the blog) so I decided to try her book. Riley Jensen is a half-vampire, half-werewolf in Australia who works for the Directorate of Other Races as an assistant, →

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Finished Dark Dreamers, which contains novellas by Christine Feehan and Marjorie M. Liu. Feehan’s novella, Dark Dream, is one of her Carpathian (vampire) stories. I’d never read a Carpathian story before and was interested in trying one. Basically, Feehan’s vampires slowly go insane until their meet their lifemate, which is the only thing that can keep them from turning evil. →

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