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  1. Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill - another Dr. Siri book but it has been a couple years since my last one.  This was as good as all others... I thoroughly enjoy his style and the characters.   Great fun.

  2. Secondhand Soles by Christopher Moore - an extension of the story from "A Dirty Job" where the Death Merchants go about collecting souls.  Good fun.

  3. Assassination Option and

  4. Double Agents by WEB Griffin - adventures of a young captain Canidy as he works the back doors of the WWII occupation of Sicily nd Italy.  Always enjoy Griffin's style.

  5. Behind Enemy Lines by WEB Griffin - a detailed account of sabatoge activity in the Phillapenes and the incorporation of the OSS with the Marines.

  6. By Order of the President and

  7. The Hostage and

  8. The Hunters and

  9. Covert Warriors and

  10. Black Ops and

  11. Hazardous Duty and

  12. The Outlaws and

  13. The Shooters  by WEB Griffin - it seems Griffin is all over the top of my list.  I like the charcter of this new series of novels introducing Charley Castillo, a young upstart officer that steps into a role with the President.  Not outrageously imaginitive but stiil a number of very awkward scenarios.  Not unlike Canidy, Castillo is an engaging character.

  14. Albert of Adelade by Howard Anderson - a fun story of an orphan platypus and a trek through Australia looking for "Old Australia", the land he'd heard so much about that just didn't exist.  It is a fun, satrical novel in the vein of Wind in the Willows.

  15. The Glorious Cause by Jeff Shaara - a novel of the American Revolution with fine details of several of the main participants, from George Washington to Cornwallis to Nathan Hale to Howe.  Wonderful the way he weaves the seperate stories together to present history at its best.

  16. Triggerfish Twist by Tim Dorsey - another story of crazy Florida featuring Serge and crew.  Very much in the vein of Carl Hiassen but not up to that standard.

  17. Tropic of Stupid by Tim Dorsey - If you're going to waste time on one Tim Dorsey book, might as well do two.

  18. Christmas at the Manor by Karen Baugh Menuhin - first reading of the adventures of Heathcliff Lennox, WWI veteran RAF pilot as he investigates a series of murders.  I liked the character and will likely read more, although there are over 20 in the series and I typically avoid the formula books.

  19. North Woods by Daniel Mason - second novel by this author and very interesting.  Tells multiple stories based on the generations of ownership of a particular piece of land.  I enjoyed seeing the changing uses of the land from the wilds to development... I especially enjoyed the apple years.

  20. The Exile by Morgan Greene - a pleasant read.

  21. Be Careful What You Wish For by Jeffrey Archer - a procedural drama that  kwasn't worth the trouble.

  22. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad - always interesting to read the old classics.  This one on the heels of Dream of the Celt, this one was a good recommendation by the Celt author.

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  24. Dream of the Celt by Mario Vargas Llosa - very interesting telling of the Irish troubles by a celt tasked with reporting on the atrocities in the Congo... eye-opening

  25. The Quest by Wilbur Smith - interesting story of ancient Egypt and surrounds.  Too much like its predecessors with the Taita character.

  26. A Case of Need by Michael Crichton -

  27. The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman - a great telling of Jewish persecution.

  28. Under Occupation by Alan Furst - spy novel set in 1942 Paris, following crime writer Paul Ricard as he’s pulled into the French Resistance after a dying man slips him a technical drawing tied to German weaponry.

  29. Mission Critical by Mark Greaney - the first I've read in the Gray Man series. pretty good.

  30. Voyage of the Narwel by Andrea Barrett - a good late 19th century story of exploration and discovery in the arctic.

  31. Collaborator by Gerald Seymour - a very detailed novel telling of a daughter's collaboration with authorities on prosecution of her connected family.

  32. The Treadstone Transgression by Joshua Hood - I finished it but didn't much care... an awful book of secret agents doing the impossible, cluttered with specific make and model of every weapon known to man.

  33. The Jansen Directive by Robert Ludum - He's a pretty good writer but nothing noteworthy here.

  34. Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown - I keep hoping that he'll come up with another DaVinci Code but this is not it.  Wound up skipping page after page just to get through it.  He's a bit like a magazine, ads running throughout every page........  and I'm sick of his Mickey Mouse watch.  I mean, what the hell?

  35. Absurdisstan by Gary Shteyngart - a satirical novel that captures the absurdity of post-Soviet life. The book explores themes of bureaucracy, corruption, and the struggle for identity in a bizarre world that has post-soviet russia looking a lot like the good old U S of  A.

  36. City of Secrets by PJ Tracy - I enjoyed the earlier novels written collaberatily with her mom, specifically 'Monkey Wrench. This one not so much.

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