Category — Women's Murder Club

So life here for the last week or so has been all about books. I managed to get my hands on a copy of A Touch of Dead, which is a collection of Sookie Stackhouse short stories that go along with the regular Sookie Stackhouse books. I promptly sat down to read the ones that fell chronologically before the point I was at. Then because I only have the book for seven days and because I wanted to read the series in order I got to reading. At 9pm tonight I finished the last book, and now I must wait until May it appears to get more. I just love these books, they are such fun and I’m always getting a laugh from them that I just have to share.

Sookie isn’t the only reading that’s been done here either. I finished the Christmas Challenge with only a few hours to spare and my thought is I won’t be doing that again. I love the Christmas holiday, and all the joy and happiness that comes with it, but for the most part the Christmas challenged seemed more like work that fun.

• The Christmas Secret by Donna VanLiere – 12/7/2009
• The Christmas List by Richard Paul Evans – 12/2/2009
• A Cedar Cove Christmas by Debbie Macomber – 12/15/2009
• Wishin’ and Hopin’ by Wally Lamb – 12/3/2009
• Christmas Jars by Jason Wright – 12/31/2009
• The Christmas Dog by Melody Carlson – 12/26/2009
• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens – 12/24/2009
• The Chimes by Charles Dickens – 12/18/2009
• The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens – 12/21/2009

I also finished Kiss the Girls and 2nd Chance as part of the James Patterson and Women’s Murder Club challenges. Both were everything I’ve come to expect of Patterson and I’m looking forward to my next books off of each list.

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Wow, I’d forgotten just how quickly Patterson reads. I think it has something to do with the short chapter length, keeps that feeling of moving forward ever present. Completing both of the Patterson Challenges may be easier than I thought.

1st to Die by James Patterson

This is definitely a jump right in kind of story, you are immediately thrown into the life and mind of Lindsay Boxer, a homicide inspector, who is facing a serious health crisis that causes her to question her life. She forms the “murder club” with Claire Washburn (medical examiner), Jill Bernhardt (A.D.A.), and Cindy Thomas (reporter) in order to help solve a series murders involving newlyweds. We get to see the story unfold not only from the perspective of these four amazing female characters; but from the perspective of the killer, who’s identity is a total surprise.

I really like how Patterson develops these characters, there is a real sense of who they are and how they view the world. The main storyline weaves nicely through the small asides that allow a deeper look into the main characters and their worlds. There were a few times I would have liked the pace to slow just a little but overall it was a great read.

I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys mystery, suspense, crime, drama, and even a little romance.

Women’s Murder Club Series
• 1st to Die
• 2nd Chance
• 3rd Degree
• 4th of July
• 5th Horseman
• 6th Target
• 7th Heaven
• 8th Confession

Women's Murder Club Challenge

Books: 4 / 8 (50%)

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I’m a few months late to this one; but I’m motivated to do it. I started this series when it was first published and kept up through the fourth book. Then I just never went back to them.

Last month I picked up the first book again and wondered if I should reread them and finish the series, finding this challenge answers that question. YES!

The goal of this challenge is simply to read all the existing titles in James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club series between August 15, 2009 (told you I was late) and August 15, 2010. Yvonne provides linking for signing up, reviews during the challenge, and later in the challenge a linky for completion. Her only request is that you only count books read during the challenge and that you link to directly to posts (permalinks) not your blog.

I’ll update with a new post each time I finish a book and change the color of the title in the list from my standard text color to purple. There are eight titles currently published in this series:

• 1st to Die
• 2nd Chance
• 3rd Degree
• 4th of July
• 5th Horseman
• 6th Target
• 7th Heaven
• 8th Confession

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