Books

~~ Back to Ani's Book Abyss ~~


The books that appear here with links are the only known book reviews/blurb opinions that I've actually written.  But I also chose to list all the published books of certain series because I have an OCD issue with incomplete lists.

For more information on these books, you can either go to the review and click on the book itself, or you can search for it at Goodreads where I get all my own book info.

I am also associated with BookLikes (where I do all my book blogging) and FictFact (just because).


My Goodreads Profile
My Bookshelf: [Read] [Want to Read] [Dropped]
*For more of my personal book info, check the sidebar for what I'm reading and what my favorite books are.

Ani's Book Abyss @ BookLikes
  - BookLikes Bookshelf

Reviews/Opinions

- Anthologies -
SEAL of My Dreams -- Editor Robyn Carr

- Various Authors -
The Watchlist #1: The Chopin Manuscript -- Story Conception by Jeffrey Deaver
The Watchlist #2: The Copper Bracelet -- Story Conception by Jeffrey Deaver


- A -

R.J. Anderson
Ultraviolet #1: Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet #2: Quicksilver

Kelley Armstrong
Cainsville #1: Omens

Mindee Arnett
The Arkwell Academy #1: The Nightmare Affair
The Arkwell Academy #2: The Nightmare Dilemma -- not a review -- anticipation post
The Arkwell Academy #3: The Nightmare Charade
Avalon #0.5: Proxy
Avalon #1: Avalon

Belle Aurora
Night Fury #1: First Act

Terri L. Austin
Beauty and the Brit #1: His Every Need


- B -

Leigh Bardugo
The Grisha #1: Shadow and Bone
The Grisha #2: Siege and Storm
The Grisha #3: Ruin and Rising

Julie Berry
The Amaranth Enchantment

Alexandra Bracken
The Darkest Minds #1: The Darkest Minds
The Darkest Minds #2: Never Fade
The Darkest Minds #3: In the Afterlight

Kylie Brant
Mindhunters #1: Waking Nightmare
Mindhunters #2: Waking Evil
Mindhunters #3: Waking the Dead
Mindhunters #4: Deadly Intent
Mindhunters #5: Deadly Dreams
Mindhunters #6: Deadly Sins

Libba Bray
Gemma Doyle #1: A Great and Terrible Beauty
Gemma Doyle #2: Rebel Angels
Gemma Doyle #3: The Sweet Far Thing
The Diviners #1: The Diviners -- Continuation update / Update: 11/6/13

Allison Brennan
Lucy Kincaid #1: Love Me To Death

Marissa Burt
Storybound #1: Storybound
Storybound #2: Story's End


- C -

Richard Castle
Nikki Heat #1: Heat Wave -- First Impression
Nikki Heat #2: Naked Heat
Nikki Heat #3: Head Rises
Nikki Heat #4: Frozen Heat
Nikki Heat #5: Deadly Heat
Nikki Heat #6: Raging Heat

Elsie Chapman
Dualed #1: Dualed

Rae Carson
Fire and Thorns #1: The Girl of Fire and Thorns
Fire and Thorns #2: The Crown of Embers
Fire and Thorns #3: The Bitter Kingdoms

Cinda Williams Chima
Seven Realms #1: The Demon King -- Progress Update

Pamela Clare
I-Team #1: Extreme Exposure
I-Team #1.5: Heaven Can't Wait
I-Team #2: Hard Evidence
I-Team #3: Unlawful Contact
I-Team #4: Naked Edge
I-Team #5: Breaking Point
I-Team #5.5: Skin Deep
I-Team #5.9: First Strike
I-Team #6: Striking Distance

Leah Cypess
Death Sworn #1: Death Sworn
Death Sworn #2: Death Marked (Pub. in March 2015)


- D -

Sarah Beth Durst
Vessel -- First Impression / Progress Update

Dramabeans crew (javabeans and girlfriday)
Why Do Dramas Do That?  Part 1 -- Random Update


- E - 

Cynthia Eden
Deadly #1: Deadly Fear
Deadly #2: Deadly Heat
Deadly #3: Deadly Lies

Jennifer Estep
Mythos Academy #1: Touch of Frost -- First Impression / Progress Update -- ON HOLD


- F -

Kat Falls
Fetch #1: Inhuman -- First Impression / 50% Progress

Christine Feehan
GhostWalker #1: Shadow Game
GhostWalker #2: Mind Game
GhostWalker #3: Night Game


- G -

Neil Gaiman
Stardust
Neverwhere (book and BBC audio book) -- Top Ten Books Read in 2014 (honorable mention)

Robert Galbraith (a.k.a. J.K. Rowlings)
Cormoran Strike #1: The Cuckoo's Calling -- First Impression
Cormoran Strike #2: The Silkworm -- Top Ten Books Read in 2014

Julie Garwood
Buchanan-Renard #1: Heartbreaker
Buchanan-Renard #2: Mercy
Buchanan-Renard #3: Killjoy

Cindy Gerard
Bodyguards #1: To the Edge
Bodyguards #2: To the Limit
Bodyguards #3: To the Brink
Bodyguards #4: Over the Line
Bodyguards #5: Under the Wire
Bodyguards #6: Into the Dark
Black Ops, Inc. #1: Show No Mercy
Black Ops, Inc. #2: Take No Prisoners
Black Ops, Inc. #3: Whisper No Lies
Black Ops, Inc. #4: Feel the Heat
Black Ops, Inc. #5: Risk No Secrets
Black Ops, Inc. #5.5: Leave No Trace
Black Ops, Inc. #6: With No Remorse
Black Ops, Inc. #7: Last Man Standing
One-Eyed Jacks #1: Killing Time
One-Eyed Jacks #2: The Way Home
One-Eyed Jacks #3: Running Blind

Heather Graham
Krewe of Hunters #1: Phantom Evil
Krewe of Hunters #2: Heart of Evil
Krewe of Hunters #3: Sacred Evil
Krewe of Hunters #4: Evil Inside

Laura Griffin
Glass Sisters #1: Thread of Fear
Glass Sisters #2: Whisper of Warning
Tracers #1: Untraceable
Tracers #2: Unspeakable
Tracers #2.5: Unstoppable
Tracers #3: Unforgivable
Tracers #4: Snapped
Tracers #5: Twisted
Tracers #6: Scorched
Tracers #7: Exposed
Tracers #8: Beyond Limits

Elly Griffiths
Ruth Galloway #1: The Crossing Places


- H -

Shannon Hale
Princess Academy #1: Princess Academy / Thoughts on Ch. 1 / Other Thoughts
Princess Academy #2: Palace of Stone

Janice Hardy
The Healing Wars #1: The Shifter
The Healing Wars #2: Blue Fire
The Healing Wars #3: Darkfall

Molly Harper
And One Last Thing...

Charlaine Harris
Sookie Stackhouse #1: Dead Until Dark

Merrie Haskell
The Princess Curse -- First Impression

Susan Hill
The Woman in Black

Tami Hoag
Doucet #1: The Restless Heart
Doucet #2: Lucky's Lady
Doucet #3: Cry Wolf -- Progress Update
Doucet #4: A Thin Dark Line

Amanda Hocking
Kanin Chronicles #1: Frostfire -- First Impression / Update

Kay Hooper
Bishop/Special Crimes Unit #1: Stealing Shadows
Bishop/Special Crimes Unit #2: Hiding in the Shadows
Bishop/Special Crimes Unit #3: Out of the Shadows
Bishop/Special Crimes Unit #4: Touching Evil
Bishop/Special Crimes Unit #5: Whisper of Evil
Bishop/Special Crimes Unit #6: Sense of Evil
Bishop/Special Crimes Unit #7: Hunting Fear
Bishop/Special Crimes Unit #8: Chill of Fear
Bishop/Special Crimes Unit #9: Sleeping With Fear
Bishop/Special Crimes Unit #10: Blood Dreams
Bishop/Special Crimes Unit #11: Blood Sins
Bishop/Special Crimes Unit #12: Blood Ties
Bishop/Special Crimes Unit #13: Haven
Bishop/Special Crimes Unit #14: Hostage
Bishop/Special Crimes Unit #15: Haunted

A.G. Howard
Splintered #1: Splintered
Splintered #2: Unhinged -- not a review -- anticipation post

Linda Howard
Mr. Perfect -- First Impression


- I -

Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal)
How To Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting To Kill You


- J -

Lisa Jackson
San Francisco #1: If She Only Knew
Savannah #1: The Night Before -- Progress Update
Savannah #2: The Morning After
Savannah #3: Tell Me

Julie James
Just the Sexiest Man Alive -- First Impression
Practice Makes Perfect
FBI/US Attorney #1: Something About You
FBI/US Attorney #2: A Lot Like Love
FBI/US Attorney #3: About That Night
FBI/US Attorney #4: Love Irresistibly -- First Impression
FBI/US Attorney #5: It Happened One Wedding
Suddenly One Summer -- (Publication in June 2015)

Stacey Jay
Princess of Thorns -- First Impression

Danielle L. Jensen
Malediction Trilogy #1: Stolen Songbird -- First Impression
Malediction Trilogy #2: Hidden Huntress

Iris Johansen
Firestorm


- K -

Julie Kagawa
Iron Fey #1: The Iron King
Iron Fey #2: The Iron Daughter
Iron Fey #3: The Iron Queen
Iron Fey #4: The Iron Knight -- First Impression / Update -- ON HOLD

Brigid Kemmerer
Elementals #1: Storm

Leslie Kelly
The Walker Brothers #1: She Drives Me Crazy
The Walker Brothers #2: She's Got the Look

Jay Kristoff
The Lotus Wars #1: Stormdancer
The Lotus Wars #2: Kinslayer
The Lotus Wars #3: Endsinger

Dan Krokos
False Memory #1: False Memory


- L -

Madeleine L'Engle
Time Quartet #1: A Wrinkle in Time

Mercedes Lackey
Five Hundred Kingdoms #1: The Fairy Godmother
Five Hundred Kingdoms #2: One Good Knight
Five Hundred Kingdoms #3: Fortune's Fool
Five Hundred Kingdoms #4: The Snow Queen
Five Hundred Kingdoms #5: The Sleeping Beauty
Five Hundred Kingdoms #5.5: A Tangled Web
Five Hundred Kingdoms #5.5: Harvest Moon
Five Hundred Kingdoms #6: Beauty and the Werewolf

Victoria Laurie
Psychic Eye #1: Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye
Psychic Eye #2: Better Read Than Dead
Psychic Eye #3: A Vision of Murder
Psychic Eye #4: Killer Insight
Psychic Eye #5: Crime Seen
Psychic Eye #6: Death Perception
Psychic Eye #7: Doom with a View
Psychic Eye #8: A Glimpse of Evil
Psychic Eye #9: Vision Impossible
Psychic Eye #10: Lethal Outlook
Psychic Eye #11: Deadly Forecast

R.C. Lewis
Stitching Snow -- Progress update

Elizabeth Lowell
Donovans #1: Amber Beach
Donovans #2: Jade Island
Donovans #3: Pearl Cove
Donovans #4: Midnight in Ruby Bayou -- Progress Update
Rarities Unlimited #1: Moving Target
Rarities Unlimited #2: Running Scared
Rarities Unlimited #3: Die in Plain Sight -- Quote
Rarities Unlimited #4: The Color of Death

Lois Lowry
The Giver #1: The Giver -- Progress Update
The Giver #2: Gathering Blue
The Giver #3: Messenger
The Giver #4: Son


- M - 

Cindi Madsen
Accidentally In Love #1: Falling For Her Fiance

Melina Marchetta
Lumatere #1: Finnikin of the Rock
Lumatere #2: Froi of the Exiles -- First Impression
Lumatere #3: Quintana of Charyn

Juliet Marillier
Heart's Blood -- Mini Book Club Update 1
Wildwood #1: Wildwood Dancing -- Random Update Post
Shadowfell #1: Shadowfell
Shadowfell #2: Raven Flight
Shadowfell #3: The Caller

Zoe Marriott
Shadows on the Moon -- First Impression / Progress Update

Dale Mayer
Psychic Visions #1: Tuesday's Child
Psychic Visions #2: Hide 'N Go Seek -- Starting

Shannon McKenna
McClouds & Friends #1: Behind Closed Doors

Marissa Meyer
Lunar Chronicles #0.6: The Little Android
Lunar Chronicles #1: Cinder -- Starting / Review to come... maybe
Lunar Chronicles #2: Scarlet
Lunar Chronicles #3: Cress
Lunar Chronicles #3.5: Fairest
Lunar Chronicles #4: Winter -- (2015 release)

Stephenie Meyer
Twilight #1: Twilight -- First Impression / 50% Progress -- DNF

Pamela Morsi
Love Overdue -- First Impression

Kate Kae Myers
Inherit Midnight -- Progress Update


- N -

Kait Nolan
Red

Brenda Novak
Stillwater Trilogy #1: Dead Silence
Stillwater Trilogy #2: Dead Giveaway
Stillwater Trilogy #3: Dead Right
The Last Stand #1: Trust Me
The Last Stand #2: Stop Me
The Last Stand #3: Watch Me
The Last Stand #4: The Perfect Couple
The Last Stand #5: The Perfect Liar
The Last Stand #6: The Perfect Murder


- O -

Yoko Ogawa
The Housekeeper and the Professor -- First Impression

Kelly Oram
Serial Hottie


- P -

Danielle Paige
Dorothy Must Die #0.5: No Place Like Oz -- 50% Progress Update

James Patterson
Maximum Ride #1: The Angel Experiment
Witch & Wizard #1: Witch & Wizard
Witch & Wizard #2: The Gift
Witch & Wizard #3: The Fire
Witch & Wizard #4: The Kiss

Cindy Pon
Kingdom of Xia #1: Silver Phoenix -- First Impression / 50% Progress Update


- Q -



- R -

Janette Rallison
Just One Wish
My Fair Godmother #1: My Fair Godmother
My Fair Godmother #2: My Unfair Godmother

Terri Reid
Mary O'Reilly #1: Loose Ends
Mary O'Reilly #2: Good Tidings
Mary O'Reilly #3: Never Forgotten
Mary O'Reilly #4: Final Call
Mary O'Reilly #5: Darkness Exposed
Mary O'Reilly #6: Natural Reaction
Mary O'Reilly #7: Secret Hollows
Mary O'Reilly #8: Broken Promises
Mary O'Reilly #9: Twisted Paths
Mary O'Reilly short story: Irish Mist - Sean's Story  -- not a review
Mary O'Reilly #10: Veiled Passages

Veronica Roth
Divergent #1: Divergent
Divergent #2: Insurgent
Divergent #3: Allegiant

Romina Russell
Zodiac #1: Zodiac


- S -

Victoria Schwab
The Archived #1: The Archived
The Archived #2: The Unbound  -- Anticipation Post / First Impression

Victoria Scott
Dante Walker #1: The Collector

Mary Shelley
Frankenstein

Sharon Shinn
Elemental Blessings #1: Troubled Waters -- First Impression / 50% Progress Update
Elemental Blessings #2: Royal Airs

Jennifer E. Smith
This Is What Happy Looks Like

Maria V. Snyder
Study #1: Poison Study
Study #2: Magic Study
Study #3: Fire Study
Glass #1: Storm Glass
Glass #2: Sea Glass
Glass #3: Spy Glass -- Random Update #1 @ 2% Read / Random Update #2 @ 3% Read
Healer #1: Touch of Power
Healer #2: Scent of Magic -- Just a Progress Update
Healer #3: Taste of Darkness

Jill Sorenson
Aftershock #1: Aftershock
Aftershock #2: Freefall

Amanda Stevens
The Graveyard Queen #1: The Restorer
The Graveyard Queen #2: The Kingdom
The Graveyard Queen #3: The Prophet

Mariah Stewart
Dead #1: Dead Wrong -- First Impression
Dead #2: Dead Certain

Maggie Stiefvater
The Scorpio Races -- Starting Read / Mini Book Club Day 1 -- Review to come
The Raven Cycle #1: The Raven Boys
The Raven Cycle #2: The Dream Thieves
The Raven Cycle #3: Blue Lily, Lily Blue -- Starting Read
The Raven Cycle #4: The Raven King -- (Publication Sept. 29, 2015)

Anne Stuart
Risk the Night (novella)

Denise Grover Swank
After Math
The Chosen #1: Chosen


- T -

Nagaru Tanigawa
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya
The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
The Rampage of Haruhi Suzumiya
The Wavering of Haruhi Suzumiya
The Intrigues of Haruhi Suzumiya
The Indignation of Haruhi Suzumiya
The Disassociation of Haruhi Suzumiya
The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya

Laini Taylor
Daughter of Smoke and Bone #1: Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Daughter of Smoke and Bone #2: Days of Blood and Starlight
Daughter of Smoke and Bone #3: Dreams of Gods and Monsters

Leslie Tentler
Chasing Evil #1: Midnight Caller
Chasing Evil #2: Midnight Fear
Chasing Evil #3: Edge of Midnight
Fallen

Sherry Thomas
The Elemental Trilogy #1: The Burning Sky
The Elemental Trilogy #2: The Perilous Sea
The Elemental Trilogy #3: The Immortal Heights

Amy Tintera
Reboot #1: Reboot

E.M. Tippetts
Someone Else's Fairytale #1: Someone Else's Fairytale

April Genevieve Tucholke
Between #1: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea


- U -


- V - 


- W -

Sandra Waugh
Guardians of Tarnec #1: Lark Rising

Kasie West
The Distance Between Us -- First Impression
Pivot Point #1: Pivot Point
Pivot Point #2: Split Second -- Squeeeee!!
On the Fence -- First Impression

Betty Ren Wright
The Dollhouse Murders
Crandall's Castle


- X -


- Y -

Rick Yancey
The Fifth Wave #1: The 5th Wave
The Fifth Wave #2: The Infinite Sea
The Fifth Wave #3:

Suzanne Young
The Program #1: The Program


- Z -

Markus Zusak
The Book Thief -- First Impression