2007: #131 – Upon the Midnight Clear (Sherrilyn Kenyon)

Book #131 was Upon the Midnight Clear, the second book in Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Dream-Hunter series.  The back of the book reads: Ever think Scrooge had it right before the ghosts ruined his life? Meet Aidan O’Conner. At one time he was a world-renowned celebrity who gave freely of himself and his money without wanting anything in return…until those around him took without asking. Now Aidan

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2007: #130 – Idyll Banter (Chris Bohjalian)

Book #130 was Idyll Banter by Chris Bohjalian.  The back of the book reads: In March 1986, while living in Brooklyn, Chris Bohjalian and his wife were cab-napped on a Saturday night and taken on a forty-five-minute joy ride in which the driver ignored all traffic lights and stop signs. Around midnight he deposited the young couple on a near-deserted street, where police officers were

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2007: #129 – Lucky You (Carl Hiaasen)

Book #129 was Lucky You by Carl Hiaasen.  The back of the book reads: JoLayne Lucks lives in a town infamous for its suspicious miracles, but she’s still elated when her lottery numbers finally pay off big-$28 million, to be exact. And she has great plans for her fortune: to save a rare piece of Florida paradise from the bulldozers. Only one problem: There’s another

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2007: #128 – Dead Irish (John Lescroart)

Book #128 was Dead Irish, the first book in John Lescroart’s Dismas Hardy series.  The back of the book reads: In his new life as a bartender at the Little Shamrock, Dismas Hardy is just hoping for a little peace. He’s left both the police force and his law career behind. Unfortunately it’s not as easy to leave behind the memory of a shattering personal

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