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Books Read February 2014 (Books 28-51)

I appear to still be reading a fair amount this winter. Here is a summary of my February reading with links to longer reviews in my journal.

Book 28: The Restorer (Graveyard Queen #1) by Amanda Stevens, 2011. 366 pages. Southern Gothic with uneasy ghosts. Review here.
Book 29: Death by Water (Phryne Fisher #15) by Kerry Greenwood, 2005. Unabridged Audio (8 hrs, 7 mins). Read by Stephanie Daniel. Phryne has a mystery to solve on a cruise. Review here.
Book 30: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925. 142 pages. Modern classic from 1920s. Review here.
Book 31: Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight , 2013. 388 pages. Grieving mother seeks to understand her daughter's life and untimely death. Review here.
Book 32: Atticus Claw Lends a Paw (Atticus Claw #3) by Jennifer Gray, 2013. 224 pages. Atticus searches for the Lost City of Cats in Egypt. Review here.
Book 33: Fearie Tales: Stories of the Grimm and Gruesome edited by Stephen Jones. Illustrated by Alan Lee, 2013. 430 pages. Re-tellings of Grimm Tales by modern horror authors. Review here.
Book 34: The Book of Souls (Inspector McLean #2 by James Oswald, 2013. 440 pages. Second in this supernaturally-tinged police procedural. Review here.
Book 35: Witches of the East (Beauchamp Family #1) by Melissa de la Cruz, 2011. 273 pages.
Book 36: The Serpent's Kiss (Beauchamp Family #2) by Melissa de la Cruz, 2012. 328 pages. Norse goddesses in exile get up to witchy shenanigans in the Hamptons. Reviews of Books 35 and 36.
Book 37: The Selection (The Selection #1) by Kiera Cass, 2013. 327 pages. Book 38: The Elite (The Selection#2) by Kiera Cass, 2013. 326 pages. Book 39: The Prince (The Selection #0.5) by Kiera Cass, 2014. 60 pages. Think The Hunger Games meets The Bachelor with pretty frocks. Reviews of Books 37, 38 and 39.
Book 40: A Matter of Blood (The Dog-Faced Gods #1) by Sarah Pinborough, 2010. 432 pages. Supernatural crime thriller set in near future London. Review here.
Book 41: The Golem and the Djinni by Helene Wecker, 2013. 486 pages. Two unusual immigrants in turn-of-the century New York. Review here.
Book 42: Sense and Sensibility (The Austen Project #1) by Joanna Trollope, 2013. 362 pages. Austen's classic updated for 21st Century. Book 43: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, 1811. Introduction by Joanne Trollope, 2013. 480 pages. The original. Reviews of Books 42 and 43.
Book 44: Takedown Twenty (Stephanie Plum #20) by Janet Evanovich, 2013. Unabridged Audiobook (6 hours, 8 mins). Read by Lorelei King. The one with the giraffe. Review here.
Book 45: Timeless (Parasol Protectorate #5) by Gail Carriger, 2012. 328 pages. The final book in this steampunk romp. Review here.
Book 46: Game (The Game Trilogy #1) by Anders de la Motte, 2010. 368 pages/Unabridged Audio (11 hrs, 24 mins) Narrated by Saul Reichlin.
Book 47: Buzz (The Game Trilogy #2) by Anders de la Motte, 2011. 436 pages. Unabridged Audio (11 hrs, 52 mins) Narrated by Saul Reichlin. Swedish series about sinister game. Reviews of Books 46 and 47.
Book 48: The Technologists by Matthew Pearl, 2012. 480 pages. Historical techno-thriller set in post-Civil War Boston. Review here.
Book 49: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, 2011.387 pages/Unabridged Audio (13 hrs, 42 mins). Read by Jim Dale. Re-read of this enchanting historical fantasy. Review here.
Book 50: The Abandoned (Graveyard Queen #0.5) by Amanda Stevens, 2011. 73 pages. Prequel novella for Graveyard Queen series. Review here.
Book 51: Dead Sky (Kovac/Liska #3) by Tami Hoag, 2006. 416 pages. Solid police procedural with some confusing legal bits. Review here.
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