Lexxi's 2014

Read a few already in January. Let me start this thread then update.

January 2014:
01. Cassie Caine - Adventures of a Nude Art Model 1 - 4.5 stars - 1/1/2014
02. Cassie Caine - Adventures of a Nude Art Model 2 - 3.0 stars - 1/1/2014
03. Selena Kitt - Babysitting the Baumgartners - 3.8 stars - 1/1/2014
04. J.W. McKnna - Office Slave - 3.7 stars - 1/1/2014
05. Conner Hayden - Being the Submissive - 3 stars - 1/1/2014
06. Ashley K. Bennet - Domesticating Sarah - 3 stars - 1/1/2014
07. Ashley K. Bennet - Girl Cow - 2.8 stars - 1/3/2014
08. Dylan James Quarles - The Ruins of Mars: Waking Titan - 2 stars - 1/3/2014
09. Derek McDaniel - Sudden Showers - 4.6 stars - 1/4/2014
10. N.T. Morley - Let them look - 4 stars - 1/4/2014
11. S.D. Perry - Inception - 3 stars - 1/4/2014
12. J.S. Scott - Riding with the Cop - 0.0 stars - 1/5/2014
13. Trinity Night - Mesmerized - 2.8 stars - 1/5/2014
14. Don Ship - Justice Girl: Getting Randy - 2.7 stars - 1/5/2014
15. S.N. Kunt - Powerless - 1.5 stars - 1/6/2014
16. Alexis Hall - Iron & Velvet - 5 stars - 1/6/2014
17. Dave Koing - You Called 911 For What? - 2 stars - 1/6/2014
18. N.T. Morley - The Library - 1.5 stars - 1/7/2014
19. Winter Pennington - Darkness Embraced - 3 stars - 1/8/2014
20. Nicole Loughan - To Murder a Saint - 3 stars - 1/8/2014
21. Robin Roseau - The Emergency Claus - 5 stars - 1/9/2014
22. K.A. Young - Prophecy of the Female Warrior - 4 stars - 1/9/2014
23. Janet Kagen - Uhura's Song - 3.8 stars - 1/10/2014
24. Kirk Anderson - Rizen - 4 stars - 1/11/2014
25. Iris Blaire - Exposure - 2 stars - 1/12/2014
26. Cassia Leo - Chase - 4 stars - 1/13/2014
27. Joshua Guess - Victim Zero - 4 stars - 1/13/2014
28. Jane Yolen - The Jewel in the Toad Queen's Crown - 1.5 stars - 1/13/2014
29. Alexia Purdy - The Faery Hunt - 0.5 stars - 1/13/2014
30. Robin Roseau - Cooking for Love - 3 stars - 1/13/2014
31. Eve Ferris - Reunion - 2.9 stars - 1/15/2014
32. Kevin Hearne - Hounds - 4 stars - 1/15/2014
33. Barbara Ann Wright - The Pyramid Waltz - 5 stars - 1/16/2014
34. Sharon Sant - The Memory Game - 5 stars - 1/17/2014
35. Bert Wellman - Hurricane Dan - 3.75 stars - 1/17/2014
36. James Schannep - Infected - 3 stars - 1/19/2014
37. Lacey Dearie - Leger - Cat Sleuth - 4 stars - 1/21/2014
38. Lacey Dearie - Leger's Curiosity - 4 stars - 1/21/2014
39. Lacey Dearie - Leger's Winter - 4 stars - 1/21/2014
40. Lacey Deari - Leger's Eyes - 4 stars - 1/21/2014
41. Lacey Deari - Leger's Gift - 4 stars - 1/21/2014
42. Isabelle Ross et. al. - Asking for it - 2 stars - 1/22/2014
43. K.E. Lane - And Playing the Role of Herself - 5 stars - 1/27/2014
44. Lillian Bendover - Good Girl - 1 1/2 stars - 1/30/2014

Some reviews:

Work 12: Riding with the Cop by J.S. Scott - 0.0 stars:
"Oh my! He liked me so much he raped me! I'm so happy and excited now!" (not an actual quote; actual quote was: "Jake liked her? He had wanted her badly enough to blackmail her? She should have been angry...but she really wasn't.")

Rape play, dominance and submission, pet-play, etc. is one thing. Rape? Actual rape? Is rape.

Hot young woman. Hot muscle-man. Man with tons of strength and in a heightened position of power. Woman in vulnerable position. He rapes her. I do not find that to be what I would normally think of as "erotic sex". But a story of rape and betrayal. She respected him. Looked up to him. Expected him to do what was right. She was worried when he disappeared. She followed him to see if he needed help. He grabbed her, blackmailed her, and raped her.

"Oh hell...who was she trying to fool? She just had the most mind-blowing sex of her life and she wanted this man." (actual quote after the rape).

This is a very disturbing story on many levels. A man in power. A vulnerable woman. She liked it. So obviously rape is ok, right? Because she liked it this time? Story sickens me.
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Work 19: Darkness Embraced by Winter Pennington - 3 stars:
The idea of the Dracule (however that is spelled) was interesting. Actually the most interesting part of the book. Silky, furry critters. Might be interesting to read more about them.

Overall, the book just had way too much sex in it for me personally. Interesting enough story/read or I wouldn't have finished or given up to 3 stars, but still. It's one of the reasons that other series I read by Pennington kept getting lower and lower ratings (5 stars, 4, 3). Each book I read by Pennington seems to have even more sex in it and/or obsession with.

At this rate, the next book or the one after will open during sex, will involve people walking around while humping each other (maybe just telepathically), will have fight scenes during sexual activity, then the book will climax with a ...well, explosive climax.
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Work 22: Prophecy of the Female Warrior by K.A. Young - 3.8 stars:
A melodramtic soap opera from beginning to end. A three star effort through much of it, but it pulled close enough to four stars by the end to rate it such.

I suppose I would recommend it to those who like soap opera paranormal romances. As to whether or not I will continue reading the series, I do not, at the moment, know. A little too soap operay for me and I'm not really sure I want to learn more about this world.
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Work 24: RIZEN: Tales of the Zombie Apocalypse by Kirk Anderson - 4 stars:
My heart is still racing. Shesh.

Ok, to start with, this is a short story collection, 4 stories by the same author in the same story universe. None of the characters reoccur. Also, it is in reverse chronological order. Which I noticed in an introduction before the stories. Which I am glad I noticed, because I decided to read them in chronological order. I have to say, if I had read them in the order the author had presented them, I probably would have rated the book roughly the book' average rating of 3 something stars. Instead, by reading it in chron order, the tension mounted from today's world, into the zombie apocalypse world. I've no idea why the author thought the book should be read the other way around.

I recommend two things: 1) read in chronological order (the free ebook I got has a link to each of the four stories in the front of the book); 2) read the first chronological story (which is placed at the end of the book). The book is free. It won't take too long to read that short story, and if you aren't captured, then you didn't really lose much. Except a few moments of your time.
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Work 33: The Pyramid Waltz by Barbara Ann Wright - 5 stars:
It didn't end exactly the way I'd want it to, and the first couple paragraphs, while solid, didn't really pull me in. Otherwise, probably one of the best books I've read. Good solid action, solid world building, and one of the best displays of two strong independent people coming together in love and as equal partners. Neither submissive, neither dominant. Maybe something of that will/or did turn up in a later book, though I like the way it is at the moment.

Those looking for graphic descriptions of sex will be disappointed. This one had more of the 1950s movie feel for those intimate scenes. Which I actually liked.
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Work 35: Hurricane Dan by Bret Wellman - 3.75 stars:
While reading I was thinking of what I'd say in a review. I was thinking of noting that it was a solid little book, roughly 4 star work that didn't reach 5 star territory because I didn't really like the main character. That was up to about 60% of the book read. Where upon the book almost fell apart. Ah well. Despite certain issues, mostly due to the action that started after they made it to the safe zone, including the sudden unexpected sex (and certain issues involving swords), it was still able to pull me along.
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Work 36: INFECTED by James Schannep - 3 stars:
An interesting concept. An adult choose your own adventure story. With Zombies. Unfortunately it was both a little bland an a little annoying. It's annoying reading paragraphs wherein I am told what I am doing. Or at least you the reader. 'Distracted by her naked breasts, a zombie eats you.' (Not something that actually occurred; no it was 'overcome by how good strawberries taste you eat a ton. Red juice slides down your face looking like blood. You start mooning. A sound. You turn. Mouth drops open. You are shot.') Mmphs.

It was not outright stated but there is strong indication that the 'you' character is male.

ETA: Oh, and I did survive. I also died about three or four times.

Welcome back! Read a *few* in January? Keep this pace up and you'll top 75 by mid-Feb!

Thanks. Eh, I don't know. My head hurts now. I probably won't read today. That'll slow me down. *nods*

Whoa, you're off to an amazing start!

Wow, over 40 books already! I'd say that's a strong start for sure. Do you have a goal for the year (beyond 75, that is!)?

5-6> Thanks. :)

I had a goal of 144 last year (2013) and read 187. Figuring going 30% over was odd, I set this year's challenge goal at 185 books. So far this year, I am 31 works ahead of schedule. I had set 2013's goal at 144 because I had read 145 books in 2012.

I readily admit, though, that a lot of this vast increase in reading is both related to the quick ability to acquire and easy access to large numbers of interesting works due to my almost 100% switch to digital works (eta: just looked it up, 1 book was a physical book; rest were digital); and the vast increase in reading is due to many shorter works, works between 20 pages and 99 pages, are being sold as is, as their own separate works. While in the past some of those works could found sold separately in special packaging, now many of these works do not need to wait to be bought by a magazine specializing in short stories, or for an anthology or collection of short stories to be published.

Of the 42 listed in post 1, I think, after a quick glance, that I've read only 25 full length books. I might be under or over counting. The rest were separately released short stories and or novellas sold digitally. The longest work I've read was a 384 book, and the shortest was a 10 page short story.

February 2014:

45. SJB Gilmour - Golden Mane - 2/1/14 - 3.70
46. Q. Kelly - A Sprinkling of Lesbian Short Stories - 2/1/14 - 4
47. Robert Knott - Robert B. Parker's Bull River - 2/2/14 - 3
48. Gregg Vann Monk - 2/2/14 - 3.75
49. Cari Hunter - Snowbound - 2/3/14 - 4.75
50. Jae - True Nature - 2/4/14 - 4.75
51. Joyce A. Scott - Graveside Manner: October's Eve - 2/4/14 - 0.5
52. Jon Hartling - The Snow Owl - 2/4/14 - 3
53. Liz Schultze - Easy Bake Coven - 2/5/14 - 4
54. Barbara Ann Wright - For Want of a Fiend - 2/7/14 - 4
55. Ben Aaronovitch - Broken Homes - 2/10/14 - 4
56. Lyn Gardner - Ice - 2/11/14 - 4
57. Paul Bishop - Suspicious Minds - 2/11/14 - 3
58. Lyn Gardner - Mistletoe - 2/12/14 - 5
59. Sean DeLauder - The Speaker for the Trees - 2/13/14 - 4
60. J.M. Redmann - Death by the Riverside - 2/14/14 - 4
61. Jae - Backwards to Oregon - 2/15/14 - 5
62. J.M. Redmann - Deaths of Jocasta - 2/18/14 - 5
63. Michael Morpurgo - War Horse - 2/18/14 - 5
64. J.M. Redmann - The Intersection of Law and Desire - 2/19/14 - 5
65. J.M. Redmann - Death of a Dying Man - 2/20/14 - 4
66. J.M. Redmann - Lost Daughters - 2/20/14 - 5
67. J.M. Redmann - Water Mark - 2/21/14 - 5
68. Paul Scheer - Aliens v Parker - 2/24/14 - 3
69. J.M. Redmann - Ill Will - 2/25/14 - 5
70. J.M. Redmann - The Shoal of Time - 2/25/14 - 3
71. Robin Alexander - Just Jorie - 2/26/14 - 4
72. Colette Moody - Parties in Congress - 2/26/14 - 5
73. Robin Alexander - Pitifully Ugly - 2/27/14 - 3
74. Robin Roseau - Fox Mate - 2/28/14 - 4

March 2014:
75. Kim Baldwin - Lethal Affairs - 3/3/14 - 4
76. Vin Packer - Spring Fire - 3/4/14 - 3
77. Margo Bond Collins - Waking up Dead - 3/4/14 - 4
78. Tereska Torrès - Women's Barracks - 3/6/14 - 3
79. S. Ron Mars - Eat, Fish, Die - 3/6/14 - 0
80. Teyla Branton - Unbounded The Change - 3/7/14 - 4.77
81. Robin Roseau - Fox Afield - 3/7/14 - 4
82. C.C. Marks - Edge of Mercy - 3/10/14 - 3
83. Cleo Peitsche - Office Toy - 3/10/14 - 3.50
84. Patricia Briggs - Night Broken - 3/12/14 - 4
85. K.R. Thompson - Once Upon a Haunted Moon - 3/13/14 - 4
86. R.E. Bradshaw - Rainey Days - 3/14/14 - 4
87. Gerri Hill - Hunter's Way - 3/14/14 - 5
88. Cleo Peitsche - Sleeping Lady - 3/17/14 - 3.5
89. Gerri Hill - In the Name of the Father - 3/17/14 - 4
90. Gerri Hill - Partners - 3/18/14 - 2
91. R.E. Bradshaw - Rainey Nights - 3/20/14 - 4
92. Cleo Peitsche - Client Satisfaction - 3/20/14 - 3.5
93. R.E. Bradshaw - Rainey's Christmas Miracle - 3/21/14 - 4
94. R.E. Bradshaw - The Rainey Season - 3/25/14 - 3
95. Josepha Sherman - Exodus - 3/31/14 - 4

April 2014:
096. Josepha Sherman - Exiles - 4/2/14 - 3
097. Q. Kelly - Love's Spell - 4/3/14 - 3
098. James Schannep - Murdered - 4/3/14 - 2
099. Jae - Nature of the Pack - 4/3/14 - 4
100. Vincent Daniels - Meaty Balls! - 4/4/14 - 4
101. Chance Wyatt - Eat Zone - 4/4/14 - 0.5
102. Jena Cryer - Milked Into Thrall - 4/5/14 - 4
103. Natasha Stories - Forced to Comply - 4/5/14 - 0.5
104. Miranda Baker - Top Student - 4/6/14 - 4.75
105. James Wood - Shower Time - 4/6/14 - 0.5
106. Huck Pilgrim - Men - 4/6/14 - 0.5
107. Rose Caraway - Hypnotized - 4/6/14 - 3
108. Jericho Hale - Porcelain - 4/6/14 - 0.5
109. Ellen DeGeneres - My Point...And I do have one - 4/7/14 - 4
110. Teyla Branton - Unbounded The Cure - 4/10/14 - 3
111. Nick Pirog - Arrival - 4/11/14 - 4
112. Ellen DeGeneres - The Funny Thing Is... - 4/11/14 - 3
113. Ellen DeGeneres - Seriously...I'm Kidding - 4/16/14 - 3
114. Nick Pirog - Borns - 4/21/14 - 4
115. Jae - Conflict of Interest - 4/22/14 - 4
116. Ashley K. Bennet - The Bimbo Bracelet - 4/22/14 - 2.5
117. Josepha Sherman - Epiphany - 4/24/14 - 3
118. Garth Ennis - Garth Ennis' Red Team - 4/24/14 - 3.5
119. Jim Gaffigan - Dad is Fat - 4/25/14 - 4
120. Sofia Paz - The Stranger Master: Cold Call - 4/26/14 - 1.5
121. Michelle Fox - Pack Justice - 4/26/14 - 1.5
122. Lacey Dearie - Leger's Love - 4/27/14 - 5
123. Christos Gage - New Rules 1 - 4/28/14 - 3.5
124. Dave Barry - You Can Date When you are 40 - 4/28/14 - 4
125. Lacey Dearie - Leger's Sidekick - 4/28/14 - 4
126. Christos Gage - New Rules 2 - 4/29/14 - 4
127. Victor Gischler - Where the River Meets the Sea 1 - 4/29/14 - 4
128. Nick Rollins - Tony Partly Cloudy - 4/29/14 - 4.75
129. Dan Slott - The Amazing Spider-Man #1 - 4/30/14 - 3
130. Matt Hawkins - Tales of Honor #1 - 4/30/14 - 4
131. Susan Cain - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking - 4/30/14 - 3
132. Matt Hawkins - Tales of Honor #2 - 4/30/14 - 4

May 2014:

133. Seanan McGuire - Indexing - 5/2/14 - 4
134. Barbara Ann Wright - A Kingdom Lost - 5/6/14 - 5
135. Dan Slott - The Superior Spider-man, Vol. 5: The Superior Venom - 5/9/14 - 4
136. S.J.B. Gilmour - The Department - 5/9/14 - 3
137. Rob Thomas - Veronica Mars: The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line - 5/20/14 - 4
138. Matt Hawkins - Think Tank, Vol. 3 - 5/22/14 - 2
139. Michael Lewis - Flash Boys - 5/24/14 - 3
140. Qiu Xiaolong - Enigma of China - 5/25/14 - 4
141. John Passarella - Grimm: The Chopping Block - 5/25/14 - 3
142. J. Michael Straczynski - Sidekick Volume 1 - 5/25/14 - 4
143. Iver Cooper - 1635: Seas of Fortune - 5/29/14 - 4

June 2014:
144. Elizabeth Moon - Crown of Renewal - 6/2/14 - 4
145. Eric Flint - 1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies - 6/5/14 - 3
146. Kim Baldwin - Thief of Always - 6/9/14 - 1
147. Jim Butcher - Skin Game - 6/11/14 - 5
148. Seanan McGuire - Rosemary and Rue - 6/12/14 - 3
149. Seanan McGuire - A Local Habitation - 6/12/14 - 4
150. Seanan McGuire - An Artificial Night - 6/13/14 - 5
151. Seanan McGuire - Late Eclipses - 6/14/14 - 4
152. Seanan McGuire - One Salt Sea - 6/15/14 - 3
153. Seanan McGuire - Ashes of Honor - 6/16/14 - 4
154. Seanan McGuire - Chimes at Midnight - 6/17/14 - 4
155. Alexis Hall - Shadows & Dreams - 6/18/14 - 2
156. Lacey Dearie - Leger's Island - 6/19/14 - 5
157. John Lange - Scratch One - 6/19/14 - 5
158. Dick Wolf - The Execution - 6/19/14 - 4
159. R.E. Bradshaw - Colde & Rainey - 6/24/14 - 4
160. Ace Atkins - Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot - 6/25/14 - 4
161. Colette Moody - The Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original Sin - 6/26/14 - 5
162. Colette Moody - The Seduction of Moxie - 6/27/14 - 4
163. Sharon Sant - Sky Song - 6/28/14 - 2
164. Maureen F. McHugh - China Mountain Zhang - 6/30/14 - 3
165. Lacey Dearie - Baked! - 6/30/14 - 3.5
166. Lacey Dearie - Leger's Winter - 6/30/14 - 5

July 2014:
167. Robert Galbraith - The Silkworm - 7/1/14 - 4
168. Andy Weir - The Martian - 7/2/14 - 5
169. Brian McGilloway - Borderlands - 7/2/14 - 4
170. Stephen King - Mr. Mercedes - 7/6/14 - 3
171. Christa Faust - Money Shot - 7/7/14 - 4
172. Emily M. Danforth - The Miseducation of Cameron Post - 7/8/14 - 5
173. David Boies - Redeeming the Dream: The Case for Marriage Equality - 7/10/14 - 4
174. Hiroshi Sakurazaka - All You Need is Kill - 7/10/14 - 4
175. P.G. Wodehouse - My Man Jeeves - 7/11/14 - 3
176. Eve Keely - Hollywood Heat - 7/17/14 - 1/2
177. Robert Goldsborough - Murder in the Ball Park - 7/17/14 - 3
178. Lacey Dearie - Leger's Secret - 7/17/14 - 5
179. Judi Dench - And Furthermore - 7/18/14 - 3
180. Inverna Lockpez - Cuba: My Revolution - 7/19/14 - 3
181. Jason Starr - The Chill - 7/20/14 - 3
182. Andersen Gabrych - Fogtown - 7/20/14 - 4
183. Alexander Lagos - The Sons of Liberty #1 - 7/20/14 - 3
184. Ed Brubaker - Gotham Central, book one: In the Line of Duty - 7/21/14 - 4
185. Chris Ballard - One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season - 7/22/14 - 5
186. K.G. MacGregor - Without Warning - 7/22/14 - 4.5
187. Dashiell Hammett - The Maltese Falcon - 7/22/14 - 3.5
188. Ben Schwartz - The Best American Comics Criticism - 7/23/14 - 3
189. Andy Diggle - Rat Catcher - 7/24/14 - 4
190. Jon Evans - The Executor - 7/25/14 - 2
191. Ian Rankin - Dark Entries - 7/25/14 - 4
192. Bryan Lee O'Malley - Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe - 7/26/14 - 4.5
193. Bryan Lee O'Malley - Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour - 7/26/14 - 4.5
194. Gary Phillips - Cowboys - 7/27/14 - 3

August 2014
195. Ed Brubaker - Gotham Central, Book Two: Jokers and Madmen - 8/1/14 - 4
196. Peter Gethers - The Cat Who Went to Paris - 8/1/14 - 4
197. Winston S. Churchill - The Birth of Britain - 8/1/14 - 4
198. Greg Rucka - On the Freak Beat - 8/3/14 - 3
199. Ed Brubaker - Dead Robin - 8/3/14 - 4
200. Matt Hawkins - Tales of Honor #3 - 8/5/14 - 3
201. John Varley - Dark Lightning - 8/7/14 - 3
202. Max Allan Collins - Road to Perdition - 8/8/14 - 4
203. Lacey Dearie - Leger's City - 8/8/14 - 5
204. Scott Adams - Your Accomplishments are Suspiciously hard to verify - 8/12/14 - 4
205. Robin Alexander - Undeniable - 8/13/14 - 3
206. Georgette Heyer - Bath Tangle - 8/13/14 - 4
207. Mark Waid - The Unknown - 8/13/14 - 3
208. R.J. Anderson - Ultraviolet - 8/14/14 - 5
209. Megham O'Brien - Infinite Loop - 8/15/14 - 5
210. Max Allan Collins - Road to Perdition 2 - 8/16/14 - 3
211. Devin Grayson - User 1 - 8/16/14 - 1
212. Devin Grayson - User 2 - 8/16/14 - 1
213. Devin Grayson - User 3 - 8/16/14 - 2
214. Les Standiford - Last Train to Paradise - 8/18/14 - 4
215. Chely Wright - Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer - 8/24/14 - 4
216. Jena Cryer - A Calling to Thrall - 8/25/14 - 4.5
217. John Scalzi - Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome - 8/26/14 - 4
218. Scott Tipton - The City on the Edge of Forever - 8/27/14 - 4
219. Rahma Krambo - Guardian Cats and the Lost Books of Alexandria - 8/27/14 - 4

September 2014
220. Ed Brubaker - Velvet, Vol. 1: Before the Living End - 9/1/14 - 4
221. John Scalzi - Lock In - 9/1/14 - 4
222. Jae - Pigeon Post - 9/2/14 - 4
223. Anne Laughlin - Veritas - 9/3/14 - 4
224. Georgette Heyer - The Unknown Ajax - 9/4/14 - 5
225. Ed Brubabker - The Fade Out #1 - 9/4/14 - 4
226. Jane Lynch - Happy Accidents - 9/5/14 - 4.5
227. K.R. Thompson - The Wolf - 9/5/15 - 4
228. Kurt Busiek - Superman: Secret Identity - 9/8/14 - 5
229. Scott Tipton - The City on the Edge of Forever #1 - 9/8/14 - 4
230. Matt Hawkins - Tales of Honor #4 - 9/8/14 - 4
231. Brian K. Vaughan - Saga #19 - 9/8/14 - 2
232. Brian K. Vaughan - Saga #20 - 9/8/14 - 2
233. Brian K. Vaughan - Saga #21 - 9/8/14 - 2
234. Brian K. Vaughan - Saga #22 - 9/8/14 - 2
235. Lee Goldberg - Mr. Monk in Trouble - 9/13/14 - 4
236. John Byrne - Superman: The Man of Steel, Vol. 1 - 9/14/14 - 1
237. Lisa Rogak - Angry Optimist: The Life and Times of Jon Stewart - 9/15/14 - 3
238. Seanan McGuire - The Winter Long - 9/16/14 - 4
239. Peter Lovesey - The Stone Wife - 9/22/14 - 4
240. Christian Rudder - Dataclysm: Who We Are - 9/24/14 - 3.5
241. Charlaine Harris - Dead Until Dark - 9/25/14 - 3

October 2014
242. Diana Gabaldon - Outlander - 10/5/14 - 5
243. Kirsten Beyer - Acts of Contrition - 10/8/14 - 4
244. Georgette Heyer - A Civil Contract - 10/11/14 - 4
245. Mira Grant - The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell - 10/16/14 - 5
246. Martin Limon - Door to Bitterness - 10/16/14 - 0.5
247. Jae - Departure from the Script - 10/17/14 - 5
248. Seanan McGuire - Velveteen vs. the Junior Super Patriots - 10/17/14 - 5
249. Dick Francis - The Edge - 10/19/14 - 5
250. George Takei - Oh Myyy! - 10/21/14 - 4
251. George Takei - Lions and Tigers and Bears (The Internet Strikes Back) - 10/21/14 - 4
252. Dennis Waller - Tao Te Ching Lao Tzu A Translation - 10/21/14
253. Georgette Heyer - Friday's Child - 10/22/14 - 3
253. Simon hawke - The Ivanhoe Gambit - 10/24/14 - 4
254. Jack L. Chalker - Midnight at the Well of Souls - 10/27/14 - 4
255. Georgette Heyer - The Nonesuch - 10/28/14 - 4
256. Gerri Hill - The Scorpion - 10/30/14 - 0.5
257. Simon Hawke - The Timekeeper Conspiracy - 10/31/14 - 3

November 2014
258. Juliet Blyth - The Parfit Knight - 11/1/14 - 5
259. Stella Riley - The Mesalliance - 11/3/14 - 4
260. Arthur Hailey - The Moneychangers - 11/10/14 - 2
261. Eric Flint - 1636: The Viennese Waltz - 11/13/14 - 3
262. Georgette Heyer - Charity Girl - 11/16/14 - 3
263. Georgette Heyer - The Spanish Bride - 11/17/14 - 3
264. K.G. MacGregor - Photographs of Claudia - 11/19/14 - 5
265. Lydia Litt - Hucow Fantasies: Cowboys Love Cream - 11/21/14 - 3.5
266. Meghan O'Brien - Battle Scars - 11/21/14 - 5
267. Sonata Sorento - Unexpected Domination Encounters - 11/22/14 - 3
268. Sonata Sorento - Bent Over and Punished for Cheating - 11/22/14 - 3
269. Sonata Sorento - Katie the Thief Gets Caught - 11/22/14 - 3
270. Sonata Sorento - Bent Over by My Lesbian Mistress - 11/22/14 - 0.5
271. Sonata Sorento - Kara Completely Controlled - 11/22/14 - 2
272. Silk Jones - The Interview: Law Firm 1 - 11/22/14 - 4
273. Sonata Sorento - Bondage for the Babysitter - 11/22/14 - 4
274. Jena Cryer - Lovers and Lies - 11/22/14 - 4
275. Sara Tyr - Jingle Jingle - 11/22/14 - 3
276. Lydia Litt - Hucow Fantasies: Cowboys Love Cream 2 - 11/22/14 - 3.5
277. Lydia Litt - Feeding the Farm Hands - 11/22/14 - 3.5
278. N.T. Morley - You Belong to Me - 11/22/14 - 3.5
279. Raya Black - The Farm: Lisa's Dairy 1 - 11/22/14 - 5
280. Sonata Sorento - Tied Down and Taken by a Group of Strangers - 11/22/14 - 3.5
281. Ilana Bell - Practice - 11/22/14 - 4
282. Moira T. Moore - Brad's Dairy Farm - 11/22/14 - 4
283. Raya Black - The Farm: Lisa's Dairy 2 - 11/22/14 - 4
284. Sonata Sorento - Dominated at the Pool - 11/22/14 - 3.5
285. Raya Black - Yes, Mr. Lane - 11/22/14 - 4
286. Raya Black - Sarah Made Simple - 11/22/14 - 3.5
287. Adrian Blackwood - Willing - 11/22/14 - 4
288. Penelope Stone - Being the Dairy Cow Girl - 11/22/14 - 2.5
289. Cari Quinn - No Dress Required - 11/23/14 - 3
290. Nyxx - Yes, Minister - 11/22/14 - 0.5
291. Lacey Dearie - Leger's Reunion - 11/24/14 - 4
292. Jae - Love Beneath the Christmas Tree - 11/25/14 - 3
293. Lacey Dearie - Leger's Lights - 11/26/14 - 4
294. Darby Conley - You Can't Fight Crazy - 11/28/14 - 4
295. Jae - Under a Falling Star - 11/28/14 - 4.5

December 2014
296. Winston S. Churchill - The New World - 12/1/14 - 4
297. Seanan McGuire - Midway Relics and Dying Breeds - 12/1/14 - 3
298. Mira Grant - Symbiont - 12/3/14 - 4
299. Maggie Stiefvater - Shiver - 12/4/14 - 4
300. Cary Elwes - As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of the Princess Bride - 12/5/14 - 4
301. Winston S. Churchill - The Age of Revolution - 12/11/14 - 4
302. Bryan Lee O'Malley - Seconds - 12/12/14 - 4
303. Lacey Dearie - Leger's Miracle - 12/16/14 - 5
304. Peter Lovesey - Remaindered - 12/17/14 - 4
305. Anne Perry - The Scroll - 12/18/14 - 3
306. Loren D. Estleman - Book Club (Bibliomysteries) - 12/18/14 - 3
307. Joshua Guess - Next (The Next Chronicle Book 1) - 12/23/14 - 4
308. Bill Barnes - Reader's Advisory - 12/24/14 - 4
309. Jonathan Luna - Alex & Ada #1 - 12/24/14 - 4
310. Ed Brubaker - Fatale, Vol. 5: Curse the Demon - 12/24/14 - 3

2014: A Look Back: Part 1: New Authors Read in 2014
As of 12/15/2014:
208 works read by 128 new authors read in 2014. Average rating 3.41.
Note: I read Seanan McGuire for the first time this year, but have read the author in the previous years as Mira Grant. Still one of the 128 "new" authors. Stella Riley is listed twice among the 128 new authors, as I read one book by her under the name Stella Riley, and one under the name Juliet Blythe.

The new to me author with the most books read by me in 2014 was Seanan McGuire. 11 books read with an average rating of 3.91.

The highest rated author, with at least 5 books read by me, is J.M. Redmann. 8 books read with an average rating of 4.50.

This will all be jumbled up, unfortunately. Not sure how to unjumble it.

Author Book # Rating Genre Genre
208 3.41
Robin Alexander 3 3.33 Fiction Romance LGBT
Kirk Anderson 1 4.00 Fiction Horror Zombies
R.J. Anderson 1 4.50 Fiction SF
Miranda Baker 1 4.00 Fiction Erotica
Kim Baldwin 2 2.50 Fiction Mystery LGBT
Chris Ballard 1 5.00 Nonfiction
Ilana Bell 1 4.00 Fiction Erotica
Lillian Bendover 1 2.00 Fiction Erotica
Kirsten Beyer 6 4.17 Fiction SF
Paul Bishop 1 3.00 Fiction SF
Raya Black 4 4.25 Fiction Erotica
Adrian Blackwood 1 4.00 Fiction Erotica
Iris Blaire 1 2.00 Fiction Romance New Adult
Juliet Blythe 1 5.00 Fiction Historical Romance aka Stella Riley
David Boies 1 4.00 Nonfiction Legal
Margo Bond Collins 1 4.00 Fiction Fantasy
R.E. Bradshaw 5 3.80 Fiction Mystery LGBT
Teyla Branton 2 4.00 Fiction SF
Kurt Busiek 1 5.00 Fiction Graphic Novel Superhero
Susan Cain 1 3.00 Nonfiction
Rose Caraway 1 3.00 Fiction Erotica
Cassie Caine 2 3.50 Fiction
Winston S. Churchill 3 4.00 Nonfiction History
Iver Cooper 1 4.00 Fiction Alt History
Jena Cryer 2 4.33 Fiction Erotica
Emily M. Danforth 1 5.00 Fiction Young Adult LGBT
Vincent Daniels 1 4.00 Nonfiction Memoir
Lacey Dearie 14 4.79 Fiction Mystery
Ellen DeGeneres 3 3.33 Nonfiction Memoir LGBT
Sean DeLauder 1 4.00 Fiction SF
Judi Dench 1 3.00 Nonfiction Memoir
Andy Diggle 1 4.00 Fiction Graphic Novel Mystery
Cary Elwes 1 4.00 Nonfiction memoir
Jon Evans 1 2.00 Fiction Graphic Novel Mystery
Keely Eve 1 1.00 Fiction Erotica
Christa Faust 1 4.00 Fiction Mystery
Eve Ferris 1 3.00 Fiction Romance LGBT
Michelle Fox 1 2.00 Fiction Fantasy
Diana Gabaldon 1 5.00 Fiction Fantasy Historical
Andersen Gabrych 1 4.00 Fiction Graphic Novel Mystery LGBT
Jim Gaffigan 1 4.00 Nonfiction Memoir
Lyn Gardner 2 4.50 Fiction Romance LGBT
Liz Gavin 1 2.00 Fiction Erotica
Peter Gethers 1 4.00 Nonfiction memoir
S.J.B. Gilmour 2 3.50 Fiction Fantasy
Robert Goldsborough 1 3.00 Fiction Mystery Historical
Devin Grayson 3 1.33 Fiction Graphic Novel
Joshua Guess 1 4.00 Fiction Horror Zombies
Jericho Hale 1 2.00 Fiction Erotica
Alexis Hall 2 3.50 Fiction Fantasy LGBT
Charlaine Harris 1 3.00 Fiction Fantasy
Jon Hartling 1 3.00 Fiction Fantasy
Conner Hayden 1 3.00 Fiction Erotica LGBT
Kevin Hearne 1 4.00 Fiction Fantasy
Gerri Hill 4 3.00 Fiction Mystery LGBT
Aphrodite Hunt 1 4.00 Fiction Erotica
Cari Hunter 1 5.00 Fiction Mystery LGBT
Silk Jones 1 3.50 Fiction Erotica
Janet Kagen 1 4.00 Fiction SF
Q. Kelly 2 3.50 Fiction LGBT
Dave Konig 1 2.00 Nonfiction History
Rahma Krambo 1 4.00 Fiction Fantasy
Alexander Lagos 1 3.00 Fiction Graphic Novel Fantasy
K.E. Lane 1 5.00 Fiction Romance LGBT
Eriq La Salle 1 1.00 Fiction
Anne Laughlin 1 4.00 Fiction Romance LGBT
Cassia Leo 1 3.00 Fiction Erotica
Lydia Litt 3 3.67 Fiction Erotica
Jacques Lob 1 3.00 Fiction Graphic Novel
Inverna Lockpez 1 3.00 Nonfiction Graphic Novel memoir
Nicole Loughan 1 3.00 Fiction Mystery
Jane Lynch 1 4.50 Nonfiction memoir
K.G. MacGregor 2 5.00 Fiction Romance LGBT
C.C. Marks 1 3.00 Fiction Post-Apoc Zombies
S. Ron Mars 1 0.50 Fiction SF
Derek McDaniel 1 4.00 Fiction Erotica
Brian McGilloway 1 4.00 Fiction Mystery police
Seanan McGuire 11 3.91 Fiction Fantasy aka Mira Grant (read prior to 2014)
Maureen F. McHugh 1 3.00 Fiction SF LGBT
J.W. McKenna 1 4.00 Fiction Erotica
Colette Moody 3 4.67 Fiction Romance LGBT
Moira T. Moore 1 4.00 Fiction Erotica
Michael Morpurgo 1 5.00 Fiction Historical
Trinity Night 1 3.00 Fiction Erotica
Nyxx 1 1.00 Fiction Erotica
Vin Packer 1 3.00 Fiction LGBT
John Passarella 1 3.00 Fiction Fantasy
Sofia Paz 1 2.00 Fiction Erotica
Cleo Peitsche 3 4.00 Fiction Erotica
S.D. Perry 1 3.00 Fiction SF
Gary Phillips 1 3.00 Fiction Graphic Novel Mystery
Huck Pilgrim 1 2.00 Fiction Erotica
Nick Pirog 1 4.00 Fiction SF
Akexia Purdy 1 1.00 Fiction Fantasy
Cari Quinn 1 3.00 Fiction Romance
Ian Rankin 1 4.00 Fiction Graphic Novel Fantasy
J.M. Redmann 8 4.50 Fiction Mystery LGBT
Stella Riley 1 4.00 Fiction Historical Romance aka Juliet Blythe
Lisa Rogak 1 3.00 Nonfiction Biography
Nick Rollins 1 4.50 Fiction
Isabelle Ross 1 2.00 Fiction Erotica
Christian Rudder 1 4.00 Nonfiction
Sharon Sant 2 3.50 Fiction Fantasy
James Schannep 2 2.50 Fiction Horror Mystery
Paul Scheer 1 3.00 Fiction Graphic Novel SF
Liz Schulte 1 4.00 Fiction Fantasy
Ben Schwartz 1 3.00 Nonfiction
J.S. Scott 1 0.50 Fiction
Joyce A. Scott 1 0.50 Fiction
Don Ship 1 3.00 Fiction Erotica Superhero
Sonata Sorento 8 3.25 Fiction Erotica
Les Standiford 1 4.00 Nonfiction History
Jason Starr 1 3.00 Fiction Graphic Novel Mystery
Penelope Stone 1 3.00 Fiction Erotica
George Takei 2 4.00 Nonfiction memoir
Rob Thomas 1 4.00 Fiction Mystery
Tereska Torras 1 3.00 Fiction LGBT
Eric Trautmann 1 4.00 Fiction Graphic Novel Historical
Gregg Vann 1 4.00 Fiction SF
Cheri Verset 1 3.00 Fiction Erotica
Andy Weir 1 5.00 Fiction SF
Bret Wellman 1 3.00 Fiction Horror Zombies
James Wood 1 1.00 Fiction Erotica
Barbara Ann Wright 3 4.67 Fiction Fantasy LGBT
Chely Wright 1 5.00 Nonfiction memoir
Chance Wyatt 1 1.00 Fiction SF
Jane Yolen 1 2.00 Fiction Fantasy
K.A. Young 1 4.00 Fiction Fantasy