2008 was a record-breaking (for me) year, with 64 books read. The list remains up all year, with the brief reviews staying up through the month and until I complete my first book of the succeeding month.
1. Betrayal in Death (J.D. Robb)
2. Interlude in Death (J.D. Robb)
JANUARY
Started off the year with two in the In Death series. Wasn't thrilled with Betrayal in Death. For the first time since I started the series, I had some minor issues with characterization, that never got satisfactorily resolved. Roarke has had his property, his people, his employees targeted before and was never as upset as he was in this book. That kind of bothered me. I waited for the anamoly to be explained (as it was very well in Judgment in Death), but it never happened. It seriously made me wonder who was editing this one, especially after seeing numerous typos, including one incident of the dang lead character's name misspelled! (Rourke)
Interlude in Death was another short story found in an anthology called Out of this World from four sci-fi/romance writers. I didn't read the other stories, but Interlude was a nice read, although I missed McNab and Mavis and Summerset, as the rest of "the gang" was off-planet for this one. Decent mystery, but not as funny as most of the full-length novels.