1.    The Merlot Murders—Ellen Crosby
2.    Pride and Prejudice and Zombies—Seth Grahame-Smith
3.    Lament—Maggie Stiefvater
4.    The Clockwork Teddy—John J. Lamb
5.    The Chardonnay Charade—Ellen Crosby
6.    The Killer Collection—J.B. Stanley
7.    The Mournful Teddy—John J. Lamb
8.     Shiver—Maggie Stiefvater
9.    The Bordeaux Betrayal—Ellen Crosby
10.  The Book of Lies—Brad Meltzer
11.  Death of a Cozy Writer—G.M. Malliet
12.  Carbs & Cadavers—J.B. Stanley
13.  Haunted Richmond—Pamela K. Kinney
14.  Eight—Katherine Neville
15.  Good Omens—Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
16.  Castaways—Brian Keene
17.  A Test of Wills—Charles Todd
18.  Dating Dead Men—Harley Jane Kozak
19.  House of Night #1: Marked—P.C Cast & Kristin Cast
20.  Posed for Murder—Meredith Cole
21.  Dead and Gone—Charlaine Harris
22.  Killer Hair—Ellen Byerrum
23.  Desden Files #11: Turn Coat—Jim Butcher
24.  The Killer’s Wife—Bill Floyd
25.  Red Rain—Tim Wendel
26.  The Graveyard Book—Neil Gaiman
27.  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows—J.K. Rowling
28.  Breaking Dawn—Stephenie Meyer
29.  Watchmen—Alan Moore
30. The Last Embrace—Denise Hamilton
31.  Soulless—Gail Carriger
32.  Un Lun Dun—China Mieville
33.  I Can Haz Cheezburger?—Professor Happycat
34.  Tales of Beedle the Bard—J.K. Rowling
35.  Warriors #1: Into the Wild—Erin Hnter
36.  House of Night #2: Betrayed—P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
37.  Pushing Up Daisies—Rosemary Harris
38.  Mean Streets—Jim Butcher et al
39.  Christmas Is Murder—C.S. Challinor
40.  Hollower—Mary SanGiovanni

Peter and Max

Peter and Max: A Fables Novel
Bill Willingham
Vertigo, October 2009
ISBN 1401215734
Hardcover, Graphic Novel

Most of us are acquainted with the tongue-twister: Peter Piper Picked a peck of pickled peppers…Ever wonder what the real story is?  Author Bill Willingham and illustrator Steve Leialoha have brought this tongue torturer to life.

Peter’s the younger son of the Piper family, traveling musicians. He’s the more skilled of the two brothers and is given his father’s magical flute, Frost, over his elder sibling Max.  This starts a feud between the two that culminates in modern times centuries later and also explains the true story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin Town.

The beautifully told story includes a cast of dozens of our fairy tale favorites, including Bo Peep, Beauty and the Beast, and even the Wolf. The illustrations are a wonderful companion to the tale.  This is my first exposure to the “Fables” series and will not be my last.  I am delighted with how well all the fairy tale characters and creatures are interwoven into a complex modern world.

Reviewed by Becky Kyle