catch-up book list

July:

Real Murders by Charlaine Harris, which is the first Roe Teagarden book.
Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George, which I have passed on to my 12yo. Also a YA anthology, Vacations from Hell, which was a bit too horror for me.
Also read The Secret History of The Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig, which I found amusing and annoying by turns. But I'm borrowing the sequel, so I guess I liked it overall.
I read a bunch of Black Dagger Brotherhood books by JR Ward, which I think probably turned my brain to mush, but are strangely addicting. In retrospect, I realize that Alyssa Day's Atlantis books are inspired by this series, but I think I prefer JR Ward's writing.
Also The Companion by Susan Squires, a regency vampire romance, which was better than I expected.
I am reading The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson, which I am putting down for a bit to read Travelling with the Dead by Barbara Hambly.

June:

Really good stuff:

Stargazer by Claudia Gray, sequel to Evernight. It's a YA series about a vampire academy. The first book has a very neat twist. The sequel manages to surprise and raise the stakes. I'm looking forward to the third book.
The funniest book: Beyond Heaving Bosoms by Wendell & Tan.
Marta Acosta's Happy Hour at Casa Dracula, The Bride of Casa Dracula.
Charlaine Harris' Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, #9)
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman
New Blood by Gail Dayton
Norse Code by Greg Van Eekhout

Good stuff:

Elizabeth Hoyt's Raven Prince, Serpent Prince, Leopard Prince. And To Beguile A Beast, To Seduce A Sinner, To Taste Temptation.
Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception by Maggie Stiefvater.

The Courtesan's Wager by Claudia Dain, which is 3rd in a series of Regency romances that read like comedies of manners. The first two were great, this one is funny but a little lacking.Stephanie Laurens' The Taste of Innocence (Cynster, #14), What Price Love? (Cynster, #13) , All About Passion (Cynster, #7), All About Love (Cynster, #6) , On a Wild Night (Cynster, #8)
Your Scandalous Ways by Loretta Chase
Burning Alive by Shannon K. Butcher

So-so stuff:

Amazon Ink by Lori Devoti.
Alyssa Day's Atlantis Rising, Atlantis Awakening, Atlantis Unleashed.

Two I didn't finish: Eve of Darkness by S.J. Day and What A Scoundrel Wants by Carrie Lofty.

May:

Coventry by Helen Humphreys.
Two Mary Balogh romances - First Comes Marriage & Then Comes Seduction
Arianna Franklin - The Serpent's Tale & Grave Goods
The Pretender's Crown by C.E.Murphy
Darkborn by Alison Sinclair
Rick Riordan's Olympians YA series (love this).