*hangs head in shame*
I think I was sidetracked with Shotgun Honey most of the time and when I wasn't... I was being bothered by life. Oh well. If there is one thing I can be thankful for it's that there really isn't a book on my list that was bad. Well, Lover Unleashed by JR Ward pretty much sucked. But then, honestly, there's only so many ways to write erotica when you're on book number ten in the series. Or was that nine? *yawn*
Regardless, 2012 found me in LA more than once for spectacular Noir at the Bar activities; in Cleveland for Bouchercon, roaches, cupcakes with Erin Mitchell, hugs from Lee Child, and a sleep over with Neliza Drew; reading and editing hundreds of stories for Shotgun Honey and publishing an anthology alongside my friends Kent Gowran, Chad Rohrbacher, and Ron Phillips; and being the recipient of some incredible kindness brought on by the Feeding Kate anthology put together by some wonderful women (Laura K. Curtis, Laura Benedict, Neliza Drew, and Clare Toohey), with stories from amazing writers that I'm thankful to call friends.
So what are my plans for next year? Well, I'm hoping 2013 allows me more time to read all the books in my TBR pile, finish a short story I started in 2010, and write a few more than five reviews.
What did you read this year? What are your plans for next year? Whatever they may be, I'm wishing you the best this coming year.
Much love to you all-
Kate
- IF FRIED CHICKEN COULD FLY by Paige Shelton
- ALREADY GONE by John Rector
- BLUE BLOODBATH by Katrina Von Kessel
- CITY OF THE LOST by Stephen Blackmoore
- LOST IN MANHATTAN by Moreen Littrell
- BLOOD OF THE WICKED by Karina Cooper
- LURE OF THE WICKED by Karina Cooper
- THE MONKEY'S RAINCOAT by Robert Crais
- DEAD HARVEST by Chris F. Holm
- THE LOST CHILDREN edited by Fiona Johnson, Ron Earl Phillips, and Thomas Pluck
- OLD SCHOOL by Daniel B. O'Shea
- BLEED by Ed Kurtz
- MR. GLAMOUR by Richard Godwin
- PEACEMAKER: The Xander Pursuit by Adam Hamilton*
- BEAT TO A PULP: HARDBOILED edited by David Cranmer and Scott D. Parker
- BLACKBIRDS by Chuck Wendig
- THE ADJUSTMENT by Scott Phillips
- ABIDE WITH ME by Ian Ayris
- HILL COUNTRY by R. Thomas Brown
- BURIED BY DEBT by Cathryn Grant
- THE PROFESSIONALS by Owen Laukkanen
- A BAD DAY FOR VOODOO by Jeff Strand
- LAST CALL FOR THE LIVING by Peter Farris
- ONLY ONE LIFE by Sara Blaedel
- THIS DARK EARTH by John Hornor Jacobs
- MORE HARM THAN GOOD by Andrew Grant
- THE END OF EVERYTHING by Megan Abbott
- GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn
- MURDER FOR CHOIR by Joelle Charbonneau
- DARE ME by Megan Abbott
- MOCKINGBIRD by Chuck Wendig
- EVERY LAST SECRET by Linda Rodriguez
- LOVER UNLEASHED by JR Ward
- CALLING MR. LONELY HEARTS by Laura Benedict
- SHOTGUN HONEY PRESENTS: BOTH BARRELS by Kent Gowran, Sabrina Ogden, Ron Earl Phillips, and Chad Rohrbacher
- THE WRONG GOODBYE by Chris F. Holm
