iWoz by Steve Wozniak and Gina Smith

There is definitely 'I' in iWoz. Interesting technical history in mediocre memoir, Woz didn't come across as that likable or hate-able. The story reads as follows: I was the first to do XXX...

Dust and Shadow by Lyndsay Faye

Very, very, good, hard to believe it's Faye's first book, can't wait to read her next book (due in March 2012). Pitting Sherlock Holmes against Jack the Ripper in a vividly detailed nineteenth-century London. Ever since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created the character of the detective Sherlock Holmes, fans have clamored for more. Numerous authors have taken up the task of keeping Holmes alive, but few have successfully delivered as faithful an offshoot as Lyndsay Faye's Dust and Shadow, wherein she brings an unparalleled authenticity to the legendary hero. Just as Faye breathes new life into Sherlock Holmes, she masterfully recreates one of history's most diabolical villains with her version of Whitechapel's serial killer; penned as a pastiche by the loyal and courageous Dr. Watson, and brimming with impeccable historical detail, this astonishing debut novel explores the terrifying prospect of tracking a serial killer without the advantage of modern forensics and profiling.

Void Moon by Michael Connelly

OK, maybe a little better but relatively week for Connelly.  PW: Cassie Black, a resourceful ex-con, plans to burgle the Las Vegas casino's high roller suite where, five years before, a previous attempt resulted in her arrest and the death of her lover. It's an intriguing premise, and L.J. Ganser delivers a mesmerizing and nuanced performance. In creating Jack Karch, the bon vivant Vegas private eye who moonlights as a hit man, Ganser settles on a genial, almost charming delivery, underplaying the character's sinister psychopathology and adding to the suspense.

Casino Royale by Ian Fleming

Really enjoying re-reading this series 25 years later. This is the first Bond book and a solid start that gives an insight to Flemings understanding that he was developing a series.

Freedom (TM) by Daniel Suarez

Even better than the first in the series, Daemon. I'm stealing someone else's words "...an ambitious novel, which sets out not only to entertain, which it surely does, but also to challenge the reader to consider social issues as broad as the implications of living in a technologically advanced world and whether democracy can survive in such a world."

Daemon by Daniel Suarez

The ideas in this book are so creative, fresh and insightful that it puts this book in a class of it's own. The story is pretty good too. PW: Gaming genius Matthew Sobol, the 34-year-old head of CyberStorm Entertainment, has just died of brain cancer, but death doesn't stop him from initiating an all-out Internet war against humanity. When the authorities investigate Sobol's mansion in Thousand Oaks, Calif., they find themselves under attack from his empty house, aided by an unmanned Hummer that tears into the cops with staggering ferocity. Sobol's weapon is a daemon, a kind of computer process that not only has taken over many of the world's computer systems but also enlists the help of superintelligent human henchmen willing to carry out his diabolical plan.