Book 45: Chronoliths (Wilson)

Very good. Similar to "Spin" in that it describes what happens to realistic characters after a science-fictiony incident in the near future. Not quite as good as Spin.

Book 44: The Ionian Mission (O'Brian)

Ninth in the series.

Book 43: The Tin Princess (Pullman)

Pretty good. Competent, but not very special.

Book 42: The Tiger in the Well (Pullman)

Very engaging, engrossing novel. Sally's plight is real and gripping. The climax is not as spectacular as it could have been, but I think that's the point and the meaning of the title: Sally can't solve all her problems herself.

Book 41: The Shadow in the North (Pullman)

Another Sally Lockhart story. Not gripping, but fairly interesting.

Book 40: The Catalans (O'Brian)

A more serious (for some meaning of "serious") novel than the Aubrey/Maturin books. Excellent sense of people in a place. And of particular characters -- especially Xavier and his crisis.