2011 Reading Challenges

Hopefully I can keep better track this year. And I'll get a good head start on what I'm doing. I'm going to try these challenges this year:

The Century Challenge
http://bareadingchallenges.blogspot.com/p/century-challenge.html

Off the Shelf
http://bareadingchallenges.blogspot.com/p/off-shelf-challenge.html

I Spy Challenge
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/378554-i-spy-title-challenge

Mystery & Suspense
http://www.bookchickcity.com/2010/11/sign-up-mystery-suspense-reading.html

Where Are You Reading Challenge
http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/2011-where-are-you-reading-challenge/

A is for Alibi

I would rate this 3 1/2 stars. This is the first in Sue Grafton's alphabet series, featuring private investigator, Kinsey Millhone. In this one, Kinsey is trying to find the real killer of Nikki Fife's husband, in which Nikki was put in prison for. Along the way she discovers more murders and tries to figure out how they all tie in together.
On the back of the book, Newsweek claimed this read was "Smart, Well-Paced, and Very Funny". I think that it took a few chapters to become well paced and I had a hard time getting into it. Once it got going, it was an easy read, though. I have to diagree about it being very funny. When I think of a book this type being very funny, I think of the Stephanie Plum series, and this one was no where near as funny as Stephanie is. I think I may try B and see how that one is and hope that it's a bit better than this one.