Tough Cookie by Diane Mott Davidson

Started: 9/16/10
Finished: 9/30/10
Year: 2000
Pages: 319
Genre: Mystery
Grade: B
Reason for reading: grabbed off the TBR shelf
Blurb (from back cover): "When caterer Goldy Schulz is offered a temporary stint hosting a cooking show for PBS, she jumps at the chance. After all, she could use the money-not to mention the great exposure. Plus taping the shows at Colorado's posh Killdeer Ski Resort will be fun. A little cooking, a little chitchat. What could go wrong?
"The answer: everything! When Goldy has to do one of her shows live for PBS telethon, the broadcast is riddled with culinary catastrophes-from the Chesapeake Crab Cakes right down to the Ice-Capped Gingersnaps. But the deadliest dish of all comes after the cameras go off-and a baffling accident claims a life. Then a series of suspicious mishaps places Goldy's own life in jeopardy and she knows she'd better whip up her own crime-solving recipe, and fast-before a deadly dash of danger ends her cooking career once and for all..."
Opinion: Another good mystery from Mott Davidson. Yummy recipes as well

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

Started: 8/27/10
Finished: 9/16/10
Year: 2009
Pages: 724
Genre: Suspense
Grade: A
Reason for reading: borrowed from Julie K
Blurb (from back cover): "Crusading publisher Mikael Blomkvist has decided to run an explosive expose of a wide-ranging sex trafficking operation. Just before the piece is published, the two reporters responsible are murdered. The fingerprints on the murder weapon belong to his friend, the troubled hacker genius Lisbeth Salander. Blomkvist, convinced of Salander's innocence, plungers into an investigation. Meanwhile, Lisbeth herself is drawn into a murderous game of cat and mouse, and is forced her to face her dark past.
Opinion: I actually enjoyed this one better than the first one of the trilogy. Lots of action and suspense.