What I Read in March 2012

Richard Conniff, author of "Every Creeping Thing" and "Spineless Wonders," educates and amuses in Swimming with Piranhas at Feeding Time. The nature writer follows wild dogs in Africa, investigates termites in New Orleans, and yes, swims with piranhas. He visits entomologist Justin O. Schmidt, who has been stung by over 150 different species of insect. That doesn't sound like fun, but this book is.

Burning Wire by Jeffery Deaver
Jenny's Adopted Brothers by Esther Averill
Knit Your Own Cat: easy-to-follow patterns for 16 frisky felines by Sally Muir
Cut the Scraps! by Joan Ford
Liver Let Die by Liz Lipperman
Now Write! Mysteries: suspense, crime, thriller and other mystery fiction exercises from today's best writers and teachers by Sherry Ellis
Murder Past Due by Miranda James
Kindle Fire: the Missing Manual by Peter Meyers
Fade to Black by Robert Goldsborough
Swimming with Piranhas at Feeding Time: my life doing dumb stuff with animals by Richard Conniff
Roadside Crosses by Jeffery Deaver
Becoming Dr. Q: my journey from migrant farm worker to brain surgeon by Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
Sink or Swim by Stacy Juba
Artistic License by Julie Hyzy
Orange as Marmalade by Fran Stewart
Dangerous Woman by Debra Lee
Edited for Death by Michele Drier
My Gun has Bullets by Lee Goldberg
Faithful unto Death by Caroline Graham
The Missing Chapter by Robert Goldsborough
Death at Victoria Dock by Kerry Greenwood