Sunday, 30 November 2008

Cumulative Totals - November 2008

Cumulative Totals:
Books read so far in 2008 = 118
DNFs so far in 2008 = 16
10/10 reads so far in 2008 = 15
New reads so far in 2008 = 92
Rereads so far in 2008 = 26

November 2008 Reading

  1. Foundation - Mercedes Lackey
    Valdemar; Fantasy; DNF
  2. Dear Santa - Karen Templeton
    Category Romance; 6/10
  3. Winter of Magic's Return - Pamela F. Service
    Winter, Book 1; YA Fantsy; Reread; 8/10
  4. Stands a God Within the Shadows - Anne Bishop
    (in the anthology Imaginary Friends, ed. John Marco)
    Short story; Fantasy; 7/10
  5. Stroke of Enticement - Nalini Singh
    (in the anthology The Magical Christmas Cat, ed. Lora Leigh)
    Psy/Changeling short story; Paranormal Romance; 9/10
  6. The Haire of the Beast - Donna Andrews (7/10)
    Star of David - Patricia Briggs (9/10)
    Milk and Cookies - Rob Thurman (7/10)
    (in the anthology Wolfsbane and Mistletoe, ed. Charlaine Harris)
    Fantasy anthology; 8/10
  7. Tomorrow's Magic - Pamela F. Service
    Winter, Book 2; YA Fantasy; Reread; 8/10
  8. Yesterday's Magic - Pamela F. Service
    Winter, Book 3; YA Fantasy; 8/10
  9. Rising Tides - Nora Roberts
    Chesapeak Bay, Book 2; Contemporary Romance; Audiobook; Reread; 8/10
  10. The Wild Road - Marjorie M. Liu
    Dirk and Steele, Book 8; Paranormal Romance; 9/10
  11. The Spring of the Ram - Dorothy Dunnett
    The House of Niccolo, Book 2; Historial Fiction; 9/10
  12. Salvation in Death - J. D. Robb
    Eve Dallas, Book 32; Futuristic Romance/Mystery; 8/10
  13. The Hawk's Grey Feather - Patricia Kennealy
    The Tales of Arthur, Book 1; Fantsy; Reread; 8/10
  14. Ritual in Death - J. D. Robb
    Eve Dallas short story, Book 33; Futuristic Romance/Mystery; 7/10
  15. Race of Scorpions - Dorothy Dunnet
    The House of Niccolo, Book 3; Historical Fiction; 8/10
  16. One Silent Night - Sherrilyn Kenyon
    Dark-Hunters, Book 22; Paranormal Romace; 6/10
  17. Pawn of Prophecy - David Eddings
    The Belgariad, Book 1; Fantasy; Audibook; Reread; 8/10
  18. Bare Bones - Kathy Reichs
    Temperance Brennan, Book 6; Thriller; 7/10

November reading:
Books read this month = 17
DNFs this month = 1
10/10 reads this month = 0
New reads this month = 12
Rereads this month = 5

Tuesday, 18 November 2008

Romance Reading Challenge



Naida at the bookworm is hosting the Romance Reading Challenge for 2009. Since I read a decent bit of romance these days, especially in the paranormal genre, I've decided to join up. The minimum number of books to read is five and it's for the whole year, so I'm confident I can do that easily.

The rules:
1) Now, "Romance" isn't limited to steamy Harlequin novels. There is a huge selection of books in this category such as contemporary romance, historical romance, romantic suspense and paranormal romance to name a few. As long as the story has romantic love between the two main characters your selection will fit this challenge. The novels do not need to have a happy ending either, there can also be unrequited love.
2) Choose at least 5 novels read them between Jan 1st though Dec 31st 2009. You can change your choices at any time. Crossovers between other challenges are fine.
3) Read them at your own pace in 2009 then go here and post the link to your review(s).

My 2009 romance reading list (reviews over on Saving My Sanity...):
  1. Soul Deep - Lora Leigh
  2. Kiss of Midnight - Lara Adrian
  3. Secrets of a Summer Night - Lisa Kleypas
  4. Shades of Dark - Linnea Sinclair
  5. The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever - Julia Quinn

    Challenge officially completed: 25th February 2009

  6. Born in Fire - Nora Roberts
  7. Smooth Talking Stranger - Lisa Kleypas
  8. The Night Bird - Catherine Asaro
  9. Born in Ice - Nora Roberts
  10. Megan's Mark - Lora Leigh
  11. It Happened One Autumn - Lisa Kleypas
  12. The Warlord's Daughter - Susan Grant
  13. Inner Harbor - Nora Roberts
  14. What Happens in London - Julia Quinn
  15. Branded by Fire - Nalini Singh
  16. Angels' Blood - Nalini Singh
  17. Harmony's Way - Lora Leigh
  18. Christmas Angel for the Billionaire - Liz Fielding
  19. Blaze of Memory - Nalini Singh
  20. Heart Change - Robin D. Owens
  21. Tanner's Scheme - Lora Leigh

Monday, 17 November 2008

TBR List

  1. Aguirre, Ann - Killbox
  2. Andrews, Ilona - Magic Bites
  3. Andrews, Ilona - On the Edge
  4. Berg, Carol - Revelation
  5. Bishop, Anne - Dreams Made Flesh
  6. Briggs, Patricia - The Hob's Bargain
  7. Carmody, Isobelle - Wavesong
  8. Cooper, Louise - The Outcast
  9. Czerneda, Julie E. - To Trade the Stars
  10. Donaldson, Stephen R. - The Mirror of Her Dreams
  11. Duane, Diane - Omnitopia Dawn
  12. de Lint, Charles - Moonheart
  13. de Lint, Charles - Trader
  14. Egan, Doris - The Gate of Ivory
  15. Elliott, Kate - Cold Magic
  16. Elliott, Kate - Jaran
  17. Haddon, Mark - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime
  18. Hambly, Barbara - The Silent Tower
  19. Hambly, Barbara - The Time of the Dark
  20. Hamilton, Barbara - The Ninth Daughter
  21. Haydon, Elizabeth - Destiny
  22. Healey, Karen - Guardian of the Dead
  23. Heyer, Georgette - The Grand Sophy
  24. Huff, Tanya - The Enchantment Emporium
  25. Jemisin, N. K. - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
  26. Jones, Diana Wynne - House of Many Ways
  27. Kay, Guy Gavriel - The Summer Tree
  28. Kennealy-Morrison, Patricia - The Copper Crown
  29. Kiernan, Celine - The Poison Throne
  30. Kirstein, Rosemary - The Steerswoman
  31. Larke, Glenda - Stormlord Rising
  32. Lee, Sharon and Miller, Steve - Scout's Progress
  33. Leigh, Lora - Beyond the Dark (anthology)
  34. Lerner, Rose - In for a Penny
  35. Lindskold, Jane - Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls
  36. Lindskold, Jane - Changer
  37. MacAvoy, R. A. - Tea with the Black Dragon
  38. Marillier, Juliet - Son of the Shadows
  39. Marillier, Juliet - Wildwood Dancing
  40. McDevitt, Jack - The Devil's Eye
  41. McKillip, Patricia A. - The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
  42. McKillip, Patricia A. - Od Magic
  43. McKillip, Patricia A. - The Riddle-Master of Hed
  44. McKillip, Patricia A. - The Sorceress and the Cygnet
  45. McKinley, Robin - Chalice
  46. McKinley, Robin - Deerskin
  47. McKinley, Robin - Rose Daughter
  48. Monk, Devon - Magic to the Bone
  49. Montgomery, L. M. - The Blue Castle
  50. Moran, Daniel Keys - The Last Dancer
  51. Neumeier, Rachel - Lord of the Changing Winds
  52. Nix, Garth - Sabriel
  53. Owens, Robin D. - Heart Journey
  54. Owens, Robin D. - Heart Thief
  55. Quinn, Julia - Ten Things I Love About You
  56. Rawn, Melanie - Fire Raiser
  57. Rawn, Melanie - The Star Scroll
  58. Reichs, Kathy - 206 Bones
  59. Roberson, Jennifer - Shapechangers
  60. Shinn, Sharon - Archangel
  61. Shinn, Sharon - Summers at Castle Auburn
  62. Silverberg, Robert - Valentine Pontifex
  63. Sinclair, Linnea - Hope's Folly
  64. Singh, Nalini - Bonds of Justice
  65. Singh, Nalini - Burning Up
  66. Singh, Nalini - Slave to Sensation
  67. Smith, Alexander McCall - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
  68. Snyder, Midori - New Moon
  69. Spencer, Wen - Alien Taste
  70. Stewart, Mary - The Crystal Cave
  71. Traviss, Karen - Crossing the Line
  72. Turner, Megan Whalen - The Thief
  73. Vinge, Joan D. - The Summer Queen
  74. Warren, Kaaron - Walking the Tree
  75. Weyn, Suzanne - The Diamond Secret
  76. Wilks, Eileen - Mortal Sins
  77. Williams, Sean - The Stone Mage and the Sea
  78. Williams, Tad - Stone of Farewell
  79. Willis, Connie - Bellwether
  80. Wilson, C. L. - King of Sword and Sky
  81. Woodworth, Stephen - In Golden Blood
  82. Wurts, Janny - Stormwarden
  83. Wurts, Janny - Warhost of Vastmark

List current at: 11th September, 2010

Wednesday, 12 November 2008

Support Your Local Library Challenge


The Support Your Local Library Challenge is being hosted at J. Kaye's Book Blog for 2009. Not wanting to put too much stress on myself, I'm signing up for TWELVE books, although I'll keep a record of everything I read from the library, however many books that turns out to be.

Here are the guidelines:
What better way to pay homage than by having a reading challenge in 2009? Since we are all different, there will be three sizes of challenges.

** The first is to read 12 books from your local library in 2009.
** The second is to read 25 books from your local library in 2009.
** The third is to read 50 books from your local library in 2009.

You decide which one of the three challenges is best for you.

1) You can join anytime as long as you don’t start reading your books prior to 2009.
2) This challenge is for 2009 only. The last day to have all your books read is December 31, 2009.
3) You can join anytime between now and December 31, 2009.
4) Our goal is to read 12, 25, or 50 books checkout from our local library in 2009. Please decide which when you sign up and don’t change it.
5) These can be audios, downloads, children’s, YA. As long as it’s a book, format and target age group does not matter.

My 2009 library reading list (reviews over on Saving My Sanity...):
  1. Thirteen Orphans - Jane Lindskold
  2. In the Bleak Midwinter - Julia Spencer-Fleming
  3. Rosewater and Soda Bread - Marsha Mehran
  4. Larklight - Philip Reeve
  5. Princess of the Midnight Ball - Jessica Day George
  6. Starcross - Philip Reeve
  7. Promises in Death - J. D. Robb
  8. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World - Vicki Myron
  9. Mothstorm - Philip Reeve
  10. The Diamond of Darkhold - Jeanne duPrau
  11. Lear's Daughters - Marjorie B. Kellogg
  12. The Forest of Hands and Teeth - Carrie Ryan

    Stage 1 officially completed: 3rd April, 2009

  13. Smooth Talking Stranger - Lisa Kleypas
  14. The Penderwicks - Jeanne Birdsall
  15. Half Magic - Edward Eager
  16. The Stars Blue Yonder - Sandra McDonald
  17. Swan for the Money - Donna Andrews
  18. Does Anything Eat Wasps? - New Scientist
  19. Silent on the Moor - Deanna Raybourn
  20. Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze - New Scientist
  21. To Ride Hell's Chasm - Janny Wurts
  22. Daughter of the Forest - Juliet Marillier
  23. Leviathan - Scott Westerfield
  24. Kindred in Death - J. D. Robb

Tuesday, 11 November 2008

2009 100+ Reading Challenge


The 100+ Reading Challenge is being posted at J. Kaye's Book Blog for 2009.

Here are the guidelines:
1) You can join anytime as long as you don’t start reading your books prior to 2009.
2) This challenge is for 2009 only. The last day to have all your books read is December 31, 2009.
3) You can join anytime between now and December 31, 2009.
4) All books count: children’s, YA, adults, fiction, non-fiction, how-tos, etc.

My 2009 reading list (reviews over on Saving My Sanity...):
  1. Thirteen Orphans - Jane Lindskold
  2. Greenwitch - Susan Cooper
  3. In the Forests of Serre - Patricia A. McKillip
  4. Soul Deep - Lora Leigh
  5. In the Bleak Midwinter - Julia Spencer-Fleming
  6. Kiss of Midnight - Lara Adrian
  7. Rosewater and Soda Bread - Marsha Mehran
  8. Larklight - Philip Reeve
  9. The People of Sparks - Jeanne duPrau
  10. The Dreaming Place - Charles de Lint
  11. Ashing - Isobelle Carmody
  12. A Thousand Words for Stranger - Julie E. Czerneda
  13. Princess of the Midnight Ball - Jessica Day George
  14. Secrets of a Summer Night - Lisa Kelypas
  15. Starcross - Philip Reeve

  16. Shades of Dark - Linnea Sinclair
  17. The Sharing Knife: Horizon - Lois McMaster Bujold
  18. The Prophet of Yonwood - Jeanne duPrau
  19. The Eye of Night - Pauline J. Alama
  20. The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever - Julia Quinn
  21. Bone Crossed - Patricia Briggs
  22. V: The Second Generation - Kenneth Johnson
  23. Promises in Death - J. D. Robb
  24. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World - Vicki Myron
  25. Mothstorm - Philip Reeve
  26. Ties of Power - Julie E. Czerneda
  27. The Grey King - Susan Cooper
  28. The Diamond of Darkhold - Jeanne duPrau
  29. Lear's Daughters - Marjorie B. Kellogg
  30. The Vorkosigan Companion - Lilian S. Carl
  31. The Ordinary Princess - M. M. Kaye
  32. Alphabet of Thorn - Patricia A. McKillip
  33. The Forest of Hands and Teeth - Carrie Ryan
  34. Born in Fire - Nora Roberts
  35. Smooth Talking Stranger - Lisa Kleypas
  36. The Night Bird - Catherine Asaro
  37. Do Polar Bears Get Lonely? - New Scientist
  38. Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches Guide to Romance Novels - Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan
  39. Silver on the Tree - Susan Cooper
  40. Born in Ice - Nora Roberts
  41. Megan's Mark - Lora Leigh
  42. Giants of the Frost - Kim Wilkins
  43. Monday Mourning - Kathy Reichs
  44. The Initiate - Louise Cooper
  45. Georgette Heyer's Regency World - Jennifer Kloester
  46. The Penderwicks - Jeanne Birdsall
  47. It Happened One Autumn - Lisa Kleypas
  48. Madam, Will You Talk? - Mary Stewart
  49. The Warlord's Daughter - Susan Grant
  50. Shards of Honor - Lois McMaster Bujold
  51. Inner Harbor - Nora Roberts
  52. The Keeping Place - Isobelle Carmody
  53. What Happens in London - Julia Quinn
  54. Gaudy Night - Dorothy L. Sayers
  55. Half Magic - Edward Eager
  56. Branded by Fire - Nalini Singh
  57. Angels' Blood - Nalini Singh
  58. The Invisible Ring - Anne Bishop
  59. The Stars Blue Yonder - Sandra McDonald
  60. Diamond Star - Catherine Asaro
  61. Glory in Death - J. D. Robb
  62. Swan for the Money - Donna Andrews
  63. Break No Bones - Kathy Reichs
  64. Silent in the Sanctuary - Deanna Raybourn
  65. Memory and Dream - Charles de Lint
  66. Does Anything Eat Wasps? - New Scientist
  67. Silent on the Moor - Deanna Raybourn
  68. Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze - New Scientist
  69. The Shadow Queen - Anne Bishop
  70. The Long Run - Daniel Keys Moran
  71. Hunting Ground - Patricia Briggs
  72. To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis
  73. The Mummy Case - Elizabeth Peters
  74. Harrowing the Dragon - Patricia A. McKillip
  75. To Ride Hell's Chasm - Janny Wurts
  76. Harmony's Way - Lora Leigh
  77. Soulless - Gail Carriger
  78. Christmas Angel for the Billionaire - Liz Fielding
  79. Blaze of Memroy - Nalini Singh
  80. Bones to Ashes - Kathy Reichs
  81. Daughter of the Forest - Juliet Marillier
  82. Nightlife - Rob Thurman
  83. Barrayar - Lois McMaster Bujold
  84. The Warrior's Apprentice - Lois McMaster Bujold
  85. Leviathan - Scott Westerfield
  86. The Vor Game - Lois McMaster Bujold
  87. Kindred in Death - J. D. Robb
  88. Cetaganda - Lois McMaster Bujold
  89. Ethan of Athos - Lois McMaster Bujold
  90. Heart Change - Robin D. Owens
  91. Brothers of Arms - Lois McMaster Bujold
  92. The Devil in Winter - Lisa Kleypas
  93. Tanner's Scheme - Lora Leigh
  94. Daugher of the Blood - Anne Bishop
  95. Heir to the Shadows - Anne Bishop
  96. Queen of the Darkness - Anne Bishop