Cumulative Totals – November 2009

2009 Reading:
Books read for 2009 = 91
DNFs for 2009 = 10
10/10 for 2009 = 10
New reads for 2009 = 75
Rereads for 2009 = 10
paper books : eBooks = 42 : 43 = 49% : 51%

2009 Challenges Progress:
100+ Reading Challenge = 86
Support Your Local Library Challenge = 24 (Stage 1 Completed 3-04-09)
Romance Reading Challenge = 19 (Challenge Completed 25-02-09)
YA Reading Challenge = 9
eBook Reading Challenge = 41 (Challenge Completed 24-02-09)

2009 Non-Challenges Progress:
SF/Fantasy books read = 56
Audiobooks listened to = 6

Completed 2009 Challenges
Once Upon a Time III Challenge = 7 (Books Component Completed 22-04-09; Challenge Ended 20-6-09 with A Midsummer Night’s Dream unwatched. Result = Failed, but only just)
Patricia A. McKillip Reading Challenge = 3 (Challenge Completed 5-10-09)

November 2009 Reading

1. Soulless – Gail Carriger
   Paranormal; eBook; 7/10
2. Christmas Angel for the Billionaire – Liz Fielding
   Category Romance; eBook; 8/10
3. Blaze of Memory – Nalini Singh
   Psy/Changeling, Book 7; Paranormal Romance; eBook; 9/10
4. Bones to Ashes – Kathy Reichs
   Temperance Brennan, Book 10; Mystery; eBook; 7/10
5. Daughter of the Forest – Juliet Marillier
   Sevenwaters, Book 1; Fantasy; Library Book; 9/10
6. Nightlife – Rob Thurman
   Cal Leandros, Book 1; Urban Fantasy; eBook; 9/10
7. Barrayar – Lois McMaster Bujold
   Vorkosigan, Book 2; SF; eBook; Reread; 10/10
8. The Warrior’s Apprentice – Lois McMaster Bujold
   Vorkosigan, Book 3; SF; eBook; Reread; 9/10
9. Leviathan – Scott Westerfield
   YA; Library Book; 8/10
10. Kindred in Death – J. D. Robb
    Eve Dallas, Book 35; Mystery; Library Book; 8/10

Best book of the month = Daughter of the Forest 
Biggest disappointment of the month = Soulless

November Reading:
Books read this month =  10
DNFs this month = 0
10/10 reads this month = 1
New reads this month = 8
Rereads this month = 2
paper books : eBooks = 3 :7 = 30% : 70%

November Challenges Progress:
100+ Reading Challenge = 10
Support Your Local Library Challenge = 3 (Stage 1 Completed 3-04-09)
Romance Reading Challenge = 2 (Challenge Completed 25-02-09)
YA Reading Challenge = 1
eBook Reading Challenge = 7 (Challenge Completed 24-02-09)

November Non-Challenges Progress:
SF/Fantasy books read = 7
Audiobooks listened to = 0

Cumulative Totals – October 2009

2009 Reading:
Books read for 2009 = 81
DNFs for 2009 = 10
10/10 for 2009 = 9
New reads for 2009 = 67
Rereads for 2009 = 8
paper books : eBooks = 39 : 36 = 52% : 48%

2009 Challenges Progress:
100+ Reading Challenge = 76
Support Your Local Library Challenge = 21 (Stage 1 Completed 3-04-09)
Romance Reading Challenge = 17 (Challenge Completed 25-02-09)
YA Reading Challenge = 8
eBook Reading Challenge = 35 (Challenge Completed 24-02-09)

2009 Non-Challenges Progress:
SF/Fantasy books read = 49
Audiobooks listened to = 6

Completed 2009 Challenges
Once Upon a Time III Challenge = 7 (Books Component Completed 22-04-09; Challenge Ended 20-6-09 with A Midsummer Night’s Dream unwatched. Result = Failed, but only just)
Patricia A. McKillip Reading Challenge = 3 (Challenge Completed 5-10-09)

October 2009 Reading

1. Harrowing the Dragon – Patricia A. McKillip
   Fantasy; eBook; 7/10
2. To Ride Hell’s Chasm – Janny Wurts
   Fantasy; Library Book; 6/10
3. Harmony’s Way – Lora Leigh
   Breeds, Book 8; Erotic Romance; eBook; 7/10
4. The Changeover – Margaret Mahy
   YA; Paranormal; Library Book; DNF
5. Angels’ Judgement in Must Love Hellhounds – Charlaine Harris et al. 
   Guild Hunters, Book 1.5; Urban Fantasy; 8/10

Best book of the month = Harrowing the Dragon
Biggest disappointment of the month = To Ride Hell’s Chasm

October Reading:
Books read this month = 4
DNFs this month = 1
10/10 reads this month = 0
New reads this month = 4
Rereads this month = 0
paper books : eBooks = 2 : 2 = 50% : 50%

October Challenges Progress:
100+ Reading Challenge = 3
Support Your Local Library Challenge = 1 (Stage 1 Completed 3-04-09)
Romance Reading Challenge = 1 (Challenge Completed 25-02-09)
YA Reading Challenge = 0
eBook Reading Challenge = 2 (Challenge Completed 24-02-09)
Patricia A. McKillip Reading Challenge = 1 (Challenge Completed 5-10-09)

October Non-Challenges Progress:
SF/Fantasy books read = 4
Audiobooks listened to = 0

Cumulative Totals – September 2009

2009 Reading:
Books read for 2009 = 77
DNFs for 2009 = 9
10/10 for 2009 = 9
New reads for 2009 = 63
Rereads for 2009 = 8
paper books : eBooks = 37 : 34 = 52% : 48%

2009 Challenges Progress:
100+ Reading Challenge = 73
Support Your Local Library Challenge = 20 (Stage 1 Completed 3-04-09)
Romance Reading Challenge = 16 (Challenge Completed 25-02-09)
YA Reading Challenge = 8
eBook Reading Challenge = 33 (Challenge Completed 24-02-09)
Patricia A. McKillip Reading Challenge = 2

2009 Non-Challenges Progress:
SF/Fantasy books read = 45
Audiobooks listened to = 6

Completed 2009 Challenges
Once Upon a Time III Challenge = 7 (Books Component Completed 22-04-09; Challenge Ended 20-6-09 with A Midsummer Night’s Dream unwatched. Result = Failed, but only just)

September 2009 Reading

 

1. Memory and Dream – Charles de Lint
   Newford, Book 5; Urban Fantasy; eBook; 8/10
2. Does Anything Eat Wasps – New Scientist
   Non-Fiction; Library Book; 8/10
3. Seeing Eye in Strange Brew – Patricia Briggs et al
   Paranormal Romance; Library Book; 8/10
4. Silent on the Moor – Deanna Raybourn
   Lady Julia Grey, Book 3; Mystery; Library Book; 7/10
5. Why Don’t Penguins’ Feet Freeze – New Scientist
   Non-Fiction; Library Book; 7/10
6. The Shadow Queen – Anne Bishop
   Black Jewels, Book 7; Fantasy; 10/10
7. The Long Run – Daniel Keys Moran
   The Continuing Time, Book 2; SF; eBook; 7/10
8. Hunting Ground – Patricia Briggs
   Alpha and Omega, Book 2; Urban Fantasy; 8/10
9. To Say Nothing of the Dog – Connie Willis
   SF; 7/10
10. The Little White Horse – Elizabeth Goudge
    Children; Audiobook; Reread; DNF
11. The Mummy Case – Elizabeth Peters
    Amelia Peabody, Book 3; Mystery; eBook; 7/10

Best book of the month = The Shadow Queen
Worst book of the month = 
Biggest disappointment of the month = The Long Run or To Say Nothing of the Dog

September Reading:
Books read this month = 10
DNFs this month = 1
10/10 reads this month = 1
New reads this month = 10
Rereads this month = 0
paper books : eBooks = 7 : 3 = 70% : 30%

September Challenges Progress:
100+ Reading Challenge = 9
Support Your Local Library Challenge = 3 (Stage 1 Completed 3-04-09)
Romance Reading Challenge = 0 (Challenge Completed 25-02-09)
YA Reading Challenge = 0
eBook Reading Challenge = 3 (Challenge Completed 24-02-09)
Patricia A. McKillip Reading Challenge = 0

September Non-Challenges Progress:
SF/Fantasy books read = 6
Audiobooks listened to = 0