2010 Cumulative Totals - January

2010 Reading:
Books read in 2010 = 9
Short Stories read in 2010 = 1
Total reads in 2010 = 10

10/10 reads in 2010 = 1 
DNFs in 2010 = 1
New reads in 2010 = 6
Rereads in 2010 = 4
paper books : eBooks = 4 : 6  = 40 % : 60 %

Pages read in 2010 = 3220

2010 Challenges Progress: 
Flashback Reading Challenge = 4
Big Book Challenge = 1
Sci Fi Experience = 3

2010 List Progress: 
eBooks read = 6
SFF books read = 8
Library Books read = 2
Audiobooks listened to = 0

January 2010 Reading

1. Earth’s Magic – Pamela F. Service (240pp)
   New Magic, Book 3; Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy; eBook; 7/10
2. Mercy Thompson: Homecoming – Patricia Briggs (168pp)
   Mercy Thompson, Book 0; Urban Fantasy; Graphic Novel; Library Book; 7/10
3. The Compass Rose – Gail Dayton (464pp)
   The One Rose, Book 1; Fantasy; eBook; Reread; 8/10
4. The Knife of Never Letting Go – Patrick Ness (479pp)
   Chaos Walking, Book 1; YA SF; Library Book; 9/10
5. The Barbed Rose – Gail Dayton (448pp)
   The One Rose, Book 2; Fantasy; eBook; Reread; 7/10
6. The Eternal Rose – Gail Dayton (400pp)
   The One Rose, Book 3; Fantasy; eBook; 8/10
7. Raising Boys – Steve Biddulph
   Non-Fiction; Library Book; 7/10
8. Mirror Dance – Lois McMaster Bujold (592pp)
   Vorkosigan, Book 9; Science Fiction; eBook; Reread; 10/10
9. A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L’Engle (184pp)
   Time Quintet, Book 1; Children; SF; Reread; 9/10
10. Wolfe’s Hope – Lora Leigh (29 pp)
    Breeds, Book 10; Short Story; Erotic Romance; eBook; 5/10
11. Jacob’s Faith – Lora Leigh (257 pp)
    Breeds, Book 11; Erotic Romance; eBook; DNF

Best book of the month = The Knife of Never Letting Go
Biggest disappointment of the month = Wolfe’s Hope

January Reading:
Books read this month = 9
Short Stories read this month = 1
Total reads this month = 10

10/10 reads this month = 1
DNFs this month = 1
New reads this month = 6
Rereads this month = 4
paper books : eBooks = 4 : 6 = 40 % : 60 %

Pages read this month = 240 + 168 = 464 + 479 + 448 + 400 + 216 + 592 + 184 + 29 = 3220

January Challenges Progress:
Flashback Reading Challenge = 4
Big Book Challenge = 1
Sci Fi Experience = 3

January List Progress:
eBooks read = 6
SFF books read = 8
Library Books read = 3
Audiobooks listened to = 0

Marcus’ 2010 Reading List

Marcus has just graduated to chapter books from picture books, meaning I have to step up a level too in the books I read to him. So, since I have lists of the books I read, he wants a list too. Here we go, a list of Marcus’ reading for 2010 (excluding picture books – of which I’m sure we’ll still read plenty – and school reading books). The name in brackets is who did the actual reading.

1. Mad Grandad’s Robot Garden – Oisin McGann (Marcus)
2. Blast Off! – Margaret Clark (Marcus)
3. The Fairground Ghost - Felicity Everett (Marcus)
4. Captain Clawbeak and the Red Herring - Anne Morgan (Marcus)
5. Dragon's Fat Cat - Dav Pilkey (Marcus)
6. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis (Mummy)
7. Captain Clawbeak: The One and Only - Anne Morgan (Marcus)
8. The New Adventures of the Wishing Chair: The Land of Mythical Creatures - created by Enid Blyton (Marcus)

Time Quartet/Quintet Read-Along

Madeleine L’Engle’s Time Trilogy/Quartet/Quintet books were some of my favourites growing up. So I’m going to try to take the opportunity being offered by Kailana at The Written Word to reread them in the first half of 2010.

Here are Kailana’s guidelines:

1. You have until January 31st to finish the book.
2. On January 15th I will post a place to talk about spoiler-related things. Things you want to talk about but can't mention in your review.
3. The reviews should aim to be finished on the last week of January because I want to have questions that everyone answers in their posts and people need to have time to come up with them.
4. For a sense of community I am hoping that people will come up with questions about the book. I am hoping to have them all by the 20th so I can post them and people can write their reviews. Even if you take the whole month to read the book I hope you will come up with questions. Send in a few so there are some variety. It isn't much fun if people send the same questions over and over again. How you choose to use the questions (and whether you choose to use all of them) is up to you.
5. When I post the questions on the 20th, I will also post a place to post links to your reviews.
6. Feel free to use the button, made by Jason, wherever you want. It's great!

Will I make it? Let us see…

1. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
2. A Wind in the Door - Madeleine L'Engle
3. A Swiftly Tilting Planet - Madeleine L'Engle
4. Many Waters - Madeleine L'Engle

I did start the last book, An Acceptable Time, in May, but I don't think I even finished before I realised I simply didn't feel like reading it. The lovely feeling of the earlier books seemed missing and I just wasn't interested. Since my reading is a bit of the struggle at the moment and the TBR is more out of control than usual, I decided to pass on it.

I'm still happy with my success with the challege and I really enjoyed the reread. Most of all, I'm delighted that A Swiftly Tilting Planet didn't let me down and remained the amazing read I remembered from childhood.

Thank you Ms L'Engle so a wonderful trip around the universe and down memory lane.

2010 Short Story List

(This list includes short stories, novellas, partial reads etc.)

1. Wolfe's Hope - Lora Leigh
2. Acheron, Part II - Sherrilyn Kenyon
3. The Women of Nell Gwynne's - Kage Baker
4. Winterfair Gifts - Lois McMaster Bujold
5. Aiden's Charity - Lora Leigh
6. Jacob's Faith - Lora Leigh
7. Devil to Pay - Jeaniene Frost
8. Pretty Polly - Barbara Hambly
9. Inhuman - Eileen Wilks
10. Whisper of Sin - Nalini Singh
11. Here, There Be Monsters - Meljean Brook
12. Paper Cradle – Stephen Gaskell
13. A Study in Emerald - Neil Gaiman
14. Hokkaido Green - Aidan Doyle
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2010 Audiobooks List

2010 SFF Reading List

(This list includes short stories, novella, partial reads etc.)

1. Earth’s Magic – Pamela F. Service
2. Mercy Thompson: Homecoming - Patricia Briggs
3. The Compass Rose - Gail Dayton
4. The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness
5. The Barbed Rose - Gail Dayton
6. The Eternal Rose - Gail Dayton
7. Mirror Dance - Lois McMaster Bujold
8. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
9. The Ask and the Answer - Patrick Ness
10. Doubleblind - Ann Aguirre
11. Magic Under Glass - Jaclyn Dolamore
12. A Wind in the Door - Madeleine L'Engle
13. This Alien Shore - C. S. Friedman
14. Life as We Knew It - Susan Beth Pfeffer
15. Prophecy: Child of Earth - Elizabeth Haydon
16. Blackout - Connie Willis
17. Shalador's Lady - Anne Bishop
18. The Dead and the Gone - Susan Beth Pfeffer
19. Memory - Lois McMaster Bujold
20. Komarr - Lois McMaster Bujold
21. Enchanted Glass - Diana Wynne Jones
22. Archangel's Kiss - Nalini Singh
23. Acheron, Part II - Sherrilyn Kenyon
24. A Swiftly Tilting Planet - Madeleine L'Engle
25. The Women of Nell Gwynne's - Kage Baker
26. The Line - Teri Hall
27. The Ivory and the Horn - Charles de Lint
28. A Civil Campaign - Lois McMaster Bujold
29. Winterfair Gifts - Lois McMaster Bujold
30. Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
31. At Grave's End - Jeniene Frost
32. Seeker - Jack McDevitt
33. Silver Borne - Patricia Briggs
34. Heart Mate - Robin D. Owens
35. The Girl Who Chased the Moon - Sarah Addison Allen
36. The Iron King - Julie Kagawa
37. Diplomatic Immunity - Lois McMaster Bujold
38. Many Waters - Madeleine L'Engle
39. Sunshine - Robin McKinley
40. Fledgling - Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
41. Devil to Pay - Jeaniene Frost
42. Through Violet Eyes - Stephen Woodworth
43. With Red Hands - Stephen Woodworth
44. Saltation - Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
45. Local Custom - Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
46. Feed - Mira Grant
47. Pretty Polly - Barbara Hambly
48. The Last Stormlord - Glenda Larke
49. Restoring Harmony - Joelle Anthony
50. Dragon Prince - Melanie Rawn
51. The Fire King - Marjorie M. Liu
52. Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang - Kate Wilhelm
53. Scatterlings - Isobelle Carmody
54. Inhuman - Eileen Wilks
55. Night Season - Eileen Wilks
56. The Curse of the Mistwraith - Janny Wurts
57. The Undrowned Child - Michelle Lovric
58. Shadows Past - Lorna Freeman
59. When You Reach Me - Rebecca Stead
60. The Owl Keeper - Christine Brodien-Jones
61. The Ships of Merior - Janny Wurts
62. Son of the Shadows - Juliet Marillier
63. Whisper of Sin - Nalini Singh
64. Here, There Be Monsters - Meljean Brook
65. Warhost of Vastmark - Janny Wurts
66. Tea with the Black Dragon - R. A. MacAvoy
67. Cryoburn - Lois McMaster Bujold
68. Bonds of Justice - Nalini Singh
69. Guardian of the Dead - Karen Healey
70. Fugitive Prince - Janny Wurts
71. Paper Cradle - Stephen Gaskell
72. A Study in Emerald - Neil Gaiman
73. Hokkaido Green - Aidan Doyle