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Welcome to my reading log, new year, more books!  :readingtwo: 

 

January ~  

 

1.  Noughts & Crosses (Book 1 of the Noughts & Crosses Series) by Malorie Blackman ~ Started: 26.12.13 ~ Finished: 04.01.14

2.  Knife's Edge (Book 2 of the Noughts & Crosses Series) by Malorie Blackman ~ Started: 04.01.14 ~ Finished: 09.01.14

3.  Check Mate (Book 3 of the Noughts & Crosses Series) by Malorie Blackman ~ Started: 09.01.14 ~ Finished: 12.01.14 

4.  Double Cross (Book 4 of the Noughts & Crosses Series) by Malorie Blackman ~ Started: 12.01.14 ~ Finished: 14.01.14

5.  Coraline by Neil Gaiman ~ Started: 14.01.14 ~ Finished: 16.01.14

6.  Snake Ropes by Jess Richards ~ Started: 16.01.14 ~ Finished: 26.01.14

7.  I, Zombie by Hugh Howey ~ Started: 13.01.14 ~ Finished: 18.01.14

8.  Divergent (Book 1 of the 'Divergent' series) by Veronica Roth ~ Started: 26.01.14 ~ Finished: 30.01.14

 

February ~

 

9.    Insurgent (Book 2 of the 'Divergent' series) by Veronica Roth ~ Started: 30.01.14 ~ Finished: 02.02.14

10.  Allegiant (Book 3 of the 'Divergent' series) by Veronica Roth ~ Started: 02.02.14 ~ Finished: 08.02.14

11.  Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (re~read) ~ Started: 08.02.14 ~ Finished: 10.02.14

12.  Hollow City (The Second Novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children) by Ransom Riggs ~ Started: 10.02.14 ~ Finished: 25.02.14 

13.  Ready Player One by Ernest Cline ~ Started: 10.02.14 ~ Finished: 19.02.14

14.  The Last Rail Rider by Jason Gurley ~ Started: 25.02.14 ~ Finished: 25.02.14

 

March ~

 

15.  Sisterland by Curtis ~ Started: 25.02.14 ~ Finished: 01.03.14

16.  The Girl With All The Gifts by M R Carey ~ Started: 01.03.14 ~ Finished: 06.01.14

17.  The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey ~ Started: 06.01.14 ~ Finished:  10.03.14

18.  Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl (re~read) ~ Started: 11.03.14 ~ Finished: 11.03.14

19.  Cell by Stephen King ~ Started: 12.03.14 ~ Finished: 15.03.14

20.  The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor ~ Part 1 by Robert Kirkman & Jay Bonansinga ~ Started: 15.03.14 ~ Finished: 17.03.14

21.  The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor ~ Part 2 by Robert Kirkman & Jay Bonansinga ~ Started: 17.03.14 ~ Finished:  20.03.14

22.  The Golem And The Djinni by Helene Wecker ~ Started: 20.03.14 ~ Finished: 31.03.14

 

April ~

 

23.  The Chrysalids by John Wyndham ~ Started:  31.03.14 ~ Finished:  01.04.14

24.  The Day of The Triffids by John Wyndham ~ Started: 01.04.14 ~ 06.04.14

25.  IT by Stephen King ~ Started: 06.04.14 ~ Finished: 17.04.14

26.  Pet Sematary by Stephen King ~ Started: 17.04.14 ~ Finished: 24.04.14

27.  The Faults In Our Stars by John Green ~ Started: 24.04.14 ~ Finished: 24.04.14

28.  The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson (re~read) ~ Started: 24.04.14 ~ Finished: 02.05.14

 

May ~

 

29.  Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis ~ Started: 02.05.14 ~ Finished: 03.05.14

30.  The Girl Who Saved The King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson ~ Started: 03.05.14 ~ Finished: 08.05.14

31.  The Asylum by Johan Theorin ~ Started: 08.05.14 ~ Finished: 09.05.14

32.  No Place Like Oz (Dorothy Must Die novella) by Danielle Paige ~ Started: 09.05.14 ~ Finished: 09.05.14

33.  Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige ~ Started:  09.05.14 ~ Finished: 11.05.14

34.  The Ocean At The End of The Lane by Neil Gaiman ~ Started: 11.05.14 ~ Finished: 13.05.14

35.  Mr Penumbra's 24~Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan ~ Started: 13.05.14 ~ Finished: 18.05.14

36.  Paper Towns by John Green ~ Started: 18.05.14 ~ Finished: 21.05.14

37.  Elijah's Mermaid by Essie Fox ~ Started: 21.05.14 ~ Finished: 27.05.14

38.  The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau ~ Started: 27.05.14 ~ Finished: 28.05.14

39.  Ajax Penumbra: 1969 by Robin Sloan ~ Started: 28.05.14 ~ Finished: 28.05.14

40.  The Giver by Lois Lowry ~ Started: 29.05.14 ~ Finished: 29.05.14  

 

June ~

 

41.  The Entity by Frank De Felitta ~ Started: 29.05.14 ~ Finished: 01.06.14

42.  Number the Stars by Lois Lowry ~ Started:  01.06.14 ~ Finished: 02.06.14

43.  Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth ~ Started: 02.06.14 ~ Finished: 09.06.14

44.  Spellbound (the 12th book in the Women of the Otherworld series) by Kelley Armstrong ~ Started: 08.06.14 ~ Finished: 09.06.14

45.  13 (the 13th book in the Women of the Otherworld series) by Kelley Armstrong ~ Started: 09.06.14 ~ Finished: 13.06.14

46.  Planets of the Apes by Pierre Boulle ~ Started: 13.06.14 ~ Finished: 14.06.14

47.  The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff ~ Started: 15.06.14 ~ Finished: 22.06.14

 

 

July ~

 

48.  A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki ~ Started: 22.06.14 ~ Finished: 06.07.14

49.  The 100 by Kass Morgan ~ Started: 06.07.14 ~ Finished: 08.07.14

50.  The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth ~ Started: 08.07.14 ~ Finished: 12.07.14

51.  American Gods by Neil Gaiman ~ Started: 12.07.14 ~ Finished: 01.08.14

 

August ~

 

52.  Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (re~read) ~ Started:  01.08.14 ~ Finished: 04.08.14

53.  What Ever Happened to Baby Jane by Henry Farrell ~ Started:  04.08.14 ~ Finished: 08.08.14

54.  An Abundance of Katherines by John Green ~ Started: 08.08.14 ~ Finished: 11.08.14

55.  Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami ~ Started: 11.08.14 ~ Finished: 14.08.14

56.  Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill ~ Started:  14.08.14 ~ Finished: 20.08.14

57.  Wool ~ The Graphic Novel by Hugh Howey, Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray and Jimmy Broxton ~ Started: 20.08.14 ~ Finished: 20.08.14

58.  The Things That Keep Us Here by Cara Buckley ~ Started: 25.08.14 ~ Finished: 28.08.14

59.  Looking For Alaska by John Green ~ Started: 28.08.14 ~ Finished: 31.08.14

 

September ~

 

60.  We Were Liars by E.Lockhart ~ Started: 31.08.14 ~ Finished: 01.09.14

61.  Arcadia by Lauren Groff ~ Started: 01.09.14 ~ Finished: 07.09.14

62.  The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell (re~read) ~ Started: 07.09.14 ~ Finished: 09.09.14

63.  Exit Kingdom (The Reapers are the Angels~Book 2) by Alden Bell ~ Started: 09.09.14 ~ Finished: 12.09.14

64.  Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam Trilogy~Book 1) (re~read) by Margaret Atwood ~ Started: 12.09.14 ~ Finished: 17.09.14

65.  The Year of the Flood (MaddAdam Trilogy~Book 2) (re~read) by Margaret Atwood ~ Started: 17.09.14 ~ Finished: 28.09.14

66.  MaddAddam (MaddAddam Trilogy~Book 4) by Margaret Atwood ~ Started: 21.09.14 ~ 28.09.14

 

October ~

 

67.  The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave~Book 2) by Rick Yancey ~ Started: 01.10.14 ~ Finished: 04.10.14

68.  The Rabbit Back Literature Society by Pasi Iimari Jaaskelainen ~ Started: 06.10.14 ~ Finished: 16.10.14

69.  The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield ~ Started: 16.10.14 ~ Finished: 22.10.14

70.  Dolly: A Ghost Story by Susan Hill ~ Started: 22.10.14 ~ Finished: 23.10.14

71.  In a Handful of Dust (Not a Drop to Drink~Book 2) by Mindy McGinnis ~ Started: 28.10.14 ~ Finished: 29.10.14

 

November ~

 

72.  The Humans by Matt Haig ~ Started: 30.10.14 ~ Finished: 30.10.14

73.  Among Monsters: A Red Hill Novella by Jamie McGuire ~ Started: 03.11.14 ~ Finished: 03.11.14

74.  The Strain (The Strain Trilogy~Book 1) by Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan ~ Started: 06.11.14 ~ Finished: 08.11.14

75.  The Fall (The Strain Trilogy~Book 2) by Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan ~ Started: 08.11.14 ~ Finished: 10.11.14

76.  The Night Eternal (The Strain Trilogy~Book 3) by Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan ~ Started: 11.11.14 ~ Finished: 14.11.14

77.  Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell ~ Started: 14.11.14 ~ Finished: 15.11.14

78.  Florence and Giles by John Harding ~ Started: 16.11.14 ~ Finished: 20.11.14

79.  The Girl Who Couldn't Read by John Harding ~ Started: 20.11.14 ~ Finished: 23.11.14

 

December:grinhat: 

 

80.  The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North ~ Started: 23.11.14 ~ Finished: 01.12.14

81.  Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan ~ Started: 01.12.14 ~ Finished: 04.12.14

82.  Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell ~ Started: 04.12.14 ~ Finished: 07.12.14

83.  Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman ~ Started: 07.12.14 ~ Finished:

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Thanks everyone and happy new year to you all :)

 

Ruth ~ I just started the third book in the series 'Check Mate', I am enjoying the series. :)

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Noughts & Crosses Series ~ Started: 26.12.13 ~ Finished: 14.01.14

 

Titles of Books: Noughts & Crosses (Bk1), Knife's Edge (Bk2), Check Mate (Bk3), Double Cross (Bk4)

Name of Author: Malorie Blackman

Editions: Paperback

ISBN-10: 0552555703 (Bk1), 0552548928 (Bk2), 0552551945 (Bk3), 0552559601 (Bk4)

Number of Pages: 512 (Bk1), 416 (Bk2), 528 (Bk3), 448 (Bk4)

 

I enjoyed this series immensely from the start of book one to the end of book four. I was engrossed as the story of Callum & Sephy began, their relationship, their families and the world they lived in was explored.

 

Malorie Blackman is one of the best YA authors I have read in quite some time, each chapter is shown from the point of view of the different characters and they are written so well you get to know the character on a different level, their thoughts and feelings, great to read.

 

There were a few moments in all of the books which I did not particularly enjoy, I did not like Sephy at all in book one but as the series progressed I grew to like her, you see her growing up, changing, learning to love herself. The female characters were all strong, independent, well written characters, easy to identify with and respect.

 

One of the best YA series I have read.

 

Highly recommended.

 

Rating: 4/5

 

******

 

Coraline by Neil Gaiman ~ Started: 14.01.14 ~ Finished: 16.01.14

 

Title of Book: Coraline

Name of Author: Neil Gaiman

Edition: Paperback (Anniversary edition)

ISBN-10: 1408841754

Number of Pages: 208

 

Synopsis ~

 

There is something strange about Coraline's new home. It's not the mist, or the cat that always seems to be watching her, nor the signs of danger that Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, her new neighbours, read in the tea leaves. It's the other house - the one behind the old door in the drawing room. Another mother and father with black-button eyes and papery skin are waiting for Coraline to join them there. And they want her to stay with them. For ever. She knows that if she ventures through that door, she may never come back.

 

What I thought of 'Coraline' ~

 

I saw the film adaptation of 'Coraline' during the Christmas season and I absolutely loved it, it was also a stop motion film which I love too. On the basis of the film and how much I enjoy reading books by Neil Gaiman I bought 'Coraline' with the added bonus of illustrations by Chris Riddell.

 

'Coraline' is the story of a young girl called Coraline (not Caroline as she is mistakenly called throughout the book) who has recently moved into a new flat with her parents, who are both busy people so Coraline spends a lot of time on her own whilst getting to know her new neighbours. Coraline is exploring when she discovers a door in the sitting room, behind the door is a brick wall following the renovations of the house into flats but when Coraline opens it again later she finds a tunnel, a tunnel to a flat the same as her home but slightly different and her new mother, who doesn't have eyes, just buttons for eyes.

 

I really enjoyed 'Coraline', the story is dark story which I liked, Coraline finds herself in a strange world where she has to faced different strange things and has to be brave, which Coraline does very well.

 

Fantastic read which I will read again and again. The perfect story for young and old alike.

 

Rating: 5/5

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I, Zombie by Hugh Howey ~ Started: 13.01.14 ~ Finished: 18.01.14

 

Title of Book: I, Zombie

Name of Author: Hugh Howey

Edition: Kindle

ASIN: B008PIHXS6

Number of Pages: 306

 

Synopsis ~

 

This book contains foul language and fouler descriptions of life as a zombie. It will offend most anyone, so proceed with caution or not at all.

And be forewarned: This is not a zombie book. This is a different sort of tale. It is a story about the unfortunate, about those who did not get away. It is a human story at its rotten heart. It is the reason we can't stop obsessing about these creatures, in whom we see all too much of ourselves.

 

What I thought of 'I, Zombie' ~

 

'I, Zombie' is a very interesting read and a different take on the zombie genre, its the story of the zombies as opposed to the survivors.

 

As the characters slowly changed, you experience their thoughts, their feelings and what they now are.

 

I felt sorry for all the characters. Great read.

 

Highly recommended.

 

Rating: 4/5

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That sounds really fascinating, Paula - kinda reminds me of Warm Bodies a little in that it contemplates the zombie side of things. Might give it a look!

 

It reminded me of 'Warm Bodies' too Noll, definitely give it a try plus Hugh Howey is a great writer, I love his 'Wool' trilogy. :)

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Snake Ropes by Jess Richards ~ Started: 16.01.14 ~ Finished: 26.01.14

 

Title of Book: Snake Ropes

Name of Author: Jess Richards

Edition: Kindle

ASIN: B007INSD5G

Number of Pages: 352

 

Synopsis ~

 

On An Island
Off The Edge Of The Map,
Boys Are Disappearing.
The day the tall men come from the mainland to trade, Mary's little brother goes missing. She needs to find him. She needs to know a secret that no-one else can tell her.

 

What I thought of 'Snake Ropes' ~

 

'Snake Ropes' is the story of Mary and Morgan, two very different girls who live very different lives on a isolated island, Mary lives with her Da and her brother, Barney, while Morgan lives with her parents and her twin sisters in a house surrounded by a large fence which is locked from the outside world and Morgan and her sisters are not allowed outside. Mary lives for Barney, while dealing with The Tall Men who come from the mainland to trade. Everything changes for Mary when Barney is taken by the Tall Men and as Mary searches for Barney, secrets are revealed and fears faced.

 

I bought and downloaded 'Snake Ropes' in December 2012 and then got the paperback copy from my husband for Christmas the same year (much to my own embarrassment I had forgot to tell him I already had a copy). It took me a few attempts to get into 'Snake Ropes' but I am glad to say by the third attempt I was engrossed in the story. 'Snake Ropes' is a well written and quirky story, I loved how Jess Richards described the island, bleak but beautiful. Mary's dialect is difficult to read at first but the more you read, the more you understand it. Mary and Morgan are interesting characters, they are both determined in their own ways, brave, independent and great to read.

 

Beautifully written and highly recommended. I am looking forward to reading Jess Richard's next book 'Cooking with Bones'.

 

Rating: 5/5

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