Kelly's Reading 2010

[lexiepiper]

Books read in 2007 (78)

Books read in 2008 (53)

Books read in 2009 (127)

 

This year I have 3 goals:

~ I'm hoping to read 150 books, which is just about 3 books a week, so I think it's fairly achievable, I just hope my mojo agrees!

~ I'm also wanting to get through some of my TBR pile, which has grown quite considerably in the past year! So I'm going to try and reign in my book buying and get through a chunk of the ones that have been waiting.

~ I want to read another 15-20 books towards my Around The World Challenge.

 

So here's to a happy reading year!

[lexiepiper]

Books Read ~

 

January

1. Kit Whitfield - Bareback (3/5)

2. Erica Spindler - Breakneck (5/5)

3. Lola Jaye - By The Time You Read This (3.5/5)

4. Alyson Noel - Evermore (4/5)

5. Vicki Myron - Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched The World (3.5/5)

6. Maggie Stiefvater - Shiver (5/5)

7. Tess Gerritsen - Girl Missing (3.5/5)

8. Dean Koontz - The Taking (4/5)

9. L.J. Smith - Strange Power (4/5)

10. L.J. Smith - The Possessed (3.5/5)

11. L.J. Smith - The Passion (2.5/5)

12. Rebecca 'Bea' Dakin - The Girlfriend Experience (3.5/5)

13. Markus Zusak - I Am The Messenger (4.5/5)

14. Jeffery Deaver - The Blue Nowhere (4.5/5)

15. Charlaine Harris - A Touch Of Dead (4/5)

February

16. Charlaine Harris - Grave Secret (5/5)

17. Sara Gruen - Water For Elephants (5/5)

18. Tess Gerritsen - Bloodstream (5/5)

19. Linwood Barclay - Too Close To Home (3.5/5)

20. Harlan Coben - Hold Tight (4/5)

21. Karen Rose - Die For Me (4.5/5)

22. Karen Rose - Scream For Me (4.5/5)

23. Karen Rose - Kill For Me (4.5/5)

March

24. Jodi Picoult - Change Of Heart (4/5)

25. Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows - The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Society (4/5)

26. Alyson Noel - Blue Moon (3/5)

27. Morris Gleitzman - Once (4.5/5)

28. Charlaine Harris - Dead Until Dark (5/5)

April

29. Charlaine Harris - Living Dead In Dallas (5/5)

30. Charlaine Harris - Club Dead (5/5)

31. Charlaine Harris - Dead To The World (5/5)

32. Charlaine Harris - Dead As A Doornail (5/5)

33. Charlaine Harris - Definitely Dead (5/5)

34. Charlaine Harris - All Together Dead (5/5)

35. Charlaine Harris - From Dead To Worse (5/5)

36. Charlaine Harris - Dead And Gone (5/5)

37. Kelley Armstrong - Tales Of The Otherworld (5/5)

38. Kelley Armstrong - Bitten (5/5)

39. Kelley Armstrong - Stolen (5/5)

40. Alexandra Sokoloff - The Harrowing (4/5)

41. Vikas Swarup - Slumdog Millionaire (5/5)

May

42. P.C. & Kristin Cast - Burned (4.5/5)

43. Beth Fantaskey - Jessica's Guide To Dating On The Dark Side (4/5)

44. Carrie Ryan - The Forest Of Hands & Teeth (5/5)

45. Carrie Ryan - The Dead-Tossed Waves (4.5/5)

46. Charlaine Harris - Dead In The Family (3/5)

47. Laurie Halse Anderson - Wintergirls (4/5)

48. Tess Gerritsen - Harvest (4/5)

49. Becca Fitzpatrick - Hush, Hush (4.5/5)

50. Lauren Kate - Fallen (3.5/5)

June

51. Kelley Armstrong - The Summoning (4.5/5)

52. Kelley Armstrong - The Awakening (5/5)

53. Kelley Armstrong - The Reckoning (5/5)

54. Alex Flinn - Beastly (2.5/5)

55. Nicholas Sparks - Dear John (5/5)

56. Stephenie Meyer - The Short Second Life Of Bree Tanner (4/5)

57. Gayle Forman - If I Stay (5/5)

58. Ben Sherwood - The Death And Life Of Charlie St. Cloud (4/5)

59. Tess Gerritsen - The Killing Place (5/5)

60. Lauren Oliver - Before I Fall (4.5/5)

61. Nicholas D. Satan - The Devil's Diaries (4/5)

62. Suzanne LaFleur - Love, Aubrey (4/5)

 

July

63. Jodi Picoult - Picture Perfect (4/5)

64. Rachel Caine - Glass Houses (5/5)

65. Rachel Caine - The Dead Girls' Dance (5/5)

66. Rachel Caine - Midnight Alley (5/5)

67. Rachel Caine - Feast Of Fools (5/5)

68. Rachel Caine - Lord Of Misrule (4.5/5)

69. Rachel Caine - Carpe Corpus (5/5)

70. Rachel Caine - Fade Out (4.5/5)

71. Rachel Caine - Kiss Of Death (5/5)

72. Maggie Stiefvater - Shiver (5/5)

73. Maggie Stiefvater - Linger (4.5/5)

 

August

74. Sarwat Chadda - Dark Goddess (4/5)

75. Kelley Armstrong - Waking The Witch (5/5)

76. Linwood Barclay - Fear The Worst (4/5)

77. Eve Edwards - The Other Countess (3.5/5)

78. Carol Lynch Williams - The Chosen One (4/5)

79. Charlaine Harris - Dancers In The Dark (4/5)

80. Elizabeth Gilbert - Eat, Pray, Love (4/5)

81. Sebastian Fitzek - Therapy (5/5)

82. Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games (5/5)

83. Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (4.5/5)

84. Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (5/5)

 

September

85. Alex Scarrow - TimeRiders: Day Of The Predator (4/5)

86. Meg Cabot, Stephenie Meyer et al - Prom Nights From Hell (2.5/5)

87. John Vornholt - Coyote Moon (3/5)

88. Cormac McCarthy - The Road (4.5/5)

89. Jay Asher - Thirteen Reasons Why (4.5/5)

90. Tess Gerritsen - Presumed Guilty (4/5)

91. Nikki Logan - Their Newborn Gift (3/5)

92. James Dashner - The Maze Runner (4/5)

 

October

93. J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (4/5)

94. Christopher Stookey - Terminal Care (4/5)

95. Rosamund Lupton - Sister (5/5)

96. Jeremy De Quidt - The Toymaker (2.5/5)

97. Meg Cabot - Love You To Death (4/5)

98. Meg Cabot - High Stakes (4/5)

99. Pittacus Lore - I Am Number Four (4/5)

100. Jo Nesbo - The Snowman (4.5/5)

101. J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (4/5)

102. J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (4.5/5)

 

November

103. J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (5/5)

104. J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (4/5)

105. J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (5/5)

106. J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows (5/5)

107. P.C. Cast - The Fledgling Handbook (3/5)

108. Erica Spindler - Blood Vines (4/5)

 

December

109. Susan Hill - The Small Hand (2.5/5)

110. Dennis Lehane - Shutter Island (5/5)

111. Kimberly Derting - The Body Finder (5/5)

112. Simone Elkeles - Perfect Chemistry (3.5/5)

113. Daniel Waters - Generation Dead (3.5/5)

Edited January 1, 2011 by lexiepiper

[lexiepiper]

Discarded -

Sara Shepard - All The Things We Didn't Say (incredibly boring, I just couldn't bear to read another page)

Edited December 10, 2010 by lexiepiper

[lexiepiper]

My TBR pile (as of Jan 1st 2010)

 

Douglas Adams - The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy

Douglas Adams - The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe

Douglas Adams - Life, The Universe And Everything

Douglas Adams - So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish

Douglas Adams - Mostly Harmless

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Half Of A Yellow Sun

Cecelia Ahern - If You Could See Me Now

Lyn Andrews - Ellan Vannin

Virginia Andrews - Flowers In The Attic/Petals On The Wind

Beryl Bainbridge - An Awfully Big Adventure

Melissa Bank - The Girl's Guide To Hunting And Fishing

Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room

Linwood Barclay - Too Close To Home

Peter Barham - The Invisible Girl

Nicola Barry - Mother's Ruin

James Becker - The First Apostle

Mark Billingham - The Burning Girl

Maeve Binchy - Night Of Rain And Stars

Malorie Blackman - Noughts And Crosses

Enid Blyton - The Magic Faraway Tree

Enid Blyton - Hollow Tree House

S.J. Bolton - Sacrifice

Cupcake Brown - A Piece Of Cake

Dan Brown - Angels And Demons

Bill Bryson - A Short History Of Nearly Everything

Alan Carr - Look Who It Is!

Amelia Carr - Dance With Wings

J.L. Carrell - The Shakespeare Secret

Stephen L. Carter - Palace Council

Diane Chamberlain - The Bay At Midnight

Lee Child - Killing Floor

Lee Child - Tripwire

Lee Child - The Visitor

Lee Child - Echo Burning

Lee Child - Without Fail

Lee Child - Persuader

Lee Child - The Enemy

Lee Child - One Shot

Lee Child - The Hard Way

Lee Child - Bad Luck And Trouble

John Christopher - The Death Of Grass

Harlan Coben - Hold Tight

Harlan Coben - Promise Me

Jenny Colgan - Working Wonders

John Connolly - The Book Of Lost Things

Michael Cordy - The Lucifer Code

Michael Cordy - The Venus Conspiracy

Patricia Cornwell - All That Remains

Patricia Cornwell - Cause Of Death

Patricia Cornwell - From Potter's Field

Patricia Cornwell - Point Of Origin

Patricia Cornwell - Scarpetta

Patricia Cornwell - Unnatural Exposure

Richie Tankersley Cusick – April Fools/Sinclair Smith – The Waitress/R.L. Stine – The Snowman

Roald Dahl - Fantastic Mr Fox

Roald Dahl - The Witches

Roald Dahl - The Twits

Roald Dahl - James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl - The BFG

Roald Dahl - The Magic Finger

Roald Dahl - The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

Roald Dahl - Esio Trot

Roald Dahl - Boy Tales & Childhood

Roald Dahl - Matilda

Roald Dahl - Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Roald Dahl - Danny the Champion of the World

Roald Dahl - George's Marvellous Medicine

Roald Dahl - Going Solo

Iimani David - Anathema Rhodes: Dreams

Jeffrey Deaver - The Blue Nowhere

Jeffrey Deaver - The Bone Collector

Jeffrey Deaver - The Coffin Dancer

David Ebershoff - The 19th Wife

Kim Edwards - The Memory Keepers Daughter

Jon Evans - The Blood Price

John Fenton - Please Don't Make Me Go

Helen Fielding - Olivia Joules And The Overactive Imagination

Stephen Fry - The Book Of General Ignorance

Stephen Fry - The Book Of Animal Ignorance

Stephen Fry - QI Advanced Banter

Lisa Gardner - Alone

Alex Garland - The Tesseract

Tess Gerritsen - Bloodstream

Tess Gerritsen - Girl Missing

Cathy Glass - The Saddest Girl In The World

Ben Goldacre - Bad Science

Arthur Golden - Memoirs Of A Geisha

Ernesto 'Che' Guevara - The Motorcycle Diaries

Joanne Harris - Chocolat

Thomas Harris - Hannibal Rising

Thomas Harris - Red Dragon / Silence Of The Lambs

Thomas Harris - Hannibal

Torey Hayden - Overheard In A Dream

Jonathan Hayes - Precious Blood

Judi Hendricks - Isabel's Daughter

David Hewson - The Seventh Sacrament

Wendy Holden - Simply Divine

Wendy Holden - Pastures Nouveaux

Debby Holt - Annie May's Black Book

Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splended Suns

Eva Ibbotson - The Dragonfly Pool

P.D. James - The Children Of Men

Lola Jaye - By The Time You Read This

Shaun Jeffrey - The Kult

Paul Johnston - The Blood Tree

Ismail Kadare - Chronicle In Stone

Alex Kava - A Perfect Evil

Jonathan Kellerman - A Cold Heart

Jonathan Kellerman - The Conspiracy Club

Kathleen Kent - The Heretic's Daughter

Simon Kernick - Relentless

Simon Kernick - Severed

Marian Keyes - Anybody Out There?

Stephen King - The Green Mile

Stephen King - Dreamcatcher

Stephen King - Cell

Sophie Kinsella - Remember Me?

Dorothy Koomson - My Best Friend's Girl

Dorothy Koomson - Marshmallows For Breakfast

Dean Koontz - Brother Odd

Dean Koontz - Cold Fire

Dean Koontz - Demon Seed

Dean Koontz - Dragon Tears

Dean Koontz - Forever Odd

Dean Koontz - House Of Thunder

Dean Koontz - Odd Hours

Dean Koontz - Odd Thomas

Dean Koontz - The Bad Place

Dean Koontz - The Taking

Dean Koontz - The Face

Dean Koontz - Watchers

Derek Landy - Skulduggery Pleasant

Derek Landy - Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing With Fire

Derek Landy - Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones

Lori Lansens - The Girls

Stephen Leather - Cold Kill

Harper Lee - To Kill A Mockingbird

John Ajvide Lindqvist - Let The Right One In

Matt Lowe - The Family Friend

Chris Manby - Getting Personal

Chris Manby - Girl Meets Ape

Chris Manby - Marrying For Money

Jill Mansell - Nadia Knows Best

Jill Mansell - Making Your Mind Up

Michael Marshall - The Intruders

Michael Marshall - The Straw Men

P.D. Martin - Body Count

Graham Masterton - Flesh & Blood

Ian McEwan - Atonement

Cody McFadyen - Shadow Man

Ewan McGregor & Charlie Boorman - Long Way Down

Anna McPartlin - Pack Up The Moon

Stephenie Meyer - The Host

Richard Montanari - Broken Angels

Richard Montanari - The Rosary Girls

Richard Montanari - The Skin Gods

Kate Mosse - Labyrinth

Jojo Moyes - The Peacock Emporium

Vicki Myron - Dewey: The Library Cat

Alyson Noel - Evermore

Sheila O'Flanagan - Destinations

Paul O'Grady - At My Mother's Knee...

Sharon Osbourne - Extreme: My Autobiography

Leonardo Padura - Havana Black

P.J. Parrish - Dark Of The Moon

P.J. Parrish - A Thousand Bones

Dave Pelzer - Help Yourself

Jodi Picoult - Change of Heart

Jodi Picoult - Nineteen Minutes

Jodi Picoult - Salem Falls

Jodi Picoult - Handle With Care

Jodi Picoult - Songs Of The Humpback Whale

Nicholas Pileggi - Goodfellas

Terry Pratchett - Good Omens

Richard Preston - The Hot Zone

Ian Rankin - A Question Of Blood

Kathy Reichs - Deadly Decisions

Kathy Reichs - Death Du Jour

Kathy Reichs - Deja Dead

Kathy Reichs - Monday Mourning

Eva Rice - The Lost Art Of Keeping Secrets

Ann Rinaldi - A Break With Charity

Karen Rose - Die For Me

Karen Rose - Scream For Me

Eva Schloss - Eva's Story

New Scientist - Do Polar Bears Get Lonely?

New Scientist - Does Anything Eat Wasps?

New Scientist - Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?

Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows - The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Society

Anita Shreve - A Wedding In December

Anita Shreve – All He Ever Wanted

Anita Shreve – Eden Close

Anita Shreve – Resistance

Anita Shreve – Sea Glass

Anita Shreve – Strange Fits Of Passion

Anita Shreve – The Pilot’s Wife

Anita Shreve – The Weight Of Water

Anita Shreve – Where or When

Lionel Shriver - We Need To Talk About Kevin

James Siegel - Detour / Derailed

Karin Slaughter - Triptych

Karin Slaughter - Fractured

Jane Smiley - Good Faith

L.J. Smith - Dark Visions: The Strange Power/The Possessed/The Passion

L.J. Smith - Night World: Secret Vampire/Daughters Of Darkness/Enchantress

L.J. Smith - Night World: Dark Angel/The Chosen/Soulmate

L.J. Smith - Night World: Huntress/Black Dawn/Witchlight

Erica Spindler - Breakneck

Maggie Stiefvater - Shiver

Rosie Thomas - Iris And Ruby

Scarlett Thomas - PopCo

Newton Thornburg - Cutter And Bone

J.R.R. Tolkien - The Hobbit

Danny Wallace - Join Me

Lauren Weisberger - The Devil Wears Prada

Lauren Weisberger - Chasing Harry Winston

Anne Williams - Infamous Scandals

Tim Winton - Cloudstreet

Deborah Wright - Under My Spell

Nick Yapp - True Crime

Carlos Ruiz Zafon - The Angel's Game

 

222 Books TBR as of Jan 1st

206 Books TBR currently

Edited October 15, 2010 by lexiepiper

[lexiepiper]

Books aquired in 2010 ~

 

Markus Zusak - I Am The Messenger (borrowed)

Rebecca 'Bea' Dakin - The Girlfriend Experience (review book)

Sara Gruen - Water For Elephants (bookring)

Charlaine Harris - A Touch Of Dead

Tove Jansson - Moominsummer Madness (gift - thank you Weave )

Charlaine Harris - Grave Secret (bookring)

Arthur Conan Doyle - The Case-Book Of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle - The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes

Karen Rose - Nothing To Fear

Karen Rose - Count To Ten

Torey Hayden - Just Another Kid

James Patterson - Along Came A Spider

James Patterson - Kiss The Girls

Steve Berry - The Amber Room

Sara Shepard - All The Things We Didn't Say (won on Early Reviewers)

Karen Rose - Kill For Me

Steve Berry - The Third Secret

Faye Kellerman - The Burnt House

Dean Koontz - Dark Rivers Of The Heart

Koji Suzuki - Ring (gift - thank you Weave )

James Patterson - Jack And Jill

David Nicholls - One Day

Karen Rose - Don't Tell

Alyson Noel - Blue Moon

Morris Gleitzman - Once (swapped on RISI)

Asne Seierstad - The Bookseller Of Kabul (swapped on RISI)

Marina Lewycka - A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainian (swapped on RISI)

Kishwar Desai - Witness The Night (Review book)

Vikas Swarup - Slumdog Millionaire (May reading circle)

Charlaine Harris - Dead And Gone

Rachel Vincent - Stray

Tess Gerritsen - Harvest (swapped on RISI)

Kelley Armstrong - Tales Of The Otherworld

Becca Fitzpatrick - Hush, Hush

Jessica Verday - The Hollow

Lauren Kate - Fallen

Carrie Ryan - The Forest Of Hands And Teeth

Richard Montanari - Play Dead

Claire Seeber - Bad Friends

Alexandra Sokoloff - The Harrowing

Lisa Jewell - 31 Dream Street

Jonathan Ross - Why Do I Say These Things?

P.C. & Kristin Cast - Burned

Carrie Ryan - The Dead-Tossed Waves

Beth Fantaskey - Jessica's Guide To Dating On The Dark Side

Katherine Paterson - Bridge To Terabithia

Laurie Halse Anderson - Wintergirls

Suzanne LaFleur - Love, Aubrey

Lauren Oliver - Before I Fall

Jeremy De Quidt - The Toymaker

Kelley Armstrong - The Summoning (borrowed)

Kelley Armstrong - The Awakening (borrowed)

Kelley Armstrong - The Reckoning (borrowed)

Alex Flinn - Beastly

Ben Sherwood - The Death And Life Of Charlie St. Cloud

Gayle Forman - If I Stay

Nicholas Sparks - Dear John

Stephenie Meyer - The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

Alison Kervin - WAGS At The World Cup (won)

Karen Rose - I Can See You

Lisa Gardner - The Neighbour

Tess Gerritsen - The Killing Place (review book)

Nicholas D. Satan - The Devil's Diaries (won)

Tom Reynolds - I Hate Myself And Want To Die (won)

Jodi Picoult - Picture Perfect

Patricia Cornwell - The Scarpetta Factor

Candy Gourlay - Tall Story (review book)

Rachel Caine - Glass Houses

Rachel Caine - The Dead Girls' Dance

Rachel Caine - Midnight Alley

Rachel Caine - Feast Of Fools

Rachel Caine - Lord Of Misrule

Rachel Caine - Carpe Corpus

Rachel Caine - Fade Out

Rachel Caine - Kiss Of Death

Charlaine Harris - Grave Sight

Charlaine Harris - Grave Surprise

Charlaine Harris - An Ice Cold Grave

Chelsea Cain - Heartsick/Sweetheart omnibus

Alyson Noel - Shadowland

Brunonia Barry - The Lace Reader

Miranda Dickinson - Fairytale Of New York

Darren Shan - Cirque Du Freak/The Vampire's Assistant/Tunnels Of Blood omnibus

Sarwat Chadda - Dark Goddess (review book)

Eve Edwards - The Other Countess (review book)

Alex Scarrow - Time Riders: Day Of The Predator (review book)

Maggie Stiefvater - Linger

Kelley Armstrong - Waking The Witch

Linwood Barclay - Fear The Worst

Elizabeth Gilbert - Eat, Pray, Love

Carol Lynch Williams - The Chosen One

Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay

Stephenie Meyer - Breaking Dawn

Charlaine Harris/Maggie Shayne/Barbara Hambly - Night's Edge

Rachel Vincent - Pride

Sebastian Fitzek - Therapy (bookring)

Meg Cabot - Love You To Death & High Stakes

Rick Riordan - The Lightning Thief

Tess Gerritsen - Presumed Guilty

Tess Gerritsen - Whistleblower

Rachel Vincent - Rogue

Rachel Vincent - Prey

Rachel Vincent - Shift

Dean Koontz - Relentless

Meg Cabot, Stephenie Meyer et al - Prom Nights From Hell

Claudia Gray - Evernight

Adam L G Nevill - Banquet For The Damned (gift - thank you Weave )

Adam Nevill - Apartment 16 (gift - thank you Weave )

Christopher Stookey - Terminal Care (review book)

John Vornholt et al - Buffy The Vampire Slayer omnibus 1

John Vornholt et al - Buffy The Vampire Slayer omnibus 2

Michael Connelly - Nine Dragons

Cormac McCarthy - The Road

Charlaine Harris - Dead And Gone (Signed! Won on BCF )

James Dashner - The Maze Runner (Won)

Jo Nesbo - The Snowman

Rosamund Lupton - Sister

Jill Mansell - Solo

Maxim Jakubowski - Following The Detectives: Real Locations In Crime Fiction (review book)

Daniel Waters - Generation Dead (bookring)

Erica Spindler - Blood Vines

Rachel Caine - Ghost Town

P.C. Cast - The Fledgling Handbook

Mitchell James Kaplan - By Fire, By Water (review book)

Immaculee Ilibagiza - Left To Tell (swapped on RISI)

Claudia Gray - Hourglass

Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist

Dean Koontz - Breathless

Daniel Waters - Kiss Of Life (bookring)

Susan Hill - The Small Hand (bookring)

Simone Elkeles - Perfect Chemistry (bookring)

Dennis Lehane - Shutter Island

Justin Cronin - The Passage

Emma Donoghue - Room

Stacia Kane - Unholy Ghosts

Jilliane Hoffman - Pretty Little Things

Suzanne Weyn - Distant Waves

Lee Weeks - Kiss & Die

Mark Billingham - Buried

Harlan Coben - Fade Away/Back Spin

Kimberly Derting - The Body Finder (Xmas Present)

Mira Grant - Feed (Xmas Present)

Jennifer Lynn Barnes - Raised By Wolves (Xmas Present)

Rachel Ward - Numbers (Xmas Present)

Rachel Ward - Numbers 2: The Chaos (Xmas Present)

Cecelia Ahern - The Book Of Tomorrow (Xmas Present)

Katie Flynn - A Mistletoe Kiss (Xmas Present)

 

149 books this year

77 of them read

Edited January 1, 2011 by lexiepiper

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Around The World Challenge ~

 

In 2009 I read 15 countries ~

Australia, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malawi, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden, UK, USA.

 

You can check out the books I've read and the ones I intend to read on my blog page here.

 

 

Books read in 2010 ~ 5

Channel Islands - Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows - The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Society

India - Vikas Swarup - Slumdog Millionaire

Norway - Jo Nesbo - The Snowman

Poland - Morris Gleitzman - Once

Russia - Sarwat Chadda - Dark Goddess

 

Books waiting to be read ~ 13

Ghana - Michael Cordy - The Venus Conspiracy

Nigeria - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Half Of A Yellow Sun

Argentina - Ernesto 'Che' Guevara - The Motorcycle Diaries

Cuba - Leonardo Padura - Havana Black

Afghanistan - Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns

Albania - Ismail Kadare - Chronical In Stone

Austria - Eva Ibbotson - The Dragonfly Pool

Belgium - Anita Shreve - Resistance

Brazil ~ Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist

Lithuania - Thomas Harris - Hannibal Rising

Rwanda ~ Imaculee Ilibigiza - Left to Tell

Spain - Carlos Ruiz Zafon - The Angel's Game

Ukraine - Marina Lewycka - A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainian

Vatican City - Dan Brown - Angels And Demons

Edited January 1, 2011 by lexiepiper

[lexiepiper]

Reserved just in case

[lexiepiper]

I'm currently reading Kit Whitfield - Bareback, been reading this for a couple of days now, but with it all being so busy it's taken me longer than normal, but I'm near the end so hoping to finish it tonight or tomorrow morning at the latest

[Charm]

Happy reading Lexiepiper fro 2010! Good luck with your challenge

[lexiepiper]

Thanks Charm, you too hun

[lexiepiper]

 

Bareback by Kit Whitfield

 

No. of pages: 368

Rating: 3/5

Synopsis: It is a world much like our own, with one deadly difference: ninety-nine percent of the population is lycanthropic. When the full moon rises, humans transform into lunes, blood thirsty beasts who cannot be reasoned with or tamed. Those few born unable to change are disparagingly known as barebacks, and live as victims of prejudice and oppression. All too often, they are targets of savage mauling and death by lunes who break the law to roam free on full-moon nights.

 

Twenty something bareback Lola Galley is already a veteran of the Department for the Ongoing Regulation of Lycanthropic Activities. When her friend loses a hand to a marauding lune, then is murdered before the attacker is brought to trial, Lola is desperate to see justice prevail. But the truth is seldom simple–and Lola may not like the shocking answers she uncovers.

 

Review: 99% of the population are werewolves, and for the very few that are born as 'barebacks', they are considered to have a disability, and are looked down upon by the rest of society. Being 'bareback' means that on a full moon night, they stay human and do not change into wolves, and so they have no choice by to join DORLA and hunt down rogue wolves who do not lock down, but instead roam outside illegally. When a friend of Lolas is mauled on a full-moon night by a rogue wolf and then later killed, she is determined to find out who it was. But along the way she find out some things that she would have never imagined...

 

This was a fairly enjoyable storyline, nothing particularly exciting or thrilling, but rather a slow paced story with a few twists. The characters are well written, but none are particularly endearing or likeable, although I really felt sorry for Lola at times. The world that is created is realistic and easily imaginable. The story was just generally a tad too slow going for my tastes, but it was interesting enough to keep me reading to find out what happened next. I'd say read it if you have nothing better, or can borrow it, but not a book to rush out and buy.

[Peacefield]

Your TBR pile is Mt. Everest, Lexie, wow! Lots of luck with your reads this year . Is the Maeve Binchy a new release? I used to love reading her a few years ago and would like to get back to her. I hope you enjoy Angels & Demons, it's most definitely my fave of Brown's. I also love Bill Bryson, and I can never get enough of Sophie Kinsella . Oh, and you'll have to let me know what you think of the Kathleen Kent. I have this on my wishlist and hope to get it sometime this year.

[BookJumper]

I know you weren't exactly thrilled by it but Bareback sounds right up my street *toodles off to research said book* thank you !

[Ben]

Much luck to you with the humongous TBR pile and with your reading in 2010 Lexi.

[Charm]

Hmm the storyline of Bareback does intrigue me, however as you and I have both really enjoyed some of the same supe books, I'll trust your judgement on this and only pick it up if I see it as a bargain Another great review Kelly!

[lexiepiper]

Your TBR pile is Mt. Everest, Lexie, wow! Lots of luck with your reads this year. Is the Maeve Binchy a new release? I used to love reading her a few years ago and would like to get back to her. I hope you enjoy Angels & Demons, it's most definitely my fave of Brown's. I also love Bill Bryson, and I can never get enough of Sophie Kinsella. Oh, and you'll have to let me know what you think of the Kathleen Kent. I have this on my wishlist and hope to get it sometime this year.

 

I've just checked and the Maeve Binchy was released in 2004, so not new, but it looks interesting and if I remember rightly it only cost me

[Lilywhite]

That's an incredible tbr mountain Kelly! I look forward to reading your reviews on quite a few of your books.

 

Good luck hitting that 150 mark!

[lexiepiper]

Thanks Kat

[Peacefield]

I've just checked and the Maeve Binchy was released in 2004, so not new, but it looks interesting and if I remember rightly it only cost me

[lexiepiper]

My aunt lent me Evening Class, many years ago, when I was a young teen, and I really enjoyed it, so I'll add Circle Of Friends to my wishlist, thanks Peace

[Nightwish]

Wow Kelly!! Your list it huge, suddenly mine is feeling very tiny Woo for Enid Blyton books, think I might get these out for a read as well

[lexiepiper]

Yay Enid rocks, will always remind me of being little and loving the fantastic worlds she wrote about

[nightingale]

Wow, that's a hell of a list Lexie .! Good luck with hitting your target.

 

From your list, i can say 'The Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy' and 'A short History of Nearly Everything' are great reads. And i speak as someone who rarely picks up a book . Once you start reading them, you'll need someone to crow-bar them from your fingers . Both are very funny. 'Hitch-hikers' is very imaginative and 'A Short History...', genuinely makes science-stuff enjoyable to read.

 

Happy reading .

[lexiepiper]

Thanks Nightingale

[lexiepiper]

 

Breakneck by Erica Spindler

 

No. of pages: 375

Rating: 5/5

Series: Kitt Lundgren (Book 2)

Synopsis: Hot on the heels of their last case, partners Mary Catherine (M.C.) Riggio and Kitt Lundgren, detectives in the police department's Violent Crimes Bureau in industrial, blue-collar Rockford, Illinois, are called out to a college student’s apartment where a young man with no criminal record, not even a noise complaint from his neighbors, appears to have been murdered in his sleep. The trail seems cold, until another victim turns up, and then another… each one striking closer to home for M.C. The growing list of seemingly emotionless kills leaves M.C. and Kitt little to follow—like the first victim, all the targets are young adults, kid-next-door types who’ve never taken a step outside the law. Meanwhile, the case starts to take its toll on M.C.’s personal life, setting her on edge with her partner and putting their hard-earned friendship in jeopardy. As M.C. and Kitt hunt a faceless killer, they are led deep into the cyberuniverse, where no one is who he seems and you never know who's watching. At the heart of this mesmerizing thriller is the relationship between two headstrong women as they struggle to balance their dual roles, to learn to trust, and to walk the fine line between upholding the law—and taking it into their own hands.

 

Review: When several seemingly unconnected young adults start to die in the same way, M.C. and Kitt must race against the killer to find the motive and protect more people from dying, but can they do it before the killer gets to them first?

 

Another fantastic installment from Erica Spindler, Breakneck follows on from the equally fantastic Copycat, but can be read independently. Apart from having to sleep, I couldn't put it down! It kept me gripped from the very first page, right up until the very last. I loved the way this book played on the more modern fears of the internet and it's dangers of not knowing who is behind a screenname. Along with the main story plot of the murders, there's also the lives of the two female detectives weaved into the story, you really feel like you get to know them as people and what drives them to do what they do. I would definitely recommend this to Spindler fans or to people who enjoy a good mystery thriller. She's one of my favourite authors and I can't wait to get my hands on another of her books. Enjoyable every time!