Anna Begins Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 (edited) 55% done with Allegiant and looking forward to starting on my TBR list on or around the 31st. Here we go... To Be Read in 2014 Abarat By Clive Barker Abarat: Days of Majic, Nights of War By Clive Barker wasn't crazy about #1 Abarat: Absolute Midnight By Clive Barker see above Books of Blood #1 By Clive Barker am reading Thief of Always By Clive Barker (Re Read) not yet And the Mountains Echoed By khaled Hosseini Angela's Ashes By Frank McCourt Charlie and the Chocolae Factory By Roald Dahl did not like Dahl James and the Giant Peach By Roald Dahl Clan of the Cave Bear By Jean M. Awel Cujo By Stephen King still TBR Damned by Chuck Palanhniuk (Re Read) Doomed By Chuck Palanhniuk (Sequel to Damned) Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen By Allison Weir Persuader (Jack Reacher #7) By Lee Child The enemy (Jack Reacher #8) By Lee Child The Handmaids Tale By Margaret Atwood Life After Life By Kate Atkinson couldn't get hooked The Poisonwood Bible By Barabra Kingsolver Transpotting By Irving Welsh We need to talk about Kevin By Lionel Shriver still TBR The Wonderful Wizard of Oz By L Frank Baum still TBR New to the TBR List: Mile 81- Stephen King In the Tall Grass- Stephen King and Joe Hill Throttle- Stephen King and Joe Hill When I Found You- Catherine Ryan Hyde Begin Grimm's Fairy Tales By Jack and Wilhem Grimm Edited September 15, 2014 by Anna Begins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 (edited) Books read in 2014 January 1. (2/5) The Handmaid's Tale- Margaret Atwood (324pages) 12/29/13- 1/2/14 2. Not rated My Hamster- Immanuel Birelin (manuel, but 150pgs) 1/4- 1/4 3. (4/5) Angela's Ashes- Frank McCourt (532 pages) 1/7- 1/17 4. (4/5) Abarat- Clive Barker (528 pages) 1/17-1/24 5. (4.5/5) Starship Troopers- Robert A Heinlein (292 pages) 1/24- 1/30 Total for January= 1826 pages February 6. (5/5) Clan of the Cave Bear - Jean M. Auel 2/1-2/7 (560pgs) 8. (5/5) Pursuader- Lee Child 2/7-2/9 (352pgs) 9. (4/5) Mile 81- Stephen King 2/10 (80pgs) 10. (3/5) In the Tall Grass- Stephen King and Joe Hill 2/10 (50pgs) 11. (3/5) The Enemy- Lee Child 2/11-2/13 (400pgs) 12. (2/5) The Transfer: A Divergent Story 2/13 (30pgs) 13. (0/5) Free Four (Divergent short story) 2/13 (16pgs) 14, (3/5) Poe- J Lincoln Fenn 2/13- 2/14 (372pgs) 15. (3/5) Vampire Academy- Richelle Mead 2/14- 2/15 (340pgs) 16. (5/5) Swastika Night- Katherine Burdekin 2/15-2/17 (208pages) 17. (4/5) Damned- Chuck Palahniuk 2/17-2/18 (258pgs) 18. (2/5) Doomed- Chuck Palahniuk 2/18-2/20 (340 painful pgs) 19. (4/5) Go Ask Alice- Anonymous 2/20-2/21 (200pgs) 20. (4/5) Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World- Alison Weir 2/21-2/26 (about 575pgs) Total for February= 3781 pages March 21. (5/5) The Six Wives of Henry VIII- Alison Weir 2/26-3/2 (571pgs) 22. (5/5) NOS4A2- Joe Hill 3/4-3/10 (650 pages) 23. (5/5) The 100 Year Old Man Who climbed out His Window and Disappeared- Jonas Jonasson 3/10- 3/11 (400pages) 24. (5/5) When I Found You- Catherine Ryan Hyde (400pgs) 3/11-3/14 25. (3.5/5) And The Mountains Echoed- Khalid Hosseini (417pgs) 3/14-3/15 26. (4/5) Valley of the Horses by Jean M Auel (380 pages) 3/15-3/21 27. (4/5) The Mammoth Hunters Jean M Auel (723pages) 3/21-3/28 Total for March= 3541 pages April 28. (4/5) The Hard Way (Jack Reacher No 10) by Lee Child (375pages) 3/28-4/1 29. (5/5) Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher No 11) by Lee Child (380 pages) 4/4-4/6 30. (3/5) Water for Elephants by Sara Guen (350 Pages) 4/6- 4/9 31. (3/5) The Bloodletters Daughter By Linda Lafferty (530 Pages) 4/9- 4/14 32. (2/5) Nothing to Lose (Jack Reacher No 12) By Lee Child (546 pages) 4/15- 4/20 33. (3/5) Poinsonwood Bible- Barbara Kingsolver (570 pages) 4/22- 4/30 Total for April= 2751 pages May 34. (4/5) 61 Hours (Jack Reacher 14) Lee Child (514 pages) 4/30- 5/6 35. (1/5) Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher No 13) By Lee Child (578pages) 5/7-5/14 36. (2/5) Rules of Prey by John Sandford (496pages) 5/14- 5/20 37. (5/5) Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (965pages) 5/16-5/26 38. (5/5) Walk Me Home By Katherine Ryan Hyde (374 pages) 5/26-5/28 Total for May: 2927 pages June 39. (4/5) Worth Dying For (Jack Reacher 15) by Lee Child (530 pages) 5/28- 6/1 40. (4/5) Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson (400 pages) 5/30- 6/3 41. (2/5) Zombie Apocalypse 1 by Keith Luethke (69 pages) 6/6 42. (2/5) Zombie Apocalypse 2: Spreading the Disease #2 (71 pages) 6/6 43. (2/5) Zombie Apocalypse 3: Haunted Wasteland #3 (92 pages) 6/7 44. (2/5) Zombie Apocalypse 4: Those Who Remain (58 pages) 6/8 45. (2/5) Zombie Apocalypse 5: Desperate Measures (80 pages) 6/8 46. (5/5) Wild Swans by Jung Chang (570 pages) 6/3-6/13 47. (3/5) A Wanted Man (Jack Reacher No 17) by Lee Child (570 pages) 6/13-6/17 48. (4/5) Mr Mercedes by Stephen King (450 pages) 6/18-6/25 Total for June: 2,890 Total for 6 months: 17,716 July 49. (5/5) Carrie by Stephen King (audiobook by Sissy Spacek, (181 pages) 7/4-7/8 50. (5/5) Don't Let Me Go by Catherine Ryan Hyde (422 pages) 7/8-7/11 51. The Fountainhead by Ayn rand (750pages) 7/11-7/30 Total for July: 1,112 pages August 52. (3/5) 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup (227 pages) 8/1-8/4 53. (4/5) Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands by Chris Bohjalian (288 pages) 8/5-8/8 54. (4/5) All rivers Run to the Sea: Memoirs by Elie Wiesel (432 pages) 8/8- 55. (3.5/5) Once (Once Series) by Morris Gleizman (164 pages) 8/21 56. (3.5/5) Then (Once Series) by Morris Gleizman (224 pages) 8/22 Total for August= 1,335 pages September 57. (2/5) Burnt Tongues: An Anthology of Transgressive Fiction Edited by Chuck Palahniuk (50%, 200 pages) 8/29-9/2 58. (4/5) Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh (344 pages) 9/3-9/16 59. (4/5) Personal by Lee Child (369 pages) 9/20- 9/22 60. (3.5) Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam Trilogy) by Margaret Atwood (436 pages) 9/22-9/27 Total for September= 1,349 pages October 61. Four: The Initiate 62. Four The Transfer 63. Four: The Son 64. Four: The Traitor Collection by Veronica Roth Total= 304 pages, 10/3- 10/5 65. Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood (518 pages) 9/28- 10/12 Abandoned: MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood (100 pages of 418 pages) Total for October= 922 pages November 65. When You Were Older by Catherine Ryan Hyde (565 pages) 11/1- 11/5 66 The Humans by Matt Haig (321 Pages) 11/7- 11/10, 11/16, 11/24 (finished) 67. The Maze Runner (Maze Runner series Book 1) by James Dashner (386 pages) 11/6- 11/13 (3 days off for read a thon) 68. The Scorch Trials (Maze Runner series Book 2) by James Dashner (370 pages) 11/13-11/16 69. The Death Cure (Maze Runner series Book 3) by James Dashner (354 pages) 11/16- 11/20, 11/23 (finished) 70. Hell on Earth: Brutality and Violence Under the Stalinist Regime- Ludwik Kowalski (140 pages) 11/20- 11/22 Total for November= 2,136 pages December 77. Deep Down (Jack Reacher Short Story)- Lee Child (est. 44) 12/8 78. Second Suicide- Hugh Howey (est 22 pages) 12/8 79. High Heat- Lee Child (est. 73 pages) 12/8 80. An Abundance of Katherines- John Green (276 pages) 12/12- 12/14 81. The Shell Collector- Hugh Howey (282 pages) 12/14-12/15 82. A Thousand Splendid Suns- Khaled Hosseini (379 pages) 12/16- 12/18 83. Second Son (a Jack Reacher Kindle Single)- Lee Child (40 pages) 12/18 84. Winter's Bone- Daniel Woodrell (225 pages) 12/18 85. A Christmas Carol- Charles Dickens, Narrated by Tim Curry (108 pages, 3h 33mins) 12/20 86. Ender's Game- Orson Scott Card (251 pages) 12/ 22- 12/23, 12/29 87. Anthem- Ayn Rand (92 pages) 12/30 Read a thon 71. Promises of London- Hugh Howey (est. 10 pages)- 12/5 72. Glitch- Hugh Howey (est. 18 pages) 12/5 73. The Walk up Nameless Ridge- Hugh Howey (est. 18 pages) 12/6 74. Not a Drill (Jack Reacher Short Story)- Lee Child (est. 44 pages) 12/6-12/7 75. Mitosis (A Reckoners Story)- Brandon Sanderson (est. 35 pages) 12/7 76. Old Girls in Low Cotton- Helen Childress (est. 42 pages) 12/7 Total for December= 1,991 pages Total for July- December= 8,845 pages Total for 2014= 26,347 pages 87 books for 2014 Edited December 30, 2014 by Anna Begins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 (edited) Books Bought in 2014 Books of Blood Vol.1- Clive Barker Salem's Lot- Stephen King Complete Works and Poems by Edger Allen Poe- Edger Allen Poe (free on Kindle) Grimm's Fairy Tales- Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (free on Kindle) 12 Years a Slave- Solomon Northrup Mile 81- Stephen King In the Tall Grass- Stephen King with Joe Hill re bought as Kindle book Horns- Joe Hill When I Found You- Catherine Ryan Hyde A Zombie Apocalypse 2: Spreading the Disease- Keith Luethke (Kindle Single) A Zombie Apocalypse 3: The Haunted Wasteland- Keith Luethke (Kindle Single) Edited September 28, 2014 by Anna Begins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocelyne Forget Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Bonjour Anna, Do you believe that the book " I am Malala" is a MUST read in 2014 ? What is your opinion about it ? Thank you, Jocelyne Forget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 Starting 2014 with Salem's Lot by Stephen King, Books of Blood #1 by Clive Barker and The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Attwood. I usually don't read more than one book at a time, but am making an exception this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 I'm back to The Handmaids Tale, with Books of Blood #1 on the side. Salem's Lot will be next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 I wish you a good reading year in 2014! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 I wish you a good reading year in 2014! Thanks- I'm so jealous you live in Netherlands! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devi Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 (edited) Happy new year and many happy reading adventures for 2014! Edited January 2, 2014 by Devi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooshie Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Starting 2014 with Salem's Lot by Stephen King, Books of Blood #1 by Clive Barker and The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Attwood. I usually don't read more than one book at a time, but am making an exception this time. I really enjoyed all of those, Anna, and look forward to hearing what you think of them. From your list, I also enjoyed Cujo and We Need to Talk About Kevin. Hope you really enjoy your reading in 2014! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 I really enjoyed all of those, Anna, and look forward to hearing what you think of them. From your list, I also enjoyed Cujo and We Need to Talk About Kevin. Hope you really enjoy your reading in 2014! I'm glad to hear you liked We Need to Talk About Kevin. It sounds good, but I wasn't sure I'd like it too much. Happy New Year and Happy reading! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 Happy new year and many happy reading adventures for 2014! And same to you- thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Happy Reading in the coming year Anna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooshie Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 I'm glad to hear you liked We Need to Talk About Kevin. It sounds good, but I wasn't sure I'd like it too much. Happy New Year and Happy reading! Thanks! I wouldn't choose We Need to Talk About Kevin if you need cheering up or are in the mood for an easy read - it is a very thoughtprovoking book covering some difficult subject matter, but I found it very powerful and a great read. I have read quite a lot of Clive Barker, but not the Abarat books - I tend not to pick up books if they are aimed at the YA audience, although I think I need to change that and do have The Hunger Games Trilogy waiting to be read - and only looked them up after seeing them on your list. They look very interesting too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 (edited) Thanks! I wouldn't choose We Need to Talk About Kevin if you need cheering up or are in the mood for an easy read - it is a very thoughtprovoking book covering some difficult subject matter, but I found it very powerful and a great read. I have read quite a lot of Clive Barker, but not the Abarat books - I tend not to pick up books if they are aimed at the YA audience, although I think I need to change that and do have The Hunger Games Trilogy waiting to be read - and only looked them up after seeing them on your list. They look very interesting too. From what you say and seem to like, I'd try the Divergent series before Hunger Games (although Hunger Games trilogy is one of my favorite "books") I'm not into YA at all but man, Divergent isn't like anything I've read before, YA or not. Thief of Always is a great YA Barker book, written long ago, although my daughter will have to be preteen before reading it . I've tried to read Abarat before, but I'm going to try again. Reading Books of Blood #1 right now, a collection of his short stories... it's good- like everything Barker Edited January 3, 2014 by Anna Begins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Cujo By Stephen King Transpotting By Irving Welsh Cujo is one of my favorites from King, I hope you enjoy it And Trainspotting is excellent! Somewhat disturbing, from time to time, but a great read Can't wait to see which books you acquire later on this year, seeing as you have more room on your TBR than some others... Lucky you! I hope you have a great reading year 2014! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 (edited) I actually planed to have a short TBR list as I like to do a lot of virtual shopping at Amazon! BTW- I ended up finishing The Handmaids Tale. I might start Life or Pi or Salem's Lot will take over- two not on my TBR list Oh- and I'm totally looking forward to Cujo! I did see the movie Trainspotting, so am a bit prepared- hopefully!Any books you're super excited for this year? Edited January 4, 2014 by Anna Begins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie H Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Happy Reading in 2014 . The Poisonwood Bible is a very good, and a memorable read too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Good luck this year, Anna I also loved Poisonwood Bible . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Happy New Year Anna and Happy Reading! I'd second what Oosh says about We Need to Talk About Kevin .. it's not my sort of read normally but it was on a holiday cottage bookshelf and I'd run out of my own reads. From page one I was totally gripped .. though I do believe I squinted through some of the more graphic stuff Also absolutely loved The Poisonwood Bible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Happy reading in 2014, Anna. I haven't read And the Mountains Echoed By Khaled Hosseini - I read both his first two books, and despite enjoying the majority of both of them, I felt the endings let them both down, so I haven't picked up this latest one yet. I hope you enjoy it, and I'll be reading your thoughts on it with interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 (edited) Happy reading in 2014, Anna. I haven't read And the Mountains Echoed By Khaled Hosseini - I read both his first two books, and despite enjoying the majority of both of them, I felt the endings let them both down, so I haven't picked up this latest one yet. I hope you enjoy it, and I'll be reading your thoughts on it with interest. I've only read The Kite Runner so far but have really wanted to read some of his other books, just haven't had time. Happy Reading to you too! Happy New Year Anna and Happy Reading! I'd second what Oosh says about We Need to Talk About Kevin .. it's not my sort of read normally but it was on a holiday cottage bookshelf and I'd run out of my own reads. From page one I was totally gripped .. though I do believe I squinted through some of the more graphic stuff Also absolutely loved The Poisonwood Bible I'm definitely looking forward to We Need to Talk About Kevin now and glad The Poisonwood Bible is so highly recommended. I've read a ton of her work, but more YA (The Bean Trees, Animal Dreams, Pigs in Heaven, High Tide in Tucson). Happy New Year to you! Edited January 10, 2014 by Anna Begins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 Back from a 4 night stay at Dineyland. Got $100 in Amazon Gift Cards for my birthday!!!! We're talking like, almost half my TBR list this year or more. I'm so excited! Oh ya, and started Angela's Ashes (on the TBR list) while away. Liking it so far, about page 180. Not so much reading time when vacationing at The Happiest Place on Earth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 $100? That is a lovely total to HAVE TO spend on booky things! Did you enjoy your Disney trip? I would imagine it's a great time of year to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Oh wow Anna .. that's amazing. Enjoy spending your vouchers and we'll look forward to seeing what you spent them on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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