Anna Begins

It's hard for me to pick a favorite "horror" book, but after much consideration, it must be something from Poppy Z Bright. Maybe Lost Souls or Wormwood. True splatterpunk.

I'm reading Books of Blood #1 too! I had to skip ahead read The Yattering and Jack- so good! I have the graphic novel (took me forver to find and a pretty penny) but never read it.

On to Clive Barker then!

Ya, I think you're right... I'm still in a Divergent/ Allegiant mindset.

Just in from seeing The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug. I'm not into fantasy, but I liked Lord of the Rings and all. This one was relly good- my favorite so far. I love his soundtracks!

The Handmaid's Tale? I'm 100 pages in (its only 320 pages) and I'm just not feeling it. Its on my TBR list for 2014 and I was really looking forward to it. Started Clive Barker's Books of Blood #1 (also on TBR 2014) and am hooked. Could probably read both, but I'd like to know if The Handmaid's Tale is worth finishing.

Starting on my 2014 TBR list with Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.

Clive has a special shelf in my bookcase I even went to two of his signings. Check out The Thief of Always,

I Liked it, thought it was good, but then I am a Quentin Tarantino fan. If you don't like violence, it may be too much for you.

Finished Allegiant... what a ride!

Perks of being a Wallflower and Uncle Tom's Cabin are two of my favorite books. I can highly recommend Divergent, as I am on the last book and have devoured these in a matter of DAYS. Which one are you looking forward to the most?

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)

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

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

Thanks for the input, I was really hoping Id get tons of replies telling me I really need one How much is Prime? You sound like it's worth it- I've always wanted to try it.

Saw American Hustle with Jennifer Lawrence, Christian Bale (yum) and Amy Adams (who was GREAT) last night. All in all: 4/5

OOOOHH! You are so lucky! I want to re read The Stand, don't know if it will happen this year or not. have you read it before or is it new to you?

Are you glad you stuck with it?

That's pretty much my question. I am in love with them and was wondering if I need it. On one hand, its nice to have it all together in one device, but I have a Surface Tablet, so I don't think I can justify doing that. On the other, I kinda like having a separate kindle and a separate computer, especially because both are small and my tablet has a physical keyboard (that I love) Anyway, did anyone have a paperwhite and moved on to a Fire? Any reason why?

Veronica Roth's Allegiant will be my final book of 2013, I am glad to finish the series, as I wanted to start with a fresh book off my TBR list for the New Year. Love the series, not so hot on Allegiant as I was with Divergent and Insurgent (which I liked the best, but I love the middles in trilogies).

Started the Divergent series on the 21st, got hooked, stayed up reding on Christmas til 3m and now I'm on Allegiant.

Divergent series, hands down recommendation!

About 75% of the way through Divergent, already looking forward to Insurgent! And I just started it 2 days ago!

Just read Christmas Carol for the first time. Although I know the story well, it was still a GREAT read, being that it is so short, I might just read it every year!

"do other things in my spare time other than read" I love the colored months too!