AbielleRose
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Yes, seems every year I start well and dwindle, I'm hoping next year is a lot different to be honest. On another note, I've spent the last four hours re-organising my books now, and I'm about to make a to-be-read list. I'm slightly worried that the total will put me off altogether, haha.
Yay for book organization!! As soon as I can muster up some energy that list above will be alphabetized and sorted a little bit better. Part of the fun of reading is making the lists
Oh how I love lists! There is a yearly planner at work that is all about list making and I am thinking of picking it up today One of the books I'm most excited about for 2011 is the 4th and final book in the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare- City of Fallen Angels. If you haven't read that series yet DO IT!!!!! Seriously, it's one of the best YA series I've ever read and my second favorite fantasy world (behind Harry Potter.) If I remember correctly it is coming out in April. *takes off pimp hat*
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Thanks Ben
Good luck to you as well! It seems like this time every year we make ambitious plans, I'll keep my fingers crossed that we can both follow through with them for 2011! I read some more of Paranormalcy last night and might actually have to buy this one. I'd only borrowed it from work but its one that I'd like to own. *sigh* So much for saving money by borrowing the booksies! (And a big yay for another in the series coming out soon!)
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I'm about a 1/4 of the way through Paranormalcy by Kirsten White and am absolutely loving it! It's definitely one of the best YA books I've read this year.
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Maybe your dad would enjoy some Cormac McCarthy (No Country for Old Men and The Road are both great).
A lot of women I know who say they aren't really big 'readers' seem to enjoy Nora Roberts or Danielle Steele. The main thing with those authors is that they tend write by a certain formula, but the people who enjoy their work seek that because they tend to find that one little 'niche' that gets them reading- so they devour all their stuff. Maybe a writer like that would be good for your mum because if she does enjoy it then she'll have a huge library of that one particular author to pick through, if that makes sense.
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2011 Mount TBR (aka, books I own and haven't read yet, have started and never finished or need to re-read ).
KEY
BLACK - not currently reading/haven't read
RED- currently reading
GREEN- re-read
PURPLE- finished
Audio/ eBooks:
Evermore by Alyson Noel
Blue Moon by Alyson Noel
Shadowland by Alyson Noel
Dark Flame by Alyson Noel
Night Star by Alyson Noel
A Secret Kept by Tatiana de Rosnay
Classics:
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Utopia by Sir Thomas More
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
Grimms Fairy Tales
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Emma by Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Poetry and Essay Collections:
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Sparknotes Poetry Classics
The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
Japanese Death Poems
Selected Poems of William Blake
Essays and Poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Fiction:
Never Let Me Go- Kazu Ishiguro
Lulu in Marrakech by Diane Johnson
Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shreve
The Secret Papers of Madame Olivetti by Annie Vanderbilt
Black Fly Season by Giles Blunt
Thursday Next by Jasper Fforde
The Threadbare Heart by Jennie Nash
Bright Star by John Keates
Undiscovered Country by Lyn Enger
The Complete works of H.P. Lovecraft
The Raphael Affair by Iain Pears
Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
Beautiful Maria of My Soul by Oscar Hijuelos
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Blood, Bones and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton
The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern
The Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber
The Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer by Lucy Weston
Promise Not To Tell by Jennifer McMahon
Grave Goods by Ariana Franklin
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
The Next Queen of Heaven by Gregory Maguire
Traveling with Pomegranates by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Songs of Love and Death by various authors
The Mermaid's Mirror by L. K. Madigan
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
More Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
O, Juliet by Robin Maxwell
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
A Man of No Moon by Jenny McPhee
The Man Who Ate the 747 by Ben Sherwood
Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
The Glamour Chase (Doctor Who) by Gary Russell
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran
The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir
Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Push by Sapphire
The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Learning to Die in Miama by Carlos Eire
The Secrets of Mary Magdalene by Dan Burstein
Autonomy (Doctor Who) by Daniel Blythe
Sun Stroked by Cathryn Fox
Nightlight by The Harvard Lampoon
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken
Stories I wouldn't Tell Nobody but God by Rasheed Clark
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
The Trinity Six by Charles Cumming
Elixir by Hilary Duff
Sima's Undergarments for Women by Ilana Stranger Ross
Velva Jean Learns to Drive by Jennifer Niven
By Appointment Only by Janice Maynard
Voices from the Other Side by various authors
The Oracle of Stamboul by Michael David Lukas
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
Warlord by Ted Bell
The Devotion of Suspex X by Keigo Higashino
Heavenly by Jennifer Laurens
Thanks for the Memories by Cecelia Ahern
Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1
Irish Born Trilogy by Nora Roberts
Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich
Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb
Promises in Death by J.D. Robb
Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb
Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich
Goodnight Tweetheart by Teresa Medeiros
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Non Fiction:
I Had Brain Surgery, What's Your Excuse by Suzy Becker
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties by Robert Stone
John Lennon: The Life
A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer
Seducing the Demon: Writing For My Life by Erica Jong
Slash by Slash
Graphic Novels/Manga:
Haibane Renmei
Watchmen
Borrowed
Paranorlmacy by Kirsten White
Books on list so far: 113
It goes without saying that this list will most likely be growing throughout the year (if I can *hopefully* remember to keep it updated!) Right now I am hoping to finish one last book for 2010- Paranormalcy by Kirsten White, chances are I won't finish it until after the new year, though. So far its a really great story, probably one of the top 3 YA fantasy books I've read this year.
One of the really awesome things about my job is that I can borrow any book anytime I want at the store. I can also borrow the Nook eReaders for a few days at a time too and rent any book I want on it, so this year I'm hoping to get much more reading done than last year! I can officially say that reading is 'research for work', which is pretty awesome.
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America's Funniest Videos (Christmas edition)
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I would absolutely love to be Nancy Drew. How fun would it be to solve mysterys as a kid?
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Hello and welcome to BCF, Claire!
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Songbird- Eva Cassidy
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Your favourite read of the year?
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Your favourite author of the year?
Cassandra Clare
Your most read author of the year?
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Your favourite book cover of the year?
The book you abandoned (if there was more than one, then the one you read the least of)?
Hm... there were quite a few
Probably The Mermaid's Tale. The book that most disappointed you?
Decision Points by George Bush (though not for the reasons one might expect)
The funniest book you read this year?
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Your favourite literary character this year?
Jem from Clockwork Angel
Your favourite children's book this year?
Walter the Farting Dog
Your favourite non-fiction book work this year?
Hm... The Rolling Stone special Beatles edition
Your favourite biography this year?
n/a
Your favourite collection of short stories this year?
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's works (not all are short stories, but nothing else compares to her works)
Your favourite poetry collection this year?
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's collective works. Your favourite illustrated book of the year?
The Marvel graphic novel of Sense and Sensability
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Love Actually
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Aww! *dies* He is so adorable, Paula! What a snuggleable little guy!
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I started reading If I Should Die Before I Wake by Han Nolan and am absolutely blown away so far. Read 3 chapters today and can't wait to finish this one. Its one of those books where the subjet matter is so sensitive that you feel almost guilty reading.
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Time to start planning for another year of literary wonder! I don't have much to start off with at the moment, but just wanted to create a new thread for 2011 so that once I'm finished compiling my TBR pile and my goals for the next year I can just come here and start setting things up
One thing is for sure, I have a MASSIVE TBR pile! Since I've started work at the bookstore it seems like I bring home at least 2-3 more books a week. One of my co-workers told me 'You know you can come to work every day and visit them, right?' It's just not the same. Its like going to a pet rescue center and seeing all those orphans needing a new home and some one on one TLC. (Good thing I don't work in a pet rescue center!) Below I'll be posting my TBR pile and my wishlist once they're finished.
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I Miss You So Much- TLC
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O Holy Night- Glee Christmas Soundtrack
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Only a couple weeks left in the year and I'm pretty sure that I won't be able to finish another book before Jan 1 so I am going to ask the lovely mods to close and delete this thread so that I can start a new one with my goals for 2011.
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Dude, I like Nigella!
Same here. I think it's her voice. Its very smooth and sensual.
Lately people have been teasing me about having a crush on Gordon Ramsey. Sorry, but I'd totally go there. I also have another 'chef' crush on Alton Brown. He's so nerd sexy!
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I've been reading a compilation book called Tales of Love and Death. The story I'm on right now is by Neil Gaiman and its the first of his work I've ever read. Might need to look into some of his books after this.
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Hello David! Welcome to BCF
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Barqs root beer.
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I got a wonderful surprise at work tonight. They had a huge rack of books they are getting rid of and let us pick over them first. Believe it or not, they are not going back to the publishers or to charity, they are planning on THROWING THEM AWAY! I 'adpoted' 15 new ones plus an advanced reader's copy of Cecelia Ahern's new book The Book of Tomorrow which I plan to start this evening.
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This is just a random game for us list lovers
Each list will go up to 10. The 10th person to post on the ongoing list will then chose a new topic of things for us to list. For example
Name 10 funny movie quotes:
1. 'blah blah blah'
2-9. 'yadda yadda x8'
10. 'la la la'
Name 10 animals that look cute.
Any questions?
The first list will be:
Name 10 funny movie quotes:
1. "There was more than one lobster present at the birth of Jesus?" "Duh!" Love Actually.