Lilywhite Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Currently Reading Already Read 42. Charles Dickens ~ The Christmas Books (5/5) 41. Carole Matthews ~ With or Without You (3/5) 40. Dewey: The Small-town Library-cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron (4/5) 39. Kat Richardson ~ Greywalker (2/5) 38. Christopher Ransom ~ The Birthing House (2/5) 37. Michele Bardsley ~ Don't talk back to your Vampire (book 2) (4/5) 36. Philippa Gregory ~ Alice Hartley's Happiness (3.5) 35. Philipa Gregory ~ The Other Queen (3/5) (a little harsh but it wasn't quite a 4) 34. Jodi Picoult ~ Handle With Care (4/5) 33. Michelle Bardsley ~ I'm The Vampire That's Why! (3/5) 32. Helen Black ~ Damaged Goods (2/5) 31. Madasue Heller ~ The Front (2/5) 30. Lesley Pearse ~ Gypsy (3/5) 29. Tess Gerritsen ~ Whistleblower (2.5/5) 28. Valerie Stivers ~ Blood is the New Black (3/5) 27. Mo Hayder ~ Ritual (4/5) 26. MaryJanice Davidson ~ Undead and Unpopular (3/5) 25. Jessie Keane ~ Black Widow (3/5) 24. Norah Lofts ~ The King's Pleasure (5/5) 23. Tess Gerritsen ~ Body Double (4/5) 22. Mandasue Heller ~ The Charmer (3/5) 21. Louisa May Alcott ~ Little Women (4/5) 20. Martina Cole ~ Faces (3/5) 19. Elizabeth Noble ~ Things I want my Daughters to Know (3/5) 18. James Bradley ~ The Resurrectionist (0/5) 17. Dorothy Koomson ~ Marshmellows for Breakfast (3/5) 16. Emily Barr ~ The Sisterhood (3/5) 15. Karen Rose ~ Scream For Me (3.5/5) 14. Philippa Gregory ~ Boleyn Inheritance (4/5) 13. James Conan ~ City of Dark Hearts (3.5/5) 12. W Young ~ The Shack (4/5) 11. Charlaine Harris ~ An Ice Cold Grave (4/5) 10. Charlaine Harris ~ Grave Suprise (3/5) 9. Jodi Picoult ~ Change of Heart (5/5) 8. Charlaine Harris ~ Grave Sight (3/5) 7. Kate Mortan ~ The House at Riverton (4/5) 6. Alexandra Potter ~ Me and Mr Darcy (4/5) 5. Alan Carr ~ Look Who it is! Alan Carr My Story (3/5) 4. Stephenie Mayer ~ Breaking Dawn (1.5/5) 3. Stephenie Mayer ~ Eclipse (3/5) 2. Stephenie Mayer ~ New Moon (3/5) 1. Gregory Maguire ~ What The Dickens (4/5) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted December 18, 2008 Author Share Posted December 18, 2008 'Mount To Be Read' 69 Christopher Paolini ~ Brisingr Trudi Canavan ~ The Priestess of the White Trudi Canavan ~ Last of The Wilds Trudi Canavan ~ Voice of The Gods Terry Pratchett ~ The Light Fantastic Tess Gerritsen ~ In Their Footsteps Tess Gerritsen ~ The Bone Garden Tess Gerritsen ~ Stolen Philippa Gregory ~ Wideacre Philippa Gregory ~ Virgin Earth Philippa Gregory ~ Fallen Skies Jean Plaidy ~ The Lady in the Tower Sarah Waters ~ Fingersmith Elizabeth Chadwick ~ The Loveknot Elizabeth Chadwick ~ Shadows and Strongholds Elizabeth Chadwick ~ The Greatest Knight Elizabeth Chadwick ~ The Champion Elizabeth Chadwick ~ The Marsh King's Daughter Elizabeth Chadwick ~ The Conquest Elizabeth Chadwick ~ Daughters of The Grail Kelley Armstrong ~ Exit Strategy (Nadia Stafford Bk 1) Liz Maverick ~ Crimson City Torey Hayden ~ Beautiful Child John Boyne ~ The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas Markus Zusak ~ The Book Thief Sam Enthoven ~ The Black Tattoo Jonathan Nasaw ~ The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw ~ Fear Itself Jonathan Nasaw ~ 27 Bones Kit Craig ~ Strait Kim Harrison ~ Dead Witch Walking Kim Harrison ~ The good, The Bad and The Undead Kim Harrison ~ A Fistful of Charms Karen Moline ~ Belladonna John Connolly ~ The Book of Lost Things Jeanne Kalogridis ~ Burning Times Mitch Albom ~ For One More Day Sarah Waters ~ Affinity Raven Hart ~ The Vampire's Seduction Raven Hart ~ The Vampire's Kiss Eva Stachniak ~ Dancing With Kings Slash: The Autobiography ~ Slash with Anthony Bozza Suzanne Dunn ~ The Sixth Wife Vicky Halls ~ Cat Counsellor Stephen Foster ~ Walking Ollie Christie Dickason ~ The Principessa Natsuo Karino ~ Out Mandasue Heller ~ The Pact The Charmer ~ Mandasue Heller Michael Faber ~ Under The Skin Poppy Z Brite ~ Exquisite Corpse Libba Bray ~ A Great and Terrible Beauty Gregory Maguire ~ Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister Gregory Maguire ~ A Lion Amongst Men Charles Dickens ~ The Christmas Books Kate Summerscale ~ The Suspicions Of Mr. Whicher Kelley Armstrong ~ The Summoning (Darkest Powers Bk 1) Trudi Canavan ~ Magicians Apprentice Torey Hayden ~ The Sunflower Forest Kelley Armstrong ~ Men of The Otherworld (Bk 1) Martina Cole ~ The Business Mary-Janice Davidson ~ Derik's Bane Justine Picardie ~ Daphne Kat Richardson ~ Poltergeist Kelley Armstrong ~ The Awakening Berlie Doherty ~ Dear Nobody Norah Lofts ~ The Lost Queen Norah Lofts ~ The Concubine Jane Eagland ~ Wildthorn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted December 18, 2008 Author Share Posted December 18, 2008 Waiting to Arrive My Wish List Gregory Maguire ~ Lost Jodi Picoult ~ Picture Perfect Jodi Picoult ~ Songs of the Humpabck Whale Kelley Armstrong ~ Frostbitten Kelley Armstrong ~ Angelic Kelley Armstong ~ Made To Be Broken (Nadia Stafford Bk 2) Kelley Armstrong ~ Personal Demon (Women of the Otherworld Bk 8) Maryjanice Davidson ~ Undead and Uneasy (book 6) Maryjanice Davidson ~ Undead and Unworthy (book 7) Maryjanice Davidson ~ Undead and Unwelcome (book 8) Michele Bardsley ~ Because Your Vampire Said So (book 3) Michele Bardsley ~ Wait til your Vampire gets home (book 4) Michele Bardsley ~ Over my dead body (book 5) Michele Bardsley ~ Come hell or high water (book 6) Amy Molloy ~ Wife, Interrupted LOLcat Bible: In Teh Beginnin Ceiling Cat Maded Teh Skiez an Da Erfs N Stuffs Philippa Gregory ~ The White Queen Tom Cox ~ Under The Paw: Confessions of a Cat Man Martina Cole ~ Hard Girls Alison Weir ~ The Lady in the Tower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted January 1, 2009 Author Share Posted January 1, 2009 What The Dickens Gregory Maguire This is a fairy tale with a difference from the bestselling author of Wicked . When ten-year-old Dinah and her two siblings are trapped by a terrible storm, Cousin Gage keeps their spirits up with an unlikely story - tooth fairies live in warring colonies right in your neighbourhood. Dinah is sceptical at first, but when the real world seems unbearable, stories told by candlelight have a way of coming true. Dinah starts to - wants to - believe. Don't we all? Started: 01/01/09 Finished: 04/01/09 Rated: 4/5 Comments: Fantastic read. Another great take on a classic tale. Maguire has a really odd imagination and I love his writing style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 If you read any of Elizabeth Chadwicks books from your mount TBR, I'd be very interested to know what you think of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted January 1, 2009 Author Share Posted January 1, 2009 I've already read a couple of her books and so far they have been great. She goes into great detail in her research and it really does tell in each of her stories. I just have to be in the mood to immerse myself in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Yes, I have read some of her books too, but apparently none of those in your list- I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 There are a lot of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 New Moon Stephenie Mayer All is not well between demon-magnet Bella and Edward Cullen, her vampire Romeo. An innocent papercut at Edward's house puts Bella in grave danger when various members of the Cullen family can barely resist their hunger at the smell of blood. The Cullens promptly leave town, afraid of endangering Edward's beloved, and Bella sinks into an overwhelming depression. Months later, she finally emerges from her funk to rebuild her life, focusing on her friendship with besotted teen Jacob from the reservation. Bella's unhealthy enthrallment to Edward leads her into dangerous and self-destructive behavior despite her new friends, and supernatural complications are bound to reappear. Bella's being hunted by an evil vampire, and Jacob's adolescent male rage turns out to be incipient lycanthropy: It seems many Quileute Indians become werewolves in the presence of vampires, their natural enemies. Psychic miscommunications and angst-ridden dramatic gestures lead to an exciting page-turner of a conclusion drenched in the best of Gothic romantic excess. Despite Bella's flat and obsessive personality, this tale of tortured demon lovers entices. Started: 04/01/09 Finished: 13/01/09 Rated: 3/5 Comments: I'm loving the Vampire/Werewolf story within these books but I'm afraid Bella is getting on my wick. She's such a wet drip that it's actually distracting from the really great story within. For the record, I don't count the 'I'm in love with a vampire' story as the great story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 Eclipse Stephenie Mayer 'Bella?' Edward's soft voice came from behind me. I turned to see him spring lightly up the porch steps, his hair windblown from running. He pulled me into his arms at once, and kissed me again. His kiss frightened me. There was too much tension, too strong an edge to the way his lips crushed mine - like he was afraid we had only so much time left to us. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob - knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which? Following the international bestsellers Twilight and New Moon, Eclipse is the much-anticipated third book in Stephenie Meyer's captivating saga of vampire romance. Started: 13/01/09 Finished: 20/01/09 Rated: 3/5 Comments: Another great chapter in the werewolf / vampire story. Not so much moaning by Bella this time, it was tolerable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 Breaking Dawn Stephenie Mayer To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black, she has endured a tumultuous year of temptation, loss and strife to reach the ultimate turning point. Her imminent choice to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the fate of two tribes hangs. Now that Bella has made her decision, a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating and unfathomable consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella's life - first discovered in TWILIGHT, then scattered and torn in NEW MOON and ECLIPSE - seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed...forever? Started: 20/01/09 Finished: 30/01/09 Rated: 1.5/5 Comments: Absolutely terrible plot and it was a shame I had to wade through 600 pages to get to anything of any interest. The cynical side of me thinks Mayer rushed out this book to coincide with the movie hype. It just added nothing to the series. A shame and 10 days I won't get back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Hey Lilly, good to see your also reading the widely acclaimed Twilight series. Enjoying it so far I'm guessing by the 3/5's? Well maybe not enjoying, but putting up with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Look Who it is! My Story Alan Carr The brilliantly funny and inimitable Alan Carr tells his life story in his own words, from growing up in a football-mad family in Northampton to his rise to become one of Britain's best-loved comedians. Started: 30/01/09 Finished: 30/01/09 Rated: 3/5 Comments: Good read which I didn't mean to start and finish in the same day, but you just can't help yourself. I had to laugh out loud in a few places, he has such a funny sense of humour. Although he hasn't done much in his 30 years, it's still a easy read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 widely acclaimed Twilight series. Hmm.. I'm not sure that's the right phrase for these books? Thanks for the review Kat - I really don't think I'm going to bother with these! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Maybe if you're trapped somewhere with only these books, then you should give them a go, but really, there are so many more interesting takes on the vampires than this. See Raven Hart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted January 31, 2009 Author Share Posted January 31, 2009 Me and Mr Darcy Alexandra Potter After a string of disastrous dates, Emily Albright decides she’s had it with modern-day love and would much rather curl up with Pride and Prejudice and spend her time with Mr. Darcy, the dashing, honorable, and passionate hero of Jane Austen’s classic. So when her best friend suggests a wild week of margaritas and men in Mexico with the girls, Emily abruptly flees to England on a guided tour of Jane Austen country instead. Far from inspiring romance, the company aboard the bus consists of a gaggle of little old ladies and one single man, Spike Hargreaves, a foul-tempered journalist writing an article on why the fictional Mr. Darcy has earned the title of Man Most Women Would Love to Date. The last thing Emily expects to find on her excursion is a broodingly handsome man striding across a field, his damp shirt clinging to his chest. But that’s exactly what happens when she comes face-to-face with none other than Mr. Darcy himself. Suddenly, every woman’s fantasy becomes one woman’s reality. . . . Started: 31/01/09 Finished: 01/02/09 Rated: 4/5 Comments: I really enjoyed this book. Very much along the lines of 'Lost in Austen' the TV programme. Funny in parts and so very very true. A must read for all my fellow Fitzwilliam Darcy fans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 The House At Riverton Kate Morton A rich and compelling story of love, loss and a long-buried family secret Summer 1924: On the eve of a glittering Society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again. Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet's suicide. Ghosts awaken and memories, long-consigned to the dark reaches of Grace's mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge; something history has forgotten but Grace never could. A thrilling mystery and a compelling love story, The House at Riverton will appeal to readers of Ian McEwan's Atonement, L.P. Hartley's The Go-Between, and lovers of the film Gosford Park. Started: 02/02/09 Finished: 14/02/09 Rated: 4/5 Comments: I really enoyed this book. Despite it's length it was suprisingly easy to read and it only took me so long because work got in the way . Very likeable characters and and intriguing plot that wasn't over loaded with side stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted February 17, 2009 Author Share Posted February 17, 2009 Grave Sight Charlaine Harris Harper Connelly had a lucky escape when she was hit by lightning: she didn't die. But sometimes she wishes she had died, because the lightning strike left her with an unusual talent: she can find dead people - and that's not always comfortable. Everyone wants to know how she does it: it's a little like hearing a bee droning inside her head, or maybe the pop of a Geiger counter, a persistent, irregular noise that increases in strength as she gets closer. It's almost electric: a buzzing all through her body, and the fresher the corpse, the more intense the buzz. Harper and her brother Tolliver make their living from finding the dead, for desperate parents, worried friends . . . and police departments who have nowhere else to look. They may not believe in her abilities, but sometimes the proof is just too much for even the most sceptical of police chiefs to deny. But it's not always easy for someone like Harper, for the dead *want* to be found - and too often, finding the body doesn't bring closure; it opens a whole new can of worms. Started: 17/02/09 Finished: 21/02/09 Rated: 3/5 Comments: Not too sure if I really liked this one or not, although I can't put my finger on why. I managed to read it alright, (although it got a boring towards the end) but I think maybe too many twists and turns made my interest wane a bit. I still want to give the others a try so we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted March 1, 2009 Author Share Posted March 1, 2009 Change of Heart Jodi Picoult June's first husband was killed in a car crash. Against all the odds, her daughter was uninjured and, in another miracle, June found love again with the policeman who rescued them. Six years on they are a happy family, June pregnant with their own child. But now June's second daughter is dying without the new heart she so urgently needs. And her first daughter, along with her husband, is dead, killed by Shay Bourne, an itinerant workman they welcomed into their home. The crime was so heinous that Shay has been given the death penalty for the first time in 69 years in New Hampshire. Shay is going to die, and he is looking for redemption. He wants to give June's daughter his heart . . . Started: 21/02/09 Finished: 28/02/09 Rated: 5/5 Comments: Absolutely fantastic book. Easily Picoult's best book, on par with My Sisters Keeper. An utterly compelling read and thought provoking all the way through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leah86 Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Glad to see that you enjoyed Change of Heart,I thought this was brilliant also and right up there with My Sister's Keeper,which I thought was brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted March 1, 2009 Author Share Posted March 1, 2009 Little Women Louisa May Alcott Set in a small New England community, it tells of the March family: Marmee looks after daughters in the absence of her husband, who is serving as an army chaplain in the Civil War, and Meg, Jo,Beth, and Amy experience domestic trials and triumphs as they attempt to supplement the family's small income. In the second part of the novel (sometimes known as Good Wives) the girls grow up and fall in love. Started: 01/03/09 Finished: 22/05/09 Rated: 4/5 Comments: Please don't take the time it took me to read this book as a reflection on it's quality. It was only because it's on my DS that it made it difficult to carry around with me for a quick read. I used to have this book on an audio record when I was little and the first chapter came back to me almost word for word. I loved it when I was little and I still love it now. It took me a while to get into the flow of the writing style but it wasn't too difficult to understand. Such a charming story, full of ups and downs that you really get drawn into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted March 14, 2009 Author Share Posted March 14, 2009 Grave Suprise Charlaine Harris Charlaine Harris is already a star and a New York Times bestseller with her vampire mysteries starring Sookie Stackhouse and her Lily Bard mysteries. This second installment to her new supernatural mystery series might just be her biggest hit yet. Grave Sight's Harper Connelly is back, and her ability to find the dead and see their last moments is in higher demand than ever... A college class gets more than it bargained for when Harper gives a demonstration of her uncanny talent. Instead of just finding one body in an old grave, she finds two: the original occupant and a recently deceased girl whom Harper had tried, and failed, to find two years previously. To dispel suspicions about her own innocence, Harper and her stepbrother Tolliver undertake their own hunt to find the killer-only to find yet another body in the same grave. Started: 05/03/09 Finished: 14/03/09 Rated: 3/5 Comments: Another good read from Harris. Although once again, I started to lose interest towards the end. I have the third in the series to read so I'm not quite ready to give up on them yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 An Ice Cold Grave Charlaine Harris Harper Connelly was struck by lightning as a teenager, and now she can find the dead. In her third case, Harper and Tolliver, her stepbrother, are hired to find a missing grandson. But the truth is far worse than a single dead child, for numerous teenage boys, all unlikely runaways, have disappeared from Doraville, North Carolina. Harper soon finds the eight bodies, buried in the half-frozen ground, but then, still reeling from coming into contact with her first serial killer, she is attacked and injured. Now she and Tolliver have no choice but to stay in Doraville while she recovers, and as she reluctantly becomes part of the investigation, she learns more than she cares to about the dark mysteries and long-hidden secrets of the town: knowledge that makes her the most likely person to be next to end up in an ice-cold grave. Started: 15/03/09 Finished: 15/03/09 Rated: 4/5 Comments: This one I enjoyed most out of the Harper Connelly series. I think it's better written than the others, with a much better plot to it. I don't like the 'personal' plot involved but I kinda saw this developing from the first book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 The Shack W.P. Young Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack's world forever. In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant "The Shack" wrestles with the timeless question, "Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?" The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You'll want everyone you know to read this book! Started: 17/03/09 Finished: 25/03/09 Rated: 4/5 Comments: I didn't pick this book up thinking it was as religiously orientated as it was. Obviously you get the idea from the back of the book that it is based in faith and belief but I wasn't quite expecting what I got. None the less, I have really enjoyed this book and have found that I appreciate the story within and the purpose. It has made me question some aspects of both my beliefs and religion in general. I think it's definately worth a read and I think it can be quite comforting and inspiring to many people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrysalis_stage Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Trudi Canavan ~ The Priestess of the White Trudi Canavan ~ Last of The Wilds Trudi Canavan ~ Voice of The Gods Tess Gerritsen ~ Body Double Tess Gerritsen ~ The Bone Garden John Connolly ~ The Book of Lost Things Natsuo Karino ~ Out I've read all of the above books in your TBR pile, and enjoyed them all, you have some great reads ahead of you if you have not already read them. I've not come across anyone else on this forum yet that has read the age of the five by Canavan or is waiting to, they all seem to read the magicians guild which I have not read myself but am still under the impression the age of the five is the best trilogy by Canavan. Its great to see some interest in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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