lexiepiper Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lexiepiper Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Happy reading Lexiepiper fro 2010! Good luck with your challenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 Thanks Charm, you too hun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 I know you weren't exactly thrilled by it but Bareback sounds right up my street *toodles off to research said book* thank you ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Much luck to you with the humongous TBR pile and with your reading in 2010 Lexi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 Thanks Kat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwish Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 Yay Enid rocks, will always remind me of being little and loving the fantastic worlds she wrote about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightingale Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 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 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 Thanks Nightingale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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