page turner Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) Firstly my goals 1. Is to read more books than the previous year - last year was 52. 2. To control my spending habits and only order once a month and to keep in under $100 when I do order. 3. To read more books in the Gilmore Challenge - I've only just started to watch the show and I love it 4. To finish some of the series I have going - or at least read what I have of said series not just buy them all in the hopes that I'll love them all. 5. To NOT buy every book in a series just because it is a series - if I don't like it then I don't have to buy them for series sake. Edited January 2, 2011 by page turner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page turner Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) tbr list stands at 216 books at the end of 2010 - these are ones I own already (possibly 2 or 3 more depending on ones I've lent out and can't remember) Current read will be hightlighted thus Books bought this year will be highlighted thus once read they will be moved to the month they were finished in Best served cold – Joe Abercrombie Pride, prejudice and zombies The Clan of the Cave Bear Jean Marie Auel The Valley of Horses Jean Marie Auel The Mammoth Hunters Jean Marie Auel The Plains of Passage Jean Marie Auel The Shelters of Stone Jean Marie Auel Mansfield park – Jane Austen Persuasion – Jane Austen Elves once walked with Gods – James Barclay Nights of rain and stars – Maeve Binchy Heart and soul Maeve Binchy Whitethorn woods – Maeve Binchy White cat – Holly Black Tallow – Karen Brooks Alan Wake – Rick Burruoghs Burning Bright – Tracey Chevalier Spellwright – Blake Charlton Clockwork angel – Cassandra Clare City of bones - Cassandra Clare City of ashes - Cassandra Clare City of glass - Cassandra Clare Sense and sensibility – Jane Austen Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte Tess of the D'Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy Cranford – Elizabeth Gaskell Great expectations – Charles Dickens Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert The hound of the baskervilles – Arthur Conan Doyle Emma - Jane Austen The sonnets and lovers complaint – William Shakespeare The women in white – Wilkie Collins Little women – Lousia May Alcott Lady Chatterley's lover – D.H.Lawrence For crying out loud – Jeremy Clarkson On cars – Jeremy Clarkson Motorworld – Jeremy Clarkson The adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Arthur Conan Doyle The book of lost things – John Connolly Red leaves – Thomas H Cook Foundling – D.M. Cornish Lamplighter – D.M Cornish The Persimmon tree – Bryce Courtenay Prey – Michael Crichton The gargoyle – Andrew Davidson Pieces of eight – John Drake Outlaw – Angus Donald The Robe – Lloyd.C.Douglas Battleaxe – Sara Douglass Beyond the hanging wall – Sara Douglass Vellum – Hal Duncan Ink – Hal Duncan Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier Auslander – Paul Dowswell The neverending story – Michael Ende The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald The emperor of Nihon – John Flanagan Dear Fatty – Dawn French One of our Thursday's is missing by Jasper Fforde Lord John and the brotherhood of the blade – Diana Gabadon Lord John and the hand of devils – Diana Gabaldon Hourglass – Claudia Gray Afterlife - Claudia Gray Neverwhere – Neil Gaiman Wind in the willows – Kenneth Grahame The confessions of Catherine De Medici – CW Gortner Cast of shadows – Kevin Gulifoile The runaway troll – Matt Haig As you do – Richard Hammond Edited June 10, 2011 by page turner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page turner Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) TBR continued Runemarks – Joanne Harris The scarlet letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne On Beulah height – Reginald Hill Snow white and the seven samurai – Tom Holt The lost book of Salem – Katherine Howe Dragon's Child By M.K. Hume Vlad – CC Humpherys The kingdom beyond the waves – Stephen Hunt The rise if the iron moon – Stephen Hunt Secrets of the fire sea – Stephen Hunt King of Ithaca – Glyn Iliffe The gates of troy – Glyn Iliffe An affair before Christmas – Eloisa James Crossed bones – Jane Johnson The iron king – Julie Kakawa The iron daughter – Julie Kagawa Fallen – Lauren Kate Fear of custard – Sarah Kavanagh Flowers for Algernon By Daniel Keyes Under the dome – Stephen King The marks of Cain – Tom Knox Magyk - Angie Sage Flyte - Angie Sage Physik - Angie Sage Queste - Angie Sage Syren - Angie Sage Darkfire – C.J Sansom Soverign - C.J Sansom Revelation - C.J Sansom Heartstone - C.J Sansom The Guernsey literary and potato peel pie society we need to talk about kevin – Lionel Shriver Mr.Darcy's diary – Maya Slater The youngest Templar – Michael P Spradlin Trail of fate - Michael P Spradlin Heretic – Sarah Singleton Valley of the Dolls By Jacqueline Susann The wounded guardian – Duncan Lay The risen Queen – Duncan Lay The radiant child – Duncan Lay Lauinia – Ursula LeGun The undrowned child – Michelle Lourie The Lies of Locke Lamora By Scott Lynch Hamlet – John Marsden The faerie door – B.E.Maxwell Rhett Butler's people – Donald McCraig The wisdom of dead men – Oisin McCann The Theban plays – Sophocles The golem's eye – Jonsthan Stroud Ptolemy's gate – Jonathan Stroud Shadowmancer – G.P Taylor The curse of shadowmancer street – G.P. Taylor Empire in black and gold – Adrian Tchaiskovsky Dragonfly falling - Adrian Tchaiskovsky Blood of the mantis - Adrian Tchaiskovsky Salute the dark - Adrian Tchaiskovsky Before the Gods By KS Turner The Knight – Gene Wolfe The Wizard – Gene Wolfe The short second life of Bree Tanner – Stephanie Meyer Deep secret – Diana Wynne Jones House of many ways - Diana Wynne Jones Rumo and his miraculous adventures – Walter Moers Water for elephants – Sara Gruen The double edged sword – Sarah Silverwood Torment – Lauern Kate The Keepers – Lian Tanner Sacred treason – James Forrester To kill a mockingbird – Harper Lee The witches of eastwick – John Updike The hunger games – Suzanne Collins catching fire – Suzanne Collins Mockingjay – Suzanne Clollins The Fry chronicles – Stephen Fry Skullduggery Pleasant Mortal coil – Derek Landy The second book of general ignorance The billionair's curse – Richard Newsome The emerald casket – Richard Newsome 1984 – George Orwell Bisinger – Christopher Paolini The tavener stones – Stephen Parish Wintersmith – Terry Pratchett Blaze of glory – Michael Pryor Heart of gold – Michael Pryor Worh of honour – Michael Pryor Time of trial – Michael Pryor Hovercar racer – Matthew Reilly Scarlett – Alexander Ripely Design by love – Nora Roberts The name of the wind – Patrick Rothfuss The well of ascension – Brandon Sanderson The hero of ages – Brandon Sanderson The last dragon slayer – Jasper Fforde Bones of faerie – Janni Lee Simner Change of heart – Jodi Picoult The colour of magic – Terry Pratchett The light fantastic - Terry Pratchett Equal rites - Terry Pratchett Mort - Terry Pratchett Going Postal By Terry Pratchett Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett The bromeliad - Terry Pratchett Blood ninja – Nick Lake Stormglass – Maria V Snyder Seaglass – Maria V Snyder Spyglass – Maria V Snyder Inside Out By Maria V. Snyder Outside in By Maria V Snyder The teardrop story women – Catherine Lim Robin Hood – Ward Lock The boy with the cuckoo clock heart – Mathuis Malziel The twilight lord - Bertrice Small The shadow Queen - Bertrice Small Confessions of an ugly stepsister – Gregory Maguire Mirror mirror – Gregory Maguire Cybele's secret – Juliet Marillier The end of Mr Y – Scarlett Thomas Pop Co – Scarlett Thomas The Demon King By Cinda Williams Chima The midnight charter – David Whitley The Children of the Lost By David Whitley The poison diaries – Wood Northumberland Moby dick – Herman Melville The navigator – Eoin McNamee City of time – Eoin McNamee The frost child – Eoin McNamee Beauty – Robin McKinley The whisperer – Fiona McIntosh The luxe – Anna Godbersen Envy – Anna Godbersen Splendor – Anna Godbersen Rumours – Anna Godbursen Siern Tricia Rayburn Wyrd sisters - Terry Pratchett Sourcery - Terry Pratchett Baba Yaga Laid an Egg By Dubravka Ugresic Edited May 28, 2011 by page turner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page turner Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) books bought in 2011 Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne The Lies of Locke Lamora By Scott Lynch Valley of the Dolls By Jacqueline Susann Going Postal By Terry Pratchett Dragon's Child By M.K. Hume Before the Gods By KS Turner Baba Yaga Laid an Egg By Dubravka Ugresic The Demon King By Cinda Williams Chima The Children of the Lost By David Whitley Inside Out By Maria V. Snyder Flowers for Algernon By Daniel Keyes Outside in By Maria V Snyder One of our Thursday's is missing by Jasper Fforde The Clan of the Cave Bear Jean Marie Auel The Valley of Horses Jean Marie Auel The Mammoth Hunters Jean Marie Auel The Plains of Passage Jean Marie Auel The Shelters of Stone Jean Marie Auel Burned P.C and Kristin Cast Afterlife Claudia Gray Merlin's Harp Anne Elliot Crompton Edited March 28, 2011 by page turner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page turner Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) Re-reads in 2011 The Eyre affair - Jasper Fforde Lost in a good book - Jasper Fforde The well of lost plots - Jasper Fforde Edited March 18, 2011 by page turner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page turner Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) Rory reads for 2011 The wonderful wizard of OZ – Frank Baum Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte Edited February 21, 2011 by page turner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page turner Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) wish list for 2011 books bought from wish list : 15 Crown of Destiny By: Bertrice Small The Sorceress of Belmair By: Beatrice Small Skull and Bones By: John Drake Factotum By: D M Cornish Hatter M: Looking Glass Wars v. 1 By: Frank Beddor Hatter M: Mad with Wonder v. 2 By: Frank Beddor Sinner By: Sara Douglass Elfsorrow: Legends of the Raven By: James Barclay Shadowheart: Legends of the Raven By: James Barclay Demonstorm By: James Barclay Ravensoul By: James Barclay The Ring of Five By: Eoin McNamee The Men Who Stare at Goats By: Jon Ronson Howards End is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home By: Susan Hill Truthseeker By: C E Murphy The Thief-taker's Apprentice By: Stephen Deas Sphinx's Princess By: Esther M Friesner Votive: The Curse of the Bond Riders 2 By: Karen Brooks Orphan of Destiny By: Michael P Spradlin The Lost Island of Tamarind By: Nadia Aguiar Secrets of Tamarind By: Nadia Aguiar The Thousand: A Novel By: Kevin Guilfoile Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl By: Donald Sturrock Devil's Kiss By: Sarwat Chadda Dark Goddess By: Sarwat Chadda Once By: Morris Gleitzman Then By: Morris Gleitzman Now By: Morris Gleitzman The Forest of Hands and Teeth By: Carrie Ryan The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie By: Alan Bradley Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story By: Carolyn Turgeon Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials By: Stephanie Hemphill World's End By: Mark Chadbourn The Scarab Path By: Adrian Tchaikovsky Vixen By: Lila Fine Pegasus By: Robin McKinley The Sleepwalkers By: Paul D. Grossman Tyger Tyger By: Kersten Hamilton A Buffalope's Tale By: Philip Caveney Eye of the Red Tsar By: Sam Eastland Tumultus By: KS Turner Sugar Island By: Sanjida O'Connell The Map of Marvels By: David Calcutt Heroes By: Joe Abercrombie The Templar Salvation By: Raymond Khoury Prophecy: Clash of Kings By: M.K. Hume A Tiny Bit Marvellous By: Dawn French The Sea Watch By: Adrian Tchaikovsky Red Seas Under Red Skies By: Scott Lynch The Republic of Thieves By: Scott Lynch Power of Three By: Diana Wynne Jones Jack Blank and the Imagine Nation By: Matt Myklusch The London Stone By: Sarah Silverwood The Traitor's Gate By: Sarah Silverwood The Witches' Kitchen By: Allen Williams The Sherlockian By: Graham Moore Anastasia's Secret By: Susanne Dunlap Exiled Queen, the (a Seven Realms Novel)* By: Cinda Williams Chima Storm Born By: Richelle Mead Thorn Queen By: Richelle Mead Iron Crowned By: Richelle Mead Of Bees and Mist By: Erick Setiawan Insurrection By: Robyn Young Cryer's Cross By: Lisa McMann A Discovery of Witches By: Deborah Harkness So Shelly By: Ty Roth The Raven's Bride By: Lenore Hart Warrior of the West By: M.K. Hume The Bloody Cup By: M.K. Hume The Search for WondLa Dead Beautiful By: Yvonne Woon The Plucker: An Illustrated Novel By: Gerald Brom Child Thief By: Gerald Brom The Devil's Rose By: Gerald Brom The Clockwork Three By: Matthew Kirby The Eagle of the Ninth Chronicles By: Rosemary Sutcliff Quicksilver By: Samira Osman Revolution By: Jennifer Donnelly Sotah By: Naomi Ragen Pyramids By: Terry Pratchett Guards! Guards! By: Terry Pratchett Eric By: Terry Pratchett Moving Pictures By: Terry Pratchett Reaper Man By: Terry Pratchett Witches Abroad By: Terry Pratchett Small Gods By: Terry Pratchett Lords and Ladies By: Terry Pratchett Men at Arms By: Terry Pratchett Soul Music By: Terry Pratchett Interesting Times By: Terry Pratchett Maskerade By: Terry Pratchett Feet of Clay By: Terry Pratchett Jingo By: Terry Pratchett The Last Continent By: Terry Pratchett Carpe Jugulum By: Terry Pratchett The Fifth Elephant By: Terry Pratchett The Truth By: Terry Pratchett Thief of Time By: Terry Pratchett Night Watch By: Terry Pratchett Monstrous Regiment By: Terry Pratchett Thud! By: Terry Pratchett Making Money By: Terry Pratchett The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents By: Terry Pratchett The Wee Free Men By: Terry Pratchett A Hat Full Of Sky By: Terry Pratchett I Shall Wear Midnight By: Terry Pratchett The Armour of Achilles By: Glyn Iliffe The Lion Wakes By: Robert Low Entwined By: Heather Dixon Son of the Shadows By: Juliet Marillier Daughter of the Forest By: Juliet Marillier Child of the Prophecy By: Juliet Marillier Heir to Sevenwaters By: Juliet Marillier Seer of Sevenwaters By: Juliet Marillier Celtic Maidens By: Ceri Norman The Peach Keeper By: Sarah Addison Allen Stay a Little Longer By: Dorothy Garlock Keep a Little Secret By: Dorothy Garlock Wither: Book One of the Chemical Garden By: Lauren DeStefano The Iron Witch By: Karen Mahoney The Iron Queen By: Julie Kagawa Passion By: Lauren Kate Deliverance From Evil By: Frances Hill The Door in the Forest By: Roderick Townley How I Live Now By: Meg Rosoff Across the Universe By: Beth Revis Crossed By: Condie, Ally To Touch the Stars By: Jessica Ruston Wake Unto Me By: Lisa Cach Falling Under By: Gwen Hayes The Vespertine By: Saundra Mitchell Jack Cloudie By: Stephen Hunt The Devil's Diadem By: Sara Douglass The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove By: Lauren Kate The Blue Flower By: Penelope Fitzgerald Moab is My Washpot By: Stephen Fry Letters from Father Christmas By: J. R. R. Tolkien The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy By: Tim Burton Wideacre By: Philippa Gregory The Favoured Child By: Philippa Gregory Meridon By: Philippa Gregory The Boleyn Inheritance By: Philippa Gregory The Other Boleyn Girl By: Philippa Gregory The Red Queen By: Philippa Gregory The White Queen By: Philippa Gregory Pinocchio By: Carlo Collodi The Painted Man By: Peter V. Brett By: Peter V Brett City of Fallen Angels By: Cassandra Clare Scratches on a Prison Wall: A Wartime Memoir By: Luba Komar Borderland: A Journey Through the History of the Ukraine By: Anna Reid Thousands of Roads: A Memoir of a Young Woman's Life in the Ukranian Underground During and After World War II By: Maria Savchyn Pyskir The Girl from Ukraine By: Vira Smereka Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story That Changed the Course of World War II By: Ben Macintyre Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: The Most Notorious Double Agent of World War II By: Ben Macintyre An Orange Revolution: A Personal Journey Through Ukrainian History By: Askold Krushnelnycky Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception by Maggie Stiefvater Geist: A Book of the Order By Philippa Ballantine Spectyr By Philippa Ballantine My Name is Memory By Ann Brashares Cat's Cradle by Bianca D'Arc Fairy Tale By Cyn Balog Sleepless By Cyn Balog Starstruck By Cyn Balog Knife By R. J. Anderson Rebel By R. J. Anderson Arrow By R. J. Anderson The Blasphemer By Nigel Farndale The Screwtape Letters by C S Lewis The Complete Book of Oz By: L. Frank Baum Noonshade By: James Barclay Nightchild By: James Barclay Ingenue By: Larkin, Jillian Wintercraft: Blackwatch By: Jenna Burtenshaw Plague Child By: Peter Ransley Huntress By: Malinda Lo Faerie Winter By: Janni Lee Simner Frogspell By: C.J. Busby Princess of Glass By: Jessica Day George Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales By: Brothers Grimm The Perks of Being a Wallflower By: Stephen Chbosky Pilgrim By: Sara Douglass Crusader By: Sara Douglass Shadowcry By: Jenna Burtenshaw Dawnthief by James Barclay The Outlandish Companion By: Diana Gabaldon The Exile By: Diana Gabaldon Alice I Have Been By: Melanie Benjamin Tigana By: Guy Gavriel Kay Fablehaven By: Brandon Mull So You Want to Be a Wizard By: Duane, Diane Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland By: Catherynne M Valente Wrapped By: Jennifer Bradbury The Magnolia League By: Katie Crouch Goddess of Troy: A Goddess Summoning Novel By: P. C. Cast Goddess of Legend: A Goddess Summoning Novel By: P. C. Cast Warrior Rising By: P C Cast Goddess of Love: A Goddess Summoning Novel By: P. C. Cast Goddess of the Rose: A Goddess Summoning Novel By: P. C. Cast Goddess of Light: A Goddess Summoning Novel By: P. C. Cast Goddess of Spring: A Goddess Summoning Novel By: P. C. Cast Goddess of the Sea: A Goddess Summoning Novel By: P. C. Cast A Night to Remember By: Walter Lord You'll Like It Here (Everybody Does) By: Ruth White The Book Lover's Tale By: Ivo Stourton Possession By: Elana Johnson Songs of the Earth By: Elspeth Cooper God's Spy By: Juan Gomez-Jurado Contract with God By: Juan Gomez Jurado The Traitor's Emblem By: Juan Gomez-Jurado The Giver By: Lois Lowry Tuck Everlasting By: Natalie Babbitt Thirteen Reasons Why By: Jay Asher The Beekeeper's Apprentice By: Laurie R. King Neversuch House: Mask of the Evergones By: Elliot Skell Neversuch House By: Elliot Skell The Second Duchess By: Elizabeth Loupas Red Riding Hood By: Sarah Blakley-Cartwright The Hangman's Daughter: A Historical Daughter By: Oliver Potzsch India Black: A Madam of Espionage Mystery By: Carol K. Carr The Stonehenge Legacy By: Sam Christer Tom Trueheart & the Land of Myths & Legends By: Ian Beck Tom Trueheart and the Land of Dark Stories By: Ian Beck Secret History of Tom Trueheart By: Ian Beck Darke By: Angie Sage The Sparrow By: Mary Doria Russell Case of Conscience By: James Blish Ella Minnow Pea By: Mark Dunn Little, Big By: John Crowley The Queen Must Die By: K.A.S. Quinn The Beautiful Assassin By: Michael White The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ By: Philip Pullman The Crowfield Demon By: Pat Walsh The Crowfield Curse By: Pat Walsh Murder at Mansfield Park By: Lynn Shepherd Dracula My Love: The Secret Journals of Mina Harker By: Syrie James Grimsdon By: Deborah Abela Blackout By: Connie Willis All Clear By: Connie Willis The Life of a Teenage Body-snatcher By: Doug MacLeod Bitterblue By: Kristin Cashore Edited May 22, 2011 by page turner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page turner Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) Books finished this year January The final empire – Brandon Sanderson finished 07/01/2011 Matched – Ally Condie finished 09/01/2011 Unearthly – Cynthia Hand finished 11/01/2011 The princess of the midnight ball – Jessica George finished 13/01/2011 Wintercraft – Jenna Burtenshaw finished 16/01/2011 Reckless – Cornelia Funke finished 17/01/2011 The wonderful wizard of OZ – Frank Baum finished 17/01/2011 The Tsarina's daughter - Carolly Erickson finished 21/01/2011 Shadow forest – Matt Haig finished 23/01/2011 Pastworld – Ian Beck finished 28/01/2011 February Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer finished 08/02/2011 The Grimm legacy – Polly Shulman finished 10/02/2011 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte finished 21/02/2011 The Eyre affair - Jasper Fforde finished 27/02/2011 March Lost in a good book - Jasper Fforde finished 09/03/2011 The well of lost plots - Jasper Fforde finished 18/03/2011 Castle in the air - Diana Wynne Jones finished 25/03/2011 Marked – P.C and Kristen Cast finished 26/03/2011 Betrayed -P.C and Kristen Cast finished 27/03/2011 Chosen - P.C and Kristen Cast finished 30/03/2011 April The Indigo King - James A Owen finished 04/04/2011 The shadow Dragons - James A Owen finished 10/04/2011 The kings of clonmel - John Flanagan finished 14/04/2011 Halt's peril – John Flanagan finished 19/04/2011 Untamed - P.C and Kristen Cast finished 24/04/2011 Hunted - P.C and Kristen Cast finished 26/04/2011 May Tempted - P.C and Kristen Cast finished 01/05/2011 Burned - P.C and Kristin Cast finished 14/05/2011 Here Lies Bridget - Paige Harbison finished 15/05/2011 Merlin's Harp- Anne Elliot Crompton finished 20/05/2011 The Dragon's Apprentice By: James A. Owen finished 22/05/2011 A short history of tractors in Ukrainian – Marina Lewycka finished 28/05/2011 June Northanger Abbey – Jane Austen finished 09/06/2011 Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone - J.K.Rowling finished 26/06/2011 Edited June 26, 2011 by page turner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page turner Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) July Harry Potter and the Chamber of secrets - J.K.Rowling Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K.Rowling Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire - J.K.Rowling August Harry Potter and the Oder of the Phoenix - J.K.Rowling The emperor of Nihon-Ja - John Flanagan September Skullduggery Pleasant Mortal coil – Derek Landy Skulduggery Pleasant Death Bringer - Derek Landy October Stormglass – Maria V Snyder Seaglass – Maria V Snyder November The hunger games – Suzanne Collins catching fire – Suzanne Collins Mockingjay – Suzanne Collins December The colour of magic – Terry Pratchett finished 30/12/11 Edited December 30, 2011 by page turner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Admirable goals page turner, I hope you manage to stick to them and have a great 2011 reading year. Looking forward to reading your thoughts. (: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 2. To control my spending habits and only order once a month and to keep in under $100 when I do order. 4. To finish some of the series I have going - or at least read what I have of said series not just buy them all in the hopes that I'll love them all. 5. To NOT buy every book in a series just because it is a series - if I don't like it then I don't have to buy them for series sake. Excellent goals Page Turner! I'm considering taking on #2 for myself. It could be a kind of reward to myself if I've been good throughout the month. #4 is also one of my goals. I have way to many series and I need to get to reading some of them! And I started on #5 last year, by resisting buying every book in various series that I only moderately liked. I've been pretty good about it too. Happy reading for 2011! You have loads of great reads ahead of you, in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page turner Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 Cheers guys I'm looking forward to the year ahead - I suck at reviews but will give it a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page turner Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 Adding some more books to my wish list. My grandparents were born in Ukraine and escaped during the war to come here. My grandpa had some interesting stories about his time in the war and I always regret not writing it down, so I've decided to read other books about this time and to expand my knowledge of their country. Scratches on a Prison Wall: A Wartime Memoir By: Luba Komar Borderland: A Journey Through the History of the Ukraine By: Anna Reid Thousands of Roads: A Memoir of a Young Woman's Life in the Ukranian Underground During and After World War II By: Maria Savchyn Pyskir The Girl from Ukraine By: Vira Smereka Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story That Changed the Course of World War II By: Ben Macintyre Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: The Most Notorious Double Agent of World War II By: Ben Macintyre An Orange Revolution: A Personal Journey Through Ukrainian History By: Askold Krushnelnycky If anyone has any other suggestions of books on this subject or any good reads I'm open to hearing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page turner Posted January 7, 2011 Author Share Posted January 7, 2011 (edited) Today I finished The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson. This was a new author for me and I must say I look forward to reading the other two books in the Mistborn series. Whilst is is essentially a good verses evil plot line there was enough original content to make it interesting, that and the fact I didn't see a key part in the ending coming made the book a great start to the new year. Brandon Sanderson has won me as a reader now and I look forward to looking into his previous works and those still to come. from fantastic fiction For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the “Sliver of Infinity,” reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler's most hellish prison. Kelsier “snapped” and found in himself the powers of a Mistborn. A brilliant thief and natural leader, he turned his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler himself as the mark. Kelsier recruited the underworld's elite, the smartest and most trustworthy allomancers, each of whom shares one of his many powers, and all of whom relish a high-stakes challenge. Only then does he reveal his ultimate dream, not just the greatest heist in history, but the downfall of the divine despot. But even with the best criminal crew ever assembled, Kel's plan looks more like the ultimate long shot, until luck brings a ragged girl named Vin into his life. Like him, she's a half-Skaa orphan, but she's lived a much harsher life. Vin has learned to expect betrayal from everyone she meets, and gotten it. She will have to learn to trust, if Kel is to help her master powers of which she never dreamed. Edited March 29, 2011 by page turner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page turner Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 Added yet more to my wish list - which is a good thing. No really it is normally I would just buy them without a secong thought but I've just added them to the list for the end of the month - yay go me! books added Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception by Maggie Stiefvater Inside Out By Maria V. Snyder Outside in By Maria V Snyder Geist: A Book of the Order By Philippa Ballantine Spectyr By Philippa Ballantine My Name is Memory By Ann Brashares Cat's Cradle by Bianca D'Arc Fairy Tale By Cyn Balog Sleepless By Cyn Balog Starstruck By Cyn Balog Knife By R. J. Anderson Rebel By R. J. Anderson Arrow By R. J. Anderson The Blasphemer By Nigel Farndale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 I love how organised you are with your lists, and you've also acquired quite a big Mount TBR. Happy reading 2011! 3. To read more books in the Gilmore Challenge - I've only just started to watch the show and I love it Yay, a new Gilmore Girls fan, lovely to make your acquaintance! I'm really happy to see some new blood in the Rory challenge thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page turner Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 (edited) Thanks Frankie! I've only just started watching the series I've watched one and two and am onto series three. I just can't believe I've never seen it before it's the perfect show for me. I'm happy to be joining the challenge to, though it does mean I will have to buy more books to meet said reading requirements. Edited January 8, 2011 by page turner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 (edited) Oh, you have sooo many excellent moments ahead of you, only having watched the first two seasons so far! I'm quite envious that you get to watch all of it for the first time, it's such a gem and one of the best shows ever. I never tire of watching it And who minds a bit of book shopping, if it's for a good cause and a part of a very fabulous reading challenge? Edited January 8, 2011 by frankie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Great to have another Gilmore Girls fan on board! Like Frankie, I'm so jealous that you get to watch it all for the first time. We have a GG thread here for discussion about the show (there are spoilers). And there's also the Rory Gilmore Challenge which you might like to check out. We're currently in discussions for our next group read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'mRose Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Today I finished The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson. This was a new author for me and I must say I look forward to reading the other two books in the Mistborn series. Whilst is is essentially a good verses evil plot line there was enough original content to make it interesting, that and the fact I didn't see a key part in the ending coming made the book a great start to the new year. Brandon Sanderson has won me as a reader now and I look forward to looking into his previous works and those still to come. I am reading the Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson at the moment. It is over a 1000 pages so it's gonna take me a while. Now I am not a fantasy reader per say, I mean I've read Harry Potter and a few others books but it has not been a genre that I've typically been drawn to. But after about 3 chapters of this book I declared to be the best book I have ever read! I love is language and the story. I can really recommend this book! I post a review when I'm done. I also saw that you had a joe abercrombie book on your TBR list. Have you read The Blade Itself? My boyfriend bought this a while ago and been thinking about reading it but I haven't heard much about it. Happy Reading! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page turner Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 Hi Rose I was looking at Way of kings last night and umming about it but if you (who isn't into fantasy) can give it such a glowing review then it's in for me I'll be adding it to the list shortly. I have read The blade itself and the other two books in the First Law series. It took me a bit to get going but in the end I really enjoyed all the books, hence the reason I bought Best served cold his new one. Although I haven't made an attempt at it yet it is still high on the list for me. I look forward to reading your final thoughts when you finish Way of kings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page turner Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 (edited) Finished reading Matched by Ally Condie today. I picked this book for it's cover but after reading the back I was hooked. Who said you can't judge a book by it's cover? I really liked this book it made me want to stay up to finish it. It is a YA book but I'm a big fan of YA and really enjoyed it - I look forward to reading the next in the series Crossed. From fantastic fiction Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate . . . until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow. Edited January 16, 2011 by page turner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page turner Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 (edited) Finished Unearthly by Cynthia Hand last night. Jury is still out on this one, is was a quick read but didn't seem to go anywhere until the last two pages. With all the faffing about the main character did I was surprised there was a story at all. This is the first book in a trilogy of which I know I will look at the next book if only to see if I can find the plot missing from this one. Summary form ff: In the beginning, there's a boy standing in the trees . . . Clara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a purpose, something she was put on this earth to do. Figuring out what that is, though, isn't easy. Her visions of a raging forest fire and an alluring stranger lead her to a new school in a new town. When she meets Christian, who turns out to be the boy of her dreams (literally), everything seems to fall into place - and out of place at the same time. Because there's another guy, Tucker, who appeals to Clara's less angelic side. As Clara tries to find her way in a world she no longer understands, she encounters unseen dangers and choices she never thought she'd have to make - between honesty and deceit, love and duty, good and evil. When the fire from her vision finally ignites, will Clara be ready to face her destiny? Unearthly is a moving tale of love and fate, and the struggle between following the rules and following your heart. Edited January 16, 2011 by page turner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page turner Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 bought 2 books today, which is amazing - there were so many more I could have got but I was strong. Plus they are both off the Rory list so they don't count Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Nice show of restraint, Page Turner. It looks like you only bought one more book than you were planning to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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