Fall 2012 Reading Challenge

[Tracy]

3) set in a foreign country:

Captive in the Dark

[Tracy]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Well, I've gotten a couple of lols out of you tonight - quite an accomplishment. Now maybe the next step is to achieve a rofl or lmao :-)"

OK DC, how far have you gotten with this challenge?

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

I am currently reading my first book for the challenge:
Both Ways is the Only Way I Want it. A collection of short stories by Mailie Meloy, an author I have never read before. I am about 3/4 done with the book :-) Then I plan to start Odd Apocalypse.

[Tracy]

I haven't read Odd yet either. Isn't there a ghost in it though?

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Tracy wrote: "I haven't read Odd yet either. Isn't there a ghost in it though?"

I'm guessing there's more than one :-)

[Tracy]

Cool, that will work for the challenge then. I knew I was saving that book for some reason.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Odd Apocalypse also has a yellow/orange cover :-)

[Tracy]

Yes it does. You are most observant Dustin

[Josh]

Yes, yes it does Dustin! I am going to count Odd Apocalypse as the orange and yellow goal.
1) The Gunslinger By Stephen King (If I decide to do this one)
2) As of right now, I dont have anything for this but I'd rather read a poetry book instead of a book with POET on it.
3) Procession of the Dead by Darren Shan (After Mary Jane possibly... then again I am not sure if it is set in a forgein country but I think it is) Or Zom-B by Darren Shan. (It depends which one I get my hands on first. XD)
4) Odd Interlude by Dean Koontz (Read)
5) If I get around to this one it will be a Star Wars novel most likely
6) Possibly a Dirk Pitt Novel. I might not come to this one.
7) Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz (Reading)
8) May Jane by Judith O'Brien (Reading after Odd Apocalypse)

I am doing four for sure! I will fit Tick Tock into this months reading since I already said I am for the Dean Koontz land group read. It will most likely be after Mary Jane since Mary Jane I checked out from the library.

[Tracy]

6) Zero Day
8) Darkfever

[Rachel]

thanks for the updates everyone- i love hearing what everyone is reading/has read for the challenge

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Glad you are joining us for the fun Josh :-)

[Josh]

No problem! I just thought it was funny how everything I had planned on reading just fell into place with 4 parts of the challenge! =D

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Josh wrote: "No problem! I just thought it was funny how everything I had planned on reading just fell into place with 4 parts of the challenge! =D"

There are no coincidences

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

I have finished one book and currently reading two more titles for the challenge :-)

[Tracy]

Which one did you finish? Was it Koontz?

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Finished Both Ways is the Only Way I want it :-) and discovered I liking getting things my way.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

I know I saw you raving about it :-)

[Rachel]

read The Perfect Husband

ex-marine

5/5 stars

[Tracy]

Rachel wrote: "read The Perfect Husband

ex-marine

5/5 stars"

I love this book.

[Rachel]

me too. looking forward to reading the next book in this series.

[Tracy]

8) author never read

Blood Warrior by H.D. Gordon

[Tracy]

5) politician

Severe Clear by Stuart Woods

[J.S.]

I'm reading The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. (It has P-O-E-T in the title.)

[Rachel]

thanks for the updates everyone :)

[Tracy]

September :

3) Captive in the Dark
6) Zero Day
8) Wings
8) The Mayfair Moon
8) Blood Warrior
8) Darkfever

[Lacey]

Read! Read! Must read more!

[Rachel]

Tracy wrote: "September :

3) Captive in the Dark
6) Zero Day
8) Wings
8) The Mayfair Moon
8) Blood Warrior
8) Darkfever"

awesome!:)

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Gonna Read Tess Gerritsen's latest LAST TO DIE - it has Yellow on the cover :-)

[Rachel]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Gonna Read Tess Gerritsen's latest LAST TO DIE - it has Yellow on the cover :-)
"

i really need to try that series

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Well you better get started on it - this is book#10 now!

Here's the link the Tess Gerritsen Fans Group which I moderate (when I feel like it) :
http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/2...

[Rachel]

thanks dc :)

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Thank You. I love spreading the word about my favorite authors :-)

[Lacey]

Ive never read that author..hmmm...

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

WHAT? You, have never read Tess Gerritsen? My favorite Stand-Alone is The Bone Garden


As a matter of fact, just tonight I bought me a second copy of The Bone Garden when I was at the library picking up Last to Die, because the Bone Garden was sitting on the books for sale shelf and speaking to me.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

If you never read Tess Gerritsen before, this would be a perfect time :-) meets challenge requirement

[Rachel]

dc

def will read tess at some point- for the challenge considering trying stephen white for the first time

if you had to choose between The Surgeon
and Privileged Information which would you choose?

i know you love both authors so if you like them equally- which is less gory

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Priveleged Information is less gory. But if you want to try Stephen White, I would actually recommend either KILL ME or THE SEIGE. Both of these are technically in the Alan Gregory series, but they also are more like Stand-Alone novels and you don't have to have read any of the previous books - they are both very excellent. I would say they are more psychologically disturbing than gory. Kill Me does also happen to have a yellow cover :-) and if you were my neighbor, I'd let you borrow my copy of either book.

[Rachel]

thank you for the recommendations-both books sound very good. so many choices...

i would love for you to be my neighbor, and now the mr roger's song is in my head lol-

[Rachel]

i'm also thinking of reading Naked in Death- i don't think i've read this author before and one of the characters is a politician.

it's also set in nyc- in the future

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

No, you should read Stephen White instead of the Naked book :-) and as soon as you move to Colorful Colorado, you can be my neighbor.

[Lacey]

Well I did it, DC! I got the book you recommended by Tess and also another one called The Surgeon. So I have two by Tess to read now :-)

[Rachel]

Lacey wrote: "Well I did it, DC! I got the book you recommended by Tess and also another one called The Surgeon. So I have two by Tess to read now :-)"

let me know what you think of The Surgeon
that's been on my to read list for a long time- i really need to start that series-

i love the tv show although i've read the books are different than the show

[Lacey]

I'll let's know as soon as I finish reading my other pile of books from the library lol

[Tracy]

Rachel wrote: "Lacey wrote: "Well I did it, DC! I got the book you recommended by Tess and also another one called The Surgeon. So I have two by Tess to read now :-)"

let me know what you think of The Surgeon
th..."



The shows and the books are nothing alike in my opinion. The Surgeon is the best in the series I think. It is extremely exciting one of those sitting on the edge of your seat thrillers.

[J.S.]

If any of you are into YA fantasy, you might want to check out Orphan of the Shadows: The Light and Dark Chronicles by Abby Ryan. It could meet the read-a-previously-unread-author requirement.

[Rachel]

Lacey wrote: "I'll let's know as soon as I finish reading my other pile of books from the library lol"

sounds good! hope your cat is feeling better

[Rachel]

Tracy wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Lacey wrote: "Well I did it, DC! I got the book you recommended by Tess and also another one called The Surgeon. So I have two by Tess to read now :-)"

let me know what you think of..."

thanks tracy- i'm trying to decide which series i should try next - keep going back and forth between stephen white's series and tess's rizzoli and isles series-i love edge of your seat thrillers so it's a hard call.

[Rachel]

J.S. wrote: "If any of you are into YA fantasy, you might want to check out Orphan of the Shadows: The Light and Dark Chronicles by Abby Ryan. It could meet the read-a-previously-unread-author requirement."

thanks for the recommendation, j.s.!

[J.S.]

Rachel wrote: "J.S. wrote: "If any of you are into YA fantasy, you might want to check out Orphan of the Shadows: The Light and Dark Chronicles by Abby Ryan. It could meet the read-a-previously-unread-author requ..."

You're welcome! The sequel to it (The Black Trinity) should be out in January.