Cover to Cover Challenge discussion
Collette's 164 Books in 2010 - DONE!
Cute ticker. I've noticed several others with tickers.
Thanks. :) I've never had one before so thought I would try it since I'm doing this challenge. It was pretty easy to set up at the www.tickerfactory.com .
I did one, but mine's just plain & simple. I may have to go look closer & perhaps make another one.
I like your ticker. It's cute! I just figured if I liked looking at it, I might use it. lol
Hey Daisiemae! It's a tall order but I'm up to the challenge. :) I might be reading a lot of ebooks though as they seem to be shorter that some I read. lol It's so great to see many familiar faces around here.
ON DECK READING LIST #1SERIES: DARK HUNTERS -
DRAMA: -
ANTHOLOGY: -
EROTICA MFM (ebook): -
CHICKLIT:
FANTASY: -
EROTICA MM (ebook): -
HORROR: -
ROMANCE: -
EROTICA MMF(ebook): -
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE: -
MYSTERY: -
EROTICA MF(ebook): -
PARANORMAL: -
EROTICA: -
YOUNG ADULT: -
I have been on a reading jag - and I can't wait to start 2010. Busy at work & just finished a book I did not like - hoping it didn't bring my reading jag to an end! I have a pile waiting for me:Michael Connelly Nine Dragons
Sue Grafton - U is for Undertow
James Patterson - I Alex Cross
....etc
I know! I'm raring to go too. Sorry you had to force your way through a book. I hate that! That is why I make me list before hand because it keeps me reading since I'm always looking forward to the next book. :)
I really need to try Sue Grafton. Obviously you like her books, Julie?
Julie wrote: "I have been on a reading jag - and I can't wait to start 2010. Busy at work & just finished a book I did not like - hoping it didn't bring my reading jag to an end! I have a pile waiting for me:..."
I AM ADDICTED TO SERIES.
I READ PATTERSON , STUART WOODS , JANET EVANOVICH ETC DO YOU THINK I WILL LIKE SUE GRAFTON ONES?
Collette wrote: "I know! I'm raring to go too. Sorry you had to force your way through a book. I hate that! That is why I make me list before hand because it keeps me reading since I'm always looking forward to th..."
I picked "D" one day in a vacation rental & couldn't put it down. I had not gravitated towards the series before that. So I started at "A". I love her main character - they are quick reads. Amusing & usually a good mystery.
Dawn wrote: "Julie wrote: "I have been on a reading jag - and I can't wait to start 2010. Busy at work & just finished a book I did not like - hoping it didn't bring my reading jag to an end! I have a pile wa..."Yes - I think they are totally worth reading. Light - good character's. I like Grafton.
I'm a Grafton fan too. I've gotten to caring for her characters, and I think that's a big element for writers who are doing series.
Dawn wrote:I've gotten to caring for her characters, and I think that's a big element for writers who are doing series. I totally agree! I love series except I usually must have as many as possible in the series before I even start it. :( That is a very bad habit. lol
Me too Collette. That's why I have a 9 page list so I can keep all the series in order and remember which ones I have and which ones I need.
LOL, we probably need "series" therapy or a group devoted to series readers! :)
Collette wrote: "Dawn wrote:I've gotten to caring for her characters, and I think that's a big element for writers who are doing series. I totally agree! I love series except I usually must have as many as possib..."
i am totally the same way I have the next 5 stuart woods sitting at home waiting to devour.
Collette wrote: "LOL, we probably need "series" therapy or a group devoted to series readers! :) "ooh lets start one.
Collette wrote: "Dawn wrote:I've gotten to caring for her characters, and I think that's a big element for writers who are doing series. I totally agree! I love series except I usually must have as many as possib..."
In that case in sue grafton you would need 21 books-A-U- alot of books
Dawn! If you start one I will join! There are so many series though that I'm not sure how one would set it up! lol Afsana...I see I have a big job ahead of me. I have quite a few of the first ones so maybe I'll let myself get started before I get them all. That is great that there are so many!
Yes def not a project I can take on at the moment. But maybe one day I'll start it up.
Collette wrote: "Dawn! If you start one I will join! There are so many series though that I'm not sure how one would set it up! lol Afsana...I see I have a big job ahead of me. I have quite a few of the first one..."
yep best to start with what you have got-you will not run out!
Since I sometimes read some hefty books I'm going to keep track of my pages read too. It makes me feel better if I don't happen to make 144 books. :)
2010 Total Pages Read: 20,079Unleash the Night - Sherrilyn Kenyon - 378 Pages
Where the Heart Is - Billie Letts - 376 pgs
Tales from the Temple II - Various - 189 pgs
Wolfen - Madelaine Montague - 244 pgs
Little White Lies - Gemma Townley - 320 pgs
Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley - 876 pgs
Twilight - BCPI - 3 - Ally Blue - 240 pgs
Lilith's Dream - Whitely Streiber - 400 pgs
Summer at Willow Lake - Susan Wiggs - 534 pgs
Roughstock: Blind Ride: Season One - B.A. Tortuga 149 pgs
Branded by Gold - Carol Lynne - 114 pgs
Out of Sight - Cherry Adair - 310 pgs
Shop Till You Drop - Elaine Viets - 288 pgs
Loving Control - Ann Jacobs - 93 pgs
Atlantis Unleashed - Alyssa Day - 304 pgs
All U Can Eat - Emma Holly - 301 pgs
Betrayed - Kristen/PC Cast - 310 pgs
Always There is the Mountain - Kalli Deschamps - 248 pgs
Chosen - Kristen/PC Cast - 320 pgs
Untamed - Kristin/PC Cast - 338 pgs
Hunted - Kristin/PC Cast - 323 pgs
Tempted - Kristin/PC Cast - 332 pgs
Jock Dorm - Dar and Gregg - Bobby Michaels - 153 pgs
Magic Bites - Ilona Andrews - 260 pgs
Magic Burns - Ilona Andrews - 272 pgs
Magic Strikes - Ilona Andrews - 310 Pgs
Magic Mourns - Ilona Andrews - 51 pgs
Dark Side of the Moon - Sherrilyn Kenyon - 339pgs
A Hard Days Night-Search - 44 pgs
Fear the Darkness - Sherrilyn Kenyon - 20 pgs
The Dream-Hunter - Sherrilyn Kenyon - 352 pgs
Devil May Cry - Sherrilyn Kenyon - 352 pgs
Upon the Midnight Clear - Kenyon - 288 pgs
Dream-Chaser - Kenyon - 383 pgs
Acheron - Kenyon - 800 pgs
One Silent Night - Kenyon - 310 pgs
Dream-Warrior - Kenyon - 320 pgs
Bad Moon Rising - Kenyon -344 pgs
I Love Everybody - Notaro - 240 pgs
Covet - JR Ward - 474 pgs
Closer - Ally Blue - 240 pgs
Murder Between the Covers - Elaine Viets - 288 pgs
EC's Tales from the Temple III - 304 pgs
On Thin Ice - Cherry Adair - 309 pgs
Hot Ice - Cherry Adair - 358 pgs
Ben's Wildflower - Carole Lynn - 107 pgs
Open to Possibilities - Carole Lynn - 107 pgs
White Heat - Cherry Adair - 352 pgs
Completing the Circle - Carole Lynn - 111 pgs
Tropical Heat (ss) - Cherry Adair - 59 pgs
Going Against Orders - Carole Lynn - 118 pgs
Tortured Souls - Carole Lynn - 71 pgs
Night Fall - Cherry Adair - 315 pgs
The Bachelor - Carly Phillips - 301 pgs
Angels and Demons - Dan Brown - 569 pgs
Cattle Valley: Mistletoe - Carole Lynn - 69 pgs
Atlantis Unmasked - Alyssa Day - 320 pgs
Delicious Taboo for Two + 2 - Jennifer Cole - 158 pgs
Night Secrets - Cherry Adair - 314 pgs
The Playboy - Carly Phillips - 354 pgs
Burned - P.C. Cast - 323 pgs
Cattle Valley: Sweet Topping - Carol Lynne - 95 pgs
Lover Mine - J.R. Ward - 512 pgs
No Rest for the Wiccan - Madelyn Alt - 295 pgs
Rough Ride:Cattle Valley - Carol Lynne - 93 pgs
Quentins - Maeve Binchy - 488 pgs
The Heartbreaker - Carly Phillips - 352 pgs
Physical Therapy:Cattle Valley - Carol Lynne - 93 pgs
Texas Bad Boys - Various - 352 pgs
Master of Dragons - Angela Knight - 320 pgs
IM NOT EVEN 100 PAGES INTO MY FIRST BOOK OF 2010 I AM SO NEVER MAKING THIS 144
Dawn!! You will do just fine. That is why I'm doing the page count. I'm not sure I will make the book count but I'll do my best. We are here for each other for support. We are like little reading cheerleaders. :)
AWE THANKS SO MUCH. I JUST NEED A WEEKEND OR A NIGHT WITH NOTHING TO DO WHICH HASNT HAPPENED YET.
Dawn wrote: "AWE THANKS SO MUCH. I JUST NEED A WEEKEND OR A NIGHT WITH NOTHING TO DO WHICH HASNT HAPPENED YET."you just need a good month to make up for a bad month
You are so focused and steady with your list. I keep falling off the wagon and reading things that are not on my list for the month. Your page counting idea is great.
You and Shellie did not help me stay focused by mailing me books. You know I love Samantha Kane and Josh Lanyon. You both love Lola Dances. Both of you have me twirling further and deeper down the dirty book rabbit hole. I am, after all, a person of great intellect and refinement- now brought low by the company I keep.
BB, You could become like me and just be a collector of books. :D Than you can carefully pick and choose what you read without falling off of the wagon. Learn to make your lists and stick with them! Be disciplined! lol
Damn! I had to take a detour from my list! I can't read a paperback while working out anymore since the ereader has me totally spoiled. I'm reading a paperback but had to find an ebook that was already on my reader as I didn't have the next ebook on the list on there. :( Oh well. I guess I'll live. lol
Blackbook wrote: "You and Shellie did not help me stay focused by mailing me books. You know I love Samantha Kane and Josh Lanyon. You both love Lola Dances. Both of you have me twirling further and deeper down t..."YAY! I'm glad we keep corrupting you! That means we're still doing something right! ;)
Collette wrote: "BB, You could become like me and just be a collector of books. :D Than you can carefully pick and choose what you read without falling off of the wagon. Learn to make your lists and stick with t..."
Discipline? What Discipline? ;P
Yeah, I talk big but we all know I'm the weakest one among us all. LOL! As I sort my books I see that a bit more each day.*sigh* Oh well. There are worse habits. ;)
Well at least I'm doing much better in February on number of books then I did in January. I just had to read the ginormous Mists of Avalon.*rolls eyes*
Well I'm going to color outside of the lines here and read a series or actually finish a series reading the books back to back. I never do that but I'm really enjoying P.C. Cast's House of Night series so I'm just going to continue with it. The books as as follows:
Ok I finished the House of Night series to this point, which becomes the downside of reading a series back to back. I'm all into the series and now I have the painful wait for the next book! lol Oh well. It was nice to remember everything that happened from book to book.
I decided to go for another series! Kate Daniels
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Now I'm going to work on finishing up Cherry Adair's T-Flac series. I've only been working on it a few years now. lol I did read about the Edge Brothers 8,9, & 10 so I'm skipping those. 6)
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I love adair's books but need to do some catch up with them. maybe I'll start one of them next. I don't know what I'm in the mood for.
She is such a fun author in her characters and in real life. I got to meet her a few years ago. I really enjoyed On Thin Ice since it was about the dog races in Alaska. That always sounded fun but a lot of work to me.
How far in the T-Flac have you gone?
I kind of jump around. I have on thin ice I think in hc which I have to read yet. Maybe I could read that one. I haven't read any of the night ones yet. I think I might have bought the first one. I have Rescue me anthology on the bookcase yet to read. I'm not sure if I read Hot ice and white heat yet. Have to check that out. I really haven't read her in awhile and probably alot of the earlier ones I read. Nothing lately. I enjoy romantic suspense more than the other types I guess. Especially ones like the navy seals of Suzanne brockmann. But I'm not the type to read them one after the other because I don't want to get sick of them. And I found I read more romantic suspense last year than other ones so trying to do more of a mix this year. So far it's working out. But this month I'm only up to 6 books I think so have to get some fast ones in. I have fast track by fern michaels going, Knitting by Anne Bartlett, The women by TC Boyle (which I haven't gotten into yet but it's a border's book group read and I was thinking of starting A long tall texan summer by diana palmer but I might put that one back on the shelve and start either a Maddy Hunter (cozy mystery) or if I can locate Adair's on thin ice maybe I'll start that.If you like the dog races in alaska there is a mystery writer that writes a series of those. I can't think of the author's name at the moment but I'll find look it up for you if you want. I haven't read one of her's in awhile but know I have the next ones around here someplace.
lol, I like to jump around a lot too. I never used to read right in a row like this but then I found that I forgot about characters that were tied to other books and that bothered me so I started reading the series in a row just recently. I don't find myself getting bored as long as when I finish a series of a certain type, like romantic suspense, I'll move onto a different genra like romance, paranormal or just drama. I haven't read any Suzanne Brockman or Diana Palmer yet but have some of both of their books. I find I really like the romantic suspense too. Linda Howard is another of my favorites. Hers are romantic suspense with some fun thrown in too in some of her books.
Oh the mysteries in Alaska sound good. Thanks for finding the author for me. :)
I'm headed on vacation tomorrow so hopefully I'll have some time to get ahead in my 144 reading. I read the Mists of Avalon in January and it really put me behind. lol 800+ pages will do that. : /
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