❤ ☠ Elyssa ☠ ❤

[Zakiya]

That's not exactly a small list, Elyssa. LOL :)
I think I'll use an actual list too though. It's very organized.

[[deleted user]]

Well-displayed list! Mine is like 4 books long lol. But I'll add more as I get there. Nice job!

[[deleted user]]

I plan on adding my finished book to the top of the list and crossing it off as I go. There are so many I want to read. These are a few at the top. It just keeps me in check sometimes. I'm a book genre slut though. I can't stay in one area too long.

[Zakiya]

I try to be diverse, but that only seems to work with genres of music...

[[deleted user]]

Ah, music... I seem to be going through a phase where I'm listening to all the good music from 10 years ago. Back when I was in HS.

[Zakiya]

Wow, that's definitely a phase; n/o (no offense)

[[deleted user]]

Non taken. Nostalgic memories, LOL. I found old CD's and burned ones from way back when.

[Zakiya]

ha, I love when people say "way back when..." I find it strangely hilarious.

[[deleted user]]

I wish it was yesterday... Ah to turn back time.

[Leanne]

hahaa you are so weird zicka (i still remeber when kaitlin was righting me and was like HOW DO YOU SPELL HER NAME !!!!) haha

[Zakiya]

lol that musta been sooo funny!! lololol :))))

[[deleted user]]

Graceling is an awesome book :D If you like it you should read her second book based in a different kingdom, "Fire". Not as good though, in my opinion. The main character also reminded me of the girl in "The Hunger Games".

[[deleted user]]

I haven't read hunger games yet, is that one worth picking up? I heard good and bad about the book so I'm iffy.

[[deleted user]]

It isn't my favorite, but it's definitely worth reading. The storyline struck as kind of cliche - fight to the death, society oppressed by ruling class kind of thing - but I couldn't put it down, (which surprised me) and it was good. I didn't know what was going to happen next. :D

[[deleted user]]

Thanks... I'll give it a shot.

[[deleted user]]

❤☠ January ☠ ❤
----> Books Read
❤☠ January ☠ ❤
1. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare 1/1/2010... 485 pages
2. Graceling by Kristin Cashore 1/4/2010... 371 pages
3. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater 1/6/2010... 390 pages
4. Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon 1/8/2010... 307 pages
5. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld 1/12/2010... 425 pages
6. Vision in White by Nora Roberts 1/14/2010... 325 pages
7. Mona Lisa Blossoming by Sunny 1/16/2010... 246 pages
8. The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket 1/16/2010... 144 pages
9. Born of Fire by Sherrilyn Kenyon 1/21/2010... 529 pages
10. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr 1/24/2010... 328 pages
11. Mona Lisa Craving by Sunny 1/30/2010... 273 pages
12. Go Eat Worms! by R.L. Stine 1/31/2010... 119 pages (Read to my boys)

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Favorites for 2010

Full 5 Stars
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Runner Ups 4 Stars

[Zakiya]

How can you possibly have favorites already?

[[deleted user]]

I'm surprised too. But these four books I couldn't put down. I read them mostly in one day. Since I have some pretty good ones in that means I will now be in a rut. Oh, joy. I better watch what I pick up to read.

[[deleted user]]

----> Books I want to Read Soon.

- The Lunatic Cafe (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #4) by Laurell K. Hamilton
- Bloody Bones (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #5) by Laurell K. Hamilton
- Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
- Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
- Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
- Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
- Travels in a Thin Country A Journey Through Chile by Sara Wheeler
- The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
- The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory
- Tales of a Female Nomad Living at Large in the World by Rita Golden Gelman
- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
- House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
- The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
- The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Return of the King byJ.R.R. Tolkien
- The Arabian Nights Tales from a Thousand and One Nights
- The Witch of Portobello by Paulo Coelho
- In the Walled Gardens A Novel by Anahita Firouz
- Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia
- Born of Ice by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione
-Pretty When She Dies A Vampire Novel by Rhiannon Frater
- Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
- Lament The Faerie Queen's Deception by Maggie Stiefvater
- Hood by Stephen R. Lawhead
- Tithe by Holly Black
- Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk
- Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
- Pretties by "
- Specials by "
- Extras by "

[Zakiya]

We have a few books in common, but not many.

[Kate]

Well, you must read really fast! I can only find time to read if I'm lucky! You'll have to tell me what some of the good ones are. As of late I haven't found a book that I really love in a couple of months. Good luck and happy reading!

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Favorites for 2010

Full 5 Stars
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Runner Ups 4 Stars

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❤☠ February ☠ ❤

13. Bone by Fae Myenne Ng 2/10/2010... 208
14. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl 2/22/2010...563
15. Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by فیروزه جزایری دوما / Firoozeh Jazayeri Dumas 2/23/2010... 224
16. Stray by Rachel Vincent 2/25/2010... 618
17. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 2/28/2010... 256

[[deleted user]]

Kate wrote: "Well, you must read really fast! I can only find time to read if I'm lucky! You'll have to tell me what some of the good ones are. As of late I haven't found a book that I really love in a couple o..."

I really enjoyed Hush Hush, City of Bones, and I'm currently enjoying Stray.

I will be starting to read Beautiful Creatures and City of Ashes soon.

[Kate]

I also read Hush Hush and City of Bones. I loved them both. I just started to read Beautiful Creatures and City of Ashes. I'll have to check out Stray.

[Kate]

I have a dumb question. How do you cross out books that you've read?

[Jordan]

It's not dumb. You have to work with HTML. Which is being annoying. So I have to post in different posts.

So, say you have BOOK. You would write

[Jordan]

(This character)
<

[Jordan]

(then s, for strike)

[Jordan]

(Then this)
>

on one side of the book name

[Jordan]

(Then on the other side)

<

[Kate]

Okay I'm still not getting it as you may have seen I've tired a few different ways and am getting no where.

[Jordan]

(this cancels it)
/

[Jordan]

(s, again for strike)
s

[Jordan]

and finally >

Does that help? (Sorry for the multiple posts. It kept thinking that I was trying to actually strike the text)

(When writing a comment, if you click on (some html is ok), it will take you to a "cheat sheet" of html. :)

[Kate]

book

[Kate]

Oh my gosh I finally got it!

[Kate]

Thanks. I never realized that html help before. Thanks again.

[[deleted user]]

I'm glad you got it. Awesome.

[[deleted user]]

❤ ☠ March ☠❤

18. Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon 3/6/2010 ... 324

19. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie 3/14/2010 ... 230

20. X-Day, Volume 1 by Setona Mizushiro 3/24/2010 ... 192

21. X-Day, Volume 2 by Setona Mizushiro 3/24/2010 ... 192

22. Spirited Away Volume 1 by Hayao Miyazaki 3/29/2010 ... 172

23. Spirited Away Volume 2 by Hayao Miyazaki 3/29/2010 ... 172

24. Spirited Away Volume 3 by Hayao Miyazaki 3/30/2010 ... 172

25. Spirited Away Volume 4 by Hayao Miyazaki 3/30/2010 ... 172

26. Spirited Away Volume 5 by Hayao Miyazaki 3/30/2010 ... 184

[Andrez]

is that good?

[[deleted user]]

It was really good. I always enjoy her books.

[[deleted user]]

A little edit to my March books. Not too many days left of March!

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❤ ☠ APRIL ☠❤

27. Stardust by Neil Gaiman 4/5/2010 ... 333

28. Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon 4/8/2010 ...408

29. Exploding Chippewas by Mark Turcotte Currently Reading ... 83

[Zakiya]

Great work Elyssa! Keep up the hard work! :)