Katherine's list of books read in 2010

[Katherine]

February:
Until Forever
Key of Valor

March:
Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse

April:
In Her Shoes
Mine Till Midnight
The Duke and I
The Host
Little Bee
Breaking Dawn
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

May:
This Matter of Marriage
Romancing Mr. Bridgerton
Sofie Metropolis
When Love Awaits
Dark Lover
Man of my Dreams
The Viscount who loved me
The Undomestic Goddess
Nine Rules to Break when Romancing a Rake
A Walk to Remember

June:
The Bargain
The Heir
The Last Song
Deep Blue
Again the Magic
Married By Morning
Blue Eyed Devil
10 things I love about you

July:
It Happened one Autumn
Love in the Afternoon
Secrets of a Summer Night
Mc Kettricks - Tate
Devil in Winter
One Dance with a Duke
Scandal in Spring
The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie
The Devil who Tamed her

Reading:
Covet
Atlas Shrugged

[Lauren]

Wow you are doing a great job with your reading! I congradulate you! :)

[Katherine]

Thanks Lauren. These groups help motivate me.

[Irene]

wow, good list.

[Katherine]

Thanks Irene, I'm hoping to finish some the series lists. But I keep finding more. LOL

[Katherine]

August Reading list:

1)Covet - RRR -read 1st of the series not sure I will continue with it. 3*
2) Predator - book club read finished
3) Eat, Pray, Love -reading
4) Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriageread 2nd in the series (read the sign of the month)
5)Key of Light - 2nd in the seriesread
6)His at Night read
7) When He Was Wicked - Bridgerton series -read
8)High Country Bride -McKettricks (complete a series challenge) -read
9) A Wallflower Christmas - last of the Wallflower series - read
10)Twice Tempted by a Rogueread

[Sashana]

How many books have you read (so far) this year, Katherine?

[Katherine]

38 that I can remember. There are so many good books out there and so little time. :)

[Katherine]

August Challenges to keep track of:
Read your favorite author - Lisa Kleypas
Sign of the times - LEO
TBR Challenge - 9 books
Never ending Series - McKetrricks

RRR
Author of the month -JR Ward - Covet

[Carol Cork *Young at Heart Oldie*]

Katherine wrote: "August Reading list:

1)Covet - RRR
2) Predator - book club read finished
3) East of Eden - (read the sign of the month)
4) Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage 2..."

Katherine - I hope you enjoy 'Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage' and 'When He Was Wicked' as much as I did.

[Lauren]

Wow

[Katherine]

Carol I think I will. I'm very excited to Start "Lady", I enjoyed Ian's story so much. If I would ever get off of GR's I probably could finish it today. LOL

[Carol Cork *Young at Heart Oldie*]

Katherine wrote: "Carol I think I will. I'm very excited to Start "Lady", I enjoyed Ian's story so much. If I would ever get off of GR's I probably could finish it today. LOL"

I know just what you mean. Goodreads is almost like a drug - you have to get your daily fix. LOL

[Katherine]

Reading "When he was wicked now" and enjoying it.

[Lisarenee]

Katherine I love the Bridgerton's series by Quinn. I own a lot of the books from the series and am slowly accumulating them all. It such a nice lighthearted read.

[Carol Cork *Young at Heart Oldie*]

Katherine wrote: "Reading "When he was wicked now" and enjoying it."

This was my favourite of the Bridgerton books. I just adored Michael Stirling and it was quite angsty compared to the other books in the series. There were some hot love scenes as well!

[Katherine]

Well can't wait to get to them. LOL Right now Michael is over being sick for the time being and having to go out into society. I do like him.

[Katherine]

September reading log

1)Key of Light Nora Roberts read
2) Sizzling Sixteenread 3*

3) Three Nights with a Scoundrel read 3*
4) Heat Lightning read
5) First Comes Marriageread 4*
6) Baby Loveread
7) A Duke of Her Owndone
8) Rebeccaread
9)Water for Elephantsread 4*

[Lisarenee]

Katherine, I still have to read Three Nights with a Scoundrel and Water for Elephants. I have them on my shelf. How did you like Sizzling Sixteen? I so wanted Stephanie and Ranger to get together. :)

[Katherine]

Lisarenee wrote: "Katherine, I still have to read Three Nights with a Scoundrel and Water for Elephants. I have them on my shelf. How did you like Sizzling Sixteen? I so wanted Stephanie and Ranger to get together. :)"

Sizzling is for my September reading, but I will let you know. I wanted the same thing to happen and I haven't heard very good reviews of 16 but I've read all the rest so why stop now. LOL

I think Water for Elephants is going to be really good. Three nights we finally get to know who killed Leo.

[Lauren]

Water for Elephants was great!

[Katherine]

Just finished it and it was great.

[Sashana]

I'll be reading it soon. I just read The Kite Runner and it was great.

[Lauren]

Really? Was it interesting?? I got it from the library a while back but I've been really busy now.

[Sashana]

It really was. I cried like three or four times while reading it.

[Lauren]

I should start it soon... Maybe tomorrow morning on the bus. Lol

[Katherine]

I haven't read much about it so will have to check it out.


As the end of September read 58 books in 2010

[Lauren]

You should! :)

[Katherine]

October

1)Staccatoread 4* new to me author
2)The Screwtape Lettersread
3)Seduce Me at Sunriseread
4)Northanger Abbey read
5)Wicked Appetiteread
6)Tempt Me at Twilightread
7)Crave read 4*
8)Key of Knowledgeread 3*
9) Then Comes Seduction read 3 *


67 book in 2010 so far.

[Lisarenee]

Yay! You read Staccato. Did you see the Q&A for it? I love all the hidden things that Deborah J. Ledford put into it. I had a good time talking with her.

[Katherine]

I wish I would have read it before she did her Q&A but it was a great read. I'm happy to have read it, and I love the cover. I didn't look through the thread, I probably should do that and see what I missed in the book. Thanks for the suggestion.

[Katherine]

what animal are you challenge - SWAN


S Sarah McLean: Ten Ways to be adored when landing a lord.read
W
A Ashley, Jennifer Highlander ever afterread
N Nora Roberts: Blue Dahlia read Nov 3rd

[Lisarenee]

Katherine, Finally another swan. :)

[Katherine]

I was glad to be a Swan. LOL

[Katherine]

November reading Log

1) Blue Dahlia
2) Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord
3) The Prize
4) Highlander Ever After
5) Smooth Talking Stranger
6) Sugar Daddy
7) True Betrayals
8) Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
9) Until You
10) Lover Eternal
11) An Offer From a Gentleman

have read 78 books in 2010

[Katherine]

December reading log

1) Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor
2) Russian Winter
3)Desperate Duchesses
4) The Devil Wears Plaid
5) An Affair Before Christmas
6) A Christmas Promise
7) A McKettrick Christmas
8) A Creed Country Christmas
9) Black Rose

[Lisarenee]

You are the third person I've noticed reading the Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder. Is it any good?

[Katherine]

A friend of mine recommended it and it was a fun light read. What is really fun is all the recipes in it. I have already tried one of them.

[Shay]

Katherine wrote: "A friend of mine recommended it and it was a fun light read. What is really fun is all the recipes in it. I have already tried one of them."

Do not make the chocolate candy cane cookies. The cookies come out an odd consistency and are oddly shiny.

[Lisarenee]

We had a recipe when I was a kid for candy cane cookies (no chocolate) and they did not live up to expectations. Did the recipe involve using actual candy canes in the recipe?

[Shay]

Lisarenee wrote: "We had a recipe when I was a kid for candy cane cookies (no chocolate) and they did not live up to expectations. Did the recipe involve using actual candy canes in the recipe?"

Yes. It was in one of Fluke's Christmas books. The cookie itself was really waxy and had an odd consistency. It was so bad, the kids wouldn't eat them. Even when all the other cookies ran out they refused to touch them. That's pretty bad.

[Katherine]

Thanks for letting me know. I will stay away from any kind of recipe that used candy canes. LOL If you want an easy and yummy treat get the small regular pretzels put on a candy kiss (there are all kinds of flavors even candy cane ones) and put in the oven at 350 for about a minute then put an M & M on top while still warm, cool in the frig. They are cute and really fun treats.

[Lisarenee]

Do you put wax paper under the pretzels?

[Katherine]

No, they come up pretty easy. Just don't leave them in the oven too long. I use a non-stick cookie sheet.

[Lisarenee]

I will need to buy pretzels (got the kisses) and M&Ms. Thanks. I'll need to try it.

[Katherine]

I hope you think them. They are just bite size cheer. I like to use the red and green M & M's for Christmas time.

[Shay]

Katherine wrote: "Thanks for letting me know. I will stay away from any kind of recipe that used candy canes. LOL If you want an easy and yummy treat get the small regular pretzels put on a candy kiss (there are ..."

You know, the odd thing is that I don't like easy recipes for baking. The more complex the better. I bake to relax, so the more steps, the more relaxation. I even make bagels from scratch. If a recipe is short, but good, it's okay, but I don't go looking for short recipes.

[Lisarenee]

Shay, how good are you at baking? I have, when I can get the darn recipe to work, the most awesome chocolate meringue cookies you've ever tried. Problem is that if you get the recipe wrong you end up with chocolate hockey pucks, but when you get them right, it's heaven on earth - sheer bliss. The one year I got it to work I added cream of tartar to the recipe and reduced the amount of powdered sugar. The recipe calls for a pound (I think) of powdered sugar.

[Shay]

Lisarenee wrote: "Shay, how good are you at baking? I have, when I can get the darn recipe to work, the most awesome chocolate meringue cookies you've ever tried. Problem is that if you get the recipe wrong you end ..."

I must be pretty good. People beg to get on my Christmas cookie list. Do you have copper bowls? A good tip for egg whites is to use copper bowls- it doesn't get higher than a regular mixer but the copper "sets" the whites and stabilizes it and it doesn't reduce in size as much. It prevents you from "overwhipping" the egg whites because you know they'll come out. I'll look it up, but there's also a specific time to add the cream of tartar- so many minutes in, for the greatest amount of stabilization of the egg whites. A lot of it also has to do with where you live, if it's too humid, it just won't come out. Same with fudge.

[Shay]

Oh, and you should have a bowl and beaters just for egg whites. If there is even the slightest amount of fat, like from butter or egg yolks, it won't turn out.