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What a lot you've read this year, Shelli! Wow!!
Jo wrote: "Congrats on conquering The Count of Monte Cristo!"It was a long read for me....I've never taken so long to get through a book...glad I did it though!
Eleven books in June.....holy cow....you're a reading maniac!!!!!!!!
Kerri wrote: "Eleven books in June.....holy cow....you're a reading maniac!!!!!!!!"Well...some were audios and The Count had been an on-going thing! Plus a few books were short which helps!
The books I want to read this month are all mega long.....I looked at the list the other day and thought "what the hell was I thinking?" Oh well, I'll keep plugging along although I am almost certain they will flow into August if not September.
JULY COMPLETED: #64 The House of Sleep....BIO 3.5 stars.
#65 Following Polly....Firstreads win...4 stars.
#66 Incarceron....5 stars!!
#67 The Hypnotist...5 stars.
#68 City of Shadows: A Novel of Suspense...5 stars.
#69 The Leftovers...Firstreads win 3 stars.
#70 The President's Vampire....4 stars.
#71 One Foot in the Grave....5 stars.
#72 The Last Child....5 stars.
AUGUST COMPLETED:#73 Sapphique...3.5 stars.
#74 Among the Missing: A Novel...2 stars.
#75 Cleopatra's Daughter...5 stars.
#76 Battle Royale...4 stars.
#77 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell....BIO 4.5 stars.
#78 All the Pretty Horses....BIO 5 stars.
#79 A Game of Thrones....BIO 4 stars.
BIO stands for book I own...part of a personal/group challenge...I've read 31 BIO(from before 2011) this year.
I liked it Jo...not as well written as say The Hunger Games...IMO...but I did like it. It was very brutal and had more blatant killing and not as much character development....it kind of reminded me of The Lord of the Flies in it's intensity....but LOTF had better character development too. In Battle Royale, we get to know just a bit of the character and then bang or boom or eek....they're killed off!
Jo wrote: "What did you think of Battle Royale?"I found it very "raw."
I didn't care that much for the end of "Battle Royale" but otherwise thought it was pretty good.
Jim...I agree the end could have been better....but I'm glad I read it.
SEPTEMBER COMPLETED:#80 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian....5 stars.
#81 The Amulet of Samarkand....3.5-4 stars.....BIO.
#82 A Discovery of Witches....3.75 stars.
#83 The Observations....4 stars.
#84 The Lords of Discipline....5 stars....BIO.
#85 Smokin' Seventeen....3 stars.
You're doing so well, Shelli. I've fallen behind so badly with my challenges - had such a busy time lately, with little reading time. Maybe now that autumn's here, I'll be able to settle down to my books again.
Thanks Angela.....I'm trying...I like our groups next year challenge better...it's more open and not so limiting...I'm glad I did this...read books I own, but it was hard at times because the books are older and came before goodreads....my tastes have gotten much more refined!!
OCTOBER COMPLETED:#86 Motherless Brooklyn....4 stars...BIO.
#87 Asylum Lake....2 stars.
#88 Divergent....5 stars!
#89 The Knife of Never Letting Go....4 stars.
#90 Sunshine.....4 stars.
NOVEMBER COMPLETED:#91 The Heretic's Daughter...3 stars BIO.
#92 A Clash of Kings...5 stars BIO.
#93 American Gods....4 stars BIO.
#94 A War of Gifts....5 stars BIO.
A slow month of reading for me....but there were a couple chunksters I finished up!
I read 40 books that I already owned this year, so I'm happy about that!!!
DECEMBER COMPLETED:#95 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn....4 stars BIO.
#96 A Christmas Memory...3 stars BIO.
#97 The Serpent's Tale....4 stars.
#98 A Storm of Swords....5 stars.
I hope to get two more completed before the end of the year.
DECEMBER COMPLETED:#95 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn....4 stars BIO.
#96 A Christmas Memory...3 stars BIO.
#97 The Serpent's Tale....4 stars.
#98 A Storm of Swords....5 stars.
#99 At Grave's End....3.5 stars.
#100 Nefertiti...4 stars.
Way to go!! Congrats on reading that many. I started reading in May and only got to 89...may finish one today as I'm 38% into it and no plans. ;)
Cogratulations on a great year of reading! Good luck with 2012!
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#53 Spirit Bound....3.5 stars.
#54 The Day the Falls Stood Still....Won on goodreads...4 stars.
#55 Last Sacrifice...4 stars.
#56 Slammerkin...3.5 stars.
#57 Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival...3.5 stars.
#58 Tuck Everlasting...4 stars BIO.
#59 The Count of Monte Cristo...4.5 stars BIO.
#60 A Nail Through the Heart...5 stars.
#61 The Vampire LestatBIO...4 stars.
#62 The Fourth Watcher: A Novel of Bangkok...5 stars.
#63 The Mistress's Revenge....Firstreads win 3 stars.