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My reading list is pretty sad considering that I was reading a lot of fanfic the first part of the year but I've stepped it up in the last month... sort of.
The books that are sitting beside my bed because I've started reading them but have found other shiny things to read instead of finishing these:
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (while this book is AMAZING, I was getting depressed with all the rain and clouds and decided I need to read something lighter and less "gee, I wonder when the main character is going to be ASSASSINATED")
Muse and Reverie by Charles deLint (okay, I've actually only read the first few pages of this book and I WILL get back to it because I do love my CdL)
Witch & Wizard by James Patterson (I like this premise BUT I don't know if I can read it because the constant chapter changes are DRIVING ME INSANE. I thought I could handle it because I do love fanfic that does the same thing but the thought of do this for 282 pages makes me slightly nauseous)
And then a thousand and one freebies on my Kindle that I read three paragraphs of and then promptly wonder why anyone ever let them put their stuff up on the Amazon Kindle store. If they're really bad, I purge them but if they're only sort of bad, I put them in a collection just in case I decide to read them after all.
1. Historical Data Comes in Handy (history)
2. The Funny Man Always Gets the Girl (humor)
...Something Rotten (Thursday Next 4 - Jasper Fforde) 3/10
3. Never Too Old For This (YA)
...Shiver (Maggie Stiefvater) 1/10
4. All Pixelated (ebooks on my Kindle)
...Anathema (The Causal Enchantment 1 - K.A. Tucker) 3/10
...Shadow Unit #1 (Will Shetterly and others) 4/6
5. Need to See the Movie (books that have movies)
6. The Pharm Girl's Book Club (work book club)
...Archangel's Blade (Guild Hunter 5 - Nalini Singh) 3/23
7. She Knows What I Like (female authors)
8. RIP, Dear One (dead authors)
9. Never Eat What the Fairies Offer (Fairy Tales, both old and new)
...The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland - For A Little While (short story - Catherynne M. Valente) 4/10
10. I Already Picked That (from my 100 books list)
11. Ooh, I Liked That One (rereads)
... Cry Wolf (Patricia Briggs) 2/14
... Hunting Grounds (Patricia Briggs) 2/16
12. On the Cutting Edge (new books out in 2012)
...All Things Wicked (Karina Cooper) 2/27
These don't really fit any of the categories but I still read them:
...Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life (Terry Brooks) 4/3
Books I will be buying soon:
$$$$ The rest of the Shadow Unit series! I really enjoyed that book. Even though it is frighteningly like Criminal Minds (and if you read the way the series came about, you'll find out why), it's just so entertaining. I read an Amazon review that says that book two is much more character-driven which makes me all sorts of happy because I love the team.
$$$$ The new J.R. Ward that came out last week. I decided to get it on Kindle until the paperback comes out.
$$$$ Hunger Games - I've read it but I need the first book as an e-book to go with the rest of the set that I have on my Kindle. Also, at least one of my book clubs (I find myself involved in THREE) is reading it.
$$$$ Several other book club books. I have that list somewhere around here...
The books that are sitting beside my bed because I've started reading them but have found other shiny things to read instead of finishing these:
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (while this book is AMAZING, I was getting depressed with all the rain and clouds and decided I need to read something lighter and less "gee, I wonder when the main character is going to be ASSASSINATED")
Muse and Reverie by Charles deLint (okay, I've actually only read the first few pages of this book and I WILL get back to it because I do love my CdL)
Witch & Wizard by James Patterson (I like this premise BUT I don't know if I can read it because the constant chapter changes are DRIVING ME INSANE. I thought I could handle it because I do love fanfic that does the same thing but the thought of do this for 282 pages makes me slightly nauseous)
And then a thousand and one freebies on my Kindle that I read three paragraphs of and then promptly wonder why anyone ever let them put their stuff up on the Amazon Kindle store. If they're really bad, I purge them but if they're only sort of bad, I put them in a collection just in case I decide to read them after all.
1. Historical Data Comes in Handy (history)
2. The Funny Man Always Gets the Girl (humor)
...Something Rotten (Thursday Next 4 - Jasper Fforde) 3/10
3. Never Too Old For This (YA)
...Shiver (Maggie Stiefvater) 1/10
4. All Pixelated (ebooks on my Kindle)
...Anathema (The Causal Enchantment 1 - K.A. Tucker) 3/10
...Shadow Unit #1 (Will Shetterly and others) 4/6
5. Need to See the Movie (books that have movies)
6. The Pharm Girl's Book Club (work book club)
...Archangel's Blade (Guild Hunter 5 - Nalini Singh) 3/23
7. She Knows What I Like (female authors)
8. RIP, Dear One (dead authors)
9. Never Eat What the Fairies Offer (Fairy Tales, both old and new)
...The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland - For A Little While (short story - Catherynne M. Valente) 4/10
10. I Already Picked That (from my 100 books list)
11. Ooh, I Liked That One (rereads)
... Cry Wolf (Patricia Briggs) 2/14
... Hunting Grounds (Patricia Briggs) 2/16
12. On the Cutting Edge (new books out in 2012)
...All Things Wicked (Karina Cooper) 2/27
These don't really fit any of the categories but I still read them:
...Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life (Terry Brooks) 4/3
Books I will be buying soon:
$$$$ The rest of the Shadow Unit series! I really enjoyed that book. Even though it is frighteningly like Criminal Minds (and if you read the way the series came about, you'll find out why), it's just so entertaining. I read an Amazon review that says that book two is much more character-driven which makes me all sorts of happy because I love the team.
$$$$ The new J.R. Ward that came out last week. I decided to get it on Kindle until the paperback comes out.
$$$$ Hunger Games - I've read it but I need the first book as an e-book to go with the rest of the set that I have on my Kindle. Also, at least one of my book clubs (I find myself involved in THREE) is reading it.
$$$$ Several other book club books. I have that list somewhere around here...
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Date: 2012-04-12 05:45 am (UTC)From:A kindle... I was thinking about getting one a few month ago. Is it worth it? I mean, a book without the feeling of a book in your hand, that doesn't sound right.
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Date: 2012-04-12 05:53 am (UTC)From:There will be some books that I will always buy in printed form but I love having a choice in how I read other books.
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Date: 2012-04-12 11:30 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2012-04-15 12:16 pm (UTC)From:How is it like Criminal Minds? *curious*
J.R. Ward sounds like an author I should really try out sometime. Also, the Hunger Games. I haven't read it and I've got this hang-up about reading books that are really popular? So I'm not sure whether I'll get around to it - I'm snobbish like that xD (The only reason I actually read HP was because I started reading before the hype)
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Date: 2012-04-15 02:31 pm (UTC)From:I still liked the book, though. They aren't ripping the show off necessarily... just using the character descriptions and some traits.
JR Ward is an AMAZING writer with some AMAZING books out there. While she isn't for everyone, I think they would still resonate with 75% of my friends list,
We (the girls at my work) read the Hunger Games trilogy before it became a huge thing. In fact, they hadn't even announced the movie when we started! I almost never get in on the ground floor of a phenomenon! I think it's an interesting story with interesting characters and a lot of action.