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1/21/2012 11:41:56 AM

Almost finished with Game of Thrones. Bought Catching Fire and Mockingjay last night. Have about 50 pages left in Catching Fire before I can update my list. I hate only being able to read on the weekends!

1/21/2012 1:03:31 PM

Enchanted, Inc. - Shanna Swendson
1. Hex and the City
2. Once Upon Stilettos
3. Damsel Under Stress
4. Don't Hex With Texas

5. Dead Reckoning - Charlaine Harris


Up next Less Than Zero - Bret Easton Ellis

1/22/2012 12:26:37 PM

Finished for 2012
1. The Hunger Games
2. Her Mother's Hope
3. Catching Fire

Reading Now
4. Game of Thrones
5. Her Daughter's Dream

To Read
The Name of the Wind and its sequel (can't read it first if I don't own it!)
Mockingjay
The rest of Wizard's First Rule series
World War Z
The rest of the Ender's series
Eragon series
A few other nonfictions I got for Christmas.

[Edited on January 22, 2012 at 6:18 PM. Reason : ]

1/22/2012 6:18:18 PM

Enchanted, Inc. - Shanna Swendson
1. Hex and the City
2. Once Upon Stilettos
3. Damsel Under Stress
4. Don't Hex With Texas

5. Dead Reckoning - Charlaine Harris
6. Less Than Zero - Bret Easton Ellis


Up next Imperial Bedrooms - Bret Easton Ellis

1/23/2012 6:36:08 AM

1. A History of Hockey in Charlotte
2. Scar Tissue
3. Spin Selling
4. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Italicized to show they are not finished

My next book will be The Catcher in the Rye (I have read it twice, but I do love that book)

1/23/2012 9:33:36 AM

Enchanted, Inc. - Shanna Swendson
1. Hex and the City
2. Once Upon Stilettos
3. Damsel Under Stress
4. Don't Hex With Texas

5. Dead Reckoning - Charlaine Harris
6. Less Than Zero - Bret Easton Ellis
7. Imperial Bedrooms - Bret Easton Ellis


Up next Thin Rich Pretty - Beth Harbison

[Edited on January 23, 2012 at 3:18 PM. Reason : sdf]

1/23/2012 3:18:16 PM

Enchanted, Inc. - Shanna Swendson
1. Hex and the City
2. Once Upon Stilettos
3. Damsel Under Stress
4. Don't Hex With Texas

5. Dead Reckoning - Charlaine Harris
6. Less Than Zero - Bret Easton Ellis
7. Imperial Bedrooms - Bret Easton Ellis
8. Thin Rich Pretty - Beth Harbison


Up next The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy - Steve Stoute

1/26/2012 12:22:37 PM

I'm moving so slowly

1) When She Awoke -- Hillary Jordan
2) Forever Odd -- Dean Koontz
3) Thicker than Water -- Mike Carey [Felix Castor series #4]

currently reading:
The Naming of Beasts -- Mike Carey [Felix Castor series #5]
They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky -- Benjamin Ajak, Benson Deng, Alephonsian Deng, Judy Bernstein

1/27/2012 10:15:40 AM

1) The Passage - Justin Cronin
2) Rule 34 - Charles Stross
3) Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
4) Bitter Seeds - Ian Tregillis
5) The Coldest War - Ian Tregillis
6) Arguably - Christopher Hitchens
7) House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
8) Currently Reading - Animal Farm - George Orwell

1/27/2012 7:46:24 PM

1) The Paris Wife - Paula McLain
2) The Book of Fate - Brad Meltzer
3) Sarah's Key - Tatiana de Rosnay
4) A Secret Kept - Tatiana de Rosnay
5) Moneyball - Michael Lewis

Currently Reading - The Pact : Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the Rivalry that Defined a Generation

1/28/2012 8:59:07 AM

1) The Passage - Justin Cronin
2) Rule 34 - Charles Stross
3) Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
4) Bitter Seeds - Ian Tregillis
5) The Coldest War - Ian Tregillis
6) Arguably - Christopher Hitchens
7) House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
8) Animal Farm - George Orwell
9) Currently Reading - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Translated by W. A. Neilson

1/28/2012 7:50:57 PM

Finished for 2012
1. The Hunger Games
2. Her Mother's Hope
3. Catching Fire
4. Mockingjay

Reading Now
5. Game of Thrones
6. Her Daughter's Dream

To Read
The Name of the Wind
Wizard's First Rule series
World War Z
The rest of the Ender's series

1/28/2012 8:53:30 PM

1) The Passage - Justin Cronin
2) Rule 34 - Charles Stross
3) Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
4) Bitter Seeds - Ian Tregillis
5) The Coldest War - Ian Tregillis
6) Arguably - Christopher Hitchens
7) House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
8) Animal Farm - George Orwell
9) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Translated by W. A. Neilson
10) Currently Reading - Necropolis - Michael Dempsey

1/30/2012 6:21:01 PM

read in 2012

The God Delusion
11/22/63
god is not great
satanic verses

reading

the god virus
tree of smoke

on deck

The Courtier and the Heretic
Selfish Gene
Plot Against America - Philip Roth
Nemesis - Philip Roth
The Blind Watchmaker
Middlesex
The Marriage Plot

1/30/2012 6:34:24 PM

^Based on your list, I would highly recommend Hitchen's last essay collection - Arguably. Covers a very wide range of subjects and is very intelligent.

1/30/2012 6:59:01 PM

1. Pale Blue Dot - Carl Sagan
2. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
3. Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage - Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew



almost to 52!!!

1/30/2012 8:30:48 PM

^^ thanks for the tip, been meaning to pick it up.

^I hope you enjoy A Clockwork Orange, its one of my favorite books.

1/31/2012 8:39:14 AM

(1) Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris
(2) Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
(3) Zombie Spaceship Wasteland - Patton Oswalt
(4) Moonwalking With Einstein - Joshua Foer (Awesome for the first 75 pages, highly recommend it so far if you are looking for an interesting non-fiction read)

1/31/2012 10:08:01 AM

Enchanted, Inc. - Shanna Swendson
1. Hex and the City
2. Once Upon Stilettos
3. Damsel Under Stress
4. Don't Hex With Texas

5. Dead Reckoning - Charlaine Harris
6. Less Than Zero - Bret Easton Ellis
7. Imperial Bedrooms - Bret Easton Ellis
8. Thin Rich Pretty - Beth Harbison
9. The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy - Steve Stoute


Up next Anthropology of an American Girl - Hilary Thayer Hamann

1/31/2012 11:59:50 AM

lol looks like my challenge to myself is now going to be 12 books for 2012

1) Heartstone(Matthew Shardlake Series) -- C.J. Sansom

Currently reading Fall of Giants: Book One of the Century Trilogy -- Ken Follett

1/31/2012 1:35:24 PM

1) The Passage - Justin Cronin
2) Rule 34 - Charles Stross
3) Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
4) Bitter Seeds - Ian Tregillis
5) The Coldest War - Ian Tregillis
6) Arguably - Christopher Hitchens
7) House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
8) Animal Farm - George Orwell
9) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Translated by W. A. Neilson
10) Necropolis - Michael Dempsey
11) Currently Reading - Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith

2/2/2012 9:45:26 PM

Finished for 2012
1. The Hunger Games
2. Her Mother's Hope
3. Catching Fire
4. Mockingjay
5. Game of Thrones

Reading Now
6. Her Daughter's Dream
7. Eragon

To Read
The Name of the Wind
Stone of Tears
World War Z
Xenocide

2/3/2012 12:18:28 PM

Finished
1. The liberation of alice love Abby Mcdonald
2. The Hunger Games
3. Catching Fire
4. Mockingjay
5. The Luxe by Anna Godbersen

In Progress
Rapid EKG interpretation
CCRN Review
PALS provider manual

Game of Thrones

To Read

Deadlocked Charlaine Harris (to be released later this year)

Not much leisure reading going on right now

2/4/2012 9:45:14 AM

Quote :

"lol looks like my challenge to myself is now going to be 12 books for 2012"

which would be like 10 more books than i've read in the past 5 years! i probably spend 2-3 hours a day reading the news though.

2/4/2012 9:50:11 AM

i'm still on my 3rd book i don't think i've even picked it up at all this past week. work is hard!!

2/4/2012 12:28:44 PM

Finished for 2012
1. The Hunger Games
2. Her Mother's Hope
3. Catching Fire
4. Mockingjay
5. Game of Thrones
6. Her Daughter's Dream

Reading Now
7. Eragon
8. The Name of the Wind

To Read
Stone of Tears
World War Z
Xenocide

2/4/2012 6:33:19 PM

1) The Passage - Justin Cronin
2) Rule 34 - Charles Stross
3) Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
4) Bitter Seeds - Ian Tregillis
5) The Coldest War - Ian Tregillis
6) Arguably - Christopher Hitchens
7) House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
8) Animal Farm - George Orwell
9) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Translated by W. A. Neilson
10) Necropolis - Michael Dempsey
11) Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith
12) Currently Reading - The Reapers are the Angels - Alden Bell

2/5/2012 1:23:03 PM

Enchanted, Inc. - Shanna Swendson
1. Hex and the City
2. Once Upon Stilettos
3. Damsel Under Stress
4. Don't Hex With Texas

5. Dead Reckoning - Charlaine Harris
6. Less Than Zero - Bret Easton Ellis
7. Imperial Bedrooms - Bret Easton Ellis
8. Thin Rich Pretty - Beth Harbison
9. The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy - Steve Stoute


Up next Prep - Curtis Sittenfeld

(Anthropology of an American Girl - Hilary Thayer Hamann on standby....have to wait for another copy)

2/6/2012 2:45:44 PM

Quote :

"How you people can spend that much time reading is beyond me"

don't you know there are TWW posts to be made!

2/6/2012 3:56:17 PM

1) The Passage - Justin Cronin
2) Rule 34 - Charles Stross
3) Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
4) Bitter Seeds - Ian Tregillis
5) The Coldest War - Ian Tregillis
6) Arguably - Christopher Hitchens
7) House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
8) Animal Farm - George Orwell
9) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Translated by W. A. Neilson
10) Necropolis - Michael Dempsey
11) Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith
12) The Reapers are the Angels - Alden Bell
13) Currently Reading - House of Chains - Steven Erikson

2/7/2012 8:40:12 PM

Enchanted, Inc. - Shanna Swendson
1. Hex and the City
2. Once Upon Stilettos
3. Damsel Under Stress
4. Don't Hex With Texas

5. Dead Reckoning - Charlaine Harris
6. Less Than Zero - Bret Easton Ellis
7. Imperial Bedrooms - Bret Easton Ellis
8. Thin Rich Pretty - Beth Harbison
9. The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy - Steve Stoute
10. Prep - Curtis Sittenfeld


Up next Anthropology of an American Girl - Hilary Thayer Hamann

2/10/2012 8:41:29 PM

Finished
1. The liberation of alice love Abby Mcdonald
2. The Hunger Games
3. Catching Fire
4. Mockingjay
5. The Luxe by Anna Godbersen
6. Good Christian Bitches


Game of Thrones

To Read

Deadlocked Charlaine Harris (to be released later this year)

2/11/2012 9:35:44 PM

Done:

1) The First World War -- John Keegan
2) Zone One -- Colson Whitehead
3) A Game of Thrones
4) A Clash of Kings

In progress:

5) A Storm of Swords
6) Warrior Race: A History of the British At War -- Lawrence James

Loaded on the Kindle and ready to go:

7) A Feast for Crows

2/12/2012 2:26:55 AM

(1) Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris
(2) Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
(3) Zombie Spaceship Wasteland - Patton Oswalt
(4) Moonwalking With Einstein - Joshua Foer
(5) Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins [currently reading]

2/13/2012 11:53:36 AM

Finished for 2012
1. The Hunger Games
2. Her Mother's Hope
3. Catching Fire
4. Mockingjay
5. Game of Thrones
6. Her Daughter's Dream
7. Eragon

Reading Now
8. The Name of the Wind
9. Brisinger

To Read
Stone of Tears
World War Z
Xenocide
A Clash of Kings

2/16/2012 7:43:18 AM

Finished in 2012
1. A Game of Thrones
2. A Clash of Kings
3. A Storm of Swords
4. A Feast for Crows
5. A Dance with Dragons
6. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
7. The Hunger Games
8. Catching Fire
9. Mockingjay

Currently Reading
10. The Alienist: A Novel (Dr. Lazlo Kreizler)

Note: All the books I have listed are in Kindle format. If anyone is interested in reading any of them and the publisher has enabled 'Lending', I'm happy to share. PM me.

[Edited on February 16, 2012 at 7:54 AM. Reason : because I can]

2/16/2012 7:51:51 AM

Moving slooowly:

1) When She Awoke --- Hillary Jordan
2) Forever Odd --- Dean Koontz
3) Thicker than Water --- Mike Carey
4) The Naming of Beasts --- Mike Carey
5) They Pour Fire on Us from the Sky --- Benjamin Ajak, Benson Deng, Alephonsian Deng, and Judy Bernstein

Currently reading:
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children --- Ransom Riggs
Brother Odd -- Dean Koontz
A Confederacy of Dunces --- John Kennedy Toole

Next up:
I Love You, Beth Cooper --- Larry Doyle
Lamb -- Christopher Moore

2/16/2012 8:36:49 AM

1) The Passage - Justin Cronin
2) Rule 34 - Charles Stross
3) Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
4) Bitter Seeds - Ian Tregillis
5) The Coldest War - Ian Tregillis
6) Arguably - Christopher Hitchens
7) House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
8) Animal Farm - George Orwell
9) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Translated by W. A. Neilson
10) Necropolis - Michael Dempsey
11) Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith
12) The Reapers are the Angels - Alden Bell
13) House of Chains - Steven Erikson
14) Currently Reading - Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

2/16/2012 6:09:55 PM

I'm way behind already. I also just looked back at my list and realized I only finished 14 books last year. I probably won't ever make 52, but as long as I'm reading some I'm happy.


1. Been There, Haven't Done That: A Virgin's Memoir - Tara Mccarthy
January 1, 2012

2. Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity - Kerry Cohen
January 8, 2012

3. Paint It Black - Janet Fitch
February 15, 2012

2/17/2012 9:09:06 PM

^That's okay, you probably have a social life that limits your reading time.

1) The Passage - Justin Cronin
2) Rule 34 - Charles Stross
3) Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
4) Bitter Seeds - Ian Tregillis
5) The Coldest War - Ian Tregillis
6) Arguably - Christopher Hitchens
7) House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
8) Animal Farm - George Orwell
9) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Translated by W. A. Neilson
10) Necropolis - Michael Dempsey
11) Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith
12) The Reapers are the Angels - Alden Bell
13) House of Chains - Steven Erikson
14) Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
15) Currently Reading - Midnight Tides - Steven Erikson

2/18/2012 11:50:51 AM

Finished
1. The liberation of alice love Abby Mcdonald
2. The Hunger Games
3. Catching Fire
4. Mockingjay
5. The Luxe by Anna Godbersen
6. Good Christian Bitches
7. Game of Thrones

Reading now
A Clash of Kings

To Read

Deadlocked Charlaine Harris (to be released later this year)

2/18/2012 5:00:33 PM

is it too late for me to join this? right now my list is pretty weak but i'm catching up slowly

1) 1984 - George Orwell
2-4) Abhorsen trilogy - Garth Nix (teen fantasy, lololol, but a great guilty pleasure!)
5) The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers
6) 100 Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I'm slowly reading through all the paperbacks that I have left so that I can be exclusively on my Kindle

On the list (in no particular order)

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
Cats Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
Pathologies of Power - Paul Farmer (we'll see if I get to this one)
All the Shah's Men - Stephen Kinzer
Eragon Series??? - Christopher Paolini
LOTR Series ??? - J.R.R. Tolkien


[Edited on February 20, 2012 at 9:37 AM. Reason : .]

2/20/2012 9:32:29 AM

Never too late to join! Yay readers!!

Also, I'm an idiot, and Brisinger is not the 2nd book in the Eragon series, Eldest is... so, after 1 chapter of Brisinger, I have realized I am NOT reading that one currently. I've now switched to the proper book.

2/20/2012 9:33:37 AM

i may actually finish this book this year...but it's not looking too promising

2/21/2012 1:44:38 PM

(1) Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris
(2) Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
(3) Zombie Spaceship Wasteland - Patton Oswalt
(4) Moonwalking With Einstein - Joshua Foer
(5) Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
(6) Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins [currently reading]

2/21/2012 2:18:22 PM

Occasionally, I get the impulse to post the endings of books people are currently reading, in this thread. It's ridiculously hard to restrain myself.

2/21/2012 2:19:35 PM

i need to start reading again

2/21/2012 2:41:05 PM

1) The Paris Wife - Paula McLain
2) The Book of Fate - Brad Meltzer
3) Sarah's Key - Tatiana de Rosnay
4) A Secret Kept - Tatiana de Rosnay
5) Moneyball - Michael Lewis
6) The Pact : Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the Rivalry that Defined a Generation

Currently reading: Mindy Kaling - Is everyone hanging out with without me?

2/21/2012 2:44:22 PM

Everyone should read this book:

2/21/2012 2:51:59 PM