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5/12/2012 11:32:39 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
7. Eragon
8. Eldest
9. Brisingr
10. Inheritance
11. 50 Shades of Grey
12. 50 Shades of Dark
13. 50 Shades Freed
14. My Horizontal Life - Chelsea Handler

Reading Now
15. World War Z
16. Home Front
17. A Clash of Kings

To Read
The Casual Vacancy - by JK Rowling
The Name of the Wind
Stone of Tears
Xenocide

5/12/2012 11:40:03 PM

i'm really hoping to be able to post an update in this thread next week...

a month on one book is ridiculous...

but, then again, my life has been ridiculous over the last month

5/17/2012 11:17:17 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) Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
15) Midnight Tides - Steven Erikson
16) Monster Hunter International - Larry Correia
17) Halting State - Charles Stross
18) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
19) Ender's Shadow - Orson Scott Card
20) A War of Gifts - Orson Scott Card
21) 13 Things that Don't Make Sense - Michael Brooks
22) The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
23) The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell
24) Shadow of the Hegemon - Orson Scott Card
25) Shadow Puppets - Orson Scott Card
26) Shadow of the Giant - Orson Scott Card
27) Liberty - Stephen Coonts
28) The Hunt for Red October - Tom Clancy
29) Earth Abides - George R. Stewart
30) Storm Front - Jim Butcher
31) Fool Moon - Jim Butcher
32) Grave Peril - Jim Butcher
33) Summer Knight - Jim Butcher
34) The Magicians - Lev Grossman
35) Currently Reading - The Magician King - Lev Grossman
36) Leviathan Wakes - James S. A. Corey
37) Carrie - Stephen King
38) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
39) Hounded - Kevin Hearne
40) The Fall of Hyperion - Dan Simmons
41) Currently Reading - The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson

5/19/2012 6:03:15 PM

I'm super behind, but I'm about to get started on my 5th book. Compared to you all I am a complete failure. Compared to my previous years I am well on my way! For my 5th book -- should I go with 50 Shades of Grey or Gregor the Overlander? I plan to read both at some point, just not exactly sure what I want to get myself into for the next couple weeks. I read slowly.

5/19/2012 6:33:11 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. Bitter is the new Black Jen Lancaster forgot this one
7. Good Christian Bitches
8. Game of Thrones
9. A Clash of Kings
10. A Storm of Swords
11. A Feast for Crows
12. A Dance with Dragons
13.Temptation
14. Fifty Shades of Grey
15. Fifty Shades Darker
16. Fifty Shades Freed
17. Deadlocked Charlaine Harris
18. Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt


To Read
The Devil in the Junior League

Moscow Sting
Rumors - Anna Godbersen
Splendor - Anna Godbersen
Wicked

5/19/2012 8:52:04 PM

Not exactly tearing it up this year:

1. Pale Blue Dot - Carl Sagan
2. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
3. Blind Man's Bluff - Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew
4. Eats Shoots and Leaves - Lynne Truss
5. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha - Roddy Doyle
6. The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
7. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man - John Perkins
8. American Gods - Neil Gaiman
9. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
10. Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro

5/19/2012 9:52:54 PM

how did you like eats shoots and leaves? it's one i've been interested in for a few years but haven't ever picked up

5/19/2012 10:32:44 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
7. Eragon
8. Eldest
9. Brisingr
10. Inheritance
11. 50 Shades of Grey
12. 50 Shades of Dark
13. 50 Shades Freed
14. My Horizontal Life - Chelsea Handler
15. Home Front

Reading Now
16. World War Z
17. A Clash of Kings

5/20/2012 4:26:10 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
7. Eragon
8. Eldest
9. Brisingr
10. Inheritance
11. 50 Shades of Grey
12. 50 Shades of Dark
13. 50 Shades Freed
14. My Horizontal Life - Chelsea Handler
15. Home Front

Reading Now
16. Southern Vampire Series - Dead Until Dark
17. World War Z
18. A Clash of Kings

I'm getting a bit bored with World War Z, so it's on the back burner for a bit. But I'm really enjoying the Southern Vampire Series so far.

5/23/2012 10:37:09 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
8. Eldest
9. Brisingr
10. Inheritance
11. 50 Shades of Grey
12. 50 Shades of Dark
13. 50 Shades Freed
14. My Horizontal Life - Chelsea Handler
15. Home Front
16. Southern Vampire Series - Dead Until Dark
17. Southern Vampire Series - Living Dead in Dallas
18. Southern Vampire Series - Club Dead

Reading Now
Southern Vampire Series - Dead to the World
World War Z
A Clash of Kings

5/24/2012 5:26:25 PM

1) When She Awoke -- Hilary Jordan
2) Forever Odd -- Dean Koontz
3) Thicker than Water -- Mike Carey
4) The Naming of Beasts -- Mike Carey
5) They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky -- Benjamin Ajak, Benson Deng, Alephonsion Deng, Judy Bernstein
6) Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children -- Ransom Riggs
7) Brother Odd -- Dean Koontz
8) I Love You, Beth Cooper -- Larry Doyl
9) How to Be Black -- Baratunde Thurston
10) I Kill Giants -- Joe Kells and JM Ken Naimura
11) Robopocalypse -- Daniel H. Wilson
12) Needful Things -- Stephen King
13) The Enemy -- Charlie Higson
14) Nightwatch -- Sergei Luyasenok
15) The Lost Hero -- Rick Riordan
16) The Wind through the Key Hole -- Stephen King
17) Sphere -- Michael Crichton
18) Lamb -- Christopher Moore
19) Ready Player One -- Ernest Cline

Currently reading: Odd Hours -- Dean Koontz

5/24/2012 5:46:01 PM

yay i finished another!

1) Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
2) Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
3) Out of Oz - Gregory Maguire
4) The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson
5) Gregor the Overlander - Suzanne Collins
6) Franny & Zooey - JD Salinger (currently reading)

5/24/2012 10:08:55 PM

^ I just realized last night when I saw it was on my end table that I still have Mockingjay. So clearly we need to do something so I can get it back to you.

5/24/2012 10:24:32 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
7. Eragon
8. Eldest
9. Brisingr
10. Inheritance
11. 50 Shades of Grey
12. 50 Shades of Dark
13. 50 Shades Freed
14. My Horizontal Life - Chelsea Handler
15. Home Front
16. Southern Vampire Series - Dead Until Dark
17. Southern Vampire Series - Living Dead in Dallas
18. Southern Vampire Series - Club Dead
19. Southern Vampire Series - Dead to the World

Reading Now
Southern Vampire Series - Dead as a Doornail
World War Z
A Clash of Kings

5/24/2012 10:45:49 PM

^^yes! You going to be around Monday? I am off

5/25/2012 7:44:00 AM

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
7) Is everyone hanging out with without me? - Mindy Kaling
8) Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times - eyal Press
9) The Hunger Games
10) Catching Fire
11) Mockingjay
12) The Story of Beautiful Girl - Rachel Simon
13) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
14) Bossypants - Tina Fey
15) 50 Shades of Grey
16) 50 Shades of Dark
17) 50 Shades of Freed
18) The Marriage Pact - MJ Pullen
19) The Road - Cormac McCarthy
20) Charlie St. Cloud - Ben Sherwood
21) The Man from Beijing - Henning Mankell
22) On the Island - Tracey Garvis-Graves

Currently reading - Thunderstruck - Erik Larson (holy hard to read)

5/25/2012 8:22:36 AM

i am determined to finish the book i'm on today!

5/25/2012 8:23:19 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
8. Eldest
9. Brisingr
10. Inheritance
11. 50 Shades of Grey
12. 50 Shades of Dark
13. 50 Shades Freed
14. My Horizontal Life - Chelsea Handler
15. Home Front
16. Southern Vampire Series - Dead Until Dark
17. Southern Vampire Series - Living Dead in Dallas
18. Southern Vampire Series - Club Dead
19. Southern Vampire Series - Dead to the World
20. Southern Vampire Series - Dead as a Doornail

Reading Now
Southern Vampire Series - Definitely Dead
A Clash of Kings

5/25/2012 3:28:45 PM

Quote :

"Currently reading - Thunderstruck - Erik Larson (holy hard to read)"

I like his other books. This sounds interesting. It is now on my to-read list.

You guys are going to start catching up to me as I have multiple 1,000+ page books on deck like the one I'm on now at 1,007 pages. I also have a reread of a book I read last year for a book club. Does that count for this?

5/25/2012 5:00:36 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
7. Eragon
8. Eldest
9. Brisingr
10. Inheritance
11. 50 Shades of Grey
12. 50 Shades of Dark
13. 50 Shades Freed
14. My Horizontal Life - Chelsea Handler
15. Home Front
16. Southern Vampire Series - Dead Until Dark
17. Southern Vampire Series - Living Dead in Dallas
18. Southern Vampire Series - Club Dead
19. Southern Vampire Series - Dead to the World
20. Southern Vampire Series - Dead as a Doornail
21. Southern Vampire Series - Definitely Dead
22. Southern Vampire Series - All Together Dead

Reading Now
Southern Vampire Series - From Dead to Worse
A Clash of Kings

5/26/2012 5:20:53 PM

1. Pale Blue Dot - Carl Sagan
2. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
3. Blind Man's Bluff - Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew
4. Eats Shoots and Leaves - Lynne Truss
5. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha - Roddy Doyle
6. The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
7. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man - John Perkins
8. American Gods - Neil Gaiman
9. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
10. Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
11. Eiger Dreams - Jon Krakauer

Quote :

"how did you like eats shoots and leaves? it's one i've been interested in for a few years but haven't ever picked up"

It's good. Really fast, really easy to read. Lot of humor in it. I want to read it another couple of times to try to remember some of the examples she cites.
Highly recommended.

5/26/2012 6:01:29 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
7. Eragon
8. Eldest
9. Brisingr
10. Inheritance
11. 50 Shades of Grey
12. 50 Shades of Dark
13. 50 Shades Freed
14. My Horizontal Life - Chelsea Handler
15. Home Front
16. Southern Vampire Series - Dead Until Dark
17. Southern Vampire Series - Living Dead in Dallas
18. Southern Vampire Series - Club Dead
19. Southern Vampire Series - Dead to the World
20. Southern Vampire Series - Dead as a Doornail
21. Southern Vampire Series - Definitely Dead
22. Southern Vampire Series - All Together Dead
23. Southern Vampire Series - From Dead to Worse
24. Southern Vampire Series - Dead and Gone
25. Southern Vampire Series - Dead in the Family
26. Southern Vampire Series - Dead Reckoning
27. Southern Vampire Series - Deadlocked

Reading Now
A Clash of Kings

That was an excellent series of short/fun reads. I hate having to wait until next year for the last one to come out though.

[Edited on May 27, 2012 at 10:14 PM. Reason : ]

5/27/2012 10:13:17 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
11. Anthropology of an American Girl - Hilary Thayer Hamann
12. American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis (what a messed up book )
13. Confessions of An Ugly Stepsister - Gregory Maguire
14. The Rules of Attraction - Bret Easton Ellis

The Hunger Games Series - Suzanne Collins
15. The Hunger Games
16. Catching Fire
17. Mockingjay

18. A Drinking Life - Pete Hamill
19. Good Christian Bitches - Kim Gatlin
20. The Informers - Bret Easton Ellis
21. Bless Your Heart, Tramp and Other Southern Endearments - Celia Rivenbark
22. We're Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle - Celia Rivenbark

North and South Trilogy - John Jakes
23. North and South
24. Love and War


Up next North and South Trilogy - Heaven and Hell - John Jakes

Week 22 - 20 books behind

5/28/2012 12:52:18 PM

Quote :

"That was an excellent series of short/fun reads. I hate having to wait until next year for the last one to come out though. "

beethoven - did you read them all back to back? i find i need to take a break in between books of a series sometimes. i think i read the hunger games straight through though.

5/28/2012 12:54:42 PM

Quote :

"I like his other books. This sounds interesting. It is now on my to-read list. "

there's just a lot of technical stuff re: Marconi that's making it hard for me to stay interested... but i will finish it dammit!

5/28/2012 12:58:15 PM

Quote :

"beethoven - did you read them all back to back? i find i need to take a break in between books of a series sometimes. i think i read the hunger games straight through though."

I did. And now I think my brain is on overload with that series. The last one ended on a damn cliffhanger, and I really hate waiting a year to figure out the ending. Probably wouldn't be this vested in the next book if I had spaced them out a bit. Or not read them all in one week...

5/28/2012 1:42:14 PM

I'd rather do my 52 movies in 52 days challenge.

5/29/2012 1:57:23 AM

make a thread

[Edited on May 29, 2012 at 7:12 AM. Reason : misread - days? i dunno about that]

5/29/2012 7:12:15 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) Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
15) Midnight Tides - Steven Erikson
16) Monster Hunter International - Larry Correia
17) Halting State - Charles Stross
18) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
19) Ender's Shadow - Orson Scott Card
20) A War of Gifts - Orson Scott Card
21) 13 Things that Don't Make Sense - Michael Brooks
22) The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
23) The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell
24) Shadow of the Hegemon - Orson Scott Card
25) Shadow Puppets - Orson Scott Card
26) Shadow of the Giant - Orson Scott Card
27) Liberty - Stephen Coonts
28) The Hunt for Red October - Tom Clancy
29) Earth Abides - George R. Stewart
30) Storm Front - Jim Butcher
31) Fool Moon - Jim Butcher
32) Grave Peril - Jim Butcher
33) Summer Knight - Jim Butcher
34) The Magicians - Lev Grossman
35) Currently Reading - The Magician King - Lev Grossman
36) Leviathan Wakes - James S. A. Corey
37) Carrie - Stephen King
38) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
39) Hounded - Kevin Hearne
40) The Fall of Hyperion - Dan Simmons
41) The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson
42) Currently Reading - Armor - John Steakley

5/29/2012 8:31:47 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
7) Is everyone hanging out with without me? - Mindy Kaling
8) Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times - eyal Press
9) The Hunger Games
10) Catching Fire
11) Mockingjay
12) The Story of Beautiful Girl - Rachel Simon
13) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
14) Bossypants - Tina Fey
15) 50 Shades of Grey
16) 50 Shades of Dark
17) 50 Shades of Freed
18) The Marriage Pact - MJ Pullen
19) The Road - Cormac McCarthy
20) Charlie St. Cloud - Ben Sherwood
21) The Man from Beijing - Henning Mankell
22) On the Island - Tracey Garvis-Graves
23) Thunderstruck - Erik Larson

Currently reading: Quiet

5/30/2012 9:45:04 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) House of Chains - Steven Erikson
14) Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
15) Midnight Tides - Steven Erikson
16) Monster Hunter International - Larry Correia
17) Halting State - Charles Stross
18) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
19) Ender's Shadow - Orson Scott Card
20) A War of Gifts - Orson Scott Card
21) 13 Things that Don't Make Sense - Michael Brooks
22) The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
23) The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell
24) Shadow of the Hegemon - Orson Scott Card
25) Shadow Puppets - Orson Scott Card
26) Shadow of the Giant - Orson Scott Card
27) Liberty - Stephen Coonts
28) The Hunt for Red October - Tom Clancy
29) Earth Abides - George R. Stewart
30) Storm Front - Jim Butcher
31) Fool Moon - Jim Butcher
32) Grave Peril - Jim Butcher
33) Summer Knight - Jim Butcher
34) The Magicians - Lev Grossman
35) Currently Reading - The Magician King - Lev Grossman
36) Leviathan Wakes - James S. A. Corey
37) Carrie - Stephen King
38) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
39) Hounded - Kevin Hearne
40) The Fall of Hyperion - Dan Simmons
41) The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson
42) Armor - John Steakley
43) Currently Reading - Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay

6/4/2012 6:13:11 PM

week 23...22 books behind...

but this one is going faster than the last one

6/4/2012 9:24:22 PM

^I think I'm even behind your projected pace. That's a tough goal.

6/4/2012 9:27:15 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
11. Anthropology of an American Girl - Hilary Thayer Hamann
12. American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis (what a messed up book )
13. Confessions of An Ugly Stepsister - Gregory Maguire
14. The Rules of Attraction - Bret Easton Ellis

The Hunger Games Series - Suzanne Collins
15. The Hunger Games
16. Catching Fire
17. Mockingjay

18. A Drinking Life - Pete Hamill
19. Good Christian Bitches - Kim Gatlin
20. The Informers - Bret Easton Ellis
21. Bless Your Heart, Tramp and Other Southern Endearments - Celia Rivenbark
22. We're Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle - Celia Rivenbark

North and South Trilogy - John Jakes
23. North and South
24. Love and War
25. Heaven and Hell


Up next Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank and Other Words of Delicate Southern Wisdom - Celia Rivenbark

Week 24 - 23 books behind

6/10/2012 9:52:26 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) House of Chains - Steven Erikson
14) Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
15) Midnight Tides - Steven Erikson
16) Monster Hunter International - Larry Correia
17) Halting State - Charles Stross
18) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
19) Ender's Shadow - Orson Scott Card
20) A War of Gifts - Orson Scott Card
21) 13 Things that Don't Make Sense - Michael Brooks
22) The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
23) The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell
24) Shadow of the Hegemon - Orson Scott Card
25) Shadow Puppets - Orson Scott Card
26) Shadow of the Giant - Orson Scott Card
27) Liberty - Stephen Coonts
28) The Hunt for Red October - Tom Clancy
29) Earth Abides - George R. Stewart
30) Storm Front - Jim Butcher
31) Fool Moon - Jim Butcher
32) Grave Peril - Jim Butcher
33) Summer Knight - Jim Butcher
34) The Magicians - Lev Grossman
35) Currently Reading - The Magician King - Lev Grossman
36) Leviathan Wakes - James S. A. Corey
37) Carrie - Stephen King
38) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
39) Hounded - Kevin Hearne
40) The Fall of Hyperion - Dan Simmons
41) The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson
42) Armor - John Steakley
43) Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay
44) Currently Reading - Pronto - Elmore Leonard

6/11/2012 12:30:56 AM

I'm in a book rut. After I finished the Southern Vampire series, I haven't found anything that seems interesting. I've read a few short stories, and brain candy novels that are so ridiculous I'm not even going to put them on my list.

Recommendations?

6/11/2012 11:35:01 AM

The Passage has vampires too

6/11/2012 11:43:40 AM

Is it good? I'll add it to my list, but I'm not limited to vampires. I can read just about anything.

6/11/2012 11:48:02 AM

I highly recommend either the North & South trilogy I just finished or The Kent Family Chronicles...

basically anything by John Jakes

6/11/2012 12:27:58 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
11. Anthropology of an American Girl - Hilary Thayer Hamann
12. American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis (what a messed up book )
13. Confessions of An Ugly Stepsister - Gregory Maguire
14. The Rules of Attraction - Bret Easton Ellis

The Hunger Games Series - Suzanne Collins
15. The Hunger Games
16. Catching Fire
17. Mockingjay

18. A Drinking Life - Pete Hamill
19. Good Christian Bitches - Kim Gatlin
20. The Informers - Bret Easton Ellis
21. Bless Your Heart, Tramp and Other Southern Endearments - Celia Rivenbark
22. We're Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle - Celia Rivenbark

North and South Trilogy - John Jakes
23. North and South
24. Love and War
25. Heaven and Hell

26. Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank and Other Words of Delicate Southern Wisdom - Celia Rivenbark


Up next Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits - Celia Rivenbark

Week 24 - 22 books behind

6/11/2012 6:07:31 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
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
11. Anthropology of an American Girl - Hilary Thayer Hamann
12. American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis (what a messed up book )
13. Confessions of An Ugly Stepsister - Gregory Maguire
14. The Rules of Attraction - Bret Easton Ellis

The Hunger Games Series - Suzanne Collins
15. The Hunger Games
16. Catching Fire
17. Mockingjay

18. A Drinking Life - Pete Hamill
19. Good Christian Bitches - Kim Gatlin
20. The Informers - Bret Easton Ellis
21. Bless Your Heart, Tramp and Other Southern Endearments - Celia Rivenbark
22. We're Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle - Celia Rivenbark

North and South Trilogy - John Jakes
23. North and South
24. Love and War
25. Heaven and Hell

26. Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank and Other Words of Delicate Southern Wisdom - Celia Rivenbark
27. Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits - Celia Rivenbark


Up next You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Morning - Celia Rivenbark

Week 24 - 21 books behind

[Edited on June 13, 2012 at 4:51 PM. Reason : adf]

6/13/2012 4:51:05 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
11. Anthropology of an American Girl - Hilary Thayer Hamann
12. American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis (what a messed up book )
13. Confessions of An Ugly Stepsister - Gregory Maguire
14. The Rules of Attraction - Bret Easton Ellis

The Hunger Games Series - Suzanne Collins
15. The Hunger Games
16. Catching Fire
17. Mockingjay

18. A Drinking Life - Pete Hamill
19. Good Christian Bitches - Kim Gatlin
20. The Informers - Bret Easton Ellis
21. Bless Your Heart, Tramp and Other Southern Endearments - Celia Rivenbark
22. We're Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle - Celia Rivenbark

North and South Trilogy - John Jakes
23. North and South
24. Love and War
25. Heaven and Hell

26. Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank and Other Words of Delicate Southern Wisdom - Celia Rivenbark
27. Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits - Celia Rivenbark
28. You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Morning - Celia Rivenbark

Up next You Don't Sweat Much For a Fat Girl: Observations From the Shallow End of the Pool - Celia Rivenbark

Week 24 - 20 books behind

6/14/2012 7:22:31 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) House of Chains - Steven Erikson
14) Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
15) Midnight Tides - Steven Erikson
16) Monster Hunter International - Larry Correia
17) Halting State - Charles Stross
18) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
19) Ender's Shadow - Orson Scott Card
20) A War of Gifts - Orson Scott Card
21) 13 Things that Don't Make Sense - Michael Brooks
22) The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
23) The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell
24) Shadow of the Hegemon - Orson Scott Card
25) Shadow Puppets - Orson Scott Card
26) Shadow of the Giant - Orson Scott Card
27) Liberty - Stephen Coonts
28) The Hunt for Red October - Tom Clancy
29) Earth Abides - George R. Stewart
30) Storm Front - Jim Butcher
31) Fool Moon - Jim Butcher
32) Grave Peril - Jim Butcher
33) Summer Knight - Jim Butcher
34) The Magicians - Lev Grossman
35) The Magician King - Lev Grossman
36) Leviathan Wakes - James S. A. Corey
37) Carrie - Stephen King
38) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
39) Hounded - Kevin Hearne
40) The Fall of Hyperion - Dan Simmons
41) The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson
42) Armor - John Steakley
43) Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay
44) Pronto - Elmore Leonard
45) Currently Reading - Riding the Rap - Elmore Leonard

These Elmore Leonard books were the inspiration of Justified on FX. Who knew? Now I'm reading about Raylan Givens.

6/15/2012 5:30:21 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
11. Anthropology of an American Girl - Hilary Thayer Hamann
12. American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis (what a messed up book )
13. Confessions of An Ugly Stepsister - Gregory Maguire
14. The Rules of Attraction - Bret Easton Ellis

The Hunger Games Series - Suzanne Collins
15. The Hunger Games
16. Catching Fire
17. Mockingjay

18. A Drinking Life - Pete Hamill
19. Good Christian Bitches - Kim Gatlin
20. The Informers - Bret Easton Ellis
21. Bless Your Heart, Tramp and Other Southern Endearments - Celia Rivenbark
22. We're Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle - Celia Rivenbark

North and South Trilogy - John Jakes
23. North and South
24. Love and War
25. Heaven and Hell

26. Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank and Other Words of Delicate Southern Wisdom - Celia Rivenbark
27. Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits - Celia Rivenbark
28. You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Morning - Celia Rivenbark
29. You Don't Sweat Much For a Fat Girl: Observations From the Shallow End of the Pool - Celia Rivenbark

Up next Seven Deadly Sins - Lust: It's getting hot in here - Robin Wasserman

Week 24 - 19 books behind

6/16/2012 11:54:48 AM

Started North and South today, I'm liking it so far. Good suggestion!

6/16/2012 1:35:48 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
11. Anthropology of an American Girl - Hilary Thayer Hamann
12. American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis (what a messed up book )
13. Confessions of An Ugly Stepsister - Gregory Maguire
14. The Rules of Attraction - Bret Easton Ellis

The Hunger Games Series - Suzanne Collins
15. The Hunger Games
16. Catching Fire
17. Mockingjay

18. A Drinking Life - Pete Hamill
19. Good Christian Bitches - Kim Gatlin
20. The Informers - Bret Easton Ellis
21. Bless Your Heart, Tramp and Other Southern Endearments - Celia Rivenbark
22. We're Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle - Celia Rivenbark

North and South Trilogy - John Jakes
23. North and South
24. Love and War
25. Heaven and Hell

26. Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank and Other Words of Delicate Southern Wisdom - Celia Rivenbark
27. Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits - Celia Rivenbark
28. You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Morning - Celia Rivenbark
29. You Don't Sweat Much For a Fat Girl: Observations From the Shallow End of the Pool - Celia Rivenbark

Seven Deadly Sins - Robin Wasserman
30. Lust: It's getting hot in here

Up next Seven Deadly Sins - Envy: Everyone wants what they can't have - Robin Wasserman

Week 24 - 18 books behind

6/16/2012 10:46:48 PM

1) Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
2) Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
3) Out of Oz - Gregory Maguire
4) The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson
5) Gregor the Overlander - Suzanne Collins
6) Franny & Zooey - JD Salinger
7) Gregor & the Prophecy of Bane - Suzanne Collins

Looks like I might be able to reach MY goal this year - 12 in 12

6/16/2012 11:34:01 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) House of Chains - Steven Erikson
14) Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
15) Midnight Tides - Steven Erikson
16) Monster Hunter International - Larry Correia
17) Halting State - Charles Stross
18) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
19) Ender's Shadow - Orson Scott Card
20) A War of Gifts - Orson Scott Card
21) 13 Things that Don't Make Sense - Michael Brooks
22) The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
23) The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell
24) Shadow of the Hegemon - Orson Scott Card
25) Shadow Puppets - Orson Scott Card
26) Shadow of the Giant - Orson Scott Card
27) Liberty - Stephen Coonts
28) The Hunt for Red October - Tom Clancy
29) Earth Abides - George R. Stewart
30) Storm Front - Jim Butcher
31) Fool Moon - Jim Butcher
32) Grave Peril - Jim Butcher
33) Summer Knight - Jim Butcher
34) The Magicians - Lev Grossman
35) The Magician King - Lev Grossman
36) Leviathan Wakes - James S. A. Corey
37) Carrie - Stephen King
38) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
39) Hounded - Kevin Hearne
40) The Fall of Hyperion - Dan Simmons
41) The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson
42) Armor - John Steakley
43) Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay
44) Pronto - Elmore Leonard
45) Riding the Rap - Elmore Leonard
46) Currently Reading - Raylan - Elmore Leonard

6/17/2012 3:34:32 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
11. Anthropology of an American Girl - Hilary Thayer Hamann
12. American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis (what a messed up book )
13. Confessions of An Ugly Stepsister - Gregory Maguire
14. The Rules of Attraction - Bret Easton Ellis

The Hunger Games Series - Suzanne Collins
15. The Hunger Games
16. Catching Fire
17. Mockingjay

18. A Drinking Life - Pete Hamill
19. Good Christian Bitches - Kim Gatlin
20. The Informers - Bret Easton Ellis
21. Bless Your Heart, Tramp and Other Southern Endearments - Celia Rivenbark
22. We're Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle - Celia Rivenbark

North and South Trilogy - John Jakes
23. North and South
24. Love and War
25. Heaven and Hell

26. Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank and Other Words of Delicate Southern Wisdom - Celia Rivenbark
27. Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits - Celia Rivenbark
28. You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Morning - Celia Rivenbark
29. You Don't Sweat Much For a Fat Girl: Observations From the Shallow End of the Pool - Celia Rivenbark

Seven Deadly Sins - Robin Wasserman
30. Lust: It's getting hot in here
31. Envy: Everyone wants what they can't have

Up next Seven Deadly Sins - Pride: She knows what she wants...and how to get it - Robin Wasserman

Week 25 - 19 books behind

6/18/2012 4:36:45 PM