Posted July 16, 2015 Book Number: 5 Number Of Pages: 565 Book Title:Vampire Knigth volume 1-2-3 Author: Matsuri Hino Summary: This is the story ok Yuki, a young girl that been attacked by a vampire and saved by another one ten years ago. Her only memory is a dark winter night with a lot of blood. She's now the daughter of Cross Academy's headmaster, a school where humans and vampires lives together. Share this post Link to post
Posted July 19, 2015 (edited) Book Number: 244 Number Of Pages: 107 Book Title: My Mom The Pirate Author: Jackie French Summary: Cecil is a young boy who lives on a pirate ship. His mom grants his birthday wish to go to school and thanks to a wizard they free he is able to go daily back and forth to school. He is embarassed by the differences in his home life and his classmates. He learns what is important in life due to a school emergency. Rating: (optional) 9 Review: (optional) Poor CJ or cecil, it is hard to cope with a pirate captain mom, but it is fun to read about. Hard to put down the story. Definitely reccomend this book. Book Number: 245 Number Of Pages: 336 Book Title: The Forgotten Sisters: Princess Academy Series, Book 3 Author: Shannon Hale Summary: Miri wants to go home from Asland with Peder and her fellow academy graduates, but she ends up becoming the new tutor for this years Princess Academy housed in a swamp. Miri and her charges must learn new things from each other to survive the tutoring and her continued absence from home. Rating: (optional) 9.3 Review: (optional) An enchanting read with a heroine who makes you want to meet her even though the medieval time of her existence has great drawbacks Linder is awesome. Book Number: 246 Number Of Pages: 192 Book Title: Midnight in Lonesome Hollow : a Kit mystery Author: Ernst, Kathleen Summary: Kit is with her Aunt Millie spending the summer in the Appalachian Mountains setting up a lending library for the tiny coal miming town her aunt lives in. Someone is sabotaging the efforts of her aunt and the lady who has come to record life in the area. Kit must find out who to help out the people and herself. Rating: (optional) 7.54 Review: (optional) Fun story set in the depression for young girl readers. An American girl historical book. Four books to go! Book Number: 247 Number Of Pages: 293 Book Title: Perfect Match Author: Fern Michaels Summary: Beth and Gracie have managed to start a successful online dating business. Beth believes that with info and successful interviews she can match her customers with their perfect match. Beth has a personal life issue she is trying to solve at the same time, Her big brother Jake is confined to a wheelchair after an accident. He has shut the world out including his sister. Time is running out for orthopedic surgeons to operate and probably restore his ability to walk. Jake won't do it. Beth leaves him to teach him a much needed lesson in living in a me centered world. Rating: (optional) 8.7 Book Number: 248 Number Of Pages: 284 Book Title: There's Something About Christmas Author: Debbie Macomber Summary: Emma Collins is trying to make it as a medium size paper reporter. Right now she is stuck with ad sales and obits. Her boss gives her a feature story, but she has to travel by small plane to get the three stories. Emma hates to fly commercial and she is freaking that she to fly in a small cessna. Emma learns from the subjects of her stories a few life lessons and puts her life back on track moving forward to living not watching life. Rating: (optional) 8 Book Number: 249 Number Of Pages: 505 Book Title: Under Fire Author: Grant Blackwood Summary: Jack Ryan, JR is in Tehran for Hendley Associates when he meets up with an old high school friend, Seth Gregory. Seth goes missing soon after the meeting and Jack decides to ignore the advice of others and to look into Seth's disappearance. He soon finds the disappearance is his line of real work and tries to discover what has happened to Seth and why and what is now happening to him. Rating: (optional) 9 Review: Best in this series. Jack Junior comes alive and is human once more. It is Jack's story. Good read. One more book to go I think. Edited July 22, 2015 by DustyBelle Share this post Link to post
Posted July 26, 2015 Book Number: 81 Number Of Pages: 355 Book Title: The Young Elites Author: The Young Elites Summary: After an illness, some of the survivors developed special powers. They're hunted by society, so some have formed a secret group, the Dagger Society. However, the Dagger Society doesn't only help those with powers. It has a secret plan. Book Number: 82 Number Of Pages: 256 Book Title: The Last Wish (Spanish edition) Author: Andrzej Sapkowski Summary: This book contains a few short stories about Geralt, a wizard who hunts various monsters for a price. Book Number: 83 Number Of Pages: 416 Book Title: Gathering Darkness Author: Morgan Rhodes Summary: This third book in the Fallen Kingdom series and introduces us to two new characters who had briefly appeared in the second book, the Kraeshians, and why they came to Mytica. Also, Cleo's powers are getting stronger and she finally makes a decision that can have powerful consequences for everybody. - Horrible summary, but saying much more would be spoiling the whole book. Book Number: 84 Number Of Pages: 326 Book Title: Angelfall Author: Susan Ee Summary: Society has been destroyed after the angels attacked and people are living in small groups hiding from those superhuman creatures. Penryn is living with her mother and younger sister, when the little girl is kidnapped by an angel, so she is forced to work with Raffe, an angel that has been betrayed and heavily injured by his own people, to save her sister. Book Number: 85 Number Of Pages: 320 Book Title: World After Author: Susan Ee Summary: Penryn has found her sister Page, but not before the angels experimented on her, trying to turn her into a monster. In this second book, Page is captured by humans, who believe her to be a monster, so Penryn has to look for her again, this time without Raffe's help. Book Number: 86 Number Of Pages: 344 Book Title: End of Days Author: Susan Ee Summary: This is the last book in the trilogy. The humans have decided to attack the angels in one final battle and Penryn and Raffe have to decide if they want to fight with their people, as their species would put them in opposite sides. Book Number: 87 Number Of Pages: 226 Book Title: They Call Me Alexandra Gastone Author: T.A. Maclagan Summary: Milena has been trained to be a sleeper agent and take the place of a young girl who died in a crash car. The plan is that the girl's grandfather, a CIA analyst and the girl's only living relative, won't realise that she's not really her granddaughter because he hasn't seen her since she was a todler. Things change when her country needs Milena active while she's still in high school, five years before she was supposed to become active. Book Number: 88 Number Of Pages: 509 Book Title: Fangirl Author: Rainbow Rowell Summary: Cath and Wren are two twin sisters who are about to start university. They're polar opposites though. While Wren likes parties, Cath doesn't like being surrouned by people and is extremely shy. This book follows Cath's first year of university and how she copes with being away from home and not sharing a room with her sister, but with a stranger. Book Number: 89 Number Of Pages: 262 Book Title: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek Author: Maya Van Wagenen Summary: Written in form of a diary, this book follows Maya's experiment of using advice from a book written fifty years ago on how to become popular. Book Number: 90 Number Of Pages: 303 Book Title: CSI NY - Blood on the Sun (German edition) Author: Stuart M. Kaminsky Summary: The team is divided in two to investigate two cases. One is the murder of a man in a synagogue and the other, the murder of a whole family in their home and the disappearance of their youngest child. Book Number: 91 Number Of Pages: 320 Book Title: One of the Guys Author: Lisa Aldin Summary: Toni is a girl who only gets along with boys. After a prank on a teacher, her family sends her to an all-girl school, where she realises that those girls don't know how to talk to boys as people and not dates or potential dates. After helping a girl who needs a pretend date, they both come up with a plan to make some money and help Toni's friends make money, the Rent-A-Gent Service. Book Number: 92 Number Of Pages: 288 Book Title: Criminal Minds - Killer Profile Author: Max Allan Collins Summary: The team goes to Chicago to investigate some strange murders. The criminal is killing people and staging the crimes to look like cover-versions of famous killings. Book Number: 93 Number Of Pages: 336 Book Title: Half a King Author: Joe Abercrombie Summary: Being the younger brother, Yarvi never expected to become king. This changes when her father and older brother are killed. However, he's betrayed and left for dead in the middle of the sea. Having only one good hand makes surviving difficult, but he vows to kill all the people who betrayed his father. Share this post Link to post
Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) Is there going to be a 2015-2016 book year challenge? If so, I'd much rather join that one since there's only two more months left of this year remaining. Sorry for the late reply. Yes, I'm going to post the thread now, seeing as there's less than a week left until August. Updated I'll edit the post with the link to the new challenge. New Challenge. Remember that any books read until July 31st still count for this one. Only books finished AFTER July 31st count for the new one. Edited July 26, 2015 by BookChallenge Share this post Link to post
Posted July 27, 2015 Book Number: 94 Number Of Pages: 240 Book Title: 39 Clues #11: Vespers Rising Author: Rick Riordan, Peter Lerangis, Gordon Korman, Jude Watson Summary: Four short stories that link the main 39 Clues series with the new one, Cahills vs. Vespers. The four stories take place at different points in time and show the relationship between these two families and hint at the importance of a ring that both families want. It also tells how the ring reaches Amy. Book Number: 95 Number Of Pages: 118 Book Title: Doctor Who - The Darksmith Legacy #1: The Dust of Ages Author: Justin Richards Summary: The Doctor lands on the moon, where he meets a group of people who are mining there and have discovered a mysterious power source. Trouble starts when they realise that something strange is going on with the dust. Share this post Link to post
Posted July 28, 2015 (edited) Book Number: 250 Number Of Pages: 272 Book Title: Don't Go Home Author: Carolyn Hart Summary: A former island resident and now a best selling author comes back to Browards Rock to stir up trouble with a public interview. He needs another best seller and he only writes slightly twisted reality so he is going to tell tales about the people living here who were the main characters in his first book. He is found dead just after his talk was supposed to have started. Marian and Annie try to find the killer before Billy unearths Marian's tawdry past. I did it. I read 250 book within a year! Book Number: 251 Number Of Pages: 448 Book Title: Hell's Corner Author: David Baldacci Summary: Oliver Stone is called back to government service by Preesident Brennan and paired with MI6 agent Mary Chapman. The incident in Lafayette Park during which Stone is nearly killed is their case to solve. Rating: (optional) 9.9 Review: (optional) Fantastic Read! Quick paced, plot twists and intriguing characters. Book Number: 252 Number Of Pages: 382 Book Title: Nemesis Author: Catherine Coulter Summary: FBI team is up against a terrorrist assassin having fun causing mayhem while killing his targets in a high profile overkill manner. Sherlock handles this case while Dillon takes on the supernatural in the DC/Virginia area. Rating: (optional) 9.9 Review: (optional) Fantastic read, perhaps the best on my list. Thrills, mtstery, suspense and romance weave together with great characters. Last book as it is evening of the 31st of July. Happy Birthday, Harry Potter and J K Rowling! Edited July 31, 2015 by DustyBelle Share this post Link to post
Posted July 31, 2015 Well, I'm back after a prolonged medical leave >.< Book Number: 45 Number Of Pages: 329 Book Title: The Kill Order Author: James Dashner Summary: The fourth book in the Maze Runner Trilogy, because it's a prequel so you can still call it that Before WICKED was formed, before the Trials, the world ended in a flash of sun flares. Mark and Trina have survived the flares and the radiation and things are finally settling down until the day that the virus, the Flare, is spread. With murderous rage and delusions ravaging the remaining population Mark and Trina try to find an answer in time. Rating: 5/5 Review: Like, I had figured it out for the most part, but DAT ENDING. Book Number: 46 Number Of Pages: 368 Book Title: Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister Author: Gregory Maguire Summary: A retelling of Cinderella as told by one of the stepsisters. Rating: 5/5 Review: This was fantastic in so many ways. Share this post Link to post
Posted July 31, 2015 (edited) Congrats on reaching 250, DustyBelle! Book Number: 96 Number Of Pages: 128 Book Title: Doctor Who - The Darksmith Legacy #2: The Graves of Mordane Author: Colin Brake Summary: The Doctor goes to Mordane, a grave planet, to learn more things about the crystal, but the planet is not as peaceful as it used to be. At night, the graves open and the dead rise. Book Number: 97 Number Of Pages: 606 Book Title: Consent to Kill (German edition) Author: Vince Flynn Summary: The father of a terrorist Rapp killed wants to kill him in revenge. However, Rapp is only injured and it's his wife who dies. Now he won't stop until all the people involved are dead. Book Number: 98 Number Of Pages: 128 Book Title: Doctor Who - The Darksmith Legacy #3: The Colour of Darkness Author: Richard Dungworth Summary: The Doctor goes to the Darksmiths' planet to meet the person who created the crystal. When he arrives, he notices that something isn't right, because there don't seem to be any children anywhere. Book Number: 99 Number Of Pages: 128 Book Title: Doctor Who - The Darksmith Legacy #4: The Depths of Despair Author: Justin Richards Summary: The Doctor arrives at an underwater planet, where he meets a scientific team and learns that some of their equipment was given to them by Varlos, the missing Darksmith who created the Crystal. Also, he meets Gisella, the leader of this team, a girl who is more than everybody thinks. Book Number: 100 Number Of Pages: 128 Book Title: Doctor Who - The Darksmith Legacy #5: The Vampire of Paris Author: Stephen Cole Summary: The Doctor and Gisella go to 19th century Paris, the place where Varlos went to to hide from the Darksmiths. There, they discover that a vampire like creature is attacking people. Edited July 31, 2015 by Raistlin24 Share this post Link to post
Posted July 31, 2015 Book Number:35 Number Of Pages:298 Book Title:The 7th of London Author:Beau Schemery Summary:Queen Victoria is under the influence of an evil wizard, and a young man called Seven joins a plot to defeat the wizard and save London. Share this post Link to post
Posted August 12, 2015 (edited) Just a quick post to say final results will be posted later today. Also we are looking for new mods for this account so the challenge may continue. As work is very overwhelming. Edit: The list in the first post has been updated. Congrats to DustyBelle for reaching 250 and to everybody who read! Edited August 24, 2015 by BookChallenge Share this post Link to post
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