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Book Number: 22

Number Of Pages: 622

Book Title: Voice of the Gods

Author: Trudi Canavan

Summary: The conflict between the Circlians and the Pentadrians are reaching its conclusion, and Auraya discovers certain disturbing facts that completely changes how she sees things

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Book Number: 84

Number Of Pages: 278

Book Title: Crave

Author: Laura J Burns

Summary: When Shay's doctor/stepfather says he has a new treatment for her mysterious and apparently incurable blood disease, she's beyond happy that it seems to be working. But the strange dreams that come along with the new treatment lead her to the discovery that vampires are real, and her parents aren't who she thought they were.

 

Book Number: 85

Number Of Pages: 440

Book Title: The Demon's Covenant

Author: Sarah Rees Brennan

Summary: Mae was more than grateful when brothers Nick and Alan helped remove a demon's mark from her brother Jamie. But now a circle of murderous magicians is trying to recruit Jamie, and Alan and Nick might not be able to help this time, because the magicians are after Nick's abilities, too.

 

Book Number: 86

Number Of Pages: 387

Book Title: The Demon's Surrender

Author: Sarah Rees Brennan

Summary: With Alan at a magician's mercy, Jamie thick as thieves with the same, and the leader of the anti-magician resistance missing, it's all Sin Davies can do to keep the resistance--and her whole life--from falling apart.

 

Book Number: 87

Number Of Pages: 335

Book Title: Paranormalcy

Author: Kiersten White

Summary: Evie is a special operative for a government agency specializing in keeping the world safe from paranormals, and paranormals safe from the world. But when something starts killing off the paranormals, it signals the end of what passes for "normal" in Evie's life.

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I'd like to join!

 

And i'll start by adding a book I finished this morning:

Book Number: 1

Number Of Pages: 320 [Movie-Tie in Paperback Edition]

Book Title: One for the Money

Author: Janet Evanovich

Summary: Stephanie Plum is on her last leg. She lost her job quite a while ago, the car just got repossessed and she's scraping pennies up to get by. In desperate need for some quick cash, she gets a job with her scummy Uncle. Only, instead of a quiet secretary job, she decides to go with something a little more lucrative- A Bounty Hunter.

Rating: 3.5/5

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Book Number: 23

Number Of Pages: 127

Book Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Author: William Shakespeare

Summary: A play about the happenings surrounding the wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta, in which four young people and a group of amateur actors are manipulated by fairies

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Book Number: 12

Number Of Pages: e book

Book Title: golith

Author: Scott Westerfeild

Summary: book 3 of the leviathan series.

Rating: (optional) 4/5

Review: (optional)

 

Book Number: 13

Number Of Pages: 292

Book Title: blood bound

Author: Patrician Briggs

Summary: Mercy Thompson is forced to track down a demon possessed vampire before he kills the entire town.

Rating: (optional) 5/5

Review: (optional)

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Book Number: 50

Number Of Pages: 860

Book Title: Into the Inheritance

Author: Christopher Paolini

Summary: I really have no wish to summarize the book at this moment. Basically...

The king is dead, long like the queen. Goodbye Arya, Eragon, Murtagh, Saphira, Thorn, and Roran. And goodbye to the many many other charters.

 

~Atra du evarìnya ono varda un atra esternì ono thelduin.

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Wow, I haven't updated in a lot of time...

 

Book Number: 24

Number Of Pages: 750

Book Title: Mistborn - The Hero of Ages

Author: Brandon Sanderson

Summary: The conclusion to the trilogy. This time Vin and the others are after the athium reserves of the Lord Ruler when they find that he's left some other mysterious clues behind. Things happen and in short - the hero of ages must save the world. (Well that was a crappy summary. But I read this in the beginning of December, so...)

Rating: 5/5

 

 

Book Number: 25

Number Of Pages: 475

Book Title: Claudius the god

Author: Robert Graves

Summary: The continuation of "I, Claudius", depicting the life of Claudius, this time after he has become an emperor.

Rating: 4/5

 

 

Book Number: 26

Number Of Pages: 256

Book Title: Celebrating Christmas

Author: Pamela Westland

Summary: A collection of great ideas for the holiday season including decorations, gift wrapping ideas and recipes.

Rating: 5/5

 

Book Number: 27

Number Of Pages: 450

Book Title: London (Eyewitness travel series)

Author: Michael Leapman

Summary: A travel guide to London with great illustrations and too many ideas for places to visit - it was very useful but I could in no way see all the thing mentioned in there. Oh, well, maybe next time wink.gif

Rating: 5/5

 

 

Book Number: 28

Number Of Pages: 222

Book Title: Fight Club

Author: Chuck Palahniuk

Summary: I can't write a summary without spoilers, it's just too difficult. Plus, you know - The first rule of fight club is you do not talk about the fight club! tongue.gif

Rating: 4.5/5

 

 

Book Number: 29

Number Of Pages: 135

Book Title: Poodle springs

Author: Raymond Chandler, Robert B. Parker

Summary: Phillip Marlowe is hired to find a missing photographer who in turn turns out to be living a double life. Just as always the things are not what they appear to be.

Rating: 4/5

 

 

Book Number: 30

Number Of Pages: 322

Book Title: Storm Front (The Dresden files 1)

Author: Jim Butcher

Summary: Harry Dresden. Detective. Magician. He is hired to investigate a missing person's case. And meanwhile helps the police in a murder investigation.

Rating: 4.5/5

 

 

Book Number: 31

Number Of Pages: 512

Book Title: Няма време за дракони (Не время для драконов in the original Russian. I read it in Bulgarian)

Author: Ник Перумов, Сергей Лукяненко

Summary: An interesting fantasy in which Victor, the main protagonist, is transported in another world from present-day Moscow. There he is hunted by magicians who think he is the reborn Dragon slayer. And they may be right because he starts to manifest strange powers...

Rating: 4/5

 

 

Book Number: 32

Number Of Pages: 264

Book Title: No country for old men

Author: Cormac McCarthy

Summary: That one's again difficult to retell. But it all starts when Moss finds some bodies and a suitcase full of money in the middle of nowhere. He dicedes to take the money and ends up being followed by an assassin who wants them back.

Rating: 5/5

 

 

Book Number: 33

Number Of Pages: 525

Book Title: Blue moon (#8 in the Anita Blake series)

Author: Laurel Hamilton

Summary: Richard is in jail for a crime he didn't commit and Anita rushes there to his help. Again things are more complicated than they seem. Plus Anita has to strengthen her bond with the wereleopard's and werewolves's clans. And understand her new powers.

Rating: 1/5 - these keep getting worse and worse... ninja.gif

 

 

Book Number: 34

Number Of Pages: 175

Book Title: Casino Royale

Author: Ian Fleming

Summary: The first novel about the british spy 007 who is sent to stop the evil plans of Le Chiffre. And this involves beating him at baccarat.

Rating: 5/5

 

I'm also in the middle of two other books at the moment, but I'll add them when I finish them wink.gif

 

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Book Number: 8

Number Of Pages: 197

Book Title: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella

Author: Stephenie Meyer

Summary: This is a very interesting view of vamp life from a newborn's position. Also it shows how Riley manipulates the newborns into becoming army.

Rating: 4/5

Review: Good book for a quick read smile.gif

Book Number: 9

Number Of Pages: 539

Book Title: Death du Jour

Author: Kathy Reichs

Summary: Another mystery for Temperance Brennan of "Bones" fame. This one is a real page turner with several different mysteries going on at once... massacred and mutilated family, bodies on vacation, and "Saint" bones being verified.

Rating: 4/5

Review: Good book for those not squeamish and who like good mysteries wink.gif

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Book Number: 14

Number Of Pages: e book

Book Title: scar tissue

Author: Anthony Kiedis

Summary: Anthony Kiedis's autobiography telling his struggles and triumphs in forming the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Rating: (optional) favorite book so far

Review: (optional)

 

Book Number: 15

Number Of Pages: 512

Book Title: city of bones

Author: Cassandra Clare

Summary: a young girl named Clary's gets mixed up with a group of supernatural police called the Shadowhunters after her mother disappears and she discovers she is a demon hunter too

Rating: (optional) 3/5 slow read

Review: (optional)

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Book Number: 9

Number Of Pages: 217

Book Title: 4:50 From Paddington

Author: Agatha Christie

Summary: Sensible Elspeth McGillicuddy is not given to hallucinations. Until she boards the Paddington Station train and becomes a witness to an apparent murder.

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Book Number: 88

Number Of Pages: 229

Book Title: Daniel X: Game Over

Author: James Patterson

Summary: When Daniel discovers that two of the top ten deadliest aliens on Earth are collaborating to decimate Earth's population by taking over gamers' minds, he heads to Japan to foil their schemes. But he's never taken on two top-ten Listers at once, and Daniel doesn't know what plans their son might have in mind.

 

Book Number: 89

Number Of Pages: 336

Book Title: Supernaturally

Author: Kiersten White

Summary: Evie finally has the normal life she wanted, but now she's not sure she wants it anymore. Desperate to relieve the boredom, she accepts assignments from the IPCA again, leading to a shocking discovery about her origins and the faeries' plans for her.

 

Book Number: 90

Number Of Pages: 467

Book Title: The Haunted

Author: Jessica Verday

Summary: After a long vacation away from Sleepy Hollow during which she convinced herself that Caspian was a hallucination, Abbey returns to her home and tries to forget him. But strange things are stirring in Sleepy Hollow, and not all of them want her to have a happy-ever-after.

 

Book Number: 91

Number Of Pages: 272

Book Title: The Supernaturalist

Author: Eoin Colfer

Summary: When Cosmo Hill suffers a near-fatal accident in an attempt to escape the cruel orphanage where he lives, he gains the ability to see invisible Parasites sucking the last drops of life from dying people and is whisked away to fight them by a ragtag group of vigilantes. But there's more to the Parasites than meets the eye, and some of Cosmo's new allies might not be trustworthy.

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Book Number: 8

Number Of Pages: 177

Book Title: The Coffin Club

Author: Ellen Schreiber

Summary: While looking for her boyfriend in Hipsterville, Raven discovers an underground vampire club.

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@ St Jimmy: love the Vampire Kisses series... Book #9 is coming out in May! biggrin.gif

 

Book Number: 92

Number Of Pages: 368

Book Title: Diabiolical

Author: Cynthia Leitich Smith

Summary: Guardian angel Zachary and werewolf Kieren enroll in a devilish boarding school in an attempt to save its other students from being dragged down to hell.

 

Book Number: 93

Number Of Pages: 288

Book Title: Blood Ninja II: The Revenge of Lord Oda

Author: Nick Lake

Summary: Having apparently killed Lord Oda, Taro sets out to be reunited with his mother, not realizing that he is walking into a trap. Oda's agents attack, and Taro realizes he must retrieve the "Buddha ball," a mystical object that allows its user to control the elements, if he and his friends are to survive the assault.

 

Book Number: 94

Number Of Pages: 237

Book Title: Stefan's Diaries Vol 1: Origins

Author: L J Smith, Kevin Williamson, and Julie Plec

Summary: The story of how Stefan became a vampire (as it happened in the Vampire Diaries TV series, not the original books) told from his first-person perspective.

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Book Number: 20

Number Of Pages: 128

Book Title: Doctor Who - The Darksmith Legacy #1: The Dust of Ages

Author: Justin Richards

Summary: The Doctor lands on the Moon where a team of scientist are researching a mysterious power source. Things get complicated when the dust becomes "alive" and attacks them.

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@ St Jimmy: love the Vampire Kisses series... Book #9 is coming out in May! biggrin.gif

It is? O_o I'll have to get to reading the 7th and 8th ones asap then!

 

Book Number: 9

Number Of Pages: 195

Book Title: Royal Blood

Author: Ellen Screiber

Summary: Raven finally gets to meet Alexander's parents when they visit from Romania.

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Book Number: 21

Number Of Pages: 128

Book Title: Doctor Who - The Darksmith Legacy #2: The Graves of Mordane

Author: Colin Brake

Summary: This books starts where book 1 ended: the Doctor is looking for the TARDIS and threatened by a robot. After finding the TARDIS he travels to the planet Mordane to continue the search for an answer to the mystery of the Eternity Crystal.

 

Book Number: 22

Number Of Pages: 128

Book Title: Doctor Who - The Darksmith Legacy #3: The Colour of Darkness

Author: Richard Dungworth

Summary: The Doctor travels to Karagula to find the Darksmiths. The first thing he notices when he arrives is that all the children in a village are missing.

 

Book Number: 23

Number Of Pages: 128

Book Title: Doctor Who - The Darksmith Legacy #4: The Depths of Despair

Author: Justin Richards

Summary: After leaving Karagula the Doctor goes to Flydon Maxima, a planet also known as "Despair". He finds a scientific base that is related to Varlos, the person who created the Eternity Crystal.

 

Book Number: 24

Number Of Pages: 128

Book Title: Doctor Who - The Darksmith Legacy #5: The Vampire of Paris

Author: Stephen Cole

Summary: After finding out that Varlos is in Paris, the Doctor goes to meet him to learn how to destroy the Eternity Crystal. But things get complicated because a vampire-like creature is eating the life of the people.

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Book Number: 67

Number Of Pages: 272

Book Title: Sandry's Book

Author: Tamora Pierce

Summary: four young children discover that they have magic and are taken to Winding circle to be trained. These young mages create the beginning of a bond that will take to the end

 

 

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Book Number: 10

Number Of Pages: 154

Book Title: Nightlight

Author: The Harvard Lampoon (that's seriously all it says for the author...)

Summary: After moving to Switchblade, Oregon, Belle becomes obsessed with computer nerd Edwart, whom she is sure is a vampire. (Nope, totally not a Twilight parody. Not at all.)

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Book Number: 18

Number Of Pages: 384 (Bulgarian edition)

Book Title: The Bulgarian title is Love, but I think in English it is translated as The Forty Rules of Love

Author: Elif Shafak

Summary: Ela works as a book critique. She is given to read the book of an unknown writer, and while doing it she understands how to love.

Rating: (optional) 5/5

 

Book Number: 19

Number Of Pages: 472 (Bulgarian edition)

Book Title: The Book Thief

Author: Markus Zusak

Summary: It's a book telling the story of Lizel - a little orphan girl in Nazi Germany, who likes reading books but doesn't have money to buy them. The Storyteller is Death herself.

Rating: 5/5

 

Book Number: 20

Number Of Pages: 649

Book Title: The Girl Who Played With Fire (Millennium II)

Author: Stieg Larsson

Summary: Lisbet Salander is wanted for 3 murders, but noone can find her. Blomkvist doesn't believe she's guilty and is trying all he can to find her and help her.

Rating: (optional) 5/5

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I am signing up for this. I know I am late but hey, at least I got 6 months to read stuffs!

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Book Number: 25

Number Of Pages: 114

Book Title: Time Voyage (first book of the Return to Titanic series)

Author: Steve Brezenoff

Summary: Tucker and Maya are spending their holiday mornings with Tucker's mother who works in a museum. After touching an item of a collection of Titanic artefacts they are transported to the Titanic. They have to find the way back home before it's too late.

 

Book Number: 26

Number Of Pages: 128

Book Title: Doctor Who - The Darksmith Legacy #6: The Game of Death

Author: Trevor Baxendale

Summary: The Doctor and Gisella track the Agent to the Silver Devastation, a place where The Game of Death is taking place and all the players seem to have something to hide.

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I know it's late to be joining, but I'd like to anyways. I am an avid reader (read every day and night!) and I frequently finish 300-500 page books in one day if I like them well enough. I may not get to 250 books by the deadline, but I might get close! I wish I'd have noticed this thread sooner - I've read 8 books in the past week and would've had a nice start. Oh well, time to get my read on! smile.gif

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Okay guys I have some Time right now So I'll be updateing EVERYONE from the 9th of Jan. If you've cheated you've only cheeted your self.

 

Have a Great time

 

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Book Number: 95

Number Of Pages: 544

Book Title: Damned

Author: Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie

Summary: Tension rises as Jenn leads her team in their battle against the Cursed Ones. New information leads them to a lab where the vampires are conducting dangerous experiments, a mission which results in Antonio's capture by the ancient vampire Aurora, who is determined to bring out the demon in him once more.

 

Book Number: 96

Number Of Pages: 108

Book Title: A Study in Scarlet

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Summary: The first in the original Sherlock Holmes series. Dr. Watson, upon moving in with Sherlock Holmes, joins him in investigating a mysterious death.

Optional Review: Though the book was mostly enjoyable, its portrayal of the Mormon church as a mafia-like conspiracy was false and seriously off-putting.

 

Book Number: 97

Number Of Pages: 412

Book Title: Airman

Author: Eoin Colfer

Summary: Conor Broekhart, friend of the Saltee Islands' royal family, is framed for the king's murder and thrown into a hellish prison mine. Since the prison is on an island and all sea travel is closely monitored, his only hope of escape is to do the impossible: fly.

 

LOL. Forgot to add page numbers the first time around. Fixed now. xd.png

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Book Number: 9

Number Of Pages: 539

Book Title: Death du Jour

Author: Kathy Reichs

Summary: Another mystery for Temperance Brennan of "Bones" fame. This one is a real page turner with several different mysteries going on at once... massacred and mutilated family, bodies on vacation, and "Saint" bones being verified.

Rating: 4/5

Review: Good book for those not squeamish and who like good mysteries wink.gif

Book Number: 10

Number Of Pages: 535

Book Title: The Help

Author: Kathryn Stockett

Summary: Great book!! Mississippi in the early 1960's. Racial unrest, segregation and the relationships between the "Black Help" and the "White Employers"

Rating: 5/5

Review: Good book for those ready to see what Black/White segregation was all about.

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