Posted August 6, 2012 (edited) Book Number: 3 Number Of Pages: 406 Book Title: The Traitor Queen (Book 3 of "The Traitor Spy" trilogy) Author: Trudi Canavan Summary: The Sachakan king imprisones Lorkin, attempting to force him into betraying the Traitors. Sonea travels to Sachaka to negotiate between the Traitors and the Guild, and walks in on a war, as the Traitors and the ruling class of Sachaka each wants to get rid of the other, once and for all. Edited August 6, 2012 by Nimrodel Share this post Link to post
Posted August 6, 2012 Book Number: 3 Number Of Pages: 352 Book Title: In Cold Blood Author: Truman Capote Summary: The true story of the gruesome killing of the Clutter family in Kansas in 1959. Share this post Link to post
Posted August 6, 2012 Book Number: 3 Number Of Pages: 377 Book Title: Sabotaged Author: Margaret Haddix Summary: It kind of hard to go into the details but this is a boom staring Jonah, a thirteen year old boy, and Katherine, an eleven year old girl, who are sent back into time to save time and to rescue their friends from their tracers' fates before it is to late. They meet a mysterious guy named Second, who is trying to make time better but instead is practically ruining it. Book Number: 4 Number Of Pages: 345 Book Title: Torn Author: Margaret Haddix Summary: In this book, Second makes a deal with Jonah and Katherine that if they do what he says they'll save time and their friends. In order to that though, Jonah has to put time on track inside 1611, by acting as John Hudson on the Discovery. While on the discovery, they experience death, found mysterious notes, had to eat moldy cheese, climb up to the 'top', fight a bear and it's cub, etc. Share this post Link to post
Posted August 6, 2012 Book Number: 4 Number Of Pages: 224 Book Title: Appointment with Death Author: Agatha Christie Summary: Mrs. Boynton is a woman who gains pleasure by having absolute control over her family, denying them any contact with "outsiders". Poirot overhears one of them saying that she has got to be killed, and when she later dies very suddenly, Poirot is asked to investigate. Share this post Link to post
Posted August 7, 2012 Book Number: 1 Number of Pages: 425 Book title: Phantoms Author: Dean R Koontz Summary: A Doctor and her younger sister, return to the town of Snowfield to find everyone missing. This turns to a battle between good and evil, and the evil seems unstoppable. Book Number: 2 Number of Pages:414 Book Title: Jingo Author: Terry Pratchett Summary: Commander Vimes and the city watch of the Disc world end up trying to stop a war from getting out of hand. Book Number: 3 Number of Pages: 331 Book title: Water for Elephants Author: Sara Gruen During the depression years a young man jumps a train and ends up as part of a circus. Helping to care for the animals and falling in love with one of the stars of the show. (First three books started before Aug 1st but finished after I signed on so should be good if I understand the rules.) Book Number: 4 Number of Pages: 391 Book title: Catching fire Author Suzanne Collins Summary: Katniss and Peeta from the hunger games are launched into another round of the games as the other districts begin to cause a revolt against the capitol. Book number: 5 Number of Pages: 390 Book title: MockingJay Author: Suzanne Collins. Summary: Katniss becomes the symbol of revolution for the districts as the fight to bring down the capitol. Share this post Link to post
Posted August 7, 2012 Book Number: 3 Number Of Pages: 244 (plus discography) Book Title: Coal Miner's Daughter Author: Loretta Lynn with George Vescey Summary: The 1975 autobiography of classic country star Loretta Lynn, tracing from her mining-community roots in Kentucky through the biggest years of her stardom in the 1960s and early '70s. Book Number: 4 Number Of Pages: 197 Book Title: A Morbid Taste for Bones Author: Ellis Peters Summary: in 1137, Brother Cadfael is a Welsh monk and herbalist in the Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul in Shrewsbury, a town near the border of Wales in Shropshire, England. A Crusader in his youth, he came late to the cloistered life, and still finds himself restless now and again. When the Prior leads a party into Wales to exhume the bones of a local saint and bring them to rest in state within the abbey itself, Brother Cadfael is quite pleased to be sent along as an interpreter. The Welsh of the village where the saint is buried, however, don't want to see her taken elsewhere. When the leader of those opposing the exhumation is murdered, Brother Cadfael must call upon all his skills to find the true killer. Book Number: 5 Number Of Pages: 214 Book Title: One Corpse Too Many Author: Ellis Peters Summary: In 1138, the civil war between King Stephen and the Empress Maud touches Shrewsbury directly when the castle, held by Maud's adherents, falls to King Stephen's forces. The lord of the castle and his chief ally manage to escape, so in his anger, Stephen orders the hanging of all the men-at-arms who stood in defense of the castle. At the same time, he orders a search for the daughter of the lord's ally, as it is rumored she is hiding in the town, along with her father's treasury. Just after Brother Cadfael discovers that the girl is actually hiding in the abbey disguised as a boy, he is called upon along with other monks to prepare the hanged men for burial. He finds one more dead man than ought to have been there, this one killed not by the gallows, but strangled. Cadfael must find a way for the girl to break free, but also find the killer lest she become a victim herself. Book Number: 6 Number Of Pages: 210 Book Title: Monk's Hood Author: Ellis Peters Summary: When a guest of the abbey is suddenly taken ill, Brother Cadfael is called upon to help. Once he arrives at the man's bedside, he discovers that the man's wife is the lady to whom he was once informally betrothed, and the man himself has been poisoned... with a preparation of monk's hood oil of Cadfael's own making! While the law assumes the lady's son is to blame, as there was a known hatred between him and his stepfather, Cadfael is not so certain. More than one person had both motive and opportunity to do the deed, and it is only Cadfael's knowledge of herbs that lets him spot the clues to decipher the mystery. Share this post Link to post
Posted August 7, 2012 Book number: 4 Number of pages:273 Book title: The Railway Children Author: Jacqueline Wilson Summary: it is about 3 children named Roberta Peter and Phillis who when oje day there father is sent away and their perfect lives get changd forever. But the biggest question they have is where is their father and will he ever return Share this post Link to post
Posted August 7, 2012 Book Number: 1 Number Of Pages: 498 Book Title: Twilight Author: Stephenie Meyer Summary: Bella moves from Phoenix to Forks to live with her Dad, finds out a family of vampires lives there, and falls in love. Rating: 7.5/10 Share this post Link to post
Posted August 7, 2012 Book Number: 2 Number Of Pages: 384 Book Title: The Riddles of Epsilon Author: Christine Morton-Shaw Summary: This book is about a girl named Jess who moves to the island of Lume to a house inherited by her family. One day, in a fit of anger, she storms away from her house and fights her way through some thick brush to find a broken down cottage. From there, she gets involved with things a bit out of the normal, and must figure out a mystery to save the island of Lume. Rating: 4.5/5 Review: It was pretty good, It took some effort to get into it, but it got interesting toward the middle. Share this post Link to post
Posted August 8, 2012 Book Number: 4 Number Of Pages: 480 Book Title:The Time Traveler's Wife Author: Audrey Niffenegger Summary: Henry first met Clare when he was 28. She has known him though since she was six. He's a time traveler. The books tells the story of their lives together. Share this post Link to post
Posted August 8, 2012 (edited) Book Number: 1 Number Of Pages: 285 Book Title: The Colour Of Magic Author: Terry Pratchett Summary: "Twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen on the Discworld. Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant idiot." Rincewind the wizard meets Twoflower, the Discworld's first tourist. He reluctantly (and somewhat under duress) agrees to be his guide around the great city of Ankh-Morpork. Off they set on an adventure where Twoflower attempts to explain the logistics of 'in-sewer-ance' and 'reflected-sound-of-underground-spirits' (echo-gnomics) to some of the cities less reputable inhabitants - and Rincewind just tries to stay alive. Rating: 5/5 Review: Pratchett's first discworld novel and possibly one of his best. It's slightly out of line with the style of some of the later books, but still classic comic-fantasy. (Re-read - I've read it before and I'll most likely read it again ) Book Number: 2 Number Of Pages: 285 Book Title: The Light Fantastic Author: Terry Pratchett Summary: Rincewind and Twoflower were last seen falling off the edge of the disc - the Discworld's first ever tourist was about to become the Discworld's first astronaut. This book picks up where The Colour Of Magic left off, and continues to follow their adventures as they rescue a woman from certain death (who's a little less pleased than you might expect), join forces with a mighty hero (who's a little more weathered than you might expect) and once again, try not to die - at least, not permanently. Rating: 4.5/5 Review: Not quite as brilliant as the first novel, but still a great book. (Re-read) Book Number: 3 Number Of Pages: 283 Book Title: Equal Rites Author: Terry Pratchett Summary: A wizard on the Discworld is born as the eighth son of an eighth son. And a wizard is predestined to know the time of his own death, and may pass along their staff to a newborn with particular talent. But when the eighth son of an eighth son, gifted a staff, turns out in fact to be a daughter - could the Discworld have a female wizard in the making? Rating: 4/5 Review: The first discworld to introduce the witches, particularly Granny Weatherwax, this book is pretty iconic and not one to be missed. Again, like the Colour of Magic, it strays slightly from the later formula (perhaps some of Granny Weatherwax's displays of power are uncharacteristic) but is still a great read. (Re-read) Book Number: 4 Number Of Pages: 316 Book Title: Mort Author: Terry Pratchett Summary: "I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU", said Death, "BUT I COULD MURDER A CURRY." Death, for reasons of his own, decides to hire an apprentice - Mort. Mort's not quite sure what to make of it, but is determined to do a good job - until, that is, he decides he ought to save a princess - derailing history in the process. Rating: 4/5 Review: Death - skeletal chap with a scythe - was introduced in the earlier discworld novels, but this is the first of the discworld novel centering on his storyline. Again, it's classic Pratchett and a good read. (Re-read) Book Number: 5 Number Of Pages: 190 Book Title: The Door Into Summer Author: Robert A. Heinlein Summary: Genius-inventor Dan Davis is betrayed by his business partner and lover. He decides the present day holds no attraction for him - instead he opts to take the Long Sleep [cryogenic preservation] to wake again 30 years in the future. He finds the world much advanced, with household robots the norm - but bizarrely, some of them seem to have been invented by none other than... himself! Rating: 3/5 Review: First published in 1960, this sci-fi tells the tale of a man set in the 'future' (1970) who takes the opportunity to travel forward in time via cryogenic sleep to the year 2000 (!). References to vacuum tube memory being an amazing new technology 'barely understood' and casual references to women as homemakers are typical of the times - along with the cliche of 'in the future, there will be robots!' But if you can get past that, it's a classic sci-fi time-travel tale, with a decent, if slightly predicatable, plot. Edited August 9, 2012 by Zaxian Share this post Link to post
Posted August 9, 2012 Book Number: 3 Number Of Pages: 407 Book Title: Absolution by Murder Author: Peter Tremayne Summary: In the seventh century, Sister Fidelma of Kildare is present at a council between the Irish Church and Church of Rome. When someone is murdered she has to investigate the crime. Book Number: 4 Number Of Pages: 473 Book Title: Suffer Little Children Author: Peter Tremayne Summary: A scholar is found murdered. Sister Fidelma has to solve the case in a limited amout of time. Share this post Link to post
Posted August 9, 2012 Book Number: 7 Number Of Pages: 217 Book Title: St. Peter's Fair Author: Ellis Peters Summary: Summer, 1139. The civil war raging throughout England draws far enough away from Shrewsbury that the annual merchants' fair takes place, drawing sellers from all over England and beyond. All look forward to the three days of festivities, until a wealthy Bristol merchant is found murdered in the river. Brother Cadfael offers the sanctuary and aid of the abbey to the man's niece, as the first thought was that her uncle was regrettably the victim of footpads. But then his valuables turn up untouched, his booth at the fair and his barge are both ransacked, and two more men are killed. Cadfael comes to believe that the merchant planned on delivering something other than his usual trade goods to someone, and that his niece knows more than she is telling. Can he unravel the mystery before the girl becomes the next victim? Book Number: 8 Number Of Pages: 201 Book Title: The Leper of St. Giles Author: Ellis Peters Summary: A grand wedding is to take place at the abbey, although Brother Cadfael paid little attention to the preparations. Until, that is, his regular journey from the cloister to the leper colony outside of the town to restock the medicine supply lets him arrive at his destination in good time to see both the bride's and groom's parties ride past. The girl seemed more a broken prisoner than an eager bride, reluctant yet hopeless, her demeanor explained with the appearance of the groom, a hard and arrogant aristocrat more than three times her age. When the groom is found murdered on the day of the wedding, Cadfael must use all his wits to identify the true killer lest an innocent man be hanged for the deed. And the newest resident of St. Giles holds both a key piece of evidence, and a secret of his own. Book Number: 9 Number Of Pages: 201 Book Title: The Virgin in the Ice Author: Ellis Peters Summary: In the early winter of 1139, the ravages of the civil war send refugees north from Worcester to Shrewsbury. Among them, two noble orphans, a girl of 18 and her 13 year old brother, traveling in the company of a Benedictine nun. However, inquiries from those who had their care in Worcester reveal that the trio never came to Shrewsbury. Not long afterward, Brother Cadfael is summoned to Bromfield Priory, where a wounded monk had been taken after being found naked and bleeding by the roadside. The man's delirious ranting gives Cadfael a clue as to where the missing trio headed when they didn't go to Shrewsbury. His quest leads him to find the boy... and then the body of a young woman, frozen in the ice of a shallow stream. When she is identified as the nun who'd accompanied the siblings out of Worcester, he renews his search for the boy's sister... and discovers a hidden secret from his own past as well. Book Number: 10 Number Of Pages: 212 Book Title: The Sanctuary Sparrow Author: Ellis Peters Summary: In the spring of 1140, the quiet of the midnight Matins in the abbey church is broken by a mob howling for the blood of a terrified young man, who pleads for sanctuary. A wandering minstrel hired to play at the wedding of the goldsmith's son, he stands accused of killing the goldsmith and stealing the contents of his strongbox. Morning proves the goldsmith still living, and no sign of his treasure in the minstrel's possession. Brother Cadfael believes the young man is innocent, and seeks for proof enough to convince the law of that, before the period of sanctuary ends. What he also finds is a mix of desperate love and hatred that would stop at nothing including murder. Share this post Link to post
Posted August 9, 2012 Book Number: 1 Number Of Pages: 291 Book Title: Painted Ladies Author: Robert B. Parker Summary: Once again we meet with Spenser Private Investigator and all around tough guy as he is hired to recover a valuable painting. As he is pulled deeper into the case he finds there is more to this case than meets the eye. Book Number: 2 Number Of Pages: 289 Book Title: The Professional Author: Robert B. Parker Summary: Spenser is hired by a group of women who are faced with blackmail by the man whom they had their affairs with Gary Eisenhower. When people start to die Spenser must solve what has become more than a blackmailing case. Book Number: 3 Number Of Pages: 293 Book Title: Sixkill Author: Robert B. Parker Summary: Spenser has been request to help solve the rape and murder of a local girl. The suspect is a famous actor who is making a lot of money for a lot of people. In the process he encounters a young man who he forms a remarkable partnership with. Book Number: 4 Number Of Pages: 180 Book Title: Valediction Author: Robert B. Parker Summary: With Susan gone to San Francisco for a break from ‘each other’, Spenser struggles to find something to occupy himself with. An opportunity arises in a case of a kidnapped girl who turns out to only be the tip of the iceberg. Book Number: 5 Number Of Pages: 322 Book Title: Night passage Author: Robert B. Parker Summary: Police Chief Jesse Stone has just moved to Paradise to escape from his divorce. He has been dropped into a middle of a town with hidden problems that he must face in order to preserve peace in paradise. Book Number: 6 Number Of Pages: 352 Book Title: Odd Hours Author: Dean Koontz Summary: Having been drawn to a small coastal town, Odd is haunted by dreams of a red tide. He must discover how to stop the evil that is going to occur. Book Number: 7 Number Of Pages: 321 Book Title: Hideaway Author: Dean Koontz Summary: After a accident which left him officially dead for over an hour, Hatch discovers he has a mysterious connection with a darker entity. Book Number: 8 Number Of Pages: 400 Book Title: Velocity Author: Dean Koontz Summary: One day bartender Billy Wiles goes to his car after his shift and finds a note which tells him to make a choice and depending on his choice a person will die. At first he thinks it is a joke but the next day when a young woman is found murdered it is not so much of a joke anymore. Share this post Link to post
Posted August 9, 2012 Book Number:5 Number of Pages:208 Book title: The BFG Author: Roald Dahl Summory: One day in England a little girl named Sophie can't sleep. She is an orphan. She looks out the window and sees that no one is around. Except a big giant who sweeps her away and she learns about terrible human eating giants. She comes up with a plan to stop then from eating more. Rating:4.1/5 Review: It is one of the famous Roald Dahl books. It is really good for anyone. Note to self this is not a good book to read while you are eating Book number:6 Number of pages:107 Book title: The tales of Beedle the Bard Author:J.K. Rowling Summary: It is really a book with a bunch of different storiee each with a lessons to teach us. Rating:4/5 Review: To really and truly understand you have to have read all the hary potter series. If you think witchcraft is truly stupidnes then this isn't the book for you. Book number:7 Number of pages:208 Book title: The Whitches Author: Roald Dahl Summary: It is about i little bou whoose parents get killed in a car crash so he lives with is grandmother. So she starts to warn him to look at every woman he sees carefully because for all ypu know they could be whitches Rating:5/5 Review: It is a truly good book which was made into a movie( though it is no where good as the book) Though this book just maks you smile. Note to self this is anouther book by Roald which ylu shouldn't read while eating Share this post Link to post
Posted August 10, 2012 Book Number: 5 Number Of Pages: 256 Book Title: Night of the Living Trekkies Author: Kevin David Anderson Summary: An all-Star Trek convention in Houston is suddenly overrun by zombies. Jim, who works at the hotel, must find a way to save himself along with his sister, a Klingon weapon master, a Horta, a Red-shirt, an overly arrogant commodore, an exobiologist and Princess Leia. Share this post Link to post
Posted August 10, 2012 Book Number: 3 Number Of Pages: 785 Book Title: Faith of the Fallen (Sword of Truth Book 6) Author:Terry GoodKind Summary: Richard Rahl is kidnapped by a Sister of the Dark named Nicci. Along the way Nicci's mysterious past is unfolded and Richard Rahl teaches a society the will to live. Rating: 5/5 Review: It was really good, it had of emotion and power. Share this post Link to post
Posted August 11, 2012 Book number:8 Number of pages:240 Book title:Matilda Author:Roald Dahl Summary:It is about a girl named Matilda who at birth her parents don't like her, but she is no ordinary girl. At a young age she can read. When she is sent to school her teacher Miss. Honey is surprised at how advised she is. Through her school life she learns strange things, and she gets strange powers. Rating:5/5 Review:It is a really good book and you will fall in love with all her plots. Book number:9 Number of pages:176 Book title:Ramona the Brave Author:Beverly Cleary Summary: It is about Ramona who is not only getting her own room( for six months) but she is going into first grade. But not only does she find that she does not like her new room, but doesn't like her new class either. Rating:4/5 Review: It is an okay book but i have to admit that it is kind of your younger children. Share this post Link to post
Posted August 11, 2012 Book Number: 1 Number Of Pages: 228 Book Title: Where Things Come Back Author: John Corey Whaley Summary: In the small town of Lily, Arkansas, Cullen Witter's brother disappears, but all the newspeople want to cover is the supposed reappearance of the Lazarus woodpecker. Book Number: 2 Number Of Pages: 384 Book Title: Invisible Sun Author: David Maciniss Gill Summary: Durango and Vienne are on a mission to recover some valuable intel about the MUSE project which resulted in Durango's having artificial intelligence, Mimi, implanted in his brain. But in a failed raid, Vienne is captured and Durango must return to rescue her--even if she doesn't want to be rescued. Book Number: 3 Number Of Pages: 364 Book Title: Everlasting Desire Author: Amanda Ashley Summary: Vampire Rhys Costain falls in love with Megan, a human woman, and must protect his newfound paramour from a rogue vampire intent on taking over the whole west coast. Book Number: 4 Number Of Pages: 422 Book Title: The Magic Thief Author: Sarah Prineas Summary: Conn tries to steal a wizard's locus magicalicus, a stone used to work magic, and survives--unlike most would-be thieves. Intrigued, the wizard in question, Nevery, takes Conn on as his apprentice. At the same time, magic levels in the city are dropping dangerously, and it's up to Nevery and Conn to figure out why and how to stop it. Book Number: 5 Number Of Pages: 298 Book Title: Angel Author: James Patterson Summary: Maximum Ride and her flock get wind of an organization called the Doomsday Group. Meanwhile, Fang has split and gathered a new team of genetically engineered teens. Both groups will need to work together to foil the Doomsday Group's plans to "Save the planet" by killing all the humans. Share this post Link to post
Posted August 12, 2012 Book Number: 3 Number Of Pages: 288 Book Title: Mr. Monk is a Mess Author: Lee Goldberg Summary: Adrian Monk and his assistant Natalie come home from working a stint as cops in New Jersey, and Natalie arrives to find a mysterious woman has been sleeping in her bed, and she's dead. the corpse pulls them into a serious case with the FBI. Share this post Link to post
Posted August 12, 2012 Book Number: 6 Number of Pages 235 Book Title The Rescue of Belle and Sundance Book Author Birgit Stutz Summary: A true story that takes place on Mount Renshaw near McBride B.C Canada. Two pack horses are found on the mountain starving and near death in the winter time. The people of McBride band together to dig a trench through the snow to get the horses Belle and Sundance out. Book Number: 7 Number of Pages: 289 Book title: Vittorio The Vampire Book author:Anne Rice Summary: Vittorio's family is killed by vampires. He goes in search of them to get his revenge, but doesn't count on falling in love with a female Vampire named Ursula. Book number 8 Number of Pages: 300 Book title: The Picture of Dorian Gray and three other stories Book Author: Oscar Wilde Summary A young man whose picture takes on every crime and evil thought - misdeed he has done, leaving him seemingly sweet and innocent becomes a murderer. Book number: 9 Number of Pages:221 Book title: The Privledge of Youth Book author: Dave Pelzer Summary True story: Dave from the books A child called it, and the Lost Boy - describes his life as a teen being moved around from Foster home to Foster home, troubles with school and trying to fit in. Book Number 10: Number of Pages: 252 Book Title: Until Tuesday Book Author: Capt. Luis Carlos Montalvan Summary: A Soldier who has been badly injured in combat in Iraq has his life unravelling due to PTSD ( Post traumatic stress disorder) and other problems is partnered with a Golden Retriever named Tuesday, for a assistance dog. Luis tells about his life before and after getting Tuesday and how having Tuesday has helped him. Also speaks of those who discriminate against Tuesday because the dog doesn't look like a regular assistant dog refusing to let him or dog go where they need to. Share this post Link to post
Posted August 13, 2012 Book Number: 5 Number Of Pages: 272 Book Title: The Hobbit (re-read) Author: J. R. R. Tolkien Summary: Bilbo Baggins is a typical hobbit, who never does anything unexpected. However, one day the wizard Gandalf turns up, and he suddenly finds himself among dwarves in a quest for treasure and revenge on the dragon Smaug. Share this post Link to post
Posted August 14, 2012 Book Number: 2 Number Of Pages: 563 Book Title: New Moon Author: Stephenie Meyer Summary: Bella feels like everything she's gained since moving to Forks is falling apart. She gets very depressed until she realizes that her moods and opinions are hurting everyone around her too. The book starts to resolve this after she takes a trip to Italy, but she can't seem to make everyone happy at the same time. And then the book kind of ends unresolved, probably to encourage reading the next. Rating: 6/10 Share this post Link to post
Posted August 14, 2012 6. The only books that do not count are textbooks, or books with less than 100 pages. So you can read children books (provided they meet the 100 page mark), young adult, biographies etc. Any genre is accepted. Manga is only accepted if it's 500 pages or more. Online unpublished fiction is allowed if it has 20,000 words or more (please post the link to the story and the number of words, however if the story could be considered unsuitable for minors post the link to either this account or freddyness via PM) Out of interest, when you say that "The only books that do not count are textbooks", where do you draw the line of 'textbook'? Is it any non-fiction text, or just 'school' textbooks? For example, were I to read The Mythical Man-Month, "a book on software engineering and project management"*, would it count or not? *(not exactly the most riveting theme, I know, but it's considered a fairly seminal work about software engineering) Share this post Link to post
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