Posted September 7, 2012 Book Number: 2 Number Of Pages: 356 (print ver.) Book Title: The Trinity Game (ebook) Author: Sean Chercover Summary: Daniel Byrne is a Vatican priest whose job it is to investigate miracle claims. None of them have ever checked out, until his new assignment involves his estranged uncle speaking in tongues and accurately predicting the future. Rating: 8/10 Book Number: 3 Number Of Pages: 224 (print ver.) Book Title: Riders of Destir (ebook) Author: A. D. Miller Summary: Sentenced to death for the murder of his father, Prince Eilrach comes to realize that his entire country is in danger when he encounters his brother's troops raiding a desert village. He embarks on a quest to collect the magical gemstones that hold the power to stop his brother from taking over the country, and along the way meets people, falls in love, comes to realizations, makes promises, and encounters the forces of evil. and wins Rating: 5/5 Share this post Link to post
Posted September 7, 2012 Book Number: 13 Number Of Pages: 229 Book Title: Mrs. McGinty's Dead Author: Agatha Christie Summary: Superintendent Spence comes to Poirot. He says that a man is deemed guilty of the murder of his landlady, but Spence thinks that he is innocent. Poirot is asked to investigate the case. Share this post Link to post
Posted September 8, 2012 Book Number: 16 Number Of Words: 28,496 Book Title: The Butterfly Effect Author: Starrie Wolf Summary: Bleach fanfic, Aizen won the Winter War. Orihime is turning into a hollow when she rejects that reality and sends Isshin, Yoruichi, Kisuke, and Ichigo back in time. Rating: 5/5 Review: This story is unique in that it sends multiple people from different generations back in time. Share this post Link to post
Posted September 9, 2012 Book number: 17 Number of pages: 271 Title: Brave New World Author: Aldous Huxley Summary: A dystopic society where children aren't born but created in a tube and everything is based on people's happiness through pleasure. Huxley masterfully represents what would happen to such a society if an undesired element appears - a man who believes in mothers and fathers, in marriage and in family values, in religion and in monogamous sex,- and more importantly: what would happen to this person. Share this post Link to post
Posted September 9, 2012 Well, I've gotta sign up for this. Now I need to figure out which book I want to start with, lol ... Share this post Link to post
Posted September 9, 2012 Book Number: 17 Number Of Words: 29,187 Book Title: Eerie Emails Author: aem82 Summary: Danny Phantom fanfic, All of the characters of the show get email addresses. Everyone proceeds to send silly emails to each other. Rating: 3/5 Review: This story is funny and random, but too childish for me to really enjoy. Share this post Link to post
Posted September 10, 2012 Book Number: 14 Number Of Pages: 256 Book Title: After the Funeral Author: Agatha Christie Summary: Richard Abernethie dies suddenly, and at the funeral a relative suggests that he was murdered. She herself is later brutally murdered, and the lawyer asks Poirot to find the truth of the matter Share this post Link to post
Posted September 10, 2012 Book Number:6 Number Of Pages:472 Book Title:Catching fire Author:Suzanne Collins Summary:Katniss and Peeta both survived the Hunger Games, but will Capitol just let it be? It's time for another Quarter Quell, will Katniss suffer the agony of Games again? In second book from The Hunger Games triology are a lot exiting turns. Share this post Link to post
Posted September 11, 2012 Book Number: 18 Number Of Words: 49,365 Book Title: Uchibi Sasuke Author: Laryna6 Summary: Naruto fanfic, Itachi still has to kill the clan to stop the coup, but is allowed to leave his brother and seventeen other children alive. Sasuke has to take care of them all but is aided by his accountant, Naruto. Rating: 5/5 Review: This story is for mature readers, but is absolutely hilarious despite being somewhat disjointed. This is a classic example of what is referred to as a “crackfic.” Share this post Link to post
Posted September 11, 2012 Book Number: 66 Number Of Pages: 341 Book Title: Chicks in Chainmail (re-read) Author: Esther Friesner (editor) Summary: A collection of humorous short stories inspired by the archetypical fantasy character of the Woman Warrior in a Chainmail Bikini. Authors include Esther Friesner, Jody Lynn Nye, Roger Zelazny, and Elizabeth Moon. Tales run the gamut from Hillary Rodham Clinton being grabbed by the Valkyries to be their governess, to a group of female guards finding every loophole to avoid paying a new tax on bronze bras. Book Number: 67 Number Of Pages: 718 Book Title: The Velvet Jungle (re-read) Author: Julie Ellis Summary: Vanessa's one ambition is to become a fashion designer. Tina wants fame on the silver screen. Pat is willing to follow her parents' plan and become a political wife to a man on the road to the White House. Vanessa and Tina meet Pat in New York City during WWII and they become fast friends... a friendship that spans the globe and lasts for decades, through hardships, triumphs, heartbreak, and happy endings. Book Number: 68 Number Of Pages: 559 Book Title: Loyalties Author: Julie Ellis Summary: Anne and Felicia are distant cousins, who never met until their mutual relative leaves control of her lumber empire jointly in their hands... with a catch. The two must work together in the company, learning the business inside and out, for the next twenty years. At that time, they will jointly take ownership. But if either of them walks away before then, they both lose it all. Book Number: 69 Number Of Pages: 604 Book Title: Commitment Author: Julie Ellis Summary: At the age of nine, Carol's life suddenly changes from one of privileged wealth to one of hardship when her father loses everything with the stock market crash of 1929 and then kills himself. Despite being forced into first work and then marriage in order to support herself and her mother, she's determined to complete her education and dreams of becoming an architect. Widowed at seventeen, she continues working towards that goal, finding love along the way with a brilliant young playwright from Georgia. Book Number: 70 Number Of Pages: 229 Book Title: Laura Author: Donald Zochert Summary: Nonfiction. This is a biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the author of the Little House series of books based on her own childhood and young adulthood growing up in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Dakota in the late 1800s. Book Number: 71 Number Of Pages: 164 Book Title: A House for Jonnie O. Author: Blossom Elfman Summary: Sixteen and pregnant, Jonnie and her friends at the 'pregnant school' all dream of a place that will be theirs, a safe place where they can raise their babies without interference. Can they find a way to make things come out the way they want, or will their dreams wither away in the face of harsh facts? Book Number: 72 Number Of Pages: 333 Book Title: Somebody Else's Kids (re-read) Author: Torey Hayden Summary: Nonfiction. They were the class that wasn't supposed to exist. So-called 'mainstreaming' laws had passed, putting all but the most profoundly disabled children into regular classes, to be given extra help from a resource teacher. Torey, who had taught various classes for the mentally and emotionally disturbed, was now a resource teacher. But there were a few students that slipped through the cracks... the autistic boy who only spoke to repeat what others said, the seven year old girl incapable of reading due to brain damage from abuse, the violently angry boy who'd witnessed his father's murder, and the shy sixth-grade honor student who was kicked out of her parochial school when she became pregnant. For lack of anywhere else to send them, they ended up in Torey's classroom, with a teacher who saw them as individuals rather than problems. Book Number: 73 Number Of Pages: 448 Book Title: Beautiful Child Author: Torey Hayden Summary: Nonfiction. Venus never spoke, never even responded to another person... yet an accidental jostling on the playground would send her into a violent rage frightening to witness. Her unresponsiveness perplexed even the professionals, leaving them wondering if she was autistic, mentally disabled, or something else altogether. Special education teacher Torey, who'd previously worked with electively mute children, was sure she could see signs of awareness in Venus, and was determined to discover the reason for the girl's silence and to convince her that she didn't need to remain silent forever. Book Number: 74 Number Of Pages: 457 Book Title: Breath of Scandal Author: Sandra Brown Summary: Jade grew up in a southern 'company town', where every resident is dependent on the one wealthy family that owns the town's industry. Raped by that family's son and his friends, and denied justice by the local sheriff who owed his position to the father, she ran as far as she could. But she was determined that one day she would return, and this time she'd be the one with the power, to finally exact her revenge on those who'd turned their backs on her. Book Number: 75 Number Of Pages: 416 Book Title: Bond of Passion Author: Bertrice Small Summary: For mature readers only. Angus Ferguson, Earl of Duin, called the handsomest man in the borders, prefers a quiet life. The best way to keep his clan safe, he believes, is to avoid political intrigues and political involvement as much as possible. Reluctant to wed after catching the first woman he courted in the arms of another, he finally accepts the plain-faced Annabella as his bride because her father offered him a piece of land he wanted as her dowry. To his surprise, his bride turns out to be a most interesting companion in public, and a passionate lover in private. But their growing love will be tested when they are summoned to the court of Mary, Queen of Scots, and become embroiled against their wills in the intrigue of the court. The results prove devastating to them personally even as it sets the stage for a civil war... and when they return home, both sides attempt first to gain their loyalty and then to see them discredited and ruined. Share this post Link to post
Posted September 11, 2012 Book Number: 15 Number Of Pages: 288 Book Title: Burn Notice: The Reformed Author: Tod Goldberg Summary: Michael has to help a former criminal turned priest who is being blackmailed by a member of the gang he used to belong to. Review: The case is interesting and has the same humorous spy how-tos that the series has. Share this post Link to post
Posted September 11, 2012 Add me please! Book Number:1 Number Of Pages:480 Book Title:Seraphina Author:Rachel Hartman Summary:This is about a half dragon girl who is trying to hide her dragon side as she works as the music assissant at the palace. Rating: 5/5 Share this post Link to post
Posted September 11, 2012 (edited) Book Number: 19 Number Of Pages: 447 Book Title: Sweet Evil Author: Wendy Higgins Summary: Anna Whitt is at a concert when she meets a half-demon boy. She discovers she is half-demon and half-angel. In order to stay alive, she must be a bad influence. Rating: 4/5 Review: This is a very well-written book, but a bit too intense for me. Book Number: 20 Number Of Pages: 305 Book Title: Enchanted Author: Alethea Kontis Summary: This story contains pieces of almost all fairy tales. Sunday kisses a frog back into a prince that her family despises because the oldest son, Jack, had been cursed to turn into a dog for killing the prince’s puppy. Rating: 5/5 Review: I love the way the classic fairy tales are mixed together in this story. Edited September 12, 2012 by clara954 Share this post Link to post
Posted September 12, 2012 Book Number: 15 Number Of Pages: 224 Book Title: Hickory Dickory Dock Author: Agatha Christie Summary: A series of small thefts is being performed at a student hostel. This catches Poirot's interest. However, it does not take long before the smaller crimes give way to greater ones, like murder. Share this post Link to post
Posted September 12, 2012 Book Number: 21 Number Of Pages: 344 Book Title: Team Human Author: Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan Summary: Mel is worried when her best friend Cathy starts falling for the new vampire student Francis. Mel can’t understand how her brilliant friend could want to live a life without laughing and is especially leery of Cathy getting dumped by a guy over a century older than her. She thinks the trauma that Anna and her principal mother went through when Anna’s counselor father left with one of his vampire patients is more proof. Rating: 5/5 Review: I like this story because it shows the point of view of a girl who wants the best for her friends but realizes her best is not theirs. Share this post Link to post
Posted September 12, 2012 I'll join this! I lost track of it last year and I mean to join back in August for this one but... I'll join late any ways! Share this post Link to post
Posted September 12, 2012 Book Number: 22 Number Of Pages: 323 Book Title: Mad Love Author: Suzanne Selfors Summary: Alice is struggling to keep the secret of her mother’s bipolar disorder from everyone who has ever heard of the author known as the “Queen of Romance” when she meets a man named Errol. Errol claims to be Cupid and ends up shooting two invisible arrows to prove it. He wants Alice to write the true story of him and Psyche so he can die in peace. Rating: 5/5 Review: This story was very moving, and the mix of the fantastic with the realistic made it a wonderful read. Share this post Link to post
Posted September 13, 2012 Book Number: 4 Number Of Pages: 198 Book Title: Our Lady of Kibeho Author: Immaculée Ilibagiza Summary: Immaculée tells the story of the first Vatican-approved Marian apparition site in Africa. Share this post Link to post
Posted September 13, 2012 Book Number: 23 Number Of Pages: 220 Book Title: Snow White and the Huntsman Author: Lily Blake Summary: Ravenna is a beautiful young girl who watched with her brother as the king’s men killed their entire family for being supposed traitors. Ravenna’s mother casts a spell that lets her daughter steal youth and beauty and use it for magic. Snow White is left alive for ten years after her father is murdered on his wedding night before Ravenna learns that she can become truly immortal by eating Snow White’s heart. Snow White escapes through the sewer to the Dark Forest and is helped by Eric, the Huntsman. Rating: 5/5 Review: This is a book based on the movie. Share this post Link to post
Posted September 14, 2012 Book Number: 1 Number Of Pages: 399 Book Title: The Golden Compass / Northen Lights Author: Philip Pullman Summary: A whole exciting adventure starts when Lyra hides and overhears a conversation. She is taken away from her home and has to follow this prophecy that she must remain ignorant of or all will fail. The world Lyra lives in is different from our own - every person has their own daemons/demons - creatures that cannot be seperated from their owner. Rating: 4/5 Book Number: 2 Number Of Pages: 341 Book Title: The Subtle Knife Author: Philip Pullman Summary: The story of Lyra continues where the first book left off and she explores another world with a newfound friend, Will. They try to find Will's father. Will also comes from a different world and becomes the bearer of the powerful subtle knife. Rating: 4/5 Share this post Link to post
Posted September 14, 2012 (edited) Book Number: 24 Number Of Pages: 403 Book Title: Tiger’s Curse Author: Colleen Houck Summary: Kelsey gets a temp job working at a circus. She is fascinated by the white tiger there and spends most of her two weeks with him. Someone offers to buy the tiger for a wildlife reserve in India and asks Kelsey to come along. Kelsey leaves Oregon for India and finds out that “Ren” is actually a 300-year-old prince cursed to be a tiger. She vows to help break the spell and begins to fall in love. Rating: 5/5 Review: I could not put this book down until I was done reading it. Book Number: 25 Number Of Pages: 102 Book Title: Who Killed Mr. Boddy? Author: A. E. Parker Summary: This is the first book of the Clue series, where, similar to the game, you have to solve mini-mysteries of who did what where. Rating: 4/5 Review: This is a children’s book, so the mysteries are not that hard to solve. Edited September 14, 2012 by clara954 Share this post Link to post
Posted September 14, 2012 Book number: 18 Number of pages: 300 Title: The Book of General Ignorance Author: John Lloyd and John Mitchinson Summary: Non-fiction. Based on the popular British TV show QI. Features both questions discussed on the show and new ones, from variety of topics. Book number: 19 Number of pages: 303 Title: Dragonflight Author: Anne McCaffrey Summary: First in the Pern series. The Red Star haven't passed above Pern in 400 years and the deadly Threads are now only a legend. The dragons (and their riders) are becoming less and less in numbers. In that difficult time Lessa, finds she is destined to become Weyrwoman and help save the world from the Threads. Book number: 20 Number of pages: 144 Title: Rocannon's World Author: Ursula K. Le Guin Summary: Rocannon is an ethnographer from the Union and the last one left from his expedition team on the planet Fomalhout II. When the planet is attacked from the stars he must find a way to send a message to his people - and that means he must travel half the continent to find the enemy's base and use their equipment to send the S.O.S. Share this post Link to post
Posted September 15, 2012 Book Number:2 Number Of Pages:593 Book Title:Froi of the Exiles Author:Melina Marchetta Summary: This book is the second book in the Lumatere Chronicles, set three years after the first. Froi has been training with the guards and it's time for his first big mission. He is sent to assinate the king of Charyn. This book also flashes to Lucien, Finnikin, Phaedra, and Beatriss. Rating:5/5 Share this post Link to post
Posted September 15, 2012 (edited) I finally finished my first book Yay Book Number: 1 Number Of Pages: 432 Book Title: Gone Girl: A Novel Author: Gillian Flynn Summary: Book contains some mature language (cursing), as well as references to graphic sexual situations. Nick and Amy Dunne have been married for five years. Every year on their anniversary, Amy leaves notes as clues for her husband to eventually reach the spot where she has hidden his anniversary present. On the morning of their fifth anniversary, she disappears. There is evidence of blood and as struggle, and mounting background information shows the Dunnes' marriage wasn't as perfect as it looked on the outside. Alternating between Nick's point of view, and the diary entries Amy left behind, the prime suspect points to Nick over and over again. But did he do it? Rating: (optional) 5/5 (I finished this book in 3 days) Review: (optional) This book was not what I expected it to be! There is twist after twist; even after the reader thinks he/she has all the secrets figured out, the last bombshell doesn't come until the very last chapter of the book! This is a book about young love, marriage, and ultimately the psychological cores of each other's spouses. Just how well do Nick and Amy think they know each other? Edited September 15, 2012 by applegirl Share this post Link to post
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