Posted January 25, 2011 Book Number: 18 Number Of Pages: 119 Book Title: The Sarah Jane Adventures - Invasion of the Bane Author: Terrance Dicks Share this post Link to post
Posted January 26, 2011 C'mon people... write reviews... give others an idea of whether it's a book that might interest them! I needed a break from puns so I went reading these - I'd meant to read the rest of Brian's books (Gary Paulsen wrote 'em) so I ended up reading 'em all finally. Book Number: 25th Number Of Pages: 435 Book Title: Rain Author: V.C. Andrews Rating: 4.5/5 Review: Very simple plot, yet full of surprises. Book Number: 26th Number Of Pages: 144 Book Title: The River (re-read) Author: Gary Paulsen Rating: 5/5 Review: Positively enthralling! I love books like this one. Book Number: 27th Number Of Pages: 144 Book Title: Brian's Winter Author: Gary Paulsen Rating: 5/5 Review: Wow, amazingly well done for an alternative ending book. Every detail came so burstingly alive in my mind, it was as if I was Brian. Book Number: 28th Number Of Pages: 144 Book Title: Brian's Return Author: Gary Paulsen Rating: 5/5 Review: Too fascinating to put down, I had to just get all five books of Brian's Saga - take a break from reading Xanth books for a while. Perfect choice of reading material for a break. I think I like this one the most along with Hatchet. Book Number: 29th Number Of Pages: 112 Book Title: Brian's Hunt Author: Gary Paulsen Rating: 5/5 Review: This may be the shortest story in the saga, but even so, Gary packs a wallop with his words. Each word designed to convey a compelling picture. The books may be targeted at the younger readers, but they are great easy reads for adults as well. Share this post Link to post
Posted January 26, 2011 I am 6 months late but I would like to join. Dragoon1234 aka Dragoon is ready to read until his eyes bleed because of a need for speed to read. ((Sorry. It's early and I'm tired.)) Share this post Link to post
Posted January 28, 2011 (edited) Book Number: 132 Number Of Pages: 421 Book Title: Mystic and Rider Author: Sharon Shinn Review: I did end up finishing this. I did not like the whole, "I'm a man soldier and I hate magic but I can't help falling for this female mage" stuff. *sigh* I am not buying/reading books 2-4. Book Number: 133 Number Of Pages: 432 Book Title: Side Jobs Author: Jim Butcher Review: I took a break half way through, was tired of Harry saving the day in every single story, even if that is what he does. Finished it two nights ago. EDIT: I am missing a book I know I read. I'll have to search by my bed and find it. Edited January 28, 2011 by Kanaye Share this post Link to post
Posted January 28, 2011 Book Number: 20 Number Of Pages: 535 Book Title: The Accidental Sorcerer Author: K.E. Mills Rating: 5/5 Review: My goodness, was this an adventure! Wizards and geniuses and DRAGONS! Took me awhile to figure out just how cracked [a certain character] actually was, and I didn't see that [another character] was just wearing a clever mask until near the end! (I'm quite good at guessing plot twists, you know.) Favorite character = Monk Markham. Can I have one, please? Share this post Link to post
Posted January 28, 2011 (edited) Fanfic follows. :'D Thanks for answering my question! (for next updater: 42&43 are in that tiny text under the fanfic question) Number | 44 Title | A Deeper Season Author | lightgetsin and sahiya Word count | 117605 Link | here Number | 45 Title | What Passing Bells Author | lightgetsin and sahiya Word count | 106529 Link | here Number | 46 Title | Aral Vorkosigan's Dog Author | Philomytha Word count | 76354 Link | here Number | 47 Title | Other Ways Author | sahiya Word count | 52133 Link | here Review | Lois McMaster Bujold writes such an unmatchable mix of heartwarming, understated humor, and audacious gambits that, unable to reread her works yet another time, I have resorted to reading fanfic in her universe instead. so 44, 45, and 47 are AU.. but what the hell, they make so much sense with canon These fanfics aren't quite the same style and occasionally bog down in melodrama, but they're still squee and I love them for the same reasons I love the canon. I don't do this squee! thing for other authors, I swear ;_; Usually moody mindf[...] is more my style, but she's that amazing If anyone else enjoys the Vorkosigan series and has recommendations, please let me know! (Preferably published novels by other authors with a similar voice. I must have read most of the existing fanfic by now, and am only numbering off the longest pieces.) Edited January 28, 2011 by kadoatie Share this post Link to post
Posted January 29, 2011 Book Number: 22 Number Of Pages: 308 Book Title: Kitty Kitty Author: Michele Jaffe Share this post Link to post
Posted January 30, 2011 Book Number: 3 Number Of Pages: 291 Book Title: Wolfsbane Author: Patricia Briggs Share this post Link to post
Posted January 30, 2011 (edited) Book Number:33 Number of Pages:588 Book Title:FablehavenKey to the Demon Prison Author: Brandon Mull Edited February 5, 2011 by evangeline5432 Share this post Link to post
Posted January 30, 2011 Book Number: 134 Number Of Pages: 432 Book Title: Enchantment (Audio) Author: Orson Scott Card Review: I enjoyed listening to this. There is a huge language barrier in the story and if I would have read it, I would probably have given up. Language and I do not get along. These below were 3 books and 1, and I read them all last night. Book Number: 135 Number Of Pages: 266 Book Title: A Living Nightmare (Cirque Du Freak #1) Author: Darren Shan Review: Way too many exclamation points, most of them unnecessary and annoying. (And then I kicked the ball so fast it went into the goal!) And there were quite a few contradictions between the books. Aw well. Book Number: 136 Number Of Pages: Book Title: The Vampire's Assistant (Cirque du Freak # 2) Author: Darren Shan Review: I like this one the best of the three. Evra is my favorite character and his snake is amusing. "She sleepcrawls." I didn't really like the ending to this, but then again, it wasn't supposed to be happy. Thing was he never mentioned that he drank human blood from his friend's injured knee in book 1. Book Number: 137 Number Of Pages: 240 Book Title: Tunnels of Blood (Cirque Du Freak #3) Author: Darren Shan Review: Didn't like this one as much as the others, though its prolly cause Evra got tortured. I think I will continue reading the series, now that I've gotten it to it. Share this post Link to post
Posted January 30, 2011 (edited) Updated to Here. Dragoon1234, NuparuMahnika, you both have been added. Edited January 30, 2011 by BookChallenge Share this post Link to post
Posted January 30, 2011 Book Number: 9 Number Of Pages: 480 Book Title: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (reread) Author: Joanne Rowling Share this post Link to post
Posted January 31, 2011 (edited) Book Number: 59 Number Of Pages: 528 Book Title: Labyrinth Author: Kate Mosse Book Number: 60 Number Of Pages: 304 Book Title: Mr. Monk on the Road Author: Lee Goldberg Rating: Edited January 31, 2011 by Sister of the Dragon Share this post Link to post
Posted January 31, 2011 (edited) Book Number: 7 Number Of Pages: 371 Book Title: The Countess Author: Lynsay Sands Rating: 5/5 Review: I love her vampire series, so I was really hesitant about reading this one (which is a historical romance, no vampires) and I wasn’t sure if she could write these books as well as she does the vampire series. So when I read it, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it! Book Number: 8 Number Of Pages: 371 Book Title: Vampires are Forever Author: Lynsay Sands Rating: 5/5 **Re-read Book Number: 9 Number Of Pages: 370 Book Title: Vampire, Interrupted Author: Lynsay Sands Rating: 5/5 **Re-read Edited February 1, 2011 by Shalarean Share this post Link to post
Posted January 31, 2011 (edited) Book Number: 37 Number Of Pages: 259 Book Title: The Children of Húrin Author: J. R. R. Tolkien Review: It was interesting to know that Tolkien conceived the idea for this story long before the publication of The Hobbit. The story itself is quite engaging, although somewhat depressing to read, knowing that already in the beginning it's made clear that it is going to be a tragedy about an inevitable doom, so it is quite bleak for the most part, but well-written. Then again, I knew the shorter version from The Silmarillion already, so I was somewhat prepared. Edited January 31, 2011 by lightbird Share this post Link to post
Posted February 1, 2011 Book Number: 10 Number Of Pages: 353 Book Title: Hungry for You Author: Lynsay Sands Rating: 5/5 **Re-read Share this post Link to post
Posted February 1, 2011 Book Number: 3 Number Of Pages: 309 (officially) there's extra stuff in the back,like lost chapters and such, which brings the grand total up to 334 Book Title: Fang; A Maximum Ride Novel Author: James Patterson Rating: 5/5 Share this post Link to post
Posted February 2, 2011 Book Number: 11 Number Of Pages: 358 Book Title: Born to Bite Author: Lynsay Sands Rating: 5/5 **Re-read Book Number: 12 Number Of Pages: 356 Book Title: Bite Me if You Can Author: Lynsay Sands Rating: 5/5 **Re-read Share this post Link to post
Posted February 2, 2011 Book Number: 21 Number Of Pages: 248 Book Title: Life Among the Piutes Author: Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins Rating: 2.5/5 Review: It's sort of... Well. Hm. She was a very important person, and many parts of the book are very compelling. They're also painful -- while she doesn't focus too much on specific instances of starving children or young men wrongfully executed for crimes they didn't commit, there was quite a bit of suffering in her life and the lives of her people. I think perhaps some things she glossed over because they were too painful. When you read a book about the oppression of any group of people, you don't expect bunnies and rainbows, so that alone wouldn't make me mark it down, but I'm not entirely certain she's a reliable narrator about some things. Her style also sort of wanders around, jumping about chronologically, referring to people once and then returning to them fifty pages later and expecting you to remember, etc. I didn't really enjoy reading it, but it was a very important book (she was the first Native American woman to secure a copyright and publish anything in English). Share this post Link to post
Posted February 3, 2011 Book Number: 4 Number Of Pages: 411 Book Title: The Lost Army Author: Valerio Massimo Manfredi Share this post Link to post
Posted February 3, 2011 I would like to join this challenge of sorts. I'm a heavy reader. Share this post Link to post
Posted February 4, 2011 (edited) @Kanaye: Did you enjoy Enchantment? I purchased the book recently but have not read it yet. @lightbird: I was wondering what exactly The Children of Hurin covered. Nice to know. Thanks for the review. Book Number: 76 Number Of Pages: 432 pgs Book Title: The Secret Wedding Author: Jo Beverley Rating: 3/5 Book Number: 77 Number Of Pages: 320 pgs Book Title: The Madness of Lord Ian MacKenzie Author: Jennifer Ashley Rating: 4/5 Review: I borrowed this book from the library because it is so hard to find a copy, used or new. By page 3, I knew I wanted my own copy. By page 25, I had found a few lines and passages that touched my heart. In this book, the hero has Asperger's and the author seemed to have really made an effort to make him sound like it. I found it really fascinating reading his point of view. I really liked it, and will be reading the other books in this series. Book Number: 78 Number Of Pages: 656 pgs Book Title: Rhapsody: Child of Blood (Symphony of Ages #1) Author: Elizabeth Haydon Rating: 2/5 Review: Goodreads Review Book Number: 79 Number Of Pages: 279 pgs Book Title: The Sea of Monsters Author: Rick Riordan Rating: 2/5 Book Number: 80 Number Of Pages: 279 pgs Book Title: Colters' Daughter Author: Maya Banks Rating: 2/5 Book Number: 81 Number Of Pages: 304 pgs Book Title: The Titan's Curse Author: Rick Riordan Rating: 2/5 Review: This is the third book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan. It started off on the wrong foot, and failed to end on the right foot - or at least a comfortable foot. I found this book to be the worst of the three books I'd read in this series so far. I thought the writing unsophisticated and the dialogue pretty poor. The plot seemed contrived and unnatural. There were a couple of scenes that had me go, "Why the heck is that character reacting like that?" It just didn't make sense to me. Despite it all, I still like the idea behind this series, I would like to know how the overall series ends, and I do enjoy the humor; hence, the extra star. Mr. D remained an interesting character. There is nothing else I would care to comment about regarding the other characters except to note what a relief it is to see ancient Greek gods and goddesses in the modern world actually looking and sounding like distinct characters with somewhat individual personalities. I wish I could say the same for the ancient gods and goddesses in Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter paranormal romance series. I'm so sick of biker gods and goddesses who all dress and speak the same. Book Number: 82 Number Of Pages: 320 pgs Book Title: Sir Percy Leads the Band [e-book] Author: Baroness Orczy Rating: 4/5 Review: I have to say that this is my second favorite book in the Scarlet Pimpernel series that I have read so far (The Scarlet Pimpernel, The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel, I Will Repay). It was exciting with a number of adventures and rescues. I really enjoyed seeing more interaction between The Scarlet Pimpernel and his merry men. I wish that the author would show the other men in the League. There are 19 of them who "would lay down [their] lives" for their leader, and yet we only meet about 5-6. In this book, I did meet a few new ones, which I was happy about. I enjoyed picking up clues about what the Scarlet Pimpernel is like in France. Unlike I Will Repay (I believe that is the right one) he does not have a detectable foreign accent although his comrades do, but apparently he does speak French with a precision that may have aroused suspicion had the author not emphasized that the others were too stupid to suspect anything. Speaking of comrades, this is the second book which has a traitor in the League. I had wondered how does someone who apparently was a good judge of character pick comrades who were weak and might betray them. Fortunately, the author does answer it to my satisfaction (somewhat) later in the story. I did like how that was resolved although I wondered what the traitor's reception was like from those in the League who knew about it back in English Society. With this particular storyline, we are shown more clearly what kind of man Sir Percy Blakeney is, and I cannot help envy Marguerite Blakeney for her luck in capturing the passionate love of such a man. This was quite a fun adventure, and before I start rhapsodizing about Sir Percy Blakeney's many fine qualities, I will end this review and look forward to seeing The Scarlet Pimpernel in action in The Elusive Pimpernel. Book Number: 83 Number Of Pages: 361 pgs Book Title: The Battle of the Labyrinth Author: Rick Riordan Rating: 3/5 Review: Liked better than The Titan's Curse for some reason. Must have been in a better mood or something. Edited February 14, 2011 by Maladroit Share this post Link to post
Posted February 4, 2011 Yes, I did, Maladroit. Very much in fact. Though I listened to it, didn't read it. I am terrible at languages and in the book are a bunch of different ones. If I had had to read it, I am sad to say, I would probaly not have stuck with it. I am extremely glad I got to listen to it. Book Number: 138 Number Of Pages: 288 Book Title: Too Close to Touch Author: Georgia Beers Review: It was ok. Not bad. An enjoyable read. Dunno if it's worth a reread though. Book Number: 139 Number Of Pages: 672 Book Title: Pathfinder Author: Orson Scott Card Review: Ok, I am not a fan of science fiction (even though I love Ender's Game) but this book was 7/8th Fantasy and 1/8th science fiction. I quite enjoyed the time hopping and everyone's paths. I do hope there is going to be a book 2, cause were he ended... it was like "The other ship is gunna come and might blow the planet up." I'm like... thats it? That's the end? Share this post Link to post
Posted February 5, 2011 (edited) Book Number: 34 Number Of Pages: 230 Book Title: The Youngest Templar Knights: Trail of Fate Author: Micheal P. Spradlin Rating: 4/5 The updater should do a top ten readers list That would be kinda fun! Edited February 11, 2011 by evangeline5432 Share this post Link to post
Posted February 5, 2011 Back to the Xanth novels. Although, I'll be taking a break, read some other stuff for a while. One can only take so many puns... Book Number: 30th (re-read) Number Of Pages: 352 Book Title: Harpy Thyme Author: Piers Anthony Rating: 5/5 Review: See previous reviews Book Number: 31st (re-read) Number Of Pages: 390 Book Title: Geis of the Gargoyle Author: Piers Anthony Rating: 5/5 Review: See previous reviews ** can be a little slow in the beginning, but it really livens up later on - I would have to say this is one awesome book - but you'd really have to use your imagination for this one - it's amazing. Book Number: 32nd (re-read) Number Of Pages: 352 Book Title: Roc and a Hard Place Author: Piers Anthony Rating: 5/5 Review: See previous reviews Book Number: 33rd (re-read) Number Of Pages: 352 Book Title: Yon Ill Wind Author: Piers Anthony Rating: 5/5 Review: See previous reviews ** this one had me cracking up. Book Number: 34th (re-read) Number Of Pages: 340 Book Title: Faun & Games Author: Piers Anthony Rating: 5/5 Review: See previous reviews ** I like this one because it made me think about social rules/mannerisms - what's accepted and what's not. Stuff like that. Share this post Link to post
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