Posted April 8, 2011 http://forums.dragcave.net/index.php?showtopic=103438 This 24-hour Read-a-thon. And, to keep on topic, Book Number: 180 Number Of Pages: Over 40,000 words. Kindle book. Book Title: Lethal Obsession: Caged Author: Michele L. Montgomery Review: So not worth the $6.99 I paid for it. It wasn't bad but parts just irked me. For example. Person A never told Person B who he had called to help him find the kidnapped one but Person B still said "And you think this Carl person can help?" Person A never said Carl. And, much later, Person A said "I'm gunna take the blindfold off in a bit if you are quiet" and then "he looked into those green eyes" except, according to the book, the blindfold was still on. *sigh* Share this post Link to post
Posted April 9, 2011 (edited) Book Number: 44 Number Of Pages:489 Book Title: The Last/Spooks Apprentice: Night of the Soul Stealer Author: Joseph Delaney Rating: 4/5 Edited April 9, 2011 by evangeline5432 Share this post Link to post
Posted April 9, 2011 (edited) Is anyone doing the 24-hour Read-a-thon in here, other than me? It's tomorrow. Nope. I've got an exam to study for. >__< And I've been intending to participate since last year. @Kanaye: Is Lethal Obsession Kindle-lendable? If it is and there isn't someone else you plan on lending it to, may I borrow it? @Shalarean: I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed The Sweetest Thing by Jill Shalvis. She's a new-to-me author that I recently purchased because I really liked the cover. lol. I haven't read it yet and am glad that I won't end up hating the book! Book Number: 111 Number Of Pages: 304 pgs Book Title: A Mom for Matthew Author: Roz Denny Fox Rating: 2/5 Book Number: 112 Number Of Pages: 304 pgs Book Title: A Family for Daniel Author: Anna DeStefano Rating: 3/5 Book Number: 113 Number Of Pages: 288 pgs Book Title: All-American Father Author: Anna DeStefano Rating: 3/5 Review: My Goodreads Review Book Number: 114 Number Of Pages: 325 pgs Book Title: XVI Author: Julia Karr Rating: 3/5 Book Number: 115 Number Of Pages: 384 pgs Book Title: The Countess Author: Lynsay Sands Rating: 3/5 Book Number: 116 Number Of Pages: 384 pgs Book Title: The Heiress Author: Lynsay Sands Rating: 1.5/5 Review: My Goods Review Edited April 11, 2011 by Maladroit Share this post Link to post
Posted April 10, 2011 And another one done Book Number: 16 Number Of Pages: 247 Book Title: Maker of Universes (World of Tiers Series #1) Author: Philip Jose Farmer Rating: 4 Review: Pretty good book for one so old And another bites the dust Book Number: 17 Number Of Pages: 268 Book Title: Maker of Universes (World of Tiers Series #2) Author: Philip Jose Farmer Rating: 4 Review: this one was good too Share this post Link to post
Posted April 11, 2011 Book Number: 50 Number Of Pages: 266 Book Title: Teen Idol Author: Meg Cabot Kind-of guilty-pleasure reading. But it was harmless fun. Share this post Link to post
Posted April 12, 2011 Book Number: 27 Number Of Pages: 321 Book Title: Room Author: Emma Donoghue Rating: 5/5 Review: Not the usual type of book I read, but I joined a book club on another forum and that was the book for this month. It was... fantastic. I am a bit sad that you never find out the mother's name, or Old Nick's name, for that matter, but it's from the point-of-view of a five-year old, so things like that aren't as important. Man... this book... Wow. Share this post Link to post
Posted April 12, 2011 Nope. I've got an exam to study for. >__< And I've been intending to participate since last year. @Kanaye: Is Lethal Obsession Kindle-lendable? If it is and there isn't someone else you plan on lending it to, may I borrow it? I don't know. I have Kindle for PC, not an actual Kindle. How do I know if it is lendable? And the next 24 Hour Read-a-thon is October 8th, I believe. Hopefully you can make it then and we can both cheer each other on. I did the 24-Hour-Read-a-thon, read 5 books. And then I read 2 more books after it was done. Book Number: 181 Number Of Pages: 409 Book Title: Poison Study ~R~ Author: Maria V. Snyder Review: I love this series. I only read the first one for the read-a-thon since I've already read it about 6 times and wanted something new. Book Number: 182 Number Of Pages: 201 Book Title: The World Above Author: Cameron Dokey Review: I kind of liked this. A retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk with a little Robin Hood mixed in. I didn't like how it wrapped up so easily though. Book Number: 183 Number Of Pages: 178 Book Title: Winter's Child Author: Cameron Dokey Review: Now this I quite enjoyed. Very different telling of "The Snow Queen". I was a little unsure about the whole Falcon thing and then I decided I liked that too. Book Number: 184 Number Of Pages: 384 Book Title: Liar Author: Justine Larbalestier Review: Ok, to be completely honest. I did not like this. She's an ordinary character and then, a third of the way through the book, suddenly she's a werewolf and two people are kissing her. *blinks* Uh, ok. And her brother is real, then no, he is a character she made up cause she wanted to see if she could invent a believable person, then no, she didn't make him up but killed him when he was 10 while she was a werewolf. *throws up hands* I did manage to finish it none-the-less. Book Number: 185 Number Of Pages: 400 Book Title: One Good Knight ~R~ Author: Mercedes Lackey Review: I love this book. Book loving dragons called BookWyrms. Who couldn't love it? Book Number: 186 Number Of Pages: 619 Book Title: The Host ~R~ Author: Stephanie Meyer Review: This was mostly book on cd but about a 4th reading the actual book. I love this book. I listened to a lot of it through out the read-a-thon but didn't actually finish it till it was over. Book Number: 187 Number Of Pages: 294 Book Title: Jacobs' Ladder ~R~ Author: Z. A. Maxfield Review: I still wish they would have told us who beat Jordan over the head in book 2. Other than that, I still like it. Share this post Link to post
Posted April 12, 2011 Book Number: 45 Number Of Pages:532 Book Title: The Last/Spooks Apprentice: Attack of the Fiend Author: Joseph Delaney Rating: 4/5 Share this post Link to post
Posted April 13, 2011 (edited) I don't know. I have Kindle for PC, not an actual Kindle. How do I know if it is lendable? And the next 24 Hour Read-a-thon is October 8th, I believe. Hopefully you can make it then and we can both cheer each other on. Book Number: 185 Number Of Pages: 400 Book Title: One Good Knight ~R~ Author: Mercedes Lackey Review: I love this book. Book loving dragons called BookWyrms. Who couldn't love it? lol. err, I wouldn't. It took me many tries over the course of several years to finally complete One Good Knight. I swapped it through Paperbackswap.com once I was done. I liked the book after One Good Knight, and have been waiting for Sleeping Beauty to be available on PBS, but may just borrow it from the library next month. Regarding Lethal Obsession, I checked the Amazon.com page. Under Product Details, it says: Lending: Enabled. I have Kindle for PC as well. 1. To lend, you go to your Kindle Library. I do that by going to My Account and then "View Your Kindle Orders". 2. Find the book, click the "+" to open up the product details. 3. Click the Loan this book" button. 4. You will need the Amazon.com email address of the person who you are lending the book to. Please note, the Kindle email address will not work. Once this is done, the person has 7 days to accept the loan, and then 14 days to read it. During that time, you won't have access to the book yourself. After the 21 days are up (assuming that the book has been accepted), the book returns to you. Lending is strictly a one-time deal. Once it has been loaned to someone, you can no longer lend it out to anyone. And yes, I can be on topic. Book Number: 117 Number Of Pages: 192 pgs [hardcover] Book Title: Comfort Food [e-book] Author: Kitty Thomas Rating: 3.5/5 Review: For mature readers. Currently free on Smashwords.com. I loved how the story was imbued with psychology, from start to end. Book Number: 118 Number Of Pages: 327 pgs [paperback] Book Title: Frostbite [e-book] Author: Richelle Mead Rating: 3/5 Book Number: 119 Number Of Pages: 189 pgs [e-book] Book Title: Jesse [e-book] For mature readers Author: Jan Irving Rating: 2.5/5 Review: My Goodreads review Edited April 15, 2011 by Maladroit Share this post Link to post
Posted April 13, 2011 Book Number: 184 Number Of Pages: 384 Book Title: Liar Author: Justine Larbalestier Review: Ok, to be completely honest. I did not like this. She's an ordinary character and then, a third of the way through the book, suddenly she's a werewolf and two people are kissing her. *blinks* Uh, ok. And her brother is real, then no, he is a character she made up cause she wanted to see if she could invent a believable person, then no, she didn't make him up but killed him when he was 10 while she was a werewolf. *throws up hands* I did manage to finish it none-the-less. Yeah, that book was a bit confusing. I didn't really like it all that much, either. I did like another book by that author, How to Ditch your Fairy. It's completely different, though. Reading the two books separately, I wouldn't have been able to tell they were written by the same woman. Share this post Link to post
Posted April 13, 2011 Book Number: 64 Number Of Pages: (or in this case, words) 101,145 (as according to copperbadges' page) Book Title: Stealing Harry Author: Copperbadge Book Number: 65 Number Of Pages: 361 Book Title: Eternal Kiss of Darkness Author: Jeaniene Frost Book Number: 66 Number Of Pages: 355 Book Title: Everlasting Kiss Author: Amanda Ashley Book Number: 67 Number Of Pages: 147 Book Title: Less of a Stranger Author: Nora Roberts Book Number: 68 Number Of Pages: (or in this case, words) 148,472 Book Title: The Secret's in the Telling Author: Sakuri Book Number: 69 Number Of Pages: 386 Book Title: The Good Guy Author: Dean Koontz Share this post Link to post
Posted April 14, 2011 Yeah, that book was a bit confusing. I didn't really like it all that much, either. I did like another book by that author, How to Ditch your Fairy. It's completely different, though. Reading the two books separately, I wouldn't have been able to tell they were written by the same woman. I also liked How To Ditch Your Fairy. I should locate it and read it again. Book Number: 188 Number Of Pages: 228 Book Title: Diplomacy ~R~ Author:Zahra Owens Review: I like this, sept for the end. It skips 2 years for every chapter, for like 4 chapters, when it should have ended. Share this post Link to post
Posted April 14, 2011 Book Number: 71 Number Of Pages: 760 Book Title: Renegade's Magic Author: Robin Hobb Share this post Link to post
Posted April 14, 2011 And another bites the dust Book Number: 17 Number Of Pages: 268 Book Title: Maker of Universes (World of Tiers Series #2) Author: Philip Jose Farmer Rating: 4 Review: this one was good too And another one gone Book Number: 18 Number Of Pages: 105 Book Title: Dark Hunger (Dark Series #14) Author: Christine Feehan Rating: 5 Review: Could have been longer... but good read, anyhow Share this post Link to post
Posted April 14, 2011 Book Number: 51 Number Of Pages: 184 Book Title: A Pale View of Hills Author: Kazuo Ishiguro Rating: 5/5 Share this post Link to post
Posted April 14, 2011 This is a wonderful idea! I'd join but unfortunately I read about 50 books a month during the school year and during the summer I sometimes read that many in a week. So I'll just stand by the sidelines and cheer the rest of you on. Share this post Link to post
Posted April 15, 2011 Book Number: 32 Number Of Pages: 279 Book Title: The Mouse That Roared Author: Leonard Wibberly Share this post Link to post
Posted April 16, 2011 Book Number: 29 Number Of Pages: 221 Book Title: Prison Writings: My Life is My Sun Dance Author: Leonard Peltier Rating: 5/5 Review: Man has some good stuff to say. His life has been craptastic, but he's not particularly bitter (or rather he is, because he is human, but he doesn't dwell on it) and he's done some really amazing things even though he's still behind bars. I would like to meet him someday. Innocent people shouldn't be in jail. Share this post Link to post
Posted April 16, 2011 Book Number: 75 Number Of Pages: 498 Book Title: Fire Bringer Author: David Clement-Davies Rating: 5/5 Fantastic animal fantasy. I never thought I could be emotionally attached to a deer. Makes the animals seem human, but not in the way I always thought was unappealing. Like Redwall, if they are to be humanlike, I didn't want them wearing clothes, waving around swords and the like, this is a great balance. They are human like in they way they talk and act with their families, but they are completely and totally wild animal. Book Number: 76 Number Of Pages: 464 Book Title: The Sight Author: Same Rating: 5/5 Though I get quite attached to the animals, nearly cried when the main character died. It's sad but in a good way. Book Number: 77 Number Of Pages: 384 Book Title: Black Boy Author: Richard Wright Rating: ? An autobiography about a psychopath who hangs a kitten and sets his house on fire to see it burn... The crap they make us read in school... Book Number: 78 Number Of Pages: 290 Book Title: Bless me Ultima Author: Rudolfo Anaya Rating: 4/5 One of the best things I've been forced to read for school in awhile. Simple and easy to read, It's kind of a battle of religion. Book Number: 79 Number Of Pages: 248 Book Title: Great American Short Stories Author: There's 19 of them... As for the books following, yes I know I read them for this already. But the only thing I have access to is my Kindle, so they are rereads. Book Number: 80 Number Of Pages: E-book but is has more than 100 pages Book Title: Reaper Author: Rachel Vincent Book Number: 81 Number Of Pages: E-book but it has more than 100 pages Book Title: My Soul to Lose Author: Same Book Number: 82 Number Of Pages: 384 Book Title: My Soul to Take Author: Same Book Number: 83 Number Of Pages: 288 Book Title: My Soul to Save Author: Same Book Number: 84 Number Of Pages: 304 Book Title: My Soul to Keep Author: Same Book Number: 85 Number Of Pages: 352 Book Title: My Soul to Steal Author: Same Wow, looks what happens when you don't update in a month. Share this post Link to post
Posted April 16, 2011 Book Number: 8 Number Of Pages: 511 Book Title: The Fallen: The Fallen and Leviathan (not sure if this counts as two, the page numbers don't reset and the second book in the series also has two titles) Author: Thomas E. Sniegoski R/R: Grabbed this from the library on a whim. It wasn't terrible, but I wouldn't really recommend it to friends. Also, there were a ton of different mistakes right when it switched stories, like putting 1 instead of I. I don't know how that could have happened, but there were at least over five different instances. Share this post Link to post
Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) Book Number: 70 Number Of Pages: 401 Book Title: Life Expectancy Author: Dean Koontz Book Number: 71 Number Of Pages: 338 Book Title: The Taking Author: Dean Koontz Edited April 16, 2011 by Shalarean Share this post Link to post
Posted April 17, 2011 Book Number: 72 Number Of Pages: 434 Book Title: Twilight (re-read) Author: Stephenie Meyer A very poor substitute for Agatha Christie, but the library isn't open on sundays .. *sigh* Share this post Link to post
Posted April 18, 2011 Book Number: 46 Number Of Pages:511 Book Title: The Last/Spooks Apprentice: Wrath of the Bloodeye Author: Joseph Delaney Rating: 4/5 Share this post Link to post
Posted April 19, 2011 Book Number: 73 Number Of Pages: 347 Book Title: Murder on the Orient Express Author: Agatha Christie Share this post Link to post
Posted April 19, 2011 Book Number: 189 Number Of Pages: 261 Book Title: Warming Trend Author: Karen Kallmaker Review: I liked this. A lot. Mostly because of the big newfoundland, Tonk. He would place his nose in her shoes and worship them. *laughs* Book Number: 190 Number Of Pages: 416 Book Title: The Crystal City (Alvin Maker #6) Audio Author: Orson Scott Card Review: In this one, they changed the voice of the actor who played Calvin. OMG. I hate his voice. Gives me the creeps. I kinda wish Calvin had died in the volcano explosion. I don't know how Alvin can be so blind. *sigh* I guess brothers will be brothers. Book Number: 191 Number Of Pages: 232 Book Title: No Souvenirs Author: K A Mitchell Review: I liked this. Thank you, Maladroit for letting me borrow it. Share this post Link to post
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