This was an excellent reding month, or rather, listening month. LOL I had lots of driing and such giving me more time than usual for listening to books this month. Finished 23 full length books and 11 shorts. As per usual, the number in parentheses is where the book falls in my tally for the year. The "book #" is where they fall in my list for the month. I broke 200 this month which is pretty great, though I'm a little bit behind where I was last year at this time. I'm hoping to read 225 this year since I finished 220 last year and thawas the most I've read in a single year in a LONG time. I do stand a pretty decent chance of making it if I keep having so much audio book time before the year end and I have a 10-day Christmas vacation coming up though it's going to be pretty crazy this year in my parents' home so not sure I'll actually be successful in my reading.

 

November 2010:

* (182) Book 1 – Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Book 8/Fear Book 2: Chill of Fear by Kay Hooper (audio)

* (183) Book 2 – The Blade Keepers Book 2: Underground Warrior by Evelyn Vaughn (eBook) (HQ)

* (184) Book 3 – Dark Book 14: Dark Hunger by Christine Feehan (audio)

* (185) Book 4 – Hunger Games Book 3: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (audio)

* (189) Book 5 – Prince of the Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (audio)

* (187) Book 6 – A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris (audio)

* (190) Book 7 – Billi SanGreal Book 1: The Devil's Kiss by Sarwat Chadda (audio)

(191) Book 8 – Allie Beckstrom Book 1: Magic to the Bone by Devon Monk (print)

(192) Book 9 – The Shimmer by David Morrell (audio)(193) Book 10 – Exclusive by Sandra Brown (audio)

(194) Book 11 – Resurrection of Magic Book 1: Skin Hunger by Kathleen Duey (audio)

(195) Book 12 – In a Fairy Tale World… Book 2: Rich Man, Poor Bride by Linda Goodnight (print) (HQ)

(196) Book 13 – I'll Become the Sea by Rebecca Rogers Maher (eBook) (CP)

(197) Book 14 – Darkest Powers Book 1: The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong (audio)

(198) Book 15 – Tantalize Book 1: Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith (audio)

(199) Book 16 – Count on a Cop: Homecoming Day by Holly Jacobs (print) (HQ)

(200) Book 17 – Bite Anthology by Laurell K Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, MaryJanice Davidson, Angela Knight, Vickie Taylor (print)

(201) Book 18 – Lakeshore Chronicles Book 5: Fireside by Susan Wiggs (audio) (HQ)

(202) Book 19 – The Seven Realms Book 1: The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima (audio)

(203) Book 20 – Maggie O'Dell Book 7: Black Friday by Alex Kava (audio) (HQ)

(204) Book 21 – Everafter by Amy Huntley (audio)

(205) Book 22 – Without Mercy by Lisa Jackson (audio)

(206) Book 23 – The Godmothers Book 2: Exclusive by Fern Michaels (audio)

 

And the shorts:

* (186) Soul Screamers Prequel: My Soul to Lose by Rachel Vincent (short audio) (HQ)

* (186) Vampire's Tango by Michele Hauf (short audio) (HQ)

* (186) Atlantis: The Amazon's Curse by Gena Showalter (short audio) (HQ)

* (186) Lords of the Underworld: The Darkest Kiss by Gena Showalter (short audio) (HQ)

* (186) Lords of the Underworld: The Darkest Prison by Gena Showalter (short audio) (HQ)

(207) The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe (short audio)

(207) In My Dreams by Sarah Addison Allen (short audio)

(207) Fare Thee Well by Cathy Clamp (short audio)

(207) Eve of Sin City by SJ Day (short audio)

(207) Firstborn by Brandon Sanderson (short audio)

(207) Drake Sisters Book 1: Magic in the Wind by Christine Feehan (short audio)

My August Reads

Well it is safe to assume I’m not going to finish any more books this month (unless for some reason I can’t sleep tonight though that is rarely a problem. LOL) So I am posting my August reads.

 

I had an excellent reading month (gotta love those audio books and shorter length novels!) I finished 20 full length books and 4 shorts this month. As per usual, the number in parentheses is where the books fall in my running tally for the year. The “Book #” is where they fall in the month’s tally. So here is my list…

 

August 2010:

* (119) Book 1 – The White Queen by Phillippa Gregory (audio)

* (120) Book 2 – Hell Series Book 2: My Way to Hell by Dakota Cassidy (eBook and print – went back and forth between the two as needed)

* (121) Book 3 - The Bloodgate Guardian by Joely Sue Burkhart (eBook) (CP)

* (122) Book 4 - The Shining by Stephen King (audio)

* (123) Book 5 – Faerie Tales edited by Martin H Greenberg (print)

* (124) Book 6 – The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi (audio)

* (125) Book 7 – Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick (audio)

* (126) Book 8 – A Tale of the Sazi Book 7: Cold Moon Rising by CT Adams and Cathy Clamp (print)

* (127) Book 9 – The Wolves of Mercy Falls Book 2: Linger by Maggie Stiefvater (audio)

* (128) Book 10 – The Prophecy Book 1: Dust to Dust by Heather Graham (audio) (HQ)

* (129) Book 11 – Back Seat Saints by Joshilyn Jackson (audio)

* (130) Book 12 – Mortal Instruments Book 1: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (audio)

* (131) Book 13 – The Bride Collector by Ted Dekker (audio)

* (132) Book 14 – The Midnight Twins Book 2: Look Both Ways by Jacquelyn Mitchard (audio)

* (133) Book 15 – Betsy Taylor Book 3: Undead and Unappreciated by Mary Janice Davidson (audio)

* (134) Book 16 – Morganville Vampires Book 3: Midnight Alley by Rachel Caine (audio)

* (136) Book 17 - The Midnight Twins Book 3: Watch for Me by Moonlight by Jacquelyn Mitchard (audio)

* (137) Book 18 – Harvest Hearts Anthology by Kristin Hannah, Rebecca Paisley, Jo Anne Cassity, Sharon Harlow (Print)

* (138) Book 19 – Princess Ben by Catherine Gilbert Morris (audio)

* (139) Book 20 – WVMP Radio Book 3: Bring on the Night by Jeri Smith-Ready (print)

 

And the shorts:

The Price of Freedom by Jenny Schwartz (short eBook) (CP)

Winter’s Passage by Julie Kagawa (short eBook) (HQ)

* (135) The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole (short eBook)

* (135) The Queen’s Witch by Karen Chance (short eBook)

 

And my list of books I am currently reading:

Family Secrets Prequel Book 2: The Phoenix Encounter by Linda Castillo (print) (HQ)

Shakespeare in Love Book 3: Twelfth Night Proposal by Karen Rose Smith (print) (HQ)

Blazing Bedtime Stories Volume IV by Kimberly Raye and Samantha Hunter (print) (HQ)

The Altar of Eden by James Rollins (audio)

My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon Anthology edited by PN Elrod (audio)

Covert Christmas by Marilyn Pappano, Linda Conrad, Loreth Anne White (print) (HQ)

Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler (eBook)

Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin (audio)

Pink Carnation: The Betrayal of the Blood Lily by Lauren Willig (audio)

 

 

Kelley

My July Reads

A little late this month posting July's reads, but I was out of town all last week for work with limited e-mail time. 

I had an excellent reading month in July, finishing 19 full length books and several shorts. Most are audio, as per usual. Also, as always, the number in parentheses means my running tally for the year. the "Book #" stands for where it fell during the month.

 

* (98) Book 1 – The Immortals Book 3: Shadowland by Alyson Noel (audio)
* (99) Book 2 – Kate Burkholder Book 1: Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo (audio)
* (100) Book 3 – Agent Pendergast Book 4: Still Life of Crows by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (audio)
* (101) Book 4 – Three Good Men: Matthew's Children by CJ Carmichael (eBook) (HQ)
* (102) Book 5 – Agent Pendergast Book 6: Dance of Death by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (audio)
* (103) Book 6 – Stroke of Genius by Emily Bryan (print)
* (104) Book 7 – Eve Duncan: Eight Days to Live by Iris Johansen (audio)
* (105) Book 8 – Fallen Book 1: Fallen by Lauren Kate (audio)
* (106) Book 11 – Shakespeare in Love Book 2: Taming of the Two by Elizabeth Harbison (print) (HQ)
* (109) Book 10 – SIGMA Force: The Doomsday Key by James Rollins (audio)
* (110) Book 11 – The Matchmakers by Debbie Macomber (audio) (HQ)
* (111) Book 12 – The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen (audio)
* (112) Book 13 – The Midnight Twins Book 1: The Midnight Twins by Jacquelyn Mitchard (audio)
* (113) Book 14 – The Coltons of Montana Book 2: The Covert Agent's Virgin Affair by Linda Conrad (print) (HQ)
* (114) Book 15 – Morganville Vampires Book 2: The Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine (audio)
* (115) Book 16 – The Forest of Hands and Teeth Book 2: The Dead Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan (audio)
* (116) Book 17 – Otherkin Book 1: Sins of the Heart by Eve Silver (eBook) (HQ)
* (117) Book 18 – Agent Pendergast: Fever Dream by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (audio)
* (118) Book 19 – The Immortals Book 4: Dark Flame by Alyson Noel (audio)

 

And the shorts for the month:
* (107) Ur by Stephen King (short audio)
* (108) Amethyst Book 1: Amethyst Bound by L Shannon (short eBook) (CP)
* (108) Otherkin Prequel: Sin's Daughter by Eve Silver (short eBook) (HQ)
* (107) The Gingerbread Girl by Stephen King (short audio)

 

Kelley

My June Reads

I had a good reading month finishing 18 full length books. A few were only halfway decent but no bad ones this month. And more than a few really good books! And only one or two really long ones. I just have to get my reviews written now of the ones I'm going to write them for. As per usual, the number in parentheses is where they fall in my total for the year. The book number is where they fall for the month.

* (80) Book 1 – Sea Glass by Anita Shreve (audio)
* (81) Book 2 – Agent Pendergast Book 9: Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (audio)
* (82) Book 3 – No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay (audio)
* (83) Book 4 – Mercy Falls Book 1: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (audio)
* (84) Book 5 – Shakespeare in Love Book 1: Much Ado About Matchmaking by Myrna Mackenzie (print) (HQ)
* (85) Book 6 – Suddenly a Parent: The Family Plan by Susan Gable (eBook ARC) (HQ)
* (86) Book 7 – Will Trent Book 1: Triptych by Karin Slaughter (audio)
* (87) Book 8 – The Elven Lords Book 1: The Fire Lord’s Lover by Kathryne Kennedy (print ARC)
* (88) Book 9 – Desert Sons Book 1: Her Sheik Protector by Linda Conrad (print) (HQ)
* (89) Book 10 – The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova (audio)
* (90) Book 11 – The Dead Travel Fast by Deanna Raybourn (audio) (HQ)
* (91) Book 12 - Sabina Kane Book 2: The Mage in Black by Jaye Wells (print)
* (92) Book 13 - The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan (audio)
* (93) Book 14 – The Mermaid’s Mirror by LK Madigan (eBook)
* (94) Book 15 - Family Secrets Prequel Book 1: The Cinderella Mission by Catherine Mann (print) (HQ)
* (95) Book 16 – The Morganville Vampires Book 1: Glass Houses by Rachel Caine (audio)
* (96) Book 17 – The Immortals Book 2: Blue Moon by Alyson Noel (audio)
* (97) Book 18 – Grant County: Faithless by Karin Slaughter (audio)

 

Kelley

My April Reads

Not as good as some of my other months, but still a fair number read this month. I think it was less because I've been too busy and too tired to go to the gym and I could usually get some listening and/or reading done during my workouts so I lost that time this month. And some of what I've been having to do at work required more concentration so I was unable to listen to an audio book while working.

I finished 15 full length books this month and one short.

April 2010:
* (51) Book 1 – The Copper Bracelet edited by Jeffrey Deaver (audio)
* (52) Book 2 – Hallowe’en Husbands by Lisa Plumley, Denise Lynn, and Christine Merrill (print) (HQ)
* (53) Book 3 – The Marriage Game by Fern Michaels (audio)
* (54) Book 4 – Magic Knot Fairies Book 1: The Magic Knot by Helen Scott Taylor (print)
* (55) Book 5 – The Godmothers Book 1: The Scoop by Fern Michaels (audio)
* (56) Book 6 – Pink Carnation Book 5: The Temptation of the Night Jasmine by Lauren Willig (audio) * (57) Book 7 – Mrs. Miracle by Debbie Macomber (audio) (HQ)
* (58) Book 8 – Kings of the Boardroom Book 5: Bachelor’s Bought Bride by Jennifer Lewis (eBook) (HQ)
* (59) Book 9 – A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve (audio)
* (60) Book 10 – Body Surfing by Anita Shreve (audio)
* (61) Book 11 – Three Mothers and a Cradle Anthology by Jill Marie Landis, Debbie Macomber, Gina Ferris Wilkins (print) (HQ)
* (62) Book 12 – Light Warriors Book 4: The Darkest Night by Patti O’Shea (print)
* (63) Book 13 – Be My Valentine by Debbie Macomber (print) (HQ)
* (64) Book 14 - METAtropolis Anthology edited by Jay Scalzi (not blogged yet)
* (65) Book 15 – Caster Chronicles Book 1: Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (audio) (not blogged yet)

And the short:
Buying Trouble by Karen Chance (short eBook)

Current Reads:
The Sentinels: Wild Thing by Doranna Durgin (eBook) (HQ)
Family Secrets Prequel Book 1: The Cinderella Mission by Catherine Mann (print) (HQ)
My Guardian Angel Anthology (print)
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger (audio)
Will Trent Book 2: Fractured by Karin Slaughter (audio)
Play Dead by Meryl Sawyer (eBook) (HQ)
The Kidnapping of Kenzie Thorn by Liz Johnson (print) (HQ)
The Dead Travel Fast by Deanna Raybourn (audio) (HQ)

My March Reads

Another good month of reading for me, even with reading the monstrously huge The Mammoth Book of Irish Romance! LOL (which literally took me the entire month. I started it March 1 and finished it March 31st.) I read a total of 17 full length books and three shorts. My total for the year to date is a little low though to make my goal of 225 for the entire year, so we'll see how that pans out as the year goes on.

 

* (32) Book 1 – The BoneMan's Daughters by Ted Dekker (audio)
* (33) Book 2 – Companion Book 8: A Time for Eternity by Susan Squires (print)
* (34) Book 3 – My Spellbound Heart Anthology by Cheryl Biggs, Amy Fetzer, Amber Kaye, Sara Orwig (print)
* (35) Book 4 – FBI Series Book 10: Point Blank by Catherine Coulter (audio)
* (36) Book 5 – Maxine Kiss Book 1: The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M Liu (audio)
* (37) Book 6 – Sapphire: A Grandmother’s Rings Romance by Kathryn Quick (print)
* (38) Book 7 – Strange Brew Anthology edited by PN Elrod (audio)
* (39) Book 8 – Bride of the Wolf by Susan Krinard (eBook) (HQ)
* (40) Book 9 – Languedoc Trilogy Book 2: Sepulchre by Kate Mosse (audio)
* (41) Book 10 – The Revenge of the Sisterhood Book 13: Under the Radar by Fern Michaels (audio)
* (42) Book 11 – Phantoms by Dean Koontz (audio)
* (43) Book 12 – Defenders & Swords: Wild Magic by Ann Macela (print)
* (46) Book 13 – The Travis Family Book 3: Smooth Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas (audio)
* (47) Book 14 – Five Hundred Kingdoms Book 4: The Snow Queen by Mercedes Lackey (audio) (HQ)
* (48) Book 15 – Restoration Book 4: Dawn’s Light by Terri Blackstock (audio)
* (49) Book 16 – Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder (eBook) (HQ)
* (50) Book 17 – The Mammoth Book of Irish Romance by Trisha Telep (print)

 

And the shorts:
* (44) Salvation of the Damned by Theresa Meyers (eBook) (HQ)
* (44) Shadow Lover by Lydia Parks (eBook) (HQ)
Wilderness by Barbara J Hancock (eBook) (HQ) (not blogged yet)

 

Current Reads:
The Marriage Game by Fern Michaels (audio)
The Copper Bracelet edited by Jeffrey Deaver (audio)
The Magic Knot by Helen Taylor Scott (print)
Kings of the Boardroom: The Bachelor's Bought Bride by Jennifer Lewis (ARC) (eBook) (HQ)
Wild Thing by Doranna Durgin (short eBook) (HQ)
Pink Carnation Book 5: The Temptation of the Night Jasmine by Lauren Willig (audio)
Hallowe'en Husbands Anthology (print) (HQ)
Be My Valentine Duology by Debbie Macomber (print) (HQ)
Three Mothers and a Cradle Anthology (print) (HQ)

My February Reads

Wow for a short month, I sure did make tracks. I had an excellent reading month with 16 full length books completed and four shorts (most shorts still need blogged). most of it, as per usual, is audios. I do love me some audio! I finished most of them during my workouts, runs, and housecleaning on weekends. :-) Genres I don't think were quite as wide in variety this month as I did last but I do have several romance genres covered, and an historical fiction or two. The fun part this year is I joined a few groups on Good Reads that do various monthly challenges. I have fun trying to determine where best my review and audio books will fit so I can complete all my challenges. This month, I had all but one finished halfway through the month. And the final one I still finished a week early.

 

As per usual, the number in parentheses is where the books fall in my running total for the year. The Book Number is where they fall in my monthly tally.

 

* (15) Book 1 – Secret Carnation Book 2: The Masque of the Black Tulip by Lauren Willig (audio)
* (17) Book 2 – Cedar Cove Book 9: 92 Pacific Boulevard by Debbie Macomber (audio) (HQ)
* (18) Book 3 – Arcane Society: Sizzle and Burn by Jayne Ann Krentz (audio)
* (19) Book 4 – The Revenge of the Sisterhood: Collateral Damage by Fern Michaels (audio)
* (20) Book 5 – Must Love Hellhounds by Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, Meljean Brook (eBook)
* (21) Book 6 – Burn by Linda Howard (audio)
* (22) Book 7 – Baby on Board: Confidential: Expecting! by Jackie Braun (print) (HQ)
* (23) Book 8 – Pink Carnation Book 3: The Deception of the Emerald Ring by Lauren Willig (audio)
* (24) Book 9 – Sisterhood Rules of the Game: Final Justice by Fern Michaels (audio)
* (25) Book 10 – The Last Cavalier by Heather Graham Pozzessere (audio) (HQ)
* (26) Book 11 – Bitten by Cupid by Lynsay Sands, Pamela Palmer, Jaime Rush (print)
* (27) Book 12 – The Prophecy of Sisters Book 1 by Michelle Zink (audio)
* (28) Book 13 – The Trouble with JJ by Tami Hoag (audio)
* (29) Book 14 – Hello, Darkness by Sandra Brown (audio)
* (30) Book 15 – The Pink Carnation Book 4: The Seduction of the Crimson Rose by Lauren Willig (audio)
* (31) Book 16 – Lady MacBeth by Susan Fraser King (audio)

 

And the shorts:
* (16) The Calling: Honor Calls by Caridad Pineiro (eBook) (HQ)
Midnight Medusa by Stephanie Draven (eBook) (HQ)
Angel's Pawn by Nalini Singh (eBook)
Resurrection by Lisa Childs (eBook) (HQ)