September 2010 – In Review

This month I read 23 books .  It was a great month for reading and I caught up on a lot of series that I am in the middle of this month and read a lot of really outstanding books. You can see details on what I read, what series I caught up on, my favorites, and reading challenges status below.

I caught up on the following series:
Chronicles of Elantra: Book 6, Cast in Chaos by Michelle Sagara
Twenty Palaces: Book 2, Game of Cages by Harry Connolly
October Daye: Book 3, An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire
WWW: Book 2, Watch by Robert Sawyer
Parasol Protectorate: Book 3, Blameless by Gail Carriger

I started the following series:
Elemental Assassin by Jennifer Estep
The Ballad of Kirin Widowmaker by Matthew Cook
Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson
The Witches War by Andrea Cremer
Ghost Finders by Simon Green
Locke & Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez
Socket Series by Tony Bertauski
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White 

I finished the following series:
Jane Jameson by Molly Harper

My Favorite Books of the Month Were:
Spider’s Bite (Elemental Assassin, Book 1) by Jennifer Estep (5/5 stars)
Web of Lies (Elemental Assassin, Book 2) by Jennifer Estep (5/5 stars)
Mistborn (Mistborn Trilogy Book 1) by Brandon Sanderson (5/5 stars)
An Artificial Night (October Daye, Book 3) by Seanan McGuire (4.5/5 stars)
Nightshade (The Witches War, Book 1) by Andrea Cremer (4.5/5 stars)
WWW: Watch by Robert Sawyer (5/5 stars)
Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy, Book 1) by Kiersten White (5/5 stars)

Here are the books I just couldn’t get into:
Radiance by Alyson Noel (2.5/5 stars)
The Girl with the Mermaid Hair by Delia Ephron (3/5 stars)

Here are the stats on the reading challenges I am participating in:
– Summer Romance Challenge: Complete!
– Thriller and Suspense Reading Challenge: Complete!
– Debut Author Reading Challenge: Complete!
– Young Adult Reading Challenge: Complete!
– Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge: Complete!
– GLBT Reading Challenge: 5/8 read
– 100+ Book Reading Challenge: 189 read
– 1st in a Series Challenge: Complete!
– Speculative Fiction Reading Challenge Book List: 8/24 read

The full list of books that I read this month are shown below. 
1.   Nice Girls Don’t Date Dead Men (Jane Jameson, Book 2) by Molly Harper (4/5 stars)
2.   Plain Kate by Erin Bow (4.5/5 stars)
3.   Nice Girls Don’t Live Forever (Jane Jameson, Book 3) by Molly Harper (4.5/5 stars)
4.   Cast in Chaos (Chronicles of Elantra, Book 6) by Michelle Sagara (3/5 stars)
5.   Spider’s Bite (Elemental Assassin, Book 1) by Jennifer Estep (5/5 stars)
6.   Blood Magic (The Ballad of Kirin Widowmaker, Book 1) by Matthew Cook (4/5 stars)
7.   Mistborn (Mistborn Trilogy Book 1) by Brandon Sanderson (5/5 stars)
8.   Web of Lies (Elemental Assassin, Book 2) by Jennifer Estep (5/5 stars)
9.   Hero by Mike Lupica (2/5 stars)
10. How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack by Chuck Sambuchino (3.5/5 stars)
11. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (4/5 stars)
12. Carrie Pilby by Caren Lissner (5/5 stars)
13. Game of Cages (Twenty Palaces, Book 2) by Harry Connolly (4/5 stars)
14. An Artificial Night (October Daye, Book 3) by Seanan McGuire (4.5/5 stars)
15. Radiance by Alyson Noel (2.5/5 stars)
16. Nightshade (The Witches War, Book 1) by Andrea Cremer (4.5/5 stars)
17. WWW: Watch by Robert Sawyer (5/5 stars)
18. The Girl with the Mermaid Hair by Delia Ephron (3/5 stars)
19. Ghost of a Chance (Ghost Finders, Book 1) by Simon Green (3.5/5 stars)
20. Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (4/5 stars)
21. The Discovery of Socket Greeny (Socket Series, Book 1) by Tony Bertauski (3.5/5 stars)
22. Blameless (Parasole Protectorate, Book 3) by Gail Carriger (4/5 stars)
23. Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy, Book 1) by Kiersten White (5/5 stars)