November 2010 – In Review
This month I read 23 books! It was a wonderful month for reading; I gave a ton of books 5 stars and felt a bit guilty about that…but I just really loved a lot of the books I read this month 🙂 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:
Thursday Next: Book 2, Lost in a Good Book and Book 3, The Well of Lost Plots , by Jasper Fforde
Frost: Book 2, Forever Frost by Kailin Gow
Jaz Parks: Book 7, Bitten in Two by Jennifer Rardin
The Iron Fey: Book 3, The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa
Blue Bloods: Book 5, Misguided Angel by Melissa De La Cruz
Sandman Slim: Book 2, Kill the Dead by Richard Kadrey
I started the following series:
Jolie Wilkins: Book 1, Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble by H.P. Mallory
The Iron Seas: Book 1, The Iron Duke by Meljean Brook
The Dark Brethern: Book 1, Night’s Cold Kiss by Tracey O’Hara
The Invisible Order: Book 1, Rise of the Darklings by Paul Crilley
Bone: Book 1, Out from Boneville by Jeff Smith
The Disillusionist Trilogy: Book 1, Mind Games by Carolyn Crane
I finished the following series:
None!
My Favorite Books of the Month Were:
Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next, Book 2) by Jasper Fforde (5/5 stars)
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan (5/5 stars)
The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, Book 3) by Jasper Fforde (5/5 stars)
Bitten in Two (Jaz Parks, Book 7) by Jennifer Rardin (5/5 stars)
Rise of the Darklings (The Invisible Order, Book 1) by Paul Crilley (5/5 stars)
The Iron Queen (The Iron Fey, Book 3) by Julie Kagawa (5/5 stars)
Out from Boneville (Bone, Book 1) by Jeff Smith (5/5 stars)
Kill the Dead (Sandman Slim, Book 2) by Richard Kadrey (5/5 stars)
Books that disappointed me this month were:
Misguided Angel (Blue Bloods, Book 5) by Melissa De La Cruz(3/5 stars)
The Healer’s Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson (2.5 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: 6/8 read
– 100+ Book Reading Challenge: 233 read
– 1st in a Series Challenge: Complete!
– Speculative Fiction Reading Challenge Book List: Complete!
The full list of books that I read this month are shown below.
1. Flush by Carl Hiaasen (4/5 stars)
2. Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next, Book 2) by Jasper Fforde (5/5 stars)
3. Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble (Jolie Wilkins, Book 1) by H.P. Mallory (4.5/5 stars)
4. The Witches’ Kitchen by Allen Williams (4/5 stars)
5. The Year Money Grew on Trees by Aaron Hawkins (4/5 stars)
6. Dracula, My Love by Syrie James (4/5 stars)
7. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan (5/5 stars)
8. The Autumn Castle by Kim Wilkins (4/5 stars)
9. Between a Roc and a Hard Place by Danny Birt and Richard Svensson (4/5 stars)
10. Forever Frost (Bitter Frost, Book 2) by Kailin Gow (3/5 stars)
11. The Iron Duke (The Iron Seas, Book 1) by Meljean Brook (4.5/5 stars)
12. Night’s Cold Kiss (The Dark Brethern, Book 1) by Tracey O’Hara (3.5/5 stars)
13. Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton (4/5 stars)
14. The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, Book 3) by Jasper Fforde (5/5 stars)
15. Bitten in Two (Jaz Parks, Book 7) by Jennifer Rardin (5/5 stars)
16. Death’s Sweet Embrace (Dark Brethren, Book 2) by Tracey O’Hara (4/5 stars)
17. Rise of the Darklings (The Invisible Order, Book 1) by Paul Crilley (5/5 stars)
18. The Iron Queen (The Iron Fey, Book 3) by Julie Kagawa (5/5 stars)
19. Misguided Angel (Blue Bloods, Book 5) by Melissa De La Cruz (3/5 stars)
20. Out from Boneville (Bone, Book 1) by Jeff Smith (5/5 stars)
21. Mind Games (The Disillusionist Trilogy, Book 1) by Carolyn Crane (4/5 stars)
22. The Healer’s Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson (2.5 stars)
23. Kill the Dead (Sandman Slim, Book 2) by Richard Kadrey (5/5 stars)