December 2010 – In Review

This month I read 28 books, another wonderful month for reading. 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:
Bone: Book 2, The Great Cow Race  and Book 3, Eyes of the Storm by Jeff Smith
Mistborn: Book 2, The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
Thursday Next: Book 4, Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
Amulet: Book 2, The Stonekeeper’s Curse by Kazu Kibuishi
Theodosia Thockmorten: Book 4, Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh by R.L. LaFevers
Spellbent: Book 2, Shotgun Sorceress by Lucy A. Snyder

I started the following series:
The Last Survivors: Book 1, Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Cheshire Red Reports: Book 1, Bloodshot by Cherie Priest
Black Dagger Brotherhood: Book 1, Dark Lover by J.R. Ward
Jane True: Book 1, Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler

I finished the following series:
Evernight: Book 4, Afterlife by Claudia Gray
Malice: Book 2, Havoc by Chris Wooding 
Vampire Academy: Book 6, Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead

My Favorite Books of the Month Were:
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn Trilogy, Book 2) by Brandon Sanderson (4.5/5 stars)
Bloodshot (Cheshire Red Reports, Book 1) by Cherie Priest (5/5 stars)
Eyes of the Storm (Bone, Book 3) by Jeff Smith (5/5 stars)
Something Rotten (Thursday Next, Book 4) by Jasper Fforde (5/5 stars)
The Stonekeeper’s Curse (Amulet, Book 2) by Kazu Kibuishi (5/5 stars)
Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy, Book 6) by Richelle Mead (5/5 stars)
In the Forest of Forgetting by Theodora Goss (4.5/5 stars)
Shotgun Sorceress (Spellbent, Book 2) by Lucy A. Snyder (5/5 stars)

Books that disappointed me this month were:
Deadtown by Nancy Holzner (3/5 stars)
Venom and Song  by Wayne Thomas Batson and Christopher Hopper (3/5 stars)
The Celler by A.J. Whitten (3/5 stars)
The Memory Bank by Carolyn Coman and Rob Shepperson (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: Complete!
– 100+ Book Reading Challenge: 261 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.   Celia and the Fairies by Karen McQuestion (4/5 stars)
2.   The Well of Ascension (Mistborn Trilogy, Book 2) by Brandon Sanderson (4.5/5 stars)
3.   The Stonekeeper (Amulet, Book 1) by Kazu Kibuishi (4/5 stars)
4.   Deadtown by Nancy Holzner (3/5 stars)
5.   Venom and Song (Berinfell Prophecies, Book 2) by Wayne Thomas Batson and Christopher Hopper (3/5 stars)
6.   Side Jobs (Dresden Files Short Story Collection) by Jim Butcher (4/5 stars)
7.   Life as We Knew It (The Last Survivors, Book 1) by Susan Beth Pfeffer (4/5 stars)
8.   Bloodshot (Cheshire Red Reports, Book 1) by Cherie Priest (5/5 stars)
9.   The Great Cow Race (Bone, Book 2) by Jeff Smith (4.5/5 stars)
10. Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey (3.5/5 stars)
11. The Celler by A.J. Whitten (3/5 stars)
12. Afterlife (Evernight, Book 4) by Claudia Gray (4/5 stars)
13. Eyes of the Storm (Bone, Book 3) by Jeff Smith (5/5 stars)
14. Animal Farm by George Orwell (4/5 stars)
15. Something Rotten (Thursday Next, Book 4) by Jasper Fforde (5/5 stars)
16. Havoc (Malice, Book 2) by Chris Wooding (4/5 stars)
17. The Stonekeeper’s Curse (Amulet, Book 2) by Kazu Kibuishi (5/5 stars)
18. Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy, Book 6) by Richelle Mead (5/5 stars)
19. Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 1) by J.R. Ward (4/5 stars)
20. Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh (Theodosia Thockmorten, Book 4) by R.L. LaFevers (4/5 stars)
21. In the Forest of Forgetting by Theodora Goss (4.5/5 stars)
22. The Memory Bank by Carolyn Coman and Rob Shepperson (3/5 stars)
23. Shotgun Sorceress (Spellbent, Book 2) by Lucy A. Snyder (5/5 stars)
24. Tempest Rising (Jane True, Book 1) by Nicole Peeler (4/5 stars)
25. Before Midnight by Cameron Dokey (4/5 stars)
26. The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester by Barbara O’Connor (3/5 stars)
27. Tracking the Tempest (Jane True, Book 2) by Nicole Peeler (4.5/5 stars)
28. Huntress by Malindo Lo (5/5 stars)