Bookies...
Italics is Highly Recommended
Bold is a re-read (counted as half a book because I read them a lot faster than the first time around)
1. Dark Covenant by Peter Luther (6/5)
2. Strange Screams of Death by Nigel McCrery (2.5/5)
3. Daughters of Bast: The Hidden Land by Sarah Isidore (4/5)
3.5 Vet in Harness by James Herriot (5/5)
4.5 Fingerprints 1 : Gifted Touch by Melinda Metz (4/5)
5.5 Fingerprints 2: Haunted by Melinda Metz (4/5)
6.5 Howl's Moving Castle by Dianne Wynne Jones (4/5)
7.5 The Deptford Mice: The Dark Portal by Robin Jarvis (3/5)
8.5 The Deptford Mice: The Crystal Prison by Robin Jarvis (3/5)
9.5 The Deptford Mice: The Final Reckoning by Robin Jarvis (3/5)
10.5 My Booky Wook by Russell Brand (4/5)
11.5 Fabric of Sin by Phil Rickman (5/5)
12 The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman (4/5)
12.5 The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman (3.5/5)
13.5 Dune by Frank Herbert (6/5)
14.5 The Devil in the Kitchen by Marco Pierre White (5/5)
15.5 The Black Book of Secrets by F E Higgins (5/5)
16.5 Girls by Nic Kelman (1/5)
17.5 Carry on Loving by Norman Giller (4/5)
18 Under the Mish Mash Trees by Dick King Smith (3/5)
19 Baggage by Janet Street Porter (4/5)
(Above books are 50bookchallenge only. The remainder of the list appears on all 3 communities)
20 or 1 Dragon Secrets by Christopher Golden & Thomas E Sneigoski (4/5)
21 or 2 Ghostfire by Christopher Golden & Thomas E Sneigoski (4/5)
22. or 3 IgNobel Prizes 2 by Marc Abrahams
23 or 4 Steve and Me by Terri Irwin (5/5)
24. or 5 Demon Apocalypse by Darren Shan (5/5)
25. or 6 Fingerprints 3: Trust Me by Melinda Metz (4/5)
26 or 7 Fingerprints 4: Secrets by Melinda Metz (4/5)
27. or 8 The Torment of Others by Val McDermid (5/5)
28. or 9 Wurm War by Christopher Golden & Thomas E Sneigoski (4/5)
29. or 10 Fingerprints 5: Betrayed by Melinda Metz (4/5)
30. or 11 Fingerprints 6: Revelations by Melinda Metz (4/5)
31. or 12 The Last Siege by Jonathan Stroud (2.5/5)
32. 0r 13 What a Week to Fall in Love by Rosie Rushton (3/5)
33. or 14 What a Week to Make it Big by Rosie Rushton (3/5)
34. or 15 What a Week to Break Free by Rosie Rushton (3/5)
35. or 16 Skin and Other Stories by Roald Dahl (4.5)
36 or 17 Spellbound… Stories chosen by Dianne Wynn Jones
37 or 18 Perfume Story of a Murder by Patrick Suskind (5/5)
37.5 or 18.5 Anne of Green Gables by L M Montgomery (5/5)
38 or 19 Anne of Avonlea by L M Montgomery (5/5)
38.5 or 19.5 Anne of The Island by L M Montgomery (5/5)
39 or 20 Anne of Windy Willows/Poplars by L M Montgomery (5/5)
39.5 or 20.5 Anne’s House of Dreams by L M Montgomery (5/5)
40 or 21 Anne of Ingleside by L M Montgomery (5/5)
40.5 or 21.5 Rainbow Valley by L M Montgomery (5/5)
41 or 22 Rilla of Ingleside by L M Montgomery (5/5)
42 or 23 No! I don’t want to join a bookclub by Virginia Ironside (4/5)
43 or 24 Sexy Shorts for Christmas - various (3/5)
44 or 25 Celebrities My Arse! Ricky Tomlinson (4/5)
45 or 26 Folklore of Gwent by Alan Roderick (5/5)
46 or 27 You Are What You Eat - Michelle’s Diary by Michelle McManus (4/5)
47 or 28 Danny Wallace and The Centre of the Universe by Danny Wallace (4/5)
48 or 29 Murder by Magic - 20 Tales of the Supernatural by various (5/5)
49 or 30 Fight Club by Chuck Palahnuik (4/5)
50 or 31 The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak (5/5)
51 or 32 Crazy Aunt Purl’s Drunk Divorced and Covered in Cat Hair by Laurie Perry (3/5)
52 or 33 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne (5/5)
52.5 or 33.5 Watership Down by Richard Adams (5/5)
53.5 or 34.5 The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson (5/5)
54.5 or 35.5 Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer (4/5 recommended purely for the purposes of completing the trilogy, which is no longer a trilogy, there will now be a fourth book)
55.5 or 36.5 I Did A Bad Thing by Linda Green (4/5)
56.5 or 37.5 The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle by Catherine Webb. (4/5)
57.5 or 38.5 Hero’s Guide to Deadly Dragons by Cressida Cowell (4/5)
58.5 or 39.5 Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child by Cathy Glass (5/5)
59.5 or 40.5 Murder, Myth and Make-Believe (True Crime Library) by Andrew Moss (3/5)
60.5 or 41.5 Secret Diary of a Deranged Housewife by Niamh Greene (4/5)
61.5 or 42.5 Daddy’s Little Girl by Julia Latchem-Smith (3.5/5)
62.5 or 43.5 Young Wive’s Tales: For Better For Worse by Adele Parks (4/5)
63.5 or 44.5 Making Money by Terry Pratchett (5/5)
64.5 or 45.5 Kill Grandma for Me by Jim DeFelice (2.5/5)
65.5 or 46.5 Moving on by Kevin Lewis (5/5)
66.5 or 47.5 Growing Pains by Billie Piper (4/5)
67.5 or 48.5 The Joy of Murder by Joy Swift (4/5)
68.5 or 49.5 The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood (4/5)
69.5 or 50.5 DarkIsle by D A Nelson (3.5/5)
70 or 51 The Chaos Code by Justin Richards (3.5/5)
70.5 or 51.5 Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne (5/5)
71.5 or 52.5 Memory in Death by Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb (3.5/5)
72.5 or 53.5 Wild Irish Women by Marian Broderick (3.5/5)
73.5 or 54.5 The Magic in the Weaving by Tamora Pierce (4/5)
74.5 or 55.5 The Power in the Storm by Tamora Pierce (3.5/5)
75.5 or 56.5 Strangers in Death by Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb (4/5)
76.5 or 57.5 Vengeance in Death by Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb (4/5)
77.5 or 58.5 Visions in Death by Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb (4/5)
78 or 59 Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With The Wind by Alexandra Ripley (2/5)
79 or 60 The Secret Country by Jane Johnson (4/5)
80 or 61 The Shadow World by Jane Johnson (4/5)
81 or 62 Dragon’s Fire by Jane Johnson (4/5)
82 or 63 Trainers V. Tiaras (Diary of a Chav) by Grace Dent (2.5/5)
83 or 64 The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar: And Six More by Roald Dahl (5/5)
84 or 65 Reader I Married Him by Michele Roberts (2/5)
85 or 66 Dark Angel by Meredith Ann Pierce (4/5)
86 or 67 A Gathering of Gargoyles by Meredith Ann Pierce (5/5)
87 or 68 The Pearl of the Soul of the World by Meredith Ann Pierce (3/5)
88 or 69 Irish Girls are Back in Town by various (4/5)
89 or 70 The Serial Killers: A Study in the Psychology of Violence by Colin Wilson and Donald Seaman (5/5)
90 or 71 Bitten and Smitten by Michelle Rowen (4/5)
91 or 72 Fanged and Fabulous by Michelle Rowen (4/5)
92 or 73 Girl on the Platform by Josephine Cox (3.5/5)
93 or 74 Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot (4/5)
94 or 75 The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer by Philip Carlo (5/5)
95 or 76 Valiant by Holly Black (4.5/5)
96 or 77 How to Kill Your Husband (and other handy household hints) by Kathy Lette (5/5)
97 or 78 The Chimera’s Curse by Julia Golding (4/5)
98 or 79 Jinx by Meg Cabot (4/5)
99 or 80 Hunting Season by Dean Vincent Carter (3/5)
100 or 81 The Fire in the Forging by Tamora Pierce (4/5)
101 or 82 The Healing in the Vine by Tamora Pierce (4/5)
102 or 83 Angel with Attitude by Michelle Rowen (4.5/5)
103 or 84 It's Not Rocket Science and Other Irritating Modern Cliches by Clive Whichelow and Hugh Murray (5/5)
104 or 85 Death's Shadow by Darren Shan (5/5)
Book 98/79
Jinx
Meg Cabot
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books (7 Sep 2007)
Language English
I seem to have developed an addiction to Meg Cabot's books. I really enjoyed this young adult novel with its tales of witchcraft and teenage rivalry and jealousy. It's themes and especially the spring ball scene were very reminiscent of Steven's Kings Carrie although obviously toned down for a younger audience. I did, however, find it an interesting novel and hope she will write more about Jinx and her newly discovered powers of magic.
Book 99/80
Hunting Season
Dean Vincent Carter
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Bodley Head Children's Books (29 Mar 2007)
Language English
This was an interesting novel, with overtones of Stephen King. Again it was a young adult novel, but the author was not afraid to hold back on the gore. I found that the werewolves were classical in their constructions and it lost points for a schmaltzy ending.
Books 100 & 101/81 & 82
The Fire in the Forging and The Healing in the Vine
Tamora Pierce
Paperback: 192 and 224 pages
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Language English
As I have previously said, Tamora Peirce is a new author I am slowly falling in love with. These books finished the Circle of Magic Quartert and I am now waiting for the Circle of Magic Opens books to arrive in the library for m to read.
These books tell the story of Sandry, Daja, Tris and Briar--four very different characters from very different backgrounds who are joined together by an amazing magical power. Each book in the series has one of these as its main focus, but it also deals with the relationship between them and their teachers and obvioulsy their relationshgips with each other, It is as much a book about friendship as it is a book about magic. Although I borrowed these books from the library I can definately see myself buying them in the near future.
Book 102/83
Angel with Attitude
Michelle Rowen
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company (3 Aug 2006)
Language English
This was a further funny, witty and off the wall novel from the author of Bitten & Smitten. I love these books not because of their love stories, they are predicatble, but because they make me laugh out loud.
Synopsis
Valerie Grace isn't quite sure how she went from heavenly angel to plunging into the killer whale tank at Niagara Falls' MarineLand, but that's what's happened. All she knows is that earth can be a tough place for a fallen angel, what with all the demon Tempters lurking around every corner, anxious to recruit her to the "other team" - the evil team. All she can do is keep an eye out for the elusive Key to Heaven, try to help people, and hope that somebody up there notices what an angel she is, even if she's not literally one anymore. And try to avoid that really cute tempter, the one with the pale gray eyes and hypnotic smile, the one that makes her forget her own name and the fact that she's supposed to be a good girl
Book 103/84
It's Not Rocket Science and Other Irritating Modern Cliches
Clive Whichelow and Hugh Murray
Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Portrait (4 Oct 2007)
Language English
Synopsis
In the last thirty years new technology, fashion, and social set-ups have spawned new cliches galore. Everything on the Internet is available at the 'click of a mouse', TV presenters ask the audience to 'give it up' when they want them to applaud, call centres tell us 'we value your call' even though 'all our operators are busy'. And if you're 'gobsmacked' by all this you may be told to 'get a life', 'chill out' or 'whatever'.It's Not Rocket Science sifts through all aspects of modern life to find the most prevalent, ubiquitous and downright irritating cliches of our age. This high-octane, caffeine-fuelled, dictionary of cliches highlights the freshly-hackneyed phrases we're being subjected to 24/7.So how good is that? And what's not to like?
Book 104/85
Death's Shadow
Darren Shan
Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks (5 May 2008)
Language English
Synopsis
Fresh hell from the Demonata - you can't cheat death..."I'm a human sponge -- I soak up memories. I feel like a thief, stealing secrets with an innocent touch. I don't like this gift. It's intrusive and sneaky. I think it's harmless, but I can't be sure. If knowledge is power, why do I feel so alone!?" The apocalypse came and the world burned. But it wasn't the end, and out of the destruction, new life has emerged. Bec is back to face the Demonata. After centuries of imprisonment, she's more powerful than ever, but the demons no longer stand alone. Something else has crawled out of the darkness with her. Lord Loss is no longer humanity's greatest threat!
This is book 7 of Darren Shan's Demonata series. I already can't wait for the next book in the series.
27390/45,000 at 15000pages (started 1st January 2008)
85/150 at 100ormorebooks (started 1st January 2008)
104/150 at 50bookchallenge (started on 12th November 2007)