Holy crap! How did I find the time to read 97 books in 2010? On top of school...on top of my job falling apart around me? Guess I needed to escape this year. I really got into a few new series - Robert Crais' Elivis Cole/Joe Pike is fun; loved Collins' YA sci-fi in the Hunger Games Trilogy and David Moody's zombie series was also a gripping read. I ( Read more... )

...and I put up the new list for 2010 (with some gaps of books I bought rather than borrowed from the public library)

( Books & Movies 2009... )

I am a random reader, meaning I pick the books I read almost completely at random and usually due to word of mouth. I rarely focus on a genre, or a period but will read through an author or a series with gusto.

I've decided I would like a bit more focus. I'm not going to turn over a completely new leaf and suddenly get on the Oprah bandwagon, ( Read more... )

Another year has flown by and I seem to have squeezed in a record number 58 full length books, 1 short non-fiction collection, 1 novella and 3 poetry collections. Not too shabby. I even upped the number of non-fiction books I read this past year (seven!) as my reading resolution stated this time last year! Wahoo!

Here's my wrap up of loves (read: ( Read more... )

#11
Book Title: Water for Elephants
Author: Sara Gruen
Link: http://www.amazon.ca/Water-Elephants-Sara-Gruen/dp/0002007770/sr=8-1/qid=1172525500/ref=pd_ka_1/702-3167716-5892025?ie=UTF8&s=books
Genre: Fiction
Stars: 
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So I just finished writing a letter to my first cousin once removed in England thanking her for the Christmas card I received from her (that I only got possession of last week...long story) and it felt like needles were poking into the muscles of my palm. I thought I was going to cry and it's the ugliest handwritten letter I've produced in a long, ( Read more... )

Ok. So I was feeling depressed reading Shake Hands With the Devil...and a whole bunch of holds came in a the library...so I snuck in another Gregory book ( Read more... )

Book Title: The Constant Princess
Author: Philippa Gregory
Link: http://www.amazon.ca/Constant-Princess-Philippa-Gregory/dp/000719031X/sr=1-1/qid=1170262901/ref=sr_1_1/701-3286220-2831502?ie=UTF8&s=books
Genre:  Historical Fiction
Stars: 
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I thought if I'm going to read all these books, I should probably write down how I feel about them so I can remember in the future and be able to recommend them (or not) in an intelligent manner.

So starting with my most recent read:

#5
Book Title: Miracle in the Andes
Author: Nando Parrado
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Starting this year's book list

Archiving the old:

59. Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures - Vincent Lam
58. Perfume - Patrick Suskind
57. Deeply Devoted Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
56. Atonement - Ian McEwan
55. Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
54. Kidnapped - Jan Burke
53. On/Off - Colleen McCullough
52. The Devil of Nanking - Mo Hayder
51. The Black ( Read more... )