Book the Ninety-Fifth to Book the Hundredth
Okay, so . . . procrastination being my closest friend, as always, I'm about 15 books behind on reviews for the year, and I don't really feel like writing them, so . . . I'm not going to. I'll list them all here, with the usual starter information, but I won't get into my thoughts on each specifically, unless you ask me to go into more detail on one or another of them.
Book the Ninety-Fifth
Title: Sunlight and Shadow
Author: Cameron Dokey
Page Count: 184
Status: Reread
Synopsis: Mina is a girl-child born on the longest night of the darkest month of the year to Pamina, the Queen of the Night and Sarastro, the Mage of the Day. When her father looked at her, all he saw was what he feared: By birth, by name, by nature, she belonged to the Dark. So when Minda turned sixteen, her father took her away from shadow and brought her into sunlight. In retaliation, her mother lured a handsome prince into a deadly agreement: If he frees Mina, he can claim her as his bride. Now Mina and her prince must endure deadly trials -- of love and fate and family -- before they can truly live happily ever after.
Book the Ninety-Sixth
Title: The Night Dance
Author: Suzanne Weyn
Page Count: 193
Status: Reread
Synopsis: When Sir Ethan notices that his daughters' slippers look tattered every morning, he is certain they've been sneaking out. So he posts a challenge to all the auitors in the kingdom: The first man to discover where his daughters have been is free to marry the one he chooses. Meanwhile a handsome young knight named Bedivere is involved in a challenge of his own: to return the pweful sword, Excalibur, to a mysterious lake. While looking for the lake, Bedivere meets the beautiful Rowena, Sir Ethan's youngest daughter, and falls for her. Bedivere knows that accepting Sir Ethan's challenge is the only opportunity for him to be with Rowena forever. But this puts both of them in a dangerous situation, one in which they risk their lives for a chance at love.
Book the Ninety-Seventh
Title: Water Song
Author: Suzanne
Page Count: 194
Status: Reread
Synopsis: Young, beautiful, and wealthy, Emma Pennington is accustomed to a very comfortable life. Although war rages abroad, she hardly feels its effect. She and her mother travel from their home in Britain to the family estate in Belgium, never imagining that the war could reach them there. But it does. Soon Emma finds herself stranded in a war-torn country, utterly alone. Enemy troops fight to take over her estate, leaving her with no way to reach her family and no way out. With all of her attention focused on survival and escape, Emma hardly expects to find love. But the war will teach her that life is unpredictable, people aren't always what they seem, and magic is lurking everywhere.
Book the Ninety-Eighth
Title: Nightlight: A Parody
Author: The Harvard Lampoon
Page Count: 154
Status: New read
Synopsis: Pale and clumsy, Belle arrives in Switchblade, Oregon, looking for adventure, or at least an undead classmate. She soon discovers Edwart, a wuper-hot computer nerd with zero interest in girls. After witnessing a number of strange events -- Edwart leaves his TaterTots untouched at lunch! Edwart saves her from a flying snowball! -- Belle has a dramatic revelation: Edwart is a vampire. But how can she convince Edwart to bite her and transform her into his eternal bride, especially when he seems to find girls so repulsive? Complete with romance, danger, insufficient parental guardianship, creepy stalkerlike behavior, and a vampire prom, Nightlight is the uproarious tale of a vampire-obsessed girl looking for love in all the wrong places.
Book the Ninety-Ninth
Title: Snow
Author: Tracy Lynn
Page Count: 259
Status: Reread
Synopsis: In a tiny Welsh estate, a duke and duchess lived happily, lacking only a child -- or, more importantly, a son and heir to the estate. Childbirth ultimately proved fatal for the young duchess. After she died, the duke was dismayed to discover that he was not only a widower, but also father to a tiny baby girl. Indpendent -- virtually ignored -- and finding only little animals and a lonely servant boy as her companions, Jessica is pale, lonely, and headstrong . . . and quick to learn that she has an enemy in her stepmother. Snow, as she comes to be known, flees the estate to London and finds herself embraced by a band of urban outcasts. But her stempother isn't finished with he, and if Jessica doesn't take control of her destiny, the wicked witch will certainly harness her youth -- and threaten her very life . . .
Book the Hundredth
Title: An Earthly Knight
Author: Janet McNaughton
Page Count: 337
Status: Reread
Synopsis: Lady Jeanette Avenel is the free-spirited second daughter of a nobleman in twelfth century Scotland. When her elder sister Isabel is dishonored, Jenny is asked to relinquish her freedom in an attempt to save the good name of her father's house. But will the affection of a mysterious young man lead to Jenny's ruin as well? Lady Jeanette battles tradition and magic amid a world alive with medieval pageantry. Hers is the timeless story of a young woman who seeks to control her own destiny to win a better life for herself and her sister.
If you want to hear more about any of these books, please let me know!
Tally: 100
Books Read: 60
Books Reread: 39
Books Written: 1
* = New Read
** = Original Novel
1.* The Calder Game by Blue Balliett
2.* Alphabet of Dreams by Susan Fletcher
3.* The Wizard's Map by Jane Yolen
4. Looking for Alaska by John Green
5.* {Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
6.* Foundation by Mercedes Lackey
7.* Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
8. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
9.* The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
10.* Mondays are Red by Nicola Morgan
11. Paper Towns by John Green
12.* Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
13.* Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
14.* The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
15.* Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
16.* Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
17.* Turnabout by Margaret Peterson Haddix
18.* The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
19.* The Girls by Lori Lansens
20.* The Declaration by Gemma Malley
21. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
22.* The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines
23. Beauty Sleep by Cameron Dokey
24. The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey
25. One Good Knight by Mercedes Lackey
26.* The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
27. Belle by Cameron Dokey
28. Nine Days a Queen by Ann Rinaldi
29. Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce
30. Wolf-Speaker by Tamora Pierce
31.* Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos
32.* Castle Waiting by Linda Medley
33.* Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Friend by Christopher Moore
34. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
35.* Romeo's Ex: Rosaline's Story by Lisa Fiedler
36. Emperor Mage by Tamora Pierce
37. The Realms of the Gods by Tamora Pierce
38. Darcy's Story by Janet Aylmer
39.* I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
40. Terrier by Tamora Pierce
41.* Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce
42.* 13 by Jason Robert Brown and Dan Elish
43.* The Diamond Secret by Suzanne Weyn
44.* Wild Orchid by Cameron Dokey
45.* The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
46.* The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
47.* The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
48.* The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
49.* The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
50.* The Demigod Files by Rick Riordan
51.* The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
52. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
53.* Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd
54.* Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. Wrede
55. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling
56.* Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
57. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
58. The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
59. The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey
60. East by Edith Pattou
61.* Slay and Rescue by John Moore
62.* This I Believe, edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman
63.* Because I am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas
64.* Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
65.* Dorothy, Volume 1 by Mark Masterson
66. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
67.* The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan
68. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
69. Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George
70. Dragon Flight by Jessica Day George
71. The World’s Favorite Fairy Tale by Lowell Swortzell
72.* Dragon Spear by Jessica Day George
73. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
74.* One False Note by Gordon Korman
75.* As You Like It by William Shakespeare
76.* Was by Geoff Ryman
77.* The Sword Thief by Peter Lerangis
78.* Beyond the Grave by Jude Watson
79.* Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
80.* Graceling by Kristin Cashore
81.* Jump/Cut by Neena Beber
82.* Winter’s Child by Cameron Dokey
83.** We Behind the Curtain by Cassie Guion
84. Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C Wrede
85. Searching for Dragons by Patricia C Wrede
86. Calling on Dragons by Patricia C Wrede
87. Talking to Dragons by Patricia C Wrede
88. Book of Enchantments by Patricia C Wrede
89. The Autobiography of Santa Claus by Jeff Quinn
90.* This Book is Not Good for You by Pseudonymous Bosch
91.* Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
92.* Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
93.* A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
94.* Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
95. Sunlight and Shadow by Cameron Dokey
96. The Night Dance by Suzanne Weyn
97. Water Song by Suzanne Weyn
98.* Nightlight by the Harvard Lampoon
99. Snow by Tracey Lynn
100. An Earthly Knight by Janet McNaughton
50 Books = July 13, 2009
50 New Books = December 5, 2009
Book the Ninety-Fifth
Title: Sunlight and Shadow
Author: Cameron Dokey
Page Count: 184
Status: Reread
Synopsis: Mina is a girl-child born on the longest night of the darkest month of the year to Pamina, the Queen of the Night and Sarastro, the Mage of the Day. When her father looked at her, all he saw was what he feared: By birth, by name, by nature, she belonged to the Dark. So when Minda turned sixteen, her father took her away from shadow and brought her into sunlight. In retaliation, her mother lured a handsome prince into a deadly agreement: If he frees Mina, he can claim her as his bride. Now Mina and her prince must endure deadly trials -- of love and fate and family -- before they can truly live happily ever after.
Book the Ninety-Sixth
Title: The Night Dance
Author: Suzanne Weyn
Page Count: 193
Status: Reread
Synopsis: When Sir Ethan notices that his daughters' slippers look tattered every morning, he is certain they've been sneaking out. So he posts a challenge to all the auitors in the kingdom: The first man to discover where his daughters have been is free to marry the one he chooses. Meanwhile a handsome young knight named Bedivere is involved in a challenge of his own: to return the pweful sword, Excalibur, to a mysterious lake. While looking for the lake, Bedivere meets the beautiful Rowena, Sir Ethan's youngest daughter, and falls for her. Bedivere knows that accepting Sir Ethan's challenge is the only opportunity for him to be with Rowena forever. But this puts both of them in a dangerous situation, one in which they risk their lives for a chance at love.
Book the Ninety-Seventh
Title: Water Song
Author: Suzanne
Page Count: 194
Status: Reread
Synopsis: Young, beautiful, and wealthy, Emma Pennington is accustomed to a very comfortable life. Although war rages abroad, she hardly feels its effect. She and her mother travel from their home in Britain to the family estate in Belgium, never imagining that the war could reach them there. But it does. Soon Emma finds herself stranded in a war-torn country, utterly alone. Enemy troops fight to take over her estate, leaving her with no way to reach her family and no way out. With all of her attention focused on survival and escape, Emma hardly expects to find love. But the war will teach her that life is unpredictable, people aren't always what they seem, and magic is lurking everywhere.
Book the Ninety-Eighth
Title: Nightlight: A Parody
Author: The Harvard Lampoon
Page Count: 154
Status: New read
Synopsis: Pale and clumsy, Belle arrives in Switchblade, Oregon, looking for adventure, or at least an undead classmate. She soon discovers Edwart, a wuper-hot computer nerd with zero interest in girls. After witnessing a number of strange events -- Edwart leaves his TaterTots untouched at lunch! Edwart saves her from a flying snowball! -- Belle has a dramatic revelation: Edwart is a vampire. But how can she convince Edwart to bite her and transform her into his eternal bride, especially when he seems to find girls so repulsive? Complete with romance, danger, insufficient parental guardianship, creepy stalkerlike behavior, and a vampire prom, Nightlight is the uproarious tale of a vampire-obsessed girl looking for love in all the wrong places.
Book the Ninety-Ninth
Title: Snow
Author: Tracy Lynn
Page Count: 259
Status: Reread
Synopsis: In a tiny Welsh estate, a duke and duchess lived happily, lacking only a child -- or, more importantly, a son and heir to the estate. Childbirth ultimately proved fatal for the young duchess. After she died, the duke was dismayed to discover that he was not only a widower, but also father to a tiny baby girl. Indpendent -- virtually ignored -- and finding only little animals and a lonely servant boy as her companions, Jessica is pale, lonely, and headstrong . . . and quick to learn that she has an enemy in her stepmother. Snow, as she comes to be known, flees the estate to London and finds herself embraced by a band of urban outcasts. But her stempother isn't finished with he, and if Jessica doesn't take control of her destiny, the wicked witch will certainly harness her youth -- and threaten her very life . . .
Book the Hundredth
Title: An Earthly Knight
Author: Janet McNaughton
Page Count: 337
Status: Reread
Synopsis: Lady Jeanette Avenel is the free-spirited second daughter of a nobleman in twelfth century Scotland. When her elder sister Isabel is dishonored, Jenny is asked to relinquish her freedom in an attempt to save the good name of her father's house. But will the affection of a mysterious young man lead to Jenny's ruin as well? Lady Jeanette battles tradition and magic amid a world alive with medieval pageantry. Hers is the timeless story of a young woman who seeks to control her own destiny to win a better life for herself and her sister.
If you want to hear more about any of these books, please let me know!
Tally: 100
Books Read: 60
Books Reread: 39
Books Written: 1
* = New Read
** = Original Novel
1.* The Calder Game by Blue Balliett
2.* Alphabet of Dreams by Susan Fletcher
3.* The Wizard's Map by Jane Yolen
4. Looking for Alaska by John Green
5.* {Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
6.* Foundation by Mercedes Lackey
7.* Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
8. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
9.* The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
10.* Mondays are Red by Nicola Morgan
11. Paper Towns by John Green
12.* Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
13.* Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
14.* The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
15.* Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
16.* Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
17.* Turnabout by Margaret Peterson Haddix
18.* The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
19.* The Girls by Lori Lansens
20.* The Declaration by Gemma Malley
21. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
22.* The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines
23. Beauty Sleep by Cameron Dokey
24. The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey
25. One Good Knight by Mercedes Lackey
26.* The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
27. Belle by Cameron Dokey
28. Nine Days a Queen by Ann Rinaldi
29. Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce
30. Wolf-Speaker by Tamora Pierce
31.* Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos
32.* Castle Waiting by Linda Medley
33.* Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Friend by Christopher Moore
34. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
35.* Romeo's Ex: Rosaline's Story by Lisa Fiedler
36. Emperor Mage by Tamora Pierce
37. The Realms of the Gods by Tamora Pierce
38. Darcy's Story by Janet Aylmer
39.* I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
40. Terrier by Tamora Pierce
41.* Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce
42.* 13 by Jason Robert Brown and Dan Elish
43.* The Diamond Secret by Suzanne Weyn
44.* Wild Orchid by Cameron Dokey
45.* The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
46.* The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
47.* The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
48.* The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
49.* The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
50.* The Demigod Files by Rick Riordan
51.* The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
52. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
53.* Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd
54.* Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. Wrede
55. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling
56.* Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
57. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
58. The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
59. The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey
60. East by Edith Pattou
61.* Slay and Rescue by John Moore
62.* This I Believe, edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman
63.* Because I am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas
64.* Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
65.* Dorothy, Volume 1 by Mark Masterson
66. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
67.* The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan
68. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
69. Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George
70. Dragon Flight by Jessica Day George
71. The World’s Favorite Fairy Tale by Lowell Swortzell
72.* Dragon Spear by Jessica Day George
73. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
74.* One False Note by Gordon Korman
75.* As You Like It by William Shakespeare
76.* Was by Geoff Ryman
77.* The Sword Thief by Peter Lerangis
78.* Beyond the Grave by Jude Watson
79.* Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
80.* Graceling by Kristin Cashore
81.* Jump/Cut by Neena Beber
82.* Winter’s Child by Cameron Dokey
83.** We Behind the Curtain by Cassie Guion
84. Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C Wrede
85. Searching for Dragons by Patricia C Wrede
86. Calling on Dragons by Patricia C Wrede
87. Talking to Dragons by Patricia C Wrede
88. Book of Enchantments by Patricia C Wrede
89. The Autobiography of Santa Claus by Jeff Quinn
90.* This Book is Not Good for You by Pseudonymous Bosch
91.* Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
92.* Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
93.* A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
94.* Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
95. Sunlight and Shadow by Cameron Dokey
96. The Night Dance by Suzanne Weyn
97. Water Song by Suzanne Weyn
98.* Nightlight by the Harvard Lampoon
99. Snow by Tracey Lynn
100. An Earthly Knight by Janet McNaughton
50 Books = July 13, 2009
50 New Books = December 5, 2009