I've gone too long without noting my reading progress, so I'll keep comments on most of these books short. I've been on a bit of a kick reading a lot of historical fiction.

20. The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco. I always get giddy and happy when there's a new Eco book, especially when it's such a good book. It has everything I love and expect ( Read more... )

For the first 4 months of the year, I have managed to read 19 books. It's a slower pace than I normally set, but given all the chaos at the beginning of the year surrounding moving into a new (to me) house, I'm pretty happy I'm on target at least to read around 50 books. It's been a mixed bag so far, some books I loved, some I absolutely hated ( Read more... )

I meant to post my final tally on 2012 books closer to the New Year, but moving does funny things to time. My final tally on 2012 was 58 books. Far fewer than 2011, but well, I bought a house and spent much of the last 2 months of the year doing stuff related to buying and moving into a house. I still did well, since my goal had been 50 books ( Read more... )

Much of my recent reading has been okay, although there are a few standouts (and I include amazon links should anyone want more information about these books). These are in order in which I finished them. My ratings are to be found on Goodreads. I continued a very good reading pace until May and June. I had been averaging 7 books a month, but I ( Read more... )

Catching up on reporting on my reading so far this year. I'm well apace to read my 50 books this year, may very well end up closer to 70, depending on what I end up reading. (I'm currently reading Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, which has slowed me down a bit, because it's a long, dense book.)

3. Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland. I've ( Read more... )

Although I've read 11 books so far this year, I'm only going to talk about the two most recent books I've finished, Matched by Allie Condie and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins ( Read more... )

I haven’t yet written up the accounting of the books I’ve read since my last reporting in mid-September. I had a goal of 50 books for 2011, I ended up reading a total of 70 (this was helped by forced convalescence in April after getting the shunt in my ear). There are quite a few books to catch up on, so I won’t say much about each book, unless I ( Read more... )

It's been 2 months since I've reported on the books I'm reading, and reading continues apace. These books are in random (not reading) order:

35. Total Eclipse by Rachel Caine. The finale to Rachel's very successful Weather Warden series. When last we left Weather Warden Joanne and her Djinn husband David, earth was in a bit of a pinch, and Mother ( Read more... )

Reading continues apace. I am at the halfway point in the year. I am well on track to read 50 books this year, likely more than that. I can thank my forced, brief convalescence back in April for that, since there were few things I could do easily in the days after getting stuff done to my ear. These are presented in no particular order:

24. The ( Read more... )

These are not in any particular order.

11. Insatiable by Meg Cabot. A writer I like very much with her different take on the vampire story. Meena Harper has the ability to see how people are going to die. She is also a writer for a soap opera and is cheated out of a promotion by a well-connected coworker who wants to add a vampire storyline. She's ( Read more... )