Monthly Reflections: June 2009
Books Read
1. The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong ( my review) four and a half stars
2. Blankets by Craig Thompson ( my review) five stars
3. What I saw and how I Lied by Judy Blundell ( my review) four and a half stars
4. Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs ( my review) four stars
5. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte ( my review) four stars
6. Graceling by Kristin Cashore ( my review) five stars
7. The City of Ember by Jeanne Du Prau ( my review) three and a half stars
8. The Hob's Bargain by Patricia Briggs ( my review) two and a half stars
9. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith ( my review) four stars
10. Naamah's Kiss by Jacqueline Carey ( my review) Five stars
11. Honolulu by Alan Brennert ( my review) five stars
12. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green ( my review) four stars
13. My Big Far Supernatural Wedding by P.N. Elrod ( my review) three stars
Total Books Read: 13 (my record!)
Shortest Book: 270 pages
Longest Book: 645
Average number of pages: 375 pages
Total pages: 4881
Re-Reads: 0
New Books: 13
Most popular rating- five stars and four stars (4 times each)
Average rating- 4.15
Favorite Book: Blankets, Naamah's Kiss and Honolulu
Biggest Disappointment: The Hob's Bargain
Reflection: Another nice variety of books this month. With reading Wuthering Heights I've brought my first "classic" to temporaryworlds, and therefore have messed up my tags. One thing I always tag my book with is year published. Up until this date, all of the books I've read had been published in the 1990s or post 2000. Now I have a lone, Year Published: 1847 tag, which amuses me for some reason. June saw me using the public library a lot more in an attempt not to buy books, as much, or spend money on shipping for paperbackswap. It almost worked, I knew that I wouldn't be able to pass up buying Naamah's Kiss (which was amazing by the way), but I also broke down at a library sale and bought two more books (whoops). Hopefully, next month I can be a little better with my self control.
This month, I took a lot of chances on new authors, and results were usually good. I also read a couple of books that were reccomended to me by friends (Honolulu and City of Ember). My biggest disspointment, strangely enough was from an author that was already established as "good" in my mind, Patricia Briggs. The Hob's Bargain is one of the lowest reviewed books that I have on this blog, which makes me wonder if I really just missed something.
July is always a good month. It's the month of Tanner's (my fiance) birthday, and my birthday too! Hoepfully the rain will let up and it will start feeling like summer soon!
1. The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong ( my review) four and a half stars
2. Blankets by Craig Thompson ( my review) five stars
3. What I saw and how I Lied by Judy Blundell ( my review) four and a half stars
4. Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs ( my review) four stars
5. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte ( my review) four stars
6. Graceling by Kristin Cashore ( my review) five stars
7. The City of Ember by Jeanne Du Prau ( my review) three and a half stars
8. The Hob's Bargain by Patricia Briggs ( my review) two and a half stars
9. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith ( my review) four stars
10. Naamah's Kiss by Jacqueline Carey ( my review) Five stars
11. Honolulu by Alan Brennert ( my review) five stars
12. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green ( my review) four stars
13. My Big Far Supernatural Wedding by P.N. Elrod ( my review) three stars
Total Books Read: 13 (my record!)
Shortest Book: 270 pages
Longest Book: 645
Average number of pages: 375 pages
Total pages: 4881
Re-Reads: 0
New Books: 13
Most popular rating- five stars and four stars (4 times each)
Average rating- 4.15
Favorite Book: Blankets, Naamah's Kiss and Honolulu
Biggest Disappointment: The Hob's Bargain
Reflection: Another nice variety of books this month. With reading Wuthering Heights I've brought my first "classic" to temporaryworlds, and therefore have messed up my tags. One thing I always tag my book with is year published. Up until this date, all of the books I've read had been published in the 1990s or post 2000. Now I have a lone, Year Published: 1847 tag, which amuses me for some reason. June saw me using the public library a lot more in an attempt not to buy books, as much, or spend money on shipping for paperbackswap. It almost worked, I knew that I wouldn't be able to pass up buying Naamah's Kiss (which was amazing by the way), but I also broke down at a library sale and bought two more books (whoops). Hopefully, next month I can be a little better with my self control.
This month, I took a lot of chances on new authors, and results were usually good. I also read a couple of books that were reccomended to me by friends (Honolulu and City of Ember). My biggest disspointment, strangely enough was from an author that was already established as "good" in my mind, Patricia Briggs. The Hob's Bargain is one of the lowest reviewed books that I have on this blog, which makes me wonder if I really just missed something.
July is always a good month. It's the month of Tanner's (my fiance) birthday, and my birthday too! Hoepfully the rain will let up and it will start feeling like summer soon!