yasminegalenorn's new book, "Night Huntress," is due out Jan. 6!!! I got started reading her stuff a long time ago -- first her non-fiction Pagan books, then her Chintz 'N' China series. She's since moved on to urban fiction (rather than cozy mysteries), and "Night Huntress" is the next in the series. I really need to get all caught up on that series ( Read more... )

I apparently forgot to give Mother Nature my forwarding address. Those nasty storms in Central Florida early Friday morning? Right where I used to be. The flattened Lady Lake Assembly of God Church was a mile south of my apartment. (pelennor_fields, are ya all right? And your folks ( Read more... )

Well, I didn't hit my goal for the year, which was 120. Then again, when I made that goal, I hadn't decided to go back to school. Last year I read 109 books, so considering I was one short of last year while managing to take eight hours at a community college this fall, that satisfies me for meeting a challenge. I'm not sure what to aim for this ( Read more... )

Can ya tell I was bogged down in studying, giving notice at work and packing?

94. Stephen King - Lisey's Story, 513 pages. I didn't think it was "his best work since The Stand" which one reviewer said (Associated Press, I think), but still a good story. Reminded me a bit of Rose Madder, with the alternate world and a big, spooky monster. And the ( Read more... )

89. Craig E. Blohm - X-rays, 107 pages

90. David Friend - Watching the World Change: The Stories Behind the Images of 9/11, 348 pages ( Read more... )

Which I haven't gotten around to posting until now.....busy couple months.

August

77. John Smart, M.S.; Stephen Nelson Jr., M.D., Ph.D.; and Julie Doherty -- Planning a Life in Medicine, 382 pages. Idle curiosity to see just what it takes to get into med school (in terms of grades, required classes, etc.).
78. Donna Rae Siegfried -- Biology for ( Read more... )

I just got assraped.... I bought two, count 'em *TWO* textbooks for my classes this fall (general biology and medical terminology). Anyone wanna place bets at how badly I got bent over a barrel?

Also, I have a job interview (and lunch with sigma7, yay!!!) on Aug. 18 at *shudder* Kansas State University. I'm not terribly wild about the salary. I'm gonna ( Read more... )

68. Caroline Alexander -- The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition, audiobook

Man, Shackleton had a serious pair of brass balls on him....

69. Stephen King -- Stationary Bike, audiobook

Short. About an hour. Not bad but definitely not his best short story/novella.

70. Robert Young Pelton, Coskun Aral and Wink Dulles -- ( Read more... )

June’s books

54. Katie MacAlister - Even Vampires Get the Blues, 344
55. Ira Distenfield and Linda Distenfield - We the People’s Guide to Estate Planning: A Do-It-Yourself Plan for Creating a Will and Living Trust, 200
56. Sammye Johnson and Patricia Prijatel - The Magazine From Cover to Cover: Inside a Dynamic Industry, 324
57. PostSecret: ( Read more... )

May’s books
45. Grigori Medvedev - The Truth About Chernobyl, 267 pages
46. David W. Machacek and Melissa M. Wilcox (editors) - Sexuality and the World’s Religions, 408 pages
47. Shirley Damsgaard - Charmed to Death, 288 pages
48. Michele Bardsley - Cupid, Inc. , 261 pages
49. Valerie Frankel - Hex and the Single Girl, 290 pages ( Read more... )