I read 3 books in April, totaling 1200 pages. For the year I've read 19 books, totaling 5916 pages.
The Last Song - Nicholas Sparks I am a fan of Nicholas Sparks books, you just can't read them back to back otherwise you get to overwhelmed by the weight of his stories. I really enjoyed this one, I haven't seen the movie but would like to.
Dead to the World - Charlaine Harris, yes another vampire book
Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater This book was really good! It was recommended on a forum I belong to as a good alternative for Twilight fans, though there are no vampires in this one, just werewolves. I like the concept, and the story was very good, sucks you right in and wraps you up and you want everything to turn out all right because the alternative would just be too heartbreaking. It is the first in a series and I cannot wait to read more!
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Monday, 8 March 2010
March Reading
I read 4 books, totaling about 945 pages. For the year I've read 16 books, totaling 4716 pages.
Anyway, this book was their mystery First Look selection. I probably shouldn't have signed up for it because I knew it wasn't my type of book, but I did anyway. I couldn't get into it of course, so I quit (I really need to stop quitting partway through books, it annoys me when I do it.). But I still love the B&N program, I read one last year called The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe and I really enjoyed it, and some of the other books they have selected seem really interesting. So hopefully in the future I can find another interesting book.
Living Dead in Dallas & Club Dead - Charlaine Harris. More silly vamp books to help pass the time.
Ina May's Guide to Childbirth - Ina May Gaskin. I read this planning on having a natural childbirth. I learned a lot and was very inspired, but in the end I went with an epidural and was happy as a clam and had the easiest labor known to mankind.
Sunday, 28 February 2010
February Reading
I read, at least partially, 8 books in February, totaling 1982 pages. That puts me at 12 books and 3771 pages so far this year! Wow!
Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella was a fun mystery. Very easy read. I figured out what happened before the story got around to revealing it, but that was okay.
The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams. I saw this reviewed on a book blog and the woman gave it 5/5 stars which she rarely does. It's about a young girl who lives in a polygamist community and is "chosen" to marry her uncle. It's interesting but incredibly infuriating and I almost just stopped reading it because I couldn't stand what I read, but I decided I needed to find out what happened, so I kept on reading. I read it in a day, which I never read books that quickly, but it was a really easy read, just a heavy topic. I'd really like to know how much of it was based on fact and how much was thought up by the author...because if half of what I read is real...well I don't know, but it made me sick. I don't know that I'd recommend reading it. If you want more specifics about what bothered me feel free to ask.
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. This was another book reviewed on the book blog, and it's much better. Still a very different kind of story, but one that keeps you very intrigued and you just want to keep reading so you make time to do it. I think it would be really interesting to listen to it as an audio book because the premise of the book is listening to tapes a girl has recorded telling the 13 reasons why she committed suicide. I finished this book in one day too. Nesting has made me very productive in every way apparently.
Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen. I like Sarah Dessen books, yeah they are teen fiction, but typically they are a good story about some teen girl learning an important lesson - things I wish I'd learned in high school. Like with this one, Colie learns how to be confident, despite how others see her and treat her. It was a pretty simple story, not on of Sarah Dessen's best, but pretty good. I actually only have 2 more Dessen books to read and I'll have gone through them all.
Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos. It's really sad when are you 1/3 of the way through a book and you realize you've read it before, but you can't remember everything that happened and that it must mean you didn't really care for it after all. And so I decided to just stop right there and move onto the next book.
Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult. I've read a few of Picoults books. Sometimes I like them, sometimes I don't. I got really into this one in the beginning, but the story didn't hold me in very well...and then of course my Kindle came and I wanted to jump right to reading on that, but was not about to purchase this book. So halfway through I decided to just stop. And I don't wonder what will happen in the end.
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris. Just a silly vampire book not deep reading, but it kept me entertained. Its also the first book I read on my lovely new Kindle. I got the first 8 (out of 10) books in the series in a box set which was a really good deal.
And finally Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife by Peggy Vincent. I really enjoyed this book! I never would have read it without recommendations, but even the reviews say its a compelling read and it was! It was so interesting to read a little about the history of obstetrics in America as well as the evolution of midwifery into a licensed medical practice. And the birth stories were crazy!! Anyway, it was really inspiring to read about so many women who found ways to handle the pain of childbirth without medication and managed to create calm environments to welcome their new babies into the world. I still wouldn't go for a home birth myself, I quite like the reassurance of safety a hospital can provide, but I've got some new ideas of how I can approach a natural child birth. I guess we'll see... Anyway I recommend this book!!
Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella was a fun mystery. Very easy read. I figured out what happened before the story got around to revealing it, but that was okay.
The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams. I saw this reviewed on a book blog and the woman gave it 5/5 stars which she rarely does. It's about a young girl who lives in a polygamist community and is "chosen" to marry her uncle. It's interesting but incredibly infuriating and I almost just stopped reading it because I couldn't stand what I read, but I decided I needed to find out what happened, so I kept on reading. I read it in a day, which I never read books that quickly, but it was a really easy read, just a heavy topic. I'd really like to know how much of it was based on fact and how much was thought up by the author...because if half of what I read is real...well I don't know, but it made me sick. I don't know that I'd recommend reading it. If you want more specifics about what bothered me feel free to ask.
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. This was another book reviewed on the book blog, and it's much better. Still a very different kind of story, but one that keeps you very intrigued and you just want to keep reading so you make time to do it. I think it would be really interesting to listen to it as an audio book because the premise of the book is listening to tapes a girl has recorded telling the 13 reasons why she committed suicide. I finished this book in one day too. Nesting has made me very productive in every way apparently.
Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen. I like Sarah Dessen books, yeah they are teen fiction, but typically they are a good story about some teen girl learning an important lesson - things I wish I'd learned in high school. Like with this one, Colie learns how to be confident, despite how others see her and treat her. It was a pretty simple story, not on of Sarah Dessen's best, but pretty good. I actually only have 2 more Dessen books to read and I'll have gone through them all.
Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos. It's really sad when are you 1/3 of the way through a book and you realize you've read it before, but you can't remember everything that happened and that it must mean you didn't really care for it after all. And so I decided to just stop right there and move onto the next book.
Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult. I've read a few of Picoults books. Sometimes I like them, sometimes I don't. I got really into this one in the beginning, but the story didn't hold me in very well...and then of course my Kindle came and I wanted to jump right to reading on that, but was not about to purchase this book. So halfway through I decided to just stop. And I don't wonder what will happen in the end.
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris. Just a silly vampire book not deep reading, but it kept me entertained. Its also the first book I read on my lovely new Kindle. I got the first 8 (out of 10) books in the series in a box set which was a really good deal.
And finally Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife by Peggy Vincent. I really enjoyed this book! I never would have read it without recommendations, but even the reviews say its a compelling read and it was! It was so interesting to read a little about the history of obstetrics in America as well as the evolution of midwifery into a licensed medical practice. And the birth stories were crazy!! Anyway, it was really inspiring to read about so many women who found ways to handle the pain of childbirth without medication and managed to create calm environments to welcome their new babies into the world. I still wouldn't go for a home birth myself, I quite like the reassurance of safety a hospital can provide, but I've got some new ideas of how I can approach a natural child birth. I guess we'll see... Anyway I recommend this book!!
Monday, 1 February 2010
January Reading
I read only 4 books in January. The first two were books two and three from the Children of the Promise series by Dean Hughes, Since You Went Away and Far From Home. I would have continued on in the series, since there are 2 books left (then 5 more in the Hearts of the Children series), but I needed a break from them.
I also read Julie & Julia after finally being inspired to read it because I loved the movie. I'd tried reading it before watching the movie and I couldn't get into it, it's definitely different from the movie, and Julie is nowhere near as charming as Amy Adams' character of Julie is in the movie. Oh well, it was alright.
And finally I read The Reading Group, just one I picked up at the library. It was interesting, I found myself skipping over the book discussions because they give away parts of the stories and there were a few I may want to read, and I didn't want the ending spoiled. It was pretty good, I did enjoy that it was written in very British English, not changed to accommodate American readers, like a lot of English books are. (Like I would love to be able to get my hands on all of the Harry Potter books that were released in England.)
I read a total of 1789 pages. =)
I also read Julie & Julia after finally being inspired to read it because I loved the movie. I'd tried reading it before watching the movie and I couldn't get into it, it's definitely different from the movie, and Julie is nowhere near as charming as Amy Adams' character of Julie is in the movie. Oh well, it was alright.
And finally I read The Reading Group, just one I picked up at the library. It was interesting, I found myself skipping over the book discussions because they give away parts of the stories and there were a few I may want to read, and I didn't want the ending spoiled. It was pretty good, I did enjoy that it was written in very British English, not changed to accommodate American readers, like a lot of English books are. (Like I would love to be able to get my hands on all of the Harry Potter books that were released in England.)
I read a total of 1789 pages. =)
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