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Sanguina Cruenta

Eloquent Bloodsucker

PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 8:19 pm


Sound-off! Who's metaphorically signing up for it this year?

I certainly am. 1 down, 49 to go! 3nodding You can keep track of your books on this here thread.

My list:

1. Jingo
, Terry Pratchett
2. Dracula, Bram Stoker
3. Bedlam, Catherine Arnold
4. Confessions of an English Opium Eater, Thomas de Quincey
5. Masterharper of Pern, Anne McCaffrey
6. Coraline and Other Stories, Neil Gaiman


[Reviews]
PostPosted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:09 pm


I'm up for it again. Haven't actually read anything yet though.

January

1. The Sun Witch - Linda Winstead Jones
2. The Moon Witch - Linda Winstead Jones
3. The Star Witch - Linda Winstead Jones
4. Raintree: Inferno - Linda Howard
5. Raintree: Haunted - Linda Winstead Jones
6. Raintree: Sanctuary - Beverly Barton
7. Pawn of Prophecy - David Eddings

February

8. Queen of Sorcery - David Eddings
9. Magician's Gambit - David Eddings
10. Castle of Wizardry - David Eddings
11. Enchanter's Endgame - David Eddings
12. Guardians of the West - David Eddings
13. King of the Murgos - David Eddings
14. Demon Lord of Karanda - David Eddings
15. Sorceress of Darshiva - David Eddings
16. Seeress of Kell - David Eddings

March

17. The Diamond Throne - David Eddings
18. The Ruby Knight - David Eddings
19. The Sapphire Rose - David Eddings (and yes, I'm just going to finish it all out, because... hey why stop now blaugh )
20. Domes of Fire - David Eddings
21. The Shining Ones - David Eddings
22. The Hidden City - David Eddings
23. HP and the Sorcerer's Stone - JK Rowling
24. ... Chamber of Secrets - JK Rowling
25. ... Prison of Azkaban - JK Rowling

April

26. ... Goblet of Fire - JK Rowling
27. ... Order of the Phoenix - JK Rowling
28. ... Half-Blood Prince - JK Rowling
29. ... Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling
30. Willow - Wayland Drew
31. American Gods - Neil Gaiman
32. The Smoke Thief - Shana Abe
33. Saints Astray - Jacqueline Carey

May

34. Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness
35. Wicked - Gregory Maguire
36. code name: Verity - Elizabeth Wein
37. The Oracle Glass - Judith Merkle Riley

June

38. Kushiel's Dart - Jacqueline Carey
39. Hades' Daughter (Book One of The Troy Game) - Sara Douglass
40. Gods' Concubine (Book Two ...) - Sara Douglass
41. Darkwitch Rising (Book Three ...) - Sara Douglass
42. Druid's Sword (Book Four ...) - Sara Douglass
43. Haunted Moon - Yasmine Galenorn
44. A Night In The Lonesome October - Roger Zelazny
45. Kushiel's Chosen - Jacqueline Carey

July

46. Kushiel's Avatar - Jacqueline Carey
47. Daring to Dream - Nora Roberts
48. Holding the Dream - Nora Roberts
49. Finding the Dream - Nora Roberts
50. Kushiel's Scion - Jacqueline Carey
51. Kushiel's Justice - Jacqueline Carey
52. Kushiel's Mercy - Jacqueline Carey

(tried reading The Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny, but just didn't dig it. Which is sad because he's one of my favorite authors, but I''ve never been much into Hinduism and the book is somewhat based on that, and I just couldn't get into it at all. First time in a long time I've ever not finished a fictional book I've started.)

August

53. Heritage of Shannara series - Terry Brooks (it was 4 books, but lumping it all together under one number, because I skimmed through a good bit of them. Want to read the latest ones, but there's like a huge pile of them that I haven't read in a while in between, and don't want to really re-read the entire thing, just get the basics. xd )
54. The Ocean At The End Of The Lane - Neil Gaiman

September

55. Isle Witch - Terry Brooks
56. Antrax - Terry Brooks
57. Morgawr - Terry Brooks
58. Jarka Ruus - Terry Brooks
59. Tanequil - Terry Brooks
60. Straken - Terry Brooks
61. Wards of Faerie - Terry Brooks

October

61. Bloodfire Quest - Terry Brooks
62. Witch Wraith - Terry Brooks
63. Copper Beach - Jayne Ann Krentz
64. The Key of Light - Nora Roberts
65. The Key of Knowledge - Nora Roberts
66. The Key of Valor - Nora Roberts
67. Autumn Bones - Jacqueline Carey
68. Legacy - Cayla Kluver
69. The Wolves of Midwinter - Anne Rice

November

70. In Plain Sight (my nano book) - seriously read it like a zillion times between writing and editing and all that mess. XD

December

71. Kushiel's Dart - Jacqueline Carey

too2sweet

Tipsy Fairy


Sanguina Cruenta

Eloquent Bloodsucker

PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:12 am


You put me to shame, Sweet sweatdrop Here are mine so far:

1. Jingo, Terry Pratchett
2. Dracula, Bram Stoker
3. Bedlam, Catherine Arnold
4. Confessions of an English Opium Eater, Thomas de Quincey
5. Masterharper of Pern, Anne McCaffrey

(See Reviews Here)
PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 10:01 pm


Sanguina Cruenta
You put me to shame, Sweet sweatdrop Here are mine so far:


Nah... I've been in a really weird place this year. It helps too that almost everything I've read so far is stuff that I've read before (May is the only month that all the books were new), so it's sort of like visiting with old friends.

I'm really sort of surprised I read this much though, last year I didn't even read 50 the whole year, so no clue what crawled up my a** this go around. xd

too2sweet

Tipsy Fairy

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