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Casey's Reading Challenge (2012) - 34%
Let's see if I can do it this year!
January:
1. Darkness Falls - Cate Tiernan
2. A Touch of Power - Maria V Snyder
3. Divine Misdemeanors - Laurell K Hamilton
4. Shadow Heir - Richelle Mead
February:
5. Crossed - Ally Condie
6. Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins
7. Blood Bound - Patricia Briggs
8. Iron Kissed - Patricia Briggs
9. Bone Crossed - Patricia Briggs
10. Silver Borne - Patricia Briggs
11. River Marked - Patricia Briggs
12. The Real Inspector Hound - Tom Stoppard
13. Our Country's Good - Timberlake Wertenbaker
March:
14. The Driver's Seat - Muriel Spark
15. A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin
April:
16. Delirium - Lauren Oliver
17. Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
May:
18. The Laughing Corpse: book 3 (graphic novel) - LKH
June:
The Driver's Seat - Muriel Spark (re read)
The Driver's Seat - Muriel Spark (re read)
The Driver's Seat - Muriel Spark (re read)
July:
19. Bitterblue - Kristin Cashore
Emma - Jane Austen (re read)
20. Twelth Night - William Shakespeare
21. City of Lost Souls - Cassie Clare
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (re-read)
22. Earthly Delights - Kerry Greenwood
Love You to Death (mediator book 1) - Meg Cabot (re-read)
High Stakes (Mediator book 2) - Meg Cabot (re-read)
Mean Spirits (Mediator book 3) - Meg Cabot (re-read)
Young Blood (Mediator book 4) - Meg Cabot (re-read)
Grave Doubts (Mediator book 5) - Meg Cabot (re-read)
Heaven Sent (Mediator book 6) - Meg Cabot (re-read)
23. The Princess Diaries - Meg Cabot
24. The Princess Diaries: Take Two - Meg Cabot
25. The Princess Diaries: Third Time Lucky - Meg Cabot
26. The Princess Diaries: Mia Goes Fourth - Meg Cabot
27. Silver Tongued Devil - Jaye Wells
28. Luring a Lady - Nora Roberts
August:
29. Fire Burn and Cauldren Bubble - HP Mallory
A Chalice of Wind (Balefire 1) - Cate Tiernan (re-read)
A Circle of Ashes (Balefire 2) - Cate Tiernan (re-read)
A Feather of Stone (Balefire 3) - Cate Tiernan (re-read)
A Necklace of Water (Balefire 4) - Cate Tiernan (re-read)
30. Biting Cold - Chloe Neil
September:
31. Blue-Blooded Vamp - Jaye Wells
32. The Scorpio Races - Maggie Stiefvater
September - December
33.Eternally Yours - Cate Tiernan
34. The Fiery Cross - Diana Gabaldon
Reading:
The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien (re-read)
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
TBR:
Hallowed - Cynthia Hand
The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
With My Body - Nikki Gemmell
Eragon - Christopher Paolini
Bullet - Laurell K Hamilton
Betrayals - Lili St Crow
Cloaked - Alex Flinn
The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson
The Witching Hour - Anne Rice
Under the Never Sky - Veronica Rossi
and many many many more
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great start! Are you enjoying the Dark Swan series? Ive nearlly finished the Succubus books and im thinking of starting those soon.
I had a dream, i put my hands inside my chest and held my heart, to try to keep it still.
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I've heard that the Dark Swan series are some of the best books ever. I need to read those.
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They are! I love them 
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doesn't look like i'll even get to 50 this year 
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You'll make it! Are the LKH grphic novels good? I have never been a big fan of graphic novels, but I have read the Anita Blake series.
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"If you wanted me to rip my clothes off all you had to do was ask."- Jace <3
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All that matters is that you're reading!
I'm curious...are you just reading LKH graphic novels or have you read the actual book? I'm sure the graphic novels are great, but if you haven't read
the actual books then you REALLY need to.
I've never been a huge fan of graphic novels either, but I haven't really read any up till this quarter of school. I just did my project (I presented
yesterday) on graphic novels in k-12 schools. Right now I'm reading a graphic novel called MAUS, which is a book about the Holocaust where the mice
are the jews and the cats are the Nazis. It's actually really good so far. So, maybe I do like graphic novels. Who knew?
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Yes, I have read the books! ... I loved the first 10 or so, then they started going down hill, havn't decided if I'll read the latest one yet... don't
know if I'm quite ready to give up on the series, but the last few have been very disappointing!
I like the graphic novels! mainly because it's a quicker than re-reading the books and it's a bit new and different! ... I'm not so keen on the art
style though... Jean-claude is just not attractive in them... which is blasphemy!! lol.
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I'm currently like half way through Obsidian Butterfly. Really good..but it's taking me awhile because I'm still pretty Anita Blaked out. I heard that
they get really sexually graphic later on, though.
They made Jean Claude ugly!? He's the best character!!!!
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well, I guess they didn't do it on purpose... I just don't find their depiction of him attractive
yeah, Anita goes from being celebate in the first few books to having orgies with randoms, lol.
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Great list!
Quote: Originally posted by caseyjarryn  | Let's see if I can do it this year!
January:
1. Darkness Falls - Cate Tiernan
2. A Touch of Power - Maria V Snyder
3. Divine Misdemeanors - Laurell K Hamilton
4. Shadow Heir - Richelle Mead
February:
5. Crossed - Ally Condie
6. Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins
7. Blood Bound - Patricia Briggs
8. Iron Kissed - Patricia Briggs
9. Bone Crossed - Patricia Briggs
10. Silver Borne - Patricia Briggs
11. River Marked - Patricia Briggs
12. The Real Inspector Hound - Tom Stoppard
13. Our Country's Good - Timberlake Wertenbaker
March:
14. The Driver's Seat - Muriel Spark
15. A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin
April:
16. Delirium - Lauren Oliver
17. Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
May:
18. The Laughing Corpse: book 3 (graphic novel) - LKH
Reading:
City of Lost Souls - Cassie Clare
The Fiery Cross - Diana Gabaldon
The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien (re-read)
TBR:
Hallowed - Cynthia Hand
The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
With My Body - Nikki Gemmell
Eragon - Christopher Paolini
Bullet - Laurell K Hamilton
Betrayals - Lili St Crow
Cloaked - Alex Flinn
The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson
The Witching Hour - Anne Rice
Under the Never Sky - Veronica Rossi
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I must add it to my virtual bookshelf !!
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Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
That is NOT attractive at ALL!
ick.
with randoms?! It's not just with the regular characters?!
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well a lot of them become regulars, but yeah sometimes it's just with whoever happens to be in the room, because of the Ardeur (don't know if you've
got up to that)... she has to have sex or she'll drain the life out of the guys in her triumvirate and then die herself (I think that's it anyway,
it's been a few books since they explained that stuff) ... and basically anyone nearby when it happens gets majorly turned on.
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Finished City of Lost Souls! The first half was pretty slow, but after the antique shop scene things picked up and got exciting! Can't wait for the
next one... Definitely hope Jace gets to play the hero in the next one though!
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Just re-read the mediator series, Gosh I love Meg Cabots books
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I'm on a role this month :-)
Absolutely love Jaye Wells' Sabina Kane series!! Adam is definitely one of my favourite fictional boyfriends ;-)
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Just finished Biting Cold... I don't think this one was my favourite of the series, but definitely enjoyed it!! I do think that Mallory got off very
lightly though...
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The whole thing with Mallory kind of ticked me off. I mean...I wanted more to happen with her..and I thought that she was taken care of VERY early in
the book. I also wasn't a big fan of the Tate twist.
Biting Cold was amazing...not my fave in the series...but I enjoyed it[=
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wow... not even close this year
Right, that's it. ... New Years Resolution: Start reading more again!!! At least 50 books this year!
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