Year in Review

I mainly started this blog to give myself a push to get back into reading. Growing up, I was not seen without my nose in a book for any long period of time. At home, in class, on the subway...whenever I got a chance, I was reading something. I loved to read. I would skip dinner and not go outside because I was too busy trying to finish my latest book. I could read 2 books a day if I really got going. But after I got out of school and started working, I could barely finish a book. I would start one, get distracted with life, put it down, and it would sit and wait...never to be picked up again. I missed my bookworm days...books were like my friends growing up. My life was not in anyway exciting, but with a book you can travel anywhere and be anyone. I missed that. So I decided to get on on it. And this blog is my way of keeping myself on track. My personal book journal, that I can look back on and see my progress. After every book finished..I would come here and write down my thoughts, mainly for me. If someone else read it and wanted to join in...hey that was a plus. So after a couple years where I was lucky to finish 3 books...last year, in 2009, since I started documenting my progress here, I have read 86 books!

I feel proud. Out of those 86 books, most were enjoyable, but a few really stood out. Here they are (not in any specific order):

A+

(5 Books.)

1. Firethorn
By Sarah Micklem

2. Goose Girl
By Shannon Hale

3. Seize the Fire
by Laura Kinsale

4. Lord of Scoundrels
By Loretta Chase

5. The Curse of Chalion
By Lois McMaster Bujold

These were all my immediate feelings after finishing the books. An interesting collection.

A

(12 Books/Series)

1.Mistborn Series
By Brandon Sanderson

2. Graceling
By: Kristin Cashore

3. The King of Attolia
By Megan Whalen Turner

4. Faefever (Fever Series #3)
By: Karen Moning

5. Bound By Your Touch
By: Meredith Duran

6. The Demon's Lexicon
By: Sarah Rees Brennan

7. The Madness of Lord Ian MacKenzie
By Jennifer Ashley

8. Flowers from the Storm
By Laura Kinsale

9.The Spymaster's Lady
By Joanna Bourne

10.The Magicians and Mrs Quent
By Galen Beckett

11. The Sharing Knife #1: Beguilment
By: Lois McMaster Bujold

12. Scarlett and the White Wolf
By Kirby Crow

There were a couple A- books as well.

A- 
(10 Books/Series)


1. Beautiful Creatures
By: Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl.

2. The Queen of Attolia
By Megan Whalen Turner

3. Darkest Powers Series
By: Kelly Armstrong

4. Inda Series
By Sherwood Smith

5.  What Happens in London
By: Julia Quinn

6. Not Quite a Husband
By: Sherry Thomas.

7. Wicked Lovely
By: Melissa Marr

8. Passage (The Sharing Knife #3)
By: Lois McMaster Bujold

9. Archangel
By Sharon Shinn

10.Melusine 
by Sarah Monette    

But these were the ones I enjoyed the most, or had the most bang to me during and after reading them. I hope every year I can increase my numbers. This journal was a good idea.