tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90617869338823736812024-03-12T17:19:34.329-07:00The Library of... Book Dragonjust a place to show off my shelvesBook Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11078900987400537432noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9061786933882373681.post-53140420103535103852011-04-19T03:14:00.000-07:002011-04-19T03:47:58.649-07:00new plan?WOW did I ever fail with this plan! I do find it interesting to know when I planned to read my review books and thought I'd modify/add to it.<br /><br />This was going to be for 2010 but there are still a couple of weeks left of 2009.... Now, I've signed up for 11 Book Tours. Two are on the list but I don't know when the others will arrive so they'll need to squeeze in.<br /><br />edited 1-6-10: sigh, already a month behind. Challenges have been joined, categories changed...waiting to hear about more review books, have not received <i>Flying Free</i>. ~Apr2011 still have not received Flying Free<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~December 2009~</span><br /></div><s>Moonstone</s> - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review</span><br />The Masonic Myth - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review</span><br /><s>The Male Factor </s>- <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /><br /></span>Read but need reviews (may need to reread!)<br />Right Side of the Tracks<br />True North<br />Red in the Flower Bed<br />Nine Things Nathan Noticed at Night<br />Second Chance<br />The Tallest of smalls<br />The Man Who Loved Books Too Much<br />Benny & Shrimp<br />A Circle of Souls<br /><s>A Sportscaster's Guide to Watching Football</s><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~January 2010~</span><br /></div> Across the Endless River - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Nibble and Kuhn - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Children of Dust - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>the Lie - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Only in New York, Darling! - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Health Beyond Medicine - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~February 2010~</span><br /></div> Dirty Little Angels - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review</span><br />Prince Harming Syndrome - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Solace - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Whiskey Gulf - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review </span><span style="font-size:100%;">read, needs review</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span>The Recipe Club - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>The Hunt for Atlantis - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Stepmonster- <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~March 2010~</span><br /></div>But Then Again I Could Be Wrong - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review</span><br />Thirsty - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>The Manufactured Identity - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Life After 187 - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Possible Futures - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Defenders of the Scroll - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>The Art of Meaningful Living- <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~April 2010~</span><br /></div>Agony Hill - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review</span><br />The Silent Gift - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>The Cost of Dreams - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Yellow Moon - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>The Gathering Storm - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Playing House - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Your Legacy of Love- <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /><br /></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~May 2010~</span><br /></div>The Alphabet Challenge - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review</span><br />Miracle in Sumatra - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Janeology - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Conflicts with Interest - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>A Songbird in My Heart - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Raising Dragons - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>The Brimstone Murders- <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~June 2010~</span><br /></div>Rainbow in the Night - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review (in the mail)</span><br />plus three challenge books<br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~July 2010~</span><br /></div>Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review</span><br />On the Edge - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review</span><br />Flying Free - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review (in the mail, still)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span>plus six challenge books<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~August 2010~</span><br /></div>Ten challenge books<span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~September 2010~</span><br /></div>Six challenge books<span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~October 2010~</span><br /></div>six challenge books<span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~November 2010~</span><br /></div>eight challenge books<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~December 2010~</span><br /></div>five challenge books<span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><br />And.... On Top of All That......<br /><br /><br />~Tour Books:<br />When the Whistle Blows<br />Shadowed Summer<br />Forget-Her-Nots<br />Dark Divine<br />Princess For Hire<br />Unity<br />Gateway<br />Out of the Pumpkin Shell<br />By the Time You Read This I'll Be Dead<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~Books Received 2011~</span><br /></div>The Haunted Ebook <span style="font-size:85%;">(ebook)</span><br />Welcome to Town <span style="font-size:85%;">(ebook)</span><br />Cloud Crash <span style="font-size:85%;">(ebook)</span><br />Ancient Awakenings<br />Northlight <span style="font-size:85%;">(ebook?)</span><br />40+ and Fabulous<br />Kekula<br /><s>If a Dog Could Blog</s><br /><s>Any Witch Way</s> <span style="font-size:85%;">(ebook)</span><br />A Modern Witch <span style="font-size:85%;">(ebook)</span><br />Gone <span style="font-size:85%;">(ebook)</span><br />Bullet Work<br />Economic Meltdown<br />Bridge to Happiness <span style="font-size:85%;">(print & ebook)</span><br />White Sleeper<br />A Map Across Time (in the mail)<br />Deadfall by Shaun Jeffrey<br />Too Near the Edge by Lynn Osterkamp<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Challenges for 2011<br /><br /><br />+11 in '11<br />50 States<br />J. Kaye's 100+<br />A to Z, titles<br />Alphabet Challenge, characters<br /><br />ARC Challenge<br />BEDA, Blog Every Day April<br />Birth Year Reading Challenge<br />The Chronicles of Narnia, read-a-long<br />Color Coded<br /><br />Cozy Mystery Challenge<br />Cruisin' thru the Cozies<br />E-Book Challenge<br />Foodie's Reading Challenge<br />The Harlequin/Silhouette Reading Challenge<br /><br />Memorable Memoirs<br />Mental Illness Advocacy<br />Monthly Mix-up Mania, two years!<br />The Non-Fiction Challenge<br />Off the Shelves<br /><br />Paranormal/Fantasy Romance Challenge<br />Read to Me<br />Reading Challenge Addict<br />Romance Reading Challenge<br />Spring Reading Thing, Mar 20-Jun 20<br /><br />What's in a Name 4<br />Where Are You Reading?<br />Young ReadersBook Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11078900987400537432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9061786933882373681.post-60490911436017827282011-04-19T03:05:00.000-07:002011-04-19T03:09:34.893-07:00Maggie SeftonKnitting Mystery<br /><br />1. Knit One, Kill Two<br />2. Needled to Death<br />3. A Deadly Yarn<br />4. A Killer Stitch<br />5. Dryer Consequences<br />6. Fleece Navidad<br />7. Dropped Dead Stitch<br />8. Skein of the Crime (2010)<br />9. Unraveled (2011)<br /><br />I'm fairly certain I own 1-6 and have read 1-7.<br />The series takes place in ColoradoBook Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11078900987400537432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9061786933882373681.post-84860334213649204982011-04-19T02:58:00.001-07:002011-04-19T03:03:21.666-07:00Elizabeth Lynn CaseySouthern Sewing Circle Mystery<br /><br />1. Sew Deadly (2009) - own, unread<br />2. Death Threads (2010)<br />3. Pinned for Murder (2010)<br />4. Deadly Notions (2011)<br />5. Dangerous Alterations (2011)Book Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11078900987400537432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9061786933882373681.post-804770292332034792011-04-19T02:36:00.000-07:002011-04-19T02:53:20.425-07:00Monica FerrisMonica Ferris writes the series "Needlecraft Mysteries", <a target="http://www.monica-ferris.com/" href="http://www.monica-ferris.com/">author's website</a>, and participates on the blog <a target="http://killerhobbies.blogspot.com/" href="http://killerhobbies.blogspot.com/">Killer Hobbies</a> with four other writers.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">About the Series</span><br />When Betsy Devonshire arrived in *Excelsior, Minnesota, all she wanted was to visit her sister Margot and to get her life in order. She never dreamed her sister would give her a place to stay and a job at her needlecraft shop. In fact, things had never looked so good - until Margot was murdered… <p>The art of needlecraft requires patience, discipline, and creativity. So, too, does the art of detection. Just ask Betsy - who's learning that life in a small-town needlecraft shop can reveal an unexpected knack for knitting … and a hidden talent for unravelling crime.</p><span style="font-size:130%;">Book Titles</span><p>1. Crewel World</p><p>2. Framed in Lace</p><p>3. A Stitch in Time</p><p>4. Unraveled Sleeve</p><p>5. A Murderous Yarn</p><p>6. Hanging by a Thread</p><p>7. Cutwork</p><p>8. Crewel Yule</p><p>9. Embroidered Truths</p><p>10. Sins and Needles</p><p>11. Knitting Bones</p><p>12. Thai Die</p><p>13. Buttons and Bones</p><p>14. Threadbare (2011)<br /></p><br /><p><br /></p><p>* Excelsior, Minnesota is a real city but I don't recall how much of it is actually in the books, here is their <a target="http://www.ci.excelsior.mn.us/" href="http://www.ci.excelsior.mn.us/">website</a><br /></p>Book Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11078900987400537432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9061786933882373681.post-35224824757383366072010-01-06T08:41:00.000-08:002010-01-06T08:43:04.745-08:00Carpathian Novels<a target="http://www.christinefeehan.com/" href="http://www.christinefeehan.com/"></a><center><a target="http://www.christinefeehan.com/" href="http://www.christinefeehan.com/">The Official Website of Christine Feehan</a></center><br /><br />This, unfinished, page is to help me keep track of where Ms. Feehan is at in the Dark Series and which ones I have.<br /><br /><br />With the publication of <b>Dark Slayer</b>, there are now 20 books. I do not have them all and now I'm wondering where the ones I do own are.<br /><br /><blockquote>The Carpathians. A long-lived but dying race living mostly in the Carpathian Mountains. Males lose the ability to see in other than drab grays and shadows about the same time they lose their emotions. They were essentially predators, the darkness growing and spreading in them until they had no emotion, nothing but the dark in a gray, cold world. It was necessary to find their missing half, the lifemate that would bring them forever into the light. Without their lifemate, many of the males gave up their souls to become the undead in desperation. There were few females and they mostly had males, when they carried to term.<br /><br />Human women could not be converted without becoming deranged and having to be destroyed. It had been tried.</blockquote><br /><br />BOOK #1: DARK PRINCE (ebook on Touch & mmp?)<br />BOOK #2: DARK DESIRE (ebook on Touch & mmp?)<br />BOOK #3: DARK GOLD (ebook on Touch & mmp?)<br />BOOK #4: DARK MAGIC (ebook on Touch & mmp?)<br />BOOK #5: DARK CHALLENGE (mmp?)<br />BOOK #6: DARK FIRE (mmp?)<br />BOOK #7: DARK DREAM (mmp?)<br />BOOK #8: DARK LEGEND (mmp?)<br />BOOK #9: DARK GUARDIAN (mmp?)<br />BOOK #10: DARK SYMPHONY (mmp?)<br />BOOK #11: DARK DESCENT<br />BOOK #12: DARK MELODY (mmp?)<br />BOOK #13: DARK DESTINY<br />BOOK #14: DARK HUNGER<br />BOOK #15: DARK SECRET (ebook on Touch)<br />BOOK #16: DARK DEMON (ebook on Touch)<br />BOOK #17: DARK CELEBRATION<br />BOOK #18: DARK POSSESSION<br />BOOK #19: DARK CURSE (hardcover?)<br />BOOK #20: DARK SLAYER<br /><br />Paranormal Romance<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Book 1: Dark Prince</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_lKfbrV4s5BJKgD28W4xnaF8OSaCbab5rvBM6mE743O4Av_D9au0-t0pRt9FaQ6AMQxZmbc-eR8GSQCMPUSE2mRYo9qWr3fp7GkufiVULg-fKtO2iE4nTaDc4OGInIyyNQCEtZZeoVYB4/s1600-h/darkprince.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 173px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_lKfbrV4s5BJKgD28W4xnaF8OSaCbab5rvBM6mE743O4Av_D9au0-t0pRt9FaQ6AMQxZmbc-eR8GSQCMPUSE2mRYo9qWr3fp7GkufiVULg-fKtO2iE4nTaDc4OGInIyyNQCEtZZeoVYB4/s400/darkprince.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423659432279257186" border="0" /></a><br />Release Date: April 1, 2005<br />Number of Pages: 464 pages<br />Publisher: Leisure Books<br />Language: English<br />ISBN: 0843955287<br /><a target="http://www.christinefeehan.com/dark_prince/chapter1.php" href="http://www.christinefeehan.com/dark_prince/chapter1.php">chapter one</a><br /><br />Mikhail Dubrinsky & Raven Whitney<br /><br />Mikhail is the Carpathian leader and contemplating seeking the dawn. Raven is a human psychic on break from a hard-boiled case. She senses his pain and speaks to Mikhail telepathically.<br /><br />Chapter one is a wonderful introduction to the basics of the race.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Book 2: Dark Desire</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZrTHyq_65Nm1-G9DrSiCMWBY8MUCrHqjFG1JoD7I6mUbFcrsuV0tDDoft0Ykbm1rCUR5B88Iu_Rvs-2jyF5n9MBMUxGHDwIZOJLMEd9E2oayBPaihifZh1FVMxKmk3BAEE7s37v4g_8t/s1600-h/darkdesire.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZrTHyq_65Nm1-G9DrSiCMWBY8MUCrHqjFG1JoD7I6mUbFcrsuV0tDDoft0Ykbm1rCUR5B88Iu_Rvs-2jyF5n9MBMUxGHDwIZOJLMEd9E2oayBPaihifZh1FVMxKmk3BAEE7s37v4g_8t/s400/darkdesire.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423659420539186962" border="0" /></a><br />Release Date: January 2006<br />Number of Pages: 369 pages<br />Publisher: Leisure Books<br />Language: English<br />ISBN: 0843956534<br /><a target="http://www.christinefeehan.com/dark_desire/chapter1.php" href="http://www.christinefeehan.com/dark_desire/chapter1.php">excerpt</a><br /><br /><br />Jacques & Shea O'Halloran<br /><br />Jacques has been caught, tortured and buried alive, so close the soil he needs to heel but well and truly caught in a coffin with a stake in his heart.<br /><br />Shea is an American surgeon on the run from the same men/society, that caught Jacques. She heads to the Carpathian Mountains.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Book 3: Dark Gold</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxJnZPIzDpOFyWEJvDk_W2umroHe2zPlpb8BkkA__m3ubXnl6hfug9mHpjkEnKQEZ4sfmMMkSUAvWm6PPY4eC1PULMn4ylMS7493nmxTksw28Icok6sStWNrCZM_7vSJzxtofI5gwq6DLB/s1600-h/darkgold.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxJnZPIzDpOFyWEJvDk_W2umroHe2zPlpb8BkkA__m3ubXnl6hfug9mHpjkEnKQEZ4sfmMMkSUAvWm6PPY4eC1PULMn4ylMS7493nmxTksw28Icok6sStWNrCZM_7vSJzxtofI5gwq6DLB/s400/darkgold.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423659429696455922" border="0" /></a><br />Release Date: April 2000<br />Number of Pages: 320 pages<br />Publisher: Love Spell<br />Language: English<br />ISBN: 0505523752<br /><a target="http://www.christinefeehan.com/dark_gold/chapter1.php" href="http://www.christinefeehan.com/dark_gold/chapter1.php">excerpt</a><br /><br />Aidan Savage & Alexandria HoutonBook Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11078900987400537432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9061786933882373681.post-89653797183777419672010-01-06T08:10:00.000-08:002010-01-06T08:43:57.491-08:00Christine Feehan<span style="font-size:180%;">Christine Feehan</span><br /><br /><b>The Dark Series</b> Paranormal Romance, vampire-like<br />The Carpathian's are a long-lived, blood-drinking, sub-species of human. They do not take life in their feeding unless "turned" then they truly become vampires.<br /><br /><a target="http://bookdragonslibrary.blogspot.com/2010/01/carpathian-novels.html" href="http://bookdragonslibrary.blogspot.com/2010/01/carpathian-novels.html">my Carpathian page</a><br /><br /><b>The Drake Sisters</b>, paranormal romance<br />The Drake sisters live in Sea Haven, a sleepy coastal town with more than it's share of paranormal danger. A prophecy about the sisters and their home and the gift that each sister has plays a central part of each book<br /><br /><br />Magic in the Wind (inside Lovers Beware)<br />The Twilight Before Christmas<br />Oceans of Fire<br />Dangerous Tides<br />Safe Harbor<br />Turbulent Sea<br />Hidden Currents<br /><br /><br /><b>GhostWalkers</b><br />Science experiments gone wrong and the men who are trying to save the women experimented on.<br /><br />Shadow Game<br />Mind Game<br />Night Game<br />Conspiracy Game<br />Deadly Game<br />Predatory Game<br />Murder Game<br />Street Game<br /><br /><br /><b>Leopard Series</b><br />Shape-shifters and the wild jungles. Similar feel as the Carpathians.<br /><br />The Awakening (inside Fantasy and Fever)<br />Wild Rain (inside Fever)<br />Burning Wild<br />Wild Fire (April 27, 2010)<br /><br /><br /><b>Christmas Stories</b><br />CHRISTINE FEEHAN HOLIDAY TREASURY is a reissue of three of Ms. Feehan's previously released Christmas titles. After the Music, The Twilight Before Christmas, & Rocky Mountain Miracle<br /><br />THE WICKED AND WONDROUS is a reissue of After The Music & The Twilight Before Christmas<br /><br />After the Music (inside A Very Gothic Christmas)<br />The Twilight Before Christmas<br />Rocky Mountain Miracle (inside Shadows of Christmas Past)<br /><br /><br /><b>single titles</b><br /><br />The Scarletti Curse<br />Lair of the LionBook Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11078900987400537432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9061786933882373681.post-90680004304097962102009-12-16T12:39:00.000-08:002009-12-16T13:05:45.730-08:00Monthly Mixer Mele Reading Plan<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Monthly Mixer Mele</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">hosted at Jen's Book Talk</span><br />Challenge dates are Nov 1, 2009 to Nov 2, 2010.<br /></div><br /><br />N - Nibble & Kuhn<br />O - Only in New York, Darling!<br />V - <i>The Vanishing Sculptor</i> - <span style="font-size:85%;">read Nov 29</span><br />E - On the Edge<br />M - <i>A Magical Christmas Present</i> - <span style="font-size:85%;">finished Dec 8</span><br />B - <i>Blaze of Memory</i> - <span style="font-size:85%;">finished Dec 9</span><br />E - Across the <u>E</u>ndless River<br />R - The Recipe Club<br /><br />D - <i>The Dragon in the Sock Drawer</i> - <span style="font-size:85%;">finished Nov 4</span><br />E - Ender in Exile<br />C - <i>The Cat Who Saw Stars</i> - <span style="font-size:85%;">finished Nov 4</span><br />E - Earth by David Brin<br />M - Moonstone<br />B - <i>Begger's Banquet</i> - <span style="font-size:85%;">finished Nov 24</span><br />E - Ender's Game<br />R - Raising Dragons<br /><br />J - Janeology<br />A - Dirty Little Angels<br />N -<br />U -<br />A - The Hunt for Atlantis<br />R - Where the Red Fern Grows<br />Y - Yellow Moon<br /><br />F - <i>Falling into the Sun</i> - <span style="font-size:85%;">finished Dec 1 & reviewed</span><br />E - Elantis<br />B - <i>The Black Stallion and the Shape-shifter</i> - <span style="font-size:85%;">finished Nov 14</span><br />R -<br />U - Unity<br />A - The Art of Meaningful Living<br />R -<br />Y - Your Legacy of Love<br /><br />M - The Masonic Myth<br />A - Life <u>A</u>fter 187<br />R - Rainbow in the Night<br />C - The Cost of Dreams <span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br />H - <i>A Highlander Christmas</i> - <span style="font-size:85%;">finished Nov 28</span><br /><br />A - The Alphabet Challenge<br />P - Possible Futures<br />R - The Lace <u>R</u>eader<br />I - The Manufactured <u>I</u>dentity<br />L - the Lie<br /><br />M - Miracle in Sumatra<br />A - Agony Hill<br />Y - New <u>Y</u>ear's Quilt<br /><br />J - Just Breathe - may change<br />U - Always Looking <u>U</u>p<br />N - It Happened One <u>N</u>ight<br />E - Nineteen <u>E</u>ighty-four<br /><br />J -<br />U -<br />L - Lavender Morning<br />Y - A Good Yarn<br /><br />A - But Then <u>A</u>gain I Could Be Wrong<br />U - <i>The Cat Who went Underground</i> - <span style="font-size:85%;">finished Nov 3</span><br />G - The Gathering Storm<br />U -<br />S - <i>A Snowflake in My Hand</i> - <span style="font-size:85%;">finished Nov 13</span><br />T - Thirsty<br /><br />S - <i>A Sportscaster's Guide to Watching Football</i> - <span style="font-size:85%;">finished Nov 3</span><br />E - Empire<br />P - Playing House<br />T - <i>That Holiday Feeling</i> - <span style="font-size:85%;">finished Dec 6</span><br />E - Life, the Universe & <u>E</u>verything<br />M - The Male Factor<br />B - The Brimstone Murders<br />E -<br />R - Rogue Warrior<br /><br />O - The Last Olympian<br />C - <i>The Christmas List</i> - <span style="font-size:85%;">finished Nov 26</span><br />T - <i>The Tallest of smalls</i> - <span style="font-size:85%;">finished Nov 17</span><br />O - Out of the Pumpkin Shell<br />B - Black Beauty<br />E - The Real <u>E</u>nemy<br />R -<br /><br />All the books list are either review/tour books or titles that I own. I'm hoping the blank spaces can be filled out with library books. I do know that one "U" book must be purchased (The Gardner Heist) but I want to read that for another challenge.<br /><br />In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak (banned/challenged)<br />Ubik by Philip K. Dirk (60's, Mind Voyages)<br />The Quantum Rose (A-Z(Q), Mind Voyages)<br />Riders of the Purple Sage (Colorful)<br />Yesterday's Lies by Lisa Jackson (LJ)<br />Just Over the Mountain<br />Unspoken (LJ)<br />The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's largest unsolved Art Theft by Ulrich Boser<br />A Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L'Engle<br />6 Rainer DriveBook Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11078900987400537432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9061786933882373681.post-40413252007598070592009-12-12T15:17:00.000-08:002010-01-06T08:49:23.094-08:00Reading PlanThis was going to be for 2010 but there are still a couple of weeks left of 2009.... Now, I've signed up for 11 Book Tours. Two are on the list but I don't know when the others will arrive so they'll need to squeeze in.<br /><br />edited 1-6: sigh, already a month behind. Challenges have been joined, categories changed...waiting to hear about more review books, have not received <i>Flying Free</i>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~December 2009~</span><br /></div><s>Moonstone</s> - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review</span><br />The Masonic Myth - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review</span><br />The Male Factor - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review (if it ever gets here)<br /><br /></span>Read but need reviews (may need to reread!)<br />Right Side of the Tracks<br />True North<br />Red in the Flower Bed<br />Nine Things Nathan Noticed at Night<br />Second Chance<br />The Tallest of smalls<br />The Man Who Loved Books Too Much<br />Benny & Shrimp<br />A Circle of Souls<br /><s>A Sportscaster's Guide to Watching Football</s><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~January 2010~</span><br /></div> Across the Endless River - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Nibble and Kuhn - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Children of Dust - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>the Lie - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Only in New York, Darling! - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Health Beyond Medicine - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span><br />Wicked Games - <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">twitter read-along with J.Kaye</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~February 2010~</span><br /></div> Dirty Little Angels - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review</span><br />Prince Harming Syndrome - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Solace - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Whiskey Gulf - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>The Recipe Club - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>The Hunt for Atlantis - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Stepmonster- <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~March 2010~</span><br /></div>But Then Again I Could Be Wrong - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review</span><br />Thirsty - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>The Manufactured Identity - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Life After 187 - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Possible Futures - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Defenders of the Scroll - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>The Art of Meaningful Living- <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~April 2010~</span><br /></div>Agony Hill - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review</span><br />The Silent Gift - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>The Cost of Dreams - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Yellow Moon - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>The Gathering Storm - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Playing House - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Your Legacy of Love- <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /><br /></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~May 2010~</span><br /></div>The Alphabet Challenge - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review</span><br />Miracle in Sumatra - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Janeology - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Conflicts with Interest - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>A Songbird in My Heart - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>Raising Dragons - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review<br /></span>The Brimstone Murders- <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~June 2010~</span><br /></div>Rainbow in the Night - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review (in the mail)</span><br />"I" title for Rainbow Connection - Invisible Man?<br />"V" title for Rainbow Connection - Vision in White <span style="font-size:85%;">(also Colorful)</span><br />A Cat Sleuth challenge book<br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~July 2010~</span><br /></div>Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review? awaiting replay</span><br />On the Edge - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review</span><br />Flying Free - <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >read & review (in the mail, still)</span><br />In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak <span style="font-size:85%;">(banned)</span><br />Where the Red Fern Grows <span style="font-size:85%;">(Colorful)</span><br />Life in the Pits <span style="font-size:85%;">(What's in a Name?)</span><br />Out of the Pocket <span style="font-size:85%;">(GBLT)</span><br />A Clockwork Orange<span style="font-size:85%;"> (Colorful, 100Best)<br /></span>Samantha's Cowboy <span style="font-size:85%;">(Harlequin)</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~August 2010~</span><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ></span>Earth <span style="font-size:85%;">(Mind Voyages)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span>Storm Glass <span style="font-size:85%;">(Harlequin)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span>a Lisa Jackson book <span style="font-size:85%;">(Lisa Jackson)<br /></span>Black Beauty <span style="font-size:85%;">(Colorful)<br /></span>Magic trilogy by Mercedes Lackey <span style="font-size:85%;">(GBLT)<br /></span>a Reading through the Seasons book <span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span>Lavender Morning <span style="font-size:85%;">(Colorful)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~September 2010~</span><br /></div> The Cat Who Walks through Walls <span style="font-size:85%;">(Mind Voyages)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span>a Nora Roberts book <span style="font-size:85%;">(Harlequin)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span>a Lisa Jackson book <span style="font-size:85%;">(Lisa Jackson)<br /></span>Riders of the Purple Sage <span style="font-size:85%;">(Colorful)<br /></span>a Reading through the Seasons book <span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span>The Picture of Dorian Gray <span style="font-size:85%;">(Colorful)</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~October 2010~</span><br /></div> That Hideous Strength <span style="font-size:85%;">(Mind Voyages, 10*10-10/dusty)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span>Her Baby out of the Blue <span style="font-size:85%;">(Harlequin, Colorful)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span>a Lisa Jackson book <span style="font-size:85%;">(Lisa Jackson)<br /></span>The Quantum Rose <span style="font-size:85%;">(Mind Voyages)</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span>a Reading through the Seasons book <span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span>Moreta <span style="font-size:85%;">(Mind Voyages)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~November 2010~</span><br /></div> To Kill a Mockingbird <span style="font-size:85%;">(banned)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span>Moon Over Water <span style="font-size:85%;">(Harlequin)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span>a Lisa Jackson book <span style="font-size:85%;">(Lisa Jackson)<br /></span>a Lisa Jackson book <span style="font-size:85%;">(Lisa Jackson)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span>a Reading through the Seasons book<br />a Disney Literature book<br />Ubik <span style="font-size:85%;">(Voyages, 10*10*10/60's)<br /></span>1984 <span style="font-size:85%;">(banned, 100Best)<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~December 2010~</span><br /></div>A Wrinkle in Time <span style="font-size:85%;">(banned)</span><br /> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > </span>Slaughterhouse-Five <span style="font-size:85%;">(Voyages, 100Best)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span>Ender's Game <span style="font-size:85%;">(Voyages)</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span>a Lisa Jackson book <span style="font-size:85%;">(Lisa Jackson)</span><br />How to Tempt a Duke <span style="font-size:85%;">(Harlequin)</span><br /><br /><br />And.... On Top of All That......<br /><br />~Challenges<br />GBLT challenge books (8+)<br />Toss Me a Frosty One - <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I'm hosting! Summer</span></span><br />Fall in Love - <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I'm hosting! Fall</span></span><br />Spring into Action - <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I'm hosting! Spring<br /></span></span>Chill Baby, Chill - <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I'm hosting! Winter</span></span><br />Monthly Mixer Mele - 2-J's, ...<br /><br />~Tour Books:<br />When the Whistle Blows<br />Shadowed Summer<br />Forget-Her-Nots<br />Dark Divine<br />Princess For Hire<br />Unity<br />Gateway<br />Out of the Pumpkin Shell<br />By the Time You Read This I'll Be Dead<br /><br />~For 10*10*10 <span style="font-size:85%;">(some of these are taken care of in the list above but I've still got to figure out which books go where)</span><br />young adult<br />Christian Fiction<br />Non-Fiction<br />Romance<br />Perpetual Challenge books<br />fantasy/Sci-fi<br />Mystery/thriller/suspense<br />dusty or forgotten from my shelves<br />60's<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span>Book Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11078900987400537432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9061786933882373681.post-83787091275869037292009-10-03T16:30:00.000-07:002009-10-03T17:10:06.298-07:00Richelle MeadI had heard about or seen several books I thought looked good but they were not the first of the series or I already had too big of a stack and put them aside. It was <i>Vampire Adademy</i> that sent me to the web to find out more. If I hadn't just gone on a bit of a spending spree, I'd be at the book store right now picking up <i>Frostbite</i>.<br /><br /><br /><b>Anthologies</b><br />Immortal: Love Stories With Bite - Blue Moon<br /><br />Eternal Lover - City of Demons<br /> A Georgina story, takes place between books 2 and 3.<br /><br />Dreams and Desires - Brushstrokes<br /> This is a Georgina story also. Dreams and Desires was a small-release charity anthology, the proceeds of which benefit a shelter for abused women. It doesn't show up in most stores, but it can be ordered at <a target="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Dreams-and-Desires/Marci-Baun/e/9781934069226/?itm=2" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Dreams-and-Desires/Marci-Baun/e/9781934069226/?itm=2">Barnes and Noble online</a>.<br /><br />Kisses From Hell - as of yet untitled short about Lissa's parents (Vampire Academy) to be released in 2010.<br /><br /><br /><b>Dark Swan</b> - adult series<br />Eugenie Markham didn't want any of this. Until now, she's been content with her job as a freelance shaman, battling and banishing Otherworldly creatures. When a prophecy makes her the Otherworld's most popular bachelorette, Eugenie finds herself fighting off supernatural suitors, as well as the evils that begin emerging from her past...<br /><br />#1 Storm Born<br />#2 Thorn Queen<br />#3 Iron Crowned - 2010<br />#4 planned<br /><br /><br /><b>Georgina Kincaid</b> - her first series, written for adults<br />As if love wasn't hard enough! Imagine not being able to touch your boyfriend without sucking away his soul. Welcome to the world of Georgina Kincaid, a reluctant succubus who always seems to find herself in the middle of supernatural intrigue...<br /><br />#1 Succubus Blues<br />#2 Succubus on Top<br />#3 Succubus Dreams<br />#4 Succubus Heat<br />#5 Succubus Shadows - March 30, 2010<br />#6 planned for 2011<br /><br /><br /><b>Vampire Academy</b> - young adult<br />Two races of vampires walk our world. The Moroi are alive and wield elemental magical, while the Strigoi are undead and evil--feeding on the innocent to survive. Rose Hathaway--a half-vampire with poor impulse control--is training to be a bodyguard for a Moroi princess. Learning to decapitate and stake is hard enough, but Rose's real danger may lie in an illicit romance with one of her instructors...<br /><br />#1 Vampire Academy<br />#2 Frostbite<br />#3 Shadow Kiss<br />#4 Blood Promise<br />#5 Spirit Bound - May 2010<br />#6 planned for late 2010Book Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11078900987400537432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9061786933882373681.post-34388026933167610052009-08-24T07:14:00.000-07:002009-10-03T16:30:11.754-07:00Garrison AllenAs near as I can tell, Garrison Allen wrote six books in the "Big Mike" mystery series. I have all six.<br /><br /><blockquote>Penelope Warren calls her bookstore Mycroft & Co., in honor of the cat who presides there. Tough and macho, Big Mike is ready to match wit and claw with the most cunning critter. For when it comes to catching a killer, this lethal weapon is always up to scratch.</blockquote><br /><br /><b>Desert Cat</b>, 300 pages<br /><br />Meddlesome, mean-spirited Louise Fletcher was high on everyone's least-liked list. An expert ta backstabbing, she is found with a knife between her shoulder blades and a death grip on a bright new penny. Everyone in Empty Creek has a motive, but the police are stymied. so it's up to Penelope and her felicitous feline partner to sniff out Louise's secrets, paw through her past-and pounce on a deadly killer who seems to have nine lives.<br /><br /><b>Royal Cat</b>. 287 pages<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc36V4rDakytovl5bOGWPwSfKoVQdZOFQ-iHmFkwXq5gMXYUP7B_bYg8O-EoLKnT5KdSEIuE-FpRPRJ6S8v8C5SE8GaNtR3xUf2LmAEDp6VWHF8k4gXW7csVCRphPK-XJedCxTshYwnR-Z/s1600-h/royalcat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 105px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc36V4rDakytovl5bOGWPwSfKoVQdZOFQ-iHmFkwXq5gMXYUP7B_bYg8O-EoLKnT5KdSEIuE-FpRPRJ6S8v8C5SE8GaNtR3xUf2LmAEDp6VWHF8k4gXW7csVCRphPK-XJedCxTshYwnR-Z/s400/royalcat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374164858464690546" border="0" /></a>The annual Elizabethan Spring Faire has transformed Empty Creek, Arizona into Merry Olde England. Anyone who misbehaves may be sent summarily to the stocks.<br /><br />But more than mischief is afoot when Carolyn Lewis, the less-than-popular retired teacher playing The Virgin Queen, is executed in the dark of night. Her crown passes to Penelope, then the murderer takes an encore, and it's up to her and Big Mike to take their sleuthing behind the scenes...were death treads the boards and a cunning killer refuses to be upstaged.<br /><br /><b>Stable Cat</b>, 292 pages<br /><br />The Great Arabiain Horse Show is in town but high riding and good times is not to be. First a prize stallion disappears then his trainer is found outside the empty stall, shot through the heart.<br /><br />Penelope and Big Mike unearth a string of puzzling leads. In pursuit of answers, a game detective and sly puss race down a rocky trail of shifting identities and secret scandals, through an obstacle course of cunning schemes and private peccadilloes...and into a deadly phot finish against a vengful killer who might just call all the shots.<br /><br /><b>Baseball Cat</b>, 320 pages<br /><br />Barely out of the dugout, trying to break a hot losing streak, the Coyotes are hoping to star in the minor leagues. But before the first not of the National Anthem is sung, someone uses the owner's head for a baseball and scores a deadly hit.<br /><br />Management squabbles, money troubles, marital mayhem and an ex-major leaguer struggling to make a comeback don't make it any easier to understand why the murder weapon bears a very small set of fingerprints; what the strange file found in the team office means; or whether the victim has been concealing a secret lover. With a team of suspects, Penelope and Mycroft soon find themselves threatened by a clever killer ready to risk the whole game to get away with murder and steal home.<br /><br /><b>Dinosaur Cat</b>, 318 pages<br /><br />When the discovery of a baby Seismosaurus fossil attracts a horde of media vultures to the town of Empty Creek, Arizona, the incredible find is shadowed by an even bigger sensation. A young scientist has been murdered at the site-her body found with a bullet in the back, sending sometime sleuth Penelope Warren out to the scene. But before Penelope arrives, a mysterious explosion removes any evidence.<br /><br />When penelope digs up clues buried deep in Empty Creek's history, she soon realizes that she has just scratched the surface of a very deadly mystery-one that will pit her against forces that could precipitate anything form an Empty Creek wet t-shirt rematch to more blood on the sand.<br /><br /><br /><b>Movie Cat</b>, 298 pages<br /><br />A Hollywood film crew has descended on Empty Creek to shoot a big-budget western. But the sleey Arizona town soon becomes the backlot for a shocking murder, leaving the locals asking, who in his right mind would murdr flamboyant director C.D. Masterly, the one man destined to put Empty Creek on the big screen? Enter Penelope Warren. She's been cast as the next victim! Unless she can determine who the killer is...before the final fade out.Book Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11078900987400537432noreply@blogger.com0