September, October, November, and December Tally

September

Clockwork Angel ~ Cassandra Clare 9/1

Quidditch Through the Ages ~ J.K. Rowling 9/6

Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them ~ J. K. Rowling 9/6

The Education of Bet ~ Lauren Baratz-Logsted 9/7

Persuasion ~ Jane Austen 9/8

Maximum Ride: Volume 3 ~ NaRae Lee 9/9

Wondrous Strange ~ Lesley Livingston 9/10

The Man of the Desert ~ Grace Livingston Hill 9/13

October

The Mystery of Mary ~ Grace Livingston Hill 10/16

A Bride Most Begrudging ~ Deeanne Gist 10/22

The Adventures of Holly Hobbie ~ Richard Dubelman 10/25

Love in the Dark ~ Barbara Cartland 10/27

A Wish Come True ~ Barbara Cartland 10/28

Royal Punishment ~ Barbara Cartland 10/28

Moon Over Eden ~ Barbara Cartland 10/29

A Gamble with Hearts ~ Barbara Cartland 10/30

November

Look, Listen and Love ~ Barbara Cartland 11/2

Winged Magic ~ Barbara Cartland 11/2

For All Eternity ~ Barbara Cartland 11/7

Paranormalcy ~ Kiersten White 11/8

No Time for Love ~ Barbara Cartland 11/8

The Knight and the Dove ~ Lori Wick 11/15

Harry Potter: Film Wizardy 11/19

December

Bless Your Heart, Tramp ~ Celia Rivenbark 12/24

Tess and the Highlander ~ May McGoldrick 12/26

Emily and the Scot ~ Kathryn Smith 12/27

Jane ~ April Lindner 12/27

And that's a wrap, folks. The end of my 2010 Books Read list. I'll tell you my grand total of books read in 2010 in my next post.

August Tally 2010

August is almost over and September begins the busiest month of the year for me. (Work and all that) It's funny, though, cause one would think that I would be trying to cram as much reading as possible into August since time will be tight in September, but I didn't really read alot this month. Here's the list:

Half Moon Investigations ~ Eoin Colfer 8/2

Gwyneth and the Thief ~ Margaret Moore 8/2

Puppy Love ~ Nancy Krulik 8/3

Material Evidence ~ Bill Kirton 8/5

Boys that Bite ~ Mari Mancusi 8/6

Stake That! ~ Mari Mancusi 8/9

The Grimm Legacy ~ Polly Shulman 8/29

The Hunger Games ~ Suzanne Collins 8/30

Catching Fire ~ Suzanne Collins 8/30

Mockingjay ~ Suzanne Collins 8/31

Wow! Did you see that gap of twenty days where I didn't finish one. single. book? I blame it on the bookshelves. and the visitor. and work. and piano lessons. and TV DVR. There's just too much entertainment and not enough hours in a day! Obviously, my blog hasn't exactly been one of my priorities again, but hopefully the bouts of silence won't last too much longer. We'll see.

In the meantime, Read as much as you can and let me know what you favorite book in August was.

July Tally 2010

Yes, I realize we are almost through August and I am just now getting around to posting my tally for July. I have plenty of excuses for this, but I'm not going to give any. I don't want to say them and I'm sure you don't want to read them. Moving on.

July was a rather good month due to a few short books and a new manga series. And I mustn't forget my Barbara Cartlands.

Deathnote Vol. 1 ~ Tsugumi Ohba 7/1

Deathnote Vol. 2 ~ Tsugumi Ohba 7/1

Deathnote Vol. 3 ~ Tsugumi Ohba 7/2

Deathnote Vol. 4 ~ Tsugumi Ohba 7/3

Nightlight: A Twilight Parody ~ The Harvard Lampoon 7/4

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner ~ Stephenie Meyer 7/5

Deathnote Vol. 5 ~ Tsugumi Ohba 7/7

Deathnote Vol. 6 ~ Tsugumi Ohba 7/8

Deathnote Vol. 7 ~ Tsugumi Ohba 7/8

Deathnote Vol. 8 ~ Tsugumi Ohba 7/9

Deathnote Vol. 9 ~ Tsugumi Ohba 7/9

Deathnote Vol. 10 ~ Tsugumi Ohba 7/9

The Red Pyramid ~ Rick Riordan 7/11

Deathnote Vol. 11 ~ Tsugumi Ohba 7/11

Deathnote Vol. 12 ~ Tsugumi Ohba 7/11

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ~ J.K. Rowling 7/12

Never Laugh at Love ~ Barbara Cartland 7/19

The Unwanted Wedding ~ Barbara Cartland 7/20

The Incredible Honeymoon ~ Barbara Cartland 7/21

Moments of Love ~ Barbara Cartland 7/21

Wild Irish Roses ~ Una McManus 7/22

Can You Keep a Secret ~ Sophie Kinsella 7/23

Who Needs Boys ~ Stephie Davis 7/24

When It Happens ~ Susanne Colasante 7/25

Good Girls ~ Laura Ruby 7/26

Story of a Girl ~ Sara Zarr 7/26

How I Live Now ~ Meg Rosoff 7/27

Companions of the Night ~ Vivian Vande Velde 7/28

Model Spy ~ Shannon Greenland 7/29

Down to the Wire ~ Shannon Greenland 7/30

The Winning Element ~ Shannon Greenland 7/30

With a total of 32 books read, I definitely feel like July was a good month for reading. I can only hope that August goes a little bit better this last week cause right now...it's pitiful!

June Tally 2010

So, I really didn't post again last month even though I really had wanted to and planned on doing so. In other words, I am currently a lousy blogger. Ya'll forgive me though, right? I mean, at least I Wanted to! Anyway, this post is for my reading in June which wasn't too bad. Not fantastic, but I was busy. and on vacation. Here it is.

Ripped at the Seams ~ Nancy Krulik 6/1

A Very Naughty Angel ~ Barbara Cartland 6/4

So Worthy My Love ~ Kathleen E. Woodiwiss 6/14

The Folk Keeper ~ Franny Billingsley 6/15

Every Storm ~ Lori Wick 6/16

The Body Finder ~ Kimberly Derting 6/16

Dear John ~ Nicholas Sparks 6/17

Bloodlust ~ Alex Duval 6/19

Initiation ~ Alex Duval 6/19

Ritual ~ Alex Duval 6/19

Legacy ~ Alex Duval 6/22

Pandora Gets Jealous ~ Carolyn Hennesy 6/23

Deenie ~ Judy Blume 6/24

The Princess & The Pauper ~ Kate Brian 6/24

Goddess of Spring ~ P.C. Cast 6/28

Lawman's Redemption ~ Marilyn Pappano 6/29

That's a total of 16 for June. Not bad with all things considered.

May Tally

May was another pretty good month for reading even though it wasn't such a great month for blogging again. I think I've got blogging covered for June, though. I've got alot going on, but still have lots of ideas for posts. Now I just need to bring them into being. However, this post is about the books that I've read this month, not about my lack of posts. Here's the list.

Ill Wind ~ Rachel Caine 5/5

Heat Stroke ~ Rachel Caine 5/6

Chill Factor ~ Rachel Caine 5/7

Windfall ~ Rachel Caine 5/8

Firestorm ~ Rachel Caine 5/10

Thin Air ~ Rachel Caine 5/11

Gale Force ~ Rachel Caine 5/13

Cape Storm ~ Rachel Caine 5/14

The Scots Never Forget ~ Barbara Cartland 5/16

The Personal Correspondence of Hannah Brown and Sarah Smith: The Underground Railroad ~

Nancy LeSourd 5/16

The Borrowers ~ Mary Norton 5/18

The Last Rogue ~ Deborah Simmons 5/19

My Invisible Boyfriend ~ Susie Day 5/19

Daughters of the Sea: Hannah ~ Kathryn Lasky 5/19

Love and War ~ Barbara Cartland 5/22

Scary Beautiful ~ Niki Burnham 5/23

Kiss of Death ~ Rachel Caine 5/23

Do-Over ~ Niki Burnham 5/29

How NOT to Spend Your Senior Year ~ Cameron Dokey 5/29

The Inheritance ~ Louisa May Alcott 5/30

Love Undercover ~ Jo Edwards 5/31

Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree ~ Lauren Tarshis 5/31

That makes 22 books read in May which brings my yearly total to 183. Wow. That's alot of books even if I AM counting manga.

April Tally

As you all, who have read this blog last month, know, I haven't been in a very reading mood. Well, not a very BOOK reading mood. However, I think I still did pretty well all things considered. I finished sixteen books in April. That's half of what I read in each of the former three months, but I also didn't read ANY manga in April. I did read a few graphic novels, but all of them were pretty good sized. So, without further ado, here is my list of books read in April 2010.

Tithe ~ Holly Black 4/1
Valiant ~ Holly Black 4/1
Ironside ~ Holly Black 4/1
Hex Hall ~ Rachel Hawkins 4/2
Hatter M: Volume 1 ~ Frank Beddor 4/10
Hatter M: Volume 2 ~ Frank Beddor 4/14
Marvel 1602 ~ Neil Gaiman 4/16
Fray ~ Joss Whedon, Karl Moline & Andy Owens 4/18
Wish ~ Alexandra Bullen 4/19
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 2 ~ Alan Moore 4/19
Hurricane Hannah ~ Sue Civil-Brown 4/21
Lessons from a dead girl ~ Jo Knowles 4/22
The Actor and the Housewife ~ Shannon Hale 4/22
The Song of Hannah ~ Eva Etzioni-Halevy 4/24
Sorcery & Cecelia ~ Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer 4/26
The Grand Tour ~ Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer 4/30

So, that's it. Not the best month this year, but I did get alot of other things other than reading accomplished this past month which is a feat in and of itself. Wish me luck for May!

What did you read in April?

March Tally

Just wanted to start my post with a picture of where I'd LIKE to be right now instead of at work. That's the Jefferson memorial in Washington D.C. during the Cherry Blossom Festival which just happens to be going on this week. Would you believe I've lived in the area for 4 years now and still have not been to D. C. for the Cherry Blossom Festival yet?

Anyway, my total books read this month is 67. That number includes manga. Without manga, my book total is 26. Not bad at all, I think. I'm not sure which book was my favorite, but I'll think about it today and try to remember to let ya'll know tonight.

Happy April Fool's, everyone!

**Edited to Add**

The following are the books I read in March:

Fake Boyfriend ~ Kate Brian
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment ~ James Patterson
Prophecy of the Sisters ~ Michelle Zink
Broken ~ Shiloh Walker
Austenland ~ Shannon Hale **
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian ~ Sherman Alexie
Vampire Diaries: The Awakening ~ L.J. Smith
VD: The Struggle ~ L.J. Smith
When Heaven Weeps ~ Ted Dekker
BoneMan's Daughters ~ Ted Dekker
VD: The Fury ~ L.J. Smith
VD: Dark Reunion ~ L.J. Smith
A Match Made in High School ~ Kristin Walker
Beastly ~ Alex Flinn
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 1 ~ Alan Moore (graphic novel)
Magic Under Glass ~ Jaclyn Dolamore
Tantalize ~ Cynthia Leitich Smith
Eternal ~ Cynthia Leitich Smith
Meridian ~ Amber Kizer
Another Faust ~ Daniel & Dina Nayeri
Rapunzel's Revenge ~ Shannon & Dean Hale (graphic novel)
Calamity Jack ~ Shanon & Dean Hale (graphic novel)
Getting to Third Date ~ Kelly McClymer
Gettin' Lucky ~ Micol Ostow
The Sherwood Ring ~ Elizabeth Marie Pope **
Song Quest ~ Katherine Roberts

& the manga that I read:

Tsubasa Vol. 9-18 ~ Clamp
Skip-Beat! Vol. 1-24 ~ Yoshiki Nakamura
Midnight Secretary Vol. 1-7 ~ Ohmi Tomu

** These two books were my absolute favorites this month. I'm sure I'll mention them in a future post or two. :-)

February Tally

This is just gonna be a quick post to give my total of the books that I read in February before I sign off for the night. I read more manga this month than I did last month so amazingly enough, I was able to keep the monthly total high.

February is ending with a book read total of 39. Not bad if I may say so myself. Better than I was even hoping.

Now, goodnight everyone. I'll see you in March!

January Tally against my Goal

So here's the deal. Last year I kept a running list of book that I read each month. While that was a nice reference, the list quickly became overwhelming and cumbersome when I needed to update it. AND, since I've been participating in What Are You Reading Mondays, I've already got my books listed so I don't need to do it twice. Instead, I'll just do a quick tally at the end of each month as I race towards my goal of 150 books read this year. Without further adieu, here is the total of books that I've read in January of 2010.

*Drum roll*

39

Yes, that is thirty-nine books read in January. Wow. I've managed to impress even myself and I was the one doing all the reading. (Well, with the one audio book exception.) I was hoping to read on book for each day of January, but I surpassed even that small unspoken goal. I had to, you see, as the year goes by my life gets busier so I have to use all the free time I have now to get a brilliant start towards my ultimate goal. Can I just say that I really wish all of life goals and dreams were so easily reached? Someday perhaps I'll have the gumption to tackle the really big stuff, but for now, I'll stick to reading. Besides, reading IS the best past time ever.