Karen's Book Nook

I love summer! July was a great month of reading.

• Forever in Blue: The four summer of the Sisterhood (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) by Ann Brashares
• Crispin: At the Edge of the World [UNABRIDGED], (Audio CD) by Avi
• A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
• The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2) by Philip Pullman
• The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
• Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood (Sisterhood of Traveling Pants, Book 3) by Ann Brashares
• The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (Sisterhood of Traveling Pants, Book 2) by Ann Brashares
• Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
• Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and by Jonny Bowden Ph.D. C.N.S.
• The Drowning Season by Alice Hoffman
• Wizard’s First Rule by Terry Goodkind
• 92 Pacific Boulevard (Cedar Cove) by Debbie Macomber
• Worst Case by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
• Labor Day: A Novel by Joyce Maynard
• The 9th Judgment (The Women’s Murder Club) by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
• Plum Lovin’ (A Between-the-Numbers Novel) by Janet Evanovich
• The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
• The Wide Window (A Series of unfortunate Events) by Lemony Snicket
• Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet
• Little Bee: A Novel by Chris Cleave

Breakdown:

18 Books

6 paper/ 12 audio

16 fiction/ 2 nonfiction

8 YA/ 10 adult

June was an excellent month of reading!  The weather was gorgeous and I plugged in while doing lots of yardwork, errands, and trips to the bikepath.  Here’s what I read this past month:

• Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman, Alice Hoffman
• Clear and Convincing Proof : A Barbara Holloway Novel by Kate Wilhelm
• The Reptile Room: Or, Murder! (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 2) by Lemony Snicket
• A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
• The Crispin: Cross of Lead by Avi
• The Black Ice (Harry Bosch) by Michael Connelly
• Finger Lickin’ Fifteen (An Unabridged Production)[Stephanie Plum #15] by Janet Evanovich
• The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
• All in One Piece by Cecelia Tishy
• Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman
• Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins
• Susannah’s Garden by Debbie Macomber
• Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
• Fearless Fourteen (Stephanie Plum, No. 14) by Janet Evanovich
• Lean Mean Thirteen (Stephanie Plum, No. 13) by Janet Evanovich
• Twelve Sharp (Stephanie Plum, No. 12) by Janet Evanovich
• 8 Sandpiper Way (Cedar Cove, Book by Debbie Macomber
• The Things They Carried by Tim O\’Brien
• The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the First) by Lemony Snicket
• Now You See Her (Regina Cutter Mysteries) by Cecelia Tishy
• Eleven on Top (Stephanie Plum, No. 11) by Janet Evanovich
• The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel by Sarah Addison Allen

Links to all are in the Now Reading Library in the left sidebar.

Breakdown:

22 books

4 paper/ 18 audio

22 fiction/0 non-fiction

7 YA/15 adult

This is what I read and finished during the month of May, 2010.

• City of Glass (Mortal Instruments) by Cassandra Clare
• Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
• When You Reach Me on CD [An Unabridged Production] by Rebecca (Author) Stead
• The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet by Alicia Silverstone
• Her Fearful Symmetry: A Novel by Audrey Niffenegger
• Ten Big Ones (Stephanie Plum, No. 10) by Janet Evanovich
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
• The Sugar Queen by Sarah Allen
• Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story by Sue Monk Kidd, Ann Kidd Taylor
• by Neil Gaiman The Graveyard Book HarperCollins; Later Printing edition 2008 by Neil Gaiman
• 74 Seaside Avenue (Cedar Cove, Book 7) by Debbie Macomber

All links are in the library located in the sidebar and the descriptions and short reviews are in the individual blog posts for the month.

Books Read: 10

Paper: 4 / Audio: 6

Fiction 7 / Non-fiction 3

What a disappointing month of reading!  Now that I’m back on the road to health and feeling like myself,  I’m hoping to be acting more like myself too.

Here’s my measly list:

• 6 Rainier Drive [UNABRIDGED CD] (Audiobook) (Book 6, The Cedar Cove Series) by Debbie Macomber
• Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss by Joel Fuhrman
• Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
• To the Nines (A Stephanie Plum Novel) by Janet Evanovich

You would think that my list would be super long since I’m home recovering from surgery and I’m not working but my concentration level has not lent itself to do much reading. I’m sure that having the TV on has also contributed. I’m determined to get back to normal this month so my reading should pick up. Here is my short list for March:

# Go Tweet Yourself: 365 Reasons Why Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and Other Social Networking Sites Suck by Janelle Randazza
# Saving CeeCee Honeycutt: A Novel by Beth Hoffman
# The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide by Elizabeth Hasselbeck
# The Glassblower of Murano by Marina Fiorato
# Desperate Measures (Barbara Holloway Novels) by Kate Wilhelm
# The Power of No: How to Keep Blowhards and Bozos at Bay by Beth Wareham

Here’s what I completed in January, 2010:

(Links for all are in the Library and/or actual post entries)

• B Is for Beer by Tom Robbins
• Diva Code, The: Miss Piggy on Life, Love, and the 10,000 Idiotic Things Men Frogs Do by Miss Piggy
• City of Ashes (Mortal Instruments) by Cassandra Clare
• No Defense (Barbara Holloway Novels) by Kate Wilhelm
• The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
• The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
• The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
• The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
• Hot Six (Stephanie Plum, No. 6) by Janet Evanovich
• 311 Pelican Court (Cedar Cove, Book 3) by Debbie Macomber

Paper Books: 4

Audio Books 6

Here’s the list of books that I read  and reviewed this month.  All links are in the library or individual posts.

• A Christmas Promise: A Novel by Anne Perry
• 204 Rosewood Lane by Debbie Macomber
• Wishin’ and Hopin’: A Christmas Story by Wally Lamb
• The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
• The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
• Knit the Season: A Friday Night Knitting Club Novel (Friday Night Knitting Club Novels) by Kate Jacobs
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
• High Five (Stephanie Plum, No. 5) by Janet Evanovich
• Four To Score by Evanovich Janet
• Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
• Finding Noel [Unabridged] by Richard Paul Evans
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
• 16 Lighthouse Road (Cedar Cove) by Debbie Macomber
• The Lace Reader: A Novel by Brunonia Barry
• I Can’t Accept Not Trying: Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence by Michael Jordan, Mark Vancil
• Twenties Girl (Unabridged on 12 CDs) by Sophie Kinsella
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
• The Gift (Center Point Platinum Fiction (Large Print)) by Richard Paul Evans

Breakdown:

Total: 18

Paper: 9

Audio: 9

Here are the books that I read this past month.  Links for all are in the posts.

• Christmas Letters by Debbie Macomber
• The Christmas Box Miracle : My Spiritual Journey of Destiny, Healing and Hope by Richard Paul Evans
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
• A Family Christmas by Caroline Kennedy
• A Christmas Grace: A Novel by Anne Perry
• They Did It with Love by Kate Morgenroth
• Three to Get Deadly (Stephanie Plum, No. 3) by Janet Evanovich
• The Last Days (Political Thrillers Series #2) by Joel C. Rosenberg
• Defense For The Devil (Barbara Holloway Novels) by Kate Wilhelm
• City of Bones (Mortal Instruments) by Cassandra Clare
• Alex Cross’s TRIAL by James Patterson, Richard DiLallo
• How to Get Your Child to Love Reading: For Ravenous and Reluctant Readers Alike by Esmé Raji Codell
• Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz
• Diary of a Fairy Godmother by Esme Raji Codell
• The Last Jihad [Abridged on CD](Political Thrillers Book #1) [BK 1] by Joel (Author); Rosenberg
• Pointing From the Grave (Audiofy Digital Audiobook Chips) by Samantha Weinberg

Here’s the breakdown:

Fiction: 13, Nonfiction: 3

Audio: 9, Paper: 7

Adult: 13 Children/YA: 3

I love reading!!

I got lots and lots of reading done this month thanks to a weekend getaway and being laid up in recovery mode. Of course, audio books always help in the multitasking. (Links to all books are in the library and in each post.)

• This Side of Married by Rachel Pastan
• A Sister’s Wish by Kate Jacobs, Nancy Carpenter
• Malice Prepense by Kate Wilhelm
• Summer On Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
• Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant: A Novel (Ballantine Reader’s Circle) by Anne Tyler
• Two for the Dough (Stephanie Plum, No. 2) by Janet Evanovich
• Twenty Wishes (Blossom Street) by Debbie Macomber
• Back on Blossom Street (Blossom Street, No. 3) by Debbie Macomber
• A Good Yarn (Blossom Street, No. 2) by Debbie Macomber
• One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, No. 1) by Janet Evanovich
• Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes
• There Are No Shortcuts by Rafe Esquith
• The Deepest Water by Kate Wilhelm
• Teach Like Your Hair’s on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56 by Rafe Esquith
• Breathing: The Master Key to Self Healing (The Self Healing Series) by Andrew Weil
• The Shop on Blossom Street (Blossom Street, No. 1) by Debbie Macomber
• The Face on Your Plate: The Truth About Food by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
• Knit Two by Kate Jacobs
• The Broker by John Grisham

Breakdown:

Audiobooks: 13

Paper books: 6

Of course, I consumed lots of magazines as well.

Reading rocks!!

As expected, my reading time has been cut way back since going back to school. In fact, if it wasn’t for audio books, I would have only finished one book in a month!  Highly unacceptable, I say!!  There’s a long weekend coming up so I may be able to get a few more under the belt this month.

• The Broker by John Grisham
• Motor Mouth (Alex Barnaby Series #2) by Janet Evanovich
• Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs
• Columbine by Dave Cullen
• Ana’s Story: A Journey of Hope by Jenna Bush
• Metro Girl (Alex Barnaby Series #1) by Janet Evanovich

(Links to all are in the library itself and in previous entries.)