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Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

My 2012 Reading List...the Last 25

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76. Bonded
77. Bloodrose
78. Rift
79. The Iron King
80. The Iron Daughter
81. The Iron Queen
82. Summer's Crossing
83. The Iron Knight
84. Stray
85. Rogue
86. Pride
87. Prey
88. Shift
89. Alpha
90. Spider's Bite
91.Web of Lies
92. Venom
93. Tangled Threads
94. Spider's Revenge
95. Thread of Death
96. By a Thread
97. Widow's Web
98. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
99. The Broken Kingdoms
100. The Kingdom of Gods

There you have it, my list for reading this year.
It is a lot of reading, but hopefully it will go quickly since they all seem to be
the type of novels I enjoy - supernatural and mystery and crime dramas.
I am on my 4th book so far.
Guess I need to get a move on it if I am going to accomplish this colossal feat!

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

My 2012 Reading List - 51 through 75

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51. Chalice
52. Sunshine
53. The Blue Sword
54. The Hero and the Crown 
55. Beauty: A Retelling of the Story Beauty and the Beast
56. Deep Dark Secret
57. The Secret Guide to Dating Monsters
58. Toys
59. Kiss Me Deadly
60. The Abbey
61. Riptide
62. Serial
63. Hush
64. Until Proven Guilty
65. Stealing Faces
66. The Mating
67. The Keeping
68. The Finding
69. Bubba and the Dead Woman
70. The Good Earth
71. The Great Flu Epidemic of 1918
72. Destined
73. Legend
74. Nightshade
75. Wolfsbane



Tuesday, January 17, 2012

My 2012 Reading List - 26 thru 50

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26. Vampire Academy
27. Frostbite
28. Shadow Kiss
29. Blood Promise
30. Spirit Bound
31. Last Sacrifice
32. Step on a Crack
33. Run for Your Life
34. Worst Case
35. Tick Tock
36. The Magician's Nephew
37. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
38. The Horse and His Boy
39. Prince Caspian
40. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
41. The Silver Chair
42. The Last Battle
43. A Bloody Good Secret
44. Secret Santa
45. The Lightening Theif
46. The Sea of Monsters
47. The Titans Curse
48. The Battle of the Labyrinth
49. The Last Olympian
50. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

My 2012 Reading List...the First 25

One of my goals for this year is to read 100 books/novels in 365 days.
This is my list...

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...well, some of it anyway.
I'm still looking for more books to make up my entire list.
  1. The Girl Who Played With Fire
  2. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
  3. The Hunger Games
  4. Catching Fire
  5. Mockingjay
  6. London Bridges
  7. Mary, Mary
  8. Cross
  9. Double Cross
  10. Cross Country
  11. Alex Cross's Trial
  12. I, Alex Cross
  13. Cross Fire
  14. The Gift
  15. The Help
  16. Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven
  17. Demon Dark
  18. Shakespeare's Landlord
  19. Shakespeare's Champion
  20. Shakespeare's Christmas
  21. Shakespeare's Trollop
  22. Shakespeare's Counselor
  23. Angels and Demons
  24. The Lost Symbol
  25. The Enchantress

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

All About Books

I think I have a serious addiction!
I had a goal to read 1 book per week for 52 weeks.
Well, 32.5 weeks into 2011 and I have read 37 books already!
I read one book (that's 368 pages) in one day this week!
Now I am over halfway through another book.

Most of the books I read, I check out from one of our local libraries.
So far, I have been able to borrow many books with my Nook eReader.
I really love not having to carry around a stack of books all the time.

Here is a glimpse of what I have been reading...

Glass Houses (The Morganville Vampires, #1)  The Dead Girls' Dance (The Morganville Vampires, #2)
The Morganville Vampires Series

Jack & Jill (Alex Cross, #3)
The Alex Cross Series

Syndrome  Life Blood
These are both really good medical thrillers!

Switched (Trylle Trilogy, #1)  Torn (Trylle Trilogy, #2)  Ascend (Trylle Trilogy, #3)
The Trylle Trilogy

Demon Day (Rae Wilder, #2)
This is the 2nd book in what looks to be a trilogy.
I have read the first book also and noticed that there is a 3rd book due to be published this year.

I keep track of all of the books I have read, want to read, and currently am reading here.
It is actually really nice to be able to keep track there.
Hey, if you're a reader and wanna be my "friend" on Good Reads, all you gotta do is ask!

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Thursday Lovelies

I have always, ALWAYS loved art!

Personally, I am not an artist, per se.
I love to create, but I usually get my ideas from others and run with them, making them my own.

Art cannot be defined as a particular form.
That is what is so amazing about the "concept" of art.
It's what YOU want it to be!

Ice Sculpture is absolutely amazing and sad at the same time!
Look at all of the detail that went into this.
Eventually it will melt away and the artist will create something magnificent all over again.

Lord of the Rings
This is not the photo I wanted, but I'll explain...
Movies - this one in particular.
Peter Jackson was so detail oriented with this Trilogy.
Pretty much everything used in these films were hand-crafted expecially for these movies.
In the documentary that came with my DVD's, he states that he didn't want the audience to say "I have that glass/plate/etc..."  I will admit to loving these movies, not only for the story, but also the artistic detail in everything.

Architecture is so unique, because there are so many different things that can be done with a building.
Personally, I love old architecture - domes, columns, etc.

We have a large canvas of this in our dining room.
L-O-V-E Da Vinci!

To me, books are also a "work of art".
Take a minute to think about your favorite book or the last book you read...
Typically an author puts so much detail into a scene that you can literally visualize it in your head.
That's what happens to me anyway.
A good author keeps me focused on the book by detail.
I love reading, but if the author doesn't take the time to be detailed, it is very tough for me to focus and read the story through to the end.

Well, I am having a tough time focusing on this post.
My mind is wandering to other things that it feels are being neglected...
For instance, the items for my future shop and Christmas (yes, Christmas) gifts that I need to make for a customer.
Guess I need to show my sewing machine some love today!

XOXO,
Beth

Friday, February 25, 2011

Lookie Lookie...

...I made something for my

NOOK-ie NOOK-ie

(that just happens to be what my hubby calls it)!



It's not perfect, but I am pretty sure it will keep the NOOK-ie safe from bumps and bruises!

Isn't it so pretty?

I really do love it!

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Thursday Lovelies - Books

In the past, I have enjoyed reading for leasure, but I never really had the time because I was either too tired, working too much, or studying for school. Since June 2010, I have renewed my reading enjoyment. I have read over 50 - yes over 50 - books!  These are a few of the books and series that I have really liked.









Well, those are some of the novels and series that I have read. 
Do you see a theme with some of them?

I am so excited, my husband was sweet and got me a Barnes and Noble NOOK for Valentine's Day!
Right now I am just trying to figure out how the thing works.

And what was my first eBook purchase?

Water for Elephants

I haven't started reading it yet, because I am right smack-dab in the middle of All Souls Night, but as soon as I am done with it, that will be the first eBook I experience.
I am so excited!

There are a lot more books that I am planning to read and very glad that I will not have to carry around 2-3 books any longer. Only problem is that I will now have to make or buy some bigger purses.
BONUS!!!

What types of books do you enjoy reading?
XOXO
Beth