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Books Read: May 2011
Books
Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin (reread)
The Reluctant Heiress by Eva Ibbotsen
Whose Body by Dorothy Sayers – I know people love this series, but I couldn’t get into it. I think my eyes tend to glaze over at the walls of dialog.
The Iron Daughter and The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa – I think these are my favorite YA modern fairy paranormal romance books so far. They aren’t as mopey as Melissa Marr’s series, there’s plenty of action, and Kagawa has the good taste to include Puck in her cast.
Manga and Graphic Novels
Gente 3
Cross Game 3
Sakura Hime 2
Sand Chronicles 10
A Bride’s Story 1
Genkaku Picasso Volumes 1-3
Black Bird 8
Stepping on Roses 5
Seiho Boys High School 5
Books Read, March and April 2010
These past couple months were sort of stressful, so I was big into trashy romance novels and genre fiction.
Books
Psy Changelings Series – 5 or so of these books by Nalini Singh.
Loretta Chase – Lord of Scoundrels, Not Quite a Lady, Your Scandalous Ways (rereads)
My Blood Approves series by Amanda Hocking (4 books) – After reading all the hype about Hocking and self-publishing, I decided to check out her books on the kindle. This series gets better as it goes along, even though it really starts out clearly derived from the Twilight books.
Game of Thrones, Clash of Kings, Storm of Swords by George RR Martin (rereads)
Manga and Graphic Novels
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan #1
Rosario Vampire #1
Library Wars: Love and War #4
Beast Master #1
Claymore #1
Captive Hearts #1
Rasetsu #8
Butterflies, Flowers #6
Dragon Girl #2
Butterfly #1
Sakura HIme #1
Oresama Teacher #1 and #2
Gatcha Gacha #7 and 8
Ai Ore #1
Rumic World Trilogy #2 and #3
Kingyo Used Books #3
House of Five Leaves #3
Afterschool Charisma #3
The Millionaire’s Revenge
The Italian’s Passionate Revenge
Purchased for Revenge
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Books Read, January and February
Books
I’ve been a little stressed, so you can see my romance novel consumption increasing proportionately.
Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indridason
Zoe Archer Blades of the Rose series – I bought the bundled kindle edition of these books! A series of four romantic fantasy books for 10 dollars was a pretty good value, I thought.
Firey Cross by Diana Gabaldon – Starting to get bored with Gabaldon again.
The Season by Sarah MacLean- This was my YA book club selection. It was fairly predictable and standard for anyone who has read regency romances but not too bad for a book to read when you want to switch your brain off.
Lady Spies Trilogy by Jenna Peterson – This was pretty much like Charlie’s Angels, if Charlie’s Angels were a trio of widows in Regency England who happen to keep meeting handsome English lords and having affairs with them while spying.
What a Gentleman Wants & What a Rogue Desires by Caroline Linden
Graphic Novels and Manga
Chew: The Omnivore Edition
Shazam! Monster Society of Evil by Jeff Smith
Batman and the Mad Monk by Matt Wagner
Butterflies, Flowers #5
Seiho Boys High School #4
20th Century Boys #12
Karakuri Odette #5
Kamisama Kiss #2
Cross Game #2
Stepping on Roses #4
Kurozakuro #2
Natsume’s Book of Friends #5
Story of Saiunkoku #2
Gatcha Gacha #5,6
Kurozakuro #2
Itsurabito #1
Skyblue Shore #1, 2
Biomega #5
House of Five Leaves #2
X-Men: Misfits #1
Butterfly #1
Claiming His Pregnant Wife
The Millionaire’s Pregnant Mistress
Marriage Scandal, Showbiz Baby!
Eensy Weensy Monster 1 and 2
2010 Year in Reading
So this year after tallying up my reading list posts, it looks like I read around 59 books and 215 manga. This is fewer books and manga than last year, but not off enough to make me worry about it all that much. I figure if I am reading over 52 books a year, that’s a pretty good pace even if the books I’m choosing are fairly easy to read.
In books, this seemed to be the year of addictive trilogies and series because I read through the Millennium Trilogy and the Hunger Games trilogy at a brisk pace. I finally tackled Megan Whalen Turner’s Queen’s Thief series after hearing so many positive things about it. I haven’t switched over to e-book format only for books mostly because since my twins like to play with the iPad so much, I don’t want to have my access restricted to what I want to read if a three-year-old is intently playing Sushi Cat. But I read all of the Millennium Trilogy on the iPad Kindle app, as well as a few romance novels that I might have otherwise purchased as mass market paperbacks.
In the manga and graphic novels category it seemed like last year was a good year for fluffy shoujo, with Alice in the Country of Hearts showing unexpected depth for a dating sim adaptation and the debut of Dengeki Daisy. There was great josei with the publication of Bunny Drop and All My Darling Daughters. Towards the end of 2010 I was happy to discover the shonen title Cross Game, and the second volume of the series was a great way to kick off the new year.
Books Read, December 2010
Books
Iron Duke by Meljean Brook
Iorich by Steven Brust
Jar City by Arnaldur Indridason
Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon (rereads)
Manga and Graphic Novels
Captain America: Road to Reborn
Kamisama Kiss Volume 1
Papillon Volume 5/6
One Piece Volumes 1 and 2
To Marry A Stranger
To Woo A Wife
New X-Men Volume 3
Twin Spica 2
Black Gate 1-3
Kurozakuro #1
Children of the Sea #4
Detroit Metal City #7
20th Century Boys #11
Silver Diamond #6 and 7
Ooku #5
Books Read, November 2010
Books
I was a little light on the books this month because I just got bogged down attempting to read the newest book in the Chronicles of Elantra series and couldn’t get into it. I always struggle with leaving book unread after I’ve started them, but this one I just ended up taking back to the library.
The Forbidden Rose by Joanna Bourne
Monster Blood Tattoo Volume 1: The Foundling by D.M. Cornish
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon – reread this because it was a free kindle download
Manga
Cross Game 1-3
VB Rose 8-10
Dragon Girl 1
AX Manga Anthology #1
Itazura Na Kiss #3
Alice the 101st #2
20th Century Boys #11
Detroit Metal City #7
Children of the Sea #4
Summoner Girl #1
Hikaru No Go #21
Arata: the Legend #4
Library Wars #3
Bunny Drop #2
Cardcaptor Sakura Omnibus #1
The Stellar Six #1
Karakuri Odette #4
Neko Ramen #2