What are you reading this hectic holiday month? Seasonal selections, or same-old, same-old?

I'm finishing off my reread of The Outlaws of Sherwood, and then I plan to start Wicked Lovely.

I'm reading Queen of Subtleties, another tudor fiction novel. And not the best I've ever read either. It's written from alternating points of view - Anne Boleyn writing to Elizabeth from the tower, and the King's confectioner over the course of a year a little while before. For me, the character voices aren't different enough, and so far I'm wondering what the point of it all is.... I'm determined to finish though.

I am reading Brisingr

Ha, ha, ha. Me too! I'm like on page 306 or something. This book is going soooo sloooowwwww.

The last 300-ish were much faster, Kirby. Hang in there! :)

I will definitely reread Letters from Father Christmas again this year. It's one of my favorite holiday reads, and it's not even a proper book.

Oh Foggi I hope you like Wicked Lovely I loved it! I decided that I am not ready to leave the twilight world yet... so I am going to read Midnight Sun and hope that I will be ready to move on...

I've been away from reading in favor of writing so here's the list I hope to tackle in December:

Rocket Man - reading now
The Warded Man
First Among Sequels
A Feast for Crows
The Invention of Hugo Cabret

I'm reading The city of ember (well about to start it) and I'm also starting Do androids dream and I hope I can finish Flashback that for one reason or another I put it away :P

I wont be able to read any books this month because I have my exams next week:(

Well, after your exams you should have plenty of time for reading! And reading books to study for exams counts.

I'm going to finish Ptolemy's Gate tonight.
Then I'll probably move onto Beast because it has been sitting on my side table for too long.

Started Crocodile on the Sandbank at lunch today. After that, not sure. Either something totally engrossing (Mists of Avalon perhaps?) or fun rereads (Harry Potter probably). There will definitely be some seasonal reads, such as The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree, A Christmas Memory, and The Night Before Christmas, as well as daily readings from Watch for the Light.

#7 - elbakerone: The Invention of Hugo Cabret was one of my favorite reads this year. Enjoy!

Dragon Flight is next on my list. I loved the first one.

Officially finished Ptolemy's Gate and I loved it =D

#2 LadyN:
I just realized I've read that book. It was the first historical fiction book I ever read. I agree, I've read better. I hope it gets better before you finish it! (I can hardly remember the story - it's been years.)

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I just ordered Harry, a History due to many of you liking it.

I'm glad you liked Ptolemy's Gate, Mindy! Did you think it the best of the three, or did you like Amulet of Samarkand better?

I wasn't going to get Harry, A History, either, but have to agree everyone's interest in it is making me change my mind.

(See where that touchstones?!)

15 - K

I think my problem with it is the dichotomy (sp?) between having one charater we know a great deal about from history, alternating with a character we know nothing about at all. Because of this, there's a constant niggle in the back of my head throughout the Lucy Cornwallis chapters which keeps saying "this is completely made up. None of this happened", which jars with me. We shall see...

The Sunday Philosophy Club. I'm reading it on different days though, not just sunday. I'm a rebel.

In addition to Brisingr I have begun a Terry Pratchett titled "Small Gods"

I liked small gods, polly.

good I've enjoyed it so far

Ptolemy's Gate was definately my favorite of the three. Followed by Amulet of Samarkand and The Golem's Eye.

I'm halfway through The Indigo King, which I find moves along much faster than the book before it in the series.

Ok, I decided December is going to be a month of nothing but rereads, I am going to save my tbr pile for my 100+ book challenge in 2009....

Good luck in 2009, bella! :)

ooh, Ms_Bella, that sounds like fun!

I am two chapters into The Book of Lost Things and I really like it so far!

Hooray, Compski! I'm glad you're reading it before the book loses itself, as it has a tendency to do.

Ok.. so my decision of nothing but rereads is adding 1 new book lol.. I just recieved my early reviewers copy of Evermore By: Alyson Noel and I just have to read it, the back cover makes it sound wonderful!!!!!

Right now I'm reading Firestar and plan on reading Flyte afterwards.

I really liked Dragon Flight. In some ways it was better than the first. I think I'll do Shamer's Signet next, another cool series.

I finished reading Evermore and posted my (spoiler free) review. All in all I did like it very much. Now back to my December of rereads!

this december i (again) have a big paper for school, so all my reading will be related to that. bu-huu

I finished Wicked Lovely and have started on The Hero of Ages. I liked Wicked Lovely despite the fact that urban fantasy is not usually my thing. I'll probably grab Ink Exchange later. Right now I'm just really excited to finally have Hero of Ages . . . but I'm having a hard time remembering details from the first two books. I really should have reread, but I don't have the time.

#33 cmbohn, I love the Shamer's series! I still haven't read the last one yet.

I am not on here too much, but I love this thread. I like seeing recommendations.

I just picked up The Butt which is apparently not a touchstone, but is the new Will Self book.

Compski- please post how you end up liking The Book of Lost Things because I am thinking of picking that up.

it's a very good book, hollybeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

*goes off to post on the rumour thread about what hollybeee is picking up*

Oh, Holly you should definitely read Lost Things! It's excellent!

I started my Oct. ER book, Broad Street last night. I would have finished it if I didn't have rehearsal, it's only 233 pages, I'll finish it tonight.

I started Shamer's Signet and then got distracted. Just not the right mood. I wanted some comfort reading, so I pulled out my old mysteries and read some Emma Lathen Banking on Murder. Holiday stress! It was so much easier when my children were younger.

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I finished Broad Street (you can see my review here) so I'll be already to go when my next ER book comes. Until then I'm debating between People of the Book and The Poe Shadow, both of which have been on my shelves for about 6 months.

Brisingr- Really, I am getting farther along. I read it for almost the entire time I was waiting on my car being fixed (1 1/2 hours).

Descendants of Darkness- Someone suggested this one to me, so I picked it up at B&N tonight. It's my first manga.

I'm still reading The Tales of Beedle the Bard. I probably won't get a chance to finish it till Sunday.

>#43: People of the book. I need to know if i should get it/read it.

BTW, Espy: I Am The Messenger was really really good. Marcus Zusak has an exceptional gift. Thanks for the recommendation.

46: Birthday Being, Zusak really is amazing. IAtM was so different from The Book Theif but both are among my favorite books ever. Great storytelling.

Currently reading The Shack by William P. Young. Too early to say what I think yet though.

Still reading, and enjoying, Elizabeth Peters's Crocodile on the Sandbank. Next up will be The Tales of the Beedle Bard, then some seasonal books. And due to recent life changes/developments, I am also reading What to Expect When You're Expecting and What to Eat Before, During, and After Pregnancy. :o)

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Still leisurely reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Collected Fictions
Heat: An Amateur's Adventures...

#46: You're in luck that was my final decision. I'll probably spend my afternoon on it!

#49 - Eek!!!

Finished Queen od Subtleties today, and have just written a less than favourable review.

I'm now trying to decide wether to read The Gathering before launching into more historical fiction with World Without End, which I've been putting off, while simultaneously champing at the bit to read...

I'm currently in the mood where I want to read everything at the same time!

>#46 I'm glad you liked it. I'm really looking forward to his next book... of course that will be after he writes it. I hate his American Web site because it's so aenemic compared to some other current writers *cough, Brandon Sanderson cough*. It feels like they handed some poor intern who knew how to do flash a write-up about Zusak and about his books and said "make a Web site." No class at all.

Speaking of current writers, I finished Cursor's Fury and need to get the next book in the series, but the library doesn't have it. Funny thing, I didn't realize until I was half way through the book that I hadn't read the second book in the series. I think the next thing I'm going to read is Hero of the Ages... once Foggi finishes it and hands it over *glare*.

Finished People of the Book, I'll probably do The Poe Shadow next. MrA, yes you should procure a copy and read it, it was excellent. I'll write a review sometime in the next couple of days after I've had some time to process what I want to say.

Good to know.

Changed my mind and decided to stay somewhat in the same time-period/area of the world (at least one of them) and read The Blood of Flowers.

OMG! I posted my review of Broad Street on my blog and I just got a comment about it from the author! I'm slightly horrified!

KIK, Bib! But your review isn't negative, just not overly positive. Was the author friendly?

I'm trying to finish off The Hero of Ages today, but I don't think I will. I'm only about halfway through, and I have a lot of stuff I need to get done around the house. Next up I have Ink Exchange, and my October early reviewer book, Cracked Up To Be.

bib! That's so exciting!

#59/61: She was friendly. Said this was the first she had heard about there being an abundance of errors and since I was in the Philly area, did I know any good editors for the next publication. Craziness!

bib! Now's your chance! Offer to be her editor!

Awesome, bib! Go be the editor we all wish we could be!

that's cool bib!

I'de saye two tel her tat Id edit heer next boook, but i dont live inn thew Phillyarea...

That is cool, though.

#58 bib:
That's happened to me twice. It's very exciting, isn't it? I second #63 and #64! :)
Will you let us know what you think of The Poe Shadow when you decide to read it? I've wondered about that one for a while.

#66: Yeah, except in the review she read I said I live in the Philly area. :)

#67: Of course I will! I'm getting a lovely 5-day weekend for Xmas, so if I haven't gotten to it by then, I should definitely get it done then!

A couple people at work are also trying to get me to offer to edit for her. I don't actually think I'm qualified to be a "professional" editor, but I guess it can't hurt to offer, what's the worst that could happen? They tell me I'm not qualified, which I already know!

Thanks, bib!

That sounds so exciting! *happy dance for bib*

I finished Beedle the Bard and the Banking on Death compilation, plus Double, Double, Oil and Trouble. My daughter said that Shakespeare ought to sue over that last one.

I'm two chapters in to The Blood of Flowers. It's a 370 page book and there are 7 chapters. Go ahead, do the math!

71 - That's maths I can't do.

I settled on reading The Gathering before starting on World without End. Sort of regretting it at the moment, but I'm sure I'll get something out of it, and then I'll be really pleased and ready to tuck in to the Follett.

Right. Bed time.

You're never going to bed, LadyN!!

I am, I am!!

(I'm actually in bed right now. I just need to turn off the lap top and go to sleep.).

Ok, going now. Night night!!

I finally decided on reading Lightning by Dean Koontz I figured it has been a while since I read an adult fiction book.

I just forced myself to finish Stargirl. All I can say is I am so glad I homeschool my kids, because this book just brought me back to everything I hated about school.

>#71: 52.8571428571429 pages per chapter. Exactly.
How odd.

I just finished a book and am pondering my next move.

#77: Precisely! It's making for a somewhat difficult read. There are plenty of breaks within chapters, but I don't really like to stop at those.

Two for the dough and Marley and Me

Bella, Lightning is the only Koontz book I've ever read. I liked it well enough, but I think I'm just not much of a Dean Koontz fan.

(hmm, that's interesting... for you, Lightning touchstoned but not Koontz. Opposite for me!)

ETA: Oh, Mandy you're reading Marley and Me? :D

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Yes i just got it from the Library last night and started it this morning. My friend told me in like june that I should read it and when I saw a commercial that they made it into a movie i figured i'd better go get it. So far i'm a few pages in and am already sad that I had to leave it and go to work today...STUPID WORK!!!

Yes, work is stupid. Let's all give ourselves a day off. Maybe ... December 25th? Does that work for everyone?

Excellent idea lefty, but why go for just one day? I think I'm going to go for the days on either side of the 25th as well. Plenty of reading to do!

Lefty, that sounds great. In fact, I think I'm going to take the 24th, as well. Call me a rebel, but that's just how it's gonna be.

I'm actually taking the week before and after the 25th, so all you rule-benders are certainly welcome to join me on their extra days! I'm sure Kirby will at least. ;)

all of you are so lucky. I'll be taking just the 25th off. :(

As of Friday I will be on a strike and will not go to work until January 7th of next year to protest that Mandy doesn't have more holidays (ok we have vacations at work and don't judge me I only get vacations once a year)

I'm probably going to be the same as Mandy with just the 25th off.

Since today's a day off, I'm going to finish The Tales of Beedle and the Bard. I think I'm going to set Rebel Angels aside since I can't seem to read it and pick up something else to read.

87: I'm going to ignore the part in parenthesis and say well Thank you very much!

Hmmm there's nothing wrong with a little civil disobedience.

I'm reading Specials I've really enjoyed this series. Which goes to show that every once in a while, I am wrong. I thought this series was going to be totally bogus and lame. I'm also still trying to finish Brisingr

I'm flitting from book to book. I started Ink Exchange but am not in the mood. Then I picked up Suite Scarlett which looks light and fun. However, Nation by Terry Pratchett is on its way to me, and I've heard rave reviews from colleagues, so I may have to read it when I get it. I'm betting I'll finish Suite Scarlett tonight, though, unless it starts to drag.

My sister's boyfriend needs to be on this site.

Foggi, he swore to me that Nation is excellent. (He's a major Pratchett fan.)

I'm starting the 3rd book of the Descendants of Darkness cycle. I think one of our B&N has the next 2 books, but after that I'm sunk. I'm surprised that I'm actually interested in them.

I'm also going to finish Brisingr (I can do it!) someday. I want to finish my super secret Christmas present before I get back into reading that. I'm hoping to finish it tonight.

#89: Oh come on Mandy remember that the intention is what REALLY counts lol

Finished chapter 4 so I'm over 200 pages in!

We took our weekly class trip to the library this morning. The kids' room had been closed for several weeks to put in new furniture and new carpet, and it opened on Saturday. Today was the first time I got to see the new stuff. It looks so great! And they have all new shelving too, which is beautiful, and they rearranged the room so that you can find your way through it better and the sections are arranged in a much more logical way. I can't wait to go back!

I took out several guides for buying a house while I was there, since the next step in house hunting seems to be "figure out what to do next." ;)

I had a random urge to reread the Da Vinci Code. I don't know where it came from. Must've been a subliminal message from somewhere. Anyhow, I have it on cd, so I'm listening to it while I study for finals.

#97: I'm having a hard time imagining the audio Da Vinci Code. Maybe that's because I have the illustrated version and I think the most fun part of reading that book is scrutinizing the art the reference.

Okay, so glutton for punishment that I am, I left a comment on my blog to see if the author goes back to read it. I couldn't find any other way to contact her. We'll see.

Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa

Men At Arms is on my 999 challenge list. I can't wait!

I finished The Science of Fear, which was very good!

102- That one sounds really interesting. I will have to look for it.

The title in #102 reminds me of a book I found while browsing on Amazon, The Pop Up Book of Phobias. I wasn't quite brave enough to buy that one.

I finished The Tales of Beedle the Bard and am wondering which book to read next. I think it will be Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

That phobia book is an interesting idea! There are bound to be big spiders and snakes popping up everywhere. Not a good book for you, K -- you were right not to buy it. ;)

So I bought The Tales of Beedle the Bard, but not for me. I bought it for a friends birthday. I was afraid she had already bought it, but she had not. I am impressed that I have lasted this long without buying myself a copy. I feel like addict, wanting to buy a copy but knowing I have to wait.

*does happy dance*

Finished The Crimson Petal and the White, so have added The Argumentative Indian to my 'currently reading' pile for a bit of nonfiction (I'm trying to read more of it).

#104/105: Though perhaps LadyN should get it as part of her quest to conquer her arachnophobia before heading out to the Orangutans!

Ok, I'm reading I am the messenger. What a fantastic, fabulous book! I have not been able to put it down. I barely slept last night. I should have read the cover and saw that Publishers weekly warned about reading this book when you don't have the time to read it through. I can't believe this book has been sitting on the very bakc of my shelf for years.

#108 - AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! I can't think of anything worse!! Think I'll stick to the hypnotherapy thanks. :-)

109- I reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaally want to read that.

#104- If I had a dollar for every time K has said she is starting Alice in Wonderland, I probably would have lost the money investing in the stock market by now. :o)

I started The Battle for the Labyrinth.

#109 Suge, I'm glad you like Messenger! I loved it too. Kind of makes you wonder how wonderful other books on the back of your shelves could be! (Makes me wonder about mine..)

#110 LadyN, Read it, read it, read it!!! (I am the Messenger, not the phobia book) ;)

#111 JP, lol! ...lost money in the stock market. Great way to put that!

Yes, lefty is right, N: reeeeeeeeead it! Make suuuuuuuuuuuure you start it on a raaaaaaaaaaaainy Saturday morning/day off morning. No I'm not cold. I'm excited!!!! EEEEEE!

112 Lefty I have this phobia of crappy books that almost paralyzes me in books stores. The book might look interesting the tittle arresting...but until I don't hear one of my lt friends rave about it i AM INCAPABLE OF PURCHASING A BOOK!!! WHAT HAVE YOU PEOPLE DONE TO ME!! I'm trying to break away from that habit to give books a chance, but it is hard. So what I get is more books than I can read at any given time. Lefty if you are like me, you may have more jewels sitting on your back shelf, just waiting to be read. lol

I will I will, but I must not buy it until after I have finished The Gathering and World Without End. So there.

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#105 lefty:
That's what I thought. ;)

#108 bib:
I thought of her when I first saw it, too. :)

#110 LadyN:
Why am I not surprised? :) Try it afterward, maybe, to double check that it worked. ;)

#111 jp:
KIK! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! How many times has it been? :)

114--> ah, live a little, says the suge shaped (ugh) little devil on your shoulder.

155--> HUH?

Suge sees the future.

There isn't such a post yet, but I suppose you mean #115? I've no idea what you mean, though. Regarding what?

I'm not talking to you. Don't you see it?

#104 K
I've seen that pop-up book! It may have been a different version... but it was really cool.

I remember they had a dentist, a skyscraper (for heights), a spider, a clown... I don't remember what else. The skyscraper one was really cool because it actually looked like you were far up.

I didn't think of there possibly being a dentist in it. That's a good one! Now I'm really curious about what the skyscraper page looks like. *Must-not-get-phobia-book!*

Ekk. Can't spell.

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I think Suge is seeing things now.

I finished The Blood of Flowers, it was excellent! Lefty, you might want to check it out, a lot of it is about the craft of making Persian carpets, and I think you'd enjoy it!

I won't be able to read for the next couple of days, I've got to finish up my elfster gift and Sat. I'm doing my mom's Xmas baking.

#121 lefty:
I think so, too. I don't see whatever it is that she sees. ;)

Ok, I finished Lightning and I think I am going to read a compilation novel I got that includes shattered Whispers and Watchers. I am on a Koontz kick... I wonder why that always seems to happen when I read one book from an author.

Its gone now. you all missed it

Don't worry, suge -- it will be back.

I finished Ink Exchange, which I did not like as much as Wicked Lovely. I also read Cracked Up To Be, my Early Reviewer book. I wasn't madly impressed with either, and both were a bit gritty and depressing. I'm ready for a fun read, now, and nothing I have lined up really seems to qualify. It may be time for some more comfort reading. . . .

(Edited to fix a typo)

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I felt the same way about Ink Exchange, foggi.

Thanks, after a few more mountain dews I'm sure it will be back.

I will change the world today. I will.

sugey, you change my world constantly. :-)

aww you are the sweetest!!! Thank you! You are who I want to be when I grow up.

There is so much love in this thread!! Mwah!! xx

Posting to let jp know I indeed starting reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland yesterday. ;)

Hang on a second. I need to sit down. I think I'm seeing things. I thought K actually started reading Alice in Wonderland. :o)

I just got The Imagicators and the Wind Between the Worlds by Brad Marshland. It's the sequel to The Imagicators. Both are page-turners. I can't believe more people haven't heard of these.

132- I must be seeing things too, because I saw that very same post.

I'm reading The Sonnets now, and I might start reading A Room with a View soon.

Cat - I loved a Room with a View. Are you getting tips for your trip?

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LOL, no. I just thought it would be fun to read. :)

Her father will have a heart attack if her trip follows the plot of A Room with a View.

#137: LOL! Which part do you think would bother him most, witnessing a murder? Meeting crazy authoresses? Being kissed by a stranger? Not getting a Room with a View?

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I'm reading Dragon Heir at my little sisters request. Okay so far, but it needs to end!

Also reading All things fall apart, with is really good so far, but I just started.

I'll definitely be rereading some Harry Potter books too. Can't wait!

A_R, have you read the first two in the Heir series? I liked the first two much better than the third.

I just started The Sea of Monsters tonight. I keep laughing out loud, much to husband's annoyance. I love this series!

>#135: "A young girl, transfigured by Italy! And why shouldn't she be transfigured? It happened to the Goths!"

#139 A_R:
I really loved the Heir series! I agree with lefty, though - book three was not my favorite of the bunch.

#140 lefty:
Another good series! I want to read book 3, but if I do that, I'll want to buy book 4, and it's only in hardcover right now. That takes control to not give into! ;)

Im going to read Inkdeath when I get it. I already read The Tales of Beedle the Bard. And I have to read the last Great and Terrible Beauty.

I started my 50 book challenge in April, but I wanted to try to finish it by the end of this year instead of going all the way to April. I'm up to 33 books (because I haven't been counting rereads within the year or I'd be up to 41). So now I'm reading America because I think I can finish that this weekend, then I'll do The Poe Shadow which I'm hoping I can finish by Tuesday. I'm really glad I'm getting 5 days off for Christmas, that should help a lot!

I read (and finished) The Tales of Beedle the Bard last night. I started on a reread of Les Miserables. Due to the length of my tbr list, when I visit the library on Monday, I'm going to get (and read) lots of books, including:
The Book Thief
more France travel guides
books on mythology
books on the origins of Christmas
vampire-esque books (e.g., Blood and Chocolate)
Coraline
City of Ember
Charlie Bone and the Shadow
Alice in Wonderland
and many, many more.

Bib, a late thank you for the Blood of Flowers recommendation. I have put it on my TBR list! (er -- I put it on the higher-priority list, since if it goes on the main list it might get lost!)

I'm still reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland! I just didn't like the illustrations. (I got weird looks on the bus.) I'm reading that one at home and another, Dewey, to and from work. I need kleenex! I'm only around page 45 so I think I might need a couple boxes of it at the very least.

Edited for touchstones not working.

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K, did you get "permission" to read Dewey or did you just steal it?

I finished Sea of Monsters and can't wait to read Titan's Curse!

I also started The Eyre Affair today. Interesting so far!

I am reading Scarpetta and so far it is really very good.

I just finished The Book of Lost Things today and I really liked it. Very dark and at times disturbing, but I got through it! Great story. Now I just have to get it to the library before I lose it.

I usually read The Best Christmas Pageant Ever each year, but I was in the middle of something last year and missed it. I am going to read it next so that doesn't happen this year.

#148 lefty:
I'm not sure if it was either. I asked to borrow it, though, and she knew I'd go through her books if she didn't get it out for me. ;)
I'm eager to read The Titan's Curse as well. I hope you enjoy it! Also, I absolutely love The Eyre Affair. It's one of my favorites so I likewise hope you will be fond of it, too. :)

#149 Bella:
My sister who reads the series will be reading that one not long after Christmas, I believe. ;)

#150 compski:
Good luck getting it there! I think they should reduce the late fee fines for that book. Either that, or raise them to help bring in more funding. ;)

Well... I read Midnight Sun. I couldn't resist. But now I'm sad that it's over since it's not complete.
Oh well. It was nice to get a different viewpoint than Bella's in the Twilight series.

My friend is letting me borrow her copy of Forever in Blue but I haven't started it yet.

#150 Compski, I'm glad you liked it! I love that book! Come to think of it, I haven't seen my copy in a while... I think a friend is borrowing it. K is onto something regarding the late fines for that book..

#151 K, I'm glad you are reading Dewey, anyway. It was a good pet story. :) I heard of Fforde's book from all of you liking it, so I'm sure I will like it too. The first couple pages I was kind of confused, but I understand the world now, so I am liking it! I can't wait to understand Hades ... or is this a continuing series and I'll have to read additional books for the whole story?

Thanks! I agree. I love Dewey already.
The Eyre Affair is part of a series titled after Thursday. There have been five books so far. Book six won't be released until at least next summer. However, each story has it's own adventure and is complete on it's own. I have a tough time picking a favorite in the series. Like for you, the beginning had confused me some. I may have reread the first chapter during my first reading of that book. I used to reread them once a year along with the Harry Potter books.

I finished Brisingr and picked up Small Gods again. Don't know what I'll read next

Cat A room with a view is one of my favorites! Have fun! (wow you guys are going to Italy. How come you didn't tell me? and adopt me? and take with you?)

Lefty, I love that series too! I want a pen like percy's.

I'm reading Gone, which I was enjoying very much until I realized, holy crap, I'm one of the adults! And they've all disapeared!!!

Suge, you with a pen like Percy's is a dangerous thought! ;)

only for my ears tho. I would probably chop on off by mistake.

Correction suge: cat is going to Italy. Grandma is taking her. Maybe my parents can adopt you. ;o)

Ok, I can dig it, Jp.

Just think, my mom could take you to Italy and my dad could teach you to make coquito!

Lucky cat! Italy is my favouritest ever country. So far. I haven't been to many though... But it is GORGEOUS!

Am currently tearing through Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn. It's the first in a new mystery series featuring Lady Julia Grey, set in the late 1880s London. Although the writing isn't spectacular, it isn't difficult to read, and the story has particularly grabbed me, so I'm having lots of fun!

Since the last time I posted, I've read Fingersmith (which was all right) and Graceling (which was really good). Now I'm reading My Bonny Light Horseman, the most recent in the Bloody Jack series, which I find fluffy and addictive.

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I finished The Book of Wizards and got a hoard of book from the library. This hoard includes Charlie Bone and the Shadow, The Book Thief, Fairy Tale Detectives, Greek Mythology A to Z, Coraline, and Blood and Chocolate. This ought to keep me going for awhile.

I finished reading Dewey tonight. :(

#163: I have an ARC of that I started to read about 9 months ago, but I got distracted by other things. It's on my list of books to go back to in the next couple of weeks.

Just finished Marley and Me last night. :(

:( That's a really good book. I cried from about the last 3 chapters on. I've tried to get mom to read it, because parts of Marley remind me of every dog we've owned.

There is definately a little Marley in Pepper. and I also cried for the last 3 chapters. But the book is great and I highly recommend it to anyone. Esp. those that love dogs.

I cried like a baby at Marley and Me. I really agree with you kirby - Marley represents every dog we've owned too. :-(

I started The Poe Shadow yesterday, I hope to finish it tonight.

I avoid books like Marley and Me at all costs. I'm tearing up just thinking about it :(

*hands suge the hankies*

There you are sweetie, have a good blow.

Reading The Colour of Magic and just got The Tales of Beedle the Bard from the library! Ha...working for the library has major perks...like first dibs.

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Finished Silent in the Grave a little while ago, and will soon begin The Lace Reader, which I picked up at the library last night.

I'm still working on "Small gods" I have had very little time to read.what with work and posting on LT and trying to figure out whats in my elfster package....

I finished A Room with a View, which I liked a lot! I wonder, should I get a Baedeker for my trip? ;)
I need to look for The Sonnets again, since I had to return it before I was finished.

Finished The Poe Shadow last night, or early this morning...it was after midnight anyway. I'm not sure what I'm going to read next, it's between Silent in the Grave, The Last Cato, and The Island, unless of course my ER comes today. *looks hopefully toward door for mail*

I did a bad, bad thing. I just ordered 3 books from Barnes&Noble. Will it never stop?

Started The Eyre Affair last night. I liked the beginning.

# 180: No it won't stop kirby it will just get worse (trust me) but as long as you tell us how good the books are you can redeem yourself :D

I just got The Kite Runner last night. I already read A thousand Splendid Suns and really enjoyed it and I hear The Kite Runner is amazing. Also i'm currently on Three to get Deadly in the Stephanie Plum series.

I think they are both entertaining Mandy, and to me the best one out of the two of them was the kite runner, maybe because I read that one in English and A Thousand Splendid Suns in Spanish but I liked them both, I hope you enjoy them and tell us what you think about it.

P.S. I cried a little bit with that book so have the tissues close by just in case...

Thanks for the heads up. I'll be sure to have tissues near by. I didn't with A Thousand Splendid Suns and got tears all over myself for Mariam.

#179, bib - I highly enjoyed Silent in the Grave. Whenever you read it, I hope you enjoy it too!

Going to finish The Colour of Magic today. Then I'll read Tales of Beedle the Bard...spread out over Christmas break. Also for Christmas I'm going to read A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

#187--> uncanny! I just had that book in my hand yesterday! wowza!

I'm still reading Gone, which is a really great sci-fi type book. I'm also reading Shadow Kiss I'm absolutely obsessed with the Vampire Academy series!

I've also hit 1001 in my library!! I haven't catalogued the stuff I bought yesterday (birthday gift card!!). It was a great haul! I'm also reading my 96th book this year, and I'm feeling good because I might just make it to 100, or more!!!

I also recieved a Scholatic order, so my school LT account just increased by about 20 books.

I decided to go with The Last Cato. Apparently this is another author who doesn't know about chapters. 7 Chapters, 452 pages!

I don't know how that's possible. I like chapters. Marley and Me was good about chapters...289 pages 29 chapters.

I'm now waiting for my dinner to be ready before I start on chapter 5, I really don't like to stop between chapters if it can be at all helped. Chapter 5 starts on page 215 and ends on page 346, so I hope to finish it in a couple hours!

I finished Scarpetta and decided to start This Lullaby I needed some light reading.

I finished The Last Cato at a little after 2 in the morning. Since I still have 14 books to read to hit my goal of 50 books in 9 months, I'm going to spend the weekend (except of course party time and rehearsal) in Narnia. I figure that's seven books that are all very short and fast reads but aren't picture books. (I'm trying really hard to not stoop to reading Duck for President or Dream Snow and then counting it, but I will if I have to!

Hey! I happened to love Duck for President! As well as Click Clack Moo and Dooby Dooby Moo. I also recommend Sandra Boynton's books with CD, especially Dog Train.

I'm almost finished with Battle for the Labyrinth. You people are too distracting. :oP

I'm not knocking Duck for President, it's one of my favorite books and it's in my library, but it would feel like cheating to resort to reading books like that to finish my challenge by the end of the year!

Eah. You do what you gotta do. ;)

I'm in the middle of reading The Tale of Despereaux with my class. We just finished book the second yesterday. When we come back we will start book the third (that will be Jan. 5th). I've told my kids that if anyone sees the movie, they have to keep what happens a secret.

At home I'm reading Descendants of Darkness 7, The Paradise War, and Brisingr.
I will finish Brisingr by the end of the year!!! I will! I've been very distracted by trying to make a certain unnamed present for a certain unnamed HE'r, and taking care of a puppy.

Oh I just love Despereaux! I haven't seen the movie yet though. Watching the previews didn't convince me that they had done a good job on the movie.

I've been told that the movie is nothing like the book. I've never read the book, though, so I don't know how different it is.

I finished This Lullaby and I am pretty sure I am going to start Flowers in the Attic

I can't decide, an old familiar comfort read? or something new?

I just finished a bunch of books including: The Book Thief, Fairy Tale Detectives, Charlie Bone and the Shadow, and Blood and Chocolate. I statred a Guy De Maupassant book ( The Necklace and other stories ) that I received as a christmas present.
Today I'm heading into the library, so here's my list of potential books to get/ read during the holiday (plus during our exciting trip to Nice over New Year): A Lion Among Men, Graceling, Alice in Wonderland, and Notre Dame de Paris.

P.S. I'm also racking up Border's gift card, so I can buy Petit Robert, an upper-level French dictionary for school.

Just checked out Graceling, Alice in Wonderland, and Notre dame de Paris.

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I just finished Nation by Terry Pratchett -- excellent book, probably one of the best I've read this year.

I'm also working on The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West, which is a lot of fun!

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#200: Bella, Have you read Flowers in the Attic before? I read the whole series and I liked them a lot and I'm warning you have extra tissues by hand... I hope you enjoy it :D

I'm reading The Book Thief and Beast. I was planning on going to the library and seeing if they had Marley and Me because I've been reading so much about it lately.

Finished Battle of the Labyrinth, which made me sad. Now I've started reading a book called The Risky Way Home, which isn't my typical read (it's contemporary fiction), but the author is a homeschooling friend and she sent me her book for my birthday.

I also read The Dot and the Line by Norton Juster to my children. If I read 19 more picture books before January, can I say I read 50 books this year? :o)

#195 JP:
My kid sister loved Click Clack Moo! :)

RE Despereaux:
I once ordered it with my sister's school for her as a Christmas present. All the other students got their books except my sister. I never saw a refund, either.

#200 Bella:
That was one of my favorite series by VC. She died so early on in the publication of her books, but this one she lived for. It was her very first book.

#201 polly:
I only wanted to read new books, but I'm going with a comfort book myself. :)

#206 jp:
Only if you spend a full minute on each page you read. :P

I'm still reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland because I had lost it among gift wrap. I hope to finish it in the next couple of days. (It's kind of busy.) The next book I plan to read may be my first reread of Deathly Hallows, in which case I'll look for the threads to post about the chapters.

Did you accidentally wrap it K? :o)

My Early Reviewer came!!!! So I'll be taking a break from Narnia so I can read A Rose by any other name and Harry, A History, then I'll head back to Narnia!

K, the next couple of days are busy or Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is kind of busy? ;)

#204 Renald, No, I haven't read it yet... I received it a couple of months ago and it has been begging me to read it ever since (yes, yes, rumor, the books talk to me lol) Thanks for the heads up on the tissues! I usually don't read sad books but the last book I have read made me cry so I have a box right next to my reading chair!

Mindy I hope you arre enjoying The Book Thief

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I have read The Curious Case of Benjamen Button, The Tales of Beedle the Bard, The Long Secret, and The Wish List. Right now Im reading Marley and Me.

Indeed I am Bella! My friend saw how far I was and she was like "When did you get that again??"

I'm about 2/3 of the way done =)

So I'm broadening my literature sights. I've been reading some manga/sojo books. Anyone have any good suggestions?

#208 jp:
KIK! No, it was in a bag of gift wrap not yet used.

#210 lefty:
I think both. Alice has one weird mind. ;) Ugh, I'm busy till late January, to be truthful. There's a lot going on at work.

I just finished Mansfield Park. I hope that I'll be able to read The Tales of Beedle the Bard before the year is over.

What did you think of Mansfield Park?

Hmmm, I started rereading Mansfield Park earlier this year. I ought to try and finish it before the end of the year. *sigh* So many books, so little time.

I mean to read that one before the year would be over. It's too busy to now.

Ok, I switched from Flowers in the Attic to Zen and the Art of Vampires... but I don't know if I should read it because I am not sure if it is a sequel to anything...

#220: Bella yes I just checked amazon and it says it's book 6 in the dark ones series.

Grrr... thanks Ren... I will have to go get 1-5 now... good use for my Christmas gift cards!

And maybe it's a sign that you should read Flowers in the attic.... sorry I induced some of my friends to read that series and it's a habit that is hard to quit...but seriously read it....;)

I just finished The Eyre Affair! It was wonderful! I love Hades -- especially that he and his brother are named Acheron and Styx Hades. How great! Especially since I've been brushing up on my Greek mythology since reading the Percy Jackson books.

Tonight I started Coraline. I am loving it so far, 30 pages in. I might just read the whole thing tonight. We'll see. Somebody also has to wrap presents, so...

#120-122 Bella, I hate when that happens!

I finished my ER, I'll write the review...probably after Xmas, but it was enjoyable. I read the forward to Harry, a History and can't wait to read more tomorrow.

Bella - I enjoyed the Flowers in the Attic series when I read it in the early 80s.

#98 for me is Getting the Girl by Markus Zusak who is DA MAN!! I have loved loved loved everything I have read from him. I'm also reading Madhouse

December has been an enjoyable month for reading.

Currently reading The Manning Sisters by Debbie Macomber

My first book in December was Skipping Christmas by John Grisham

After that I read an older book my son found in his packed boxes. I remembered reading this book when he was small The book of Christmas - The Enchanted World from TimeLife Books.

Towards Zero by Agatha Christie was the third book of the month.

Friend's husband loaned me 23 Days of Terror by Angie Cannon

Then there was, what I have choosen, to be the best book of 2008, And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie.

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217- It was good! I must say though, that Fanny makes me feel good about myself. I am so much less fearful than she is. ;)

I finished The Book Thief yesterday and it was AMAZING!

I knew you'd enjoy it, Mindy! :D

I finished Coraline this afternoon, which I loved. Though I think I would be a bit freaked out if I had read it as an 8-year-old. I started The Shamer's War, which is the 4th book in the Shamer's Chronicles and am enjoying that so far too.

Well, I was planning on reading Alcatraz and the Scrivener's Bones today, but I have three new video games and a collector's edition copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard to grab my attention, so I may be putting off my reading a bit longer.

I'm currently reading I Put A Spell On You, a kids' book about hi-jinks at a spelling bee. I just finished Trouble by Gary Schmidt, which was all right, but not as good as The Wednesday Wars. I also got The Tales of Beedle the Bard for Christmas (I got the standard edition, so Espy and I can compare editions), so I imagine I'll be reading that soon.

I finished The Tales of Beedle the Bard yesterday. It was a fun read, but it really made me wish that the Harry Potter series wasn't over :'(.

I really will have to read the next Alcatraz Versus The Scrivener's Bones book now.

Ooooh, Espy what vid games did you get???

I'm reading Graceling which was my Lt Secret Santa gift. I love it so far.

My intentions for the end of the year have completely changed and I no longer care about my challenge, I'll just count my rereads and be fine. I'm about halfway through Harry, a History and I love it. I'm doing a series reread when I'm done. I recommend that you all read this book. In large part its about the internet and its effects on HP fandom and the friendships and bonds that HP and the internet have helped to create. I find myself thinking of you all constantly. The descriptions of meeting the people you've been obsessively discussing the series with in person and the way it's so easy....well, I know how Melissa feels. Buy it, read it! I love you guys!

*adds Harry, A History to wishlist*

#235 - I posted them all in the "Share Your Pile of Presents" thread.

Bib, when you wrote "I know how Melissa feels" I was so confused -- I thought your status as Elfster Supreme Being had given you insight into others' feelings or something. Then I realized the author was also a Melissa.

#237 Me too.

I finished The Shamer's War, which I really liked, though the very last paragraph lowed my overall enjoyment of the series. I read Nicholas in Trouble -- such a fun series! And I'm nearly done with The Titan's Curse, also great. Christmas break is the best!!

235- Ooh, I loved Graceling suge! Tell me what you think when you're done. :)

#240 -- Cat, I loved Graceling, too. Have you read any of Tamora Pierce's books? Graceling reminded me of her Tortall books, particularly the ones about Alanna and Keladry.

Yeah, I've read most of her books. You're right, Graceling reminds me of those books too.

Ender in Exile ;)

sigh. Nothing.

>#243: finished yet?

Finished it this afternoon. Soooooooo good. She really captures the emotions of the journey and brings them to life again. Also, and I don't know if it's her writing or just my insanity, but I actually cried when reading about her reading about the parts of the books that made me cry when I read them.

Kudos to anyone who manages to unravel that sentence!

No, but i did cry after reading that post about you actually crying when reading about her reading about the parts of the books that made you cry when you read them.

*snarf*

I don't know what the big deal is about. It made since to me bib.

I'm working on reading that one too. My goal is to finish Brisingr by the end of the year. I'm about half way through it.
Step 1: Find where I put the book.

No, no, Kirby! It's like this:

Step 1: FIX
Step 2: IT
Step 3: FIX IT

Or maybe, for your purposes, it can be changed to be "READ IT." ;)

You know how I said I was going to be forced to read the Alcatraz book? Well... I got The Great Divorce from my parents for Christmas, so I'm now in the middle of reading it. I think I've developed one of those blocks with Alcatraz...

So you want escape from Alcatraz?

#249- It may be on the same shelf with my copy of The Book of Lost Things

>#251: kik.

#236 bib:
I almost bought that book so many times! I kept walking past it at Target and picked it up probably all but one of those times. We love you, too! :)

#241 foggi:
The first Alanna book is in my TBR pile. How did you like it?

#248 kirby:
It made sense to me, too. ;) Hey, you're only supposed to not be able to find The Book of Lost Things! What did you do - put the wrong dust jacket on it? ;)

#251 jp:
And about half a million ghosts. Have you ever been there when you have visited CA? The air is so cold it almost makes me feel like there is another presence unseen to us.

#252 kirby:
Ah-ha! So that's the case. ;)

I'm reading.... :( When am I reading? This is the busiest week of the year. My work is swamped. I am happily imagining what I will read when I'm not reading, though, and still getting through Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Like bib I'm done with my book challenge plans for the year. It starts over with the arrival of 2009.

I tried to resist but I've started reading Midnight Sun.

MrsD. Aren't we calling that His Book so SM finishes writing it??

I'm reading Love In the Time Of Cholera and I just finished The City Of Ember which was really entertaining and I can't wait to get the next installment in the series.

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I finished Tales of Beedle the Bard and stayed up til two last night reading Evernight now even with a TBR list longer than ever I'm left wondering..."Huh. So what should I read next?

I would read New Moon, but there is a super long list for that and I can't afford to purchase it right now...plus I don't really want to get sucked into it again.

I don't think I am going to be reading much more this month because I have decided to de-clutter my apartment so I am going to focus on that so it is done for the New Year. Then Starting in January I am going to read Vampire Academy.

#256 — Try not to get too excited. City of Ember was fabulous, and I'd recommend it to anyone, but The People of Sparks just didn't do it for me. It just felt too political for my tastes, and not the good kind of political like The King of Attolia or Dune.

I finished The Great Divorce, which was just as fantastic as I remembered, though I'm sure I still haven't gotten everything out of it that I can. Next on the list, officially, is Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones, but I'm sure I'll find something else to read beside it.

#214: I just finished Monkey High! vol. 1 and 2. Pretty good shojo. If you want more suggestions, maybe you can find a ShojoBeat magazine at a bookstore. I can usually glance at them and make a guess at which ones I would like since that's a nice way to preview them.

I agree with Espy about the Ember series. I LOVED the first one, second one was more like "eh" and the third was completely the author standing on a soap box proclaiming personal beliefs. I heard there was a fourth (?) and if that's true, I'm not sure I'll read it at all.

#259 and 261: Espy and Lefty thanks for the heads up, I won't expect much from the next parts of the Ember series, but everytime that I start a series of books I feel the need to finish it entirely even if I didn't like one of them (i.e. Eragon and Eldest and I've heard so many people struggle with Brisingr I'm scared to go near it) and I might as well finish them all.

Just read The Importance of Being Earnest on google books...what a lover-ly way to spend my Saturday...I've read three books so far. And there's still time left in the day.

Finished The Lace Reader well over a week ago and still don't know how I feel about it. I'd like to reread it to see if knowing the ending affects my interpretation of the story, but I don't have much desire to pick it up again so soon. Plus, it's from the library and there's a long waiting list so I should probably get it back.

Currently reading Dewey: The Small-Town Cat Who Touched the World for book club, then it'll be The Cellist of Sarajevo, which is due back at the library soon.

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Alice is a very perculiar little girl. I would never have said and done the things she says and does, but then, who would? ;)

Oh, Dewey! It's absolutely wonderful, grkmwk. I loved it.

I've finished Midnight Sun and in my opinion it has the potential to be the best book of all of them :(

*checks that it's still December*

Neverwhere

I really want to read that but I refuse to read Meyer's 13 (?) unpublished chapters. I've only read chapter one.

LG says that's a good book, MrA!

Liking it so far. ;-D

266 MsDonna
I agree. I wish it hadn't ended. Stupid people putting it on the internet. grr.

I've finished Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

I wanted to bring a thick book with me to work yesterday because I had two hours between my shift and meeting so I brought Deathly Hallows instead of Through the Looking Glass. The meeting was canceled so I only read a tiny bit of it. I picked up Love and Lies last night knowing I wouldn't have time to finish Deathly Hallows before the end of 2008 for my book challenge.

I'm still in the midst of Rebel Angels. I'm not sure when I'll be able to pick it up. I've been very busy. Is there anyone here who has read it? If so, did you go on to read book three, The Sweet Far Thing?

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I finished The Titan's Curse. I thought I had the whole thing figured out by the 20th page or so, but the end surprised me.

I reread The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch. I really love that series. There are several books more in it now that I need to catch up with (and what do I do? Reread the first ones instead). Now I'm rereading the second one too -- The Last Apprentice: Curse of the Bane. They are really great books.

I've also read Tales of Beedle the Bard. I got it for Christmas. It was good, but I would have liked more fairy tales and less commentary. I have always loved all the original fairy tales, so to have "new" fables was great! There just weren't enough of them.

:( Last Apprentice touchstones don't want to work.

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*smacks self* OW!
I guess I'm awake. That means K really did finish reading Alice in Wonderland! Go K!

I just finished The Devious Book for Cats which was hilarious! Thanks again LadyN! One of my favorite parts was the section "Toying with Allergy Sufferers."

I decided to reread 'Gone With the Wind" I think we should make that a group read!

#273 lefty:
Glad to hear you like the Last Apprentice series! I have book one in my TBR pile. I was in a B&N with jp and cat this summer when we saw book 3 or 4 with an odd quote on the back cover. It said "Warning, Not to be read after dark -Especially page 119." Cat and I had to open the book to read page 119 after that. ;) It's what made me curious about the series. :)

#274 JP:
Silly, silly jp. I wrote you that I finished it! :)
I have to add the cat book to my BM and PBS wishlist!

Has anyone read "The Tales of Beedle The Bard" yet? I just started it.

#276 K, I hope you get to read it soon! They are really great. Did I say that already? ;) They have a bit of HP flavor in the morals (for example, we all have the capacity for good and evil; it's the choices we make that define us; prophecies suggest a future that is still open to what we make of it), but they are much darker than HP in a way that make them great fun to read after dark (despite or perhaps because of the warning!). They are the type of scary that make you like to be a little scared while knowing you're safe on your couch and could close the book, but why would you want to? Okay, now everyone go read them and then I won't have to preach about them anymore. ;)

#277 Yes, Mitzy! See post #273. Lots of us here have read it. There is also an official Beedle the Bard thread. I hope you enjoy it!

Catbastet just got a book from suge that I might need to steal borrow from her. It's called Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris.

I got to read some more of Beast today. I need to hurry up and finish it. I'm taking forever.

In order to balance a little my reading I'm reading Love In the Time of cholera (that is kinda serious book and a little more advanced) and I'm also reading the Thirteenth Tale (which is a great book: Or it is good so far, and it's a more entertaining and fun book)....Does anybody do this like read a great literature book like Austen and read something fun and easy like the city of ember or is it just me??

#277 Mitzy:
A few of us have read it already. I really liked it and hope you do, too. :)

#278 lefty:
You hadn't yet, lefty. ;) Hey, now I have to shuffled my soon-TBR pile around! :P I still have to say I didn't see what was scary about page 199. I didn't see anything scary about the page after that, either. ;) (Surley I must have missed something having skipped all the previous pages and books up until that point. No?)

#279 jp:
Have you read The Book Thief yet? Perhaps you should read it while you're 'waiting.' ;)

I ordered The Magic Lands from Amazon with my gift certificate and it came yesterday, so that's next up, once my cold wanes to the point where I can read without it going all blurry and getting a headache.

#281 Renald, I read lots of books at once -- usually 6-10. I read a bit of whichever I'm in the mood for at the moment, kind of the same way someone chooses which music to listen to next. And I always have a classic, a comfort read, and a kid's book going (or several of each).

#282 K, I don't remember exactly, but most like reading the rest of the book would help. ;)

ETA: Bib, I definitely want to hear what you think of that one! :)

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I just finished Beast (touchstones weren't working)
I'm trying to decide if I want to read Rose Daughter or Forever in Blue next.
I suppose I could start both.

I know that it is now officially 20 minutes into January, but in December I hit a Manga kick.
I read books 1-9 of Descendants of Darkness (I'm waiting on books 10-12), Silver Seed, Castelvania (weird), and the first 5 books of Fruits Basket.

Sixteen books in December! Good reading, kirby. :)