What are you reading in January 2011?

Happy new year! What books are you reading to start the year off right?

My first book of 2011 was an audiobook which I listened to on my drive today -- The Book of Three. I've been meaning to read the Prydain Chronicles for some time now, so finally made a start. I enjoyed it very much, but will probably have to go back and read a paper copy some time, since I feel like I missed things by listening.

Trespass by Rose Tremain.

I've been reading the Tomorrow Series by John Marsden. I'm on the final book The Other Side of Dawn

Still working on 365 Thank Yous, which is quite enjoyable. Inspiring me to write Christmas gift thank you notes for all gifts, not just the select few I normally do (e.g., grandmothers, surprise gifts, etc.). I am leaving in a little while for the first leg of a 10 day trip, and I think I've finally narrowed my travel selections to This Is Not Chick Lit and High Tide in Tuscon. I'm also debating taking a Donna Leon mystery, as I always enjoy them, and neither of my other reads are sink-into stories. However, space is quite limited, and I have work to do (ahem, finalizing my syllabus) and lots of professional reading, so perhaps limiting my choices would aid productivity.

I have just begun with Terry Pratchett's Wintersmith

I am still reading Catching Fire, which is very good so far :D

I'm reading a Madness: A Bipolar Life by Marya Hornbacher and Ernest Hemingway's books The Sun Also Rises.

I read Kingdom Keepers I on the train yesterday and started on The Lost Hero this morning.

I was trying to finish The Blind Assassin before the year ended. I was 300 pages into the 500+ and I had to give up. The clue I had to make this decision? I sighed each time I picked it up. Any way, I had Shades of Grey standing by for my first read of the new year. Now I have a smile on my face when I pick up my book!

I just started reading Troll Bridge: A Rock 'n' Roll Fairy Tale. Interesting so far.

I'm now reading Shards of Honor, the first Vorkosigan book.

I finished my reread of Deathly Hallows, and read Throat by R.A. Nelson. Now I'm in the middle of Blue Shoe by Anne Lamott, which has been sitting on my TBR shelves since before I joined LT.

I finished 365 Thank Yous on the plane yesterday, then started This Is Not Chick Lit, which is excellent but somewhat intense, so I picked up Mennonite in a Little Black Dress in the airport, which is hilarious so far! I felt a bit sorry for my fellow passengers, as I would periodically burst into laughter while reading, but it was so nice to have a change to funny that I didn't really care. Plus, I sat beside weird eyelash pulling guy and behind nose-picking guy, so really, being the laughing woman isn't so bad... Planes are public spaces, people!!

#9 mamzel:
Ohh! That was one of the first books I read last year. I loved Shades of Grey. I'm glad you're enjoying it!

I'm reading my ER book, The Demon Trapper's Daughter, and can see how an editor read it in one sitting. It hooked me in pretty well that I only stopped reading because it was 2am. I've almost cried twice already while reading it. (If you're reading this, kirby, I'm on page 133. ;)

For now I have to put my ER aside to reread A Raisin in the Sun so my youngest sister has someone to help or make suggestions or tips on her essay. I haven't read it in twelve years.

I just picked up You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness from the library. It looks cute, but I can't remember where I heard about it. Was it here?

#15 -- it sounds like a fun read! Let us know what you think of it when you finish it!

I thought The Demon Trapper's Daughter was pretty good. Some of the language, place settings, and descriptions seemed a bit much to be YA, though. The main character's seventeen. I'd suggest the book be for readers that age and older. Otherwise, it was an interesting take on what the future would be like...if demons were on the planet. I'm eager for book two, but it's a ways away, I'm sure.

I've finished The Demon Trapper's Daughter. I actually finished it Sunday on the plane. I have to sit down and work on my review. It was a pretty good read. It took me the week to read it because I was so tired each night back at the villa.

I've also read the Godchild series (all 8 books) in the last few days. Easy reads, and a little different. I don't even think I've added them to LT yet.

Last night was a night for crocheting, so I did not read anything.

I'm still working on Shadow Kiss, and have several books lined up to start. I'm also ready for a professional read, so I believe I will be starting the book Real Boys.

Happy New Year to all! (I'm behind on thread reading as usual but this always seems the easiest one to jump in to.)

Shades of Grey and The Lost Hero are on a shelf waiting for me so I'll be interested to compare my thoughts with all of yours sometime this year. For now I'm on a Jim Butcher kick with Furies of Calderon - I love when a 500 page fantasy novel seems to end too soon!

Next up will probably be Delirium by Lauren Oliver that I got from ER. I've read some good reviews of it so I hope it lives up to the hype!

el- Our family love The Lost Hero! I was afraid it might become Percy Jackson and the Olympians all over again, but Riordan really managed to add to his original story.

I'm reading Mercedes Lackey "Trio of Sorcery" It seems pretty good so far!

#19 el:
I hope Delirium lives up to it, too! It's a book that I have the release date written in my planner for.

I'm rereading Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair while eagerly waiting for the new Thursday Next book that will be released at last in March.

To jp, I'm sorry for getting you hooked to a series that's taken so long to find out what happens Next. ;)

#22 - I didn't realize there was another Thursday Next book coming! Awesome! Of course...I still have to read First Among Sequels!

I gave up on Shards of Honor since it's pretty horribly written, but I skipped ahead to Barrayar. Some time between those two titles, Bujold learned how to write.

I finished Catching Fire, the first part felt a little slow and it dragged for a while but in the last part I couldn't put it down...I am now reading Mockingjay so far very very good

I listened to Before Green Gables while driving this past weekend. It was . . .okay. Not cringe-worthy, and for a prequel to something as well-loved as Anne of Green Gables, that's saying something.

Now I'm reading Sabriel. I feel like I should love it, but I'm finding it slow going. Maybe I just haven't gotten in to it yet.

#23 el:
Yep! Better get reading. ;)

#26 foggi:
I read Sabriel a few months ago. I can't wait to hear what your final thoughts are on it.

I just finished The Eyre Affair and will be starting Lost in a Good Book later today.

#27 -- Just finished Sabriel. It was a slow starter for me, but once I got into it, I was hooked. I have Lirael on the TBR shelf, so now I'm trying to decide whether to read that next, or whether I want something else for a change.

#27 - I can't help wanting to read that sentence as:

I just finished The Eyre Affair and will be starting Lost in a Good Book later today.

;)

I am still reading lots of dramaturgy but I am sneaking in a fun read of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy nothing like some good cold war spying.

You Had Me at Woof was cute. The author tells mostly about her work rescuing Boston Terriers. It had laugh out loud moments and, like most dog stories, some tears.

Now I am reading the graphic novel The Exile which is Outlander more from Jamie's point of view.

#28 foggi:
I probably spent about a week on it myself. It was an unusual book to me in some aspects but I enjoyed it.

#29 el:
I don't blame you! Had I not been sleep deprived I could have typed that better. It would certainly still be the truth. :)

I've had a couple of people give my book funny looks but I've told them they don't know what they're missing. Lost in a Good Book is a very good book. ;P

One of the things I want to do this year is read more classic lit -- particularly the unread tomes currently sitting on my shelves. So, I'm now about halfway through The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson.

I'm still working on The Lost Hero. I'm really enjoying it, but I'm trying to fit it in between stage calls and chatting with the rest of the cast.

Finished Delirium and still composing my thoughts for my review. Halfway through it I was getting a little annoyed that it seemed cliche and predictable, but it managed to take some interesting twists and turns that I didn't see coming. It's a little more angsty than I would have preferred but overall the writing was pretty good. I'd say in general I liked (but maybe didn't love) it.

I'm back to Count of Monte Cristo on my Kindle. Not sure how I never read anything by Dumas before this, but so far very thumbs up!

Reading my early reviewer copy of The Book of Days, it's surprising very enjoyable :)

Finished up Shadow Kiss last night, and started Blood Promise (early) this morning.

#38 kirby:
Ah-ha. The series has glued you to it now, yes? ;)

I had to stop reading my book just three pages until I'd finished it. Sometimes reading on buses is nice, and sometimes it's irritating.

I'm reading my early reviewer copy of The Genius Files: Mission Unstoppable. I spend a lot of time rolling my eyes and telling myself it's meant for kids who don't have a good relationship with their parents.

I just finished Mockingjay which had me glued till the end, it was very good. I am starting The Wizard Of Oz right now.

K: Yep, back into it. It just took trudging through that last book.

I finished The Iliad earlier this week, and I finished Ptolemy's Gate yesterday.
The Iliad surprised me, I didn't realize it only covers a short part of the Trojan War. It also has some amazingly gory deaths. Homer gives detailed descriptions. :P But aside from the bloody parts, it was a funny book to read.

I wanted something lighter to read, so I picked up Spellbinder by Helen Stringer -- it's fun so far.

The Woman in White. Who is that woman! What is her story? She plagues my mind!

... oh wait, it's a milkmaid.

I finished Mennonite in a Little Black Dress on the first leg of my flight home last Tuesday, and started The House at Riverton on the second leg on my new Nook! I am still in shock that I won a Nook at the ebooks panel I attended at my conference!! As life has been crazy since my return last week - the semester started and I was at yet another conference this past weekend - I am still reading the Riverton book; it's superb so far. I'm also still working on This Is Not Chick Lit and The Naked Gospel, both of which I started on my trip. And as I came home from the first conference with 10 ARCs in addition to my Nook, I've got plenty to read in 2011!

I have finally just got my hands on Noughts & Crosses I have been waiting at least 7 months for it on my school waiting list! But i was retarded and read it in one day..... :'( Why did i do that?! I could of enjoyed it for a week! Grrrr! :L

Love Callum! :)

Worth the wait; it's really cool explaining it to your mates becuase there like, 'So whites are treated like blacks were?' 'Correct, but they haven't got right yet so everybodys being racist to whites?' So why had he kidnapped her, why has a bomb gone off!?' 'Ew there kissing! There discribing it in detail!' There reactions are funny, and you discuss racistium and how you want to hop in it for 5 minutes give Callum a hug and then let it continue! :L

I had basically all the girls in my class grabbing it off me to see it!

Gonna browse the library tomorrow to get more books! :L :)

I finished rereading The Well of Lost Plots yesterday, which didn't help me finally come to the conclusion just which book in that series is my favorite. ;) I also read most of Anne of Green Gables that day and finished it just recently.

I'm reading The Mill on the Floss and just started Anne of Green Gables for the group read. Interesting takes on childhood; the Eliot is a tad more sophisticated, but so is her audience.

Hmmm...I feel like I might be mildly insulted....

Anyway, I got sent home sick today and therefore finally finished The Lost Hero. I had vague memories that stuff from Percy Jackson might be pertinent, so I borrowed the e-audiobook of The Lightning Thief from the library. I love technology. I'm a little disappointed with the reader, I'm not sure he understands sarcasm, but since I had a nice headache building, it was nice to be able to close my eyes and just listen.

I just finished The Wizard of Oz which I loved, and I started reading The Poisonwood Bible this afternoon.

#50: We tried to listen to the Percy Jackson audiobooks and gave up. We couldn't stand the way he read. I'm hoping Full Cast Audio will redo it someday. We like their audiobooks better.

#50/52 -- I listened to The Lightning Thief audiobook a while back, and I remember being really unimpressed with the narrator.

Finished Book of Days for early reviewers and am now reading Wildwood Dancing which bought on Amazon's bargain books, so far I am quite happy with my purchase :)

#50 by me?! I only meant that Anne was written for kids.

Reading The Eyre Affair I love it so far! Almost done! Thanks Kerian for the recommendation!

#56 Bella:
You're welcome again! :)

I'm reading Four Arthurian Romances on my eReader. Often I skip introductions but find it a little more difficult to on an eBook. If I still have to hit the button for every page to skip it, I might as well read it anyways, right?

Just finished The Emerald Atlas, a juvenile fantasy that's coming out in April. I'd recommend it to Harry Potter fans (hey, that's all of you!), particularly if you like other juvenile fantasy series like Fablehaven.

I read the first of the Henning Mankell mysteries and I am reading A Girl of the Limberlost which I actually think many here would love. It reminds me of Anne of Green Gables but it is in the United States.

I'm reading Beast right now. It's OK. I might be a little tired lately to get into a book. I seem to be reading slower usual, and my normal reading speed isn't very fast.

Moved on the Lost in a good Book!

Anybody know anything about Across the Universe? Only I just saw a really bad ad for it, wondered if it was as lousy as the ad made it seem.

#62 lefty:
It was a book among the possible choices to select for ER books earlier on. I have to say that after reading it's description, I did not select it. I've been curious of the same thing, though. Its average rating looks nice.

I finished The House at Riverton earlier this week, which was a lovely read. I was sad to see it end, but quickly moved onto Olive Kitteridge, which has been on my TBR/wishlist for a while and is my book club's February selection. Unfortunately, though, I'm not enjoying it as much as hoped, but I think that might be due in part to the fact that I loved the Riverton novel so much, and the Kitteridge book is a physical book, not an ebook on my Nook. I am so completely smitten with my ereader!!

So I just finished Wildwood Dancing, which was AMAZING :) highly recommend it!!!
Now I'm starting Lost on Planet China, seems like it should be pretty funny

Just finished The Sorceress from the Immortal Life of Nicholas Flamel series...I only bought the first 3, and now I have to go find Book 4 this weekend! Anybody know how many are to be in this series? I thought it would be a trilogy.

Exl:It looks like 6 so far (from his website). The Warlock, which will be published this year, and The Enchantress (published next year).

I'm reading several again. I'm working on Real Boys for professional growth, and am also rereading The Spark. I'm also working on the group read Anne of Green Gables, and this { } close to finish reading Blood Promise. I will probably finish it tonight and begin Spirit Bound.

Hey. Anyone reading The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare? I just read that she's continuing the series (I thought book 3 would be the end!) with 3 more books. She says you should really read The Clockwork Angel before reading book 4, City of Fallen Angels. Maybe not news to everyone else, but I like both series (although Clockwork Angel was different.
ETA: And they're making a movie! Man, where have I been?

It's a bit convoluted having a currently reading pile of regular books as well as ebooks. I just finished Runners on Running, one of my ER books, and Princeton Review's Cracking the GRE, 2011 Ed. . I just finished Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy and Acing the GRE on my ereader. I'm currently reading Order of the Phoenix in French, Long Lost and Kaplan GRE 2011 (all regualr books). I might start a few more GRE ebooks I have or Tears of a Clown.

#62 - I've seen a lot of blog reviews for Across the Universe and from what I garner most people have given it mostly positive feedback.

#67 - I feel like that series is cropping up everywhere! I remember seeing the first couple book at Barnes & Noble a while ago but I passed it over because I thought it looked too cheesy-romancey. Are they good? Which book is best to start with?

I just started an ARC that my librarian aunt lent me called The Oracle of Stamboul and so far I'm really hooked on it. Historical fiction, with a bibliophile for a main character - definitely my kind of story!

Maybe the ad I saw was just a bad one then!

El, I read the first Mortal Instrument and didn't like it. But lots of people do, so I'm probably the weird one. I just wasn't fond of any of the characters.

#67: el, I finished reading all of the The Mortal Instruments series, I really liked them and right now I'm reading Clockwork Angel, so far I really like it

el: You'll want to start with City of Glass with The Mortal Instruments series. It's the first book of the 3 that are out now. Clockwork Angel begins a prequel to the series, and both series are ment to compliment each other. You don't have to read one series to understand the other, but it's best to read the books within each series in order (hope that made sense).

I have been reading a huge number of books this month -- I'm in the opposite of a reading slump, whatever that might be. A reading binge? Anyhow I'm not going to list everything, but most recently I've read Divergent, which is an excellent YA dystopian novel coming out in May, which I would recommend to any fans of The Hunger Games.

#72: Isn't the first one City of Bones??

Duh! Yes. City of Bones. I wonder why I typed 3rd one? Thanks for correcting me Ron.

#74, 75 - Thanks! It's not quite a top of my list series, but If I see the first at the library I'll pick it up!

Hi, I just joined. Nice to meet you :)

I'm re-reading all the Harry Potter series with my little brother, hoping to finish it before Part 2 of Deathly Hallows movie comes out.

Finished Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone and onto Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets right now.

I'm also reading The lovely Bones by Alice Sebold at the moment.

Everything's going well so far! :D

Hi Bechii70! Welcome!

I'm trying to read my early reviewer book from last month, but I'm going through a non-reading phase. I hope it doesn't last....

Good Luck! Mine lasted pretty much all of 2010. This year though, through the magic of ebooks and eAudiobooks I've "read" 7 so far this year. :)

#77 -- Welcome, Bechii70! Enjoy your series reread!

I just finished listening to Anne of Green Gables for our group read!

Thank you so much for welcoming me everyone!
I had my "non-reading phase" the entire last year as well. Just got back to reading the end of December. Hope it won't come for a while :)