Amy's 111 in 2011

January! This is going to take a bit of thinking. What did I actually finish after midnight on the first day of the new year? This first post is subject to change.

1. The Lying Game by Sara Shepard
2. The Mermaid's Mirror by L. K. Madigan
3. Pearl in the Sand by Tessa Afshar
4. Annexed by Sharon Dogar
5. Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
6. Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
7. Room by Emma Donoghue
8. White Night by Jim Butcher

I read Room the first week of 2011, and let me tell you, everything I read this year is going to be in for some fierce competition.

Oh, and what am I reading at the moment? Excellent 11 by Ron Clark, Teacher Miracles by Brian Thornton, both for class, and Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher for fun. Why am I not finishing Dresden? Because I am 3 books ahead of my husband, and he is tired of me telling him to catch up.

I loved Room as well!

@Judylou: I feel like I was late to the party reading it!

9. Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher

Why am I not finishing Dresden? Because I am 3 books ahead of my husband, and he is tired of me telling him to catch up.

My husband has gotten fed up with me not catching up with him - he's read them all, and I'm up to #6 or something. Great books, I really should read another couple!

@wookiebender: They're pretty good, but it's easy to burn out on them if you read too fast.

Eesh, at least now I can see when my reading dried up. This also gives me a time frame for when my e-reader software stopped working!

10. Teacher Miracles by Brian Thornton

11. Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs
12. Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer

Starting on Avalanche Dance next.

It's interesting special ordering less popular books from indie bookstores. I've checked in at my local bookstore three times, and the publisher has yet to respond to my special order! Granted, it's only been two weeks, but I really, really want to start reading Journey to the West and Romance of the Three Kingdoms!

Looking forward to your reviews of those - they're both on my TBR pile.

Possible Side Effects is already on my review site: amy-lynn.net/goblin/ and I should be posting Eighth Grade Bites tomorrow. Finishing off a week of midterms, but I need to review Avalanche Dance so I can get some more Early Reviewer books!

Finished Avalanche Dance last night. Now, to finish Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire!

oh yea! touchstones fixed!!

13. Avalanche Dance by Ellen Schwartz
14. Academ's Fury by Jim Butcher
15. Cursor's Fury by Jim Butcher
16. Captain's Fury by Jim Butcher

Working on finishing Excellent 11 by Ron Clark and Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire by Rafe Esquith. I have other ed books I need to be reading by now!

17. Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire by Rafe Esquith
18. Excellent 11 by Ron Clark

19. Digital Fortress by Dan Brown

Still working on Princep's Fury, but also started Angels and Demons. My husband's convinced me to give Brown a second chance. Besides, reading, re-reading, and notating 200 pages of any textbook just leaves me needing a comfort read of some sort!

#13> Brown's Deception Point was probably my favorite non-Robert Langdon of his books, but Digital Fortress was pretty interesting, too, having many friends & family working at NSA years ago.

@14: I'm curious how accurate some of it was. I know there are a lot of close calls the public never hears about, and it's interesting to consider. My aunt considers all of that classified so it's made me curious over the years what her answers would be, if she could give them.

I've no idea how accurate the procedures in Digital Fortress were, but the computing was nonsense. Given that and the errors in The Da Vinci Code I suspect little in any of his books is especially accurate.

#15>Maybe that's why I enjoyed it. I could go 'hmm' and 'uh-huh' and 'no-way' -- at the same time, my sister who worked there totally dismissed it. LOL

I know the TRANSLTR and the version of history he used was nonsense, but I'm wondering about the political structure of NSA and such. I know they aren't killing civilians for national security, but are there the subgroups and cliques?

Anyway, no more Dan Brown for a bit. Back to Jim Butcher's magic Roman series.

Wow, long time, no post.

20. Princeps Fury by Jim Butcher
21. Teach with Your Heart by Erin Gruwell
22. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
23. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
24. From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
25. Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
26. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
27. Essential 55 by Ron Clark
28. Fueling the Teen Machine by Ellen Shanley
29. Deception Point by Dan Brown
30. Working for the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow
31. Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
32. Dead Man Rising by Lilith Saintcrow
33. The Devil's Right Hand by Lilith Saintcrow

34. Saint City Sinners by Lilith Saintcrow

Just finished Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs.

Ugh, missed a book. Finished Ninth Grade Slays between Cursor's and Academ's fury. It's been bugging me, why my numbers weren't matching up.

1. The Lying Game by Sara Shepard
2. The Mermaid's Mirror by L. K. Madigan
3. Pearl in the Sand by Tessa Afshar
4. Annexed by Sharon Dogar
5. Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
6. Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
7. Room by Emma Donoghue
8. White Night by Jim Butcher
9. Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher
10. Teacher Miracles by Brian Thornton
11. Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs
12. Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer
13. Avalanche Dance by Ellen Schwartz
14. Academ's Fury by Jim Butcher
15. Ninth Grade Slays by Heather Brewer
16. Cursor's Fury by Jim Butcher
17. Captain's Fury by Jim Butcher
18. Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire by Rafe Esquith
19. Excellent 11 by Ron Clark
20. Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
21. Princeps Fury by Jim Butcher
22. Teach with Your Heart by Erin Gruwell
23. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
24. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
25. From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
26. Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
27. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
28. Essential 55 by Ron Clark
29. Fueling the Teen Machine by Ellen Shanley
30. Deception Point by Dan Brown
31. Working for the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow
32. Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
33. Dead Man Rising by Lilith Saintcrow
34. The Devil's Right Hand by Lilith Saintcrow
35. Saint City Sinners by Lilith Saintcrow
36. Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs

37. Deadly Decisions by Kathy Reichs

Halfway through To Hell and Back, as well.

38. To Hell and Back

Wow, I stopped keeping track at this point?

Um....
April
39. First Lord's Fury by Jim Butcher
40. Shankara's Jewel by Swami Prabhavananda
41. Mencius by Mencius
42. Chuang Tzu by Chuang Tzu (partially, at least)

May
43. Family by Pa Chin
44. Some Prefer Nettles by Junichirou Tanizaki
45. A Lady Never Tells by Candace Camp

Give me a while. I'm not sure what I read while I was in China. I know Shankara and First Lord's Fury, but other than that, I'm a little fuzzy. I have to consult my e-reader....

46. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
47. The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
48. The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
49. A Gentleman Always Remembers by Candace Camp
50. Dime Store Magic by Kelley Armstrong

While The Communist Manifesto isn't long, the amount of analysis my class required made it a reading ordeal, so I'm counting it. Plus, I still can't remember what three books I read in China.

51. Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong
52. Men of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong

And starting Haunted, also by Kelley Armstrong.

53. Haunted by Kelley Armstrong
54. Broken by Kelley Armstrong
55. Urban Shaman by CE Murphy
56. Thunderbird Falls by CE Murphy

57. Coyote Dreams by CE Murphy
58. Walking Dead by CE Murphy
59. Demon Hunts by CE Murphy
60. Moose by Stephanie Klein
61. Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs
62. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
63. Stolen by Lucy Christopher

Picked up The Somnambulist last night, and greatly enjoying it. British authors are amazing!

64. The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes
65. Steamed by Katie MacAlister

Slow month in books. Hopefully August will be better!