applebook1's thread

hello, I was really interested in this group in 2009 and 2010 and willing to try again.
unfortunately, I wasn't able to use my laptop in 2010 in mid November to December so I couldn't post and finish my 2010 post (I only know I succeeded in reading 75+@books)

1. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
2. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
3. Keys to the Kingdom: Sir Thursday
4. Keys to the Kingdom: Lady Friday
5. Keys to the Kingdom: Superior Saturday
6. Keys to the Kingdom: Lord Sunday
-these series by Garth Nix

I'll be quite busy preparing my transfer applications, but until I go back to school, I'll try to read and enjoy myself as much as possible.

welcome back...and good luck with the transfer applications.

Welcome back!

Glad to see you back with us again!

#2,3,4. Thank you for welcoming me :)

7. The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey
-reread before reading the sleeping beauty by the same author..

8. The Sleeping Beauty by Mercedes Lackey
about as interesting as the fairy godmother

9. Frederica by Georgette Heyer
rating : ***1/2

10. The Painter of the Wind by Jung Myeong Lee
-korean book

Looks like your reading year is off to a very good start!

#8 Thank you very much :)

11. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Japanese book translated into Korean

12. Sylvester by Georgette Heyer
13. The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer

#10: I am anxiously awaiting the Murakami book being translated into English!

#11 It was an interesting read..
If it is translated into English I'm sure you will enjoy it :)

14. The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

Although this book looks very light from the outside, it made me think quite a lot as I read along..

15. The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
first nonfiction that I read this year

16. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

I just finished Ender's Game this year as well. I really liked the book! What did you think of it?

#15. I enjoyed it very much :)

17. Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder

18. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

19. Dune by Frank Herbert
rate: ****

20. His Lady Mistress by Elizabeth Rolls
rate: ***

okay for free kindle book :)

You can't argue with free, right?

Or complain about it either, right?

#20,21 too true indeed..
I am not complaining.. :)

21. Vampire Academy
22. Frostbite
rate: *** 1/2
two books by Richelle Mead

23. Shadow Kiss
24. Blood Promise
rate: *** 1/2

two books by Richelle Mead

25. Spirit bound
26. Last Sacrifice
rate: *** 1/2

these books are by Richelle Mead

27. No Possession by Bubjung (a religious figure in Korea)

I haven't written here in a while..
Oh well....

28. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
** 29. Alanna: The First Adventure
30. In the Hands of the Goddess
31. The Woman who Rides like a Man
32. Lioness Rampant

33. Wild Magic
34. Wolf Speaker
35. Emperor Mage
36. The Realms of the Gods

37. First Test
38. Page
39. Squire
40. Lady Knight **

** by Tamora Pierce

I haven't written here in a while..
Oh well....

28. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
** 29. Alanna: The First Adventure
30. In the Hands of the Goddess
31. The Woman who Rides like a Man
32. Lioness Rampant

33. Wild Magic
34. Wolf Speaker
35. Emperor Mage
36. The Realms of the Gods

37. First Test
38. Page
39. Squire
40. Lady Knight **

** by Tamora Pierce

Forgot to add 4 more books;;

41. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
42. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
43. Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett
44. Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

#28: Reading some oldies but goodies, I see. Good for you!

#29. I really wanted to read these.. some for my sentimental reasons..and because..they are simply good books :)

45. Magic and Malice by Patricia C. Wrede
eta: to add touchstones

Magic and Malice, the Mairelon books?

#30: I need to get to that one!

#31, yes that one.. I need to edit it I guess..I was sort of in a hurry^^;

46. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
47. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
48. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
49. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
*these books are by J.K. Rowling

my friend kept talking about Harry Potter books..and I finally got tempted enough to start over the series

50. Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix
51. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
52. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
*these books are by J.K ROwling
53. The Botticelli Secret by Marina Fiorato
rate: ****
interesting read..

Congratulations on passing 50 books for the year!

Thank you alcottacre :)

--
After summer classes and now that fall semester has started.. I have less and less time to read..
Didn't expect this to happen in college but oh well..

54. Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale by Carolyn Turgeon
I was in a mood to read classic tale retold at the time and saw my friend reading this..and asked to borrow it..
I thought it was quite enjoyable

55. A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie
read this at the book store to kill some time and couldn't put it down..and ended up buying it :)
this is what b&n gift cards are for :)

56. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
one of my most favorite series among modern fiction
in the middle of reading the second book from this series.. but wonder I will continue the series or read some books that I bought recently...

57. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
read this because of my writing class assignment..
I can see why so many people found this interesting...

I wish I have more time to read :(
It's October already...will I be able to make it?

The semester will be over before you know it! Talk about scary.

I'm a big fan of the Thursday Next series too.

I see :)

It is indeed very scary..can't believe the semester will be over soon...

58. Bright-Sided by Barbara Ehrenreich

another book that was assigned in my writing class..
didn't like the book much but not the hardest book to read..
for a veritable pessimist like me, made me snort in some parts here and there...

59. Doing School by Denise Clark Pope
-one of the books that I found while doing research for my writing class..
didn't mean to read the whole book but ended up reading it..
(not from ch 1 through the end of the book though..but rather jumped around here and there...)

60. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
as always, enjoyed reading this book..

thought about starting on a new book that I bought recently but decided to just finish the series....
ahh...my growing piles of TBRs....

61. The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
the third book of the Thursday Next series-
enjoying it every time I read this

just started the fourth book of the series-

62. Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
finally reached the fourth book of the series-
when I first read this series when I was a junior at high school, I thought this would be the end of Thursday Next series..but the author has proven me wrong (in a pleasant way, of course)

warming up & reviewing the story for the newest book of the story that got published this year (Thursday Next, the 6th book I believe..)

63. First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
for some reason, I could recall most parts of the book (this is my second time reading it..) but forgot about the ending of the book...

wondering how the author would start out the next series...

64. One of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde
enjoyed it, as I enjoyed the other books from the series

65. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

When I first tried reading this few years ago, I didn't like it much because I got easily confused after only reading few pages.. but now that I read it, I can see why so many people love this book..

66. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I have heard so much about this author and I finally decided to try..

67. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
I heard about this book, but didn't know it would move me so much..

68. Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
didn't know this book was part of a series....
but I have too many other books to read from than other books of the series...

69. The handmaid's tale by Margaret Atwood
I enjoyed this book...quite a lot..