Johanna's 2015 ROOTS

I will once again be reading my own books this year, although I am going to try to challenge myself a little more. I've done 20 books for the past two years, and met my goal both times, so this year I will go for 30. Anything I've acquired before 2015 counts. And I've already read 2!




My 2015 ROOTS:

1. Moon Called - Patricia Briggs
2. Blood Bound - Patricia Briggs
3. Written in Red - Anne Bishop
4. Blood Roses - Francesca Lia Block
5. Fifty Shades of Grey - E.L. James
6. Crazy for You - Jennifer Crusie
7. Virgin River - Robyn Carr
8. Magic Dreams - Ilona Andrews
9. Radiance - Grace Draven
10. Obsidian - Jennifer L. Armentrout
11. A Hidden Fire - Elizabeth Hunter
12. Gunmetal Magic - Ilona Andrews
13. Shadowfell - Juliet Marillier
14. Magic Rises - Ilona Andrews
15. Magic Breaks - Ilona Andrews
16. Laced with Magic - Barbara Bretton
17. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
18. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
19. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
20. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
21. Sourcery - Terry Pratchett
22. The Duchess War - Courtney Milan
23. In the Woods - Tana French
24. Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson
25. Clean Sweep - Ilona Andrews
26. Blameless - Gail Carriger
27. Mystic and Rider - Sharon Shinn
28. Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures - Kate DiCamillo
29.
30.

Currently Reading:
The Well of Ascension - Brandon Sanderson
The Diviners - Libba Bray

Current Audiobook:

Some of the books I'd like to get to this year:

Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson
Prophecy: Child of Earth - Elizabeth Haydon
Cold Magic - Kate Elliot
Daughter of the Empire - Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts
Dark Places - Gillian Flynn
Magic Study - Maria V. Snyder
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
It - Stephen King
The Cloud Roads - Martha Wells
Dodger - Terry Pratchett
Days of Blood and Starlight - Laini Taylor
When She Woke - Hillary Jordan
The House of the Scorpion - Nancy Farmer
A Storm of Swords - George R.R. Martin
Royal Assassin - Robin Hobb

Hi Johanna, glad to see you back. Good luck with those roots!

Welcome back and good luck! I thought Neverwhere was loads of fun and hope you like it too. :)

Hello Johanna, how nice to see you're back! And two ROOTs finished already!

Welcome back, good luck, & congrats on 2 down already!
As for your "short list"... I particularly liked It... it's a big book, but it goes quickly! (it is, after all, King...)

avanders - I started reading It last summer and was really enjoying it, but then I had to house sit for a week... and there was no way I was going to continue reading the most frightening novel I'd ever experienced while I had to sleep alone in someone else's house... so I set it down in exchange for something more light and fluffy intending to pick it up again when I got back home. I guess that just never happened.

This year, I need to plan when to read it when I know I am going to be home for a good stretch of time afterwards and Tony will be as well. I like Stephen King, but some of his more frightening books get in the way of me being able to sleep... something I am sure many can relate with...

I finished Written in Red last night and really enjoyed it, mostly for the world Anne Bishop created. I am looking forward to getting my hands on the sequel!

Hi Johanna. Good to see you back! And four down al ready!

You have all my favourite writers in your to-read-list. Have fun.

>7 johanna414: lol!! Good call on putting it down ;)
Yeah... I love a good scare, but it's nice when the husband is home to help buffer it ;)

My 2015 Non-ROOTS:

1. Kitty and the Midnight Hour - Carrie Vaughn (audiobook)
2. Etiquette and Espionage - Gail Carriger (audiobook)
3. Soulless - Gail Carriger (ebook)
4. Amulet: The Stonekeeper - Kazu Kibuishi**
5. Wonder - R.J. Palacio**
6. Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks (audiobook)
7. Bitten - Kelley Armstrong (ebook)
8. Iron Kissed - Patricia Briggs (ebook)
9. Bone Crossed- Patricia Briggs (library)
10. Murder of Crows - Anne Bishop (library)
11. Daughter of Smoke and Bone - Laini Taylor (audiobook)
12. Magic Mourns - Ilona Andrews (ebook)
13. Silver Borne - Patricia Briggs (library)
14. Burn for Me - Ilona Andrews (ebook)
15. Alpha and Omega - Patricia Briggs (ebook)
16. Chime - Franny Billingsley (audiobook)
17. Animal Attraction - Jill Shalvis (library)
18. Semi-Charmed - Isobel Jordan (ebook)
19. Then Came You - Jill Shalvis (library)
20. The Best Man - Kristan Higgins (library)
21. Just One Kiss - Susan Mallery (library)
22. Curtsies & Conspiracies - Gail Carriger (audiobook)
23. Storm Front - Jim Butcher (audiobook)
24. The Perfect Match - Kristan Higgins (audiobook)
25. Counting by 7s - Holly Goldberg Sloan**
26. Unholy Ghosts - Stacia Kane (ebook)
27. Unholy Magic - Stacia Kane (ebook)
28. City of Ghosts - Stacia Kane (ebook)
29. Onyx - Jennifer L. Armentrout (library)
30. Rats Saw God - Rob Thomas**
31. Cry Wolf - Patricia Briggs (library)
32. Hunting Ground - Patricia Briggs (library)
33. Angel's Blood - Nalini Singh (library)
34. Amber Eyes - Maya Banks (library)
35. Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard**
36. Silver Thaw - Catherine Anderson (library)
37. Saint Anything - Sarah Dessen**
38. Fifty Shades Darker - E.L. James (loan from Mother in Law...)
39. Smile - Raina Telgemeier**
40. Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: No Normal - G. Willow Wilson**
41. Casting Spells - Barbara Bretton (ebook)
42. A Court of Thorns & Roses - Sarah J. Maas**
43. On the Edge - Ilona Andrews (ebook)
44. Magic Gifts - Ilona Andrews (ebook)
45. Home - Stacia Kane (ebook)
46. Sacrificial Magic - Stacia Kane (ebook)
47. Frindle - Andrew Clement**
48. Eragon - Christopher Paolini**
49. Scarlet - Marissa Meyer**
50. Waistcoats & Weaponry - Gail Carriger (audiobook)
51. Changeless - Gail Carriger (ebook)
52. Vision in Silver - Anne Bishop (library)
53. The Heiress Effect - Courtney Milan (ebook)
54. The Governess Affair - Courtney Milan (ebook)
55. A Kiss for Midwinter - Courtney Milan (ebook)
56. Fancy White Trash - Marjetta Geerling
57. El Deafo - Cece Bell**

** = Books from my school library, read for work

Finished listening to Etiquette and Espionage on my way home from work today, and I loved it! The reader was awesome, I've been thinking in a British accent for days... feeling like I should be drinking tea...

Up next is The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black.

>12 johanna414: ooooh, I've been really curious about Etiquette and Espionage! Maybe I'll add that to the list...... :-/

>12 johanna414:: I love that series! It must have been fun to listen to it being read :)

I am really happy that I happened upon the audiobook version for this book! The reader did an absolutely wonderful job and fortunately, my library has the whole trilogy! :)

I also borrowed the ebook version of Soulless and really enjoyed that as well. It's always exciting when you discover an author you had previously overlooked!

Between a week off from work for a midwinter break, and several snow days (or rather, cold weather days... I'm in western New York and we've had wind chills at -25 and -30 F a few days), I've been getting A LOT of reading done! I've had a cold for about a month that I can't seem to shake, so I spent a significant portion of my break curled up in bed with my kindle. Aside from feeling sick, I had a pretty nice little vacation - the freezing temperatures were the perfect excuse to not leave the house and I reveled in the laziness!

So far this year I have read 21 books, although a couple of those were more like novellas.
I'm just getting ready to start my next Patricia Briggs, Silver Borne

Wow 21 books! Way to go!
Hope you shake that cold soon! At least you've had nice time to read :)

I'm sorry to hear you've been ill, but am relieved that you were not too ill to read. And yes, these ridiculously cold temperatures make a great excuse to stay in!

There must be an upside to all that cold weather you're having. Good to hear that the cold didn't stop you from enjoying reading!

21 books!

I hope you are feeling better now!

After about a month of generally feeling ill, I am finally feeling better. I'm thinking the fact that we have *finally* had a little sun shining the past couple days may have a lot to do with that...

I don't know if it's because I had a run of really good books while I was sick, or if I'm a little distracted but I've been in a bit of a reading slump recently. I keep picking up books, reading a couple chapters and then setting them back down. Then I'll do the same thing with another book, and another... Nothing has really grabbed my interest this week. I've got a full day off from work on Sunday, so hopefully I will be able to get curl up with the kitties and read a good book!

I shouldn't have too much trouble choosing something to read - I think I started like 6 books this week!

So, did you get lucky with a book and break the reading slump this weekend?

Nope - I went shopping and bought some shoes for my wedding instead!

Oh, that is a wonderful excuse!

>21 johanna414: glad you are feeling better!

>23 johanna414: and >24 MissWatson: I agree - wonderful excuse! Though sorry you haven't found the book to break the slump yet... It'll come :)

Seem to have cured the book slump - I read a few simple romances, the type that don't really require much attention. Now I'm in the middle of In the Woods by Tana French and loving it!

Happy reading!

Good for you, Johanna!

Yay, In the Woods! That was a good one :)

>26 johanna414: yay congrats!

Just finished Mistborn after listening to my husband nag at me for the past two years about how much I would love it. Turns out he was right... it was awesome! I read Steelheart last year and loved that, so I seem to be joining Tony in the Brandon Sanderson fan club.

Haven't been getting a ton of reading done - it's been a busy year! Most of what I've been reading has been for work (I'm a school librarian, so that's not really a hardship...)

Tony and I got married in August and we are expecting a baby boy in January! I've gone from working 7 days a week to only 6, and now that I'm almost 32 weeks pregnant, I'm going to have to cut back even more.

I have a couple of books I'd really like to read before the baby is here, since I know I'm not going to have much reading time once he's here. Despite that, I couldn't resist starting The Well of Ascension immediately after finishing Mistborn.

Congrats on the baby boy! I hope things go easy for you between now and then.

>31 johanna414: Wow, congratulations! Sounds like you've had an eventful 2015 and it will be an eventful 2016!

>31 johanna414: Congratulations! Life is going to change forever, but is so worth it! :)

Hello Johanna. Thanks for the update. Congrats on the marriage and congrats on the baby boy!

We are reading the same series! I'm reading De held van weleer.

>31 johanna414: Congratulations on your baby and best wishes that everything will be fine!

>31 johanna414: Double Congrats!! (Marriage & new baby!)

Thanks everybody! It has been a whirlwind year for sure!

I've got my Scholastic Book Fair at work this week - which means I've been sitting in my library all day while kids come in to shop during their breaks. I catalogued about 75 books, spent my entire book budget for the school year (so much fun!) and have spend much of my time reading. I justify it by telling myself that I need to stay up to date on children's and YA literature...
I read Flora and Ulysses which was absolutely adorable and El Deafo which I generally like, but had a few issues with. Right now I'm reading The Diviners by Libba Bray which started off slow but is picking up.

>39 johanna414: I used to love Scholastic Book Fairs! In fact, up until several years ago there was a warehouse in Columbus, Ohio, that held a sale of all the unsold scholastic books from nearby fairs. I haven't seen an ad for one in awhile though.

I read Flora and Ulysses at the beginning of the year and adored it, too. My sister's cat is a bit like Ulysses, always thinking of food...