→ 2OO9 New Books Challenge ● Good Book Hunting.

What's your book size?

XXL. The bigger the better.	34.0%	[ 641 ]
XL. More cushion for the pushin'.	16.3%	[ 308 ]
L. Comfortably thick.	34.8%	[ 656 ]
M. Just an Average Joe.	9.9%	[ 187 ]
S. A one-night stand.	2.4%	[ 46 ]
XS. Short, sweet, and to the point.	1.4%	[ 27 ]
XXS. The quickie before work.	1.1%	[ 20 ]
Total Votes:			[ 1885 ]

[bibbedraccoon]

Currently reading:Midnight flight
Finished Reading:All that glitter
Book Count: (1 of 50)

[0-DCB]

Currently Reading

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

Finished Reading

1. Vanishing Point by David Markson.
COMMENTS: I enjoyed this novel. I won't lie about it being one of those "You'll either like or hate it" type of novels, though. I liked the experimental aspect and how the plot and character development seemed to creep through, slowly.

2. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
COMMENTS: So, I generally only see comments about how people hated this book, but I found it to be enjoyable. I liked the irony of the main characters. I did occassionally daze out a bit when the author went off on a tangent; however, I was still able to notice that most of the time, the tangents added to someone's character development.

Book Count

2/10

[Gek -LaLeLu-]

Currently Reading:
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
Beneath the Surface by Michael Phelps

Finished Reading:
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
The God Box by Alex Sanchez
Luxe by Anne Godbersen
Nobody's Prize by Esther Friesner
Rumors by Anne Godbersen (what a frustrating ending!)



Total Count: 5/100


Are we supposed to repost this form every time we update, or should we jut edit the original? I'm a little confused by it in the first post.

@Green_crayon42: Les Mis is one beast of a book. I'm reading the unabridged...Victor Hugo does have the tendency to go on for pages about things not revelant to the plot at all. He just wants to share his opinions. Since I'm a history major, it's interesting, because it's good insight into the attitude of the prominent intellectuals after the French Revolution. But as a reader...it's a bit annoying to be so side-tracked from the story.

[GreyRauken]

Gummy, tell me how you like The Terror. I read it a few months ago.

[LadyDisdain7]

Name:LadyDisdain7
Goal:50 books (hopefully more, but school is a wee bit crazy!)
Date Entered: January 10

Currently reading:Looking Backwad by Edward Bellamy and Ragged d**k by Horatio Alger, Jr.
Finished Reading: Interred With Their Bones by Jennifer Lee Carrell; Ophelia by Lisa Klein; Richard II, Heny IV, Henry V, Cymbeline, Measure for Measure, Hamlet, King Lear, As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, The Winter's Tale all by William Shakespeare (yes, I had a marathon); Single White Vampire by Lynsay Sands.
Book Count: 12 of 50


Interred With Their Bones is AMAZING! I absolutely love it! It's like The Da Vinci Code, but with Shakespeare instead. The sequel comes out this year.

*SPOILERS* Ophelia is good, also. It picks up the story of Shakespeare's Hamlet where it left off in the play. Ophelia faked her death and was really alive, she and Hamlet were secretly married....It's really good.

Single White Vampire was cute. I had tried reading this series before, beginning with the first one, but it didn't hold my interest. I picked this one up at the library and really liked it. It's a vampire romance (that should be obvious), so.....

Now, onto the plays: I loved Richard II. Not so much the Henrys, though the V was better than the IV. Cymbeline was....different. It used some typical Shakespeare plot devices, but was WAY off the map. Same for Measure for Measure and The Winter's Tale. It seemed like someone else wrote those. (They're three of the least poetic plas of his I've ever read.) King Lear was really funny--at least I thought so. It was so fake drama. As You Like It was cute. Typical Shakespeare: disguises, etc. Just stay away from the HBO movie. It's very odd, especially after reading it. I ADORE Hamlet. It's my pet. (I've read it too many times for it to count, but I re-read it and thought I'd share my opinion.) It really is one of his best plays. I've also done a film study (all of which are quite funny, really.) There's SO much in this play you can miss, so it definitely needs to be read more than once! (I would LOVE to direct this one day!) And that leaves Much Ado About Nothing: ADORABLE! It's now one of my favorites! (Coupled with the Branagh movie version....Ooh!)

So...yes. Reviews.

[Slayer Igraine]

Slayer Igraine

Name: Silvie
Goal: 60
Date Entered: 01/01/09

Currently reading: -
Finished Reading:
3. Phillip Reeve - Mortal Engines
2. Keats - The Complete Poems
1. Nick Gevers (Ed) - Extraordinary Engines
Book Count: (3/60)

Review can be found here: Mortal Engines

[Ruby Tyra]

Currently reading:
Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Finished Reading:
The Devouring by Simon Holt
Flawless, A Pretty Little Liars Novel by Sara Shepard

Book Count:
2 of 40

[The Retanator]

Currently reading: The Wizard Heir by Cinda Williams Chima
Finished Reading: Page by Tamora Pierce, Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney, Squire by Tamora Pierce, Realm of the Gods: Tamora Pierce
Book Count: 4/250

[Yaminon]

Currently reading:
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Dingo by Charles de Lint
Ask the Bones by Arielle North Olson and Howard Schwartz
Tunnels of Blood by Darren Shan
Redwall by Brian Jacques

Finished Reading: 99 Fear Street: The House of Evil - The Third Horror by R.L. Stine, 99 Fear Street: The House of Evil - The Second Horror, The Witch's Trinity by Erika Mailman, 99 Fear Street: The House of Evil - The First Horror by R.L. Stine, Ghostly Terrors by Daniel Cohen, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury,Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead, The Vampire's Assistant by Darren Shan, Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan, The Dark Half by Stephen King

Book Count: 10 of 150.

[Yaminon]

Currently reading:
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Dingo by Charles de Lint
Tunnels of Blood by Darren Shan
Redwall by Brian Jacques

Finished Reading: Ask the Bones by Arielle North Olson and Howard Schwartz, 99 Fear Street: The House of Evil - The Third Horror by R.L. Stine, 99 Fear Street: The House of Evil - The Second Horror, The Witch's Trinity by Erika Mailman, 99 Fear Street: The House of Evil - The First Horror by R.L. Stine, Ghostly Terrors by Daniel Cohen, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury,Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead, The Vampire's Assistant by Darren Shan, Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan, The Dark Half by Stephen King

Book Count: 11 of 150.

[Reenifer]

R e n




Name: Ren
Goal: 36 Books
Date Entered: 1/10/9

It doesn't seem like a lot to read, but that's about three books a month. I'd love to shoot for 50, but I have to be honest with myself about the time I'm going to have to do stuff. x.x Especially since its my senior year of high school. To start the new year off, I'm reading Inkdeath and then onto Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Gonna be entering the essay contest for the 10k. xD Wouldn't mind having the college money.

[tyrannisaurify]

CURRENTLY READING
A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony

FINISHED READING
Lady of the Forest: A Novel of Sherwood by Jennifer Roberson
The Most Popular Book in the Whole World by Jessica Wagstrom
Robin Hood and the Beasts of Sherwood by Clayton Emery
Emma by Jane Austen
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer (hate)

BOOK COUNT
11 of 1oo

ENTERED
Jan 4

Green_crayon42>> Lady of the Forest is now one of my favorite books of all time. It's considered, I suppose, as 'prequel' to Robin Hood-- more like the story of what happens that leads him to become an outlaw, and it's more Marian's side of the story. Brilliant. I was a little sad at the portrayal of Will Scarlet because he is often one of my favorites, but overall it is an amazing book! I like her work, and she did a good job of reconciling Marian's headstrong independence with the societal constraints of the time :]

[amber-zilla]

Currently reading: Duma Key
Finished Reading: Rumors by Anna Godbersen
Book Count: 2 of 25

[shadowrose96]

Drunk on Shadows
Killing Ourselves
Devils Dance
Drunk Shadows

Name: Shadowrose96
Goal: 60
Date Entered: Jan. 5th 2008

Currently reading: The Series of Unfortunate Events: The End - Lemony Snicket

Finished Reading:
1. The Coming of Hoole - Kathryn Lasky
2. The Silver Chair - C.S. Lewis
3. The Last Battle - C.S. Lewis
4. Lost - Gregory Maguire


Book Count: 4/60

And Lost in a Lie
A Kiss at a Time
As Angels Cry
And Lost in a Lie

[Pink Panda Paw]

Currently reading:
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Finished Reading:
none yet

Book Count: ( 0 of 20)