Books Read in 2009 (Weeks Twenty-Seven - Thirty)

Thursday just kept passing me by, but I know ya'll where waiting with baited breath to see what I've been reading.

Week Twenty-Seven



The King of Attolia (The Thief, Book Three) by Megan Whalen Turner (Bought, reread)

The Thief (The Thief, Book One) by Megan Whalen Turner (Bought, reread)



The Queen of Attolia (The Thief, Book Two) by Megan Whalen Turner (Bought, reread)

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (Textbook)

Week Twenty-Eight



Deathwish (Leandros Brothers, Book Four) by Rob Thurman (Bought, reread)

Red (Red, Book One) by Jordan Summers (ARC)



The Love of Her Life by Harriet Evans (ARC)

Amazon Ink by Lori Devoti (Review copy)

Week Twenty-Nine



My Soul to Take (Soul Screamers, Book One) by Rachel Vincent (eBook, review copy)

The Illegitimate King by Olivia Gates (eBook, review copy)



The Highwayman by Michele Hauf (eBook, review copy)

Week Thirty

Wings by Aprilynne Pike (Bought, UK)



Knife by RJ Anderson (Bought, UK)*

Hollywood is Like High School with Money by Zoey Dean (Review copy)

*In other words, I have the cool cover, not the one pictured. Plus, the bookseller gave me a bookmark featuring the cover art after I said I was buying it here because I hate the US title and cover.

Books Read in 2009 (Week Twenty-Six)

Yes, it's a day late. That's because I was compiling info. Light week since I'm mostly doing research, writing, and other last minute prep.

Week Twenty-Six



Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, ed. Marilyn Butler (Textbook, bought)



Finger Lickin' Fifteen (Stephanie Plum, Book Fifteen) by Janet Evanovich (Hardcover, bought)

Half-year details:

Books I forgot to list but know I read:
My Wicked Enemy by Carolyn Jewel
Watch and Learn by Stephanie Bond
Outcast Season by Rachel Caine
Love Celeb (Vols. 1-7) by Mayu Shinjo
Shugo Chara (Vols. 5-6) by Peach-Pit
The Wallflower (Vol. 18) by Tomoko Hayakawa
Dogs: Prelude (Vol. 0) by Shirow Miwa
Total: 14 (2 Romance, 1 Urban Fantasy, 11 Manga)

Week One: 12 (9 YA, 1 Romance, 2 Urban Fantasy)
Week Two: 5 (2 YA, 1 Romance, 2 Fantasy)
Week Three: 8 (4 Romance, 2 Urban Fantasy, 1 Fantasy, 1 Non-fiction)
Week Four: 1 (Romance)
Week Five: 6 (4 YA, 2 Romance)
Week Six: 3 (1 YA, 1 Urban Fantasy, 1 Mystery)
Week Seven: 3 (1 YA, 2 Urban Fantasy)
Week Eight: 5 (4 Urban Fantasy, 1 Textbook)
Week Nine: 4 (1 YA, 1 Romance, 2 Urban Fantasy)
Week Ten: 2 (Textbooks)
Week Eleven: 10 (5 YA, 2 Romance, 2 Urban Fantasy, 1 Fantasy)
Week Twelve: 3 (2 YA, 1 Suspense)
Week Thirteen: 11 (1 YA, 10 Manga)
Week Fourteen: 4 (1 YA, 1 SF, 1 Non-fiction, 1 Manga)
Week Fifteen: 3 (1 YA, 1 Romance, 1 Urban Fantasy)
Week Sixteen: 7 (3 YA, 3 Romance, 1 Women's Fiction)
Week Seventeen: 21 (2 Textbook, 19 Manga)
Week Eighteen: 9 (2 Urban Fantasy, 7 Manga)
Week Nineteen: 7 (1 YA, 1 Urban Fantasy, 1 Chick lit, 4 Manga)
Week Twenty: 6 (3 YA, 1 Romance, 1 Women's Fiction, 1 Fantasy)
Week Twenty-One: 11 (6 YA, 2 Fantasy, 1 Suspense, 1 Graphic Novel, 1 Literary Fiction)
Week Twenty-Two: 4 (3 YA, 1 Urban Fantasy)
Week Twenty-Three: 8 (2 YA, 1 Romance, 1 Urban Fantasy, 1 Fantasy, 1 Chick lit, 2 Manga)
Week Twenty-Four: 7 (3 YA, 4 Urban Fantasy)
Week Twenty-Five: 12 (7 YA, 1 Romance, 2 Urban Fantasy, 1 Graphic Novel, 1 Textbook)
Week Twenty-Six: 2 (1 Mystery, 1 Textbook)

Grand Total: 188 (56 YA, 20 Romance, 1 Women's Fiction, 19 Urban Fantasy, 8 Fantasy, 2 Mystery, 2 Suspense, 2 Graphic Novels, 2 Chick Lit, 1 Literary Fiction, 1 SF, 1 Non-fiction, 7 Textbook, 43 Manga)

The numbers don't add up yet (165 to 188) because I did it all in my head. I'll fix it later.)

Books Read in 2009 (Weeks Twenty-Four and Twenty-Five)

I wanted to let ya'll know that next week marks half a year, so I'll try to do a summary of my reading thus far.

Week Twenty-Four



One More Bite (Jaz Parks, Book Five) by Jennifer Rardin (Review copy)

Queene of Light (Lightworld/Darkworld, Book One) by Jennifer Armintrout (Review copy, ARC)



ghostgirl: homecoming (ghostgirl, Book Two) by Tonay Hurley (Review copy, hardcover)

Curse the Dawn (Cassandra Palmer, Book Four) by Karen Chance (Bought, reread)



Midnight's Daughter (Dorina Basarab, Book One) by Karen Chance (Bought, reread)

My Bonny Light Horseman: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, in Love and War (Bloody Jack, Book Six) by L. A. Meyer (Library)



Streams of Babel by Carol Plum-Ucci (Library)

Week Twenty-Five



Dragonbreath by Ursula Vernon (Review copy, ARC)

Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford (Review copy, ARC)



Surf Mules by G. Neri (Review copy, ARC)

Death's Shadow (Demonata, Book Seven) by Darren Shan (Library)



Magic in the Blood (Allie Beckstrom, Book Two) by Devon Monk (Bought)

Simply Irresistible (The Elite, Book Three) by Jennifer Banash (Review copy)



Thorn Queen (Dark Swan, Book Two) by Richelle Mead (Review copy, ARC)

Persistence of Memory (No series, but same universe as her other books) by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (Library)



Mine Till Midnight (The Hathaways, Book One) by Lisa Kleypas (Bought)

Wicked Lovely (Faerie Chronicles, Book One) by Melissa Marr (Library)



No Such Thing as the Real World: by An Na, M.T. Anderson, Beth Kephart, K.L Going, Chris Lynch, Jacqueline Woodson (Library)

Persuasion by Jane Austen, ed. Linda Bree (Bought, textbook)

Books Read in 2009 (Weeks Twenty-Two and Twenty-Three)

Don't take this as a perfect list; I'll edit it when I check my various piles.

Week Twenty-Two



Cathy's Book: If Found Call (650) 266-8233 (Cathy Trilogy, Book One) by Sean Stewart, Jordan Weisman (Review copy)



Cathy's Key: If Found Call 650-266-8202 (Cathy Trilogy, Book Two) by Sean Stewart, Jordan Weisman(Review copy)



The Story of Ryan (Blood Legacy, Book One) by Kerri Hawkins (Bought)



Deathwish (Leandros Brothers, Book Four) by Rob Thurman (Bought, reread)

Week Twenty-Three



Namaah's Kiss (Moirin Trilogy, Book One) by Jacqueline Carey (Review copy, ARC)



Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen (Review copy, ARC)

Pershop of Horrors, vol. 3 by Matsuri Akino (Bought, reread)



Ranma 1/2, vols. 19-20 by Rumiko Takahashi (Bought)



Skin Trade (Anita Blake, Book Seventeen) by Laurell K. Hamilton (Review Copy)



Ms. Taken Identity by Dan Begley (Review copy, ARC)



ghostgirl (Ghostgirl, Book One) by Tonya Hurley (Review copy, hardcover)



Between the Sheets by Robin Wells (Bought, eBook)

Books Read in 2009 (Week Twenty-One)

Week Twenty-One



Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers (Contest)



Jolted: Newton Starker's Rules for Survival by Arthur Slade (Contest, signed)



She's So Money by Cherry Cheva (Bought)



Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (Review copy, hardcover)



Eon: The Dragoneye Reborn (Dragoneye, Book One) by Alison Goodman (Review copy, ARC)



Fault Line by Barry Eisler (Review copy, hardcover)



Breath and Bone (Lighthouse Duet, Book Two) by Carol Berg (Bought)



Kushiel's Mercy (Imriel Trilogy, Book Three) by Jacqueline Carey (Bought)



Carpe Corpus (Morganville Vampires, Book Six) by Rachel Caine (Review copy)



Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Bought)



Willow by Julia Hoban (Contest, ARC, signed)

Books Read in 2009 (Week Twenty)

My niece was in a bad mood today. Luckily she's been happier after her nap.

After I get home from vacation, I promise there will be more reviews. Plus, I have a theme planned for later in the summer!

Week Twenty



Dull Boy by Sarah Cross



Bloody Good (Bloody Trilogy, Book One) by Georgia Evans (Review Copy)



Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey (Review copy)



Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance 1973 by John Barnes (Review copy, ARC)



Eyes Like Stars (Theatre Illuminata, Book One) by Lisa Mantchev (Review copy, ARC)



The Lost Hours by Karen Harper (Review copy, ARC)

Books Read in 2009 (Weeks Eighteen and Nineteen)

I did forget some last week! I shall now rectify that.

Week Eighteen

These



Red-Headed Stepchild (Sabina Kane, Book One) by Jaye Wells (Review copy, ARC)



Prey (Werecats, Book Four) by Rachel Vincent (Review copy, ARC)

Week Nineteen



Mating Rituals of the North American WASP by Laura Lipton (Review copy)



Bite Me! (AJ Ashe, Book One) by Melissa Francis (ARC)



Ravenous (The Dark Forgotten, Book One) by Sharon Ashwood (Bought)



Kaichou wa Maid-sama!/The Student Council President is a Maid! (vols. 1-4) by Fujiwara Hiro (Online)