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August

78. Rogue Clone - Steven L. Kent
79. The Clone Alliance - Steven L. Kent
80. The Clone Elite - Steven L. Kent
81. Beyond the Shadows - Brent Weeks
82. Promise of the Witch King - R.A. Salvatore
83. Road of the Patriarch - R.A. Salvatore
84. The Orc King - R.A. Salvatore
85. The Pirate King - R.A. Salvatore
86. Renegade's Magic - Robin Hobb
87. Daughter of the Blood - Anne Bishop
88. Heir to the Shadows - Anne Bishop
89. Queen of the Darkness - Anne Bishop
90. Tangled Webs - Anne Bishop
91. Dreams Made Flesh - Anne Bishop
92. The Invisible Ring - Anne Bishop
93. Dead Beat - Jim Butcher
94. Proven Guilty - Jim Butcher
95. White Night - Jim Butcher
96. Small Favor - Jim Butcher
97. Dance With The Devil - Sherrilyn Kenyon
98. Night Play - Sherrilyn Kenyon
99. Seize the Night - Sherrilyn Kenyon
100. Sins of the Night - Sherrilyn Kenyon
101. Unleash the Night - Sherrilyn Kenyon
102. Dark Side of the Moon - Sherrilyn Kenyon
103. Devil May Cry - Sherrilyn Kenyon
104. Upon the Midnight Clear - Sherrilyn Kenyon
105. Dream Chaser - Sherrilyn Kenyon
106. Acheron - Sherrilyn Kenyon
107. One Silent Night - Sherrilyn Kenyon
108. Dream Warrior - Sherrilyn Kenyon
109. Bad Moon Rising - Sherrilyn Kenyon
110. Cast In Silence Michelle Sagara
111. Speak of the Devil - Jenna Black
112. Skinwalker - Faith Hunter
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July:
Another heavy on the work and light on reading month.

51. Sanderon: Warbraker r
52. Jeaniene Frost: Halfway to the Grave
53. Elizabeth Peters: The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog
54. S.D. Perry and Britta Dennison: Star Trek: Terok Nor: Dawn of the Eagles
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sweetharleygirl wrote:
sweetharleygirl wrote:
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sweetharleygirl wrote:JANUARY

1. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter
( :cry: the ending really made me cry, very good book! :thumb: )
2. The Harlequin by Laurell K. Hamilton
3. Blood Noir by Laurell K. Hamilton
Boy I've fell behind with this, all these arn't from this month but they're going here because I can't remember when I actually finished them!LOL

April

1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
2. New Moon by Setphenie Meyer
3. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
4. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
5. Minstral's Kiss by Laurell K. Hamilton
6. Swallowing Darkness by Laurell K. Hamilton
7. Max by James Patterson
MAY

1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
2. Brisinger by Christopher Paolini
JUNE

1. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
2. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan
3. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
4. Percy Jackson & the Olypians: The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
5. Kiss "I Wana Rock and Roll All Night" by Aileen weintraub
6. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
7. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
JULY

1. Strange Candy by Laurell K. Hamilton
2. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
3. The Mortal Instruments book 2: City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
AUGUST

1. Pendragon, book 10: The Soldiers of Halla by D.J. MacHale
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gpackin wrote:I haven't had the time to do any personal reading at all so far, and it doesn't look like I will have any for the entire year. :(
With the little time I've had to do personal reading this is what I've read so far.
  • 1. North to the Rails by Louis L'Amour
    2. Sackett's Land by Louis L'Amour
    3. Into the Storm: Destroyermen Book 1 by Taylor Anderson
    4. The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century edited by Harry Turtledove & Martin H.Greenberg
    5. Mainspring by Jay Lake
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gpackin wrote: 1. North to the Rails by Louis L'Amour
2. Sackett's Land by Louis L'Amour
How were these? I read a ton of L'Amour when I was 15 or so, and keep thinking I might want to go back and try a few again.
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clong wrote:
gpackin wrote: 1. North to the Rails by Louis L'Amour
2. Sackett's Land by Louis L'Amour
How were these? I read a ton of L'Amour when I was 15 or so, and keep thinking I might want to go back and try a few again.
They were pretty good, I'd like to read some more L'Amour. I'd really like to read the entire Sackett's series when I have time.

By the way, sorry about the triple post. I kept getting an error when I tried to post and assumed it wasn't going through. Our servers were powered down last night and were brought back up just before I tried posting, so I wasn't sure what was going on.
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gpackin wrote:I kept getting an error when I tried to post and assumed it wasn't going through.
Actually, I just got it again when I posted that. It said:

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Any clue what it means?

Edit: Never mind, I just saw the thread about this problem.
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gpackin wrote:
  • 1. North to the Rails by Louis L'Amour
    2. Sackett's Land by Louis L'Amour
    3. Into the Storm: Destroyermen Book 1 by Taylor Anderson
    4. The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century edited by Harry Turtledove & Martin H.Greenberg
    5. Mainspring by Jay Lake
6. Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
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1. Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck - 476
2. Everlost by Neal Shusterman - 384
3. Soul Eater by Michelle Paver - 336
4. Dark Secrets Dont Tell by Elizabeth Chandler - ?
5. Outcast by Michelle Paver - 319
6. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - 551
7. The Trial by Franz Kafka - 229
8. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse - ?
9. Death of a Salesman - 219
10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (reread)
11. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (reread)
12. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (reread)
13. This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff - 304
14. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon - 850
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moonwolf021 wrote:1. Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck - 476
2. Everlost by Neal Shusterman - 384
3. Soul Eater by Michelle Paver - 336
4. Dark Secrets Dont Tell by Elizabeth Chandler - ?
5. Outcast by Michelle Paver - 319
6. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - 551
7. The Trial by Franz Kafka - 229
8. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse - ?
9. Death of a Salesman - 219
10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (reread)
11. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (reread)
12. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (reread)
13. This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff - 304
14. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon - 850
You might want to try just editing your original post like everyone else does. This nonsense of re-posting every time you've finished a book is growing increasingly obnoxious. Enough +1 posts and more common sense, please.
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Archaic wrote:You might want to try just editing your original post like everyone else does. This nonsense of re-posting every time you've finished a book is growing increasingly obnoxious. Enough +1 posts and more common sense, please.
Kind of harsh, don't you think?
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sweetharleygirl wrote:
sweetharleygirl wrote:
sweetharleygirl wrote:
sweetharleygirl wrote:
sweetharleygirl wrote:
sweetharleygirl wrote:JANUARY

1. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter
( :cry: the ending really made me cry, very good book! :thumb: )
2. The Harlequin by Laurell K. Hamilton
3. Blood Noir by Laurell K. Hamilton
Boy I've fell behind with this, all these aren't from this month but they're going here because I can't remember when I actually finished them!LOL

April

1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
2. New Moon by Setphenie Meyer
3. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
4. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
5. Minstrel's Kiss by Laurell K. Hamilton
6. Swallowing Darkness by Laurell K. Hamilton
7. Max by James Patterson
MAY

1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
2. Brisinger by Christopher Paolini
JUNE

1. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
2. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan
3. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
4. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
5. Kiss "I Wana Rock and Roll All Night" by Aileen weintraub
6. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
7. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
JULY

1. Strange Candy by Laurell K. Hamilton
2. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
3. The Mortal Instruments book 2: City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
AUGUST

1. Pendragon, book 10: The Soldiers of Halla by D.J. MacHale
SEPTEMBER

1. Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr
2. On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
3. The Mortal Insturments book 3: The City of Glass by Cassardra Clare
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August:
r: for review, t: translated, a: audiobook

55. Snyder: Poison Study
56. Schroeder: Queen of Candesce r
57: Duane: High Wizardry t
58: Turner: The Thief
59: Duncan: Alchemist’s Pursuit a
60: Murphy: Urban Shaman

All were good but none outstanding.
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August

Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
Gardens of the Moon - Steven Erikson
Spud - John van der Ruit
Spud: The madness continues - John van der Ruit
Spud: Learning to fly - John van der Ruit

Anyone else read the spuds?[/b]
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September

113. Elric the Stealer of Souls - Michael Moorcock
114. Bound to Please - Hope Tarr
115. The Awakening - L.J. Smith
116. Primal Instincts - Jill Monroe
117. Danse Macabre - Laurell K. Hamilton
118. The Harlequin - Laurell K. Hamilton
119. Blood Noir - Laurell K. Hamilton
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  • 1. North to the Rails by Louis L'Amour
    2. Sackett's Land by Louis L'Amour
    3. Into the Storm: Destroyermen Book 1 by Taylor Anderson
    4. The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century edited by Harry Turtledove & Martin H.Greenberg
    5. Mainspring by Jay Lake
    6. Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
    7. 1812: The Rivers of War by Eric Flint
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September

Dan Brown - Lost Symbol (I give this an AA grade -- Absolutely Awful -_-)
Deadhouse Gates - Steven Erikson
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September:

61: Schroeder: Pirate Sun r
62: Elliot: Spirit Gate
63: Vandermeer ed.: Fast Ships, Black Sails
64: Czernada: Ties of Power
65: Novik: Empire of Jade a
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1. Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck - 476
2. Everlost by Neal Shusterman - 384
3. Soul Eater by Michelle Paver - 336
4. Dark Secrets Dont Tell by Elizabeth Chandler - ?
5. Outcast by Michelle Paver - 319
6. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - 551
7. The Trial by Franz Kafka - 229
8. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse - ?
9. Death of a Salesman - 219
10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (reread)
11. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (reread)
12. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (reread)
13. This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff - 304
14. Teaching A Stone to Talk by Anne Dillard
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sweetharleygirl wrote:
sweetharleygirl wrote:
sweetharleygirl wrote:
sweetharleygirl wrote:
sweetharleygirl wrote:
sweetharleygirl wrote: Boy I've fell behind with this, all these aren't from this month but they're going here because I can't remember when I actually finished them!LOL

April

1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
2. New Moon by Setphenie Meyer
3. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
4. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
5. Minstrel's Kiss by Laurell K. Hamilton
6. Swallowing Darkness by Laurell K. Hamilton
7. Max by James Patterson
MAY

1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
2. Brisinger by Christopher Paolini
JUNE

1. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
2. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan
3. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
4. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
5. Kiss "I Wana Rock and Roll All Night" by Aileen weintraub
6. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
7. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
JULY

1. Strange Candy by Laurell K. Hamilton
2. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
3. The Mortal Instruments book 2: City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
AUGUST

1. Pendragon, book 10: The Soldiers of Halla by D.J. MacHale
SEPTEMBER

1. Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr
2. On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
3. The Mortal Insturments book 3: The City of Glass by Cassardra Clare
OCTOBER

1. Dark Possession by Christine Feehan

NOVEMBER

1.Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning
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October

120. The Naming of the Beasts - Mike Carey
121. Trick of the Light - Rob Thurman
122. Rosemary and Rue - Seanan McGuire
123. Skin Deep - Mark Del Franco
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October
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Reread)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Reread)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Reread)
Children of the Dust - Louise Lawrence (Excellent book)
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So far:

Everything set in Known Space (not including the Man-Kzin Wars) I hadn't read before:
Protector, World of Ptavvs, Flatlander, Ringworld's Children, Fleet of Worlds, Juggler of Worlds, many short stories. All by Larry Niven.

Another plunge into Discworld:
Pyramids, Small Gods, Mort, Reaper Man.

Asimov's Lije Bailey novels.
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October:

66. Baker: Sky Coyote
67. Baker: Empress of Mars r
68. Shinn: Thirteenth House a
69. White: The Sultan’s Seal a
70. Gelder, ed: The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: 60th Anniversary Anthology r
71. Czerneda: Ties of Power
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Well let's see, here is a list of books I know I have read this year. Might be leaving some out and am not sure at what particular time I read all of these.

1. Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb - 435
2. Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb - 752
3. Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb - 757
4. Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb - 809
5. Mad Ship by Robin Hobb - 850
6. Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb - 789
7. Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb - 662
8. Golden Fool by Robin Hobb - 709
9. Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb - 914
10. Shaman's Crossing by Robin Hobb - 607
11. Forest Mage by Robin Hobb - 726
12. Renegade's Magic by Robin Hobb - 691
13. The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan - 782
14. The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan - 681
15. The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan - 674
16. The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan - 980
17. A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan - 855
18. The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan - 672
19. Winter's Heart by Robert Jordan - 766
20. Crossroad's of Twilight by Robert Jordan - 822
21. Riddle-Master (The Complete Trilogy) - 571
22. The Magic of Recluce by L.E. Modesitt - 501
23. The Towers of Sunset by L.E. Modesitt - 536
24. The Magic Engineer by L.E. Modesitt - 617
25. The Order War by L.E. Modesitt - 597
26. The Death of Chaos by L.E. Modesitt - 640
27. Fall of Angels by L.E. Modesitt - 592
28. The Chaos Balance by L.E. Modesitt - 596
29. The White Order by L.E. Modesitt - 468
30. The Colors of Chaos by L.E. Modesitt - 798
31. Magi'i of Cyador by L.E. Modesitt - 544
32. The Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson - ~500
33. Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson - 836
34. Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson - 913
35. House of Chains by Steven Erikson - 1015
36. Midnight Tides by Steven Erikson - 932
37. The Bonehunters by Steven Erikson - 1201
38. Reaper's Gale by Steven Erikson - 1260
39. Toll the Hounds by Steven Erikson - 1269


Not counting some non-fiction books and science-fiction books I have read.
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