1. Busted Flush Edited by George R. R. Martin
2. The Myth of You and Me by Leah Stewart
3. Julia's Chocolates by Cathy Lamb
4. Valentine's Resolve by E. E. Knight
5. Eli Manning: The Making of a Quarterback by Ralph Vacchiano
6. Star Wars: Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor by Mathew
7. Michelle: A Biography by Liza Mundy
8. The Sweet In-Between by Sheri Reynolds
9. Audition by Barbara Walters
10. Harry, A History by Melissa Anelli
Melissa Anelli is the webmistress of the Leaky Cauldron and was one of the two folks who did that kick-arse interview with JKR right after HPB came out. This book is basically her love letter to HP fandom. It recounts the HP phenomenom and peppers the book with little tidbits of never heard before info from JKR. If you're a Harry Potter fan I'd definitely recommend it. It's also kind of cool to see user names that you've seen around fandom for a long time and one of your favorite fan fics actually mentioned in a published book.
11. Guilty Pleasures, the comic, Volume II
Anita is pretty. Jean Claude is prettier (barely). It's (mostly) true to the book, and it definitely reminded me why I originally fell in love with Hamilton's writing. I wish she would bring some of that actual emotion back to the series. It seems like Anita has just become this cold and unfeeling robot, and I miss the Anita from this book.
12. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Book 1 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. It's a kids book, but I love the whole mythology aspect and it's not too cheesy or young as to make me roll my eyes and not want to read it. Just the opposite, in fact. I'm hitting the whole series. :)
13. Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
14. The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
15. Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
16. Word of Honor by Radclyffe
Cam and Blair get hitched. Finally.
17. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
It's ironic I read![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
somniesperus's AU DWP fic that was set in this 'verse before I actually read this novel. It made a lot of things in the fic make a lot more sense, but I'm also glad I read it just for the story. It was a pretty horrifying story to me. Being trapped and constrained to that level.... *shudders* And the scariest part was the eerily prescient nature of the book in the way that it foretold that people would stand by and do nothing while their rights were taken away one by one because it wasn't them...yet, so no one was willing to do anything about it. And maybe that's not what the book is about, but I chose to believe that the woman in the book (I refuse to call her Offred, and wow, did it take me a long time to catch on that it was a derivative. Duh!) got her well, not happily ever after. But that she survived, and got whatever measure of freedom that she could find for herself.
18. Runner by Thomas Perry
Jane Whitefield is Jane McKinnon now. Wife of a respected surgeon, definitely not a woman who guides people from places where someone is trying to kill them to places where no one is. Except a young pregnant woman stumbles into her husband's hospital in the aftermath of an explosion begging for her help. Jane can't turn her down no matter the promise she made to Carey. Awesome suspense novel. I like the religous/mythical aspect of it too. I wasn't expecting it so it was kind of a bonus. And continuing my trend of reading the last book in a series first....
19. The Face Changers by Thomas Perry
Jane Whitefield promised her husband Carey that she wouldn't help anymore people dissapear after they got married. Now he's asking her to do it again for his mentor. Jane can't say no, but will it destroy them both. And continuing my life long trend of reading the second to last book in a series directly after reading the last book in a series....
20. First Person and other short stories by Ali Smith
I cannot reccomend this book enough. Seriously. On the whole I usually find short stories pretentious, completely indicipherable and highly depressing. This was exactly the opposite. I had a grin on my face the whole time I read this book. It was fun, even the sad parts weren't unbearable, but they were moving. I felt like talking to an old friend I hadn't seen in years. Loved it!
22. The Hidden Temple (Star Wars, Legacy Volume 5) Graphic Novel
So I've been kind of meh, about the whole Legacy idea. The things that I'd heard about it never made me want to check it out and since it's nearly impossible for me to lay my hands on comics, I didn't bother, but I saw this at the library the other day so I had to try it. It really rocked. I liked Cade and I really liked Deliah Blue. Awwww! And although I don't know Princess Masariah, I find her very intriguing. (Probably because she's supposed to be Jaina's great-grandwhatever, right? )
23. Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
I laughed so hard. My mom was in and out of the room while I was reading it and she just kept staring at me I was laughing so much. It dealt with serious stuff, but it was still hilarious.
2. The Myth of You and Me by Leah Stewart
3. Julia's Chocolates by Cathy Lamb
4. Valentine's Resolve by E. E. Knight
5. Eli Manning: The Making of a Quarterback by Ralph Vacchiano
6. Star Wars: Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor by Mathew
7. Michelle: A Biography by Liza Mundy
8. The Sweet In-Between by Sheri Reynolds
9. Audition by Barbara Walters
10. Harry, A History by Melissa Anelli
Melissa Anelli is the webmistress of the Leaky Cauldron and was one of the two folks who did that kick-arse interview with JKR right after HPB came out. This book is basically her love letter to HP fandom. It recounts the HP phenomenom and peppers the book with little tidbits of never heard before info from JKR. If you're a Harry Potter fan I'd definitely recommend it. It's also kind of cool to see user names that you've seen around fandom for a long time and one of your favorite fan fics actually mentioned in a published book.
11. Guilty Pleasures, the comic, Volume II
Anita is pretty. Jean Claude is prettier (barely). It's (mostly) true to the book, and it definitely reminded me why I originally fell in love with Hamilton's writing. I wish she would bring some of that actual emotion back to the series. It seems like Anita has just become this cold and unfeeling robot, and I miss the Anita from this book.
12. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Book 1 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. It's a kids book, but I love the whole mythology aspect and it's not too cheesy or young as to make me roll my eyes and not want to read it. Just the opposite, in fact. I'm hitting the whole series. :)
13. Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
14. The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
15. Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
16. Word of Honor by Radclyffe
Cam and Blair get hitched. Finally.
17. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
It's ironic I read
somniesperus's AU DWP fic that was set in this 'verse before I actually read this novel. It made a lot of things in the fic make a lot more sense, but I'm also glad I read it just for the story. It was a pretty horrifying story to me. Being trapped and constrained to that level.... *shudders* And the scariest part was the eerily prescient nature of the book in the way that it foretold that people would stand by and do nothing while their rights were taken away one by one because it wasn't them...yet, so no one was willing to do anything about it. And maybe that's not what the book is about, but I chose to believe that the woman in the book (I refuse to call her Offred, and wow, did it take me a long time to catch on that it was a derivative. Duh!) got her well, not happily ever after. But that she survived, and got whatever measure of freedom that she could find for herself.18. Runner by Thomas Perry
Jane Whitefield is Jane McKinnon now. Wife of a respected surgeon, definitely not a woman who guides people from places where someone is trying to kill them to places where no one is. Except a young pregnant woman stumbles into her husband's hospital in the aftermath of an explosion begging for her help. Jane can't turn her down no matter the promise she made to Carey. Awesome suspense novel. I like the religous/mythical aspect of it too. I wasn't expecting it so it was kind of a bonus. And continuing my trend of reading the last book in a series first....
19. The Face Changers by Thomas Perry
Jane Whitefield promised her husband Carey that she wouldn't help anymore people dissapear after they got married. Now he's asking her to do it again for his mentor. Jane can't say no, but will it destroy them both. And continuing my life long trend of reading the second to last book in a series directly after reading the last book in a series....
20. First Person and other short stories by Ali Smith
I cannot reccomend this book enough. Seriously. On the whole I usually find short stories pretentious, completely indicipherable and highly depressing. This was exactly the opposite. I had a grin on my face the whole time I read this book. It was fun, even the sad parts weren't unbearable, but they were moving. I felt like talking to an old friend I hadn't seen in years. Loved it!
22. The Hidden Temple (Star Wars, Legacy Volume 5) Graphic Novel
So I've been kind of meh, about the whole Legacy idea. The things that I'd heard about it never made me want to check it out and since it's nearly impossible for me to lay my hands on comics, I didn't bother, but I saw this at the library the other day so I had to try it. It really rocked. I liked Cade and I really liked Deliah Blue. Awwww! And although I don't know Princess Masariah, I find her very intriguing. (Probably because she's supposed to be Jaina's great-grandwhatever, right? )
23. Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
I laughed so hard. My mom was in and out of the room while I was reading it and she just kept staring at me I was laughing so much. It dealt with serious stuff, but it was still hilarious.