September totals at a glance

Books Read:

• Dracula in Love- 4/5 loved it!
• The Amish Cook- great glimpse into the Amish life-  4/5
• Waking the Witch- great paranormal/urban fantasy book 4/5
• Vanishing and other stories- good selection of short stories 4/5
• Hot House Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire- excellent story, pure fun! 5/5
• Shoulder Bags and Shootings- just didn't work for me 2/5
• For the King's Favor- great into to Chadwick's historical fiction 4/5
• The Financial Lives of Poets- I'm a new fan of this author! 4.5/5
• A Hope Undaunted- great start to a new series!! 4/5

Total Pages: 3150
Favorite Book: Hot House Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire

August Totals

Books Read:
1. To Conquer Mr. Darcy : 4/5
2. Fallout : 4/5
3. The Life You Imagined : 4/5
4. Dangerous Neighbors : 4/5
5. Holly's Inbox  4.5/5
6. Georgette Heyer's Regency World : 4/5
7. The Miracle of Prato : 4/5
8. The Lumby Lines : 4/5
9. An Echo in the Bone: 5/5

Total Pages: 4,106
Favorite Book(s): An Echo in the Bone

July Totals

Books Read:
1. Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper: 4/5
2. Disrupting Grace: 5/5
3. After the Fall: 3/5
4.The Space Between Us: 4.5/5
5. The Clouds Roll Away: 3/5
6. When She Flew: 4/5
7. The Murderer's Daughters: 5/5
8.  Never Let You Go: 3.5/5
9. Hidden Wives: 4.5/5
10. Letter To My Daughter: 3.5/5
11. Benny and Shrimp: 3/5
12. Irish Country Girl: 4/5
13. A Note From an Old Acquaintance: 2.5/5
14. Still Missing: 5/5
15. Broken: 4/5
16. The House Next Door: 4/5
17. Blind Hope: 3/5
18. A Breath of Snow and Ashes: 5/5

Total Pages: 6137
Favorite Book(s):The Murderer's Daughters, Still Missing (review tomorrow), and A Breath of Snow and Ashes.

June Totals

Books Read:

1. Every Secret Thing:3/5
2. The Kind Diet: 4/5
3. The One That I Want: 4.5/5
4.  Noah's Compass: 4/5
5. The Aloha Quilt: 4/5
6. Glorious: 4.5/5
7. Louisa and the Missing Heiress: 3.5/5
8. Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart: 4/5
9. Watermark: 4.75/5
10. Quaker Summer: 3.75/5
11. Guesthouse: 3.75/5
12. Becoming Jane Eyre: 3.75/5
13. Calamity Jack: 3/5
14. Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English: 5/5
15. Little Giant of Aberdeen County: 3.5/5


Total Pages: 4,295
6 month page count: 32, 917
Favorite Book(s): Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English- Review to be posted tomorrow, please come back!

Challenges:

100+- 108/100 COMPLETED
Reading From My Shelves- 2/20 (this one is so pathetic!! I need to read my own books!!)
2010 States Challenge- 30/50
All About the Brontes- 3/3 COMPLETED
All Things Alcott- 1/4
Cozy Mystery - 1/6
Gilmore Girls Challenge- 0/10
GBLT- 1/4
Graphic Novel- 12/10 COMPLETED
Historical Reading- 9/6 COMPLETED
Jane Austen- 1/6
Japanese Literature- 1/1 COMPLETED
Random Reading- 3/12
Sookie Stackhouse- 1/9 FAILED
Support Your Library- 74/100
Terry Pratchett- 0/4
The Pub 2010 - 11/10 COMPLETED

May Totals

Books Read:

1.  On Folly Beach- Karen White 5/5
2.  The Shepherd's Granddaughter 4/5
3.  The Girls from Ames 2/5
4.  The Telling 4/5
5.  Indivisible 4/5
6.  Get Lucky 4/5
7.  Black Water Rising 4/5
8.  Just Jane 4/5
9.  Plain Paradise 3/5
10. Life, In Spite of Me 3/5
11. A Complicated Kindness 2/5
12. Crossing Oceans 4/5
13. Whiter Than Snow 4/5
14. This One is Mine 2/5/5
15. Heart of the Matter 4/5



Total Pages: 6,142
Favorite Book (s): On Folly Beach,

Challenges:
100+- 93/100
Reading From My Shelves- 2/20 (this one is so pathetic!! I need to read my own books!!)
2010 States Challenge- 27/50
All About the Brontes- 2/6
All Things Alcott- 0/4
Cozy Mystery - 1/6
Gilmore Girls Challenge- 0/10
GBLT- 1/4
Graphic Novel- 12/10 COMPLETED
Historical Reading- 9/6 COMPLETED
Jane Austen- 1/6
Japanese Literature- 1/1 COMPLETED
Random Reading- 3/12
Sookie Stackhouse- 1/9
Support Your Library- 67/100
Terry Pratchett- 0/4
The Pub 2010 - 11/10 COMPLETED

April Totals

Books Read:

1. I, Alex Cross 4/5
2. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Purse 4/5
3. The Cougar Club 4/5
4. The Life O'Reilly 3.5/5
5. Forget Me Not  3.5/5
6. Sounds Like Crazy 4.5/5
7. Anthropology- Dan Rhodes  4/5
8. The Pull of the Moon- Elizabeth Berg  5/5
9. I am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Lives of Girls Around The World - Eve Ensler  3/5
10.  Cherries in Winter- Suzane Colon  4/5
11. The Hunger Games- Suzanne Collins  5/5
12. I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This- Jacqueline Woodson  4/5
13. Out of My Mind- Sharon Draper  5/5
14. South of Broad- Pat Conroy  5/5
15. The Sweet By and By - Todd Johnson  4/5
16. The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott - Kelly O'Connor McNees  5/5
17. The Bridegrooms- Allison Pittman  4/5
18. The Missing Ink ( A Tattoo Shop Mystery #1)- Karen E. Olson  3.5/5
19. Look Again - Lisa Scottoline 3/5
20. The Walk- Richard Paul Evans 3/5

Total Pages: 6,222

Favorite Book (s): The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott, South of Broad, Sounds Like Crazy, and The Pull of the Moon

Challenges:
100+- 79/100
Reading From My Shelves- 2/20 (this one is so pathetic!! I need to read my own books!!)
2010 States Challenge- 26/50
All About the Brontes- 2/6
All Things Alcott- 0/4
Cozy Mystery - 1/6
Gilmore Girls Challenge- 0/10
GBLT- 1/4
Graphic Novel- 12/10 COMPLETED
Historical Reading- 9/6 COMPLETED
Jane Austen- 0/6
Japanese Literature- 1/1 COMPLETED
Random Reading- 3/12
Sookie Stackhouse- 1/9
Support Your Library- 59/100
Terry Pratchett- 0/4
The Pub 2010 - 11/10 COMPLETED

March Totals

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Books Read:

1. Mia the Magnificent- 3/5
2. The Silent Governess- 4/5
3. If You Follow Me- 2.5/5
4. Raven Stole the Moon- 4.5/5
5. City of Refuge- 4/5
6. Color of Heaven (graphic novel)- 4/5
7. Color of Water (graphic novel)-3/5
8. Winterguard 1152 (graphic novel)-4/5
9. The Secret History of the Pink Carnation- 4.5/5
10. The Choice- 3.5/5
11. The Storm in the Barn (graphic novel)- 4/5
12. Refresh Refresh (graphic novel)- 3/5
13. Britten and Brulightly (graphic novel)- 4/5
14. By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead- 4/5
15. The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet- 1/5
16. The Girl Who Chased the Moon- 4.5/5
17. Love Comes Softly- 4/5
18. A Bride Most Begrudging- 4.5/5

Total Pages: 5,256

Favorite Book(s): The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, The Girl Who Chased the Moon, and A Bride Most Begrudging

Challenges:
100+- 57/100
Reading From My Shelves- 0/20 (this one is so pathetic!! I need to read my own books!!)
2010 States Challenge- 21/50
All About the Brontes- 2/6
Gilmore Girls Challenge- 0/10
GBLT- 1/4
Graphic Novel- 12/10 COMPLETED
Historical Reading- 7/6 COMPLETED
Jane Austen- 0/6
Japanese Literature- 1/1 COMPLETED
Random Reading- 3/12
Sookie Stackhouse- 1/9
Support Your Library- 48/100
Terry Pratchett- 0/4
The Pub 2010 - 3/10

February Totals

Books Read:

1. Dash of Death- Claudia Bishop
2. Far From You- Lisa Schroeder
3. Bone Volume 3: Eyes of the Storm
4. Bone Volume 4: The Dragonslayer
5. French Milk-Lucy Knisley
6. The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam- Ann Marie Fleming
7. Mouse Guard Fall 1152 - David Petersen
8. The Color of Earth- Kim Dong Hwa
9. Stitches- David Small
10. Bone Volume 5: Rockjaw
11. Tainted- Brooke Morgan
12. Crossing Washington Square- Joanne Rendell
13. Italian for Beginners- Kristen Harmel
14. Secrets of Eden- Chris Bohjalian
15. Almost Perfect- Brian Katcher
16. Beautiful- Amy Reed
17. Nature of Jade- Deb Caletti
18. Beautiful Creatures - Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
19. Rainwater- Sandra Brown
20. Shiver- Maggie Stiefvater
21. The Power of Half- Kevin and Hannah Salwen

Total Pages : 6,063

Favorite Book(s):  Secrets of Eden, Almost Perfect, Nature of Jade, and Beautiful Creatures
** I couldn't pick just one!!!!

Challenges:
100+- 37/100
Reading From My Shelves- 0/20
2010 States Challenge- 13/52
All About the Brontes- 2/6
Gilmore Girls Challenge- 0/10
GBLT- 1/4
Graphic Novel- 9/10
Historical Reading- 3/6
Jane Austen- 0/6
Japanese Literature- 1/1 COMPLETED
Random Reading- 3/12
Sookie Stackhouse- 1/9
Support Your Library- 34/100
Terry Pratchett- 0/4
The Pub 2010 - 3/10

January Totals

Books Read:

1. La's Orchestra Saves the World- Alexander McCall Smith
2. A Single Thread- Marie Bostwick
3. The One Day Way- Chantel Hobbs
4. Crossing Stones- Helen Frost
5. Dream Life- Lauren Mechling
6. Bone-The Great Cow Race- Jeff Smith
7. The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte- Syrie James
8. Country Living: Simple Country Wisdom by Susan Waggoner
9. The House on Tradd Street by Karen White
10. The Four Seasons by Mary Alice Munroe
11. Witch Way to Murder by Shirley Damsgaard
12. Mrs. Malory Investigates by Hazel Holt
13. No Wind of Blame by Georgette Heyer
14. Tea with Hezbollah by Ted Dekker and Carl Medearis
15. Time of My Life- Patrick Swayze and Lisa Neimi
16. The Believers - Zoe Heller
17. Wondrous Strange- Lesley Livingston
18. How One Little Dolphin Learned to Swim Again
19. A Taste for Murder - Claudia Bishop

Total Pages: 4,939

Favorite Book: The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte

Challenges:
100+- 19/100
Reading From My Shelves- 0/20
2010 States Challenge- 6/52
All About the Brontes- 2/6
Gilmore Girls Challenge- 0/10
GBLT- 0/4
Graphic Novel- 1/10
Historical Reading- 2/6
Jane Austen- 0/6
Japanese Literature- 1/1 COMPLETED
Random Reading- 3/12
Sookie Stackhouse- 1/9
Support Your Library- 13/100
Terry Pratchett- 0/4
The Pub 2010 - 1/10