James Patterson Number Series - Books Read

Another mini-list:

1st to Die - James Patterson (Oct 2008)
2nd Chance (The Women's Murder Club) - James Patterson (Nov 2008)

Sue Grafton Alphabet Mysteries - Books Read

Sue Grafton Books read:
(a fun list to keep, but also to help me keep track since I've been reading out of order)

A is for Alibi - Sue Grafton (Oct 2008)
B is for Burglar - Sue Grafton (Oct 2008)
E is for Evidence - Sue Grafton (Sept 2008)
H is for Homicide - Sue Grafton (June 2008)
L Is for Lawless - Sue Grafton (July 2008)
M is for Malice - Sue Grafton (January 2007)
P Is For Peril - Sue Grafton (Aug 2008)

Bookrings completed 2007-2008

Bookrays/Bookrings I've patricipated in (2007-2008):
The Accidental Office Lady - received 9/7/07, sent 1/3/08 (unread)
Accordian Crimes - received 8/4/07 sent 11/16/07
The Adultery Club - received 7/5/07 sent 9/1/07
A Morbid Taste for Bones - received 7/12/07 sent 11/16/07
Apocalipstick - received 5/11/07 sent 6/29/07
Autobiography of a Fat Bride - received 7/15/07, sent 9/24/07
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water - received 8/13/07 sent 11/16/07
The Bad Twin - received 6/21/07, sent 9/1/07
The Book Thief - received 8/21/08, sent 9/9/08
Bloodsucking Fiends - went to lost book island Feb 2008
Bright Lights, Big Ass - received 4/8/08, sent 5/5/08
Cider With Rosie - received 4/25/07, Sent 5/12/2007
City of Beasts - Isabel Allende bookspiral - received 5/23/07 Sent 7/7/07
The Clock Winder - received 11/6/2008, sent 11/24/08
Come Together - received 10/6/07, sent 1/3/08 (unread)
The Dante Club - received 12/18/07, sent 6/4/08
The Dirty Girls Social Club - received 7/11/07, sent 9/24/07
Dive From Claussen's Pier - received 5/15/08, sent 6/27/08
Eden Close - received 10/13/07, sent 1/3/08 (unread)
Everyone Worth Knowing - Received 3/19/2007 Sent 3/26/2007
Fashionistas - Received 5/7/07 Sent 5/29/07
Forest of Pygmies - Isabel Allende bookspiral - received 6/25/07, sent 8/6/07
Fortune's Rocks - received 9/8/07 Sent 1/30/08
Hard Eight - skipped
The History of Love - received 5/2/07 Sent 5/18/07
The Impressionist - skipped due to my own backlog
Island of the Sequined Love Nun - received 3/24/08, sent 3/29/08
Kingdom of the Golden Dragon - Isabel Allende bookspiral - received 6/25/07, sent 8/6/07
Lunar Park - received 5/11/07, sent 8/6/07
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove - received 4/17/08, sent 5/7/08
The Main Corpse - received 5/9/07 Sent 5/29/07
Missing - received 8/28/07 ent 1/30/08
My Antonia - received 7/31/07 Sent 10/5/07
New Moon - received 12/6/08, sent 1/2/09
Nora Roberts Circle Trilogy Ring (3 books) - Received 4/4/07 Sent 5/2/07
The Pact - Received 5/30/07, sent 8/9/07
Running for the Hills - received 8/28/07, sent 1/3/08 (unread)
She Went All the Way - received 6/28/07, sent 9/24/07
Shopaholic Abroad - Received 4/26/07 sent 9/1/07
Shopaholic & Baby - Received 5/30/07 sent 9/1/07
Small Island - received 10/4/07, sent 1/3/08 (unread)
So Many Books, So Little Time - received 9/15/07, sent 1/3/08
Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest To Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, Or Why Pie is Not The Answer - received 8/13/08, sent 8/29/08
Turtle Moon - received 11/1/07, sent 1/10/08
Twilight - received 10/6/08, sent 10/16/08
Two Little Girls in Blue - received 5/2/08, sent 6/23/08
The Undomestic Goddess - received 6/15/07, sent 9/1/07
Veil of Roses - received 6/9/08, sent 6/28/08


Bookrays/Bookrings I've started (PM me to join):
Singletini - Amanda Trimble – May 2007

Bookboxes (2007):
Sunshinedreem's Spring Cleaning Book Box - Received 7/11/07 Sent out 7/18/07

My 2007 A-Z challenge

Well, I almost made it. If I hadn't gotten so involved in bookrings, I would have all the letters (actually have books in my TBR pile for the missing letters here).

2007 A-Z Challenge (read one book during the year that starts with each letter of the alphabet)
A Alphabet Weekends - Elizabeth Noble (Mar)
B Breakwater - Carla Neggers (Feb)
C Coastliners - Joanne Harris(Jan)
D Double Shot - Diane Mott Davidson(Mar)
E Everyone Worth Knowing - Lauren Weisberger (Mar)
F Fashionistas - Lynn Messina (May)
G Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
H The History of Love - Nicole Krauss (May)
I The Ice Queen - Alice Hoffman (May)
J
K Kingdom of the Golden Dragon - Isabel Allende (July)
L Lunar Park - Bret Easton Ellis (July)
M Metro Girl - Janet Evanovich (Apr)
N Nature Girl - Carl Hiaasen (Mar)
O One Thousand White Women - Jim Fergus (July)
P The Pact -Jodi Picoult (Aug)
Q
R The Reading Group - Elizabeth Noble (Apr)
S Singletini - Amanda Trimble (Feb)
T
U The Undomestic Goddess - Sophie Kinsella (Aug)
V Valley of Silence - Nora Roberts (Apr)
W
X The Xenophobe's Guide to the English - Antony Miall (Dec)
Y
Z

Books read in 2007

Books read in 2007 (originally started this list in May but moved the journal entry to the end of the year)

1. Coastliners - Joanne Harris (Jan)
2. Murder at the Brown Palace: A True Story of Seduction & Betrayal - Dick Kreck (Jan)
3. Breakwater - Carla Neggers (Feb)
4. Singletini - Amanda Trimble (Feb)
5. Alphabet Weekends - Elizabeth Noble (Mar)
6. Double Shot - Diane Mott Davidson(Mar)
7. Everyone Worth Knowing - Lauren Weisberger (Mar)
8. Nature Girl - Carl Hiaasen (Mar)
9. Metro Girl - Janet Evanovich (Apr)
10. The Reading Group - Elizabeth Noble (Apr)
11. Morrigan's Cross - Nora Roberts (Apr)
12. Dance of the Gods - Nora Roberts (Apr)
13. Valley of Silence - Nora Roberts (Apr)
14. Cider With Rosie - Laurie Lee (May)
15. The History of Love - Nicole Krauss (May)
16. Fashionistas - Lynn Messina (May)
17. The Ice Queen - Alice Hoffman (May)
18. The Main Corpse - Diane Mott Davidson (May)
19. Son of A Witch - Gregory Maguire (June)
20. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (June)
21. Apocalipstick - Sue Margolis (June)
22. City of Beasts - Isabel Allende (July)
23. One Thousand White Women - Jim Fergus (July)
24. Lunar Park - Bret Easton Ellis (July)
25. Kingdom of the Golden Dragon - Isabel Allende (July)
26. Forest of Pygmies - Isabel Allende bookspiral - Isabel Allende (July)
27. The Pact -Jodi Picoult (Aug)
28. Shopaholic Abroad - Sophie Kinsella (Aug)
29. Shopaholic & Baby - Sophie Kinsella (Aug)
30. Love Walked In - Marisa de los Santos (Aug)
31. The Bad Twin - Gary Troup (Aug)
32. The Adultery Club - Tess Stimson (Aug)
33. She Went All the Way - Meggin Cabot (Aug)
34. The Dirty Girls Social Club - Alisa Valdez-Rodriguez (Sept)
35. Vanishing Acts - Jodi Picoult (Sept)
36. Baby Proof - Emily Griffin (Sept)
37. My Antonia - Willa Cather (Sept)
38. Walking in Circles Before Lying Down - Merrill Markoe (Oct)
39. Accordian Crimes - Annie Proulx (Oct)
40. A Yellow Raft in Blue Water - Michael Dorris (Nov)
41. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini (Nov)
42. The Autobiography of Santa Claus - Jeff Guinn (Dec)
43. So Many Books, So Little Time - Sara Nelson (Dec)
44. The Xenophobe's Guide to the English - Antony Miall (Dec)

ZZZZZZZzzzzzzz...

Argh! My reading time has seriously decreased. Of course there is the usual work/holidays/projects/chores that get in the way. But the new thing is the ability to nod off in less than 10 pages. It makes it difficult for me to get through a book in my usual amount of time. In fact, I am way behind in my bookring books and was late finishing my November and December bookclub selections.

So my goal for 2008 is to read one book a month (likely my bookclub book). With the new addition pending in my life, I will have even less reading time (and the ability to stay awake). I also have a huge TBR (to be read) pile that I would love to read and pass on.

I plan to send on my current pile of bookring books shortly (mostly unread). I've had the oldest since July. Yikes! I am not that bad bookcrosser, am I??

Follow up on the smelly book

After several weeks in a bin of cedar chips and cat litter, I hung it under the porch with the pages fluffed out for another couple of weeks. That seems to have done the trick!

Now I have to read it...