I'm a little weird about lists. I love to make lists. Lists of Books, Lists of Birthdays, Lists of Things To Do (don't always work on those ones, or finish them), Lists of Old Coins I have. I used to even list the magazines I had (got rid of all of them). The problem is I don't always maintain lists. Another thing I used to do, but I don't any more, is try to keep my books in alpha order, by author. Within each author section I used to try to keep the books not in title order, but by publication date. How weird is that? I must be the laziest OCD person alive. I have the tendencies, at least for the milder forms - like list making - but I am way too lazy to carry it out on a regular basis. Probably a good thing. Anyway! in honor of lists, I am listing the books that I have read in 2009 - and not in any particular order, just by an estimated first finished to latest finished. I say estimated, because I might not even have that right.
first; a review on my arbitrary rating system, using stars { * };
- * = being the worst book I have tried to read, I really couldn't finish it, no will to do so
- ** = not much better than one, I had to force myself to finish the book
- ***=not that bad, not that great, just not impressed with the book - buy it used, or borrow it
- ****=a decent book, but could be better
- *****= I liked it a lot, I would recommend it to others, will probably read other books by the author of this one
- ******= KEEPER! I loved the book, I would recommend it to others, am looking for other books by this author, and this author will be on my "auto-buy" list, I wish the book was longer
And here is the list (as of June 7th) of books that I have finished in 2009:
- Magic to the Bone - Devon Monk ******
- Demon Bound - Meljean Brook ******
- Island of the Sequined Love Nun - Christopher Moore ******
- The Summoning {YA} - Kelley Armstrong ******
- Remember Me? - Sohpia Kinsella *****
- Bone Crossed - Patricia Briggs ******
- Mona Lisa Blossoming - Sunny ***
- Mona Lisa Craving - Sunny ***
- Unclean Spirits - M.L. Hanover ******
- White Witch, Black Curse - Kim Harrison ******
- Strange Angels {YA} - Lili St. Crow ******
- Pride - Rachel Vincent *****
- Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand - Carrie Vaughn *****
- Midnight's Daughter - Karen Chance *****
- Red - Jordan Summers *****
- Blue Diablo - Ann Aguirre ******
- Magic In the Blood - Devon Monk ******
- Blood Noir - Laurell K. Hamilton **' (the ' is a half star)
And now, books that I am currently reading. I've started these and have been going back and forth between some, or will read through:
- Dead and Gone - Charlaine Harris
- Close Encounters - Katherine Allred
- Eve of Darkness - S.J. Day
- Any Given Doomsday - Lori Handeland
- Tekgrrl - A.J. Menden
- Red-Headed Stepchild - Jaye Wells
That is probably enough lists for now. I was going to list the books I want to buy, but there is over - what the heck, I'll list the ones that are newly released or coming very soon that I want:
- Once Dead, Twice Shy {YA} - Kim Harrison
- The Sweet Scent of Blood - Suzanne McLeod
- Angels' Blood - Nalini Singh
- The Beginning - Drew Silver
- Unfallen Dead - Marc Del Franco
- Prey - Rachel Vincent
- Hotter Than Hell - Jackie Kessler
- Bad to the Bone - Jeri SmithReady
- Madhouse - Rob Thurman (did you know Rob is a woman?)
- Deathwish - Rob Thurman
- Street Magic - Caitlin Kittredge
- Skinwalker - Faith Hunter
- The Enchantment Emporium - Tanya Huff
- Darkness Calls - Marjorie M. Liu
- The Women of Nell Gwynne's - Kage Baker
- Dying Bites - D.D. Barant
- Black and White - Jackie Kessler/Caitlin Kittredge
- Soulless - Gail Carriger
- Phenomenal Girl 5 - A.J. Menden
- Skin Deep - Mark Del Franco
Well that's my top 20 wanted list. Geez, that's at least $160 worth of books, if they're all mass paperback size, which they probably are not!
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