Wednesday, August 19, 2009

A move mid-summer...


WOW... It's been a while since I've posted. I'm missing about 20 books -- June and July. Got too busy with summer vacations and a fairly sudden move resulting in the books being delivered to Half Price Book Store before I had recorded them.

Ah well... such is the life of a reader. And I'm LOVING my new home and finally feeling a bit settled so I'm going to credit myself the 20 and start posting again.

I've read some WONDERFUL books. I've reached a place in my life where I don't really spend my time reading books that aren't wonderful. (Yes, I remember a day when just because I started a book I felt compelled to finish it. Thank god those days are gone! LOL) I've also been surprised to realize that some people playing in this 100+ Reading Challenge count books-on-tape. To me, that's hardly related to reading a book and it never occurred to me that people would count those. Explains the HUGE number of books some people are saying they've completed... I figured most of these participants were either spooky FAST readers or simply were fed by IV and had catheters in and did nothing BUT read... (after all there are only so many hours in a day ;-))

So... what follows is the continuation of my books read list...
ya know, the one's I'm R E A D I N G :

60. Pompeii - Robert Harris (8-1-09)
61. Black Notice - Patricia Cornwell (8-6-09)
62. The Burnt House - Faye Kellerman (8-12-09)
63. Alone - Lisa Gardner (8-19-09)
64. Abduction - Robin Cook (8-22-09)
65. Salvation in Death - J. D. Robb (8-26-09)
66. Day of Atonement - Faye Kellerman (9-1-09)
67. Critical Judgment - Michael Palmer (09-05-09)
68. Lords of Light - Deepak Chopra (09-09-09)
69. Solar Eclipse - John Farris (09-14-09)

70. The Pilgrimage - Paulo Coelho (o9-21-09)
71. State of Fear - Michael Crichton (09-28-09)
72. Lost Souls - Lisa Jackson
73. 42 Rules for Effective Connections - Bonnie Ross-Parker and Cindy Elsberry (10-02-09)
74. Beach Money - Jordan Adler (10-04-09)
75. Growing the Distance - Jim Clemmer (10-10-09)
76. With No One As Witness - Elizabeth George (10-29-09)
77. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown (11-06-09)
78. The Shape Shifter - Tony Hillerman (11-08-09)
79. Last Known Victim - Erica Spindler

80. Alone - Lisa Gardner (11-18-09)
81. Final Target - Iris Johansen (11-21-09)
82. Double Tap - Steve Martini (11-24-09)
83. Book of The Dead - Patricia Cornwell (11-30-09)
84. Tips and Tidbits - Janet Gonzalez-Mena (12-02-09)
85. The Death List - Paul Johnston (12-07-09)
86. Santa's God - Neale Donald Walsch (12-12-09)
87. The Darkest Kiss - Keri Arthur (12-13-09)
88. Copycat Marketing - Burke Hedges (12-14-09)
89. Nightshade - John Saul (12-15-09)

90. A Thin Dar Line - Tami Hoag (12-26-09)
91. The One Minute Manager - Kenneth Blanchard & Spencer Johnson (12.17.09)
92. Ninth Key - Meg Cabot (12.19.09)
93. Reunion - Meg Cabot (12.21.09)
94. The Seven Lost Secrets of Success - Joe Vitale (12.22.09)
95. Black Ice - Matt Dickinson (12-28-09)
96. I Could Tell You Stories - Patricia Hampl (
97. The Vortex - Esther and Jerry Hicks
98. Devil's Labyrinth - John Saul (12.30.09)
99. Mona the Brilliant - Sonia Holleyman (12.31.09)
100. Salvation in Death - J. D. Robb (12.31.09)

+ the countless children's books I've read over the year to my brilliant grandchildren!!!!

Goodbye 2009... WELCOME 2010