Reading Recap: August 2010

So I only read 6 books this month. I read the entire Downside Ghost series by Stacia Kane and I re-read both The Hunger Games and Catching Fire before reading Mockingjay. Just a so-so month. Although I LOVED the Downside series. I rated the series as a whole instead of individually. Here were my reads:

The Downside Ghost series by Stacia Kane -5 Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins -5 Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - 4 Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins - 4 Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Infamous by Suzanne Brockmann - DNF

I don't know why I can't get through Infamous. I love Brockmann but I was halfway through the book when I went to New Orleans and didn't get anything read during my traveling. Then when I returned I re-read Hunger Games and Catching Fire followed by Mockingjay so when I picked Infamous back up I just couldn't get back into it. I had been enjoying up to that point but I figured I'd just mark it as DNF. I may revisit it again in the future!

September is starting off well, I'm almost finished with The DUFF by Kody Keplinger then I plan on picking up Cassandra Clare's A Clockwork Angel, my second most anticipated book of the year after Mockingjay!

How was your August? What are your reading plans for September?!

Reading Recap: June 2010

It's killing me to see all these monthly reads re-cap posts with people reading 30, 20, even 10 books. I had a horrible month. I read ONE. BOOK. That's right, ONE. I have 2 reviews up. But Beyond the Night I actually read in May, and was listed on my May Reading Recap.

And that one book I "read" was an audiobook, so I actually listened to one book and "read", gulp, none. Fuck me. Sorry, I don't cuss a lot on this blog, but FUCK! Zero books read! Zero!

I'm almost done with Lover Avenged, but according to my Gooodreads account I started it on JUNE 6th. And I'm still not finished with it. Fuuuuuck! It's mostly due to not having any spare time to read.

I'm also listening to The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. Have about one disc left to listen to.

So here's what I "read" in June:

Graceling by Kristen Cashore (audiobook)


That's it! I hope July is a better month for me. How did y'all do in June?

Reading Recap: May 2010

Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend! It's that time again, reviewing all my reads from the past month. I read 6 books this month, got 3 of them reviewed. I'm still planning on posting my reviews of Beyond the Night and Tyger, Tyger. Here is a breakdown of my reads by rating:

Wolves, Boys and Other Things That Might Kill Me by Kristen Chandler

Tyger, Tyger by Kersten Hamilton (via Netgalley)

Beyond the Night by Joss Ware

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles
Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward

Up next I'm reading Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut for my Book Club followed by Dead and Gone by Charlene Harris. That's about as far as I've planned.

So what was everyone's favorite read from this month? Mine was probably Tyger, Tyger by Kersten Hamilton.

Reading Recap: April 2010

Alright, I read more than one book in April! That makes it 100x better than last month! So here's a summary. I want to get some reviews written of Megan Hart's books since they were my first experience with erotica. Hopefully I'll find some time soon to get them written! Here's a breakdown by rating:

Five chocolate covered strawberries:

Proof by Seduction by Courtney Milan
The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson


Four chocolate covered strawberries:

Magic Lost, Trouble Found by Lisa Shearin
Naked by Megan Hart
Tempted by Megan Hart

Three chocolate covered strawberries:

Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow

Only one book in March, seven in April; a vast improvement I'd say! How was your April?!