Graphic Novel Twofer: Fables, Vol. 16 & Chew Vol. 4
3. Fables, Vol. 16: Super Team by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Eric Shanower, Terry Moore (2011)
Fables, Volume 16
Length: 160 pages
Genre: Fantasy
Started / Finished: 10 January 2012
Where did it come from? The library.
Why do I have it? New volume in my favorite graphic novel series!
Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson – Peter and the Sword of Mercy
5. Peter and the Sword of Mercy by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson (2009)
Starcatchers, Book 4
Read my review of book:
1. Peter and the Starcatchers
2. Peter and the Shadow Thieves
3. Peter and the Secret of Rundoon
Read By: Jim Dale
Length: 11h 32m (528 pages)
Genre: Young Adult Historical Fantasy
Started: 03 January 2012
Finished: 12 January 2012
Where did it come from? The library.
Why do I have it? I’ve enjoyed the past books in this series, and you can’t go wrong with Jim Dale.
A generation
later, and the Starcatchers
still need Peter’s help.
Glynis Ridley – The Discovery of Jeanne Baret
2. The Discovery of Jeanne Baret: A Story of Science, the High Seas, and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe by Glynis Ridley (2010)
Length: 292 pages
Genre: Non-Fiction; History
Started: 01 January 2012
Finished: 06 January 2012
Where did it come from? From the publishers for review.
Why do I have it? Sailing ships, age of exploration, girls dressing as boys in pursuit of science? Sign me up!
How long has it been on my TBR pile? Since 14 December 2011.
History that reads
like fiction: girls cross-dressing
to sneak aboard ship.
Nick Spencer – Morning Glories, Vols. 1 & 2
164 & 6. Morning Glories, Vol. 1: For a Better Future by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma (2011)
Morning Glories, Volume 1
Length: 192 & 168 pages
Genre: Science Fiction
Started / Finished: 25 December 2011 & 16 January 2012
Where did it come from? The library.
Why do I have it? A friend, who is my go-to source for comics knowledge, recommended it.
A prestigious prep
school, but they don’t say what they’re
preparing you *for*.
Kathryn Stockett – The Help
1. The Help by Kathryn Stockett (2009)
Length: 530 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction
Started/Finished: 04 January 2012
Where did it come from? The library booksale.
Why do I have it? I’d seen the millions of people who loved it, of course, plus my mom insisted I go see the movie, which I really enjoyed.
How long has it been on my TBR pile? Since 29 October 2011.
No one wants to know
which of their dirty secrets
the maid has found out.
Eoin Colfer – The Wish List
170. The Wish List by Eoin Colfer (2000)
Read By: James Wilby
Length: 5h 46m (252 pages)
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Started: 29 December 2011
Finished: 31 December 2011
Where did it come from? The library.
Why do I have it? I’ve enjoyed Colfer’s other books, and I thought the premise sounded interesting.
In Meg’s case, only
the perfectly-balanced-twixt-
good-and-bad die young.
TSS: Track your reading!
Happy Sunday, readers! Life around these parts has been insanely busy and stress-tacular, and it’s not looking likely to improve for the next few months, so my apologies for the lateness of this post. It was meant to go up on New Year’s, and then last Sunday, and I’m only finally getting my act together now… but better late than never, eh?
As part of my New Year’s 2011 in review post, I put up a bunch of stats about my last year’s reading, and a graph of my reading habits over time. If you want to make pretty graphs and calculate stats of your own, you can download my reading tracking spreadsheet. This is substantially updated from the versions I’ve done in previous years. Each year is now on its own tab, with a "yearly comparison" tab to get a look at your reading habits over time.
The basic operation is easy – you enter information about the books you finish in the columns with blue headings, plus your reading and page count goals in the blue-highlighted cells at the top. The first few columns will be familiar to anybody who has used previous versions of the sheet – you enter the title, author, date finished, page count, and/or audiobook time – and the spreadsheet will calculate your yearly totals and daily averages. The dates and page totals will light up green if you’re ahead of the pace needed to meet your goal, red if you’re behind, and black if you’re right on target. The spreadsheet will use this information to generate the reading and page number graphs. If that’s all you’re interested in, you can stop here; all of the rest of the columns are totally optional.
Rick Riordan – The Lightning Thief
168. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (2005)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1
Length: 400 pages
Genre: Mid-Grade Fantasy
Started: 30 December 2011
Finished: 31 December 2011
Where did it come from? Purchased from Amazon.
Why do I have it? Oh, man, I don’t even remember. I’m sure I heard about it and said “ooh, Greek mythology.”
How long has it been on my TBR pile? Since 19 February 2009.
Being the son of
a god comes with more perils
than useful powers.
Tana French – Faithful Place
167. Faithful Place by Tana French (2010)
Dublin Murder Squad, Book 3
Length: 442 pages
Genre: Mystery
Started: 24 December 2011
Finished: 29 December 2011
Where did it come from? Purchased from Amazon.
Why do I have it? I loved Tana French’s previous two books.
How long has it been on my TBR pile? Since 28 June 2011.
Getting dumped by your
teen girlfriend suddenly seems
the better option.
It’s a ghostly graphic novel twofer today! And we’re not discriminating on the basis of gender; we’ve got dead boys and a dead girl.
165. The Dead Boy Detectives by Ed Brubaker, Bryan Talbot, Steve Leialoha (2008)
The Sandman Presents
Length: 104 pages
Genre: Mystery, Fantasy
Started / Finished: 26 December 2011
Where did it come from? The library.
Why do I have it? I think – think – this is the last of the Sandman-related books I haven’t read yet. Or at least, it’s the last one that my library has in its collection.
