January 2011 Wrap-up: Books and Reviews

Ye Grande Olde TBR(e) Challenge Update

I started January with 270 unread books sitting around my house. And I ended with … *drumroll* …274! Oh my gods, y’all, I do not know what happened to me this month. Actually, that’s a lie. I know exactly what happened: all of a sudden, stuff that’s moldered on my BookMooch wishlist for years started coming available all at once. Of the 17 books I added to my TBR pile this month (ouch, ouch, ouch!), more than half of them came from BookMooch – the same amount I received in the entire second half of 2010. I was good about reading mostly from my TBR pile, and I did a wee bit of purging… but it just couldn’t keep up. I’ll try to do better next month!

…anyways, let’s take a look at the breakdown:

Neutral books – Read, but don’t affect the TBR pile

Audiobooks – The Ring of Solomon by Jonathan Stroud – Reckless by Cornelia Funke – Borders of Infinity by Lois McMaster Bujold
Read but not owned – To See Every Bird on Earth by Dan Koeppel – Chew Vol. 1: Taster’s Choice and Vol. 2: International Flavor by John Layman and Rob Guillory
Re-Reads – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling

Changes to the TBR pile

Read from my TBR pile (huzzah!) – The Anatomy of Ghosts by Andrew Taylor – Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve – The Weed that Strings the Hangman’s Bag by Alan Bradley – A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony – Crossing the Heart of Africa: An Odyssey of Love and Adventure by Julian Smith – Illuminations: A Bestiary by Rosamond Wolff Purcell and Stephen Jay Gould – Briar Rose by Jane Yolen – Father’s Arcane Daughter by E. L. Konigsburg – Songs of Love & Death ed. by George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois
Other Removals from my TBR Pile (um… huzzah?) – The Emperor’s Body by Peter Brooks (DNF) – The Dogs of Rome by Conor Fitzgerald (purged) – Harry Potter y la Orden del Fenixand Harry Potter y el Mistero del Principe by J. K. Rowling (Am I cheating by taking these off the official TBR pile? Maybe. But they probably shouldn’t have been on there in the first place, since I’ve already read them… just not in Spanish.)

Added to my TBR pile (shame!)
– Snow White, Blood Red ed. by Ellen Datlow and Terry Windling	– Caught in Crystal by Patricia C. Wrede
– Black Thorn, White Rose ed. by Ellen Datlow and Terry Windling	– Year of the Griffin by Diana Wynne Jones
– Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears ed. by Ellen Datlow and Terry Windling	– Feed by Mira Grant (Jen’s fault)
– I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman	– A Cook’s Tour by Anthony Bourdain
– The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse	– Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
– The Persian Boy by Mary Renault (Jenny’s fault – from the comments to my review of Stealing Fire)	– Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
– Kat, Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis	– Big Boned by Meg Cabot
– Fast Ships, Black Sails ed. by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer	– Poison by Sara Poole
– Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran	Other Non-TBR Additions – Hungry Girl 200 Under 200 by Lisa Lillien

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