Category: Monthly Wrap Up

Monthly Wrap Up

March, April & May 2010 Wrap-Ups

Tara

Oh my, time has gotten away from me again and I am once again behind on my monthly wrap-up posts. This is not due to the fact that I have been reading like a mad woman. It’s been quite the opposite, actually. I’ve been in somewhat of a slump. However, these past few months I have really worked on the Kay Scarpetta series. That’s really been great. Plus, I’ve been reading my own books – rather than library books! Yay! I’m trying to get my shelves cleared off somewhat – to make room for new books of course 🙂 Anyway, here is what I’ve read the past three months:

  1. Patricia Cornwell, Cause of Death
  2. Beverly Barton, The Dying Game
  3. Tess Gerritsen, The Apprentice
  4. Patricia Cornwell, Unnatural Exposure
  5. Jefferson Bass, Carved in Bone
  6. James Patterson, The Big Bad Wolf
  • Books read: 6
  • Pages read: 2,191
  • New Authors: 1
  • Fiction: 6
  • Nonfiction: 0
  • Read for Challenges: 6

May

  1. David Baldacci, The Camel Club
  2. Gregg Olsen, Victim Six
  3. Patricia Cornwell, Point of Origin
  4. James Patterson, The 9th Judgment
  5. Erin Healy, Never Let You Go
  • Books read: 5
  • Pages read: 2,048
  • New Authors: 1
  • Fiction: 5
  • Nonfiction: 0
  • Read for Challenges: 5

Okay, so I was looking back over this list and I am once again pleased to report that out of the 17 books I’ve read these three months, only one of them was a library book, three were review books and 8 of them were on my shelves before 2010! Those are great stats for me!!

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January & February 2010 Wrap-Ups

Tara

Okay, so I managed to miss posting my wrap up for January (and technically February too now that it’s mid-March). So I will combine both of them in this one post. I haven’t been reading all that much to be honest, I’ve just got so much going on in my life right now that my reading has really taken a backseat to everything else going on. Overall I am enjoying what I am reading but I really wish I could get through books a little bit faster since I have so many, haha!

January

  1. Harlan Coben, Hold Tight
  2. Alex Kava, Exposed
  3. James Patterson, Four Blind Mice
  4. Jeffery Archer, Shall We Tell the President?
  • Books read: 4
  • Pages read: 1,555
  • New Authors: 0
  • Fiction: 4
  • Nonfiction: 0
  • Read for Challenges: 4

February

  1. Kevin O’Brien, Final Breath
  2. Jack Gresham, 18 Billion
  3. Alex Kava, Black Friday
  4. Catherine Mann, Hotshot
  5. Patricia Cornwell, Body of Evidence
  • Books read: 5
  • Pages read: 1,751
  • New Authors: 2
  • Fiction: 5
  • Nonfiction: 0
  • Read for Challenges: 5

Okay so out of the 9 books that I have read so far this year, 5 of them were on my shelves prior to the beginning of 2010 – that’s a big plus for me. I’m always trying to read from my shelves while trying to deal with a book-buying obsession. I also got caught up with Alex Kava’s Maggie O’Dell series (the next installment comes out in July). Overall I’m not pleased with how little I’ve been reading, but my quality of books read has been really high in my opinion!

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November 2009 Wrap-Up

Tara
November 2009 Wrap-Up

Here’s my end of the month wrap-up:

  1. Silent Witness by Richard North Patterson
  2. The Eleventh Victim by Nancy Grace
  3. The Murder of King Tut by James Patterson & Martin Dugard
  4. Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris
  5. Denial by Keith Ablow

Here are some statistics in regards to my reading:

  • Books read: 5
  • Pages read: 1,849
  • New Authors: 1
  • Fiction: 4
  • Nonfiction: 1
  • Read for Challenges: 5

I didn’t read as many off of my shelves as I would have liked to, but I had three books that I had on a wait list at the library come available within almost 3 days of each other, so I had to read them first. But I was able to finish a series that I loved this year and read a non-fiction book, so I’m still pleased with this month’s reading.

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October 2009 Wrap-Up

Tara
October 2009 Wrap-Up

Here’s my end of the month wrap-up:

  1. The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
  2. D is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton
  3. A Bone to Pick by Charlaine Harris
  4. Pop Goes the Weasel by James Patterson
  5. The Murder of Laci Peterson by Cliff Linedecker
  6. Wait Until Twilight by Sang Pak
  7. The Double Eagle by James Twining

Here are some statistics in regards to my reading:

  • Books read: 7
  • Pages read: 2172
  • New Authors: 3
  • Fiction:6
  • Nonfiction: 1
  • Read for Challenges: 7

Once again I am pleased by the fact that this month out of the seven books I read, 6 of them was from my TBR pile; 4 of them had been on my shelves for more than a year. I fill my shelves up quicker than I can put a dent in them, but at least I’m making small progress!

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September 2009 Wrap-Up

Tara
September 2009 Wrap-Up

Here’s my end of the month wrap-up:

  1. Tori Spelling, sTORItelling
  2. Charlaine Harris, Real Murders
  3. Jonathan Kellerman, When the Bough Breaks
  4. Chelsea Cain, Evil at Heart
  5. Paul Christopher, Michelangelo’s Notebook
  6. Robert B. Parker, The Godwulf Manuscript

Here are some statistics in regards to my reading:

  • Books read: 6
  • Pages read: 1662
  • New Authors: 3
  • Fiction: 5
  • Nonfiction: 1
  • Read for Challenges: 6

I am once again pleased to say that out of the 6 books I read in September, 3 came from my TBR mountain!! I hope to continue this trend of at least 50% of my monthly reads (hopefully more) will come from my personal books.

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August 2009 Wrap-Up

Tara
August 2009 Wrap-Up

Here’s my end of the month wrap-up:

  1. Nicole Barker, Dancing with Ana
  2. Bruce Chandler Fergusson, The Piper’s Sons
  3. James Patterson & Maxine Paetro, Swimsuit
  4. Phillip Margolin, Executive Privilege
  5. Charlaine Harris, An Ice Cold Grave
  6. Wendy Corsi Stuab, She Loves Me Not

Here are some statistics in regards to my reading:

  • Books read: 6
  • Pages read: 2,088
  • New Authors: 2
  • Fiction: 6
  • Nonfiction: 0
  • Read for Challenges: 6

I also want to add that I’m very proud of myself this month: 4 of the 6 books I read this month came off of my TBR mountain!! Yay Tara!

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July 2009 Wrap-Up

Tara
July 2009 Wrap-Up

Here’s my end of the month wrap-up:

  1. Catherine Coulter, The Cove
  2. Catherine Coulter, The Maze
  3. James Patterson, Sail
  4. Ted Dekker, BoneMan’s Daughters
  5. James Doulgeris & V. Michael Santoro, The Dyodyne Experiment
  6. James Patterson, Cat & Mouse

Here are some statistics in regards to my reading:

  • Books read: 6
  • Pages read: 2,224
  • New Authors: 4
  • Fiction: 6
  • Nonfiction: 0
  • Read for Challenges: 6
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June 2009 Wrap-Up

Tara
June 2009 Wrap-Up

Here’s my end of the month wrap-up:

  1. Steve Berry, The Templar Legacy
  2. Fran Rizer, A Tisket, a Tasket, a Fancy Stolen Casket
  3. Carol Higgins Clark, Snagged
  4. Larry Watson, In a Dark Time
  5. The Goldman Family, If I Did It
  6. Charlaine Harris, Grave Surprise

Here are some statistics in regards to my reading:

  • Books read: 6
  • Pages read: 1803
  • New Authors: 3
  • Fiction: 5
  • Nonfiction: 1
  • Read for Challenges: 6
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May 2009 Wrap-up

Tara
May 2009 Wrap-Up

Here’s my end of the month wrap-up:

  1. Jack Ford, The Osiris Alliance
  2. James Patterson, 7th Heaven
  3. Lisa Jackson, Whispers
  4. Joyce Carol Oates, Rape: A Love Story
  5. James Patterson, The 8th Confession

Here are some statistics in regards to my reading:

  • Books read: 5
  • Pages read: 1511
  • New Authors: 2
  • Fiction: 5
  • Nonfiction: 0
  • Read for Challenges: 5
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April 2009 Wrap-Up

Tara
April 2009 Wrap-Up

Here’s my end of the month wrap-up:

  1. Bernhard Schlink, The Reader
  2. Robert B. Bolin, The Broken Parachute Man
  3. Gregg Olsen, Heart of Ice
  4. Charlaine Harris, Grave Sight
  5. Kathleen Antrim, Capital Offense

Here are some statistics in regards to my reading:

  • Books read: 5
  • Pages read: 1645
  • New Authors: 4
  • Fiction: 5
  • Nonfiction: 0
  • Read for Challenges: 5