August 2010 Group Book Count

[Jerilin]

*********Currently Reading**********

Catching Fire; Author: Suzanne Collins; Format: Kindle Android App;Status:10%

Nancy Drew: The Clue in the Diary; Author: Carolyn Keene; Format: Hardcover;Status: not started

Outlander; Author: Diana Gabaldon; Format: Kindle Android App; Status: 36%







***********Read*************

Nancy Drew: The Bungalow Mystery; Author: Carolyn Keene; Format:Hardcover; Started:8/01/10 Finished:8/01/10  









***********To Read this month***************

Bitten; Author: Kelley Armstrong; Format: Kindle Android App; NOTE: For Paranormal Addicts and Newbies ( http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/29900.Paranormal_Addicts_Newbies_Paranormal_Romance_Urban_Fantasy) August 2010 Group Read

My Love Eternal; Author: Liz Strange; Format: Kindle Android App; NOTE: For Paranormal Addicts and Newbies ( http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/29900.Paranormal_Addicts_Newbies_Paranormal_Romance_Urban_Fantasy) June-August 2010 Featured Author Group Read


Water For Elephants; Author: Sara Gruen; Format: Paperback;


The Book Thief; Author: Markus Zusak; Format: Hardcover;


Hoot; Author: Carl Hiaasen; Format: Hardcover;

One Foot in Eden; Author: Ron Rash; Format: Paperback;

The Thief Lord; Author: Cornelia Funke; Format: Paperback;

Innkeeping with Murder; Author: Tim Myers; Format: Paperback;

Skinny Dip; Author: Carl Hiaasen; Format: Paperback;

No Mercy; Author: John Gilstrap; Format: Kindle Android App;





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[summerteeth]

1. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach finished 8/4 - 4040 locations
2. The Hour Glass by William Butler Yeats finished 8/4 - 162 locations
3. Brewster's Millions by George Barr McCutcheon finished 8/5 - 2574 locations
4. Why I Am a Buddhist: No-Nonsense Buddhism with Red Meat and Whiskey by Stephen T Asma finished 6/10 - 1884 locations
5. The Raid of the Guerilla, and Who Crosses Storm Mountain? (Dodo Press) by Charles Egbert Craddock finished 8/10 - 244 locations
6. La Mare Au Diable (French Edition) by George Sand finished 8/10 - 1801 locations
7. Youth And The Bright Medusa by Willa Cather finished 8/16 - 2773 locations
8. Home Prepared Dog & Cat Food by Donald R. Strombeck finished 8/16 - *read on Google Reader
9. Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell finished 8/17 - 3660 locations
10. The Handmaid's Tale (Everyman's Library) by Margaret Atwood finished 8/23 - 4552 locations
11.The Ethics Of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir finished 8/24 - 1538 locations
12. Greyhound by Steffan Piper finished 8/26 - 4301 locations
13. Perfect on Paper: The (Mis)Adventures of Waverly Bryson by Maria Murnane finished 8/28 - 5775 locations
14. Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914? by David Fromkin finished 8/30 - 4897 locations
15. Flowers For Elvis finished 8/31 - 3186 locations
16. A Prefect's Uncle by PG Wodehouse started 8/31 - 1591 locations

[Betsy the Quilter]

I'll delete this post later, because I'm not playing, but I've unstickied the July book count, but there is a link to it in the first post of this thread, and I'll repeat the link here for anyone who needs to update July:

http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/topic,28165.0.html

Betsy

[PG4003 (Patricia)]

I want to play again.

Finished:  Envy by Anna Godberson
Reading:  Darkness Take my Hand by Dennis Lehane
Finished:  The Inquisitor:  A Medical Thriller by Peter Clement
Finished:  Not My Daughter by Barbara Delinsky
Finished:  Broken by Karin Slaughter
Finished:  Think of a Number by John Verdon
Finished:  Terminated by Simon Wood
Reading:  Night Sins by Tami Hoag

[Malweth]

☼

#

Title / Link

Author

Format

Start

-

Finish

Genre

Size

Alt Link

%

1.

The Gathering Storm (WoT #12)

Robert Jordan, et al.

AB iPod

26 Jul 2010

-

7 Aug 2010

Fant

33:02:00

100%

☼

2.

Mistborn

Brandon Sanderson

Kindle

29 Jul 2010

-

?? ?? 2010

Fant

12,864

3%

☼

3.

A Walk in the Woods

Bill Bryson

Kindle

11 Aug 2010

-

?? ?? 2010

Humor

3,575

7%

Totals

Start

-

Finish

Size

Total Locations

Kindle

01 Aug 2010

-

01 Sep 2010

0

Total Audio HH:MM

AB iPod

01 Aug 2010

-

01 Sep 2010

20:49

[izzy]

Currently Reading:
1. Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning (Fever book 4)
    started 8/30 (400 pages)



Finished:
1. Among the Living Book 1 Psycop by Jordan Castillo Price
         started and finished on 8/1 (1251 locs)
2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
          started 8/1 finished 8/5 (448 pages)
3. Night Play by Sherrilyn Kenyon
         started 8/5 finished 8/6 (384 pages)
4. The Passage by Justin Cronin
          started 6/25 finished 8/15 (17054/784 pages)
5. Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning (fever series)
          started 8/17 finished 8/24 (4591 locs/368 pages)
6. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (Final hunger games book)
     started 8/24 finished 8/28 (4899 locs/400 pages)
7. Faefever by Karen Moning (book 3)
     started 8/28 finished 8/30 (4763 locs/416 pages)

total books read: 7
total pages read: 2,800
total locs: 32,558
books until goal of 50 in a year: 20

[Quake1028]

1.Transfer of Power - Vince Flynn (7,682 Locations)
Picked this book for my partner in the reading game. Forgot how much I loved it and was sucked back into it. Great 24 style thriller but without the gaping plotholes. - A
2.The Long Goodbye - Raymond Chandler (5,304 Locations)
Rambling, unfocused. One likable character in the entire novel. Took so many twists and turns it made for a laborious read. Couldn't ever get in a groove with it. - C-
3.Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life - Bryan Lee O'Malley (168 Pages)
A bit hard to get into, because I'm not a Manga reader. Seems disjointed and all over the place at times, but comes together in the end. Good start to a hopefully great series. - B+
4.The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins (4,254 Locations)
Awesome YA book. Heck, I think that classification doesn't do it justice. Not perfect, ending is kind of lame, but I can't wait to read the next two books in the series. - B+
5.Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World - Bryan Lee O'Malley (200 Pages)
Now that I'm into the flow of the writing style this one was more enjoyable than the first. Overall I think it was a better book, as well, a bit longer and fleshing out more story lines. - A-

Total Books: 5
Total Locations: 17,240
Total Pages: 368 Pages

[Geemont]

NO.	TITLE	AUTHOR	GENRE	FORMAT	LENGTH	FINISHED	RATING
1.	Faithful Place (Unabridged)	Tana French	Mystery	Audiobook	16:17 hours	08/04/2010	4.25 stars
2.	Star Island	Carl Hiaasen	Mystery	Kindle	6,596 locations	08/02/2010	3.75 stars
3.	Mapping the Edge	Sarah Dunant	Novel	Kindle	3,985 locations	08/07/2010	3.25 stars
4.	Whipping Star (Unabridged)	Frank Herbert	Science Fiction	Audiobook	6:52 hours	08/08/2010	4.00 stars
5.	The Hunger Games	Suzanne Collins	Young Adult	Kindle	4,707 locations	08/10/2010	1.99 stars
6.	Blind Descent (Unabridged)	James M. Tabor	Non-Fiction	Audiobook	10:01 hours	08/11/2010	3.50 stars
7.	The Naked and the Dead	Norman Mailer	Novel	Kindle	13,620 locations	08/22/2010	3.00 stars
8.	The Rise of  Endymion (Unabridged)	Dan Simmons	Science Fiction	Audiobook	25:52 hours	08/24/2010	3.75 stars
9.	The Atrocity Archives	Charless Stross	Science Fiction	Kindle	6,649 locations	08/28/2010	3.00 stars
10.	Helliconia Spring (Unabridged)	Brian Aldiss	Science Fiction	Audiobook	17:52 hours	Carried Over
11.	Still Alice	Lisa Genova	Novel	Kindle	4,464 locations	08/30/2010	4.00 stars
12.	Zulu	Caryl Férey	Crime	DTB	400 pages	Carried Over

 
Reading summary for 2010:

MONTH	ACTUAL LOCS	ACTUAL PAGES	TOTAL EQ LOCS	TOTAL EQ PAGES
January	25,520	1,956	58,772	3,457
February	34,734	693	46,697	2,737
March	31,914	1,530	57,924	3,407
April	38,176	1,078	56,502	3,324
May	31,179	2,541	74,376	4,375
June	48,4291	795	61,944	3,644
July	49,321	768	62,377	3,669
August	40,021	0	40,021	2,354
	YTD ACTUAL LOCS	YTD ACTUAL PAGES	YTD EQ LOCS	YTD EQ PAGES
	300,672	9,361	459,809	27,048

_{Pages will be converted to 17 locations in the totals in estimate equivalents (EQ)}

[worktolive]

1. The Iron Daughter - Julie Kagawa - 5,186 loc 8/1 - Fantastic YA paranormal with Fae A+
2. Seducing the Matchmaker - Elaine Overton 3,284 loc - 8/2 - category romance, better than most B
3. To Surrender to a Rogue - Cara Elliott - 374p 8/4 - Regency romance, just okay C+
4. Tsunami Blue - Gayle Ann Williams - 290p 8/5 - PNR, won in a contest, at least I paid no money for it D
5. Wicked Lovely - Melissa Marr - 4,435 loc 8/6 - YA, Fae, Freebie, I will buy the next book B+
6. Dragon Heat - Jennifer Ashley - 293p 8/8 - PNR, won in contest, dragon shifters C+
7. Exclusively Yours - Shannon Stacey - 2,835 loc 8/8 - Cute contemp. romance, high school sweethearts B+
8. Stroke of Luck - Lillian Amman - 4,187 loc 8/9 - Good story about a stroke victim, amateur writing C-
9. Bear Necessities - Dana Marie Bell - 5,964 loc 8/11 - Humorous shifters, a bit too much sex C+
10. Talk Me Down - Victoria Dahl - 347p 8/14 - Contemp. romance, heroine writes erotic novels B+
11. The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker - Leanna Renee Hieber - 5,459 loc. 8/14 - Victorian era PNR with ghosts - written like a gothic romance. Really good A
12. A Safe Harbor - Moira Rogers - 2,213 loc 8/14 - Depression era werewolves C+
13. Kiss of Moonlight - Stephanie Julian - 3,447 loc 8/16 - Etruscan werewolves, great characters B
14. Collision Course - KA Mitchell - 5,622 loc 8/17 - Freebie, m/m erotica, holy moly, lots of sex in this one. B
15. The Black Dragon - Allyson James - 304 p. 8/19 - PNR, dragon shifters B
16. Shoulda Been a Cowboy - Lorelei James 7,128 loc 8/21 - hot cowboys B
17. Barely a Lady - Eileen Dreyer - 416 p 8/22 - Regency - tons of angst, fantastic A
18. The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker - 5, 321 loc 8/24 - As good as the first A
19. Deep In The Woods - Annabel Joseph - 3,314 loc 8/25, Contemp erotic romance C+
20. A Little Bit Wild - Victoria Dahl - 4,405 loc 8/26 - Regency, likeable hero B
21. Too Good to be True - Kristan Higgins - 5,587 loc 8/28 - great writing, but hated the heroine C
22. Into His Keeping - Gail Faulkner - 5,819 loc 8/29 - really bad writing D
23. Spider's Bite - Jennifer Estep - 432p 8/30 - Great UF featuring an assassin heroine A-
24. Lean On Me - Cherise Sinclair - 6,792 loc - 8/31 B

[Andra]

it's August already??
I still need to finish my July list.  Placeholder for me.

[joanne29]

I am in again!

1. This Lovely Life by Vicki Forman 272 pgs. 8/4   words cannot describe
2. Dead As A Doornail by Charliane Harris 320 pgs. 8/7   cute
3. Auschwitz true tales from a grotesque land by Sarah Nomberg-Przytyk 8/26  Amazing
4.

[geko29]

Theme this month is KB authors, except for the first title, which is a carryover from last month.

Hostage Zero by John Gilstrap; 7054 locs, 400pp;  A little less action but every bit as exciting as its predecessor, No Mercy.
Endurance by Jack Killborn (J.A. Konrath);  6226 locs, 400? pp; More Fantastic Horror from KB favorite.
Trapped and Trapped, original and Uncut (2 complete books) by Jack Killborn (J.A. Konrath); 11215 locs, 800? pp; Most gruesome entry from Killborn yet, direct sequel to Afraid.  Very interesting to read both pre- and post-edit versions.
Lonely is the Soldier by Jeffry S. Hepple;  14,720 locs, 578 pages;  Most gripping story yet from one of our own.
In Her Name: Legend of the Sword by Michael R. Hicks;  6889 locs, 400? pp;  An excellent read--might be the best of the series, but overshadowed in my case by having read the Omnibus first.
Risen by Jan Strnad;  7792 locs, 352pp;  Refreshing, unique take on the Zombie apocalypse genre.

Running totals:  8 books, 53,896 locations, approximately 2,930 pages.

[Maxx]

1. Shadow of Power (kindle) 56% through as of 8/1 on page 261, completed 8/5, pages read in Aug.  203
2. Sabriel (audiobook) 65% through as of 8/1, page 219, completed 8/8, pages read in Aug.  117
3. The Virgin of Small Plains (audiobook) began 8/8, completed 8/16, 368 pages
4. Two Rivers (kindle) began 8/6, completed 8/31, 373 pages
5. Hoot (audiobook) began 8/16, completed 8/24, 292 pages
6. The Ice Harvest (audiobook) began 8/24, completed 8/27 240 pages
7. Catching Fire (audiobook) began 8/27, 46% through the book on 8/31, 184 pages

Partial Books Completed in August:  2
Whole Books Completed in August:  4

Total Pages Read:  1777

[Hampshire Nancy]

If I understand this correctly, I just use this as a place to report on the books I'm reading this month. I'm one of those who is reading multiple books at one time, so there are always several in progress.

Completed this month:

1. Fire and Ice by Julie Garwood, Kindle edition, purchased March 2009, 4541 locations; 400 pages in MMP, read 5-6 August
2. Enchanted, Inc. by Shanna Swendson, Trade Paperback, 308 pages, read 7-8 August
3. The Alehouse Murders by Maureen Ash, MMP, 275 pages, read 31 Jul-8 Aug
4. Blonde With a Wand by Vicki Lewis Thompson, MMP, 313 pages, read 9 Aug
5. Chick With a Charm by Vicki Lewis Thompson, MMP, 311 pages, read 9 Aug
6. Beneath a Rising Moon by Keri Arthur, Multi-format book bought from Fictionwise, 3391 locations; 320 pages in PB, read 11-13 Aug
7. Delectable Mountains by Earlene Fowler, MMP. 318 pages, read 9-13 Aug
8. Grimspace by Ann Aguirre, MMP, 312 pages, read 13-14 Aug
9. Enchantment by Orson Scott Card, MMP, 415 pages, read 14-16 Aug
10. Stealing the Elf King's Roses by Diane Duane, MMP, 415 pages, read 16-22 Aug
11. Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella, Trade PB, 435 pages, read 22-23 Aug
12. The Grand Finale by Janet Evanovich, unabridged CDs, 246 pages in PB, finished 26 Aug
13. One Grave Too Many by Beverly Connor, Kindle edition, purchased Aug 2010, 5771 locations; 400 pages in MMP, read 23-27 August
3. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evie by Marianne Stillings, MMP, 371 pages, read 27-28 Aug

Currently reading in text:

1. The Outsider by Ann H Gabhart, Amazon Kindle freebie, downloaded July 2010, started 25 July
2. Stone Maiden by Ann Aguirre, PDF given free on author's website, format-shifted to Mobipocket for reading on Kindle
3. Dead Guilty by Beverly Connor, MMP, started reading 28 Aug


Currently reading in audio:

1. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, unabridged CDs (now on disk 4)
2. The Sacrifice by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Audible download


Total books read in 2010: 100
Total equivalent pages read in 2010: 31,850

[egh34]

August reads:

1. Voyager by Diana Gabaldon finished 08-11-10
2. Where the River Runs by Patti Callahan Henry 8-14-10
3. The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner 8-19-10
4. The Search by Nora Roberts 8-28-10

[Madeline]

August reads:

1) Immortal In Death (Robb)  Finished 8/6/10.  For some reason, I had a hard time finishing this one.  I just got bored with it.
2) My Blood Approves (KB'S Amanda Hocking).  Finished 8/7/10.   Great little YA book, totally surprised me how much I enjoyed it.
3) Fate (second in the My Blood Approves series by Hocking) Started 8/8/10...still reading.

[BookLover]

I want to do this also!

So far this month:

1. Captain's Bride by Lisa T. Bergren
2. The Outsider by Ann H. Gabhart
3. Watership Down by Richard Adams
4. Sawney Beane: The Abduction of Elspeth Cummings by Frieda Gates (hated this book)
5. One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
6. Midwife of the Blue Ridge by Christine Blevins
7. Tory Widow by Christine Blevins
8. To Truckee's Trail by Celia Hayes
9. Rainwater by Sandra Brown
10. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
11. Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes (DTB) very short-around 150pp. However-this is the book that the classic film I Remember Mama is based from! Love this book!!!
12. Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
13. My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud'Homme
14. Pride and Prescience by Carrie Bebris

[pagerd]

Final listing:

1. Cryoburn (e-ARC) by Lois McMaster Bujold
2. A Mold for Murder (Soapmaking 3) by Tim Myers
3. Pepperoni Pizza Can Be Murder (2) by Chris Cavender
4. Frankly My Dear, I'm Dead (1) by Livia J Washburn
5. Huckleberry Finished (2) by Livia J Washburn
6. How to Host a Killer Party (1) by Penny Warner
7. How to Crash a Killer Bash (2) by Penny Warner
8. Murder Past Due by Miranda (Dean) James
9. Chapter and Hearse by Lorna Barrett
10. The Quick and the Thread: An Embroidery Mystery by Amanda Lee
11. We're So Sorry, Uncle Albert, a short story by Lorraine Bartlett
12. Murder on The Mind (Jeff Resnick 1)  by L.L. Bartlett
16. Cheated by Death (Jeff Resnick 3) by L.L. Bartlett
17. Bah! Humbug (The Jeff Resnick Mysteries), a short story by L.L Bartlett
18. Cold Case (A Jeff Resnick Mystery), a short story by L.L. Bartlett
13. Hannah Brock's Mysterious Power (Hannah Brock ESP 1) by Tim Myers
14. Hannah Brock's Mystical Trouble (Hannah Brock ESP 2) by Tim Myers
15. It's Murder, My Son by Lauren Carr
19. Coventry (Traditional Novel) by Tim Myers
20. Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume, edited by Jennifer O'Connell
21. Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century: Volume 1 (1907-1948): Learning Curve by William H. Patterson
22. False Impressions (3) by Terri Thayer
23. Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
24. Three Black Swans by Caroline B. Cooney
25. The Newbie's Guide to Publishing (Everything A Writer Needs To Know) by J.A. Konrath
26. Goodbye Dolly: A Gretchen Birch Mystery (2) by Deb Baker

Covers:
   

[div]

I received my Kindle 2 as a gift on Christmas Day '09. Since then I have read: (in no particular order)

On the Beach by Nevel Shute
Life Sentences by Laura Lippman
Every Secret Thing by Laura Lippman
What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman
A Simple Plan by Scott Smith
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
In the Woods by Tana French
A Good F#$k Spoiled by Laura Lippman
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Fresh Kills by Bill Loehfelm
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance by David Howarth
Vanish by Tom Pawlik
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America by Timothy Egan
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
How to Write a Great Query Letter: Insider Tips and Techniques for Success by Noah Lukeman

Currently Reading Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden

[Brian Work]

Completed in August:
Grave Peril by Jim Butcher (Audiobook) - 11.9 hours
On Writing by Stephen King (Paperback) - 297 pages

Currently Reading:
Summer Knight by Jim Butcher (Audiobook)
The Armageddon Rag by George R.R. Martin (Paperback)
Writing the Romantic Comedy by Billy Mernit (Paperback)