January 2012 Group Book Count

[mistyd107]

I know its earlier than normal, but with the holidays upon us I figured I'd go ahead and post the thread for anyone who knows they want to participate.  And I'm in.  my goal is 100 and am ready to hit the ground running.  Happy new Year and Happy Reading Everyone...Been a horrible month in RL so far but hopefully it calms down and I can get on track.
1.The Mill River Recluse-Darcie Chan 314 pgs 5,311 Loc (12/31/11-1/9/12)

[Jaasy]

Happy New Year

1   Gun Games by faye Kellerman, finished*****
2   Bankroll Squad 3 by David Weaver, finished****
3   Chasing China: A Daughter's Quest for Truth by Kay Bratt, finished****
4   The Corner by Alex Richardson, finished
5   The Corner II by Alex Richardson, finished
6   The Corner III by Alex Richardson, finished
7   Chaos in Death by J. D. Robb, finished ****
8   Girl, I've Had Enough by Terry Wroten, finished

[CrystalStarr]

I'm shooting for about 1 a week or a nice round 50 for the year.

[chipotle]

1. On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah - good

[PinkKindle]

My spot!

1.  Ship of Destiny (The Liveship Traders) by Robin Hobb:  13,091 locations.  Begun 12/5, on location 11,510 on 1/1, completed 1/1 -- 1,581 locations read in January.
2.  Fool's Errand (The Tawny Man Trilogy) by Robin Hobb:  9,786 locations.  Begun 1/1, completed 1/10.
3.  The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass by Stephen King:  14,935 locations.  Begun 1/11, completed 1/27.
4.  Golden Fool: Book 2 of The Tawny Man (Hobb, Robin) by Robin Hobb:  10,239 locations.  Begun 1/27, on location 2,178 on 1/31 -- 2,178 locations read in January.

Running Totals: Final Totals:
Locations read in January:  28,480
DTB pages read in January:  
Books read start to finish in January:  2
Books read partially in January:  2

Books completed in 2012:  3
Total locations read in 2012:  28,480
Total DTB pages read in 2012:  

Books completed in 2010:  56 (353,852 locations)
Books completed in 2011:  33 (389,025 locations)

[Maxx]

January 2012

1.  Devil in the White City (kindle) on page 80 as of 1/1/12, on page 165 as of 1/31/12, 85 pages read
2.  Leviathan (audiobook) on page 66 as of 1/1/12, completed 1/7/12, 398 pages read
3.  Sarah's Key (audiobook) began 1/7/12, completed 1/14/12, 400 pages
4.  The Haunting of Hill House (audiobook)  began 1/14/12, completed 1/19/12, 208 pages
5.  Caught (audiobook) began 1/19/12, completed 1/24/12, 412 pages
6.  11/22/63 (audiobook) began 1/24/12, as of 1/31/12, on page 509
 
Pages Read January:  2012
Books Completed in January:  4
Books Completed in 2012:  4

[LauraB]

In progress
Haley's Bible Handbook , Kindle
NKJV Bible Kindle
A Dance with Dragons , kindle

Completed
The Sense of an Ending , Kindle
Before I Go to Sleep , Kindle
Feast of Crows, Game of Thrones , kindle
Hunger Games , kindle prime lending
The Map of Times , kindle

[djgross]

My goal for the year is 100 books    Happy 2012!

Shelter Mountain (Virgin River)  Robyn Carr  1/1
77 Shadow Street: A Novel  Dean Koontz  1/3
The Terror: A Novel  Dan Simmons 1/7
Whispering Rock (Virgin River)  Robyn Carr 1/9
The 7th Month: A Detective D. D. Warren Story (An eSpecial from Dutton)  Lisa Gardner  1/10
Believing the Lie  Elizabeth George 1/12
The Bride Wore Black Leather  Simon Green 1/14
11/22/63  Stephen King  1/15
Paradise Valley (Virgin River)  Robyn Carr 1/16
The Chalk Girl  Carol O'Connell 1/20
The Impossible Dead  Ian Rankin 1/21
Copper Beach: A Dark Legacy Novel  Jayne Ann Krentz  1/22
The Future of Us  Jay Asher 1/23
The Evening Hour: A Novel  Carter Sickels  1/25
Gun Games: A Decker/Lazarus Novel (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus)  Faye Kellerman 1/28
Pineapple Grenade: A Novel (Serge Storms)  Tim Dorsey 1/30

[drenfrow]

Date Finished	Book	Author	Locations/Pages	Genre	Format	Rating
1/1	30 Pieces of Silver	Carolyn McCray	8651 loc.	Mystery	Kindle	★★
1/4	Emma	Jane Austen	396 pp.	Classics	Audio	★★★★★
1/5	Beyond Religion	H.H. Dalai Lama	2320 loc.	Spirituality	Kindle	★★★★
1/5	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz	L. Frank Baum	1527 loc.	Children's Literature	Kindle	★★★★★
1/7	Dark Road to Darjeeling	Deanna Raybourn	5846 loc.	Mystery	Kindle	★★★★
1/8	Earth Abides	George R. Stewart	345 pp.	Science Fiction	Audio	★★★★★
1/10	A More Perfect Heaven	Dava Sobel	4512 loc.	Science	Kindle	★★★
1/12	Natural Acts	David Quammen	352 pp.	Science	Paper	★★★★
1/13	Dead Man's Folly	Agatha Christie	192 pp.	Mystery	Audio	★★★
1/14	Founding Sisters and the Nineteenth Amendment	Eleanor Clift	224 pp.	History	Paper	★★★★
1/17	James Tiptree, Jr.	Julie Phillips	469 pp.	Biography	Paper	★★★
1/19	How to Flirt With a Naked Werewolf	Molly Harper	371 pp.	Chick Lit	Audio	★★★★
1/19	Leviathan	Scott Westerfield	4772 loc.	YA Steampunk	Kindle	★★★
1/21	Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang	Kate Wilhem	3826 loc.	Science Fiction	Kindle	★★★★
1/22	A Discovery of Witches	Deborah Harkness	579 pp.	Fantasy	Audio	★★★★
1/24	The Dark Enquiry	Deanna Raybourn	5533 loc.	Mystery	Kindle	★★★★
1/26	The Light Years	Elizabeth Jane Howard	434 pp.	General Fiction	Kindle	★★★★
1/29	Spin	Robert Charles Wilson	8388 loc.	Science Fiction	Kindle	★★★★

[cagnes]

Read in January....
   

    
1. The Hob's Bargain by Patricia Briggs (292 pages) 1/1 ★★★★
2. The Pride of Lions (Highlands #1) by Marsha Canham (387 pages) 1/2 ★★★★
3. Divergent (Divergent #1) by Veronica Roth (501 pages ) 1/4 ★★★★
4. The Other Guy's Bride (Braxton, #2) by Connie Brockway (365 pages) 1/5 ★★★★
5. Kiss of Crimson (Midnight Breed #2) by Lara Adrian (416 pages) 1/6 ★★★★
6. Come the Spring (Rose #5) by Julie Garwood  (388 pages) 1/8 ★★★★
7. Dreams of Joy (Shanghai Girls #2) by Lisa See (369 pages) 1/10 ★★★★
8. The Iron King (Iron Fey #1) by Julie Kagawa (363 pages) 1/12 ★★★.5
9. The Tea Rose (The Tea Rose #1) by Jennifer Donnelly (596 pages) 1/13 ★★★★★
10. And One Last Thing ... by Molly Harper (324 pages) 1/14 ★★★★
11. Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days #1) by Susan Ee (235 pages) 1/16 ★★★★
12. Midnight Awakening (Midnight Breed #3) by Lara Adrian (402 pages) 1/17 ★★★★
13. Midnight Rising (Midnight Breed #4) by Lara Adrian (384 pages) 1/19 ★★★★
14. Veil of Midnight (Midnight Breed #5) by Lara Adrian (370 pages)  1/20 ★★★★
15. The Blood of Roses (Highlands #2)  by Marsha Canham (578 pages) 1/21 ★★★.5
16. Ashes of Midnight (Midnight Breed #6) by Lara Adrian (370 pages) 1/22 ★★★★
17. Night by Elie Wiesel (120 pages) 1/23 ★★★.5
18. The Seduction of Samantha Kincade by Maggie Osborne (384 pages) 1/27 ★★★★
19. The Winter Rose (The Tea Rose #2) by Jennifer Donnelly (732 pages) 1/28 ★★★★★
20. Sheltering Hearts (Virgin River #11.1) by Robyn Carr (74 pages) 1/28 ★★★
21. Shades of Midnight (Midnight Breed #7) by Lara Adrian (400 pages) 1/29 ★★★★
22. Taken by Midnight (Midnight Breed #8) by Lara Adrian (402 pages) 1/31 ★★★★


January Reading Totals: 22 Books, 8452 Pages

[Neekeebee]

Happy New Year!

I'll set my goal at 100 again...never used to hit it until I got my Kindle.  

Finished Reading:

Scarlet Lion - Elizabeth Chadwick   Excellent sequel to The Greatest Knight
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever - Jeff Kinney
Happy Birthday to Me - Brian Rowe  Fun, quick read
The English Assassin - Daniel Silva
The Confessor - Daniel Silva
The Blood of Flowers - Anita Amirrezvani  Wonderful story set in 16th century Persia.
The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch #3) - Michael Connelly
Inside the Giant Machine - Kalpanik S.
Hostile Witness - Rebecca Forster
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins     Wow.

  Best read of the month, so far.

N

[Geemont]

NO.	TITLE	AUTHOR	SUBJECT	FORMAT	LENGTH	FINISHED	RATING
1.	In the Lake of the Woods	Tim O'Brien	Novel	DTB	303 pages	01/01/2012	4.75 Stars
2.	Embassytown	China Miéville	Science Fiction	Audio	12:22 hours	01/03/2012	4.50 Stars
3.	The Greenhouse	Audur Ava Olafsdottir	Novel	Kindle	3595 locations	01/03/2012	3.00 Stars
4.	Callahan's Crosstime Saloon	Spider Robinson	Science Fiction	Kindle	3172 locations	01/05/2012	2.99 Stars
5.	Heartless	Allan Leverone	Horror	Kindle	962 locations	01/06/2012	3.00 Stars
6.	Hard Rain Falling	Don Carpenter	Crime	Audio	11:00 hours	01/11/2012	4.99 Stars
7.	The Unconquered	Scott Wallace	Anthropology	Kindle	8562 locations	01/12/2012	2.99 Stars
8.	Cardanica	Dario Tonani	Science Fiction	Kindle	558 locations	01/13/2012	3.99 Stars
9.	Senseless	Horacio Castellanos Moya	Novel	DTB	142 pages	01/15/2012	3.99 Stars
10.	Orn	Piers Anthony	Science Fiction	DTB	256 pages	01/17/2012	3.50 Stars
11.	The World As I Found It	Bruce Duffy	Novel	DTB	576 pages	01/24/2012	4.00 Stars
12.	The Revisionists	Thomas Mullen	Novel	Audio	16:06 hours	01/26/2012	4.00 Stars
13.	Freedom's Sword	J.R. Tomlin	Historical Novel	Kindle	4486 locations	01/27/2012	2.75 Stars
14.	Subject 11	Jeffrey Thomas	Horror	Kindle	1652 locations	01/28/2012	3.99 Stars
15.	Malcolm X	Manning Marable	Biography	Audio	22:07 hours	Currently Reading
16.	The Examined Life	Robert Nozick	Philosophy	DTB	308 pages	Currently Reading
17.	Best Served Cold	Joe Abercrombie	Fantasy	Kindle	12024 locations	Currently Reading

[SinCityReader]

1. The Mill River Recluse by Darcie Chan / 314 pages / 5311 locations / Started 12/20/2011 - In Progress

2. When She Woke by Hillary Jordan / 353 pages / Started 1/1/2012 - Finished 1/11/2012

[Colin Taber]

I'm happy to go for 52, with a reasonable portion of them (let's say 12) being out of my home genre of fantasy.   

[Geoffrey]

I had to wait to sign up until it was closer to the end of the month ... (quien sabe why, I just did) ... and if we're setting goals, I'm going for 140 books again this year.



January Reading List
1.    The Iron Lance - Stephen R. Lawhead - Fantasy - 641 pages - finished Jan 4
2.    Blameless - Gail Carriger - Steampunk/Fantasy - 5451 locations - finished Jan 6
3.    Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen - Historical Fiction - 6125 locations  - finished Jan 8
4.    Caught Running - Abigail Roux and Madeleine Urban - M/M Romance - 4371 locations - finished Jan 10
5.    The Honor of the Queen - David Weber - Science Fiction - 6666 locations - finished Jan 12
6.    Leviathan - Scott Westerfeld - Alt History - 4772 locations - finished Jan 14
       The Russian Boy - Neil S. Plakcy - Gay Fiction - 4218 locations - abandoned at 30%
       The Book of Daniel - Max Kreijn - Gay Fiction - 6399 locations - abandoned at 7%
7.    Goodmans Hotel - Alan Keslian - Gay Fiction - 3165 locations - finished Jan 17
8.    Villains Inc - Marion G. Harmon - Superheroes - 5325 locations - finished Jan 18
9.    Lion's Blood - Steven Barnes - Alt History - 9898 locations - finished Jan 21
10.  Zulu Heart - Steven Barnes - Alt History - 463 pages - finished Jan 24
11.  Line of Control - Mainak Dhar - War Thriller - 5588 locations - finished Jan 27
12.  Gulliver Travels - Justin Luke Zirilli - Gay Fiction (brain sorbet) - 4948 locations - finished Jan 28
13.  The Broken Kingdoms - N. K. Jemisin - Fantasy - 6227 locations - 42% complete



January TBR List
14.  The Short Victorious War - David Weber - Science Fiction
15.  Georgia On My Mind & Other Stories - Charles Sheffield - Anthology
16.   -

[Toby]

I'm in. Just hope to read more books this year.

1. Scrap Dragon by Naomi Kritzer (1/3/12)
2. Maximize Your Memory by Raymond Campayo (1/5/12)
3. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (1/11/12)
4. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (1/17/12)
5. Explosive Eighteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich (1/22/12)
6. All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot (1/23/12)

[drenee]

Happy New Year.  Happy reading.

Rules of Civility.  Amor Towles.  Sony.  335pgs.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society.  Annie Barrows.  Sony.  274pgs.
How Nancy Drew Saved My Life.  Lauren Baratz-Logsted.  Sony.  304pgs.
A Place Called Home.  Jo Goodman.  Kindle.  432pgs.
Lady Whistledown Strikes Back.  Julia Quinn.  Sony.  387pgs.
To Catch an Heiress. Julia Quinn.  Sony. 374 pgs.
How to Marry a Marquis.  Julia Quinn.  Sony.  375pgs.

The Mating Season.  P.G. Wodehouse.  Audio.  6hrs.  51 min.
The Tale of Oat Cake Crag.  Susan Wittig Albert.  Audio.  9hrs. 40min.

[Tabby]

January



1. 11/22/63 by Stephen King
2. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

[joanne29]

Happy New Year and here we go!

1. Transition by Chaz Bono 256 pgs. 1/4   pretty good
2. This Time Together: Laughter and Reflections by Carol Burnett 288 pgs. 01/11   enjoyed it
3. What It Is Like to Go to War by Karl Marlantes 272 pgs. 01/13   As good as they get
4. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Steig Larsson 672 pgs. 01/22   Sadly this series comes to an end
5. Born Standing up by Steve Martin 207 pgs. 01/25   pretty good
6. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 336 pgs. 1/31  fantastic

[talleylynn]

1.  Shepherd Avenue by Charlie Carillo and Tony Carillo (1/6)
          3899 locations; 289 pages - fiction
2.  Fat, Forty, Fired by Nigel Marsh (1/7)
          2470 locations; 288 pages - non-fiction
3.  Terra Incognita by Ruth Downie (1/11)
          7565 locations; 400 pages - mystery
4.  Ravenous by Dana Macy (1/13)
          2968 locations; 256 pages - non-fiction
5.  Real Life and Liars by Christina Riggle (1/15)
          5430 locations; 352 pages - fiction
6.  Regarding Ducks and Universes by Neve Maslakovik (1/20)
          4846 locations; 331 pages - sci-fi
7.  The Transformation of Things by Jillian Cantor (1/22)
          4281 locations; 304 pages - fiction
8.  You've Gone Too Far This Time, Sir by Danny Bent (1/24)
          4559 locations; 256 pages - non-fiction/travel memoir

[gina1230]

1.   Love Me To Death by Allison Brennan   Kindle   Started 1/1/12   DNF
2.   Anyone But You by Jennifer Crusie   Audible   Started 1/2/12   Finished 1/5/12
3.   Caught In The Devil's Hand by Ruby Storm   Kindle   Started 1/3/12   Finished 1/9/12
4.   Devil of the Highlands by Lynsay Sands   Audible   Started 1/6/12   Finished 1/11/12
5.   Alone by Lisa Gardner  Kindle   Started 1/11/12   Finished 1/14/12
6.   The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold   Audible   Started 1/14/12   Finished 1/11/12
7.   Night Fire by Catherine Coulter   DTB   Started 1/14/12   Finished 1/29/12
8.   Deadly Night by Heather Graham   Audible   Started 1/15/12   Finished 1/20/12
9.   Ecstasy Unveiled by Larissa Ione   Audible   Started 1/21/12   Finished 1/25/12
10. Destined For An Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost   Audible   Started 1/26/12   Finished 1/27/12
11. Eternal Seduction by Jennifer Turner   Prime   Started   1/29/12
12. House on Tradd Street by Karen White   Audible   Started 1/30/12

[mooshie78]

1.  Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies--Jared Diamond (Started 12/27/11)
2.  The Great Gatsby--F. Scott Fitzgerald.  (Paperback).
3.  Already Gone--John Rector
4.  Ender's Game--Orson Scott Card
5.  Speaker for the Dead--Orson Scott Card (started 1/30)




Finished 41 books in 2011.

[Luvmy4brats]

Read in January...

Started	Title	Author	Pages	Format	Finished	Stars	Genre
01/01	Divergent (#1, Divergent Trilogy)	Veronica Roth	501	Kindle	01/03	★★★★★	YA Distopian
01/03	First Grave on the Right (#1, Charley Davidson)	Darynda Jones	321	Kindle	01/03	★★★★	Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy
01/03	For I Have Sinned (#1.5, Charley Davidson)	Darynda Jones	32	Kindle	01/03	★★★	Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy
01/03	Second Grave on the Left (#2, Charley Davidson)	Darynda Jones	318	Kindle	01/04	★★★★	Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy
01/04	The Handmaid's Tale	Margaret Atwood	325	Kindle	01/05	★★★★	Dystopian
01/05	The Iron King (#1, Iron Fey)	Julie Kagawa	363	Kindle	01/08	★★★1/2	YA Fantasy
01/07	Naked in Death (#1, In Death)	J. D. Robb	324	Audio	01/09	★★★1/2	Crime/Romance
01/09	Glory in Death (#2, In Death)	J. D. Robb	324	Audio	01/10	★★★★	Crime/Romance
01/11	Immortal in Death (#3, In Death)	J. D. Robb	324	Audio	01/12	★★★★★	Crime/Romance
01/12	Rapture in Death (#4, In Death)	J. D. Robb	324	Audio	01/15	★★★★	Crime/Romance
01/15	Ceremony in Death (#5, In Death)	J. D. Robb	336	Audio	01/17	★★★★1/2	Crime/Romance
01/17	Vengeance in Death (#6, In Death)	J. D. Robb	388	Audio	01/19	★★★★★	Crime/Romance
01/19	Holiday in Death (#7, In Death)	J. D. Robb	433	Audio	01/20	★★★★1/2	Crime/Romance
01/20	Midnight in Death (#7.5, In Death)	J. D. Robb	96	Audio	01/21	★★★★	Crime/Romance
01/21	Conspiracy in Death (#8, In Death)	J. D. Robb	404	Audio	01/22	★★★★★	Crime/Romance
01/22	Winter's Passage (#1.5, Iron Fey)	Julie Kagawa	49	Kindle	01/22	★★★	YA Fantasy
01/22	The Iron Daughter (#2, Iron Fey)	Julie Kagawa	361	Kindle	01/23	★★★1/2	YA Fantasy
01/23	Triangle: The Fire That Changed America	David von Drehle	352	Audio	01/23	★★★★1/2	History
01/27	Loyalty in Death (#9, In Death)	J. D. Robb	373	Audio	01/30	★★★★1/2	Crime/Romance
01/30	Witness in Death (#10, In Death)	J. D. Robb	368	Audio	01/31	★★★★1/2	Crime/Romance
01/04	Life of Pi	Yann Martel	419	Audio	DNF		Literature

January Reading Totals: 6,316 Pages

[dggass]

I don't have a goal at the moment. Hoping for at least a book a week. 

1.  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Steig Larrson.  20% through it. 

[kaotickitten]

I'm in. Last year I pushed it with 150 books, so I'll scale back to 100 this year. Changed to 75 at the moment.




1.Lily Dale: Believing, by Wendy Corsi Staub, kindle, 3896 locs, 1/3/12 
2.Executive Lunch (A Sedona O'Hala Mystery), by Maria E. Schneider, kindle, 5830 locs, 1/9/12 
3. Witch and Wizard: The Gift, by James Patterson and Ned Rust, kindle, 3809 locs, 1/13/12 
4.Destined, by Allison Kraft, kindle, 3893 locs, 1/25/12 
5.Beyond the Millennium, by Paul Meier and Robert Wise, DTB, 309 pgs, 1/31/12