New Year, New Books

Happy New Year!!!

Well it has been quite some time since I have posted here despite the fact that I have read more than a few books.  A little thing called graduate school got in the way of both reading for enjoyment and free time for other things.  But hopefully that will change with the new semester.  Luckily my reading for the next semester should be more interesting.  I have two classes where the reading selections are more my taste:  Reading Materials for Adults and Reading Materials for Young Adults.  I'm really looking forward to both of these.  I have the list of books for my YA class and I have already browsed through and begun to read some of them.  Some of the authors are familiar to me, but out of all of the books, I've only read two of them previous to this class.  I actually had to laugh when the professor stated that four the fantasy category of YA books I was "expected to have read at least one of the books in the Twilight series".  I really thought that was great, I mean how many people can say they have a class where they are expected to have read something so popular.  The other book I have read is The Hunger Games.  I've also read two during the break and would like to have at least two more done, but we'll see how dedicated I am to that.  

I have continued to add to my ever growing list of books I own that I want to read.  A book sale at the library did not help me with this habit, but .50 cent and $1 books are really hard to pass up!  I was making a good dent into the list, but then I bought more and I was right back where I started from.  Not to mention I got about 20 books free from a cousin of mine.  I had really good intentions of reading alot over break too, but that hasn't counted.  I've read 3 graphic novels (1 was for school) and one book for school.  Plus I've started two books I already had....

Anyway, here's a list of all the books I've read between September and December that I didn't have time to blog about.

1.  A Charmed Death - Madelyn Alt
2.  Hex Marks the Spot -  Madelyn Alt
3.  Never Marry a Stranger - Gayle Callen
4.  Captive of Sin - Anna Campbell
5.  Blameless - Gail Carriger
6.  The Gates - John Connolly
7.  Tall, Dark, and Wolfish - Lydia Dare
8.  The Wolf Next Door - Lydia Dare
9.  One Dance With a Duke - Tessa Dare
10.  Twice Tempted by a Rogue - Tessa Dare
11.  Three Nights With a Scoundrel - Tessa Dare
12.  And Babies Make Five - Judith Durate
13.  Wicked Appetite - Janet Evanovich
14.  The Perfect Rake - Anne Gracie
15.  Mr. Perfect - Linda Howard
16.  Gabriel's Bride - Samantha James
17.  Promise of the Rose - Brenda Joyce
18.  Straight Up - Deirdre Martin

Graphic Novels
American Born Chinese - Gene Luen Wang
Fables 14:  Witches - Bill Willingham
Cinderella:  From Fabletown With Love - Chris Roberson

And for 2011

Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Hopefully I'll have more time this semester to read and to blog about what I've read.  Here's to the new year!

Listening to:  Fuel - "Shimmer"