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1Anneliesa
Hello everyone!!! I fell a little short of the goal last year, but I'm back and ready for some reading action! Hope everyone has had a great start to the year! I look forward to reading and sharing with you guys.
Challenge accepted!
2Anneliesa
01. Picture of Dorian gray by Oscar Wilde
First book of my year that I read! It was terrible and dry reading at first. But since it is a classic, I trudged on. About a third of the way through, it got very interesting and I flew through it! Great book with a delightful moral.
02. Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card
Excellent read. My favorite book of all time is Ender's Game, so this was a sequel of sorts. The 'missing years' before Ender visits lusitania in Speaker for the Dead. Ender is done with his responsibility in the war. Unable to return to Earth since his notoriety would destroy the peace, he is sent (albeit a little unwillingly) to be the governor of the first new world to be colonized. Because of the faster than light speed travel, a 42 year voyage is only 2 years for the people on the ship, and during that time Ender's name is slandered and he is branded the Xenocide. No longer a wonderful hero, Ender dons his Christian name and begins a new life on the new colony.
First book of my year that I read! It was terrible and dry reading at first. But since it is a classic, I trudged on. About a third of the way through, it got very interesting and I flew through it! Great book with a delightful moral.
02. Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card
Excellent read. My favorite book of all time is Ender's Game, so this was a sequel of sorts. The 'missing years' before Ender visits lusitania in Speaker for the Dead. Ender is done with his responsibility in the war. Unable to return to Earth since his notoriety would destroy the peace, he is sent (albeit a little unwillingly) to be the governor of the first new world to be colonized. Because of the faster than light speed travel, a 42 year voyage is only 2 years for the people on the ship, and during that time Ender's name is slandered and he is branded the Xenocide. No longer a wonderful hero, Ender dons his Christian name and begins a new life on the new colony.
3dk_phoenix
Looks like some great reads to start the year! Welcome back, and here's to a 2012 full of fantastic books. :)
4ursula
I loved Dorian Gray so much. I read it a long time ago, though, so I don't remember if I had any trouble getting into it at first. Happy reading in 2012!
7Anneliesa
03. The Lightning Thief
04. The Sea of Monsters
05. The Titan's Curse
These books written by Rick Riordan are wonderful, captivating, and addictive! I found myself annoyed that I had to get up to eat every once in awhile.
Percy Jackson is a half blood. A demigod to be more precise. He was brought up by his mortal mother, and though she tried to make sure he had a normal childhood, there was no such luck. His dad is Poseidon, the god of the sea and who can have a normal childhood with that kind of a title? These books are about Percy and his new friends, the quests he goes on to save the mortal realm, and the discovery about his heritage and his own self.
I've got 2 more left for this series, and I'm hungry! :-P
04. The Sea of Monsters
05. The Titan's Curse
These books written by Rick Riordan are wonderful, captivating, and addictive! I found myself annoyed that I had to get up to eat every once in awhile.
Percy Jackson is a half blood. A demigod to be more precise. He was brought up by his mortal mother, and though she tried to make sure he had a normal childhood, there was no such luck. His dad is Poseidon, the god of the sea and who can have a normal childhood with that kind of a title? These books are about Percy and his new friends, the quests he goes on to save the mortal realm, and the discovery about his heritage and his own self.
I've got 2 more left for this series, and I'm hungry! :-P
8FAMeulstee
I just finished the last one this month... I am sure you will like the next two too ;-)
9Anneliesa
06. The Battle of the Labyrinth
07. The Last Olympian
The last two books in the Percy Jackson series proved amazing and thrilling! I believe Rick Riordan created a masterpiece series that should be touted as awesome as the Harry Potter books. Anyone who loves Greek mythology and good adventure should pick up these books!
07. The Last Olympian
The last two books in the Percy Jackson series proved amazing and thrilling! I believe Rick Riordan created a masterpiece series that should be touted as awesome as the Harry Potter books. Anyone who loves Greek mythology and good adventure should pick up these books!
10dk_phoenix
And doesn't he end it so well??? So many series are great and then end with a whimper. I thought he really pulled it off with the ending here. I recommend you read the Lost Hero next and continue with Riordan's work -- his next series is even better!
11Anneliesa
He does end it well! An amazing writer to be sure. I'm surprised that this series isn't a humongous deal!
08. Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
09. Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
I did indeed continue with Riordan's work. The Lost Hero is not Percy's story, but another demigod destined to be a part of the "great prophecy". This particular demigod shows up at Camp Half Blood with nothing to his memory but his first name. He learns that the goddess of the heavens has taken his memory "for his own good". What kind of rotten deal is that? But of course, the goddess has big plans for him and if he cooperates... he just might gain reclaim more than his memory.
The Son of Neptune switches back to Percy Jackson and follows more of his amazing and thrilling adventures in which we meet some new and very awesome demigods that Percy must learn to trust with his life (and vice versa)
08. Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
09. Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
I did indeed continue with Riordan's work. The Lost Hero is not Percy's story, but another demigod destined to be a part of the "great prophecy". This particular demigod shows up at Camp Half Blood with nothing to his memory but his first name. He learns that the goddess of the heavens has taken his memory "for his own good". What kind of rotten deal is that? But of course, the goddess has big plans for him and if he cooperates... he just might gain reclaim more than his memory.
The Son of Neptune switches back to Percy Jackson and follows more of his amazing and thrilling adventures in which we meet some new and very awesome demigods that Percy must learn to trust with his life (and vice versa)
12Anneliesa
10. The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
11. The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan
12. A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
13. Upchuck and the Rotten Willy by Bill Wallace
14. Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon
15. InVincible by Sherrilyn Kenyon
11. The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan
12. A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
13. Upchuck and the Rotten Willy by Bill Wallace
14. Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon
15. InVincible by Sherrilyn Kenyon
13Anneliesa
The Red Pyramid and The Throne of Fire are similar to the Percy Jackson series, but follows the Egyptian mythology route.
A Swiftly Tilting Planet is a companion volume to A Wrinkle in Time and A Wind in the Door. It's a classic!
Upchuck and the Rotten Willy is a kid book that I got in the 4th grade. I dusted it off and started reading it to my own kiddo who is about to turn 4 next month. It's such a cute little book about finding friendship in unlikely situations and can still bring tears to my eyes at some points.
Infinity and InVincible are the first 2 remarkable chronicles of Nick. He has been born of ultimate darkness and has a predetermined destiny to destroy the world. But... wait... he was raised by his very kind and very mortal mother who does everything she can to raise him as a fine upstanding young man. These books are exploring the age old question of the possibility of changing your destiny, or, like in Oedipus Rex, is taking measures to alter his destiny the very thing that makes it come to fruition?
A Swiftly Tilting Planet is a companion volume to A Wrinkle in Time and A Wind in the Door. It's a classic!
Upchuck and the Rotten Willy is a kid book that I got in the 4th grade. I dusted it off and started reading it to my own kiddo who is about to turn 4 next month. It's such a cute little book about finding friendship in unlikely situations and can still bring tears to my eyes at some points.
Infinity and InVincible are the first 2 remarkable chronicles of Nick. He has been born of ultimate darkness and has a predetermined destiny to destroy the world. But... wait... he was raised by his very kind and very mortal mother who does everything she can to raise him as a fine upstanding young man. These books are exploring the age old question of the possibility of changing your destiny, or, like in Oedipus Rex, is taking measures to alter his destiny the very thing that makes it come to fruition?
14Anneliesa
16. Infamous by Sherrilyn Kenyon
The 3rd book in the Nick chronicles. Things are heating up for Nick as he is learning his true powers, and every preternatural thing in the universe is seemingly after him... As he puts his trust into more and more people, he is still trying to sift out the lies from the truth and hopes that his trust isn't misplaced.
The 3rd book in the Nick chronicles. Things are heating up for Nick as he is learning his true powers, and every preternatural thing in the universe is seemingly after him... As he puts his trust into more and more people, he is still trying to sift out the lies from the truth and hopes that his trust isn't misplaced.
