by Victoria H.
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September 13, 2006

My 2009 Book List : Updated Update

October 14, 2009 10:37 AM EDT (Updated: October 15, 2009 01:33 PM EDT)
views: 76 | comments: 40

I did my first post of books read in 2009 back in May; at that point I was working on book number 17. Then I did an update back in August where I was reading book 27.  Pam was asking me for an update the other day, so here it is.  The books in bold are what I've read since my last update.

 

As of today this is my book list:

  1. Christopher Paolini, Eldest (reread)
  2. Christopher Paolini, Brisingr
  3. Stephenie Meyer, Twilight
  4. Stephenie Meyer, New Moon
  5. Stephenie Meyer, Eclipse
  6. Stephenie Meyer, Breaking Dawn
  7. Malcolm Day, Voices From The World of Jane Austen
  8. Michael Connelly, The Narrows
  9. Kelley Armstrong, Bitten (reread)
  10. Benton Rain Patterson, With The Heart of a King
  11. Elizabeth Jenkins, Elizabeth The Great
  12. David Starkey, Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII
  13. Brandon Mull, Fablehaven (reread)
  14. Brandon Mull, Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star (reread)
  15. Brandon Mull, Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague (reread)
  16. Brandon Mull, Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary
  17. Obert Skye, Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo
  18. Obert Skye, Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret
  19. Obert Skye, Leven Thumps and the Eyes of the Want
  20. John Sandford, Dark of the Moon
  21. Obert Skye, Leven Thumps and the Wrath of Ezra
  22. Charlaine Harris, Dead Until Dark
  23. Charlaine Harris, Living Dead In Dallas
  24. Charlaine Harris, Club Dead
  25. Charlaine Harris, Dead to the World
  26. Charlaine Harris, Dead As A Doornail
  27. Charlaine Harris, Definitely Dead
  28. Charlaine Harris, All Together Dead
  29. Charlaine Harris, From Dead To Worse
  30. Charlaine Harris, Dead And Gone
  31. Jane Dunn, Elizabeth & Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens
  32. Charlaine Harris, Grave Sight
  33. Charlaine Harris, Grave Surprise
  34. Charlaine Harris, An Ice Cold Grave
  35. Cornelia Funke, Inkheart
  36. Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol

 

I'm currently reading a book about Mary, Queen of Scots, and the murder of Lord Darnley.  If ever there was a tragic figure, it is Mary, Queen of Scots.  I've always sort of held her in contempt, all while feeling a slight bit of sympathy for her, but the more I learn about her life the more that sympathetic part of me takes over.  I'm anxious to get to the events between Mary and Bothwell and see how this book further changes my opinion.

I'm thinking after I read the Mary book I'll start in on my husband's Anne Perry novels.  He's really gotten into them as of late and I'd like to see what they're like.  I've also been alternating novels with my historical books.  My goal is to read my entire Elizabethan/Tudor/English history collection, which is getting to be quite massive, a fact I'm very thrilled with.

So there you have it - my book list.  What's everyone else reading at the moment, and how are you doing on your reading thus far this year?

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Comments: 40

Gessy D. Oct 14, 2009, 10:57am EDT
Wow! you read fast.
Victoria H. Oct 15, 2009, 10:18am EDT
Yeah, I guess I do.
Melanie S. Oct 14, 2009, 11:12am EDT
Nice list! There are a few on there that I've read in the past few months also. I love finding a common reading ground with others! hehe.

I've read the Twilight Saga also, and recently finished Dead Until Dark. I didn't have the second book and my mother bought it for me for my birthday that's coming up, but she is being evil and won't let me actually have it until my birthday!

Maybe I should make a post of my readings also. Sounds like fun to keep track of and perhaps find common interest with others on Gather.
Victoria H. Oct 15, 2009, 10:20am EDT
Make a post, Melanie! It is fun keeping track and seeing how many you can read in a year. This is the first year I've kept track, but my husband has always kept track of his. I am completely obsessed with the Sookie Stackhouse books!! How much longer will you have to wait for your birthday!? Sounds like something my mom would do to me! LOL
Melanie S. Oct 15, 2009, 12:23pm EDT
My birthday is on the 24th LOL. Ugh, I'm going nuts waiting. I'm trying to read Stephen King's Nightmares and Dreamscapes to keep me busy, but I really want that next Sookie Stackhouse book haha.
Victoria H. Oct 21, 2009, 8:44am EDT
The time is getting closer!! LOL
☀ Aunt Shanny Oct 14, 2009, 11:45am EDT
I was just thinking about updating my list.

Did you buy Lost Symbol? I am still waiting for it to come in at the local library.
Pam H. Oct 14, 2009, 2:23pm EDT
I will be waiting patiently for your book list. If you could, would you also post it to my group Mystery books?
Victoria H. Oct 21, 2009, 8:46am EDT
We did buy it, but I wouldn't recommend spending money on it. Definitely just get it at the library. It was an alright book, but as it finally got closer and closer to the end I just wanted it to hurry up and get it all over with. It felt like it was going on forever, which is never good for a book I don't think. A good book is one you never want to end or one where you're filled with so much suspense that you can't wait to see what happens. This book had that suspense to it, but nothing like the first too in the Langdon series. You'll have to let me know what you think of it.
☀ Aunt Shanny Oct 21, 2009, 10:23am EDT
I remember when I read the first book that is was good, but not as great as people said. And the movie? Couldn't even get through it all.
Shannon W Oct 14, 2009, 11:56am EDT
I love several of those books. I'm doing pretty good on my reading. I don't have a reading list though. I'm not sure I'd remember everything I read so far! I'll have to do it for 2010
Victoria H. Oct 21, 2009, 9:17am EDT
You should, Shannon. It's really fun keeping track I think.
Sophie S. Oct 14, 2009, 11:59am EDT
Haven't read any of the books on your list, which ONE should I check out first?
Pam H. Oct 14, 2009, 2:18pm EDT
The Charlaine Harris books are great.
Victoria H. Oct 15, 2009, 1:38pm EDT
I'll agree with Pam on this one. Go for the Sookie Stackhouse novels. I only read them because (a) I kept hearing about them and the show based on them, True Blood and (b) my close friend gave me a copy of book 1. Then I was hooked. I left for the library to get the next volume as soon as I finished one one! They were addicting! I read through the entire series in like 2 weeks and was sad that there weren't anymore for me to read.
Love from Darlene! Oct 14, 2009, 12:18pm EDT
Good books by great authors. I am creating a Fall/Winter reading list, thanks for such great ideas to read.
Victoria H. Oct 21, 2009, 9:21am EDT
Thanks for stopping by, Darlene! Have fun reading! ; )
Marianne R. Oct 14, 2009, 1:35pm EDT
I'm only on #35
Victoria H. Oct 21, 2009, 9:29am EDT
I'm still working on the Queen of Scots book. It's taking me forever. I'm also working on a book I found at the bookstore yesterday. Forget what it is right now. I don't think it will be all that great, but it could surprise me.
Pam H. Oct 14, 2009, 2:21pm EDT
Great List Victoria. You are also ahead of me as is Kat W., Marianne R. and so forth. As much as I like to read, now that the weather is cooling down, (Winter is coming early here in OH). I am reading alot more now. I am currently reading Definitely Dead from your list. I read one right after the other as soon as the library gets them for me. Thanks for updating me.
Victoria H. Oct 21, 2009, 9:32am EDT
Sure thing, Pam. Aren't those Sookie books addictive!! I started them while in West Virginia at my mom's and dad's. Luckily their library had only recently gotten the books in so I was able to get them all in order as soon as I finished one. I was also the first person up there to read them all, so that was nice.
Pam H. Oct 14, 2009, 2:22pm EDT
Is the other books you have read by Charlaine Harris also a series? Are the good? What are they about?
Victoria H. Oct 21, 2009, 9:37am EDT
They are, Pam. The Harper Connelly series. They're good too. Harper Connelly is basically a detective (not legitimately I guess - like she's not like a policeman or p.i. or anything) who has a supernatural power (finding dead bodies) that she acquired when she was struck by lightning as a child. They're good reads. I'd recommend them. I'm also giving away book two in my new "Win My Stuff" contest.
Pam H. Oct 14, 2009, 2:24pm EDT
Could you post this to my group Mystery Books? Please and thanks.
Victoria H. Oct 15, 2009, 1:34pm EDT
Just did, Pam!
Christine Zibas Oct 14, 2009, 3:24pm EDT
I need to work on updating my list for the year, as we enter this last quarter. What did you think of the new Dan Brown book? I am trying to decide whether I want to buy it or hold out for a PaperbackSwap.
Victoria H. Oct 15, 2009, 1:36pm EDT
I'd hold out if I were you. We bought it. I was rather disappointed. It was a good book but it just felt like it went on and on. It reached a point where I just wanted it to end, if that makes sense. It had that same Dan Brown "page-turner" feel where you can't wait to see what happens next and had those same strange things that you wonder about if they're true or not, but it just wasn't as good as his first two Langdon novels I thought.
Looks like you are doing well for the year so far!
j - Frugal Mom - r. Oct 14, 2009, 9:35pm EDT
Wow, it sure looks like you'll make it. I gave up a long time ago:)
Janet "Jax" B. Oct 14, 2009, 10:30pm EDT
LOL...I have read almost every book on your list Victoria....as has Pher. I am starting to read some of Charlaine Harris's Aurora Teagarden mystery books.
Janet "Jax" B. Oct 14, 2009, 10:31pm EDT
I haven't read the latest Fablehaven book though....too expensive right now. I can't wait to afford it though.
Victoria H. Oct 15, 2009, 1:37pm EDT
Are the Teagarden books good too?
Janet "Jax" B. Oct 15, 2009, 11:57pm EDT
I've liked them...they are quite different from the other two series I've read. I'm going to look for some of her other books at the library books sale tomorrow.
Pam H. Oct 16, 2009, 12:20pm EDT
Jax, what is the name of the first Teagarden mystery? i am using the library now and I reserve the copies and get notified when they are ready for pickup
Janet "Jax" B. Oct 16, 2009, 9:26pm EDT
Real Murders is the first in the series.
Pam H. Oct 15, 2009, 3:55pm EDT
This is now featured in Mystery Books. Thanks Victoria and Happy Reading once again
Erin O'Riordan Oct 16, 2009, 7:43pm EDT
I love Charlaine Harris, but only the Sookie Stackhouse series. I've read all but the latest. I like the Twilight series, too. Congrats on getting so far with your goal.
Pam H. Oct 19, 2009, 12:40pm EDT
Erin, what is the name of the last book in the charlaine Harris series. I am reading All Together Dead now
phil w. Oct 20, 2009, 10:58pm EDT
I believe you'll make the 50 ! Good list .
Pam H. Oct 21, 2009, 10:58am EDT
thanks for the vote of confidence............

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