Monthly Wrap-Up: February 2012

Well, blogger is being a pain, but at least I am still reading quite prolifically at the moment. February was yet another rest month for me although some reviews did go up.

I am still trying to get back into the swing of things, just haven't quite go there yet. Hopefully March is THE month.

My Favourite book for the month was: Succubus On Top by Richelle Mead

In February I read 8 books:

• The Magician's Apprentice by Trudi Canavan
• Succubus On Top by Richelle Mead
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K Rowling

I reviewed 3 books:

• Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
• Warrior by Marie Brennan
• Eye of the Tempest by Nicole Peeler

My Shelfari TBR Pile stayed the same at 954.

My physical TBR pile went down from 68 to 67. Woo!

Monthly Wrap-Up: January 2012

Wow, January has gone so fast! I have enjoyed my break and am slowly starting to catch up on my review pile. I am still taking it easy for now and tech is starting up again next week.

My Favourite book for the month was: Initiate by Tara Maya

 
In January I read 8 books:

• Initiate by Tara Maya
• Hell's Revenge by Eve Langlais
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K Rowling
• Faefever by Karen Marie Moning
• Turned by Morgan Rice
• The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross 
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K Rowling
• What's A Ghoul To Do? by Victoria Laurie

I reviewed 0 books:


My Shelfari TBR Pile increased from 952 to 954. Aww :(

My physical TBR pile went down from 69 to 68. Woo!

Monthly Wrap-Up: December 2011

In December I read 4 books:

• Eye of the Tempest by Nicole Peeler
• The Mark of the Vampire Queen by Joey W. Hill
• Curse of the Blue Tattoo by L. A. Meyer
• Warrior by Marie Brennan

I reviewed 5 books:

• Bloody Bones by Laurell K. Hamilton
• Emblaze by Jessica Shirvington
• One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost
• The Mark of the Vampire Queen by Joey W. Hill
• Revving Her Wild Engines by Cassandre Dayne

My Shelfari TBR Pile dropped from 948 to 952.

My physical TBR pile went down from 73 to 69. Woo!

Monthly Wrap-Up: November 2011

November is over! NaNoWriMo is done (although I didn't finish). Summer is here! I got really sick in November so I wasn't too fit to do anything. I will keep going with my book, but I did get a fair bit of reading done in the later half of the month. I am back blogging now though so HI!

My Favourite book for the month was: Emblaze by Jessica Shirvington

In September I read 6 books:

• One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost 
• Revving Her Wild Engines by Cassandre Dayne
• Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
• Playthings of the Gods Anthology
• Hunter Green by Brianna Stoddard
• Emblaze by Jessica Shirvington

I reviewed 1 books:

• Bloodthirsty by Flynn Meaney

My Shelfari TBR Pile dropped from 949 to 948.

My physical TBR pile went down from 78 to 73. Woo!

Monthly Wrap-Up: October 2011

So October brought the return to work after my holiday and routine once again.

For November though I have decided to try out NaNoWriMo so I won't be around much, as you may already have noticed.

My Favourite book for the month was: Bloodthristy by Flynn Meaney

In September I read 5 books:

• Fire in the Shell by Josephine Pennicott
• Forget You by Jennifer Echols
• The Lunatic Cafe by Laurell K. Hamilton
• Bloody Bones by Laurell K. Hamilton
• The Killing Dance by Laurell K. Hamilton
• Bloodthirsty by Flynn Meaney
• Afterlife by Claudia Gray
• Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles

I reviewed 7 books:

• Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
• Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian
• All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
• Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Jennifer Rardin
• From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
• The Lunatic Cafe by Laurell K. Hamilton
• Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris

My Shelfari TBR Pile stayed the same at 949.

My physical TBR pile went down from 79 to 78. Woo!

Monthly Wrap-Up: September 2011

September brought holidays, as with last year going on holiday really isn't good for blogging. Disruptions in both time and internet access have made it pretty much impossible to blog regularly but I also enjoyed the break and I did write up some reviews so everything's good to go.

October should hopefully bring some TBR pile culling as we'll be travelling in a few weeks again to go home, but as far as the blogging stakes go, normal programming will probably not return until November, but I will try to get October going as much as I can.

I was really proud in September though because I got to re-read the Circle of Nine trilogy. They are pretty heavy books that need a lot of concentration so I'm glad I was able to read them while I was away.

My Favourite book for the month was: Bride of the Stone by Josephine Pennicott

In September I read 5 books:

• Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
• Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
• Enchanted Inc. by Shanna Swendson
• Circle of Nine by Josephine Pennicott
• Bride of the Stone by Josephine Pennicott

I reviewed 0 books: =[

My Shelfari TBR Pile stayed the same at 949.

My physical TBR pile stayed the same at 79. Once again, reading more TBR books is on the list again this month.

Monthly Wrap-Up: August 2011

August was another month that seemed to just fly by. I am currently on holidays which is why I won't be around much for a while.

My Favourite book for the month was: Earth Blend by Lori Pescatore

In July I read 7 books.

• Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris 
• Earth Blend by Lori Pescatore
• Bargains and Betrayals by Shannon Delany
• Nice Girls Don't Live Forever by Molly Harper
• Accidentally Dead by Dakota Cassidy
• All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris 
• From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris

I reviewed 10 books:

• Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper
• Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton
• Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men by Molly Harper
• Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
• Bloody Jack by L. A. Meyer
• Bargains and Betrayals by Shannon Delany
• Accidentally Dead by Dakota Cassidy
• Nice Girls Don't Live Forever by Molly Harper
• Comfort Food by Kitty Thomas
• Earth Blend by Lori Pescatore

My Shelfari TBR Pile at the start of the month was 947 at the end of the month it is 949.

My physical TBR pile stayed the same at 79. Woops...this month I will try to read more TBR books.

Monthly Wrap-Up: July 2011

July went so fast! It feels like yesterday that I was doing up June's post and here I am already doing July!

This time next month I will be on holidays!! Yeay me!

This month though I kind of went overboard with the book buying though...I kind of bought 25 books...

My Favourite book for the month was: Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper

In July I read 8 books.

• Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper 
• Everything Erotic: Volume I 
• Take Me There by Carolee Dean 
• Secrets and Shadows by Shannon Delany
• Everything Erotic: Volume II
• Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men by Molly Harper 
• Everything Erotic: Volume III
• Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris

I reviewed 10 books:

• The Taste of Apple by James Laidler
• The Lottery by Alexandra O'Hurley 
• Defense Against the Dark by Emily Carlin
• Talon, come fly with me by Gigi Sedlmayer
• Cleopatra's Men by Eve Langlais
• The Fallen Star by Jessica Sorensen
• The Laughing Corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton 
• Secrets and Shadows by Shannon Delany
• Fatal Embrace by Aris Whittier
• Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris

My Shelfari TBR Pile at the start of the month was 950 at the end of the month it is 947.

My physical TBR pile decreased from 54 to79...oops

Monthy Wrap-Up: June 2011

Wow, I am so back! June has been a fantastic month. It was my birthday and I have been reading and more importantly reviewing straight after finishing the book.

June was an important month in many ways, I finished tech...forever. My writers block seems to have vanished (touch wood) and my reading has completely returned. No more losing interest or being stressed, just fun, freedom and good company.

And wow, half the year is already over!

My Favourite book for the month was: The Taste of Apple by James Laidler

Honourable mentions go to Enticed by Jessica Shirvington and Bloody Jack by L. A. Meyer.

In June I read 8 books.

• Enticed by Jessica Shirvington
• Defence Against the Dark by Emily Carlin
• The Taste of Apple by James Laidler 
• Talon, come fly with me by Gigi Sedlmayer
• Bloody Jack by L. A. Meyer 
• Fatal Embrace by Aris Whittier 
• The Fallen Star by Jessica Sorensen 
• Comfort Food by Kitty Thomas

I reviewed 10 books:

• Embraced by Jessica Shirvington
• Human Blend by Lori Pescatore 
• Breaking Down by Maia Kinney-Petrucha & Stefan Petrucha 
• Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris 
• Ada Legend of a Healer by R. A. McDonald
• The Shadow Seer by Fran Jacobs
• Enticed by Jessica Shirvington
• Lover Unbound by J. R. Ward
• Glass Houses by Rachel Caine 
• Paramour by Margaret Ethridge

My Shelfari TBR Pile at the start of the month was 1,032 at the end of the month it is 950...go me! I did a major cull this month of really long series.

My physical TBR pile decreased from 55 to 54.

Monthly Wrap-Up: May 2011

I'm back! In late April and all of May I needed a break, and it has done me a world of good. What brought it on? not sure but the important thing is that I'm back, and raring to go!

College is finishing this month...completely finished! So after the 15th I will be a free woman! I think what brought on the hiatus was the amount of time it took to finish The Shadow Seer, when a book drags I lose interest, but I refused to give up on this one, an entire month it took me to read it, but I've finished!

My Favourite book for the month was definitely: Embrace by Jessica Shirvington

In May I read 2 books.

• Shadow Seer by Fran Jacobs 
• Embrace by Jessica Shirvington

I reviewed 0 books:  :(

My Shelfari TBR Pile at the start of the month was 1,034 at the end of the month it is 1,032

My physical TBR pile stayed this month at 55

Monthly Wrap-Up: April 2011

My Favourite book for the month was definitely: Cleopatra's Men by Eve Langlais

In April I read 2 books.

• Ada: Legend of a Healer by R. A. McDonald 
• Cleopatra's Men by Eve Langlais

I reviewed 3 books:

• Strange Familiar by Cassidy Hunter
• Running Blind by Nicki J. Markus
• This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
• Demonic Persuasion by Mahalia Levey
• Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost

My Shelfari TBR Pile at the start of the month was 1,034 at the end of the month it is 1,034

My physical TBR pile increased this month from 54 to 55

Monthly Wrap-Up: March 2011

March is done, and this wrap-up is late. But that's ok because I said. March was in a way a good month and yet at the same time...really crappy.

My books and work were the only things worth doing this month, and work is only worth it because I'm getting paid. Yes I'm a little cynical at the moment but once again that's ok because I am an accountant and we don't get jobs unless we hate the world.

Hopefully my faith in mankind shall be restored by next month...if not...well let's see what I come up with lol.

My Favourite book for the month was definitely: This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

In March I read 9 books.

• Water Song: A Retelling of "The Frog Prince" by Suzanne Weyn
• Lover Unbound by J. R. Ward 
• Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost 
• Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready 
• This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
• Breaking Down by Maia Kinney-Petrucha & Stefan Petrucha
• Strange Familiar by Cassidy Hunter
• Running Blind by Nicki J. Markus
• The Lottery by Alexandra O'Hurley 

I reviewed 5 books:

• Tempest's Legacy by Nicole Peeler
• Crazy by Eve Langlais 
• Club Dead by Charlaine Harris 
• Demonic Persuasion by Mahalia Levey
• Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost

My Shelfari TBR Pile at the start of the month was 1,037 At the end of the month it is 1,034 (yeay!)

My physical TBR pile increased this month from 50 to 54

Monthly Wrap-Up: February 2011

February is over...so is summer. Aaand my first anniversary! - so yeah maybe that doesn't matter too much to you guys but OMG! we made it!

As for blogging...it has taken a hit once again because with the end of February comes the start of Tech once again. I started tech mid-feb and as some of you may have noticed...my posts kind of dropped off aswell.

This year tech is my no.1 priority, so although I am striving to keep good content on here, i want to pass this course and finish my diploma, so sleep comes before blogging late at night until June...then you won't be able to get rid of me :D

My Favourite book for the month would have to be: Tempest's Legacy by Nicole Peeler

In February I read 8 books.

• Blood Prophecy by Stefan Petrucha 
• Awakened by PC Cast & Kristin Cast
• Paramour by Margaret Ethridge 
• Human Blend by Lori Pescatore 
• Tempest's Legacy by Nicole Peeler 
• Crazy by Eve Langlais 
• Demonic Persuasion by Mahalia Levey 
• Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian

I reviewed 9 books:

• Snowballs In Hell by Eve Langlais
• Born Into Fire by KyAnn Waters & Tarah Scott
• A Blue So Dark by Holly Schindler 
• Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
• Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
• A Ghostly Menage by Eve Langlais 
• Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning 
• Blood Prophecy by Stefan Petrucha 
• Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton

My Shelfari TBR Pile at the start of the month was 1,038 At the end of the month it is 1,037 (yeay!)

My physical TBR pile had a reduction this month from 51 to 50 (wooooo!)

Monthly Wrap-Up: January 2011

New Year, New Start! I have had a post everyday so far this month (i think) and next month seems to be just as strong.

Currently I am working through my Google Reader, I am confronted with 1,000+ posts everyday, some of the blogs I follow have over 45 posts that I haven't read yet. But I am slowly getting reacquainted with everyone.

My Favourite book for the month would have to be: Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead

In January I read 8 books.

• Shadow Bound by Erin Kellison
• A Ghostly Menage by Eve Langlais
• Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning 
• Last Stop: A Surviors Story by Tommy McInnis & Nelson Velez
• Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott 
• Snowballs In Hell by Eve Langlais 
• Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead
• Born Into Fire by KyAnn Waters & Tarah Scott

I reviewed 7 books:

• Jump by Jen Wylie
• Sasha's Calling by TC Archer
• Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
• If I Stay by Gayle Forman
• Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward
• Last Stop: A Survivor's Story by Tommy McInnis & Nelson Velez
• Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead

My Shelfari TBR Pile at the start of the month was 1,037 At the end of the month it is 1,038

My physical TBR pile went up again this month from 45 to 51 and I am still waiting on 2 books in the mail. It's been a month since I ordered them :(

2010 Wrap Up

TBR Pile 1/1/2010 - 7
TBR Pile 31/12/2010 - 45

Shelfari TBR Pile 1/1/2010 - 875
Shelfari TBR Pile 31/12/2010 - 1,037

Total Books Read - 90

By Month:
January - 12
February - 8
March - 8
April - 10
May - 11
June - 5
July - 4
August - 9
September - 8
October - 6
November - 4
December - 6


Total Reviews Posted - 78

By Month:
January - 13
February - 7
March - 10
April - 6
May - 10
June - 9
July - 6
August - 7
September - 6
October - 0
November - 0
December - 4

Did Not Finish - 3

Followers as at 1/1/2010 - 18
Followers as at 31/12/2010 - 473

Number of blogs following as at 1/1/2010 - 18
Number of blogs following as at 31/12/2010 - 132

Monthly Wrap-Up: December 2010

December, the end of the year has arrived and I have been blogging for all of it. Although I nearly lost it there in October I am definitely back and ready to roll. I ended off the year with finishing the Vampire Academy series and also starting a great new one in the form of the Jaz Parks series. I am ready for 2011 and everything that will be coming with it.

My Favourite book for the month would have to be: Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead

In November I read 6 books.

• Stolen - Kelley Armstrong 
• A Blue So Dark - Holly Schindler 
• Once Bitten, Twice Shy - Jennifer Rardin 
• Jump - Jennifer Wylie 
• Last Sacrifice - Richelle Mead 
• Sasha's Calling - T.C Archer

I reviewed 4 books:

• Lucifer's Daughter by Eve Langlais
• Elizabeth's Wolf by Lora Leigh
• Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
• Random Magic by Sasha Soren

My Shelfari TBR Pile at the start of the month was 1,040 At the end of the month it is 1,037

My physical TBR pile went up this month from 35 to 45 with a few more books on the way in the mail. Will have to start working at chipping away at the pile once again.

Monthly Wrap-Up: November 2010

It's that time of the month again! And this is the first time you have heard from since this time last month. I won't jinx myself and promise that I'm back just yet, but I will definitely be around more that I have some time on my hands again.

My Favourite book for the month would have to be: Random Magic by Sasha Soren

In November I read 4 books.

• Random Magic - Sasha Soren
• If I Stay - Gayle Forman
• Club Dead - Charlaine Harris
• Dead to the World - Charlaine Harris

I reviewed 0 books  :"[
 well actually i did review a book this month! but i didn't post it...so it will be going towards my December reviews.

My Shelfari TBR Pile at the start of the month was 1,040 At the end of the month it is 1,040 - no change...

My physical TBR pile took another hit this month, we're down to 35 now after 37 last month. With my current re-read of Sookie Stackhouse books i'm not too sure how we'll go in decreasing this pile at the moment, but it's all good, yeay Sookie!

Monthly Wrap-Up: October 2010

In October the slump attacked. No reviews, very little books. I am officially burnt out. I want to blog yet I have nothing.

I can feel a change coming though and I will be detailing that change in a post very soon and it's all thanks to a book. So hopefully we will see some reviews this coming month because the pile is getting very large and I do want to review them all.

My Favourite book for the month would have to be: Lucifer's Daughter by Eve Langlais (that was really hard this month, shout out's go to the Laurell K Hamilton books)

In October I read 6 books.

• Guilty Pleasures - Laurell K. Hamilton 
• The Laughing Corpse - Laurell K. Hamilton
• Circus of the Damned - Laurell K. Hamilton
• Lucifer's Daughter - Eve Langlais
• Darkborn - Alison Sinclair 
• Their One and Only - Trista Ann Michales 
 

I Did Not Finish 2 books:

• The Host by Stephenie Meyer
• Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice

I reviewed 0 books  :"[

I joined my first tour this month! The Random Magic Halloween Tour 2010! it was so exciting and so much fun!

November's Goal: stick to it! gyming, blogging reading and find a way out of the slump!

My Shelfari TBR Pile at the start of the month was 1,040 At the end of the month it is 1,040 - no change...

My physical TBR pile took another hit this month, we're down to 37 now after 41 last month.

Monthly Wrap-Up: September 2010

September, a month of reading fat books, watching a lot of Nickelodeon and Animal Planet, getting a tan and doing nothing. Seriously nothing.

It's been kind of obvious that I haven't been around the blogging world this last month but next Thursday is the last day of my holiday and then we're going home! Yeay! This has probably been the only year in history that I have been completely psyched to get back home.

I can't wait to get a job! I can't wait to start earning money again!

But the biggest can't wait? My gorgeous boy...OMG never again! will I voluntarily go six weeks without seeing him. Far out!

So this month, with everything hopefully going back to normal I shall return to my blog! And play an active role in the communtiy once again, yeay!!


My Favourite book for the month would have to be: Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind

In September I read 8 books.

• Sword of Truth - Terry Goodkind
• Elizabeth's Wolf - Lora Leigh
• Glass Houses - Rachel Caine
• Bleed For Me - Michael Robotham 
• Blood Bound - Patricia Briggs 
• Iron Kissed - Patricia Briggs 
• Lover Revealed - J.R Ward
• Rosemary's Baby - Ira Levin

I reviewed 6 books.

•  13 to Life by Shannon Delany
• The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer
• The Vampire Queen's Servant by Joey W. Hill
• Thicker Than Water by Carla Jablonski
• Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs 
• Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris 

October's Goal: Review More! And Blog More! And be more alive!

My Shelfari TBR Pile at the start of the month was 1,042 At the end of the month it is 1,040 - yeay! it went down without me deleting books.

My physical TBR pile took quite a blow this month with all the reading I got done :D we're down to 41 now. Er - it was 42 as at last month and even though I read 7 books on my TBR list and haven't bought any new books...it's only gone down 1...hmmm well it seems this accountant can't count...

Monthly Wrap-Up: August 2010

August is gone. Wow the end of winter and by the looks of it, the end of my reading slump. August was definitely a relaxing month for me. No work, more books and lots of free time. Definitely a nice rest. And now to concrete my current bludger status...I am going on a holiday!

In August I have felt better than I have in a good while, my reading is back, my writing is back and I hit six months with my boyfriend successfully (yeay!!). Things are definitely looking up :D

My Favourite book for the month would have to be: Tracking the Tempest by Nicole Peeler

In August I read 9 books.

• Tracking the Tempest - Nicole Peeler
• The Vampire Queen's Servant - Joey W. Hill 
• Blue Bloods - Melissa De La Cruz
• A Season of Eden - J. M. Warwick
• The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner - Stephanie Meyer 
• Thicker than Water - Carla Jablonski 
• Cry Wolf - Patricia Briggs 
• Living Dead in Dallas - Charlaine Harris
• 13 to Life - Shannon Delany

I reviewed 7 books.

• Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma
• Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
• Midnight Pearls: A Retelling of "The Little Mermaid" by Debbie Viguie
• Tracking the Tempest by Nicole Peeler
• A Season of Eden by J.M Warwick
• Zan-Gah: A Prehistoric Adventure by Allan Richard Shickman
• Blue Bloods by Melissa De la Cruz
  

I think I officially reached my personal goal for August, which was: READ MORE...well I definitely did that!

In other news - I'm an official Book Lover! I passed my internship, yeay!!! Here is my new signature to look out for on the site:

My Shelfari TBR Pile at the start of the month was 1,037 At the end of the month it is 1,042 - might have to do another cull soon.

My physical TBR pile took quite a blow this month with all the reading I got done :D we're down to 42 now.