Reading Slump

In 2006, I read 143 books.  I’m not even going to come close this year.  I think I haven’t even read 50 yet and the year is more than half over. 

Songs of the Humpback Whale by Jodi Picoult 07/29/07

I didn’t finish this.  I think I only got about 50 pages or so into it.  It was too confusing bouncing from person to person, from time to time.  I had no idea who people were or even what time they were in – it bounced back and forth from when one of the characters [...]

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris 07/23/07

I didn’t want to like this.  Well, sort of I did, but I thought I wouldn’t.  I mean, it seems like thanks to the success of the Anita Blake series,  there are vampire stories all over.  Oh, I know, Anne Rice started it all.  I may even have to go back and re-read those. 
Here’s the [...]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowlings 07/22/07

It’s the final book of the series.  I can’t believe it!
I liked it but I think I should have read all of the other books again to remember what went on in previous books.  I was ticked off at some of the deaths.   I mean, really, Hedwig?  Why Hedwig?  And why Dobby? Hell. Or was it [...]

The Harlequin by Laurell K. Hamilton 07/20/07

I finished this just in time since I got Harry Potter the next morning.
I wish I had thought to read all of the books leading up to this one again.  This was, by far, her best yet but there was a lot that I didn’t remember.  I’m going to go back and re-read the books, [...]

Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton 07/18/07

#of Pages: 272
Date finished  07/18/07
Any thoughts?
This is the synopsis from Amazon (with a couple of small changes for accuracy’s sake):
 Anita Blake may be small and young, but vampires call her The Executioner. Anita is an animator and vampire hunter in a time when vampires are protected by law–as long as they don’t get too [...]

Next by Michael Crichton

 
 
# of Pages: 423, including author’s notes which I read
Date finished: 7/17/07
Thoughts:
I really ought to not read this guy.  It’s not that I don’t think that scientists are capable of this stuff and it’s not that I think it doesn’t happen.  I just wish it didn’t.  Sometimes, I prefer ignorance.  If I were in “The Matrix”, [...]

List of Books from 2007, Prior to This BLog

List of Books Read in 2007 that I finished before beginning this blog:  (40 Total) 
Book and Author                                                              Date Finished
The Red Tent – Anita Diamant                                                            01/01
Mistral’s Kiss – Laurell K. Hamilton                                                     01/05
The Thirteenth Tale – Diane Setterfield                                              01/08
Blind Submission – Debra Ginsberg                                                    01/11
Rubyfruit Jungle – Rita Mae Brown                                                     01/24
Good in Bed – Jennifer Weiner                                                            01/26
Jemina J [...]

Why on Earth Do I Need ANOTHER Blog?

When I was 8,  I bought a 5-subject notebook and started my first book journal.  All I wrote in it was the title of the book I read, the author, how many pages it had and the date that I finished it.  I had that notebook for years until, in one of my many moves, [...]