Sunday Synopsis: January 3, 2010

I'M BACK!!!!

Wow! It has sure been a while since I did my last Sunday Synopsis, hasn't it?!? I've had some time to re-evaluate, spend some time with my family, get organized, and finally get many boxes unpacked around the house. My projects have been coming along nicely. I've still got some work to do on all of them, but it is so nice to finally see the top of my desk!

Now, it's time to get back to it . . . back to blogging, reviewing, talking books, and so much more! I am so excited for 2010. I can't wait to start (and continue) with challenges. I am looking forward to reading the many books on my TBR pile that I have been wanting to read . . . and many for years!! It's going to be a great year!

Well, that's enough chit-chat! It's been a while and I'm still extremely behind from the hectic 2009. The rest of my synopsis is going to be long, but we are going to watch it dwindle . . . well, the reviews to come at least . . . over the next few weeks! I'm looking forward to it!

DISCUSSIONS:

• Featured at 451 Fridays!!
• Finding My Balance!
• 2010 Reading Resolutions
• Best of 2009
• 2009 Challenge Updates

CURRENTLY READING:

• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (audio; disc 9 of 9)
• Only in New York, Darling by Virginie Sommet (page ? of ?)

REVIEWS TO COME:

• The Shimmer by David Morrell
• Royal Blood by Rona Sharon
• The End of the Beginning by Avi
• Matchless by Gregory Maguire
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
• Defenders of the Scroll by Shiraz
• Daniel X: Watch the Skies by James Patterson & Ned Rust
• King by Right of Blood and Might by Anna L. Walls
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
• Arthur's Audio Favorites Volume 2 by Marc Brown
• A Circle of Souls by Preetham Grandhi
• Dancing with Ana by Nicole Barker
• George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl
• Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure The World by Tracy Kidder
• Fool by Christopher Moore
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
• The Little Island by Golden MacDonald and Leonard Weisgard
• Black and White by David Macauley
• Mei Li by Thomas Handforth
• Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Rocky Mountain Snow Ghosts by Patti Hurst
• I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
• Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary
• Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary
• The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
• Survival of the Fittest by Jonathan Kellerman
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
• S is for Save the Planet by Brad Herzog
• The Ugly Duckling by Jerry Pinkney
• Mesmeric Revelation by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Facts in the Case of in M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Sleeper by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• Eldorado by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Spectacles by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Haunted Palace by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• Some Words With A Mummy by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• Ulalume by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• William Wilson by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Oblong Box by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• X-ing a Paragrab by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)

AROUND THE BLOGOSPHERE:

• Maw Books Blog is hosting a Bloggiesta this upcoming weekend!!! It also happens to be the weekend of my son's birthday and big party, so I'm not sure how much I will be able to participate. I'm going to be making a list (a very long list) of all that I need and want to do with my blog. I'm hoping to at least get a few things marked off of this list during the set time Natasha has set. I will be sharing more details in the next couple of days on my plans.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

What are you most looking forward to in 2010?