Sunday, January 31, 2010

Sunday Synopsis: January 31, 2010

DISCUSSIONS:
REVIEWS: None this week! :(

CURRENTLY READING:
  • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (audio; disc 9 of 13)
  • Across the Endless River by Thad Carhart (page 97 of 308)
  • Magic Tree House #1: Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne (reading with son!; page 16 of 68)

BOOKS RECEIVED:

  • Spellbinder by Helen Stringer (giveaway prize received from Alexia's Books and Such!)
  • Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (purchased from Borders)
  • Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz (purchased from Borders)
  • Magic Tree House #1: Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne (purchased from Borders)
REVIEWS TO COME:
  • Only in New York, Darling by Virginie Sommet (Unable to finish, but will still be writing a review for what was read.)
  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  • 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
  • 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)*
*Those indicated with an asterik are actually reviews written!! I have had computer issues this weekend and have written them old school with pen and paper! I will be posting them later this week once I have typed them up in full.

AROUND THE BLOGOSPHERE: I'm getting behind in my Reader again, but hope to catch up this week! Hopefully, I will have more fun links for you next week!!

FINAL THOUGHTS: I have spent the month of January in working on many housekeeping issues on my sites! I did not come close to checking off all those things I had to do, BUT I did make some progress!! I will continue to work on these housekeeping issues now and then, but I am now getting back to my reading (and reviewing)!!

Happy Reading!!

4 comments:

  1. I really liked Spellbinder so I can't wait for you to read that one!

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  2. My daughter loves the Magic Tree House Series. I think we've read all except the newest which we have, we just haven't gotten around to yet.

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  3. So glad that you received Spellbinder okay! Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

    Looking forward to your review of Pride and Prejudice, as that's one of my favorites. It's been awhile, so I may have to pull it off the shelf for a reread soon.

    Happy reading!

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  4. Kristen . . . I'm hoping to get to it soon! I'm hoping my reading will take off this month!!

    carolsnotebook . . . We are almost done with the first one, and will probably finish tomorrow night! My son is loving them!! We may have to go get the second one this weekend!! I love hearing him beg for one more chapter!! :)

    Alexia561 . . . I can't wait to read it! Thanks again!! And, hopefully all these reviews will be coming soon! I plan to work on many of them this weekend and get a bunch scheduled!! Wish me luck!! :)

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