Catalina7's 2012 Reads

Greetings and happy new year! This is my fourth year in this great group and I am still enjoying all the threads and discussions!
My 2011 Reading Goals:
1. (Finally) read 150 books (this is my continuing goal from the last few years. I've never quite made it)
2. Start reading the Newbery books again
3. Read more nonfiction books
4. De-lurk a bit in the group-my shyness persists online and while I read many threads I don't usually gather the courage to comment :)
5. Figure out how to post pictures on my thread as I have never gotten around to learning how to do all the cool things on my thread

hi Caitlin
wil try to follow you this year, as we have some books in common :-)
Anita

I have you starred. I'll be interested to see what you read. I only was able to finish 40 books last year, too, but I considered that to be great! Year before I did more but I kind of felt like I cheated because I counted so many children's books that I read with the toddlers I associate with {with whom I associate.... }
hahaha

See you around the threads.....

Nice to see you back again, Caitlin. Stars!

Welcome back!

Thanks for the welcome backs! I hope I read lots of good books this year that I can pass on to y'all readers of my thread :)

Glad to see you back with us again, Caitlin!

Thanks Stasia! Nice of you to drop by my thread! Hope you are doing well so far in the new year!

So far, so good ;)

Welcome back, and good luck with your reading goals for this year!

Thanks gennyt!

Ok, I promise I will soon actually post about the books I have been reading. To explain the delay: This month has been busy/exciting/nerve-wracking for me. I applied to physician assistant school this past fall and I found out at the end of December that I had gotten interviews at both programs that I had applied to! My interviews were this past week, so I have spent the beginning of this month preparing for them. I found out today I was accepted to the school in Tulsa, OK and I am so very excited! I am supposed to hear next week from the program I applied to in Houston, Tx. So that's my gush about what's going on in my life :)

Congratulations! I am sure you will be accepted where you want to go, and you'll do well!!

Big congratulations on getting in to one of the programs already. I'm sure you'll have a wonderful experience, whichever school you go to. :D

Many thanks, y'all are very kind! :)

Nearly a month in to 2012, let me actually start posting my reads for the year.

1. Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich

2. Ultraviolet by R.J. Anderson

3. Touch the Dark by Karen Chance

It's only February and I am already behind on reading others' threads and updating my own, sigh.

4. Skinwalker by Faith Hunter

5. Finger Lickin’ Fifteen by Janet Evanovich

6. Burning Bridge by John Flanagan

Okay I am just about the biggest failure at keeping my thread updated! Real life keeps getting in the way lol (and my new obsession with crafting and pinterest...). But mostly lots of packing and getting ready for my 1 month away move to Oklahoma for graduate school! Exciting! AND more exciting, today is my 24th birthday! Yay!
Okay, on to the books:

7. Nightingale’s Lament by Simon R. Green
Still loving this great PI urban fantasy series !

8. Staying Dead by Laura Anne Gilman
Glad I tried this series (I have read the first two in the paranormal scene investigations series) because I love it too! Good investigative/mystery urban fantasy :)

9. The Icebound Land by John Flanagan

10. Underground by Kat Richardson
Third in the Greywalker series

Happy birthday! Also congrats on grad school!

Happy Birthday!

Enjoying the John Flanagan books?

Thanks Micky and FAmeulstee!

And yes, I LOVE them! I have read most but not all of the series. I decided to re-reading the ones I have read before I read the ones I haven't. He has a new series set in the same world out now too.

11. Battle for Skandia by John Flanagan
I love this series :)

12. Curse the Dark by Laura Anne Gilman

13. Urban Shaman by C.E. Murphy
I liked this urban fantasy. It caught my eye at the library and I am glad I picked it up! Though I am not sure that it should have been shelved in romance as opposed to fantasy/sci-fi...

14. Vanished by Kat Richardson

15. Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
I finally have all the books in the series so I am re-reading the first two before I continue reading the rest :) I really love this urban fantasy set in near future Atlanta where magic and technology are at odds, creating a slightly dystopian feeling world. The main character, Kate Daniels, is super tough and I love her! I like strong female leads.

16. Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews

Okay, so I am officially peeved with graduate school stealing all my reading and librarything-ing time! My reading pace has dropped dramatically since I started grad school in June. Hopefully worth it in the long run though, lol. I've also found that being stressed/busy leads me to read lots more rereads than usual. I am working on updating my reading list, so here's a start:

17. Blood Cross by Faith Hunter

18. Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter

19. One for the Money by Janet Evanovich

20. Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich

21. Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich

22. Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews

23. Hex and the City by Simon R. Green

24. Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews

25. Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews

25. New Orleans Mourning by Julie Smith

27. Soulless by Gail Carriger

28. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

29. Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs

30. Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs

31. Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs

32. Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs

33. Tricks of the Trade by Laura Anne Gilman

34. Going Postal by Terry Pratchett

35. Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder

36. Raven Cursed by Faith Hunter

37. The Sharing Knife by Lois McMaster Bujold

38. The Truth by Terry Pratchett

39. Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce

40. Death’s Rival by Faith Hunter

41. One for the Money by Janet Evanovich

42. The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett

Well, this year taught me that moving multiple states away and starting graduate school help combine to steal all my reading time! Grr....lol. very low book count for me this year! Unfortunately I am guessing it will continue through my next two years of graduate school...

Yeah, I only managed to squeeze in extracurricular reading during grad school during my commute on the bus. Hang in there!

Thanks! I just try to keep focusing on the end result lol

You can always take up my cohort's mantra of "Done is better than good." ;)

Lol, I'll have to remember that one!

It got me through many, many assignments in grad school. Hope your week is going well so far!

Thanks! It is so far, light on classes because our professors are interviewing candidates for next year's class, however tomorrow I have clinic shadowing from 8am til 10pm...whew lol