JessieRose's 75 books in 2012 thread/post

I just heard about this group and it looks like a lot of fun!

My first book that I'm reading is City of Bones by Cassandra Clare.

It's my third time reading the book and I'm re-reading it because a new book came out in the series.

Welcome to the group, Jessie!

Welcome! Glad you decided to join us.

FYI, we've added a couple of wikis to the mix this year. The first is where we keep important threads. The second is the Threadbook where we have a directory to all the members' threads. Both help keep a handle on the chaos! :)

Thanks for the messages!

I just finished reading City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare



I forgot how much angst is in the relationships and that makes me love this series even more! Right now I'm 50 pages in the third book of the Mortal Instruments series and I don't know if I can go to sleep without reading more!

I have heard good things of City of Bones, I have added it to the TBR pile. Thanks for reminding me of this one.

You're welcome! It's a good series and one of the few where the romantic triangle angle doesn't annoy me.

I just finished the third book in the series, City of Glass by Cassandra Clare!



I kept getting distracted by a new tv series I'm catching up on and the new semester in college. Now I'm off to read the final book in the Mortal Instruments series: City of Fallen Angels (which I haven't read yet).

I literally just finished City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare.


It definitely ended with a cliffhanger which I was not expecting but I guess that's why she wrote two other books.

I'm gonna take a break from the sci-fi/fantasy and go read the new book by nerdfighter John Green. I got one of the signed ones!!!!!!!

I ended up reading two books sort of back to back.

The first book I read was The Fault In Our Stars by John Green.


John Green's characters are always three-dimensional and seem very real. I thought this was an amazing book about cancer patients and I ended up crying at the end of the novel. And then I watched the season finale of Sherlock on the same day and that made me cry even harder.

The second book I read was Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore.


I enjoyed the way the author created this world and how magic is a part of it. The only criticism I have about the novel is that I wished the novel had another 20 or so pages to map out the characters a bit more because I felt like I didn't fully understand who they are. It's still a great novel with an interesting plot and I enjoyed reading it.

I finished Ghost of A Chance by Simon R. Green.


It was a pretty good read and I enjoyed the universe the author created.

I finished another book! The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima.



I enjoyed reading this book and I liked the way the author created and changed the universe.

I'm about a third of the way through a book I got from the member giveaway and I'll review it as soon as I get done. I'm really liking it so far!

I won a book in the member giveaway and it was Draykon by Charlotte E. English.


It was a pdf file and it was the first actual novel that I read on my computer except for fics! LOL. It was really good!

Wow, I'm going to have to watch this thread! I've been eager to read several of the books you mention.

Sorry about taking so long! School and work were my focus plus my laptop was acting up. I didn't get to read a lot in the past two months, but I read five books.

Merlin: The Lost Years Book One by T. A. Barron


Here There Be Dragons by James A. Owen


Buffy the Vampire Slayer Comic Compliation: The Long Way Home (Part 1) by Joss Whedon and Georges Jeanty


Buffy Comic Compliation: No Future For You (Part 2) by Joss Whedon, Georges Jeanty, and Brian Vaughan


Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

Read three more books in the interim between posts.


A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin


The Secret Circle: The Initiation and The Captive by L. J. Smith


Forgive My Fins by Tera Kynn Childs

Since I finished the first two novels the Game of Thrones series, I am zipping through these books!

Prime Suspect by Lynda La Plante

and

Thief's Covenant by Ari Marmell

Just finished some more!

Department Nineteen by Will Hill

A Royal Match by Tyne O'Connell

The Alchemyst by Micheal Scott

Planesrunner by Ian McDonald

The Locator: The Knowland Retribution by Richard Greener

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

A Tale of Time City by Dianna Wynne Jones

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman

The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman

On Fire by Nancy Holder

Born At Night by C. C. Hunet

Dragonswood by Janet Lee Carey

School was so crazy busy that it took up much of my time and before I knew it the year was over! Over the time since I last updated, I had re-read the 13 released books of the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher, Darker Still by Leanna Renee Hieber, Divergent by Veronica Roth, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Death in Venice by Thomas Mann, The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster, A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh, and The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter.