Mistique's 75 reads for 2010

I am going to try again for 2010. I didn't make the goal in 2009 because I started late and got involved in a few too many 600 page books. I am also doing the 1010 challenge with 10 books in each category, so the way I figure it I'll at least make one of my goals for 2010!

Welcome back! Good luck on the 1010 Challenge!

Glad to see you are sticking with us for another try! Good luck with 1010, too.

1. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

I love reading books that I've seen the movie to because it's interesting to see just how different the book is!

I hesitate to see the movie, because I loved the book... What do you think?
Anita

I liked the book as well as the movie but the movie showed a bit more as to the made up characters of Terabithia where as the book didn't go into much detail on them.

2. Keeper of Secrets...Translations of an Incident by Anjuelle Floyd.

3. Fablehaven by Brandon Mull

4. Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star by Brandon Mull

How are you liking the Fablehaven books? I read the first one last year, but have not read any of the others to this point.

I love them so far. I do have trouble getting through them but the second one was even better than the 1st. I have #3 at home and hope to start this afternoon.

I will have to pick up the second book the next time I am at the library.

5. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne-this was the readable classic edition

6. Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague by Brandon Mull

7. Into the Path of Gods by Kathleen Cunningham Guler

#15: Nice review of that one. I think I will give it a pass for now though.

8. The Sea by John Banville

#17: What did you think of The Sea? I just got a copy in a couple of weeks ago, but have not had a chance to read it yet.

#18 I loved the author's elegant prose but I found it to be a little too jumpy going from different times in Max's life. It was a good fast read and it did keep me wanting to see what happened next.

#19: OK, thanks for the input!

9. In the Still of the Night by Jill Churchill

10. Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr

11. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

12. How to Get Divorced By 30 by Sascha Rothchild

Too late for me - I just turned 48 :)

13. Someone to Watch Over Me by Jill Churchill

14. Beyond the Stars: Kataria by Kelly Beltz

15. Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary by Brandon Mull

16. Love For Sale by Jill Churchill

#29: I have read a couple of Churchill's mysteries, but not that one. Was it any good?

#30: It was about the same as the other Grace and Favor mysteries. I haven't tried her other series yet. I would say it was just OK but it was a quick read. I just have this thing about finishing a series once I start it.

#31: I just have this thing about finishing a series once I start it.

Oh, I know how that goes, believe me. Unless a series is just absolutely terrible, I will hang with it. Some series start out very well, like the Kay Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell, and then go down the tubes. I finally stopped reading those because they had gotten so bad (at least to me.)

17. Oh.My.Gods by Tera Lynn Childs

18. It Had to Be You by Jill Churchill

19. Scars by Cheryl Rainfield

How did you like Oh. My. Gods.? I have a copy here that I won from the author's blog, but I haven't got around to reading it yet. It looks good though!

#37 I thought it was pretty good. I have got Goddess Boot Camp at home and plan to start that next week. Oh.My.Gods was good and a quick read too!

20. Who's Sorry Now? by Jill Churchill

21. Goddess Boot Camp by Tera Lynn Childs

22. Six Ways To Celebrate Christmas! & Celebrate You! by Lynn Jericho

23. Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke

24. The Lexical Funk by Daniel Clausen

25. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

Congratulations to making it 1/3 of the way through the challenge!

#45-Thanks so much! I better get a move on if I am going to finish this year!

26. Bruin's Wake by Chris Casey

27. Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke

#48: I like those mysteries - and the recipes are terrific!

#49 I haven't tried any of the recipes yet. I think when I get to some of the more recent ones in the series with the apple turnovers I will have to try those. I do want to try the pound plus cake recipe for strawberry shortcake in this one though!

Yum! Pound cake. Love that stuff - unfortunately, so do my hips :)

28. Flight to Heaven by Capt. Dale Black

29. Rooms by James L. Rubart

53: Rooms looks interesting--what did you think about it?

Karen O.

p.s. you're making good progress on the 75-book thing!

#53 I am doing better than I did last year on this challenge but I don't think I'll make it. I liked Rooms. I lot of reviews thought it was preachy but I liked that it was modern and I thought the lessons were laid out nicely. I didn't find it preachy at all!

No worries about the numbers around here! Just enjoy the reads and the group.

30. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris

I'm reading the latest of the Sookie Stackhouse series and have had so much fun with it. I wonder how many more books we can look forward to.

31. Blessed With Bipolar by Richard H. Jarzynka

32. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer

33. The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho

34. Creepers by David Morrell

35. Spells by Aprilynne Pike

36. Blueberry Muffin Murder by Joanne Fluke

Still enjoying the Fluke series, I see!

#66 I am enjoying those. I think I am reading several series right now including the Sookie Stackhouse ones. I am also waiting to get book #5 in Brandon Mull's Fablehaven series so I can be done with that and Mockingjay is sitting in my TBR pile so I can finish that trilogy! Plus I got Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr in my TBR so I have a lot of catching up to do!

#67: I have a lot of catching up to do!

Sounds like it!

37. A Wee Christmas Homicide by Kaitlyn Dunnett

38. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

39. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris

Congratulations on passing the halfway point of the challenge!

#72 Thank you and I hope I at least get to 50!

40. Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr

41. Wicked Witch Murder by Leslie Meier

42. Fire by Kristin Cashore

43. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris

44. The Window by Carol Ellis

45. Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr

Getting closer to 50! Good for you!

#80 Yep! I am still holding on to a little bit of hope that I'll make 75...hey you never know!

46. Dead As A Doornail by Charlaine Harris

47. Written in Blood by John Wilson

48. Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris

49. Between A Roc and a Hard Place by Danny Birt

I hope you have a dandy of book picked out for book 50!

#86 I hope it's a dandy too! I picked Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull.

50. The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull

So, was the Mull book a good choice for #50?

#89 well it was OK but it was not really what I expected. I thought it would be along the lines of Fablehaven books but it was more about magicians.

Well, since the next milestone for you is book 75, I hope it proves to be a better book!

51. Scavenger by David Morrell

52. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris

53. The Mullah's Storm by Thomas W. Young

54. The Corpse Wore Tartan by Kaitlyn Dunnett