Seriously sorry for such a hiatus. This summer I played host to my thesis class, which meant one month shorter to research and write such a project as well as the fact that my grandfather is sick and so I had to take a three week break in the middle to deal with family drama. Yes, it made the production of my thesis a stressful and extremely time consuming endeavor. I now appreciate my father working on his dissertation with four children running around as well. The only difference, I had four children running around and no spouse to remove them from the house when the noise became too extreme. However, after all that stress and nearly 400 pages later, I had my Master's thesis complete and graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with my Masters in Library and Information Science. Now, if only I could get a job. . .
As a result of a stressful last two semesters, I have been a complete and utter failure in the upkeep of my reading log. However, I have seriously gotten down to business in the last couple of months. Largely because I have found some seriously fun reading material in the form of some great E-Book material. Yes, some of it can also be in print, but many of these were originally published in E-format. Now me personally, I love the printed book. One, it doesn't get hot when I read it. Two, I don't have to charge it constantly in order to read all day. Three, a paper book has both the texture and the smell to go along with it. However, in our lovely digital age, digital books cannot be ignored. It is cheaper to publish via digital printing and I really think there are a lot of new authors out there who don't get the chance at paper but do in a digital format. The only major issue I have with digital books is that they really seem to not be edited as well as a print books. There are far more typographical errors in an digital book than in a print book although those are not exempt either. It is annoying but if the author has construct a story that pulls you in enough, I'm able to accept that these books are not edited as well and move on.
**For July and August I'm just going to put up a list of what was read and if you have any questions about any of them, just give me a shout.**
July 2012
**Note: Any E-book listed does not contain page numbers. Titles with * beside them are series that are not yet completed.**
*Warriors of Ankh; By: Samantha Young
1-Blood Will Tell
2-Blood Past
3-Shades of Blood
*Fire Spirits; By: Samantha Young
1-Smokeless Fire
2-Scorched Skies
3-Borrowed Ember
The Tale of Lunarmorte; By: Samantha Young
1- Moon Spell
2-River Cast
3-Blood Solstice
Drip Drop Tear; By: Samantha Young
*The Fade; By: Samantha Young
1-Slumber
NOTE--Samantha Young has become a favorite of mine after reading these. I can't wait to see what she comes up with next. Also, The Tale of Lunarmorte series, while technically being complete, looks like she may continue with a spin off type series.
The Watchers Trilogy; By Karice Bolton
1-Awakening
2-Legions
3-Cataclysm
Total for the month of July: 14 titles
August 2012
*Midnight Fire; By: Kaitlyn Davis
1-Ignite
2-Simmer
*Darkwoods Series; By: J.A. Redmerski
1-Mayfair Moon
2- Kindred
Cloud Prophet Trilogy; By: Megg Jensen
1-Anathema
2-Oubliette
3-Severed
The Initiate; By: Megg Jensen
*The Swarm Trilogy; By: Megg Jensen
1-Sleepers
2-Afterlife
*The Grey Wolf Series; By: Quinn Loftis
1-Prince of Wolves
2-Blood Rites
3-Just One Drop
4-Out of the Dark
*The Arelia LeRue Series; By: Kira Saito
1-Bound
2-Punished
3-Possessed
*Ancient Legends; By: Jayde Scott
1-The Job-From Hell
2-Beelzebub Girl
3-Voodoo Kiss
4-Dead and Beyond
Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy; By: E.L. James
1-Fifty Shades of Grey (528)
2-Fifty Shades Darker (544)
3-Fifty Shades Freed (592)
*Delirium Series; By: Lauren Oliver
1-Delirium (441)
*Otherworld Trilogy; By: Jenna Elizabeth Johnson
1-Faelorehn
2-Domarehn
*The Arotas Trilogy; By: Amy Miles
1-Forbidden
2-Reckoning
*Fallen Angels Saga; By: E. Van Lowe
1-Boyfriend from Hell
2-Earth Angel
The Rippler Trilogy; By: Cidney Swanson
1-Rippler
2-Chameleon
3-Unfurl
Seasons of the Moon; By: S.M. Reine
1-Six Moon Summer
2-All Hallows' Moon
3-Long Night Moon
4-Gray Moon Rising
Total for the month of August: 38 titles
I have to say that I believe August is a personal record for me, one I'm actually hoping to meet or break in September but we shall see what life hands me. I have many opinions on each title, all you have to do is ask, but I will admit keeping up with my habit and discussing each book in detail would take alot away from the actual act of reading and I kind of need that more than anything else right now, so I'm going to ease back into the blogging thing in the hopes that this time it sticks.!! Happy Reading Everyone!
As a result of a stressful last two semesters, I have been a complete and utter failure in the upkeep of my reading log. However, I have seriously gotten down to business in the last couple of months. Largely because I have found some seriously fun reading material in the form of some great E-Book material. Yes, some of it can also be in print, but many of these were originally published in E-format. Now me personally, I love the printed book. One, it doesn't get hot when I read it. Two, I don't have to charge it constantly in order to read all day. Three, a paper book has both the texture and the smell to go along with it. However, in our lovely digital age, digital books cannot be ignored. It is cheaper to publish via digital printing and I really think there are a lot of new authors out there who don't get the chance at paper but do in a digital format. The only major issue I have with digital books is that they really seem to not be edited as well as a print books. There are far more typographical errors in an digital book than in a print book although those are not exempt either. It is annoying but if the author has construct a story that pulls you in enough, I'm able to accept that these books are not edited as well and move on.
**For July and August I'm just going to put up a list of what was read and if you have any questions about any of them, just give me a shout.**
**Note: Any E-book listed does not contain page numbers. Titles with * beside them are series that are not yet completed.**
*Warriors of Ankh; By: Samantha Young
1-Blood Will Tell
2-Blood Past
3-Shades of Blood
*Fire Spirits; By: Samantha Young
1-Smokeless Fire
2-Scorched Skies
3-Borrowed Ember
The Tale of Lunarmorte; By: Samantha Young
1- Moon Spell
2-River Cast
3-Blood Solstice
Drip Drop Tear; By: Samantha Young
*The Fade; By: Samantha Young
1-Slumber
NOTE--Samantha Young has become a favorite of mine after reading these. I can't wait to see what she comes up with next. Also, The Tale of Lunarmorte series, while technically being complete, looks like she may continue with a spin off type series.
The Watchers Trilogy; By Karice Bolton
1-Awakening
2-Legions
3-Cataclysm
Total for the month of July: 14 titles
August 2012
*Midnight Fire; By: Kaitlyn Davis
1-Ignite
2-Simmer
*Darkwoods Series; By: J.A. Redmerski
1-Mayfair Moon
2- Kindred
Cloud Prophet Trilogy; By: Megg Jensen
1-Anathema
2-Oubliette
3-Severed
The Initiate; By: Megg Jensen
*The Swarm Trilogy; By: Megg Jensen
1-Sleepers
2-Afterlife
*The Grey Wolf Series; By: Quinn Loftis
1-Prince of Wolves
2-Blood Rites
3-Just One Drop
4-Out of the Dark
*The Arelia LeRue Series; By: Kira Saito
1-Bound
2-Punished
3-Possessed
*Ancient Legends; By: Jayde Scott
1-The Job-From Hell
2-Beelzebub Girl
3-Voodoo Kiss
4-Dead and Beyond
Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy; By: E.L. James
1-Fifty Shades of Grey (528)
2-Fifty Shades Darker (544)
3-Fifty Shades Freed (592)
*Delirium Series; By: Lauren Oliver
1-Delirium (441)
*Otherworld Trilogy; By: Jenna Elizabeth Johnson
1-Faelorehn
2-Domarehn
*The Arotas Trilogy; By: Amy Miles
1-Forbidden
2-Reckoning
*Fallen Angels Saga; By: E. Van Lowe
1-Boyfriend from Hell
2-Earth Angel
The Rippler Trilogy; By: Cidney Swanson
1-Rippler
2-Chameleon
3-Unfurl
Seasons of the Moon; By: S.M. Reine
1-Six Moon Summer
2-All Hallows' Moon
3-Long Night Moon
4-Gray Moon Rising
Total for the month of August: 38 titles
I have to say that I believe August is a personal record for me, one I'm actually hoping to meet or break in September but we shall see what life hands me. I have many opinions on each title, all you have to do is ask, but I will admit keeping up with my habit and discussing each book in detail would take alot away from the actual act of reading and I kind of need that more than anything else right now, so I'm going to ease back into the blogging thing in the hopes that this time it sticks.!! Happy Reading Everyone!
