The Book Challenge discussion

I am challenging myself to read 50 books starting December 22nd,2010 and ending Dec. 22, 2011.

Good luck Kristal! :) Looking forward to your book choices.

Thank you Christina. :)

1.Blaze of Glory
An amazing book. Not one to read if you want a light read it definitely challenges you to think deeper about stuff while still keeping your interest. :3 Definitely will read again

Awesome. Looks like it got pretty good ratings over all too. Now its added to my list! ;)

2.Trickster's Choice
By one of my favorite authors, this book will transport you into a world where there is magic, love, spy's, and factions working against each other. Highly recommended. Though you should read her first series The Song of the Lioness Quartet and other series before this one to be able to understand and not have any spoilers.

3. Clockwork Angel Okay. First thing to say. One of her best books yet! I was kinda worried when it started with a guy slaying a demon that it would be more guy oriented, but it turned around and caught me up. I couldn't put the book down for the two days it took me to read it. It was very difficult during classes too. 5/5 Kinda sad though that the second book doesn't come out until September of this year and the next one after that not until 2012.

4. Trickster's Queen 5/5 just like the first book

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I've heard a lot of good stuff about Clockwork Angel. Adding it! Think I'll try out Trickster's Choice too. I've never heard of it but looks interesting. I'll start with book one and I'll go from there ;) Thanks for the continuing updates/reviews!

For the Trickster's Choice you actually want to start with Alanna the first adventure. If you don't there are a lot of characters what won't make sense if you start with Trickster's Choice.

Looks like I already had that one listed...and before the other one...so that worked out ;) Thanks for the advice!

No problem, Christina.

6. American Exceptionalism Although forced to reach this for a class I still count it because it brought up some interesting points about how and why the US Expanded the way we did.

7. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

8. A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government

Both for classes but 4/5 for both of them. For Ordinary Men I don't suggest for anyone who is torn at the heart by accounts of genocide. Great for a historian though.

For A Necessary Evil, great if you want to look at a different view of the government. It looks at how the government of the Us doesn't have to be an evil entity and that it can be put to good use if we would only trust it.

9. Manifest Destiny: American Expansion and the Empire of Right
3/5 It's okay. It was for a history class and seemed to me to do a pretty good job. Won't read it again though.

Kristal wrote: "7. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

8. A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government

Both for classes but 4..."

Interesting book choices. Adding A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government to my MAYBE list. ;)

Two different classes: History of Genocide and American Culture since the 1860s. :) Okay classes but the choices in books are... Annoying at times. ^^

10. Fruits Basket Volume 1Fruits Basket, Volume 1
11. Fruits Basket Volume 2Fruits Basket, Volume 2

Althuogh these are anime/mangas I still count them as really good books. They have a plot that is humorous. Even though it takes me a lot longer to finish these than most people I still love them and always am happier after i finish reading one.

12. We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda

Depressing book. Takes first hand accounts of Rwanda Genocide and retells. Had to read this for a class project, still regretting having to read this. 3/5

13. City of Fallen Angels

HECK YES! :DD The continuation of this series does a great job at continuing the story despite having thought that Mortal Instruments was a trilogy. 10/5! Also was a birthday present, got it April 5th.

14. Secret Vampire

I read this because I was bored and I picked the first book off my shelf that looked even slightly interesting. And I am glad I did. While it went very fast for a book of its size. It is about a young girl who finds out she has pancreatic cancer and her best friend who ends up being a vampire doesn't want to lose her. All in all it pays a lot of attention to what happens when she is human and I like that a bit more than if it was focused on if she was a vampire. While int he beginning it did remind me a tiny bit of Twilight, I was happy with how it ended. Maybe the next book with tell us what happened to Ash? I hope so.

While I did read this in the large book called Night World No 1. I still count this as an individual book because they are all about different people.

5/5

15. Unlawful Intrusion 3/5 For me Conspiracy theory books don't really cut it but I won this free so I thought I'd give it a try. The constant first person point of view was kind of disorienting and kept me from being able to really get into the book. I only ended up reading 1/2 of the book.

16. English Language Learners in American Classrooms: 101 Questions, 101 Answers 5/5 Really helped with the understand of my class :)

Updates from April 17th.

17. Vampire Academy
Wonderfully addicting. I didn't believe my friend when she told me that I would get addicted to it. I told her 'eh, I've got other books I gotta read to'. I ended up missing meals for a whole day because I couldn't put it down. :3 Delightfully delicious as well with the characters development. Can't wait for the next one. 5/5
18. The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
Though officially a class must read book, definitely a book I'd want to read through again. Brings up many different arguments and points of views. 4.5/5
19. A Century of Genocide: Critical Essays and Eyewitness Accounts
Never again. I will never read this book again simply because of the topic. Again a 'must read' for a class. It is slightly dull but at the same time has a bit too much eyewitness accounts for my tastes. Great for people who want to learn the ideologies behind the genocides that have been recorded since the Holocaust. 3.5/5
20. Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy
Amazing! Absolutely amazing!

A story abut a young orphan girl who wants nothing more from her life but to get a ship and sail it around the world in a society where it is frowned upon. Instead, fortune places her on a ship with the British Royal Navy where all sorts of adventures fall upon her.

A cliffhanger ending as well which makes me glad to know I already have the second one on hold at the library. 5/5

21. Fruits Basket, Volume 3
22. Fruits Basket, Volume 4

23. City of Ashes: Kissed
While a short story still considered a book to me. Really really smexy. >D Looove Alec and Magnus. A must read for the readers of the Mortal Instrument series.

Haven't updated in a while.

24. Frostbite (Vampire Academy, #2)
25. Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)
26. Spirit Bound
27. Blood Promise
28. Last Sacrifice

All written by the same author, obviously. Have to say I'm hooked. Absolutely and utterly hooked! Great books all of them. 5/5 for all.

29.Weathercock 4/5
30.Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales5/5
31.Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr4/5
32.Insatiable5/5
33.Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady5/5
34.Fire5/5
35.Overbite5/5
36.The Fallen Blade 4/5