50 book challenge
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50bookchallenge and it's pretty much exactly what it says on the tin - you try and read 50 books in a year. In 2009, I read 82 books (I didn't track prior to that) but over the last two years, that's dropped down to 44 and then 45. Not horrible but I know I had long dry spells of no reading at all and it's nice having an actual number to try and hit.
I don't know if I'm going to join the actual challenge comm or not but I'll keep track of it here, at least.
1. Cold Fire (The Spiritwalker Trilogy, #2) by Kate Elliot
The follow-up to Cold Magic and probably every bit as good as we continue to follow Cat and her cousin Bee as they try to get to safety following the fall out from the previous book. It obviously didn't go as planned. It's an alternate universe that, in the author's own words, is an "Afro-Celtic post-Roman icepunk Regency fantasy adventure". It can get kind of convoluted at times and a little overbearing but, all in all, the characters are great, the magic system is interesting and the romance is very nice. (Also, there's a free 'chapter' on Elliot's blog that, um, expounds upon one romance scene. *fans self* ;) )
I essentially read it in less than 24 hours and it's been a long time since I've done that.
50bookchallenge and it's pretty much exactly what it says on the tin - you try and read 50 books in a year. In 2009, I read 82 books (I didn't track prior to that) but over the last two years, that's dropped down to 44 and then 45. Not horrible but I know I had long dry spells of no reading at all and it's nice having an actual number to try and hit.I don't know if I'm going to join the actual challenge comm or not but I'll keep track of it here, at least.
1. Cold Fire (The Spiritwalker Trilogy, #2) by Kate Elliot
The follow-up to Cold Magic and probably every bit as good as we continue to follow Cat and her cousin Bee as they try to get to safety following the fall out from the previous book. It obviously didn't go as planned. It's an alternate universe that, in the author's own words, is an "Afro-Celtic post-Roman icepunk Regency fantasy adventure". It can get kind of convoluted at times and a little overbearing but, all in all, the characters are great, the magic system is interesting and the romance is very nice. (Also, there's a free 'chapter' on Elliot's blog that, um, expounds upon one romance scene. *fans self* ;) )
I essentially read it in less than 24 hours and it's been a long time since I've done that.