January 2011 - In Review

This month I read 21 books; a bit less than last month...but there were a lot of really long books on that list :-)

I spent a lot of time catching up on series.  I also started two new series: Madeline Black by Christina Henry (Book 1 is Black Wings) and Deviants by Jeff Sampson (Book 1 is Vesper).  I even finished a couple series.

Anyway check out my monthly stats below.  Hope you all had a great month reading too!

I caught up on the following series:
Amulet: Book 3, The Cloud Searchers by Kazu Kibuishi
Jane True: Book 3, Tempest's Legacy by Nicole Peeler
Thursday Next: Book 5, First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
Bone: Book 4, The Dragonslayer.  Book 5, Rock Jaw, Master of the Eastern Border and Book 6, Old Man's Cave by Jeff Smith
Jane Yellowrock: Book 3, Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter
The Disillusionists: Book 2, Double Cross by Carolyn Crane
Black Dagger Brotherhood: Book 2, Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward
Levithan Trilogy: Book 2, Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld

I started the following series:
Deviants: Book 1, Vesper by Jeff Sampson
Madeline Black: Book 1, Black Wings by Christina Henry

I finished the following series:
Mistborn: Book 3, Hero of the Ages by Brandon Sanderson
Shadowfever (Fever, Book 5) by Karen Marie Moning

My Favorite Books of the Month Were:
The Cloud Searchers (Amulet, Book 3) by Kazu Kibuishi (5/5 stars)
Tempest's Legacy (Jane True, Book 3) by Nicole Peeler (5/5 stars)
Hero of the Ages (Mistborn, Book 3) by Brandon Sanderson (5/5 stars)
The Dragonslayer (Bone, Book 4) by Jeff Smith (5/5 stars)
Old Man's Cave (Bone, Book 6) by Jeff Smith (5/5 stars)
Shadowfever (Fever, Book 5) by Karen Marie Moning (5/5 stars)
Behemoth (Levithan Trilogy, Book 2) by Scott Westerfeld (5/5 stars)

Books that disappointed me this month were:
The Spirit Lens (Collegia Magica, Book 1) by Carol Berg (2/5 stars)

Here are the stats on the reading challenges I am participating in:
- Horror and Urban Fantasy Challenge: 10/24 books
- 100+ Reading Challenge: 18/100 books
- The Debut Author Challenge: 2/12 books
- Get Steampunked!: 1/15 books
- E-book Reading Challenge: 5/20 books
- Zombies! Reading Challenge: 1/10 books
- Fantasy Reading Challenge: 6/20 books
- Show Me the Free Challenge: 1/12 books
- Audio Book Challenge List: 2/12 books
- Graphic Novels Challenge List: 3/10 books

The full list of books that I read this month are shown below. 
1.    The Cloud Searchers (Amulet, Book 3) by Kazu Kibuishi (5/5 stars)
2.    Tempest's Legacy (Jane True, Book 3) by Nicole Peeler (5/5 stars)
3.    Vesper (Deviants, Book 1) by Jeff Sampson (4.5/5 stars)
4.    First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, Book 5) by Jasper Fforde (4/5 stars)
5.    Rock Jaw, Master of the Eastern Border (Bone, Book 5) by Jeff Smith (4.5 stars)
6.    Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause (4/5 stars)
7.    Hero of the Ages (Mistborn, Book 3) by Brandon Sanderson (5/5 stars)
8.    Cloaked by Alex Flinn (4/5 stars)
9.    Mercy Blade (Jane Yellowrock, Book 3) by Faith Hunter (5/5 stars)
10.  Double Cross (The Disillusionists, Book 2) by Carolyn Crane (4/5 stars)
11.  The Dragonslayer (Bone, Book 4) by Jeff Smith (5/5 stars)
12.  Horror, Humor, and Heroes: Volume II Edited by Jim Bernheimer (4/5 stars)
13.  Teeth: Vampire Tales Edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (4/5 stars)
14.  Black Wings (Madeline Black, Book 1) by Christina Henry (4/5 stars)
15.  Old Man's Cave (Bone, Book 6) by Jeff Smith (5/5 stars)
16.  The Spirit Lens (Collegia Magica, Book 1) by Carol Berg (2/5 stars)
17.  Retro Demonology by Jana Oliver (3/5 stars)
18.  Lost Voices by Sarah Porter (3/5 stars)
19.  Lover Eternal (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 2) by J.R. Ward (4/5 stars)
20.  Shadowfever (Fever, Book 5) by Karen Marie Moning (5/5 stars)
21.  Behemoth (Levithan Trilogy, Book 2) by Scott Westerfeld (5/5 stars)