Saturday, October 1, 2011

September 2011 In Review

This month I read 27 books.  I started a lot of new series this month and got caught up on a lot of books that I had received for review. You can check out the full list of which series I started and finished below.  What books I loved, my reading challenge stats, and a list of all of the books I read are also listed below.

I started the following series:
Blood Rites (House of Comarre, Book 1) by Kristen Painter (4.5 stars)
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson (4.5/5 stars)
The Way Home and the Bittersweet Summer (Owly, Vol 1) by Andy Runton (4/5 stars)
Switched (Trylle Trilogy, Book 1) by Amanda Hocking (4/5 stars)
The Mephisto Covenant: The Redemption of Ajax by Trinity Faegen (4/5 stars)
The Battle Sylph (Sylph, Book 1) by L.J. McDonald (4/5 stars)


I finished the following series:
Succubus Revealed (Georgina Kincaid, Book 5) by Richelle Mead (5/5 stars)


My Favorite Books of the Month Were: 
Blood Rites (House of Comarre, Book 1) by Kristen Painter (4.5 stars)
The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann (4.5/5 stars)
The Last Council (Amulet #4) by Kazu Kibuishi (4.5/5 stars)
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson (4.5/5 stars)
Succubus Revealed (Georgina Kincaid, Book 5) by Richelle Mead (5/5 stars)
Arkham Asylum by Grant Morrison and Dave McKean (4.5/5 stars)
This Side of the Grave (Night Huntress, Book 5) by Jeaniene Frost (4.5/5 stars)
The Fire King (Invisible Order, Book 2) by Paul Crilley (5/5 stars)
All Men of Genuis by Lev AC Rossen (5/5 stars)
Nursery Rhyme Comics: 50 Timeless Rhymes from 50 Celebrated Cartoonists edited by Chris Duffy (5/5 stars)


Here are the stats on the reading challenges I am participating in:
- Horror and Urban Fantasy Challenge: 85/24 books (done!)
- 100+ Reading Challenge: 231/100+ books 
- The Debut Author Challenge: 27/12 books (done!)
- Get Steampunked!: 15/15 books (done!)
- E-book Reading Challenge: 42/20 books (done!)
- Zombies! Reading Challenge: 14/10 books (done!)
- Fantasy Reading Challenge: 49/20 books (done!)
- Show Me the Free Challenge: 4/12 books
- Audio Book Challenge List: 31/12 books (done!)
- Graphic Novels Challenge List: 36/10 books (done!)


The full list of books that I read this month are shown below.
1.  Blood Rites (House of Comarre, Book 1) by Kristen Painter (4.5 stars)
2.  Flip This Zombie (Living with the Dead, Book 2) by Jesse Petersen (4/5 stars)
3.  Downpour (Greywalker, Book 6) by Kat Richardson (3/5 stars)
4.  The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann (4.5/5 stars)
5.  The Last Council (Amulet #4) by Kazu Kibuishi (4.5/5 stars)
6.  The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson (4.5/5 stars)
7.  The Only Ones by Aaron Starmer (4/5 stars)
8.  Succubus Revealed (Georgina Kincaid, Book 5) by Richelle Mead (5/5 stars)
9.  Tall Tales (Bone Prequel) by Jeff Smith and Thomas E. Sniegoski (4/5 stars)
10. This Side of the Grave (Night Huntress, Book 5) by Jeaniene Frost (4.5/5 stars)
11. Arkham Asylum by Grant Morrison and Dave McKean (4.5/5 stars)
12. Fireborn: Embers of Atlantis by Tracy Hickman (3/5 stars)
13. The Way Home and the Bittersweet Summer (Owly, Vol 1) by Andy Runton (4/5 stars)
14. The Mephisto Covenant: The Redemption of Ajax by Trinity Faegen (4/5 stars)
15. Victoria Gardella: Vampire Slayer by Colleen Gleason (4/5 stars)
16. Switched (Trylle Trilogy, Book 1) by Amanda Hocking (4/5 stars)
17. One Grave at a Time (Night Huntress, Book 6) by Jeaniene Frost (4/5 stars)
18. The Fire King (Invisible Order, Book 2) by Paul Crilley (5/5 stars)
19. Blood (Mercian Trilogy, Book 1) by K.J. Wignall (2/5 stars)
20. Slayers by C.J. Hill (4/5 stars)
21. The Unusual Suspects (The Grimm Sisters, Book 2) by Michael Buckley (4/5 stars)
22. The Battle Sylph (Sylph, Book 1) by L.J. McDonald (4/5 stars)
23. All Men of Genuis by Lev AC Rossen (5/5 stars)
24. Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (4/5 stars)
25. Nursery Rhyme Comics: 50 Timeless Rhymes from 50 Celebrated Cartoonists edited by Chris Duffy (5/5 stars)
26. All Good Children by Catherine Austen (3.5/5 stars)
27. The Problem Child (The Sisters Grimm, Book 3) by Michael Buckley (3/5 stars)

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