Again, as the title of the post notes, I am at this moment in time 23% complete with my reading goal for 2012.
I have just finished reading Wolfsangel by MD Lachlan. In my opinion it wasn't a bad book. But it honestly wasn't so good I couldn't put it down to go do other things. If I can put a book down normally I just "like it". If I love it I'm liable to bite your head off for daring to interrupt my reading time. I won't say much about it here other than: If you like werewolves, Norse mythology and somewhat gory bloody battles and the battles of the mind over madness give it a shot. It was fun towards the end for me but then it seemed by that point the book was all over. But to each their own. I am 99% sure I won't be reading the rest of the Craw Trilogy as the descriptions for the rest of the books in this series just sound ... boring to be honest. I've many more books that are calling for my attention than an uninteresting sounding sequel.
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR: WICKED LOVELY #1
Now with that out of the way onto the other book I read in the last few days. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr, in the series of the same name. I accidentally read Ink Exchange first. It's the 2nd book in the series by the way. Honestly, reading them out of order might have really messed by perception up a bit... but even reading them in order it would've been odd. Things that happen in book 2 for example. Apparently Irial and Leslie know each other somehow? Casually? She seemed to know him. In book 2 she doesn't know him at all. Unless Dark Court boy is using some serious fey magics that's sloppy sequel writing. Reading them both has left me a bit confused as to some of the events as they are stated in #2. In both books however it feels like there's vital information... just out of reach. Some clue that would tie everything together and help it make more sense. I've got #3 on my list of upcoming books to read so we'll see what direction this ends up turning. I'm hoping the story gets all straightened out and less convoluted than it seems to be right now. Fingers crossed but hopes not high.
End of Spoilers.
Speaking of upcoming books to read... As of today there are 120 days left in this year. 17 weeks and 1 day. I have 58 books left to read to make it to 75. So I need to read about 3.5 books every week. Can I do it? I'll sure as hell try!
Upcoming books to read in order of preference (or library due date haha!):
1. The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
2. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
3. Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr
4. Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr
5. Black Dawn by Rachel Caine
6. Singing the Dogstar Blues by Alison Goodman
7. The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa
8. The Dragon's Tooth (Ashtown Burials, #1) by N.D. Wilson
9. Seraphina (Seraphina, #1) by Rachel Hartman
10. Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century, #1) by Cherie Priest
That's as far in advance as I'm willing to plan. Honestly only planning this far ahead at the moment because these lovelies waiting for my attention are all property of the local library system! As much as I don't mind paying fees to the wonderful institutions that left me get my reading fill for free I'd rather avoid fines if I can help it.
Books on the more distant horizon that I want to read in the somewhat immediate/distant-ish future:
(Most of which are to come out in the next few months and are colored in blue, books that are already out are in green.)
Tiger's Destiny (#4 in the Tiger's Curse series) by Colleen Houck (Comes out in 2 days! Sept. 4th!)
Flesh & Bone (Benny Imura, #3) by Jonathan Maberry (Sept. 11th)
Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst (Sept. 11th)
The Raven Boys (Raven Cycle, #1) by Maggie Stiefvater (Sept. 18th)
The Lost Prince (The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten, #1) by Julie Kagawa
The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus #3) by Rick Riordan
Bitter Blood (Morganville Vampires #13) Rachel Caine
Finale (Hush, Hush #4) by by Becca Fitzpatrick
The Serpent's Shadow (Kane Chronicles #3) by Rick Riordan
The City of Lost Souls (Moral Instruments #5) by Cassandra Clare
Gallagher Girls series (6 books) by Ally Carter
Two Weeks Notice (Revivalist #2) by Rachel Caine
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
Through Wolf's Eyes (Firekeeper Saga, #1) by Jane Lindskold
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R.R. Martin
If you can't tell most of those books up there are from series I've been following for a few years now. =) That's about 20 more books right there. Add that to the 10 from the library I have right at this moment and that would bring my grand total of books for the year read to: 47. Which still isn't where I'm supposed to be at this point and time haha. So that means many more trips to the library for me!
So, making small but sure progress on my goal! Another great thing about this blog is it helps me keep track of what I want to read. =D
Now off to get my butt moving and start reading The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen!
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