Book 30: Felicia's Journey

Book 29: The Night Circus

Book 28: A Great and Terrible Beauty

 

Good book about a young girl who goes to boarding school in England and finds out family secrets.  Reminded me of The Craft somewhat, it was good.  First in a trilogy, but I don't plan on reading the rest of the series.

Book 27: The Sign of Four

 

My first Sherlock Holmes book.  I definitely enjoyed it.  I could actually picture the actors from the movie and the BBC show.  They both have done a good job of portraying Sherlock, in my opinion.  I now would like to go back and read the first Sherlock mystery.

Book 26: The Beginning of Everything

 

This was pretty good.  It started out as a typical YA book and I thought I may not make it through, but it ended up having a bit more substance to it.  

Book 25: Losing Control and Liking It

FrightFall Wrap-up

Last night when I finished the Read-a-thon I had about 85 pages of A Great and Terrible Beauty left.  I so wanted to finish it and at least start And Then There Were None, but I didn't :(  Still had a lot of fun reading and got almost all the books I had listed read.

I finished The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding, I love Bridget Jones's Diary and read it every year, but I had only read the sequel once so I read this one again to get ready for #3, Mad About the Boy, which is coming out next week I think!

The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider was a cute YA book.  It started out being a little too "fluffy" for me and I didn't think I was going to enjoy it, but it got better.  As with most YA's I didn't like the ending.  Is every teenage girl troubled these days??  Mine aren't!  

The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle was my first ever Sherlock Holmes and I really enjoyed it.  After watching both movies and the newer Sherlock series I could picture Holmes and Watson as I was reading, which I think made it more enjoyable.  I definitely plan on reading more of these.

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray I'm not sure if this is a YA but I think it is.  It's a good supernatural book about teenage girls at a boarding school.  Reminds me a bit of The Craft movie, but set in the late 1800's.  Good story, there are 2 more but I doubt I will take the time to read  them.

FrightFall Check-in

I'm not reading as fast as I'd like.  I finished The Edge of Reason and read The Beginning of Everything.

I'm now on page 70 in The Sign of Four and am very much enjoying my first Sherlock Holmes.

Next up will be A Great and Terrible Beauty, which I'm very excited to read.  We are possibly getting hit with a tropical storm this weekend, so hopefully I'll have some nice rainy days to read.