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I've heard good things about A Handful of Dust!

Doesn't that get a bit hard on the eyes after awhile?

My boys elementary school has taken to using the Nook Color in their class rooms I'm so happy about that!

I used to live in Thailand but I wish I had more ideas of books and authors that are Thai but their stuff was translated into english

Welcome to the challenge Jennifer. It should be fun ;)

你好吗！ Beijing is a little, ah, smoggy! But when I was there I went to see the forbidden City, temple of heaven, the famous night market, the great wall, the Olympic green were the watercube & birdnest is, the Beijing opera house, & it is a must for the famous Peking Duck!

tereacotta is on my to do list for China!

I recently did a tour around China. A small one but I did have the pleasure of eating some amazing Peking Duck in Peking AKA Beijing.

Mad Scientist also dared to eat deep fried scorpion from an open market in Beijing.

Shanghai was not so adventurous. I did see a subway but veered the other way. There was no way I was eating subway when I could have homemade corner noodles. ;)

Debbie wrote: "I read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Eviland then took a vacation in Savannah, GA. loved the historic district and took ..."

Savannah is a wonderful place to visit!

I just love love love Thailand!!

The Greyfriar The Rift Walker by Clay Griffith & Susan Griffith

These books are something, I admit, would not normally pick up. However, they were sent to me by the Publisher, PYR. Undoubtedly these are my favorite books ever!

Steampunkery, adventure around nearly every page flip, a vampire prince (not the sparkly kind either), guards that would die for their princess, a kidnapping, political plots, a rude American, dirigibles, country side folk, a beautiful romance with a masked menace, a vampire slayer, & of course a female kick butt bad chick military commander of the vampire swarm. Did I leave something out? I'm sure it is in these beautifully written books.

I would lend these out because I recommend them to everyone... Oh Poppycock!! What am I saying, these books are never leaving my side. They are well, truly that amazing!

Simple...

Favorite 2011 Read.

I get so side tracked when I listen to music and read. I stop and listen to the music or have to read the same paragraph 10 times to not forget what it just said. :(

Anna wrote: "I actually do both snooks and real books. I'm cheap and refuse to pay for books. I get a lot of books from my library. I have an iPad2 and noticed I'm reading faster on here."

Does the glare from the ipad 2 hurt your eyes?

I have a Nook, Kindle 3G, & a Nookcolor. Why? not sure. I like the Nook & the kindle for overseas. Nookcolor I use for sduko and reading on the plane. It hurts my eyes to actually read books on it too often. :(

I'll be in China for most of this coming year. I will have plenty of ebooks for the months to come. I hope. I will not have much space to take books & with what space I do have I'm not sure I what to bring books I haven't read. What if I don't like them enough to re-read? I will not be able to run down the street and get a book in English either.

Reading + Travel = eReader must!

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1.) Red book(s) color but they must be covered with about 50% of the color.

2.) Add your book read here and a review if you have one.

3.) Get pumped and have fun!

Here are the Cover Colors:

Wild Cherry (Red)
Pineapple Pashionfruit (Blue - Darker Blues)
Sour Mandarin (Orange)
Melon Berry (Green)
Grape (Purple)
Peach Pear (Light Greens)
Orange Mango (Light Peach)
Milk Choclate (Brown)
Lemon (Yellow)
Brownie Batter (Black)
Cotton Candy (Baby Blue-Lighter Blues)
Peppermint (White)

(the names are just for fun, we really mean the colors attached)

We do understand that sometimes other books call you but just think of how yummy these flavors go with some of the books!


Any questions? Please do feel free to ask.

If you would like you can make your own thread for this challenge in this folder :)

Section 2

**Will add the bookcover to the books I did read along with the date (month) read**

---> Contemporary - Realistic Reads <---

1.) If I Stay by Gayle Forman
2.) Two-Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt
3.) The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
4.) The Fine Art of Truth or Dare by Melissa Jensen
5.) The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
6.) Shooting Stars by Allison Rushby
7.) Flirting in Italian by Lauren Henderson
8.) Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
9.) Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
10.) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
11.) P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
12.) The Six Rules of Maybe by Deb Caletti


---> Dusty TBR eBooks on the Nook - Kindle <---

1.) A Touch Mortal by Leah Clifford
2.) Bad Taste in Boys by Carrie Harris
3.) Dead Rules by Randy Russell
4.) Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma
5.) Nevermore by Kelly Creagh
6.) Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
7.) Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev
8.) Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs
9.) Ghostland by Jory Strong
10.) American Gods by Neil Gaiman
11.) Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
12.) Sweet Venom by Tera Lynn Childs


---> Further in a Series <---

1.) One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
2.) At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost
3.) Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost
4.) This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
5.) One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost
6.) The Lunatic Cafe by Laurell K. Hamilton
7.) Bloody Bones by Laurell K. Hamilton
8.) Dance with the Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon
9.) Kiss of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
10.) Night Play by Sherrilyn Kenyon
11.) Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian
12.) Kiss of Crimson by Lara Adrian


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---> Paranormal Creatures <---

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---> 0/144 <---
---> Page Total from Challenge: <----

**Will add the bookcover to the books I did read along with the date (month) read**

---> First in Series <---

1.) The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney
2.) The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
3.) 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
4.) Nevermore by Kelly Creagh
5.) Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
6.) Across the Universe by Beth Revis
7.) The Iron Witch by Karen Mahoney
8.) Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
9.) The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross
10.) Burn Bright by Marianne de Pierres
11.) The Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge
12.) The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson1.)


---> Stand Alone <---

1.) Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
2.) Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
3.) Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
4.) Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
5.) North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
6.) Beastly by Alex Flinn
7.) Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn
8.) By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters
9.) Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
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11.) The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
12.) Steel by Carrie Vaughn


---> Travel Within Books <---

1.) Two-Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt
2.) You Are Here by Jennifer E. Smith
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---> Steampunkery <---

1.) Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
2.) Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld
3.) Goliath by Scott Westerfeld
4.) Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
5.) Heartless by Gail Carriger
6.) The Iron Duke by Meljean Brook
7.) Airman by Eoin Colfer
8.) The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross
9.) The Native Star by M.K. Hobson
10.) Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
11.) Phoenix Rising by Philippa Ballantine
12.) Steam & Sorcery by Cindy Spencer Pape


---> Listopia --- Can't Wait Books of 2012 <---

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/66...

1.) Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
2.) Fever by Lauren DeStefano
3.) The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead
4.) Wings of the Wicked by Courtney Allison Moulton
5.) Until I Die by Amy Plum
6.) The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting
7.) Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake
8.) Infamous by Sherrilyn Kenyon
9.) The Selection by Kiera Cass
10.) Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin
11.) A Touch Morbid by Leah Clifford
12.) Timepiece by Myra McEntire

*Just in case space*

**Special Notes**

~You don't have to list your categories before posting the books you're going to read.
~If you put all 12 category lists in one post, you might run out of characters; you might want to split them up into 2 posts like I have below.
~If you choose to do Alphabet Soup, the goal is to try and read 24 letters of the alphabet with 12 books. One for the author's first name, and one for their last. If you read a Sarah Dessen book, and then read Lemony Snicket, one S will be "invisible" because of the S you've already read. However, you can still list the Lemony Snicket book under Alphabet Soup to get credit for the L.

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