Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death

Book #253 (Unique books)
Book #33 in 2014

Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death

by Chris Riddell

"Preparations for the Ghastly-Gorm Garden Party and bake-off are under way. Celebrity cooks are arriving at the hall for the big event and, true to form, Maltravers, the indoor gamekeeper, is acting suspiciously. Elsewhere at Ghastly-Gorm Ada's wardrobe-dwelling lady's maid Marylebone has received a marriage proposal. Ada vows to aid the course of true love and find out what Maltravers is up to, but amidst all this activity, everyone, including her father, appears to have forgotten her birthday! "

October 29th to 30th - 1 1/2 days - 224 pages (plus Marylebone's book)

Notes:

I got to meet Chris Riddell on Halloween! He was lovely and drew me a picture of Ishmael.

Percy Jackson: The Titan's Curse

Book #252 (Unique books)
Book #32 in 2014

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titan's Curse

by Rick Riordan

"IT'S NOT EVERYDAY YOU FIND YOURSELF IN COMBAT WITH A HALF-LION, HALF-HUMAN.

But when you're the son of a Greek god, it happens. And now my friend Annabeth is missing, a goddess is in chains and only five half-blood heroes can join the quest to defeat the doomsday monster.

Oh, and guess what? The Oracle has predicted that not all of us will survive..."

October 19th to 28th - 10 days - kindle version

Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters

Book #251 (Unique books)
Book #31 in 2014

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters

by Rick Riordan

" In this episode, The Sea of Monsters, Percy sets out to retrieve the Golden Fleece before his summer camp is destroyed, surpassing the first book's drama and setting the stage for more thrills to come."

October 15th to 18th - 3 1/2 days - kindle version

Notes:

Read in Edinburghhhh.

Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse

Book #250(!) (Unique books)
Book #30(!) in 2014

Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse

by Chris Riddell

"Ada Goth is the only child of Lord Goth. The two live together in the enormous Ghastly-Gorm Hall. Lord Goth believes that children should be heard and not seen, so Ada has to wear large clumpy boots so that he can always hear her coming. This makes it hard for her to make friends and, if she's honest, she's rather lonely. 

Then one day William and Emily Cabbage come to stay at the house, and together with a ghostly mouse called Ishmael they and Ada begin to unravel a dastardly plot that Maltravers, the mysterious indoor gamekeeper, is hatching. 

Ada and her friends must work together to foil Maltravers - before it's too late!"

October 8th to 9th - about 24 hours - 219 pages (plus Memoirs of a Mouse)

Notes:

I enjoyed this so much. The story and the art. Reminded me of a cross between A Series of Unfortunate Events and A House Called Awful End. Maybe I'll have to check out Chris Riddell's other books, hmm...

The Sherlock Files: The 100-Year-Old Secret

Book #249 (Unique books)
Book #29 in 2014

The Sherlock Files: The 100-Year-Old-Secret

by Tracy Barrett

"Xena and Xander Holmes think living in London will be boring. But one afternoon they’re handed a cryptic note that leads them to a hidden room—and a secret society. When they discover they’re related to Sherlock Holmes and inherit his unsolved casebook, life becomes so much more exciting. The siblings set out to solve the cases their famous ancestor couldn’t, starting with the mystery of a prized painting that vanished more than a hundred years ago. Can two smart twenty-first century kids succeed where Sherlock Holmes could not?"

October 6th to 8th - 3 days - 176 pages

Notes:

Yet another book I am impatiently waiting for the sequel to. Sapphire thinks she's lent that one out... We found #3 and #4.

Cool idea, fun and fast read.

Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief (re-read)

Book #28 in 2014

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

by Rick Riordan

"Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school... again. And that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus' master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect.

Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus' stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves."

October 1st to 4th - 4 days - kindle version

Notes:

We watched the second Percy Jackson movie and I decided that now I must read every Percy Jackson book. I re-read this one because I remembered none of it and now I am impatiently waiting for the library kindle version of the second one to come in. I JUST WANT TO READ EVERY PERCY JACKSON BOOK what pffft like other people should be allowed to check them out of course not

Attachments

Book #248 (Unique books)
Book #27 in 2014

Attachments

by Rainbow Rowell

"'Hi, I'm the guy who reads your e-mail, and also, I love you . . . '

Beth Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder know that somebody is monitoring their work e-mail. (Everybody in the newsroom knows. It's company policy.) But they can't quite bring themselves to take it seriously. They go on sending each other endless and endlessly hilarious e-mails, discussing every aspect of their personal lives.

Meanwhile, Lincoln O'Neill can't believe this is his job now- reading other people's e-mail. When he applied to be "internet security officer," he pictured himself building firewalls and crushing hackers- not writing up a report every time a sports reporter forwards a dirty joke.

When Lincoln comes across Beth's and Jennifer's messages, he knows he should turn them in. But he can't help being entertained-and captivated-by their stories.

By the time Lincoln realizes he's falling for Beth, it's way too late to introduce himself.

What would he say . . . ?"

September 21st to 29th - 9 days - kindle version

Notes:

4 for 4 I am in love with Rainbow Rowell's books and writing style.

The Iron Man

Book #247 (Unique books)
Book #26 in 2014

The Iron Man

by Ted Hughes

"Mankind must put a stop to the dreadful destruction caused by the Iron Man. A trap is set for him, but he cannot be kept down. Then, when a terrible monster from outer space threatens to lay waste to the planet, it is the Iron Man who finds a way to save the world."

September 25th - a couple hours - 80 pages

Notes:

Read aloud to Orin, 5.

Isla and the Happily Ever After

Book #246 (Unique books)
Book #25 in 2014

Isla and the Happily Ever After

by Stephanie Perkins

"Love ignites in the City That Never Sleeps, but can it last? 

Hopeless romantic Isla has had a crush on introspective cartoonist Josh since their first year at the School of America in Paris. And after a chance encounter in Manhattan over the summer, romance might be closer than Isla imagined. But as they begin their senior year back in France, Isla and Josh are forced to confront the challenges every young couple must face, including family drama, uncertainty about their college futures, and the very real possibility of being apart. "

September 16th to 20th - 5(ish) days - kindle version

Notes:

I LOVE STEPHANIE PERKINS. I think this is my favourite of her books.

Started on the plane from Portland to Dublin, and then finished at Barbara's house.

Odd and the Frost Giants (re-read) (audiobook)

Book #24 in 2014

Odd and the Frost Giants

by Neil Gaiman

"After the death of his father, Odd's life has been stuck in a downward spiral. However, his luck begins to change after he frees a trapped bear in the woods. Discovering that the bear is actually a Norse god, twelve-year-old Odd embarks on a perilous quest to save the other gods from evil frost giants."

August 11th - a few hours - audiobook

Notes:

Listened to on Boltbus on the way up to Chloe's.

I just looked at the first time I read this and apparently I read it on August 11th 3 years earlier??