Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Read to me)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
by J.K. Rowling

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince brings us Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as Lord Voldemort becomes ever more powerful with his followers increasing day by day in this continuing battle between good and evil. Harry searches for the full and complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort, and thereby finds what may be his only vulnerability."

Sometime in the week of July 12th through 17th - 652 pages

83 books read total (re-reads, audiobooks, etc. (since 2007))

Notes:
MJ was reading aloud to Chloe, and at RU Fun I joined in listening. Started 200 pages in, MJ read 200 pages, then they left and I finished the last 200 pages myself. (Will eventually read the first 200 pages, once I find my copy of HBP.)

Edit 12/11/09: Never went back and read the first 200 pages. =P Does it still count? I guess I'll just leave it.

Edit 12/23/09: Decided to not count it toward my total count for the year. Numbers are updated accordingly.

Heartbeat (Re-read)

Book #24 in 2009

82 books read total (re-reads, audiobooks, etc. (since 2007))

Heartbeat
by Sharon Chreech

"Twelve-year-old Annie ponders the many rhythms of life the year that her mother becomes pregnant, her grandfather begins faltering, and her best friend (and running partner) becomes distant."

July 10th to July 11th(finished by 10AM) - 1 day, I suppose - 180 pages

Hate That Cat

Book #81
Book #23 in 2009

Hate That Cat
by Sharon Creech

"Jack is studying poetry again in school, and he continues to write poems reflecting his understanding of famous poems and how they relate to his life."

July 10th - 1 day, almost 1 sitting - 153 pages

Notes:
♥ :D

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Book #80
Book #22 in 2009

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky

"Standing on the fringes of life... offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor. This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion marks the stunning debut of a provocative new voice in contemporary fiction: The Perks of Being a Wallflower. This is the story of what it's like to grow up in high school. More intimate than a diary, Charlie's letters are singular and unique, hilarious and devastating. We may not know where he lives. We may not know to whom he is writing. All we know is the world he shares. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it puts him on a strange course through uncharted territory. The world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends. The world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. Through Charlie, Stephen Chbosky has created a deeply affecting coming-of-age story, a powerful novel that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller coaster days known as growing up. "

July 8th(11:40ish PM) to July 10th (3:47 PM) - 2 days, really - 213 pages

Notes:
♥
Loveylovelove.
I just wanted to keep reading forever.

American Gods

Book #79
Book #21 in 2009

American Gods
by Neil Gaiman

"Shadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out of trouble. Until he learns that she's been killed in a terrible accident. Flying home for the funeral, as a violent storm rocks the plane, a strange man in the seat next to him introduces himself. The man calls himself Mr. Wednesday, and he knows more about Shadow than is possible. He warns Shadow that a far bigger storm is coming. And from that moment on, nothing will ever he the same..."

June 11th to July 7th (8th technically, 12:30AM) - 27(8) days - 588 pages

Neverwhere

Book #78
Book #20 in 2009

Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman

"Richard Mayhew is a plain man with a good heart---and an ordinary life that is changed forever on a day he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. From that moment forward he is propelled into a world he never dreamed existed---a dark subculture flourishing in abandoned subway stations and sewer tunnels below the city---a world far stranger and more dangerous than the only one he has ever known..."

June 8th (around 6PM) to June 10th (9PM) - 2 1/2 days - 370 pages

Notes:
This book is fucking amazing.
I fell in love with it by page 40.

Castle in the Air

Book #77
Book #19 in 2009

Castle in the Air
by Diana Wynne Jones

"Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life as a carpet merchant, Abdullah unexpectedly purchases a magic carpet and his life changes dramatically as his daydreams come true and dangerous adventures become daily fare."

May 17th to May 19th - 3 days - 298 pages

Howl's Moving Castle

Book #76
Book #18 in 2009

Howl's Moving Castle
by Diana Wynne Jones

"Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl."

May 5th to May 15th - 11 days - 302 pages

The Game

Book #75
Book #17 in 2009

The Game
by Diana Wynne Jones

"Sent to a boisterous family gathering in Ireland by her overly strict grandmother, orphaned Hayley feels out of place until her unruly cousins include her in a special game involving travel through the mythosphere, the place where all the world's stories can be found, and where some secrets of her past are revealed."

May 3rd to May 5th - 3 days - 179 pages

The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel

Book #74
Book #16 in 2009

The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
by Michael Scott

"While working at pleasant but mundane summer jobs in San Francisco, fifteen-year-old twins, Sophie and Josh, suddenly find themselves caught up in the deadly, centuries-old struggle between rival alchemists, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient and powerful book holding the secret formulas for alchemy and everlasting life."

April 19th to May 3rd - 15 days - 375 pages