Christine's Book Adventures

Hi! I am an avid reader and I am rarely found without a book or my kindle in hands. I use this place to save my books and thoughts. I like it simple ... I am just getting used to BL

2:58 pm 14 October 2013

"“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero"

3662 BOOKS

Currently reading

The Firebird

Susanna Kearsley

Progress: 253/539 pages

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

Progress: 64/288 pages

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

Michael Pollan

White Cat

Holly Black

Human Voices

Penelope Fitzgerald

The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro

2312

Kim Stanley Robinson

Progress: 88/588 pages

The Book Thief

Trudy White, Markus Zusak

Progress: 247/552 pages

Mr Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore

Robin Sloan

Progress: 102/291 pages

Tau Zero

Poul Anderson

Progress: 90/195 pages

Favorite books

Recently added

The Anatomist's Wife - Anna Lee Huber

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson

The Firebird - Susanna Kearsley

Christine's bookshelf: read

Revived

A Lot Like A Lady

Rachel's Totem

Caged Moon

Throne of Glass

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Christine's bookshelf: 2013-books-i-really-liked

Soulless

5 of 5 stars

Soulless

by Gail Carriger

I don't know why I've waited so long to read this. I really enjoyed the story and what I enjoyed even more were the characters. I have to read the rest of the series asap.

tagged: urban-fantasy, vampires, paranormal-fix, steampunk, werewolves, wan...

The Housekeeper and the Professor

4 of 5 stars

The Housekeeper and the Professor

by Yōko Ogawa

tagged: japanese-literature, contemporary, i-like-the-cover, color-blue, co...

N.P.

5 of 5 stars

N.P.

by Banana Yoshimoto

I haven't read that since highschool and it was even better than I remembered or I liked it even better than the first time because of all the memories that came floating to the surface. The story itself enfolds, as BY says in a microc...

tagged: japanese-literature, japan, contemporary, color-yellow, 2013-contem...

Shadow and Bone

5 of 5 stars

Shadow and Bone

by Leigh Bardugo

tagged: fantasy, ya, its-magic, dystopia-post-apocalyptic, 1st-book-of-a-se...

Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues

5 of 5 stars

Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues

by Diana Rowland

tagged: zombies, buddy-read, kindle, color-blue, urban-fantasy, authors-q-t...

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2013 Reading Challenge

2013 Reading Challenge

Christine has completed her goal of reading 200 books in 2013!

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