What's in a name challenge

Here's How It Works

Between January 1 and December 31, 2013, read one book in each of the following categories:

1. A book with up or down (or equivalent) in the title: Deep down True, The Girl Below, The Diva Digs up the Dirt
2. A book with something you'd find in your kitchen in the title: Loose Lips Sink Ships, The Knife of Never Letting Go, Breadcrumbs
3. A book with a party or celebration in the title: A Feast for Crows, A Wedding in Haiti, Cocktail Hour under the Tree of Forgetfulness
4. A book with fire (or equivalent) in the title: Burning for Revenge, Fireworks over Toccoa, Catching Fire
5. A book with an emotion in the title: Baltimore Blues, Say You're Sorry, Dreams of Joy
6. A book with lost or found (or equivalent) in the title: The Book of Lost Fragrances, The World We Found, A Discovery of Witches

The book titles are just suggestions, you can read whatever book you want to fit the category.


Beth Fish reads


Okie! I'm gonna take part in this challenge for 2013. Looks fun! :)

Library Loot : 5 to 11 Dec 2012

 Looks really interesting. It's short snippets of what goes on in the mind and the manics and depression of a bipolar person. I'm interested in mental health so I'm always looking for book on the topic.

Another interesting book. Bought another of his book Madness explained a-while back and it's a very good book. Borrowed this and hope that I will read it.

I loved Marian Keyes books and saw this on a blog and decided to borrow it just to admire the pictures. (Doubt I will get around to baking!)

Always a must for me to read Chrismassy books in December!

Completed this book from my school's library. Please check it out if you like reading about food and cooking as it features food from Singapore! There are a few chapters on her ancestor's food in China as well as Italian bread making. However it does get a little confusing for me as her stories about her parents and family do jump around a little... I would prefer it if her chapters were classified according to food or something. Read some reviews here

Finally my first proper loot post in a year. I have been too busy and not reading as much as I like!

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2012 Reads - Jan to Nov 12

1. Home Again - Mariah Stewart (2010)
2. Moon Dance - Mariah Stewart (1999)
3. All through the night - Mary Higgins Clark (1998)
4. The summer hideaway - Susan Wiggs (2010)
5. Almost Home - Mariah Stewart (2010)
6. Southern Lights - Danielle Steel (2009)
7. Forgotten - Mariah Stewart (2008)
8. Carolina Mist- Mariah Stewart (1996)
9. Mystery- Jonathan Kellerman (2011)
10. Been there, done that- Carol Snow (2006)
11. Cold Truth- Mariah Stewart (2005)
12. Hard Truth- Mariah Stewart
13. Dark Truth- Mariah Stewart
14. Final Truth- Mariah Stewart
15. To have and to kill - Mary Jane Clark
16. The hand that first held mine - Maggie O'Farrell (2010)
17. Live to tell - Lisa Gardner (2010)
18. The Convenience Boy - Sujata Massey (K)
19. Until Dark -Mariah Stewart (2003)
20. Love you more - Lisa Gardner
21. Catch me - Lisa Gardner
22. Catching Fire - Nora Roberts
23. Down the darkest Road - Tami Hoag (2012)
24.The other daughter - Lisa Gardner
25. Beautiful Disaster - Jamie McGuire
26. The Witness - Nora Roberts
27. Silent Girl - Tess Gerristen
28. A place in the country - Elizabeth Adler (2012)
29. The Peach Keeper -  Sarah Addison Allen (2012)
30. Saved by a cake - Marian Keyes (NF CB)
31. You belong to me - Karen Rose

Movies and TV Series 2012

Did not watch many movies this year. TV series aplently... Been awfully busy with work this year that I do not have time to read or watch series as much as I liked.

2012 - Movies watched :

Jan
1. Winter's Bone
2. Leap Year

Mar
3. Happy Feet 2
4. New Year's Eve
5. In Time
6. Sleepwalker (M)
7. The Help

Apr
8. Flowers (J)
9. Cars 2
10. Friends with Benefit

May
11. Footloose
12. Rio

Oct
13. Snow White and the Huntsman

Nov
14. Carnal Innocence (TV movie)
15. Hide (TV movie)


TV Series
1. Law & Order, SVU 8
2. Law & Order, Criminal Intent 8
3. Body of Proof 1
4. The Mentalist 3*
5. Law & Order, SVU 9
6. Law & Order, Criminal Intent 9
7. Bones 6
8. Law & Order, Criminal Intent 10
9. CSI 12
10. CSI: NY 8
11. Blue Blood 2
12. Rizzoli & Isle 2
13. Law & Order, SVU 10
14. Law & Order, SVU 13

2012 Reads : Jan to Oct

Only read 27 books this year to date. Here's my list

1. Home Again - Mariah Stewart (2010)
2. Moon Dance - Mariah Stewart (1999)
3. All through the night - Mary Higgins Clark (1998)
4. The summer hideaway - Susan Wiggs (2010)
5. Almost Home - Mariah Stewart (2010)
6. Southern Lights - Danielle Steel (2009)
7. Forgotten - Mariah Stewart (2008)
8. Carolina Mist- Mariah Stewart (1996)
9. Mystery- Jonathan Kellerman (2011)
10. Been there, done that- Carol Snow (2006)
11. Cold Truth- Mariah Stewart (2005)
12. Hard Truth- Mariah Stewart
13. Dark Truth- Mariah Stewart
14. Final Truth- Mariah Stewart
15. To have and to kill - Mary Jane Clark
16. The hand that first held mine - Maggie O'Farrell (2010)
17. Live to tell - Lisa Gardner (2010)
18. The Convenience Boy - Sujata Massey (K)
19. Until Dark -Mariah Stewart (2003)
20. Love you more - Lisa Gardner
21. Catch me - Lisa Gardner
22. Catching Fire - Nora Roberts
23. Down the darkest Road - Tami Hoag (2012)
24.The other daughter - Lisa Gardner
25. Beautiful Disaster - Jamie McGuire
26. The Witness - Nora Roberts
27. Silent Girl - Tess Gerristen

Hello to myself... anyone... someone....

Oh no... this blog is almost non-existent! I haven't been able to read very much and my total books read to date is *GASP* 27!!!!!! That's 73 books away from my target read of 100 and 43 books away from 2011 total of 70!

It's ok, the joy is in the reading and not the total no. of books read. Every book read is a journey and an escape from my busy life.

Will update in a bit.

p.s To anyone reading this... HELLO to you! And may you have a good time with the pages of imagination!

2011 - Movies watched

Feb
1. Monsters vs Aliens
2. Did you hear about the Morgans?
3. Salt
4. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
5. Eclipse
Mar
6. Step Up 3
7. TheOxford Murders
Apr
8. Charlie St. Cloud
9. Haeundae: The deadly Tsunami
10. The Bucket List
May
11. Pirates of the Carribean : On Stranger Tide (C)
June
12. Hot Summer Days
13. Never Let Me Go
Jul
14. New York, I love you
15. Legend of the Guardians: The owls of Ga'Hoole
16. The Bounty Hunter
17. Love and other Drugs
18. Hardwired
19. Sliding Doors (R)
20. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 1 (R)
21. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2 (C)
22. The Green Hornet
Sep
23. Streetdance
Oct
24. Black Swan
25. Blue Crush 2
26. No strings attached
Nov
27. Fast and furious 5
Dec
28. Twilight: Breaking Dawn (1) (C)
29. Red Riding Hood
30. The Roommate
31. I am Number Four
TV Series
1. Bones 5 (T)
2. Law & Order, SVU 3
3. NCIS 2 *
4. Law & Order, SVU 4
5. Law & Order, SVU 5
6. Law & Order, SVU 6
7. CSI 11
8. Rizzoli & Isle 1
9. Law & Order, Criminal Intent 1
10. Law & Order, Criminal Intent 4
11. Law & Order, Criminal Intent 5
12. Covert Affairs 1
13. 90210 3
14. Castle 3
15. The Closer 6 *
16. The Vampire Diaries 1
17. Law & Order, SVU 7
18. Blue Blood 1
19. CSI : NY 7
20. Law & Order, SVU 12
21. Law & Order, Criminal Intent 6
22. Law & Order, Criminal Intent 7
23. Law & Order, SVU 11
24. Criminal Minds 6
25. Glee 2
26. Lie to me 3
27. NCIS: Los Angeles 2
28. Fairly Legal 1
29. Life Unexpected 2
30. Hawaii 5 O 1
31. CSI: Miami 9
32. Miami Medical 1

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2011 Reads

1. Moonlight Road - Robyn Carr
2. A Place of Secrets - Rachel Hore
3. Vintage Singapore: Souvenirs from the recent past *NF
4. Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks
5. In the woods - Tana French (x)
6. New Tricks - David Rosenfelt
7. Lessons from Stanley the cat - Jennifer Freed *NF
8. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
9. The Search - Nora Roberts (C)
10. Birds in the Garden City: A compendum of photographic works by Lee
Tian Khee with text by Lim Kim Chuah *NF
11. Fractured - Karin Slaughter (C)
12. Undone - Karin Slaughter (C)
13. A Year of Mornings: 3191 Miles Apart - Maria A Vettese & Stephanie
C Barnes *NF
14. Broken - Karin Slaughter (C)
15. The Wild Zone - Joy Fielding (C)
16. Deeper than the dead - Tami Hoag (C)
17. Please Forgive Me - Melissa Hills
18. Summer at Willow Lake - Susan Wiggs
19. Secrets to the Grave - Tami Hoag (C)
20. Ross Dobson's wholefood kitchen : delicious recipes with beans,
lentils, grains and other natural foods / Ross Dobson ; photography by
Peter Cassidy. *NF (F)
21. Blindsighted - Karin Slaughter (C)
22. Never Let you go - Kazuo Ishiguro
23. My first New York: early adventures in the big city *NF
24. Kisscut - Karin Slaughter (C)
25. Every last one - Anna Quindlen.
26. The stopping place - Helen Slavin
27. The Lake of Dreams - Kim Edwards
28. A Faint Cold Fear - Karin Slaughter (C)
29. Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins (YA)
30. The authoritative Calvin and Hobbes - Bill Waterson (GN)
31. The Moment between - Nicole Baart
32. Garden Spells - Sarah Addison Allen
33. Baby Blues: Ten years and still in diapers - Rick Kirkman & Jerry
Scott (GN)
34. The Sugar Queen - Sarah Addison Allen
35. Heart of the night - Barbara Delinsky
36. Dancing in the Dark - Mary Jane Clark (C)
37. It only takes a moment - Mary Jane Clark (C)
38. Mercy Street - Mariah Stewart (C)
39. Dying for Mercy - Mary Jane Clark (C)
40. Indelible - Karin Slaughter (C)
41. Love Me to death - Allison Brennan (C)
42. Urgent Care - CJ Lyons
43. Warning Signs - CJ Lyons
44. When Day Breaks - Mary Jane Clark (C)
45. Cry Mercy - Mariah Stewart (C)
46. Acts of Mercy - Mariah Stewart (C)
47. I'll walk alone - Mary Higgins Clark (C)
48. Dead Wrong - Mariah Stewart (C)
49. Dead Certain - Mariah Stewart (C)
50. Fallen - Karin Slaughter (C)
51. Dead Even - Mariah Stewart (C)
52. On natural selection (Penguin Great Idea series) - Charles Darwin *NF
53. Dead End - Mariah Stewart (C)
54. Lost and found - Shaun Tan (GN)
55. Nobody Knows - Mary Jane Clark (C)
56. Puffin by Design: 70 years of imagination 1940-2010 - Phil Baines *NF
57. Penguin by Design - Phil Baines *NF
58. Last Look - Mariah Stewart (C)
59. Last Words - Mariah Stewart (C)
60. Last Breaths - Mariah Stewart (C)
61. Scared to death - Wendy Corsi Staub (C)
62. Withering Heights - Dorothy Cannell
63. Promise Canyon - Robyn Carr
64. Wild Man Creek - Robyn Carr
65. Harvest Moon - Robyn Carr
66. Coming Home - Mariah Stewart
67. Lakeshore Christmas - Susan Wiggs
68. Knit the Season - Kate Jacobs
69. Snow - Maxence Fermine
70. Bring me Home for Christmas - Robyn Carr

Read 70 books, 30 books short of targeted 100. But a good reading year so far, except for slumps in Oct and Nov due to work commitments.

2012 will be busier but I hope to maintain the reading list of 70 books, if not more. :)

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