Blogger Confession: Books I read during my 1rst year of Blogging (Dec 31, 2008 to Dec 31, 2009)
December 31, 2008 is when I started Geeky Bloggers Book Blog. Back then the name was Flea’s Books because I was challenging myself to read a 100 books in a year. What better name that just stating flat out these are what Flea (my nickname) read that year? I didn’t quite make it that year but it is fun to think that was how my blog started!
I thought it would be fun to look back to what I read that year! The Good, The Bad, and The UGLY!
- Book 1: Candy Girl by Diablo Cody
- Book 2: 50 Truths Worth Knowing
- Book 3: How to Be Single by Liz Tuccillo
- Book 4: The Sword (The Sons of Destiny, Book 1) by Jean Johnson
- Book 5: The Wolf (The Sons of Destiny, Book 2) by Jean Johnson
- Book 6: All Together Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 7) by Charlaine Harris
- Book 7: The Master (Book 3 of The Sons of Destiny)
- Book 8: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
- Book 9: Happy Hour of the Damned by Mark Henry
- Book 10: Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) by Charlaine Harris
- Book 11: (ReRead) Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse, #2)
- Book 12: Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #3) by Charlaine Harris
- Book 13: Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse, #4) by Charlaine Harris
- Book 14: Dead as a Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse, #5) by Charlaine Harris
- Book 16: All Together Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #7) by Charlaine Harris
- Book 17: From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8) by Charlaine Harris
- Book 18: Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, #9) by Charlaine Harris
- Book 19: The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
- Book 20: The Duchess by Amanda Foreman
- Book 21: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
- Book 22: The Girl’s Guide to Absolutely Everything by Melissa Kirsch
- Book 22: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling
- I think 23 to 28 are Harry Potter books that I have reposted to another year instead of writing up new reviews.
- Book 29: Burning Wild by Christine Feehan
- Book 30: Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
- Book 31: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
- Book 32: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
- Book 33: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
- Book 34: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
- Book 35: The Host by Stephenie Meyer
- Book 36: Marked by P.C. Cast
- Book 37: Love Letters Of Great Men And Women: From The Eighteenth Century To The Present Day by C. H. Charles
- Book 38: Betrayed by P.C. Cast
- Book 39: The Manual: A True Bad Boy Explains How Men Think, Date, and Mate–and What Women Can Do to Come Out on Top by Steve Santagati
- Book 40: Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian
- Book 41: Hunted by P. C. Cast
- Book 42: Untamed by P.C. Cast
- Book 43: Veil of Midnight by Lara Adrian
- Book 44: Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian
- Book 45: Midnight Awakening by Lara Adrian
- Book 46: Kiss of Crimson by Lara Adrian
- Book 47: Ashes of Midnight by Lara Adrian
- Book 48: Magic in the Wind by Christine Feehan
- Book 49: The Twilight Before Christmas by Christine Feehan
- Book 50: Oceans of Fire by Christine Feehan
- Book 51: Dangerous Tides by Christine Feehan
- Book 52: Safe Harbor by Christine Feehan
- Book 53: Turbulent Sea by Christine Feehan
- Book 54: Hidden Currents by Christine Feehan
- Book 55: Dark Lover by J.R. Ward
- Book 56: Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward
- Book 57: Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward
- Book 58: Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward
- Book 59: Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward
- Book 60: Father Mine by J.R. Ward
- Book 61: The Black Dagger Brotherhood: An Insider’s Guide by J.R. Ward
- Book 62: Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward
- Book 63: Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward
- Book 65: Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Book 66: Dragonswan by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Book 67: Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Book 68: Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Book 69: Dance With The Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Book 70: Kiss of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Book 71: Night Play by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Book 72: Stroke of Midnight by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Book 73: Seize the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Book 74: Sins of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Book 75: Unleash the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Book 76: Dark Side of the Moon by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Book 77: A Hard Day’s Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Book 78: The Dream-Hunter by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Book 79: Devil May Cry by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Book 80: Upon The Midnight Clear by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Book 81: Dream Chaser by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Book 83: One Silent Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Book 84: Dead After Dark by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Book 85: Dream Warrior by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Book 86: Bad Moon Rising by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Book 87: Dark Prince by Christine Feehan
- Book 88: Dark Desire by Christine Feehan
- Book 89: Dark Gold by Christing Feehan
- Book 90: Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur
Things I can tell from the list:
- I used to read a LOT more YA than I do now
- I was a huge series reader (I miss that actually)
- I am not sure how some of these books even got on my radar
- How did I miss reading Pride and Prejudice one year?
- I can’t count evidently–look closely at the numbering (took directly from the blog title)–see anything off?
- Yes those links go to my old reviews—read at your own risk!
- I liked a few books back then that I CAN NOT STAND now–not naming names!
- I can still understand what I was thinking when I wrote the review even though it would make no sense to anyone else LOL
- I spent a bulk of my year on Christine Feehan, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Lara Adrian, and Charlaine Harris. I still read all 4 of these ladies to this day! True fan girl–woot woot!
Have you ever looked back to see what you read and were shocked?
Felicia S
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You had a fabulous first year! I wish I had read more of the Dark Hunters series then. I’m so behind!
I tore through Dak-Hunters before I started blogging AND gave all the books away. I wish I would have kept them.
I bet I can guess what books you hate now. 😉
LOL I bet you can guess 🙂
I have all my Dark Hunters on my kindle –they were the first series I bought on there 🙂
You had a great first year 😀
It was a fun year! Next year will look an awful lot like it because I am going to mostly read books I have. Which means that I am going to catch up on some series 🙂
Oh I LOVE me some Sherrilyn Kenyon dude!!! I’ve been reading WAY more adult books lately… YA has lost some of the appeal it had last year I guess…
Your love for YA will come back but until then embrace that adult fun 🙂 Bwahhahahahahaha. I love me some Kenyon too 🙂
That is exactly how I read before I started blogging. I found a series and tore through it. I don’t now, because I figured it doesn’t make for exciting blog reading. I kind off miss it too. You’re all snuggled into the/a world & the page turning begins.
It doesn’t really make exciting blog reading but next year mine is going to be an unexciting blog. Me and Dave Ramsey are going to embrace each other which means I read what I have. The last month of “book buying ban” has been an effort to break me of my buying habit. I am going to purchase a gift card at the beginning of the year that will be it for my book purchases next year. It is going to be scary!
We’ve got good shot on our shelves waiting, begging to be read. Libraries are pretty awesome. And we have each other, if you have a hankering for anything on my shelf. We need wine & whine. 😉
I think you had an amazing first blogging year Felicia!
I love to read series back-to-back and try to do that as much as possible when everything is still fresh in my mind. 🙂
That is what I love about series reading! You can get lost in the world and just feel comfy in it 🙂
You started the blog back in 2008? I had no idea you’d been blogging that long Felicia! Well done you:) I can see you went on a Sherrilyn Kenyon kick – I definitely was on one of those the year before I started blogging. I devoured almost her entire Dark Hunter series – though I cheated and started with Acheron’s book which nearly killed me. To this day I will never read the first 500 pages of that book again. Only the last 300 when he finds a bit of happiness. LOVE HIM!
About to start year 5—isn’t that the scariest thing ever? Funny thing is next year will look an awful lot like the first year. I am going back to reading series and just having fun. I think it will be a hoot 🙂 Probably won’t be to much fun for everyone else but I am going to have a blast!
Whoa! I almost forgot about Keri Arthur. I’ve been meaning to finish her Riley series and start the new one. I think I left off somewhere around book 5? There may have been a horse shifter involved? LOL
And I’m dying to know who you can’t stand now and why? LOL
I think you made it further than me—I just couldn’t wrap my head around her men choices. I mean seriously, I like to think I am not a prude but I remember just wishing for her to make a choice. Secretly I think Keri Arthur might be one of the reasons I don’t like triangles, quadrangles, or women/men who can’t just make a choice of their soulmate(s).
WOW! You read a lot more than I did during my first year of blogging. Some of the books you read are on my TBR list. I have gone back a couple of times since I started my blog and said What was I thinking? It’s nice to see how much we have grown as bloggers. I am sure most my my first reviews didn’t make sense. In fact, I am sure some of my current reviews don’t make much sense either, lol.
Jayla
LOL! My first reviews had a lot of what I like to call “Felicia” shorthand. I am pretty sure I know what I meant to say but an outside person would be like “huh” “what”
Your year was almost exactly like my first year reading – I went thru Kenyon and Ward’s series, too! Now, c’mon, we’ve all read THAT series and it is what it is…. I’m going on a limb and ass-uming it’s the one you allude to 😉 It actually got me into reading, sad as that is.
And I actually miss reading series back to back to back, too!!! I read Harris that way, Caine, Hamilton.. They’re hard to pick up now 🙁 I feel lost from the world now. I really want to read some series next year!!!
Great post – thanks for the memories!!! 🙂
Oh I fully admit I don’t like Twilight now but looking at my review, I didn’t like it much then either (at least Breaking Dawn). I think actually Breaking Dawn ruined the series for me and tainted the other books. I am such an ender.
Actually it is the PC Cast books (and I read more of them my second year) that I have no IDEA what I was thinking. They are not even remotely well written and the characters are super whiny LOL. I think maybe I just got wrapped up in the train wreck that is that series 🙂
I miss series reading too. I would not be surprised if it makes a big comeback in my world 🙂
hmmm…i see patterns and I envy you being able to read the same author back to back…i cannot do that or I burn out. Would you believe I own most of the Sookie books and have never read them *eyes bookshelf*
Oh I adore series reading. I feel like I am curling up in a warm blanket with a cup of cocoa when reading series 🙂
I do too..but I need at least 4 weeks in between books of the series.
Wow, you read the Sons of Destiny by Jean Johnson! I do love that series, did you finish it the next year? There are after all 8 magical hot brothers.
And why would you be ashamed of what you read? What is wrong with reading to entertain yourself?
And yes, you skipped some numbers …
My counting was horrid that year LOL
I haven’t finished them but I do have them all. I am going to go back to reading series next year so they will be on my list to finish 🙂
I miss series reading too! When I found one I liked I used to read them back-to-back but I guess lal the new releases coming in now puts me off doing that. Maybe next year can be the return of the series for me.
I think that is what happened to me too—new release fever. I am on a major budget next year so new release fever is pretty much over for me LOL