Stacking the Shelves: 3/2-3/8

For possible review (here and on Bookloons):

Acid by Emma Pass

The Mark of the Dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson

The Matchmakers by Ruth J. Hartman

Selection for Astraea Press Book Club:

Two-Room Flat by Jill Urbach

Frankenstein

Title: Frankenstein
Author: Mary Shelley

Publisher: Listening Library
ISBN: 9780736685986

Why Read?: Bookclub
Challenges: Audio, British, Free Reads, 100 Books in a Year

Thoughts: OK, so I seem to have really known nothing about the original Frankenstein story.  Turns out, there is no Igor and the monster ends up with a wonderful command of language.  There is also a tremendous lack of action, so I am very glad I listened to this instead of reading it or I never would have finished.  I will say, though, I now understand the beginning of the movie I, Frankenstein much better.

Rating: 2 stars

After the War

Title: After the War
Author: Libby Sternberg

Publisher: Istoria
ISBN: n/a

Why Read?: Early Review
Challenges: E-Book, Historical Fiction, Free Reads, 100 Books in a Year

Thoughts: Bittersweet, this highly character-driven tale portrays a moving picture of the lives of those affected by WWII.  Also, a very interesting look at convent life pre-Vatican II.

Rating: 3 stars

Conscientious Inconsistencies

Title: Conscientious Inconsistencies
Author: Nancy Jane Moore

Publisher: Book View Cafe
ISBN: 9781611382587

Why Read?: Early Review
Challenges: E-Book, Free Reads, 100 Books in a Year

Thoughts: These stories were all interesting, but not all were my cup of tea.  I enjoyed "A Mere Schutcheon", probably because I am a fan of high fantasy.  "The First Condition of Immortality" is probably the best of the bunch, a very unique look at mortality.  "Homesteading" was a solid dystopia, but left me feeling rather sick.  And "Three O'Clock in the Morning" was incredibly disturbing, even more so with the second person narrative.

Rating: 3 stars

Stacking the Shelves: 2/23-3/1

For possible review (here and on Bookloons):

Irenicon by Aidan Harte

The Here and Now by Ann Brashares

Stealing the Moon & Stars by Sally J. Smith & Jean Steffens

Never Ending by Martyn Bedford

Kissing in Italian by Lauren Henderson

Don't Even Think About It by Sarah Mlynowski

The Mirk and the Midnight Hour by Jane Nickerson

First Reads from Goodreads:

The Serious Kiss by Mary Hogan

LibraryThing Early Review:

Fighting Down into the Kingdom of Dreams by Robin Wyatt Dunn

Reading Challenge Update: February 2014

Here is where I stand with the challenges I have joined after the month of February (only challenges that I read books for this month are featured here):

Ebook (7/25)
4. Greystone Valley by Charlie Brooks
5. Spell Struck by Ariella Moon
6. Spellbound by Samantha Combs
7. The Demon's Wife by Rick Hautala

Audio Book (4/25)
4. Rotters by Daniel Kraus

Graphic Novel (5/12)
5. Over the Rainbow by Tom Hutchinson, Alisson Borges, & Kate Finnegan

100 Books in a Year (27/100)
18. Greystone Valley by Charlie Brooks
19. The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
20. Over the Rainbow by Tom Hutchinson, Alisson Borges, & Kate Finnegan
21. Spell Struck by Ariella Moon
22. Rotters by Daniel Kraus
23. Spellbound by Samantha Combs
24. I Am Abraham by Jerome Charyn
25. The Demon's Wife by Rick Hautala
26. Promise Bound by Anne Greenwood Brown
27. The Mist in the Mirror by Susan Hill

Historical Fiction (4/15)
4. I Am Abraham by Jerome Charyn

British Book (3/12)
2. The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
3. The Mist in the Mirror by Susan Hill

Free Reads (11/30)
8. Greystone Valley by Charlie Brooks
9. Spell Struck by Ariella Moon
10. Rotters by Daniel Kraus
11. Spellbound by Samantha Combs
12. The Demon's Wife by Rick Hautala

Witches & Witchcraft (4/5)
2. Greystone Valley by Charlie Brooks
3. Spell Struck by Ariella Moon
4. Spellbound by Samantha Combs

Author Alphabet (11/26)
10. Spell Struck by Ariella Moon
11. The Mist in the Mirror by Susan Hill

YA Mythology (3/12)
3. Promise Bound by Anne Greenwood Brown

Elsewhere Online: February 2014

As you know from my Stacking the Shelves posts, I review for two other websites (bookloons.com and bittenbybooks.com). As I cannot post my reviews there and here, but I would still like to count the books I read for the challenges, I am going to have a post like this at the end of the every month listing the books I reviewed and what challenges the went towards.

Title: Promise Bound
Author: Anne Greenwood Brown

Challenges: YA Mythology, 100 Books in a Year

Title: The Mist in the Mirror

Author: Susan Hill

Challenges: British Book, Author Alphabet, 100 Books in a Year