my #summerreads titles (also late)

#summerreads included :

• Seth Godin We are all weird is a reminder to not conform and to be bold in out ideas
• Brandon Sanderson's Final empire Mistborn showed a very interesting use of metal
• Cory Doctorow ChickenLittle - what a journey
• Barry Maitland The Verge practice, Silvermeadow and Babel - having fun with retrospective ebook reading
• Ghosts of Ascalon by Jeff Grubb and Matt Forbeck - very pacy action
• Nigel Slater Good food
• Mrs Fields cookies - a winner for great biscuits, plus first three Jamie Oliver titles
• Knit one pearl one Gil McNeil a story of a family and much knitting
• Perry Mason the case of the horrified heirs by Erle Stanley Gardner - this was fun
• Dark London - Museum of London - an amazing graphic novel 
• Lost girls Bob Mayer - action packed
• Venice by Peter Ackroyd is a tale of a city

As well as books each month read lots of tweets, blogs, and websites.

I will not be blogging about my reading each month this year, but there will be some tweets happening.

my #moreads titles (late)

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I  thought I should finished off my readit2011 reading.

November with the theme of #moreads included:

• Snuff by Terry Pratchett is an amazing, sad tale on value and worth
• Reamde by Neal Stephenson is about families, storytelling and coneections
• The track of sand by Andrea Camilleri simplicity presented with complexity (and amazing food)
• Jamie and New Scientist magazines
• Knit the city and Stitch London are engaging books about knitting- you can even knit a pigeon
• Good as dead by Mark Billingham - pacy police action
• Rift walker by Clay and Sue Griffith - still not sure about this vampire title
• Wolfheart by Richard A Knaak was an engaging title set in World of Warcraft. It was interesting reading a title located in an environment I had explored in a game
• Games informer - 2 issues
• Short and sweet: the best of home baking by Dan Leopard is amazing and the recipes are great
• Jamie's Great Britain is another interesting recipe book which I have been having fun exploring

grrlpower reading

The readit2011 theme for May was grrlpower. I did not seem to get much reading done this month and not much was on this theme. I had a few did not finish titles, and there are several other titles I am still reading which I will finish.

I shall wear midnight by Terry Pratchett was a stand out read. It was a tale of disharmony becoming harmony. Tiffany Aching exemplified #grrlpower – as she was a very self possessed witch.

Another outstanding reading was Trouble twisters by Garth Nix and Sean Williams. This is a start of a series and I am looking forward to reading the other titles when they become available. Great use of normal objects in a scary/suspense way – amazing scenes involving cockroaches and mice.

I completed a series by Sean Williams by reading The hanging mountain (which is about changing perspective) and The devoured earth. I did not like the main female character as she is very annoying, but other than that they were very enjoyable reads with interesting perspectives.

Sunken treasure by Wil Wheaton is a gem, and Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stephenson a pleasurable mix of frustration and fun.

I also read New Scientist and Jamie.