The Best Reader:
my last 20

1. Knightley Academy — Bought
2. The Deathday Letter — Gift
3. Pretty Little Liars — Bought
4. Finding Forrester — School
5. Shade — BEA
6. To Kill A Mockingbird — School
7. Fall For Anything — Review Copy
8. Intrinsical — Review Copy
9. The Eternal Ones — Library
10. Dracula in Love — Review Copy
11. Captivate — Bought
12. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow — Audio via Gutenberg
13. The Dark Divine — BEA
14. The Ivy — BEA
15. Matched — Review Copy
16. Need — Bought
17. Mockingjay — Library
18. Losing Faith — Review Copy
19. The DUFF — BEA
20. 13 to Life — Bought

Plus, when I "empty" these shelves maybe I can get a Nook!:)
What about you? Have you noticed any reading trends?

It has been FOREVER since my last post! Wow! 12.31.10! This is my first Last 20 of the year! I just can't believe it! Keeping track of what I'm reading and where I got the books from has become an important aspect of reflection for me. If you're interested in analyzing my stats (although this is mostly for me) here are my prior posts.

• Last 20 — December 2010
• Last 20 — Februar y 2010
• Last 20 — April 2010
• Last 20 — Augus t 2010

1. Glass Houses — Audiobook from Library
2. Speak — Audiobook from Library
3. The Maze Runner — Audiobook from Library
4. The Power of Six — ARC from Publisher
5. The Beginning of After — Galley from NetGalley
6. The Iron Knight — Galley from NetGalley
7. Entwined — Audiobook from Library
8. All Together Dead — Audiobook from Library
9. The Giver — Audiobook from Library
10. Forever — ARC from BEA 2011
11. Wintergirls — Audiobook from Library
12. Eragon — Audiobook from Library
13. Spellbound — Galley
14. Summer's Crossing — Free Nook Book
15. Between Here and Forever — Galley
16. Mercy — Galley
17. Shift — Galley
18. Invincible Summer — ARC Tour
19. The Goddess Test — Galley
20. Bumped — Galley

You can definitely tell when my summer Audiobook Adventure started! I'm also fully utilizing the online galley resources that I am SO entirely thankful for! But, unfortunately, I haven't read a SINGLE book that I've bought recently. This makes me sad because my goal for 2011 was to read my own books. But then I got a Nook and all of these resources became available to me. Oh well, life goes on. The good thing is that I haven't bought a lot of books recently either. So it's kind of like a stale mate right?

What about YOUR last 20? Where do your books come from that you actually get around to reading?

1. I Am Number Four — Review Copy
2. Linger — Review Copy
3. Shiver — Bought
4. Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart — Library
5. Dead as a Doornail — Bought
6. Shopaholic Ties the Knot — Library (Audio)
7. Hex Hall — Bought
8. Young Samurai: The Way of the Sword — Review Copy
9. Dead to the World — Bought
10. Club Dead — Bought
11. Living Dead in Dallas — Bought
12. Hush Hush — Bought
13. Sea — Review Copy
14. Before I Fall — Review Copy
15. Dead Until Dark — Bought
16. The Way of the Warrior — Review Copy
17. The Paradox of Choice — Bought
18. Now Is the Time: 170 Ways to Seize the Moment — Bought
19. The Five Love Languages — Bought
20. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief — Bought

I've been on a buying spree lately haven't I... I really need to either read my own books (already bought), get back in the habit of relying on my library, or crack down on review books.

What about you? Have you noticed any reading trends?

I haven't quite read 20 books from since my last post, but I was in the mood to do this anyway:

1. Beastly — Bought
2. Talk To Me Like I'm Someone You Love — Review Copy
3. A Certain "Je Ne Sais Quoi" — Review Copy
4. The Four Agreements — Library Book but then Bought
5. The Princess and the Bear — Library Book
6. Food Rules — Bought
7. All Quiet on the Western Front — School Book
8. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan (Audio) — Library Audio
9. Catching Fire — Library Book
10. The Devil Wears Prada (Audio) — Library Audio
11. Message in a Bottle (Audio) — Bought
12. Thirteen Reasons Why — Library Book
13. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Audio) — Bought
14. Mia the Magnificent — Review Book
15. The Bubble — Review Book
16. Alphatudes — Review Book
17. Jumping Off Swings — Library Book
18. The Things That Keep Us Here — Review Book
19. The Hunger Games — Library Book
20. Lucifer Rising — Review Book

8/20 — Library
7/20 — Review Copy
4/20 — Audio
4/20 — Bought
1/20 — School Book

The books in bold were also listed on the previous "Last 20" post.

When looking at the numbers, it's obvious where my "review book" reading slump was. I'm glad I'm starting to get out of it. I hope to have this list rejuvenated here in a month or so, when I'll hopefully have more time to read (yay, summer!).

It's been a while since I've done this — so let's have it it. The last twenty books I read have come from:
1. The Things That Keep Us Here — Review Copy
2. The Hunger Games — Library
3. Lucifer Rising — Review Copy
4. Isabelle's Boyfriend — Library
5. Girlfriend Material — Library
6. Some Girls Are — Won
7. Cracked Up to Be — Library
8. I Used to Know That — Review Copy
9. Love You, Hate You, Miss You — Library
10. The Source of Miracles — Review Copy
11. Elmer the Christmas Elf — Review Copy
12. Inside Out — Review Copy
13. A Christmas Carol: Special Edition — Review Copy
14. The Recipe Club — Review Copy
15. The Prince Harming Syndrome — Review Copy
16. Lighting Their Fires — Review Copy
17. A Duty to the Dead — Review Copy
18. The First Thirty Seconds — Review Copy
19. Everything Sucks — Review Copy
20. Thanksgiving at the Inn — Review Copy

1/20 — I won
5/20 — Library
14/20 — Review Copy

I was a little bit surprised at the high number of Review books I've read. Recently I've been shaking up review copies with library books, whereas last December I was definitely reading all review copies. But this could have something to do with my course load too — last semester I had an English heavy course load and was reading academically all the time and read only Review copies because of my 'obligation' (oh, if only I felt 'obligated' to eat ice cream!). Now with a more education focus, my reading load has significantly decreased and I find that I have more time to read recreationally (which is always a good thing).

In true "Last 20" fashion — it has been forever since my last post (August 2011) . This year I hope to keep better track because it is kind of fun to see where my books come from as a whole.

1. Double — NetGalley
2. Dead to You — ARC
3. Fever — ARC
4. Escaping Titanic — NetGalley
5. Fallen in Love — NetGalley
6. Passion — Library
7. A Million Suns — ARC
8. Torment — Own (Library Audio)
9. Cinder — NetGalley
10. The Night Circus — Library
11. Replication: The Jason Project — NetGalley
12. Silence — Library
13. Crossed — Own
14. Between Shades of Gray — Library
15. Pandemonium — ARC
16. The Pledge — NetGalley
17. Ashfall — NetGalley
18. Crescendo — Own (Library Audio)
19. Fallen — Own (Library Audio)
20. The Awakening — Own (Library Audio)