A Game of Thrones
by George RR Martin
For the Here Be Dragons and First in a Series reading challenges.
English
837 pages
Bantam Books
ISBN: 987-0-553-57340-4
First line: “We should start back,” Gared urged them as the woods began to grow dark around them.
Back cover blurb:
In a land where summer can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. [...]
Posted on June 30th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: C, English, Fantasy, First in a Series, Here Be Dragons | No Comments »
The Giver
by Lois Lowry
For the First in a Series, Decades ‘08 (first published in 1993) and A-Z reading challenges.
English
179 pages
Dell Laurel-Leaf
ISBN: 0-440-23768-8
First line: It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened.
Back cover blurb:
Jonas’s world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no [...]
Posted on January 29th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, B, Decades '08, English, Fiction, First in a Series, Young Adult | No Comments »
Whose Body?
by Dorothy L Sayers
For the Decades ‘08 (first published 1923), First in a Series and A-Z reading challenges.
English
212 pages
Harper Mystery
ISBN: 978-0-06-104357-4
First line: “Oh damn!” said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus.
Back cover blurb:
The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for murder [...]
Posted on January 26th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A, A-Z Reading Challenge, Decades '08, English, First in a Series, Historical, Mystery | 3 Comments »
Twilight
by Stephenie Meyer
For the Young Adult, First in a Series and A-Z reading challenges.
English
434 pages
Atom Books
ISBN: 978-1-904233-65-7
First line: I’d never given much thought to how I would die—though I’d had reason enough in the last few months—but even if I had, I would not have imagined it like this.
Back cover blurb:
When Isabella Swan moves [...]
Posted on January 16th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, B, English, Fantasy, First in a Series, Romance, YA Challenge 2008, Young Adult | 10 Comments »
An Assembly Such as This
by Pamela Aidan
For the First in a Series, Back to History and A-Z reading challenges.
English
256 pages
Touchstone
ISBN: 978-0-7432-9134-7
First line: Fitzwilliam George Alexander Darcy rose from his seat in the Bingley carriage and reluctantly descended to earth before the assembly hall above the only inn to which the small market town of [...]
Posted on January 5th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, B, Back to History, English, First in a Series, Historical, Romance | 4 Comments »
Flambards
by KM Peyton
For the First in a Series, Young Adult and A-Z reading challenges.
English
220 pages
Oxford University Press
ISBN: 978-0-19-271955-3
First line: The fox was running easily.
Back cover blurb:
Christina is sent to live with her uncle and his two sons in their country house, Flambards.
She finds her uncle fierce and domineering and her cousin Mark arrogant and [...]
Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, C, English, First in a Series, Historical, YA Challenge 2008, Young Adult | No Comments »
His Majesty’s Dragon
by Naomi Novik
For the Here Be Dragons, First in a Series, Seafaring and A-Z reading challenges.
English
356 pages
Del Rey
ISBN: 978-0-345-48128-3
First line: The deck of the French ship was slippery with blood, heaving in the choppy sea; a stroke might as easily bring down the man making it as the intended target.
Back cover blurb:
Aerial [...]
Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, B, English, Fantasy, First in a Series, Here Be Dragons, Historical, Seafaring Challenge | 7 Comments »
I’m visiting my parents for Christmas (I have four days off from work. Four! That’s the most I’ve had off in a row since June and it is bliss!) and I thought I’d dig around my old room here to see if I could find two books that have mysteriously gone missing. No luck so [...]
Posted on December 23rd, 2007 by Love
Filed under: First in a Series, General booktalk | 3 Comments »
