Category Archives: Books

What I’ve Read – October 2014

Posted on November 5, 2014 by nicdempsey

Trial By Fire – Josephine Angelini More Josephine Angelini. Easy to read, fantastic world building and easy to read book crack. What a Wallflower Wants – Maya Rodale Historical romance, that starts with a heroine who’s been raped and doesn’t … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – August and September 2014

Posted on October 2, 2014 by nicdempsey

August and September were the month of things that were easy to read. Nothing that required too much brain space, nothing that I couldn’t put down. Catching Jordan – Miranda Kenneally I read this with H, it was a quick … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Reading in 2014 | Tagged A Brief History of Montmaray - Michelle Cooper, Attachments - Rainbow Rowell, Catching Jordan - Miranda Kenneally, Days of Blood and Starlight - Laini Taylor, Dreams of Gods and Monsters - Laini Taylor, Isla and the Happily Ever After - Stephanie Perkins, Magisterium: The Iron Trial - Cassandra Clare and Holly Black, The Year We Fell Down - Sarina Bowen, The Year We Hid Away - Sarina Bowen, Unmade - Sarah Rees Brennan | Leave a comment

What I’ve Read – July 2014

Posted on August 2, 2014 by nicdempsey

Apparently I’ve read more this year than any year when I first started tracking it, which I’m a bit surprised about because I was thinking that I wasn’t reading as much but here is this month’s list! The City – … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – May and June 2014

Posted on July 2, 2014 by nicdempsey

Saga Vol 1 – Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples Saga Vol 2 – Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples Saga Vol 3 – Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples I’m going to talk about these as one thing, I read them in a day although, I think I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Reading in 2014 | Tagged Angels' Blood, Archangel's Blade, Archangel's Consort, Archangel's Kiss, Archangel's Legion, Archangel's Storm, Brian K. Vaughan, Cassandra Clare, Delancy, E Lockhart, Everything I Know About Love I Learned from Romance Novels, Fiona Staples, graphic novels, Guy Gavriel Kay, Leigh Bardugo, Mary Robinette Kowal, Molly Wizenburg, Nalini Singh, Ruin and Rising, Saga, Sarah Wendell, Shades of Milk and Honey, Tayari Jones, Tessa Gratton, The Lost Sun: The United States of Asgard, The Mortal Instruments: City of Heavenly Fire, The Untelling, Under Heaven, We Were Liars | 1 Comment

What I’ve Read – March and April 2014

Posted on May 6, 2014 by nicdempsey

I didn’t post about my reading in March because I forgot, so you get two months reading in one and a discussion of book crack and not being ashamed of what you read. So in April I read 9 books … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Cocktail

Posted on February 28, 2014 by nicdempsey

The idea of something with gin and grapefruit and rosemary has been floating around my head for a while, it’s not a very original idea but I my love of gin is well known and I’ve become slightly obsessed with … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – February 2014

Posted on February 27, 2014 by nicdempsey

Into the Still Blue – Veronica Rossi I don’t really have a lot to say about this. I still like the world building but I’m struggling with them finding the perfect place and what about the rest of the world? … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – January 2014

Posted on January 30, 2014 by nicdempsey

Consider the Nightingale – Rumer Gooden So we read Thursday’s Child and then I remembered this one. It’s a little fairytale-ish but none the worse for that. All Change – Elizabeth Jane Howard The last of the Cazalet books. Much … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – December 2013

Posted on December 30, 2013 by nicdempsey

Black Heart – Holly Black The last of the Curse Workers books. I really enjoyed them, I liked that there is no absolute good or bad and while I don’t think it’s a happy ending really, I like that it … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Reading in 2013 | Tagged Alan Johnson, Black Heart, Cassandra Clare, Curse Workers, Hidden, Holly Black, josh kilmer-purcell, Kelly Armstrong, Maureen Johnson, Sarah Rees Brennan, The Bane Chronicles, the bucolic plague, This Boy | Leave a comment

What I’ve Read – November 2013

Posted on December 3, 2013 by nicdempsey

I didn’t read much at all this month, actually that’s not entirely true, I did read, I just didn’t read much new stuff, I spent three days in bed at the beginning of the month and read loads when I … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Reading in 2013 | Tagged Holly Black, Justine Larbalestier, reading, reading in 2013, reading November 2013, Red Glove, Robin Wasserman, Sarah Rees Brennan, Team Human, The Waking Dark, What I've Read, White Cat | Leave a comment