Here goes...

Books Read to Date: 3

I have decided to start on a little project this year. I am a very avid reader and tend to go through books quite quickly, especially ones I am enjoying. I decided I would open an Excel sheet and start tracking books I read this year as well as when I start and finish them and what I thought about them. Then I had another idea...why not blog about them too!

So in this blog I will be posting my reading progress and reviews and thoughts on the books I am reading. As many of the books I plan to read are in a series or are adaptations of shows (I am currently reading the 'Doctor Who New Adventures' series, which I suspect could wind up being quite repetitive review wise) I may just post a quick update about my start/finish and a brief thought on the book.

That being said I have already finished three books this month so here is just a quick review of these:

1. The Carrie Diaries and
2. Summer and the City by Candace Bushnell.
Genre: Teen Pages: 404, 421
Start: January Finish: January

I received both The Carrie Diaries and Summer and the City for my Kindle as gifts from my Fiance for Christmas. We had watched the Sex and the City series together in 2011 and knowing how much I enjoyed it he thought I might enjoy the books.

While geared towards teens I actually found it hard to put the book down. It was interesting to have a glimpse into Carrie Bradshaw's past. For me, what was most interesting about these books is it tells us how she meets her best friends, also characters from the television series as well as how Carrie comes to live in New York. While not at all in line with the series, Sex and the City fans might find this an interesting read.

3. The Stone Rose By Jacqueline Rayner
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Pages: 259
Series: Doctor Who New Adventures
Start: January Finish: January

I recently became a huge Doctor Who fan and after finishing the last season was a bit disappointed to be finished. I was rather excited when I came across the Doctor Who books, of which there appears to be hundreds. What interested me most was the 'Doctor Who New Adventures' novels as they follow the Ninth Doctor onward.

I decided to start with 'The Stone Rose' because it is the first story with the Tenth Doctor, as played by David Tennant because he was my favorite. I was very disappointed when he regenerated so I was glad to see I could get more of him from the books. Rayner does a pretty decent job keeping true to the series and to the character of the Doctor himself as well as the other characters such as Rose (Billie Piper). I found reading the books to be a lot like watching the shows because in my mind I could really picture Rose and the Doctor as Raynor portrayed them. I'm really excited to start the next one, however I have decided to go back to the beginning of the new series with the Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston).

So that was just a quick overview, my next updates should be a lot more organized and will include a start and finish date as well. Until then I am off to begin my next book:
The Clockwise Man By Justin Richards.

Later Days!
Jessie