November Books:

Vintage Tattoos: The Book of Old-School Skin Art by: Carol Clerk

Non-fiction: History, art, 256 pages

A book on the history of tattoos as well as the artist and personalities that were important in the era of vintage tattooing.

Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons by: Jon Peterson

Non-fiction: History, Pop Culture, Biography 368 pages

The story of Dungeons and Dragons: from games that the creators made before D&D, to the early years of the game, to the fight over D&D and the Satanic Panic.

The Complete Whiskey Course: A Comprehensive Tasting School in Ten Classes by: Robin Robinson

Non-fiction: Science, History, Food and Drink, 304 pages

This book deals with many of the things one might want to know about whiskey and whiskey tastings.

The Last Session Vol. 1 by: Jasmine Walls, Ills by: Dozerdraws

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Pop Culture, 128 pages

This book is the story of a group of friends who meet in an after school group that ended up becoming a D&D group.  They are now graduating and going in different directions and so are finishing out their game. 

Eating Salad Drunk: Haikus for the Burnout Age by Comedy Greats Ed by: Gabe Henry, Ils by: Emily Flake 

Non-Fiction: Poetry, 240 pages

Haikus by famous comedians on a variety of subjects.

Dorsai! (Childe Cycle #1) by: Gordon R. Dickson

Fiction: Sci-Fi, Audio Book

Donal Graeme is an odd Dorsai who ends up living a very interesting life. 

A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans:

A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans by: Laurence Yep & Joanne Ryder
Fiction: Fantasy, Children
Audio Book

Miss Drake's pet "Fluffy" has died and her great-niece inherits her key to Miss Drake's apartment.  She doesn't want a new pet and Winnie isn't the type of human that she would want for a pet.  However, Winnie thinks that the dragon is her pet and she promised her aunt that she would take care of Miss Drake.  Also Winnie has notes from her aunt about the dragon and having had lived a life on the road has enough street smarts to match wits with the dragon. 

The Bone Magician:

The Bone Magician by: F.E.Higgins
Fiction: YA, Historic, Mystery
Audio Book

This book takes place at the same time as the author's other work and so you can read this or the other book first.  In this story Pin gets a job as a corpse watcher which is someone that professionally sits up all night with a corpse until they get buried a few days after death. (As it takes place in a time when wakes were done in case the "corpse" does wake from a deep coma and isn't really dead.)  One night when watching a body, he is drugged and sees an old man, a girl around his age, and a man that knew the dead person sneak into the room.  Then they preform a ceremony and the dead body sits up and talks for a short time.   Shortly after this event, he gets kicked of the room he was renting and ends up rooming in the same house as the girl from the ceremony that "raised" the dead. 
Meanwhile there is a killer in the city that puts a golden apple in the pocket of all the people he killed.  Many people think it is Pin's dad as he is on the run after being accused of killing his brother-in-law.  Pin knows that his dad isn't the killer and so he and friends that he picks up on the way work to solve the mystery of who the murder is to clear his father's name of these crimes.  Also Pin is trying to find out how the bone magic of raising the dead works.

The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit:

The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit: Every Spiritual Warrior's Guild to God's Invincible Gifts: Kevin Vost, Psy.D.
Non:Fiction: Religion 206 pages
Physical Book Count:11
Book Count :37

As the title states this book is on the 7 gifts of the Holy Spirit.  I read most of it in the hopes of getting it finished for Pentecost and then when I didn't finish in time, I worked on other things for a time before getting back to this.  So, this isn't going to be the most in depth report.
Each gift has it's own section in the book.  They include a part on the gift, a profile of a saint relating to the gift, an analysis based on St. Thomas Aquinas, and a second profile of a different saint.

What Einstein Told His Cook:

What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained by: Robert L. Wolke
Nonfiction: science, home economics, audio book

This book is all about the science behind food and cooking.  It breaks things up in sections that can be read independently of all the other sections and includes topics like: protein, fats, salt, baking, refrigeration, and more.  It also has some recipes that you can download off of a website by the author.  It was very much like the science parts of "Good Eats" with some less crazy "Mythbusters" style scientific testing of popular beliefs.  

8 CDs 9.5 hours

Undead and Unemployed:

Undead and Unemployed (Queen Betsy Book #2) by: Mary Janice Davidson
Fiction: Mystery, Paranormal, Audio Book

This is book two in the series.  In this book Betsy is more use to her unique vampire abilities, but there is still bills to pay, so after failing to get unemployment do to the never ending bureaucracy of government programs, she ends up getting her dream job of selling shoes at Macy's.  Which only infuriates Sinclair, as the job is below a queen, but that is only the least of her problems.  There is a group out killing vampires, there are vampires that resent her being queen, there are vampires that don't think she is queen, there are termites in her house so Jessica rents out a mansion for them, and there is a little girl that is always hiding in her bedroom.  Also, working around shoes puts a serious dent in her paycheck.

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer:

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer By: Lish McBride
Fiction: YA, paranormal, Audio Book

Sam was your average college drop out working at a fast food joint, until he caught the attention of Douglas a necromancer that insists that Sam is one too and Douglas is not happy about it.  Now Douglas is ruining Sam's life and Sam needs to learn about: his past, powers and many other things he never knew was real, and he needs to do so fast.  Also each chapter title is a song title, or based on one.


9 CDs 10.25 hrs

Insane City:

Insane City By: Dave Barry
Fiction: Humor, Audio Book

This is the story of a lavish destination wedding. This is the story of a family of illegal aliens trying to make it to America. This is the story of an ape that does not like men.  This is the story of pot brownies and billionaires.  But above all it is the story about why it is important  that your cabbie knows how to get to the hotel, because if he did, none of this would happen.


7 CDs, 8 hours

America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't:

America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't By: Stephen Colbert
Non-fiction: Humor
Audio Book

Another book on America by Stephen Cobert.  This one on how we were the greatest nation on the earth and we will be the greatest nation on earth, its just the now that looks less than greatest.  Like all of his books it is very funny while still being social commentary at times.  Over all it was full of truthieness.

3 CDs c.3 hours

The Fairy Ring:

The Fairy Ring or Elsie and Frances Fool the World By: Mary Losure
Non-fiction: History, Paranormal, Biography
Audio Book

This is the story of the two girls that made the fairy photos that fooled people for years, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (who believed in fairies even before seeing the pictures.) It tells of their lives from the time that the cousins first started living together due to WWI, to after the truth of the photos came out decades later.
2 CDs 2 hours 26 min

The TAO of Martha:

The TAO of Martha By: Jen Lancaster
Non-fiction: Memoir, Humor
Audio Book

This is the story of a woman that spends a year trying to live like Marta Stewart in the hopes that it will improve her life. Only instead of living in a country estate with well behaved balls of fluff, she lives in the suburbs in a house with a kitchen gun safe (from the last owners) and a mix of a sick dog, other dogs and crazy cats at war with the rest of the house.  So things don't always turn out "Marthay".
7 CDs 8 hours 57 min

A Note to Self: Too Busy To Comment

As you my know I am super busy right now, and so I have A. not been reading that many stories and B. not had time to work on my blog. So before I forget the books that I have some how been able to read I am just going to list them so I can check to see if I read them if I see them later and think, "That book looks familiar" I can see that I read it.

Easy Bake Coven By: Liz Schulte
Fiction: Fantasy, e-book

Catching Fire (The Second Book of The Hunger Games) By: Suzanne Collins
Fiction: Sci-Fi, YA, 391 pages
Book Count: 46

(I HAD to read this before the movie came out, so if we don't end up seeing this I am going to be upset!)

When God Whispers Your Name By: Max Lucado
Non-Fiction: Religion, audio book
4 CDs 4.25 hours

The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs:

The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs By: Cynthia DeFelice
Fiction: Mystery, Children's, Audio Book

This is the second book in a series about a young girl, Allie, that can see ghosts.  You do not need to read the first book in the series to enjoy this book.  In this book Allie,  is haunted by a younger good looking man, who seams to have something to do with the old, scary lunch lady at her school.  It also is connected with fires.

3.75 hrs 3 CDs

Dave Barry I'll Mature When I'm Dead:

Dave Barry I'll Mature When I'm Dead : Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood By: Dave Barry
Non-fiction: Essays, Humor, Biography, Audio Book

These essays are almost all new stories about being any adult.  It includes info o dating, being a parent, technology, and his versions of a couple of famous TV shows and books.

4 hrs. 16 mins. 4CDs

The Shadows:

The Shadows: The Books of Elsewhere By: Jacqueline West
Fiction: Children's, Fantasy, Audio Book

When Olive moved into an old Victorian mansion, she knew something was odd.  There were all sorts of old, odd things left over from the last owner, a little old lady that died in the house. There were paintings that just didn't look right, and were glued onto the walls.  And then she found the magic glasses and the talking cats.  She learns that she can explore the paintings, going into them with her glasses, and she learns that there is something sinister behind the house and the paintings, but she has a hard time finding out who and what. 


5 hrs. 30 mins. 5 CDs

Somewhat Saved:

Somewhat Saved By: Pat G'orge-Walker
Fiction: Chick Lit, Humor, Religious,  Audio Book

First, why would any church hold a conference in Las Vegas when they all aren't from the area and a number of them think gambling is a sin? Because that only adds to the humor.  This story is about a group of women that get sent to the annual Mothers Board Conference, two who are on the board and one who is running for president, because the local tabloid paper said she would and the preacher thought it was a good idea. From there things get crazy, and heartwarming, and uplifting, and more crazy as they find out more about themselves, each other and a very special girl who has more to do with them than they know. 

9 CD's 11 Hours

Martin Misunderstood:

Martin Misunderstood By: Karin Slaughter
Fiction: Audio book, short story

This story is a comedy of errors about a unloved man and a series of murders.

2 CDs 2.5 Hours

The Spellman Files:

The Spellman Files By: Lisa Lutz
Fiction: mystery, humor, audio book

Imagine a family in which almost everyone one was a private eye: both parents, the addiction ridden uncle, the 20 something daughter, and the 14 year old daughter. (the oldest son is a lawyer.) Now imagine that all the private eyes lived in the same house and no one completely trust each other. Throw in a number of ex and future ex boyfriends, petty crime, double lives, and a missing person and you have this book.


8 Cds 9.75 hours

Lunatics:

Lunatics By: Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel
Fiction: Humor, audio book

This is the story of two normal guys (well one is often called an idiot, followed by an apology to actual idiots for comparing him to one.)  Their story starts out as a normal fight between a crazed parent and the referee of his daughter's soccer game.  It soon escalates to run ins with the police, pirates, bears, terrorists, a black ops team (that doesn't exist), world leaders, and many more people your average pet shop owner and  plumber for NY would never meet.  The story is told by both men so you can see how drastically differently they deal with each thing. 




6 CD's 7 hour 4 minutes

Unholy Night:

Unholy Night by: Seth Grahame-Smith
Fiction: humor, audio book
Book Count: 43

This is the story of Christmas, if the wisemen were actually a set of thieves that were on the run.  And if for some reason you wrote the book based off what you remember of the story from Sunday school as a kid, but you looked up the names that traditionally were given to the wise men.  Not that I expected a lot of biblical accuracy from the book, but making John the Baptist years older than Jesus for no real reason is odd.  (The timeline is also messed with, but that is for the storyline.)  Unlike most other stories that deal with the event the main character is not Jesus, nor Mary, Joseph, or even one of the cute little animals in the stable; it is Balthazar a.k.a. the Antioch Ghost.  He is a man that vowed to destroy Rome and steals all of their treasure.  He is a man that believes in nothing but himself and leaves a wake of destruction and broken hearts all over the empire.  He is a man that has a dark past.  In short he is the last person you would think of being a hero in the story of Christmas.  But he is, as the one thing he hates more then the Romans is the Romans killing the innocent.

8 CD's 9.5 Hours