The Printed Page

** The Printed Page now blogs at A girl and her books. Go ahead and update your readers, feeds and blog links if you’d like. I do own the rights to The Printed Page and will continue to do so. If you have post links they’ll still work. **

While one day browsing blogs I noticed a question posed by Book Bloggers Hop which started me thinking, not always a good thing especially if you ask my technical support person. The question: Do you ever wish you would have named your blog something different? The (very short) answer: You betcha. The Printed Page was a name I came up with simply to get a blog going years ago. I’ve never really been vested in the name so change comes easily. Easily for me but pity my poor tech support person. One day I promise to leave things ‘as is’ and peace will again reign in his life.

I really wanted something that’s a lot more ‘me’. And nothing is more descriptive of ‘me’ than A girl and her books. The new domain is agirlandherbooks. If you visit right now there’s this ugly placeholder page – ignore it. A new name and home calls for some remodeling and change of address. So here’s a sneak peek at the new theme. The move date is tentatively set for Saturday, 3.26. There is also a new email address: agirlandherbooks [at] printedpage [dot] us. I will be updating TPP as the move progresses. If you’d like to update feeds, readers, blog rolls please do so.

** Non-series books only. Anything series related and that was the majority of my reading in February can be found at A Serial Reader.

Two months of 2011 have come and gone. It’s amazing to me how time seems to fly the older one gets yet it moves no differently than it ever has. I know as an adult I measure the passing of time differently than I did as a child. As a child I measured time passing by birthdays, school holidays and summer break. Now I view time passing by the ages of my nephews and coworkers children, daily as I rip another page off the cat naps calendar, our annual winter vacation and each monthly wrap up post I write here and at A Serial Reader. It seems like yesterday that I was writing the January posts and creating a companion blog. Now the end of February finds me pressing play and repeat again.

I read 14 books this month and DNF’d three. I think the monster cold I caught at the beginning of month has something to do with at least one of those DNFs. Of those 14 only 2 weren’t series books. A Serial Reader’s February books and write up posts.

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1. To Serve A King by Donna Russo Morin. DNF’d @ pg 60.
2. The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton. By far the most interesting book I’ve read this year. I had no idea that it would be a love story, of sorts. Traumatized, mute boy becomes a safe cracking (box man, lock artist) teenager leading a life of crime to save the girl he’s in love with. And his life of crime is facilitated by his girlfriend’s father when the young man is fulfilling his community service sentence for breaking into future girlfriend’s father’s house as part of a prank. Michael’s is a crazy world tilted sideways on its axis. Though the ending wasn’t as satisfying as I’d hoped for I enjoyed this first foray into Mr. Hamilton’s writing. I’m looking forward to reading his back list which you’ll find me writing about over at A Serial Reader because it is a series starring lead character former Detroit police officer Alex McKnight.

** Non-series books only. Anything series related and that was the majority of my reading in February can be found at A Serial Reader.

• Total books read: 13 (1 non-series / 12 series)
• Total pages read: 4,308
• Number of non-series books: 2 (1 eBook / 1 print edition)
• Number of non-series pages read: 575
• DNFs: 1

1. The Lock Artist

DNF – To Serve a King by Donna Russo Morin

Loved it! Complete review can be found at A Serial Reader (my series books blog)

Loved it! Complete review posted at A Serial Reader (my series books blog)

Loved it! Complete review posted at A Serial Reader (my series books blog)

Back in December I announced I was taking a break from blogging (the writing part) which for most part I’ve done. Come a new year I’ve mixed things up a bit. I’m no longer accepting review books except from one publisher whose title list perfectly matches my reading tastes. Another change is a new blog. Yes I can hear those of who read my December announcement asking why? Best answer – I don’t really know why but obviously that didn’t stop me. The new blog – A Serial Reader (Reading by the numbers) – is a sub genre blog of The Printed Page. A Serial Reader is home to my series books. I post at A Serial Reader like I post here – yearly reading lists, a complete series reading list, monthly wish list titles, monthly book and write up posts, along with the very occasional series book review.

I read 14 books this month and DNF’d one. Of those only 4 weren’t series books. A Serial Reader’s January books and write up posts.

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1. What the Night Knows by Dean Koontz. One of my favorite author’s is back on track – Yay! Over past several years his books have been hit and miss for me. I truly love his classic (earlier) works. What the Night Knows harks back to classic Koontz.
2. At the King’s Command by Susan Wiggs. I wasn’t overwhelmed but found it enjoyable.
3. The Maiden’s Hand by Susan Wiggs. Once again I wasn’t overwhelmed but found it enjoyable.
4. At the Queen’s Summons by Susan Wiggs. DNF’d at page 51.
5. Prequal to the Daughtry Family series) How to Woo a Spinster by Kasey Michaels

• Number of books read: 14 (12 eBooks / 2 print editions)
• Number of pages read: 4,690
• DNFs: 1

1. What the Night Knows by Dean Koontz
2. At the King’s Command by Susan Wiggs
3. Secrets to the Grave by Tami Hoag
4. The Maiden’s Hand by Susan Wiggs
5. Perfect Alibi by Sheldon Siegle
6. How to Woo a Spinster by Kasey Michaels
7. How to Tempt a Duke by Kasey Michaels
8. If Books Could Kill by Kate Carlisle
9. The Crack in the Lens by Steve Hockensmith
10. Bookmarked for Death by Lorna Barrett
11. The Face of Death by Cody McFayden
12. The Night Season by Chelsea Cain
13. Murder on Waverly Place by Victoria Thompson
14. Hex Marks the Spot by Madelyn Alt

DNF – At the Queen’s Summons by Susan Wiggs

Review posted at A Serial Reader