Books read in March
12. Monsters of Men-Ness (Book 3 of the Chaos Walking Trilogy)
13. Prom and Prejudice-Eulberg
14. What Happened on Fox Street-Springstubb
15. The Complete History of Why I Hate Her-Jacobson
16. The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels-Drummond
17. Sworn to Protect-Mills
18. The World According to Humphrey-Birney (audio)
19. Pursuit of Justice-Mills
I'll probably finish #20 today, making it my first book for April!
Showing posts with label 110 in 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 110 in 2011. Show all posts
Friday, April 1, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Reading in February
February was a weird month and clearly, I didn't make much time for reading. Between Willy Wonka rehearsals, work and helping to take care of a friend in the hospital, my stack of books to read fell by the wayside. The good news is that I've already finished two books in the first six days of March, so I'm hoping to catch up and get back on track with my goal.
Books read in February
8. Moon Over Manifest-Vanderpool
9. The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet-Dionne
10. The Ask and The Answer-Ness (Book 2 of the Chaos Walking Trilogy)
11. Reshaping It All: Motivation for Physical and Spiritual Fitness-Bure
Books read in February
8. Moon Over Manifest-Vanderpool
9. The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet-Dionne
10. The Ask and The Answer-Ness (Book 2 of the Chaos Walking Trilogy)
11. Reshaping It All: Motivation for Physical and Spiritual Fitness-Bure
Thursday, February 3, 2011
I haven't been blogging, but I have been reading!
As one (or more) friend said to me recently, "Now that you work part time, I expect you to update that blog more often, woman!"
I am hesitant to make too many promises, but I will come on at least once a month to post about my reading. Last year, I set a goal for myself to read 100 books in 2010 and I did it! My personal rules for the challenge were that the books would be "chapter" books (not picture books), but they could be children's, young adult, or adult, fiction or non-fiction, print and audio.
Side note: I love picture books. They are a valid form of literature. It is a wee bit (okay, a large bit) annoying to me when I tell people about my awesome accomplishment and they joke about how it was probably all picture books. Well it wasn't picture books, but if I chose to read 100 picture books, that would still be pretty impressive.
This year, I have upped my goal by 10% (is this right, math people?) to 110 in 2011. The same "rules" apply, though I'm going to have to step it up this month, since I only read 7 books in January. My list includes title and author, and denotes if I listened to it on CD. An * denotes a book that I found particularly outstanding.
Books read in January
1. *The Lost Hero-Riordan
2. Work Hard. Be Nice. How two inspired teachers created the most promising schools in America-Mathews
3. Artemis Fowl-Colfer
4. *Redeeming Love-Rivers
5. *The Knife of Never Letting Go-Ness
6. Incarceron-Catherine Fisher (audio)
7. Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters-Standiford
I actually really enjoyed all of the books I read in January. I thought about writing a brief summary of each, but that really stressed me out and made me feel like suddenly my reading was part of a school assignment. I will say though, that should you choose to read book #5, DO NOT, whatever you do, get attached to the dog. I only wish someone had told me this before I read the book. You're welcome.
If you want to know more about any of the books I read, just ask! And if you have any books that you think I should read, leave me a comment and let me know.
I am hesitant to make too many promises, but I will come on at least once a month to post about my reading. Last year, I set a goal for myself to read 100 books in 2010 and I did it! My personal rules for the challenge were that the books would be "chapter" books (not picture books), but they could be children's, young adult, or adult, fiction or non-fiction, print and audio.
Side note: I love picture books. They are a valid form of literature. It is a wee bit (okay, a large bit) annoying to me when I tell people about my awesome accomplishment and they joke about how it was probably all picture books. Well it wasn't picture books, but if I chose to read 100 picture books, that would still be pretty impressive.
This year, I have upped my goal by 10% (is this right, math people?) to 110 in 2011. The same "rules" apply, though I'm going to have to step it up this month, since I only read 7 books in January. My list includes title and author, and denotes if I listened to it on CD. An * denotes a book that I found particularly outstanding.
Books read in January
1. *The Lost Hero-Riordan
2. Work Hard. Be Nice. How two inspired teachers created the most promising schools in America-Mathews
3. Artemis Fowl-Colfer
4. *Redeeming Love-Rivers
5. *The Knife of Never Letting Go-Ness
6. Incarceron-Catherine Fisher (audio)
7. Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters-Standiford
I actually really enjoyed all of the books I read in January. I thought about writing a brief summary of each, but that really stressed me out and made me feel like suddenly my reading was part of a school assignment. I will say though, that should you choose to read book #5, DO NOT, whatever you do, get attached to the dog. I only wish someone had told me this before I read the book. You're welcome.
If you want to know more about any of the books I read, just ask! And if you have any books that you think I should read, leave me a comment and let me know.
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