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I end up waiting for sequels a lot, and then I end up forgetting to get back to them or I forget what happened and have to reread. Oh, well.

I have a hold on that book too.

Start Date: 09/01/2022
End Date: 09/30/2022
Total Pages Read: 5,358
Bonus Points: 290
Books Read:
1. Kristy and the Missing Fortune 9/2, last 73, +75 (and, blended)
2. The House at Sea's End 9/4, last 129, +25 (hardcover)
3. TMS 402/602 Building Code Requirements and Specification for Masonry Structures, 2016 9/5, last 251, +25 (and)
4. Jessi and the Troublemaker 9/7, 131, +35 (blue, and)
5.AISC: Steel Construction Manual 9/12, 2,071, +35 (blue, hardcover)
6. To Fetch a Thief 9/15, 307, +25 (hardcover)
7. Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower 9/21, 209, +60 (blue, and, hardcover)
8. Seismic Design Manual 9/30, 1,761, +10 (blue)
9. PPI PE Structural Reference Manual, 10th Edition – Complete Review for the NCEES PE Structural Engineering (SE) Exam 172
10. Blood Price 29
11.Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead DNF, 30
12. IBC Code and Commentary 2018: The Complete Ibc With Commentary After Each Section 29
13. Amongst Our Weapons 14
14. The Great Troll War 152

1382. A Study in Scarlet Women
1383. The Recovery Agent
1384. Like Part of the Family
1385. The Janus Stone
1386. The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
1387. Homicide and Halo-Halo
1388. Thereby Hangs a Tail

1372. Here Come the Bridesmaids!
1373. The Complete Maus
1374. Heroic Hearts
1375. Joe Ledger: Special Ops
1376. The Priory of the Orange Tree
1377. City of the Dead
1378. The Crossing Places
1379. Dog on It
1380. Desolation Canyon

1357. Shadow and Bone
1358. Puzzled Indemnity
1359. Stacey's Book
1360. Claudia and the Clue in the Photograph
1361. On the Come Up
1362. 25 Years of Pickles
1363. Return to Howliday Inn
1364. Nighty-Nightmare
1365. Shannon's Story
1366. Extinction Machine
1367. The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories
1368. Bunnicula Strikes Again!
1369. Bunnicula Meets Edgar Allan Crow
1370. Peter Pan

1345. Chilling Effect
1346. Raven's Gate
1347. Mallory Pike, #1 Fan
1348. Just Another Judgement Day
1349. Kristy and the Vampires
1350. Shadowhouse Fall
1351. The Babysitters Remember
1352. Capture the Crown
1353. Tintenherz
1354. Peril
1355. The Accomplice

Start Date: 08/01/2022
End Date: 08/31/2022
Total Pages Read: 3,365
Bonus Points: 240
Books Read:
1. Black Water Sister 8/12, 384
2. Dawn and the Halloween Mystery 8/14, 160, +35 (A, school)
3. Supplement NDS National Design Specification. Design Values for Wood Construction 8/19, 74
4. NDS w/ Commentary 8/20, 297
5. Concrete Rose 8/22, 368, +10 (A)
6. Stacey and the Mystery at the Empty House 8/22, 142, +35 (A, school)
7. Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls 8/23, 224, +75 (school, film)
8. Howl’s Moving Castle 8/23, 437, +50 (movie)
9. ASCE 7-16 8/24, last 250
10. Kristy and Mr. Mom 8/26, 154, +35 (A, school)
11. Special Design Provisions for Wind & Seismic (SDPWS) 2015 Edition 8/27, 98
12.. To the Lighthouse DNF, 40
13. PPI PE Structural Reference Manual, 10th Edition – Complete Review for the NCEES PE Structural Engineering (SE) Exam 65
14.The Bone Shard Emperor 246
15. The House at Sea's End 228
16. Blood Price 18
17. TMS 402/602 Building Code Requirements and Specification for Masonry Structures, 2016 93
18. Kristy and the Missing Fortune 87

Gender:
male - 29
female - 36
Genre:
science fiction - 6
fantasy - 13
mystery/thriller - 18
classic - 2
non-fiction - 2
horror - 8
humor - 5
graphic novel - 1
anthology - 1
misc. - 6
Length:
401-600 - 10
601-800 -
801-1000 - 1
1000+ -
Pages:
January - 2,460 (79.4/day)
February - 1,546 (55.2/day)
March - 2,881 (92.9/day)
April - 3,154 (105.1/day)
May - 1,593 (51.39/day)
June - 2,654 (88.47/day)
July - 2,580 (83.23/day)

End of July summary:
1. 52/100 books
2. 19/40 series books, 2 in progress
3. 2/10 nonfiction, 3 in progress
4. 3/10 classic novels or plays
5. 5/12 Reading group challenge
6. 0/10 past reading group books
7. 2/10 new countries and 3/10 new states
8. 22/25 Motley challenge
9. 17/30, 5/5 Pop Sugar challenge
10. 15/19 SFFBC TBR Cleanup Challenge
11. 3/15 books owned as of December 31, 2021
12. 0/8 BOTM or buddy reads

Lea wrote: "Whenever I have to read stuff for work, I gravitate towards easier books for fun too. Good luck with getting your license and hope that you make it through all that dry reading material! :-)"
The outside reading has gone slowly. Hopefully, I can get through all of it in time for the exam. I am already really looking forward to having my free time back. It's exhausting studying on weekends and evenings while also working full time.

Project Hail Mary is definitely my favorite so far this year. None of the other books really stand out for second place.

Start Date: 07/01/2022
End Date: 07/31/2022
Total Pages Read: 2,580
Bonus Points: 185
Books Read:
1. Project Hail Mary 7/8, last 171, +30 (7, sci-fi, 300+)
2. A Study in Scarlet Women 7/9, last 216, +20 (A, 300+)
3. The Recovery Agent 7/15, 297, +10 (7)
4. Like Part of the Family 7/16, 21
5. The Janus Stone 7/18, 328, +20 (300+, series)
6. The Cat Who Could Read Backwards 7/20, 256, +25 (>5)
7. Homicide and Halo-Halo 7/25, 283, +60 (series, -)
8. Thereby Hangs a Tail 7/28, 320, +20 (300+, series)
9. City of Stairs 102
10. ASCE 7-16 - 405
11. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance 124
12. The Bone Shard Emperor 28
13. Before the Coffee Gets Cold 29

Gender:
male - 26
female - 31
Genre:
science fiction - 5
fantasy - 13
mystery/thriller - 12
classic - 2
non-fiction - 2
horror - 7
humor - 5
graphic novel - 1
anthology - 1
misc. - 6
Length:
401-600 - 9
601-800 -
801-1000 - 1
1000+ -
Pages:
January - 2,460 (79.4/day)
February - 1,546 (55.2/day)
March - 2,881 (92.9/day)
April - 3,154 (105.1/day)
May - 1,593 (51.39/day)
June -

End of June summary:
1. 44/100 books
2. 16/40 series books, 2 in progress
3. 2/10 nonfiction, 4 in progress
4. 3/10 classic novels or plays
5. 5/12 Reading group challenge
6. 0/10 past reading group books
7. 1/10 new countries and 2/10 new states
8. 21/25 Motley challenge
9. 14/30, 5/5 Pop Sugar challenge
10. 12/19 SFFBC TBR Cleanup Challenge
11. 3/15 books owned as of December 31, 2021
12. 0/8 BOTM or buddy reads

I've wanted to go to Egypt since I was 3 or 4 years old. I was fascinated by the pyramids. No wonder my dad wasn't surprised when I decided to become a structural engineer :-)
Ioana wrote: "LOL, I have the same problem, just a lot more countries in Europe. Plus the rest of the world 🤣"
Honestly, it would probably be shorter to list the places I don't want to go than all the ones I would like to see.


The pizza in Italy was amazing (of course). I tried it in both Venice and Rome, and I was happy with both. I would say the pizza I had in Venice was better, though (better crust). The pasta was only okay. I had some delicious Greek salads in both Greece and Croatia. I also had some delicious lamb chops and chicken gyros in Greece. The bread was excellent everywhere. I didn't have any particularly memorable desserts, at least not in a good way.

Hope you have a great June."
Thanks!

In 2019, I went to Switzerland, Germany, France, and Netherlands, so we went on similar trips. The only place on that list that I haven't been to is Prague, and that's on my to-do list.
We went to Kefalonia, Santorini, and Corfu. All were beautiful.