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63. X-Rated Bloodsuckers - Mario Acevedomonthly breakdown so far:
January - 13
February - 25
March - 25
What did you think of Look at Me. I just picked it up on PBS and wonder if I should move it further up my TBR pile.
79. Heart Shaped Box - Joe Hill80. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking - Malcolm Gladwell
81. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
monthly breakdown so far: January - 13
February - 25
March - 25
April - 22
pages: 26,337
How have you read 88 books so far this year? I'm very jealous! How do you do it?
hehe...I spend a lot of time waiting at ballet lessons and the playground and there have been several rainy weekends when I've just stayed in bed and read. (I also will reward myself for doing housework during the day....15 minutes washing dishes, 15 minutes reading, 15 minutes folding laundry, 15 minutes reading....though sometimes I get lost in the book and forget to go clean the bathroom like I intended :)
Good for you! And you definitely have to prioritize......reading or housework.....sometimes the book just has to win! I've been there!
90. Undead and Unwed - Mary Janice Davidson (255 pages)91. Undead and Unemployed - Mary Janice Davidson (272 pages)
The Handmaid's Tale-this was an excellent book! A bit unnerving....but unforgetable!
The Other Boleyn Girl...another incredible read. I haven't seen the movie yet, but plan too. I read a lot of books about Mary Boleyn as she is a direct ancestor...my 9th great grandmother as a matter of fact.
I grabbed The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory and will be into that as soon as I finish Anne Rice's Christ the Lord books.
I also reward myself after housework! Of course, I can't reward myself during the day as I am teaching, but I try to a bit each night because I don't typically feel like getting my housework done!!
OK...since I finished my A-Z challenges, I'm going to start a new challenge. I'm going to read a book from each decade. 1840s-2000s1840s - Jane Eyre (tbr)
1850s - Madame Bovary
1860s - Crime and Punishment
1870s - The Egoist
1880s - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1890s - The Invisible Man
1900s - Rebecca of Sunnybrook farm
1910s - The Metamorphasis
1920s - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1930s - At the Mountains of Madness
1940s - The Pearl
1950s - Atlas Shrugged
1960s - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1970s - Murder Most Foul (The 1971 Mystery Writers of America Anthology)
1980s - Midnight's Children
1990s - The Sparrow
2000s - The Eyre Affair
And let's see if I can get through the author list a second time:
A – Kelley Armstrong
B – Jim Butcher
C – Orson Scott Card
D – Mary Janice Davidson
E – Edward Eager
F – Elizabeth Flock
G – Austin Grossman
H – Barry Hughart
I – Greg Iles
J – Henry James
K – Alfie Kohn
L – Wally Lamb
M – China Mieville
N – John Nance
O – Robert C. O'Brien
P – Jodi Picoult
Q – Thomas de Quincey
R – Ray Ruppert
S – Sharon Shinn
T – Gary Troup
U – Jane Urquhart
V – Gore Vidal
W – Gene Wilder
X – Xinran
Y – Marly Youmans
Z – Gary Zebrun
94. Undead and Unappreciated - Mary Janice Davidson (271 pages)95. Undead and Unreturnable - Mary Janice Davidson (250 pages)
102. Perdido Street Station - China Mieville (640 pages)103. Unconditional Parenting - Alfie Kohn (221 pages)
Monthly recap:January: 13 books
February: 25 books
March: 25 books
April: 22 books, 26,337 pages(Jan-Apr)
May: 21 books, 7,319 pages
Total books YTD: 106
Total pages YTD: 33,656
OK...I really like the idea of this summer challenge that someone posted here recently. I think I'll set a goal of 75 points for each month of summer....I'll bold (June: 90pts) or italic (July: 70pts) or bold italic (August: 60pts)the things I've done as I go along.5 Point Items
- Read for 30 minutes under a tree
- Listen to a book on tape, cd, mp3, or playaway
- Read a cookbook or view a cooking website
- Read a romance novel
- Attend a program at your local library
- View a movie made from a book
10 Point Items
- Read a collection of short stories or a play
- Read an online newspaper or magazine
- Read an inspirational novel
- Read a book about sports
- Read a sci-fi/fantasy/paranormal novel
- Read a horror or suspense novel
- Read a magazine from your local library
- Read a western or a history about the west
15 Point Items
- Read a novel by an author you have never read
- Read a book about politics or history
- Read a book publ. in the decade you were born
- Read an autobiography
- Read a book from "Times all-time 100 novels"
- Read a book with coffee or tea in the title
- Read any non-fiction book
25 Point Items
- Read a book about your town or written by a
local author
- Listen to a child read 30 min. on 3 days
Rules
- Each item can only be used once
- Each item read, viewed, or heard may be counted
only once
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