December Wrap-Up

Books read: 

Deadly (Chibbaro)

Delirium (Oliver)
Matchless (Maguire)
Dash and Lily's Book of Dares (Cohn and Levithan)
Miracle on 34th Street (Davies)

Audio Books finished:  

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Rowling)
A Christmas Carol (Dickens)
A Season of Gifts (Peck)

Movies reviewed:

Miracle on 34th Street 1955 TV special
Disney's A Christmas Carol

Nancy Drew read:

The Moonstone Castle Mystery #40
The Phantom of Pine Hill #42
The Mystery of the 99 Steps #43
Clue in the Crossword Cipher #44
The Spider Sapphire Mystery #45
The Invisible Intruder #46
The Mysterious Mannequin #47
The Crooked Banister #48
The Secret of Mirror Bay #49
The Double Jinx Mystery #50

Mystery of the Glowing Eye #51
The Secret of the Forgotten City #52

Challenges joined:

2011 Whisper Stories in My Ear Challenge (starts Jan.1) (12)
2011 E-Book Challenge (starts Jan.1) (12)
Take a Chance Challenge 3 (starts Jan.1)


Challenges completed:

2010 Holiday Reading Challenge (5/5)
The Nancy Drew Challenge (43/56)
A Hogwarts Reading Challenge (+276 points earned)


Challenges NOT completed: 

Twentyten Challenge (status: 18/20)

November Wrap-Up

Books read:

Another Faust (Nayeri)
Inside Job (Willis)
Shopgirl(Martin)
The Education of Madeline (Williamson)
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (Meyer)

Audio Books finished:

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Rowling)

Nancy Drew read:

The Secret of the Golden Pavilion (#36)
The Clue in the Old Stagecoach (#37)
The Mystery of the Fire Dragon  (#38)
The Clue of the Dancing Puppet (#39)
The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes (#41)

Challenges joined:

2010 Holiday Reading Challenge (status: 0/5)
GLBT Reading Challenge 2011 (starts January 1)
Wodehouse Reading Challenge (starts December 1)
What's in a Name 4 Challenge (starts January 1)
 350 Page Books Challenge (starts January 1)

Challenges completed:

 Take Another Chance Challenge (12/12)
November Novella Challenge  (3/4)

It was a slow month for me as I frantically tried to finish some challenges and failed a bit.  Believe it or not I am actually trying to keep my challenges more manageable for next year.
Anyway, favorite book this month was, well, frankly there wasn't a favorite.  None of the books I read really stood out though most were enjoyable.
How was your November?

October Wrap-Up

Books read:

Red Hood's Revenge (Hines)

Dylan and the Baby Doctor (Woods)(e-book)

Mostly Good Girls (Sales)

The Kid Table (Seigel)

The Candidates (Scott)

Extraordinary  (Werlin)

White Cat (Black)

No Going Back (Langford) (e-book)

Blockade Billy (King) (e-book)

Poison Study (Snyder)
The Lying Game (Shepard) (e-book)
The Best Halloween Ever (Robinson)

Audio books finished:

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 

Nancy Drew read:

The Witch Tree Symbol

The Hidden Window Mystery

The Haunted Showboat (e-book)

Challenges joined:

Off the Shelf Challenge (starts January 1)
The November Novella Challenge (starts November 1)

Challenges finished:

R.I.P. Challenge (2/2)

Favorite book of the month was White Cat by Holly Black.  It was a very interesting world that Black created and I loved all the detail and the mystery too, of course.

What was your favorite of the month?

Nancy Drew Recap - July, August & September

I started off the year doing really well and I'm fizzling out a bit.  Not out of lack of interest, but mostly because I have a whole lot to read and I haven't fit any Nancy Drew in.  One week I'll have to concentrate on reading just Nancy.  But I'm past the half way mark at least.

July 

Mystery at the Ski Jump #29

  

August 

The Clue in the Velvet Mask  #30

The Ringmaster's Secret #31

The Scarlet Slipper Mystery #32

 

September

None

September Wrap-Up

Books reviewed:

Clockwork Angel (Clare)
It's a Book (Smith)
Virals (Reichs)
My Invented Life (Bjorkman)
The Rise of the Fire Tamer (Gow)
Low Red Moon  (Devlin)

Audio books finished:

The Red Pyramid (Riordan)

Challenges completed:

GLBT Challenge 2010

Challenges joined:

R.I.P. V Challenge 

This was a slow month for me.  It took a bit to get back to my reading groove after Mockingjay, but I managed it.  Favorite book this month - Low Red Moon.  How was your month?

August Wrap-Up

Books read and reviewed:

Princess of Glass (George) 

Sleeping in Flame (Carroll) 

Sisters Red (Pearce) 

 Gone (McMann)

Virgin Territory (Lecesne) 

Sapphique (Catherine Fisher) 

 Adios, Nirvana (Wesselhoeft)

 Shadow of the Sun (Kreitzer)

The DUFF (Keplinger)

The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May and June (Benway)
Mockingjay (Collins)

Audio finished:

Fairies and the Quest for Neverland  

 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Based on a Book movie reviews:

Ponyo
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

Nancy Drew read:

The Clue in the Velvet Mask  #30

The Ringmaster's Secret #31

The Scarlet Slipper Mystery #32

Challenges completed:

2010 Young Adult Reading Challenge  (50/50)
Dystopian Challenge (10/10)

No contest this month for favorite book of the month.  Mockingjay, of course!
What was your favorite book this month?

July Wrap-Up

Books read:

Insatiable (Cabot)

Sleepless (Balog)

Nocturne (Harkrader)

Shadowland  (Noël)

The Eternal Ones  (Miller)

Dark Flame  (Noël)
Mackenzie Blue (Wells)
The Secret Crush (Wells)
Friends Forever? (Wells)
Incarceron (Fisher)

 Audio books finished:

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban  (Rowling)

The Girl with the Mermaid Hair (Ephron)
Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg (Levine)
Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand (Levine)

Nancy Drew read:

Mystery at the Ski Jump (#29)

No challenges joined or completed this month.

This was such a slow month for me although I did do a lot of reading for the upcoming Once Upon a Week.  My favorite book was a toss-up between The Eternal Ones  and Incarceron, both very different books from each other.  I really liked the Fairy series by Gail Carson Levine on audio.  It was just precious.

What was your favorite book this month?

June Wrap-Up

Books Read:

Forgive My Fins
Howl's Moving Castle
The More You Ignore Me
This World We Live In 
Donut Days


Audio Books Finished:

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

The Maze Runner 

Nancy Drew Finished:

The Clue in the Old Album
The Ghost of Blackwood Hall
The Clue of the Leaning Chimney
The Secret of the Wooden Lady
The Clue of the Black Keys

Based on a Book Movie Reviews:

Howl's Moving Castle


Challenges Completed:

Read the Book, See the Movie Challenge (8/8)
What's in a Name Challenge 3 (6/6)

Favorite book this month: Howl's Moving Castle.  I know it is an oldie but it is still one of the best books I've read.  Favorite audio book: Well, there were only two and one was an HP so I'll just leave it at that.

How was your June?

May Wrap-Up

Books finished: 

The Demon's Lexicon (Rees Brennan)

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Baum)

This Lullaby (Dessen)

 Everlasting (Frazier)

A Golden Web  (Quick)

The Knife of Never Letting Go (Ness)

Birthmarked (O'Brien)

A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend (Horner)

Audio books finished:

The Year of the Flood (Atwood)

The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children (McGowan)

Wicked (Maguire)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Rowling)

Nancy Drew:

Mystery of the Moss-Covered Mansion
The Quest of the Missing Map
The Clue in the Jewel Box
The Secret of the Old Attic
The Clue in the Crumbling Wall
Mystery of the Tolling Bell

Based on a Book Movie Reviews:

The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Tin Man (mini-series)

Challenges Joined:

The Colorful Reading Challenge (status: 5/9)

Challenges Completed:

E-Book Challenge 2010 (6/6)

My favorite book this month was A Love Story Starring My Best Friend by Emily Horner.  I really liked it how sweet and moving it was.  My favorite audio (besides the Sorcerer's Stone) was The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood.  How was your May?

April Wrap-Up

Books read:

The Blonde of the Joke (Madison)

Perchance to Dream (Mantchev)

Frost Moon (Francis) (e-book)

Will Grayson, Will Grayson (Green and Levithan)

Scarlett Fever (Johnson)

Bones of Faerie (Simner)

Liar (Larbalestier)

13 to Life (Delany)

Leviathan (Westerfeld)

Anything but Typical (Baskin)
Alice and Well in Prague, New York (Grab)
Beautiful Malice (James)

Audio books finished:

Shiver (Stiefvater)

Graceling (Cashore)

Vlogs:

The Little Prince pop-up book

Nook

Nancy Drew:

The Haunted Bridge

The Clue of the Tapping Heels

Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk

Nancy Drew (2007 movie)

Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1978/79 TV show)

Challenges completed:

Audio Book Challenge 2010 (20/20)

(April) Autism Awareness Challenge (1/1)

March Wrap-Up

Books read:

Rampant (Peterfreund)

Fire (Cashore)

Hush, Hush (Fitzpatrick)

Heist Society (Carter)

The Truth about My Bat Mitzvah (Baskin)

Going Bovine (Bray)

The Mermaid's Madness (Hines)

Into the Wild (Durst)
Lord Sunday (Nix)
Buddha Boy (Koja)
The Dead-Tossed Waves (Ryan)

Audio finished:

Finger Lickin' Fifteen
Plum Spooky

Breathing Underwater 
One for the Money
 

Nancy Drew finished:

 Password to Larkspur Lane
 The Clue in the Broken Locket
 The Message in the Hollow Oak
 The Mystery of the Ivory Charm
The Whispering Statue

Based on a Book Movie Reviews:

Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland 

Nancy Drew: Detective
Nancy Drew: Reporter
Nancy Drew: Trouble Shooter
Nancy Drew: The Hidden Staircase

Challenge status:

Pretty Little Liars Challenge (status: 0/8)

GLBT Challenge 2010 (status: 2/8)

Take a Another Challenge (status: 3.5/12 tasks)

What's in a Name Challenge 3(status: 3/6)

The Nancy Drew Challenge (status: 14/56)

Twentyten Challenge (status: 7/20)

Read the Book, See the Movie Challenge (status: 5/8)

E-Book Challenge 2010 (status: 4/6)

Audio Book Challenge 2010 (status: 18/20)

2010 Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge (status: 24/75)

2010 Young Adult Reading Challenge (status 16/50)

Buck A Book Reading Challenge (status: 51)

Challenges joined:

A Hogwarts Reading Challenge
April Autism Awareness Challenge

Challenges completed:

Stephanie Plum Reading Challenge (7/7)

Alice in Wonderland Challenge (8/8 tasks)
(I also won a prize from this challenge.  Exciting!)

Read Your Name Challenge (6/6) 

Rainbow Connection Challenge (7/7)
World Religion Challenge (4/4)

Well, I had a good month.  My favorite book was Lord Sunday followed by Heist Society.  I love a good heist.  I did quite a bit of reading this, thanks in part to an incredible (for me) 6 books in the last full week of March.  All and all, not too shabby.

Nancy Drew March Recap

I'm a quarter of the way through the books so I'm feeling pretty good about that.
Questions that I have asked: Is Nancy Drew really a good detective or is everyone else just really dumb?  Why do the villains want to confess so badly?  Are the police resentful that an 18 year old girl does all the dirty work for them or are they grateful?  Do they mind taking orders (or "suggestions") from her?  Why is Carson Drew so famous and well-regarded?  Does Ned mind that he is really only there for the muscle? 

10. Password to Larkspur Lane
11. The Clue in the Broken Locket
12. The Message in the Hollow Oak
13. The Mystery of the Ivory Charm
14. The Whispering Statue

I also reviewed the old 1930's Nancy Drew movies for fun.

Nancy Drew: Detective
Nancy Drew: Reporter
Nancy Drew: Trouble Shooter
Nancy Drew: The Hidden Staircase

February Wrap-Up

Books read:

And Another Thing (Colfer)
Bloodchild (Butler)
The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Basil (Miller)
Attack of the Volcano Monkeys (Miller)
Alice I Have Been (Benjamin)
Truly, Madly (Webber)
Sister of the Bride (Cleary, ebook)
A Little Princess (Burnett, ebook)
Me and Death (Scrimger)
Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron (Fforde)


 Audio Books finished:

Harriet the Spy (Fitzhugh)
Plum Lucky (Evanovich)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (Konigsburg)
Fearless Fourteen (Evanovich)

Nancy Drew finished:


 The Mystery at Lilac Inn (audio)
  The Secret of Shadow Ranch
  The Secret of Red Gate Farm
  The Clue in the Diary (e-book)
  Nancy's Mysterious Letter (audio)
  The Sign of the Twisted Candles (audio)

Based on a Book Movie Reviews:

Harriet the Spy
A Little Princess
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil. E. Frankweiler

Challenge status:
 

Stephanie Plum Reading Challenge (status: 5/8)

Alice in Wonderland Challenge (status: 7/8 tasks)

Pretty Little Liars Challenge (status: 0/8)

GLBT Challenge 2010 (status: 1/8)

World Religion Challenge 2010 (status: 2/4)

Take a Another Challenge (status: 2.5/12 tasks)

What's in a Name Challenge 3(status: 1/6)

The Nancy Drew Challenge (status: 9/56)

Read Your Name Challenge (status: 5/6)

Rainbow Connection Challenge (status: 4/7)

Twentyten Challenge (status: 5/20)

Read the Book, See the Movie Challenge (status: 3/8)

E-Book Challenge 2010 (status: 4/6)

Audio Book Challenge 2010 (status: 14/20)

2010 Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge (status: 11/75)

2010 Young Adult Reading Challenge (status 8/50)

Buck A Book Reading Challenge (status: 30)

Challenges Joined:

Dystopian Challenge @ Parajunkee's View (status: 1/5)


Completed Challenges:

The Shelf Discovery Challenge (6/6)

My favorite book this month would have to be And Another Thing.  I really liked how it captured the Hitchhiker's spirit.   My favorite audio would be any of the Nancy Drews but especially The Mystery at Lilac Inn.  I love Laura Linney's narration.  I got through a lot of audiobooks this month, 6!  But my reading was a little hampered by my inability to decide what to read next.

Nancy Drew February Recap

I've done fairly well getting through the Nancy Drews and since I set up my Sleuthing Sundays, I've been posting several at once every other Sunday.  I find that my recaps are getting a little snarky.  I love Nancy Drew but there is an abundance of exclamation points and some fairly obvious plot points.



4. The Mystery at Lilac Inn
5. The Secret of Shadow Ranch
6. The Secret of Red Gate Farm
7. The Clue in the Diary
8. Nancy's Mysterious Letter
9. The Sign of the Twisted Candles

January Wrap-Up

 Books read:

The Midnight Twins (Mitchard)

Up All Night (various authors)

Envy: A Luxe Novel (Godbersen)

Splendor: A Luxe Novel (Godbersen)

Nothing Pink (Hardy)

Plum Lovin' (Evanovich)

Planet Pregnancy (High)

Very LeFreak (Cohn)

Does My Head Look Big in This? (Abdel-Fattah)

Nancy Drew read:

The Secret of the Old Clock

The Hidden Staircase

The Bungalow Mystery

Audio books finished: 

Betsy-Tacy (Lovelace)

The Great Brain (Fitzgerald)

A Year Down Yonder (Peck)

The Westing Game (Raskin)

Twelve Sharp(Evanovich)

Evolution, Me and Other Freaks of Nature(Brande)

Lean Mean Thirteen (Evanovich)

Based on a Book Movie Reviews:

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

Challenges joined: 

Read the Book, See the Movie

A Buck a Book Challenge

Challenge status:

Stephanie Plum Reading Challenge (status: 3/7)

Alice in Wonderland Challenge (status: 6/8 tasks)

Pretty Little Liars Challenge (status: 0/8)

The Shelf Discovery Challenge (status: 2/6)

GLBT Challenge 2010 (status: 1/8)

World Religion Challenge 2010 (status: 2/5)

Take a Another Challenge (status: 1.5/12 tasks)

What's in a Name Challenge 3(status: 0/6)

The Nancy Drew Challenge (status: 3/56)

Read Your Name Challenge (status: 3/6)

Rainbow Connection Challenge (status: 4/7)

Twentyten Challenge (status: 3/20)

Read the Book, See the Movie Challenge (status: 0/8)

E-Book Challenge 2010 (status: 1/6)

Audio Book Challenge 2010 (status: 6/20)

2010 Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge (status: 6/75)

2010 Young Adult Reading Challenge (status 7/50)

Buck A Book Reading Challenge (status: 10)

I enjoyed all the books I read and listened to this month, but I'd say my favorite book was Very LeFreak and my favorite audio was The Westing Game.  I hope everyone had a great month.

December Wrap-Up

Books read:

The Secret Hour (Westerfeld)
Touching Darkness (Westerfeld)
Random Magic (Soren)
The Dreaming v.1-3 (Chan)
Hershel and the Hanukah Goblins (Kimmel)
Eyes Like Stars (Manchev)
Gidget (Kohner)
Good and Perfect Gifts (Moser)
Let It Snow (Green, Johnson, Myracle)
A Christmas Carol (Dickens)
Wishin' and Hopin' (Lamb)


Audio Books finished:

The Wednesday Wars (Schmidt)
A Christmas Story (Shepherd)
Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Robinson)
Skipping Christmas (Grisham)

Abandoned: None

Based on a Book Movie Reviews:

The Muppet Christmas Carol

Challenges joined:

Twentyten Challenge (starts Jan.1)
Take a Another Challenge (starts Jan.1)
E-Book Challenge 2010 (starts Jan.1)
Audio Book Challenge (starts Jan.1 )
Read Your Name Challenge (starts Jan.1)

Challenge status (for challenges carrying over to 2010):

The Shelf Discovery Challenge (status: 0/6)
Alice in Wonderland Challenge (status: 6/8 tasks)
Stephanie Plum Reading Challenge (status 0/7)
Pretty Little Liars Challenge (status: 0/8)

Completed challenges:

Much Ado about Shakespeare Challenge (6/6)
Scott Westerfeld Mini-Challenge (2/2)
Christmas Reading Challenge (4/4)

I didn't really have a favorite this month though I did enjoy the Westerfeld books a lot.  I had a very Christmas-centri month but I'm ready for the new year now.

November Wrap-Up

Books finished:

Beastly (Flinn)
Rapunzel's Revenge (Hale)
Kiss of Life (Waters)
Wake (McMann)
Fade (McMann)
Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case (Nix)
Foundling (Cornish)
Blue Moon (Noël)
Little Pierre (San Souci/Catrow)
A War of Gifts (Card)

Audio finished:

Fairest (Levine)
Drowned Wednesday (Nix)
Sir Thursday (Nix)
Lady Friday (Nix)
Superior Saturday (Nix)

Based on a Book Movie Reviews:

Alice in Wonderland 1985 musical
Gidget

Abandoned:
None

Challenges joined:

Christmas Reading Challenge (status: 0/3)
GLBT Challenge 2010 (starts Jan.1) (8 books)
2010 Young Adult Reading Challenge (starts Jan.1) (50 books)
World Religion Challenge  (starts Jan.1) (5 books)
2010 Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge (starts Jan.1) (75 books)
Rainbow Connection Challenge (starts Jan.1) (7 books)
What's in a Name Challenge 3 (starts Jan.1) (6 books)

Challenge Status:

Christmas Reading Challenge (status 0/3)
Scott Westerfeld Mini-Challenge (status: 0/2)
Much Ado about Shakespeare Challenge (status: 4/6)
The Shelf Discovery Challenge (status: 0/6)
Alice in Wonderland Challenge (status: 5/8 tasks)
Stephanie Plum Reading Challenge (status 0/7)
Pretty Little Liars Challenge (status: 0/8)

Completed Challenges this month: 

Garth Nix Mini-Challenge (6/6)
The November Novella Challenge (4/4)


So I managed to listen to the entire Keys to the Kingdom series WAY before the 7th book comes out.  Ah, well love those books.  Favorite book of the month? Honestly, I don't think there was one.  I was very impressed with the world building in Foundling but other that, nothing really stands out.
I joined a lot of challenges set for next year and I know of at least 2 others that I will be joining.  Also there is a lot of cross over between some of the challenges so that will make it more manageable.
I hope everyone had a good month.  Happy reading!

October Wrap-Up

Books I Finished:

Wings (Pike)
Ophelia (Klein)
Ash (Lo)
The Dead and the Gone (Pfeffer)
Beautiful Creatures (Garcia/Stohl)
Something Rotten (Gratz)
Something Wicked (Gratz)
Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? (Rennison)
Generation Dead (Waters)
I Am Legend (Matheson)
D.A. (Willis)

Audio Books finished:

The Wish (Levine)
Once Upon a Marigold (Ferris)
Mister Monday (Nix)
Grim Tuesday (Nix)

Based on a Book Movie Reviews:

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Miyuki-chan in Wonderland 

Abandoned:
None

Challenges joined:

The November Novella Challenge
The Shelf Discovery Challenge

Challenge Status:

Garth Nix Mini-Challenge (status: 2/6)
Much Ado about Shakespeare Challenge (status: 4/6)
The Shelf Discovery Challenge (status: 0/6)
The November Novella Challenge (status: 2/4)
Scott Westerfeld Mini-Challenge (status: 0/2)
Stephanie Plum Reading Challenge (status 0/7)
Alice in Wonderland Challenge (status: 5/8 tasks)
Pretty Little Liars Challenge (status: 0/8)


Completed Challenges this month:

R.I.P. IV Challenge
GLBT Challenge 2009 

My favorite book this month was Beautiful Creatures and my favorite audio was Mister Monday.  It was a good reading month and I have to say I enjoyed my choices this month.
I hope you had a good reading month too!

September Wrap-Up

Books finished:

Catching Fire (Collins)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Barrett)
The Loud Silence of Francine Green (Cushman)
Evermore (Noel)
The Straight Road to Kylie (Medina)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Grahame-Smith)
Alice's Adventure in Wonderland (Carroll)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (Carroll)
Beastly (Flinn) (review saved for Fairy Tale Week in November)
Rapunzel's Revenge (Hale) (review saved for Fairy Tale Week in November)
Wings (Pike)

Audio finished:

Gathering Blue (Lowry)
Everything on a Waffle (Horvath)
Messenger (Lowry)
The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare)
Life as We Knew It (Pfeffer)
The Wish (Levine)

Movies for challenges:

10 Things I Hate about You
Alice in Wonderland (Disney 1951)
Alice Through the Looking Glass

Abandoned:

Tattoo (Barnes)


Skimmed:

Lessons from a Dead Girl (Knowles)

Challenges joined:

Garth Nix Mini-Challenge
Pretty Little Liars Challenge


Challenge status:

Garth Nix Mini-Challenge (status: 0/3)
Much Ado about Shakespeare Challenge (status: 1/6)
GLBT Challenge 2009 (status: 5/6)
Scott Westerfeld Mini-Challenge (status: 0/2)
Stephanie Plum Reading Challenge (status 0/7)
R.I.P. IV Challenge (staus: 1/2)
Alice in Wonderland Challenge (status: 4/8 tasks)
Pretty Little Liars Challenge(status: 0/8)

Challenges completed:

Everything Austen Challenge - COMPLETE
Take a Chance Challenge - COMPLETE

A good month over all, I feel like I have a lot of challenges but most of them have plenty of time to complete.  I got bogged down with a couple of books so I didn't finish as many as usual, but still a fair number.  My favorite book this month (and of the year, so far) was Life As We Knew It. I hope everyone had a great month too!

August Wrap-up

 







Books finished: 
Raven's Gate (Horowitz)
Saving Juliet (Selfors)
Libyrinth (North)
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (Gallico)
Another Kind of Cowboy (Juby)
The Summoning (Armstrong)
Between Mom and Jo (Peters)
James and the Giant Peach (Dahl)
Rumors (Godbersen)
The Reformed Vampire Support Group (Jinks)
Nightrise (Horowitz, review to come)
Necropolis (Horowitz, review to come)

Audio finished:
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (Lockhart)
Skin Hunger (Duey)
The Calder Game (Balliet)
Evil Star (Horowitz)
Enthusiasm (Shulman)

Movies watched for challenges:
Bride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice (2005)
Pride and Prejudice (1995 BBC)
James and the Giant Peach

Abandoned:
The Possibilites of Sainthood (Freitas)

Challenges Joined:
Much Ado about Shakespeare Challenge
(starts Sept. 1)
R.I.P. IV Challenge (starts Sept. 1)
The Alice in Wonderland Challenge (starts Sept. 1)

Challenge Status:
Scott Westerfeld Mini-Challenge (status: 0/2)
GLBT Challenge 2009 (status: 4/6)
Take a Chance Challenge (status: 6/10 tasks)
Everything Austen Challenge (status: 5/6)
Stephanie Plum Reading Challenge (status 0/7)
Much Ado about Shakespeare Challenge (status 0/6)
R.I.P. IV Challenge (status 0/2)
The Alice in Wonderland Challenge (0/8 tasks)

Challenges Completed:
2009 Audio Book Challenge (12/12)
2009 Support Your Local Library Challenge (25/25)

So I managed to read an entire series, The Gatekeepers, this month even though I didn't get all the reviews posted.  My favorite book this month was Another Kind of Cowboy and my favorite audio was Enthusiasm.  I joined three challenges, one of which is my own and finished two.  I'm closing in on a few more of challenges and should have them done by the end of September.