Month in Review - May 2010

I usually wait until mid to late January before posting my reading plans or goals. Mainly because I'm very optimistic about my superhuman capabilities during the start of a new year but much of that enthusiasm fades over the next couple of weeks. I tend to believe I can read more than ever but reality is usually closer to how much I averaged in previous years. So, to allow myself the opportunity to dream big and then plan well, I take the ambitious goals for a road test during the first couple of weeks of the year. If they still look achievable, great! If not, I will part ways with those that are a stretch. The numbers I have an arbitrary number set in Goodreads for this year but it's not a number I will quote as I tend to change it often and it is intended to factor in the many picture books I read with my kids. But that said, there are three numbers I would like to improve this year (last year's stats in parentheses) - total number of pages read (approx. 11k), average n

Month in Review - May 2010

What an amazing month! Halfway through, I read 8 books. I really whooped in delight, since that meant I would be able to read more than my usual target. Of course, Murphy was looking at me from above and decided I shouldn't have a smooth ride after all. Soon after, I fell into a stickly rut, picked up book after book as an intense rescue mission, and at one point, had 6 books going. Yes. 6! So I didn't have such a great latter half in reading, but I had loads of fun with my blogging friends. Thanks to BEA! Who thought that being left behind by the BEA-goers could still be such a good thing? The Armchair BEA kept me and my Google reader really busy. I found so many wonderful blogs and am now trying to fit most of them into my daily schedule. {sigh}. So, here's what I read.

What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (3 cocktails)
Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman (5 cocktails : WOW!)
The Lumby Lines by Gail Fraser (4 cocktails)
Chicken with Plums by Marjane Satrapi (5 cocktails)
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman (4 cocktails)
Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli (3 cocktails)
The Arrival by Shaun Tan (5 cocktails)
The Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara (3 cocktails)
Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart (4 cocktails)

Discussion

Challenge Progress

Challenges completed: 0/12

100+ Reading Challenge: 43/100
Awesome Author Challenge: 1/10
Support your Local Library Challenge: 25/50
Flashback Reading Challenge: 5/9
451 Challenge: 1/7
Women Unbound Challenge: 3/5
A to Z Challenge: 35/52
Original TBR Challenge: 4/12
Gilmore Girls Reading Challenge: 3/10
POC Challenge: 5/10
World Party Reading Challenge: 0/12
Orange Prize Project: 0

May Stats
Number of books: 9
Number of pages read: 2259
Number of Audio Books: 0
Hours listened to (completed audio books only): 0

Re-reads: 0
New-to-me authors: 8
Male authors: 3
Female authors: 6

Book cleared from my physical shelf: 2
Books added to my physical shelf: 8

Number of books added anew to my TBR this month: 153 {sigh, this is never going to reduce}