Month in Review - May 2010

Despite so much going on over here between work, house projects, yard work, and just daily living challenges in this pandemic era, I've been able to squeeze in time to read as well, which I'm thankful for, because the news has been abysmal these past few weeks for various reasons and I'm continually worrying about where humanity is headed, even more so than I did before.

A library haul after months...My biggest highlight in books this past week was that the library opened for holds pickup. I'd been checking their website every week to find if next week was going to be the week it opened. So when the notice finally came through last week, I was beyond thrilled. I was also very unsure what books to request from the library since I had gotten very used to reading online. Still, I had a few requested when they called me to schedule a one-hour window for pickup. I did request a ton of books after that though, so I expect a bigger bag this week.

Some of these are books to rea…

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}