September 2007 Reads

September was a busy month with going to Alaska for a week, job hunting, starting a new job. But, I was able to meet most of my reading goals for this month, so ladida! Plus, I finished my Non-Fiction Five Challenge!! :)

40. Big Fish - Daniel Wallace (3.75/5)

41. The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield (4.5/5)

42. Reading Lolita in Tehran - Azar Nafisi (3.75/5)

43. Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert (4.25/5)

44. Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck (4/5)

45. Howards End - E.M. Forster (1.5/5)

Total Books: 6
Total Pages Read: 1,771
Books for Challenges: 5/6

August 2007 Reads

Wow, I can't believe the end of August is already here!! Before I head to Alaska, here's the official August list:

34. Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood (4.25/5)

35. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy (3.75/5)

36. Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult (4.5/5)

37. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquirel (3/5)

38. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (3/5)

39. His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis (2.5/5)

I just realized that only three out of six of these books are challenge books! Hmmm, I guess that's why I'm behind...well, only in Decades and Book Awards challenges. Oh well! I'll blame it on Taos and the move to Dallas. :)

Total Books: 6

Total Pages: 1,815 (oops!!)

*The picture is of Mendenhall Glacier (from cruises.about.com) outside of Juneau, which is where we will be on Monday!! Yippee!

July 2007 Books

July wasn't quite as good of a reading month as June was in terms of number of books (well, I think that June was probably an anomaly), but I still had some really good reads for this month. Besides, page to page the numbers are pretty close. As usual, the link will direct you to my thoughts on the particular book:

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 5/5

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 4.25/5

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling 4.5/5

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling 5/5 (still spoiler-free thoughts)

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 3.5/5

The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt 3.75/5

Total Books: 6
Total Pages: 3,096
Average Rating: 4.3

June 2007 Books

Wow, its been a really productive month! Here are the books I've completed (the link will take you to my review):

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler 2.5/5

Ireland by Frank Delaney 4/5

The Awakening by Kate Chopin 3/5

The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James 3.25/5

The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult 4/5

Thunderstruck by Erik Larson 4/5

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich 3.75/5

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy 4.25/5

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 4.5/5

Total Books: 9
Total Pages: 3136

With all of the challenges I have starting in July, hopefully I can keep trucking through those TBRs. I still, though, haven't found a book lately that I COULDN'T PUT DOWN. Please...help a girl out with some suggestions!!