SUMMER IS FOR CATCHING UP ON MY READING.

[shkarlson]

The Fifty Book Challenge is still going strong, and a number of the new members are well past their annual targets already.  There's still a possibility of making the half century by year's end.  The links at the dates point to the reviews posted at the Challenge.  Some books are particularly good (+) and others, particularly bad (-).

1. The Renaissance of American Steel,  23 April 2012 (+).
2. Grant's Final Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's Heroic Last Year,  29 April 2012 (+).
3. Lightning War: Blitzkrieg in the West, 1940,  30 April 2012.
4. Generations: The History of America's Future,  7 May 2012.
5. The Sherlock Holmes Handbook: The Methods and Mysteries of the World's Greatest Detective,  20 May 2012.
6. To Make Men Free,  27 May 2012.
7. The Faculty Lounges,  6 June 2012 (-).
8. A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh,  10 June 2012.
9. A Study in Sherlock: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon,  18 June 2012.
10. End This Depression Now!,  24 June 2012.
11. The Hoarder in You: How to Lead a Happier, Healthier, Uncluttered Life,  28 June 2012.
12. Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class,  29 June 2012.
13. I Can't Believe I'm Sitting Next To a Republican,  30 June 2012.

The first quarter report is available at Cold Spring Shops or the European Tribune or the  Fifty Book Challenge.

The bookworm continues to grow.

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Cross-posted to Cold Spring Shops and European Tribune.