Monthly Reflections: July 2010
Books Read
1. Trading in Danger by Elizabeth Moon ( my review)
2. Summon the Keeper by Tanya Huff ( my review)
3. Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong ( my review)
Shortest book: 309 pages
Longest book: 357 pages
Average number of pages: 332
Total pages: 997
Rereads: 0
New books: 3
Most popular rating: four stars, three stars, four and a half stars (all once)
Average rating: 3.8
Favorite book: Waking the Witch
Biggest Disappointment: Summon the Keeper
Ah July. What a complex month. When it comes to school, I finished up my internship at the Auburn Public Library, passed the comprehensive exam that lets me know whether I deserve to get my masters or not, and completely finished two classes. One of the classes I finished was the big time suck, Reading Interests of Children, where I finished reading up fifty two books in a span of two months (the titles I read this month will be listed below). As a result, much of my life got a little interrupted. Loved ones were neglected. The apartment got messy. I wasn't very good at keeping up at all of the blogs and twitter feeds I like to read and my facebook was pretty much ignored. Personal reading, my source of sanity, pretty much came to a screeching halt after I finished Trading in Danger. All of Waking the Witch and most of Summon the Keeper were read after I passed in my final paper. Next month. Things will go back to normal on temporaryworlds. I only have one assigment yet and it's about halfway done already. Once I finish it and get my grades, I will have my Masters of Library and Information Studies. Damn.
Now for something completely different. Challenge update!
New Genre challenge: 11 out of 16 books
Read the World: 7 out of 18 countries
Support your local library challenge: 50 out of 50- COMPLETE
Thanks to the books read for class, I mead headway in all three challenges, completing one. I plan on taking it casually for the next month, but I do have an idea for sort of a self challenge that I suspect I'll start up in September.
Finally we have a list of the books I read for Reading Interests of Children under the cut. Although I haven't posted the reviews here I DO plan on doing a "top ten" list sometime in the next week with short reviews just to let people know which books I recommend the most.
Story Picture Books
Ruby's Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges
Works of Expository Non-fiction
EcoArt! Earth Friendly Art & Craft Experiences for 3-to 9-year-olds by Laurie Carlson
The Healthy Body Cookbook: Over 50 Fun Activities and Delicious Recipes for Kids by Joan D'Amico and Karen Eich Drummond
Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing by Paul D Janeczko
Works of Narrative Nonfiction
Houdini: The Handcuff King by Jason Lutes
Listen to the Wind: The Story of Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth
Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam by Diane Stanley
Collections of Poetry
A. Maze Me: Poems for Girls by Naomi Shihab Nye
Chapter Books for Emerging Readers
The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter
Fiction Books for Fluent Readers
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Out of My Mind by Sharon M Draper
Remembering Mrs. Rossi by Amy Hest
The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry
The Chronicles of Arthur: The Sword of Fire and Ice by John Matthews
The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan
Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow by James Strum
Charlotte's Web by EB White
1. Trading in Danger by Elizabeth Moon ( my review)
2. Summon the Keeper by Tanya Huff ( my review)
3. Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong ( my review)
Shortest book: 309 pages
Longest book: 357 pages
Average number of pages: 332
Total pages: 997
Rereads: 0
New books: 3
Most popular rating: four stars, three stars, four and a half stars (all once)
Average rating: 3.8
Favorite book: Waking the Witch
Biggest Disappointment: Summon the Keeper
Ah July. What a complex month. When it comes to school, I finished up my internship at the Auburn Public Library, passed the comprehensive exam that lets me know whether I deserve to get my masters or not, and completely finished two classes. One of the classes I finished was the big time suck, Reading Interests of Children, where I finished reading up fifty two books in a span of two months (the titles I read this month will be listed below). As a result, much of my life got a little interrupted. Loved ones were neglected. The apartment got messy. I wasn't very good at keeping up at all of the blogs and twitter feeds I like to read and my facebook was pretty much ignored. Personal reading, my source of sanity, pretty much came to a screeching halt after I finished Trading in Danger. All of Waking the Witch and most of Summon the Keeper were read after I passed in my final paper. Next month. Things will go back to normal on temporaryworlds. I only have one assigment yet and it's about halfway done already. Once I finish it and get my grades, I will have my Masters of Library and Information Studies. Damn.
Now for something completely different. Challenge update!
New Genre challenge: 11 out of 16 books
Read the World: 7 out of 18 countries
Support your local library challenge: 50 out of 50- COMPLETE
Thanks to the books read for class, I mead headway in all three challenges, completing one. I plan on taking it casually for the next month, but I do have an idea for sort of a self challenge that I suspect I'll start up in September.
Finally we have a list of the books I read for Reading Interests of Children under the cut. Although I haven't posted the reviews here I DO plan on doing a "top ten" list sometime in the next week with short reviews just to let people know which books I recommend the most.
Story Picture Books
Ruby's Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges
Works of Expository Non-fiction
EcoArt! Earth Friendly Art & Craft Experiences for 3-to 9-year-olds by Laurie Carlson
The Healthy Body Cookbook: Over 50 Fun Activities and Delicious Recipes for Kids by Joan D'Amico and Karen Eich Drummond
Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing by Paul D Janeczko
Works of Narrative Nonfiction
Houdini: The Handcuff King by Jason Lutes
Listen to the Wind: The Story of Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth
Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam by Diane Stanley
Collections of Poetry
A. Maze Me: Poems for Girls by Naomi Shihab Nye
Chapter Books for Emerging Readers
The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter
Fiction Books for Fluent Readers
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Out of My Mind by Sharon M Draper
Remembering Mrs. Rossi by Amy Hest
The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry
The Chronicles of Arthur: The Sword of Fire and Ice by John Matthews
The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan
Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow by James Strum
Charlotte's Web by EB White