Thursday, September 22, 2005

More lists!

Even I am getting annoyed by reading lists of what I've read. One day I will catch up. One day!

Inconceivable, by Ben Elton, which I read after seeing the movie based on it, Maybe Baby.
Pledged, by Alexandra Robbins. About Sororities. Very interesting!
The Bad Beginning, by Lemony Snicket. I've read it before, but I've decided to read the whole series.
The City of Ember, by Jeanne duPrau. YRCA book. Excellent.
East, by Edith Pattou. Also YRCA, also excellent.
Mayor of Central Park, by Avi. Also YRCA, not excellent.
River Between Us, by Richard Peck. YRCA. Not bad.
Kensuke's Kingdom, by Michael Morpergo. YRCA. Quite good!

I'm pretty sure I've read a few other things since my last update, but I've since returned them to the library and can't remember what they were. Argh! I am also about 9/10ths of the way through Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon, but I am just not that interested and haven't finished it despite it being beside my bed for the last three weeks. Maybe once I finish the last four and a quarter YRCA books. (So close! I'm so close! And I'll finish in time for my personal deadline, too: October 1st. Woo!)

Thursday, September 01, 2005

August wrap-up

One of these days I might attempt to actually say something about the books I read again. But, until I have more time than I do now, here's the list of what I read in August. This might be the most books I've ever read in a month.

Fluke, or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings
Island of the Sequined Love Nun
both by Christopher Moore
American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
Hogfather, by Terry Pratchett
Neither Here Nor There by Bill Bryson
Escape from Bridezilla by I don't know who, but this book was so awful I'm not even going to bother to look it up.
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
Prince Caspian
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Horse and His Boy
The Silver Chair
The Magician's Nephew
The Last Battle
All by C.S. Lewis
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
Leaping Beauty by Gregory Maguire
Lunch Money by Andrew Clements
Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress by Susan Jane Gilman
Breakout by Paul Fleischman
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
both by J.K. Rowling