Final book total: 37

Not too bad. I bet I can do better this year.

January:

1 The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
2 Twilight (Book 1, Twilight Series) - Stephenie Meyer
3 New Moon (Book 2, Twilight Series) - Stephenie Meyer
4 Across the Nightingale Floor (Book 1, Tales of the Otori) - Lian Hearn

February:

5 Grass for His Pillow (Book 2, Tales of the Otori) - Lian Hearn
6 Brilliance of the Moon (Book 3, Tales of the Otori) - Lian Hearn
7 Eclipse (Book 3, Twilight Series) - Stephenie Meyer
8 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (RR) - J. K. Rowling

March:

9 Breaking Dawn (Book 4, Twilight Series) - Stephenie Meyer
10 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (RR) - J. K. Rowling
11 The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
12 The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams
13 Life, the Universe and Everything - Douglas Adams

April

14 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish - Douglas Adams
15 Mostly Harmless - Douglas Adams
16 The Harsh Cry of the Heron (Book 4, Tales of the Otori) - Lian Hearn

May

17 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - J. K. Rowling
18 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J. K. Rowling

June

19 Little House in the big woods (RR) - Laura Ingalls Wilder
20 Little House on the Prairie (RR) - Laura Ingalls Wilder

July

21 The Long Winter (RR) - Laura Ingalls Wilder
22 These Happy Golden Years (RR) - Laura Ingalls Wilder
23 The Joys of Love (RR) - Madeleine L’Engle
24 Uglies - scott westerfeld
25 Pretties - scott westerfeld
26 Fahrenheit 451 (RR) - Ray Bradbury
27 Specials - scott westerfeld

August

28 Extras - scott westerfeld
29 The Shadow of the Bear - Regina Doman
30 Black as Night - Regina Doman

November

31 The October Country (RR) - Ray Bradbury
32 The Halloween Tree - Ray Bradbury
33 By the Shores of Silver Lake (RR) - Laura Ingalls Wilder

December

34 Little Town on the Prairie (RR) - Laura Ingalls Wilder
35 The First Four Years (RR) - Laura Ingalls Wilder
36 The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
37 The Illustrated Man (RR) - Ray Bradbury

Total: 37 Goal: 50

November's books

November

31 The October Country (RR) - Ray Bradbury
32 The Halloween Tree - Ray Bradbury
33 By the Shores of Silver Lake (RR) - Laura Ingalls Wilder

After my last post, I decided that while I can't reach 50 books, I can at least see how close I can get. I would like to set my new goal at 40, but that's 7 books in December. I'm thinking 38 is more realistic. I'll start over in January and see if I can do 50 next year.

In other news, I have sent a swap package off and I'm nervous. This is only my second swap and it's a lot harder than the first. I hope I did okay.

I have also lost my memory card that has all the Thanksgiving pictures. Doh! I switched it out on Saturday since I was running low on space. I have all the pictures from the Seattle trip, but nothing from Thursday.

50 books in a year, revisited

The last time I posted about my effort to read 50 books this year, I was on number 27. It was July. I am now almost done with book #31.... I don't think the math is adding up to 50 by the end of the year.

Here's August's book list:

28 Extras
29 The Shadow of the Bear
30 Black as Night

I started reading The October Country in August. As of today, I am still reading it. In October I said, I'll have a mini Ray Bradbury read-athon. Didn't happen. Maybe it's because it's a book of short stories. I just can't get into it.

My question is: Can I really read 19 books in a month and a few days? I don't think it will happen, but I'll try to up my numbers just a little. I have 2 young adult novels that shouldn't take too long and a coworker is giving me another one that should be a quick read. Maybe it's time to reread The Giver and some of the others I got in middle school.

July's finished books

July

21 The Long Winter (RR)
22 These Happy Golden Years (RR)
23 The Joys of Love (RR)
24 Uglies
25 Pretties
26 Fahrenheit 451 (RR)
27 Specials

Total: 27 Goal: 50

Okay, I think I'm done with July. I finished two books in 3 days and had a massive reading hangover. I just can't stay up late to read anymore, even to just 1:00am. I just started Interview with the Vampire, but I'm not reading it tonight (it's downstairs in my backpack, that's how serious I am about not reading tonight).

Then there's this whole knitting thing, you know, what I normally do. I normally knit on the bus/max. I don't think I knit at all this week. I wanted to finish this February Baby sweater that's been in progress for over a year. I thought I'd finish it so I could use the needles for something else. I powered through most of it, but I'm on the last sleeve and I lost my motivation for it. It might also be the weather, too hot! We finally got a window a/c hooked up in the bedroom, yay!

And have I mentioned how excited I am for Sock Summit?? I'm not sure that I have. Next weekend can't come fast enough. Right now I'm excited about the lunch buffet. And the Ravelry meet-up... and and, my class.. and.all.that.yarn!

Trying to read 50 books this year....

Here's what I got so far:

January:

1 The Time Traveler’s Wife
2 Twilight (Book 1, Twilight Series)
3 New Moon (Book 2, Twilight Series)
4 Across the Nightingale Floor (Book 1, Tales of the Otori)

February:

5 Grass for His Pillow (Book 2, Tales of the Otori)
6 Brilliance of the Moon (Book 3, Tales of the Otori)
7 Eclipse (Book 3, Twilight Series)
8 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (RR)

March:

9 Breaking Dawn (Book 4, Twilight Series)
10 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (RR)
11 The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
12 The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
13 Life, the Universe and Everything

April

14 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
15 Mostly Harmless
16 The Harsh Cry of the Heron (Book 4, Tales of the Otori)

May

17 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (RR)
18 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (RR)

June

19 Little House in the big woods (RR)
20 Little House on the Prairie (RR)

July

21 The Long Winter (RR)
22 These Happy Golden Years (RR)
23 The Joys of Love (RR)
24 Uglies
25 Pretties

Total: 25 Goal: 50

Currently reading:
Fahrenheit 451 (RR), Specials

Queue:
Wurthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Heaven’s Net is Wide (Book 5, Tales of the Otori), Altered Carbon, Little House books, Mainspring, Storm Glass

(RR) = reread

As you can probably see, most of the books are sci-fi/fantasy. Only a few are re-reads, which is surprising for me. I'm about halfway done book-wise, while I'm behind time-wise. One would think I could read more than two little kid books in one month (see May and June). I read so many books while I was pumping milk for Sabrina, I just kinda quit reading for awhile after that stopped. I wish I had been keeping track before January, I probably read over 50 books last year. It's a little different with a toddler. Eh, I'll do it, I just can't keep taking week long breaks between books.

As for battling the summer heat, we're spending a lot of time in swimsuits and playing in water