June Reading Wrap-Up
I managed to read 21 books this month! This was primarily due to the read-athon as well as my commitment to read a few very short books in order to have more reviews for some of the time I was gone.
Here’s why I read these books: one was for ReaderViews, three were sent to me from Literary Ventures Fund, two were parts of blog tours (or something similar), one for the Barnes and Nobles First Look Book Club, one was my LibraryThing Early Reviewer book, and four others were otherwise sent to me for review. The other nine I read simply because I wished to do so.
Note: The titles link to my reviews. Many of these books do not have reviews up yet, as I am saving some of them for these weeks up until my wedding, as well as for my honeymoon, so that you all have something to read.
Fiction (novels)
Alive in Necropolis by Doug Dorst - Buy this book on Amazon
Songs for the Missing by Stewart O’Nan - Preorder this book on Amazon (release date October 30)
The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry - Preorder this book on Amazon (release date July 29)
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See - Buy this book on Amazon
Feather Man by Rhyll McMaster - Buy this book on Amazon
Rules for Saying Goodbye by Katherine Taylor - Buy this book on Amazon
The Leper Compound by Paula Nangle - Buy this book on Amazon
Historical Fiction
When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka - Buy this book on Amazon
Biography
Victor Kugler: The Man Who Hid Anne Frank by Eda Shapiro and Rick Kardonne - Buy this book on Amazon
My Father’s Paradise by Ariel Sabar - Preorder this book on Amazon (release date September 16th)
Regina’s Closet by Diana M. Raab - Buy this book on Amazon
Essays/Short Stories
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman - Buy this book on Amazon
The Fires by Alan Cheuse - Buy this book on Amazon
Are Women Human? by Dorothy Sayers - Buy this book on Amazon
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros - Buy this book on Amazon
Springtime on Mars by Susan Woodring - Buy this book on Amazon
Young Adult/Children’s Literature
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne - Buy this book on Amazon
The Twits by Roald Dahl - Buy this book on Amazon
Memoir
Admit One: A Journey Into Film by Emmett James - Buy this book on Amazon
Take This Bread by Sara Miles - Buy this book on Amazon
Dolphins Under My Bed by Sandra Clayton - Buy this book on Amazon
Top Pick of the Month
My Father’s Paradise by Ariel Sabar
“My Father’s Paradise” is an attempt by one man to understand the life his father has led. Ariel knows his father as a tragically un-cool linguistics professor who is completely out of touch with culture. He comes to discover the amazing journey his father has taken as a Kurd and a Jew from Iraqi Kurdistan shortly after WWII, to the newly formed state of Israel where Kurds are looked down upon, to the United States. The book was extremely well written and takes the reader on Yona’s journey.
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July 1st, 2008 at 9:49 am
Looks like you had a fantastic reading month!
July 1st, 2008 at 10:40 am
wow!! that is more than I could read in two months!!! GREAT WORK!!! I am especially interested in your pick of the month, I will have to find that one!!!
July 1st, 2008 at 11:04 am
You do not need a book blowout in July - you did all of that in June! Congratulations!
July 1st, 2008 at 11:49 am
21, that’s a lot of books. I was only able to get through 12 books this month.
July 1st, 2008 at 11:52 am
Before anyone gets too impressed, remember that 7 of them are very short, two are young adult books, I participated (kind of) in the 24 Hour Read-Athon, and I specifically read a bunch of short, quick books in order to get extra reviews while I was gone. I doubt my page count is up all that much from last month, honestly.
July 1st, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Yeesh! I bet your graph looks great.
July 1st, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Yah, I could go until August 22nd without reading another book and still be on track to finish 100 between March and the end of December.
July 1st, 2008 at 7:54 pm
WOW, 21 books! That is awesome even if some were short. I read a pathetic 5.
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:19 pm
I feel like a slacker looking at this list!!
Will you announce your wedding so we can all offer best wishes (or let us know when you’re back from the honeymoon)
September 19th, 2008 at 11:29 am
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