Here is an abstract of my literary doings in January.
Books Read
The Memorist, by M.J. Rose – 1/18/2009 
Book by Book, by Michael Dirda – 1/25/2009
January Total = 2
Year-to-Date Total = 2
Sad, sad reading month. I was buying a house and packing and moving. Hopefully, now that we’re in the house and mostly unpacked, February will be oh so much better. Still, I read about 400 pages of Master and about 400 pages of The Executioner’s Song. I should finish both books this month. Book by Book was definitely the winner this month.
Book Club
Master, by Toni Sorenson – Meeting: January 22, 2009
We had a delightful January meeting. The author of Master, Toni Sorenson, attended our meeting and shared her insights on the creation of this book. My review of Master will post in the next couple of days.
Our selection for February is Enna Burning, by Shannon Hale.
Challenges
Blurg. Here’s my exceedingly long challenge list. Check out my newly improved Challenges page for updates all month long!
Lit Flicks Challenge – 6/5 books; 2/5 movies [ends 2/28/2009]
Book Awards II Challenge – 6/10 [ends 6/1/2009]
Really Old Classics Challenge – 0/2 [ends 7/31/2009]
Themed Reading Challenge – 0/4 [ends 7/31/2009]
Chunkster Challenge – 0/6 [ends 11/15/2009]
100+ Reading Challenge – 2/100 [ends 12/31/2009]
A Novel Challenge – 1/12 [ends 12/31/2009]
2009 Pub Challenge – 0/9 [ends 12/31/2009]
A to Z Challenge – 2/26 [ends 12/31/2009]
ARC Reading Challenge – 1/12 [ends 12/31/2009]
Blog Improvement Project – 0/24 [ends 12/31/2009]
Casual Classics Challenge – 0/4 [ends 12/31/2009]
My Year of Reading Dangerously – 1/12 [ends 12/31/2009]
New Authors Challenge – 1/20 [ends 12/31/2009]
Read Your Own Books Challenge – 2/50 [ends 12/31/2009]
Support Your Local Library Challenge -0/12 [ends 12/31/2009]
TBR Lite Challenge – 0/6 [ends 12/31/2009]
What’s in a Name? Challenge – 0/6 [ends 12/31/2009]
YA Challenge – 0/12 [ends 12/31/2009]
The Pulitzer Project – 7/91 [perpetual]
The Printz Project – 1/8 (+2 Honor books) [perpetual]
The Newberry Project – 13/87 (+7 Honor books) [perpetual]
Miscellany
- The Lit Flicks Challenge has but one month left. However, there’s still time to enter the final month’s giveaway blowout! So far, Natasha @ Maw Books Blog won a copy of Atonement (September), Movie Viewing Girl won a copy of Jane Eyre (October), Meryl @ My Bit of Earth won a copy of The Constant Gardener (November), Rachelle @ My Book Challenges won a copy of Oliver Twist (December), and January’s winner will be announced tomorrow.
- I gave away three additional books this month: The Art of Racing in the Rain, and The Memorist and The Reincarnationist.
Thanks to everyone who stopped by my blog this month!
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Hey, me too! I just bought a house. My February will be a sad sad reading month!
Remember, if you read a Really Old Classics selection and review it by the end of February, you are entered to win a book of your choice. Details here.
Don’t tell me you’ll be getting Shannon Hale to come to your book club in February! :)
Good luck with all those challenges.
Glad to hear you got that move mostly over with.
Happy to hear you are settling in your new house and Enna Burning is one of my favorites.
I’ve got Book by Book after I read your thoughtful review but have to put it off till next month. I’m reading African American literature this month. Good luck on the challenges, wow! :)
By the way, thanks for To Catch the Lightning.
Hey, I read two books too for January: A Year of Living Biblically and a memoir by Richard Selzer. So don’t feel too bad. Of course, I’m no longer called Just A (Reading) Fool so I don’t have to live up to the expectations. ;) Lit Flicks Challenge: I’m still in. I need to update where I am with that also, but I believe I’m done or over on that, since so many books have been made into movies anyway.
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