March 2009 Summation

Here is an abstract of my literary doings in March.

Books Read

The Hour I First Believed, by Wally Lamb – 3/3/2009
Note to Self, by Samara O’Shea – 3/9/2009
Buffalo Lockjaw, by Greg Ames – 3/14/2009
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne – 3/15/2009
Family Planning, by Karan Mahajan – 3/18/2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox, by Roald Dahl – 3/18/2009
Tea and Other Ayama Na Tales, by Eleanor Bluestein – 3/20/2009
American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang – 3/21/2009

MarchTotal = 8
Year-to-Date Total = 13

Yes!  My reading totals are up to where I like them.  I instituted star halves for The Hour I First Believed and ended up using them on a number of my reviews this month.  My pick of the month is probably Tea and Other Ayama Na Tales.

Book Club

Love Walked In, by Marisa de los Santos – Meeting: March 20, 2009

I found me a new book club!!  I met with them for the first time this month and had a grand time getting to know the six wonderful women who currently make up Book Club Epiphany.

Our selections for April are The Madam, by Julianna Baggott (face-to-face discussion) and Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell (online discussion).

Challenges

Here’s my exceedingly long challenge list. Check out my Challenges page for updates all month long!

Book Awards II Challenge – 7/10 [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 – 3/6 [ends 11/15/2009]
100+ Reading Challenge – 13/100 [ends 12/31/2009]
A Novel Challenge – 6/12 [ends 12/31/2009]
2009 Pub Challenge – 3/9 [ends 12/31/2009]
A to Z Challenge – 7/26 [ends 12/31/2009]
ARC Reading Challenge – 5/12 [ends 12/31/2009]
Blog Improvement Project – 6/24 [ends 12/31/2009]
Casual Classics Challenge – 0/4 [ends 12/31/2009]
My Year of Reading Dangerously – 2/12 [ends 12/31/2009]
New Authors Challenge – 9/20 [ends 12/31/2009]
Read Your Own Books Challenge – 10/50 [ends 12/31/2009]
Support Your Local Library Challenge – 3/12 [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 – 3/12 [ends 12/31/2009]
Elizabeth Gaskell Mini-Challenge – 0/2 [ends 6/1/2010]

The Pulitzer Project – 7/91 [perpetual]
The Printz Project – 2/8 (+2 Honor books) [perpetual]
The Newberry Project – 14/88 (+7 Honor books) [perpetual]

Miscellany

• The highlight of the month for me was participating in the Try Something New Mini-Challenge with Care @ Care’s Online Book Club. We each a posted a review of our selection, Note to Self, and then interviewed each other here at The Bluestocking Society and over at Care’s Online Book Club.
• The Lit Flicks Challenge has officially ended! For anyone who missed it, here’s the wrap-up post. Amber Stults was the winner of the Lit Flicks Challenge Giveaway Blowout.
• I updated my “Contact Me” page with more information for publishers and authors on review copies.
• I posted a quarterly update of my activities for the Blog Improvement Project.
• I explained my blogging sloth by posting pictures of my little dog Blue.
• Eva @ One Swede Read won my copy of Family Planning, by Karan Mahajan.
• And, I participated in Booking Through Thursdayand Library Loot.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by my blog this month!

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