Here is an abstract of my literary doings in June.
Books Read
The Actor and the Housewife, by Shannon Hale – 6/1/2009
Love Begins in Winter, by Simon Van Booy – 6/5/2009
June Total = 2
Year-to-Date Total = 31
Book Club
Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons – Meeting: June 19, 2009
1984, by George Orwell – Online discussion
I didn’t get to either of these books this month, and I missed the meeting.
Our selections for next month are The Hummingbird’s Daughter, by Luis Alberto Urrea (face-to-face discussion) and Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte (online discussion).
Challenges
Here’s my exceedingly long challenge list. Check out my Challenges page for updates all month long.
Really Old Classics Challenge – 0/2 [ends 7/31/2009]
Themed Reading Challenge – 0/4 [ends 7/31/2009]
Chunkster Challenge – 6/6 COMPLETED
Book Awards III Challenge – 0/5 [ends 12/1/2009]
100+ Reading Challenge – 31/100 [ends 12/31/2009]
A Novel Challenge – 9/12 [ends 12/31/2009]
2009 Pub Challenge – 12/9 COMPLETED
A to Z Challenge – 16/26 [ends 12/31/2009]
ARC Reading Challenge – 15/24 [ends 12/31/2009]
Blog Improvement Project – 6/24 [ends 12/31/2009]
Casual Classics Challenge – 2/4 [ends 12/31/2009]
My Year of Reading Dangerously – 3/12 [ends 12/31/2009]
New Authors Challenge – 21/20 COMPLETED
Read Your Own Books Challenge – 25/50 [ends 12/31/2009]
Support Your Local Library Challenge – 5/12 [ends 12/31/2009]
TBR Lite Challenge – 0/6 [ends 12/31/2009]
What’s in a Name? Challenge – 3/6 [ends 12/31/2009]
YA Challenge – 5/12 [ends 12/31/2009]
Elizabeth Gaskell Mini-Challenge – 0/2 [ends 6/1/2010]
The Pulitzer Project – 8/83 [perpetual]
The Printz Project – 2/10 (+4 Honor books) [perpetual]
The Newberry Project – 16/88 (+7 Honor books) [perpetual]
Monthly Highlights
- It’s been a slow month here at The Bluestocking Society. I’ve had many personal things going on that took me away from blogging. I hope to rally in July.
Thanks to everyone who stopped by my blog this month!
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That seems like a lot of challenges in which to be involved. Whoa!
Of course, I dropped out of almost every single one except for about one or two myself…
…as for personal things, I understand. Last month had two deaths in the family and that knocked me for a loop. Now trying to get back on track.
I’ve started considering my challenges as “idea lists” and that makes me feel a lot better about the fact that I don’t get to all of them!
I hope that everything works out for you. I always appreciate your posts when you do post!