July 2009 Summation

Here is an abstract of my literary doings in July.

Books Read

The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin – 7/17/2009
How I Live Now, by Meg Rosoff – 7/22/2009
The White Darkness, by Geraldine McCaughrean – 7/30/2009
Monster, by Walter Dean Myers – 7/31/2009

July Total = 4
Year-to-Date Total = 35

Book Club

The Actor and the Housewife, by Shannon Hale – Meeting: July 16, 2009
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte – Online discussion

I didn’t have time to reread Jane Eyre, but I enjoyed The Actor and the Housewife. I missed the meeting again!

Our selections for next month are The Finishing Touches, by Hester Browne (face-to-face discussion) and Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov (online discussion).

Challenges

Here’s my exceedingly long challenge list. I failed one and added a new one. I’m an addict. Check out my Challenges page for updates all month long.

Really Old Classics Challenge – 0/2 FAILED
Themed Reading Challenge – 4/4 COMPLETED
Chunkster Challenge – 6/6 COMPLETED
Book Awards III Challenge – 2/5 [ends 12/1/2009]
100+ Reading Challenge – 34/100 [ends 12/31/2009]
A Novel Challenge – 9/12 [ends 12/31/2009]
2009 Pub Challenge – 12/9 COMPLETED
A to Z Challenge – 17/26 [ends 12/31/2009]
ARC Reading Challenge – 15/24 [ends 12/31/2009]
Blog Improvement Project – 12/24 [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 – 24/20 COMPLETED
Read Your Own Books Challenge – 28/50 [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 – 4/6 [ends 12/31/2009]
YA Challenge – 7/12 [ends 12/31/2009]
Elizabeth Gaskell Mini-Challenge – 0/2 [ends 6/1/2010]
Harry Potter Reading Challenge – 0/7 [ends 7/31/2010]

The Pulitzer Project – 8/83 [perpetual]
The Printz Project – 4/10 (+4 Honor books) [perpetual]
The Newberry Project – 17/88 (+7 Honor books) [perpetual]

Monthly Highlights

• Again, 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.
• However, I did have a giveaway to celebrate the Summer of the Short Story – six lucky winners won a short story collection.
• And, I (almost) caught up on my reviews!  Hooray!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by my blog this month!

Related posts:

1. June 2009 Summation
2. November 2009 Summation
3. April 2009 Summation

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