October 2009 Summation

Here is an abstract of my literary doings in October.

Books Read

On Writing, by Stephen King – 10/6/2009
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini – 10/13/2009
Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger – 10/21/2009
Sundays at Tiffany’s, by James Patterson – 10/26/2009
We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson – 10/28/2009
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins – 10/30/2009
Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins – 10/31/2009

October Total = 7
Year-to-Date Total = 53

Overall, this was a great reading month. I really enjoyed Her Fearful Symmetry and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, my R.I.P. selections, and I finally got to The Hunger Games and Catching Fire.

Book Club

The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini; Meeting – 10/22/2009

We had a very interesting discussion of The Kite Runner this month. Check out Suey’s posts on her prep and the food and the discussion. Coming up next month, The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins.

Challenges

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

R.I.P. IV Challenge – 2/2 [ends 10/31/2009] COMPLETED
Chunkster Challenge – 7/6 [ends 11/15/2009] COMPLETED
Book Awards III Challenge – 2/5 [ends 12/1/2009]
100+ Reading Challenge – 53/100 [ends 12/31/2009]
A Novel Challenge – 9/12 [ends 12/31/2009]
2009 Pub Challenge – 16/9 [ends 12/31/2009] COMPLETED
A to Z Challenge – 20/26 [ends 12/31/2009]
ARC Reading Challenge – 19/27 [ends 12/31/2009]
Blog Improvement Project – 18/24 [ends 12/31/2009]
Casual Classics Challenge – 3/4 [ends 12/31/2009]
My Year of Reading Dangerously – 8/12 [ends 12/31/2009]
New Authors Challenge – 30/20 [ends 12/31/2009] COMPLETED
Read Your Own Books Challenge – 44/50 [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 – 5/6 [ends 12/31/2009]
YA Challenge – 11/12 [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
The Printz Project – 5/10 (+4 Honor books)
The Newberry Project – 17/88 (+7 Honor books)

Monthly Highlights

• I completed Carl’s R.I.P. IV Challenge. I love this annual ritual.
• I wrote my third quarter report on my activity in the Blog Improvement Project.
• My brother, of Bitchin Film Reviews, did a guest review of the latest PostSecret book and a guest interview of the author, Frank Warren.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by my blog this month!

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