August 2010 Summation

Here is an abstract of my literary doings in August.

Books Read – August 2010

Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert – 8/7/2010
Finny, by Justin Kramon – 8/10/2010
Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins – 8/25/2010

August Total = 3
Year-to-Date Total = 20

I recovered a bit in my reading this month. Still not stellar, but less pathetic. I really enjoyed EAT, PRAY, LOVE, and I’m still processing MOCKINGJAY. Review to come sometime this week.

Book Club

Our book club is on summer hiatus. Here’s what’s coming up in September:

Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins
The Passage, by Justin Cronin
The Queen’s Thief series, by Megan Whalen Turner

Challenges

Absolutely no challenge progress this month:

Reading Deliberately – 4/12 [ends 12/31/2010]
The Pulitzer Project – 9/84
The Printz Project – 7/11 (+4 Honor books)
The Newberry Project – 20/89 (+7 Honor books)

August Highlights

• I posted three installments of Literature 101: Genre, Plot, and Setting. Stay tuned for the remaining installments.
• I started a new feature I’m really excited about: Readers Uncovered – a bimonthly feature, featuring readers and their answers to tough reading questions. Check out the August panel’s answers to If you could choose one, and only one, book that would best represent you as a reader, what would it be and why? and What is your most reliable source of book recommendations, and how did it earn that status?
• I joined The Sunday Salon. I’m having a good time with it.
• I joined the Bleak House Readalong. I’m a little behind the group, but I’m having a lot of fun with my first readalong. This is a book that I’ve tried to read by myself without success. It’s nice to have support this time around.
• Finally, I participated in the TLC blog tour for Finny, by Justin Kramon.

That’s what happened in August. Thanks to everyone who stopped by my blog this month!

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