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April 2014 Wrap-Up and Monthly TBR

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Hop on over to Booksessed to participate.

April's TBR Pile (6/10):

  1. J's pick: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
  2. Nonfiction: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
  3. Fluffy romance: Gentleman of Her Dreams by Jen Turano
  4. Freebie: The Strain by Guillermo del Toro
  5. Classic: A Vindication on the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft
  6. Book club selection: The Thirteenth Tale by Diana Setterfield
  7. Carry-over: Wicked by Gregory Maguire
  8. Contemporary YA: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
  9. Story Collection: Stranger Than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk
  10. Added: How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

Picture Book Roundup (I'm not planning on reviewing the picture books we read, but I do plan on recording them monthly for my reading challenge)

  • We didn't read any new ones this month...

1,000,000 Page Goal

Monthly Total: 1616 pages
Pages Remaining: 826,700 pages

Current Read - The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan

Books Won (0)

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Challenges Completed  -- None yet

Comments - Decent month.  Not the greatest and I often found myself crafting instead of reading.  I need to carve out more time to read.

May's TBR Pile:

  1. Classic: The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  2. Book club selection: American Gods by Neil Gaiman (iPad)
  3. Carry-over: A Vindication on the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft
  4. Contemporary YA: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (iPad)
  5. Story Collection: Stranger Than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk
  6. Series pick: What Happens in London by Julia Quinn
  7. Adult Contemporary: Summer Rental by Mary Kay Andrews
  8. Mystery Pick: Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
  9. Monthly Key Word (Star, Light, Never, Princess, Break, Clear): Ember by Kristin Callihan (iPad)
  10. Read-a-Long: The Strain by Guillermo del Toro (ipad)