October 2014 Wrap-up and Monthly TBR
Hop on over to Booksessed to participate.
October's TBR Pile (6/10):
- J’s pick: Dune by Frank Herbert √
- J’s pick: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Book club selection: Expecting Adam by Martha Beck √
- MVPA Book club selection: I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai √
- Feminist Book club: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Series pick: Entwined by Kristen Callihan √
- Book to movie: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
- Dystopian: Divergent by Veronica Roth
- Reread: The Awakening by Kate Chopin √
- Fantasy Pick: Shadowdance by Kristen Callihan √
- Favorite: A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
- Short Story Collection: The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination
- Zombie Pick: The Living Dead
- Steampunk Pick: The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
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)
- The Chicken of the Family by Mary Amato
- Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin
- Martin on the Moon by Martine Audet
- Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw
- One, Two... Boo! by Kristen L. Depken
- I Love You, Little Pumpkin by Sandra Magsamen
- Spooky Spooky Spooky by Cathy MacLennan
- The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton
- Me and My Mom by Alison Ritchie
- The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall
- I am an Apple by Jean Marzollo
- Amelia Bedelia's First Apple Pie by Herman Parish
- Autumn: An Alphabet Acrostic by Steven Schnur
- Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle
- I Really, Really Need Actual Ice Skates by Lauren Child
- Oink-a-Doodle Moo by Jef Czekaj
- My Octopus Arms by Keith Baker
- Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies by Carolyn Crimi
- My Truck is Stuck by Kevin Lewis
- Crankee Doodle by Tom Angleberger
- The Treasure Bath by Dan Andreasen
- He's Been a Monster All Day by Denise Brennan-Nelson
- Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig
- Socksquatch by Frank Dormer
- Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert
- Ten Little Beasties by Rebecca Emberley
- Big Bad Bubble by Adam Rubin
- Apple Farmer Annie by Monica Wellington
- Little Goblins Ten by Pamela Jane
- My Bus by Byron Barton
- E is for Echidna by Bronwyn Bancroft
- Ann and Nan are Annagrams by Mark Shulman
1,000,000 Page Goal
Monthly Total: 2326 pages
Pages Remaining: 816,393 pages
Current Read - Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
Books Won (0)
Books I Gave Up On (0)
Challenges Completed -- None this month
Comments - Not a ton of books, but a decent showing given my life lately. Unfortunately November is going to be a a bit of an issue. We are officially moving at right before Thanksgiving and then Arthur and I are going back to Indiana. Hopefully I can still find some time for reading...
November's TBR Pile:
- Nonfiction: Living History by Hilary Rodham Clinton
- Book club selection: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (iPad)
- Carry-over: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
- Series pick: Evernight by Kristen Callihan
- Random pick: Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
- Series Ender: Acceptance by Jeff Vandermeer
- Mystery Pick: Authority by Jeff Vandermeer
- Fantasy Pick: A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin