October 2011 Wrap-Up: Books and Reviews
November 2, 2011
Ye Grande Olde TBR(e) Challenge Update
I started October with 270 unread books sitting around my house. And I ended with … *drumroll* …269! I didn’t get as much read this month as I was hoping, mostly because The Way of Kings was a big ol’ chunkster that took me almost 1/3 of the month to read. But I managed to rack up negative numbers anyways, which given that I was also sucked in by the lure of the library booksale clearance, is pretty good, I think.
…anyways, let’s take a look at the breakdown:
Neutral books – Read, but don’t affect the TBR pile
| Audiobooks – Goliath by Scott Westerfeld |
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| Read but not owned – Flight, Vols. 1 & 2 ed. by Kazu Kibuishi – Wildthorn by Jane Eagland – Heartless by Gail Carriger – Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol – Daisy Kutter: The Last Train by Kazu Kibuishi |
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| E-books and Short Stories – Blameless by Gail Carriger* |
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| Re-Reads – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling – The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold |
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Changes to the TBR pile
| Read from my TBR pile (huzzah!) – Sleight of Hand by Peter S. Beagle – The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson – Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain – The Starry Rift ed. by Jonathan Strahan – The Technologists by Matthew Pearl – Remember Me 2: The Return by Christopher Pike |
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| Added to my TBR pile (all-around shame!) | |
  – Naomi & Ely’s No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan |
 – The Species Seekers by Richard Conniff |
 – The Help by Kathryn Stockett |
 – The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones by Anthony Bourdain |
 – The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz |
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| Non-TBR Acquisitions (storage-space-related shame!) | |
 – A Baker’s Field Guide to Holiday Candy & Confections by Dede Wilson |
 – Sundays at Moosewood Restaurant: Ethnic and Regional Recipes from the Cooks at the Legendary Restaurant |
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Congrats on getting the pile down a bit! I simply refuse to count, so I have no idea where I stand!
Kailana – I can see this being one of those “ignorance is bliss” cases, for sure. :-D
Have you seen the new Book Haiku field on LibraryThing work pages? I saw it and immediately thought of you!
Laura – I did see it! Although I’ve actually tried compiling all of my haikus onto one page here, and I gave it up because it was taking forever. There are a LOT of them!
Boy, I totally understand the acquisition shame. I indulged myself in a trip to the used bookstore a few days ago and came home with five more books to add to the shelf. It was great fun hunting them down though!
Alyce – I do my best to stay out of the used bookstore and the library booksale for exactly that reason, although I do let myself go and browse when I’m in a bad mood and need cheering up. :)