TSS: June 2012 Wrap-Up: Books and Reviews
Happy Sunday, all!
It’s been an embarrassingly long time since I’ve done a Sunday Salon. Things have been crazy busy around here lately (with an emphasis on the crazy), and blogging is unfortunately one of the first things I let slide when I’m stressed. Also unfortunately, things are likely to stay pretty unsettled for a while yet – at least another few months – so I can’t make any promises that I’m going to get better on staying on top of bloggy things. But I’ll muddle through, and hopefully eventually be able to reclaim a little free time and sanity.
Ye Grande Olde TBR(e) Challenge Update
I started May with 257 unread books sitting around my house. And I ended with … *drumroll* …253! Although I feel like I really didn’t get much reading done this month – travel for work, plus just general crazy-business gets in the way – I still think a -4 for the month is none too shabby! And from here, 250 is definitely in sight… 250 being the magical number that I told my friends, many long years ago, not to let me pass, ever. Whoops.
…anyways, let’s take a look at the breakdown:
Neutral books – Read, but don’t affect the TBR pile
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Audiobooks |
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Read But Not Owned |
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Re-Reads |
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Short Stories |
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Changes to the TBR pile
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Read from my TBR pile (huzzah!) |
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| Added to my TBR pile (all-around shame!) | |
 – Legends: Stories by the Masters of Modern Fantasy ed. by Robert Silverberg |
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Loved The Wise Man’s Fear!
Laurie – Me too! If I ever get my act together for posting my Pick-of-the-Month(s), it’s definitely my pick for June.
I try to read something from the TBR pile in between all the library book I get. I don’t keep track of the in’s and out’s for the TBR pile, but overall it tends to hold pretty steady. The fact that I cull it at the end of each year, certainly helps.
CB – I do my best to alternate TBR and library books too… and while I do purge the TBR pile occasionally, it’s probably not as often (or as large-scale) as I should.
I approve of your TBR acquisition! Legends is a great anthology. I recommend Legends II as well.
Laura – I’ve had Legends II on my shelves for years now; not sure how I got the one but not the other, although I’ve probably already read 1/3 to 1/2 of each of them piecemeal, or in other anthologies, etc.
At least you read more from the TBR pile than you added to it, I can’t say the same for me – I need to stay away from the library!
Sam – The library is always dangerous… even more so since I figured out how to check out ebooks. Somehow I don’t feel as guilty about reading something not from the TBR pile if I don’t have to bring the physical book home with me!
It looks like you had a great June!!
Kailana – While I was in the middle of it, it felt like I was reading absolutely nothing, but in retrospect, I didn’t do too badly.
I hope you continue to find some pockets of time for bookishness. And I thought you said it would never go over 300. Wasn’t it 300?
BiP – And it never *has* been over 300! 277 is the worst it’s been thus far, so 253 is waaay down from there. :)
For someone who’s been crazy busy, you do a fair amount of blogging! I’m impressed :)