August 2012 Wrap-Up: Books and Reviews
Ye Grande Olde TBR(e) Challenge Update
I started August with 251 unread books sitting around my house. And I ended with … *drumroll* …252! August was a rough month around these parts, busy and stressful, and I was just plain ol’ fashioned not in the mood to read very much. The fact that I only finished five non-graphic non-audio books speaks to how little time and attention I had for reading, I think. But with some selective (and long-overdue) purging, I was able to offset the massive damage I did at the Friends of the Library booksale, for a net of only +1. Not too bad. Could have been way, way worse. And I’m actually technically back down to a 251, since I finished Kushiel’s Chosen over the weekend. 240s, here I come!
(Also, if anyone is interested in any of the 4 books I purged from the pile, leave your BookMooch ID in a comment and I’ll reserve them for you.)
…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 (Books) |
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Read But Not Owned (Graphic Novels) |
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Short Stories |
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Unowned DNFs |
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Changes to the TBR pile
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Read from my TBR pile (huzzah!) |
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Other removals from the TBR pile (um… huzzah?) |
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| Added to my TBR pile (all-around shame!) | |
  – No Quarter by Tanya Huff |
 – River of Blue Fire by Tad Williams |
 – The Quartered Sea by Tanya Huff |
 – Kushiel’s Chosen by Jacqueline Carey |
 – The Second Empress by Michelle Moran |
 – Kushiel’s Avatar by Jacqueline Carey |
 – The Map of the Sky by Félix J. Palma |
 – Kushiel’s Scion by Jacqueline Carey |
 – Darwin’s Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution by Rebecca Stott |
 Non-TBR acquisitions (storage-space-related shame!)– Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman |
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I finished Magic Study, and liked it a little better by the end, but not planning to read next one (Fire Study?), even though I was a little curious to see what would happen. Maybe some day, but too many other books to keep it in the TBR pile now!
Laurie – I got about 40% through Fire Study, but I realized I wasn’t invested in the story or characters at all, and it had to go back to the library, so I let it slide…
Ha. I think this happens to me each and every month. I’m not certain how that happens. I blame it on the mailman.
Michelle – Mine’s probably half the mailman’s fault and half the fault of the cashier at the library used booksale.
I love that you’ve now acquired all the Kushiel books. Worthy additions to your TBR pile for sure – I hope they won’t stay on there long either. :)
Meghan – Nope! One of them’s already cleared. :)