May 2013 Wrap-Up: Books and Reviews

Ye Grande Olde TBR(e) Challenge Update

I started May with 247 unread books sitting around my house. And I ended with … *drumroll* …244! Hooray! As I was hoping when it started, May was a good month for me. Spring semester over, minimal responsibilities, time in the car listening to audiobooks, and a chance to get some solid reading done. I did a little bit of damage at a library booksale, but read enough from my own pile that I still managed to put a -3 dent in my TBR numbers. Let’s hope I can keep up a similar pace in June!

…anyways, let’s take a look at the breakdown:

Neutral books – Read, but don’t affect the TBR pile

Audiobooks – River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay – American Savage: Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and Politics by Dan Savage
Read But Not Owned (Graphic Novels) – Amulet, Vol. 5: Prince of the Elves by Kazu Kibuishi – Saga, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
Re-Reads – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling – Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold

Changes to the TBR pile

Read from my TBR pile (huzzah!) – The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World’s Great Drinks by Amy Stewart – Fevre Dream by George R. R. Martin – The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker – Unnatural Creatures edited by Neil Gaiman – Snapper by Brian Kimberling – Not in Our Classrooms: Why Intelligent Design is Wrong for Our Schools edited by Eugenie C. Scott – Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip – Confessions of a Cynical Waiter by Steve Dublanica

Added to my TBR pile (all-around shame!)
– The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Phillips	– Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore
– Firebirds Rising edited by Sharyn November	– Firebirds Soaring edited by Sharyn November (Ana’s fault! – so she gets indirect blame/credit for the other one, too.)
Added to my eTBR pile (non-storage-space-related shame!)
– The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller	* Pursuant to the discussion on this post, I’ve decided to create an eTBR pile for e-books for which I actually pay money. I’m not adding them into my total TBR numbers, but I have to fess up about them somewhere. Keeps me honest.

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