October 2013 Monthly Wrap-Up: Books and Reviews

Ye Grande Olde TBR(e) Challenge Update

I started October with 245 unread books sitting around my house. And I ended with … *drumroll* …258! Well, damn, that’s embarassing. I may have gone a leeeeetle bit overboard at the library booksale, especially considering that I didn’t get much (only one!) read off the TBR pile. Not much read in general, and even fewer reviewed. I’ll get back on the horse this month.

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

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

Audiobooks – Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan
Read But Not Owned (Books) – Boston Jacky: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Taking Care of Business by L. A. Meyer – Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
Read But Not Owned (Graphic Novels) – The Eternal Smile by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim – Goodbye, Chunky Rice by Craig Thompson
E-Books – The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson*
Re-Reads – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling – Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold

Changes to the TBR pile

Read from my TBR pile (huzzah!) – The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Added and then read (um… huzzah?) – Humans of New York by Brandon Stanton

Added to my TBR pile (all-around shame!)
– The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World’s Most Glorious – and Perplexing – City by David Lebovitz	– A Confederation of Valor by Tanya Huff (Meghan’s fault)
– Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl	– The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
– Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky	– Shipbreaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
– Pirates! by Celia Rees	– The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixth Annual Collection ed. by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
– Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein	– The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventh Annual Collection ed. by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
– Evolution’s Darling by Scott Westerfeld	– The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection ed. by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
– The Boleyn Deceit by Laura Andersen	– Mouse Guard, Labyrinth, and Other Stories: A Free Comic Book Day Hardcover Anthology by David Petersen et al.
Non-TBR acquisitions (storage-space-related shame!)
– The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan	– Ptolemy’s Gate by Jonathan Stroud
– Graceling by Kristin Cashore	– Fire by Kristin Cashore
– Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud	– A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin

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