May was a great reading month for me. It looks like a lot below and it is, but I read 3 novellas, 3 graphic novels (one was wordless), 2 that I was halfway finished with already, and 4 audiobooks. So even though 13 books is the most I’ve ever finished in a month, there were some caveats to it. How was your reading month?
37. The Forgery of Venus 
by Michael Gruber (2008, 318 pp.)
38. Silk by Alessandro Baricco (1996, 91 pp.)
39. On Chesil Beach 
by Ian McEwan (2007, 203 pp.)
40. Snow by Maxence Fermine (1999, 100 pp)
41. The Castle by Franz Kafka (1926, 316 pp.)
42. The Gathering 
by Anne Enright (2007, 261 pp.)
43. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (1999, 435 pp.)
44. Blessings by Anna Quindlen (202, 226 pp.)
45. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 
by J.K. Rowling (2000, 734 pp.)
46. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (2006, 240 pp.)
47. The Arrival by Shaun Tan (2006, 128 pp.)
48. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (2007, 533 pp.)
49. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (2003, 896 pp.)
Pages read: 4457 / Pages read in 2008: 13331
Average number of pages per book: 344 pp.
New authors: 8
Female authors: 3
Male authors: 8
Challenges completed: Novella Challenge
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I’ve posted a link to my review of Hugo Cabret but I’ve also read The Arrival. I loved both of them. I think they are charting new territory in what is reading, since both of them rely on illustrations to tell their stories. I highly recommend both.
Your list for May is great. I like a reading list with lots of variety.
I actually read 16 books which surprises me because May was a busy month.
Wahoo for you! You did have a terrific month! I had a good one, too. I’m very happy with both the quantity and the quality of what I read in May.
Glad you are enjoying the Potters! I confess to being a huge fan! I’ve tagged you for a meme, if you haven’t already done it!
http://troubles-melt-like-lemon-drops.blogspot.com/2008/06/memes-travels-and-some-sex-in-city.html
Oooh! So glad you liked American Born Chinese too. What did you think about The Arrival?
Excuse me, but how old are you?
I read 10 books. I am pleaased with myself. In April I could only read 4 books. I have all the Harry Potters and reviewed only the latest one. The Gathering is on my TBR list.
Here is my SS post!
Looks like a great month to me!!