October ’08 — Best Reading Month Ever

When I think about it, I don’t know how I read 18! books in one month. I’ve never read that many before. Granted, several were audios (4 and part of another), and that definitely helps. I listen to audios in the van, when I walk, and at night when I’m too tired to read.  Also, I’ve set a certain time to read when it’s quiet and no one is around.  That probably has helped me more than anything.  When the family is around, I try to catch up on my google feeds or write non-review posts.  When they’re not, I read read read!!  Also, the readathon pumped up my stats as well, though I didn’t participate for the full time and only got in 9 hours.  Still, 9 hours is 9 hours!

I enjoyed all the books I read this month except for The Story of a Marriage and Breath.  I actually liked Breath through 3/4 of it, then despised the final 1/4.  The rest were great!  I still have a lot of reviews to write…but I’m a better reader than a writer…and I’m in reading mode now.   They’ll get done eventually!

82. The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry (2008, 300 pp.)
83. The Pigman by Paul Zindel (1968, 182 pp.)
84. The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer
85. The Twits by Roald Dahl
86. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (2008, 465 pp.)
87. Breath by Tim Winton (2008, 218 pp.)
88. Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen (2008, 240 pp.)
89. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (2008, 276 pp.)
90. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
91. Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
92. Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery
93. A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
94. The Pets by Bragi Olafsson
95. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
96. Mudbound by Hillary Jordan (2008, 324 pp.)
97. Goldengrove by Francine Prose
98. X-Kai by Asami Tohjoh
99. Vampire Hunter D by Hideyuki Kikuchi (1983, 2005 for English translation, 268 pp.)

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