February was a weird reading month. With Mardi Gras in the first week, and some other personal things going on, I wasn't reading as consistently as I have been. I still managed to complete 9 challenges, but really only because three were graphic novels/comic collections, and because Shonda Rhimes' amazing book was a quick read just over 100 pages.
That being said, I managed to read some really great books. I can't remember the last time I had three 5 star reads in one month! (Interestingly, they were all nonfiction books.)
Bustle Women/POC Reading Challenge (Currently completed: 3/20 challenges)
Book about an immigrant or refugee to America: Things I've Been Silent About by Azar Nafisi (5 stars)
A graphic novel written by a woman: Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (4 stars)
PopSugar 2016 Reading Challenge (Currently completed: 9/41 challenges)
A graphic novel: Blue is the Warmest Color by Julie Maroh (4 stars)
A self-improvement book: Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes (5 stars)
A book that takes place on an island: Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique (4 stars)
Read Harder Challenge 2016 (Currently completed: 6/24 challenges)
A non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years: Pretty Deadly, Vol. 1 by Kelly Sue DeConnick, et al. (4 stars)
A book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie: Which is better?: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt** (4 stars)
A book originally published in the decade you were born: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (1974) (3 stars)
A biography: The Notorious RBG: The Lives and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsberg by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik (5 stars)
**This is one of the few reading challenges that was a reread for me, as it was a book club choice. For me, it's a tie between the book and the movie. I really loved the movie, especially the portrayals of Minerva and Chablis (played by the Lady herself!). The book, however, gives a wider look at Savannah at the time and all of the city's secrets, a lot of which is left out of the movie.
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Monday, February 1, 2016
Rabbit Hole #34: January Reading Update
Where in the world has January gone?!? Seems like we just ended 2015!
My January reading update follows. I'm trying to complete three reading challenges this year, so these are the tasks I've completed for each one, followed by other books that don't quite fit into any of the categories. To date, I've been able to complete all of the tasks with books I already own, helping to whittle down my TBR shelf.
Read Harder Challenge 2016:
A middle grade novel: Esperanza Rising by Pam Nunoz Ryan
A book set in the Middle East: Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye
Bustle Women/People of Color Challenge:
Written by a woman under 25: Slave: My True Story by Mende Nazar and Damien Lewis
PopSugar 2016 Challenge:
Based on a fairy tale: Beauty by Sarah Pinborough
NY Times Bestseller: The Middleman and Other Stories by Bharati Mukherjee
Book of poetry: Dirty Pretty Things by Michael Faudet
A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with: The Incarnations by Susan Barker
A book with a blue cover: Dryland by Sara Jaffe
The first book you see in a bookstore: After Alice by Gregory Maguire
Other books read:
I also read The Other Side of Truth by Beverly Naidoo, Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell, and I FINALLY finished French Quarter: An Informal History of New Orleans' Underworld by Herbert Asbury.
My January reading update follows. I'm trying to complete three reading challenges this year, so these are the tasks I've completed for each one, followed by other books that don't quite fit into any of the categories. To date, I've been able to complete all of the tasks with books I already own, helping to whittle down my TBR shelf.
Read Harder Challenge 2016:
A middle grade novel: Esperanza Rising by Pam Nunoz Ryan
A book set in the Middle East: Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye
Bustle Women/People of Color Challenge:
Written by a woman under 25: Slave: My True Story by Mende Nazar and Damien Lewis
PopSugar 2016 Challenge:
Based on a fairy tale: Beauty by Sarah Pinborough
NY Times Bestseller: The Middleman and Other Stories by Bharati Mukherjee
Book of poetry: Dirty Pretty Things by Michael Faudet
A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with: The Incarnations by Susan Barker
A book with a blue cover: Dryland by Sara Jaffe
The first book you see in a bookstore: After Alice by Gregory Maguire
Other books read:
I also read The Other Side of Truth by Beverly Naidoo, Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell, and I FINALLY finished French Quarter: An Informal History of New Orleans' Underworld by Herbert Asbury.
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