Review Copies Cleaup (RCCleaup) Update (2)

This challenge is hosted by Books, Biscuits, and Tea and Nyx Book Reviews. Head over here if you want to join. Sign-up is open until August 15! 

So, after last week's post I have made a little progress. During the week I wrote two reviews for the ARCs I'd finished, and then I finished three more ARCs, and wrote two reviews for them. The other one is on its way. :D 

I consider this a pretty good progress, considering how much of a slow reader I am. 

ARCs finished so far in August: 

1. Glitch by Heather Anastasiu 

2. The Wednesdays by Julie Bourbeau 

3. Let's Hear it for Almigal by Wendy Kupfer 

4. Kissing Shakespeare by Pamela Mingle 

5. Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire 

6. Rape Girl by Alina Klein
7. Speechless by Hannah Harrington
8. Over You by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
9. Confession of an Angry Girl by Louise Rozett 

I plan to finish these books in August: 

1. The Stone Girl by Alissa B. Scheinmal (CURRENTLY READING)

2. Reflection by Jessica Roberts (not ARC but for book tour)

3. At What Cost by J. Anderson (not ARC but for book tour) 

And if I finish the three books above early, I won't start with September ARC's yet. I'll take a month off reviewing. Since September is my finals month, I need to finish these: 

1. Er hieß Jan by Irina Korschunow (for German class)

2. The Land of Decoration by Grace McCleen (for Eng Reading class)
3. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (for Eng Lit class, will be a reread)
4. Life & Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee (for Intro Lit report)

Busy time is approaching ever so quickly now. I need to get things done as soon as possible so I'll have time to study for finals. I'm also currently being bombarded with tests and assignments. Boo. Speaking of which, tomorrow I'll have a Lit test on The German Refugee by Bernard Malamud. I've read it two times already. I need one more close-reading to be sure. Wish me luck! :) 

Review Copies Cleanup (RCCleanup) Update

This challenge is hosted by Books, Biscuits, and Tea and Nyx Book Reviews. Head over here if you want to join. Sign-up is open until August 15! 

Since I forgot to make an update post last week, this post will cover the first two weeks of August. Normally during uni, I get to read only about 4-6 books a month. And 8 books tops when I'm free and lucky. Because uni consumes me almost completely. And surely there are two months that I don't get to read anything at all: midterm month and final month. August is, in fact, the month between those two. So I figured I should read as much as I can in August to make up for the lack of reading in the previous month and next month. I should say I'm doing a very good job, being on schedule and all, which is surprising and incredible even for me. 

I've finished 6 review copies in the first two weeks of August already! 

1. Glitch by Heather Anastasiu 

2. The Wednesdays by Julie Bourbeau 

3. Let's Hear it for Almigal by Wendy Kupfer 

4. Kissing Shakespeare by Pamela Mingle 

5. Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire 

6. Rape Girl by Alina Klein

I have yet to review half of them, though. ;) 

I plan to finish these books in August: 

1. Speechless by Hannah Harrington (CURRENTLY READING)

2. Over You by Emma McLaughlin 

3. Confession of an Angry Girl by Louise Rozett 

4. The Stone Girl by Alissa B. Scheinmal 

5. Reflection by Jessica Roberts (not ARC but for book tour)

6. At What Cost by J. Anderson (not ARC but for book tour) 

Whew. Still half the number to go in half a month! 

And there are still these I need to read for FINALS! 

1. Er hieß Jan by Irina Korschunow (for German class)

2. The Land of Decoration by Grace McCleen (for Eng Reading class)
3. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (for Eng Lit class, will be a reread)
4. Life & Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee (for Intro Lit report)


All of this looks very discouraging. But I can't give up!

I'll be updating again next week. See you then. :) 

Review Copy Cleanup (August)

I just signed up for Review Copy Cleanup! This challenge is hosted by Books, Biscuits, and Tea and Nyx Book Reviews. Head over here if you want to join. Sign-up is open until August 15! 

2011 Reading Wrap-Up

2011 ended yesterday. Can't believe how fast time flies. I meant to do a wrap-up post yesterday, but was too distracted and lazy. So here goes!

The Stats




The Books

The Challenge

For me, 55 is a huge amount. My reading life thus far is rather short, and usually I could only finish around 20 books a year. As you can guess, I'm pleased with the result! 

I'm not going to try to pick books to make a best-of list because I don't want to have to go through such tough decisions. If you want more details of any of these books, go here.

2011 has been such a great year for me. I can only hope it will get better from now. :-)

2011 Reading Challenge completed!

Let’s celebrate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D Last night around 15 minutes before midnight, I completed my 2011 Reading Challenge!!! I know it’s not much, but it’s something. Those who know me know how obsessed I am with goals and lists. It makes me feel accomplished.

Tight-scheduled as I am, I was hoping I could read at least 3 books a month — thus the goal was to read 36 books. But the goal’s finished early (November 9th)! And that makes me feel extremely satisfied. :D