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May 2014 Wrap-up and Monthly TBR

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Hop on over to Booksessed to participate.

May's TBR Pile (5/10):

  1. Classic: The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  2. Book club selection: American Gods by Neil Gaiman  √
  3. Carry-over: A Vindication on the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft
  4. Contemporary YA: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
  5. Story Collection: Stranger Than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk
  6. Series pick: What Happens in London by Julia Quinn
  7. Adult Contemporary: Summer Rental by Mary Kay Andrews
  8. Mystery Pick: Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
  9. Monthly Key Word (Star, Light, Never, Princess, Break, Clear): Ember by Kristin Callihan (iPad)  √
  10. Read-a-Long: The Strain by Guillermo del Toro

Picture Book Roundup (I'm not planning on reviewing the picture books we read, but I do plan on recording them monthly for my reading challenge)

  • We were such slackers this month.  Between sickness and baby activities, not many pictures books were read and no new ones.  However, I went to the library two days ago and picked up abut 15 new pictures books to read this coming month.  Hopefully we find some great ones!

1,000,000 Page Goal

Monthly Total: 1797 pages
Pages Remaining: 824,903 pages

Current Read - Tapestry of Fortunes by Elizabeth Berg

Books Won (0)

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Challenges Completed  -- None yet, but my totals are very good.

Comments - Five books is really low for me.  I think it might be my lowest book total since starting the blog.  However, my page totals were decent so that's something.  I read a giant brick of a book (The Strain) and finished my book club book days before our meeting.  I'm looking forward to June's TBR pile as I think I've stacked it with some great books.

June's TBR Pile:

  1. J's pick: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
  2. Fluffy romance: What Happens in London by Julia Quinn
  3. Classic: The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  4. Book club selection: Tapestry of Fortunes by Elizabeth Berg
  5. Children's Fiction: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
  6. Story Collection: Stranger Than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk
  7. Mystery Pick: Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
  8. Monthly Key Word: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
  9. Contemporary: Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen