I didn’t do a February wrap-up for last Sunday’s post because I was hoping to finish two more books that evening, which I did. Here is the final list of books completed in February:
Book started in 2009 but finished in February:
Sailing Alone Around the Room: Poems
Books started this year and finished in February:
An Abundance of Katherines
Spellbinder
Wounded: A Love Story
The Polysyllabic Spree
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
City of Glass
U is for Undertow
At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays
King of the Mild Frontier: An Ill-Advised Autobiography
Almost Home
Candor
The Creation of Eve
The Diary of Pelly D
Nine Horses: Poems
The Year of Pleasures
Reading challenge progress:
100 Shots of Short Challenge:
Goal: 100 short stories
Finished: 89
Deadline: none
100+ Reading Challenge:
Goal: challenge goal is 100; personal goal is 150
Finished: 26
Deadline: 12/31/2010
Art History Reading Challenge:
Goal: 3 books
Finished: 1
Deadline: 12/31/2010
Audiobook Challenge:
Goal: 20 audiobooks
Finished: 5
Deadline: 12/31/2010
Christy Awards Challenge:
Goal: 3 books
Finished: 0
Deadline: 12/1/2010
Clover, Bee, and Reverie Poetry Challenge:
Goal: 5 books of poetry
Finished: 2
Deadline: 12/31/2010
Countdown Challenge:
Goal: 55 books
Finished: 42
Deadline: 10/10/2010
Harry Potter Challenge:
Goal: 7 books
Finished: 2 and a half
Deadline: 7/31/2010 – not sure if I’ll make this one.
Historical Reading Challenge:
Goal: 12 books
Finished: 4
Deadline: 12/31/2010
Essay Reading Challenge:
Goal: 30 essays
Finished: 26
Deadline: 11/30/2010
Ireland Reading Challenge:
Goal: 6 books
Finished: one half
Deadline: 11/30/2010
New Author Challenge:
Goal: 25 new authors
Finished: 13
Deadline: 12/31/2010
POC Reading Challenge:
Goal: 7 to 9 books
Finished: 2
Deadline: 12/31/2010
Read the Book, See the Movie Challenge:
Goal: 2 books and film adaptations
Finished: 0
Deadline: 12/31/2010
Reading From My Shelves Challenge:
Goal: 20 books read and then given away or sold
Finished: 6
Deadline: 12/31/2010
Sookie Stackhouse Challenge:
Goal: 9 books
Finished: 1
Deadline: 6/30/2010 – not sure about this one either.
South Asian Author Challenge:
Goal: 3 books
Finished: 0
Deadline: 12/31/2010
Speculative Fiction Challenge:
Goal: 12 books
Finished: 8
Deadline: 12/31/2010
Support Your Local Library Challenge:
Goal: 50 books
Finished: 11
Deadline: 12/31/2010
TwentyTen Reading Challenge:
Goal: 20 books
Finished: 8
Deadline: 12/31/2010
War Through the Generations Challenge:
Goal: 6 books
Finished: 1
Deadline: 12/31/2010
What’s In a Name? Challenge:
Goal: 6 books
Finished: 1
Deadline: 12/31/2010
Women Unbound Challenge:
Goal: 2 books
Finished: 0
Deadline: 12/31/2010
YA Reading Challenge:
Goal: 25 books
Finished: 9
Deadline: 12/31/2010
Other bookish posts this week:
~ Cover issues: plus-sized characters
~ Bedtime reading rituals
~ Mini-review: Nine Horses: Poems and The Diary of Pelly D
~ Book Review: The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
~ Blogsplash: Thaw by Fiona Robyn
Congrats on having entered so many reading challenges! Do I need to wish you good luck on doing them? Have a great week of reading!
.-= Harvee´s last blog ..The Sunday Salon: Out of Hibernation =-.
Twitter: booksandmovies
says:
Harvee – yes, luck would be helpful! I’m sure I won’t complete them all, but I’ll certainly have fun trying.
Looks like you had a wonderful February, Carrie. Lots of books read and so many challenges to participate in. You’ve been (and will be) busy!
.-= Literary Feline´s last blog ..Review: The Fairest Portion of the Globe by Frances Hunter =-.
Twitter: booksandmovies
says:
Wendy – it was a good month! Not all of them will be that good, I’m sure, but it was fun.
Twitter: Trish422
says:
Wow, it looks like you are having a great year for reading! It’s nice to see someone else with as many challenges as I have. And I can’t seem to stop adding in more.
.-= Trisha´s last blog ..Sunday Salon: Giveaway: Drama =-.
Twitter: booksandmovies
says:
Trisha – it truly is is an addiction.
I love Hornby’s writing on books, and I really enjoyed At Large and at Small too!
.-= Eva´s last blog ..Sunday Salon: the High Gear Post =-.
Twitter: booksandmovies
says:
Eva – I have one more Hornby non-fic to go (Shakespeare Wrote for Money). I was so excited to hear that he’s going to start writing those columns for The Believer again. Now I just need to scrape together the $45 for a subscription!