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May 2009 reading wrap-up

Amazingly, I read the exact same number of books in May as I did in April, which is 27.  I’m extremely pleased with that, especially because I’ve signed up to read 30 books in June with Shauna for the Summer Reading Blitz.  That’s only 3 more than I read this month, so if I stay on track with my dissertation, it’s a distinct possibility.

92. The English Patient – Michael Ondaatje
93. The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire – C. M. Mayo
94. Welcome to Temptation – Jennifer Crusie
95. The Well of Lost Plots – Jasper Fforde
96. The World in Half – Cristina Henriquez
97. The Vampire of Ropraz – Jacques Chessex
98. House of Leaves – Mark Z. Danielewski
99. The Founding – Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
100. Simply Unforgettable – Mary Balogh
101. The Reincarnationist – M.J. Rose
102. Silk – Alessandro Baricco
103. The Convenient Marriage – Georgette Heyer
104. Atlas of Unknowns – Tania James
105. The Ghost Brigades – John Scalzi
106. Undead and Unwelcome – MaryJanice Davidson
107. Starfinder – John Marco
108. The Bridge of the Golden Horn – Emine Sevgi Ozdamar
109. Moon Called – Patricia Briggs
110. Warrior Daughter – Janet Paisley
111. Shanghai Girls – Lisa See
112. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict – Laurie Viera Rigler
113. Fugitive Pieces – Anne Michaels
114. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane – Katherine Howe
115. Tethered – Amy MacKinnon
116. Simply Love – Mary Balogh
117. Beauty – Robin McKinley
118. Love Walked In – Marisa de los Santos

As you can see from the distinctly sparse number of links up there, most of these books have not been reviewed yet.  The reviews have mostly been written and are waiting to be posted.  I have a truly ridiculous backlog of reviews because I read so fast.  I haven’t yet graduated to posting a review a day, but I’m almost there.  My blog can at this point run without me for about a month.  Logically, I’m not really expecting to slow down until I get married in October, at which point I will probably be grateful for the backlog!

My favorites:

At least, I think.  It’s so hard to choose!

As far as my TBR pile goes, I read 20 of my own books this month and I acquired 15, so I cleared a total of 5.  Not as good as last month; we’ll see how this one goes!

Did you read any fantastic books last month?

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March Reading Wrap-Up

I read a lot in March.  The first half of the month my reading was a direct response to stress.  I didn’t do as well as I’d hoped on my first essay, so a lot rested on my second essay.  At some point in the middle of writing that, I decided to take an indefinite break from academia when my MA is over in September, but I still stressed about it, so when I took breaks, I read candy fiction.  Numbers correspond to overall books read this year.

41. Mr. Impossible – Loretta Chase
42. Watchmen – Alan Moore
43. Desperate Duchesses – Eloisa James
44. Etta – Gerard Kolpan
45. The Apothecary Rose – Candace Robb
46. Silent in the Sanctuary – Deanna Raybourn
47. It’s In His Kiss – Julia Quinn
48. The Eight – Katherine Neville
49. Lady Anne and the Howl in the Dark – Donna Lea Simpson
50. Silent on the Moor – Deanna Raybourn
51. Duchess by Night – Eloisa James
52. New Moon – Stephenie Meyer
53. Kitty and the Midnight Hour – Carrie Vaughn
54. Kitty Goes to Washington – Carrie Vaughn
55. Kitty Takes a Holiday – Carrie Vaughn
56. Kitty and the Silver Bullet – Carrie Vaughn
57. Kitty and the Dead Man’s Hand – Carrie Vaughn
58. Kitty Raises Hell – Carrie Vaughn
59. A Duke to Die For – Amelia Grey
60. Moonheart – Charles de Lint
61. Pemberley Manor – Kathryn L. Nelson
62. The Tory Widow – Christine Blevins
63. Serendipity – Louise Shaffer
64. Eclipse – Stephenie Meyer

That’s an astonishing 24 books, when my monthly highest was last July’s 25 since I started keeping track.  I’m very pleased!  I had no idea I’d read that many until I just counted them up for this post.

My favorites this month were unquestionably Silent in the Sanctuary and Silent On The Moor by Deanna Raybourn.  Just thinking about them makes me want to read them again.  I also just loved Serendipity by Louise Shaffer, which will be reviewed soon on this blog.  Finally, I enjoyed the six Kitty Norville books so much that I went out and bought the start of another similar series, Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris, and I have my eye on Moon Called by Patricia Briggs, for the next time I feel like buying new.  Any suggestions would be very welcome!

I had a fabulous reading month!  How was yours?

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