I was really interested to see what happened with my reading this month. It’s my first full month working full-time ever, so I figured my reading was going to take a hit. It did, but it wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought. I finished 18 books this month.
Fiction
- Black Rock, Amanda Smyth
- The Postmistress, Sarah Blake
- This Is How, M.J. Hyland
- Under the Skin, Michel Faber
- The Earth Hums in B Flat, Mari Strachan
Classics
- The Brontes Went to Woolworths, Rachel Ferguson
- Germinal, Emile Zola
Romance
- Written on Your Skin, Meredith Duran
- Archangel’s Kiss, Nalini Singh
YA Fiction
- Leviathan, Scott Westerfeld
- How I Live Now, Meg Rosoff
- What I Was, Meg Rosoff
Fantasy
- On the Edge, Ilona Andrews
- Silver Borne, Patricia Briggs
- Shadow Prowler, Alexey Pehov
Non-fiction
- Wishful Drinking, Carrie Fisher
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
- Chinese Cinderella, Adeline Yen Mah
I’m also pleased to see that I managed three non-fiction books. Okay, one was a YA memoir and the other was a very short celebrity memoir, but I am trying harder to include non-fiction in my reading choices. You’ll also notice that only three of these books were set before the twentieth century, and one was written in the nineteenth century anyway. How unusual is that? I’m actually reading a historical fiction novel at the moment, but typically it’s not resonating with me. So we’ll see how that goes.
I read a ton of great books this month, though. Favorite non-fiction is definitely The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. I would put it above much of the fiction as well, actually. I’m not sure I can choose a fiction novel – it may have to be Under the Skin by Michel Faber which has remained with me so far.
A few changes are going to be taking place around here. I am moving my blog to medievalbookworm.com very soon, so I may have a new feed address. I’ll be sure to post it on twitter and facebook when that happens so if you’d like to keep subscribing, please stay aware! I have a lot of changes to enact with all of this so some links may be broken, etc., but this is something I need to do before it gets even more difficult! If anyone knows of a good way to redirect all of my old review links to my new site, please do share. =) In the meantime, have a great weekend!
Wow!!! Great month. I will be reading Henrietta Lacks today, so I hope I love it too.
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Great month of reading, especially with a new job!
You’re amazing!!
I *think* you can just have your feed redirect…
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That’s a great month, especially when you’re getting used to working! Make sure you install the broken link checker plug-in if you haven’t already, will help you find any links that don’t redirect properly.
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I would like to include more nonfiction in my reading as well. I am glad to see you liked The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks so much. I hope to read that one someday. Good luck with the blog move! I hope it goes smoothly!
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Are you going to be hosting your own site now, or are you just changing the URL?
I’ve only read two books since I started working. Well, three, but one of them was a DNF.
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