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Wednesday, August 31, 2016

My August Reading/Bookish to-do list. How did I do on them?

School starts tomorrow. How did I do on my goals? I wrote this list on August 4th. I had a busy month and it wasn't a good month for reading. Here's how I did:

Order opening day collection for the library. If I use the district credit card I can only order $200 at a time so it will likely take several smallish orders to get all the books I want for the library for opening day. √

Process all the new books. Covers, tattle-tape, stamping, MARC records, add to system. This takes some time and frankly I am not sure I will get it done with my trips to the Oregon Coast and New York still to come. √ (A few books arrived today so I didn't get them done but I am almost completely done.)

During my visit to New York City I hope to visit THE STRAND used book store. We'll see if there is time with all the moving in we will be doing for daughter #2. (Unfortunately, we were busy the whole time getting our daughter moved into her apartment. No time for a visit to the Strand, but there is always next time.)

Read potential Printz books (YA books published in 2016, all have 3+ starred reviews) I am actually giving myself to the end of September to read through this list.
  • Rebel in the Sand by Alwyn Hamilton √*
  • My Name Is Not Friday by Jon Walter, √*
  • Summer Days and Summer Nights, short stories edited by Stephanie Perkins
  • American Girls by Alison Umminger √*
  • Draw the Line by Laurent Linn, √
  • Essential Maps for the Lost by Deb Caletti √*
  • Flannery by Lisa Moore
  • On the Edge of Gone by Corrine Duyvis
  • Thanks for the Trouble by Tommy Wallach
  • When We Was Fierce by E.e. Charlton-Tujillo √
And, of course, I want to write blog reviews of each of them. (Um...I am four reviews behind. Oh man, school starts tomorrow and I just don't think I'll get them done by then.Sigh. *Look for reviews on these books soon.)

Read upcoming book club selections:
  • The Sympathizer (for RHS Books Club September)
  • The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend (for RHS Book Club August) √
  • Arcadia by Groff (for SOTH Book Club September) (Currently reading.)
And finally, finish reading Out of Africa. I've been working on this book all summer and I am only 25% finished. I have a plan to read two chapters a day which should bring me to the end before the end of summer. We'll see if I can make it. (Plod. Plod. Plod. I am making progress but I am not finished, I'm currently at 52%.)

Lofty goals.
(I met two of my three nonreading goals.
I read half of the books I'd hoped to finish but my goals were very large, almost impossible, nevertheless I am still disappointed I didn't finish a few more.)


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