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Tuesday, September 6, 2016

End of Summer Report


My Head is Full of Books, end of summer report:

Books read: (Memorial Day to Labor Day): 32
  • Nonfiction: 7; Fiction: 25
  • YA: 21
  • Book club selections: 5 (I'm currently reading two more)
Favorites:
  • YA novel: The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry
  • Nonfiction: Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
  • Memoir: West With the Night by Beryl Markham
  • Book Club Selection: Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
  • Adult novel: The Secrets of Mary Bowser by Leveen
Currently reading:
  • Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by JK Rowling and others
  • Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
  • Arcadia by Lauren Groff
  • The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Ngygen
Book Reviews written: 33 (yes, I was behind on reviews going into the summer!)

Favorite reviews:
Books read for challenges:
  1. Draw the Line by Linn
  2. The Passion of Dolssa by Berry
  3. The Secrets of Mary Bowser by Leveen
  4. We Are the Ants by Hutchinson
  1. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
  2. West With the Night by Beryl Markham
  3. A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor
  4. The Splendid Outcome: Africa Stories by Beryl Markham
  • Classics Club Spin book:  A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor
  • Potential Printz Award books: 21 read this summer
Favorite Potential Printz Award books, which I will recommend for the BSD Mock Printz list:
  • The Passion of Dolssa by Berry
  • We Are the Ants by Hutchinson
  • Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph by Orgill
  • Character, Driven by Lubar
Reading obsessions:
  • Africa books
  • Potential Printz Award books 
What's up next:
  • The end of September we will pick the Mock Printz reading list. I hope to have at least 35 YA books (published in 2016) read by that time (I've already finished 33 total.)
  • I currently have four books checked out which I haven't even started yet. There is always a new book to capture my attention.

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