TTT: Books on my fall reading list (and how I did on my summer reading list)

 

Top Ten Tuesday: 

Books on my fall reading list. 

(Below the fold, check out how I did on my summer reading list.)

 

Book Club Selections: 

1. The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates (October, Group #1)
2. We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker (October, Group #2)
   
3. The Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (November, Group #1)
4. The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeycutt by Annie Lyons (November/December, Group #2)
5. Transcription by Kate Atkinson (December, Group #1)

Books I've recently placed on hold at the library:

1. Souvenir Museum by Elizabeth McCracken
   
2. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
   
3. The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
4. Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau
   

Challenge Books:

1. Past Pulitzer Prize winner: The Hours by Michael Cunningham (From this list)
   
2. Past Pulitzer Prize winner
3. Past Pulitzer Prize winner
4. 2021 Printz Honor: Every Body Looking
5. Classics club selection: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (From this list)
6. Classics Club selection
7. 2021 National Book Award winner any category. (TBA in November.)
8. 2021 National Book Award winner any category.  

Preview and other books: 

1. Preview: Sexual Justice by Alexandra Brodsky
2. Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and The Silver Chair
   

 

In June, when I created my summer reading list, I had a lot of ??? on my list.  I knew I'd be reading books but I wasn't sure of their titles. Those book titles are now identified by the color red. Titles are also hyperlinked so you can read my reviews if you care to learn more.

Book Club Selections: 6/6

1. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy (July, Group #1) ✓
2. This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger, (July, Group #2) ✓
3. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris (August, Group #1) ✓
4. The Cold Millions by Jess Walter, August, Group #2 ✓
5. This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel (September, Group #1, re-read) ✓
   
6. The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich, September, Group #3 ✓

Audiobooks/E-Books: 3/5

1. The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah ✓
2. The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich (See above list) ✓
3. Break Shot: My First 21 Years by James Taylor
4. Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler ✓
5. The Clock Dance by Anne Tyler
   

Challenge Books: 14/7 (some were duplicates because they are in more than one category)

1. Current Pulitzer Prize winner: The Night Watchman by Erdrich ✓
2. Past Pulitzer Prize winner: Breathing Lessons by Tyler ✓
3. Past Pulitzer Prize winner: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Egan ✓ I actually read two more past winners, also: One of Ours and The Interpreter of Maladies.
   
4. Printz Honor: Every Body Looking
5. Printz Honor: We Are Not Free ✓
6. Big Book Summer: TBA but must be at least 400 pages in length. ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ (I read eight books longer than 400 pages this summer: One of Ours; We Are Not Free; The Night Watchman; The Four Winds; The Ministry of Utmost Happiness; This Tender Land; Project Hail Mary; and End of Watch.)
   
7. Classics club selection: One of Ours by Willa Cather ✓

Looking over my summer reading progress I think I did very well on my list. Of the books placed on the list, I read 14 unique titles. Organizing my list this way really helped direct my reading choices. For example, I am more determined than ever to finish my Pulitzer Challenge and to work away on my Classics Club challenge based on those decisions. Based on my successes this summer I plan to map out my fall list in a similar fashion. 

-Anne