I survived my vacation (see my post here) and even got in some reading. I didn't finish enough to complete any challenges, but everything I read counts for something, so I'm still making progress.
Recent completions:
The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis -- review
Catholicism Today: A Survey of Catholic Belief and Practice by Matthew Kohmescher -- review
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton -- review
A Fez of the Heart: Travels around Turkey in Search of a Hat by Jeremy Seal -- review
Gift and Mystery: On the Fiftieth Anniversary of My Priestly Ordination by Pope John Paul II -- review
Madame de Pompadour by Nancy Mitford -- review
Catholicism Today: A Survey of Catholic Belief and Practice by Matthew Kohmescher -- review
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton -- review
A Fez of the Heart: Travels around Turkey in Search of a Hat by Jeremy Seal -- review
Gift and Mystery: On the Fiftieth Anniversary of My Priestly Ordination by Pope John Paul II -- review
Madame de Pompadour by Nancy Mitford -- review
Reading this week:
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis
Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik
The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis
Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik
Up next:
Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley
Royal Charles: Charles II and the Restoration by Antonia Fraser
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Royal Charles: Charles II and the Restoration by Antonia Fraser
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Challenge progress:
1% Well-Read: 7/10
18th and 19th Century Women Writers: 4/5
A to Z Challenge: 22/26
Baker Street Challenge: 1/4
Book Awards 3: 0/5
Chunkster: 2/3
Classics Challenge: 4/6
Decades '09: 7/9
Elizabeth Gaskell: 1/2
Fill in the Gaps 100 Books: 3/100
George Eliot: 1/2
Guardian's 1000 Best Novels: 4/10
Nonfiction 5: 4/5
Orbis Terrarum: 7/10
Summer Vacation Reading: 4/6
Support Your Local Library: 28/50
TBR Lite: 5/6
Well-Rounded Challenge: 1/5
What's in a Name 2: 4/6
999 Challenge (overall): 57/81
999 Subcategories:
18th and 19th Century Women Writers: 4/5
A to Z Challenge: 22/26
Baker Street Challenge: 1/4
Book Awards 3: 0/5
Chunkster: 2/3
Classics Challenge: 4/6
Decades '09: 7/9
Elizabeth Gaskell: 1/2
Fill in the Gaps 100 Books: 3/100
George Eliot: 1/2
Guardian's 1000 Best Novels: 4/10
Nonfiction 5: 4/5
Orbis Terrarum: 7/10
Summer Vacation Reading: 4/6
Support Your Local Library: 28/50
TBR Lite: 5/6
Well-Rounded Challenge: 1/5
What's in a Name 2: 4/6
999 Challenge (overall): 57/81
999 Subcategories:
- 1001 Books: 6/9
- Booker/National Awards: 2/9
- Through the Decades: 7/9
- Dewey's Books: 7/9
- C.S. Lewis: 3/9
- Biographies: 7/9
- Travel: 9/9 ***complete
- Catholicism: 7/9
- Dewey Decimal: 9/9 ***complete
1 comments:
I stopped by and read about your vacation. Had to laugh at stopping by a used bookstore. That is something I would do...lol!
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