In most areas of my life, I feel like I’m just spinning my wheels right now. You know–I do the laundry, only to have to do it again tomorrow; I feed the baby, only to have to feed him again in a few hours; I fix breakfast, only to have to fix lunch before I have time to turn around again. There are two areas in my life right now, though, in which I am making progress: I am currently reading through the Bible with the Bible in 90 Days challenge, and I’m keeping up with it!!! I’m also still managing to read other things, too, and I’m still reviewing what I read. I like to take a look back at the month and see what I did accomplish in my reading life–it makes me feel like I’m on top of at least something. Over the past month I have posted reviews of the following books:
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
- 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
- The Miraclous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo (audiobook)
- The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
In addition to what I read “to myself,” I reviewed the following chapter books which I read to my girls:
We’ve also enjoyed Prince Caspian together this month, but I’ve yet to post about it.
I’m pretty proud of this–even if I can’t manage to keep my housework up (not that I was ever too good at that, even in my pre-DLM days), I have read eight books in a month, plus a stack of picture books! Nevermind the fact that of the five or so books that I said I would read this month in last month’s Nightstand post, I read only one of them. 😉 I really question the value of my making any sort of prediction at all as to what I’ll read in the future! 🙂
However, I am making a prediction for August, and I want to invite you to join me! I’ve already mentioned that this year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird, and when I mentioned that I might host a challenge during August in which we read the novel, anything pertaining to it, and/or watch the movie, several of you chimed in and said you’d like to play along. So I’m throwing down the gauntlet–let’s read TKM in August and blog about it! 🙂 If I were really high-tech and a super-blogger, I would have a nifty little blog button for you all to post, but I don’t. That might come later, but what I will promise is that on Friday, July 30, I will post a linky for everyone who plans to participate in this challenge to link up their “I’m reading TKM this month!” post.
Who’s with me?
(For more Nightstand posts, check out 5 Minutes for Books!)
Great idea for a challenge. I’m tempted… I do love that book and movie! But I have no less than four thick books checked out of the library that I’m feeling pressured to read before they’re due… Decisions, decisions!
I too am tempted by the TKM challenge, but I seem to be over-subscribed in the challege area lately, so I’m afraid I’ll have to pass…I hear you about doing things that you will do again hours later…I think that just comes with the homemaker thing…at least that’s what I try and tell myself:)
That’s awesome about keeping up with that Bible challenge/plan!
If you’d like to do a guest post for Books on Screen about TKAM you could also publicize the challenge/read-along (or maybe if someone else had said that they did or want to watch the movie). Let me know. I could post it as early as next week.
I like The Hobbit!
Here is mine
Well, you know I’m with you!
And I’m very impressed that you’ve managed to read as much as you have with a new baby in tow. Seriously impressed.
I know what you mean about liking to see at least something in which you’re making progress. My problem with letting books be that something is that I rarely feel the progress in view of the unending march of new books to be read! Nevertheless, you have shown fantastic ability to read amidst the household chaos a new baby always creates.
I always think about what I am going to read and then the mood is different and I end up reading something else too.
I may read KMB with you, we shall see.
I didn’t list books I planned to read in August, only some that are on my shelf…You certainly read a lot…Forget housework…you are leaving a legacy with your children which will result in the love of reading…So important…the housework will be there when they are grown and on their on.
We loved Peter Pan when we read it not that long ago. And we are engrossed in the Narnia series at the moment.
I read the Hobbit in high school and I did not enjoy it at all. I hope you have a better experience with it.
I am TOTALLY down with a TKAM challenge. My daughter is reading it for summer reading and I would love to take your challenge and have – yet another – reason to discuss it with her.
I’m just getting back in to the book blogging universe after a 4 month break so I missed your previous mentions of the TKM challenge. I picked up the audio last week from my local library. I have not started it yet so I will wait until August! =)
I have read the book about 6 times and watched the movie 2x. This will be the first time on audio for me.