Saturday, July 31, 2010

July 2010 Reading

Wow! I managed to read a decent number of books this month – and to “review” them too. All while also reading The Curse of the Mistwraith. So I’m feeling quite proud of myself, even if a lot of this month’s books were on the shorter side.

  1. Pretty Polly – Barbara Hambly (unknown)
    Darwath; Short Story; Fantasy; 8/10
  2. The Last Stormlord – Glenda Larke (674pp)
    Watergivers, Book 1; Fantasy; eBook; 9/10
  3. Restoring Harmony – Joelle Anthony (320pp)
    YA; SF; Library Book; 6/10
  4. Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi (160pp)
    Graphic Novel; Non Fiction; Library Book; 7/10
  5. The Deadly Dinner Party – Dr Jonathan A. Edlow (264pp)
    Non Fiction; Library Book; 6/10
  6. Dragon Prince – Melanie Rawn (576pp)
    Dragon Prince, Book 1; Fantasy; eBook; Reread; 9/10
  7. The Fire King – Marjorie M. Liu (336pp)
    Dirk and Steele, Book 9; Paranormal Romance; eBook; 8/10
  8. Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang – Kate Wilhelm (256pp)
    Science Fiction; Reread; 9/10
  9. ScatterlingsIsobelle Carmody
    Children; SF; eBook; 7/10

Best book of the month = Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
Biggest surprise of the month = Persepolis
Biggest disappointment of the month = Restoring Harmony

July Reading:
Books read this month = 8
Short Stories read this month = 1
Total reads this month = 9

10/10 reads this month = 0
DNFs this month = 0
New reads this month = 7
Rereads this month = 2
paper books : eBooks = 5 : 4  = 56 % : 44 %

Pages read this month = 674 + 320 + 160 = 264 + 576 + 336 + 256 + 238 = 2824

June Challenges Progress
Flashback Reading Challenge = 2
Big Book Challenge = 2

June List Progress
eBooks read = 5
SFF books read = 7
Library Books read = 3
Audiobooks listened to = 0

2 comments:

Amy C said...

I just came across The Last Storm Lord today on Amazon! That's awesome to see that you read it and gave it such a good rating. I will definitely look for it now!

orannia said...

There are a lot of what I would call 'big' books in your July reading list!

BTW, how are you enjoying Curse?