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Smiling Shelves

2015 Third Quarter Wrap-Up

10/1/2015

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And here we are in fall already! Library season is finally over for me. I returned my last library book from the summer earlier this week. I made it through a lot of books this summer! But now I'm excited to start reading from my own shelves again.
​Books read: 48
Pages read: 13,810
Fiction: 81%
Nonfiction: 19%
Male authors: 44%
Female authors: 56%
Audiobooks: 4%
Favorite book this quarter:​ I have to pick two again. For fiction, The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan. For nonfiction, Because I Said So!​ by Ken Jennings. But honestly, this list could be about 10 books long.
​Reading Challenge Progress
Mount TBR: 31/36       86%
I Love Library Books: 61/36       169%
Birthday Month: 7/12       58%
Hard Core Re-Reading: 16/10       160%
What's In a Name?: 6/6       100%
Color Coded: 7/9       78%
Victorian Bingo: 3/5       60%
Reading England: 8/6       133%
Around the World in 12 Books: 9/12       75%
European: 6/5       120%
Chunkster: 8/5       160%
Alphabet Soup: 24/26       92%
Authors A to Z: 19/26       73%
Nonfiction: 20/16       125%
Newbery: 34/30 points       113%
Hmm. Well. I seem to have gone a little overboard with some of these challenges. But at least it makes finishing the rest of them seem manageable! In fact, I explored my shelves thoroughly yesterday, searching for the books I needed to finish up the rest of my challenges. I think I found everything I need except for a book with "white" in the title. Anyone have any suggestions?
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Kate @ Mom's Radius link
10/1/2015 10:18:57 am

Wow. Lots of books. Goo job with the male to female author ratio. I need to read more books by men.

I search my book shelves on goodreads for books with "white" in the title, and I came up with only White Cat by Holly Black. I haven't read it yet, but I read a good review on The Book Addict's Guide.

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
10/1/2015 08:35:34 pm

I don't usually pay attention to if the author is male or female, and it always surprises me how equally it works out! Thanks for the suggestion of White Cat. I'll check that one out. :)

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Carrie link
10/1/2015 10:42:20 am

I really enjoyed The Hidden White House, it you're into that kind of nonfiction. I learned so much.

Also, I've never read it (and maybe you have), but lots of folks love The Woman in White.

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
10/1/2015 08:36:58 pm

I read The Woman in White a few years ago, and I really enjoyed it. You should try it! :) The Hidden White House sounds very intriguing. I never thought of trying to find a book about the White House. Great idea!

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Christine @Buckling Bookshelves link
10/2/2015 09:21:54 am

Here's to reading more from our shelves! And awesome quarter -- you read so many books this summer :)

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
10/3/2015 10:17:27 am

It's the whole teachers-have-more-free-time-during-the-summer thing. Works wonders for my reading! But I'm definitely ready to give my own shelves some love! :)

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Jessica Howard link
10/7/2015 11:41:05 am

I'm reading White Leopard right now, it's good! It's a hardboiled mystery set in Mali.

Sidenote: stay tuned for an email from me soon. I'm working on a scheme. :)

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
10/11/2015 05:18:33 pm

Hmm, Mali. I think I can safely say that I've never read a book set in Mali. I'll have to take a look at that one!

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