Sure haven't had as much time to read this year as I thought I would. My recent devouring of "An Echo In The Bone" by Diana Gabaldon should receive a post of its very own (out of a 5-star rating, it gets a 9 LOL!) but in the interest of time, I'll confine this post to its titled topic--an update of where I am with my challenges with less than three months left in the year.
For the 100-book challenge, I have read 89. I've spent many reading hours this year with young adult series (I have felt the need for light, amusing reading with a moral tone). Angie Sage's Septimus Heap series has become a new favorite series and I loved "The Chronicles of Narnia" earlier this year--how had I missed those as a child?
Daisy Dalrymple amused me five times so far this year with her spunky way of solving a cozy mystery. One of her volumes solved the "book with summer/winter in the title" part of my "On The Porch Swing" Reading Challenge.
Many of my other 2009 reads thus far have been non-fiction: various writing guides, New Orleans history and geography books, and extensive Civil War research. All the writers I admire do the research necessary to have their settings and characters make sense. If I ever want to be published, I need to follow that example.
I have writing guides from two of my favorite authors (Terry Brooks and Janet Evanovich) and a memoir from Rita Mae Brown (another of my favorites). I'm wanting to count these as my other three memoirs for the "In Their Shoes" Challenge--I know the writing guides may be stretching the point a bit, but they do include biographical info along with explaining how they craft their books. Sounds autobiographical to me LOL!
So, I guess it is time to stop posting and start reading maybe???
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