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The year is halfway gone so I wanted to evaluate progress on my 100 books in a year challenge.
On my ever helpful Goodreads page I have tagged 64 books as “2009.” Of those, 20 are adult books, 37 youth (kid and YA), 8 graphic novels, 2 did not finish and 5 that I am currently reading. Yes that does not equal 64, I cross tag certain books.
I am continuely suprised that I don’t finish books as fast as I think I do. True I read some books faster, like Nora Roberts or Meg Cabot because its delightful yet mindless drivel. And I have a habit of retiring books if I can’t get into them *cough* Ghostgirl *cough*. I wonder if the challenge is taking a toll on my reading habits. I pressure myself to finish so I can move on to the next book, get that next notch.
I need to read 36 more before December 31. Things should start picking up now I read all the Printz books I wanted to and am moving on to the Caudill nominees for this year. I started with Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life which was amazing. I have two more that came in this week so I might get to them this weekend. But first I have to get my Matt Cruse fix. Kenneth Oppel and his Airborn series might be my new favorite Potter replacement. Adventure, mystery, like our world but not quite. And it has this Steampunk vibe that is very cool. Probably stay up tonight and finish it, my last nod to summer break.
Wouldn’t Colin Morgan from Merlin make a great Matt Cruse? Sure he’s bit old but he plays the skinny and awkward, yet smart and sensitive so well.
