Reading Progress for August 2022

 

August was actually a busy month for me. It started out slow work-wise, but things eventually did pick up. My kids were busy with their own things, too: My oldest with his jobs, summer school as well as preparation for Fall term, and my youngest with getting everything in order for their first year of high school. I was also VERY busy with my own writing projects and the newsletter!

 

I am glad I managed to still fit in time to read books this month. Okay, actually, I always try to fit in time to read; I read while I’m waiting in the car, waiting in line, during meals, while cooking, waiting for people to get ready to leave, etc. I just can’t go a day without reading! Or writing.

 

The number of books I read this month is once again an odd number, but it’s not a bad number, really. Thirteen books. I do try to read at least 10 books each month, so it was nice to read 13 books. I did try to finish reading another book today (making the total of books I finished reading 4 instead of 3), but my eyes got tired.

 

This month, I read three novels, two writing books, two research books and the other stuff! I didn’t finish reading a second biography that I started reading after I finished reading Girl in the Dark (a REALLY good book, by the way!), nor did I finish reading the other novel I started reading, which is a book from my Classics shelf. I plan to finish reading them both next month!

 

So, no, I didn’t finish reading a book from the Classics shelf this month, which is the shelf I am currently trying to work my way through. A friend encouraged everyone to read A Handmaid’s Tale so that is the one I read instead. (That book made me have nightmares! I had a very heated blog post I wanted to write in my head because of reading that book and in light of the Supreme Court overturning Roe, but I decided not to write it. Let’s just say that what I planned to write contained A LOT of bad words and A LOT of rage directed at the members of the Supreme Court!)

 

So, a good mix of books this month. I’ll get back to the regular round of books next month, but I’m also planning to read OTHER books for research!

 

Here are the books I finished reading this month:

 

61. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

 

62. Georgetown Haunts and Mysteries edited by Jeanne C. Stein and Joshua Viola

 

63. How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author by Janet Evanovich with Ina Yalof

 

64. Girl in the Dark by Anna Lyndsey

 

65. Talking with Timothy by Russell James

 

66. The Guardians of Ga’Hoole: The Outcast (Book Eight)

 

67. Salad: 25 Delicious Salad Recipes Cookbook by Alex John

 

68. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

 

69. The History of the Lives and Bloody Exploits of the Most Noted Pirates: Their Trials and Executions Including a Correct Account of the Late Piracies Committed in the West-Indies, and the Expedition of Commodore Porter; also, Those Committed on the Brig Mexican, Who Were Tried and Executed at Boston, in 1835 (2004 edition) by Ezra Baldwin Strong

 

70. UFOs and the ET Presence compiled and edited by Rosemary Ellen Guiley

 

71. Fire and Flood: A People's History of Climate Change, from 1979 to the Present by Eugene Linden

 

72. 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists: Insider Secrets from Top Writers by Andrew McAleer

 

73. Licensing Ideas Using LinkedIn: Ditch Cold Calling Forever! Connect with companies looking for new products by Stephen Key and Benjamin Harrison