Challenge Update, August 2015

This summer has been wonderful for books I choose and not book club selections. I’m loving how much I’m able to push through m huge TBR shelf. You can look at my progress at any time on my challenge page.

Books finished in August:

Mockingjay // Suzanne Collins (4)
The Museum of Extraordinary Things // Alice Hoffman (2)
The Glass Castle // Jeannette Walls (4)
The Miniaturist // Jessie Burton (3)
Dark Places // Gillian Flynn (5)
Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands // Chris Bohjalian (3)

Reviews coming for the last few. I’m making decent progress.

When Are You Reading? Challenge

12/13
This is my challenge to read a book from 13 different time periods. You can read about it here. My timeline will track all of my books and show which time period they fall into, but it’s a little behind on the updates. Only one more to go! The Miniaturist fulfilled one and I know what my last book is going to be. It’s sitting on my shelf, waiting to be read. So close!

Goodreads Challenge

38/50

Still four books ahead! I’ll make it to December with no problem I’m sure. Considering all the books I have ‘in process,’ this could jump quickly!

Book of the Month

I’m going to have to go with The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. I was pleasantly surprised by this one. I wasn’t expecting to enjoy and devour it and it was a great read.

Added to my TBR

I actually didn’t add any this month! It seems I missed one last month, so I’ll not that here. I’m super excited to be eating away at my TBR!

• The Samurai’s Garden // Gail Tsukiyama (book club selection for later this year)

How are your challenges going? I hope you’re doing better than me! If you love historical fiction, give some thought to my challenge, it’s fun!

Until next time, write on.

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