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Old 08-01-2009, 01:57 PM   #61
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Yes, flying is good. I've now read 11 of the 40 I set as my summer-time goal.
Still reading Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) -- I need to finish it and join in the discussion thread. But, I have read three other books: Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich (Kindle), The World According to Bertie, a 44 Scotland Street novel by Alexander McCall Smith (Audio CD), and A Summer Affair by Susan Wiggs (MMP). This takes me to 14/40 for the summer challenge.

Just started reading Offspring by Steven Harper, fourth in his Silent Empire series. He's just beginning to get the books out in electronic formats -- starting with Amazon & Mobipocket -- and you can see his posts about the Silent Empire series in this thread.
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Old 08-01-2009, 05:35 PM   #63
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Old 08-09-2009, 10:22 PM   #64
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Old 08-10-2009, 06:37 AM   #65
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Let's see

Three Men in a Boat,
Asimov's April-May 2009
Asimov's June 2009
JBU V3#4
JBU V3#5
JBU V3#6

22/50

Now onto Nineteen Eighty Four...

Slowing down a bit - other things taking up time - including MobileRead!
Well, Off to Edinburgh for a holiday, so probably not much reading time, unless between shows.


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Asimov's March 2009 finished.

Now onto Mobileread's July book - Three Men in a Boat.

16/50 so far.
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Well, Off to Edinburgh for a holiday, so probably not much reading time, unless between shows.
ironic how those litterary festivals cut into your reading time. (i'm just presuming you're going for that)
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Old 08-10-2009, 11:32 AM   #67
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ironic how those litterary festivals cut into your reading time. (i'm just presuming you're going for that)
Thank you for giving me the benefit of the doubt. But no - I'm going for the Fringe shows.
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27/50 done. I finish camp on Friday so should get more reading done once that's out of the way
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Old 08-14-2009, 11:20 PM   #69
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Old 08-15-2009, 04:57 PM   #70
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... This takes me to 14/40 for the summer challenge.

Just started reading Offspring by Steven Harper, fourth in his Silent Empire series. He's just beginning to get the books out in electronic formats -- starting with Amazon & Mobipocket -- and you can see his posts about the Silent Empire series in this thread.
Finished reading Offspring on 3 August and immediately started reading Expendable by James Alan Gardner. As soon as I finished reading it, I bought the sequel, Vigilant for my Kindle. I have discovered a new author whose universe I really enjoy. This is a Kindle book I picked up last month sometime.

Part of my trip over the past two weeks was spent driving all over Georgia & Alabama, so I "read" two quick books on audio CD. A Kiss Remembered by Sandra Brown was a dreadful romance novel. I think it may have been one of the earliest books she wrote since her current novels are very good. I wouldn't have started it if I'd known how bad it was. The other audio book was Naughty Neighbor by Janet Evanovich. I enjoyed that so much and laughed so hard that I decided to read Evanovich's Plum Lovin' next.

With all those books added in, I'm 19/40 -- about half-way to my summer goal. Hubby & I will be driving to Denver next week, so I intend to get a bunch of reading done along the way.
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Since the beginning of June, I've read 37 books. 7 so far in August. I need to read 17 books a month from this month to the end of the year if I want to read 200 books this year. So I've got a ways to go for August, but I've just stocked up on quite a few books, and I'm aiming for some fast reads (hey, that counts!). A couple of books I've been waiting for come out at the end of the month too and I'm sure I'll devour those!
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Just finished Jo Walton's "Ha'penny" (Found a paper copy in a shop in Edinburgh. Not as good as "Farthing", but not bad.)

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Now to continue Nineteen Eighty Four...
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Half-way!!! Finished #20 this morning: Vigilant by James Alan Gardner, the second in his League of Peoples novels. I bought it for the Kindle; don't know if it's available from other eBook stores. Now reading a paper book: Minerva Wakes by Holly Lisle. It was published by Baen, and although several of her books are available through Baen/Webscriptions, this one isn't. That's OK as I'm sending it to a friend in my book-swapping group.

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I've made it to 40 now. It's amazing how much more reading I've done in the last week since my computer broke. Now I have a replacement I think I'll be slowing down again! Starting to believe I might complete the challenge now, although it probably depends how long the next few books are.
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Old 08-26-2009, 03:10 AM   #75
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As I was preparing this reply, I noticed that I had missed counting a book that I read in July. The Whole Truth by David Baldacci. That was actually the 7th book I read since starting this challenge, and I was one book closer than I had thought for quite a while. In the past 10 days I've read 6 books: Minerva Wakes by Holly Lisle, Soul Intent by Dennis Batchelder, Patty Jane's House of Curl by Lorna Landvik, What's a Ghoul to Do? by Victoria Laurie, A Novena for Murder by Sister Carol Anne O'Marie, and Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie.

I'm now 27/40. Don't know if I'll make it to 40 by 8 September. Since I'm supposed to be travelling on the 8th, I may count it as being in this challenge. I should read one or two books while I'm on the road between Dallas and Atlanta.
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