October was dinner with a few good friends, a trip homehomehome, a walkathon, the decision to not care about you anymore, the Pumpkin Fest, a trip to the sugar shack, a Rock Band party, a Sex in the City night, a car accident, a dislocated arm, a marathon phone call which I needed desperately, the birth of Manorabug Spuke, a few anniversaries, cleaning house, setting up shop.
Here is October’s list of books:
- Carry on, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse ~ delightfully English and silly
- Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler ~ characters so real you could bump into them on the street.
- Big If by Mark Costello ~ probably the best book of the month, considering we are in an election year.
- Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer ~ a book for kids but delightfully wicked for adults as well.
- Dubliners by James Joyce ~ celebrating the best time to visit Ireland.
- The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe ~ perfect for Halloween!
- Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s & 40s (Contents selected and notes written by Robert Polito) ~ Reading this knocked three other Challenge books off my list!
- The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
- They Shoot Horses Don’t They by Horace McCoy
- The big Clock by Kenneth Fearing
For the first time in a long time I didn’t get a Early Review book from LibraryThing. Odd thing is, I’m not disappointed. It was nice to not have to worry about how to squeeze it into an already packed reading schedule. It was nice not having to stress about writing the review “on time.” True, one could argue that there isn’t really strict deadline but I always feel obligated to get something written before the book goes on sale. Isn’t that the point? Having said all that, I will be requesting for October because well, the wait is half the fun!
~*LunaSea*~ 