01 May 2009

April Unbookening

Mooched 2 books (well, technically they were mooched in March and I got them now)
Got 16 from the library
Got 19 books to review
Borrowed 1 book
Was given 2 as a present (thanks, Pearl!)
Bought 1 book
41 books in

Donated 23 books to Small Thrift Store
Returned 5 to the library
Gave away 9 books
Lent 1 book
Left 1 book on a train (oops)
39 books out

I tried to go all of April without buying a book and people, I got really close. But I had to pick up a guidebook for a trip I'm going on, erm, today (more of which, next week) and while I could have waited to buy it today and had it count towards May, that would be kind of a cop-out.

Otherwise, review books made up the majority of what I read (or at least finished) this month. And I had to get a bunch of library books for a project, and didn't have time to read them yet, but that can't be helped.

Books I read in April
Brian Eule, MATCH DAY
Carleen Brice, CHILDREN OF THE WATERS
Zoe Heller, THE BELIEVERS
Jayanti Tamm, CARTWHEELS IN A SARI
Jane Hamilton, LAURA RIDER'S MASTERPIECE

Julia Angwin, STEALING MYSPACE

Eve Brown-Waite, FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MALARIA

Hadley Freeman, THE MEANING OF SUNGLASSES
Glen David Gold, SUNNYSIDE
Rakesh Satyal, BLUE BOY

Lee Konstantinou, POP APOCALYPSE: A POSSIBLE SATIRE

4 comments:

Carleen Brice said...

How cool that you read my book! Thanks!

Jess said...

Wow, April was a crazy month for you! I'm very impressed.

Wade Garrett said...

My special lady friend bought Pop Apocalypse for Ecco. I'm sure she would thank you for reading it.

Ellen said...

W.G. - I think it was a good buy. Oops, forgot to run it through the blurbinator! What I meant to say was it's "searing... an unforgettable journey through the human condition."