Karen's Book Nook

I actually read quite a bit this month, thanks to NOT having to spend every waking hour on the assessment for work and also because I listened to some audio books (instead of just podcasts) while getting things done around the house.

This post is also is part of the Weekly Geek assignment, Catching Up, for Week 6. Since I don’t post reviews on my site, rather just give a few anecdotal notes with each entry in my Now Reading Library, I’m wrapping up my reading list for the month here and catching up. This is what I read in May: (Best part is… school’s almost out so there will be even more time for reading coming up!!)

• The Messenger by Lois Lowry
• Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
  
• The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
• Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
• A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel
• Making Autism A Gift by Robert Evert Cimera
• The Elements of Organic Gardening by HRH Prince Charles of Wales
• Mac OS X Leopard for Dummies
• A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
• Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
• Wicked by Gregory Maguire
• Riding Lessons by Sara Gruen
• The 6th Target by James Patterson
• Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
• The Pilot’s Wife by Anita Shreve

I read more than half of Merle’s Door yesterday because I was dying to finish it, return it to the library, pay my fine, and pick up the 5 books that I had requested which came in. Try as I might, I couldn’t finish the last chapter before the sandman came calling so I read it early this morning before the humans in the house arose. Sitting there with my cup of coffee, two dogs on my lap and tears streaming down my face, I finished it before dawn.

Later, I took the girls for a long walk, then after checking email and rss feeds, I settled in on the couch to read. I finished two short books, Aquamarine, and Good Dog. Stay. So, it was nice to see some movement in my Library! I’ll be starting Making Autism a Gift and The Locket tonight.. after “Baby Girl Bath Night!” My vacation is almost over and I’m hoping to get through a couple more books before heading back to school on Monday.