I'm afraid I have sad/disappointing news. For the first time since starting my Newbery project I didn't meet my goal of reading at least one Newbery book a month. This month's (March 2010) selection was 1929's medal winner The Trumpeter of Krakow. I have excuses out the wazoo, but the fact of the matter remains! And for the past week I've been trying to tell myself that I'll catch up in April, but the truth is that this isn't very likely. I have a huge list of April book club reads:
The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen (for the Children's Fiction Club)
Anne of Green Gables (for the Kindred Spirits and my own LMM project)
Posession by A.S. Byatt (for the Nerdy Girl Club)
First Term at Malory Towers (for the School-Story Book Club)
AND I have April's Newbery selection (one of 1929's honor books) - The Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo - which thankfully, I obtained through ILL early and am over half way done with! Phew!
But Yikes! I've really over committed myself this month! Basically this means I have to read about a book a week. I know that doesn't sound like much, but at the pace I've been reading lately this is a lot! However, I love a challenge and I believe I can get through this!
And I WILL return to read The Trumpeter of Krakow during a less 'reading intensive' month. And when I do I will replace this post with my review!
Wish me luck! I'm off to start Devil's Arithmetic!
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5 comments:
It happens to all of us! I am constantly amazed at all the time and enthusiasm you put into this blog and the group on Goodreads. If the worse crime you've committed is that you didn't finish one Newbery on time, then I think you're doing great!
Good luck with your reading, and remember . . . it's supposed to be FUN! :)
P.S. Check out Fuse 8's blog today! Go, Anne!
Haha! Thanks Emily! I agree that reading should be fun and that's why I ultimately decided that I won't be able to read Trumpeter in April! And, YAY ANNE!! I'm so glad to see her on the top 10!!!
Good for you! I have a friend (a fellow blogger who got me going on this whole blogging thing in the first place) who has made this her year of "reading deliberately." I decided to steal the goal, but it's harder to stick with it (and cut myself slack!) than I initially anticipated!
I'm glad she made the top ten, too! After The Phantom Tollbooth made it on there I started worrying that Anne wouldn't be (since at least one of my ten guesses won't be!).
You can skip AS Byatt. Nerdy Girls don't want you to feel pressured nad being about 20 pages in, I don't think ASB is going to be a quick, easy read.
I am going to try and keep plowing through.
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