Month in Review ~ April 2009

April was a slightly below average reading month for me.

Books read:

1. True Colors by Kristin Hannah
2. Still Life by Joy Fielding
3. Never Give Up by Joyce Meyer*
4. 16 Lighthouse Road by Debbie Macomber*
5. Can You Get an F in Lunch? by Nancy Krulik*
6. The Law of Attraction Plain and Simple by Sonia Ricotti*
7. Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark

* new-to-me author

TBR List Update

I only read 4 books off my list and added 14:

1. Final Exam by Maggie Barbieri
2. Sleepwalking in Daylight by Elizabeth Flock
3. The Local News by Miriam Gershow
4. Life Without Summer by Lynne Griffin
5. Misery Loves Cabernet by Kim Gruenenfelder
6. Local Knowledge by Liza Gyllenhaal
7. The Pajama Girls of Lambert Square by Rosina Lippi
8. Best Intentions by Emily Listfield
9. All the Pretty Dead Girls by John Manning
10. Calling Home by Janna McMahan
11. The Ocean Inside by Janna McMahan
12. City Dog by Alison Pace
13. Dead Before Dark by Wendy Corsi Staub
14. The Spare Wife by Alex Witchell

Challenges

Progress made towards the following challenges (excluding 100+ and perpetual):

• Countdown: Still Life, True Colors, Just Take My Heart, Can You Get an F in Lunch? and 16 Lighthouse Road
• New Author: Joyce Meyer, Nancy Krulik, Sonia Ricotti and Debbie Macomber
• Pub: Still Life, True Colors and Just Take My Heart
• What’s in a Name: Just Take My Heart (body part)
• Library: Still Life, True Colors, Just Take My Heart, Can You Get an F in Lunch?, The Law of Attraction Plain and Simple and Never Give Up
• 999: 16 Lighthouse Road (audio book); True Colors (authors’ 2nds); Can You Get an F in Lunch? (children’s fiction); Still Life and Just Take My Heart (NYT Best Sellers)
• 1st: 16 Lighthouse Road and Can You Get an F in Lunch?
• 2nds: True Colors
• Audio Book: 16 Lighthouse Road
• Young Readers: Can You Get an F in Lunch?
• Romance Reading: 16 Lighthouse Road
• A-Z: Can You Get an F in Lunch? (“C” title); Just Take My Heart (“J” title); Never Give Up (“N” title); The Law of Attraction Plain and Simple (“R” author)
• Spring Reading Thing: True Colors and Just Take My Heart

I completed the Book Binge 2009 Challenge this month.