I had another month off of work but starting in August I’ll be earning my keep again.  So, this is the last month of big reading numbers.

I read 23 books and novellas this month.

I had a bit of a binge on M.C.A. Hogarth’s novels and short stories.

 

I read some nonfiction.

 

Fiction

 

The books were:

  • Set in Syria, Malaya, England, Japan, India, and the U.S. (Minnesota, South Dakota, New York, Pennsylvania, California, Wisconsin)
  • 3 audiobooks – all nonfiction

The authors were:

  • 11 unique female authors and 6 male authors
  • M.C.A Hogarth 5 times and Seanan McGuire 3 times
  • 1 Indian man, 1 Latina woman (over and over again), 1 Japanese woman, 1 Belgian-Japanese woman, 1 Malaysian woman, 7 white women, and 5 white men.

Women In Translation Month – an August event

I’m going to try to read some of my books in translation for this event. I have a TBR post coming up later in the week. I found this bingo card for the event. So far my book choices are all over the place with no bingo in sight.

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Another fun event is this one based on a videogame.  You choose your character and follow the book prompts on their path.  I’m going to start as a mage and if I finish that I’m going to try the bard path. There are a lot of rules about how to earn points.  The squares in the middle are side quests open to everyone.

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You almost have to do it because the graphics by CW of Read, Think, Ponder are so cute!

It doesn’t start until the middle of August and runs for a month.  I’m not sure about my TBR yet.  A lot of the books I have planned to read for #WITmonth would work here but I’m not sure what I’ll have already read by the time this starts. 

I’ll post a TBR and point recording page on August 13, when this starts.

 

Reading All Around the World challenge from Howling Frog Books

  • Read a nonfiction book about the country – or
  • Read fiction written by a native of the country or someone living for a long time in the country.

I didn’t add any countries this month.  🙁 With the books I’m planning on reading soon, I should be able to add a few more.

 

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