Sunday, September 22, 2013

Update: It's Fall and I'm Still Reading

Yesterday, I finally finished drafting my mystery novel, and that accomplishment set me thinking about other things I've been meaning to catch up on. This blog, for example.

August had me missing in action on here, and for that I apologize. Theoretically, my schedule should be fairly laid back, now that I have completed my M.A. and am *only* working, but between two part time jobs (one of which includes teaching/grading three sections of Freshman Composition and Research), converting my thesis into journal articles for publication, getting ready to present at RMMLA, finishing my novel and a couple of short stories, prepping for the GRE, preparing PhD school applications, and little things like housework, marriage, and a social life, I've been mostly swamped. 

Still, my loyal readers (all two and a half of you) deserve to know how my reading quest is going, and it's about time you got an update. Right? Right.

Since July, I've read
  • Third Grave Dead Ahead, by Darynda Jones (book 31)
  • 'B' is for Burglar, by Sue Grafton (32)
  • Blackbirds, by Chuck Wending (33)
  • Kitty Takes a Holiday, by Carrie Vaughn (34)
  • 'C' is for Corpse, by Sue Grafton (35)
I'm currently reading:
  • An Elegant Madness: High Society in Regency England, by Venetia Murray
  • The Sorrows of Satan, by Marie Corelli (Victorian Sensation, Oh Yeah!)
Books I've started and intend to finish soon:
  • Bitter Seeds, by Ian Tregillis
  • Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
  • Norwegian Wood, by Haruki Murakami
Books I intend to read next:
  • Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
  • October Country, by Ray Bradbury
  • Mockingbird, by Chuck Wendig
  • The rest of the Charley Davidson series by Darynda Jones
  • The rest of the Kitty Norville series by Carrie Vaughn
  • WHATEVER JIM BUTCHER PUBLISHES NEXT
  • Pride and Prejudice and Zombies