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What Are You Reading: Feburary 07, 2011: 02/07/11

What Are You Reading?

A third of my current reads are still text books. The rest are mostly books off my wishlist or to be read pile. From that list I will probably only finish The Hunger Games and Fullmetal Alchemist Volume 4 as both are short, relatively easy reads.

Among my finished reads, many are picture books. Those picture books were homework for the collection building for ages 5 to 8 that I'm taking. Specific picture books weren't assigned but I was supposed to read books that illustrated specific points in our lecture notes and text book reading.

The titles in quotes are short stories. I spent a couple hours on Saturday reading through my back issues of Fantasy and Science Fiction. I finally finished the July / August 2010 issue. Now I'm on the September / October issue.

Finished Last Week:

  1. Ambient Findability by Peter Morville (library book)
  2. Hard Hat Area by Susan L. Roth (library book)
  3. "Introduction to Joyous Cooking 200th Anniversary Edition" by Heather Lindsey (July / Aug 2010) (personal collection)
  4. "The Lost Elephants of Kenyisha" by Ken Altabef (July / Aug 2010) (personal collection)
  5. "Mr. Sweetpants" and the Living Dead by Albert E. Cowdrey (July / Aug 2010) (personal collection)
  6. No Castles Here by ACE Bauer (library book)
  7. "Pining to Be Human" by Richard Bowes (July / Aug 2010) (personal collection)
  8. Poor Rich by Jean Blasair (review copy)
  9. "The Precedent" by Sean McMullan (July / Aug 2010) (personal collection)
  10. The Secret Shortcut by Mark Teague (library book)
  11. Shape Me a Rhyme by Jane Yolen and Jason Stemple (library book)
  12. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig (library book)
  13. "The Tale of the Nameless Chameleon" by Brenda Care (July / Aug 2010) (personal collection)
  14. Twin Spica Volume 2 Kou Yaginuma (library book)
  15. West Coast Journeys by Caroline C. Leighton (personal collection)
  16. William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies by John Carey (library book)
  17. Work and Play by Sydnie Meltzer Kleinhenz (library book) (library book)

Currently Reading:

  1. Alone on a Wide Sea by Michael Morpurgo (personal collection)
  2. Azumanga Daioh Omnibus by Kiyohiko Azuma (personal collection)
  3. Diamond Ruby by Joseph Wallace (review copy)
  4. Essentials of Children's Literature (7th Edition) by Carol Lynch-Brown (personal collection)
  5. From Cover to Cover by Kathleen T. Horning (personal collection)
  6. Fullmetal Alchemist Volume 4 by Hiromu Arakawa (library book)
  7. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (personal collection)
  8. Introduction to Cataloguing and Classification by Arlene G. Taylor (personal collection)
  9. Kraken by China Miéville (personal collection)
  10. Management Basics for Information Professionals by Edward G. Evans (personal collection)
  11. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (personal collection)

Reviews Posted:

  1. Epidapheles and the Insufficiently Affectionate Ocelot by Ramsey Shehadeh
  2. The Laughter of Dead Kings by Elizabeth Peters
  3. Pinkalicious and the Pink Drink by Victoria Kann
  4. Sharing Geographic Information edited by Gerard Rushton and Harland Joseph Onsrud
  5. Silence by Dale Bailey
  6. Ten Apples Up on Top by Dr. Seuss
  7. Yo, Jo! by Rachel Isadora

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Comment #1: Monday, February, 7, 2011 at 01:44:05

Sheila (Bookjourney)

You are reading Hunger Games- I hope you enjoy it - I really did!



Comment #2: Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 23:08:14

Pussreboots

The Hunger Games is okay. I'm enjoying it but so far it's not sucking me in.



Comment #3: Monday, February, 7, 2011 at 05:22:42

Jan von Harz

Wow that is some list, I am very impressed. I am lucky if I get two books read in a week.



Comment #4: Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 23:10:52

Pussreboots

Most of what I read though was short: short stories and picture books.



Comment #5: Monday, February, 7, 2011 at 08:33:46

Samantha

I love Alan Bradley's books! Flavia is one of the most unique and fun characters I've come across in a long time. Enjoy!



Comment #6: Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 23:12:31

Pussreboots

I've only just started. Hopefully I'll like it.



Comment #7: Monday, February, 7, 2011 at 10:19:09

Esme

That is some reading you accomplished this week.



Comment #8: Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 23:13:01

Pussreboots

Lots of short fiction mostly. The total page count probably isn't very high.



Comment #9: Monday, February, 7, 2011 at 10:27:25

Kristin

I have The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie on my tbr list - looking forward to seeing your thoughts on it. My It's Monday post can be found here.



Comment #10: Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 23:14:02

Pussreboots

I will get it reviewed sometime after I finish it. But I have a long back log of things I want to review!



Comment #11: Monday, February, 7, 2011 at 15:55:09

Joy Weese Moll

Great list of books and stories--Happy Reading! Here's my Monday!



Comment #12: Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 23:15:55

Thank you. Same to you!



Comment #13: Monday, February, 7, 2011 at 16:08:59

The1stdaughter (Danielle)

Whoa! Look at all those books! Incredible! I've been really eager to try the Pinkalicious books because I think my daughter might really like them, but we'll see.

Have a fabulous reading week and thanks for stopping by earlier!



Comment #14: Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 23:16:00

Pussreboots

Both of my children (son and daughter) like the Pinkalicious series. It's not as pretty pink princessy as you might think from the covers.



Comment #15: Monday, February, 7, 2011 at 18:25:59

Crystal (I Totally Paused!)

What a lovely week, congratulations! Have a great one :)



Comment #16: Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 23:16:00

Pussreboots

Thank you. Happy reading.



Comment #17: Monday, February, 7, 2011 at 19:21:05

Kah Woei

Hope you're still enjoying the FMA manga ... :-)



Comment #18: Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 23:16:00

Pussreboots

I am. I'm almost done with volume four and I have the next three after that waiting to go.



Comment #19: Monday, February, 7, 2011 at 22:00:48

Sherri at Urban Girl Reader

You are one busy lady, even with picture books, manga, short stories. :-D

I'm hopping a bit late tonight, work just held me up and for some reason they frown on blogging during work hours. <grin> Anyway, looks like you will have another busy week (including those textbooks!)

keep up the great work.



Comment #20: Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 23:26:20

Pussreboots

This week though I'm doing nothing but assigned reading, it seems. Sigh.



Comment #21: Tuesday, February, 8, 2011 at 01:26:10

leeswammes (Judith)

It's sometimes quite nice to (re)read all these picture books. Hope you're enjoying it.

Is it the first time you're reading The Hunger Games? I loved the series.



Comment #22: Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 23:27:12

Pussreboots

Yes. This is my first time and probably my only time. It's fun but probably not something I will want to reread.



Comment #23: Tuesday, February, 8, 2011 at 02:45:10

Mardel

Wow, you are a reading wizard!

I get to read children's picture books since I work in a elementary school library. Some of them are pretty fun - which makes up for the ones I consider boring. :) Have you heard of the Stanley books - Stanley's Party and Stanley's Wild Ride? Last name of the author is Bailey and the books are very funny with a lesson hidden within.



Comment #24: Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 23:28:24

Pussreboots

I'm taking a materials for ages 5 to 8 this semester, so I'm reading twice as many picture books as I would otherwise.



Comment #25: Wednesday, February, 9, 2011 at 14:27:21

Aleksandra

Wow, you read a lot! I've read some of these & some are on my tbr list! Happy reading!



Comment #26: Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 20:59:42

Pussreboots

My reading is inflated right now because I'm in school.

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