Now that November is coming to an end, I feel like I need to breathe a sigh of relief. I feel like I’ve been in a major reading slump during this month, but on reflecting it wasn’t as bad as I originally thought, there was a period of a few weeks where I struggled to finish anything but in the end I was able to manage nine books; not too bad.
Let’s have a quick look back at the month for the book club on Goodreads and our book of the month, The Bone People. I went into this book not knowing anything about it, I never heard of it and glad I was able to read it. This was a controversial and confronting book and as readers of this blog know, I do enjoy a confronting read. If you missed the conversation about this book, head over on to Goodreads, there is still time to join in.
Next month we are in for a mystery, when we look at And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. I’ve not read any Christie so this will be a new experience for me. I hope it is a nice quick and enjoyable book to read over the holiday period. If you’re not aware, the book discussion and everything else will be happening over on the Goodreads forums, so feel free to join in there.
As I said before, this was a difficult reading month for me; not that I didn’t like the books, just an annoying slump. Check out my thoughts about reading slumps in this post if you are interested. I had a great month in October; I did enjoy some interesting non-fiction books this month. Highlights include The Know-It-All and Perv. As for fiction, I think I did better with the lighter books, like Moon Over Soho and The Martian. How did you go this month?
Monthly Reading
- Harvest by Jim Crace
- How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton
- Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
- NW by Zadie Smith
- Perv by Jesse Bering
- Practical Classics by Kevin Smokler
- The Bone People by Keri Hulme
- The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs
- The Martian by Andy Weir
Monthly Posts
- Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas
- The Third Person Effect
- Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Sequels I Can’t Wait To Get My Hands On
- Solo by William Boyd
- Paddle Your Own Canoe by Nick Offerman
- Ask.FM and The Spotlight Effect
- Holiday Reading
- A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
- High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
- Top Ten Tuesday: Covers I Wish Could Be Redesigned
- You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney
- Guest Review: Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures
- Book Buzz or Manipulation?
- Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us by Jesse Bering
- Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’d Recommend to my Dad
- Harvest by Jim Crave
- Why I Read Confronting Books
- My Upcoming Reading List
- How to Deal with Reading Slumps
- Moon over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
- Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Am Thankful For
- The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs
- Practical Classics by Kevin Smokler
- The Bone People by Keri Hulme
- Monthly Review – November 2013
I’ve been in a reading slump for quite a while now. I wish my reading slumps had me finishing 9 books a month that would be an awesome improvement for me. I used to be able to finish a book a day so not sure what happened but yeah that slump is there. Can’t wait to join the reading challenge though for next year.
Oh and do you have a genre list for the easy challenge ready? That’s the one I’ll be aiming for
here you go; http://literary-exploration.com/reading-challenges/the-literary-exploration-challenge/
Much obliged. Not sure how I missed it
That’s not a good slump, I hope it breaks for you soon. Looking forward to you joining next year.