September Reading!

[sweet_sparrow]

Hey all! I'm feeling a wee bit swamped in stuff. (And the final days of September/beginning days of October are looking set to be an emotional rollercoaster.)

So I thought I'd inquire into everyone's reading a little earlier. (Obviously, feel free to wait to answer or not answer at all.) What have you been reading in September?

I'd expected to get loads of reading done with classes started up again, but I feel sorely disappointed. That may be because September has been an abysmal month for reviewing, though.

Books I've Read:

Ancient Irish Tales by Cross & Slover (Sorry, lazy. Their names are long.)
Characters and Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card
Complete Short Fiction by/of Oscar Wilde
Far from You by Lisa Schroeder
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray (dnf)
Haiku by Patricia Donegan
Mella and the N'anga by Gail Nyoka
Shine, Coconut Moon by Neesha Meminger (I've been trying to say something about this book since I finished it.)
The Sound of Water by various poets
Tricks by Ellen Hopkins
Writing with Power by Peter Elbow

It's actually not much different from other months. That's about 12 books. My favourite was definitely Mella and the N'anga. I may finish Cybele's Secret before the month is out, but we'll see... I've also been reading Casting the Runes and Other Stories. Soon I shall be all out of coursework mandatory reading... Well, except for LotR, but I know I like LotR and cannot call it 'mandatory'.

What's your reading been like?

Comments

[archersangel]

i've been averaging about 5 books a month this year. this month is was;
hotel bablyon by imogen edwards-jones & anonymous
blood and roses by helen castor
people of the fire by kathleen o'neal gear and w. michael gear

i'm currently reading people of the earth by kathleen o'neal gear and w. michael gear

[sweet_sparrow]

Is that an average you're happy with? *curious* I was sure I'd read barely anything for September... Turns out reviewing just skews my sense of proportion.

How are you enjoying the O'Neal/Gear books? I have a few of them still on my TBR list. I've enjoyed what I've read, but I'm so slow at getting to them...

[archersangel]

well, i suspected that i might be reading more than that actually. but this year i decided to keep track just to see how much i was reading.
http://archersangel.dreamwidth.org/22599.html

i like the o'neal/gear books. it's interesting, i think, to learn about the different cultures of the native americans before the Europeans came. in some cases way before (a few thousand years) and i think that both authors being archaeologists help the stories seem more realistic.