Reading List!: December 2013

It's the moment of truth. The last month of the year and I'm still eleven books short of my goal. This December I've got two weeks of school and the rest of the month is all mine.

The books I plan to read are: 

Avalon High by Meg Cabot 

Doomed by Chuck Palahniuk 

Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot 

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut 

Jinx by Meg Cabot

The next author I've decided to marathon read is Meg Cabot, hence why three of her books are on my reading list. She's one of my favorite authors and I want to read all the novels she's written. It's even better that she has a lot of series because I love reading series. 

I know there's only five books on my list and I still have eleven more to go, but I'll find six more books to read easily. 

Wish me luck! 

naked by David Sedaris

“Welcome to the hilarious, strange, elegiac, outrageous world of David Sedaris. In Naked, Sedaris turns the current mania for the memoir on its proverbial ear, mining the exceedingly rich terrain of his life, his family, and his unique worldview-- a sensibility at once take-no-prisoners sharp and deeply charitable. A tart-tongued mother does dead-on imitations of her young son's nervous tics, to the great amusement of his teachers; a stint of Kerouackian wandering is undertaken (of course!) with a quadriplegic companion; a family gathers for wedding in the face of imminent death. Through it all is Sedaris's unmistakable voice, without doubt one of the freshest in American writing.”

I didn't get to add Naked to my post featuring Jim Gaffigan, Mike Birbiglia and Paul Feig, but I think that was OK because this novel deserves its own post.

Update #12

I thought it was frustrating (and I still am frustrated) when I couldn't find the final book of the Sophie Katz mystery series by Kyra Davis at the library, but I've found a new reason to be even more frustrated.

Last week I requested a book that claimed to have plays by Tennessee Williams. My intention was to read A Streetcar Named Desire and it was convenient to have other Tennessee Williams plays in the same books. However, I checked the book out of the library, only to discover that it only contains Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. I even double checked to see if I had flipped through the pages too quickly, I didn't. Now I have to return the book because at the moment I'm not ready to read Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. It may seem like a trivial reason to be upset, but I never read A Streetcar Named Desire in high school and I'd like to read the play before I see the 1951 film. I'm just going to find it online; thank glob for the internet.

On the other hand, I'm really enjoying reading Naked by David Sedaris. I think that's the only book on my November reading list that I'm actually reading. (There will be a review of Naked soon.) I decided that I'm not going to finish that book I've been assigned in my class. I saw some girl brought it into class and it's a thick book; I'm not even interested in the plot. I also returned all the Sookie Stackhouse novels I checked out. I've had them for weeks and I never opened them; I just haven't had the time. I'm really not happy about that. I'm sorry that post was such a total lie. Here's an updated version:

Naked by David Sedaris

Doomed by Chuck Palahniuk 

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

I'm most excited to read Doomed by Chuck Palahniuk; it's the sequel to Damned which I absolutely love! Check out my review! If I finish these novels quickly, maybe I can fit in three extra books into the month. Here's hoping!

Anyway, wish me luck with my reading quest as I wish you luck in your reading and everything else in your life. Hopefully it's not as hectic as mine.

Just Keep Reading!!!

Reading List!: November 2013

Two months left until the end of 2013 and I'm still short of completing my goal. I am SO determined to complete this goal within the next two months. Maybe month and a half, if I drop everything.

This month I'm reading these books:

Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy 

The Plays of Tennessee Williams by Tennessee Williams

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

in addition to still reading the three Sookie Stackhouse books and Naked by David Sedaris from last month. And, if I finish any of these books early, I'll cram three more Sookie Stackhouse novels into my reading list.

Wish me luck!