As November is more than halfway over, I thought it only appropriate to post the books I plan to read in the month.
I had some trouble this month deciding what I wanted to read. It's painfully obvious that I won't be able to read fifty books this year, (another failed reading goal; just like last year) so I'm trying to make it to (at least) thirty books. Which means the minimum amount of books I need to read for the next two months is four. Who knew trying to find four books would be so difficult. But obviously it would be hard if I don't have a clue what I want to read.
Here's what I decided to read:
Everything Changes by Jonathan Tropper
Word Freak by Stefan Fatsis
Pines by Blake Crouch
Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan
In the request queue at my local library, I'm third to receive Pines and ninth to get Food: A Love Story. Who knows how long that's going to take. Not sure how many weeks that will take and Pines is the first novel of a series I want to read. I don't really have two back ups if I don't get these books in time to read them in November. I was thinking about rereading The Queen of Babble series by Meg Cabot which I own. But I haven't decided. Hopefully I get Pines in time to read it. I was really looking forward to finishing the series before January when the TV show adaptation premieres on FOX.
To make up for the lack of photos, here's a mini review of the first book I finished this month. It took me forever to read Word Freak. It wasn't at all what I thought it would be, but I still gave it a chance. It wasn't worth it. Word Freak is about the competitive world of Scrabble. I thought it was going to be a fictional novel, but I was wrong. It turned out to be more like Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Capella Glory by Mickey Rapkin, only much more BORING. Word Freak is written by Stefan Fatsis, a sports journalist, but I got no sense of his writing style while reading his book. Mostly Word Freak was a history lesson about how Scrabble was created and how it came to be owned by Hasbro. Fatsis talks about the tournaments and his experiences in them, but it was written like he was recounting a murder to the police. I got no feel for his emotional connection towards the game and no part was funny. If you decide to read Word Freak, good luck.
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| Word Freak by Stefan Fatsis |
Anyway, see you in December! Lots of posts coming in December.
