Recent reading and book lists

Now that I'm back to work full time (boo) reading has slowed to a snail's pace. This does not mean that I don't think about books or collect them. While I was on maternity leave I had my Paperbackswap account on hold so only received a very few books while I was ok. When I released the hold I got a TON of offers. Fortunately, I had credits built up to allow this. (I also got a ton of requests, yay!) So what new books do I have on the way or that have just gotten here?

• The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald (for the Classics Challenge)

• Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes


• The Devil Inside by Jenna Black


• We Are Not Afraid by Seth Cagin


• Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life by Irwin Kula


• Bridget Jones Diary by Helen Fielding (saving this for my bonus round in the Classics Challenge)


• Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (I have read 1/4 of this one now, it's *excellent*)


• The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

In addition to all these great (ok, potentially great) books, we took a family trip to the library last night and I picked up a half dozen books there as well. All of these are from the "New Books" section, even though they aren't all new books. With two kids in tow, I don't get to look at the main stacks.

• Go Green, Live Rich by David Bach


• Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson (memoir of the author of The Lottery)


• Helping Me Help Myself by Beth Lisick (I've already started this one)


• Where Does the Money Go? Your Guided Tour of the Federal Money Crisis by Scott Bittle


• Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife by Irene Spencer

I just finished reading Jim Butcher's Summer Knight and will have a review soon. I'm starting to think about what I want to read for this month's TBR Day and I'm thinking it might be My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. I am really wanting to read 19 Minutes by the same author, but My Sister's Keeper is on my list, so I'll start there. I've read the first couple essays in The Polysyllbic Spree by Nick Hornby and think that'll be a fun one. I'm also reading the two I noted as such above, but they are all so different that it's not at all confusing. All this reading and books floating around, you'd think I'd finish more than a book a week, wouldn't you?

I've got 10 or so books to add to Paperbackswap this week, so hopefully the outgoing will keep up with the incoming (library books not included!) I still need to make my list for the Classics Challenge (Great Gatsby, Huck Finn, maybe some Austen?) and I need to check the dates on the Chunkster Challenge to be sure I finish it on time.