Monday, July 02, 2012

Reading Plans :: May AND June Wrap-Up and What’s Coming in July

I’m playing catch-up here with two reading plan posts wrapping into one due to my June blogging break! (It was fun, and needed, and hopefully I can squeeze in a few minutes here for catching up now and again.) I had blogged my May goals, but never reported back on them so this will include May and June and some plans for July. I have missed blogging my reading goals! And wouldn’t you know it … without blogging it, I didn’t make a list for June OR get much read.

Summer reading for Mama.

My goals and predictions for May were as follows:

I also managed to read:

  • Gregor the Overlander and the Prophecy of Bane by Suzanne Collins
  • Aunt Lucy’s Kitchen by Cynthia Ryland, read-aloud with N2
  • Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
  • Gregor and the Marks of Secret
  • The Cricket in Times Square by George Seldon, read aloud with the girls and blogged here
  • Real Learning by Elizabeth Foss, a re-read
  • Meet the Austins by Madeline L’Engle, another re-read
  • The Moon by Night by Madeline L’Engle, Austin Family Chronicles book 2, another re-read
  • An Acceptable Time by Madeline L’Engle. This is a story that involves Polly, daughter of Meg Wallace from A Wrinkle in Time. A new read for me and I really enjoyed it! : )

Sorry for the lack o’ links … trying to finish this post between laundry loads and during rest time. : )

A lot of fun, lighter reading in May as well as revisiting some favorites. That’s what happens when my brain is overloaded!

June reading was been a total bust for me for the first three weeks. A lot of running around this month between ballet camp for little girls, a Classical Conversations three-day training/practicum, VBS, and other assorted summery activities. My goals were to try and tackle:

As of today, I managed to read:

  • Gregor and the Code of Claw (the last book in the Gregor the Overlander series)
  • Helper by Design: God's Perfect Plan for Women in Marriage by Elyse Fitzpatrick. I needed this marital kick in the pants. : ) Good reminders for me as we are reaching the 10 year mark in our marriage this summer and I enjoyed this book much better than I did Give Them Grace. It has made me consider going back and giving her parenting book (and writing style) a second shot.

…and that’s it. Nothing else was really finished, much less attempted. June was just that busy. Thank goodness I didn’t wait until June to read The Girl of the Limberlost! I hosted the Reading to Know blogclub in June and enjoyed sharing a few beginning thoughts here and the wrap-up here on Carrie’s blog. (Thanks again, Carrie, for inviting me to host!)

Reading. The artwork drew me in...

Moving forward. : )

I’m hoping to rebound on my reading plans for July. : ) My goals are:

This is all I’m going to commit to at this point. Of course, there is a STACK of books on my nightstand, in baskets, and piled on my desk that are calling my name as well, but I’m not listing any more for now. We shall see where we end up in a month!

Happy reading!

Past 2012 Monthly Reading Goals:
January
February
March
April
May

4 comments:

  1. How neat that you got to read Elizabeth Dillow's sister's book! :-) I used to read her blog all the time back when I actually thought about scrapbooking a lot. I want to read the MBS book, but like you, I have to prioritize my reads. (Well, I TRY to prioritize my reads. ;-) ) And I'm so glad you're going to be reading Tom Sawyer!

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  2. We just completed reading the Lighthouse Family series. Gotta write up my post before Thursday. (I keep telling myself this. It will happen. Right?)

    I rather missed Nightstand as it keeps me on track. I'm rather straggling about with my reading these days. =P

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  4. I definitely recommend The Narnian. I read it a couple of years back (well, one of these years) during the Chronicles of Narnia Reading Challenge and enjoyed it a great deal. And-in the interest of full disclosure, I always enjoy reading other people's thoughts on a book I've already read--it allows me to revisit and rethink without necessarily rereading. :-)

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