{"id":3990,"date":"2012-03-02T20:05:11","date_gmt":"2012-03-03T01:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flamingohouse.net\/?p=3990"},"modified":"2012-03-02T20:07:53","modified_gmt":"2012-03-03T01:07:53","slug":"a-month-of-books-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamingohouse.net\/?p=3990","title":{"rendered":"A Month of Books &#8211; February"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='posterous_autopost'>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see how I did in February &#8211; pretty darn well, I think. Maybe?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Starting with my Challenges:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Audiobooks &#8211; 3 (Finally finished The Marriage Plot and then listened to Dexter and finished up with &nbsp;A Monster Calls, which was amazing but read the full post before you decide to read it.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Steampunk &#8211; 3 &nbsp;(Which means I&#8217;ve pretty much exceeded the initial goal I set for myself for this challenge &#8211; too easy, particularly when the Souless series was too good not to read. Let&#8217;s see if I can do 9 total this year.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Adoption &#8211; 0 (Sheesh. I need some recommendations.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Queer &#8211; 1 (Gah, seriously? We need more gay fiction.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>From the Stacks &#8211; 1 (Two for one! Chasing Lightning from the stacks and queer &#8211; sweet!)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Cybils &#8211; 8 (Mostly graphic novels but I&#8217;ve made a good start.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Drew &#8211; 0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Total Books Read &#8211; 24<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"\"><span style=\"\">&#8211;<span style=\"font: 7.0pt Times New Roman;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span>YA 2 (Really? Just 2? That&#8217;s crazy)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"\"><span style=\"\">&#8211;<span style=\"font: 7.0pt Times New Roman;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span>Non-fiction 2 (Really? Gah! I thought it was more.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"\"><span style=\"\">&#8211;<span style=\"font: 7.0pt Times New Roman;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span>Graphic Novels 4 (Now we&#8217;re getting somewhere)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"\"><span style=\"\">&#8211;<span style=\"font: 7.0pt Times New Roman;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span>Children&#8217;s books 4 (Ah hah, now I remember what I read in February)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"\"><span style=\"\">&#8211;<span style=\"font: 7.0pt Times New Roman;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span>1 eBook<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Books Quit &#8211; 1, though I don&#8217;t consider it a quit since I read one paragraph and put it down. I didn&#8217;t even know whether I wanted to read it &#8211; I just plucked it from the shelf without looking to see what it was.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Books in Progress &#8211; 2 (One print, one eBook.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Shoot. Maybe I didn&#8217;t do quite as well as I thought? <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 10px;\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/posterous.com\">Posted via email<\/a>   from <a href=\"http:\/\/denisetanton.posterous.com\/a-month-of-books-february\">Life. Flow. Fluctuate.<\/a>  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s see how I did in February &#8211; pretty darn well, I think. Maybe? Starting with my Challenges: Audiobooks &#8211; 3 (Finally finished The Marriage Plot and then listened to Dexter and finished up with &nbsp;A Monster Calls, which was amazing but read the full post before you decide to read it.) 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