Books Bought: 0
(Not even one, wafer-thin book. She’s got a will of iron, that woman.)
Books Read: 8, and half of four or five others, all still on the go, so I’m saying 10. Too few.
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
The Heroine’s Bookshelf by Erin Blakemore
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
I Was a Rat by Philip Pullman
Keep It Real Ed. Lee Gutkind
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
Acquainted with the Night by Christopher Dewdney
Books about Books blog posts: too few, see below
Bouts with Strep Throat: 2
Nathalie Foy 
Great list, entirely, but *Daddy-Long-Legs* is one of my heart’s delights forever. I have probably read that book 15+ times–I hope you loved it!
I did love it. I ate it up, I loved it so!
Wow – no new books bought? Impressive, I’d say!
It *is* impressive, but best of all, no withdrawl symptoms. I’m loving the sense of accomplishment in mowing through the TBR pile.
My bank manager would love you. Did you love “I was a rat?”
I liked “I Was a Rat,” but I did not love it. It felt very much like the motivation for the book was to have a go at the tabloids (and heaven knows, I would want to if I was him), but it felt like it got in the way of the fun of the story a bit. We don’t have the same kind of tabloid news culture here, so my first thought when I read it was that whole aspect of the book would be lost on my kids. Still, I love the play with the Cinderella story, and the character of the Rat Boy was wonderfully drawn.
Interesting, I had the same reaction with his ‘The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ’, that is, his only reason for writing it was to have a go at the Christian story. It didn’t seem to have occurred to him that he was condemning the church for re-writing the Jesus story to suit its own ends when he was doing exactly the same thing.
I stayed away from _Scoundrel Christ_ for the same reason. Besides, who can do religion-bashing better than Christopher Hitchens?!
I’ve been thinking that a Philip Pullman binge would be a good thing. It started when I was examining one of his non-Materials books in the library, because it had been recommended to me, and then I pulled the next one off the shelf, and then the next, and…well, you know: they all looked good. And I had no idea there were so many from which to choose: what fun!
Congrats on your TRB-fest!