The Sunday Salon - Monthly Update - October 2010

I haven't done one of these since June or July! Which is when I finished all of my fake challenges and my one real challenge, NO Summer Slide.

I'm now working on a new real challenge - read a good portion of the books that are Newbery Contenders.  I'm working off a list so that makes it a little easier.  The hard part is writing something about each book as I finish it.  I'll update my progress next week.
  
October Reading
Tween/Middle Grades (10)
Night Fairy by Schlitz
Kick by Myers and Workman (2011 release from NetGalley)
The Search for Wondla by DiTerlizzi

The Familiars by Epstein and Jacobson
Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Viorst
The Lost Hero by Riordan
Jake by Couloumbis
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Angleberger
Griff Carver, Hallway Patrol by Krieg
Vordak the Incomprehensible by Seegart

Young Adult (13)

Water Seeker by Holt
Prom and Prejudice by Eulberg (2011 release from Scholastic)
Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs by Koertge
Stuck on Earth by Klass
Reckless by Funke
Secret Society of the Pink Crystal Ball by Green
Bamboo People by Perkins
Beastly by Flinn (audio)
Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Matson
Ship Breaker by Bacigalupi
Black Hole Sun by Gill
Scorch Trials by Dashner
Cool Beans by  Mangum

Picture Book (1)

Bad Kitty by Bruel

Other

Blank my Dad Says by Halpin

Total Read in October - 25
Best Book Read in October - The Search for Wondla by Tony DiTerlizzi

Decent but my school year challenge calls for some classic and nonfiction reading.  Luckily, I have until June for that.

Upcoming Reads

Blog Tours

Hole in the Wall by Faustino
Bees to Mist by Setiawan
The Walk by Alexander
Wishing and Hoping by Lamb
Keeper by Appelt
Joey Fly 2 by Reynolds
Sugar and Ice by Messner
The Alchemist - Graphic Novel by Coehlo

Requests
Selling Hope by Tubb
Spray by Edge

Print and Newbery Book Club Reads

Forge by Anderson
Alchemy and Meggy Swann by Cushman
Touch Blue by Lord
A Million Shades of Gray by Kadohata
Scumble by Law
War to End All Wars by Freedman
Finally by Mass
Turtle in Paradise by Holm
The Danger Box by Balliett
Easy as Falling Off The Face of the Earth by Perkins
Revolution by Donnelly
Please Ignore Vera Dietz by King

I still need the two reads from our teacher book club, but hopefully they will choose something I'm already planning to read or have read!