Week #11: 2023.09

2023-03-05

Update on 110 Reading Challenge

Okay… I actually read 110 Hours! It was a rough two days. I basically spent every free second reading in order to make it to the 110 hour mark. But I did it! It was fun and my life feels a little more empty without the challenge, haha.

Books I Finished

• Devotion by Patti Smith: I was surprised with this one. It is a very slim volume. I didn’t know Patti Smith was an author (I just know her as the singer-songwriter) so I imagined it was going to be less about writing and more about music. Think I will be reading some more of Smith’s work!
• The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris: I just read this on a whim and I wish I had read the reviews beforehand… For a novel with a ton of editors in them, you’d think the book would be, well, more well edited.
• Ducks by Kate Beaton: This one had me glued to the screen (I took it out on Libby). Seriously harrowing.
• She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen: Cute and cheesy YA queer romance!! Seriously, I think I have a cavity from reading it.
• Rockstar and Softboy by Sina Grace: A bit campy but it was a fun read. I don’t know why but a character named Softboy was so fitting, I didn’t even think twice about it.

Books I’m Currently Reading

• Norton Anthology of American Literature (Shorter Version) 6th. Edition by Nina Baym
• Beloved by Toni Morrison
• The Well-Educated Mind by Susan Wise Bauer
• Introducing Literary Criticism: A Graphic Guide by Owen Holland & Piero
• The Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. Barron
• The Shallows by Nicholas Carr