Beginnings

Welcome friends! I have started this entry in the global technosphere because I have been in love with books since the age of 2. Among the busy business of being a new teacher, this is my outlet for sharing thoughts on a love of reading a wide variety of books. My inspiration can be summed up with a yearbook quote from a teacher written when I was 8: "To the only girl at recess I see reading a book. Good for you!"
My blog title is quoted from a classmate who asked me this once. Believe it or not, I've also heard it as a teacher :D

Monday, January 31, 2011

January Wrap-Up & Year to Date

Overall, I had a great month, owing mostly to a slow working month.  Substitute teachers aren't much in demand for a couple of weeks following the holidays, but thankfully things are picking up now.

Here are my book stats for January:

Books Read This Month (8)--click titles for reviews
This Time Together- Carol Burnett (1/6- What's in a Name 4 Challenge)
Full Dark, No Stars- Stephen King (1/6- Stephen King Challenge)
Water For Elephants- Sara Gruen
Earth (The Book)- Jon Stewart & staff of The Daily Show
Atonement- Ian McEwan
Slaughterhouse-Five- Kurt Vonnegut (DNF)
Cloris: My Autobiography- Cloris Leachman
A Prayer For Owen Meany- John Irving (review is coming soon)

Other Books Reviewed This Month (9 + 7 above= 16)
The Poisonwood Bible- Barbara Kingsolver
Last Words- George Carlin
84 Charing Cross Road- Helene Hanff
The Shining- Stephen King
The Dead Zone- Stephen King
The Green Mile- Stephen King
Cell- Stephen King
Girl, Interrupted- Susanna Kaysen
What's It All About?- Michael Caine

Currently Reading (2)
Wonder Boys- Michael Chabon
My Life- Bill Clinton

Books Read So Far in 2011:  7
(DNFs don't count)

For those of you posting a monthly summary, how was your January?


Posted by Teacher/Learner at 3:04 PM
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4 comments:

  1. CMashJanuary 31, 2011 at 3:12 PM

    I would say you had an excellent month...good for you!! Me not so good. :(

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  2. Carol January 31, 2011 at 4:52 PM

    January round-up!
    Didn't we just take the Christmas tree down?

    A good looking month there.

    enjoy ur reading week
    carol

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  3. Anne@HeadFullofBooksFebruary 1, 2011 at 9:19 PM

    You gad a busy month! And I thought I was doing good by reading 11 books and blogging about half of them! Ha!

    Thanks for dropping by my blog about debut authors.

    -Anne
    My Head is Full of Books

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  4. Teacher/LearnerFebruary 2, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    Thanks for all your comments :)

    CMash~ I'm getting better but still not at my prime. I consider myself a slow reader & I don't skip over any parts, so my pace is a bit more tortoise than hare :D

    Dizzy C~ I know! Talk about time flying!

    Anne~ Thanks for becoming follower #101 :) I trimmed my meme participation a little so that's how I found time to review what I read. We'll see how that goes, though I miss doing ones I cut back on.

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