"And to this purpose"

"If people like to read their books, it is all very well, but to be at so much trouble in filling great volumes, which, as I used to think, nobody would willingly ever look into, to be labouring only for the torment of little boys and girls, always struck me as a hard fate; and though I know it is all very right and necessary, I have often wondered at the person's courage that could sit down on purpose to do it." (In other words: rambling analyses, opinions, ideas, views, and comments from an English major, Essay/paper-writing enthusiastic, Austen-loving Master Librarian on, well, Jane Austen...and a whole lot of other things, too.)

"Celebrated Passages are Quoted"

Heidi's favorite quotes


"What is it really like to be engaged?" asked Anne curiously. "Well, that all depends on who you're engaged to," answered Diana, with that maddening air of superior wisdom always assumed by those who are engaged over those who are not."— L.M. Montgomery

Monday, October 17, 2011

September Book Challenge

I know. I'm way behind in posting this. But it's finally here. It felt like I didn't get much read, but I think it's because I had some long books in there.


Read a comic or manga           
Unshelved by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum
What Would Dewey Do? by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum
Library Mascot Cage Match by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum
Book Club by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum
Read Responsibly by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum
Frequently Asked Questions by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum

Read two nonfiction
Somewhere in Heaven: The Remarkable Love Story of Dana and Christopher Reeve by Christopher Andersen
The War to End all Wars: World War I by Russell Freedman

Other           
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Mirrorscape by Mike Wilks
Dream of Joy by Lisa See
This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull

September Totals

Audio = 5
Juvenile = 1
YA = 3
Adult = 10
Pages = 3397
Books = 14
Points = 110