I read a lot in June, and made quite a few progress in some of the challenges though I still have a long way to go. I have to read as much as I can in the summer because I am unsure of my reading time in the autumn and beyond.

Completed this month:

• Book Awards (13 of 12) – Read Gilead, Anil’s Ghost, Beloved, My Sister Life
• William Shakespeare (4 of 4) – Read Sonnets

Current Challenges

• Non-Fiction Five Challenge (6 of 5) – Read The Perfect Scent, In Defense of Food, Best American Travel Writing 2007, The Geography of Bliss, The Complete Persepolis
• Classics Challenge ( of 6) – July to December 2008. Five classics and one bonus “modern” classic.
• A Well-Rounded Challenge ( of 6) – July-December six books from six different challenges.
• Graphic Novels (10 of 6) – Read Wanted, The Complete Persepolis
• Decades 08 (5 of 8) –
• In their shoes (4 of ?) – The Complete Persepolis
• Russian Reading (3 of 4) – My Sister Life
• What’s in a Name? (4 of 6) –
• TBR 2008 (3 of 12) – Read Anil’s Ghost, Beloved
• Man Booker Challenge (1 of 6) –
• Chunky Challenge (4 of 4) – Read The Host
• The Obscure Challenge ( of 1) –
• 342,745 Ways to Herd Cats or tl;dr (3 of 3) –
• 1% Well-Read Challenge (3 of 10) – Read Beloved
• Reading the Nobels (3 of 5) – Read Beloved, My Sister Life
• Notable Books – None
• Pulitzer Project – Read Gilead, Beloved
• Booker Project – None

Personal Challenges

• 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die – 85
• TBR Pile – 1: Read Beloved.

Pending Challenges

• Book Awards Challenge II ( of 10) – August 08 to June 09. Ten award winning books in ten months.

Completed Challenges

• Something About Me – There was no minimum; I read 4 books.
• Second Chances (3 of 3)
• Book to Movies (3 of 3)
• Summer Reading Challenge, Round 2