Notes from Mt. Bookpile

Haven't been blogging as much, but I have been reading (and watching many Netflix - but that's another post!). So, what does Q3 bring? Not quite as stellar as Q, "only" 45 books read, but not bad. All reviews are over on Killin' Time Reading.

Biography

• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope; William Kamkwamba

Children's/Young Adult

• The Hate List; Jennifer Brown
• Little Black Lies; Tish Cohen
• Secret Society; Tom Dolby
• The Eyeball Collector; F.E. Higgins
• The Unusual Mind of Vincent Shadow; Tim Kehoe
• Ash; Malinda Lo
• Everything for a Dog; Ann M. Martin
• The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children; Keith McGowan
• The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z.; Kate Messner
• Luv Ya Bunches; Lauren Myracle
• Another Faust; Daniel Nayeri
• So Punk Rock: And Other Ways to Disappoint Your Mother; Micol Ostow
• The Miles Between; Mary Pearson
• Bystander; James Preller
• Viola in Reel Life; Adriana Trigiani
• Goldstrike; Matt Whyman
  

Fiction/Literature

• Homer and Langley; E.L. Doctorow
• The 19th Wife; David Eberschoff
• Practically Perfect; Katie Fforde
• By the Time You Read This; Lola Jaye
• Songs for the Butcher's Daughter; Peter Manseau
• Lying with the Dead; Michael Mewshaw
• Jarrettsville; Cornelia Nixon
• Home; Marilynne Robinson
• The End is Now; Rob Stennett
  

Mystery

• Latter-Day Cipher; Latayne Scott

Non-Fiction

• Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son; Michael Chabon
• Oh, Say Did You Know?: The Secret History of America's Famous Figures, Fads, Innovations & Emblems; Fred DuBose
• Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood; Mark Harris
• Under the Covers and between the Sheets: Facts and Trivia about the World's Greatest Book; C. Alan Joyce
• Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife; Francine Prose
• Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide to Your Favorite Music Scenes-Punk to Indie and Everything in Between; Leslie Simon
  

Science Fiction/Fantasy

• Sharp Teeth; Toby Barlow
• Pastworld; Ian Beck
• Genesis; Bernard Beckett
• The Child Thief; Brom
• Elf Realm: The High Road; Daniel Kirk
• Wake and Fade; Lisa McMann
• Blue is for Nightmares and Black is for Beginings; Laurie Faria Stolarz
• Spellbinder; Helen Stringer
• Secrets of the Dread Forest; Gillian Summers
  

Books left on Mt. Bookpile: 337
Books added: 62
Net gain/loss: +11