Taking Stock - July 2014

Whoa! It's August 2 already and I haven't posted my July doings. I also haven't finished a book since July 29! I have a lot of books started and a lot going on. 

Total posts: 20
Total books this month: 30
Total books this year: 207

Challenges:
Audio: 10/40
Debut: 2/6
Mount TBR: 0
Picture books: 5/ 50

The Good: Well, I read almost a book-a-day and 2 were debuts!

The Bad: I'm giving up on my tbr challenge. Also, I told some of my students that I'd read a hundred books this summer and now that I'm just over the halfway point, I know that's not going to happen. 

The Books:

178. (10) The Colossus Rises (Seven Wonders Book 1) by Peter Lerangis (7/1)

179. (11) A Medal for Leroy by Michael Morpurgo (7/1)

180. (12) Hades Speaks by Vicky Alvear Shecter (7/4)

181. (13) The School is Alive! (Eerie Elementary #1) (7/4)

182. (14) Ben Franklin's Big Splash by Barb Rosenstock (7/5)

183. (15) This Orq (he cave boy) by David Elliott (7/5)

184. (16) The Problem with Not being Scared of Monsters by Dan Richards (7/5)

185. (17) Alone Together by Suzanne Bloom (7/5)

186. (18) By Day, By Night by amy Gibson (7/5)

187. (19) Fox Forever by Mary E. Pearson (7/7)

188. (20) Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere by Julie T. Lamana (7/9)

189. (21) The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black (7/9)*

190. (22) The Top-Secret Diary of Celie Valentine: Friendship Over by Julie Sternberg (7/10)

191. (23) The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond by Brenda Woods (7/12)

192. (24) Whatever After: Bad Hair Day by Sarah Mlynowski (7/13)

193. (25) Whatever After: Dream on by Sarah Mlynowski (7/13)

194. (26) Bird Lake Moon by Kevin Henkes (7/15)

195. (27) Tony Baloney: Buddy Trouble by Pam Muñoz Ryan (7/16)

196. (28) Monkey Me and the New Neighbor by Timothy Roland (7/16)

197. (29) Katie Woo Rules the School by Fran Manushkin (7/16)

198. (30) One Came Home by Amy Timberlake (7/20)

199. (31) Fenway Fever by John H. Ritter (7/21)

200. (32) The Final Descent by Rick Yancey (7/24)

201. (33) Best Hikes with Dogs: New Jersey by Mary Jasch (7/24)

202. (34) Gabriel Finley and the Raven's Riddle by George Hagen (7/25)*

203. Ten Miles Past Normal by Frances O'Roark Dowell (7/26)

204. Fly Guy Presents: firefighters by Tedd Arnold (7/27)

205. Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor by Jon Scieszka (7/28)

206. Jessie Elliot is a Big Chicken by Elise Gravel (7/28)

207. Darius and Twig by Walter Dean Myers (7/29)