• The Curate's Wife - review ( )
• Jamaica Inn - review ( )
• My Cousin Rachel - review ( )
• Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha - review ( )
• One of Ours - review ( )
• The Long Goodbye - review ( )
• The Snow Geese - review ( )
• The Uncommon Reader - review ( )

• 22 books, 60 YTD
• 6,651 pages, 18,124 YTD
• 15 written by women, 41 YTD
• 4 from the "1001 Books you Must Read Before you Die" list, 14 YTD
• 2 Booker Prize winners, 7 YTD (2009 goal: 12)
• 5 Orange Prize winners/shortlisters, 9 YTD (2009 goal: 8)
• 2 Pulitzer Prize winners, 4 YTD (2009 goal: 6)
• 4 Virago Modern Classics, 8 YTD (2009 goal: 10)
• 0 from a "new" country for my Reading Across Borders and Lost in Translation challenges, 6 YTD (2009 goal: 10) ... I kind of gave up on this goal during third quarter
• 7 "just for fun" -- not associated with any particular reading goal!  I've read 21 YTD.

• Home - review ( )
• Rebecca - review ( )
• Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout - review ( )
• Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates - review ( )
• The Snow Geese, by William Fiennes - review ( )

Well, June has come and gone so it's time for both a monthly and quarterly wrap-up.  Since we're also well into July now, I'll also share a bit about my current reading.  Last month I came out of May's reading funk and was back on my normal pace.  While I read only 5 books, one of them was over 600 pages and reading just over 2000 pages is pretty typical for me.  Here are my complete

• 5 books (38 YTD)
• 2,044 pages (11,473 YTD)
• 3 written by women
• 1 from the "1001 Books you Must Read Before you Die" list
• 2 from a "new" country for my Reading Across Borders and Lost in Translation challenges

• Wives and Daughters - review ( )
• Desertion - review ( )
• Omeros - review ( )
• The House of Mirth - review ( )
• The Girls - review ( )

• 19 books, 38 YTD
• 5,735 pages, 11,473 YTD
• 12 written by women, 26 YTD
• 2 from the "1001 Books you Must Read Before you Die" list, 10 YTD
• 2 Booker Prize winners, 5 YTD (2009 goal: 12)
• 0 Orange Prize winners, 3 YTD (2009 goal: 8) ... but just wait for Orange July!
• 2 Pulitzer Prize winners, 2 YTD (2009 goal: 6)
• 2 Virago Modern Classics, 4 YTD (2009 goal: 10)
• 4 from a "new" country for my Reading Across Borders and Lost in Translation challenges, 6 YTD (2009 goal: 10)
• 8 "just for fun" -- not associated with any particular reading goal!  I've read 14 YTD. 

• Sorry - review ( )
• The Elegance of the Hedgehog - review ( )
• Wives and Daughters - review ( )
• Desertion - review ( )
• Miss Mole - review ( )

• 2009 - Home, by Marilynne Robinson
• 1999 - A Crime in the Neighborhood, by Suzanne Berne (complete - read my review)
• 1998 - Larry's Party, by Carol Shields (complete - read my review)
• 1997 - Fugitive Pieces, by Anne Michaels
• 1996 - A Spell of Winter, by Helen Dunmore

• 19 books
• 5,738 pages
• 14 written by women
• 8 from the "1001 Books you Must Read Before you Die" list
• 3 Booker Prize winners (2009 goal: 12)
• 3 Orange Prize winners (2009 goal: 8)
• 0 Pulitzer Prize winners (2009 goal: 6)
• 2 Virago Modern Classics (2009 goal: 10)
• 2 from a "new" country for my Reading Across Borders and Lost in Translation challenges (2009 goal: 10)
• 6 "just for fun" -- not associated with any particular reading goal!  This is great considering I only read 10 "just for fun" in all of 2008.

• The Remains of the Day - review ( )
• A Mercy - review ( )
• A Fine Balance - review ( )
• The Road Home - review ( )
• A Room of One's Own - review ( )

• 1% Well-Read Challenge, which ends in February.  I need to read 3 more books.
• Book Awards II Challenge, ending in June.  I need to read 5 more books.
• Lost in Translation Challenge, a full-year challenge to read 6 books in translation. This is a continuation of my Reading Across Borders perpetual challenge, described below.
• Support your Local Library Challenge, another full-year challenge.  I aim to read 50 (!!) books from my local library.

• Reading Across Borders (10)
• Complete Booker (12)
• Orange Prize Project (8)
• Pulitzer Project (6)
• Virago Modern Classics (10)

The Orange Prize is my favorite award after the Booker Prize.  In 2008, my Orange Prize Project goal was to read 4 winners or shortlisted works, and I read 5.  In 2009 my goal is 8.  I plan to complete the winners list, including the 2009 winner.  Jill at The Magic Lasso will continue her tradition of sponsoring "Orange January" and "Orange July," two months devoted to reading from the Orange Prize list.  I'll be doing most, if not all, of my Orange reading during those two months.

• The Inheritance of Loss  (Desai)
• A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (Guo)

• The History of Love (Krauss) 

• Old Filth (Gardam)

• Unless (Shields)

• Fingersmith (Waters)

• The Blind Assassin (Atwood)

• White Teeth (Smith)

• The Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver)
• Paradise (Morrison)

• The Ventriloquist's Tale (Melville)
• The Weight of Water (Shreve)

• The Hundred Secret Senses (Tan)
• Ladder of Years (Tyler)

1. Czech Republic - The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera (review)
2. Guyana - The Ventriloquist's Tale - Pauline  Melville (review)
3. Venezuela - Iphigenia - Teresa de la Parra (review)
4. Uruguay - The Shipyard - Juan Carlos Onetti (review)
5. Tanzania - Desertion - Abulrazak Gurnah (review)
6. St Lucia - Omeros - Derek Walcott (review)

January 1 - December 31, 2009

1. Property, by Valerie Martin
2. When I lived in Modern Times , by Linda Grant
3. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera
4. The Professor's House, by Willa Cather
5. A Mercy, by Toni Morrison
6. The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga
7. So Big, by Edna Ferber
8. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery
9. The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell
10. Laughing Boy, by Oliver LaFarge
11. The Garden Party and Other Stories, by Katherine Mansfield
12. Wives and Daughters, by Elizabeth Gaskell
13. Desertion, by Abdulrazak Gurnah
14. Omeros, by Derek Walcott
15. A Crime in the Neighborhood, by Suzanne Berne
16. Larry's Party, by Carol Shields
17. Home, by Marilynne Robinson
18. A Spell of Winter, by Helen Dunmore
19. Fugitive Pieces, by Anne Michaels
20. Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons
21. Vernon God Little, by DBC Pierre
22. Jamaica Inn, by Daphne Du Maurier
    
23. My Cousin Rachel, by Daphne Du Maurier
24. Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha, by Roddy Doyle
25. One of Ours, by Willa Cather
26. The Snow Goose, by Paul Gallico
27. Disgrace, by J.M. Coetzee
28. Rites of Passage, by William Golding
29. Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel
30. Offshore, by Penelope Fitzgerald
31. Angle of Repose, by Wallace Stegner
     

January 1 - December 31, 2009

I've had a personal, perpetual Reading Across Borders challenge going for a couple of years now, and I plan to continue in 2009.  So it was really a no-brainer to sign up for the Lost in Translation challenge hosted by Frances from Nonsuch Book.  The challenge is to read six (6) books in translation. Frances has created a dedicated page for this challenge here.  My goal is to read ten (10) books in translation in 2009, and I'm hoping they are all by authors from countries I haven't "visited" yet (look here for a map and list of all countries visited).  I'm going to build my reading list as I go, rather than committing to titles now.  But here's a start (links go to reviews):

1. Czech - The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera
2. Guyana - The Ventriloquist's Tale, by Pauline Melville
3. Venezuela - Iphegenia, by Teresa de la Parra
4. Uruguay - The Shipyard, by Juan Carlos Onetti
5.  

• The Complete Booker - 2007, 2008
• The Orange Prize Project - 2008
• The Pulitzer Project - 2007, 2008
• Read the Nobels - 2008