Quick Update

So, for the most part, I have taken a short break from reading. I finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and I read 100 pages of The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphey. I have also read 200 pages of Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly. I was listening to it on audio but the voices really irritated me and I discovered that I would probably prefer the book if I was reading it and not listening to horribly cliche French accents. Anyway, my partial book holiday is so that I don’t burn myself out before the readathon! I am so excited for it.

I have 32 books checked out from the library and 2 books I own. Wow, that is a ridiculous amount! Take a look at my list and tell me if you have any recommendations on ones you think I should start off reading:

• Poison Study
• Madame Tussaud
• Shades of Grey
• Goodnight Tweetheart
• The Sister Wife
• The Book of Tomorrow
• Wondrous Strange
• She’s So Dead to Us
• Some Girls Are
• Jekel Love Hyde
• One Night that Changes Everything
• Cracked Up to Be
• Snow Treasure
• Sean Griswold’s Head
• Annexed
• Forget-Her-Nots
• Leviathan
• The Mockingbirds
• Beastly
• The Beautiful Between
• The Lying Game
• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
• Revolution
• Perfect Mistake
• Sweet Deceit
• Pure Sin
• Alone
• Wither (own)
• Incarceron (own)
• Lost in a Good Book (audio)
• The Well of Lost Plots (audio)
• Something Rotten (audio)
• Outlander (audio)
• My Name is Mary Sutter (audio)
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (audio)
• War & Peace (audio)

Wow, that was a lot of books! I think I have a problem (checking too many books out from the library).

In addition, I like to donate money to my favorite charity, RAINN, which stands for Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network. As a victim of rape, I am a firm believer in this charity. They help people who are victims of rape or incest. They have a 24-hour network which you can contact via phone or a chat on their website. In addition, they help people who have been victims of abuse.

If you do not have a foundation you want to support in particular please pick this one. There are so many victims out there and this is a foundation that tries to help as much as they can. As an addition, during the month of April, any donation will be matched up to $30,000. If you want to match my donation or anything like that, please let me know. Because I am an unemployed college graduation (damn this economy), I can only do about a penny a page. I know this isn’t a lot, but this is one foundation I truly believe in and I want to do whatever I can to help them out.

So are you reading for a cause? If so, which one?

 

Library Loot

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library.

This week I received:

• Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (audio) (review)
• The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir (audio)
• Don’t Judge a Give by Her Cover by Ally Carter

I have also received an email that the following that are waiting for me at the library on hold:

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowlings (audio)
• The Book of Spells by Kate Brian
• The Sisterhood: Inside the Lives of Mormon Women by Dorothy Allred Solomon
• Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
• Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn

The following are also in transit, according to my library request account:

• Beastly by Alex Finn (audio)
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• Saints by Orson Scott Card
• Where I Belong by Gwendolyn Heasley
• Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
• Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter
• Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (unabridged)

I have 23 other books in request. I know, this might seem excessive but some are yet to be released and some I am like 100 on the list so I figured I might as well get on the list as not.

So, what have you checked out from the library lately?