Most Frequently Challenged Books Written by Authors of Color: 1990-1999

I'll admit that being born in Derry, Northern Ireland and being raised in Manchester, England from age three to adulthood, has led me to not know that many authors on this list. I think that many of these authors are American, aren't they? These books and authors actually appeared on the list of 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999 and the number beside each one is its ranking within the above list.

3: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

• Reason for challenges: racism, homosexuality, sexually explicit, offensive language, unsuited to age group 

17: The Color Purple by Alice Walker

• Reason for challenges: sexually explicit, offensive language, violence 

31: Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane

• Reason for challenges: homosexuality, sexually explicit 

34: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

• Reason for challenges: sexually explicit, offensive language 

36: Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers

• Reason for challenges: racism, offensive language, violence 

45: Beloved by Toni Morrison

• Reason for challenges: sexually explicit, violence 

69: Native Son by Richard Wright

• Reason for challenges: sexually explicit, offensive language, violence 

73: The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende

• Reason for challenges: sexually explicit, offensive language 

78: Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya

• Reason for challenges: sexually explicit, offensive language, occult 

84: Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

• Reason for challenges: racism, sexually explicit, offensive language 

85: Always Running by Luis Rodriguez

• Reason for challenges: sexually explicit, offensive language 

Other books written by authors of color challenged during this period include: Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (offensive language) and American Indian Myths and Legends by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz (sexually explicit).

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Most Frequently Challenged Authors of the 21st Century

I'll admit that being born in Derry, Northern Ireland and being raised in Manchester, England from age three to adulthood, has led me to not know that many authors on this list. I think that many of these authors are American, aren't they?  

2001: J. K. Rowling, Robert Cormier, John Steinbeck, Judy Blume, Maya Angelou, Robie Harris, Gary Paulsen, Walter Dean Myers, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, and Bette Greene.

2002: J.K. Rowling, Judy Blume, Robert Cormier, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Stephen King, Lois Duncan, S.E. Hinton, Alvin Schwartz, Maya Angelou, Roald Dahl, and Toni Morrison.

2003: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, J. K. Rowling, Robert Cormier, Judy Blume, Katherine Paterson, John Steinbeck, Walter Dean Myers, Robie Harris, Stephen King, and Louise Rennison.

2004: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Robert Cormier, Judy Blume, Toni Morrison, Chris Lynch, Barbara Park, Gary Paulsen, Dav Pilkey, Maurice Sendak, and Sonya Sones.

2005: Judy Blume, Robert Cormier, Chris Crutcher, Robie Harris, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Toni Morrison, J. D. Salinger, Lois Lowry, Marilyn Reynolds, and Sonya Sones.  

2006: Chris Crutcher, Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, Toni Morrison, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Cecily von Ziegesar, Carolyn Mackler, Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Chbosky, Alex Sanchez, Judy Blume.

2007: Robert Cormier, Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson, Mark Twain, Toni Morrison, Philip Pullman, Kevin Henkes, Lois Lowry, Chris Crutcher, Lauren Myracle, Joann Sfar.

2008: Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson, Philip Pullman, Lauren Myracle, Jim Pipe, Alvin Schwartz, Chris Crutcher, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Rudolfo Anaya, Stephen Chbosky, Cecily Von Ziegesar.

2009: Lauren Myracle, Alex Sanchez, P.C. Cast, Robert Cormier, Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson, Stephen Chbosky, Chris Crutcher, Ellen Hopkins, Richelle Mead, John Steinbeck.

2010: Ellen Hopkins, Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson, Sonya Sones, Judy Blume, Ann Brasheres, Suzanne Collins, Aldous Huxley, Sherman Alexie, Laurie Halse Anderson, Natasha Friend.  

2011: Lauren Myracle, Kim Dong Hwa, Chris Crutcher, Carolyn Mackler, Robert Greene, Sonya Sones, Dori Hillestead Butler, Sherman Alexie, Suzanne Collins, Aldous Huxley, Harper Lee, Eric Jerome Dickey, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Dav Pilkey, Cecily von Ziegesar.

2012: Dav Pilkey, Sherman Alexie, Jay Asher, E.L. James, Ellen Hopkins, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Patricia Polacco, John Green, Luis Alberto Urrea, Alvin Schwartz, Dagberto Glib.

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Irving Stone - The President's Lady: A Novel About Rachel and Andrew Jackson

84. The President's Lady: A Novel About Rachel and Andrew Jackson by Irving Stone (1951)
Length: 338 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction
Started: 30 September 2012
Finished: 4 October 2012
Where did it come from? From a Library Book Sale
How long has it been on my TBR pile? Since 10 October 2007
Why do I have it? I like historical fiction and Irving Stone is a new author for me.

Andrew Jackson was a newly certified attorney when he met Rachel Donelson Robards in 1788 at her mother's residence in Tennessee. He was traveling through from Salisbury, North Carolina and had stopped there on the advice of friends. At the time, Rachel was married but separated from her first husband, Lewis Robards. The couple had tried to reconcile several times, however, when Rachel was falsely accused by Lewis of having an affair with Andrew Jackson, the marriage was officially over in her mind.

The gallant Andrew confronted Lewis about his treatment of Rachel, in an effort to protect her reputation, and Lewis returned to Kentucky without his wife. When Rachel heard rumours that Lewis was returning to collect her, she fled to Natchez and Andrew accompanied her, giving Lewis just cause to pursue a divorce. In 1791, under the impression that Lewis Robards had obtained the divorce, Andrew asked for Rachel's hand in marriage.

Almost two years into their marriage, the Jacksons learned that Rachel was still married to Lewis Robards. Her first husband had only obtained permission for the divorce, but had never actually brought the case to court in order to go through a jury trial. Finally, in 1793, Lewis was granted his divorce - only the second in Kentucky's history - and Rachel and Andrew quietly remarried in Nashville.

The confusion surrounding Andrew's and Rachel's courtship and marriage haunted the couple for the rest of their lives. Rachel died only a month after Andrew was elected as the seventh president of the United States in 1829. President Jackson was always convinced that the gossip and malicious rumors spread by his political rivals during the vicious election campaign contributed to Rachel's death. He mourned his wife's death for the rest of his life.

The Jacksons' marriage was definitely a love match for them right from the beginning, however many of Andrew's financial decisions caused the couple to lose much of their fortune at certain times in history. The couple rebuilt that fortune multiple times, but could never entirely tamp down the scandal of Rachel's first marriage and divorce.

Andrew Jackson was known to have an incendiary temper, challenging three men to duels by the time he was forty years old. On May 30, 1806, Andrew Jackson fought a duel with Charles Dickinson, a young lawyer who initially had accused Andrew Jackson of reneging on a horse bet, calling him a coward and an equivocator. Charles Dickinson also called Rachel Jackson a bigamist and Andrew Jackson demanded the satisfaction of a duel for that insult. Andrew Jackson killed Charles Dickinson during the duel, after being seriously wounded by a bullet which lodged so close to Andrew Jackson's heart, it couldn't be removed.

I really enjoyed this book although I found it somewhat slow in certain parts. I found that Rachel and Andrew Jackson's marriage was extremely harsh and difficult for them and felt extremely sorry for the couple with what they had to face together. I think that it's amazing that I read this book during the 2012 presidential election; I certainly didn't choose this book because of that fact, but it seemed appropriate that I was reading a book about Andrew and Rachel Jackson's love story.

It was very interesting for me to compare the election of 1828 to the election of 2012. I am not that interested in presidential elections, but it seemed to me that both elections are and were similarly vicious!  I give The President's Lady: A Novel About Rachel and Andrew Jackson by Irving Stone an A+!

A+! - (96-100%)

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100 Most Frequently Challenged Books: 2000-2009

I'll admit that being born in Derry, Northern Ireland and being raised in Manchester, England from age three to adulthood, has led me to not know that many authors on this list. I think that many of these authors are American, aren't they? Although I know that I have read at least five of the books on this list as an early adult.

1. Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling - (Mareena has the entire series on her bookshelf and has read the first two books - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - for fun when she was a freshman in college. I have also read the first book.)
2. Alice (series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
3. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
4. And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
5. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck - (I remember reading this book in college, and Mareena read it in ninth or tenth grade English. Her English teacher commented on her reading assignment for the book - the class had to write a deleted scene from the book as a creative writing assignment - that Mareena wrote almost identically to John Steinbeck's style! I read her assignment myself and literally could not tell the difference. :))
6. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
7. Scary Stories (series) by Alvin Schwartz - (I know that Mareena read two out of the three books in this series - Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - when she was about eight or nine years old.)
8. His Dark Materials (series) by Philip Pullman
9. ttyl; ttfn; l8r g8r (series) by Lauren Myracle
10. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
11. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
12. It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
13. Captain Underpants (series) by Dav Pilkey
14. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
15. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
16. Forever by Judy Blume
17. The Color Purple by Alice Walker - (I know that Mareena read this book for a high school reading assignment - maybe twelfth grade - but I never have.)
18. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
19. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger - (I read this book sometime in my late teens and have gotten another copy to reread at some point in the future. Mareena read this book in the eleventh grade English.)
20. King and King by Linda de Haan
21. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee - (Mareena read half this book for her seventh grade English class, but we moved to Cape Cod and she never was able to finish reading the book. Several years ago, she bought the 50th Anniversary Edition from Barnes and Noble which she has on her bookshelf.)
22. Gossip Girl (series) by Cecily von Ziegesar
23. The Giver by Lois Lowry
24. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
25. Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan - (Mareena read this book for ninth grade English.)
26. Beloved by Toni Morrison
27. My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier
28. Bridge To Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
29. The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
30. We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
31. What My Mother Doesn’t Know by Sonya Sones
32. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
33. Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson - (I acquired a copy of this book on 7 August 2009.)
34. The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
35. Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
36. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
37. It’s So Amazing by Robie Harris
38. Arming America by Michael Bellasiles
39. Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
40. Life is Funny by E.R. Frank
41. Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
42. The Fighting Ground by Avi
43. Blubber by Judy Blume
44. Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
45. Crazy Lady by Jane Leslie Conly
46. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
47. The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby: The First Graphic Novel by George Beard and Harold Hutchins, the creators of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
48. Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez
49. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
50. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
51. Daughters of Eve by Lois Duncan
52. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
53. You Hear Me? by Betsy Franco
54. The Facts Speak for Themselves by Brock Cole
55. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Green
56. When Dad Killed Mom by Julius Lester
57. Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
58. Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going
59. Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes
60. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
61. Draw Me A Star by Eric Carle
62. The Stupids (series) by Harry Allard
63. The Terrorist by Caroline B. Cooney
64. Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
65. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
66. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
67. A Time to Kill by John Grisham
68. Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
69. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
70. Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen
71. Junie B. Jones (series) by Barbara Park
72. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
73. What’s Happening to My Body Book by Lynda Madaras
74. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold - (Mareena aquired a copy of this book on 12 March 2010 and loaned it to me to read.)
75. Anastasia Krupnik (series) by Lois Lowry
76. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving - (Mareena read this book in tenth grade English.)
77. Crazy: A Novel by Benjamin Lebert
78. The Joy of Gay Sex by Dr. Charles Silverstein
79. The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss
80. A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
81. Black Boy by Richard Wright
82. Deal With It! by Esther Drill
83. Detour for Emmy by Marilyn Reynolds
84. So Far From the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Watkins
85. Staying Fat For Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
86. Cut by Patricia McCormick
87. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
88. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
89. Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissenger
90. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle - (Mareena recently gave away her copy of this book.)
91. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
92. The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
93. Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
94. Goosebumps (series) by R.L. Stine
95. Shade’s Children by Garth Nix
96. Grendel by John Gardner
97. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
98. I Saw Esau by Iona Opte
99. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume - (Mareena read this book for fun when she was about eleven or twelve years old.)
100. America: A Novel by E.R. Frank

Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight

100 Most Frequently Challenged Books: 1990-1999

I'll admit that being born in Derry, Northern Ireland and being raised in Manchester, England from age three to adulthood, has led me to not know that many authors on this list. I think that many of these authors are American, aren't they? Although I know that I have read at least five of the books on this list as an early adult.

1. Scary Stories (series) by Alvin Schwartz - (I know that Mareena read two out of the three books in this series - Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - when she was about eight or nine years old.)
2. Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
4. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck - (I remember reading this book in college, and Mareena read it in ninth or tenth grade English. Her English teacher commented on her reading assignment for the book - the class had to write a deleted scene from the book as a creative writing assignment - that Mareena wrote almost identically to John Steinbeck's style! I read her assignment myself and literally could not tell the difference. :))
7. Forever by Judy Blume
8. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
9. Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
10. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger - (I read this book sometime in my late teens and have gotten another copy to reread at some point in the future. Mareena read this book in the eleventh grade English.)
11. The Giver by Lois Lowry
12. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
13. It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
14. Alice (series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
15. Goosebumps (series) by R.L. Stine
16. A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
17. The Color Purple by Alice Walker - (I know that Mareena read this book for a high school reading assignment - maybe twelfth grade - but I never have.)
18. Sex by Madonna
19. Earth’s Children (series) by Jean M. Auel - (I think I may have the first two books in this series - The Clan of the Cave Bear and The Valley of Horses on my downstairs bookshelf, although I haven't read them.)
20. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
21. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
22. The Witches by Roald Dahl
23. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle - (Mareena recently gave away her copy of this book.)
24. The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
25. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
26. The Goats by Brock Cole
27. The Stupids (series) by Harry Allard
28. Anastasia Krupnik (series) by Lois Lowry
29. Final Exit by Derek Humphry
30. Blubber by Judy Blume
31. Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
32. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
33. Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
34. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
35. What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents and Daughters by Lynda Madaras
36. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
37. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
38. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
39. The Pigman by Paul Zindel - (Mareena read this book in ninth grade English.)
40. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - (Mareena read half this book for her seventh grade English class, but we moved to Cape Cod and she never was able to finish reading the book. Several years ago, she bought the 50th Anniversary Edition from Barnes and Noble which she has on her bookshelf.)
41. We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
42. Deenie by Judy Blume
43. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes - (I know that Mareena read this book - maybe in eighth grade English.)
44. Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
45. Beloved by Toni Morrison
46. The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
47. Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
48. Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling - (Mareena has the entire series on her bookshelf and has read the first two books - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - for fun when she was a freshman in college. I have also read the first book.)
49. Cujo by Stephen King - (I read this book about 30 years ago.)
50. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
51. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein - (Mareena read this book for fun when she was about ten years old.)
52. Ordinary People by Judith Guest - (I read this book in June of 2010 and here is my review of it.)
53. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
54. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
55. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
56. Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
57. Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
58. What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents and Sons by Lynda Madaras
59. The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
60. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume - (Mareena read this book for fun when she was about eleven or twelve years old.)
61. Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
62. Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
63. Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
64. Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan - (Mareena read this book for ninth grade English.)
65. Fade by Robert Cormier
66. Guess What? by Mem Fox
67. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
68. Lord of the Flies by William Golding - (I read this book about 30 years ago and Mareena read it for tenth grade English.) 
69. Native Son by Richard Wright
70. Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies by Nancy Friday
71. Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
72. On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
73. The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
74. Jack by A.M. Homes
75. Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
76. Family Secrets by Norma Klein
77. Mommy Laid an Egg by Babette Cole
78. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
79. Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
80. The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
81. Carrie by Stephen King - (I read this book when it was first published and this was Mareena's first Stephen King book that she read at age 14. She recently acquired another copy that's on her bookshelf.)
82. The Dead Zone by Stephen King - (I'm currently trying to trying to track down this book and hope to acquire a copy very soon. I've never read this book, but recently saw the movie with Christopher Walken and it sparked my interest.)
83. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
84. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
85. Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
86. Private Parts by Howard Stern
87. Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
88. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
89. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
90. Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
91. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett - (My brother-in-law and his wife gave Mareena this book when they visited us two years ago.)
92. Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
93. Sex Education by Jenny Davis
94. Jumper by Steven Gould
95. Christine by Stephen King - (I may have this book on my downstairs bookshelf)
96. The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
97. That Was Then, This is Now by S.E. Hinton
98. Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
99. The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain
100. Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight

Reading Wrap-up for September at Moonshine and Rosefire

 

Hello everyone out there and I hope that you all had a terrific reading month for yourselves. I am known as Rosefire around the Internet and this is my new personal reading blog. I originally posted my reviews over at my daughter's blog, Emeraldfire's Bookmark but am now in the process of transferring them all over to my own blog. My daughter makes blogging look like so much fun that I thought that I would try it out for myself! :)

Anyway, I started out September with 672 unread books lying around the house and ended the month with 662 books unread. All the books that I acquired this month came from authors and Price Chopper.

Let me try to break down the influx for you:

Rereads
- Beyond Reason by Margaret Trudeau
- The Good Mother by Sue Miller

Changes to the TBR pile

Read from my TBR pile (Yes! I am a reading machine :))
- To Die is Not Enough: A True Account of Murder and Retribution by Donald Delano Wright
- Scare Tactics by John Farris 
- Henry and Clara by Thomas Mallon
- 13 by Philip Loraine
- Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
- Shades of Souls Passed: True Accounts of Ghostly Encounters in Madison County, New York by Teresa R. Andrews
- Coroner at Large by Thomas T. Noguchi, M. D. and Joseph Dimona
- Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout

Added to my TBR pile (oh well, you win some and you lose some! Not too bad though, I suppose:))
- Pyramid of Skulls: A Novel of Timur, Warrior and Emperor by Martin Fructman

Taken off my TBR pile and sent to a new home (Yay! Happy Dance! :))
- Horror House by J. N. Williamson
- Let the Magic Begin: Opening the Door to a Whole New World of Possibility by Cathy Lee Crosby
- The Letters by Luanne Rice and Joseph Monninger
- Servant of the Bones by Anne Rice
- Henry and Clara by Thomas Mallon

Well, there it is...the breakdown! All in all, a very good reading month for me. Here's a further breakdown:

Books Read: 10
Pages Read: 2,809
Grade Range: A+! to A!

So, there you go! The reading month that was September. I hope that you all had an equally good reading month; if not a little better. :) See you all next month! :)

Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight

Reading Wrap-up for September at Moonshine and Rosefire

 

Hello everyone out there and I hope that you all had a terrific reading month for yourselves. I am known as Rosefire around the Internet and this is my new personal reading blog. I originally posted my reviews over at my daughter's blog, Emeraldfire's Bookmark but am now in the process of transferring them all over to my own blog. My daughter makes blogging look like so much fun that I thought that I would try it out for myself! :)

Anyway, I started out September with 669 unread books lying around the house and ended the month with 659 books unread. All the books that I acquired this month came from authors and Price Chopper.

Let me try to break down the influx for you:

Rereads
- Beyond Reason by Margaret Trudeau
- The Good Mother by Sue Miller

Changes to the TBR pile

Read from my TBR pile (Yes! I am a reading machine :))
- To Die is Not Enough: A True Account of Murder and Retribution by Donald Delano Wright
- Scare Tactics by John Farris 
- Henry and Clara by Thomas Mallon
- 13 by Philip Loraine
- Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
- Shades of Souls Passed: True Accounts of Ghostly Encounters in Madison County, New York by Teresa R. Andrews
- Coroner at Large by Thomas T. Noguchi, M. D. and Joseph Dimona
- Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout

Added to my TBR pile (oh well, you win some and you lose some! Not too bad though, I suppose:))
- Pyramid of Skulls: A Novel of Timur, Warrior and Emperor by Martin Fructman

Taken off my TBR pile and sent to a new home (Yay! Happy Dance! :))
- Horror House by J. N. Williamson
- Let the Magic Begin: Opening the Door to a Whole New World of Possibility by Cathy Lee Crosby
- The Letters by Luanne Rice and Joseph Monninger
- Servant of the Bones by Anne Rice
- Henry and Clara by Thomas Mallon

Well, there it is...the breakdown! All in all, a very good reading month for me. Here's a further breakdown:

Books Read: 10
Pages Read: 2,809
Grade Range: A+! to A!

So, there you go! The reading month that was September. I hope that you all had an equally good reading month; if not a little better. :) See you all next month! :)

Till we Meet Again, Glow Brightly as Moonlight