15-ish Books of Summer 2016

Cathy at 746 Books is hosting 20 Books of Summer again, or if you’re a slow reader like me, 10 15 Books of Summer. Looking back at last year, I’m pretty happy with how well I did. I finished 7/10 from my list! Picking from my other reading lists really kept things fresh. Instead of giving myself “switch-out” ability this year, I’m picking a dozen books. Against my better judgment, I’m going to shoot for 15 books (from a list of 22).

Updated 8/12/16

Finished

1. The Nazi Séance: The Strange Story of the Jewish Psychic in Hitler’s Circle by Arthur J. Magida – REVIEWED
2. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (I signed up for a class…) – REVIEWED
3. The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters – REVIEWED
4. Smoke and Mirrors by Mike Costa, Jon Armstrong & Ryan Browne – REVIEWED
5. Yevgeny Onegin by Alexander Pushkin – REVIEWED
6. I Lie for Money: Candid, Outrageous Stories from a Magician’s Misadventures by Steve Spill – REVIEWED
7. Presto: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales by Penn Jillette (added 6/9) – REVIEWED
8. The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt – REVIEWED
9. The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen – REVIEWED
10. Summerlong by Peter S. Beagle – READ
11. The Unknown Poe, edited by Raymond Foye – READ
12. Decent into the Depth of the Earth by Paul Kidd – READ

In Progress

• Affinity by Sarah Waters (pg. 10/352)

Left on the List

• The White Castle by Orhan Pamuk
• Martin Dressler by Steven Millhauser
• Greylock by Paula Cappa
• The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe
• “The Business Man” by Edgar Allan Poe (just a short story, not counted in the list)
• Thug Notes by Sparky Sweets

DNF

• Magic Words: The Tale of a Jewish Boy-Interpreter, the World’s Most Estimable Magician, a Murderous Harlot, and America’s Greatest Indian Chief by Gerald Kolpan
• Hank Mossberg, Private Ogre: Murder in the Boughs by Jamie Sedgewick
• Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
• Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death by James Runcie