My October reads

I managed to get through a couple of books this month...

Is it Just me? By Miranda Hart... I loved this social awkward comedian and this book had moments that made me cringe, made me relate to and just laugh out loud.

Next I managed to get through Hotel K by Kathyrn Bontella... A non fiction book that details life inside Kerokoban prison and the corruption in the Bali justice system.

A title I read that I thought I might share with my class, Emil and the detectives highly engaging novel about a boy travelling in a train to Berlin. He has some money stolen from him on the train and this book is about his adventures to recover the money from the thief. Originally written in German, a classic story that I think young children will love. 

And lastly with my class I enjoyed my childhood favourite ... Morris Lurie's Twenty seventh annual African hippopotamus race

What did you get to read this month? The new challenge starts Sunday can't wait!!

getting organised

I've gathered the books I already own from my list and piled them up near my favourite reading spot. I plan to get a couple of titles as audiobooks from audible.com as I have a monthly subscription and listen to books in my commute to and from work.

 My sunny reading spot

At the moment I am listening to Hotel K by Kathryn Bonella. I am reading this title as a non fiction book for another reading challenge I am in. This book is horrifying at times...The corruption outlined in Bali and the justice system makes me think twice before visiting this popular destination. I am up to the chapter where it discusses Amorozi, the man behind the Bali bombings and how he orchestrated another bombing whilst he was in prison due to the corruption. The conditions and treatment of prisoners is unjust...and relies on how much you are willing to bribe people.

First reading challenge

Okay this is a first for me... I enjoy spending lots of time sitting somewhere cosy, whether curled up in bed, on the lounge, outdoors under the shade of a tree with my head in a great book but this is the first time I have joined a reading challenge and blogged about it. I had seen this challenge on a website http://megancstroup.blogspot.com.au I visited this blog after doing a search on a title I thought about reading but forgot about the title I was looking for a recommendation on and discovered more titles to add to my list... After reading the latest entry I thought I could join this challenge... so I compiled my list and came up with these :

5 points: Read a book that has between 100 and 200 pages. Animal Farm - George Orwell
10 points: Read a debut book by any author. (The book does not have to be a 2015 debut.) Divergent - Veronica Roth
10 points: Read a book that does not take place in your current country of residence.  Outside the lines- Amy Hatvany
10 points: Read a book that someone else has already used for the challenge. — Submitted by SCSBC15 finisher Kristen @ See You in a Porridge.... TBA
15 points: Read a book published under a pseudonym (e.g. Robert Galbraith, Sara Poole, J.D. Robb, Franklin W. Dixon, Mark Twain, etc.). — Submitted by SCSBC15 finisher Megan M. The Silkworm- Robert Galbraith
15 points: Read a book with “boy,” “girl,” “man” or “woman” in the title (or the plural of these words).  It's raining men- Milly Johnson
15 points: Read a book with a one-word title (e.g. Attachments, Americanah, Uglies, Wild, etc.).  Room- Emma Donoghue
20 points: Read a book with a person's first and last name in the title (e.g. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle).  The storied life of Aj Fikry- Gabrielle Levin
20 points: Read a food-themed book. — Submitted by SCSBC15 finisher Jamie @ Whatever I Think Of!  Scones and sensibility - Lindsay Eland
20 points: Read a book with a verb in the title. (For any grammar nerds out there, I mean “verb” in the most general sense, so gerunds count. For non-grammar-inclined people, just use any book that appears to have a verb in the title!) If I Stay - Gayle Foreman
30 points: Read two books with the same title (by different authors). — Submitted by SCSBC15 finisher bevchen @ Confuzzledom.  One summer - David Baldacci and One Summer - Bill Bryson
30 points: Read a nonfiction book and a fiction book about the same subject (e.g. a biography and historical fiction novel about the same person; two books about a specific war or event; a nonfiction book about autism and a novel with a character who has autism, etc. The possibilities are endless!). Thinking in Pictures: my life with autism - Temple Grandin and House Rules - Jodi Piccoult

The challenge starts November 1st and I will be giving monthly updates on my progress!! I can't wait to start!!