On the way home I finished The Alchemist, which I listened to on audio book. Then when I got home, I finished So Long A Letter, which was a beautifully sad book about a woman mourning the husband who died--a husband who had left her five years earlier when he married a second, much younger wife. A wonderful book at just 90 pages, to complete my "book under 100 pages" category.
Before leaving for the library I also finished Here Lies The Librarian, which was an odd book that didn't really seem to have much of a plot, although the main character was kind of fun. But it was based in my home state of Indiana, so another tick mark on my list.
I also managed to read Calvin and Hobbes 1: Thereby Hangs a Tale and Freedom's Just Another Word for People Finding Out You're Useless to complete the "two comic books from the funny pages" category.
That officially puts me at 26 books, so I'm a quarter of the way done. Woohoo!!! Unfortunately I can't say that I've completed the "Fortnightly" challenge because in several categories I've read two or three books, and in others I've read none. Some of that has to do with getting books from the library--I want to read them before they're due, so even if I've already read a book in a category, if I have a book due soon I need to read that and return it. I've mostly identified all the books I'm planning to read at this point, and several of the categories are going to be books that I own. If it's a choice between a library book due soon and a book that might just gather a little more dust on my shelf, the library book wins.
But I am hoping to hit at least one book in each category soon.
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