I didn’t make my goal of 40 books by August 31, but that’s OK. I got pretty close. I did finish my bonus goals, which was good. I knitted while reading a couple books. My shelves are all cleaned out and reasonably organized. I’ve got two shelves worth of books “To Read” and my knitting magazines and patterns are all in labeled holders and binders, yay! Thanks for the inspirational SRP, Kat. : )

Below are the last books I read for SRP. And tomorrow I’ll return to the regular knitterly programming!

I’m really behind right now. I owe zillions of emails. I have lots of photos to transfer and crop. My SYAC swap pal received her socks, yay! I was surprised last week by two wonderful packages in the mail, one from my SP8 and the other from Atlantis (1SSP), wowee! I will blog about these things as soon as I can. (Cross your fingers my work schedule calms down a bit Tuesday or Wednesday this week). I’ve also managed to finish my first stranded color project and am now making some child-size socks with the leftover wool for CIC as part of a SixSoxKAL challenge.

Yeah… no pictures at all, sorry. This week, I hope.

• Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Gregory Maguire, 368 pages. For once, I liked a Maguire book.^* In late May or early June, I read Girl with a Pearl Earring, so I couldn’t help but notice some similarities between the two books.

I found the SRP through Chris and signed up. My goal is to read 40 books by August 31. I’ve always been a voracious reader; Mom says I started reading when I was 3 years old. Then, I loved comic books (Archie and the gang, Uncle $crooge (my favorite) and the rest of the Disney characters). Next came Laura Ingalls (Wilder), Nancy Drew, Trixie Belden, the Bobbsey Twins, Anne of Green Gables, and many more. High school and college were my Fantasy/Science Fiction years. Now, I tend to read mysteries or thrillers, but have started reading Sci-Fi/Fantasy again.

I’m always on the lookout for new and interesting books. I’ve already added quite a few to my To Read list from reading blogs and look forward to finding more through the SRP.