Nearly half-way but running out of time.

After last year's poor attempt at a reading challenge, I lowered this year's limit to 100 books. 

I'm not quite half-way (although I feel like I deserve a medal for some of the books I actually managed to finish).

Partly I blame the new Animal Crossing game - that game has taken over my life! But, then again, I'm responsible for my own slackness...and for the amount of gardening I do in that game.

I recently finished A Passage to India by E. M. Forster as one of my book club reads. I didn't go to the book club evening, but I'm glad I finished the book. Most of the others seemed to really dislike it. I actually enjoyed the style and, although many of themes frustrated me greatly, I felt that the story was quite satisfying in the end. 

Currently, I'm re-reading/listening to The Fifth Elephant by the incredible Sir Terry Pratchett. I've been going through the City Watch books and hope to re-read the Moist Von Lipwig ones before Raising Steam is released. So close - yaaaay!!!

I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to read next, to be honest. I slogged my way through the Knitting mysteries by Maggie Sefton, the latest of which did not live up to the standards of the others, sadly. However, even though I didn't enjoy Close Knit Killer as much as the others, I was still sad to have reached the end of the series. I'm never good at that and if Forster's novel hadn't been on my "to read urgently" pile I would have felt this sense of loss and ennui much sooner, although much of it has to do with other life factors than finishing a series of books.

It would help matters if I hadn't spent all afternoon and evening looking at Animal Crossing fan art on tumblr, though...