Reading Challenge Update 2

The year's half over (ish) so it's time to check in on the reading challenges again.

For the Reading Suggestion Challenge, here's where I stand

April: A book from your childhood

For April, I decided to pick up Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I considered reading the rest of the series, but there were too many other books on my list. Still, it was fun to revisit this one and see how much it has shaped me as a person and a reader.

 May: A book from another country

This month was fun, because it lined up with my honeymoon. We visited three countries, and I read a book from each of them. In Barcelona, I read The Shadow of the Wind, which was written by Carlos Ruis Zafon, who hails from Barcelona. The book takes place there and does a great job of incorporating the city. When we got to Paris, I began reading The Three Musketeers, written by French writer, Alexandre Dumas. Once I'd finished that, I picked up the biography of Roise Rua, who lived on a island off the coast of Ireland. The book was originally written in Gaelic. I really enjoyed reading books that were set in the parts of the world I was visiting, and I hope to continue the tradition when I travel in the future.

I also read Persuasion this month, which was written and takes place in England. May involved a lot of European literature.

June:  A classic you never got around to

I bought Treasure Island years ago and attempted to read it several times. Somehow I never made it past the first twenty pages. Until now! I was determined to finish this book for this challenge, and I finally did it! Having finished it, I'm surprised it proved so difficult for me, given what a quick, easy read it was.

I've made a ton of headway on the Monopoly Genre Challenge.

I only have two books left to finish off this challenge. I'm planning to read JK Rowling's The Cuckoo's Calling for the crime novel. Then I just need to find a Chick Lit book (maybe Gone Girl? People seem to like that one), and I'll be all done. I'll probably hold off on these for a while. I bought a ton of epic fantasy to keep me busy for the summer, and I don't want to buy any new books for a few months at least.