I think rather than clean late into the night, I'm going to read. This makes me realize that I am behind on reporting my non fiction. I wanted to read a book about Al Capone, but the one I wanted wasn't at the library. I quickly chose another and placed it on hold not realizing it was a Juvenile book. So, it was short and not terribly detailed. So, it probably shouldn't count toward my one/month non fiction goal.
I think I will still call July a success though because I listened to a non fiction audio book. That is kind of cheating in my mind because I didn't actually read it, but two "if-y" books will combine to meet the goal of one I guess. Anyway, the book I listened to was called Man Hunt (I believe) and was about the 12 day manhunt for John Wilkes Booth. I love history, especially American history, so I really enjoyed it. It was told as a narrative and had quotes from a variety of original sources. Some of the most interesting things I learned were: the assassination of Lincoln was actually one part of a big scheme including the attempted/planned assassination of the Vice President and Secretary of State; originally Booth just wanted to kidnap Lincoln (he had been conspiring for quite some time); and Booth's escape was slowed quite a bit because the first time he finally reached the river that would take him to the South, he rowed the wrong way, back towards DC-smooth!
This month I will be making up for my shortcomings in July by reading The Great Bridge, a 562 page book about the Brooklyn Bridge. I've been looking forward to this one for months! I need to get reading now that I have some quiet time if I hope to get this done in a month.
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