Spring Reading Thing 2011

March 20, 2011 · 13 comments

I am SOOO glad that Katrina at Callapidder Days decided to once again host her Spring Reading Thing challenge this year. My reading really dropped off last fall and I had a hard time getting interested in any books at all, but it has taken off again this year, so I am excited to join in with this reading challenge.

Actually, this is a very fun, low-pressure reading challenge, so you don’t have to be am uber-reader to participate. All you really have to do is decide what you are planning to read, post the list on your blog, link up to Katrina’s blog, and then let everyone know in June how you did.

I usually like to use these challenges as a way to catch up on my TBR list, and this time is no exception. I went through my list to see what I could actually get at my local library and added the books I got for Christmas and haven’t started yet.

I came up with 20 fiction titles and 5 non-fiction, which seems like a pretty good mix. And for once I’m not putting any “should” reads on this list – these are all books I am really looking forward to reading.

Fiction

Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy
The Damascus Way (Acts of Faith Book 3) by Davis Bunn & Janette Oke
Lydia’s Charm by Wanda E. Brunstetter
Room by Emma Donoghue
The Treasured One (Dreamers Book 2) by David & Leigh Eddings
Crystal Gorge (Dreamers Book 3) by David & Leigh Eddings
The Younger Gods (Dreamers Book 4) by David & Leigh Eddings
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
Deep Down True by Juliette Fay
The Promises She Keeps by Erin Healy
Star of the Morning (Nine Kingdoms Book 1) by Lynn Kurland
The Fire Rose (The Elemental Masters Fairy Tales) by Mercedes Lackey
Phoenix and Ashes (Elemental Masters, Book 3) by Mercedes Lackey
Changelings (Twins of Petaybee Book 1) by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
A Scattered Life by Karen McQuestion
The Shape of Mercy by Susan Meissner
Just Jane (Ladies of History Series #2) by Nancy Moser
Washington’s Lady (Ladies of History Series #3) by Nancy Moser
Amy Inspired by Bethany Pierce
Delightfully Different by DS Walker

Non-Fiction

The Uncharted Path by Rachel B. Cohen-Rottenberg
The Wilder Life by Wendy McClure
Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships by Temple Grandin and Sean Barron
Lost at School by Ross Greene
Pretending to Be Normal by Diane Holliday Willey

I am really looking forward to seeing how I did come June. Also, I have been posting mini reviews this year each time I finish five more books, and I will continue doing that through this challenge.

You have a great list of books! Several of the authors I’m familiar with and really enjoy, Susan Meisner is one of my favorites! Shape of Mercy wasn’t on my list, but very well good be since it’s on my bookcase waiting for me to get to it. I haven’t read Mauve Binchy in years, but this title sounds intriguing !

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Amy @ A Faithful Journey March 21, 2011 at 12:39 pm