Book a Week in 2012 - Week 1: Ready, Set, Read!

[chepyl]

I am going to try to do this this year! It has been about one year since I finished a book for pleasure! I read The Historian this time last year. I could not find another book to get into after that, plus I just never made time for reading.

 

I would recommend The Historian if you like mysteries!! It was a fascinating read!

 

I am off to a good start this year. I finished The Help, which I loved! I am now starting on We Bought a Zoo. So far, it is enjoyable. Next up, I am trying The Hunger Games. It has been recommended my some friends.

 

Things I hope to read (including a few from high school that I want to reread as an adult):

 

To Kill a Mockingbird

Crime and Punishment

 

Little Women

Little Men

Jo's Boys

And the rest of Luisa May Alcott's books, they are all on my shelf!

Some Jane Austen

Some of the John Grisham books I have not finished.

And many more wonderful books I have owned for years and never read!

[luvnlattes]

Wow, I can't believe how long this thread is already!

 

I'm planning to do the A to Z challenge this year and starting out by author. This week I'm reading Murderville by Ashley and Jaquavis. Dh read it last week and said he was surprised I was going to read it. All he'll tell me is that it doesn't seem like a book I would read :001_huh: . We'll see how it goes. I just finished chapter 1 last night.

[TravelingChris]

Just finished my first book of 2012- The Best American Mystery Short Stories 2007 edited by Carl Hiaasen. I liked the 2006 stories better which I read last year, but these were engaging too.

 

Next book which I have already started is The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnette Friis which is a Danish mystery. I am reading it for a mystery book club I am hoping to attend in a few weeks. All the copies in the library were checked out so I did the unusual and actually bought a copy. I get almost all my books from libraries.

[SunD]

Baby boy woke up hungry about 10 minutes after midnight on the 1st. I was actually excited because I was waiting to start my first book. :tongue_smilie:

 

This morning I finished The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. I've always liked dystopian novels; they're really the only fiction I'm sure to enjoy other than mysteries. I loved it. As a name nerd, the idea of being "Offred" horrified me nearly as much as everything else!

 

Next in line is The Hooked X: Key to the Secret History of North America by Scott Wolter. I'll start after the cooking, cleaning, and schooling are done!

[MamaBearTeacher]

I just finished The Quiet Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott and And All Through the House: Christmas Eve at the 87th Precinct by Ed McBain.

 

I am currently reading A Day in the Country and Other Stories by Guy de Maupassant.

 

All of these are either short or short stories which is definitely not my usual genre.

[mcconnellboys]

I never manage to keep up with adding my books to this list, but I *do* read, LOL! I am currently listening to Richard Thomas read Heart of Darkness (Conrad) and slogging through Guns, Germs, and Steel (Diamond). Over the Christmas/New Year break I read Heaven is for Real, The Help (saw the movie first and didn't like it, but loved the book), and am about halfway through Cornwell's Red Mist (her yearly installation for forensics fans).... Oh! And I almost forgot, I have started reading C. S. Lewis's The Joyful Christian and am going to be doing daily readings by him this year from The Business of Heaven.

[SnowySilence]

Wow! I can't believe how many people have already posted! I feel so behind! LOL!

 

I am working through several books right now:

Waiting For Superman

Don't Waste Your Life

North by Northanger

 

Should be a good reading week!

[eaglei]

16 pages of posts already! Wow! This is great! I hope you-all know though, that you are greatly increasing my wanna-read list!!!:D

 

I love seeing/reading all these posts on this thread!

[TravelingChris]

I couldn't count 11/22/63 since I finished reading that on 12/29. I don't consider reading any book that is over 600 pages to be light reading. I especially don't consider Stephen King books light reading.

 

SunD- I think we are a lot alike. I mostly read mysteries but also really liked The Handmaid's Tale. Something else I have to put on my reading list is Do Electric Sheep Dream at Night since Blade Runner is one of my favorite movies- see I like dystopian movies too.

 

Two authors I read have new books out so I have to put them on hold at the library- PD James has a mystery set with the Pride and Prejudice characters. Since I like that book and PD James, should be fun. Also SUe Grafton has a new one out so need to read that too.

[sarahj]

I'm currently reading A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin on my Kindle (checked out from the library).

[amyable]

I'm kind of cheating for the first few weeks - I'm reading cookbooks. :tongue_smilie: We are going gluten free this month, on top of other allergies so I'm at a loss as to how to eat right now. I'm choosing books that are part education and part recipes, so my first one is The Everything Guide to Cooking for Children with Autism by Megan Hart, MS, RD, and Kim Lutz.

 

Hopefully after January is over and I've plowed through a few of these books, I'll be able to read something real. Although these "gluten free living" books certain are requiring a ton of thought and analyzing from me!

 

We do have the Hobbit going as a read aloud, so I suppose that counts too.

[Jane Elliot]

Ah, hope that I might start enjoying Lit! Good to know :)

 

 

 

I have Unbroken on my shelf (gave it to my dad last year and he loved it, I'm a bit daunted by the darkness). As you know, Island of the World was my favorite (fiction) last year, too ...

 

Glad to see you back. I'm planning a Susan Howatch read-a-thon for the year.

 

For about the first one-third of Lit!, I couldn't figure out why it had gotten so many glowing reviews. By the end, I really appreciated it and could understand why so many people had liked it.

 

Glad to see you back, too! I know I'll get some great recommendations from you this year.

 

Sometimes I feel drawn back to Howatch like I'm drawn to childhood comfort foods, especially the first and last of the Starbridge series. Maybe I'll have a chance to revisit all or parts of those two this year.

[SunD]

Well I've already gone and started another, so I guess at least for this week I'll have two going at the same time.

 

I forgot The Hooked X in the living room when I was enforcing naptime. I accidentally grabbed my Kindle instead. So I picked something on it, and I'm now also reading Abby Sallenger's Island in a Storm.

 

I think it's going to be very interesting ... it's history, about Isle Derniere (Last Island), a barrier island off Louisiana that became a summer haven for the rich, and how it was destroyed by the great hurricane of 1856. One of my ancestors drowned in the storm surge from that hurricane, though not on Last Island.

[Angel]

See and I loved these books! I didn't expect to and totally respect that opinion. I am not into vampires and honestly cannot see myself getting into any other of this kind of book but it was something different. Once I was into them I had to finish them.

 

I call this kind of reading mind candy. It is not a difficult read just many many pages. Book 1 and 3 (I think) were my favorites. I enjoy them but I also enjoyed Pride and Prejudice this week too! I like reading all types of stuff.

 

:iagree:

 

We need a mini challenge reading and ranting about these books it sounds like!!

 

How about a challenge called, "How riled up can we get the classical educating Moms?!? Come and read Twilight with us!"

 

I'm sure you just mean to give your opinion, not bash anyone who actually likes them, right? ;)

[SW in IL]

I tried reading through all the posts but couldn't make it past the first couple of pages. I'm going to join the challenge not so much to try to read a book a week (that's not a problem for me - I normally read 2-3 books/week) but to get recommendations.

 

As for what I've read... I just finished Best Friends by Martha Moody. The title and blurb on the back caught my eye at the library's ongoing book sale so I picked it up. Started it Saturday night; finished it about an hour ago. The author, Martha Moody, seemed to try to cram too much into one book including many taboo subjects - homosexuality, HIV/AIDS, drug abuse, pornography. It's basically the story of 2 girls who meet as college roommates and follow them through marriages, divorces, births, deaths, trials and tribulation. Not recommended.

 

Not sure what I'm going to read next. Someone mentioned Jodi Picoult's House Rules - a book which I have and have been planning on reading for a while. Jodi Picoult is one of my favorite authors. Or, I have 2 other books I picked up at the library's book sale... Not to mention a bookcase full of books that I want to read... eventually.

 

Happy new year and happy reading to all.

 

Sue

p.s. I don't have a blog and probably won't post too regularly. Maybe just to add quick updates when I finish a book and to see what other people recommend.

Edited January 2, 2012 by SW in IL
added the p.s.

[Robin M]

I started The Twelfth Imam yesterday--planned on reading it earlier, since I'd given it to MYSELF for Christmas, but then several children swiped it first... The Tehran Initiative is next and then Rosenberg better get busy writing the next one! Two of my children stayed up all night reading Imam... :D

 

Loved his political thriller series. Haven't read the Twelfth Imam yet. Forgot about it. :tongue_smilie: Have to add it to my wishlist.

 

I tried reading through all the posts but couldn't make it past the first couple of pages. I'm going to join the challenge not so much to try to read a book a week (that's not a problem for me - I normally read 2-3 books/week) but to get recommendations.

 

As for what I've read... I just finished Best Friends by Martha Moody. The title and blurb on the back caught my eye at the library's ongoing book sale so I picked it up. Started it Saturday night; finished it about an hour ago. The author, Martha Moody, seemed to try to cram too much into one book including many taboo subjects - homosexuality, HIV/AIDS, drug abuse, pornography. It's basically the story of 2 girls who meet as college roommates and follow them through marriages, divorces, births, deaths, trials and tribulation. Not recommended.

 

Not sure what I'm going to read next. Someone mentioned Jodi Picoult's House Rules - a book which I have and have been planning on reading for a while. Jodi Picoult is one of my favorite authors. Or, I have 2 other books I picked up at the library's book sale... Not to mention a bookcase full of books that I want to read... eventually.

 

Happy new year and happy reading to all.

 

Sue

p.s. I don't have a blog and probably won't post too regularly. Maybe just to add quick updates when I finish a book and to see what other people recommend.

 

 

No problem - jump in anytime.

[Shawneinfl]

I'm starting out with Confessions of a Prairie B*t** which is a quick and funny read and Crocheting for Dummies. My dd and I are trying to learn to crochet covers for her Kindle and my Nook.

[Wildiris]

■ The Autobiography of an Execution (David R. Dow)

Non-fiction. One word: Un-put-down-able. All right. That's not really a word, but it ably describes how I felt about Houston lawyer David R. Dow's memoir / meditation on the death penalty. The casually familiar narrative style might seem at odds with the subject matter, but it coaxes readers through otherwise difficult material. You'll find a NYT review here.

 

■ The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains (Nicholas Carr)

Non-fiction. You may remember the stir Carr created three and half years ago with the publication of the essay "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" (The Atlantic, July/August 2008; related M-mv entry here). The book is every bit as compelling as the article led me to believe. Chapbook entry to follow. Until then, two links -- NPR's "All Things Considered" on "'The Shallows': This Is Your Brain Online" and Carr's blog, Rough Type. (Bookmark that last one; a great site for readers, thinkers, and autodidacts.)

 

■ Coriolanus (William Shakespeare)

Play, classic. The family book club decided to tackle this one, and, honestly? It's so compelling that I don't know how we missed before. So,

. Thank you very much.

 

M-mv these look interesting, especially The Autobiography of an Execution.

 

My current read is Hemingway's last uncompleted novel, The Garden of Eden.

My reading list thus far.

[Stacia]

I'm sure you just mean to give your opinion, not bash anyone who actually likes them, right? ;)

 

You weren't speaking directly to me, but I was complaining about the books. :D

 

Just to be clear on my position -- I totally support anyone's right to read & enjoy those books, or any books heavy, light, or in-between. (I'm also a huge supporter of 'Read a Banned Book', sponsored by the American Library Assn. every year.) I realize there are plenty of books I read that others wouldn't or couldn't like & that's totally cool. I enjoy the diversity in knowing that everyone can find books they love, enjoy, want to devour as brain candy, be challenged by, etc..., while others can despise those very same books. Hearing/reading someone w/ an opposing opinion often opens my mind further & gets me thinking even more about the book(s)....

 

(I would even venture to say that most anyone who has posted on this thread in the past holds a similar viewpoint -- that whatever anyone chooses to read is fine. There's no 'bashing' because someone likes or doesn't like certain books. I've truly never sensed that on this thread.)

 

That said, I still enjoy griping about glittering teen vampires :ack2: & teen gladiator games. :001_tt2: :lol:

 

(;) Ok, now I really AM climbing into my flame-proof suit.... )

[Angel]

You weren't speaking directly to me, but I was complaining about the books. :D

 

Just to be clear on my position -- I totally support anyone's right to read & enjoy those books, or any books heavy, light, or in-between. (I'm also a huge supporter of 'Read a Banned Book', sponsored by the American Library Assn. every year.) I realize there are plenty of books I read that others wouldn't or couldn't like & that's totally cool. I enjoy the diversity in knowing that everyone can find books they love, enjoy, want to devour as brain candy, be challenged by, etc..., while others can despise those very same books. Hearing/reading someone w/ an opposing opinion often opens my mind further & gets me thinking even more about the book(s)....

 

(I would even venture to say that most anyone who has posted on this thread in the past holds a similar viewpoint -- that whatever anyone chooses to read is fine. There's no 'bashing' because someone likes or doesn't like certain books. I've truly never sensed that on this thread.)

 

That said, I still enjoy griping about glittering teen vampires :ack2: & teen gladiator games.

 

(;) Ok, now I really AM climbing into my flame-proof suit.... )

 

 

No need for the flame suit. :D I know that many people have strong feelings one way or the other about the Twilight books. I'm all for us all having our own opinions (well, actually, I'm quite a narrow-minded I'd love everyone to agree with me person, but that's beside the point :tongue_smilie:). I am not ashamed to say that I loved them. I will say that IMHO they are so NOT for anyone under 17. Too many adult themes and situations ... maybe I should join you in the flame-proof suit. :lol:

 

By the way, I have strong feelings about the George R.R. Martin books. :ack2: but many here love them so I try not to say too much. And don't even get me started on The Handmaid's Tale which has been loved by almost everyone...but me

 

I am currently reading The Eyre Affair and am SO disappointed. I feel cheated by the synopsis on Amazon.

 

"In Jasper Fforde's Great Britain, circa 1985, time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday Next, renowned Special Operative in literary detection. But when someone begins kidnapping characters from works of literature and plucks Jane Eyre from the pages of Brontë's novel, Thursday is faced with the challenge of her career. Fforde's ingenious fantasy-enhanced by a Web site that re-creates the world of the novel--unites intrigue with English literature in a delightfully witty mix."

 

I am almost 200 pages into it and characters from Jane Eyre have been mentioned twice! That's it! Not to mention there was a whole three pages that are rated "R" for language. I was really looking forward to reading this, it sounded like such a cool idea. Now I just want to finish it and go on with something else. I should have given up around page 100.

[SunD]

By the way, I have strong feelings about the George R.R. Martin books. :ack2: but many here love them so I try not to say too much. And don't even get me started on The Handmaid's Tale which has been loved by almost everyone...but me

 

I am currently reading The Eyre Affair and am SO disappointed. I feel cheated by the synopsis on Amazon.

 

"In Jasper Fforde's Great Britain, circa 1985, time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday Next, renowned Special Operative in literary detection. But when someone begins kidnapping characters from works of literature and plucks Jane Eyre from the pages of Brontë's novel, Thursday is faced with the challenge of her career. Fforde's ingenious fantasy-enhanced by a Web site that re-creates the world of the novel--unites intrigue with English literature in a delightfully witty mix."

 

I am almost 200 pages into it and characters from Jane Eyre have been mentioned twice! That's it! Not to mention there was a whole three pages that are rated "R" for language. I was really looking forward to reading this, it sounded like such a cool idea. Now I just want to finish it and go on with something else. I should have given up around page 100.

 

That does sound cool! Since I dislike Twilight and love George R. R. Martin, not to mention The Handmaid's Tale, well ... thanks for the recommendation! See? We can all learn from one another! :D

 

Sorry to be butting in, though. :tongue_smilie:

[mom2denj]

I am going to try and stay with the challege this year. I am starting with, Heaven is For Real.

[Stacia]

By the way, I have strong feelings about the George R.R. Martin books. :ack2: but many here love them so I try not to say too much. And don't even get me started on The Handmaid's Tale which has been loved by almost everyone...but me

 

I am currently reading The Eyre Affair and am SO disappointed. I feel cheated by the synopsis on Amazon.

 

I've never tried George R.R. Martin.

 

I'm no fan of Margaret Atwood; I've never cared for her writing style.

 

And, I *loved* The Eyre Affair. (Of course, I don't think I've actually read Jane Eyre since high school & didn't really remember much of anything about it, so maybe that's why I enjoyed The Eyre Affair so much. :001_smile:)

 

:lol:

[FriedClams]

I'm in ... But I'll be honest ... Likely no Moby Dick here. We'll see! This week I am working on The Courage to Start - A Guide for Running for your Life and 5 Conversations You Must Have With Your Daughter. I'm shopping off of my bookshelves! I'm planning n reading all those great books I've collected and, I'm ashamed to say, haven't read.

[CAMom]

 

By the way, I have strong feelings about the George R.R. Martin books. :ack2: but many here love them so I try not to say too much. And don't even get me started on The Handmaid's Tale which has been loved by almost everyone...but me

 

 

A Game of Thrones is the one book I started last year that I just could not finish. And, The Handmaid's Tale? :ack2: It was the worst book I read last year.

 

I finished my first book of the year and began The Glass Castle today. Wow! What a great book so far.

[Nakia]

I am going to do this again!

 

I reread the last book in The Hunger Games trilogy yesterday and today, Mockingjay.

 

Tomorrow I'm starting Dreams of Joy by Lisa See. I love her books!

[silliness7]

I wanted to jump in last year but didn't make it. :glare: I'm going to try again this year. I wish I could read this whole thread. I made it to page 5 but I want to go read my book. I've just started Phantom of the Opera. I put Ahab's Wife and In the Heart of the Sea on hold at the library. I think tackling Moby Dick will kill my desire to read more so I'm going to pass. Maybe one day.

 

Off to Phantom.

[Mothersweets]

I'm joining in for the first time - right now I'm reading Cider With Rosie and re-reading Kristin Lavransdatter.

[Virg]

I'm in. Well I am trying to be in lol We will see how it goes. I started the AD Chronicles in December so right now I am starting Fourth Dawn by Brodie & Brock Thoene

[KellieMI]

I just posted on the other thread, sorry.

Today I finished Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand and am currently finishing up Love and War by John and Stasi Eldridge. Both are great books and I will be rereading Love and War. It's nice to see I'm not the only one to read multiple books simultaneously!

[T'smom]

No need for the flame suit. :D I know that many people have strong feelings one way or the other about the Twilight books. I'm all for us all having our own opinions (well, actually, I'm quite a narrow-minded I'd love everyone to agree with me person, but that's beside the point :tongue_smilie:). I am not ashamed to say that I loved them. I will say that IMHO they are so NOT for anyone under 17. Too many adult themes and situations ... maybe I should join you in the flame-proof suit. :lol:

 

By the way, I have strong feelings about the George R.R. Martin books. :ack2: but many here love them so I try not to say too much. And don't even get me started on The Handmaid's Tale which has been loved by almost everyone...but me

 

I am currently reading The Eyre Affair and am SO disappointed. I feel cheated by the synopsis on Amazon.

 

"In Jasper Fforde's Great Britain, circa 1985, time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday Next, renowned Special Operative in literary detection. But when someone begins kidnapping characters from works of literature and plucks Jane Eyre from the pages of Brontë's novel, Thursday is faced with the challenge of her career. Fforde's ingenious fantasy-enhanced by a Web site that re-creates the world of the novel--unites intrigue with English literature in a delightfully witty mix."

 

I am almost 200 pages into it and characters from Jane Eyre have been mentioned twice! That's it! Not to mention there was a whole three pages that are rated "R" for language. I was really looking forward to reading this, it sounded like such a cool idea. Now I just want to finish it and go on with something else. I should have given up around page 100.

 

 

I am really, really interested in hearing your opinions and thoughts about the George R.R. Martin books. I just started book 2 and I'm loving it. I have no interest in defending the books, I just would like to hear your perspective.

[welovetoread]

I finished my first book of the year and began The Glass Castle today. Wow! What a great book so far.

__________

 

I read The Glass Castle a few years ago and really enjoyed it as well. I wanted to reach into the book and back hand her parents a few times!!!

[AvasMom]

I'm in this year! I started Ahab's Wife and Walden the other day so I'll probably take the next couple of weeks or so and tag team those two. So far I love them both!! I think I've found a kindred spirit in Thoreau and Ahab's Wife is wonderful!! It just has a way of sucking you right into the book!

[Myeightkiddies]

Today I read another book. I'm not sure if I should post it officially anywhere because I already posted a book for this week. I'm not sure how to handle multiple books. Since I'm sort of off from school this week and dh went back to work in Ohio, I'm probably going to read a few more books over the course of a few days.

 

It's called Carrots by Colleen Helme. It's a fun, light, mystery story. I really enjoyed it.

 

I'm glad that everyone is handling the differences of opinions well. I have no doubt that there will books that I wildly love but others despise and vice-versa.

[mlbuchina]

Hello! New to the challenge, and am looking forward to it.

 

The book I am reading this week is "The Fellowship of the Ring" by Tolkien. I have tried to read "The Lord of the Rings" before, but could just not get past all the singing! LOL I am going to take my MIL and FIL's advice and SKIP IT! If that disqualifies these books, well :tongue_smilie:. LOL

 

In full disclosure, I had read about 16 pages in it before I decided to join, but stopped reading when I did.

 

The other two are on my night stand, along with "Outlander" (Diana Gabaldon) for an umpteenth reread and "By Reason of Insanity" by Randy Singer. If you like court room dramas, he is an excellent author.

 

Excited to get started!

 

ETA: I forgot! I am also listening to Don Quixote. I may have to go back and read it, though, because I don't think I am getting it. LOL

Edited January 3, 2012 by mlbuchina

[Robin M]

I'm in. Well I am trying to be in lol We will see how it goes. I started the AD Chronicles in December so right now I am starting Fourth Dawn by Brodie & Brock Thoene

 

 

Love the Ad Chronicles! Have the Tenth Stone in my tbr pile.

[Robin M]

Today I read another book. I'm not sure if I should post it officially anywhere because I already posted a book for this week. I'm not sure how to handle multiple books. Since I'm sort of off from school this week and dh went back to work in Ohio, I'm probably going to read a few more books over the course of a few days.

 

It's called Carrots by Colleen Helme. It's a fun, light, mystery story. I really enjoyed it.

 

I'm glad that everyone is handling the differences of opinions well. I have no doubt that there will books that I wildly love but others despise and vice-versa.

 

You can post about multiple books, no problem. Talk away.

 

Glad you noticed that. We have a wonderful diversity of people involved in the challenge who love to talk about books. Makes for lively conversation without any dissension.

[joannqn]

I was an early drop out from last year as well. I'm a slow reader. Add that to life happening and I was hopelessly behind and getting further, with no hope of reading 52 books.

 

Ok, so I'll try again. I'm ok with not finishing the challenge. At least I'll get some reading done, right?

 

I did get off to a good start. We're covering earthquakes in homeschooling this week and I picked up Unshaken: Rising from the Ruins of Haiti's Hotel Montana as part of that. I thought it would be interesting, and I was right. It's the story of a Compassion International employee who was buried in the earthquake and spend 65 hours in the rubble. The chapters switch back and forth between describing what was happening to him in Haiti to the early years of his marriage in which his wife suffered through severe depression. There's a lot of Christian content in his faith journey through both events. I read slowly but I finished this one in less than 24 hours because I couldn't put it down.

[i.love.lucy]

That's why I bought it too!

 

I'm liking it OK, but I've read several better-written explanations of the concept of "Christian worldview" so I'm having a hard time forcing myself through this section. I think once I do I'll like it better.

 

And, this comes out wrong, but I weary of books written to the Christian market that feel the need to write to non-believers and go through the Gospel. Don't get me wrong, I love the Gospel, but does every book written *for *Christians have to ponderously explain it as though we don't know it? Can we possibly write it as a reminder not a tract? Maybe that's wrong of me.

Can't comment yet as I haven't gotten it from DH yet. But I agree in some ways that if a book is written to the Christian market, why do we need the gospel message again and again. I want to go deeper. BUT, I know so many Christian-lite people that likely need that message that I figure those books can be for them and I will move on to deeper stuff. I am looking forward to Lit! and the worldview stuff in light of what I am reading regarding worldview in Total Truth.

[LNC]

So far this week (we start back school today, so I've read a lot since Sun!)-

Daddy Longlegs, Jean Webster (on Kindle)

Bookends of the Christian Life, Jerry Bridges and Bob Bevington

 

in the middle of-

Dear Enemy, Jean Webster (on Kindle)

Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen (from library on Kindle)

Gospel Wakefulness, Jared Wilson

[NanceXToo]

I'm reading Envy by J.R. Ward, the third in her Fallen Angels series. I have to admit I had already started it prior to the official start of this challenge which may be cheating so I will have to see about making up for that somewhere along the way. ;)

 

It's got some, er, adult, graphic themes and is about a guy who was "picked" by the "good" and "bad" sides as they both believed he'd be neutral and he died and came back as an angel of sorts (though he's ex elite soldier) to try to help win 7 souls over to his chosen side (he ended up going with the good side the demon Devina is his archenemy) and there's a romance theme in each book centering around the soul he's trying to help save, but a bit more graphic than your garden variety romance book... Ah, good old J.R. Ward lol.

[Paisley Hedgehog]

.

[butterflymommy]

I'll join but my book selection might not be too impressive. I'm trying to finish "Schoolroom in the Parlor" by Rebecca Caudill-- I mostly read nonfiction and young adult literature.

[3and3]

I am reading Black by Ted Dekker. Its the first part of the Circle series. I would love to get through the whole series. I am also reading Frazzled Female by Cindi Wood. I'm glad to see I am not the only one who is reading more than one book at a time.

 

Ahab's Wife sounds interesting I might try it, but I never have been able to stomach Moby Dick. maybe I could try listening to it instead.

[ladydusk]

I wanted to jump in last year but didn't make it. :glare: I'm going to try again this year. I wish I could read this whole thread. I made it to page 5 but I want to go read my book. I've just started Phantom of the Opera. I put Ahab's Wife and In the Heart of the Sea on hold at the library. I think tackling Moby Dick will kill my desire to read more so I'm going to pass. Maybe one day.

 

Off to Phantom.

 

It's been 15 years or more since I read Phantom of the Opera ... great book!

[ladydusk]

Can't comment yet as I haven't gotten it from DH yet. But I agree in some ways that if a book is written to the Christian market, why do we need the gospel message again and again. I want to go deeper. BUT, I know so many Christian-lite people that likely need that message that I figure those books can be for them and I will move on to deeper stuff. I am looking forward to Lit! and the worldview stuff in light of what I am reading regarding worldview in Total Truth.

 

I read Total Truth several years ago and really loved it, but its depth might be why Lit! seems so ponderous. I think Nancy Pearcey is a great writer. I have Saving Leonardo on my shelf to read someday ... but I have lots of books to read "someday."

[lailasmum]

I am going to try to keep up and read a book a week. I used to read alot but kind of fell out of the habit of personal reading on top of all the reading I do to the kids.

 

This week I am reading Maya by Jostein Gaarder. I am a little way through and not enjoying it so I hope it picks up.

 

There were a few sci fi/fantasy series I nearly picked up at the library this morning but they were all missing the first book in the series. My favourite books tend to be sci fi/fantasy.

[SJ.]

Hi everyone, I think I'd like to join in this year. What does this entail other than reading a book each week? Do we just post the title in the "Book a Week" thread or is there more involved?

 

SJ

[Stacia]

What does this entail other than reading a book each week? Do we just post the title in the "Book a Week" thread or is there more involved?

 

Try to read approx. a book a week. Some people read one at a time, trying to keep the pace of one a week. Some people read multiple books at once, finishing them over the course of many weeks. Overall, the goal is just to try to read consistently.

 

Yep, it can be as simple as posting the title in this weekly thread. Of course, it's also fun if you post what you think about it, if you liked it or not, would recommend it or not, etc.... But, it's not required.

 

Please join us! :001_smile:

[SJ.]

Try to read approx. a book a week. Some people read one at a time, trying to keep the pace of one a week. Some people read multiple books at once, finishing them over the course of many weeks. Overall, the goal is just to try to read consistently.

 

Yep, it can be as simple as posting the title in this weekly thread. Of course, it's also fun if you post what you think about it, if you liked it or not, would recommend it or not, etc.... But, it's not required.

 

Please join us! :001_smile:

 

Thanks! Yes I will join :) If this were more involved - as in writing lengthy reviews or requiring a book review blog I probably would not.