Mrs. Readsalot Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 I am currently reading books number 28. Dangerous Journey (ds also reading) 29. Master Cornhill read aloud for history studies 30. The 64 dollar tomato The 64 dollar tomato was not on my 888 reading list. I saw it yesterday at the library on the new book shelf. It was calling to me. I currently have tomato seedlings sprouting in varous locations in our house. I guess I will have to create a new catagory - I plan to call it either Just because :D or books from the library new book shelf ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Lynx Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 I'm not doing 888, but I currently reading: Moby Dick Making History by Stephen Fry Ad Infinitum - a book about the history of Latin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonia Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Hey! I was just going to post this same question this morning - I guess you beat me to it :rolleyes: I've finished twelve books on my 888 list and in my pile right now I have Mansfield Park Fight Like a Girl The Iliad (I STILL haven't started it - I keep putting it off!) Six-Point Plan for Raising Happy Families Every Woman's Battle Jane Austen: A Life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Readsalot Posted February 21, 2008 Author Share Posted February 21, 2008 Hey! I was just going to post this same question this morning - I guess you beat me to it :rolleyes: Great minds just think alike I have also been reading a lot of Jane Austen. I picked up Becoming Jane, the book the movie was based on , at Barnes and Noble last weekend. I plan to read it next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonia Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Great minds just think alikeI have also been reading a lot of Jane Austen. I picked up Becoming Jane, the book the movie was based on , at Barnes and Noble last weekend. I plan to read it next. I read Becoming Jane last month and enjoyed it - I posted a review here on my blog. If you like reading about Jane Austen I just finished a great book called The World of Jane Austen - it is really a photographic "field trip" to all of the homes she lived in or visited. Very good book. Here is my review on that one as well. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 I'm about half way through, which means I have 400 pages to go. I've never read it before and it might turn out to be my favourite Dickens. It's this year's second great discovery, after 'The Canon'. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Right now, I'm reading: Economic Facts and Fallacies by Thomas Sowell Money, Possessions, and Eternity by Randy Alcorn Just finished The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters. Ready to start Middlemarch by George Eliot. Wendi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Pillars of the Earth ..it's a great book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifera Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 In the middle of The Phantom of the Opera Early History of Rome - Livy How to Read a Book Snow Walker - Farley Mowat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Ooh, I am so far behind. I'm reading The Mood Cure (very enlightening!), which is book 4 for me. Next up is Emma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer Fleming and The Best American Short Stories 2007, edited by Stephen King. I'm enjoying both, particularly the short story collection! I don't read enough short fiction and I really, really like the genre. These are both for my 888 and I recently finished A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Uglies (YA fiction by Scott Westerfeld). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Not doing 888, but I just finished Diary of a Young Girl, and Little Women. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luanne Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I just finished A Wrinkle in Time and Silver Dollar Girl. I am almost through with Winnie-the-Pooh and will probably move on to either Heidi or Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. My 19 year old daughter (Rebekah), who also has a list, is reading Jane Eyre, Wolves at Our Door, Wolf Captured, Nobody's Princess, Moon Riders, and Bitter Trail. Moon Riders and Bitter Trail are westerns by Elmer Kelton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I'm still not sure what 888 is... But this is what I'm reading: Gulliver's Travels, Plenty (about eating locally) and The Latin-Centered Curriculum (just kept seeing it pop up here). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I just don't see myself reading that much in a year! I'm doing a shortened 8(categories) 5(books) (200)8. I'm still on a slow start. I think I'm on book 3! Family Driven Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I'm not doing 888 either, but I am currently reading Father Brown's Short Stories by Chesterton, Deconstructing Penguins by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone (I love this book.) Waiting in the wings is Becoming Jane. Julia mom of 3 (8,7,5) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I am currently reading A Morbid Tast for Bones by Ellis Peters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomofSeven Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 My Grandfather's Son by Clarance Thomas. Although biographical, it was so enlightening about racial issues of the 60's and 70's. Something I learned about myself reading this book is that I'm such a white northern girl. I'm really looking forward to covering this time period in our school. Now I'm reading for the first time Pride and Prejudice. I know it's currently running on PBS which has motivated me to read ahead of the movie. So far I'm really enjoying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat in GA Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I am off to a slow start on the 888 challenge myself (but then again, I didn't even make my list until February - so slow in arriving at the starting gate as well!) - I have only read 3 books! I am currently reading "Deconstructing Penguins" and "Water for Elephants." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanga Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I am currently reading Avoid Boring People by James D. Watson and Clouds of Witness by Dorthy Sayers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I guess I'm not doing that, but here's what I'm reading: Wayward Christian Soldiers by Charles Marsh Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (read aloud with kids) The Well-Trained Mind by, well, you know (refreshing and planning) The Crisis of Caring by Jerry Bridges plus a bunch of stuff for work, the most fascinating of which has been Botanical Latin by William T. Stern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMindy Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Currently Reading: 19. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper (audiobook) 20. The Return of the King by Tolkien (read aloud with kids) 21. Praying the Scriptures for your Children by Berndt 22. Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper (audiobook with kids) 23. Lost in the Cosmos by Percy Walker Finished: 1. An Autobiography: The Story of y Experiments with Truth by Mohandas Ghandi 2. Surprised by Joy C. S. Lewis 3. All Rivers Run to the Sea by Elie Wiesel 4. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (audiobook) 5. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (audiobook) 6. To See Every Bird on Earth (Dan Koeppel) 7. Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor E. Frankl) 8. A Girl Named Zippy (Haven Kimmel) 9. Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading (Maureen Corrigan) 10. Joy in the Morning - Betty Smith 11. Inkheart by Cornelia Funk 12. Inkspell by Cornelia Funk 13. The Two Towers by Tolkien (read aloud with kids-started before Jan 1) 14. Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin 15. A Season of Shadows by Paul McCusker 16. And the Word Came With Power by Shetler 17. The History of Love (Krauss) 18. The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper (audiobook with kids) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancypants Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I'm reading Mansfield Park and loving it! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela in TN Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I've finished 12 books so far, which sad to say is more than I read last year total. I'm making a new category for Anne of Green Gables series I had never read it and I love it, so right now I'm on book #4 of the series Anne of Windy Poplars and #5 Anne's House of Dreams is on deck. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I just started the 64 Dollar Tomato this week! So far I love the writing style. A few weeks ago, I read Blithe Tomato, also from my 888 List-what a great book! I am also reading Walk the Bible and Reading Like a Writer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I just started the 64 Dollar Tomato this week! So far I love the writing style. A few weeks ago, I read Blithe Tomato, also from my 888 List-what a great book! I am also reading Walk the Bible and Reading Like a Writer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenKitty Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I don't know what 888 is but I am currently reading The Spiritual Power of a Mother by Michael Farris The Continuum Concept by Jean Liedloff Witches' Brew by Terry Brooks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret in GA Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Just finishing Energy Victory (Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil) by Robert Zubrin-- haven't read a book this significant since Omnivore's Dilema; Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything -- like a light science textbook and (ahem) helps me fall asleep at night. And Joel Salatins' Everything I Want to do is Illegal -- a light read I pick up every now and then. Geez, seeing how much Jane Austen is getting read kind of makes me want to pick up a Romance Novel and relax a little! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 What I'm currently working on, though not well with this flu :( The Road by Cormac McCarthy Spook Country by William Gibson The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier Clay by Michael Chabon The Penderwicks Getting the Girl by Markus Zusak What I have finished Falling Man by Don Delillo (finished) What Dead Men Know by Laura Lippman (finished) Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (finished) May Bird Among the Stars by Jodi Lynn Anderson (finished) May Bird Warroir Princess by Jodi Lynn Anderson (finished) The Castle Corona by Sharon Creech & David Diaz (finished) I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak (finished) Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (finished) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (finished) God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens (finished) Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs (finished) Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (finished) The Vicious Vikings & The Measly Middle Ages T. Deary & M. Brown (finished) Beowulf translation by Burton Raffel (finished) Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain (finished) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2jnb Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I don't have a blog, so not doing 888 but I am currently readying The Gluten Free Girl I think we have some intolerances here. Trying to educate myself. Financial Peace Revisited Parenting with Love and Logic Audiobook Also reading w/ds Hugenot Garden, Door in the Wall Alison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janna Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 My list keeps getting re-worked as interests are becoming different than they were a couple of months ago. I also greatly reduced my 888 list to only 32 books because of expecting a baby. I just didn't want to have such high expectations and then be upset with myself for not doing it. So, I have read and finished: -Johnny Tremain (with dd), Esther Forbes -The Hiding Place, Corrie Ten Boom -Come Be My Light, Mother Teresa -Riders of the Purple Sage, Zane Grey I am currently reading: -The China Study (fascinating and a slow read as I take time to digest) -The Omnivore's Dilemma (not as fascinating in light of the China Study) -Knowing God, J.I.Packer -Go Tell it on the Mountain, James Baldwin -What Your Dr. May Not Tell You About Children's Vaccinations Some of these are going to get pushed aside before I finish them because I have books on hold that I'm waiting for with regards to childbirth and breastfeeding which will take precedence when they come in. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli in TN Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 1776 and A History of the American People I just completed Love in the Time of Cholera and Water for Elephants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 I just finished Freakonomics, and Murder Must Advertise (Sayers), and getting ready to start Eusebius - The Church History. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonia Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 I'm reading Mansfield Park and loving it! :) I'm reading this right now too - I'm enjoying it, but there have been a few places where I've wanted to shake Fanny and say "Put your foot down and stand up for yourself already!!!" :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 The Hobbit about to start Cry, the Beloved Country also just finished Passionate Housewives Desperate for God (and was pleasantly surprised) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Wicked: The real story of the Wicked Witch of the West Israel, My Beloved by Kay Arthur Walden I've finished 11 books so far and I have my Daily Bible that I read every day as well....... I did take a break from my 888 list after reading Twilight (which was on my list) and read the other 2 books in the series........ So technically I've read 13 books since Jan 1st.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamagistra Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 *sigh* I'll be pleased to finish even eight books at the rate I'm going. :rolleyes: I think I need to have an eye exam because much reading really fatigues me lately. That said, I have Eat to Live (thanks a lot, Abbey ;)), In Defense of Food, and Tending the Heart of Virtue nearby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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