Fall Into Reading :: 2011

Yup, yup, yup! It's time again! Katrina at Callapidder Days is hosting her annual Fall Into Reading carnival wherein she invites people to participate for the purpose of wrapping up reading projects and to tie up loose ends before the conclusion of the year. I always like participating in the Fall because it focuses me and makes me really think through what I hope to accomplish before the close of the year. I like participating in the What's On Your Nightstand meme with 5 Minutes for Books because it gives me monthly goals to shoot for. The Katrina comes along and I'm interested in cleaning off my bookshelf and preparing myself to start the year fresh (with Lucy Maud Montgomery.)

So...with all of that in mind I think I'm going to purpose to get to the following books before the year's end:

Review Copies sitting on my shelf awaiting my attention:

1. A Sound Among the Trees: A Novel - I actually wasn't going to take this one, but my rep at this publishing house (who knows me well) urged me to. When she prods I generally listen because we seem to have similar tastes. I've never read anything by Meissner so we'll see. Anyone out there with such reading experience?


2. The Woman Who Heard Color - World War II. That's my reason. The cover art makes me incredibly suspicious. But I'll give it a go and see how far I get.


3. God Behaving Badly: Is the God of the Old Testament Angry, Sexist and Racist? - The title just irritates me so much that I couldn't pass this one up when offered. I have a love/hate relationship in simply staring at this book and I'd really kinda like to get it over with.


4. Why Church Matters: Discovering Your Place in the Family of God - I have much, much higher hopes for this one.


5. Lit!: A Christian Guide to Reading Books - This one is currently on its way to me in the mail and YES I AM looking forward to it. You bet!!! (Crossway.)


Books Off My Bookshelf That I Just REALLY Want to Get To:

6. The Second World War, by Winston Churchill. I mentioned that I wanted to read this in last month's Nightstand post. I'm into the first book in the series, The Gathering Storm, and I'm loving it. It's just long so it's going to be an ongoing project. But worth it in the end, I think.



7. The Grimm Legacy which I also mentioned previously. Jonathan gave this one to me for my birthday and it just looks so fun...and lonely...like it needs company.


8. An Experiment in Criticism, by C.S. Lewis. I either need to stop talking about it or just read it. One or the other.


9. The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure - I've already read it (don't fret!) but I've been wanting to re-read it and just haven't made the time. Maybe if I put this one my list I'll make the time.


10. I would like to re-read Betsy-Tacy as part of Sarah's Maud Hart Lovelace Reading Challenge.


I think I'd probably better stop there because no doubt other things will pop up that I think I will LOVE and this Winston Churchill thing is going to take a good bit of time anyway. So that's it, folks. And now I'll take it step-by-step in baby chunks through the end of the year.

Thanks, Katrina, for hosting!