Katrina’s reading challenge starts today, and while the overachiever in me wants to list twenty books of Staggering Literary Merit, the realist in me knows that, at the beginning of the year, I set some reading goals that were FAR too ambitious.
Because I don’t know if y’all know this, but reading takes time.
So here’s my plan for the challenge: I’m going to pick five books off of my already existing list and commit to those books for the fall.
Peace Like A River – Leif Enger
Prep – Curtis Sittenfeld
The Debt – Angela Hunt
There Is No Me Without You – Melissa Fay Greene
There you have it.
If you’d like to join the challenge, just click on the picture at the top of this post, and you’ll find all the information you need.
Happy reading, y’all!
September 23rd, 2007 at 5:42 pm
You will LOVE Peace Like a River! Promise. ;)
September 23rd, 2007 at 5:50 pm
Ditto the above – Peace Like a River is fantastic!
Enjoy!
Lesley
September 23rd, 2007 at 6:07 pm
The Debt is great! I still have There Is No Me Without You on my to-be-read list, but I don’t think I’ll get to it for Fall into Reading.
September 23rd, 2007 at 6:24 pm
The Debt is awesome. I love all of Angela Hunt’s books.
September 23rd, 2007 at 6:33 pm
I read Gods in Alabama and hated it. The author is a rare, unnatural creature: a southern woman without subtlety.
September 23rd, 2007 at 6:34 pm
I had to make my list super-realistic, too. Time was the reason why I didn’t get all that I wanted to read last year. :-)
September 23rd, 2007 at 6:34 pm
but…but…but…
sigh……I don’t have time to read a book! I am to busy reading blogs!
September 23rd, 2007 at 6:57 pm
If you’re anything like me, it may take you all fall to finish “There is No Me Without You.” But it is completely worth the time spent. Fabulous.
September 23rd, 2007 at 7:13 pm
I’ve seen Peace Like a River on several lists — will have to check it out!
September 23rd, 2007 at 7:24 pm
not to overwhelm you any more than you may already bee ;0)
but a few days ago, I posted on Excellent Christian Fiction here: http://karlascrazylife.blogspot.com
/2007/09/i-like-these-here-books-them-are-good.html
(sorry for the chopped in half link)
In fact, one of the authors left a comment!
Come look if you get a moment!
Blessings,
Karla
September 23rd, 2007 at 7:24 pm
http://karlascrazylife.blogspot.com/2007/09/i-like-these-here-books-them-are-good.html
September 23rd, 2007 at 7:24 pm
Great list, a lot of you are reading Peace Like a River, I’ve written it down to look for it myself. :)
September 23rd, 2007 at 7:24 pm
there – that’s better
September 23rd, 2007 at 7:30 pm
That is great! My ultimate goal is to read my own library!!! :)
September 23rd, 2007 at 7:35 pm
Prep got a reaming from critics, but I liked it. Right now I’m reading The World Without Us by Alan Weismann.
September 23rd, 2007 at 7:51 pm
I’d like to hear your honest thoughts on Peace Like a River when you read it, because after I read it (with much hype and recommendations as you are), it sort of killed it for me. Maybe I would have loved it if I just picked it up and started reading, but I honestly never got the “it’s the best book I ever read” etc etc. So, let us know. . . .
September 23rd, 2007 at 9:16 pm
i’ll have to take a look at those. the only one i’ve read on your list is gods in alabama. loved it! (i think i recommended it to you, good choice).
September 23rd, 2007 at 9:29 pm
I have Peace Like a River on my list as well. Hope you find some lovely cozy reading times this fall!
September 23rd, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Yum! Thanks for the great book list!!!
September 23rd, 2007 at 11:21 pm
I thought Peace Like a River was wonderful. To me, it was the caliber of To Kill a Mockingbird.
September 24th, 2007 at 1:00 am
Same Sweet Girls is really good. It’s about 5 women who grew up and went to school in Alabama. Great book!
September 24th, 2007 at 7:47 am
I hope you enjoy “There is No Me Without You”. I absolutely loved this book and God definitely used it to guide us on our adoption journey. “Peace Like A River” is also wonderful. This sounds silly, but Enger writes some of the most beautiful sentences I have ever read!
Happy reading!!
September 24th, 2007 at 8:42 am
I read Peace Like A River and LOVED it. It’s so engaging and a great story! There are some books that you just can’t stop reading, and that was one for me…
September 24th, 2007 at 9:07 am
You might want to read Peace Like a River last, because once you read it, everything else will pale in comparison. Looks like a good list!
September 24th, 2007 at 9:16 am
Long lists of Staggering Literary Merit can be over-rated. Better to aim for something do-able and enjoyable. :) I’ll be curious what you think about Peace Like a River, too. I keep hearing good things about it, but I just don’t know if it’s a book I’d enjoy… Thanks for joining Fall into Reading, BooMama!
September 24th, 2007 at 9:55 am
Oh Nicole took my comment. Let me just give it an “I second her thought” and call it a day.
September 24th, 2007 at 10:05 am
you will LOVE Peace Like a River and Gods in Alabama.
I like Joshilyn Jackson alot!
September 24th, 2007 at 11:52 am
I’ve always wanted to read “The Debt”, so I’ll look forward to reading your thoughts about it.
September 24th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
Peace Like A River makes me cry EVERY time I read it.
Good luck.
Mary
September 24th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
I’m so happy to see that you are going to read “There is no Me without You” – that just makes me like you EVEN more.
I’m going to put these others on my library list!
Jamie
September 24th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
Happy Reading to you too! I just discovered Angela Hunt and have enjoyed what I’ve read so far! Ditto to what Pumkin Patch said about Same Sweet Girls.. loved it.
September 24th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
What a great idea this is. I look forward to participating. I’m off to make my list right now!!
September 24th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
Peace like a river is one of my favorite books of all time. You will love it. I haven’t read the other ones, so thanks for the recommendations.
Also, thanks for the tips on the jeans.
September 24th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
God’s in Alabama is on my list, too. Being from Alabama, I thought I should read it.
September 25th, 2007 at 9:45 am
I read Peace Like a River during the Spring challenge, and it is now one of my favorite books of all time. Enjoy your reading, and Happy Fall!
September 25th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
I haven’t read any of those books, I just wanted to say good luck on your reading. I love the new look around here. I love the brown and the circles.