Aug 05 2008
August Reading Challenge
Try-It With-Me Tuesday, an interactive weekly time and place to foster connections that challenge and encourage the process to become a well-rounded person.
Last August I returned to the library, my bookshelves and the bookstore after years of having little time to read for pleasure. Even though I’m plowing through books and reviewing them here, my GoodReads bookshelf stayed bare after my sister encouraged me to join. I surprised myself today when I began adding up the books I’ve read—18 of the ones I can remember—since last August.
Are you on GoodReads? How do you like? How do you use it?
August is the perfect time to not stretch myself in the last few weeks before my children return to school and the routine begins again. Instead, I’m going to stretch in the hammock with a few more summer reads like these:
And of course I will be reading the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for the Bodacious Bloggity Book Club. Holly at Marathon Bird picks great selections. We read them, write our own reviews in a post on our own websites and link up on August 25 for an on-line discussion. New readers can jump in any time and add their thoughts.
Hmmm. Doesn’t seem like such a slow month after all?
What are you reading in August before saying goodbye to summer days? Do you want to try any of these books with me?
I’m on GoodReads, but I don’t use it to it’s potential, I’m sure. I like to be able to keep track of what I’ve read, am currently or want to read. I also like to see what all my “friends” think of particular books. I’ve read some good, and not so good, books based on people’s comments and suggestions.
This month, I am reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, Breaking Dawn (as soon as I get it) and I just finished The Sunflower by Richard Paul Evans so I thought I might try another one of his books. Any suggestions?
Let me know how Austenland is.
Song of the Lark by Willa Cather (one of my favorite authors) and then I wanted to start into Forever Amber by Kathleen Windsor and read it with Grace together (of course I’ll have to wait until she’s done with Breaking Dawn
Just finished The Fountainhead
I did reread it and then convinced Andrew to read it for the first time.
Update - I finished Austenland last night. Easy read, not really thought-provoking, but a fun ending. A grown-up girly book just right for a down day.