Spring Reading Thing 2011

Spring Reading Thing 2011 is a fun, low-pressure reading challenge open to anyone and everyone.

It will take place March 20th-June 20th (which is, not-so-coincidentally, the spring of 2011).

If you’d like to participate, here’s what you need to do:

• Create a list of some books you’d like to read or finish this spring.
• Write a blog post including the list of books you want to read and any additional goals you’ve set, and get ready to post it on your blog on March 20th.
• Sign up using the Mister Linky on Katrina's Callapidder Days blog.
• Work on your goals by reading throughout Spring 2011.
• Report your results by writing another blog post in June to let everyone know how you did.
• Have fun! Visit other participants to see what they’re reading. Write reviews if you’re so inclined. But most of all, enjoy your spring reading.

I'll be reading from this list:

1. Disobedience ~ by Jane Hamilton, 2000, fiction
2. Winter's Bone ~ by Daniel Woodrell, 2010, fiction
3. Cutting for Stone ~ by Abraham Verghese, 2009, fiction
4. The Book of Night Women ~ by Marlon James, 2009, fiction
5. River Horse: The Logbook of a Boat Across America ~ by William Least Heat-Moon, 1995, travel
6. Out of Time ~ by Caroline B. Cooney, 1996, YA fiction
7. The Closed Circle: An Interpretation of the Arabs ~ by David Pryce-Jones, 1989, history
8. Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream ~ by Barbara Ehrenreich, 2005, sociology
9. The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith and Politics in a Post-Religious Right America ~ by Jim Wallis, 2008
10. The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire  ~ by Jack Weatherford, 2010, history
11. Septembers of Shiraz ~ by Dalia Sofer, 2007, fiction
12. The Five Books of Miriam: A Woman's Commentary on the Torah ~ by Ellen Frankel, 1996, religion
13. Genesis: A New Translation of the Classic Bible Stories ~ by Stephen Mitchell, 1996, religion
14. In the Beginning: A New Interpretation of Genesis ~ by Karen Armstrong, 1996, religion
15. Genesis: Soap Opera with a Twist ~ by Bonnie Setliffe Jacobs, 1992, religion
16. From Jesus to Christianity: How Four Generations of Visionaries and Storytellers Created the New Testament and Christian Faith ~ by L. Michael White, 2004, religion
17. House of Sand and Fog ~ by Andre Dubus III, 1999, fiction
18. The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts ~ by Richard Peck, 2004, YA fiction (Indiana)
19. Steal Away Home ~ by Lois Ruby, 1994, YA historical fiction (Kansas)
20. California Blue ~ by David Klass, 1994, YA fiction (California)
21. Out of Time ~ by Caroline B. Cooney, 1996, YA fiction
22. Prisoner of Time ~ by Caroline B. Cooney, 1998, YA fiction
23. Whatever Happened to Janie? ~ by Caroline B. Cooney, 1993, YA fiction
24. Face to Face ~ by Marion Dane Bauer, 1991, YA fiction
25. South of Resurrection ~ by Jonis Agee, 1997, short stories
26. Big Stone Gap ~ by Adriana Trigiani, 2000, fiction
27. The Lady and the Unicorn ~ by Tracy Chevalier, 2004, fiction
28. The Post-American World ~ by Fareed Zakaria, 2008, history
29. Rabbi Paul ~ by Bruce Chilton, 2004, religion
30. Destiny Disrupted ~ by Tamim Ansary, 2009, history
31. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman ~ by Mary Wollstonecraft, 1792, women's studies
32. Herland ~ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, women's studies