Welcome, everyone! Are you ready to read? Do you have your list? Great, let’s go!
I can’t wait to see what everyone will be reading this spring. Whether you’re reading for fun, for inspiration, for learning, or just to force yourself to finish up those half-read books, I hope you enjoy every page!
Here’s a brief recap of how to be a part of the Spring Reading Thing:
Make a list of books you want to read (or finish reading) this spring. Your list can be as long or as short as you’d like.
Write a blog post containing your list and submit it to this post using the Mr. Linky below.
Get reading! The challenge goes from today, March 21st, through June 21st.
Check out other participants’ lists and add to your own to-read-someday pile!
If you’re so inclined, write reviews of the books you read along the way.
Write a post about your challenge experience in June, telling us all about whether you reached your goals and how the Spring Reading Thing went for you.
There’s a Mr. Linky at the end of this post. Please use it to link to your blog post containing your Spring Reading Thing list. Remember to link to your specific post, not just your general blog homepage. People will be stopping by for days (or weeks!) and when you link to your specific post, it will make it easier for everyone to find your reading list. Also, if you don’t mind, please link back here from your post so that your readers can come check out all the other participants.
So post your list, and then grab your coffee (or tea, if you’re so inclined) and enjoy all the book-love!
Prize Information:
Don’t forget, I’ll be choosing one random participant at the end of the challenge to receive a $10 gift certificate to Amazon.com. To be eligible, you need to post your initial reading list (and sign up on the Mr. Linky) by midnight (EST) on Saturday, March 24th, and post a recap of your Spring Reading Thing experience (and link up) by midnight on June 24th.
Note: There is NO limit to when people can sign up to participate in the Spring Reading Thing. You’re welcome to join in any time! The “deadlines” are only for prize eligibility.
Also, I’ll be giving away two books during the Spring Reading Thing. Those books are: So Many Books, So Little Time by Sara Nelson and How Reading Changed My Life by Anna Quindlen. Here’s how to be eligible for one of those books:
- If you post any book review(s) on your blog about the books you’re reading for the Spring Reading Thing, let me know by leaving a comment on my blog or by emailing me (just click the “Email Me” link on my sidebar).
- I’ll periodically put up a post including links to the Spring Reading Thing book reviews that are submitted to me.
- Twice during the Spring Reading Thing, I’ll randomly draw the name of one participant who has submitted a review. They win the books!
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Okay, now, enough of my babbling. Spring officially arrived here last night, so it’s time to get reading! Enjoy your books, everyone!
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I’ve come to this late also. Read about the Spring Reading Thingie over at Brandilyn Collins’ blog. I want to be a part. Now to generate that list …
Becky
I finished two books so far on my list - The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break and Sleep Toward Heaven. You can read my comments on my blog, Enough to Read.
looking forward to the challenge! By the way, what is the last day of spring?
Hi Otter, I think the last official day of spring is June 20th, so I figured we can post our wrap-ups around the 21st (and if we’re finishing up a few more pages, that’s fine too!).
I’m late to jump on this reading wagon - but here goes! I love to read and I think this will be lots of fun!
Hi all,
Here’s my 4th review on The Little Gold Book of YES! Attitude by Jeffrey Gitomer.
Happy Reading, everyone!
Just wondering if it is too late to hop on board? I am coming to the end of a semester and will have bit more time to read over the coming weeks. Thanks!!! I can get a post up by the end of this week if I can still join.
Leann, Yes, please join in! We’d love to have you!
I just discovered your challenge and want to add my name to your list. I’m going to add my own list to the lists I have at http://www.listsofbests.com ASAP. This is a great idea — thanks for opening it to everyone!
starting late, but eager to embrace the challenge
it will serve as good motivation to also write some “reviews” about the books! thanks katrina.
I may be late in starting, but I am excited!! Thanks for doing this.
I feel like I’ve stumbled across something wonderful. Just now discovering your blog (and many wonderful others) and I’m really excited about starting the Spring Reading Thing. Thanks for the motivation!
Thanks so much for the awesome graphic. I’d begun a personal spring challenge but THIS is adding life to my “list”.
I enjoyed looking around your blog.
Thanks so much! One of my goals was to read more this year. Your challenge gives me a better opportunity to do that.
better late than never, right?
Two more finished! Jackdaws by Ken Follett and The Visitor by Sheri S. Tepper. You can see my comments on my blog, Enough to Read.
Happy to have come across your blog. I hope I get to read the books I’ve chosen before June 21st. Have a great day!
Okay - I posted my first review. In honor of my blog being called Robinznest - I am awarding my books the prestigious award - THE EGG-Y. Stop by and see how my rating system is going!
Now this is fun! Plus I feel like I’ve got a head start. I took me so long to put together my list and find time to post it that I’ve already finshed some of the books on my list.
Good luck to y’all!
I don’t know how to link in comments! ACK. Well my discussion of A BIGGER LIFE by Annette Smith is up at my blog, 4/18/07.
Is this where we tell you a review is up? Thanks
Joining in a bit late! I just saw your challenge on another blog and thought “why not?” lol
Happy Thursday!
Hello everyone, here’s my 5th book review on Small Acts of Grace by Alice Gray. I’m 80% completed on my 6th book with two more to go! Happy reading!
Just left my second review on my blog.
Just letting you know that my Third Book Review is up. I just finished The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood.
I finished up a couple more book reviews.
On Becoming a Leader by Warren Bennis
and
The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain
Hi Katrina - the Spring Reading Thing has made it to Autumn in Australia! I will be reviewing each one of my books and have posted some reviews already!
Hi everyone, here’s my 6th book review on Jody Dean’s Finding God in the Evening News. Happy reading!
It’s me again, here’s my 7th book review on Mortimer J. Adler’s 1940 classic, How to Read a Book. Enjoy your weekend, everyone!
Hi Katrina, I’ve posted a summary of my participation (this includes all the reviews I’ve done), if it helps…
I have reviews for all but the last four posted. You can read the reviews on my main blog or you can see how they are part of the challenge on my livejournal site.
Hi Katrina
I have 9 reviews posted so far! Hope you visit soon!!
http://relzreviewz.blogspot.com/2007/04/sring-reading-thing-2007.html
Hello! What a fun challenge. I’m kinda late getting started (I just learned about this this evening), but better late than never, right? Looking forward to an exciting time with this!
me too jocelyn! I just posted my link with my list.
Oh I love to read!! I read all the time. This will be fun! Thanks bunches!! Blessings!!
I’ve been so busy I keep forgetting to stop in and give you a progress update! I’m doing about as I expected around this time. I’ve finished reading 4 books and so am half way through my list. I’m working on my 5th one now. This challenge helped me map out my spring reading, which is proving to be very helpful with all these other challenges I’ve gotten myself into.
Thanks Katrina!
I just realized I must have thought I officially signed up for the challenge, and I didn’t! I couldn’t find my blog up there anywhere, so I just added it to the participant list.
I’m progressing pretty well - I have two more books out of five left to read. All the updates and reviews are on my blog. - Alisia
Finished four more books:
Robert Ferrigno. Dead Silent
Pat Cadigan. Tea from an Empty Cup
Joan Clark. An Audience of Chairs
John Le Carre. A Perfect Spy
I added links to the Spring Thing Reading Reviews page.
Now reading The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr.
I never formally signed up! I indicated I was “in” on your intro post.
Sorry for the confusion and thanks for hosting!
Hi Katrina and everyone! I have officially completed all the books I listed for the Challenge. There were quite a few I read outside the challenge too.
The final review for A Whole New Mind can be found here. Happy reading!
*sigh* I think I’ll end up finishing four of the six, with two of them still in process…I ended up on a challenge glut and now I’m almost challenge-maxed out!
I have finished the last book on my list. I’ll have all the reviews written and posted before June 21st.
I was too busy last spring, thus, I couldn’t read much. I prefer to slug on the beach and read an interesting book. Now I’m learning russian hard and try to read russian books. For example, my currently book is (Ugh!) Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
Thanks for the nice post!
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