Fall Into Reading 2008: Book Reviews

This post is where you can submit links to any book reviews you do for the books you’re reading as part of Fall Into Reading 2008. A few guidelines:

1. This is only for Fall Into Reading 2008 participants. If you haven’t signed up yet, please go HERE to find out what it’s all about, create your own Fall Into Reading blog post, and then go HERE to sign up for the fun.

2. Please link to the specific post that contains your review — not your general blog web address. Links to a general blog address / blog front page will be deleted.

3. Please limit your entries to books you’ve read this fall and have included on your Fall Into Reading post.

4. Please keep your reviews family-friendly. I realize some books may have some touchy or difficult subjects, but please keep your reviews “clean.”

5. This is completely voluntary! You are in no way required to do reviews of your books or to link them up here. (I, for one, am absolutely horrible about writing reviews!) This is just a convenient place to gather reviews, so that all those interested can check them out.

6. I think the best way to do this is to put the book name and your name in the “name” section of the Mr. Linky: something like “Pride & Prejudice (Katrina)”. Of course, you can do it however you want, but that will make it easy for people to decide which reviews they want to read.

While I’m sure it won’t be necessary, I reserve the right to delete links that don’t adhere to these little “rules.”

Thanks, everyone! I look forward to seeing the reviews!

1. Three Men in a Boat (BethF)
2. The Wrath of the Empress (Maria)
3. 7th Heaven (Carrie F.)
4. Dealing with Dragons and A Mother and Two Daughters (Bobbi)
5. Have a New Kid By Friday and Making Your Child Mind Without Losing Yours (Bobbi)
6. Veronica (Little Women)
7. Washington\’s Lady (Carrie, RtK)
8. When the Soul Mends (Creative Madness)
9. Jessie by Lori Wick (Creative Madness)
10. The Heretic Queen (Creative Madness)
11. Glorious Appearing by LaHaye & Jenkins (Berry Patch)
12. Kristen-For Better or For Worse
13. Sweet Caroline (Sunny)
14. SOS for PMS (Sunny)
15. Becky (Secret Garden)
16. Seal Island (Meghan)
17. Simply Divine (Meghan)
18. The City Of Ember-Teen Lit Review
19. Book-Therapy (Encyclopedia of an Ordinary LIfe)
20. The Eye of the Jade (Beth F)
21. Faking Grace (Pattie FBW)
22. Sunset - Karen Kingsbury (Pattie FBW)
23. Murder on the Orient Express (Meghan)
24. The Shape of Mercy (Angie)
25. How to Clean Your Home Fast (Eden)
26. Kinsman Redeemer (Eden)
27. My Sister\’s Keeper (Lauren)
28. Nurture (Under Grace & Over Coffee)
29. Kristen-Embrace Me Review
30. Becky (Jane Eyre)
31. Robin of My Two Blessings
32. White Lies by Jayne Krentz (Mytwoblessings)
33. Becky (The Penderwicks)
34. Dar (Lady Chatterley\’s Lover)
35. Kathy
36. Sally/Altar Call
37. Sally/A Firm Place to Stand
38. The Spellcoats (Maria)
39. Girl, Interrupted (Reese)
40. Bridge to Terebithia & Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (Bobbi)
41. Matrimony (Jaime)
42. Fisher\’s of Men (Katie)
43. Carrie K. (Fieldwork)
44. Baghdad at Sunrise (At Home With Books)
45. Leya (The Tale of Hawthorn House)
46. A Constant Heart (Creative Madness)
47. Dream in Color (Ronnica)
48. The Grand Weaver (Laura)
49. Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader (Corinne)
50. Lady of Milkweed Manor (Creative Madness)
51. Wives & Daughters (Carrie, RtK)
52. The Magicians\’ Guild (Maria)
53. Magic Lost, Trouble Found (Meghan)
54. Ghosts of Old Louisville (Kari)
55. The Lady Elizabeth (Beth F)
56. The Abstinence Teacher (Dar)
57. The Tenth Case (Holly)
58. All Soul\’s Night (Cheryl\’s Book Nook)
59. Family(eva)
60. Found (eva)
61. Bachelor\’s Puzzle (eva)
62. Becky (Pippi Longstocking)
63. Becky (Diamond of Darkhold)
64. The Tale of Hawthorn House (Angie)
65. Violet Dawn (Robin of Mytwoblessings
66. baileysgranny
67. The Translator (heather/book addiction)
68. The Secret Life of Bees (Lora)
69. Beverly Hills Dead (Robin of Mytwoblessings
70. The Quickie (Lauren)
71. Amydeanne (The S.O.S. for PMS)
72. Sally/The Gifted Gabaldon Sisters
73. The Longest Trip Home
74. When We Were Romans
75. Home Another Way (Sunny)
76. It\’s Not About Me by Michelle Sutton (Melissa/ForstRose at Bibliophile\’s Retreat
77. Faking Grace by Tamara Leigh (Melissa/ForstRose at Bibliophile\’s Retreat)
78. The Secret Life of Bees (michellekae)
79. Her Good Name (Karlene)
80. Murder on the Leviathan (storyengineer)
81. The Birth of Venus (alisonwonderland)
82. Stealing Heaven (Alessandra)
83. The Turn of the Screw (Alessandra)
84. Persepolis (Alessandra)
85. Chamber of Secrets (Karen @ Wishful Thinking)
86. The Secret Shopper\’s Revenge (Karen @ Wishful Thinking)
87. The Longing by Beverly Lewis (Barbara H.)
88. Twiga (Change Your Heart, Change Your Life)
89. Flawless (Twiga)
90. The Convenient Groom (Twiga)
91. Becky (Impossible)
92. (In Hovering Flight) Sandra
93. (At a Loss for Words: A Post-Romantic Novel) Sandra
94. Sandra (Twice Born)
95. Sandra (Mister Sandman)
96. The Far Pavilions (The Kahumoku Ohana)
97. Tears of the Giraffe (The Kahumoku Ohana)
98. The Lucky One (The Kahumoku Ohana)
99. Kristina (Criss Cross)
100. Feast of Saint Bertie (Rebecca LuElla Miller)
101. tammy
102. Alessandra (Wake)
103. Sally/Never Surrender
104. The Letters (Dar)
105. The Triumph of Deborah (Dar)
106. Leya @ Wandeca Reads (God\’s Gold)
107. Randall\’s Wall (eva)
108. All The Queen\’s Men (Robin of Mytwoblessings
109. Danger in the Shadows (Robin of Mytwoblessings
110. Shadow and Silk (Robin of mytwoblessings)
111. See You in a Hundred Years
112. A Corner of the Universe (Alessandra)
113. BecauseImTheMommy (Twilight Saga)
114. Sally/by George
115. The History of Love (Corinne)
116. Sisterchicks Go Brit (Kim)
117. When Did I Stop Being Barbie. . . (Bitsy)
118. Sally/Arsenic Soup for Lovers
119. Jane Eyre (Carrie, RtK)
120. Teen Lit Review (The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn)
121. Nicol (Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict)
122. Becky (Penderwicks on Gardam Street)
123. Leya @ Wandeca Reads (Jane Eyre)
124. Veronica (the Pilgrim of Hate)
125. Ruth(Love Starts with Elle)
126. Fair Weather (Bobbi)
127. The Cove & The Maze (Kayren)
128. Dawn on a Distant Shore (Beth F)
129. Sally/Pure
130. Veronica (the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
131. My Sister\’s Keeper
132. Jules - Suite Francaise
133. Jane Eyre (At Home With Books)
134. Mr Palomar (cat)
135. Leya @ Wandeca Reads (Sweetheart)
136. Book Therapy (Just Who Will You Be?)
137. GARDEN OF LAST DAYS (life by candlelight)
138. Jules - Frankenstein
139. Love Starts With Elle (Sunny)
140. Book Therapy (One Fifth Avenue)
141. The Count of Monte Cristo (Becky)
142. Stamped Out (Mark)
143. Kushiel\’s Avatar (Memory)
144. Talk of the Town (Holly)
145. Nice to Come Home to (Holly)
146. Matrimony (Holly)
147. Eyes of Elisha (Angie)
148. The Mysterious Benedict Society (Kayren)
149. Becky (An Abundance of Katherines)
150. The Deadliest Strain (Twiga)
151. The Song of Hannah (Twiga)
152. Moon Over Tokyo (Pattie/FreshBrewed Writer)
153. A Constant Heart (Pattie FBW)
154. Carrie K. (The Beekeeper\’s Apprentice)
155. For the Family\’s Sake (Carrie, RtK)
156. The Pact (Alessandra)
157. Prisoner of Azkaban (Karen @ Wishful Thinking)
158. Over You (Karen @ Wishful Thinking)
159. High Fidelity (cat)
160. The Mermaid Chair (cat)
161. Sally/Key West
162. Sally/Rhapsody in Red
163. The Ransom of Mercy Carter (eva)
164. Midwife of the Blue Ridge (Holly)
165. Off Season (Bitsy)
166. Founding Mothers (Corinne)
167. Booth\’s Sister (Ronnica)
168. Running Scared (Ronnica)
169. Beginnings and The Tender Years (tammy)
170. The Night Watch (Memory)
171. Mr. Darcy\’s Diary (Tonia)
172. Sisters, Ink (Holly)
173. The Secret Journal of Brett Colton (Holly)
174. Shoot the Moon (Kari @ Just Another Day in Paradise)
175. Sunset by Karen Kingsbury (Kari @ Just Another Day in Paradise)
176. Wicked (Lauren)
177. Wildwood Dancing (Chan)
178. Relentless (Mark)
179. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
180. Becky (Anne of Avonlea)
181. Chasing Diana (Holly)
182. Finding Father Christmas (Holly)
183. Engaging Father Christmas (Holly)
184. The Maker\’s Diet (e-Mom)
185. GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (life by candlelight)
186. Murder, She Wrote (Kayren)
187. The Cat Who Played Post Office (Kayren)
188. Peaches (Alessandra)
189. Love Starts with Elle (Kara S)
190. Lynne Spear\’s Through the Storm (Kara S)

{ 33 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Beth F September 24, 2008 at 1:16 pm: Yes, I finished the first book — but it was really, really short!

2 carrie September 24, 2008 at 3:20 pm: WOOT! I’ll be adding to this tomorrow seeing as I just finished another book today!

3 Angi September 26, 2008 at 2:26 am: City of Ember was a quick read that was very enjoyable.

4 The Khaje Khronicles September 26, 2008 at 6:12 pm: Hey Katrina! I finished my first book!

5 Katie Webb September 29, 2008 at 1:52 am: 1 down, 12 more to go! Yay!

6 ForstRose October 3, 2008 at 4:29 pm: 2 reviews up, another one scheduled for next week that I’ll link then.

7 bermudaonion October 6, 2008 at 12:30 pm: I’m making good progress in this challenge!

8 Kim October 7, 2008 at 2:21 am: Finished book 1 on my list!

9 Amy October 9, 2008 at 7:11 pm: I left a review for GARDEN OF LAST DAYS. It is brief but I didn’t want to give anything away!

10 Mark October 10, 2008 at 11:34 pm: Wow! I knew I was late starting on my reviews, but I didn’t expect to be #142 after two and a half weeks.

11 Amy October 15, 2008 at 11:52 pm: Another review…GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

12 carrie October 17, 2008 at 5:15 pm: YAY ME! The Other Boylen Girl review is up

13 Round File October 19, 2008 at 1:32 am: So I’ve accomplished four off my list – three reviews posted here today! I am about to take a big detour because I went to Barnes and Noble today and saw something I had to have…so I am off to alter my list…is that cheating?!

14 Jenny October 19, 2008 at 11:02 pm: I finished one and have started another. I am craving another book though – Nicholas Spark has a new one but he was not on my list. I will use it as a reward for finishing the other books on my list

15 Alyce October 20, 2008 at 12:12 am: I forgot to update for a while, so I just linked a whole bunch of reviews at once. Hopefully I’ll be better from now on at linking them here as I go.

16 Angi October 23, 2008 at 6:33 pm: We have some great reviews for Teens on our site! Some of the books will make great gifts!

17 MizB October 27, 2008 at 2:04 pm: As of yesterday I have completed my “Fall Into Reading” challenge! (I said I would read 6 books for the challenge, and yesterday I finished my 6th: “Forsaken” by James David Jordan). Review is posted in the Mr. Linky.

Thanks for hosting, Katrina! I love these challenges!

(PS…I’ll be continuing to read more books for the challenge, but just wanted to make note that I’d officially “finished”)

MizB

18 Joyful Days October 29, 2008 at 6:30 pm: Finished Category 7 and A Bride So Fair!

19 Beth F November 1, 2008 at 11:54 am: I have finished my Fall into Reading challenge!! I originally committed to 5 books and then expanded it to 7. I’ve now finished all.

Like MizB, I’ll continue to post reviews here until Dec. 21, but I, too, wanted to announce my “official” finish!

Thanks so much, Katrina. This was my very first challenge.

And thanks too for the heads up on the embedded comment form. I’m going to change mine back as well.

20 Jenny November 8, 2008 at 11:42 pm: I have read 3 more just haven’t taken the time to blog them until now….. I’m addicted to books again instead of the computer LOL!

21 Jenny November 9, 2008 at 12:37 am: Whew, all three books are now posted. That makes 4 down YAY!!!!

22 Juliann in WA November 11, 2008 at 8:42 pm: Thanks again for the great challenge – I have finished 4 books – two of them had been on my TBR pile for far too long

23 michellekae November 11, 2008 at 10:07 pm: One more down and only one more to go! Yeah!!!

24 Jenny November 12, 2008 at 1:35 am: One more down! But now all of my fiction is completed – we’ll see how fast I can accomplish the remainder of my list….. )

25 ForstRose November 12, 2008 at 6:59 pm: Read 12 books from my list so far plus a couple others and have been book hopping lately so there are several half finished ones in my pile LOL. Just added review links for the those of the 12 I’ve reviewed so far.

26 Rebecca LuElla Miller November 19, 2008 at 4:46 pm: Has the Mr. Linky where we leave the link to our reviews been moved?

I really enjoy checking in to see how everyone else is doing, so I hope it’s still around and I’m just not looking in the right place.

Becky

27 Mimi B November 20, 2008 at 6:52 pm: My books are tickin’ away, but there have been a few that have made their way onto my piles of “TBR” and it’s making it more difficult to get through my original list! EEEK I’ve only been able to read 9 of my however many book are on my list. Hope to get into the groove a bit better over the next couple of weeks! Blessings, Mimi B

28 Michelle November 21, 2008 at 12:53 pm: I have added another to my list and marked it off! Yeah, only one more to read!!!!

29 Chan December 1, 2008 at 11:27 pm: Yay! I finished my books as well!! This was my very first challenge, so I am so glad I was able to finish it! Woo hoo!!! I have a couple of reviews on my site, but some I haven’t written yet… Hopefully I can get around to it soon! Thanks for hosting this challenge! I love to read!

30 Michelle December 3, 2008 at 10:40 pm: And that marks me as DONE!!! Yeah. This is my very first challenge finished!!!

31 Laura December 5, 2008 at 9:35 pm: I’m ahead and behind all at the same time. I have read half the books I planned when I started the challenge, but I’ve read several books I didn’t even know about back in September. I have a few days to catch up with the planned books. We’ll see how it goes!
This has been fun – thank you for doing this.

32 Sandra December 21, 2008 at 6:25 pm: I’m completely stupid, never actually posted my reviews and now I’ve done my wrap-up and posted it-duh. Sorry . lol

33 Sandra December 21, 2008 at 8:13 pm: Oh thank you Katrina. That was really above and beyond, posting those for me. What a great challenge. Thank you so much.

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