There is always a little part of me that thinks, “For THIS challenge, I’m going to read 20 books! I can do it!” But then the more sensible part of me kicks in and reminds the more ambitious part of me that no, I probably can’t read 20 books. Holidays, helping with homework, volunteering at schools, and, well…life in general will take up lots of time. It’s probably best to set a more reasonable goal. And hey — if I happen to breeze through my initial list, I can always add more, right? Right.
So with the goal of challenging myself, while still setting an attainable goal, here are the books I decided to tackle this fall.
Non-fiction
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Fiction
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So there you have it: 12 books, evenly divided between fiction and non-fiction.
Don’t forget to visit the official launch post for Fall Into Reading 2010 to check out all the other participants!
Love your list, some books I have never heard of. LOL Seems I need to catch up on reading much more than I thought! lol
Thank you for sharing!!
Sworn to Silence was a good one and the beginning of a series. I hope to get to the second book (Pray for Silence) this fall. I even have one non-fiction on my stack for fall! Happy Fall Reading.
I just finished Sweetness of the Bottom of the Pie for my book club. and i’ll just say, I was not a big fan. TBH I’m not sure what the “Cruelty and hatred” that the amazon reader was referring to but I just didn’t feel as if the story fit with me. I think part of it was I could not buy that the narrator was an 11 year old girl.
I’m getting ready to start reading The Fiddler’s Gun now too! It’s not for the challenge, I’m reading it for the INSPY awards as a panelist but I’ve heard such good things about it from other bloggers.
Also I’ve heard ROOMS is very good. I do have that book in my TBR pile too.Will get around to it…one day.
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I love your list, Katrina! I’ve never heard of any of the books on the list! I’ll deintely be adding to my reading list!
Looks like a good mix of non fiction and fiction. I won a copy of The Glamour of Grammar and I’m looking forward to reading it myself.
oo great list of books!! I am interested to hear how you like some of these! I have a historical fiction book on my list this year as well
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I’ve not heard of most of these. I’ll be interested to hear what you think of them. I did read Discipline years ago, and it is probably time for a re-read. That’s one I probably need to go through every few years.
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Looks like a great list! I’m about to re-enter my reading life after completing the Bible in 90 Days challenge (I hope!!), so I’m really excited!
Sweetness is on my list as well…I’ve heard great things about it.
Great list!
Those books all sound so interesting, I haven’t heard of any of them. Will have to look into them, but not until I am done with my list. That was one of my problems before: checking out books I’ve seen at other blogs or Amazon and reading them instead of what is on my list.
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OK, that book by Roy Peter Clark grabbed my attention. I used to read a lot of his writing columns when I was a full-time reporter. (I became an at-home mom in 2006). I loved his advice, as well as the advice of others at the Poynter Institute.
Yers, I guess I’m a geek too.
I am excited! I loved participating in the Spring into Reading. I’m so glad you do this!
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Well, you’ve managed to interest me in yet more books to be added to my pile. I’m particularly drawn to “Rooms” and “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie”. I love the camaraderie of reading. Don’t you?
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I love ALL of your non-fiction reads! And Lisa was telling me about The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie so I have that on my Amazon wishlist now to keep track of it! =D
FUN stuff.
Firstly, thank you for this wonderful idea – hopefully it will encourage me to read the books on my bookshelf lol I haven’t heard of any of the books on your list but all do sound interesting – happy reading, Judith
Naomi Novik!
Hey! you got Anne McCaffrey in my C.S. Forester.
No! you got C.S. Forester in my Anne McCaffrey.
Oh, I am very curious to see what you think of The Poisenors Handbook and His Majesty’s Dragon. Definitely going to read your wrap-up post while keeping my fingers crossed you got to those books
I’m impressed by all your non-fiction! Go Girl. And what’s a list without a little geekiness thrown in for good measure? :v)
As a fellow geek, I am very intrigued by the Glamour of Grammar! Sounds fun!
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You’ve got a nice mix, Katrina. The one that sticks out the most to me (and I probably need to read the most) is “What Did You Expect?”
Happy Reading!
I was beginning to feel a little woozy when your first five books were ones that I also would LOVE to read. But you lost me at “The Poisoner’s Handbook.” ha. A great list. Thanks for hosting us (again and again). Your challenges are my favorites.
I’ve read, Sworn to Silence and Rooms. I believe you will really enjoy the book Rooms. I did
Fun list! As I read Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, I kept imagining it on the screen as a movie – I think it would make a great family film. I am out of town at the moment but when I get back to reality, I will be posting my list!
Another Tim Downs book? Cool! The grammar book piques my interest. Your nonfiction list looks pretty heavy; will be interested to hear what you think of some of those books. And you crack me up with your forensic stuff!
You have a great list.
Thank you for hosting this book challenge.
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Great list! I have not read any of them but have a few to add to my list of books to get! Thank you so much for hosting this.
What a great list! I loved, loved, loved Surprised by Grace! And I can’t wait for Think by Piper…it’s on my list too. I’ll be curious to see what you think of the Tripp book…it looks good too. His Majesty’s Dragons looks very intriguing…wish I’d caught it for free on Kindle too!
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I have the Glamour of Grammar in my TBR pile too. Great list. I really want to read the Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie!
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You’ve got a great list, and I like the way you designed your post. I fear my list is too long – but twelve sounds almost perfect!
I’ve had ‘Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie’ and ‘Sworn to Silence’ on my to-read for a while. I’d love to hear what you think.
My daughter adores ‘His Majesty’s Dragon’ – so I hope your husband is right and you like it too.
Happy reading!
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I’ve awarded you the One Lovely Blog award. Here’s the link: http://mytrampolinelife.blogspot.com/2010/09/one-lovely-blog-award.html. Thanks for your blog. I enjoy reading it.
Great list! Of course I’m so glad you’re reading “Surprised by Grace!” And I recently read “Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” and LOVED it! Let me know what you think of “Ends of the Earth.” I’ll hold off sharing my opinion until I hear what you think… Oh, and “Discipline: the Glad Surrender” is one of our book club choices at my church! I think we’ll be reading it in the spring.
Note to self: get your FIR list posted!
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