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Spring Reading Thing 2009

March20

(If I can get a lit­tle help from my tech­nol­ogy mas­ter hus­band over the week­end, I will replace this sen­tence with the Spring Read­ing Thing button.)

Kat­rina at Cal­lipid­dar days is host­ing a read­ing chal­lenge!  Check out her page to find out how you can be a part of the challenge.

Because I love to read more than almost any­thing else, when I have an excuse to read more and read LOTS it gets me very excited.  :)   The Spring Read­ing Thing goes from March 20 to June 20.  I am already par­tic­i­pat­ing in the TBR Chal­lenge, so my list for this chal­lenge will include those books, too.

Gen­er­ally, I am plan­ning that each book will take me about 2 weeks (although it has proved to be much shorter in the past), so for this chal­lenge, I am aim­ing for 2 books per month.  One is from my TBR list and one is a new book.
Here is my list:

1.  Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet

2.  Moth­er­ing Your Nurs­ing Tod­dler by Norma Jean Bumgarner

3.  Mem­ory Keeper’s Daugh­ter by Kim Edwards

4.  Fire­fly Lane by Kristin Hannah

5.  How Wean­ing Hap­pens by Diane Bengson

6.  How to Talk so Kids Will Lis­ten By Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

This is prob­a­bly pretty opti­mistic for me, but I’ll take any excuse to read more!

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8 Comments to

“Spring Reading Thing 2009”

  1. On March 22nd, 2009 at 4:33 pm Bridgette Says:

    Here’s a book rec for you. It’s the story of a spe­cial young man. He is the embod­i­ment of world peace, down to his DNA. One prob­lem, the very genetic code that makes him pow­er­ful, also makes him both male and female — his most painful ado­les­cent secret. He is deter­mined to live his life as a “nor­mal” male, but the odds are against him as he is hunted by those who want to use his body for their own deadly purposes.

    I apol­o­gize if this mes­sage is unwel­comed in your blog. The phraze you wrote, “I love to read” is what made me want to share.

  2. On March 22nd, 2009 at 10:54 pm lynn@queenofthecastlerecipes Says:

    Your open­ing para­graph about get­ting some com­puter help from your hus­band made me laugh. I just fin­ished get­ting some com­puter help from my hubby :) Thank good­ness for these techno-smart men. Your read­ing list looks inter­est­ing, and so do your cat­e­gories over on the right. I hope you don’t mind, I’ll just poke around a bit :) It’s nice to meet you.

  3. On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:54 pm Missy Says:

    You will LOVE Fire­fly Lane…I read it in one weekend…great story!

    Good Luck on your read­ing challenge!

    Missy

  4. On March 24th, 2009 at 10:12 am ter Says:

    hi there, came here from the spring read­ing thing and thought i’d say hi. I see you are from North Dakota. I’m your neigh­bor to the north. :) good luck on your book chal­lenge. My list is pretty short at the moment but will hope­fully grow as I get my hands on some more books that I haven’t read yet. :)

  5. On March 26th, 2009 at 10:31 pm Staci A Says:

    Good luck! I’ve been want­ing to read Fire­fly Lane. I’ve heard such good things about it.

  6. On March 30th, 2009 at 8:03 pm Katrina @ Callapidder Days Says:

    Two books/month sounds doable and rea­son­able. I’ve been curi­ous about Mem­ory Keeper’s Daugh­ter for a while. One of these days, I’m sure I’ll get around to it… :)

    Thanks for being part of Spring Read­ing Thing ’09!

  7. On April 2nd, 2009 at 4:39 pm Ellie Says:

    Born on a Blue Day was a fan­tas­tic read. I teach 5th grade and I often have a stu­dent or two on the Asberger’s/Autism spec­trum. Although each child is dif­fer­ent, and I can’t com­pletely fig­ure out any stu­dent in just nine months, this book really offered some valu­able insights. Enjoy it!

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