Spring Reading Thing 2007

Katrina is hosting the Spring Reading Thing. You can read the details here. She has a Mr. Linky all set up and there are tons of folks signed up. It's fun to see what everyone is reading.

I think I was a little too ambitious with my list in the fall so this spring I'm going to be much more realistic. Hopefully I'll be more successful at actually reading these.

• Silas Marner by George Eliot


• Ark Angel, Alex Rider Adventure by Anthony Horowitz


• Attaching in Adoption by Deborah D. Gray (I know I'll finish this one-it's required reading for our adoption.)


• Doc Susie by Virginia Cornell


• Why I Left Jihad by Walid Shoebat

I think I'll stop here. If I happen to finish these then I'll post another list.

If you're looking for a great fun encouraging read, try Julie Carobini's, Chocolate Beach. I really enjoyed it.

Wish me luck!

Chocolate Beach

At tne recommendation of Holy Mama, I ordered a copy of Chocolate Beach.

Julie Carobini is a fellow blogger and a gifted writer and this is her first novel.

I picked up the book last week and I just couldn't put it down until I finished it. It was a fun, light, easy read, but definitely NOT devoid of some deep truths.

I haven't done a book report since Junior High and I have no intention of starting now. You can read a couple of reviews here and here. (There's a little spoiler in this one so be aware.)

All in all, a very good book.

Fall Reading Challenge

Katrina, over at Callapidderdays, is challenging us to Fall into Reading. Maybe I'll even be the lucky winner of the $10 Amazon.com gift certificate prize she's giving away.

I'm happy to play along, even without the gift certificate motivation. I enjoy reading but don't always make time to do it as much as I'd like. Pastormac and I have enjoyed reading to each other since we were just an engaged couple, although with each family addition our time to do it has diminished.

This list is a combination of the books that I'm reading for a book club I belong to and also a few that I've added.

Here's my list.

• If You Will Ask by Oswald Chambers


• A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers


• What Happens When Women Walk in Faith by Lysa Terfeurst


• Ann of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery


• Black by Ted Dekker


• I'm Chocolate, You're Vanilla: Raising Healthy Black and Biracial Children in a Race-Conscious World by Marguerite Wright


• Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents by Deborah D. Gray


• Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser


• Christ in Concrete by Piertro di Donato


• The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith


• Scorpia (Alex Rider Adventure) by Anthony Horowitz


• Populuxe by Thomas Hine