Fall Into Reading | 2011

It's September 23rd, and Fall 2011 is here! To celebrate, Katrina at Callapidder Days is hosting her annual Fall Into Reading challenge. To join, you just have to make a list of a some books you want to read this fall, and any other reading-related goals, and work on them from September 23rd to December 21st!

I'm going with a (hopefully) more modest list since I'm a bit preoccupied with school. (It's amazing how college can put a real downer on recreational reading.) One of these, Revolutionary Characters, is actually a book for my history class that I have to write a report on (though it looks really interesting to me). And because I have little time to read for recreational purposes, I'm attempting to be more purposeful in my reading.

Books I Really Want to Read:

Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different by Gordon S. Wood. Out of the many books I have to read for school this year, this is the only school book going on my Fall Into Reading list. Though I'm reading this in order to do a report on it for my history class, it looks pretty interesting to me.

East of Eden by John Steinbeck. I got this as a gift, and since I've read The Grapes of Wrath (and enjoyed it), I really want to get to this book.

The Mercy by Beverly Lewis. I should be getting this in the mail in the next couple of days for review. I'm excited to finish the Rose Trilogy. I've been "off" of Amish fiction for a while, but this series actually differs from most, and I'm stumped as to how the story is going to come together in the end.

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen and Lady Susan by Jane Austen. So I made this goal for myself at the beginning of the year that I would finish out Jane Austen's novels. I have yet to do so. It's been a while since I've had a Jane Austen fix anyway.


Books On the Possibly-Maybe List (Or, It's Okay If I Don't Get to These):

Bound by Guilt by C.J. Darlington. I'm partially into this already, but it isn't grabbing me as much as the first in the series did. I like the fact that it has a lot of interesting info about first edition books, and the storyline goes along well with the first book's.

Uncompromising: A Heart Claimed by a Radical Love by Hannah Farver. I won this on Carrie's blog, and I just had to start it, of course. It definitely looks like a good one!

A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael by Elisabeth Elliott. I still haven't gotten around to finishing this one.

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. This is long, very long. I'm taking my time.

Of course, there are so many more that I would like to read. I'll include updates of my Fall Into Reading plan in my Nightstand posts.

Happy First Day of Fall, and Happy Reading!