Spring Reading Thing 2012 \\ The End

What is up with me and reading challenges? You'd think at some point I'd just take the hint and quit trying, but no . . . it seems I can't help it.

I only read two of the five books on my original list. I even narrowed it down to five just so I would have a good chance to actually finish them all. I should say that I'm almost done with a third, One Thousand Gifts, but since that'll take me a few days I probably shouldn't count it.

1. The Secret Life of a Fool by Andrew Palau. I really liked it.

2. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. My least favorite of the trilogy. It sort of gives me an ugh feeling. I wouldn't say I hated it, but I certainly didn't like it. I couldn't bring myself to write a review of Mockingjay. Instead, I've been reading other YA dystopian-ish novels and writing about why I like them better than The Hunger Games trilogy. Rude, perhaps? I think not. Part one is Divergent versus The Hunger Games. Part two is coming soon; I'm in the process of writing it.

3-ish. One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp. I'm only a couple of chapters away from the end. I attempted a weekly discussion about the chapters I read during the week, but I fell behind and now I'm thinking I'll just save my thoughts for a final review. I like it, I suppose, but I wouldn't bring love into the discussion.

So why didn't I finish all five? I have great excuses reasons. The Pilgrim's Progress proved too trying for me at the time. I need to be in a certain mood, I think, and the mood left me this spring. Letting Go of Perfect still looks interesting, but I couldn't bring myself to work on that and One Thousand Gifts, so I nixed it. 

I read many books not on my list, however. 

There's a lesson in this; I know it. Perhaps it is a lesson that I should forgo future reading challenges. Or, perhaps, the results of this year's Spring Reading Thing simply demonstrate my preferred reading diversity. And that's a pretty good thing.

So will I skip Fall Into Reading this year? No way. ;)