I've been reading a lot this week while I've been sick. My book pile is starting to get rather small. I checked out a couple more books today but they are all specific to fulfilling reading challenges.
Fiction
Emma & Knightley, by Rachel Billington - I need to work on my Jane Austen reading challenge.
Knit the Season, by Kate Jacobs - I've read a couple of books by this author and have enjoyed every one of them.
Vanity and Vexation, by Kate Fenton - Another book for the Jane Austen challenge.
Just Jane, by Nancy Moser - I really enjoyed the last Moser book I read about Elizabeth Barrett Browning and I'm really looking forward to this book.
Memoir
My Life in France, by Julia Child - I've seen Julie & Julia (wasn't impressed) but wante to read Child's memoir. She seems like an interesting person.
A Thousand Days in Venice, by Marlena De Blasi - I've heard great things about this book.
A Thousand Days in Tuscany, by Marlena De Blasi - The sequel to A Thousand Days in Venice.
Scheisshaus Luck, by Pierre Berg - I'm sure this book will make me cry, but I've always been interested in this time period.
Nonfiction
If God is Good, by Randy Alcorn - I'm not sure I'm going to get to this book before it's due back at the library, but I will certainly try.
2 comments:
Wow, what an interesting array of books!How do you find the books you've chosen? Sounds like some fun evenings of reading are ahead.
Ann, I read a couple of book blogs and mark down books that sound interesting to me. I have a wishlist on Amazon that I use to keep track of books that I want to check out from the library. Then, when I'm getting ready to visit the library, I go through that list and pick out a few books that the library has available.
I hardly ever just browse the shelves. The only browsing I do is the "New Book Shelf" at our library, which has a big stack of books that the library has obtained in the past 3 months or so. Some of those books are newly released and others are just older books that the library has decided to carry.
Are you aware of Goodreads.com? I use that site to keep track of everything I've finished reading and I try to put a short review of each book. Then I see what friends are reading to see if any of their books look interesting and add them to my Amazon.com library list.
I love to read! :) :)
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