- What was the best book you read this spring? Fiction: Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers , Non-Fiction: Seeing and Savoring Christ by John Piper
- What book could you have done without? I didn’t have a long enough book list to have to have an answer to this one. They were all worth reading.
- Did you try out a new author this spring? If so, which one, and will you be reading that author again? Yes, the new author I tried was Dorothy L. Sayers and I will definitely read her again.
- If there were books you didn’t finish, tell us why. Did you run out of time? Realize those books weren’t worth it? I never got around to Harry Potter #6. I’ve read it before and wanted to read it before #7 came out…
- Did you come across a book or two on other participants’ lists that you’re planning to add to your own to-be-read pile? Which ones? Yes, Stepping Heavenward by Prentiss. I bought it and am reading it.
- What did you learn — about anything – through this challenge? Maybe you learned something about yourself or your reading style, maybe you learned not to pick so many nonfiction books for a challenge, maybe you learned something from a book you read. Whatever it is, share! I learned that I can read a lot more than I have in the past. There is time to read. I’m a multi-book reader (more than one at a time). I’ve learned I’ll enjoy and digest non-fiction more if I only read a chapter at a time. I have a stack of 4-6 books on my nightstand and I try to read a little out of each in the evening instead of watching TV.
- What was the best part of the Spring Reading Thing? Meeting other readers and seeing the hundreds of books I’ve never read.
- Any other thoughts, impressions, or comments. I like to take reading a step further by recording any sections of the book that stand out to me.
- I will definitely participate in a fall reading challenge!
- I’ll be posting a review of When People Are Big and God is Small soon.
Thanks so much to Katrina at Callapidder days for hosting this event so magnificently and unselfishly…
I plan to check out some Sayers next time I’m at the library!
Lisa, Sayers does a great job in developing her characters. Dear is reading her now, too.
Sounds like a successful Spring Reading!
You still have time to read HP6.
I’m reading through them all in advance of #7′s release. I better get busy, because I’m only half way through #2!
So much to read; so little time. . .
Kim, thanks for the encouragement, #6 is in Seattle and I’ll be there on saturday.
Lord Peter Wimsey is such a character! Loving these Sayers books thanks to you!
Lana, You are gonna have to borrow the dvd’s!
I’m glad to hear you like Dorothy Sayers. I have one of her books on my shelf, but haven’t read it yet. I’ll have to move it closer to the top of the pile.
Thanks for participating in the Spring Reading Thing!
Katrina, no..thank you! Oh, and yes, do read Sayers!
I haven’t read Sayers either, but will head to the library as soon as I can to find her. Thanks for the heads up on her.
I think you’ll enjoy Stepping Heavenward by Prentiss. I just bought a biography of her and am eager to get into it.
Hi Rosemary, I’ve started Prentiss and I am enjoying the honesty in her journal. Blessings!
I have read Stepping Heavenward a couple of times, I think. It’s excellent!
Hi Barbara, thanks and blessings on you…
Yes, I learned last Fall when I did the challenge that I could read a lot more than I thought, especially if I chose books over TV.
Hi Jennifer, I like to be reminded how much I do enjoy reading…blessings.
I’ll have to check out Clouds of Witness. I am like you. I like to read non-fiction a little at a time. With fiction, I can read for much longer periods. Have a great day!
Great job on your reading list!
Now you’ve got me interested in Clouds of Witness. There’s another one on my list…