Spring Reading Thing Wrap-Up

I haven't blogged much lately, but I have been reading a lot! I had 8 books on my Spring Reading Thing list and got off to a great start. Alas, though I did make more progress on my reread of The Screwtape Letters, I have not yet returned to Middle Earth, so I couldn't cross off all the books on my list.

All of the books on my challenge list are good books (including the two I haven't finished yet), though I wasn't quite satisfied with the ending of either The Fountainhead or Brave New World, for opposite reasons (one's happy ending seemed unrealistic and inconsistent with the rest of the book, and the other's tragic ending was depressing and void of hope). I loved The Hunger Games and can't wait for the sequel.

Same Kind of Different As Me was much more moving than I expected, and it's an incredible book. I started telling someone about it and teared up. It really packs an emotional punch and makes you think about the difference your life can make on others, and I know now why I've seen it on so many others' reading lists.


*The Screwtape Letters (CS Lewis)
*The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
*The Return of the King (JRR Tolkien)
*Good News for Those Trying Harder (Alan Kraft)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
Same Kind of Different As Me (Ron Hall and Denver Moore)

Thanks to Katrina at Callapidder Days for hosting the Spring Reading Thing 2009!