Fall Into Reading 2010

I recently saw the following quote and found it an intriguing idea:

"It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between." — C.S. Lewis

With that in mind, one of my goals for the Fall Into Reading challenge hosted by Callapidder Days this year is to to alternate new titles with old ones. I also plan to finish some books I have previously started but set aside for later, which I've marked with an asterisk.

Here is my reading list for the challenge (if a book is crossed out, I've finished reading it):

*The Good Earth (Pearl Buck)
1984 (George Orwell)
*The Princess and the Goblin (George MacDonald)
*Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
Snow Day (Billy Coffey)
The School of Essential Ingredients (Erica Bauermeister)
The Case of the Gypsy Good-bye (Nancy Springer)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Alan Bradley)
Jayber Crow (Wendell Berry)
Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron (Stephanie Barron)
*Mere Churchianity (Michael Spencer)

I also want to recommend a reading tool I recently discovered—the ReadMore app—as it may be helpful to other Fall Into Reading participants. You can see all the features on the Demo video at the link above, but basically, it lets you set up a virtual bookshelf, keep track of how much time you've spent on a book, and see how long it will likely take you to finish that book based on your current reading rate. It would be a great way to keep kids' reading logs and track their daily reading assignments, which is why I originally downloaded the app, but I like it so much that I've been using it more than my daughter has. At $1.99, it's more expensive than the apps I usually get (i.e., free), but it's well worth the $2!

If you want to add me as a friend on Goodreads, you can find my profile here, or leave a link to your profile in the comments.

Have a great fall!