Friday, June 19, 2009

Spring Reading Thing Complete


Just in the nick of time I have finished the Spring Reading Thing hosted by Callapidder Days. Incidentally, we've had really cloudy weather for a couple of weeks, and now that summer is upon us, the sun has come out. I actually liked the gloomy weather, but what can I do?

Here's what I read for the challenge. I picked out some Newbery Award winners so I could make a dent in that list:


My favorites were A Single Shard and Ginger Pye.
Now I'm off to officially sign up for a summer challenge! The madness never ends!
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9 comments:

  1. LezlieJune 19, 2009 at 6:42 PM

    Congratulations!!
    Lezlie

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  2. Beth FJune 20, 2009 at 7:27 AM

    Congrats on finishing!

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  3. AmandaJune 20, 2009 at 7:47 AM

    Congrats! I decided I shouldn't sign up for the summer challenge as much as I'd like to. Since school's starting for me in late August, I might just not have all the time I want to read. I mean, I could just list all the books I plan to read anyway through then to finish other challenges, but that feels a bit like cheating, you know? And I don't want to add extra books on top of those.

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  4. bermudaonionJune 20, 2009 at 9:04 AM

    Congratulations on finishing the challenge! Job well done.

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  5. ShelleyJune 20, 2009 at 9:09 AM

    Thanks for all the congrats!

    Amanda,
    This is the first time I've done seasonal type of challenges--pretty fun. I don't like to do cross-overs either. Not necessarily because it's cheating, but I hate to give up a chance to make a new kind of list of books! The tricky part is having time to read them all. Good luck with school!

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  6. JoAnnJune 20, 2009 at 9:29 AM

    Well done!

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  7. AmandaJune 20, 2009 at 9:33 AM

    I don't mind crossovers in general - in fact, I really like being as efficient as possible, so I like picking books to meet more than one qualification - but to just say "I'm going to read X number of books" and then fill them with one's I'd already planned to read anyway seems a little cheap, you know?

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  8. ShelleyJune 20, 2009 at 10:31 AM

    Amanda,
    That makes sense. There's a different style of challenge out there for everyone. I liked that chance to focus on some Newbery winners for the Newbery project during the spring, so it worked for me. For my summer challenge, I picked ones that would be the most fun for a road trip. But mostly I like the ones with a theme or a scavenger hunt quality.

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  9. KatrinaJune 21, 2009 at 12:03 PM

    Great job, Shelley! Every time I'm in the kids' section of the bookstore, I look at Ginger Pye and think, "I need to read that one of these days." :) Maybe I need to put it on one of my challenge lists!

    Thanks for being part of Spring Reading Thing '09!

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