Fall Into Reading 2010 Wrap-up

It's time to wrap up the challenge that enticed me by its awesome button (and I should add, awesome host, Katrina at Callapidder Days):

My favorite season is ending, but my second favorite season is just about to begin, so all is good.  Katrina offered several questions about our reading experience this fall:

• Did you finish reading all the books on your fall reading list? If not, why not?

I finished all but two.  One of them I've just started.  I didn't get to all of them because I got distracted with other books, readalongs, and life in general. Here's the list:


Finished:
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Sisters in War by Christina Asquith
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Unfinished:
One Fine Day by Mollie Panter-Downs
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

• Did you stick to your original goals or did you change your list as you went along?

I suppose neither!  I was conscious of my list, but when I veered from it, I didn't make any official changes to it.  

• What was your favorite book that you read this fall? Least favorite? Why?

This is especially hard to answer because everything I read was a strong, four-star reading experience.  I enjoyed them all for different reasons.

• Did you discover a new author or genre this fall? Did you love them? Not love them?

 I did not necessarily discover a new author, but I enjoyed a new experience from an old, beloved author--an adult novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery.  I'm hoping to write down my thoughts soon.

• Did you learn something new because of Fall Into Reading 2010 – something about reading, about yourself, or about a topic you read about?

My one non-fiction selection, Sisters in War, helped me to learn more about the situations that women in Iraq face, and I took part in a great book club to discuss it.

• What was your favorite thing about the challenge?

The button!  (Horribly superficial, I know!)