Goal Met!!!
I am happy to announce that I have met my Reading the Classics Goal of five classics this year and my Adoption Reading Goal of six books (3 fiction and 3 non-fiction)!
The classics I choose to read this year were:
4)Around the World in Eighty Days
Out of these five I recommend everyone would read would be Uncle Tom’s Cabin with Dracula a close second. I hated The Great Gatsby (sorry lit lovers) and Around the World in Eighty Days bored me a bit, but I do think younger readers would appreciate it more.
Completed!
My choices for the Adoption Reading Challenge were:
2)Adopted:The Ultimate Teen Guide
I have to say that the fiction selections won out as my favorites in this challenge, but all of them were well worth the read except for the Teen Guide. I was disappointed with that one. If you have a child ages ten and up I really recommend them reading Betti on A High-wire and for adoptive parents of older children please read All the Broken Pieces.
Now with those goals met, I still have one other reading goal this year. My GoodReads goal of reading 75 books in 2011. This is achievable. We will see!
So how are your reading goals going? I marvel how our reading patterns change through our lifetime. Going from reading all the time as a teen, to only have time to read required reading in college and then the babies come around and you feel like you will never hold a good book again. I am pleased to be in the time of my life where I can read for pleasure again everyday. I am only more pleased that my girls are showing signs of being avid readers.
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Yay you! I usually manage to squeeze in reading time by ignoring housework. I’ve not finished my 3 adoption books. I’ve started 2 of them but not finished. I really need to get on that.
As for classics, I’ve never finished a Jane Austen book. Just couldn’t get into it much. I didn’t really like The Great Gatsby either. I did enjoy Around the World in 80 Days but I read it back in high school. The other 2 I have never read. Shame on me I know!
It took me two attempts to get into Jane Austin! I think because I enjoyed the movies so much I had to give the books a try! Not shame on you. You are a busy woman ;)