Sunday Salon: Reading, Read, To Read #39

Happy Sunday! It's banned book week. Read my post about Speak at Operation Actually Read Bible. "Why Christians Need Speak..."

It's also fall! (Have you signed up for the Fall Into Reading challenge?) I've been able to read a couple of books for this challenge so far. Which leads me to the 24 Hour Read-a-thon. It will be here soon. Very soon. October 9th. I haven't decided what I'll be reading yet. It's just too soon. But. It's not too early to start thinking about thinking about making a list!

I'm still reading Bleak House. I am enjoying it. Much more than I thought I ever would--or could. But yesterday felt like a good finishing-up day. I finished six books! (Sometimes I get so excited about starting books that I forget how satisfying it is finish a book.)

What I've Reviewed This Week:

Ninth Ward. Jewell Parker Rhodes. 2010. August 2010. Little, Brown. 217 pages.
Reckless by Cornelia Funke. Translated by Oliver Latsch. 2010. Little, Brown. 394 pages
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. 1868. 544 pages. 
A Girl Named Mister. Nikki Grimes. 2010. Zondervan. 232 pages.
Sir Charlie: Chaplin, the Funniest Man in the World by Sid Fleischman. 2010. June 2010. HarperCollins. 268 pages.
Lincoln Tells A Joke: How Laughter Saved the President (And the Country). Kathleen Krull and Paul Brewer. Illustrated by Stacy Innerst. 2010. April 2010. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 40 pages.
Clever Jack Takes the Cake. Candace Fleming. Illustrated by G. Brian Karas. 2010. August 2010. Random House. 40 pages.
My Garden. Kevin Henkes. 2010. February 2010. HarperCollins. 28 pages.
Shark Vs. Train. Chris Barton. Illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld. 2010. April 2010. Little, Brown. 40 pages.
The Cow Loves Cookies. Karma Wilson. Illustrated by Marcellus Hall. 2010. Simon & Schuster. 40 pages.
Art and Max. David Wiesner. 2010. October 2010. Clarion (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). 40 pages.
Guyku. Bob Raczka. Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds. 2010. October 2010. Houghton Mifflin. 48 pages.
In Every Heartbeat. Kim Vogel Sawyer. 2010. September 2010. Bethany House. 352 pages.
Love's First Bloom. Delia Parr. 2010. Bethany House. 320 pages.
A Hope Undaunted by Julie Lessman. 2010. Revell. 505 pages.


Coming Soon:


Fallen. Lauren Kate. 2009. Random House. 464 pages.

The Birthday Ball. Lois Lowry. With illustrations by Jules Feiffer. 2010. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 186 pages.

Currently Reading:

Evil Genius. Wilkie Collins. 1886. 348 pages.

Wee Free Men. Terry Pratchett. 2003. HarperCollins. 400 pages.


Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. Alan Bradley. 2009. Doubleday Canada. 304 pages.


Bleak House. Charles Dickens. 1852-1853. 912 pages.



The Stories of Ray Bradbury. Introduction by Christopher Buckley. 2010. April 2010. Knopf, Doubleday. 1112 pages.



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