How ya doing on your 888 list?

[Tonia]

Just wondering how many books everyone has completed. I've finished nine and I've got four more (along with some other books) in my pile (which really isn't a pile - I seem to have stacks of books everywhere!) :eek:

Still working on: The Iliad, How the Irish Saved Civilization, Six-Point Plan for Raising a Happy Family, and Persuasion.

So, what's in your pile? :cool:

[Debbie in IL]

I'm working on The Book Thief, Mere Christianity, Don Quixote, My Life for Yours and Just Walk Across the Room. I have finished 4 others. I'm enjoying reading deliberately!

Deb

[Jenny in Atl]

Doing pretty good, I've finished six, and should finish my seventh this weekend (Year of Living Biblically). Currently I'm working on I Am the Messenger (M. Zusak), The Castle Corona (S Creech), and Eat, Pray, Love (E. Gilbert). My full list is on my blog. I hope to keep up this pace, but I know that will be harder in the summer months. :p

[JennifersLost]

I was really struggling with "The Skeptical Environmentalist" and then realized that a quarter of the book is notes. Yay! I'm much further than I thought I was.

I'm also working on "The Blind Watchmaker". I've got one on ILL and need to get going ordering some more.

[angela in ohio]

I've finished several (on schedule), but I have been adding in extra books, too. Overall, it just has me reading more! :D

[Tracey in TX]

What is the 888 list?

[mellifera]

and am in the middle of 3 more. Right now I'm working on The Early History of Ancient Rome-Livy, How to Read a Book-Adler and Van Doran, and The Van Trapp Family Singers- by I don't remember of the top of my head.

[cin]

Homeschooling is really getting in the way of my reading!!! I've developed a great list (for me, anyway) and plan to read through it. But I've had to come to grips with the fact that I may not finish them all by the end of the year. So far, I've finished 4 or 5 and I will continue to work on it. I've been reading some other books too, but I will finish those books, someday!

[Heidi @ Mt Hope]

I've finished 5 so far:

Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat (read-aloud)
Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog by Kitty Burns Florey
Me: Stories of My Life by Katharine Hepburn
For the Children's Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
Little Pear by Eleanor Frances Lattimore (read-aloud)

And have a few others started:

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
From Jest To Earnest by E.P. Roe
The Edison Trait (or Dreamers, Discoverers & Dynamos) by Lucy Jo Palladino, Ph.D.
The Well-Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise
The Intellectual Devotional by Kidder & Oppenheim
The Victor Journey through the Bible by Beers
Emily's Runaway Imagination by Beverly Cleary (read-aloud)

[Tonia]

I've finished several (on schedule), but I have been adding in extra books, too. Overall, it just has me reading more! :D

I know what you mean. I keep seeing recommendations for books and my reading pile keeps growing. ;)

[6packofun]

I'm really enjoying the challenge! I like that it has made me more goal-oriented and focused in what I read. I'm purposely choosing--and I've swapped books in my list a few times!--from a wider variety of material.

ANYwho... I have finished 6 books from my 888 list and 5 other books. I'm reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn right now, which is not on my 888 either.

I'm trying to get into the habit of marking or writing down passages of each book that I enjoy, writing a brief review and brief plot synopsis, and also making a list of the main characters. I ALWAYS forget names from books that I read and then when I'm trying to describe it to someone else, particularly to recommend it, I sound like a dork who didn't really read it. LOL

[WTMindy]

What is the 888 list?

The general idea is that you choose 8 book in 8 different categories of books and read them all in 2008. The categories can be any that you want, and 8 of the books can fit into 2 categories so that you are reading 56 books this year.

[WTMindy]

I'm loving it, but I tend to read from booklists anyways. This has just consolodated some of my lists. :-)

Finished:
An Autobiography: The Story of y Experiments with Truth by Ghandi
Surprised by Joy C. S. Lewis
All Rivers Run to the Sea by Elie Wiesel
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (audiobook)
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (audiobook)
To See Every Bird on Earth (Dan Koeppel)
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor E. Frankl)
A Girl Named Zippy (Haven Kimmel)
Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading (Maureen Corrigan)
Joy in the Morning - Betty Smith
Inkheart by Cornelia Funk
Inkspell by Cornelia Funk
The Two Towers by Tolkien (read aloud with kids-started before Jan 1)

Currently Reading:
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper (audiobook)
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper (audiobook with kids)
The Return of the King by Tolkien (read aloud with kids)
Praying the Scriptures for your Children by Berndt
Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin

[Mrs. Readsalot]

I am reading about 3-4 books a week.
The next me book I will be starting is Emma and that will probably take me longer thatn most books. I have gotten so into JAne Austen I may add an addition Jane Austen related category.

[Tracey in TX]

The general idea is that you choose 8 book in 8 different categories of books and read them all in 2008. The categories can be any that you want, and 8 of the books can fit into 2 categories so that you are reading 56 books this year.
What are the categories--or is it various genre? I'm definitely interested, but would like more guidance.
Thanks!

[Heidi @ Mt Hope]

You pick your own catagories! Anything goes, apparently. :) I've seen some really creative catagories. Unfortunately, I'm not so creative, or maybe it is that the books I wanted to read didn't line up into fascinating groups, LOL. I'm doing Ancient History, Parenting/Homeschooling, Non-Fiction, Read-Alouds with my 6 yo, Christianity, Just for Fun, Literature, and Books for Book Club.

[Rachel]

My list is posted on my blog along with what I've finished and currently reading.......
So far I've finished 4 books and am currently reading 3 *including Daily Bible which will be throughout the entire year*

My goal is one book a week roughly........

I'm trying to post short reviews of my books on my blog so I remember what I liked or didn't like about them......

[Tammy in Germany]

I've finished 3...I'm basically waaaayyyyy behind. Hoping for some reading time this weekend. :rolleyes:

[Laura Corin]

But I'm enjoying recording what I read - I haven't done that before and I always feel like I don't read much. So far this year:

Modern Literature
The Final Solution by Michael Chabon

Classics
Emma by Jane Austen

Science
The Canon - A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science by Natalie Angier

Crime
The Man Who Smiled by Henning Mankell
Strong Poison by Dorothy Sayers

Education
Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire by Rafe Esquith

Laura