888 reading update or what is on your nightstand?

[Mrs. Readsalot]

I am currently reading books number
28. Dangerous Journey (ds also reading)
29. Master Cornhill read aloud for history studies
30. The 64 dollar tomato

The 64 dollar tomato was not on my 888 reading list. I saw it yesterday at the library on the new book shelf. It was calling to me. I currently have tomato seedlings sprouting in varous locations in our house. I guess I will have to create a new catagory - I plan to call it either
Just because :D or
books from the library new book shelf ;)

[Mama Lynx]

I'm not doing 888, but I currently reading:

Moby Dick

Making History by Stephen Fry

Ad Infinitum - a book about the history of Latin

[Tonia]

Hey! I was just going to post this same question this morning - I guess you beat me to it :rolleyes:

I've finished twelve books on my 888 list and in my pile right now I have

Mansfield Park
Fight Like a Girl
The Iliad (I STILL haven't started it - I keep putting it off!)
Six-Point Plan for Raising Happy Families
Every Woman's Battle
Jane Austen: A Life

[Mrs. Readsalot]

Hey! I was just going to post this same question this morning - I guess you beat me to it :rolleyes:




Great minds just think alike
I have also been reading a lot of Jane Austen. I picked up Becoming Jane, the book the movie was based on , at Barnes and Noble last weekend. I plan to read it next.

[Tonia]

Great minds just think alike
I have also been reading a lot of Jane Austen. I picked up Becoming Jane, the book the movie was based on , at Barnes and Noble last weekend. I plan to read it next.

I read Becoming Jane last month and enjoyed it - I posted a review here (http://thesunnypatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/becoming-jane-austen-life-by-jon-spence.html) on my blog. If you like reading about Jane Austen I just finished a great book called The World of Jane Austen - it is really a photographic "field trip" to all of the homes she lived in or visited. Very good book. Here is my review (http://thesunnypatch.blogspot.com/2008/02/book-review-world-of-jane-austen.html) on that one as well. :D

[Laura Corin]

I'm about half way through, which means I have 400 pages to go. I've never read it before and it might turn out to be my favourite Dickens. It's this year's second great discovery, after 'The Canon'.

Laura

[Wendi]

Right now, I'm reading:

Economic Facts and Fallacies by Thomas Sowell
Money, Possessions, and Eternity by Randy Alcorn

Just finished The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters. Ready to start Middlemarch by George Eliot.

Wendi

[Tammy in Germany]

Pillars of the Earth ..it's a great book.

[mellifera]

In the middle of
The Phantom of the Opera
Early History of Rome - Livy
How to Read a Book
Snow Walker - Farley Mowat

[melissel]

Ooh, I am so far behind. I'm reading The Mood Cure (very enlightening!), which is book 4 for me. Next up is Emma.

[6packofun]

In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer Fleming and The Best American Short Stories 2007, edited by Stephen King. I'm enjoying both, particularly the short story collection! I don't read enough short fiction and I really, really like the genre.

These are both for my 888 and I recently finished A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Uglies (YA fiction by Scott Westerfeld).

[Unicorn]

Not doing 888, but I just finished Diary of a Young Girl, and Little Women.

[Luanne]

I just finished A Wrinkle in Time and Silver Dollar Girl. I am almost through with Winnie-the-Pooh and will probably move on to either Heidi or Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.

My 19 year old daughter (Rebekah), who also has a list, is reading Jane Eyre, Wolves at Our Door, Wolf Captured, Nobody's Princess, Moon Riders, and Bitter Trail. Moon Riders and Bitter Trail are westerns by Elmer Kelton.

[Alice]

I'm still not sure what 888 is...

But this is what I'm reading: Gulliver's Travels, Plenty (about eating locally) and The Latin-Centered Curriculum (just kept seeing it pop up here).

[momofkhm]

I just don't see myself reading that much in a year! I'm doing a shortened 8(categories) 5(books) (200)8. I'm still on a slow start. I think I'm on book 3!

Family Driven Faith (http://www.visionforum.com/search/productdetail.aspx?search=family+driven+faith&productid=37825)

[Dot]

I recently finished Yuri Kochiyama's Passing It On. I'd call her a living legend; she was sent to the Japanese Internment camps as a child, then spent her whole life as an activist for social justice. In fact, this week is the 66th anniversary of FDR signing the documents that sent over 100,000 Americans to the internment camps.

[prairiegirl]

I'm not doing 888 either, but I am currently reading Father Brown's Short Stories by Chesterton, Deconstructing Penguins by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone (I love this book.) Waiting in the wings is Becoming Jane.

Julia
mom of 3 (8,7,5)

[Virginia Dawn]

I am currently reading A Morbid Tast for Bones by Ellis Peters

[AmyinPA]

My Grandfather's Son by Clarance Thomas. Although biographical, it was so enlightening about racial issues of the 60's and 70's. Something I learned about myself reading this book is that I'm such a white northern girl. I'm really looking forward to covering this time period in our school.

Now I'm reading for the first time Pride and Prejudice. I know it's currently running on PBS which has motivated me to read ahead of the movie. So far I'm really enjoying it.

[Kat in GA]

I am off to a slow start on the 888 challenge myself (but then again, I didn't even make my list until February - so slow in arriving at the starting gate as well!) - I have only read 3 books! I am currently reading "Deconstructing Penguins" and "Water for Elephants."

[Kanga]

I am currently reading Avoid Boring People by James D. Watson and Clouds of Witness by Dorthy Sayers.

[Tutor]

I guess I'm not doing that, but here's what I'm reading:

Wayward Christian Soldiers by Charles Marsh
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (read aloud with kids)
The Well-Trained Mind by, well, you know (refreshing and planning)
The Crisis of Caring by Jerry Bridges

plus a bunch of stuff for work, the most fascinating of which has been Botanical Latin by William T. Stern

[WTMindy]

Currently Reading:
19. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper (audiobook)
20. The Return of the King by Tolkien (read aloud with kids)
21. Praying the Scriptures for your Children by Berndt
22. Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper (audiobook with kids)
23. Lost in the Cosmos by Percy Walker

Finished:
1. An Autobiography: The Story of y Experiments with Truth by Mohandas Ghandi
2. Surprised by Joy C. S. Lewis
3. All Rivers Run to the Sea by Elie Wiesel
4. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (audiobook)
5. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (audiobook)
6. To See Every Bird on Earth (Dan Koeppel)
7. Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor E. Frankl)
8. A Girl Named Zippy (Haven Kimmel)
9. Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading (Maureen Corrigan)
10. Joy in the Morning - Betty Smith
11. Inkheart by Cornelia Funk
12. Inkspell by Cornelia Funk
13. The Two Towers by Tolkien (read aloud with kids-started before Jan 1)
14. Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin
15. A Season of Shadows by Paul McCusker
16. And the Word Came With Power by Shetler
17. The History of Love (Krauss)
18. The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper (audiobook with kids)

[nancypants]

I'm reading Mansfield Park and loving it! :)

[Angela in TN]

I've finished 12 books so far, which sad to say is more than I read last year total. I'm making a new category for Anne of Green Gables series I had never read it and I love it, so right now I'm on book #4 of the series Anne of Windy Poplars and #5 Anne's House of Dreams is on deck. :)

[Leah]

I just started the 64 Dollar Tomato this week! So far I love the writing style. A few weeks ago, I read Blithe Tomato, also from my 888 List-what a great book!

I am also reading Walk the Bible and Reading Like a Writer.

[Leah]

I just started the 64 Dollar Tomato this week! So far I love the writing style. A few weeks ago, I read Blithe Tomato, also from my 888 List-what a great book!

I am also reading Walk the Bible and Reading Like a Writer.

[GreenKitty]

I don't know what 888 is but I am currently reading
The Spiritual Power of a Mother by Michael Farris
The Continuum Concept by Jean Liedloff
Witches' Brew by Terry Brooks

[Margaret in GA]

Just finishing Energy Victory (Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil) by Robert Zubrin-- haven't read a book this significant since Omnivore's Dilema; Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything -- like a light science textbook and (ahem) helps me fall asleep at night. And Joel Salatins' Everything I Want to do is Illegal -- a light read I pick up every now and then.
Geez, seeing how much Jane Austen is getting read kind of makes me want to pick up a Romance Novel and relax a little! ;)

[Jenny in Atl]

What I'm currently working on, though not well with this flu :(

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Spook Country by William Gibson
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier Clay by Michael Chabon
The Penderwicks
Getting the Girl by Markus Zusak

What I have finished

Falling Man by Don Delillo (finished)
What Dead Men Know by Laura Lippman (finished)
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (finished)
May Bird Among the Stars by Jodi Lynn Anderson (finished)
May Bird Warroir Princess by Jodi Lynn Anderson (finished)
The Castle Corona by Sharon Creech & David Diaz (finished)
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak (finished)
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (finished)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (finished)
God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens (finished)
Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs (finished)
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (finished)
The Vicious Vikings & The Measly Middle Ages T. Deary & M. Brown (finished)
Beowulf translation by Burton Raffel (finished)
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain (finished)

[Mom2jnb]

I don't have a blog, so not doing 888 but I am currently readying
The Gluten Free Girl I think we have some intolerances here. Trying to educate myself.
Financial Peace Revisited
Parenting with Love and Logic Audiobook

Also reading w/ds Hugenot Garden,
Door in the Wall

Alison

[Janna]

My list keeps getting re-worked as interests are becoming different than they were a couple of months ago. I also greatly reduced my 888 list to only 32 books because of expecting a baby. I just didn't want to have such high expectations and then be upset with myself for not doing it.

So, I have read and finished:

-Johnny Tremain (with dd), Esther Forbes
-The Hiding Place, Corrie Ten Boom
-Come Be My Light, Mother Teresa
-Riders of the Purple Sage, Zane Grey

I am currently reading:

-The China Study (fascinating and a slow read as I take time to digest)
-The Omnivore's Dilemma (not as fascinating in light of the China Study)
-Knowing God, J.I.Packer
-Go Tell it on the Mountain, James Baldwin
-What Your Dr. May Not Tell You About Children's Vaccinations

Some of these are going to get pushed aside before I finish them because I have books on hold that I'm waiting for with regards to childbirth and breastfeeding which will take precedence when they come in. :)

[Kelli in TN]

1776 and A History of the American People

I just completed Love in the Time of Cholera and Water for Elephants

[Sparkle]

I just finished Freakonomics, and Murder Must Advertise (Sayers), and getting ready to start Eusebius - The Church History.

[Tonia]

I'm reading Mansfield Park and loving it! :)

I'm reading this right now too - I'm enjoying it, but there have been a few places where I've wanted to shake Fanny and say "Put your foot down and stand up for yourself already!!!" :p

[HeatherH]

The Hobbit

about to start

Cry, the Beloved Country

also just finished

Passionate Housewives Desperate for God (and was pleasantly surprised)

[Rachel]

Wicked: The real story of the Wicked Witch of the West
Israel, My Beloved by Kay Arthur
Walden

I've finished 11 books so far and I have my Daily Bible that I read every day as well.......

I did take a break from my 888 list after reading Twilight (which was on my list) and read the other 2 books in the series........
So technically I've read 13 books since Jan 1st....

[Mamagistra]

*sigh* I'll be pleased to finish even eight books at the rate I'm going. :rolleyes: I think I need to have an eye exam because much reading really fatigues me lately.

That said, I have Eat to Live (thanks a lot, Abbey ;)), In Defense of Food, and Tending the Heart of Virtue nearby.