Spring Reading Thing - Wrapping It Up

March 20 - June 20
Hosted by Katrina at Callapiddar Days
Of the twenty-six books on my original too-long, subject-to-revision list for Spring Reading Thing 2009, I read fourteen. I also added I, Coriander to my list, as it was the April pick for my book club, Savvy, a 2009 Newbery Honor book, and John Grisham's latest The Associate. So that's seventeen books completed for this challenge:

• Adrift by Steven Callahan


• The Associate by John Grisham


• Bones by Jonathan Kellerman


• Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson


• Cross Country by James Patterson


• Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult


• Hot Lunch by Alex Bradley


• I, Coriander by Sally Gardner


• The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith


• Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer


• Lucky by Alice Sebold


• Pigboy by Vicki Grant


• Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, and Nathan Hale


• Savvy by Ingrid Law


• The Ten-Year Nap by Meg Wolitzer


• Top Ten Uses for an Unworn Prom Dress by Tina Ferraro


• Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

I haven't yet reviewed some of these books, but I've linked the ones that I have. I ended up with a good variety of genres, and there isn't a book here that I didn't enjoy. It's very difficult to pick one favorite, but among the top picks were Wintergirls, Rapunzel's Revenge, and I, Coriander. Bridge to Terabithia was a re-read from my childhood - and I loved revisiting it. I'm looking forward to Fall into Reading 2009. (I'm sure that it'll be here quicker than I think!)