Spring Reading Thing and Once Upon a Time

While checking out some of the links at the Spread the Love link party over at The Steadfast Reader, I encountered a couple of posts about the Spring Reading Thing. The Spring Reading Thing is an event hosted by The Musings of a Book Addict. Sandra invites us to organize our reading for spring with a list of potential books to read this season. There are prizes available to those whose lists and wrap-up posts are linked in a timely manner — that’s tomorrow for the initial list!

I’m organizing my list by topic because of something Bryan at Still Unfinished wrote about today — I need balance in my reading!

England

finish Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson

finish Clockwork Universe by Edward Dolnick

Newton and the Counterfeiter by Thomas Levenson

The Illustrated Longitude by Dava Sobel

Jane Austen’s England by Roy and Leslie Adkins

London Under by Peter Ackroyd

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

A Guide to Dickens’ London by Daniel Tyler

Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson

England As You Like It by Susan Allen Toth

Book Club

Transatlantic by Colum McCann

Sugar in the Blood by Andrea Stuart

Substitute Me by Lori L. Tharps

Writing

finish Emotional Impact by Karl Iglesias

Wired for Story by Lisa Cron

A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver

Health

The Diet Fix by Yoni Freedhoff

Shades of Hope by Tennie McCarty

Fun (mostly set in England)

finish The Murders of Richard III by Elizabeth Peters

finish The Fierce Reads Anthology

Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger

An Unwilling Bride by Jo Beverly

That’s a total of 23 books, so probably at least 5 more than I’ll really read. But I want to read them all, so I’m not going to make a choice right now!

Since two of the books on my list (Clockwork Prince and Etiquette & Espionage) are fantasies, I’m going to also sign up for Once Upon a Time VII hosted by Carl at Stainless Steel Droppings.

What are your reading plans for spring?

Comments

Spring Reading Thing and Once Upon a Time — 11 Comments

Deb Stone on March 23, 2014 at 3:31 pm said:

Hey Joy, I like your list! I just bought Wired for Story, and I liked Oliver’s A Poetry Handbook. It’s almost dry enough to hang my hammock. That’s when I get really great reading done!

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Cheryl @ Tales of the Marvelous on March 23, 2014 at 4:41 pm said:

I like the idea of balance…I usually try to impart some balance to my reading, though not with a great deal of organization. Mostly it becomes something like “just read a dystopia, need something fun now…” And I largely rely on Carl’s challenges to help me get at least some throughout-the-year balance to my genres! Anyway, I hope you have fun with your reading!

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Bryan G. Robinson on March 23, 2014 at 5:15 pm said:

As I mentioned over on Google Plus, thanks for the shout-out. That looks like quite a list. I’d join in, but I don’t know what I’m getting to this spring — for the most part. Right now I only have one book for sure on the horizon: Code Zero by Jonathan Maberry, which comes out Tuesday. Other than that, it’s pretty wide open, although I do want to tip the balance toward some nonfiction and some poetry. Just what exactly, beyond the ones I mentioned over on my blog today, I’m not sure.

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Sandra Stiles on March 23, 2014 at 5:40 pm said:

I love the way you organized your list by category. Great list! Welcome to Spring Reading Thing. I wish you lots of luck when it comes to reading your list.

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Angie @Angela's Anxious Life on March 23, 2014 at 8:24 pm said:

I am excited about Once Upon a Time! I am about to go and check it out and sign up right now!

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Delia (Postcards from Asia) on March 24, 2014 at 9:23 am said:

I love the Once Upon a Time challenge and have a few books which I’m planning to read. The first one is The Golem and the Djinni, and so far it’s really good.
Glad to see you’re joining as well. The more, the better. 🙂

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April @ The Steadfast Reader on March 25, 2014 at 5:52 am said:

Loving all the England titles!

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Kailana on March 27, 2014 at 11:30 am said:

Great looking books on those lists. Good luck!

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