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    I love my Kindle!

     As a lifelong avid reader I debated for a long time over whether to get an e-reader or not. Initially I didn’t want to spend the money– first on the device itself, and then on books to go on it. That seemed an extravagant luxury to me, as most of the books I’ve ever read have either been from the…

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    Reading Challenge Updates

    Time to post my reading list for 2010. (Well, past time, really!) I enjoyed keeping track of my reading this past year. Here are the Reading Challenges I’ve signed up for in 2011, since they can overlap, anyway! I think the different categories help keep things interesting! 100+ Reading Challenge Support Your Local Library Challenge What’s in a Name? Challenge…

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    Books Read in September

    …for the 2010 100+ Reading Challenge: 78. A Hope Undaunted by Julie Lessman 79. A Memory Between Us by Sarah Sundin 80. Her Daughter’s Dream by Francine Rivers 81. The Black Madonna by Davis Bunn 82. Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah 83. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 84. Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston 85.…

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    Books Read in July and August

    I failed to get my reading list for July posted earlier… so continuing with the 2010 100+ Reading Challenge, here is my reading list for July and August: 63. Touching the Clouds by Bonnie Leon 64. The Seeker by Ann H. Gabhart 65. Katy’s Debate by Kim Vogel Sawyer 66. Premiere by Melody Carlson 67. Amish Proverbs by Suzanne Woods…

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    Books Read in June

    Continuing with the 2010 100+ Reading Challenge, here are the books I read in June: 54. So Not Happening by Jenny B. Jones 55. The Art and Craft of Writing Christian Fiction by Jeff Gerke 56. Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson 55. Katy’s New World by Kim Vogel Sawyer 56. Missing Max by Karen Young 57. Healer by Linda…

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    Books Read in May

    Continuing with the 2010 100+ Reading Challenge, here are the books I read in May: 45. Andrea Carter and the Trouble with Treasure by Susan Marlow 46. This Fine Life by Eva Marie Everson 47. Never Let You Go by Erin Healy 48. I Am Hutterite by Mary-Ann Kirkby 49. Rooms by James Rubart 50. Sheet Music by Kevin Leman…

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    Books Read in April

    Continuing with the 2010 100+ Reading Challenge, here are the books I read in April: 32. Andrea Carter and the Dangerous Decision by Susan Marlow 33. Saving Sailor by Renee Riva 34. Heading Home by Renee Riva 35. The Sword, the Ring and the Parchment by Ed Dunlop 36. Forget Me Not by Vicki Hinze 37. The Familiar Stranger by…

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    Books I’m Reading

    Continuing with the 2010 100+ Reading Challenge, here are the books I read in March: 24. Genoa Bay by Bette Nordberg 25. A Distant Melody by Sarah Sundin 26. Screen Play by Chris Coppernoll 27. As Young As We Feel by Melody Carlson 28. The Familiar Stranger by Christina Berry 29. After the War by Carol Matas 30. Winston Churchill:…

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    Lotsa Books!

    Here’s the list of books I’ve read in January  for the 2010 100+ Reading Challenge (not counting several that I have started but not yet finished… yeah, I usually have several books going at once): Raising a Modern-Day Princess by Pam Farrel and Doreen Hanna Thicker Than Blood by C.J. Darlington The Male Factor by Shaunti Feldhan The Choice by…

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    Vintage Children’s Books Series

    Vintage Children’s Series Books Books I enjoyed reading as a child, and collect as an adult. Many of these were already “vintage” when I was reading them! How many do you remember? (Just for fun, click on the titles to be taken to fan websites for each series.) Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators Anne of Green Gables Beany Malone…