Spring Reading Challenge Wrap Up

Well all good things must come to an end. And the Spring Reading Challenge is now over. How'd I do? Well I read all the books (31) on my list (minus one exception) PLUS 17 more for a grand total of 50 books in 3 months!!!!!

Here's a list of the books I read:

1. Miss Invisible by Laura Jensen Walker
2. The Perfect Match by Susan May Warren
3. Scenes from a Holiday by Laurie Graff, Carrie Lissner, and Melanie Murray
4. Moonglow by Peggy Darty
5. Confessions of an Ex-Girlfriend by Lynda Curnyan
6. A Dime a Dozen by Mindy Starns Clark
7. A Time to Love by Al and Joanna Lacy
8. Promises by Peggy Darty
9. See Jane Date by Melissa Senate
10. Tangled Web by Shirley Brinkerhoff
11. Stealing Adda by Tamara Leigh
12. Courting Trouble by Deeane Gist
13. A Quarter for a Kiss by Mindy Starns Clark
14. Denim Blue by Melody Carlson
15. When the Storm Breaks by Bonnie Leon
16. Love Me If You Must by Nicole Young
17. Something Beyond the Sky by Siri Mitchell
18. Death of a Garage Sale Newbie by Sharon Dunn
19. Kingdom Come by Tim LaHaye & Jerry Jenkins
20. Earthly Vows by Patricia Hickman
21. Second Choices by Shirley Brinkerhoff
22. The Tender Flame by Al and Joanna Lacy
23. Miss Match by Erynn Mangum
24. Landon Snow and the Shadows of Malus Quidam by R.K. Mortenson
25. The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Rolling by Neta Jackson
26. The Buck Stops Here by Mindy Starns Clark
27. Memories by Peggy Darty
28. These Boots Weren’t Made for Walking by Melody Carlson
29. On Assignment by Marilyn Kok
30. Return to Me by Robin Lee Hatcher
31. Good Times, Bad Boys by Melanie Murray
32. Slightly Single by Wendy Markham
33. Without a Trace by Colleen Coble
34. What the Cat Dragged In by Gilbert Morris
35. The Potluck Club Takes the Cake by Linda Evans Shepherd and Eva Marie Everson
36. Crazy Hot by Melissa De La Cruz
37. What I Really Want to Do Is Direct by Yvonne Collins and Sandy Rideout
38. In All Deep Places by Susan Meissner
39. Where Mercy Flows by Karen Harter
40. It’s Not Easy Being Mean by Lisi Harrison
41. The Remedy for Regret by Susan Meissner
42. Blessed are the Merciful by Al and Joanna Lacy
43. Let’s Meet on Platform 8 by Carole Matthews
44. The Funeral Planner by Lynn Isenberg
45. A Window to the World by Susan Meissner
46. The Cat’s Pajamas by Gilbert Morris
47. Mean Season by Heather Cochran
48. Dangerously Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
49. Bachelor’s Puzzle by Judith Pella
50. Bottom Line by Kimberly Stuart

GAVE UP:
Strapless by Leigh Riker (This book was nothing more than a trashy romance novel disguised as chick lit. I only read five chapters and then gave up.)

• What was the best book you read this spring? That's a toughie, I can only choose one? Fine, Miss Invisible by Laura Jensen Walker. One of the best chick lit books ever.

• What book could you have done without? Ugh, Strapless. There's a reason why I stopped reading it. Nothing but unreal sex scenes and men fantasizing about pregnant women. Horrible horrible book. Under false pretenses trying to pretend to be chick lit. Avoid at all costs.
  

• Did you try out a new author this spring? If so, which one, and will you be reading that author again? Tons of them! Almost half the books I read was a new author. I definately liked Erynn Mangum, Kimberly Stuart, Tamara Leigh and Susan Meissner. I liked Susan Meissner so much I read 3 of her books!
  

• If there were books you didn't finish, tell us why. Did you run out of time? Realize those books weren't worth it? The only book I didn't finish was Strapless and that was my choice not to finish. If a book does not gel with me after 4 chapters I will give up. This time I could barely make it past two.
  

• Did you come across a book or two on other participants' lists that you're planning to add to your own to-be-read pile? Which ones? Enjoyed seeing all the other Christian fiction books on other TBR lists. Makes me want to go back and reread them again.
  

• What did you learn -- about anything -- through this challenge? Maybe you learned something about yourself or your reading style, maybe you learned not to pick so many nonfiction books for a challenge, maybe you learned something from a book you read. Whatever it is, share! I found that I enjoy the Red Dress Ink chick lit books very much. I own a bunch but had been putting off on reading them. The challenge forced to finally pick one up and read it. I ended up reading 5 of them and enjoyed them very much.

• What was the best part of the Spring Reading Thing? I read all my library books that I had kept putting off. So I got them all done with no fines to pay!

• Would you be interested in participating in another reading challenge this fall? Definitely. Will keep me straight on another library book pile. It's already starting to pile up again. Lol.
  

• Any other thoughts, impressions, or comments. Thanks for hosting this Katrina!!!! Can't wait til fall!