My Spring Reading Challenge List!

Many of you were amazed that I was going to limit my list, make no changes, and not be a hog...

Aww, c'mon! You all know me better than that:-) While I am going to try to limit myself to a more reasonable list, that would be reasonable for ME, not necessarily your normal, average, everyday reader...of which I am none of those!

But due to surgery mid-April, I have to be somewhat realistic. Pain meds make my eyes blur, and so I won't be doing as much reading for a couple of those weeks. Therefore, my list will include the following titles, by category as much as possible (and many will be giveaways, if I have anything to say about it!)

So, as there are 13 weeks (roughly) in this challenge, I'm picking 13 books in each category, with possible alternates:

Fiction

1--Black Sea Affair by Don Brown
2--A Mile in My Flip Flops by Melody Carlson
3--The Watchers by Mark Andrew Olsen
4--A Time To Mend by Sally John and Gary Smalley
5--A Soldier's Family by Chery Wyatt
6--She Always Wore Red by Angela Hunt
7--Kill Me If You Can by Nicole Young
8--Healing Promises by Amy Wallace
9--Embrace Me by Lisa Samson
10--For Pete's Sake by Linda Windsor
11--Blue Hole Back Home by Joy Jordan-Lake
12--Winter Haven by Athol Dickson
13--The Warriors by Mark Andrew Olsen

Alternates:

Talk of the Town by Lisa Wingate
Taming Rafe by Susan May Warren
The Barefoot Belivers by Annie Jones
Trouble the Water by Nicole Seitz
Vanish by Tom Pawlik
Dogwood by Chris Fabry
Summer Snow by Nicole Baart

Teen/Young Adult Fiction/Non-fiction

1--The Big Picture by Jenny B. Jones
2--I Heart Bloomberg by Melody Carlson
3--Chosen by Ted Dekker
4--It's All About Us by Shelly Adina
5--Mixed Bags by Melody Carlson
6--Match Point by Erynn Mangum
7--Baby Girl by Jane Orcutt
8--Finding Hollywood Nobody by Lisa Samson
9--The Summer of Cotton Candy by D.J. Reynolds
10--Peculiar Treasure by Robin Jones Gunn
11--The Fruit of My Lipstick by Shelley Adina
12--Ryann Watters and the King's Sword by Eric Reinhold
13--Stealing Bradford by Melody Carlson

Alternates:

Payback by Melody Carlson
Infidel by Ted Dekker
House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo
What Your Daughter Isn't Telling You by Susie Shellenberger
The New Rebellion Handbook
Where Have All The Good Men Gone by A.J. Kiesling


Non-Fiction

1--Choosing Your Faith by Mark Mittleberg
2--Vintage Jesus by Mark Driscoll
3--Hush by Nicole Braddock Bromley
4--Twist of Faith by Ann Beiler
5--Lies Women Believe by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
6--Ruby Slippers by Jonalyn Grace Fincher
7--Cold Tangerines by Shauna Neiquist
8--The Emotionally Destructive Relationship by Leslie Vernick
9--Praying for Your Prodigal Daughter by Janet Thompson
10--He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not by Trish Ryan
11--Mistaken Identity by Don & Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen & Whitney Cerak
12--Five Sacred Crossings by Craig J. Hazen
13--Looking For God by Nancy Ortberg

Alternates:

Spa Treatments for Your Body and Soul by Janie Seltzer
The Vow by Ed Gungor
The Beautiful Fight by Gary Thomas
The Essential Engstrom by Ted Engstrom
I'm Fine With God...It's Christians I Can't Stand by Bruce and Stan
The New Eve by Robert Lewis
Where Have All The Good Men Gone by A. J. Kiesling
The God Who Smokes by Timothy J. Stoner

Non-Christian Fiction

1--The Silver Needle Murder by Laura Childs
2--Carrot Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke
3--The Adventures of Slim and Howdy by Brooks and Dunn
4--Where Are You Now by Mary Higgins Clark
5--Laced by Carol Higgins Clark
6--Zapped by Carol Higgins Clark
7--The Cat Who Smelled Smoke by Lilian Jackson Braun
8--The State of the Onion by Julie Hezy
9--Killer Mousse by Melinda Wells
10--Wash & Die by Barbara Colley
11--Too Pretty To Die by Susan McBride
12--Murder of a Chocolate Covered Cherry by Denise Swanson
13--The Brush Off by Laura Bradley

Alternates:

Mr Monk Goes to the Fire House by Lee Goldberg
Chili Con Corpses by J. B. Stanley

Now, some have questioned whether or not I'll be changing my list or adding to it. I'm going to try to stick to it, but as books come in or release, I may do some editing. Still, this is pretty much it!


There you have it! Let's get reading, shall we?

Happy reading!

Deena