Friday, October 3, 2008

On The Porch Swing Reading Challenge
























On the Porch Swing Reading Challenge 2008

July to September 2008

Read a book with a color in either the title or the author's name.
Read a book with a person's name in the title.
Read a book with the word house, or home, or cottage in the title (only one book with either of those words in the title).
Read a book with the word family, brother, or sister in the title (again, only one book with either of those words in the title).
Read a book with some type of water in the title-this could be ocean, lake, pond, river, rain, etc.

My five selections for this challenge:
Midwife of the Blue Ridge by Christe Blevins
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by Davod Wroblewski
Ex-Cottagers in Love by J.M. Kearn
Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
Down to a Sunless Sea by Matthias Freese

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