Overdue Books
by Gail

If you are anything like me your stack of purchased to-be-read books is teetering over. So for this challenge we would be reading 5 books that we have already purchased, have been meaning to get to, have been sitting on the nightstand and haven’t read before. No going out and buying new books. No getting sidetracked by the lure of the holiday bookstore displays.
The bonus would be that we would finally get to some of those titles (you know you picked them for a reason!) and we wouldn’t be spending any extra money over the holidays.
I just read about this over at Bona Vita Rusticanda Est this weekend. Tim’s Mom, in turn, had read about it over at Krakovianki. Thus I have decided to post about the From The Stacks Winter Reading Challenge myself. Here are the books I have chosen:
1. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
2. My Antonia by Willa Cather
3. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
4. The Willty of Modesty: Cultivating Virtue in the Face of a Vulgar Culture by David J. Vaughan
5. Christian Modesty and the Public Undressing of America by Jeff Pollard
If anyone else decides to join in the fun, let me know. I’d love to see what others are reading!
Comments
You have made me feel guilty. Now I have to go and pay attention to all those books that I purchased and then forgot about!
I’m in too.
Wow, you know me so well. It is a sad state of affairs when the folks at our local book store know me by name and even leave the store open past closing time so I can just pop in to pick something up….
I love your blog BTW, it makes me smile.
Well, I had to laugh at your title since I just got a call from the library today, telling me of an overdue book we’re paying for! LOL
I must join this challenge!
I’ll have to look around. I have a lot of “comfort” and just in time books. Today returned a bunch to the library.
Great post. Thanks for stopping by my TT.
I am in. I made the mistake of choosing my books before I realized the deadline! Not sure if I will finish in time, but I have something to shoot for.
I’m way behind, but am going to see what I can do! I just posted a blog about this – hopefully others will be inspired to read!
17 days late, but am joining you in reading some good books!
I’m in, too.