countrylife's oldies

This will be the perfect challenge for me. With the economic situation and a long stretch of unemployment, our solution was to buy a tiny house and ride out the troubles. We moved in at the end of 2010, so the timing for this challenge is just right. After decades of book buying, I have boxes and boxes of books that can't possibly fit in my 'new' house. But I can't bear to part without reading them. Thankfully, my parents and 7 siblings are all readers, so they're finding good homes as I pass them on.

JANUARY READS:

The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain - finished 01/02/2011

Latitudes of Melt by Joan Clark - finished 01/05/2011

Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson - finished 01/07/2011

The Browns at Mt. Hermon by Isabella Alden - finished 01/14/2011

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay - finished 01/27/2011

Sing Them Home by Stephanie Kallos (2009) - finished 1/31/2011
fiction, magical realism, multiple sclerosis, tornadoes, grief, love, siblings
Review - 4 stars

PROGRESS:
January books - 6.
Total read for this challenge - 6.
Remaining - 31.

FEBRUARY READS:

Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (2006) - finished 2/2/2011
fiction, family relationships, down syndrome, grief
Review - 3-1/2 stars

Tisha by Robert Specht (1976) - finished 2/6/2011
memoir, teaching, native Americans, prejudice, Alaska
Review - 3-1/2 stars

An Acquaintance with Darkness by Ann Rinaldi - finished 2/8/2011

Freckles by Gene Stratton Porter - finished 2/9/2011

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson - finished 2/11/2011

The Quilt by T. Davis Bunn - finished 2/12/2011

Tying the Knot by Susan May Warren - finished 2/13/2011

Daughter of the Land by Gene Stratton-Porter - finished 2/15/2011

PROGRESS:
February books - 8.
Total read for this challenge - 14.
Remaining - 23.

Economic reasons are keeping me out of bookstores, well I don't go as often now. Welcome, Countrylife! Like the name by the way.

MARCH READS:

Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend by Robert James Waller - finished 3/1/2011 (2 stars) (de-accessioned)

PROGRESS:
March books - 1.
Total read for this challenge - 15.
Remaining - 22.

APRIL READS:

The Trail of Blood by J.M. Carroll
The Parable of the Lily by Liz Curtis Higgs

PROGRESS:
April books - 2.
Total read for this challenge - 17.
Remaining - 20.

Wow, that´s a lot of oldies!

Howdy and welcome to the challenge...I left a 1700 sq. ft. to an 823 sq footer condo...my solution, less furniture is in the future and more bookshelves and cushions for the floor.