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Crow Lake
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Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Celebrate the Author
CHALLENGE #6
Becky's Book Reviews is hosting this challenge. The concept is simple. Celebrate an author's birthday each month by reading a novel written by them. The challenge runs from January to December of 2008. My authors are as follows
January - Phillipa Gregory
Febuary - Judy Blume
March - Carl Hiaasen
April - Barbara Kingsolver
May - Jodi Piccoult
June - Pearl S Buck
July - Dean Koontz
August - Sharon Kay Penman
September - Roald Dahl
October - Geraldine Brooks
November - Louisa May Alcott
December - Anne Patchett
The only other challenge that I think I will join this year is the TBR challenge 2008. I've already picked out my books for this challenge but I wont list them yet...lol :)
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In Their Shoes
CHALLENGE #5
This is the challenge that I am most looking forward too. I have been trying to make a point to buy more memoirs in the past year, however, I have yet to find the time to read them. Now here's my chance. The In Their Shoes reading challenge allows you to choose the number of books you want to read. The just need to be a memoir, autobiography, or biography. The challenge goes from January to December 2008. The list:
- Stolen Lives - Malika Oufkir
- Reading Lolita in Tehran - Azar Nafisi
- The Color of Water - James McBride
- Falling Leaves - Adeline Yen Mah
- Wild Swans - Jung Chang
- All But My Life - Gerda Weissman Klein
- A Girl Named Zippy - Haven Kimmel
- Night - Elie Wiesel
- Running with Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
- Breath, Eyes, Memory - Edgewidge Danticat
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1st in a Series
- Guilty Pleasures - The Anita Blake Series
- The Bad Beginning - A Series of Misfortunate Events
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Harry Potter
- Outlander - Outlander series
- Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Dexter Series
- The #1 Ladies Detective Agency
- Dark Lover - Black Dagger Brotherhood
- Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor - Jane Austen Mystery Series
- Postmortem - Kay Scarpetta Series
- The Eyre Affair - Thursday Next Series
- A is for Alibi - Kinsey Millhone Series
- The Poyson Garden - Elizabeth I Series
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Series Challenge
CHALLENGE #3
Every reader out there has a series that they have started and just keep meaning to finish. Well, Katherin at Crazy Cozy Murders has just the way to help you out. She's hosting a series challenge that runs from December 1, 2007 to May 1, 2008. You can choose as many books as you want to read they just need to be parts of series that you have started. I have decided to take five series that I have started and read the next two books in each series. I won't be finishing any series but I'll be putting a dent in some. Here's my list:
- Books 2 and 3 in Betsy the Vampire Queen series by Mary Janice Davidson
- Books 5 and 6 in Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich
- Books 2 and 3 in the Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella
- Books 2 and 3 in Gossip Girl series by Cecily Von Ziegesar
- Books 2 and 3 in the In Death series by JD Robb
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The Canadian Book Challenge
CHALLENGE #2
John from The Book Mine Set is hosting this challenge. This challenge starts NOW and runs until Canada day on July 1, 2008. The challenge is to read 13 books by 13 Canadian authors. You can choose the books anyway you want. I choose mine by picking ones I already own. Here's my list:
- The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
- Fall on Your Knees - Ann Marie MacDonald
- The Birth House - Ami McKay
- Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood
- A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
- Crow Lake - Mary Lawson
- Three Day Road - Joseph Boyden
- Clara Callan - Richard B Wright
- The Book of Ruth - Jane Hamilton
- Anil's Ghost - Michael Ondaatje
- Quarantine - Jim Crace
- The Way the Crow Flies - Ann Marie MacDonald
I'll start one of these this weekend hopefully!!!
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Monday, October 8, 2007
888
Sampson and I are writing to you tonight to say hi and give you a little update on what's been going on. My parent's moved last month so that took up a lot (ok all) of my relaxation blogging time - I haven't read anything in almost two months. Also my Grandma isn't doing well again so I've been dealing with that a lot. It's just been very stressful!
But here's the good news. It's getting to be a new year which means new challenges. Hubby and I's life should be slowing down some as we're coming to the two year mark next spring. Sammy's five months old now and and by January should start to mature (at least that's what the breeder told us...lol). Also next year, hubby and I are bearing down, getting healthy, saving money and hopefully starting a family (not that we don't have a zoo already with four furry children!!). Here's the first challenge I'm participating in:
CHALLENGE : 888 Challenge
This challenge is being hosted by 3M. Here's the link to the contest. The goal is to read 8 different books in 8 different catagories of your choice in 2008. The challenge runs from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008. After a lot of thinking and starting at my librarything catalog here's what I chose:
Pride and Prejudice Sequels
- An Assembly Such as This - Pamela Aidan
- Duty and Desire - Pamela Aidan
- These Three Remain - Pamela Aidan
- Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife - Linda Berdoll
- Darcy and Elizabeth - Linda Berdoll
- Mr Darcy's Daughters - Elizabeth Aston
- The Exploits and Adventures of Miss Aletha Darcy - Elizabeth Aston
- The True Darcy Spirit - Elizabeth Aston
Chic Lit
- P.S, I Love You - Cecelia Ahern
- Hissy Fit - Mary Kay Andrews
- Queen of Babble - Meg Cabot
- The Next Big Thing - Johanna Edward
- Something Borrowed - Emily Giffin
- Jemima J - Jane Green
- Neurotic - Sue Margolis
- Dedication - Emma McLaughlin
Historical Fiction
- The Kitchen Boy - Robert Alexander
- Those Who Save Us - Jenna Blum
- Pope Joan - Donna Cross
- The Tea Rose - Jennifer Donnelly
- Leonardo's Swans - Karen Essex
- The Binding Chair - Kathryn Harrison
- Enemy Women - Paulette Jiles
- The Bonesetter's Daughter - Amy Tan
Books from Paperback Swap
- A Heart of Stone - Renate Dorrestein
- The Family Orchard - Nomi Eve
- Three Junes - Julia Glass
- The Honey Thief - Elizabeth Graver
- A Son of the Circus - John Irving
- Shoot the Moon - Billie Letts
- Saturday - Ian McEwan
- A Cup of Light - Nicole Mones
Young Adult
- How to Be Popular - Meg Cabot
- Someone Like You - Sarah Dessen
- Fourth Comings - Megan McCafferty
- Bras and Broomsticks - Sarah Mlynowski
- Pretty Little Liars - Sara Shepard
- Uglies - Scott Westerfeld
- Elsewhere - Gabrielle Zevin
- A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray
Paranormal
- Bitten - Kelley Armstrong
- Demon Angel - Meljean Brook
- Hunger Like No Other - Kelsey Cole
- Sleeping with the Fishes - Mary Janice Davidson
- The Rest Falls Away - Colleen Gleason
- Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
- Dead Witch Walking - Kim Harrison
- You Slay Me - Katie MacAlister
James Patterson/Alex Cross
- See How They Run
- Kiss the Girls
- Pop Goes the Weasel
- Roses are Red
- Violets are Blue
- Four Blind Mice
- Jack and Jill
- Along Came a Spider
Children's Literature
- From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler - E.L. Konigsburg
- Number the Stars - Lois Lowry
- The Island of the Blue Dolphins - Scott O'Dell
- The Westing Game - Ellen Raskin
- Charlotte's Web - E.B. White
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Mildred Taylor
- Tuck Everlasting - Natalie Babbit
- Matilda - Roald Dahl
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