tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8305418198930240852024-03-13T22:00:10.968-04:00reading challenge obsessed...A place for my obsessions...reading challenges, and maybe a few other lists, too.Debihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-73987453037461747022015-11-16T10:13:00.000-05:002009-11-16T10:13:28.769-05:00starting overWhile I'm not going to delete this blog, I do believe I'm going to give up on it. I haven't been able to keep up with it, keeping track of what books I've read for what challenges and whatnot. And frankly, I'm sort of challenged out. Okay, not totally...but I am making an effort to be FAR more selective in the future. :DDebihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-8632570596980644872014-08-12T14:55:00.001-04:002009-08-12T15:01:06.878-04:00Stephen King/Richard Bachman Reading Challenge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeE0jv9WBKJXhm2-4u5ALXWOVmlGqegOa8GtjYzMD2c5O52OuEOyo8q3jBpoh7ql-9f3yENidh2I5vTIEdHF_a0vdkyrGGbhjmvk69QG9DjZqQiqH-pzkarnPtXQ6y5ZsMOhx-xlMqG6U/s1600-h/TheStephenKingChallenge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeE0jv9WBKJXhm2-4u5ALXWOVmlGqegOa8GtjYzMD2c5O52OuEOyo8q3jBpoh7ql-9f3yENidh2I5vTIEdHF_a0vdkyrGGbhjmvk69QG9DjZqQiqH-pzkarnPtXQ6y5ZsMOhx-xlMqG6U/s200/TheStephenKingChallenge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369153361905514034" border="0" /></a><br />Dates: Perpetual (otherwise I could never do it!)<br /><br />Host: <a href="http://bookgeekblog.blogspot.com/">Meaghan</a><br /><br />For details: <a href="http://bookgeekblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/introducing-stephen-kingrichard-bachman.html">Click here.</a><br /><br />The challenge (put simply): Read all of Stephen King's books. You do not have to reread any you've already read, but I think I am going to challenge myself to do that, too. If you want, you can also watch the movies...think I'll work on that, too.<br /><br />Will list them as I read them:<br /><br /><br /><br />Will list them as I watch them:Debihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-46937316078126365092011-12-31T21:49:00.003-05:002009-09-06T19:46:56.155-04:00Women of ColorThis is a bit different. This is not an official reading challenge. This is a personal challenge, though I think everyone should join in.<br /><br /><a href="http://blackeyedsusans.blogspot.com/">Susan</a> put together her <a href="http://blackeyedsusans.blogspot.com/2009/07/susans-unofficial-list-of-great-ya-by.html">"unofficial list of great YA by or about women of color."</a> And I'm challenging myself to read them all. Sounds fantastic, doesn't it?<br /><br />Susan's unofficial list of great YA by or about women of color:<br />1. When Kambia Elaine Flew In From Neptune by Lori A. Williams<br />2. Every Time A Rainbow Dies by Rita Williams-Garcia<br />3. No Laughter Here by Rita Williams-Garcia<br />4. Jumped by Rita Williams-Garcia<br />5. If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson<br />6. The House You Pass On The Way by Jacqueline Woodson<br />7. Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith<br />8. From The Notebooks of Melanin Sun by Jacqueline Woodson<br />9. Sold by Patricia McCormick<br />10. Heaven by An Na<br />11. The Parable of The Sower by Octavia E. Butler<br />12. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<br />13. Persepolis by Majane Satrapi<br />14. The Rock and The River by Kekla Magoon<br />15. Secret Keeper by Mitali Perkins<br />16. Mare’s War by Tanita S. Davis<br />17. A Wish After Midnight by Zetta Elliott<br />18. Down To The Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole<br />19. Don’t Get It Twisted by Paula Chase<br />20. Jason & Kyra by Dana Davidson<br />21. Forged by Fire by Sharon Draper<br />22. Kendra by Coe Booth<br />23. Shine, Coconut Moon by Neesha Meminger<br />24. Does My Head Look Big In This? By Randa Abdel-Fattah<br />25. Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier<br />26. Skunk Girl by Sheba Karim<br />27. The Meaning of Conseulo by Judith Ortiz Cofer<br />28. In The Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez<br />29. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler<br />30. First Part Last by Angela Johnson<br />31. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/09/haunting-shorts.html">Pemba’s Song</a> by Marilyn Nelson<br />32. Wanting Mor by Rukhsana Khan<br />33. M + O 4EVR by Tonya Hegamin<br />34. Lucy The Giant by Sherri L. Smith<br />35. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros<br />36. Throwaway Piece by Jo Ann Hernandez<br />37. White Bread Competition by Jo Ann Hernandez<br />38. Across A Hundred Mountains by Reyna Grande<br />39. Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon<br />40. Ash by Malinda Lo<br />41. The Skin I’m In by Sharon G. FlakeDebihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-16164378259905021482011-12-31T14:10:00.003-05:002009-09-06T20:21:41.654-04:00The Printz Project<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBNqp4CGYV9X70DZuG8dqqUMnmbXygjylRwqUQq8-vI2-S1kAv2x-SjImVGLgMWl57-A0wHERR0SSX3q-hmpE32odz53yWaSFMb98GU88ALhZptVjWR1D9LO6vDqNCfA_O0Z_damThmE/s1600-h/PrintzProject.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBNqp4CGYV9X70DZuG8dqqUMnmbXygjylRwqUQq8-vI2-S1kAv2x-SjImVGLgMWl57-A0wHERR0SSX3q-hmpE32odz53yWaSFMb98GU88ALhZptVjWR1D9LO6vDqNCfA_O0Z_damThmE/s200/PrintzProject.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332406557211958082" border="0" /></a><br />Dates: Perpetual--WooHoo!<br /><br />Hosts: <a href="http://sueysbooks.blogspot.com/">Suey</a> and <a href="http://thebluestockings.com/">Jessica</a><br /><br />For details: <a href="http://printzproject.wordpress.com/">Click here.</a><br /><br />The challenge (put simply): Read the Printz winners. And honors, if you're so inclined.<br /><br />The list:<br /><br />2009<br />Jellicoe Road, by Melina Marchetta<br />The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation; Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves, by M.T. Anderson<br />The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, by E. Lockhart<br /><a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/07/nationrandom-thoughts.html">Nation</a>, by Terry Pratchett<br />Tender Morsels, by Margo Lanagan<br /><br />2008<br />The White Darkness, by Geraldine McCaughrean<br />Dreamquake: Book Two of the Dreamhunter Duet, by Elizabeth Knox<br />One Whole and Perfect Day, by Judith Clarke<br />Repossessed, by A.M. Jenkins<br />Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath, by Stephanie Hemphill<br /><br />2007<br /><a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/03/american-born-chineserandom-thoughts.html">American Born Chinese</a>, by Gene Luen Yang<br />The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation; Volume I: The Pox Party, by M.T. Anderson<br />An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green<br />Surrender, by Sonya Hartnett<br />The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak<br /><br />2006<br /><a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/01/looking-for-alaskarandom-thoughts.html">Looking for Alaska</a>, by John Green<br />Black Juice, by Margo Lanagan<br />I Am the Messenger, by Markus Zusak<br />John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth, a Photographic Biography, by Elizabeth Partridge<br />A Wreath for Emmett Till, by Marilyn Nelson<br /><br />2005<br />how i live now, by Meg Rosoff<br />Airborn, by Kenneth Oppel<br />Chanda’s Secrets, by Allan Stratton<br />Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, by Gary D. Schmidt<br /><br />2004<br />The First Part Last, by Angela Johnson<br />A Northern Light, by Jennifer Donnelly<br />Keesha’s House, by Helen Frost<br />Fat Kid Rules the World, by K.L. Going<br />The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things, by Carolyn Mackler<br /><br />2003<br />Postcards from No Man’s Land, by Aidan Chambers<br />The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer<br />My Heartbeat, by Garret Freymann-Weyr<br />Hole in My Life, by Jack Gantos<br /><br />2002<br />A Step From Heaven, by An Na<br />The Ropemaker, by Peter Dickinson<br />Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art, by Jan Greenberg<br />Abrams Freewill, by Chris Lynch<br />True Believer, by Virginia Euwer Wolff<br /><br />2001<br />Kit’s Wilderness, by David Almond<br />Many Stones, by Carolyn Coman<br /><a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/09/itty-bitty-book-babble.html">The Body of Christopher Creed</a>, by Carol Plum-Ucci<br />Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, by Louise Rennison<br />Stuck in Neutral, by Terry Trueman<br /><br />2000<br />Monster, by Walter Dean Myers<br />Skellig, by David Almond<br />Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson<br />Hard Love, by Ellen Wittlinger<br /><br />Notes:<br />Proof that my brain is in a state of decline...I could have sworn I'd signed up for this a few weeks ago. Oh well. Better late than never.Debihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-78864090623580982112010-12-31T23:59:00.000-05:002009-03-10T11:15:38.352-04:00The Lambda ChallengeDates: No time restraints. :)<br /><br />Host: <a href="http://bookchronicle.wordpress.com">Adventures in Reading</a><br /><br />For details: <a href="http://bookchronicle.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/the-lambda-challenge/">Click here.</a><br /><br />The Challenge (put simply): Read as many Lambda Literary Award winners as you want.<br /><br />My list: <br /><br />Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking by Aoibheann Sweeny (Lesbian Debut Fiction)<br /><br />Name All the Animals by Alison Smith (Autobiography/Memoir)<br /><br />Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris (Humor)<br /><br />Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvaduai (Children's/Young Adult)<br /><br />Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (Lesbian Memoir)Debihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-90351732985154720542010-07-31T15:52:00.000-04:002009-08-12T16:00:20.166-04:00Harry Potter Reading Challenge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOQfJ_iTvETSlhILLM51vZ5z0ZIy2JJr9DQsxganITki8rGhZZhzjOidgtuIBiTCn8h5enDwObvYSR3JzScfqy8YZYqab2DrN_qRLWGrgV2Gi1D44OUT6zs27MloVGipJaJIOQeQVxXQ/s1600-h/hprclogo.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOQfJ_iTvETSlhILLM51vZ5z0ZIy2JJr9DQsxganITki8rGhZZhzjOidgtuIBiTCn8h5enDwObvYSR3JzScfqy8YZYqab2DrN_qRLWGrgV2Gi1D44OUT6zs27MloVGipJaJIOQeQVxXQ/s200/hprclogo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369169167049450546" border="0" /></a><br />Date: August 1st of 2009 through July 31st of 2010<br /><br />Host: <a href="http://www.galleysmith.com/">Michelle</a><br /><br />For details: <a href="http://www.galleysmith.com/2009/07/22/harry-potter-reading-challenge/">Click here.</a><br /><br />The challenge (put simply): Read the Harry Potter series. (As an added bit of fun, I'm going to try to watch all the movies, too.<br /><br />The list read, as I complete them:<br /><br /><br /><br />The list watched, as I complete them:Debihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-47245776323340972652010-03-31T23:59:00.003-04:002009-05-21T13:44:55.337-04:001% Well-Read Challenge Round 2Dates: March 1st of 2009 through March 31st of 2010 (each are the dates for option #3)<br /><br />Host: <a href="http://1morechapter.com">3M</a><br /><br />For details: <a href="http://1morechapter.com/1percent/?p=9">Click here.</a><br /><br />The challenge (put simply): There are actually 3 different options, but basically it involves reading 10-13 books from "the list."<br /><br />Notes: Despite the fact that I totally suck at finishing challenges, I'm going for option three which involves 13 books instead of 10. Simply because then I don't have to pay attention if they are from the "old" list or the "new" list. Yes, this boils down to pure laziness.<br /><br />My list consists only of books which are currently in my house. <br /><br />I wish I could include rereads as a.) I know I'll be rereading a few on the list because we'll be using them for school, and b.) there's some others I'd just really love to read again (like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and some of the Vonnegut). But I know that's not the point of the challenge.<br /><br />My list of possibles:<br /><br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">Never Let Me Go</span> by Kazuo Ishiguro<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">The Reluctant Fundamentalist</span> by Mohsin Hamid<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">The Plot Against America</span> by Philip Roth<br />*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/05/curious-incident-of-dog-in-night.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time</span></a> by Mark Haddon<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">Everything Is Illuminated</span> by Jonathan Safran Foer<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">Middlesex</span> by Jeffrey Eugenides<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">Life of Pi</span> by Yann Martel<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle</span> by Haruki Marakami<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">The Virgin Suicides</span> by Jeffrey Eugenides<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">Like Water for Chocolate</span> by Laura Esquivel<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">Kitchen</span> by Banana Yoshimoto<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">The Wasp Factory</span> by Iain Banks<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">Neuromancer</span> by William Gibson<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">Confederacy of Dunces</span> by John Kennedy Toole<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas</span> by Hunter S. Thompson<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">Things Fall Apart</span> by Chinua Achebe<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">The Lords of the Rings</span> by J.R.R. Tolkien (because I still haven't read <span style="font-style:italic;">The Return of the King</span> yet)<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">The Grapes of Wrath</span> by John Steinbeck<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">Rebecca</span> by Daphne du Maurier <br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">The Hobbit</span> by J.R.R. Tolkien<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">Out of Africa</span> by Isak Dineson<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">All Quiet on the Western Front</span> by Erich Maria Remarque<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">Orlando</span> by Virginia Woolf<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">We</span> by Yevgeny Zamyatin<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">The Hounds of the Baskervilles</span> by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">Kim</span> by Rudyard Kipling<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">The Time Machine</span> by H.G. Wells<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde</span> by Robert Louis Stevenson<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">Kidnapped</span> by Robert Louis Stevenson<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</span> by Mark Twain<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">Treasure Island</span> by Robert Louis Stevenson<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">Through the Looking Glass</span> by Lewis Carroll<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">Little Women</span> by Louisa May Alcott<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</span> by Lewis Carroll<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">Walden</span> by Henry David Thoreau<br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">Uncle Tom's Cabin</span> by Harriet Beecher Stowe<br />*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/05/jane-eyrerandom-thoughts.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">Jane Eyre</span></a> by Charlotte BronteDebihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-73809244779183989832010-03-31T22:00:00.001-04:002009-04-12T16:29:13.535-04:00Arthurian Challenge 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEge2WVsC_5Z9IjO8Pdz6NNNpf69wF-BU633DXpB9cAV_VG4HTrUP2xYjGg_v7l5KXPdcLPzT_TUVdSoJFso5nF1g_pwYmjOxZWGc4IKZ2S1tAz-EhOuujVoAEl7Q0GEpKr4P8I0VkcYE/s1600-h/Arthur.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEge2WVsC_5Z9IjO8Pdz6NNNpf69wF-BU633DXpB9cAV_VG4HTrUP2xYjGg_v7l5KXPdcLPzT_TUVdSoJFso5nF1g_pwYmjOxZWGc4IKZ2S1tAz-EhOuujVoAEl7Q0GEpKr4P8I0VkcYE/s200/Arthur.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323904654121167170" /></a><br />Dates: April 1st of 2009 through March 31st of 2010<br /><br />Host: <a href="http://blbooks.blogspot.com/2009/03/arthurian-challenge-sign-up-here.html">Becky</a><br /><br />For details: <a href="http://blbooks.blogspot.com/2009/03/arthurian-challenge-sign-up-here.html">Click here.</a><br /><br />The challenge (put simply): Read as many books as you'd like that in one way or another involve Arthurian legend.<br /><br />My list:<br /><br />*King Arthur and His Knights of The Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green <br /><br />(O.K., O.K., calling this a list is a stretch. But being completely ignorant of all things Arthur, I thought I'd get my feet wet and see where it goes from there.)Debihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-20381360169056508902010-02-28T16:04:00.001-05:002009-09-06T20:27:00.819-04:00What an Animal 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aM3v3sz0KdPfrC4p1SS5U4x7HnrdpG5HcuEFgWAjw-LuNICPeqJRPEzq4dcE3mA9cBTAPQ9TjkNGV0prmN62RyFDQLovdnDnmUgLrW-hmC780bRgzms3KdxrFiuvkxA3Txc756tIzic/s1600-h/WhatanAnimalII.FJcp98X7HKQq.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 169px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aM3v3sz0KdPfrC4p1SS5U4x7HnrdpG5HcuEFgWAjw-LuNICPeqJRPEzq4dcE3mA9cBTAPQ9TjkNGV0prmN62RyFDQLovdnDnmUgLrW-hmC780bRgzms3KdxrFiuvkxA3Txc756tIzic/s200/WhatanAnimalII.FJcp98X7HKQq.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369173760208803682" border="0" /></a><br />Date: July 1st of 2009 through February 28th of 2010<br /><br />Host: <a href="http://passionforthepage.blogspot.com/">Kristi</a><br /><br />For details: <a href="http://passionforthepage.blogspot.com/2009/06/official-what-animal-ii-challenge-post.html">Click here.</a><br /><br />The challenge (put simply): Read six books that have an animal in the title, on the cover, or playing a major role in the book. Fiction or non-fiction.<br /><br />My list (to be announced as I go):<br />*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/09/itty-bitty-book-babble.html">Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog</a> by Kitty Florey BurnsDebihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-66040962867875592812010-01-30T22:01:00.002-05:002009-08-13T16:44:10.310-04:00Japanese Literature Challenge 3<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVnO72RFya9YrTi3SOhs3LjGQLljK3xugWT_1jOfXN-VgWWi1YS5GJvv3Xi_EjXryU_VEKFL2rD8M8HVGPapEIMKU6YEz7drSaXy9adxsgXdgqE5yxIAKMgLKVWuECXSGb25STf5TY_wg/s1600-h/Japan+Lit+Challenge"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVnO72RFya9YrTi3SOhs3LjGQLljK3xugWT_1jOfXN-VgWWi1YS5GJvv3Xi_EjXryU_VEKFL2rD8M8HVGPapEIMKU6YEz7drSaXy9adxsgXdgqE5yxIAKMgLKVWuECXSGb25STf5TY_wg/s200/Japan+Lit+Challenge" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369154633297492466" border="0" /></a><br />Date: July 30th of 2009 through January 30 of 2010.<br /><br />Host: <a href="http://dolcebellezza.wordpress.com/">Bellezza</a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br /><br />For details: <a href="http://dolcebellezza.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/welcome-to-the-japanese-literature-challenge-3/">Click here.</a><br /><br />The challenge (put simply): Read at least one book of Japanese origin. Yep, that's it. And dammit, this year I'm actually going to do it! I am!<br /><br />My list of possibles (I will count myself a success if I read just one of these, but really, truly I hope I manage more than that!):<br /><br />*<span style="font-style: italic;">Basho: The Complete Haiku</span><br /><br />*<span style="font-style: italic;">Grotesque</span> and/or <span style="font-style: italic;">Out</span> by Natsuo Kirino<br /><br />*some manga (possibly some <span style="font-style: italic;">Fruit Baskets</span> by Natsuki Takaya)<br /><br />*<span style="font-style: italic;">The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle</span> by Haruki MurakamiDebihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-66384444924567515502009-12-31T23:59:00.000-05:002009-03-10T11:06:37.128-04:00Colorful Reading ChallengeDates: January 1st through December 31st of 2009<br /><br />Host: <a href="http://imlostinbooks.blogspot.com">Rebecca</a><br /><br />For details: <a href="http://imlostinbooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/colorful-reading-challenge.html">Click here</a>.<br /><br />The Challenge (put simply): Read 9 books with a color in the title. There are six required colors (red, white, blue, black, silver, and gold), and the other three are reader's choice.<br /><br />My tentative list:<br /><br />Red: <span style="font-style:italic;">Chasing Redbird</span> by Sharon Creech<br /><br />White: <span style="font-style:italic;">The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America</span> by Erik Larson.<br /><br />Blue: <span style="font-style:italic;">The Blue Girl</span> by Charles de Lint<br /><br />Black: <span style="font-style:italic;">Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War</span> by Mark Bowden<br /><br />Silver: <span style="font-style:italic;">The Silver Donkey</span> by Sonya Hartnett<br /><br />Gold: <span style="font-style:italic;">The Golden Compass</span> by Philip Pullman<br /><br />Green: <span style="font-style:italic;">Green Angel</span> by Alice Hoffman<br /><br />Yellow: <span style="font-style:italic;">The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, The Epidemic that Shaped Our History</span> by Molly Caldwell Crosby<br /><br />Rose: <span style="font-style:italic;">Rose Madder</span> by Stephen KingDebihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-24647089933788414132009-12-31T23:58:00.014-05:002009-09-22T16:27:06.799-04:00Young Adult Challenge '09Dates: January 1st through December 31st of 2009<br />
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Host: <a href="http://j-kaye-book-blog.blogspot.com/">J.Kaye</a><br />
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For Details: <a href="http://j-kaye-book-blog.blogspot.com/2008/11/2009-young-adult-book-challenge.html">Click here.</a><br />
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The Challenge (put simply): Read 12 young adult books.<br />
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My list of possibles:<br />
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*An Abundance of Katherines by John Green<br />
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*Paper Towns by John Green<br />
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*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/01/bottle-in-gaza-searandom-thoughts.html">A Bottle in the Gaza Sea</a> by Valerie Zenatti<br />
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*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/07/nationrandom-thoughts.html">Nation</a> by Terry Pratchett<br />
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*How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff<br />
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*The Hollow People by Brian Keaney<br />
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*Little Brother by Cory Doctorow<br />
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*Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder<br />
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*The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman<br />
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*Gossamer by Lois Lowry<br />
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*Such a Pretty Girl by Laura Wiess<br />
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*Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones<br />
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*Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott<br />
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*The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne<br />
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*Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata<br />
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*Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson<br />
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*The Book Thief by Markus Zusak<br />
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*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/04/hunger-gamesrandom-thoughts.html">The Hunger Games</a> by Suzanne Collins<br />
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*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/04/bits-of-babble.html">The Dead and the Gone</a> by Susan Beth Pfeffer<br />
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*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/03/american-born-chineserandom-thoughts.html">American Born Chinese</a> by Gene Luen Yang<br />
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*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/03/amazing-maurice-and-his-educated.html">The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents</a> by Terry Pratchett<br />
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*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/04/seriously-unable-to-get-my-act-together.html">Skim</a> by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki<br />
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*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/08/janes-in-loverandom-thoughts.html">Janes in Love</a> by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg<br />
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*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/09/haunting-shorts.html">Pemba's Song</a> by Marilyn Nelson and Tonya C. Hegamin<br />
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*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/09/itty-bitty-book-babble.html">The Body of Christopher Creed</a> by Carol Plum-Ucci<br />
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*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/09/and-ride-is-overfor-now.html">The Knife of Never Letting Go</a> by Patrick NessDebihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-48110359734126493152009-12-31T23:57:00.010-05:002009-06-20T20:43:57.959-04:0021 Cultures ChallengeDates: January 1st through December 31st of 2009<br /><br />Host: <a href="http://imlostinbooks.blogspot.com">Lost in Books</a><br /><br />For Details: <a href="http://imlostinbooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/21-cultures-reading-challenge.html">Click here.</a><br /><br />The Challenge (put simply): Read 21 books about 21 different cultures, modern or traditional. Books can be fictional, but must not be about a fictional culture.<br /><br />My list of possibles:<br /><br />*The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost (Tarawa)<br /><br />*Getting Stoned with Savages by J. Maarten Troost (Fiji and Vanuatu)<br /><br />*The River of Lost Footsteps: A Personal History of Burma by Thant Myint-U (Burma)<br /><br />*The Lizard Cage by Karen Connelly (Thailand)<br /><br />*Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li Jiang (China)<br /><br />*Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (China)<br /><br />*Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino (Japan)<br /><br />*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/06/catching-up-with-more-mini-babble.html">Legend of Chun Hyang</a> by CLAMP (Korea)<br /><br />*A Taste of Earth and Other Legends of Vietnam by Thich Nhat Hanh (Vietnam)<br /><br />*The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan)<br /><br />*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/02/in-land-of-invisible-womenrandom.html">In the Land of Invisible Women</a> by Qanta A. Ahmed, MD (Saudi Arabia)<br /><br />*The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (Iran)<br /><br />*I’jaam by Sinan Antoon (Iraq)<br /><br />*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/01/bottle-in-gaza-searandom-thoughts.html">A Bottle in the Gaza Sea</a> by Valerie Zenatti (Israel/Gaza)<br /><br />*The Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz (Egypt)<br /><br />*Antipode by Heather E. Heying (Madagascar)<br /><br />*Blood Diamonds by Greg Campbell (Sierra Leone)<br /><br />*They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky by Benson Deng, Alephonsion Deng, and Benjamin Ajak with Judy A. Bernstein (Sudan)<br /><br />*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/03/house-of-stonerandom-thoughts.html">House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe</a> by Christina Lamb (Zimbabwe)<br /><br />*ZenZele by J. Nozipo Maraire (Zimbabwe)<br /><br />*Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Nigeria)<br /><br />*Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (Kenya)<br /><br />*A Sunday by the Pool in Kigali by Gil Courtemanche (Rwanda)<br /><br />*King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild (Congo region)<br /><br />*No More Strangers Now interviews by Tim McKee (South Africa)<br /><br />*Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Sweden) <br /><br />*Winterwood by Patrick McCabe (Ireland)<br /><br />*The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman (England) <br /><br />*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/04/uncommon-readerrandom-thoughts.html">The Uncommon Reader</a> by Alan Bennett (England)<br /><br />*The Reader by Bernhard Schlink (Germany)<br /><br />*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/04/bits-of-babble.html">Fax from Sarajevo</a> by Joe Kubert (Bosnia and Herzegovina)<br /><br />*The Jaguar Smile by Salman Rushdie (Nicaragua)<br /><br />*The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (Chile)<br /><br />*A Nation of Enemies: Chile Under Pinochet by Pamela Constable and Arturo Valenzuela (Chile)<br /><br />*The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (Dominican Republic)<br /><br />*Tell My Horse by Zora Neale Hurston (Haiti and Jamaica)<br /><br />*Almost Heaven by Martin Fletcher (rural U.S.)<br /><br />*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/01/cruciblerandom-thoughts.html">The Crucible</a> by Arthur Miller (Puritan New England)<br /><br />*Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden (Cree of northern Ontario, Canada)<br /><br />*Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson (Haisla of British Columbia, Canada)<br /><br />*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/06/catching-up-with-more-mini-babble.html">Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade Coffee</a> by Dean Cycon (many indigenous cultures around the world)Debihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-44171695939773978882009-12-31T23:56:00.004-05:002009-04-29T14:59:45.982-04:00Young Readers ChallengeDates: January 1st through December 31st of 2009<br /><br />Host: <a href="http://blbooks.blogspot.com">Becky</a><br /><br />For details: <a href="http://zero-to-eight.blogspot.com/2009/01/young-readers-challenge-2009.html">Click here</a>.<br /><br />The challenge (put simply): Read at least 12 children's books (anything written to be read, or read aloud, to children 12 and under).<br /><br />My list (to be filled in as I go):<br />1. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/01/babbling-about-picture-books.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bones</span></a> by Judy Schachner<br />2. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/01/babbling-about-picture-books.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">Have You Got My Purr?</span></a> by Judy West<br />3. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/01/babbling-about-picture-books.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">Toots the Cat</span></a> by Karla Kuskin<br />4. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/02/comic-adventures-of-bootsrandom.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">Comic Adventures of Boots</span></a> by Satoshi Kitamura<br />5. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/02/mini-book-babble.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">Cat and Fish</span></a> by Joan Grant<br />6. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/02/mini-book-babble.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">Kitten's First Full Moon</span></a> by Kevin Henkes<br />7. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/02/mommy-post-with-some-book-stuff-thrown.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">Circle of Cats</span></a> by Charles de Lint <br />8. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/03/yet-another-hodgepodge.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">Cat, What Is That?</span></a> by Tony Johnston<br />9. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/04/picture-book-babble.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">The Scaredy Cats</span></a> by Barbara Bottner <br />10. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/04/picture-book-babble.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">The Cat Who Walked Across France</span></a> by Kate Banks <br />11.<br />12.Debihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-62409564867971930522009-12-31T23:55:00.007-05:002009-09-06T20:30:33.945-04:00Dream King ChallengeDates: January 1st through December 31st of 2009<br /><br />Host: <a href="http://casual-dread.blogspot.com/">Jessi</a><br /><br />For details: <a href="http://dreamkingchallenge.blogspot.com/2008/12/dream-king-challenge-rules.html">Click here.</a><br /><br />The Challenge (put simply): There are several levels of participation, but the basic gist is reading Neil Gaiman works in a variety of categories and watching one movie.<br /><br />My list:<br /><br />*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/08/because-every-special-occasion-should.html">The Wolves in the Walls</a> (children/young adult)<br /><br />*Fragile Things (short story collection)<br /><br />*Anansi Boys (novel)<br /><br />*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/02/dolls-houserandom-thoughts.html">The Sandman: Doll's House</a> (graphic novel)<br />bonus for category:<br />--<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/03/sandman-dream-countryrandom-thoughts.html">The Sandman: Dream Country</a><br />--<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/04/bits-of-babble.html">The Sandman: Season of Mists</a><br />--<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/06/catching-up-with-more-mini-babble.html">The Sandman: A Game of You</a><br /><br />*Mirrormask (audiobook)<br /><br />*The 13 Clocks (other: Neil approved reading)<br /><br />*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/09/itty-bitty-book-babble.html">Death: At Death's Door</a> by Jill Thompson (Neil spin-offs)<br /><br />*Stardust (movie)Debihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-8275243626798877772009-12-31T23:54:00.005-05:002009-09-06T20:32:30.787-04:00Dewey Decimal ChallengeDates: January 1st through December 31st of 2009<br /><br />Host: <a href="http://thenovelworld.com/">The Novel World</a><br /><br />For details: <a href="http://thenovelworld.com/2008/12/11/dewey-decimal-system-challenge/">Click here.</a><br /><br />The challenge (put simply): Read one book from each of the Dewey Decimal categories.<br /><br />My list (to be filled in as read):<br /><br />000 - Generalities<br />100 - Philosophy and Psychology<br />200 - Religion<br />300 - Social Sciences - <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/01/green-river-running-redrandom-thoughts.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Green River, Running Red</span></a> by Ann Rule (364.152 RUL)<br />400 - Language - <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/09/itty-bitty-book-babble.html">Sister's Bernadette's Barking Dog</a> by Kitty Burns Florey (428.2)<br />500 - Natural Sciences/Math - <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/05/we-interrupt-this-blogging-break.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Stuff of Life: A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA</span></a> by Mark Schultz (576.5 SCH)<br />600 - Technology - <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/04/bits-of-babble.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">George & Sam: Two Boys, One Family, and Autism</span></a> by Charlotte Moore (618.928 MOO)<br />700 - The Arts - <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/02/paying-for-my-week-of-lazy.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">That's Life: Finding Scrapbook Inspiration in the Everyday</span></a> by Nic Howard (745.593 HOW)<br />800 - Literature and Rhetoric - <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/01/cruciblerandom-thoughts.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Crucible</span></a> by Arthur Miller (812 MIL)<br />900 - Geography and History - <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/03/house-of-stonerandom-thoughts.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">House of Stone: The True Story of Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe</span></a> by Christina Lamb (968.9105 LAM)Debihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-46836265493408771022009-12-31T23:53:00.001-05:002009-04-23T08:35:59.350-04:00World War II ChallengeDates: January 1st through December 31st of 2009<br /><br />Hosts: <a href="http://diaryofaneccentric.blogspot.com/">Anna</a> and <a href="http://savvyverseandwit.blogspot.com/">Serena</a><br /><br />For details: <a href="http://warthroughthegenerations.wordpress.com/current-challenge-sign-up/">Click here</a>.<br /><br />The challenge (put simply): Read at least 5 books, fiction and/or non-fiction, that involve WWII.<br /><br />My list of possibles (I'm going for 5 of these; any extras will be icing on the cake):<br /><br />*Smoke and Ashes by Barbara Rogasky<br /><br />*Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank<br /><br />*The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang<br /><br />*The Book Thief by Markus Zusak<br /><br />*Dawn of Fear by Susan Cooper<br /><br />*The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne<br /><br />*Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose<br /><br />*The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen<br /><br />*Night by Elie Wiesel<br /><br />*Plot Against America by Philip Roth<br /><br />*Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (would be a reread)<br /><br />*The Zookeepers Wife by Diane Ackerman<br /><br />*Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata <br /><br />*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-never-saw-another-butterfly-random.html">...I never saw another butterfly...: Children's Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp, 1942-1944</a>Debihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-60643636608453019092009-12-31T23:50:00.003-05:002009-06-20T20:21:42.041-04:00World Citizen ChallengeDate: January 1st through December 31st of 2009<br /><br />Host: <a href="http://astripedarmchair.wordpress.com">Eva</a><br /><br />For details: <a href="http://worldcitizenchallenge.wordpress.com/about">Click here.</a><br /><br />The challenge (put simply): Basically, read books about the world. There are a variety of levels of participation. And a variety of categories. I obviously secretly love failure, because I'm going for the post graduate level. That means seven books, including one from each of the six categories.<br /><br />My list of possibles:<br /><br />***Note 1--I tried very hard to stick with only books that we already owned, but a couple (*) have been on my wish list for a long time, and I figured this was a good excuse to possibly finally pick them up.<br /><br />***Note 2--I'm not entirely sure I have all these books in the appropriate category. Please feel free to set me straight. <br /><br />Politics: <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11</span> by Lawrence Wright<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The Fate of Africa</span> by Martin Meredith<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa</span> by Howard W. French<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of Al Qaeda</span> by Yaroslav Trofimov<br /><br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">A Nation of Enemies: Chile Under Pinochet</span> by Pamela Constable and Arturo Valenzuela<br /><br />*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/03/house-of-stonerandom-thoughts.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe</span></a> by Christina Lamb<br /><br />Economics:<br /><br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities</span> for Our Time by Jeffrey Sachs<br /><br />History:<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The Massacre at El Mozote</span> by Mark Danner<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies</span> by Jared Diamond<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa</span> by Adam Hochschild<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Africa: A Biography of the Continent</span> by John Reader<br /><br />Culture: <br /><br />*<span style="font-style:italic;">Labor's Lot: The Power, History, and Culture of Aboriginal Action</span> by Elizabeth A. Povinelli<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed </span>by Jared Diamond<br /><br />Worldwide Issues:<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones</span> by Greg Campbell<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World's Deadliest Industrial Disaster</span> by Dominique Lapierre and Javier Moro<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The New Killing Fields: Massacre and the Politics of Intervention</span> edited by Nicolaus Mills and Kira Brunner <br /><br />Memoirs: <br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers</span> by Joung Ung<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier</span> by Ishmael Beah<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan</span> by Benson Deng, Alephonsian Deng, and Benjamin Ajak with Judy A. Bernstein<br /><br /><a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/02/in-land-of-invisible-womenrandom.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom</span></a> by Qanta A. Ahmed MD<br /><br /><a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/06/catching-up-with-more-mini-babble.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade Coffee</span></a> by Dean Cycon (This isn't exactly a memoir. But I'm not sure it quite fits under economics either. Just wasn't sure where to put it, but thought it definitely fit in with the spirit of the challenge, so I wanted to use it.)Debihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-82500993421213718542009-12-31T23:48:00.002-05:002009-05-31T20:15:34.473-04:00Essay Reading ChallengeDates: January 1st through December 31st of 2009<br /><br />Host: <a href="http://booksandmovies.today.com">Books and Movies</a><br /><br />For details: <a href="http://booksandmovies.today.com/2008/12/15/essay-reading-challenge-2009/">Click here.</a><br /><br />The challenge (put simply): Read 10, 20, or 30 essays.<br /><br />My list (I think I'll shoot for 30) to be added as read:<br /><br />1. "Bugs in the Brain" by Robert M. Sapolsky (from <span style="font-style:italic;">Monkeyluv and Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals</span>)<br />2. <span style="font-style:italic;">The Complete Polysyllabic Spree</span> by Nick Hornby ***This actually contained a total of 28 essays, so technically I'm in great shape for this challenge. :)<br />3. "The Pony Problem" by Sloane Crosley (from <span style="font-style:italic;">They Said There'd Be Cake</span>)<br />4. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/05/we-interrupt-this-blogging-break.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">Shakespeare Wrote for Money</span></a> by Nick Hornby ***This actually contained 15 essays. <br />5.<br />6.<br />7.<br />8.<br />9.<br />10.<br />11.<br />12.<br />13.<br />14.<br />15.<br />16.<br />17.<br />18.<br />19.<br />20.<br />21.<br />22.<br />23.<br />24.<br />25.<br />26.<br />27.<br />28.<br />29.<br />30.Debihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-30968281205247224492009-12-31T23:47:00.002-05:002009-05-31T19:37:05.669-04:00The Science Book ChallengeDates: January 1st through December 31t of 2009<br /><br />Host: Science Besieged<br /><br />For details: <a href="http://arshermeneutica.org/besieged/Science-Book_Challenge_2009">Click here.</a><br /><br />The Challenge (put simply): Read at least 3 science books.<br /><br />My list of possibles:<br /><br />*The Scientists: A History of Science Told Through the Lives of Its Greatest Inventors by John Gribbin<br /><br />*Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley<br /><br />*The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley<br /><br />*The Diversity of Life by E.O. Wilson<br /><br />*Climbing Mount Improbable by Richard Dawkins<br /><br />*Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach<br /><br />*Adam's Navel: A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form by Michael Sims<br /><br />*Into the Jungle: Great Adventures in the Search for Evolution by Sean B. Carroll<br /><br />*The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks<br /><br />*Civilization and the Limpet by Martin Wells<br /><br />*Why Geese Don't Get Obese (And We Do) by Eric P. Widmaier<br /><br />*When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson and Susan McCarthy<br /><br />*Cheating Monkeys and Citizen Bees: The Nature of Cooperation in Animals and Humans by Lee Dugatkin<br /><br />*Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation by Olivia Judson<br /><br />*The Snakebite Survivors' Club: Travels Among Serpents by Jeremy Seal <br /><br />*Extinction: Bad Genes or Bad Luck? by David M Raup<br /><br />*The Sixth Extinction: Patterns of Life and the Future of Humankind by Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin<br /><br />*Unearthing the Dragon by Mark Norell<br /><br />*Antipode: Seasons with the Extraordinary Wildlife and Culture of Madagascar by Heather E. Heying<br /><br />*Stalking the Plumed Serpent and Other Adventures in Herpetology by D. Bruce Means<br /><br />*Throwim Way Leg: Tree-Kangaroos, Possums and Penis Gourds--On the Track of Unknown Mammals in Wildest New Guinea by Tim Flannery<br /><br />*Among Orangutans: Read Apes and the Rise of Human Culture by Carel Van Schaik<br /><br />*A Primate's Memoir by Robert Sapolsky<br /><br />*The Wisdom of the Bones by Alan Walker and Pat Shipman <br /><br />*A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold <br /><br />*Animal Minds by Donald R. Griffin<br /><br />*King Solomon's Ring by Konrad Lorenz<br /><br />*Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants by Robert Sullivan<br /><br />*Life on a Little Known Planet by Howard Evans<br /><br />*Parasite Rex by Carl Zimmer<br /><br />*A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson<br /><br />*How to Dunk a Doughnut: The Science of Everyday Life by Len Fisher<br /><br />*Nature of Australia: A Portrait of the Island Continent by John Vandenbeld<br /><br />*The Hot Zone by Richard Preston<br /><br />*Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1928 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It by Gina Kolata<br /><br />*The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson<br /><br />*Flushed: How the Plumber Saved Civilization by W. Hodding Carter<br /><br />*The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, The Epidemic that Shaped Our History by Molly Caldwell Crosby<br /><br />*The Survival Factor by Mike and Tim Birkhead<br /><br />*Of Kinkajous, Capybaras, Horned Beetles, Seladangs, and the Oddest and ost Wonderful Mammals, Insects, Birds, and Plants of Our World by Jeanne K. Hanson and Deane Morrison<br /><br />*Why Aren't Black Holes Black? by Robert M. Hazen<br /><br />*The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming by Laurie David and Cambria Gordon<br /><br />*The Secret Life of Germs: What They Are, Why We Need Them, and How We Can Protect Ourselves Against Them by Philip M. Tierno, Jr., Ph.D.<br /><br />*<a href="http://scienticity.net/wiki/Schultz:_The_Stuff_of_Life">The Stuff of Life: A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA</a> by Mark SchultzDebihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-76715642192731070962009-12-31T23:46:00.014-05:002009-06-20T20:22:29.025-04:00The Support Your Local Library Reading ChallengeDate: January 1st through December 31st of 2009<br /><br />Host: <a href="http://j-kaye-book-blog.blogspot.com">J.Kaye</a><br /><br />For details: <a href="http://j-kaye-book-blog.blogspot.com/2008/11/2009-support-your-local-library.html">Click here.</a><br /><br />The Challenge (put simply): There are different levels (numbers of books to choose to read), but essentially it just involves reading books from one's library as opposed to buying them. I'm choosing the "12 book" level...in true wimp style.<br /><br />My list, to be completed as I go:<br />1. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/01/bottle-in-gaza-searandom-thoughts.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">A Bottle in the Gaza Sea</span></a> by Valerie Zenatti<br />2. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/02/babbling-about-graphic-novels.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">Castle Waiting</span></a> by Linda Medley<br />3. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/03/sandman-dream-countryrandom-thoughts.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">The Sandman: Dream Country</span></a> by Neil Gaiman<br />4. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/03/house-of-stonerandom-thoughts.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe</span></a> by Christina Lamb<br />5. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/04/bits-of-babble.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">Fax From Sarajevo</span></a> by Joe Kubert<br />6. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/04/bits-of-babble.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">The Dead & the Gone</span></a> by Susan Beth Pfeffer<br />7. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/04/bits-of-babble.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">The Sandman: Season of Mists</span></a> by Neil Gaiman<br />8. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/04/bits-of-babble.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">George & Sam: Two Boys, One Family, and Autism</span></a> by Charlotte Moore<br />9. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/04/seriously-unable-to-get-my-act-together.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">Skim</span></a> by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki<br />10. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-never-saw-another-butterfly-random.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">...I never saw another butterfly...: Children's Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp, 1942-1944</span></a><br />11. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/05/tale-of-one-bad-ratrandom-thoughts.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">The Tale of One Bad Rat</span></a> by Bryan Talbot<br />12. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/06/catching-up-with-more-mini-babble.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade Coffee</span></a> by Dean CyconDebihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-26048372449075977692009-12-31T23:45:00.006-05:002009-09-27T17:29:41.928-04:00What's In a Name 2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo4haaf0rugcU0FW0ubhOdwslc3CzK6nLSNoHCet8kUWELnJH_POgnsFmwx5O4Mk9PQ2SXa9fAJ08rzwNWRzBghEz-pCw0QYTf9svLsaC_STa5sVIjx-p4wIqxMCE9ywS-B2egLdui9VQ/s1600-h/what's+in+a+name+2.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261521161572183378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo4haaf0rugcU0FW0ubhOdwslc3CzK6nLSNoHCet8kUWELnJH_POgnsFmwx5O4Mk9PQ2SXa9fAJ08rzwNWRzBghEz-pCw0QYTf9svLsaC_STa5sVIjx-p4wIqxMCE9ywS-B2egLdui9VQ/s200/what's+in+a+name+2.gif" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 150px;" /></a><br />
Dates: January 1st through December 31st, 2009<br />
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Host: <a href="http://wordsbyannie.blogspot.com/">Annie</a><br />
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For details: <a href="http://whatsinaname-2.blogspot.com/2008/10/welcome.html">Click here.</a><br />
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The Challenge (put simply): Read one book from each of 6 different categories (book with body part in its title, book with relative in its title, book with profession in its title, book with medical condition in its title, book with time of day in its title, and book with building in its title).<br />
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My list of potentials (a quick pulling of books that worked from my TBR piles):<br />
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*body part-<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Heart-Shaped Box</span> by Joe Hill<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Lovely Bones</span> by Alice Sebold<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Blood Diamonds</span> by Greg Campbell<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Cell</span> by Stephen King<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Oh Pure and Radiant Heart</span> by Lydia Millet<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Blood Run</span> by Leah Ruth Robinson<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Deep as the Marrow</span> by R. Paul Wilson<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Calcutta Chromosome</span> by Amitav Ghosh<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Bag of Bones</span> by Stephen King<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Hearts in Atlantis</span> by Stephen King<br />
<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/09/bonerandom-thoughts.html">Bone: One Volume Edition</a> by Jeff Smith <br />
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*relative-<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Zookeeper's Wife</span> by Diane Ackerman (might use as a profession instead)<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Island of the Aunts</span> by Eva Ibbotson<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Memory Keeper's Daughter</span> by Kim Edwards<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">My Sister's Keeper</span> by Jodi Picoult<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">First They Killed My Father</span> by Loung Ung<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Wood Wife</span> by Terri Windling<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Piper's Sons</span> by Bruce Chandler Fergusson<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Little Brother</span> by Cory Doctorow<br />
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*profession-<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Iris, Messenger</span> by Sarah Deming<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">I Am The Messenger</span> by Markus Zusak<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Buffalo Soldier</span> by Chris Bohjalian<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Midwives</span> by Chris Bohjalian<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Judge & Jury</span> by James Patterson and Andrew Gross<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Sugar Queen</span> by Sarah Addison Allen<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Judges</span> by Elie Wiesel<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Ice Queen</span> by Alice Hoffman<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">King Leopold's Ghost</span> by Adam Hochschild<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde</span> by Robert Louis Stevenson<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Book Thief</span> by Markus Zusak<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Lightning Thief</span> by Rick Riordan<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Shadow Thieves</span> by Anne Ursu<br />
<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/02/in-land-of-invisible-womenrandom.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">In The Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom</span></a> by Qanta A. Ahmed, MD<br />
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*medical condition-<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Digital Plague</span> by Jeff Somers<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Fever 1793</span> by Laurie Halse Anderson<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Shock</span> by Robin Cook<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Seizure</span> by Robin Cook<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Insomnia</span> by Stephen King<br />
<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/04/bits-of-babble.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">George & Sam: Two Boys, One Family, and Autism</span></a> by Charlotte Moore<br />
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*time of day-<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Nighttime Is My Time</span> by Mary Higgins Clark<br />
<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/05/curious-incident-of-dog-in-night.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time</span></a> by Mark Haddon<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Four Past Midnight</span> by Stephen King<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Forests of the Night</span> by James W. Hall<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Night</span> by Elie Wiesel<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Five Past Midnight in Bhopal</span> by Dominiuqe Lapierre and Javier Moro<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil</span> by John Berendt<br />
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*building-<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Haunting of Hill House</span> by Shirley Jackson<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Wasp Factory</span> by Iain Banks<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Chatham School Affair</span> by Thomas H. Cook<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">A Stranger in the House</span> by Gloria Murphy<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The House of the Scorpion</span> by Nancy Farmer<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Glass Castle</span> by Jeannette Walls<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Looming Tower</span> by Lawrence Wright<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The Museum of Dr. Moses</span> by Joyce Carol Oates<br />
<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/02/dolls-houserandom-thoughts.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Doll's House</span> by Neil Gaiman</a><br />
<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/02/babbling-about-graphic-novels.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Castle Waiting</span></a> by Linda Medley<br />
<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/03/house-of-stonerandom-thoughts.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe</span></a> by Christina Lamb<br />
<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/04/seriously-unable-to-get-my-act-together.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Castle Corona</span></a> by Sharon CreechDebihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-48473613892692139492009-12-31T22:00:00.000-05:002009-03-16T08:39:54.984-04:00Elizabeth Scott ChallengeDates: January 1st through December 31st of 2009<br /><br />Host: <a href="http://blbooks.blogspot.com">Becky</a><br /><br />For details: <a href="http://minichallenges.blogspot.com/2009/03/elizabeth-scott-mini-challenge.html">Click here.</a><br /><br />The challenge (put simply): Read at least two books by Elizabeth Scott.<br /><br />My list:<br /><br />*Living Dead Girl<br /><br />*Love You Hate You Miss YouDebihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-37286817446974310952009-12-31T21:00:00.020-05:002009-09-27T17:30:32.178-04:00Read Your Own Books '09<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-92r2msywIBZTqgwPa9dCB5sYMie6guZE_WmfRIJdAUaMIxVQTDnenhrZgQGzqGQKK3xJg7rKWKWUi2r4NlJJ_F3u5oLs0X9Qs2SQMKEYBivxYWCt4xbJMel2AFIt55GwijfCcLwP2o/s1600-h/readown3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313830953193357970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-92r2msywIBZTqgwPa9dCB5sYMie6guZE_WmfRIJdAUaMIxVQTDnenhrZgQGzqGQKK3xJg7rKWKWUi2r4NlJJ_F3u5oLs0X9Qs2SQMKEYBivxYWCt4xbJMel2AFIt55GwijfCcLwP2o/s200/readown3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 136px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><br />
Date: January 1st through December 31st of 2009<br />
(However, I found out about it on March 16th, so my list will only include books read after this time.)<br />
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Host: <a href="http://readingwise.wordpress.com/about/">MizB</a><br />
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For details: <a href="http://readingwise.wordpress.com/ryob-2009/">Click here.</a><br />
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The challenge (put simply): Read books you already own. Didn't take a brain surgeon to figure that one out, huh? You choose your own goal as to number of books. No need for a predetermined list.<br />
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Notes: My goal is 29. Decided to join this because a.) I seemingly am incapable of NOT joining a challenge, and b.) I'm hoping this nudges me to get some of my own books read.<br />
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My list (to be filled in as I go):<br />
1. <span style="font-style: italic;">Down to a Sunless Sea</span> by Mathias B. Freese<br />
2. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/03/amazing-maurice-and-his-educated.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents</span></a> by Terry Pratchett<br />
3. <span style="font-style: italic;">Looking for Bobowicz</span> by Daniel Pinkwater<br />
4. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/04/seriously-unable-to-get-my-act-together.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Castle Corona</span></a> by Sharon Creech<br />
5. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/04/seriously-unable-to-get-my-act-together.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane</span></a> by Kate DiCamillo<br />
6. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/04/hunger-gamesrandom-thoughts.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Hunger Games</span></a> by Suzanne Collins<br />
7. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/04/uncommon-readerrandom-thoughts.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Uncommon Reader</span></a> by Alan Bennett<br />
8. <span style="font-style: italic;">Starting Points</span> by Linda Harrison<br />
9. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/05/curious-incident-of-dog-in-night.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time</span></a> by Mark Haddon<br />
10. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/05/we-interrupt-this-blogging-break.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Shakespeare Wrote for Money</span></a> by Nick Hornby<br />
11. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/05/we-interrupt-this-blogging-break.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Lord of the Flies</span></a> by William Golding<br />
12. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/05/we-interrupt-this-blogging-break.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Fables: Animal Farm</span></a> by Bill Willingham<br />
13. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/05/we-interrupt-this-blogging-break.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Fables: Storybook Love</span></a> by Bill Willingham<br />
14. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/06/catching-up-with-more-mini-babble.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Fables: March of the Wooden Soldiers</span></a> by Bill Willingham<br />
15. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/06/catching-up-with-more-mini-babble.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Legend of Chun Hyang</span></a> by CLAMP<br />
16. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/06/essential-dykes-to-watch-out-forrandom.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For</span></a> by Alison Bechdel<br />
17. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Garden of Eve</span> by K.L. Going<br />
18. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/07/nationrandom-thoughts.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Nation</span></a> by Terry Pratchett<br />
19. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/09/itty-bitty-book-babble.html">The Body of Christopher Creed</a> by Carol Plum-Ucci<br />
20. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/09/itty-bitty-book-babble.html">The House with the Clock in Its Walls</a> by John Bellairs<br />
21. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/09/itty-bitty-book-babble.html">Death: At Death's Door</a> by Jill Thompson<br />
22. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/09/itty-bitty-book-babble.html">Affluenza</a> by John DeGraaf, David Winn, and Thomas Naylor<br />
23. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/09/itty-bitty-book-babble.html">A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge</a> by Josh Neufeld<br />
24. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/09/and-ride-is-overfor-now.html">The Knife of Never Letting Go</a> by Patrick Ness<br />
25. <a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/09/bonerandom-thoughts.html">Bone: One Volume Edition</a> by Jeff SmithDebihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830541819893024085.post-30644201856062774902009-12-31T20:30:00.001-05:002009-07-13T15:08:09.852-04:00Herding Cats II<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPv2X_DMDtjkFY5XXVwDs9FOGnBi4_t3m4hsRyzy1JeFiMJoeC-yCwRVsCepl6SuhV46_74DiHFLpIVNFOIYAzoqu0C_jxddhWyZQUd9_OTXwiyDOEPIGZcUZURtqyypgwA6gd3FSCags/s1600-h/herdingcats.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPv2X_DMDtjkFY5XXVwDs9FOGnBi4_t3m4hsRyzy1JeFiMJoeC-yCwRVsCepl6SuhV46_74DiHFLpIVNFOIYAzoqu0C_jxddhWyZQUd9_OTXwiyDOEPIGZcUZURtqyypgwA6gd3FSCags/s200/herdingcats.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319423342607824162" /></a><br />Dates: April 1st through December 31st of 2009<br /><br />Host: <a href="http://yafabulous.echthroi.org/">Renay</a><br /><br />For details: <a href="http://www.echthroi.org/getliterate/herdingcats/">Click here.</a><br /><br />The challenge (put simply): List exactly 5 books you've read in 2007, 2008, and/or 2009 that you highly recommend. Then try to read some of the other participant's suggestions.<br /><br />My list of suggestions:<br />*The Stand by Stephen King <br />*We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch<br />*And the Band Played On: People, Politics, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts<br />*Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury<br />*The Lorax by Dr. Seuss<br /><br />My list to read:<br />*Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta <br />*The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar <br />*28: Stories of AIDs in Africa by Stephanie Nolen <br />*<a href="http://dastevens.blogspot.com/2009/07/nationrandom-thoughts.html">Nation</a> by Terry Pratchett<br />*Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott<br /><br />--This list took serious weeding. It was originally easily five times this long, but I promised myself if I joined I would only make a list of five.Debihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com0