Cynthia's Seasonal Challenge - Summer 2009 List by Manday Yates

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My seasonal to-read lists, based upon Cynthia's challenge at the Next Best Book Club



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chapter 1: Summer 2009 List


Summer 2009 List
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5 Points
1. Andy Griffith (Actor)
Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson

2. Twyla Tharp (Dancer/Choreographer)
Ten Cents a Dance by Christine Fletcher

3. Jerry Garcia (Musician)
The 39 Apartments of Ludwig von Beethoven

4. Going To The Chapel And They’re Gonna Get Married
Thunderstruck by Erik Larson

5. Farmers Market
Strawberry Hill by Mary Ann Hoberman


6. Christmas In July
Visions of Sugar Plums
by Janet Evonovich


7. Discover Hidden Gems
The Hollow Earth by Rudy Ruckard

8. Let’s Hit The Beach
The Book of Sand by Jorge Luis Borges

9. First Use of Fingerprints
Spiderweb by Agatha Christie

10. U.S. Independence Day
When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka


10 Points
1. Wolfgang Puck – Famous Chef
How to Cook a Tart by Nina Killham

2. Percy Shelley
Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (1812-1870)


3. Hans Christian Anderson
The Fairy Tale Detectives by Buckley Michael and Pete Ferguson

4. Day Of The African Child
The Long Silence of Mario Salviati: A Novel by Etienne van Heerden

5. Bastille Day (france)
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy

6. This Day In History (japan)
Silence by Shusaku Endo

7. 6/7/8
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by JK Rowling

8. Our House In The Middle Of Our
You Drive Me Crazy: Love Poems for Real Life by Mary D. Esselman, Elizabeth Ash Valez


9. Take Me Out To The Ballgame
Mudville by Kurtis Scalleta

10. Dog Days Of Summer
The Curious Incedent of the Dog in Nightime by Mark Haddon

15 Points
1. Dream Vacation
Dreams of a Peaceful Dragon by Katie Hickman (Bhutan)


2. Casting Call
The Secret Hour (Midnighters, Book 1) by Scott Westerfeld

Cast: 

Jessica - Emily Browning
Dess - Dakota Fanning
Melissa - Anne Kendrick
Jonathon - David Gallagher
Rex - Kyle Gallner
Conzuala - Q'orianka Kilcher
Beth - Sofia Vassilieva



3. The Great Outdoors
The Single Hound by Emily Dickenson


4. Quiz Me?
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind

5. Current Events
The Shack by William Young
(issue: religious cleavage in American society)
Article: Ads for Atheism Appear on Manhattan Buses


6. Opposites Attract
The Women in White by Wilkie Collins
Black Juice by Margo Lanagan

7. Popularity Contest
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Wild Animus by Rich Shapero


8. Friendly Suggestions…
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
North and South


9. What’s In a Name?


10. Initial Thoughts - AY
At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances
The Year of Living Biblically One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literally As Possible


20 Points
1. Shared Birthday
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong (May 30th)


2.Anniversary of D-Day
The Book Thief


25 Points
1. New Take on Classics
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies


2. Dystopia
Specials by Scott Westerfeld


3.Mod Squad,
Lori - One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn,
Cynthia - Never Let me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro



5. 555 Pages
Ada, Or Ardor by Nabakov
The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr

6. Sharon's Task - Edinburgh International Festival - In honor of this annual summer festival that's held in the capital city of the country where Sharon lives...Read a Fiction or Non-Fiction book that takes place in or is about the capital city of the country you live in. If you are a US resident you can read a book that takes place in or is about the State Capital of the state you currently live in or the U.S. Capital Washington D.C..

7. 900+ pages.
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

8. Goodreads Authors
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman


9.Reading Through The Ages:
The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy (1886)
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Away by Amy Bloom (2007)

10. Secret Society
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling


30 Point Tasks
1. Donna Jo's Task
Person: Ann Eliza Young
The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
Wife, No. 19 by Ann Eliza Young


2. In Honor of Lucille Ball's B-Day
Love and Mr. Lewisham by H.G. Wells
Mother of God by David Ambrose

3. Summer Peace Accord
Daniel Duranda by George Eliot
Hadji MuradLeo Tolstoy

4. In Honor Of U.S. Independence Day
General Ulysses S. Grant:the soldier and the man
by Edward Longacre </b>


5.Young Adult
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Touching Darkness by Scott Westerfeld
Blue Noon by Scott Westerfeld


6. Bridgit’s Task
A Short wait between trains
an anthology of war short stories by american writers

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

7. Parent and Child's Birthdays
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Mulan Kundera (1984)
The Grass Harp by Truman Capote (1951)

8.Listology
A Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde
Animal Farm by George Orwell


9. Judge a Book by Its Cover.
Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo


10. The Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card


50 Books on Literature
Lectures on Literature by Nabokov

Point Total: 540
Page Total: 14620


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chapter 2 review
Laurelyn said:
" AKY -
I like the top one... perhaps I should take that challenge and finish moby dick or reread (gasp...) Tale of Two Cities. "
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chapter 3 review
Laurelyn said:
" AKY -
What'd you think of "To Say Nothing of the Dog" (or had you previously read that book?) I haven't read that in a long time... "
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