30.1. ROSEANN'S TASK - Your Job/Dream Job
Librarian The Quest for the Trilogy A Rover Novel of Three Adventures Odom, Mel
Archeologist Lion in the Valley Peters, Elizabeth

50.1 Minding the World
I. Senses Hands of My Father: A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love Uhlberg, Myron
II. Emotions Resenting the Hero Moore, Moira J.
III. Memories The Christmas Quilt A NovelDavis, Thomas
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25.1 NICOLE OH'S TASK - Rhyme time
Fiction Stars in Their CoursesMorris, Gilbert
Poetry Nine Horses PoemsCollins, Billy
25.2. DONNA JO'S TASK - Find Two Authors Who Are Related By Blood Or Marriage
The Elements of Organic GardeningCharles, Prince of Wales
The Ghost Who Fell In Love Cartland, Barbara
Cartland is the step-grandmother of the ex-wife (Diana) of Prince Charles.
25.3.
Oranges Are Not the Only FruitWinterson, Jeanette
25.4. CANDACE'S TASK - Read A Book That Has Been Written Within The Last 10 Years And Made Into A Movie Within The Last 5.
Marie Antoinette The Journey Fraser, Antonia
Movie Title Marie Antoinette
25.5. JANICE'S TASK - Fortune Telling The Bride FinderCarroll, Susan
Prophecy in title The Eagle's Prophecy Scarrow, Glen
25.6. BJ ROSE'S TASK - “Curse Of Tippecanoe”
1840 - William Henry Harrison Old Tippecanoe William Henry Harrison and His Time Cleaves, Freeman
1860 - Abraham Lincoln Team of Rivals The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Goodwin, Doris Kearn
1880 - James A. Garfield Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield Ackerman, Kenneth D.
1900 - William McKinley William McKinnley Phillips, Kevin not 500 pages
1920 - Warren G. Harding The Available Man Sinclair, Andrew not 500 pages
1940 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin DeLano Roosevelt Brands, H. W.
1960 - John F. Kennedy Jack Kennedy: The Education of a Statesman Leaming, Barbara
25.7. CINDY'S TASK - One, Two, Three
Netherland O'Neill, Joseph
Bewitching Season Doyle, Marissa
By Heresies Distressed Weber, David
25.8. CAIT'S TASK - Nouns
Name Of A Person In The Title. Descartes' Bones Shorto, Russell
Name Of A Place In The Title. The Rose of Sebastopol McMahon, Katharine
Thing/Object In The Title, The Iron Bridge Morse, David E,
9. DIANE'S TASK - September Is Self-Improvement Month.
Read a Nonfiction Self-Improvement or Self-Help Book. The Vegetarian Meat & Potatoes Cookbook Robertson, Robin
AND • Read A Book In Which The Main Character Undergoes A Significant Positive Change In His Or Her Life As A Result Of Self-Improvement The Fixer Upper Andrews, Mary Kay
10. SAM'S TASK - Halloween Part III: Monsterfest The Lore of the Witch World Norton, Andre

20.1. MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – JULIE KS - I Am Very Faithful In My Christian Beliefs. The Good Nearby Moser, Nancy
20.2. 2. ROOKIE OF THE SEASON - ERIN - Learn Your ABC's - Read 3 Books That Begin With A,B,C Or Any Three Consecutive Letters In The Alphabet.
The Affinity Bridge Mann, George
Book Lust Pearl, Nancy
Catching Fire Collins, Suzanne
Dragons Prefer Blondes Havens, Candae
Eleanor of Aquitaine Weir, Alison
The Forgotten Garden Morton, Kate
Garan the Eternal Norton, Andre
The Horses at the Gate Mackey, Mary
I'll Know It When I See It Carey, Alice
Judgement of Janus Norton, Andre
Keeping Hearth & Home in Old Texas Padgett, Carol
Last Night at the Lobster O'Nan, Stewart
My Search for Warren Harding Plunket, Robert
Nimisha's Ship McCaffery, Ann
Oath of Gold Moon, Elizabeth
Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes Jack, Albert
Queen Victoria's Secrets Munich, Adrienne
Rebel Yell Randall, Alice
Spellbinder Stringer, Helen
Timothy, or Notes of an Abject Reptile Klinkenborg, Verlyn
Unbridal Rendahl, Eileen
Velva Jean Learns to Drive Niven, Jennifer
Wuthering Heights Bronte, Emily
X-Ray: See Through the World Around You Veasey, Nick (This shouldn't really count, as it is almost all pictures, but it's a cool book that I would have missed if not for the Challenge. So I am reading X by JD Glass but not enjoying it so much.)
Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter McPhee, Stephanie Pearl
Zarsthor's Bane Norton, Andre
20.3. GROUP READ - Read One Of The 3 Group Reads
Julie and Julia Powell, Julie
Shadow of the Wind Zafon, Carlos Ruiz
Shutter Island Lahane, Dennis

15.1. Brush Up On Your Grammar: (a)Prepositions




Dumas, Alexandre
15.6. Creative Minds (The Arts)
• Learn Your Art History Sister Wendy's 1000 Masterpieces Beckett, Wendy
Vist art museum
• Become A Member Of The Drama Club Much Ado About Nothing Shakespeare, William
(also enjoyed the Graphic Novel of MAAN. Thanks to whoever mentioned that.)
Watch DVD Much Ado About Nothing, Kenneth Branaugh
• Music Appreciation Class Who Killed Homer? : The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom Hanson, Victor Davis
Attend Concert of Classical music Sept 26 KC Symphony Bronfman Plays Brahms' 2nd Piano Concerto. Orchestra played Hayden's Symphony No. 49 in F minor and Rouse's Rapture.
15.7. Let's Get Physical (P.E.)
Exercise: That Summer in Sicily de Blast, Marlena
Sport: FOOTBALL Our Boys: A Perfect Season on the Plains with the Smith Center Redmen Drape, Joe
Watched:
15.8. Geography Lessons. Donna = Denmark Lucca Grondahl, Jens Christian
Atwood = Australia A Town Like Alice Shute, Neville
15.9. Your Homework Assignment
Home At Home with Wedgewood: the Art of the table Foley,
Assignment: Plan a dinner party, including guests, menu, table settings, music. Include invitations, theme (if any),food costs, and prep time estimates.
Work Nice Work Lodge, David
Assignment: Find someone who works in a position unlike yours--if you do physical labor, like building houses, look for a job using mainly mental labor; if you are in Management, look for a job on the bottom rung of the ladder, like the custodian. Shadow that person at least once a week for 3 months and then swap. Write up what you've learned and then share with your "shadow" to find what they've learned of your job.
15.10. Teacher-Student Relations teacher Good Morning, Miss Dove Patton, Frances Gray
Student The Teacher's Funeral Peck, Richard
The Elegance of the Hedgehog

10.1. Buddy Holly: Jubilee Trail published 1950 Bristow, Gwen
10.2. A Character Who Suffers From An Addiction: The Man with the Golden Arm Nelson Algren
10.3. Bear(s):
(a)Minnie and Moo Meet Frankenswine; Minnie and Moo and the Musk of Zorro; Minnie and Moo and the Thanksgiving Tree[; book:Minnie and Moo Wanted Dead or Alive|188147] all by Cazet,Denys
(b) Jean Auel's The Clan of the Cave Bear & The Valley of Horses Auel, Jean
(c)My Bookhouse Up One Pair Of Stairs
1938 ed.
10.4. Hispanic Heritage Month Sliced Iguana Travels in Mexico Tree, Isabella
10.5. Oktoberfest: From the Diary of a Snail Grass, Gunther
10.6. Native American Heritage Month: Museum of Human Beings Sargent, Colin
10.7. heroes/heroines/Superheroes OR an biography of your Personal Hero/Heroine. Princess of Wands Ringo, John
10.8. The Random Word Generator Website: (a)corner Spinster Brides of Cactus Corners Dooley, Lena Nelson, et al (I read the Large Print Which had Corner in the title, the regular print title page said Corners.)
(b) advent A Fatal Advent Holland, Isabelle
(c) allowance Stories of the Road Allowance People Campbell, Maria
10.9. U.S. Civil War: Homeland A Novel A Novel Hambly, Barbara
10.10. The Cat's Meow: The Jargoon Pard Norton, Andre

I didn't want to stop reading for the Challenge so I read all the options, as follows: (I'll get the rest linked when I get back from the opera.)
5.1. Our Children Are Our Future: Daughter of Kura A Novel Austin, Debra
5.2. An Apple (Book) A Day: Candy Apple Red Bush, Nancy
5.3. In 1492 Columbus Sailed The Ocean Blue: The Captain's Wife, Kelley, Douglas
5.4. Adoption Story: Somebody's Daughter Lee, Marie G.
5.5. Going Back To School: Of Human Bondage Maugham, Somerset
5.6. Terrifying Titles:Something Wicked This Way Comes Bradbury, Ray
5.7. Giving Thanks: Please Tell Us What That IS When You Claim Points.The Touch McClullough, Colleen for Family
5.8. Let's Find Out If Two Heads Really Better Than One:Elvenborn Norton, Andre & Lackey,Mercedes
5.9. Coming Of Age :The Goose Girl Hale, Shannon
Or All Grown Up The Sweet By and By Johnson, Todd
5.10. Fall Back In Time: LegendDeveraux, Jude

Our Boys A Perfect Season on the Plains with the Smith Center Redmen by Joe Drape.
I don't normally read sports books, but...this is a terrific story of a small Kansas town's high school team with a long unbroken string of games. The author spent the season getting to know the coaches, the kids, the school, and the community to see just what makes such memorable football.
Four stars.

by Gwen Bristol.
Jubilee Trail is set during the 1840s. The first part of the book chronicles the marriage of Garnet and Oliver on their honeymoon trip from New York City to California, via the Santa Fe Trail. He and his brother Charles are traders using the overland routes from California to St Louis, she’s from a well-to-do New York City family.
The second part of the book concerns her life in California and what she does about Charles, the evil, wicked, mean and bad (and probably all phosphorus inside, to quote) Charles. We also meet the enchanting Florinda, the charming Russian Brute, the sadly drunken Texas, and other characters we'd like to know more about.
At times the writing was a little pedestrian, but overall I really enjoyed Jubilee Trail. Copyright, 1950.

Janice wrote: "Donna Jo wrote: "The Captain's Wife... Mary is the only one on the crew who can use the sexton to find their location and plot their course unless t..."

You are right. I can only plea that I typed that one and the following up after being awake all night. Something about lack of sleep equals lack of brain cells.

Donna Jo wrote: "The Captain's Wife... Mary is the only one on the crew who can use the sexton to find their location and plot their course unless they are willing to release the first mate..."

I'm hoping you mean a sextant because while church officials may help you find Heavan, you need a sextant to find your way on an 1850s sailing ship.

The Girls from Ames A Story of Women and Friendship by Jeffrey Zaslow.
This is a book about women's friendships, based on a specific group of girls who grew up together in Ames, Iowa during the 60's and 70's, but extended to the way other women make and keep friends over the long haul. These women are about the same age as my daughter and I have seen the same type of friendships there.
I didn't read this for any task--or at least I haven't assigned it one yet--but it was such an interesting book I wanted to share it.

A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
Jean Paget, a young English woman, was trapped in Malaya in 1942 when the Japanese invaded and with 34 other women and children was subjected to a "death March" to a mythical prison camp. Along the way she met an Aussie prisoner of war who helped them out to his own detriment. Several years after the war, she becomes wealthy and goes back to Malaya to help those who helped her--and thus begins an adventure.
5 stars for part of task 15.8 (Australia)

Lucca by Jens Christian Grondahl.
Lucca is in a car accident and loses her sight. Richard, her surgeon, spends time with her. Both of them talk about their pasts--all of it in a rather dispassionate manner. I'm not sure if this is the author's voice or the translation.
2 stars for part of task 15.8 (Denmark)

Lore of the Witch World by Andre Norton
Collection of 7 stories taking place in Witch World. My favorite is "Falcon Blood".
4 stars for task 25.10

The Fixer Upper A Novel by Mary Kay Andrews
Dempsey's lobbyist boss leaves her holding the bag in a bribery case. Without a job, she takes over flipping the old family house in GA that her father has inherited. I started out really disliking Dempsey, but as the book went on she started improving and growing. She learns a lot of home maintenence skills that I wish I knew how to do.
3 stars for part of task 25.9

Of Human Bondage
I was assigned to read Of Human Bondage fifty years ago, and I found it almost as tedious to read the second time around as I did the first time. Sorting out the life of Philip Carey and his prickly problems (most brought on by himself) just made me glad that this time I would not be graded on the essay to follow. Maugham obviously wants the reader to suffer almost as much as Philip Carey does. And I did.
1 Star for task 5.5

Candy Apple Red by Nancy Bush.
Jane Kelly works as a process server/PI/whatever. She came to Oregon to be with a boy friend, who is now long gone over a difference of opinion about his best friend who killed his family and disappeared. Now the boy friend's back and Jane has been asked by a lawyer to delve into the mystery of the missing Bobby, who also happens to be the son of the richest guy in town.
There are close parallels here with Steffie Plum, although instead of Rex the hamster we have a pug named Binky. Go with the hamster.
This is listed as a fiction in my library, but it has at least as much of a mystery as any Steffie Plum book which are listed as mystery, so take your pick.
2 Stars Read for task 5.2

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson.
Our heroine Jeanette is an orphan adopted by an extremely religious mother so she can be raised as a missionary. Raised as an outsider in her northern England town, Jeanette grows up thinking for herself and discovering life and sexuality on her own terms. Although her life is at odds with most, she accepts what she can.
This is the story of a young woman who, from an early age, turns life and adverisity into something liveable. No whining here.
This book grew on me. Normally I am not a fan of books told in first person, but this one was rather charming. The tales inserted along the way are almost like parts of a puzzle, putting the story into perspective.
Thanks, Wendy. I would never have found this charming story without your task.
4 Stars Read for task 25.3

The Captain's Wife by Douglas Kelley
In 1856 Captain Joshua Patten takes his young wife Mary with him on his clipper ship as he sails from New York to San Fransisco. This is her second voyage with him. They are sailing with a good crew, but an unreliable first mate and an inexperienced second mate.
Trouble looms before they reach Cape Horn. The first mate has a fight with the captain and is arrested. Patten apparently suffers from his head wound or an undetirmined illness, but spends much of the rest of the time unconscious.
Mary is the only one on the crew who can use the sextant to find their location and plot their course unless they are willing to release the first mate.
This is a novel based on a real life event.
4 Stars Read for task 5.3

I'm just getting started here, but wanted to get my folder started. I've only read two books so far and haven't written reviews yet. Back soon.