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OFFICIAL SPRING CHALLENGE - 2009
The 4100 includes spaces.... I'll post in two parts though. I don't want to fight the computer when I have no control over the programming... ;)Sara’s Tasks - Part I:
5 Point Tasks
1. SciFi/Fantasy: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke ??
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3. Oldest TBR: The Boy Book: A Study of Habits and Behaviors, Plus Techniques for Taming Them by E. Lockhart
4. Book in Car: The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
5. Christian Fiction: Tennis Shoes: Warriors of Cumorah by Chris Heimerdinger
6. Woman/Girl: Secret Society Girl: An Ivy League Novel by Diana Peterfreund
7. Audiobook: Artemis Fowl 6: The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer
8. Humorous: Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
9. Spring Animal: Bad Kitty by Michele Jaffe
10. Rain/Flower: Under the Rose: An Ivy League Novel by Diana Peterfreund
10 Point Tasks
1. Irish: PS, I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
2. Mexican: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
3. Australian: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
4. Mar/Apr/May Author: Stealing Heaven by Elizabeth Scott
5. Magic: A Little Magic by Nora Roberts
6. Earth Day: Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
7. Mom’s Pick: A Rose in Winter by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
8. Military Fiction: The Fall of Reach by Eric S. Nylund
9. TNBBC Top Book 1983: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. 5-Star Book from Bevin: Holes by Louis Sachar
Sara's Tasks - Part II:15 Point Tasks
1. Scorpio: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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3. TNBBC Group Read: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
4. Spring Break (Arkansas): Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
5. Winner of Newbery 1983: Bad Girls by Cynthia Voigt
6. Translated Book: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
7. Rhyming Titles: Smart Girls Think Twice by Cathie Linz AND Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter (smart & heart)
8. Book + Interview: Forever by Judy Blume
9. Color Title + 2 Foods: Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
10. 3, 4, 5: Life, the Universe and Everything ; So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ; and Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams OR Undead and Unappreciated , Undead and Unreturnable , and Undead and Unpopular by MaryJanice Davidson
25 Point Tasks
1. G & R books: The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale and Rites of Spring (Break): An Ivy League Novel by Diana Peterfreund
2. Noted diarist: Leaves From My Journal by Wilford Woodruff
3. 2 of Maggie’s Books: Undead and Unwed and Undead and Unemployed by MaryJanice Davidson
4. BBC Top 100 Book: Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
5. Outside usual genre (thriller): Severance Package by Duane Swierczynski
6. 400+ page, NonFic British Monarchy: The Life of Elizabeth I OR Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life by Alison Weir
7. TBA
8. 2 YA books: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter and Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
9. 12+ word title: The Boyfriend List: 15 guys, 11 shrink appointments, 4 ceramic frogs, and me, Ruby Oliver by E. Lockhart
Tasks Completed: 2/39
Pages Read: 324
Points Earned: 20
Jamie - I read New Worlds, Lost Worlds last year, and found it quite interesting. It had a great deal more about Ireland for that period than you usually get about Tudor England.
I'm a bit confused. Can you use Midnight Sun for the task "In honor of Earth Day (April 22) read a book with the word Earth, Moon, Sun, World, Star or one of the other planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) in the title.
I thought Midnight Sun was a partial (draft)book that you can only read on the internet.
Here's my planned books for spring challenge 5 point tasks
1. fellowship of the rings - J. R. R. Tolkin
2. More Letters from Pemberley 1814 - 1819
Jane Dawkins
3. Just Business - Ber Carroll
4. Little Women - Louisa Mary Alcot
5. The Schack - W. M. Paul Young
6. The risk of darkness - Susan Hill
7. Nice Girls Do - Sarah Duncan
8. Adrian Mole Weapons of mass destruction -
Sue Townsend
9. Birdsong - Sebastion Faulks
10. The tea rose - Jennifer Donnelly
10 point tasks
1. The gift - Celia Ahern
2. Like water for choclate - Laura Equivel
3. My life as a fake - Pete Carey
4. Twisted - Jeffery Deavers (May)
5. Harry Potter the half blood prince -
J. K. Rowling
6. Always Moon - Alice Sebold
7. The wildcard (main charcter Christine) my mums name - Tressa Crane
8. Caprtian Correll's Mandelin - Louis Du Bernieres
9. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
10. The Twin Towers - J. R. R. Tolkin
15 point tasks
1.
2.
3. Jane Eye - Charlotte Bronte
4. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickins
The last place I went was to London to see Oliver
5. Docherty - William Mcillanney - (1975)
6. Hannah's Daughter - Marrianne Fredriksson
origanially sweedish
7. Salmon Fishing Paul Torday
Missing - Susan Lewis
8. Whose's line is it anyway?- Sinead Moriarty
9.
10 Three Men in a Boat Jerome K Jerome
The Four Temperaments - Yona Mcdonough
Five Quarters of Orange - Joanne Harris
25 point tasks
1. The Girl next door - Elizabeth Noble
Recipes for a perfect marriage -
Kate Kerrigtan
2. George Eliot The Last Victorian - Kathryn Hughes
3. Angela's ashes & Tis - Frank Mccourt
4. Watership Down - Richard Adams
5. (Horror) Dracula - Bram Stoker
6. Elizabeth The Queen Mother - Hugo Vickers
7.
8. New Moon & Eclipse - Stephene Meyer
9.
Sara if you do a bit of editing youll get it under the 8000 i had same problem and went and took out most of my authors - all ok now and room for every task
Oh Fiona let me know what you think too please. I have already read it and would love to hear what you two think. :~)
I got my sister a copy of the shack for her birthday and decided i needed to read it too as soon many of my church friends have done. So I was so pleased when it fitted a task for this challenge. I shall plan to read this on Friday or Saturday so I can say I have read it when I go to church and wont have to avoid conversations about it. My mum and dad and sister have read it and told me they were all in tears to I will make sure I have my tissues on hand as I am so emotinal I know I will need the tissues.
Ok, I read two books while on vacation & I am excited to claim some points! Hopefully I won't have to move these books around too much (they fit multiple categories & I haven't finalized my reading plan). 3. Read a past OR present TNBBC group read that you haven’t read before: The Book Thief (15 pts.)
9. Read a book with a color in the title AND eat a meal that includes at least 2 foods that are that color: Half of a Yellow Sun and I had scrambled eggs & pineapple for breakfast. (15 pts.)
Tasks Completed: 2/39
Pages Read: 985
Total: 30 pts.
Liz (Bklyn)
Ashley- My favorites are Crank and Glass, which is the sequel to Crank. Although Burned and the other one (which I cannot think of the name) are both good as well.
Oh my goodness... Seriously I just spent like four hours reading all 1049 posts!!! I haven't completed a task yet but I am participating. It is midterms week at school right now so I don't know if I will finish one this week. I am working on 1st to Die for the five star book from someone on the same date joined page as you (fiona)! You guys have read a crazy amount (Ros at 70!!!)
Okay, here is my list. There is no way I can finish all the tasks but hopefully this is achievable.5 POINTS
2. 84 Charing Cross Road
3. Beloved
4. Four to Score
5. The Shack
6. From Strength to Strength
7. Slow Journey South
10 POINTS
1. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
3. The Rouseabout
4. Jane Eyre
6. Midnight Sun
7. Dearest Dorothy: Are we there yet?
9. I Capture the Castle
10. Darkly Dreaming Dexter
15 POINTS
1. The Girls
2. Dylan Thomas reading his poetry
3. The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
4. The Year of Living Dangerously
5. The Pearl
8. The Uncommon Reader
9. I Wish I Had a Red Dress
25 POINT TASKS
4. A Town like Alice
9. Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs
10 POINT TASK10. Members of the TNBBC have great tastes in books - follow these directions to find your book for this task...
- Start by going to the club’s membership list.
- Sort the member list by the Date Joined and Find Yourself on that list. (I chose the date joined sorting option because the page you will find your name on for the other options will change more often)
- Read a book that earned a 5-Star rating by another member who is on the same page as you.
Mendel's Dwarf, Simon Mawer (from Hayes's page).
TOTAL POINTS: 10.
Yes, Ros and Fiona and anyone else that is going to read The Shack, make sure you have tissues nearby. The whole book isn't like that but definatly parts of it are.
All right. I finished
Stargirl
today! I'm trying to figure out how I've gone so long without reading it! This is the first book in a long time I gave 5 stars to. It was AWESOME! Plus, it's worth 10 points (Earth Day task)! I'm at 30 points total.I'm now working on The Outsiders audiobook for my Planes, Trains, etc. task. I'm listening to it in my car. I'm only on track 3 of disc 1, but it's certainly interesting so far.
But I'm freaking delirious from lack of sleep, so I'm going to feed my dogs, read some Winnie-the-Pooh (Ros's task), and go to bed, even though it's only 8:00 PM. Goodnight people, and have fun reading!
Angela, Thanks for the recommendations. I need to read some more by her. I was much more impressed than I thought I would be. That's cool!
Sara, I have to tell you, I loved The Outsiders. One of my favorites. It is just, amazing.
5 POINTS10 POINTS
4:A Great and Terribly Beauty by Libba Bray (3/02/09)
10:All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris (3/03/09) (Anya)
15 POINTS
8:City Dog by Alison Pace. (3/01/09)
25 POINTS
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Points: 35
Beth from (MN)
Ok! I'm in. Don't know how many I'll get to, but I obsessively came up with ideas for each task (I was snowed in!), so here goes:5 points
1. Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
2. The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis
3. Dreams From My Father - Barack Obama
4. Rachel and Her Children - Jonathan Kozol (reading on the bus)
5. Light From Heaven - Jan Karon
6. Girl Meets God - Lauren Winner
7. Saint Francis of Assisi - G.K. Chesterton (ebook)
8. The Princess Bride - William Goldman
9. Lion in the Valley - Elizabeth Peters
10. Flowers in the Rain - Rosamunde Pilcher
10 points
1. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce
2. The Orange Tree - Carlos Fuentes
3. Thursday's Child - Sonya Hartnett
4. The Bean Trees - Barbara Kingsolver
5. The Little Country - Charles de Lint
6. Earthly Possessions - Anne Tyler
7. The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan (recommended by my mom)
8. The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien
9. Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
10. Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
15 point tasks
1. In the Heart of the Sea - Nathaniel Philbrick
2. 100 selected poems - e e cummings
3. The Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama
4. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens (spent a spring break in London some time ago)
5. Enemies, A Love Story - Isaac Singer
6. Darkness at Noon - Arthur Koestler
7. The Night She Died - Jennifer Patrick, and Light on Snow - Anita Shreve
8. The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz
9. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess (the meal will include a spinach & mandarin salad, and sweet potato)
10. Third and Indiana - Steve Lopez; The Fourth Hand - John Irving; The Fifth Child - Doris Lessing
25 points
1. The Great Divorce - C.S. Lewis; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead - Tom Stoppard
2. A Year in Thoreau's Journal - Henry David Thoreau
3. TBD
4. Animal Farm - George Orwell
5. Early Graves - Thomas Cook (true crime)
6. The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn - Eric Ives
Whew...finally got through this monster!For Easter/Lent -- read a Christian Fiction novel,
Mary, Called Magdalane, Margaret George
5 pts!
Cynthia, I found Pilgrim's Progress listed online as a fantasy book, would you count it as such?
Steph wrote: "Ok! I'm in. Don't know how many I'll get to, but I obsessively came up with ideas for each task (I was snowed in!)"Obsessively?!!! LOL
Ever since I decided to join in this frivolity I have been scouring my TBR books to try to make them fit into the prescribed categories. Obsessively.
Elizabeth wrote: "Steph wrote: "Ok! I'm in. Don't know how many I'll get to, but I obsessively came up with ideas for each task (I was snowed in!)"Obsessively?!!! LOL
Ever since I decided to join in this f..."
I think I'm going to like this book club...
Also, Cynthia, can I read books three and four of a series and then "Five People you meet in Heaven" for #10 of the 15 point tasks? The series I want to read only goes up to book 4. THanks!
El - would you count Eden’s Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and her father John Matteson for 25 point task #2?
LEADERBOARD
ROS - 80
KAREN - 70
ASHLEY - 60
FIONA (TITCH) - 55
LIZ VEGAS - 50
BONNIE - 45
LINDSEY - 40
LOUISE - 40
BETH MN - 35
KATE - 35
PERS - 35
LIZ (BKLYN) - 30
SARA - 30
SUZIER - 30
ALICE - 25
DOROTHY - 25
JENNY - 25
SANDIE - 25
ANN FROM SC - 20
CAROL - 20
EVA - 20
FALLON - 20
JAMIE MN - 20
KRISTINA - 20
ABBIE - 15
ANGELA - 15
JON - 15
JOSIE - 15
LEORA - 15
ROBIN - 15
STEPHANIE - 15
ANGIE - 10
EL - 10
MELODY - 10
SANDY - 10
ALISA - 5
JUDITH - 5
KICKI - 5
LISA CO - 5
MAGGIE - 5
MEL - 5
SUSAN - 5
TINA - 5
VICTORIA - 5
WHEW - finally waded my way through 50+ posts...and goodreads was being annoying not letting me get on for about 20 minutesI have not heard from Darla yet - if I don't receive something from her by the end of the week I'll eliminate that task.
Julie - Pilgrim's Progress - Christian Fiction yes - Fantasy not really - For the 3/4/5 task you can't mix series and numbers it's one or the other - that's the book I plan to read for El's task
Just finished one:15 Points
6. Translated from Original Language: My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile by Isabe Allende Translated From the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden
I have never read any works by Isabel Allende. I have been interested in her for awhile now based on history classes and on interviews. So, I was excited to see this book had been out and was about her relationship with Chile. However, I was disappointed and bored with most sections. The last few, and some sections in the middle, were excellent, though. My biggest complaint is that on many occasions she would start a story, then say she would not repeat herself since it is in one of her other books. Having not read them, I was at a loss. This book would have been better having read some, or all, of her books.
Susanna wrote: "Jamie - I read New Worlds, Lost Worlds last year, and found it quite interesting. It had a great deal more about Ireland for that period than you usually get about Tudor England."Susanna - I'm looking forward to it - I'm glad to hear you liked it!
Jon - How about The Diana Chronicles for your 25 point task?
Okay guys, I'm going to try this. I am compiling my list of books now. I am only placing this post in the hopes that someone will post after me so I can do #3 under the 25 point tasks! Thanks for making reading so much fun!
Jenny, don't forget to watch the movie version of L'Amant/The Lover! Ok, I finished 2 books while at work last night.
5 point task #2 - Read an epistolary novel. I read My Most Excellent Year A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park by Steve Kluger. I highly recommend this and his other book Last Days of Summer. Both are really quick reads but they're good. I cried in both of them.
15 point task #5 - Read a book written by an author who won a major literary prize in the year you were born. I read, like Jenny, L'Amant by Marguerite Duras (who won the Prix Goncourt in 1984). Again, its really good, I can't recommend it and the movie version enough.
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New total: 40
I LOVED Last Days of Summer, I am excited that he has another book out, I didn't know.Hmmmm, where can I fir that in?.....lol.....:)
looks fine Julie - non-fiction (although might be debatable lol) and over 400p, look forward to the review!
The Shack isn't the type of book I would normally pick up but I definitely agree. The writing is such that for certain parts tissues are needed.
Leora, I looove Last Days of Summer. It's a book that I can re-read over and over again. I was going to read that for the task, but I found the other one at the library instead. :)
Melody wrote: "I'm a bit confused. Can you use Midnight Sun for the task "In honor of Earth Day (April 22) read a book with the word Earth, Moon, Sun, World, Star or one of the other planets (Mercury, Venus, Ma..."
Cynthia okay'd it (way back in the early pages of this thread).
Also, finished another book.
5 Points
8. Humorous novel: Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway by Dave Barry.
Pretty funny, although it's sad to see that Barry is getting dated. He talked a bit about the 1984 presidential election; that's before I was born!
Total Points: 45
8. CASSIE’S TASK - For her friend Melissa (who told her about Goodreads and is a YA librarian): Read 2 young adult novels.Blue Bloods & Masquerade: A Blue Bloods Novel by Melissa de la Cruz 25 Pts
Total as at 4 March: 65 Points
5POINTS1.
2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
3.
4.
5. Left Behind
6. TBD
7.
8.
9. TBD
10. Girl in Hyacinth Blue
10 POINTS
1. Angela's Ashes
2.
3.
4.
5. Practical Magic
6.
7.
8. Jarhead
9. yr of birth 1977 - #77
10. Reading Lolita in Tehran A Memoir in Books
15 POINTS
1. Aries - The Universe, the Gods, and Men Ancient Greek Myths
2.
3. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
4. Going to the Texas Valley and across the border to Mexico for spring break -
5. National Book Critics Award - Song of Solomon
6.
7. Mansfield Park and In the Dark of the Night
8. Tall Skinny Cappuccino Author is in my local book club. We interview her all the time about books.
9. TBA
10. Life, the Universe and Everything,
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish,
Mostly Harmless
25 POINTS
1.
2. Marie Bashkirtseff The Journal Of A Young Artist, 1860-1884
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
50 POINTS
1.
Total 380
Just finished The Book Shop for 10 points 5 POINTS
1. A Neil Gaiman book
2. Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction by Sue Townsend
3. Half of Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4. ?
5. The Shack by William P. Young
6. The Girls by Lori Lansons
7. ?
8. The Difficult Second Book by Chris Moyles
9. ?
10. ?
10 POINTS
1. The Gathering by Anne Enright (Set in Ireland)
2. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
3. His Illegal Self by Peter Carey (Aussie Author)
4. Mr Pip by Lloyd Jones (Born 23rd March)
5. Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold
6. East of the Sun by Julia Gregson
8. The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies
9. I Capture the Castle (no. 1 of TNBBC top 10 list)
10. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson (One of Meg's 5 star rated books).
15 POINTS
1. ?
2. Shakespeare by Bill Bryson
3. Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen
4. The Visible World by Mark Slouka (set in Prague)
5. The Sea by John Banville (won the Guardian Prize in 1981 for Kepler
6. Shape of Water by Andrea Camillia (translated from Italian into English
7. The Girl who was going to die by Glyn Maxwell and The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thompson
8. The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
9. The White Tiger by Aravind Acliga
10. ?
25 POINTS
1. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson and The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
2. ?
3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger (from Angela's bookshelves)
4. Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
5. The Face by Dean Koontz (Horror)
6. ?
7. ?
8. Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini
9. ?
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Lindsey said: Jenny, don't forget to watch the movie version of L'Amant/The Lover!It's already gone on my blockbuster rental list :)
Sara wrote: "All right. I finished Stargirl today! I'm trying to figure out how I've gone so long without readin..."Sara, Have you read any other books by Spinelli? If not, I highly recommend Maniac Magee--it's one of my favorite read alouds every year. (There is also a sequel to Stargirl, called Love, Stargirl but I have not read it.)
8. For April Fools Day…- Read a humorous novel, a book of jokes, OR
- A biography/autobiography/memoir of a comedian.
The Princess Bride by William Goldman 5 Pts
Total as at 4 March: 70 Points
Here's my planned books for spring challenge 5 point tasks
1. fellowship of the rings - J. R. R. Tolkin
2. More Letters from Pemberley 1814 - 1819
Jane Dawkins
3. Just Business - Ber Carroll
4. Little Women - Louisa Mary Alcot
5. The Schack - W. M. Paul Young
6. The risk of darkness - Susan Hill
7. Nice Girls Do - Sarah Duncan
8. Adrian Mole Weapons of mass destruction -
Sue Townsend
9. Birdsong - Sebastion Faulks
10. The tea rose - Jennifer Donnelly
10 point tasks
1. The gift - Celia Ahern
2. Like water for choclate - Laura Equivel
3. My life as a fake - Pete Carey
4. Twisted - Jeffery Deavers (May)
5. Harry Potter the half blood prince -
J. K. Rowling
6. Always Moon - Alice Sebold
7.
8. Caprtian Correll's Mandelin - Louis Du Bernieres
9. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
10. The Twin Towers - J. R. R. Tolkin
15 point tasks
1.
2.
3. Jane Eye - Charlotte Bronte
4. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickins
The last place I went was to London to see Oliver
5. Docherty - William Mcillanney - (1975)
6. Hannah's Daughter - Marrianne Fredriksson
origanially sweedish
7. Salmon Fishing Paul Torday
Missing - Susan Lewis
8. Whose's line is it anyway?- Sinead Moriarty
9.
10 Three Men in a Boat Jerome K Jerome
The Four Temperaments - Yona Mcdonough
Five Quarters of Orange - Joanne Harris
25 point tasks
1. The Girl next door - Elizabeth Noble
Recipes for a perfect marriage -
Kate Kerrigtan
2. George Eliot The Last Victorian - Kathryn Hughes
3. Angela's ashes & Tis - Frank Mccourt
4. Watership Down - Richard Adams
5. (Horror) Dracula - Bram Stoker
6. Elizabeth The Queen Mother - Hugo Vickers
7.
8. New Moon & Eclipse - Stephene Meyer
9.
80 points
Ros - How do you have the time to read that fast and much? I'd like to be able to do that as well. But I'm stuck on a school book about inclusion and exclusion instead. :P
Julie wrote: "El - would you count Eden’s Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and her father John Matteson for 25 point task #2? "Alcott is on the list and lived and wrote before 1900 and appears to be non-fiction about Alcott, so yes, it qualifies.
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