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OFFICIAL SPRING CHALLENGE - 2009
Sharon, you can also get on a nice straight highway and read and drive. I know it's not the world's safest thing but I've done it successfully before. I used to play the tin whistle on long trips and drive with my knees, too.Bridgit, if you live in a city with a subway you could always just ride around until you finish a book one Saturday. It's fun to try lines you don't normally ride!
I have to be up at 4 am tomorrow to go to LA, blech, so I hope I'll be able to stay awake enough on my flights to complete the task! I think I'm getting sick, too, to top it off, and the conference I'm at has scheduled events till 11 pm tomorrow. Jet lag + sickness + staying up late = not a happy Judith!
Judith wrote: "Sharon, you can also get on a nice straight highway and read and drive. I know it's not the world's safest thing but I've done it successfully before. I used to play the tin whistle on long trips ..."Is the till-11-pm event important, or is it some kind of ice breaker that you can cut out early from?
Judith wrote: "Sharon, you can also get on a nice straight highway and read and drive. I know it's not the world's safest thing but I've done it successfully before. I used to play the tin whistle on long trips and drive with my knees, too..."Oh my goodness, please don't! Yeah the road is straight, but you never know what other drivers are going to do.
For this task the vehicle DOES NOT have to be moving. You just have to be in it. Sit in the car and read, but please do not drive while reading!
(Ok, I'm done freaking out now.)
I have completed: 25 pts, task 9 - Read a book that has a title of 12 or more words. I read Gentlemen Prefer Blonds But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes: The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady by Anita Loos.
and 25 pts, task 8 - Read two YA books (25 pts). I read Holes by Louis Sachar and The Vampire's Assistant by Darran Shan.
That's 50 pts which brings my total to 125pts.
Thanks!
Oh my, I agree with Becky - please don't read and drive! There are stats that show even just reading a map can seriously impair reaction times. It's way too dangerous.
Susanna UK wrote: "Oh my, I agree with Becky - please don't read and drive! There are stats that show even just reading a map can seriously impair reaction times. It's way too dangerous. "
Agreed! Get a book on tape for the car!
Wow, Judith, you've started a whole new discussion topic here... and raised a few questions...There must be stories to tell behind the comment "I used to play the tin whistle and drive with my knees..." In what rural no-man's-land do you live that you can do that? I had an uncle who used to drive with his knees... but he did it to scare us when we were kids! :)
Maybe we should just have you notify us before you go on long trips in the car. We can pray for your safety... and stay off the roads ourselves! :)
Ok, this was a fun one - finished Cassie's 25 point task #8 - read 2 YA novels. Read The Giver and A Wrinkle in Time. A Wrinkle in Time was a re-read, but The Giver was new for me. I really enjoyed it, but now understand why it disturbed my 12 year old daughter so much. It's a pretty intense concept.Points this task = 25
Total points = 110
Anybody else finding their reading has definately been kicked up a notch because of the challenge? I know I'm reading things I've been putting off and just flying through books.
Bev wrote: "Ok, this was a fun one - finished Cassie's 25 point task #8 - read 2 YA novels. Read The Giver an..."I love The Giver and teach it every chance I can. I've got fifth graders, so I it's not every year that I've got kids who can handle it.
Woohoo! Finally finished a book thanks to being sent out on the road for work.5 pts
4. Manhunt – Janet Evanovich
Also, had to edit my original list as I couldn't find the book I had planned to read for 10.1.
April wrote: "Anybody else finding their reading has definately been kicked up a notch because of the challenge? I know I'm reading things I've been putting off and just flying through books."I have definitely found the same thing going on with me.
Bev wrote: "Ok, this was a fun one - finished Cassie's 25 point task #8 - read 2 YA novels. Read The Giver an..."Lois Lowry wrote two companion novels, a set called "The Worlds of Lois Lowry". It includes The Giver, Gathering Blue, and Messenger; written I believe in that order, and I highly recommend all three of them!!
1. It’s Written In the Stars…read a book that corresponds to your astrological sign… (books can be fiction or non-fiction)...- GEMINI: Read a book about twins.
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Gemini: Twins) 15 Pts
Total as at 10 March: 120 Points
Haha, sorry to scare everyone!Tracy - It wasn't no man's land, it was I-95 :-) But like I said, the road is very straight. And it's not so hard to drive with your knees. Don't worry, I haven't owned a car in years - but I did for three years and never got a ticket or had an accident or anything.
Sara - Technically, I could probably cut out at 9:30 when the cocktail party starts, but it's a networking event and since a big part of presenting there is to meet others in my field (not to mention those who might know where I could get a job!) it would be in my best interest to go. If I get really sick, though, I'll duck out. I'm hoping that it's just a mild cold and I'm drinking plenty of water and stocking up on vitamin C!
Also, I finished the 25 point two YA book task! I read Naomi and Ely's No-Kiss List and Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You. I enjoyed both books - the first was a light-hearted, queer YA novel, and the second was a heavier, Catcher in the Rye-esque story, but still quite good. Both set in New York, so now I'm missing New York! That brings me up to 70 points.[image error]
Finished The Time Traveler's Wife last night, which I read for 5 Points #3 Spring Cleaning your Bookshelves.That gives me a total of 80 points.
Cynthia, for 7. Arbor Day I am changing mine and am going to listen to the Audio Book: The Cat Who Robbed a Bank instead of The Cat Who Went Up the Creek [sound recording:] Thanks!
Elizabeth (NC) wrote: "I love The Giver and teach it every chance I can. I've got fifth graders, so I it's not every year that I've got kids who can handle it. "I think that right there perfectly explains why I hated almost every book I ever had to read for school. Most of the books you read in high school are books that only adults can really handle. They might be great books *coughdoubtfulcough*, but how can you expect a 15-year-old to really appreciate Invisible Man or whatever?
I feel like telling teachers everywhere to pick books that are age-appropriate and that kids will actually enjoy, or they might RUIN reading forever for those kids! I'm STILL totally grossed out every time I think of poor Piggy from Lord of the Flies!! Gick!
Sara wrote: "Elizabeth (NC) wrote: "I love The Giver and teach it every chance I can. I've got fifth graders, so I it's not every year that I've got kids who can handle it. "I think that right there perfect..."
Really? I read Lord of the Flies in 9th grade at age 14 and loved it! I think with all the stuff kids see on tv this book is quite tame. five year study by the American Psychological Association found that the average child witnesses 8,000 murders and 100,000 other acts of violence on television by the seventh grade." (45) John Murray acknowledges this statement and adds that 5 violent acts per hour occur during prime time and 20-25 violent acts occur during Saturday morning children's programming. (Murray, 5) Therefore, some children could be watching 95-125 acts of violence on television every week! War cartoons, like GI Joe and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, would bring the total up even higher. Elaine Landau contends that "a typical war cartoon show averages 41 acts of violence per hour, with an attempted murder every two minutes!" (36) If children can deal with that on tv, Lord of the Flies is most certainly age appropriate. I mean, we dumb down everything else, why not dumb down literature education while we are at it. And with Invisible Man, I wonder how at the age of 15, a teenager would struggle with identity? I mean it's not as if these kids are navigating cliques or trying to get into colleges or anything...
Yeah, I disagree - it's nice to have a warning, like our teacher gave us when we read Equus in 9th grade, and books can be disturbing, but at the same time I think kids should be challenged at any age. Some kids just don't care about school and don't *like* the books, but there's nothing a teacher can do about that.
Hi! I'm wondering if someone can help me out. Does "Earthsea" works for a book with a title with Earth, Sun, Moon etc in it (I'm not sure as it's not a word pertaining directly to Earth), and also, does "Flower Confidential, The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers" work for a title of 12 words or longer? I'm wondering because that's the title it has on Goodreads when I added it to my shelves, but when I pulled out the actual book last night It just said Flower Confidential.
If anyone could help I would so appreciate it! Do you think you could send me a message here instead of posting it to the thread? I'm afraid I'd never see it on here as there's so many messages...
Sara wrote: "Elizabeth (NC) wrote: "I love The Giver and teach it every chance I can. I've got fifth graders, so I it's not every year that I've got kids who can handle it. "I think that right there perfect..."
Sorry I probably came across as a jerk in my reply, I didn't mean to. I do agree books can be disturbing, but no more disturbing than real life after all schools are not the sanctuaries they once were, you may get drug dealing in the cafeteria of a nice suberban school esp. with Adderall and there are students who begin having sex younger and younger, think 12 years old (ick!). As well as whatever issues children are dealing with at home, such as abuse.
Anyways, YAY challenge, EVERYONE can do it! :-D
One of the reasons my mother had me switch elementary schools from the one I was zoned for, when I was going into fifth grade, was that it was an elementary with a pregnancy rate!This was in 1976.
Susanna wrote: "One of the reasons my mother had me switch elementary schools from the one I was zoned for, when I was going into fifth grade, was that it was an elementary with a pregnancy rate!This was in 1976."
Eek! Eek! Ahhhh. Children are WAY too young for that. Eek! Wow.
Yeah, that was basically the whole family's reaction!The Quonset huts they were using as permanent "temporary" classrooms didn't help situations much, either.
Sara wrote: "Elizabeth (NC) wrote: "I love The Giver and teach it every chance I can. I've got fifth graders, so I it's not every year that I've got kids who can handle it. "I think that right there perfect..."
So Sara, I'm not sure if you were thinking that The Giver should not be taught to fifth graders or not. I actually agree with you and think that students should be given books that are developmentally appropriate. I don't think that giving kids books that are hitting them where they are living is "dumbing it down" (seems to me that doesn't give kids enough credit). I think I am responding to Sara's and a couple of other people's posts, but it just struck me hard.
I think it's troublesome to use the phrase "developmentally appropriate" when talking about reading material for students in school. That is not something that can ever be gauged because everyone develops at different paces. What is being implied is that it would just be safer to take books out of schools entirely! Again, children are seeing worse on TV, on the Internet and in the cafeteria and their own homes to not being able to "handle" a certain book they are taught in school.What makes the real difference is how the teacher teaches the material, not what material the teacher is teaching.
10 POINT TASK
1. For St. Patrick’s Day – Read a book by an Irish author, set in Ireland, OR about Ireland.
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde.
TOTAL POINTS: 85.
5. BONNIE’S TASK - Read a book outside your normal genre(s). (Non-fiction)For 25 points I read...Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
(New total: 75 points)
Ashley wrote: "Rory wrote: "5 POINT TASKS1. Peeps by Scott Westerfeld 3/7/09
Did you know there is a sequel to Peeps? It's called The Last Days. The main characters aren't the same, but the main people from ..."
For Ashley:
I think you & I are kindred spirits when it comes to Westerfeld! I hated the Midnighter series but I loved the Uglies series & Peeps. Thanks for the response - I am actually using The Last Days for the challenge thanks to you!
15 point task4. Read a novel that takes place in a location you plan to visit during this challenge OR have visited previously during spring break
The Given Day by Dennis Lehane
Takes place in Boston which I have previously traveled to for Spring Break
Current Point Total: 15
I don't think I'll get to the traveled to task, but just in case . . . We didn't have Spring Break when I was young, and in any case we never went anywhere for Easter vacation. Can the place be just anywhere you've visited at any time in your life?
Elizabeth (NC) wrote: "Sara wrote: "Elizabeth (NC) wrote: "I love The Giver and teach it every chance I can. I've got fifth graders, so I it's not every year that I've got kids who can handle it. "I think that right ..."
No, that's not what I meant, I think giving kids books that are going to hook them is great, but we shouldn't discount teaching the classics. I mean among struggling readers, yeah definately give them something that's going to whet their reading appetite, actually give any reader something which is going to get them excited about a book.
El wrote: "I think it's troublesome to use the phrase "developmentally appropriate" when talking about reading material for students in school. That is not something that can ever be gauged because everyone ..."Ok, my final two cents on the subject--I am in no way for censorship, for pulling books out of the hands of kids, or for keeping kids from reading good books. As a teacher for many years, it is my job to help kids expand their reading and their thinking. Part of my job is to figure out where kids are and how I can push them to move forward a little bit. I do try to determine where kids are and the whole developmentally appropriate phrase means just that--tryng to figure out where kids are right now--not by age, but what they can handle which is very different for every child in my classroom. That is part of the reason that I have reading groups and kids are reading four different novels.
I do agree that how the teacher teaches is extremely importnat, but the material is as well. Clearly, this is very near and dear to my heart and I feel very passionately about it--so I am probably being a little defensive in my zeal to make myself clear. Now, I think I am done and can go read my book. (this is part of why I don't like conversations that are not face to face.)
Elizabeth (NC) wrote: "El wrote: "I think it's troublesome to use the phrase "developmentally appropriate" when talking about reading material for students in school. That is not something that can ever be gauged becaus..."Hey I'm going to be a teacher too, so I feel the passion. I love the idea of reading groups! Also I definately think every classroom is going to be different so it's great that you don't use the same curriculum and lessons every year, you actually teach the students. Bravo!
Elizabeth (NC) wrote: "El wrote: "I think it's troublesome to use the phrase "developmentally appropriate" when talking about reading material for students in school. That is not something that can ever be gauged becaus..."Elizabeth, it certainly was not so much your passionate response that pushed me to my own as other complaints that students are given books only good for adults. I think that is dangerous thinking and puts students in a really small box. I'm not advocating teaching porn in schools, but Invisible Man or other "adult reading" is not inappropriate for 15-year-old students if they are in an environment that allows them the chance to understand and contextualize. Kids are smarter than people give them credit for a lot of the time.
Have completed two more tasks:5pt, #1 Heir of Sea and Fire - Patricia McKillip
25 pt. #1 The Gift Shop / Riddle Master of Hed
Added to my previous score - 65 pts total
Finally on the board with the following completed:5 Point tasks:
7. Listen to an audiobook: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
8. For April Fools Day: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
10 points total
Happy Tuesday All!I just finised task 15-1, I read "Gods Behaving Badly" by Marie Phillips, since I am an Aries. Someone, -I wish I could remember who so could thank them -suggested it.
It's an hilarious read, fast and cute. Loved it!
So with 15 more points, I have a total of 90.
Judith wrote: "Yeah, I disagree - it's nice to have a warning, like our teacher gave us when we read Equus in 9th grade, and books can be disturbing, but at the same time I think kids should be challenged at any ..."April wrote: "Sara wrote: "Elizabeth (NC) wrote: "I love The Giver and teach it every chance I can. I've got fifth graders, so I it's not every year that I've got kids who can handle it. "
I think that right ..."
Judith: Giving the kids a choice in their reading materials helps motivate kids to read. They like to make their lists & have goals just like we do! =)
Nicole wrote: "Finally on the board with the following completed:5 Point tasks:
7. Listen to an audiobook: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
8. For April Fools Day: Good Omens: The Nice a..."
Both of those books are on my TBR, what did you think of them?
It's taken me some time but I have my list & a stack next to my bed (is this how we do it on this list?):5 POINT TASKS
1. Peeps by Scott Westerfeld 3/7/09
2. Prison Writings by Leonard Peltier
3. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
4. Trustee from the Toolshed by Nevil Shute 3/6/09
5. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
6. Ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley
7. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
8. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
9. Ducky by Ann M. Martin
10. The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence
10 POINT TASKS
1. Maggie’s Door by Patricia Reilly Giff
2. Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
3. Snowman Snowman by Janet Frame
4. M.C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton (March Birthday)
5. Incantation by Alice Hoffman
6. The Talking Earth by Jean Craighead George
7. Jane Fairfax by Joan Aiken (gift from mom)
8. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
9. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (#31 – my birth year is 1973)
10. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (thanks Fiona!)
15 POINT TASKS
1. The Killing Sea by Richard Lewis (Aquarius)
2. Diving into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich
3. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (began in late February)
4.
5.
6. Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
7. Now It’s Time to Say Goodbye by Dale Peck and The Last Days by Scott Westerfeld (Tim recommended the first selection & I the second is a sequel – rhyme: say / day (will this work?)
8. The Lover by Marguerite Duras
9. Blue Eyes, Black Hair by Marguerite Duras
10. Shadow Children series by Margaret Peterson Haddix (I will have to read the 1st and 2nd as well)
25 POINT TASKS
1. Gone by Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson & Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
2. Green Eyes by Marguerite Duras
3. Hawkes Harbor by S.E. Hinton & The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Cynthia, our moderator, was my first option but there was nothing I could pull so thanks Kristina!)
4.
5. How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Non fiction = work!)
6.
7.
8. Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman & Remembering Raquel by Vivian Vande Velde
9. Hole in my Life by Jack Gantos
TOTAL POINTS: 10 (but not for long!)
Sara wrote: I feel like telling teachers everywhere to pick books that are age-appropriate and that kids will actually enjoy, or they might RUIN reading forever for those kids! I'm STILL totally grossed out every time I think of poor Piggy from Lord of the Flies!! Gick!I'm a high school teacher and I get a little tired of blanket attacks on education from people who have no idea what it's like to be a teacher.
Some things to keep in mind - sometimes teachers don't have a choice in what they teach or anything they do teach has to be approved by the Board of Education, which by the way is made up of people who never taught in the classroom. So we have to make do with what we have. I once taught in a county in Virginia where it was a two year processes to add a new novel to the cirriculum. Two years!!! Give me a break. The main reason was because the county didn't want to add new books. Their philosophy was "if it was good enough for George Washington it's good enough for our kids."
I now teach over 150 students a day. I work my ass off trying to find novels and material I think my kids will not only enjoy but also appreciate as literature. Will I succeed in pleasing them all? No way. But believe me I try.
No Child Left Behind: No Teacher Left Standing.
April wrote Nicole wrote: "Finally on the board with the following completed:
5 Point tasks:
7. Listen to an audiobook: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
8. For April Fools Day: Good Omens: The Nice a..."
Both of those books are on my TBR, what did you think of them?
To be honest I didn't love either. Good Omens was fun, but given some of the reviews I was expecting to be laughing out loud, and it just went a little overboard for me.
Oscar Wao wasn't at all what I expected and much darker. But then I did also listened to it on audio and hated the narrator, so that probably contributed to my dislike.
Sorry that wasn't a ringing endorsement!
A note to those that were talking about downloading audio books, you may want to check with your library. My library website has a link to Overdrive Media, where you can download a player, and has a listings of a few hundred audio books. Once you get the password from your library it's free. Though they claim you can transfer to your MP3, it's not compatible with Itunes.
LEADERBOARD
FIONA (TITCH) - 195
ROS - 150
LOUISE - 125
KAREN - 120
ASHLEY (ID) - 115
SUZIER - 105
PERS - 110
EVA - 100
SANDY - 95
LEORA - 90
SHARON - 90
BEV - 85
CASSIE - 85
CATHEROO - 85
EL - 85
KRITIKA - 85
JOSIE - 80
KRISTINA - 80
CAROL - 75
RORA - 75
SUSAN - 75
ANGELA - 70
JUDITH - 70
LINDSEY - 70
SANDIE - 70
ANN FROM SC - 65
APRIL - 65
REBECCA - 65
CAIT - 60
LIZ (BKLYN) - 60
LIZ VEGAS - 60
MARY BETH - 60
BONNIE - 55
LIZZI - 55
NATALIA - 55
ALICE - 50
CYNTHIA - 50
BECKY - 45
BETH MN - 45
JAMIE MN - 45
JENNY - 45
KICKI - 45
MEGHAN - 45
RHIANNON - 45
ALISHA - 40
ANGIE - 40
FALLON - 40
KATE - 40
SARA - 40
STEPH - 40
STEPHANIE - 40
KRISTEN - 35
VICTORIA - 35
BRIDGIT - 30
ELIZABETH - 30
MEL - 30
SUSANNA UK - 30
ABBIE - 25
DOROTHY - 25
ELIZABETH NC - 25
JAIME 26 - 25
JEGKA - 25
JOANNA - 25
JON - 25
JOY - 25
LYNLEE4 - 25
SERA - 25
TINA - 25
TRACY - 25
BETH - 20
COURTNEY - 20
ELIZ - 20
LINDA - 20
LORI - 20
CAITLIN - 15
JEANE - 15
JEN - 15
JESSICA - 15
KATHRYN - 15
KELLY - 15
MAGGIE - 15
MELODY - 15
POTJY - 15
ROBIN - 15
WV HEATHER - 15
JEN - 10
LAUREN - 10
MELISSA - 10
NICOLE - 10
RORY - 10
SEASONAL CHALLENGE MOD - 10
ASHLEY UT - 5
JAMIE WA - 5
LISA CO - 5
MICHELLE - 5
TOBIE - 5
Bridgit - No to both - (for the transportation task - because neither of those things actually goes anywhere - but I will accept it if you walk someplace and listen to an audiobook at the same time; and a ventriloquist isn't the same as a magician in my book)Victoria - Maus:A Survivor's Tale is borderline but ok for the memorial day task
Cait - planet is okay
Judith - hey we must be in sync - I'm going on a trip and am also sick and a have a party the first night (bachelorette)
Elizabeth - in the case of those who haven't traveled in spring yes you may use a trip at another time of year
THIS WILL BE MY LAST POST UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT (NOT SURE WHEN...BE GOOD...READ LOTS OF BOOKS...AND I'LL SEE YOU WHEN I GET BACK.
Let's see how far I will get!5 point challenge
1. White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison
2. The Naked Mole Rat Letters by Mary Amato
3. Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
4. Artemis Fowl The Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer
5. Not sure yet
6. My Lady's Treasure by Catherine Kean
7. Listen to Artemis Fowl The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
8. The Composer Is Dead by Lemony Snicket
9. May Bird and the Ever After Book One by Jodi Lynn Anderson
10. Steelflower by Lilith Saintcrow
10 point challenge
1. When Stars Stop Spinning by Jane Mitchell
2. Red Glass by Laura Resau
3. The Siege of Macindaw by John Flanagan (ARC copy)
4. Green Angel by Alice Hoffman
5. Bones of Faerie by Janni Lee Simner
6. Shooting the Moon by Frances O'Roark Dowell
7. Wintersmith A Discworld Novel by Terry Pratchett
8. not sure
9. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
10. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
15 point task
1. Not sure
2. Home of the Brave by Katherine Alice Applegate
3. Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
4. not sure - California was the last spring break trip I took, not going anywhere this time.
5. Bad Girls, Bad Girls, Whatcha Gonna Do? by Cynthia Voigt
6. not sure
7. The Hollow Kingdom by
Clare B. Dunkle ** read 3/2/09 and Follow Me Down byJulie Hearn
8. I'll pick later
9. White Tiger A Hero's Compulsion by Tamora Pierce
10. Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
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THE TASKS
5 Points
1. Swallowing Darkness by Laurell K. Hamilton
2. Almost Like Being in Love by Steve Kluger
3.
Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of Wars, Disaster, and Survival by Anderson Cooper4. Eiger Dreams by Jon Krakauer
5. If It’s Not Food…Don’t Eat It by Kelly Hayford
(I had planned to give up junk food for Lent, so I found a whole book about giving up junk food!)
6. A Lady’s Secret by Jo Beverley
7. The River Knows by Amanda Quick
8. Jack with a Twist by Brenda Janowitz
9. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
10. The Feast of Roses by Indu Sundaresan
Category Total: 5 / 50
10 Points
1. P.S. I Love You by Cecilia Ahern
2. Gringos by Charles Portis
3. In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
4. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (March 4)
5. White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison
6. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
7. Getting Mother’s Body by Suzan-Lori Parks
8. A Very Long Engagement by Sebastien Japrisot
9. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (#19)
10.
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (from Spreet)Category Total: 10 / 100
15 Points
1. Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen (Pisces – Takes place at a bass-fishing tournament)
2.
Forbidden Words by Eugenio de Andrade3. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
4. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt (Savannah, GA)
5. Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson (Newbery Medal 1981)
6.
Daphnis and Chloe by Longus (Greek to English)7. The Last TOWN on Earth by Thomas Mullen /
The CROWN Conspiracy by Michael J. Sullivan
8.
The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan (interview from BellaOnline)9. The Red Scarf by Kate Furnivall
10. The Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis(Books 3, 4, and 5 of The Chronicles of Narnia series)
Category Total: 45 / 150
25 Points
1. The Giver by Lois Lowry / Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen
2. The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth by Frances Wilson
3. From Eva: I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max / In the Cut by Susanna Moore
4. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
5. My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding edited by P.N. Elrod (Short Stories)
6. Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade by James Reston Jr.
7. N/A
8. The Magician’s Nephew / The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
9. Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kurson
Category Total: 0 / 200
50 Points
1. TBD
Category Total: 0 / 50
Category Totals: 60 / 550
Goal: 60 / 250
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