OFFICIAL SPRING CHALLENGE - 2009 Showing 1,951-2,000 of 6,381

[Ashley]

I spent my high school years in the reddest town, in the reddest state in America. None of my friends were drinking or dying either, but enough of it was there that I was exposed to it, and there is and was enough of it around that I still felt I could relate to what he was feeling, even though I never personally experienced any of that. (I think from earlier posts you have made, that you were sheltered in much the same way my town is...)

I do like the happy YA stuff, and I read it, and enjoy what I read, but I can only read so much at a time. Same with chick flicks. I like them if they are spaced out, but if I read too much, or see too many of them, I get annoyed with the chipper predictability of the storyline. Maybe that's why I liked this one so much. I just finished reading a really predictable, poorly written book, (which always makes me sad, like eating freezer burnt, nasty, stale ice cream...)and this one really surprised me.

Oh, and I really hope that my comment didn't come across in ANYWAY judgemental or offensive(about the YA chick lit...), because it was NOT intended to be at all. I have a friend that reads a ton too, and we both like to read those, and both tease each other each time we do. (and then listen to the rec, and go read the book...). I wasn't meaning at all that people should be ashamed to read it. I like it, and do admit it. What I meantioned earlier was me joking... Hard to tell in type, I know. So, I am very sorry if it was construed at all as mean or offensive!

[Lori]

I finally finished the second half of the 25.8 task. I read Revelations by Melissa de la Cruz and Fablehaven : The Rise of the Evening Star by Brandon Mull.

That puts my total at 75 points.

[Sara ♥]

Ashley wrote: "I do like the happy YA stuff, and I read it, and enjoy what I read, but I can only read so much at a time. Same with chick flicks. "

I know what you mean, but when I take a break from happy YA stuff (and romance novels), it's generally a TV break. The last TV break I was on, I watched Star Trek Voyager. And when I say that, I mean that I Netflixed all 7 seasons of Star Trek Voyager. I didn't really read for 2 or 3 months. It was hard to get back into reading, actually. Audiobooks and the Winter Challenge helped me.

I can feel myself slipping back into TV break mode. This time: Season 1 of Chuck. (It's SOOOOO GOOD!) We only have 5 or 6 episodes left though. TV break mode is NOT good for this challenge!!

No offense taken! Fluffy YA novels aren't exactly going to win major literary prizes... But I still love them for what they are: cheese. Mmmm.... cheese....

[Ashley]

I'm glad. I know what you mean about the TV break, but I just can't do it often. My friends all tease me, because they watch tons of movies, and will quote them, and I'm always lost.

I've always prefered to read (even as a little kid...) and I've discovered that if I read a wide variety of books, I rarely need a break from it. Although, I can relate. The last TV binge I had was watching all 8 seasons of Charmed...

Chese is good. I agree, and I'm glad there is no offense! So, I would be interested... Do you have any favorite books that are not in the cheese type category? I got some of my favorite books (not YA cheese;)...) from a friend who reads mostly that genre, and would be interested in what else you would recommend...

Gotta run though... Late for class!
(Thanks in advance for any recommendations though!)

[Sara ♥]

Haha... before Star Trek Voyager, it was Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Great show.

Other than my cheesy books... I love Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice. Stardust was awesome (is that cheese?). I love all of Eoin Colfer (I wouldn't consider that cheese), especially Artemis Fowl and Airman. I really enjoyed Ender's Game and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (that's my sci-fi side). I just finished The Outsiders, which was quite good.

Looking at my books, I'm seeing mountains and mountains of cheddar covered in mozzerella, dipped in queso, and sprinkled with parmesan. ... ;)

[Nicole]

I'm just glad to hear The Road gets interesting. I'm doing it on audio as well, and I went halfway through the first CD on the way to work this morning and was bored. I was hoping it got better because I wasn't sure I would be to pay attention all way through. And I usually like audio - you can yell at them when they do stupid things! :)

[Kristen]

I still haven't finished Buffy. I've checked out the 7th (last) season from the library at least three times and have only gotten to the 2nd of 6 discs. I watch Netflix too, but tend to read more than I watch them. Of course, I watch sort splurges of anime instead of actual TV shows.

I do also need to frequently take breaks from reading when I've binged on books. Not too often, and usually only a few days...

[Sara ♥]

Nicole wrote: "I'm just glad to hear The Road gets interesting. I'm doing it on audio as well, and I went halfway through the first CD on the way to work this morning and was bored. I was hoping it got better because I wasn't sure I would be to pay attention all way through. And I usually like audio - you can yell at them when they do stupid things! :) "

I don't know that it gets BETTER... It's still REALLY depressing and pretty gross and disturbing, but it gets more interesting. I'm not going to fall asleep, like I thought I was going to for the first half of disc 1.

I love yelling at audiobooks. Like when something intense happens, I'll grip the steering wheel, shake it (or myself, I guess), and yell, "HOLY FREAKING COW!!!!!!!!" And no one thinks I'm insane, because no one can hear me... :)

Kristen - The series finale of Buffy was AWESOME! You have to finish it! As for Netflix... I think I need to cut back to 2 discs at a time until summer. 3 discs at a time during the school year is pretty crazy.

[Eva-Marie]

Sara wrote: "I had two issues with it: the language (which was awful!) and just the... crudeness. The book was perverse. After reading this book, I stopped wondering what went through boys' heads. I don't wa..."

Okay- wow- I'm definitely starting it today now! LOL I want to see what I think about it now! I'll be sure to post about it...

[Eva-Marie]

8. SARA'S TASK - Read a book that has a title of 12 or more words.
Through The Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World- Lynne Spears


[image error]

[Sara ♥]

♡ Eva ♡ wrote: "8. SARA'S TASK - Read a book that has a title of 12 or more words.
Through The Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World- Lynne Spears"

Did you have fun reading a book with a ridiculously long title? I wonder how people are liking my task....

[Eva-Marie]

Well, it was the book itself that sucked. I should have read 102 Minutes which was what I first planned on but a friend was wanting this so I figured I'd get two things done at once.
She didn't come off as honest one bit. The book seemed like it was written to take any and all blame ever heaped on her by anyone and shrug it off onto someone else, no matter who that someone else is.
I went into it with a really open mind too because I actually like Britney. This is just a mess though. I'm glad it didn't take longer than a day and a half to read it! LOL

[Eva-Marie]

Jon- I have a question. I just remembered two books I have tucked into a closet somewhere and if they both add up to 400 pages I want to know if they'd work. A friend of my grandmom's best friend (LOL_ sent them over from England and I've been meaning to get to them for forever.
They are- Diana, Her Life and Legacy
and
The Queen 50 Years - A Celebration
That would be cool if they would work. If not I'll have to try to find the other one you mentioned maybe, the one I asked about a little while ago.
Thanks Jon!

[Kate]

Jon- would Sex With a Queen and Sex With a King work for your challenge. Together they are around 700 pages and while they don't deal with only the British monarchy, they are in it a lot. For example Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, Camilla, Diane, etc are all in it. If not I understand. Thanks :)

[Charity]

Kathryn wrote: "Jon- would Sex With a Queen and Sex With a King work for your challenge. Together they are around 700 pages and while they don't deal with only the British monarchy, they are in it a lot. For examp..."

Kathryn, I had asked him about those books as well and he said they'd be fine for the task.

[Kate]

Charity wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Jon- would Sex With a Queen and Sex With a King work for your challenge. Together they are around 700 pages and while they don't deal with only the British monarchy, they are in it ..."

Thanks charity!!!

[Eva-Marie]

Nevermind- they won't work for that because even with both I'd still be short a few pages. I may as well just buy one or two that work for it instead of reading three.
They look pretty interesting though so I'll have to remember to get to them sometime.

[[deleted user]]

Sara--You had me laughing so hard I almost fell out of my chair. The "I'm seeing mountains and mountains of cheddar covered in mozzerella, dipped in queso, and sprinkled with parmesan. ... ;)"

Cheesy sounds really good right now- as I'm heavy into Queen Victoria and Angela's Ashes. Oh for the days of cheese!!!

[[deleted user]]

Can't wait to hear all of you who only like to read Shakespeare in Latin backwards cringe in horror at our love for cheese!

[Becky]

Mmm... Cheese.

[April]

Kathryn wrote: "Jon- would Sex With a Queen and Sex With a King work for your challenge. Together they are around 700 pages and while they don't deal with only the British monarchy, they are in it a lot. For examp..."

I just bought Sex With The Queen today! If what Charity says is true (which I bet its), then yay book to fill challenge task!

[Rhiannon]

5 POINT TASKS

1. Prey by Michael Crichton
2. Carrie by Stephen King
3. Shopaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella 3/13/09
4. Janet Enavovich Visions of Sugar Plums 3/2/09
5. Chocolate Chips Cookie Mystery by Joanne Fluke
6. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
7. A Midsummer's Night's Dream by William Shakespheare 3/8/09
8. 101 Vacation Jokes by Jovial Bob Stine 3/8/09
9. Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter 3/8/09
10. When Lightening Strikes by Meg Cabot


10 POINT TASKS

1. P.S. I Love You by Cecilia Ahern
2. The Wild Girl by Jim Fergus
3. The book Theif by Markus Zusak
4. Green Eggs and Ham br Dr. Suess
5. The Magician's Nephew
6. New Moon By Stephanie Meyer
7. Friday Night Knitting Club
8. The Sum of ALl Fears by Tom Clancy
9. The Scarlet Letter -Nathaniel Hawthorn
10. Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine


15 POINT TASKS

1. Angels Watching over me by Lurlene McDaniel
2. Inferno by Dante Alighieri
3. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
4. BEYOND THE MELTING POT By Nathan Glazer and Daniel P. Moynihan
5. Lost Highway: Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians by Peter Guralnick
6. 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
7. Big Stone GAP & Miss MAPP
8. Jake Riley : Irreparably Damaged by Rebecca Fjelland Davis
9. Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins Mysteries) by Walter Mosley
10. Janet Evanovich 3-5


25 POINT TASKS

1. G Is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton and Romeo and Juliet
2. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
3. A Bend in the Road and Message in A bottle by Nicholas Sparks
4. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
5. Sullivan's Island
6. The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown
7. Teen Idol by Meg Cabot and Love on Cue by Catherine Hapka
8. Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire


25/500

[Lynlee4]

Rory wrote: "Lynlee4 wrote: "25 POINT TASKS
1. KAREN’S TASK - As we are all totally completely addicted to GR (Goodreads), let's read…
- A book which title starts with the letter G AND [b:Garden Spells|115896..."

Rory - I really liked it! That tree was a hoot :)
I hope to read more from that author

[Sandy]

5 Point tasks:

1. Science fiction or Fantasy: Dead Until Dark
2.Espistolary Novel: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
3.Spring cleaning:Defiant Heart
4.Transportation: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
5.Christian Novel:Speak Through the Wind
6.Women's history:The Lady and the Cad
7.Arbor day:Dawn In My Heart
8.April fools:The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes
9.Spring Animal:Birdsong Road
10.April Showers:His Winter Rose

10 Points
1.St. Patrick's Day:Maire Fires of Gleannmara
2.Cinco de mayo:Like Water for Chocolate A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies
3.Anzac Day:Faith in the Great Southland
4.Author's B-day:A Family To Share
5.Magic or Magician: The Magician's Nephew
6.Earth Day:Moon Called
7.Mother's Day:Killer Cargo
8.Memorial/armed forces:Military Daddy
9.TNBBC top book list:To Kill a Mockingbird
10.TNBCC Date Joined:Eclipse

15 Points
1.Aries: TBD
2.Poetry Month:TBD
3.TNBCC Group Read:Stardust
4.Spring Break Location:Bayou Justice
5.Major Literary Prize:Beauty A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
6.Translated Book:TBD
7.Rhyming Books:Bridal Veiland THE LONG TRAIL TO LOVE - H S #753
8.Get to know the Author: Operation Married by Christmas
9.Book with color in title:Bluegrass Peril
10.3,4,5 books in series:The Horse and His Boy, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

25 Points:
1.Karen's Task:Glory Be! and Remembered
2. El's task:Little Women
3.Angela's Task: The Undomestic GoddessCan You Keep a Secret?
4.Ros' Task: Anne of Green Gables
5.Bonnie's task: Simple Genius
6.Jon's Task: TBD
7.
8.Cassie's task: Confessions of a Serial Kisser and If We Kiss
9. Sara's Task: The Fear of the Lord Discover the Key to Intimately Knowing God

Total Points= 130

[image error]

[Kate]

April wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Jon- would Sex With a Queen and Sex With a King work for your challenge. Together they are around 700 pages and while they don't deal with only the British monarchy, they are in it ..."

I have already read the first fifty pages and it is good... Kind of sad. I understand their affairs a whole lot better then I did fifty pages ago.

[Elizabeth (NC)]

Ashley wrote: "I spent my high school years in the reddest town, in the reddest state in America. None of my friends were drinking or dying either, but enough of it was there that I was exposed to it, and there i..."

I love the way you describe a poorly written book. You should write that line down somewhere and save it.

[Beth F]

Becky said: Mmm... Cheese.

LOL! I just burst out with an obnoxious laugh. I'm glad I'm alone right now.

Also have a points update:

5 POINTS
2:84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff (3/04/09)
4:From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris (3/10/09)
7: My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (3/12/09)

10 POINTS
4:A Great and Terribly Beauty by Libba Bray (3/02/09)
6:Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (3/11/09)
10:All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris (3/03/09)

15 POINTS
6:The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (3/13/09)
8:City Dog by Alison Pace. (3/01/09)


[image error]

Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 8.5/39
-Beth MN

[Tracy]

Finished 15 point task #3 today -- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. That brings me up to a whopping 40 points!

[Rory M.]

Ashley wrote: "Rory wrote: "Just completed my first 15 POINT TASK!

5. Read a book written by an author who won a major literary prize: [b:Feathers|272334|Feathers|Jacqueline Woodson|http://photo.goodreads.com..."


Ashley: Yup...didn't read the directions...thanks for catching that! We all know I'm not one year old anymore! Well, I've wanted to read that one for a while so I won't count it as a loss!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Rory, see if it will fit another of the tasks.

[Rory M.]

Lori wrote: "Karen wrote: "10. March, April, and May are the 3rd, 4th, and 5th months of the year
- Read the third, fourth and fifth books of one series

Seduced by Moonlight (Meredith Gentry 3) by Laurell ..."

The only Hamilton book I've read was The Harlequin - I actually listened to it on tape. She's...kinky...

[Rory M.]

Yeah! I've figured out the ticker-thing...thanks to everyone who provided explicit directions (I need that!).

Also, I've taken off Feathers since I goofed up on that one. I'm back to 10 POINTS. Can I just blame it on my FCAT brain?


[image error]

[Sara ♥]

Cassie wrote: "Can't wait to hear all of you who only like to read Shakespeare in Latin backwards cringe in horror at our love for cheese!"

Backward Latin Shakespeare... Hahaha! That reminds me of Reverse Polish Notation.... Heehee! :) (Sorry--that was a math joke... errr... yeah... *WARNING: ENGINEER ON THE LOOSE!!*)

I love me some cheese. As long as they're good types of cheese. There are BAD cheesy books though, for sure. They're more like American melted with Velveeta, poured into some ugly Jello mold, and then allowed to congeal. Bad times.... very bad times... (Although.... If I got food poisoning, I could get time off work AND lose weight...) I hate American cheese. (As in the variety of cheese, not the country of origin.)

[Lauren H.]

I just finished The Diary of Anne Frank for a book that has been translated from its original language. I can't believe I have been missing out on this book all these years - this is a must read. I read the definitive version which contains all known diary entries. Apparently there is a shorter version in which her father withheld some parts...but I am glad I picked the longer one.
=15 points.

[Ashley]

Rory wrote: "Yeah! I've figured out the ticker-thing...thanks to everyone who provided explicit directions (I need that!).

Also, I've taken off Feathers since I goofed up on that one. I'm back to 10 POINTS..."

You could count Feathers as a YA read, or possibly a Christian fiction. You might need to clear that one with Cynthia, but I read it, and it talks enough about religion, I bet it could count. Check the birthday of the author too, I don't know for sure, but I think I remember seeing her name, or the name of someone at least similar to her on the list from March to April...
Hope you can count it for something!

[Ashley]

Elizabeth (NC) wrote: "Ashley wrote: "I spent my high school years in the reddest town, in the reddest state in America. None of my friends were drinking or dying either, but enough of it was there that I was exposed to ..."

Thanks! But... which line were you thinking of. I guess I could just look back at the post... But I'm glad you liked it...!

... I looked back, do you mean the ice cream bit? If so, that makes me smile...

[BJ Rose]

Finally earned some more points:

5.7. Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters (audiobook) Completed 3.5.09

Cassie's Task: for 25 points read 2 Young Adult books
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon (2 YA novels) 3.9.09
AND Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (1998 Newbery winner) read 3.13.09

Total Points earned as of 3.13.09 = 30 Points

[Ashley]

BJ Rose wrote: "Finally earned some more points:

5.7. Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters (audiobook) Completed 3.5.09

Cassie's Task: for 25 points read 2 Young Adult books
Curious Incident of the Dog ..."


What did you think of Out of the Dust? It's so sad, but I love that book! I hope you liked it...!!

[Fallon]

Update ...
5 point tasks
1. the book of lost things - john Connolly
6. Girl with a pearl earring - Tracy Chevalier
10 Point tasks
10. The handmaids tale - Margaret atwood
15 point tasks
2. The best Australian poetry 2003
7. the bride stripped bare -anon & Jane eyre - charlotte bronte
25 point tasks
8. The messenger - Markus Zusak & Wildwood Dancing - Juliet Marillier

TASKS COMPLETE - 6 / 40
POINTS TALLY - 75 / 550

[BJ Rose]

Ashley asked: "What did you think of Out of the Dust? "

WOW!!! The words I used were 'poignant' and 'resilient'. I am constantly amazed at what the human spirit can endure without breaking. I think I cried BECAUSE they didn't, if that makes sense.

[Ashley]

BJ Rose wrote: "Ashley asked: "What did you think of Out of the Dust? "

WOW!!! The words I used were 'poignant' and 'resilient'. I am constantly amazed at what the human spirit can endure without breaking. I thin..."

I know what you mean. That book was amazing! I think it was the first book I read in verse, and I was afraid, but I absolutely loved the story. Really reached something inside me. Sigh... Good stuff. I like the words you used to desribe it, and I am so happy you liked it!

[Stephanie]

15 POINT TASK COMPLETED:
6. Translated Book: Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda (originally written in French)

Points to Date: 80/550
Tasks Completed: 5/39

[Joy Marie]

Finished another one! YIPEE!!!!

10 POINTS

#4 Seven Up by Janet Evanovich Rating - B

15 POINTS

#8 The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Rating - A+

25 POINTS

#5 Manhunt The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson I NEVER read true crime and don't plan to again any time soon!....Rating - C+


[image error]

[Kristina]

Just finished a task:
7. Mother's Day: Skin Hunger by Kathleen Duey (the name Kathleen)

10 points, making my total 125.

Alternating chapters fluctuate between the story of Sadima, a farm girl whose family is opposed to magic, and the story of Hahp, a rich boy sent to a horrible school of wizards. This set up takes a few chapters to get used to, but it works out well. Neither story begs for more attention or outshines the other, and they are connected. Sadima possesses her own magic, and both characters interact with the same people, at different times. While Kathleen Duey balances them evenly, her endings are not. She pretty much has her stories just end. Her slight wrap up is not enough and requires direct continuation of her trilogy, which will be released this year. Overall, her book is an excellent start to the tale of the resurrecting of magic, and no doubt her trilogy will finish just as well as it started.

[Ashley]

Finally figured out all my books, and I have finished reading some already!!

5 POINTS
1. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
2. The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
3. Ahab’s Wife: Or the Star-gazer: A Novel by Sena Jeter Naslund
4. The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin (Audio book while in the car)
5. The Shack by William P. Young
6. Widow of the South by Robert Hicks
7. The Thief and the Dogs by Naguib Mahfouz (Giving it to someone else to read!)- 5 points!
8. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
9. Early Bird by Rodney Rothman
10. Thunderball by Ian Fleming
10 POINTS
1. P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
2. The Hummingbird’s Daughter by Urrea
3. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
4. The Guy Not Taken: Stories by Jennifer Weiner - 10 points
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
6. Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
7. The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse
8. Attonement by Ian McEwan
9. Dissolution by C.J. Sansom (#16)
10. Both Sides of Time by Caroline B. Cooney

15 POINTS
1. Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
2. The People Who Didn’t Say Goodbye by Merrit Malloy
3. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
4. Dating Game by Danielle Steel (San Francisco)
5. …the Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age by Walter A. McDougall
6. Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche - 15 points

7. Coraline by Neil Gaiman & We are all Fine Here by Mary Guterson
8. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson – interview watched on Sunday Morning show video online - 15 Points
9. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Purple Jelly on a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and purple onions in a salad
10. Nancy Drew #3, #4, #5

25 POINT TASKS
1. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and Rabbit Run by John Updike
2. The diaries of Sophia Tolstoy
3. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling & Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
4. The BFG by Roald Dahl
5. Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
6. Anne Boleyn: A New Life of England’s Tragic Queen by Joanna Denny
7. ?
8. Clique Series Book and The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
9. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert

[Kristina]

Ashley wrote: "Finally figured out. . ."

Oh, Nancy Drew 3, 4, and 5 is good thinking!

[Bonnie]

25 Points
3. Angela's Task (from Jeane's shelves): Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.

Neither turned into a favorite, but both were interesting. And the Jungle Book is different from what I remember of the Disney movie!

Total Points: 125

[Jeane]

SuzieR wrote: "I've finished Cassie's task for 25 points - read two YA books. I read Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli and Holes by Louis Sachar - really enjoyed them both!

Total points: 105



I just thought about a book you could read for the task of genre you normally don't read! :-) Did you ahve already a chosen book for that one or are you gonna read you know which one...

"

[Jeane]

Jenny wrote: "Just listened to Alice in Wonderland for the fantasy novel read.

My total is now 45 points

5 Points

1. [b:Alice in Wonderland|13023|Alice in Wonderland|Lewis Carroll|http://photo.goodread..."

Jenny, what did you think about the book? I really didn't liek the story and what a spoiled little annoying brat!

[Jeane]

Sharon wrote: "1. For St. Patrick’s Day – Read a book by an Irish author, set in Ireland, OR about Ireland.
Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy READ

Total points = 100

"

Sharon, how was that one? Haven't read that one yet but love her books and have a box with three unread ones waiting to be read.