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OFFICIAL SPRING CHALLENGE - 2009
Allison wrote: "i know i'm way late to the game.but this is the first time i've ever seen something like this, and can't help myself. i'm doing it more for a challenge and to read new things, rather than the points. so, if i'm too late, that's okay. i'll add my task list in a bit, after i decide what to read. "
You're not too late--you can start whenever you want. Also, if any of the books you've read since March 1st can fit into the categories, you can count them. You can set whatever goal for yourself you'd like--whether it's number of points or number of books. Or, if you just want to see how far you can get, that works, too! Welcome and have fun!
5 POINT TASK:1. Read a Science Fiction OR Fantasy Novel.
Witchling by Yasmine Galenorn
TOTAL POINTS: 60
Finally ate the food for:
9. Color - When the Black Girl Sings by Bil Wright
Rice & Black Beans and Blackened Tofu in Tamari
When the Black Girl Sings is a wonderfully written story about Lahni, a black girl adopted by a white family who are facing divorce, and her upcoming singing competition. Bil Wright succeeds in his manner of writing. It is loose and familiar while his timeline focusses mainly on the weeks before and of the competition. Although he does not deeply develop his characters this is what helps make his book light and fun. He frequently mentions the issue of her race but does not focus in on it to the point of annoyance. Readers are able to glance at this point in Lahni's life and watch as she encounters new family, school, and personal disappointments, as well as, successes. This book best suits the younger end of the Young Adult genre. They will have no trouble handling its content and will certainly enjoy its plot.
15 points, making my total 180.
Welcome Sara, this is a really fun challenge, enjoy!
Sara's not new Leora - she was welcoming Allison. lol.
Finally finished another task/book...For 15-point #6 (translated book), I read The Eye of the Leopard A Novel. It was my first experience with this author, and I've heard great things about his mystery series, so I'm looking forward to checking out some of his Kurt Wallender books. This one... I'm not sure how I'd rate it. I'm still absorbing it -- but I'm thinking it was only about two or three stars. The story alternates between present day (in Africa) and flashbacks to the main character's youth in Sweden, and the two people seem so vastly different, with no real explanation of WHY that is so... I found it hard to merge the two characters in my mind. And Hans (the main character) acknowledges throughout the book that he has remained in Africa for almost 20 years more or less by accident -- simply because he drifted into something and never works up the motivation to move on. The entire book felt much like that... just drifting from one scene to another, with little focus or direction.
I feel as if I have been wandering myself for the past week or so, struggling to finish this book between other responsibilities. I'm planning to read something a little more focused and pleasant for my next task! :)
5 PT TASK7. For Arbor Day – Do your part to save some trees by…
- Reading an e-book
Beasts of New York A Children's Book for Grown-Ups by Jon Evans
35 pts (3/23/09) LIZ NY
oops! Sorry Sara and Welcome Allison!
I've just finished The Woman in White by Wilke Collins for the 15 pt., #9 challenge, accompanied by a dinner of pork chops and mashed garlic potatoes.Despite taking way longer to read than usual, this was a throughly enjoyable story. As far as mysteries go, it was quite predictable but still kept me fully engrossed through all 628 pages.
This brings my points total to 55
Leora wrote: "oops! Sorry Sara and Welcome Allison! "My 150 points might not be able to stand up to your 215, but give me a LITTLE bit of credit... ;) I need to read more 25-point books. Or maybe just more books in general.... (This read books 3, 4, and 5 in a series task is taking me a while...)
I'm currently reading Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson. I really wanted to read Speak, but it was checked out at the library :(This is my first LH Anderson book, and they seem to be pretty popular. Does anyone recommend any other books by her?
Kritika wrote: "I'm currently reading Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson. I really wanted to read Speak, but it was checked out at the library :(This is my first LH Anderson book, and they seem to be pretty popula..."
I've only read Prom, but I didn't care for it very much. I've heard good things about Speak though.
Allison wrote: "i know i'm way late to the game.but this is the first time i've ever seen something like this, and can't help myself.
i'm doing it more for a challenge and to read new things, rather than the poin..."
Allison, welcome to the challenge! However, for #2 in the 25 point tasks, you can not read fiction. If you want to read Lewis Carroll you will either need to find one of his diaries or choose a non-fiction book about him.
Kritika wrote: "I'm currently reading Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson. I really wanted to read Speak, but it was checked out at the library :(This is my first LH Anderson book, and they seem to be pretty popula..."
I have read Catalyst, Speak and Twisted, and I love her writing. I loved Speak and Twisted, and really liked Catalyst. I keeep meaning to pick up more by her, but haven't done it yet. I highly, highly recommend Speak and Twisted though. Let me know what you think of Catalyst, and the others if you read them!
Read The Shadow of the Wind for 5pts - FABULOUS.5 Points
1.
2. Ella Minnow Pea A Novel in Letters
3. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
4.
5. The Shack
6.
7.
8.
9. Down the Rabbit Hole An Echo Falls Mystery
10.
10 Points
1.
2. Rain of Gold
3.
4. Until I Find You A Novel - John Irving (March 2nd)
5.
6. The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
7. Postmortem - Patricia Cornwell
8. Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
9. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
10. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides
15 Points
1. Deadline
2.
3. Neverwhere A Novel
4.
5. The Witches of Eastwick - John Updike (National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction - 1981)
6. Ines of My Soul A Novel - Isabel Allende
7. Night - Elie Wiesel and A Northern Light - Jennifer Donnelly
8.
9.
10. Three Cups of Tea One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time; The Rule of Four; Slaughterhouse-Five
25 Points
1.
2. Alices Adventures In Wonderland
3.
4. Noughts & Crosses
5. Blood Brothers
6. Shadows Of A Princess An Intimate Account by Her Private Secretary
8.
9.
Total
195 points, 14 Tasks
Meghan wrote: "Read The Shadow of the Wind for 5pts - FABULOUS.5 Points
1. Fire Study(3..."
Meghan, you too will need to change the title you chose for 25.2.
Up to 110 now! Read 84 Charing Cross Road for the epistolary task and The Reader for the G/R tasks. I'm hoping now that I'm back to my regular schedule after a few weeks of weirdness I can get some books knocked out!!5 POINTS
1.
2.
3. Spring Cleaning – Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl, Steven Bach
4. Planes, Trains and Automobiles audiobook – Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow
5.
6. Women’s History Month – The Lady and the Unicorn, Tracy Chevalier
7. Arbor Day “recycle book” – In the Heart of the Sea, Nathaniel Philbrick
8. Humorous Novel – Three Bags Full, Leonie Swan
9. Spring Animals in title – Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal, Christopher Moore
10. April Showers Bring May Flowers – The Enchantment of Lily Dahl: A Novel, Siri Hustvedt
10 POINTS
1. Set in Ireland – Round Ireland With a Fridge, Tony Hawks
2. Cinco De Mayo -- Set in Mexico, The Falling Woman, Pat Murphey
3. Australian Author –I Am the Messenger, Markus Zusak or The People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks
4. Author Birthday – Cider House Rules, John Irving (March 3)
5.
6. Sun in Title – Mistress of the Sun, Sandra Gulland
7.
8. Memorial and Armed forces day – Band of Brothers, Stephen Ambrose
9. TNBBC Top Books list –I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith
10. TNBBC Member 5 star book – Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
15 POINTS
1. SAGITARIUS: The archer – read a book about an athlete or sports. Shanks for Nothing, Rick Reiley
2. April is National Poetry Month – Read a book of poetry OR about a famous poet. Wintering: A Novel of Sylvia Plath, Kate Moses
3. TNBBC Group Read – A Great and Terrible Beauty, Libba Bray
4. Set in Florida – Nature Girl, Carl Hiaasen
5. Major Literary Prize, 1981 – John Updike, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, Witches of Eastwick
6. Translation – Suite Francaise, Irene Nemirovsky
7. Two books with rhyming titles – Widow of the South, Robert Hicks and Smart Mouth, Erin McCarthy
8. Author Interview – You Suck, Christopher Moore
9. Book with color/meal – Green Grass Grace: A Novel, Shawn McBride
10. 3, 4, 5 series or titles – Kim Harrison
Every Which Way But Dead
A Fistful of Charms
For a Few Demons More
25 POINT
1.
2.Diarist – Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763
3.Jen’s List –The Virgin Suicides and Ferris Beach
4. Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery
5.
6. Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life, Alison Weir or Nell Gwyn: Mistress to a King, Charles Beauclerk
7.
8. Two Young Adult Novels – Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson and The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
9. Book with 12 or more words in the title – The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, Erik Larson
Total Points: 110/550
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9
Total Pages Read: 3556
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Five Point Tasks 1.Science Fiction Novel: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
3. Spring Cleaning: Off Season
4. Commute???
5. For Easter/Lent: Persuasion
7. Arbor Day: Love the One You're With(swapping it on paperbackswap)
9. Spring Animal Title: To Kill a Mockingbird
10. Book with Rain related word: The House of Thunder
Category Totals:
10 Point Tasks
1. Irish Author:PS, I Love You
3. ANZAC Day: The Book Thief
5. Book about Magic: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
6. Earth Day: The Pillars of the Earth
7. Mother's Day:????
8. Armed Forces Day: Cold Mountain
9. TNBBC Top Books List: The Secret History
10. Five Stars Member's List: Memoirs of a Geisha
Category Totals:
15 Points
1. SCORPIO: The Waste Lands by Stephen King OR Wastelands Stories of the Apocalypse
3. TNBBC Unread Group Read: House of Leaves
4. Location You've Been (CT): Swapping Lives
5. Award Winning Author:Beloved (Pulitzer in 1988)
6. Translated Book: Love in the Time of Cholera
7. Rhyming Novels: Alias Grace & No Place Like Home A Novel
8. Get to Know the Author: The Kite Runner
9. Book with Color Title: The Green Mile Book Box Set
10. 3-4-5: All That Remains, Cruel and Unusual, & The Body Farm
Category Totals:
25 Points
1. Karen's Task: The Good Guy AND Rebecca
2. El's Task: Alice's Adventures: Lewis Carroll in Popular Culture-Will Brooker
3. Angela's Task: The Historian AND Alphabet Weekends Love on the Road from A to Z
6. Jon's Task: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
7. Darla's Task: Emma by Jane Austen
8. Cassie's Task: Looking for Alaska AND The Truth About Forever
I just finished Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen for the Women's History Month task. This is one of those instances where I wish Goodreads would allow half stars since I'm wavering between three and four stars. I definitely liked it, but I wished that she wrote more about her interactions with the other patients because those were the chapters that I enjoyed the most. Even though the book dealt with a depressing subject matter, it had some wry humor mixed in.
So, I liked the book, but loved the movie so much more. Still, I have another non-fiction Susanna Kaysen book on my bookshelves (The Camera My Mother Gave Me) and am definitely going to check out some of her fictional works once the challenge is over.
Now, I'm up to 100 points!
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Vacation is good for my reading! Even though I spent most of today watching my Red Sox play at Spring Training, I still managed to wrangle up some points...Current Total: 30 points
Tasks completed: 3
Task completed: 10 point task #4
Read a book by an author who was born in March, April, or May.
Three To Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
Cynthia, I think you missed on p.55 I added a book I finished...I completed 5pt task #10. April Showers Bring May Flowers…- Read a book with the name of A TYPE of tree or flower in the title.
The Temptation of the Night Jasmine by Lauren Willig
It's the fifth (I think) in her Pink Carnation series. I highly recommend this series. They're very good.
New total: 90
I decided to add task 8 under 15 pts. The get to know the author task. Just so you know.5 Points
2. Letters from Yellowstone by Diane Smith
3. Luna by Julie Anne Peters
6. Michelle Obama: First Lady of Hope by Elizabeth Lightfoot
7. Night Chills by Dean Koontz
10. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
10 Points
1. A Swift Pure Cry by Sibohan Dowd
4. The Pact by Jodi Picoult
9. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
10. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
15 Points
3. Dracula by Bram Stoker
5. The Accordion Crimes by Annie Proulx
8. Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
10. Shopaholic Ties the Knot, Shopaholic and Sister, Shopaholic and Baby, all by Sophie Kinsella
25 Points
3. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult and The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
4. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
5. A Summer Long Remembered by Sharon Travers
7. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
8. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and The Fortunes of Indigo Skye by Deb Caletti
9. Windows into the Earth: The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks by Robert B. Smith
Total Points Goal: 275
Just finished:
6. Earth Day - The Earth, My Butt, And Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
10 points, brining my total to 190.
Do not let the first few pages of this book lure you into thinking it is the run-of-the-mill fat girl learns to love herself book. Sure, the ending may be typical, but the rest is not. Carolyn Mackler throws in a twist like no other and allows readers to check their own emotions with those of Virginia, her main character. Mackler takes us into Virginia's sophomore year as she battles with the reality of her family, her friends, and of course her weight but also who she is. Each character is well written, the plot is developed, and the language and dialogue are real. Mackler has truly written herself a winner.
Lindsey wrote: "Cynthia, I think you missed on p.55 I added a book I finished...I completed 5pt task #10. April Showers Bring May Flowers…- Read a book with the name of A TYPE of tree or flower in the title.
..." I had it updated right on my spreadsheet but forgot to change it here but it's fixed now.
El- I noticed that as soon as i posted it, and have been searching for a different one. Not as easy as I thought it would be..
I did some re-arranging and changing to my list. Please, ket me know if any do not work, thanks!5 points
1. Fantasy - Wicked Lovely
2. Epistolary - Done
3. Spring Cleaning - The Third Angel: A Novel
4. Car - Done
5. Christian Fiction - The Red Tent
6. Women's History -The Women
7. Arbor Day - The Cat Who Robbed a Bank [Sound Recording:]
8. Humor - Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life [sound recording:]
9. Spring Animal - Done
10. Rain - Done
10 points
1. Ireland - Annie Dunne
2. Mexico - Como Agua Para Chocolate
3. Australia - Done
4. Author Birthday - The Sweet Far Thing (March)
5. Magic - Done
6. Earth Day - Done
7. Mother's Day - Done
8. Military - Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles [audio recording:]
9. TNBBC Top Book List - Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
10. TNBBC Member's 5 Star - Done
15 points
1. Sign - Cordina's Royal Family: Gabriella (Leo - Royalty)
2. Poetry - Sylvia Plath: The Collected Poems
3. TNBBC Group Read - Love in the Time of Cholera
4. Spring Break - The Clock Winder (Baltimore, MD, USA)
5. Award Winner - Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman (1895 Pulitzer Alice Steinbach)
6. Translated - Done
7. Rhyming Books - Done
8. Get to Know Author - Skinned (Robin Wasserman)
9. Color Book/Food - Done
10. 3-5 of a Series - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, & Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
25 Points
1. G & R - Gone & The Reader
2. Diarist - Extraordinary Women: Louisa May Alcott: Life, Letters & Journals
3. Off Lindsey's List - Done
4. Big Read - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
5. New Genre - Third Girl (Mystery)
6. 400+ Page Monarchy - Monarch: The Life and Reign of Elizabeth II
7. Reference - Pride & Prejudice (Be Kind Rewind)
8. 2 Young Adult - Done
9. 12+ Word Title - Done
Okay, I needed a night off from some heavy reading, so I chose heavy breathing instead. Task 5.9, Little Birds (Anais Nin) completed and thoroughly enjoyed :)
Ok, I just completed 1.5 - Three cups of TeaNew total - 15 pts
5 pts.
1.
2. Frankenstein
3. Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
5.
6. There is no Me Without You... One Woman's Odyssey of Rescuing Africa's Children
7.
8. A Confederacy of Dunces
9. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
10. The Rainbow
10 pts:
1. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
2. 2666
4. The Feast of the Goat
6. The Known World
7. The Boleyn Inheritance
8. The Things They Carried
9. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
10.The Glass castle
15 pts:
6. Kristin Lavrandstatter 1: The Wreath
7. Snow/ Baudolino by Umberto Eco
9. White Noise by Dan Delillo
25 pts:
1. The Golden Notebook/ The Robber Bride
2. John Adams by David McCullough
3. Breaking Dawn/ What is the What
4. The Alchemist
5. The Time Traveler's Wife
7. Sense and Sensibility
8. New Moon & Eclipse
9. The Devil in the White City
another 15-pointer:Read 3 books with the numbers 3rd, 4th, 5th in the titles:
15.10.
I know a lot of people love Patterson's books (including my husband) but I doubt I'll be reading any more of them
Added to:
5.6
5.7
5.10
10.3.
10.4
15.2.
15.5
15.6.
15.8.
15.9.
25.8
AND
new total as of 3.23.09 = 150 points
I've finished Undead and Unreturnable, Book 4 in MaryJanice Davidson's Undead series. Now, on to Book 5 for my 15 points. I'm not sure I'll be able to stop there. I can read Book 6 for my humor book. Book 7... maybe for my fantasy book? That will catch me up on the whole series... :)
I just finished !Pack Up Your Troubles by Ted Malone for my poetry book. I am so glad I read it! It was my Grandpa's favorite book, and I swear, he felt that all of life's questions and problems could be resolved with a poem from this book. Many of the poems were a little outdated (it was published in the 40s, and dealt with society then...) but, there were enough poems in there that I loved that it was totally worth reading. I would have loved it even if I hated every poem though, because of the connection to my Grandpa. Overall though, I was a fan, and I have lots of blue sticky notes marking my favorites! A lot of them I liked because they just remind me of him, (like The Cremation of Sam McGee...) but there are a lot of others that are very applicable to life. I am really happy/grateful for this challenge because I have been putting off reading this for a long time now, and it was good to finally read it! So, THANKS!!That does bring my total to 230!
Finished:
4. Author Birthday - The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray (March)
10 points, making my total 200.
I have been putting off finishing the last 100 pages or so of the Gemma Doyle Trilogy because I love it so. I just didn't want it to end! My boyfriend talked me into finally getting it over with. Sigh, it is a great series.
I finished Poisonwood Bible for 5.10 (the name of a tree) I thought it was quite good! It was interesting to read considering how much academic thought I have put into development and African history, a new perspective so to speak. I thought it was well written and once I got hooked (admittedly that did not occur until page 200 or so) I could not put it down.
Point Total: 45
As mentioned, I need to make some changes to my reading list. It came to my attention that I had not followed the rules for 10.9, so I am moving Time Traveler's Wife to the rhyming challenge (15.7) to be paired with The Real Life of Sebastian King by Nabokov. I also adding a book for 5.4 (trains, planes, and automobiles) - Secrets to Publishing and Marketing Your Book by Kristin Blizzard
Manday wrote: "As mentioned, I need to make some changes to my reading list. It came to my attention that I had not followed the rules for 10.9, so I am moving Time Traveler's Wife to the rhyming challenge (15.7)..."The Time Traveler's Wife is such a good read! I kept sitting at work wondering what Henry and Clare were doing and wishing I were reading.
Am I right in thinking that if we complete every task then our total will be 525 points?Thanks for making up this challenge I am loving taking part and reading books I wouldn't have looked at before and best of all really enjoying them :)
Just finished task 5.6 (for Arbor day, do you part to save the trees by...listening to an audio book), I listened to Absent in the Spring, by Mary Westamacott, which is actually the pen name Agatha Christie wrote romance and other non-mystery novels under. New total: 155 points
Kristina wrote: "
Finally ate the food for:
9. Color - When the Black Girl Sings by Bil Wright
Rice & Black Beans and Blackened Tofu in Tamari
YUMMY!! I can't find a book with color in the title!! Gonna have to scour the library!! (I mean, there are lots of titles, but I don't own any)
Finally ate the food for:
9. Color - When the Black Girl Sings by Bil Wright
Rice & Black Beans and Blackened Tofu in Tamari
YUMMY!! I can't find a book with color in the title!! Gonna have to scour the library!! (I mean, there are lots of titles, but I don't own any)
25.8 Read 2 YA books.I read "That Summer" by Sarah Dessen and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets".
That puts me to 120.
Hayes wrote: "YUMMY!! I can't find a book with color in the title!! Gonna have to scour the library!! (I mean, there are lots of titles, but I don't own any)"Where the Red Fern Grows
The Red Badge of Courage
A Clockwork Orange
Anne of Green Gables
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Something Blue
Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood
Gathering Blue
The Color Purple
Princess in Pink
White Fang
Black Beauty
Type a color into the book search box here on goodreads and see what comes up. Don't forget colors like crimson, violet, lavendar, peach... shades of colors like those. Good luck at the library!
Sharon wrote: "Am I right in thinking that if we complete every task then our total will be 525 points?Thanks for making up this challenge I am loving taking part and reading books I wouldn't have looked at bef..." Your welcome and actually the total will be 575 - on April 15th (the midway point of the challenge) the person with the most points reported by noon EST that day will get to choose a 50 point task.
I stayed up to 2am this morning to finish Little Bitty Lies for the spring cleaning task - it was really good I just couldn't stop reading it - if you haven't read Mary Kay Andrews before she writes really fun stories that I highly recommend.
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I like that we have something to look forward to on April 15th... besides Tax Day, I mean. :)
Sara wrote: "Hayes wrote: "YUMMY!! I can't find a book with color in the title!! Gonna have to scour the library!! (I mean, there are lots of titles, but I don't own any)"
[b:Where the Red Fern Grows|10365|W..."
Thank you... now to find them in my dinky library!! I did find "Tuesdays with Morrie", which I have been wanting to read for forever, but no color books :(
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Thank you... now to find them in my dinky library!! I did find "Tuesdays with Morrie", which I have been wanting to read for forever, but no color books :(
Question can anyone tell me what category Shadow in the Wind might fit into?Thought I would try to fit in April's book club choice into this challenge.
Thanks
Lisa wrote: "Question can anyone tell me what category Shadow in the Wind might fit into?..."
Lisa, isn't there a task for reading a book that was (past or present) one of the book club choices? You could read it for that, or maybe for the interview task if you could find an interview with the author.
Found it!... 15 point task = 3. Read a past OR present TNBBC group read that you haven’t read before.
Also, I wonder if Cynthia would allow "Wind" for a Spring weather word?
Lisa wrote: "Question can anyone tell me what category Shadow in the Wind might fit into?..."
I'm using it as my translated book (it was translated from Spanish), but now you could also use it for the past/present group read book.
15.4 - if you've ever been to spain on spring break
15.6 - translation
are the two that come instantly to mind
15.6 - translation
are the two that come instantly to mind
Oh great ideas....Thanks I will probably do the translation one. :~)
Sharon wrote: "Thanks for making up this challenge I am loving taking part and reading books I wouldn't have looked at bef..."Same here, Sharon - AND the extra bonus is reading everyone else's lists. I've started a list of books read and enjoyed by others in this challenge, especially those that show up on several lists. Maybe they'll come in handy for future challenges, and if not, it expands my reading choices. Thanks, all!!!
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Ever since reading & watching The Hours, I've been meaning to pick up Mrs. Dalloway & am glad I did. It was an intense, absorbing book that I sort of dissolved into. Yet when done, I had a sense that I missed several layers of meaning. Definitely going to re-read someday when I can set aside time to focus on it more.
Tasks Completed: 8/39
Pages Read: 2990
Total: 150 pts.
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