SPRING 2015 READING CHALLENGE

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Rachel wrote: "finished Ghost Boy: The Miraculous Escape of a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His Own Body[bookcover:Ghost Boy: The Miraculous Escape of a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His Own B..."

Curious :-)

[Rachel]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Danell wrote: "Finished , which works for #7. Great book!"

I am currently reading Watchers :-)"

Thanks for the update, Dustin!
Hope to re-read it very soon :D

[Christine]

I finished The Kite Runner It makes my all time favorite book list!

[Rachel]

Christine wrote: "I finished The Kite Runner It makes my all time favorite book list!"

Thanks for the update, Christine!
So glad you liked it-it's one of my favorite books too :D

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Christine wrote: "I finished The Kite Runner It makes my all time favorite book list!"

I will have to make that one a priority :-)

[Christine]

I just read This is Where I Leave You. It features siblings. I really liked it. Now I want to watch the movie.

[Rachel]

Christine wrote: "I just read This is Where I Leave You. It features siblings. I really liked it. Now I want to watch the movie."

Thanks for the update, Christine!
I loved that book :) I also recently saw the movie and thought it was a good adaptation-great cast.

[Christine]

Rachel wrote: "Thanks for the update, Christine!
I loved that book :) I also recently saw the movie and thought it was a good adaptation-great cast...."

I saw who was in the movie and I think they did a great job of casting for it. Hopefully I will get to it this weekend.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Christine wrote: "I just read This is Where I Leave You. It features siblings. I really liked it. Now I want to watch the movie."

I never read the book, but I saw the movie and liked it :-)

[Danell]

I listened to "Watchers" by Dean Koontz a week ago, didn't realize that the date didn't change on my goodreads account. Anyway it is a book I enjoy and works for #7 in the task.

Listening to "What the Night Knows" by Koontz.

Happy reading

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

I did both of those Koontz books too! What a coincidence!

[Christine]

i finished Nights of Rain and Stars. The word night is in the title.

[Rachel]

Thanks for the updates! :D

[Danell]

You listened or read "Strangers" as well correct Dustin. Finished that one last week. Guess we have been on a Koontz kick!
Great minds think alike!

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Danell wrote: "You listened or read "Strangers" as well correct Dustin. Finished that one last week. Guess we have been on a Koontz kick!
Great minds think alike!"

And people whose names start with "D" :-) Just like our pal, Dean.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Christine wrote: "i finished Nights of Rain and Stars. The word night is in the title."

Any good?

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

I am almost finished with another Ellen Hopkins book, Rumble. I need to update my challenge because I'm doing all the tasks this time :-)

[Rachel]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "I am almost finished with another Ellen Hopkins book, Rumble. I need to update my challenge because I'm doing all the tasks this time :-)
"

Thanks for the update, Dustin! :D
How is Rumble?

[Josh]

I obviously suck... But I now got my own computer. Just got it yesterday. I am currently rereading Jurassic Park, in preparation for JURASSIC WORLD!!! That fits the siblings challenge but I dont think I am gonna do the challenge this time considering there is no way I am gonna finish 3 books in one month seeing how my track record has been recently. I'll hopefully finish Jurassic Park though. It will depend how often Maggie and I end up sharing the same break at work also... Maggie is a girl I like at work. I believe she likes me back. She knows I like her. She just wants to be friends right now though... pretty much thats long story short. Dustin, I've posted about her on facebook... I just never used her name in the status. So pretty much a girl has distracted me from reading. =P

[Rachel]

Josh wrote: "I obviously suck... But I now got my own computer. Just got it yesterday. I am currently rereading Jurassic Park, in preparation for JURASSIC WORLD!!! That fits the siblings challenge but I dont th..."

Always good to see you post Josh :D
Hope things work out for you and Maggie.

[Josh]

Rachel wrote: "Josh wrote: "I obviously suck... But I now got my own computer. Just got it yesterday. I am currently rereading Jurassic Park, in preparation for JURASSIC WORLD!!! That fits the siblings challenge ..."

Thank you.
Maggie is the first girl I've ended up really liking in a long time. Dont know what will end up happening with her in the end, but I like being around her and we are similar... sometimes too much a like. =P

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

I guess I will have to look more closely at those Facebook posts :-)

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

I liked Rumble. The story deals with Religion and Suicide. I liked it better than Impulse for some reason but not as much Burned and Smoke - my favorites by Ellen Hopkins. The reason why Burned and Smoke are my favorites is because I can relate to them.

[Danell]

Finished which works for #5 in the challenge.

[Rachel]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "I liked Rumble. The story deals with Religion and Suicide. I liked it better than Impulse for some reason but not as much Burned and Smoke - my favorites by Ellen Hopkins. The reason why Burned and..."

not sure rumble is for me- I really want to read burned & smoke-just want to finish the crank trilogy first. so many books so little time :)

[Rachel]

Danell wrote: "Finished which works for #5 in the challenge."

Thanks for the update, Danell! :D

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

I listened to Rumble on Audiobook and one of the reasons I liked it is because it was narrated by Kirby Heyborne - he is one of my favorite narrators because he narrates a couple of my favorite books by Dan Chaon, Await Your Reply and Stay Awake: Stories. I am going to get more books just to hear Kirby Heyborne.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

The Ellen Hopkins books have an interesting honesty about them and they are poetic :-)

[Rachel]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "The Ellen Hopkins books have an interesting honesty about them and they are poetic :-)"

I agree :)

[Rachel]

finished The Nightingale - 5 stars

I won this in a giveaway and thought it was a great read-set in France during WWII, it's told from the point of view of 2 sisters. I will say that although I liked this book from the beginning it gets really compelling at the halfway point. Like all good historical fiction I found it really informative and it made me cry.

Now I can focus on which I haven't read since the 90's :D

[Jenn]

Great to hear from you Josh!
A girl distracting you is great, I hope everything works out.

[Christine]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Christine wrote: "i finished Nights of Rain and Stars. The word night is in the title."

Any good?"

Sorry I was out of town. It was ok. Maeve Binchy is predictable but usually has nice settings.

[Christine]

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms in the group!

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Christine wrote: "Happy Mother's Day to all the moms in the group!"

Happy Mother's Day Christine :-)

[Christine]

Thanks!

[Rachel]

re-read Watchers for task 7

[Christine]

I just finished for task#6, has g-e-e-k in the title. A very candid look at death. Very well done.

[Rachel]

Thanks for the update, Christine! :D

[Rachel]

finished Last Night I Sang to the Monster -4 stars

[Christine]

Its that time of the challenge when I am trying to finish all the books I set out to read for it. I just finished a Douglas Preston book,

Very suspenseful and I did figure out part of the mystery, I didn't figure it all out. That means no disappointment for me. I am a big fan of Agent Pendergast and I am happy to know that I have lots more to read :)

[Rachel]

Christine wrote: "Its that time of the challenge when I am trying to finish all the books I set out to read for it. I just finished a Douglas Preston book,

Very suspens..."

Thanks for the update, Christine!
I liked that book and also really liked -I need to read more of that series.

Gotta love Agent Pendergast :D

[Christine]

I have Still Life with Crows to read so I will get to it soon, I hope. So much to read and so little time......lol.

I finished Its about siblings. I can't recommend it.

[Rachel]

Christine wrote: "I have Still Life with Crows to read so I will get to it soon, I hope. So much to read and so little time......lol.

I finished Its about siblings. I can't ..."

Thanks for the update, Christine!
Hope you like Still Life With Crows when you get to it :)

[Christine]

I finished Twelfth Night Woohoo! My challenge is done. I had some help with Twelfth Night. I read the explanation of the play in Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human and watched the movie. No one will ever mistake me for a Shakespeare scholar. I enjoy the plays on the stage and screen but in its written form, its just torture for me.

[Rachel]

Christine wrote: "I finished Twelfth Night Woohoo! My challenge is done. I had some help with Twelfth Night. I read the explanation of the play in Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human..."

Thanks for the update, Christine!
When I read Shakespeare I always get the edition with the original text on one page and the translation on the other-otherwise I wouldn't know what he was talking about lol.
Congrats on completing the challenge :D

[Josh]

I am waiting on the summer challenge! Come on summer challenge! =D

[Christine]

I'm looking forward to the summer challenge too!

[Rachel]

I will be posting it soon :D