Almeta's Getting To Know You Reporting

[Almeta]

Just starting mid-way, but i think I can make the 2012 deadline. The challenge ends June 20, 2012

Month 1: Read a book that is set in your Birthday Month="January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject."

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Month 2: Read a book that has your Birthstone in the title, is about your birthstone, or the cover is the colour of your birthstone. Garnet-red

Month 3: Read a book that was originally published in the year you were born.
The Labors of Hercules by Agatha Christie

Month 4: Read a book written by an author from your country. USA
The Speed Queen by Stewart O'Nan who is from PA, USA

Month 5: Read a book set in a country you'd like to visit.
Egypt = Beyond the Grave

Month 6: Read a book from your favorite genre. Mystery - Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben

Month 7: Read a book written by an author who shares your first or last name.
Cross - In the Last Analysis by Amanda Cross


Month 8: Read a book that has your favorite flower either on the cover or in the title.
Daisy Miller by Henry James

Month 9: Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest. Added January 8, 2011
Don't Lie To Me

Month 10: Read a book that has your favorite animal or bird on the cover.
The Frog Who Croaked Blue: Synesthesia and the Mixing of the Senses

Month 11: Read a memoir or biography of someone you admire. The Rock Bottom Remainders is a group of authors who got together to form a Rock N Roll band to raise funds for American Literacy among other charities. This book contains a chapter by each of the band members, describing their experience of being a rock band on-the-road, and how they pulled it off with questionable talent!
Mid-Life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and an Attitude

Month 12: Read a book about an issue/cause that is meaningful to you. Animal Rights and Endangered Species
Ranch of Dreams: The Country's Most Unusual Sanctuary, Where Every Animal Has a Story


EDIT - BONUS TASK

I was just sitting out on the deck and realized that there isn't a task that addresses hobbies. So, I decided to add a bonus task: Read a book about your hobby or a sport you love.

Graveyard Photography (an extension of Genealogy)Beautiful Death: Art of the Cemetery
My Review

[Janice, Moderator]

I'm so glad you are joining us Almeta. I look forward to seeing what books you find for each task.

[Cheryl]

Wow Almeta, in addition to your wonderful Challenge Yourself group you're taking on this one - I'm impressed!

[Almeta]

Thanks Janice and Judy for the welcome. I think that I have a pretty good reading list for the challenge now.

[Almeta]

Cheryl in CC NV wrote: "Wow Almeta, in addition to your wonderful Challenge Yourself group you're taking on this one - I'm impressed!"

Well, I'm hoping that the Challenge Yourself group will be a record keeping kind of site. I'm not planning group reads or anything too strenuous!

If I plan it right, I hope to have some of these books double for other personal challenges. I also like how this challenge sets up reading material that I wouldn’t normally grab from the shelf first.

Wish that the Challenge (Beta) program had the ability to be “task” based as well as “books read” based.

Thank you for your supportive words.

[Cheryl]

[Debra]

I see we both used Stephen King as our USA author. And, that we both found authors with our maiden name Cross. Cool, huh?

[Almeta]

Debra wrote: "I see we both used Stephen King as our USA author. And, that we both found authors with our maiden name Cross. Cool, huh?"

Well, Marrs and Sadell were pretty difficult to match! Was Tucker difficult?

What Cross did you use? I have actually been re-thinking my choice.

[Debra]

Tucker, not Rucker - geesh! lol Probably not hard to match, but I had a Cross on my TBR list. It's The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross. Will be my first Steampunk novel. It's also Young Adult.

[Almeta]

Debra wrote: "Tucker, not Rucker - geesh! lol Probably not hard to match, but I had a Cross on my TBR list. It's The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross. Will ..."

Corrected!! I mis-spelled somewhere else as well...both times it was the T that gave me trouble.

[Almeta]

Done.

[Cheryl]

Hurrah indeed!

[jaxnsmom]

I don't do geneaology (I let my dad update me), but I love cemeteries, the older the better. I have seen beautiful ones with ornate statuary and simple family ones, military ones and memorial gardens. They all fascinate me, from the different styles of headstones and statues, to the inscriptions. One of my favorite epitaphs:

"Write your name with love, mercy and kindness on the hearts of those about you and you will never be forgotten."

[Janice, Moderator]

Congratulations Almeta!

[Debra]

woohoo!