Cindy B's 888
Monday, April 7, 2008
I'm making this even more difficult on myself by trying to get it done by 8/8/08 - or August 8th. I'm almost halfway there, and if I can just avoid getting distracted by new and more fabulous books, I'll be just fine. So here are my categories:
1. Books I gathering dust - ones I've had for more than a year and haven't read. 3/8
1. The Golden Goblet - done
2. Goodbye to Poplarhaven - written by one of my professors at BYU - currently reading
3. Fear Nothing - tbr
4. A Devilish Dilemma - tbr
5. The Bourne Identity - tbr
6. Diary of a Nobody - done
7. Eminent Victorians - tbr
8. The Girl with a Secret - done
2. Science/History books 7/8
1. The Book of Man - This was an easy to read account of the Human Genome Project. - done
2. Weighing the soul - About scientific discoveries that caused controversy. - done
3. A Brief History of Time - tbr
4. Chaos: making a New Science - done
5. Women Astronomers: Reaching for the Stars - done
6. Krakatoa:The Day the World Exploded - done
7. The 13th Element - done
8. The Signers - done!
3. Teen/kids books 4/8
1. Ark Angel - tbr
2. Snakehead - tbr
3. The Ruins of Gorlan - tbr
4. The Sisters Grimm: Unusual Suspects - done
5. The King's Swift Rider - tbr
6. The Thief of Always - done
7. Stone Fox - done
8. The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents - done
4. Books about faith and religion 4/8
1. Just as I am by Virginia Smith - funny story (but not funny enough for list 8, as I didn't actually laugh out loud) of a wild child's baptism into Christianity. - done
2. Way to Be! - tbr
3. Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Mormonism - done
4. Sugar House Hill - done
5. Inspiring Experiences that Build Faith - done
6. Amazing Love - currently reading
7. not sure yet!
8. not sure yet!
5. Books with little or no redeeming value 7/8
1. Hitched by Carol Higgins Clark - fun Valentine's read. - done
2. The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars by Anthony Boucher - done
3. Around the Rugged Rock by Elizabeth Cadell - done
4. The Lexicon of Stupidity - done-- funny!
5. Down Under by Patricia Wentworth - so done!
6. Five Rings, Six Crises etc. - a book of lists - done
7. World's Worsts - another book of lists - done
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6. Recommended by others 5/8
1. 1776 - tbr
2. The Historian - done! (I gave up)
3. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive - tbr
4. Deliver Us From Normal - done
5. Fablehaven - done
6. The Master of Ballantrae - done!
7. The Zookeeper's Wife - tbr
8. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - done
7. Tried and true - books I am rereading 8/8
1. Charmed Life - all done!
2. The Mysterious Commission - done
3. Kaleidoscope by Dorothy Gilman- still pretty good, but not great. - done
4. Dead Men Don't Ski - done
5. Murder a la Mode - done
6. Death on the Agenda - done
7. Death and the Dutch Uncle - done
8. Black Widower - done
8. Books that made me laugh out loud 5/8
1. Murder With Peacocks - done
2. For Time and All Absurdity - done
3. Bachelors Anonymous - done
4. Leaven of Malice (audio) - done
5. Moving Pictures - done
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