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Tiny Little Librarian's Picks
Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Posted by tinylittlelibrarian at 12/31/2008 12:20:00 PM 7 comments  

Labels: Historical fiction, Mystery, New York, New-to-me authors, Non-fiction, Numbers, Southern, tinylittlelibrarian, Vampires

Wendy's Pick and Categories
Friday, December 26, 2008

December 26, 2008: UPDATE on Challenge

It is evident I will not complete this challenge - BUT, I am happy with how I did. Out of the 8 categories I chose to read from, I completed half of them (Books Around the World, Books on my TBR shelf for more than a Year, Non Fiction Books and Notables). For the other categories, I completed the following: 2 out of 8 Pulitzers, 5 out of 8 Bookers, 4 out of 8 Banned Books, and 5 out of 8 Classics. Next year I will be focusing more on the award winning books on my shelf. Many thanks to Michelle for hosting this complex, and rewarding challenge!

Here are my current categories and picks for 2008 (overlaps are in red):

8 Pulitzers

1. The Known World, by Edward P. Jones
2. The Magnificent Ambersons, by Booth Tarkington
3. So Big, by Edna Ferber (COMPLETED January 17, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)
4. Breathing Lessons, by Anne Tyler
5. Angle of Repose, by Wallace Stegner (COMPLETED April 17, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)
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8 Bookers

1. The Ghost Road, by Pat Barker (COMPLETED December 25, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
   
2. Hotel Du Lac, by Anita Brookner (COMPLETED July 22, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
3. G, by John Berger
4. Oscar and Lucinda, by Peter Carey
5. Sacred Hunger, by Barry Unsworth
6. The Gathering, by Anne Enright (COMPLETED March 9, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
7. Life and Times of Michael K, by J.M. Coetzee (COMPLETED February 17, 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
8. Life of Pi, by Yann Martel (COMPLETED June 23, 2008; rated 3.5/5; read my review)

8 Books Around the World

1. Independent People, by Halldor Laxness (COMPLETED May 5, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
2. The White Mary, by Kira Salak (COMPLETED July 16, 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
3. Atonement, by Ian McEwan (COMPLETED June 17, 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
4. The Colour, by Rose Tremain (COMPLETED August 25, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)
5. People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks (COMPLETED July 4, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)
6. The Translator, by Daoud Hari (COMPLETED February 15, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)
7. Alentejo Blue, by Monica Ali (COMPLETED February 22, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
8. Laughing Without An Accent, by Firoozeh Dumas (COMPLETED May 17, 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)

8 Books that have Sat on my TBR Shelf for More than a Year

1. The World Below, by Sue Miller (COMPLETED April 26, 2008; rated 3.5/5; read my review)
2. Regeneration, by Pat Barker (COMPLETED December 14, 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
3. Lost and Found, by Jacqueline Sheehan (COMPLETED April 21, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
4. The Reader, by Bernhard Schlink (COMPLETED August 15, 2008; rated 1.5/5; read my review)
5. The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver (COMPLETED July 12, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)
6. The Eye in the Door, by Pat Barker (COMPLETED December 21, 2008; rated 3.5/5; read my review)
7. Before You Know Kindness, by Chris Bohjalian (COMPLETED May 31, 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
8. Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier (COMPLETED November 7, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)

8 Non Fiction Books

1. An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination, by Elizabeth McCracken (Completed October 24, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)
2. Black Wave, by John and Jean Silverwood (Completed November 11, 2008; rated 3.5/5; read my review)
3. The Zookeeper’s Wife, by Diane Ackerman (COMPLETED May 12, 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
4. Laughing Without An Accent, by Firoozeh Dumas (COMPLETED May 18, 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
5. Gifts From The Sea, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh (Completed October 28, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)
6. Have You Found Her: A Memoir, by Janice Erlbaum (COMPLETED January 14, 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
7. Ships Without A Shore, by Anne R. Pierce PhD (COMPLETED September 16, 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
8. Alpine Americas, by Olaf Soot and Don Mellor (COMPLETED November 2, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
   

8 Banned Books

1. The Women of Rome, by Alberto Moravia
2. The Toilers of the Sea, by Victor Hugo
3. Moll Flanders, by Daniel Defoe
4. The Giver, by Lois Lowry (COMPLETED January 1, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
5. Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison (COMPLETED February 25, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
6. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini (COMPLETED June 13, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
7. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe (COMPLETED March 21, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
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8 Notables From This Site

1. The Secret River, by Kate Grenville (Completed October 13, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)
2. The Reluctant Fundamentalist, by Moshin Hamid (Completed January 11, 2008, rated 4/5; read my review)
3. The Gathering, by Anne Enright (COMPLETED March 9, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
4. After Dark, by Haruki Murakami (from NYT Most Notable - 2007) - Completed October 28, 2008; rated 2/5; read my review.
5. Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name, by Vendela Vida (COMPLETED September 30, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
6. Bridge of Sighs, by Richard Russo (COMPLETED June 7, 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
7. On Chesil Beach, by Ian McEwan (from NYT Most Notable - 2007) - Completed August 11, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review.
8. The View From Castle Rock, by Alice Munro (from NYT Most Notable - 2007) - Completed September 28, 2008; rated 4/5; read my review.

8 Classics

1. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens (Completed January 25, 2008; rated 3.5/5; read my review)
2. Home of the Gentry, by Ivan Turgenev (Completed June 19, 2008; rated 3/5; read my review)
3. Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier (COMPLETED November 7, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)
4. The Ghost Road, by Pat Barker (COMPLETED December 25, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
5. Emma, by Jane Austen
6. Wuthering Heights, by Emil Bronte
7. A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens
8. Gifts From The Sea, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh (Completed October 28, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)

Posted by Wendy at 12/26/2008 11:00:00 AM 2 comments  

Labels: Around the World, Banned Books, Bookers, Classics, Non-fiction, Notables, Pulitzers, TBR stacks, Wendy

raidergirl3's list of 888 lists
Saturday, November 22, 2008

November 22 - Whew, this one is done. It was so much fun picking the lists and crossing them off as completed. Great list of books. Thanks Michelle, for hosting this one, and making us all join in the madness.

As I complete a book or two, I'll link to my review, date it, and bold it.
running total: 64/64 (because I read six books that overlap!)
8/8 categories completed.

Aaah, lists, beautiful lists. I like the flexibility of this idea. Commence:

8 Canadian Books finished as of July 30
1. Yellowknife - Steve Zipp Mar 24
2. The End of East - Jen Sookfong Lee Mar 7
3. The Ravine - Paul Quarrington Apr 8
4. Latitudes of Melt - Joan Clark April 5
5. How to Be a Canadian - Will and Ian Ferguson May 25
6. The Birth House - Ami McKay July 30
7. Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen July 4
8. Crow Lake - Mary Lawson July 12

8 Bookers (Man Booker Challenge: 4 winners, 4 shortlisted) finished as of July 10
1. Atonement - Ian McEwan sl Feb 17
2. The Remains of the Day - Kazou Ishiguru Jan 12
3. The Life and Times of Michael K - JM Coetzee Mar 8
4. Hotel du Lac - Anita Brookner June 30
5. The Night Watch - Sarah Waters sl July 10
6. The Gathering - Anne Enright Apr 23
7. Mister Pip - Lloyd Jones sl Apri 19
8. In the Country of Men - Hisham Matar sl May 20

8 Books About Books (goes with the themed challenge) finished as of Feb 13
1. The Book Thief Markus Zusak Jan 11
2. 84 Charing Cross Road Helene Hanff Jan 12
3. Housekeeping vs the Dirt Nick Hornby Jan 8
4. Booked to Die John Dunning Feb 3
5. Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader Anne Fadiman Jan 28
6. The Case of the Missing Books Ian Sansom Jan 16
7. Reading Lolita in Tehran Azar Nafisi Feb 13
8. The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde Jan 25

8 More from the Something About Me Challenge finished as of June 8
1. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde Jan 25
2. 84 Charing Cross Road - Helen Hanff Jan 12
3. Booked to Die - John Dunning Feb 3
4. The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd May 30
5. The Awakening - Kate Chopin June 8
6. Angry Housewives Eating BonBons - Lorna Landvik Mar 3
7. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith May 3
8. The Remains of the Day - Kazou Ishiguro Jan 12

8 Mysteries from Around the World finished as of Nov 17
1. Terra Cotta Dog - Andrea Camilleri (Italy) March 10
2. Silence of the Grave - Arnaldur Indridason (Iceland) Feb 23
3. The Snack Thief - Andrea Camilleri (Italy) July 6
4. Shadow Family - Miyuki Miyabe (Japan) May 31
5. Flying Too High - Kerry Greenwood (Australia) August 20
6. Who Killed Palomino Molero? - Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru) Oct 4
7. The Xibalba Murders - Lyn Hamilton (Mexico) Nov 17
8. All She Was Worth - Miyuki Miyabe (Japan) Nov 2

8 Nonfiction (goes with the In Their Shoes challenge) finished as of July 20
1. Never Have Your Dog Stuffed - Alan Alda Feb 11
2. Running With Scissors - Augustus Burrows July 15
3. Persepolis 1, and 2 - Marjane Satrapi Jan 30
4. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid - Bill Bryson May 17
5. Maus I and II - Art Spiegelman July 20
6. Reading Lolita in Tehran Azar Nafisi Feb 13
7. Brainiac - Ken Jennings Jan 6
8. A Long Way Gone - Ishmael Beah June 21


8 Young Adult Books (goes with Joy's YAC) finished as of Mar 23
1. Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson Mar 14
2. Island of the Blue Dolphins - Scott O'Dell Feb 4
3. The Princess Academy - Shannon Hale Mar 16
4. Vegan Virgin Valentine - Carolyn Mackler Mar 21
5. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - Rachel Cohn and David Levithan Mar 8
6. Zel - Donna Jo Napoli Mar 23
7. The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things - Carolyn Mackler Feb 19
8. So Long, Jackie Robinson - Nancy Russell Feb 15

8 books published in 2008. (In the Pub Challenge) finished as of June 24
1. Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella Feb 26
2. The Quirks and Quarks Guide to Space - Jim Lebans Feb 24
3. The Bleeding Dusk - Colleen Gleason Mar 21
4. The Ravine - Paul Quarrington Apr 8
5. An Exploding Case of Mangoes - Mohammed Hanif June 23
6. The Outcast - Sadie Jones Apr 27
7. Mudbound - Hillary Jordan June 24
8. The Cellist of Sarajevo - Steven Galloway June 5

Posted by raidergirl3 at 11/22/2008 10:00:00 AM 3 comments  

Labels: Bookers, Books about Books, Canadian authors, More Something About Me, Mysteries (world), Non-fiction, Published in 2008, raidergirl3, Young Adult

Amy's Choices
Thursday, October 30, 2008

8 Book Around the World Books

1. We Just Want to Live Here - Amal Rifa’i and Odelia Ainbinder (Israel/Palestine)
2. The Kommandant’s Girl - Pam Jenoff (Poland)
   
3. Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky
4. The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Mohsin Hamid (Pakistan)
5. A Thousand Veils - D. J. Murphy
6. The Septembers of Shiraz - Dalia Sofer(Iran)
7. The Cellist of Sarajevo - Steven Galloway(Sarajevo)
8. The Book Thief - Makus Zusak(Germany)

8 World War II Books

1. The Kommandant’s Girl – Pam Jenoff
2. Dream When You’re Feeling Blue – Elizabeth Berg
3. Resistance - Owen Sheers
4. The Nazi Officer’s Wife -Edith Hahn Beer
   
5. Dear Enemy - Jack Cavanaugh
6. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
7. The Diplomat’s Wife - Pam Jenoff
8. Clouds Over Mountains - Matt Joseph

8 Urban Fantasy Novels

1. Moon Called – Patricia Briggs
2. Ill Wind - Rachel Caine
   
3. Chill Factor – Rachel Caine
4. Heat Stroke – Rachel Caine
5. Storm Front - Jim Butcher
   
6. Any Given Doomsday - Lori Handeland
7. Kitty Takes a Holiday – Carrie Vaughn
8. The Taste of Night – Vicki Pettersson

8 Suspense/Thrillers

1. Speak No Evil – Allison Brennan
2. The Brass Verdict - Michael Connelly
3. Wolf in the Shadows - Marcia Muller
   
4. A Place of Execution - Val McDermid
   
5. Red Sea - E.A. Benedek
6. Flowers for Emily - T.L. Vance
7. Divine Justice - David Baldacci
8. The Bone Garden - Tess Gerritsen

8 Young Adult Titles

1. Eclipse-Stephenie Meyer
2. Unwind - Neal Shusterman
   
3. Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson
   
4. Life As We Knew It - Susan Beth Pfeffer
5. The Dead and the Gone - Susan Beth Pfeffer
6. The Whistling Season - Ivan Doig
   
7. Gone- Michael Grant
8. The Floor of the Sky - Pamela Carter Joern
   

8 ARCs

1. The House at Riverton - Kate Morton
2. Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah
3. Songs for the Missing - Stewart O’Nan
4. Testimony - Anita Shreve
5. The Wednesday Sisters - Meg Waite Clayton
6. Have You Found Her? - Janice Erlbaum
7. The Gargoyle - Andrew Davidson
8. The Lace Reader - Brunonia Barry

8 Non-Fiction

1. Have You Found Her? - Janice Erlbaum
2. The Devil Came on Horseback - Brian Steidle
3. When Answers Aren’t Enough - Matt Rogers
4. The Working Poor: Invisible in America - David K. Shipler
5. Mayada, Daughter of Iraq - Jean Sasson
6. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver
7. The Millionaire Next Door - Stanley and Danko
8. Scratch Beginnings - Adam Shepard
   

8 Historical Fiction

1. People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks
2. The Winter Rose - Jennifer Donnelly
3. The Heretic’s Daugher - Kathleen Kent
4. The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher - Kate Summerscale
5. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Schaffer and Barrows
6. The Bone Garden - Tess Gerrisen
   
7. The Queen's Fool - Phillipa Gregory
   
8. The Whistling Season - Ivan Doig
   

Posted by Amy at 10/30/2008 08:00:00 AM 2 comments  

Labels: Amy, ARCs, Around the World, Historical fiction, Non-fiction, Suspense/Thrillers, Urban Fantasy, World War II, Young Adult

Tammy's picks
Sunday, August 3, 2008

Hi, I'm Tammy

Posted by Tammy at 8/03/2008 01:50:00 AM 0 comments  

Labels: Fantasy, Historical fiction, In a series, Non-fiction, romances, Sci-fi, short story collections, TV/movie

LisaQuing's List
Sunday, July 13, 2008

Here is my EDITED list (as of 7/13/08). I have 39/56 so far. I'm sure I'll read more than 56. Last year, I read 86 books.

I have no overlaps in my list, which I hope then allows me to skip a couple if needed. I do own many of these books already.

I will be posting reviews and updates on my movie & book review blog - Mirkwood Reflections. I have bolded the choices I have completed and changed the font to green.

I am really looking forward to this challenge! A lot of times I can't figure out what I want to read, so this should help with that dilemma.

I did find some books that weren't on my original list that I wanted to read. When I read it, I just added the new book to the beginning of the list and kept the original books. So some of my lists now have more than 8.

Books Recommended to me by others
1. Hide – Lisa Gardner (my mom) 2-2-08
2. Austenland - Shannon Hale (sister Christy) 2-10-08
3. Beauty - Robin McKinley (Marta) 2-23-08
4. Courting Trouble – Deeanne Gist (Mom) 7-13-08
5.The Furies of Calderon – Jim Butcher (sister Christy) – couldn't get into it
6.Vineyard series – Philip Craig (mom) – couldn't get into it
7. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith (sister Janet)
8. librarian series (Christy)

Young Adult Fiction
1.ttyl – lauren myracle 1-2-08
2.Eclipse – Stephenie Meyer 1-7-08
3.ttfn – lauren myracle 1-14-08
4.Diary of a Wimpy Kid: a novel in cartoons – Jeff Kinney 2-24-08
5.Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules 5-7-08
6.Holes – Louis Sachar
7.Spiderweb for Two: A Melendy Maze – Elizabeth Enright
8.Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox - Eoin Colfer
9.Eragon – Christopher Paolini
10.Inkheart - Cornelia Funke
11.Magic by the Lake – Edward Eager

Non-fiction - This category has been completed!
1.Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom – Ursula Nordstrom 1-20-08
2.Lies Homeschooling Moms Believe – Todd Wilson 1-24-08
3.The Well-fed Writer – Peter Bowerman 2-8-08
4.Careers for Bookworms 3-22-08
5.Into the Wild 6-21-08
6.Back for Seconds – Peter Bowerman 6-22-08
7.Cockatiels for Dummies 7-8-08
8.Eat This, Not That! 7-8-08
9.Ordering Your Private World – Gordon MacDonald
10.Radar, Hula Hoops, and Playful Pigs: 62 Digestible Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life – Joe Schwarcz
11.Walk Away the Pounds : The Breakthrough 6-Week Program That Helps You Burn Fat, Tone Muscle, and Feel Great Without Dieting – Leslie Sansone
12.Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Your Romance Published - Julie Beard
13.I Saw the Angel in the Marble - Chris Davis and Ellyn Davis
14.Making God's Word Stick – Emmett Cooper & Steve Wamberg
15.Life Management for Busy Women – Elizabeth George
16.Family Fragrance: Practical Intentional Ways to Fill Your Home with the Aroma of Love – J. Otis & Gail Ledbetter


Books I Want to Reread - Eek! Better get moving on these!
1.Drums of Autumn – Diana Gabaldon 1-31-08
2.The Bible
3.Out of this Silent Planet – C.S. Lewis
4.Perelandra – C.S. Lewis
5.That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis
6.Mere Christianity – C.S. Lewis
7.She's Gonna Blow: Real Help for Moms Dealing with Anger – Julie Ann Barnhill
8.Mark of the Lion trilogy – Francine Rivers (3 books)
9.The Fiery Cross – Diana Gabaldon (audiobook)

Books about Tolkien or Lord of the Rings - I need to get moving!
1.Finding God in Lord of the Rings – Kurt Bruner & Jim Ware
2.The Gospel According to Tolkien – Ralph C. Wood
3.Following Gandalf: Epic Battles and Moral Victory in The Lord of the Rings – Matthew Dickerson
4.Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues: Exploring the Spiritual Themes of Lord of the Rings – Mark Eddy Smith
5.The Silmarillion – J.R.R. Tolkien
6.The Origins of Tolkien's Middle Earth for Dummies – Greg Harvey
7.Walking with Frodo: A devotional journey through Lord of the Rings – Sarah Arthur
8.J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century – Tom Shippey


Romance Novels - one more!
1.Love's Haven (Steeple Hill Love Inspired) – Catherine Palmer 2-27-08
2.Finding Hope (Steeple Hill Love Inspired) – Brenda Coulter 3-15-08
3.Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen 3-16-08
4.Finding Hope – Brenda Coulter 03-15-08
5.A Season of Forgiveness – Brenda Coulter 04-08-08
6.Strapless – Leigh Riker 6-1-08
7.Persuasion – Jane Austen 7-12-08
8.Taking a Chance (Heartsong Presents) – Kelly Eileen Hake
9.Once Upon a Family (Love Inspired) – Margaret Daley
10.The Stranger (Harlequin Superromance) – Kathleen O'Brien
11.The King's Mistress (Harlequin Historical) – Terri Branson
12.Unforgettable (Heartsong Presents) – Janet Lee Barton
13.Danver's Touch (Silhouette Classics) – Elizabeth Lowell
14.Perfect - Judith McNaught
15.Christmas on the Prairie: Take Me Home/One Wintry Night/The Christmas Necklace/Colder Than Ice (Christmas Anthology) - Tracey V. Bateman, Pamela Griffin, Maryn Langer, Jill Stengl

New Books by Favorite Authors - one more!
1.T is for Trespass – Sue Grafton 1-11-08
2.Plum Lucky – Janet Evanovich 1-20-08
3.Candy Cane Murder – Joanne Fluke 1-19-08
4.Charley's Web – Joy Fielding 04-12-08
5.Carrot Cake Murder – Joanne Fluke 4/23/08
6.Sleeping Doll – Jeffrey Deaver 4/29/08
7.Fearless Fourteen – Janet Evanovich 6/28/08
8.Buckingham Palace Gardens (Thomas Pitt Mysteries) – Anne Perry
9.Skeletons at the Feast – Chris Bohjalian
10.Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer

Christian Novels - one more!
1.The Martyr's Song – Ted Dekker 1-1-08
2.Brothers – Angela Elwell Hunt 2-4-08
3.Claire Knows Best – Tracey Bateman 04-05-08
4.I Love Claire – Tracey Bateman 04-18-08
5.Scarlet Thread – Francine Rivers 5/5/08
6.Doesn't She Look Natural – Angela Elwell Hunt 5-12-08
7.Journey – Angela Elwell Hunt 7-8-08
8.Showdown – Ted Dekker (didn't like it)
9.Once Upon a Cross – Thom Lemmons
10.Catching Katie – Robin Lee Hatcher

Posted by Lisa at 7/13/2008 11:03:00 PM 1 comments  

Labels: 888, christian fiction, favorite authors, Lisa, Lisaquing, Lord of the Rings, Non-fiction, re-reads, recommendations, romances, Tolkien, Young Adult

Embejo's List
Friday, February 8, 2008

Categories:

1. Children’s Favourites
2. Classics
3. Non-Fiction
4. Historical Fiction
5. Books I’ve wanted to read
6. Light Fiction/Easy to read
7. Homeschooling/Education
8. Books made into Movies
9. About or Set in Africa

Progress: 38/64



Children’s Favourites:
1. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
2. The Willoughbys - Lois Lowry
3. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carrol
4. The Borrowers - Mary Norton
5. The Complete Tales - Beatrix Potter
6. Pollyanna - Elanor Porter
7. Just So Stories - Rudyard Kipling
8. Pipi Longstocking - AstridLindgren


Classics:
1. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
2. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain
3. Lord of the Flies - Golding
4. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
5. 1984 - George Orwell
6. All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Remarque
7. The Catcher in the Rye - J D Sallinger
8. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
9. The Sea - John Banville


Non-Fiction:
1. Adventures of Pioneer Women in NZ
2. Five Days in London - John Lukacs
3. Boy: Tales of Childhood - Roald Dahl
4. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou
5. Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage - Alfred Lansing
6. Absolute Power - Ian Wishart
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Historical Fiction:
1. The Handmaid and the Carpenter - Elizabeth Berg
2. Sarah - Orson Scott Card
3. A Voice in the Wind - Francine Rivers
4. The Boleyn Inheritance - Philippa Gregory
5. The Constant Princess - Philippa Gregory
6. Resistance - Owen Sheers
7. Morgan's Run - Colleen McCullough
8. Jessica - Bryce Courtenay

Books I’ve wanted to read:
1. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou
2. The Colour Purple - Walker
3. My Left Foot - Christy Brown
4. I am David - Anne Holm
5. Once Were Warriors - Alan Duff
6. The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield
7. The Widow and Her Hero - Thomas Keneally
8. Lies That Go Unchallenged - Charles Colson

Light/Easy Fiction:
1. The Pilot’s Wife - Anita Shreve
2. A River Runs Through it - Norman Maclean
3. Lucy Sullivan Got Married - Marian Keyes
4. Mrs Kimble - Jennifer Haigh
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Homeschooling/Education:
1. Honey for a Child’s Heart - Gladys Hunt
2. The Well Trained Mind - Jessie Wise, Susan Wise Bauer
3. For the Children’s Sake - Susan Schaeffer Macauley
4. Dumbing us Down - John Gatto
5. Romancing Your Child's Heart - Monte Swan
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Books Into Movies:
1. Master and Commander - Patrick O’Brian
2. The Bourne Identity - Robert Ludlum
3. The Perfect Storm - Sebastion Junger
4. Forest Gump - Winston Groom
5. Schindler’s List - Thomas Keneally
6. Corelli’s Mandolin - Loius DeBernieres (didn't finish)
7. The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje
8. The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks

About/ Set in Africa
1. Tandia - Bryce Courtenay
2. Left to Tell - Immaculee Ilibagiza
3. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Child Soldier - Ishmael Beah
4. Long Walk to Freedom - Nelson Mandela
5 There is no me without You - Melissa Fay Greene
6. Cry the Beloved Country - Alan Paton
7. I Dreamed of Africa - Kuki Gallman
8. The Sound of Thunder - Wilbur Smith

Yes, I know I have 9 categories....I'm changing it as I go along. It will be settled by the end.

Posted by embejo at 2/08/2008 10:52:00 PM 0 comments  

Labels: Africa, Childhood favorites, Classics, Education, Embejo, Historical fiction, Homeschooling, light reading, Movies, Non-fiction

Sandra's choice
Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Hi here's my list finally... =)

The Sherlock Holmes Series (9 books as I want to complete my series)

1. A Study In Scarlet
2. The Signs of Four
3. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
4. The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes
5. The Return of Sherlock Holmes
6. The Hound of the Baskervilles
7. The Valley of Fear
8. The Last Bow
9. The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

1. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon
2. Life of Pi – Yann Martel
3. The Road - Cormac McCarthy
4. TBC
5. TBC
6. TBC
   
7. TBC
   
8. TBC

1. Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
2. Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden
3. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
4. Nineteen Eighty-Four – George Orwell
5. Animal Farm – George Orwell
6. Cry, the Beloved Country – Alan Paton
7. The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
8. TBC

1. Dracula – Bram Stoker
2. The Time Machine – H.G. Wells
3. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson
4. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain
5. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
6. Journey to the Centre of the Earth – Jules Verne
7. Hard Times – Charles Dickens
8. Great Expectations – Charles Dickens

1. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
2. Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
3. Persuasion – Jane Austen
4. Frankenstein – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
   
5. Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë
   
6. Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë
   
7. Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
   
8. The Awakening – Kate Chopin

1. Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring) - J.R.R. Tolkien
   
2. Lord of the Ring (The Two Towers) - J.R.R. Tolkien
3. Lord of the Ring (The Return of the King) - J.R.R. Tolkien
4. P.S I Love You - Cecilia Ahern
5. Stardust - Neil Gaiman
   
6. TBC
7. TBC
8. TBC

1. Everyone Worth Knowing - Lauren Weisberger
   
2. The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella
   
3. Shopaholic Abroad - Sophie Kinsella
4. Shopaholic Ties the Knot - Sophie Kinsella
5. Shopaholic & Sister - Sophie Kinsella
6. Shopaholic & Baby - Sophie Kinsella
7. TBC
8. TBC

1. The World Is Flat - Thomas L. Friedman
   
2. The Age of Turbulence - Alan Greenspan
3. Wild Swans – Jung Chang
4. TBC
5. TBC
6. TBC
7. TBC
8. TBC

Posted by Anonymous at 2/06/2008 12:53:00 PM 1 comments  

Labels: 1800s, 1900s, 19th Century Women Writers, 2000s, Chick-lit, Movies, Non-fiction, Sherlock Holmes

Joanna's 888 list
Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Completed: 31/56 as of 4 August 2008

Books that have been on my Amazon wish list for ages (3/8)
1) Hunting and Gathering by Ana Gavalda
2) The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
3) Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
4) Perfume by Patrick Suskind
5) Unstolen by Wendy Jean
6) Undead and Unwed by Mary Janice Davidson
7) Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson
8) Witch Child by Celia Rees

Classics (6/8)
1) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2) The Story Girl by L.M. Montgomery
3) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
4) Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
5) The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
6) The Color Purple by Alice Walker
7) Animal Farm by George Orwell
8) Winnie-the-pooh by A.A. Milne

Books in Polish (2/8)
1) Klub mało używanych dziewic - Monika Szwaja
2) Samotność w sieci - Janusz L. Wiśniewski
3) Quo vadis – Henryk Sienkiewicz
4) Ono - Dorota Terakowska
5) A nie mówiłam - Katarzyna Grochola
6) Różowe tabletki na uspokojenie - Katarzyna Janda
7) Tego lata, w Zawrociu - Hanna Kowalewska
8) Dziennik Irlandzki by Heinrich Boll

Prize winners (4/8)
1) The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
2) Murder on a Girls' Night Out (Agatha Award)
3) The Color Purple (1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and National Book Award)
4) The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
5) The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
6) The Giver (1994 Newbery Medal)
7) Amsterdam by Ian McEwan
8) To Kill a Mockingbird (Pulitzer 1960)

Non-Fiction (3/8)
1) Getting Things Done by David Allen
2) The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp
3) The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
4) The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
5) Imperium by Ryszard Kapuściński
6) The Celts, First Masters of Europe by Christiane Eluerest
7) A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong
8) The Year 1000 by Robert Lacey and Danny Danziger

Women Writers (6/8)
1) Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler
2) The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
3) Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
4) Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
5) Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
6) I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson
7) The Boy on the Bus by Deborah Schupack
8) The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

Fantasy/S-F/Supernatural (6/8)
1) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
2) Stardust by Neil Gaiman
3) Undead and Unwed by Mary-Janice Davidson
4) Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
5) Jennifer Government by Max Barry
6) The Giver by Lois Lowry
7) Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
8) The Stolen Child by Keith Donahue

Young Adult (6/8)
1) Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
2) Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesaar
3) Girls Under Pressure by Jacqueline Wilson
4) The Earth, My Butt and Other Big, Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
5) The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
6) The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares
7) Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
8) Witch Child by Celia Rees

Posted by joanna at 2/05/2008 06:20:00 AM 2 comments  

Labels: books in Polish, books on wish list, Classics, Fantasy, joanna, Non-fiction, prize winners, Women Writers, Young Adult

Netty's 888 List
Sunday, January 13, 2008

I went for a true 888 with 64 books & no repeats. Those marked with an * are ones that were already on my TBR pile.

I. Sci Fi/Fantasy
1. Exiles Return by Raymond Feist*
2. Chainfire by Terry Goodkind*
3. Phantom by Terry Goodkind*
4. A Feast for Crowns by George R.R. Martin*
5. Orc King by R.A. Salvatore*
6. Swan Song by Robert McCammon*
7. The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
8. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson

II. Classics
1. Persuasion by Jane Austen* - completed 1/11/08
2. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen* - completed 1/22/08
3. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen* - completed 1/14/08
4. Lady Susan by Jane Austen*
5. Villette by Charlotte Bronte
6. A Room With a View by EM Forster
7. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstory
8. Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence

III. Mystery/Thriller
1. A Superior Death by Nevada Barr* - completed 1/17/08
2. Second Thoughts by Margot Dalton*
3. The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz* - completed 1/15/08
4. Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell
5. The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
6. Double Cross by James Patterson
7. Gone Baby Gone by Dennis Lehane
8. Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris

IV. Books by North Carolina Authors
1. The Life All Around Me by Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons*
2. Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith
3. The Winter People by John Ehle
4. The Secret of Hurricanes by Theresa Williams
5. Raney by Clyde Edgerton
6. In the Forest of Harm by Sallie Bissell
7. The Ladies of Covington Send Their Love by Joan A. Medlicott
8. Brave Enemies by Robert Morgan

V. Non-fiction
1. Big Russ & Me by Tim Russert*
2. The Innocent Man by John Grisham*
3. We Were Soldiers Once...And Young by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore & Joseph Galloway*
4. Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley & Ron Powers*
5. The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
6. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt*
7. All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
8. A Long Way gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

VI. Women's Fiction
1. Atonement by Ian McEwan - completed 1/26/08
2. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
3. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
4. Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
5. Back on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
6. Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Ross
7. The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
8. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell

VII. Books from the 2007 NY Times Notable List
1. The Bad Girl by Mario Vargas Llosa
2. Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
3. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
4. The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano
5. Later, at the Bar by Rebecca Barry
6. Cheating at Canasta by William Trevor
7. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
8. Matrimony by Joshua Henkin

VIII. Books Published in 2008 - list to be completed through the year
1. Duma Key - Stephen King - completed 1/27/08
2. Snowfall at Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs
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Posted by Susan at 1/13/2008 11:17:00 PM 0 comments  

Labels: Classics, Fantasy, Mystery, NC authors, Non-fiction, NY Times Notables, Published in 2008, Sci-fi, women's fiction

BloggingMolly's lists
Saturday, January 5, 2008

Non-fiction - Family
1. Power of a Praying Parent by Omartian
2. The Fruit of Her Hands by Wilson
3. You Can't Make Me but I Can be Persuaded by Tobias
4. Peacemaking for Families by Sande
5. The Most Important Place on Earth by Wolgemuth
6. The Heart of Anger by Priolo
7. The Age of Opportunity by Tripp
8. Don't Make Me Count to Three by Plowman

Spiritual Growth
1. Starving Jesus by Gross
2. Quaker Summer by Sampson
3. Get Out of That Pit by Moore
4. Messy Spirituality by Yaconelli
5. The Ragamuffin Gospel by Manning
6. Soul Cravings by McManus
7. Jesus, the One and Only by Moore
8. The Prayer That Changes Everything by Omartian

Classics I Should Have Read a Long Time Ago
1. Pride and Predjudice by Austen
2. The Mysterious Stranger by Twain
3. Farewell to Arms by Hemingway
4. Animal Farm by Orwell
5. 1984 by Orwell
6. The Pearl by Steinbeck
7. The Yearling by Rawlings
8. Tom Sawyer by Twain

Banned Books
1. Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Twain
2. Farenheit 451 by Bradbury
3. Bridge to Terebithia by Paterson
4. Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck
5. The Giver by Lowry
6. My Brother Sam is Dead by Collier
7. All Quiet on the Western Front by Remarque
8. Mirandy and Brother Wind by McKissack

Newbery Winners
1. Johnny Tremain by Forbes
2. Rifles for Watie by Keith
3. The Slave Dancer by Fox
4. Number the Stars by Lowry
5. Jacob Have I Loved by Paterson
6. The Grey King by Cooper
7. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Taylor
8. Island of the Blue Dolphins by O'Dell

Young Adult Fiction
1. Stormbreaker by Harowitz 1-13-08
2. Daughter of Time by Tey
3. Byzantium by Lawhead
4. Court of the Stone Children by Cameron
5. Blue Ridge Billy by Lenski
6. Hitty: Her First Hundred Years by Field
7. Moccasin Trail by McGraw
8. Little Britches by Moody

Historical Fiction
1. Across Five Aprils by Hunt
2. Rebels of the Heavenly Kingdom by Paterson
3. Red Badge of Courage by Crane
4. Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Choi
5. Kiss the Dust by Laird
6. Under the Hawthorn Tree by Conlon-McKenna
7. Number the Stars by Lowry
8. Phoenix Rising by Hesse

Childhood Favorites
1. Little House in the Big Woods by Wilder
2. Winnie the Pooh by Milne
3. Alice in Wonderland by Carroll
4. Peter Pan by Barrie
5. Caddie Woodlawn by Brinks
6. Prince Caspian by Lewis
7. Ginger Pye by Estes
8. Runaway Ralph by Cleary

Posted by Molly at 1/05/2008 07:37:00 PM 0 comments  

Labels: Banned Books, BloggingMolly, Childhood favorites, Classics, Historical fiction, newbery, Non-fiction, spiritual, Young Adult

Leah's List
Saturday, December 29, 2007

8 History Books
1. Mistress of the Elgin Marbles
2. Walk Through the Bible **
3. A Short History of Nearly Everything
4. The Odyssey **
5. Cat of Bubastes **
6. Desire of the Everlasting Hills
7. The Gifts of the Jews
8. Shakespeare **

8 Novels
1. Washington Square
2. Persuasion
3. Cry, the Beloved Country
4. Lake Wobegon Days
5. Love in a Time of Cholera
6. The Silence
7. Middlemarch
8. Voyage of the Dawn Treader **

8 Mysteries
1. Maisie Dobbs
2. Murder on the Orient Express
3. Father Brown
4. The Name of the Rose
5. Lord Peter Wimsey book
6. Mary Russell Mystery
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8 School Related
1. Cat of Bubastes **
2. Voyage of the Dawn Treader **
3. As You Like It
4. Till We Have Faces
5. The Odyssey **
6. The Tempest
7. Reading Like a Writer **
8. Walk Through the Bible **

8 Non-Fiction
1. Shakespeare, by Bryson **
2. Summer at Tiffany
3. Reading Like a Writer **
4. Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog
5. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
6. How to Read a Book
7. Small is Beautiful
8. Conflict of Visions

8 Food Books
1. The Perfectionist, Life and Death in Haute Cuisine
2. The 64 Dollar Tomato
3. Blithe Tomato
4. My Life in France
5. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
6. Dining Out on Adventure
7. Humble Pie
8. Epitaph for a Peach

8 Book Club Books
1. The Future and its Enemies
2. Stop Dating the Church **
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8 Religious Books
1. Screwtape Letters
2. The Cost of Discipleship
3. Orthodoxy
4. Mere Christianity
5. Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance
6. Steering Through Chaos
7. For the Life of the World
8. Stop Dating the Church **

Leah at Nourishing Body and Soul

Posted by Leah at 12/29/2007 01:12:00 AM 0 comments  

Labels: food, IRL Book Clubs, Mystery, Non-fiction, Religion

Krista L.'s Challenge List
Sunday, December 23, 2007

Edit: I will use Krista L, in order to differentiate from the other Krista.

I will continue to edit this to add links and mark the ones I own. There are no overlaps :)

1. Social Sciences/Social Commentary
1. Healing the Soul in the Age of the Brain - Elio Frattaroli, MD **
2. Love you to Pieces: Creative Writers on Raising A Child with Special Needs - Suzanne Kamata @@
3. Children's Mental Health: Creating Systems of Care in a Changing Society (Systems of Care for Children's Mental Health) - Beth A. Stroul (Editor) @@
4. Bipolar Kids: Helping Your Child Find Calm in the Mood Storm - Rosalie Greenberg
5. Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage - Kathryn Edin & Maria Kefalas
6. Killer Woman Blues: Why Americans Can't Think Straight About Gender and Power - Benjamin DeMott &&
7. The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology) - Rachel Maines &&
8. How Would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values from a President Run Amok - Glenn Greenwald ++

2. Nebula winning authors
1. Dune - Frank Herbert &&
2. Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
3. The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin
4. Ringworld - Larry Niven
5. The Healer's War - Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
6. The Speed of Dark - Elizabeth Moon
7. The Quantum Rose - Catherine Asaro
8. Parable of the Talents - Octavia Butler

3. Hugo winning authors
1. American Gods - Neil Gaiman
2. Trillion Year Spree- Brian Aldiss
3. Downbelow Station - CJ Cherryh
4. Foundation's Edge- Isaac Asimov
5. Doomsday Book- Connie Willis
6. Paladin of Souls - Lois McMaster Bujold
7. The Fountains of Paradise - Arthur C. Clarke
8. Gateway - Frederick Pohl

4. Non-Fiction
1. Earth in the Balance: Ecology and Human Spirit - Al Gore
2. The Assault on Reason - Al Gore
3. Sex in America - Edward Laumann
4. Ultimate Fitness: The Quest for Truth about Health and Exercise - Gina Kolata
5. He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know - Jessica Valenti
6. Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty
7. Lonely Planet Road Trip California Highway 1 - Paige Penland
8. Fast Girls: Teenage Tribes And The Myth Of The Slut - Emily White

5. Biography/Memoir
1. Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America And American in Iran - Azadeh Moaveni
2. Reading Lolita in Tehran - Azar Nafisi
3. Will the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby? (True Adventures in Cult Fandom) - Allyson Beatrice
4. Hunger of Memory : The Education of Richard Rodriguez - Richard Rodriguez
5. The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker - Eric Liu
6. A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
7. The Life of Charlotte Bronte - Elizabeth Gaskell and Angus Easson
8. From Rage To Reason: My Life In Two Americas - Janet Langhart Cohen

6. Pre-1900 Literature
1. Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy
2. The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol
3. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
4. Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen
5. Middlemarch - George Eliot
6. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
7. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
8. Sybil - Benjamin Disraeli

7. Chick Lit
1. Queen of Babble - Meg Cabot
2. How I Fell in Love with a Librarian and Lived to Tell about it - Rhett Ellis
3. Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella
4. Learning Curves: A Novel of Sex, Suits, and Secret Affairs - Gemma Townley
5. The Waitress - Melissa Nathan
6. Queen of Babble in the Big City - Meg Cabot
7. There's a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell: A Novel of Sewer Pipes, Pageant Queens, and Big Trouble -Laurie Notaro
8. We're Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle - Celia Rivenbark

8. Religion/Spirituality
1. Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know--And Doesn't - Stephen Prothero
2. Where the Lightning Strikes: The Lives of American Indian Sacred Places - Peter Nabokov
3. Letter to a Christian Nation - Sam Harris
4. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
5. Native Science: Natural Laws of Interdependence - Greg Cajete & Leroy Little Bear
6. To Re-Enchant the World: A Philosophy of Unitarian Universalism - Richard Grigg
7. Finding Your Religion: When the Faith You Grew Up With Has Lost Its Meaning - Scotty McLennan
8. Irish Wedding Traditions: Using Your Irish Heritage to Create the Perfect Wedding

Posted by Krista Long at 12/23/2007 09:16:00 PM 0 comments  

Labels: Award Winners, biography/memoir, Chick-lit, Hugo, Krista, Nebula, Non-fiction, Pre-1900, Religion, Social Sciences