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Finished the challenge? Celebrate!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008

1. Becky (Becky\'s Book Reviews) 2. S.Anand 3. 3M (1morechapter) 4. Embejo (Jessica)

5. raidergirl3 6. Lulu 7. bookworm 8. Vasilly

9. LisaQuing 10. Tiny Librarian 11. Laurie

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Tiny Little Librarian's Picks

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

Enter your November/December reviews here!

1. Cafeshree (No Reservations) 2. Cafeshree (Negative Space) 3. Cafeshree (Sunglasses After Dark) 4. Cafeshree (Exit Music) 5. Cafeshree (Acheron) 6. Cafeshree (God\'s Middle Finger) 7. Cafeshree (Hold the Enlightenment) 8. Cafeshree (On a Hoof and a Prayer) 9. bookworm (romeo romeo) 10. raidergirl3(All She Was Worth) 11. Tiny Librarian (13 Reasons Why) 12. alisonwonderland (Bronte\'s Book Club) 13. alisonwonderland (Mermaids in the Basement) 14. Wendy (Rebecca) 15. Bookworm (Trust Me) 16. Julie - Watermelon 17. Wendy (Black Wave) 18. Tiny Librarian (Guernsey Literary...) 19. Tiny Librarian (Top 10 Uses...) 20. bookworm (wife in the north) 21. Tiny Librarian (Short History of Tractors...) 22. Tiny Librarian (Fleur De Leigh\'s Life of Crime) 23. Tiny Librarian (Private Peaceful)

24. Embejo (Cry, the Beloved Country) 25. Embejo (Jessica) 26. Embejo Honey For a Child\'s Heart) 27. Embejo( The Adventures of Tom Sawyer) 28. Embejo( Absolute Power) 29. alisonwonderland (Lucky Man) 30. Cafeshree (Flesh House) 31. Tiny Librarian (Piece of my Heart) 32. Jules - Harry Potter 4 33. bookworm (the reluctant widow) 34. Cafeshree (Girl from Mars) 35. Cafeshree (Hotel World) 36. Pillars of the Earth (Jules) 37. Laura (Castle Waiting) 38. bookworm (the exchange) 39. Ship Fever (Jules) 40. Tiny Librarian (In Defense of Food) 41. Cafeshree (Doors Open) 42. bookworm (the ruins by scott smith) 43. alisonwonderland (Chocolat) 44. alisonwonderland (The House of the Scorpion) 45. Tiny Librarian (Breakfast at Bloomingdales) 46. Tiny Librarian (Art of Undressing)

47. alisonwonderland (Grace Eventually) 48. alisonwonderland (Escape) 49. alisonwonderland (The Eyre Affair) 50. alisonwonderland (The Chocolate War) 51. Sharon (Pieces of My Heart 52. Sharon (The Dragon King\'s palace) 53. Sharon (My Big Old Texas Heart Ache) 54. Sharon (The Walking) 55. Sharon (Year of the Hyenas) 56. Sharon (Medicus) 57. Cafeshree (Given Day) 58. Tiny Librarian (Star-Crossed) 59. Caribousmom (The Ghost Road) 60. alisonwonderland (She\'s All That! Poems About Girls) 61. Tiny Librarian (The Tea Rose) 62. alisonwonderland (The Zookeeper\'s Wife) 63. Tiny Librarian (Down the Nile) 64. Tiny Librarian (Stop Dressing...) 65. Tiny Librarian (Water for Elephants) 66. Tiny Librarian (Vampirates) 67. alisonwonderland (Team Moon)

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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)
6. —
7. —
8. —

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)
8. —

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)

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

Finished the 888 Reading Challenge!
Monday, December 22, 2008

I finished today!

My categories changed a good deal as did many of the titles I chose initially. That was within the rules. I didn't use any overlaps. I also read 18 books that didn't fit any of my categories.

Here are my 8 completed categories with the 8 books I read for each one. 8x8+18= 82 books so far in 2008. I still have a few days to increase that total. In both 2006 and 2007, I read 86 books.

Books Published in 2008
1.The Secret Between Us – Barbara Delinsky 1-24-08
2.Firefly Lane – Kristin Hannah 5-18-08
3.The Broken Window – Jeffery Deaver 7-22-08
4.Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer 8-7-08
5.Say Goodbye – Lisa Gardner 8-8-08
6.The Keepsake – Tess Gerritsen 9-20-08
7.Sweet Love – Sarah Strohmeyer 10-15-08
8.More Than It Hurts You – Darin Strauss 11-1-08


Books Recommended to me by others
1.Hide – Lisa Gardner (my mom) 2-2-08
2.Beauty - Robin McKinley (Marta) 2-23-08
3.Courting Trouble – Deeanne Gist (Mom) 7-13-08
4.13 Little Blue Envelopes – Maureen Johnson (blog) 8-12-08
5.Darcy's Story: Pride and Prejudice told from a whole new perspective – Janet Aylmer (Darlene) 8-18-08 (also fits Austen category, but not an overlap)
6.Seducing Mr. Darcy (Marla) 9-23-08
7.A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith (sister Janet) 10-13-08
8.Cook's Treasure – Jennifer Cooper (Jennifer) 12-9-08

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 - Jeff Kinney 5-7-08
6.Spiderweb for Two: A Melendy Maze – Elizabeth Enright 8-29-08
7.Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox - Eoin Colfer 10-29-08
8.From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 11-22-08

Non-fiction
1.Lies Homeschooling Moms Believe – Todd Wilson 1-24-08
2.Into the Wild – Jon Krakauer 6-21-08
3.Cockatiels for Dummies 7-8-08
4.Eat This, Not That! 7-8-08
5.Threadbared – Kimberly Wrenn & Mary Watkins 4-26-08
6.The Butterfly Garden – Chip St. Clair 8-18-08
7.How Not To Look Old – Charla Krupp 8-29-08
8.Frontier House – Simon Shaw 12-13-08

Romance Novels
1.Let's Meet on Platform 8 – Carole Matthews 2-23-08
2.Love's Haven (Steeple Hill Love Inspired) – Catherine Palmer 2-27-08
3.Finding Hope (Steeple Hill Love Inspired) – Brenda Coulter 3-15-08
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.The Dewey Decimal System of Love – Josephine Carr 8-10-08
8.Tumbling Through Time - Gwyn Cready 8-31-08

New Books by Favorite Authors
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 12-22-08

Christian Novels
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.Northpointe Chalet (The Austen Series) – Debra White Smith 12-21-08

Jane Austen novels (and related books)
1.Austenland – Shannon Hale 2-10-08 (recommended by Christy, but not an overlap)
2.Pride and Prejudice 3-16-08
3.Making of Pride & Prejudice – Sue Birtwhistle & Susie Conklin 4-30-08
4.Emma 6-18-08
5.Persuasion 7-12-08
6.Mansfield Park 9-14-08
7.Northanger Abbey 10-23-08
8.Jane Austen for Dummies - Joan Elizabeth Klingel Ray 11-13-08
9.Sense & Sensibility 12-7-08

END OF CHALLENGE!!!

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Sharon's Picks
Friday, November 28, 2008

As of 11/28/08 I read all but 3 books. They are all in the same category, Oprah's Book club. I have two overlaps so far, Night and Where the Heart Is. All finished books have a review link beside them.

1 Non Fiction (COMPLETE)
*The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson review here
*Pieces of my heart: A Life by robert J. Wagner review here
*Night by Elie Wiesel (overlap) review here
*Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old like a Skank by Celia Rivenbark review here
*The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston & Mario Spezi review here
*The Dog Who Rescues Cats by Philip Gonzalez review here
*The Fred Factor by Mark Sanborn review here
*In Cold Blood by Truman Capote review here

2 Chick Lit (COMPLETE)
*Naughty Neighbor by Janet Evanovich review here
*Moon Pies and Movie Stars by Amy Wallen review here
*Over the Moon at the Big Lizard Diner by Lisa Wingate review here
*The Sunday Wife by Cassandra King review here
*Cockatiels at Seven by Donna Andrews review here
*Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts (overlap) review here
* Bitsy's Bait and BBQ review here
*Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral by Kris Radish review here

3 Mystery/Thriller (COMPLETE!)
*Dark Watch by Clive Cussler review here
*The Yiddisy Policenem's Union by Michael Chabon review here
*The Cat Dancers by P.T. Deutermann review here
*Open Season by C.J. Box review here
*Plague Ship by Clive Cussler & Jack Du Brul review here
*Double Cross by James Patterson (CD) review here
*The Chase by Clive Cussler review here
*Cat Pay The Devil by Shirley Rousseau Murphy review here

4 1800s (COMPLETE)
*Samantha at the World's Fair by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley) review here
*The Canterville ghost by Oscar Wilde review here
*The Sheperd of the Hills by Harold Bell Wright (tape) review here
*Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome review here
*The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad review here
* Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens review here
*The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde review here
*Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky review here

5 SciFi/Fantasy/Paranormal (COMPLETE)
*The Unnatural Inquirer by Simon R. Green (overlap) review here
*The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison review here
*Traitor to the Blood by Barb and J.C. Hendee review here
*Moon Called by Patricia Briggs review here
*Deja Demon by Julie Kenner review here
*The Darkest evening of the Year by Dean Koontz review here
*Small Favor by Jim Butcher (Overlap)review here
* Odd Hours by Dean Koontz review here

6 Next in a Series (COMPLETE!)
*Small Favor By Jim Butcher (overlap) review here
*Double Cross by James Patterson (overlap) (tape) review here
*Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich review here
*Spider Mountain by P.T. Deutermann review here
*The Unnatural Inquirer by Simon R Green (overlap) review here
*The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith review here
*Holey Moley by Beh Rehder review here
*Child of a Dead God by Barb & JC Hendee review here

7 Books I Just Want To Read (COMPLETE!)
*Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (CD) review here
*Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett review here
*The Kill Clause by Gregg Hurwitz review here
*The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Tape) review here
*The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier (CD) review here
*Atomic Lobster by Tim Dorsey review here
*Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (tape)review here
*The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan review here


8 Oprah's Book Club
*The House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III review here
*The Bluest Eye by Toni Morriaon (tape) review here
*Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts (overlap) review here
*Map of the Known World by Edward P. Jones
*Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio review here
*Night by Elie Wiesel (overlap) review here
*The Pillars of the Earth by James Patterson
*One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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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

Yati's list
Saturday, November 1, 2008

Hi everyone. Here's my list for the challenge. The first group overlaps with Dewey's Man Booker challenge.

Booker prize winners and shortlisted or longlisted titles

1. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
   » completed 22 March 2008
2. Empire of the Sun by JG Ballard
3. Possession: A Romance by AS Byatt
   » completed 7 July 2008
4. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
5. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
6. Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
   » completed 13 July 2008
7. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
   » completed 10 October 2008
8. number9dream by David Mitchell
   » completed 4 June 2008
9. The Accidental by Ali Smith
10. On Beauty by Zadie Smith
11. The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng
12. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
    » completed 22 May 2008

classics

1. Tales from the Thousand and One Nights by Anonymous
2. East of the Sun and West of the Moon by Peter Asbjørnsen
   » completed 21 September 2008
3. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
4. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
   » completed 25 August 2008
5. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
6. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
7. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
8. A Room with a View by EM Forster

books set (at least partly) in Asia

1. My Life as a Fake by Peter Carey
2. The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
3. Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
   » completed 30 October 2008
4. A House for Mr Biswas by VS Naipaul
5. Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik
   » completed 1 March 2008
6. The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk
7. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
8. Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
9. The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng

young adult/juvenile fiction

1. Kit’s Wilderness by David Almond
   » completed 23 February 2008
2. The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
   » completed 24 April 2008
3. The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
   » completed 11 February 2008
4. Postcards from No Man’s Land by Aidan Chambers
   » completed 5 April 2008
5. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
   » completed 3 May 2008
6. Just in Case by Meg Rosoff
   » completed 4 May 2008
7. House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
   » completed 14 May 2008
8. The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
   » completed 19 April 2008

speculative fiction

1. Someplace to be Flying by Charles de Lint
   » completed 15 February 2008
2. The Giver by Lois Lowry
   » completed 26 April 2008
3. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
   » completed 15 May 2008
4. The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A McKillip
   » completed 3 May 2008
5. Winter Rose by Patricia A McKillip
   » completed 20 March 2008
6. Sunshine by Robin McKinley
   » completed 1 March 2008
7. Temeraire by Naomi Novik
   » completed 21 February 2008
8. Starcross by Philip Reeve
   » completed 24 March 2008

recommended by my sister

1. Empire of the Sun by JG Ballard
2. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernièrs
3. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
4. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
5. The Quiet American by Graham Greene
6. A House for Mr Biswas by VS Naipaul
7. Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
8. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday

other books we own

1. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
   » completed 19 October 2008
2. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
   » completed 1 May 2008
3. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
   » completed 19 October 2008
4. The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
   » completed 29 February 2008
5. King Hereafter by Dorothy Dunnett
   » completed 30 September 2008
6. Predator’s Gold by Philip Reeve
   » completed 4 October 2008
7. The Name of the Wind by Philip Rothfuss
   » completed 14 October 2008
8. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
   » completed 15 May 2008

(not the first book!) in a series

1. Queens’ Play by Dorothy Dunnet
   » completed 16 March 2008
2. The Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnet
   » completed 26 March 2008
3. Pawn in Frankincense by Dorothy Dunnett
   » completed 28 March 2008
4. The Ringed Castle by Dorothy Dunnett
   » completed 30 March 2008
5. Checkmate by Dorothy Dunnett
   » completed 1 April 2008
6. A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L’Engle
   » completed 3 January 2008
7. Black Powder War by Naomi Novik
   » completed 10 March 2008
8. The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
   » completed 21 August 2008

There are currently four overlaps: Empire of the Sun by JG Ballard, The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng, A House for Mr Biswas by VS Naipaul and Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie.

The list is also mirrored at my site here.

Posted by Y at 11/01/2008 10:30:00 PM 0 comments  

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Enter your October reviews here!
Friday, October 31, 2008

1. Wendy (The Secret River) 2. bookworm (The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter ) 3. Julie (Frankenstein) 4. Tiny Librarian (Murder With Peacocks) 5. Anne of Avonlea (Becky) 6. The Sleepy Reader(A Thousand Veils) 7. The Sleepy Reader(The Kommandant\'s Girl) 8. Anne of The Island (Becky) 9. Anne of Windy Poplars (Becky) 10. alisonwonderland (The Birth of Venus)

11. The Sleepy Reader(The Brass Verdict) 12. Becky (Anne\'s House of Dreams) 13. Tiny Librarian (Carpe Demon) 14. alisonwonderland (Library Lion) 15. Tiny Librarian (The New Yorkers) 16. Tiny Librarian (Miss Julia Throws a Wedding) 17. Julie (Harry Potter POA) 18. Becky (Anne of Ingleside) 19. Becky (Rainbow Valley) 20. Becky (Rilla of Ingleside)

21. bookworm (20th century ghosts) 22. J.C. (Interpreter of Maladies) 23. Laura (Rhett Butler\'s People) 24. Laura (Montmorency: thief, liar, gentleman) 25. Moons of Jupiter 26. bookworm (Immortal Warrior) 27. Wendy (An Exact Replica of A Figment of My Imagination) 28. Wendy (Gift From The Sea) 29. The Sleepy Reader(Scratch Beginnings) 30. alisonwonderland (Teach With Your Heart)

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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  

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Becky: It is finished :)
Friday, October 24, 2008

Eight books by Asian and/or Asian-American authors

1. Revolution is not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang Compestine
2. The Girl with the White Flag by Tomiko Higa
3. Yellow Umbrella by Jae soo Liu
4. Year of the Rat by Grace Lin
5. The Fold by An Na
6. The Mats by Francisco Arcellana
7. Guji, Guji by Chih-Yuan Chen
8. The Dragon's Child by Laurence Yep

For a list of potential books please see this post.

Eight audio books.

I thought long and hard about this category. A challenge is supposed to be challenging. And since I rarely listen to audio books, I thought this might be a good chance to expand my comfort zones and grow as a listener :)

1. Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
2. These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
3. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
4. Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
5. The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
6. The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
7. The Composer is Dead by Lemony Snicket
8. Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Writing Thank You Notes by Peggy Gifford

I own a few titles--the Little House books and the Chronicles of Narnia and both Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow. But the library may prove invaluable here as well as iTunes podcasts of classics. For example, almost all of Jane Austen's books are available as podcasts one chapter at a time.

8 classics by women writers (any time period pre-1950)

1. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
2. Persuasion by Jane Austen
3. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
4. Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
5. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
6. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
7. Camilla by Fanny Burney
8. The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe

Right now, I'm thinking Zora Neale Hurston, Jane Austen, Kate Chopin, etc. I'm sure my list will change as I explore. But I know this is something I'd like to do for 2008.

8 Award-Winning Children's Books (Caldecott, Newbery, Printz, etc.)

1. Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field (Newbery, 1930)
2. On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Newbery Honor, 1938)
3. By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Newbery Honor, 1940)
4. The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Newbery Honor, 1941)
5. Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray (Newbery, 1943)
6. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert O'Brian (Newbery, 1972)
7. The Entertainer and the Dybbuk by Sid Fleischman (Sidney Taylor Book Award, 2008)
8. My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett (Newbery Honor, 1949)

Extras: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (Newbery Winner, 1998) A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck, (Newbery Honor, 1999), A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck, (Newbery Winner, 2001)

For the record, honor books count as well in my book.

8 Nonfiction Books

1. The Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank
2. I Have Lived A Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson
3. The Cage by Ruth Minsky Sender
4. Painting the Wild Frontier by Susanna Reich
5. Wanda Gag: The Girl Who Loved To Draw by Deborah Kogan Ray
6. My Bridges of Hope by Livia Bitton-Jackson
7. I Will Plant You A Lilac Tree by Laura Hillman
8. The Year We Disappeared by Cylin and John Busby

My list may change, but this is what I'm planning at the moment. No promises though. :)

8 Childhood Favorites

1. Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
2. Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
3. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
4. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
5. Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
6. The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
7. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
8. Mandy by Julie Edwards

Alternates:

8 by Beverly Cleary

1. Beezus and Ramona
2. Ramona the Pest
3. Ramona the Brave
4. Ramona and her Father
5. Ramona and her Mother
6. Ramona Quimby Age 8
7. Ramona Forever
8. Ramona's World

8 by L.M. Montgomery

1. Anne of Green Gables
2. Anne of Avonlea
3. Anne of the Island
4. Anne of Windy Poplars
5. Anne's House of Dreams
6. Anne of Ingleside
7. Rainbow Valley
8. Rilla of Ingleside

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Posted by Becky at 10/24/2008 11:00:00 AM 0 comments  

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