Finished the challenge? Celebrate!

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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Posted by 1morechapter at 12/31/2008 02:38:00 PM 7 comments

Tiny Little Librarian's Picks

FINISHED - HOORAY!

(Sorry for the multi-colours, I kept forgetting which blue I'd used.)

Vampires (with the Themed Reading Challenge)
1. Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore
2. Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
3. Real Vampires Have Curves by Gerry Bartlett
4. Tantalize by C
ynthia Leitich Smith
5. Demons of the Ocean by Justin Somper
6. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
7. Marked by PC Cast
8. The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: 8th Grade Bites by Heather Brewer

Titles With Numbers (with the Numbers Challenge)
1. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
2. Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham
3. The Three Miss Margarets by Louise Shaffer
4. The Perfectly True Tales of a Perfect Size 12 by Robin Gold
5. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
6. One of those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies by Sonya Sones
7. Top Ten Uses for an Unworn Prom Dress by Tina Ferraro
8. One Dangerous Lady by Jane Stanton Hitchcock

Nonfiction
1. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
2. Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell
3. Rat Pack Confidential by Shawn Levy
4. Down the Nile by Rosemary Mahoney
5. Food and Loathing: a life measured out in calories by Betsy Lerner
6. Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank by Celia Rivenbark
7. Dear Sad Goat: A Roundup of Truly Canadian Tales and Letters compiled by Bill Richardson
8. Gastroanomalies by James Lileks

Southern
1. The Pajama Girls of Lambert Square by Rosina Lippi
2. Deep Dish by Mary Kay Andrews
3. Miss Julia Throws a Wedding by Ann B. Ross
4. The Sweet Potato Queens' First Big-Ass Novel by Jill Conner Browne
5. Miss Julia Takes Over by Ann B. Ross
6. Bobbie Faye's (kinda, sorta, not really) Family Jewels by Toni McGee Causey

7. My Summer of Southern Discomfort by Stephanie Gayle
8. Revenge of the Kudzu Debutantes by Cathy Holton

Historical Fiction
1. Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen
2. The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
3. The Luxe by Anna Godbersen
4. The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell by Loraine Despres

5. Star-Crossed by Linda Collison
6. Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
7. Fleur De Leigh's Life of Crime by Diane Leslie
8. A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

Set in New York
1. The Perfect Manhattan by Leanne Shear and Tracey Toomey
2. The New Yorkers by Cathleen Schine
3. Breakfast at Bloomingdale's by Kristen Kemp
4. Enchanted, Inc. by Shanna Swendson
5.Ten Things to Do Before I Die by Daniel Ehrenhaft

6. The Art of Undressing by Stephanie Lehmann
7. Elements of Style by Wendy Wasserstein
9. Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson

Mystery
1. Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris
2. Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Militant Midwives by Michael Bond
3. Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews
4. Over Her Dead Body by Kate White

5. Piece of my Heart by Peter Robinson
6. Uncommon Grounds by Sandra Balzo
7. Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke
8. Till the Cows Come Home by Judy Clemens

New-to-me Authors
1. Cease to Blush by Billie Livingston

2. Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
3. Love Walked in by Maria De Los Santos
4. The Marriage of True Minds by Stephen Evans

5. Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking by Aoibheann Sweeney
6. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
7. Carpe Demon by Julie Kenner
8. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka





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

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

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!

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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)

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 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

Finished the 888 Reading Challenge!

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!!!

Posted by Lisa at 12/22/2008 03:40:00 PM 0 comments

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