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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!

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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)
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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

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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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Aga - update
Saturday, August 23, 2008

As I joined this challenge just on 28th of July my achievements are not sooo big, but I still hope to reach the aim ;)


So, how it's up to now? I still did not select 8 books from each group, it'll just arrive with time.


I. Already owned:

  1. "Elephants can remember" by Agatha Christie
  2. "The clocks" by Agatha Christie
  3. "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" by Victor Hugo
  4. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Truman Capote
  5. "Uśmiech Dalidy" by Dominika Cosic
  6. "Panther in the Basement" by Amos Oz


II. Around the World:

  1. "Snow Flower and the secret fan" by Lisa See (02.08.08) - review here
  2. "Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Doblin (13.08.08) - review here
  3. "Forbidden City" by William Bell
  4. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini (19.08.08) - review here
  5. "Porte De LA Paix Celeste" by Shan Sa (14.08.08) - review here
  6. "Dreams Of Trespass: Tales Of A Harem Girlhood" by Fatima Mernissi
  7. "The Bookseller of Kabul" by Asne Seierstad


III. Books in Polish:

  1. "Tata, one i ja" by Manula Laicka ("Dad, them and me") (28.08.08) - review here
  2. "Zniewolony umysł" by Czesław Miłosz ("Subdued mind")
  3. "Trzepot skrzydeł" by Katarzyna Grochola (22.08.08) - review here
  4. "Jadąc do Babadag" by Andrzej Stasiuk
  5. "Różowe tabletki na uspokojenie" by Krystyna Janda


IV. Books in English:

  1. "Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)" by Jerome K. Jerome (11.08.08) - review here
  2. "Bollywood Nights" by Shobhaa De (09.08.08) - review here
  3. "Bergdorf Blondes" by Plum Sykes
  4. "Notting Hell" by Rachel Johnson
  5. "South of the Border, West of the Sun" by Haruki Murakami (22.08.08) - review here
  6. "The fifth woman" by Henning Mankel


V. Exchanged books (via www.podaj.net or www.bookmooch.com):

  1. "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal" by Christopher Moore (28.08.08) - review here
  2. "Dangerous Liaisons" by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
  3. "Winter's Tales" by Karen Blixen
  4. "The last promise" by Richard Paul Evans
  5. "L'Anneau du pêcheur" by Jean Raspail
  6. "Promise Me" by Harlan Coben (30.08.08) - review here


VI. 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (my proposals for today only!):

  1. "Jacques the Fatalist" by Denis Diderot
  2. "The Monk" by M.G. Lewis
  3. "The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton
  4. "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf


VII. Classics:

  1. "Crime and punishment" by Fiodor Dostoyevski (31.07.08) - review here
  2. "Plague" by Albert Camus


VIII. Popular Reads:

  1. "The Nanny Diaries" by Nicola Kraus & Emma McLaughlin (22.08.08) - review here
  2. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
  3. "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J.K. Rowling

Posted by Agnieszka Tatera at 8/23/2008 06:52:00 AM 0 comments

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Books to be read by Aga - update
Thursday, August 14, 2008

As I joined this challenge just on 28th of July my achievements are not so big, but I still hope to reach the aim ;)
So, how it's up to now? I still did not select 8 books from each group, it'll just arrive with time.
I. Already owned:
  1. "Elephants can remember" by Agatha Christie
  2. "The clocks" by Agatha Christie
  3. "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" by Victor Hugo
  4. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Truman Capote
  5. "Uśmiech Dalidy" by Dominika Cosic
  6. "Panther in the Basement" by Amos Oz

II. Around the World:
  1. "Snow Flower and the secret fan" by Lisa See (02.08.08) - review here
  2. "Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Doblin (13.08.08) - review here
  3. "Forbidden City" by William Bell
  4. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini (19.08.08) - review here
  5. "Porte De LA Paix Celeste" by Shan Sa (14.08.08) - review here
  6. "Dreams Of Trespass: Tales Of A Harem Girlhood" by Fatima Mernissi

III. Books in Polish:
  1. "Tata, one i ja" by Manula Laicka ("Dad, them and me")
  2. "Zniewolony umysł" by Czesław Miłosz ("Subdued mind")
  3. "Trzepot skrzydeł" by Katarzyna Grochola
  4. "Jadąc do Babadag" by Andrzej Stasiuk

IV. Books in English:
  1. "Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)" by Jerome K. Jerome (11.08.08) - review here
  2. "Bollywood Nights" by Shobhaa De (09.08.08) - review here
  3. "Bergdorf Blondes" by Plum Sykes
  4. "Notting Hell" by Rachel Johnson
  5. "South of the Border, West of the Sun" by Haruki Murakami
  6. "The fifth woman" by Henning Mankel

V. Exchanged books (via www.podaj.net or www.bookmooch.com):
  1. "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal" by Christopher Moore
  2. "Dangerous Liaisons" by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
  3. "Winter's Tales" by Karen Blixen
  4. "The last promise" by Richard Paul Evans
  5. "L'Anneau du pêcheur" by Jean Raspail

VI. 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (my proposals for today only!):
  1. "Jacques the Fatalist" by Denis Diderot
  2. "The Monk" by M.G. Lewis
  3. "The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton
  4. "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf

VII. Classics:
  1. "Crime and punishment" by Fiodor Dostoyevski (31.07.08) - review here
  2. "Plague" by Albert Camus

VIII. Popular Reads:
  1. "The Nanny Diaries" by Nicola Kraus & Emma McLaughlin

Ok, and now I'm going to my bed and start to read "The Nanny Diaries" before going to sleep (it's almost a midnight here ;))

Posted by Agnieszka Tatera at 8/14/2008 04:29:00 PM 1 comments

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Books to be read by Aga
Monday, July 28, 2008

Ok, now I'm trying to create a list, which is not so easy as you know ;) After some time of thinking I hope to reach 8 books in all of those 8 categories above. I already wrote some books in a few categories as I'm sure I would like to read them in this year. Some categories are empty and I'll be very flexible during next months to fill them :) So...
I. Already owned:
  1. "Elephants can remember" by Agatha Christie
  2. "The clocks" by Agatha Christie
  3. "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" by Victor Hugo
  4. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Truman Capote
  5. "Uśmiech Dalidy" by Dominika Cosic
  6. "Panther in the Basement" by Amos Oz

II. Around the World:

  1. "Snow Flower and the secret fan" by Lisa See (02.08.08) - review here
  2. "Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Doblin (13.08.08) - review here
  3. "Forbidden City" by William Bell
  4. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
  5. "Porte De LA Paix Celeste" by Shan Sa (14.08.08) - review here
  6. "Dreams Of Trespass: Tales Of A Harem Girlhood" by Fatima Mernissi

III. Books in Polish:

  1. "Tata, one i ja" by Manula Laicka ("Dad, them and me")
  2. "Zniewolony umysł" by Czesław Miłosz ("Subdued mind")
  3. "Trzepot skrzydeł" by Katarzyna Grochola
  4. "Jadąc do Babadag" by Andrzej Stasiuk

IV. Books in English:

  1. "Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)" by Jerome K. Jerome (11.08.08) - review here
  2. "Bollywood Nights" by Shobhaa De (09.08.08) - review here
  3. "Bergdorf Blondes" by Plum Sykes
  4. "Notting Hell" by Rachel Johnson
  5. "South of the Border, West of the Sun" by Haruki Murakami
  6. "The fifth woman" by Henning Mankel

V. Exchanged books (via www.podaj.net or www.bookmooch.com):

  1. "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal" by Christopher Moore (in PL)
  2. "Dangerous Liaisons" by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (in PL)
  3. "Winter's Tales" by Karen Blixen (in PL)
  4. "The last promise" by Richard Paul Evans (in PL)
  5. "L'Anneau du pêcheur" by Jean Raspail (in PL)

VI. 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (my proposals for today only!):

  1. "Jacques the Fatalist" by Denis Diderot
  2. "The Monk" by M.G. Lewis
  3. "The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton
  4. "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf

VII. Classics:

  1. "Crime and punishment" by Fiodor Dostoyevski (31.07.08) - review here
  2. "Plague" by Albert Camus

VIII. Popular Reads:

  1. "The Nanny Diaries" by Nicola Kraus & Emma McLaughlin

So, now just need to read 64 books and write reviews, easy :D

Posted by Agnieszka Tatera at 7/28/2008 10:20:00 AM 4 comments

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3M's List
Monday, March 31, 2008

I decided NOT to have any overlaps.

8 Award Winners

  1. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time stars4h.gif by Mark Haddon (Whitbread)
  2. Life & Times of Michael K stars4.gif by J. M. Coetzee (Booker)
  3. The Gathering by Enright (Booker)
  4. The Bluest Eye stars4.gif by Toni Morrison (Nobel)
  5. American Pastoral by Philip Roth (Pulitzer)
  6. Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner (Booker)
  7. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! stars4.gif by Laura Amy Schlitz (Newbery)
  8. Kaddish for an Unborn Child by Kertesz (Nobel)

8 New-to-me authors

  1. The Bell Jar stars4.gif by Sylvia Plath
  2. After Dark stars3h.gif by Haruki Murakami
  3. 2001: A Space Odyssey stars4h.gif by Arthur C. Clarke
  4. Anthem stars4.gif by Ayn Rand
  5. Transformations by Anne Sexton
  6. The Only Road North by Erik Mirandette
  7. Maus I by Art Spiegelman

8 ZUQX (Hard to find letters of the alphabet)

  1. I Am the Messenger by Zusak
  2. Zenzele by ?
  3. Unless by Carol Shields
  4. Kristin Lavransdatter II: The Wife by Sigrid Undset
  5. The Quiet American by Graham Greene
  6. Blessings by Anna Quindlen
  7. X Stands for Unknown by Asimov
  8. Sky Burial by Xinran

8 diferent languages in translation

  1. Independent People stars4.gif by Halldor Laxness (Icelandic)
  2. Solaris by Lem (Polish)
  3. Sophie’s World by Jostein Gardner (Norwegian)
  4. Silence stars4h.gif by Shusaku Endo (Japanese)
  5. If on a winter’s night a traveler by Italo Calvino (Italian)
  6. The Castle by Franz Kafka (German)
  7. Lolita (Russian)
  8. Embers stars3h.gif by Sandor Marai (Hungarian)

8 different countries (Around the World)

  1. The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene (Mexico)
  2. Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene (Cuba)
  3. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Hosseini (Afghanistan)
  4. Things Fall Apart by Achebe (Nigeria)
  5. The Translator stars4.gif by Daoud Hari (Sudan)
  6. Strangers stars4h.gif by Taichi Yamada (Japan)
  7. -

8 different Canadian authors

  1. Cat’s Eye stars4h.gif by Margaret Atwood
  2. Anne of Green Gables stars4h.gif by L.M. Montgomery
  3. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
  4. The Collected Stories of Carol Shields
  5. Swamp Angel by Ethel Wilson
  6. The Road Past Altamont by Gabrielle Roy
  7. Kanada by Eva Wiseman
  8. Sitting Practice stars3h.gif by Caroline Adderson

8 newly published in 2008

  1. The House at Riverton stars4.gif by Kate Morton
  2. Dreamers of the Day stars3h.gif by Mary Doria Russell
  3. Winter Haven stars4.gif by Athol Dickson
  4. Belong to Me stars4.gif by Marisa de los Santos
  5. The Sister stars4h.gif by Poppy Adams
  6. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
  7. -
  8. -

8 Fantasy

  1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone stars4.gif by J. K. Rowling
  2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets stars4.gif by J.K. Rowling
  3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
  8. -

This way when a challenge comes up, I'll be able to see if it fits with what I'm already planning on reading. Obsessive, I know. :-)

Posted by 1morechapter at 3/31/2008 08:43:00 AM 5 comments

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Poodlerat's List
Wednesday, March 5, 2008

1: Juvenile and Young Adult Fantasy

  1. The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
  2. The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
  3. The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
  4. Freaks: Alive, on the Inside! by Annette Curtis Klause
  5. The Spell of the Sorcerer’s Skull by John Bellairs
  6. The Mansion in the Mist by John Bellairs
  7. The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
  8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

2: Direct Sequels to Books I’ve Read
(second books only—later books in a series don’t count)

  1. The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
  2. Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
  3. Scardown by Elizabeth Bear
  4. Palace of Desire by Naguib Mahfouz
  5. The Demon and the City by Liz Williams
  6. Mollie Peer by Van Reid
  7. Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
  8. Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert

3: From North Africa and the Middle East

  1. The Sand Child by Tahar ben Jelloun (Morocco)
  2. In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar (Libya)
  3. Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih (Sudan)
  4. The Yacoubian Building by Alaa el-Aswany (Egypt)
  5. Palace of Desire by Naguib Mahfouz (Egypt)
  6. I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti (Palestine)
  7. Look for Me by Edeet Ravel (Israel)
  8. The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmeena Khadra (Afghanistan)

4: Classic Works of Science Fiction
(x-over with Sci-Fi Classics Challenge)

  1. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
  2. Foundation by Isaac Asimov
  3. A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller
  4. The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
  5. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
  6. Ringworld by Larry Niven
  7. Gateway by Frederik Pohl
  8. Hyperion by Dan Simmons

5: Books by Agatha Christie I’ve Never Read
(x-over with the Anything Agatha Challenge)

  1. Murder in Mesopotamia
  2. Sparkling Cyanide (or Remembered Death)
  3. Crooked House
  4. Ordeal by Innocence
  5. The Pale Horse
  6. Elephants Can Remember
  7. Come, Tell Me How You Live
  8. Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

6: The Mary Russell Series by Laurie R. King
(re-reads, in preparation for the release of #9, The Language of Bees, in 2009)

  1. The Beekeeper’s Apprentice
  2. A Monstrous Regiment of Women
  3. A Letter of Mary
  4. The Moor
  5. O Jerusalem
  6. Justice Hall
  7. The Game
  8. Locked Rooms

7: Contemporary Fantasy

  1. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
  2. Widdershins by Charles de Lint
  3. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
  4. From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
  5. Blood Noir by Laurell K. Hamilton
  6. Swallowing Darkness by Laurell K. Hamilton
  7. Little, Big by John Crowley
  8. Blood Debt by Tanya Huff

8: Classic Works of Fantasy
(x-over with Fantasy Classics Challenge)

  1. Little, Big by John Crowley
  2. Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner
  3. Beauty by Robin McKinley
  4. The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
  5. The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip
  6. Watership Down by Richard Adams
  7. The Dunwich Horror and Other by H.P. Lovecraft
  8. Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny

Posted by Poodlerat at 3/05/2008 09:38:00 PM 0 comments

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Julie's Categories
Sunday, October 14, 2007

This is such a great idea as it has really focussed my mind but it has taken me ages to finally decide. I am wondering if I am going to like my reading dictated like this so far in advance. I am also doing a lot of cross linking to other challenges which has been very interesting as I have listed and swapped and wrote more lists!!

These will be my categories

Newbery Project
1 The Giver Lois Lowry
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Book Around The World
1 War and Peace Leo Tolstoy read
2 Snow Orhan Pamuk read
3 A Thread of Grace MaryDoria Russell reading
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8

Women and War
1 The Children's House at Belsen Hetty Verolme
2 Four Letters to the Witnesses of My Childhood Helena Ganor
3 Surviving with Wolves: The Most Extraordinary Story of World War II Misha Defonseca read
4 I Have Lived A Thousand Years Livia Bitton-Jackson read
5 A life in secrets : the story of Vera Atkins and the lost agents of SOE Sarah Helm
6 I will Plant You a Lilac Tree Laura Hillman
7 A Time to Speak Helen Lewis
8 If I Should Die Before I Wake Han Nolan

Book Awards
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Richard and Judy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

'Catch My Eye'
1 When The Emperor Was Divine Julie Otsuka read
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Spiritual
1 Pilgrim Road A Benedictine Journey Through Lent Albert Holtz reading
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3
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5
6
7
8

Wendy’s 100 Most Influential Novels by Women Writers
1 Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Thurston read
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8

Posted by Juliette at 10/14/2007 02:38:00 PM 1 comments

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