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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Mailbox Monday! (Jan 23, 2012)


 Mailbox Monday will be hosted in January by Alyce at At Home With Books.  In My Mailbox is hosted Sundays at The Story Siren. Please visit these posts and take a look at what packages everybody else got this week! 

The Starboard Sea
by Amber Dermont

After the suicide of his friend and sailing partner, Jason Prosper transfers to a New England boarding school to finish his senior year.  Here - amidst the stock market collapse of 1987, the abuses of class privilege, the mutability of sexual desire, and the risks of competitive sailing -- Jason must navigate the depths of his emotions, while finding his moral center, forgiving himself, and accepting the gift of love.


The Snow Child
by Eowyn Ivey


Homesteaders Jack and Mabel have carved out a quiet life of hard work and routine for themselves in the wilderness that is 1920s Alaska, both still deeply longing for the child it's now impossible for them to have.  Yet their love for each other is strong, and in a moment of levity during the season's first snowfall, they play together, building a child out of snow.  The next morning the snow child is gone -- but a trail of tiny footsteps remains.  For weeks following, they both catch glimpses of a blond little girl alone in the woods but neither dares mention it to the other, afraid that long-buried hopes have overruled common sense.

Then the little girl, who calls herself Faina, shows up on their doorstep.  Small and fair, she seems truly magical: she hunts with a red fox at her side, she leaves blizzards in her wake, and somehow she manages to survive alone in the harsh Alaskan wilderness.  As Jack and Mabel struggle to understand Faina, they come to love her as their own.  But in this beautiful, violent place, things are rarely as they appear, and what they eventually learn about Faina will transform them all.

Eowyn Ivey's enchanting, mesmerizing debut is the story of a couple whose longing for a child is so intense that they may have imagined her into existence.  As dazzling as the snowy Alaskan landscape in which it is set, The Snow Child shines with imaginative power, immersing the reader in a place both faraway and familiar, a tale both universal and brilliantly unique. 

Blood, Bones and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
by Gabrielle Hamilton

Before Gabrielle Hamilton opened her acclaimed New York restaurant Prune, she spent twenty hard-living years trying to find purpose and meaning in her life.  Blood, Bones and Butter follows an unconventional journey through the many kitchens Hamilton has inhabited through the years:  the rural kitchen of her childhood, where her adored mother stood over the six-burner with an oily wooden spoon in hand; the kitchens of France, Greece, and Turkey, where she was often fed by complete strangers and learned the essence of hospitality; Hamilton's own kitchen at Prune, with its many unexpected challenges; and the kitchen of her Italian mother-in-law, who serves as the link between Hamilton's idyllic past and her own future family -- the result of a prickly marriage that nonetheless yields lasting dividends.  By turns epic and intimate, Gabrielle Hamilton's story is told with uncommon honesty, grit, humor, and passion.


What books came home to you this week?

Saturday, January 21, 2012

American Dervish by Ayad Akhtar - Rafflecopter Giveaway!


American Dervish
by Ayad Akhtar

Hayat Shah is a young American in love for the first time. His normal life of school, baseball, and video games had previously been distinguished only by his Pakistani heritage and by the frequent chill between his parents, who fight over things he is too young to understand. Then Mina arrives, and everything changes.

Mina is Hayat's mother's oldest friend from Pakistan. She is independent, beautiful and intelligent, and arrives on the Shah's doorstep when her disastrous marriage in Pakistan disintegrates. Even Hayat's skeptical father can't deny the liveliness and happiness that accompanies Mina into their home. Her deep spirituality brings the family's Muslim faith to life in a way that resonates with Hayat as nothing has before. Studying the Quran by Mina's side and basking in the glow of her attention, he feels an entirely new purpose mingled with a growing infatuation for his teacher.

When Mina meets and begins dating a man, Hayat is confused by his feelings of betrayal. His growing passions, both spiritual and romantic, force him to question all that he has come to believe is true. Just as Mina finds happiness, Hayat is compelled to act -- with devastating consequences for all those he loves most.

American Dervish is a brilliantly written, nuanced, and emotionally forceful look inside the interplay of religion and modern life. Ayad Akhtar was raised in the Midwest himself, and through Hayat Shah he shows readers vividly the powerful forces at work on young men and women growing up Muslim in America. This is an intimate, personal first novel that will stay with readers long after they turn the last page.



Thanks to Hachette Books I have 2 copies of American Dervish to giveaway!  Just fill out the rafflecopter form below.  The giveaway is open to U.S. and Canada only and will end on Feb 5, 2012.  Good luck!


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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Read Aloud Thursday


I have been wanting to post for awhile about some of the books that my son and I read together, so when I found this meme I thought it would be perfect!

Title: Millions of Cats
Author: Wanda Ga'g
Literary Awards: Newberry Award (1929)
Towards challenge: Excellence in Reading
Yes, this is an oldie but a goodie.  It is a cute story about an old man who goes looking for a cat for his wife.  He can't choose a cat so ends up bringing "Hundreds of cats, Thousands of cats, Millions and trillions and billions of cats" home instead.  His wife is a little appalled and sensibly says that they must pick one because if they try to keep them all they will eat them out of house and home. They can't choose so they ask the cats which one of them is the prettiest.  All cats think they are prettiest, so a huge squabble ensues leaving only one scrawny little cat.  This cat wasn't in the fight, because he knew that he wasn't the prettiest, but after a little food and some TLC, turns out he was wrong.

My son told me he liked this book because it had a lot of cats in it.  I enjoyed it for the repetition of some of the phrases, the simple pictures and what I think is the subtle message about there being beauty inside of all of us. 




At my son's school they read the Monarch Nominee books every fall and then they have an election in February to choose their favorite Monarch book.  We have been reading some of the Monarch books here at home also and this week have read the following two.

Title: Never Smile at a Monkey
Author: Steve Jenkins
Literary Awards: Flicker Tale Children's Book Award for Non-fiction (2011)

I did not like this book much at all - if I was a kid, I think it would of kind of scared me and I was glad we hadn't read it before our trip to Florida last summer!  It has all these animals in it that may not appear dangerous, but then goes on to tell what not to do to them or chances are you will die very quickly.  Like box jellyfish and stingrays and cone shells.  I didn't ask my son what he thought about it, because I didn't want him to think too hard about it!  I'm not sure that this age group needs to be introduced to these animals yet and then again, maybe I am just over protective!




Title: Memoirs of a Goldfish
Author: Devin Scillian


This was a very cute book and I happen to know that it is currently my son's favorite of the Monarch nominees.  The goldfish is keeping a diary that starts out with just him, alone, swimming around his fishbowl.  By day four though, he starts to get some company, until he can't turn around without running into something or someone.  Well, that doesn't sit too well with him and he is wishing for his solo fishbowl back again, until it actually happens.  This is when the worry sets in that all of his friends need him and they won't be able to get along without him. Sort of a 'you don't know what you've got til it's gone' moment.  Eventually he finds himself in a large aquarium back with all his friends.  Oh, and this is written Day One, Day Two, Day Three, etc.  The illustrator, Tim Bowers, also did a wonderful job with the pictures of the different sea life - very colorful and animated.  I recommend this one!

Third Sentence Thursday: Demi-Monde


Third Sentence Thursday is hosted by Proud Book Nerd - visit her site to see all the other entries!

  1. Take the book you are currently reading and post the third sentence of the third chapter. Feel free to share one or two of the following sentences, if you’d like.
  2. Share your thoughts on the sentence (or sentences).
  3. Add a link to your blog post at Proud Book Nerd in the linky list.
  4. Visit one or two of the other blogs to check out their third sentence(s).


"I'm sorry?"
"I asked, Miss Thomas, if you would like to earn a million dollars."
Ella took a deep breath as her natural suspicion kicked in. (from The Demi-Monde: Winter by Rod Rees.)

I chose to add the two sentences after the third as "I'm sorry?"  wasn't much to go on.  I can't offer any insights as to what is going on as I just started this book today!  I am wondering what she would have to do though!

Winners of Dreaming of Books Giveaway Hop!

Please congratulate the winners of the Dreaming of Books Giveaway Hop!

First winner was entry #153 Mona G
Second winner was entry #102 Teressa O
Third winner was entry #24 Sara K

All winners have been notified (so check your emails!)  and have 48 hours to get back to me or new winners will be chosen.

Monday, January 16, 2012

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (Jan 16, 2011)



What are you reading on Mondays is hosted by Sheila at One Person's Journey - You can hook up with the Mr. Linky there with your own post - but be sure and let me know what you are reading too! 


Currently reading: Just further along in all of these.




Books up this week: Nothing has changed except that I am falling behind!



Bathroom Book:




Books finished since last post:
What's gonna happen is I'm going to finish the four I am reading within a day or two of each other and then gonna have to write all the reviews!


Books reviewed since last post:
Nada



Until next week ----  Ready - Set - Read!


Saturday, January 14, 2012

Mailbox Monday! (Jan 16, 2012)


 Mailbox Monday will be hosted in January by Alyce at At Home With Books.  In My Mailbox is hosted Sundays at The Story Siren. Please visit these posts and take a look at what packages everybody else got this week! 



The Face Thief
by Eli Gottlieb

Gottlieb introduces the mystery of the charismatic Margot, a promising journalist who morphs -- with stunning panache -- from a high-achieving affluent twentysomething in to a grifter making her living preying on the weaknesses of men.  Having studied the ancient Chinese art of face reading, she becomes an expert at reading people and is also able to rearrange her look and persona with uncanny skill to fit any social situation.  She is an avenging angel, shattering marriages and draining bank accounts.

What drives her quest to deceive and disarm?  Exploring this question, The Face Thief moves fluidly forward and back in time, drawing vivid portraits of Margot's rocky childhood and her adult victims: an amiable, newly married man enticed into a catastrophic fraud; an esteemed teacher outwitted by his most dangerous student; and a well-meaning New York City cop tripped up by his belief in redemption.

Ingeniously constructed and exquisitely written, The Face Thief swirls a hypnotic dance of predator and prey, creating a contemporary landscape where the educated are violent, the beautiful ugly, and the well-intentioned hapless.  And yet we never give way to despair, because the protagonists of the book push back against the maelstrom and attempt tirelessly to right their toppled lives.  Rich in suspense, psychological depth, and nuance, The Face Thief confirms Gottlieb's standing as "a master" (Denver Post) and, in the words of essayist Phillip Lopate, "an enthralling stylist who[se]. . . characters are shockingly, electrically alive."






Raylan
by Elmore Leonard

With the closing of the Harlan County, Kentucky, coal mines, marijuana has become the biggest cash crop in the state.  A hundred pounds of it can gross $300,000, but that's chump change compared to the quarter million a human body can get you -- especially when it's sold off piece by piece.

So when Dickie and Coover Crowe, dope-dealing brothers known for sampling their own supply, decide to branch out into the body business, it's up to U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens to stop them.  But Raylan isn't your average marshal; he's the laconic, Stetson-wearing, fastdrawing lawman who juggles dozens of cases at a time and always shoots to kill.  But by the time Raylan finds out who's making the cuts, he's lying naked in a bathtub, with Layla, the cool transplant nurse, about to go for his kidneys.

The bad guys are mostly gals this time around: Layla, the nurse who collects kidneys and sells them for ten grand apiece; Carol Conlan, a hard-charging coal-mine executive not above ordering a cohort to shoot pointblank a man who's standing in her way; and Jackie Nevada, a beautiful sometime college student who can outplay anyone at the poker table and who suddenly finds herself being tracked by a handsome U.S. Marshal.

Dark and droll, Raylan is pure Elmore Leonard -- a page-turner filled with the sparkling dialogue and sly suspense that are the hallmarks of this modern master.





American Sniper:
 The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
by Navy Seal Chris Kyle
with Scott McEvew and Jim DeFelice
 
He is the deadliest american sniper ever, called "the devil" by the enemies he hunted and "the legend" by his Navy SEAL brothers. . .
 
From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history.  The Pentagon has officially confirmed more than 150 of Kyle's kills (the previous American record was 109), but it has declined to verify the astonishing total number for this book.  Iraqi insurgents feared Kyle so much they named him al-Shaitan ("the devil") and placed a bounty on his head.  Kyle earned legendary status among his fellow SEALs, Marines, and U.S. Army soldiers, whom he protected with deadly accuracy from rooftops and stealth positions.  Gripping and unforgettable, Kyle's masterful account of his extraordinary battlefield experiences ranks as one of the great war memoirs of all time.
 
A native Texan who learned to shoot on childhood hunting trips with his father, Kyle was a champion saddle-bronc rider prior to joing the Navy.  After 9/11, he was thrust onto the front lines of the War on Terror, and soon found his calling as a world-class sniper who performed best under fire.  He recorded a personal-record 2,100-yard kill shot outside Baghdad; in Fallujah, Kyle braved heavy fire to rescue a group of Marines trapped on a street; in Ramadi, he stared down insurgents with his pistol in close combat.  Kyle talks honestly about the pain of war -- of twice being shot and experiencing the tragic deaths of two close friends.
 
American Sniper also honors Kyle's fellow warriors, who raised hell on and off the battlefield.  And in moving first-person accounts throughout, Kyle's wife, Taya, speaks openly about the strains of war on their marriage and children, as well as on Chris.
 
Adrenaline-charged and deeply personal, American Sniper is a thrilling eyewitness account of war that only one man could tell.
 
 
 
 

American Dervish
by Ayad Akhtar

Hayat Shah is a young American in love for the first time.  His normal Midwestern life -- school, baseball, and video games -- previously was distinguished only by his Pakistani heritage and the frequent chill between his parents, who fight over things he is too young to understand.  Then Mina arrives, and everything changes.

Mina is Hayat's mother's oldest friend from Pakistan.  Independent, beautiful, and intelligent, she arrives on the Shahs' doorstep when her disastrous marriage in Pakistan disintegrates.  Even Hayat's skeptical father can't deny the liveliness and happiness that accompany Mina into their home.  Her deep spirituality brings the family's Muslim Faith to life in a way that resonates with Hayat as nothing has before.  Studying the Quran at Mina's side and basking in the glow of her attention, he feels an entirely new purpose mingled with a growing infatuation for his teacher.

When Mina meets and begins dating a family friend, Hayat is confused by his feelings of betrayal.  His growing passions, both spiritual and romantic, force him to question all that he has come to believe.  Just as Mina finds happiness, Hayat is compelled to act -- with devastating consequences for all those he loves most.

American Dervish is a brilliantly written, nuanced, and emotionally forceful look at the interplay between religion and modern life.  Ayad Akhtar was raised in the Midwest himself, and through Hayat Shah he shows us the powerful forces at work on young men and women growing up Muslim in America.  This is an intimate, personal first novel that will stay with readers long after they turn the last page. 





Gods and Fathers
by James LePore

Matt DeMarco is an accomplished Manhattan attorney with more than his share of emotional baggage.  His marriage ended disastrously, his ex-wife has pulled their son away from him, and her remarriage to a hugely successful Arab businessman has created complications for Matt on multiple levels.  However, his life shifts from troubled to imperiled when two cops -- men he's known for a long time -- come into his home and arrest his son as the prime suspect in the murder of the boy's girlfriend.

Suddenly, the enmity between Matt and his only child is no longer relevant.  Matt must do everything he can to clear his son, who he fully believes is innocent.  Doing so will require him to quit his job and make enemies of former friends - and it will throw him up against forces he barely knew existed and can only begin to comprehend how to battle. 





Robbie Forester and the Outlaws of Sherwood St.
by Peter Abrahams

One Magic Charm,
Two Cases of Arson,
and Four Seventh Graders
Who Want Justice Served!

Robbie Forester always knew life wasn't fair, but she never thought she could do anything about it.  Until one day when a powerful charm comes into her possession, a charm that guides her, her three friends, and her dog Pendleton on the path to justice.  But the charm doesn't seem to understand that the path has gotten dangerous, and Robbie and her friends find themselves in a menacing world of thievery, arson, big yachts, and even bigger bank accounts.  Will Robyn and her band of thieves end up in more trouble than they ever could have imagined?

Master suspense novelist Peter Abrahams weaves a tale of action, adventure, danger, and magic that keeps readers on the edge of their seats, guessing at every turn. 



I received the following books through Paperback Swap.


Fade
by Lisa McMann

Some nightmares never end.  For Janie and Cabel, real life is getting tougher than the dreams.  They're just trying to carve out a little (secret) time together, but no such luck.

Disturbing things are happening at Fieldridge High, yet nobody's talking.  When Janie taps into a classmate's violent nightmares, the case finally breaks open -- but nothing goes as planned.  Not even close.  Janie's in way over her head, and Cabel's shocking behavior has grave consequences for them both.

Worse yet, Janie learns the truth about herself and her ability -- and it's bleak.  Seriously, brutally bleak.  Not only is her fate as a dream catcher sealed, but what's to come is way darker than she'd even feared. . .




Southern Vampire Series (Books 2-7)
by Charlaine Harris

I had the first book in this series already and signed up for a Sookie Stackhouse challenge when I came across these on Paperback Swap.  I was so excited to get them all!



What books arrived on your doorstep this week?
 

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Sign up to be part of an iPad 2 Giveaway!

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Winners of last two giveaways!

While getting the new blog hop ready tonight, I realized that I had never posted the winners of the LAST blog hop!   So here are your latest winners.  They have all been notified and claimed their prizes!

Mid-Winter's Eve Giveaway Hop -
First winner was Melissa H. and she choose The Kingdom of Heaven by Rebecca Coleman
Second winner was BJ G. and she choose The Night Sky by Maria Sutton

Switched by Amanda Hocking was won by Jude H.

Congrats winners!

Dreaming of Books Giveaway Hop! (Jan 13 - Jan 18)



I am participating in another giveaway hop hosted by I am a Reader, Not a Writer and Review's by Martha's Bookshelf.  Thanks hosts!

I am giving away a variety of things for this hop and there will be three winners. 

1st Giveaway is an audio book of Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
An angry rebel, John dropped out of school and enlisted in the Army, not knowing what else to do with his life--until he meets the girl of his dreams, Savannah. Their mutual attraction quickly grows into the kind of love that leaves Savannah waiting for John to finish his tour of duty, and John wanting to settle down with the woman who has captured his heart. But 9/11 changes everything. John feels it is his duty to re-enlist. And sadly, the long separation finds Savannah falling in love with someone else. "Dear John," the letter read...and with those two words, a heart was broken and two lives were changed forever. Returning home, John must come to grips with the fact that Savannah, now married, is still his true love—and face the hardest decision of his life.


2nd giveaway is a hard cover copy of Good Graces by Lesley Kagen



Whistling in the Dark captivated readers with the story of ten-year-old Sally O'Malley and her sister, Troo, during Milwaukee's summer of 1959. The novel became a New York Times bestseller and was named a Midwest Honor Award winner.
In Good Graces, it's one year later, and a heat wave has everyone in the close-knit Milwaukee neighborhood on edge. None more so than Sally O'Malley, who remains deeply traumatized by the sudden death of her daddy and her near escape from a murderer and molester the previous summer. Although outwardly she and her sister, Troo, are more secure, Sally's confidence in her own judgment and much of her faith have been whittled away. When a series of disquieting events unfold in the neighborhood-a string of home burglaries, the escape from reform school of a nemesis, and the mysterious disappearance of an orphan, crimes that may involve the increasingly rebellious Troo-Sally is called upon to rise above her inner demons. She made a deathbed promise to her daddy to keep Troo safe, a promise she can't break, even if her life depends on it. But when events reach a crisis point, will Sally have the courage and discernment to make the right choices? Or will her false assumptions lead her and those she loves into danger once again?
Lesley Kagen's gift for imbuing her child narrators with compelling authenticity shines as never before in Good Graces, a novel told with sensitivity, wit, and warmth.

3rd giveaway is an audio book of Hope for Animals and Their World by Jane Goodall


At a time when animal species are becoming extinct on every continent and we are confronted with bad news about the environment nearly every day, Jane Goodall, one of the world's most renowned scientists, brings us inspiring news about the future of the animal kingdom. With the insatiable curiosity and conversational prose that have made her a bestselling author, Goodall-along with Cincinnati Zoo Director Thane Maynard-shares fascinating survival stories about the American Crocodile, the California Condor, the Black-Footed Ferret, and more; all formerly endangered species and species once on the verge of extinction whose populations are now being regenerated.

Interweaving her own first-hand experiences in the field with the compelling research of premier scientists, Goodall illuminates the heroic efforts of dedicated environmentalists and the truly critical need to protect the habitats of these beloved species. At once a celebration of the animal kingdom and a passionate call to arms, HOPE FOR ANIMALS THEIR WORLD presents an uplifting, hopeful message for the future of animal-human coexistence.


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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

All Other Reading Challenges

This should be my last post for challenges - so that tomorrow I can READ! 



Challenge Details:
  • Reading list to follow is below.
  • This is recommended for children K-3
  • Parents can read to children - this is what I will be doing
  1. Aardema, Verna. Who's in Rabbit's House?.
  2. Aesop. Fables.
  3. Atwater, Richard and Florence. Mr. Popper’s Penguins.
  4. Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline.
  5. Benchley, Nathaniel. Sam the Minuteman.
  6. Blume, Judy. Freckle Juice.
  7. Brown, Marcia. Stone Soup.
  8. Brown, Margaret Wise. Goodnight Moon.
  9. Brunhoff, Jean de. The Story of Babar.
  10. Burton, Virginia Lee. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.
  11. Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
  12. Cleary, Beverly. The Mouse and the Motorcycle.
  13. Collodi, Carlo. Adventures of Pinocchio.
  14. Crews, Donald. Freight Train.
  15. Daugherty, James. Andy and the Lion.
  16. dePaola, Tomie. Strega Nona.
  17. Flack, Marjorie. The Angus series.
  18. Freeman, Don. Corduroy.
  19. Fritz, Jean. The Cabin Faced West.
  20. Gag, Wanda. Millions of Cats.
  21. Galdone, Paul. The Three Little Pigs.
  22. Goble, Paul. The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses.
  23. Grahame, Kenneth. The Reluctant Dragon.
  24. Gramatky, Hardie. Little Toot.
  25. Hoban, Russell. Bedtime for Frances.
  26. Johnson, Crockett. Harold and the Purple Crayon.
  27. Keats, Ezra Jack. The Snowy Day
  28. Kraus, Robert. Leo the Late Bloomer.
  29. Krauss, Ruth. The Carrot Seed.
  30. Leaf, Munro. The Story of Ferdinand.
  31. Lear, Edward. A Book of Nonsense.
  32. Levinson, Riki. Watch the Stars Come Out.
  33. Lionni, Leo. Frederick.
  34. Lobel, Arnold. Frog and Toad Are Friends.
  35. Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Paul Revere's Ride.
  36. Lopshire, Robert. Put Me in the Zoo.
  37. Marshall, James. George and Martha.
  38. McCloskey, Robert. Make Way for Ducklings.
  39. McDermott, Gerald. Anansi the Spider.
  40. Milne, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh.
  41. Parish, Peggy. Amelia Bedelia
  42. Piper, Watty. The Little Engine That Could.
  43. Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
  44. Rey, H.A. Curious George.
  45. Selden, George. The Cricket in Times Square.
  46. Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are.
  47. Seuss, Dr. The Cat in the Hat.
  48. Slobodkina, Esphyr. Caps for Sale.
  49. Steig, William. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.
  50. Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Child’s Garden of Verses
  51. Taylor, Sydney. All-of-a-Kind Family.
  52. Thurber, James. Many Moons.
  53. Udry, Janice May. A Tree is Nice.
  54. Van Allsburg, Chris. The Garden of Abdul Gasazi.
  55. Viorst, Judith. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
  56. Ward, Lynd. The Biggest Bear.
  57. White, E.B. Charlotte’s Web.
  58. Yashima, Taro. Crow Boy.
  59. Zion, Gene. Harry the Dirty Dog.
  60. Zolotow, Charlotte. William’s Doll.
  • Weekly linky will be posted at host site for sharing





Challenge Details:
  • Timeline: Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012
  • Levels:
    • Nosey: 3 novels
    • Excited: 6 novels (My Level)
    • Content: 12 novels
    • In Nirvana: 24 novels
    • Obsessed: 48 novels
  • No need to list books ahead of time
  • Do not need a blog to participate
  • Crossovers are okay
  • Any book format counts
  • Genres:


    • Science Fiction: hard/soft SF, cyberpunk, time travel, alternative history, space opera
    • Fantasy Fiction: dark fantasy, urban fantasy, magic realism, quest, mythical fantasy, steampunk
    • Horror Fiction: paranormal, gothic literature, splatterpunk
    • Supernatural Fiction
    • Superhero Fiction
    • Utopian and Dystopian Fiction
    • Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
Books:
  1.   Airel by Aaron Patterson, Chris White
  2.  Pyxis by K.C. Neal
  3.  Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink
  4.  The Thirteen by Susie Moloney
  5.  Until Next Time by Amy Lignor
  6.  





Detail Challenges:
  • Timeline: Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012
  • Crossovers are okay
  • Authors don't have to be debut authors, just new to you
  • Pick 15, 25 or 50 new authors
  • Must review and add to Mr. Linky at host site
I am choosing 15 new authors - Books:
  1.  Airel by Aaron Patterson, Chris White
  2.  Pyxis by K.C. Neal
  3.  More Than Words Can Say by Robert Barclay
  4. In Search of the Rose Notes by Emily Arsenault
  5.  Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink
  6.  The Legacy of Eden by Nelle Davy
  7.  What Happened to Hannah by Mary Kay McComas
  8.  Voices of the Dead by Peter Leonard
  9.  A Place to Die by Dorothy James
  10.  The Color Purple by Alice Walker
  11.  One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
  12.  Bubba to the Rescue by Jennifer Walker
  13.  Sarai by Jill Eileen Smith
  14.  How to Eat a Cupcake by Meg Donahue
  15.  Shore Excursion by Marie Moore
  16.  You're Already Amazing by Holley Gerth
  17. The Thirteen by Susie Moloney
  18. Aquamarine by Carol Anshaw
  19. Sykosa by Justin Ordonez
  20. The Song Remains the Same by Allison Winn Scotch
  21. Until Next Time by Amy Lignor
  22. A Grand Murder by Stacy Verdick Case
  23. Banana Split by Josi Kilpack
  24. Titanic 2012 by Bill Walker
  25. Night Sky by Jolene Perry
  26. Paskagankee by Allan Leverone

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