Books and Needlepoint: 2009 challenge

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Monday, December 15, 2008

2nds Challenge, 2009

Shared by Kristi

This is a great way to combine 1st in a Series with this one. The only thing with 2nds is it doesn't have to be a series book. It can be a book from an author you've just read one book from before. I found a lot of authors that were new to me in 2008 - so finding a second book by them should be easy!

Here are the guidelines:

1. Anyone can join. You don't need to have a blog to participate.
2. Read 12 books by authors that you have only read once. It doesn't have to be a series.
3. You can join anytime between now and December 31, 2009. Don't start reading until January.
4. You may list your chosen books any time during the year. Change the list if needed.

When you sign up under Mr. Linky, put the direct link to your post where your Young Adult novels will be listed. If you list just your blog’s URL, it will be removed. That should be done here - at J. Kaye's Book Blog.

I will be building my list as I go:

- Robert Liparulo - Watcher in the Woods (1st book was House of Dark Shadows)
- Ted Dekker - Boneman's Daughter (1st book was Kiss)
- Claudia Mair Burney - Murder, Mayhem and a Fine Man (1st book was Deadly Charm)
- Melody Carlson - New York Debut (1st book was Lost in Las Vegas)
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- Shelley Adina - It's All About Us (1st book was Be Strong and Curvaceous)
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- Robin Shope - The Valentine Edition (1st book was The Christmas Edition)
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Sunday, December 14, 2008

Support Your Local Library

Shared by Kristi

These books, of course, must come from your local library - since I frequent our library quite often, this should be an easy one! I am going to go for 50. I have decided to keep a second list also - of children's books that I read to my son this year from the library - it will be at the bottom in Green!

Here are the guidelines:

1) You can join anytime as long as you don’t start reading your books prior to 2009.

2) This challenge is for 2009 only. The last day to have all your books read is December 31, 2009.

3) You can join anytime between now and December 31, 2009.

4) When you sign up under Mr. Linky, list the direct link to your post where your library books will be listed. If you list just your blog’s URL, it will be removed. If you don’t have a blog, leave the URL blank. You should do this on the host's webpage here.

5) Our goal is to read 12, 25, or 50 books checkout from our local library in 2009. Please decide which when you sign up and don’t change it.

6) These can be audios, downloads, children’s, YA. As long as it’s a book, format and target age group does not matter.

Kids books that have been read to my son from the library:

More Fun With Maisy - Lucy Cousins (Jan 2)
Katy Duck dance star - Alyssa Satin Capucilli (Jan 2)
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie - Laura Joffe Numeroff (Jan 2)
Get to Work, Trucks! - Don Carter (Jan 3)
The Worm Family - Tony Johnston (Jan 3)
Pie in the Sky - Lois Ehlert (Jan 3)
This Train - Paul Collicutt (Jan 6)
The Smushy Bus - Leslie Helakoski (Jan 9)(Jan 13)
Matthew's Truck - Katherine Ayres (Jan 9)
Good Morning Engines - Britt Allcroft (Jan 9)
Alexander's Pretending Day - Bunny Crumpacker (Jan 10)
Motor Graders - Jean Eick (Jan 10)
The Wolf Who Cried Boy - Bob Hartman (Jan 10)
Going Places - (Jan 13)
Curious George Visits a Police Station - (Jan 13)
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear -Don Wood (Jan 13)
Toy Story II - Play a Sound - (Jan 16)
Blue's Music Maker - Play a Song - (Jan 17)
Hello, Robots - Bob Staake (Jan 20)(Jan 22)(Jan 27)
Reptar to the Rescue - Stephanie St. Pierre (Jan 20)
Young MacDonald - David Milgrim (Jan 22)
Little Boy - Alison McGhee and Peter Reynolds (Jan 29)
My Subway Ride - Paul Dubois Jacobs and Jennifer Swender (Jan 31)
Old MacDonald Had a Woodshop - Lisa Shulman (Feb 1)
Itchy Itchy Chicken Pox (Feb 10)
Walter the Farting Dog - William Kotzwinkle (Feb 12) (Feb 15)
Curious George Goes to the Beach - Margret and H.A. Rey (Feb 13)
Sleepy Cadillac - Thacher Hurd (Feb 15)
Curious George and the Dump Truck - Margret and H.A. Rey (Feb 15)
Shape Space - Cathryn Falwell (Feb 18)
Maisy's Morning on the Farm - Lucy Cousins (Feb 21)
Alphabet City (Feb 23)
Kipper's Toy Box - Mick Inkpen (Feb 23)
The Bestest Mom - Susan Hood (Feb 25)
Sailor Boy Jig - Margaret Weis Brown (Feb 25)
Hoppity Skip Little Chick - Jo Brown (Feb 25)
Freight Train - Donald Crews (Feb 25)
Curious George and the Hot Air Balloon - Margret and H.A. Rey (Mar 2)

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Cornelia Funke Challenge

Shared by Kristi

The Cornelia Funke challenge started on December 1 , 2008 and ends March 1, 2009. She has written numerious books, one of which is currently becoming a movie.

Here are the rules:

1. You must read at least three books that are written by Cornelia Funke (i.e. Inkheart, Inkspell, Inkdeath, etc.)

2. When you join, please leave a comment at the challenge host site here, with a link to where you posted which Cornelia Funke books you are going to read.

3. You can join at any time between today and March 1, 2009.

I have been wanting to read her "Ink" books anyway - so signing up for this challenge should push me into doing so!

Inkheart
Inkspell
Inkdeath

New Author Challenge

Shared by Kristi

New Author Challenge for 2009

(For full rules please see challenge host at Literary Escapism)

The challenge will run from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009.
Since this is an author challenge, there is no restriction on choosing your novels. They can definitely be from other challenges. However, the authors must be new to you and, preferably from novels, but anthologies are also a great way to try someone new.
I want this to be an easy challenge, so you state how many new authors you want to try this year and then that’s your challenge. For me, I’m trying another 50 new authors. If you want a number given to you, try for either 25 or 50.
Bloggers or Non-Bloggers alike are welcome
When you read a new author, write your review and then come back here and post a link to your review.

Ok - since I just signed up for the 100 books yesterday - I am going to say that 50 of them will be from new authors!

Friday, December 12, 2008

100+ Reading Challenge

Shared by Kristi

The 100+ Reading Challenge will be hosted by J.Kaye's Book Blog. Please go to the challenge website for complete rules - a few guidelines are below:

1) You can join anytime as long as you don’t start reading your books prior to 2009.

2) This challenge is for 2009 only. The last day to have all your books read is December 31, 2009.

3) You can join anytime between now and December 31, 2009.

4) All books count: children’s, YA, adults, fiction, non-fiction, how-tos, etc.

Since children's books count - I should be able to finish this one, but I am only going to use the children's books when I have less than 9 books/month.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

9 Books for '09 Challenge

Shared by Kristi

9 Books for 2009

This challenge is set up so you can read some books in your TBR (To Be Read) Stacks
RULES
Open to anyone, whether you have a blog or not!
No need to register or to announce what you are going to read.
Start in any category that you wish.
2 books from this reading challenge can be used in other reading challenges.
Just post in the comment section.
The genre of the books can be ANYTHING (fiction or non-fiction), but it must be decent (because you have to write reviews about the books).
Other reading materials (graphic novels, poetry, museum catalogs, art books, zines etc.) are OK.
The book must already be in your bookcase or storage area.
The Challenge starts 12/27/08 to 12/27/09. (I hate to begin anything on January 1st).
You can post starting on 12/27/08.
Format of work can be paper, audio, or electronic

Please go to challenge host here for complete rules and sites to post reviews on.

Long - The Kingmaking - Helen Hollick
Free - Be Strong and Curvaceous - Shelley Adina
Dusty
Used
Letter - Kiss by Ted Dekker and Erin Healy (I am using K because my initials are KKKH)
Strange - The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros
Distance - Walking with Wolf - Kay Chornook & Wolf Guindon
Alive or Not - The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Cover - The Valentine Edition - Robin Shope

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Christian Readers '09 Challenge

Shared by Kristi

Christian Readers 09
This challenge asks you to:
create a list of Christian books that you’d like to read…
titles can be fiction, nonfiction, or a mixture of both
read these between January 1st - April 30th, 2009
overlaps with other challenges ARE allowed
eBooks and Audiobooks ARE allowed.

Here is my tentative list of books:

Be Strong & Curvaceous - Shelley Adina
Grace for the Afflicted - Matthew Stanley
Scrapping Plans - Rebeca Seitz
Lost in Las Vegas - Melody Carlson
The Red Siren - M.L. Tyndall
The Valentine Edition - Robin Shope
It's All About Us - Shelley Adina
Lessons From San Quentin - Bill Dallas
John's Quest - Cecelia Dowdy
The Spring of Candy Apples - Debbie Viguie
I Do Again - Cheryl and Jeff Scruggs
Age Before Beauty - Virginia Smith
Fruit of My Lipstick - Shelley Adina
Kiss - Ted Dekker and Erin Healy
This Side of Heaven - Karen Kingsbury
The Stones - Eleanor Gustafson
Diamonds in the Shadow - Caroline B. Cooney
Scream - Mike Dellosso
Katt's in the Cradle - Ginger Kolbaba and Christy Scannell
Deadly Charm - Claudia Mair Burney
Yesterday's Embers - Deborah Raney
Rachel's Tears - Beth Nimmo and Darrell Scott
Fatal Illusions - Adam Blumer
So Not Happening - Jenny B. Jones
Murder, Mayhem and a Fine Man - Claudia Mair Burney
The Noticer - Andy Andrews
New York Debut - Melody Carlson

To join this challenge - please go to the Christian Readers post here.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Centuries Reading Challenge

Shared by Kristi

Centuries Reading Challenge
Host: Becky of Becky's Book Reviews
Length: All of 2009 (finish at your own pace)
Required Books: 4 to 6

Your challenge--if you choose to accept it--is to read four (to six) books from four different centuries. (If you choose to read six books altogether, then you can double up on centuries if you like. You can always read more than six. But you're not obligated to in any way.)

Edited to add: I had intended the challenge books to be written in four different centuries. I think that might have been one of those clear-only-to-me things. That's still my intent, my goal. I hope people will take me up on that challenge. But since I wasn't clear, and since I'm a easy-going person, I'll allow those who want the challenge to be books set during four different centuries to play.

The centuries do not need to be consecutive (like the decades challenge).

Books can be fiction, nonfiction, poetry, short stories, essays, plays, etc. Books do not have to be a required length. (Though I ask that poetry and short stories be within a larger collection. For example, a book of short stories as opposed to one solitary short story.)

Overlaps with other challenges are fine.

Audio books are welcome. E-books are welcome as well.

Monday, December 8, 2008

Romance Reading Challenge

Shared by Kristi

No list of books would be complete without reading some romances. So I had to add a romance reading challenge.

Read on for the rules:
1. Now, "Romance" isn't limited to steamy Harlequin novels. There is a huge selection of books in this category such as contemporary romance, historical romance, romantic suspense and paranormal romance to name a few. As long as the story has romantic love between the two main characters your selection will fit this challenge. The novels do not need to have a happy ending either, there can also be unrequited love. You can search through barnes and nobles Romance Section online for ideas.
2. Choose at least 5 novels read them between Jan 1st though Dec 31st 2009. You can change your choices at any time. Crossovers between other challenges are fine.
3. Read them at your own pace in 2009 then come here and post the link to your review(s).
4. Link your "RRC" choices here with any of these graphics:http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/2008/11/romance-reading-challenge-2009.html

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Decades '09 Challenge

Shared by Kristi

Decades ‘09 Rules:
1. Read a minimum of 9 books in 9 consecutive decades in ‘09.
2. Books published in the 2000’s do not count.
3. Titles may be cross-posted with any other challenge.
4. You may change your list at any time.
5. Peruse the eligible book lists and reviews from 2008 or 2007. Any book from that decade is eligible; it doesn’t have to be on the list to qualify. A good source to find out when books were published is wikipedia. For example if you follow this link, you will see how easy it is to search books by a particular decade. Another resource is fantasticfiction.co.uk.

1900 - Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
1910 - Howard's End by E.M.Forester
1920 - Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence
1930 - As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
1940 - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
1950 - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
1960 - Island of the Blue Dolphins - Scott O'Dell
1970 - This Perfect Day - Ira Levin
1980 - The Clan of the Cave Bear - Jean Auel

For complete rules and information, please go to 1 More Chapter here.

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Scott Westerfeld Mini Challenge

Shared by Kristi

Becky is hosting another one. This one is to read 2 books by Scott Westerfeld before the end of 2009.

Friday, December 5, 2008

Sarah Dessen Mini Challenge

Shared by Kristi

Another mini challenge hosted by Becky. Read 2 books by Sarah Dessen before the end of 2009.

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Daniel Defoe Mini Challenge

Shared by Kristi

Another mini challenge - This time to read 2 books by Daniel Defoe - and again, have the entire year to do it! Becky at Becky's Book Reviews is hosting this one.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

John Steinbeck Mini Challenge

Shared by Kristi

I love mini-challenges - there are not a lot of books to read, but a whole lotta time to read them!

This challenge for this one is to read 2 books by John Steinbeck. (Can also substitute one movie for one book!) To join and see complete rules - please visit Becky's Book Reviews.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Women Writers Reading Challenge

Shared by Kristi

This challenge should take me out of my normal genre a little - usually read more current books, but looking forward to searching out some good "old" books for this challenge.

FOR THOSE LOOKING TO SHARE REVIEWS AND GIVE UPDATES ON CHALLENGE PROGRESS, PLEASE VISIT THE CHALLENGE'S BLOG PAGE ON 'GREAT LEADER OF OUR INSANITY.'

This reading challenge will be for all of 2009. Sign ups may begin early over at Becky's Book Reviews, but reading should not.
How many books? No fewer than four. No more than twelve. For example, you might want to read two books by authors from the eighteenth century (1700-1799) and two books by authors from the nineteenth century (1800-1899). Or you might want to read six books by authors from the 18th century, and six books by authors from the 19th century. You get the idea. Me being the *perfectionist* I am would stress the balance between the two. But I *know* that may be just me. So you may read in whatever proportion you like.
What books are allowed? If they're written by a woman who lived and wrote from 1700 to 1900, then they count. What books don't count...if an author was born during this time period, but didn't publish anything until the next century. Post-1900 books are NOT allowed. There is a small loophole here. If a book was written during these two centuries 1700-1900 and was not published until after the author's death...and that publication date just happened to be in the 1900s or 2000s...then that would count.

Here is a place where you can get ideas, but be careful, the list includes some authors who won't count. (See above.)
Celebration of Women Writers 1801-1900
Celebration of Women Writers 1701-1800
Timeframe...January 1rst 2009 to December 29th 2009
Overlaps with other challenges allowed.

Eighteenth Century Women Writers:

- Love in Excess - Eliza Haywood (1720)
- Evelina - Frances Burney (1778)

Nineteenth Century Women Writers:

- Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen (1811)
- Frankenstein - Mary Shelley (1818)

Monday, December 1, 2008

A to Z Challenge

Shared by Kristi

I am signing up for a bunch of challenges that start the first of the year -so as I get the chance I will be blogging about them.

The first one will be the A to Z Challenge. You can see all the options and sign up for the challenge by clicking the name. I am going to try for option C which is to read both titles starting with A through Z and Authors starting with A through Z. I think that for the authors I will use either first or last names - I am not going to specify. As for the list, I am going to leave it open and see how my books fit as I read them!

Titles

A - Age Before Beauty - Virginia Smith
B - Boneman's Daughter - Ted Dekker
C
D - Diamonds in the Shadow - Caroline B. Cooney
E
F - Fruit of My Lipstick, The - Shelley Adina
G - Gatekeepers - Robert Liparulo
H
I - I Do Again - Cheryl and Jeff Scruggs
J - John's Quest - Cecelia Dowdy
K - Kiss - Ted Dekker and Erin Healy
L - Lovely Bones, The - Alice Sebold
M - Murder, Mayhem and a Fine Man - Claudia Mair Burney
N - New York Debut - Melody Carlson
O
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Q
R
S - Scream for Me - Karen Rose
T
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V - Valentine Edition, The - Robin Shope
W - Wicked Lovely - Melissa Marr
X
Y - Yesterday's Embers - Deborah Raney
Z

Authors

Thursday, November 20, 2008

999 Challenge

Shared by Kristi

This is a challenge from Library Thing and the blog about it can be found here.

Rules are simple: 9 books in 9 different categories, all read in 2009. For an added challenge, try completing your books by 9/9/09! You pick the categories yourself, just post here
and let us know how you're doing.

Romance/Chick Lit