tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37319750679022226572024-02-07T21:19:46.057-08:00So Many Books, So Little TimeCindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-15102229169837875812013-03-27T07:56:00.001-07:002013-03-27T07:56:27.985-07:00WWW Wednesday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #003300;">To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…</span> <br />
<span style="color: green;">• What are you currently reading?</span><br />
<span style="color: green;">• What did you recently finish reading?</span><br />
<span style="color: green;">• What do you think you’ll read next?</span><br />
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<span style="color: green;"><span style="color: #003300;">Unfortunately, I lost my job two weeks
ago. Fortunately,this gives me time to dust off my neglected book blog and
participate in the fun again!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: green;"><span style="color: #003300;">Currently Reading:</span></span><br />
<span style="color: green;"><span style="color: #003300;"><i>Angel Falls </i>by Kristin Hannah</span></span><br />
<span style="color: green;"><span style="color: #003300;"><i>The Autobiography of Mrs.Tom Thumb</i> by Melanie Benjamin </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: green;"><span style="color: #003300;">Recently Finished:</span></span><br />
<span style="color: green;"><span style="color: #003300;"><i>Sons</i> by Pearl S.Buck</span></span><br />
<span style="color: green;"><span style="color: #003300;"><i>44 Charles Street </i>by DanielleSteele</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: green;"><span style="color: #003300;">Coming up:</span></span><br />
<span style="color: green;"><span style="color: #003300;"><i>David Copperfield </i>by Charles Dickens</span></span><br />
<span style="color: green;"><span style="color: #003300;"><i>The Dark is Rising </i>by Susan Cooper (recommended by my son)</span> </span>Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-17163756211501043722012-03-21T15:02:00.000-07:002012-03-21T15:25:31.676-07:00WWW Wednesday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_OrpkoBMX3KIPrZoTH4Wmm8OEkMVsSg3VqjVOsaE5KEglEItnwctKwqVQfRMntMlrhEET98VcUxEdmA1WM3AAdFJKF4CSf6zZ1nyrnZFeCMbBcDY3-1DbsXzjBb4H52Gmyc6jCZeVng/s1600/www_wednesdays42.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_OrpkoBMX3KIPrZoTH4Wmm8OEkMVsSg3VqjVOsaE5KEglEItnwctKwqVQfRMntMlrhEET98VcUxEdmA1WM3AAdFJKF4CSf6zZ1nyrnZFeCMbBcDY3-1DbsXzjBb4H52Gmyc6jCZeVng/s320/www_wednesdays42.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722479639503921938" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#003300;"><br /><br />To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…</span> <p><span style="color:#008000;">• What are you currently reading?</span><br /><span style="color:#008000;">• What did you recently finish reading?</span><br /><span style="color:#008000;">• What do you think you’ll read next?</span></p><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Currently Reading:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Holes</span> by Louis Sachar (recommended by my son)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg</span> by Ransom Riggs (with my son)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Then Came You</span> by Jennifer Weiner<br /><br /><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Recently Finished</span>:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Lone Wolf</span> by Jodi Picoult<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Coming Up:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Story Sisters</span> by Alice Hoffman<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone</span> by J.K Rowlings (I've decided to re-read the series)Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-19668207663279388702012-02-29T21:25:00.000-08:002012-02-29T21:25:00.422-08:00www wednesday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCsLmT5m912q0q4mi_z5cRFbcL3we4P08Osv8uUoELjuJcL2-ZZbC4TghbK4mNhLXObsPe35LyYwhH8oVXPc2eh42xHPtA3lmZjEb5ZZnQGECjucTvLqLJHO8P_qxFtdQ4krvZQNXsZg/s1600/www_wednesdays42.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCsLmT5m912q0q4mi_z5cRFbcL3we4P08Osv8uUoELjuJcL2-ZZbC4TghbK4mNhLXObsPe35LyYwhH8oVXPc2eh42xHPtA3lmZjEb5ZZnQGECjucTvLqLJHO8P_qxFtdQ4krvZQNXsZg/s320/www_wednesdays42.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714719021076210722" border="0" /><span style="color:#003300;">To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…</span> </a><p><span style="color:#008000;">• What are you currently reading?</span><br /><span style="color:#008000;">• What did you recently finish reading?</span><br /><span style="color:#008000;">• What do you think you’ll read next?</span></p><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Currently Reading:</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Out of Oz</span> by Gregory Maguire<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Crossed </span><span>by Ally Condie</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Recently Finished:</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close</span> by Jonathan Safran Foer<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Best of Me</span> by Nicholas Sparks<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Coming Up:</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children</span> by Ransom RiggsCindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-54575566123205802932012-01-28T14:29:00.000-08:002012-01-28T16:52:07.606-08:00Back to the Classics Challenge January Writing PromptKatherine at <a href="http://novembersautumn.blogspot.com/">November's Autumn</a> has created writing prompts for each month of the challenge. This month's focus will be on: <a href="http://novembersautumn.blogspot.com/2012/01/january-prompt-classics-challenge.html">The Author</a>.<br /><br />The classic that I read this month was Emma by Jane Austen.<br /><br /><div style="color: blue;"> <b>Who is the author?</b> <span style="color:black;">Jane Austen</span><b><br /></b></div><br /><div style="color: blue;"> <b>What do they look like?</b> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHaNW2zBS7Mhf-KOfn4a7ZZzp3bIQyubjFP-nKMDC-xaDjcDeLuCuBuuCC5yiIB2RNs-i0PZDiw0N9VfZdDO28zY5ZRlwVGsJFnoqqAGxEV4SYf9EEnJVqZoTLRmKn7SRUjXPzdaUmCCg/s1600/jane.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 217px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHaNW2zBS7Mhf-KOfn4a7ZZzp3bIQyubjFP-nKMDC-xaDjcDeLuCuBuuCC5yiIB2RNs-i0PZDiw0N9VfZdDO28zY5ZRlwVGsJFnoqqAGxEV4SYf9EEnJVqZoTLRmKn7SRUjXPzdaUmCCg/s320/jane.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702846816231420994" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: blue;"> <b>When were they born?</b> December 16, 1775 in Hampshire, England<br /></div><br /><div style="color: blue;"> <b>Where did they live? Jane lived until the age of 28 at the Steventon Rectory in Hampshire where her father was a clergyman. After he </b><b>retired from the clergy, she lived the remainder of her life with her family in Bath.<br /></b></div><br /><div style="color: blue;"> </div> <b style="color: blue;">What are some of the other novels they've written? Sense and Sensibility (1811); Pride and Prejudice (1813); Mansfield Park (1814); Northanger Abbey (1817, posthumously); Persuasion (1817, posthumously)</b><br /><br /><div style="color: blue;"> <b>What is an interesting and random fact about their life? </b>The seventh of eight children of the Reverend George Austen and his wife, Cassandra, she was educated mainly at home and never lived apart from her family. To amuse themselves, the Jane and her siblings wrote and performed plays and charades, and even as a little girl Jane was encouraged to write. The reading that she did of the books in her father's library provided material for the short stories she wrote as a girl. </div>Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-58236565633929394212012-01-18T15:00:00.000-08:002012-01-18T15:04:51.039-08:00www wednesday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUcDC3x2gCXOFsCG6IIehIEJHkcIRra-DXW7EeXvSsBz_Tu8d4NY2bSSV5W5JUqSCOv-S-3ABhDY8-sdDjofabE3A1CUuHNAIcF_TfAHxVUnPmyFm6stlQdDKjroEXq4ZQpysKNcm-4I/s1600/www_wednesdays42.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUcDC3x2gCXOFsCG6IIehIEJHkcIRra-DXW7EeXvSsBz_Tu8d4NY2bSSV5W5JUqSCOv-S-3ABhDY8-sdDjofabE3A1CUuHNAIcF_TfAHxVUnPmyFm6stlQdDKjroEXq4ZQpysKNcm-4I/s320/www_wednesdays42.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699111674029878066" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#003300;">To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…</span> <p><span style="color:#008000;">• What are you currently reading?</span><br /><span style="color:#008000;">• What did you recently finish reading?</span><br /><span style="color:#008000;">• What do you think you’ll read next?</span></p><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br />Currently Reading:</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Pretties</span> by Scott Westerfeld<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Emma</span> by Jane Austen<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Recently Finished:</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Eclipse</span> by Stephanie Meyer<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Coming up:</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Breaking Dawn</span> by Stephanie Meyer<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Beloved</span> by Toni MorrisonCindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-13709121626819478022012-01-10T13:45:00.001-08:002012-01-10T13:49:36.888-08:00Teaser Tuesdays<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnU0NjjXEEcRhhaQAOKhyphenhyphenqST6_7gKVA3kohfoa4hkIyA2wLFrywrEa0pV3DGi2qWhst5WQqL0HQP0GRJX_5nL-b3lukAc1ogdaIstO5Qlj0J7duFFUT_AnQHU1oCdwTCyRNByqHde0yMY/s1600/teasertuesdays.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 94px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnU0NjjXEEcRhhaQAOKhyphenhyphenqST6_7gKVA3kohfoa4hkIyA2wLFrywrEa0pV3DGi2qWhst5WQqL0HQP0GRJX_5nL-b3lukAc1ogdaIstO5Qlj0J7duFFUT_AnQHU1oCdwTCyRNByqHde0yMY/s320/teasertuesdays.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696122932640763938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#003366;">Teaser Tuesdays</span></strong><span style="color:#003366;"> is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of <em>Should Be Reading</em>. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:</span><br /><strong></strong><br />• <span style="color:#3366ff;">Grab your current read</span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">• Open to a random page</span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page</span><br />• <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!</strong> (<em>make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!</em>)</span><br />• <span style="color:#3366ff;">Share the <strong>title & author</strong>, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!</span><br /><br /><br /><br />I'm continuing my way through the <span style="font-style: italic;">Twilight</span> series and am now on the 3rd book, <span style="font-style: italic;">Eclipse</span>, so that's where my quote is from this week:<br /><br />"There was no friction in the space between us. The stillness was peaceful-not like the calm before the tempest, but like a clear night untouched by even the dream of a storm."Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-66769886090232589782012-01-09T16:41:00.001-08:002012-01-11T17:05:46.593-08:00WWW Wednesday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxYoc1cif59ZD8H6_XlTxP7U4lHXzzaSnDDLe2i8UM6642DPIbognGZMd50vdBBu-bBe3j9fYhs5qHuzyPB2tonSP3xK4K78xM4nS65FDSkNVOmeZp_ENMPpJiPR5nWEx3ESgJIsKjDjQ/s1600/www_wednesdays42.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxYoc1cif59ZD8H6_XlTxP7U4lHXzzaSnDDLe2i8UM6642DPIbognGZMd50vdBBu-bBe3j9fYhs5qHuzyPB2tonSP3xK4K78xM4nS65FDSkNVOmeZp_ENMPpJiPR5nWEx3ESgJIsKjDjQ/s320/www_wednesdays42.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695797255875624802" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#003300;"><br /><br /><br />To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…</span> <p><span style="color:#008000;">• What are you currently reading?</span><br /><span style="color:#008000;">• What did you recently finish reading?</span><br /><span style="color:#008000;">• What do you think you’ll read next?</span></p><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Currently Reading:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Eclipse</span> by Stephanie Meyer<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Emma</span> by Jane Austen<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Recently Finished:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">A Thousand Splendid Suns</span> by Khaled Hosseini<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">New Moon</span> by Stephanie Meyer<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Coming Up:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Breaking Dawn</span> by Stephanie Meyer<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Beloved</span> by Toni MorrisonCindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-27629105020534359022012-01-08T13:24:00.000-08:002012-01-08T13:28:22.145-08:002012 Mammouth Book Challenge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEP3bWK1d_yhyA8V_978L7qAiyPIL52B3sAMU6d-s3MadZ2IX5AMECJ7m1NUmiKT1vCkf6R64nx0cVs4UoU0kS-fc8pnuyAcTRrh9yQUTlrOfS0GADyTWUWPdav_admKzzxhbg_FwZIK8/s1600/mammouthbook.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 244px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEP3bWK1d_yhyA8V_978L7qAiyPIL52B3sAMU6d-s3MadZ2IX5AMECJ7m1NUmiKT1vCkf6R64nx0cVs4UoU0kS-fc8pnuyAcTRrh9yQUTlrOfS0GADyTWUWPdav_admKzzxhbg_FwZIK8/s320/mammouthbook.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695375415840885202" border="0" /></a>Darlene's Book Nook is hosting The Mammoth Book Challenge this year. To meet the requirement, the books must be 450+ pages; audio books must be unabridged and the bound version must meet the same page requirement. For this challenge, I am commiting to reading 8 or more!<br /><b><br /></b>Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-57979325067817693502012-01-08T13:13:00.001-08:002012-01-08T13:17:40.308-08:002012 What's In A Name 5 challenge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLXNbGwBt_eefeNXv8-Dvo63-FsfQnxlG-xTYwTw5HNaZg7uErrYuxdNBwy2MTvto0xlb1jorLOipRWYrQh7Wtu8U-sszyhN8fkOCfxPZ4QQBCqh9jQoIJ22wndOO3yLVLdDeKEgtFoJc/s1600/whatsina+name5.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 174px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLXNbGwBt_eefeNXv8-Dvo63-FsfQnxlG-xTYwTw5HNaZg7uErrYuxdNBwy2MTvto0xlb1jorLOipRWYrQh7Wtu8U-sszyhN8fkOCfxPZ4QQBCqh9jQoIJ22wndOO3yLVLdDeKEgtFoJc/s320/whatsina+name5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695372452957160066" border="0" /></a>I'm all about a good theme so I enjoy the What's in a Name challenge every year!<br /><br />This year's themes and my choices:<br /><br />Land Formation: <span style="font-style: italic;">Where the Mountain Meets the Moon</span> by Grace Lin<br />Sky: <span style="font-style: italic;">Moon Over Manifest</span> by Clare Vanderpool<br />Creepy Crawly: <span style="font-style: italic;">Spider Kiss</span> by Amy Tan<br />Type of House: <span style="font-style: italic;">The House of Mirth</span> by Edith Wharton<br />Item you can carry in your pocket: <span style="font-style: italic;">The Last Letter from you Lover</span> by Jojo Moyes<br />Calendar: <span style="font-style: italic;">Friday Night Knitting club</span> by Kate JacobsCindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-90871123487417430882012-01-08T12:56:00.000-08:002012-01-08T13:08:24.149-08:002012 1001 Books You Must Read Challenge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QiYiSiz54OmMyfk6bjX9EugTuaDNkEg948VXBUXa3W8BXHF4IMVcLx7Wxqr5TslMmHOWZy2JOR5z_dK3JPnx0aos7QO1wedS5ZcWkHiE7r1_qpA32b8rROvJW4KsiTxcMG4ts767_NM/s1600/k5i313v4r21_delfi_knjizare_1001_books_you_must_read_before_you_die.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 223px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QiYiSiz54OmMyfk6bjX9EugTuaDNkEg948VXBUXa3W8BXHF4IMVcLx7Wxqr5TslMmHOWZy2JOR5z_dK3JPnx0aos7QO1wedS5ZcWkHiE7r1_qpA32b8rROvJW4KsiTxcMG4ts767_NM/s320/k5i313v4r21_delfi_knjizare_1001_books_you_must_read_before_you_die.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695368563957346978" border="0" /></a>I had a great time with this challenge in 2011 and so have decided to particiapte again! This time around I'm participating at the Silver level of 16-20 books.Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-85302861932013676442012-01-08T12:47:00.001-08:002012-01-08T12:53:06.292-08:002012 Historical Fiction Challenge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RkyJCQytM7Wp6WdBbAfHqjWjCp8SokxAypR_amcQBjM2Z4Uq5KUhTmLzl881CxA-WCnzwUhS3Qee2SqzI-P6TiY8VGskYGW1w8N1oZsve_5G7j1a_4tAYThi7gALptLmKnB3f6Z3Myw/s1600/historicalfiction.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 199px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RkyJCQytM7Wp6WdBbAfHqjWjCp8SokxAypR_amcQBjM2Z4Uq5KUhTmLzl881CxA-WCnzwUhS3Qee2SqzI-P6TiY8VGskYGW1w8N1oZsve_5G7j1a_4tAYThi7gALptLmKnB3f6Z3Myw/s320/historicalfiction.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695365692383328882" border="0" /></a>Due to my self-admitted obsession with the Tudor Court, particularly Anne Boleyn, I have decided to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">participate</span> in Historical Tapestry's <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Historical</span> Fiction Reading Challenge this year. I am participating at the 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">nd</span> level of Undoubtedly Obsessed and will read 15 books.Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-88839349417967592432012-01-08T12:39:00.001-08:002012-01-08T12:43:41.331-08:002012 Twilight Series Challenge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1yAhjPvVZcgDMNzNHUxXAH67btwP3AdBR8tuLUhu8kPVnhTN97iCYNhKF02tVprtm_48x1ZN7q29oxLM7frUmFDcXX70xf9Jv5DhKTAVkIaJV2MAWXKOe_ShTBeoLdscYTiHc3KAw4s/s1600/twilight.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 244px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1yAhjPvVZcgDMNzNHUxXAH67btwP3AdBR8tuLUhu8kPVnhTN97iCYNhKF02tVprtm_48x1ZN7q29oxLM7frUmFDcXX70xf9Jv5DhKTAVkIaJV2MAWXKOe_ShTBeoLdscYTiHc3KAw4s/s320/twilight.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695363683615366546" border="0" /></a>I had planned on re-reading this series and in fact, am already on the 3rd book (I started Twilight New Year's Day) so I figured this would be a challenge I could complete easily!Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-42927249987280046762012-01-08T12:28:00.000-08:002012-01-08T12:37:41.092-08:002012 Support Your Local Library Challenge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV85M_bXsUzsOkakg4UVljMTpK235al9MuLNmAE_ftQ0qcI9ko4WIuQ7SoIo_kaqi_vfztwtR3rgx_O9spE4w0h2Ww2-IAjAl2p9bsalIvtjoV878sbwqnKW0xshV6dMTYqrs_19CPWpI/s1600/supportlibrary.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV85M_bXsUzsOkakg4UVljMTpK235al9MuLNmAE_ftQ0qcI9ko4WIuQ7SoIo_kaqi_vfztwtR3rgx_O9spE4w0h2Ww2-IAjAl2p9bsalIvtjoV878sbwqnKW0xshV6dMTYqrs_19CPWpI/s320/supportlibrary.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695360958592814082" border="0" /></a><br /><strong></strong>Since we try to go to the library at least twice a month, I have decided to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">participate</span> in Support Your Local Library Challenge sponsored by The Eclectic Bookshelf at the 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> level of reading 37 + books from the library!Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-31309393184760542312012-01-07T11:14:00.000-08:002012-01-07T11:22:47.620-08:002012 Back to the Classics Challenge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5RmzJ5dEybKINFUp_pJaDPH5yUZ2D2mxMrcjIASWbN5cxdqPXhDoWLV3C16gp0Y8U8SwtrlW2EzXsOXK5WV77gHrA8D4EaLO6Dzw6-19EYUlz68GF0vehtfhRLCk37ljyUnnPsY8248w/s1600/back+to+theclassics.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5RmzJ5dEybKINFUp_pJaDPH5yUZ2D2mxMrcjIASWbN5cxdqPXhDoWLV3C16gp0Y8U8SwtrlW2EzXsOXK5WV77gHrA8D4EaLO6Dzw6-19EYUlz68GF0vehtfhRLCk37ljyUnnPsY8248w/s320/back+to+theclassics.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694970825786993666" border="0" /></a><br />I had a good time with this challenge last year so I have decided to aprticpate in it again!<br /><br />The categories for this year are listed below, along with my choices:<br /><br /><ul><li><b> 19th Century Classic: </b><span style="font-style: italic;">Emma</span><b> </b>by Jane Austen<b><br /></b></li><li><b> 20th Century Classic: </b><span style="font-style: italic;">The Hobbitt</span><b> </b>by J.R. R Tolkien<b><br /></b></li><li><b>Classic Reread: </b><span style="font-style: italic;">The Catcher in the Rye</span><b> </b>by J.D. Salinger <b><br /></b></li><li><b>Classic Play: </b><span style="font-style: italic;">The Glass Menagerie</span><b> </b>by Tennessee Williams<b><br /></b></li><li><b>Classic Mystery/Horror/Crime Fiction: </b><span style="font-style: italic;">Woman in White</span><b> </b>by Wilkie Collins<b><br /></b></li><li><b>Classic Romance: </b><span style="font-style: italic;">Gone with the Wind</span> by Margaret Mitchell<b><br /></b></li><li><b>Translated Classic: </b><span style="font-style: italic;">Les Miserables</span> by Victor Hugo<br /></li><li><b>Classic Award Winner: </b><span style="font-style: italic;">Beloved</span><b> </b>by Toni Morrison </li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Classic Setting: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe </span>by C.S. Lewis<br /></li></ul>Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-26606716097205731542012-01-07T05:54:00.001-08:002012-01-07T05:56:56.507-08:002012 Audio Book Reading Challenge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQI51oZaEpUCigekbyMlFEcuo-1xwPhiQN_mNvPipDMAtPm4z_4Rrb9Qc517nAmLFA7yVlqWYIIGuZ12UgAJTeoaYFeyStF2fxERDsq4Wj-PxbiCHou7KZgCgpN5Ak0pBG06E5DqWlyhg/s1600/audio.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 215px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQI51oZaEpUCigekbyMlFEcuo-1xwPhiQN_mNvPipDMAtPm4z_4Rrb9Qc517nAmLFA7yVlqWYIIGuZ12UgAJTeoaYFeyStF2fxERDsq4Wj-PxbiCHou7KZgCgpN5Ak0pBG06E5DqWlyhg/s320/audio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694888297923376690" border="0" /></a><br />I am once again participating in the Audio Book Reading Challenge! Since I commute 1 1/2 hours to work every day, I spend the time listening to audio books and love it!<br /><br />These are the levels this year:<br /><ul><li>Flirting-Listen to 6 Audio Books </li><li>Going Steady- Listen to 12 Audio Books </li><li>Lover- Listen to 25 Audio Books </li><li>Married-Listen to +++ Audio Books</li></ul><p>I will be participating at the 'Married' level!<br /></p>Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-68229309039371310142012-01-07T05:47:00.001-08:002012-01-07T05:49:48.009-08:002012 Harry Potter Reading Challenge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYBkFpMJ8WonvIwnVLFXX73Cd3MeTlAb7DhE_ytqe2ktOZwUt70lWy_BjAyBXKszpRC8ISFuyIypl4ggLkQU9HVTtAo-an0bqPDERhNdGn6w25USUOCEOmbZJkjN0SCADk1_YFl0BQOU/s1600/harry+potter.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYBkFpMJ8WonvIwnVLFXX73Cd3MeTlAb7DhE_ytqe2ktOZwUt70lWy_BjAyBXKszpRC8ISFuyIypl4ggLkQU9HVTtAo-an0bqPDERhNdGn6w25USUOCEOmbZJkjN0SCADk1_YFl0BQOU/s320/harry+potter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694886438217531122" border="0" /></a>I have been wanting to re-read this series and this is the year!<br /><p><b>The challenge:</b> </p><p>Read all seven books in the Harry Potter series during 2012. </p><p><i>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone</i></p><p><i>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets</i> </p><p><i>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban</i> </p><p><i>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire</i> </p><p><i>Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix</i> </p><p><i>Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince</i> </p><p><i>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows</i> </p>Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-89123415687068868712012-01-07T05:36:00.001-08:002012-01-07T05:38:47.673-08:002012 Read Your Own Books Challenge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5by1jzeRxfAx1G_Yc8hjfMwForsY0ZfTqlEoppMIbD2IvCNJ5ZVJApBfQOV6m9VztdizkxJGOSzt6gLVWhh0IkFX4cWdrLi1GMT31O7eF8pR_D8ExeIvATeYNfAf1NBnqOY26_3XqAJg/s1600/readyourownbooks.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5by1jzeRxfAx1G_Yc8hjfMwForsY0ZfTqlEoppMIbD2IvCNJ5ZVJApBfQOV6m9VztdizkxJGOSzt6gLVWhh0IkFX4cWdrLi1GMT31O7eF8pR_D8ExeIvATeYNfAf1NBnqOY26_3XqAJg/s400/readyourownbooks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694883601921599106" border="0" /></a><br />Tales from the Crypt is sponsoring this year's Read Your Own Books Challenge to encourage us to read all those books that we've collected on our shelves that haven't been read!<br /><br />I have decided to participate at the 3rd level and will read 11-20 of my own books.Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-76679157992446373422012-01-03T15:47:00.000-08:002012-01-03T15:53:41.859-08:00Teaser Tuesdays<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjRPOADFJ7_P0HCkYTv-7BMmwOOqHCAjAci2auQxARhKam3Blr6XVwCRFWnqbCZ_WaPXiG4C3TCZxcyVqBfgv-okYzGJTlWKvFctQVj57P_CM8rz7353IfFVzPXU5OnwmFySb97tq8us/s1600/teasertuesdays.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 94px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjRPOADFJ7_P0HCkYTv-7BMmwOOqHCAjAci2auQxARhKam3Blr6XVwCRFWnqbCZ_WaPXiG4C3TCZxcyVqBfgv-okYzGJTlWKvFctQVj57P_CM8rz7353IfFVzPXU5OnwmFySb97tq8us/s320/teasertuesdays.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693558090928246562" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#003366;">Teaser Tuesdays</span></strong><span style="color:#003366;"> is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of <em>Should Be Reading</em>. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:</span><br /><strong></strong><br />• <span style="color:#3366ff;">Grab your current read</span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">• Open to a random page</span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page</span><br />• <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!</strong> (<em>make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!</em>)</span><br />• <span style="color:#3366ff;">Share the <strong>title & author</strong>, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!</span><br /><br /><br />I have decided to re-read the <span style="font-style: italic;">Twilight</span> series this year. Having finished <span style="font-style: italic;">Twilight</span> in 2 days, I'm now onto <span style="font-style: italic;">New Moon</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Dazed and disoriented, I looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm-into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires"</span>Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-55769767580537364782012-01-01T06:21:00.000-08:002012-01-01T06:22:05.289-08:00Books I Read in 2011<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</span> by Lewis Carroll<br />2. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Tales</span> by Edgar Allan Poe<br />3. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Girl who Chased the Moon</span> by Sarah Addison Allan<br />4. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Bud Not Buddy</span> by Christopher Paul <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Curits</span><br />5. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Small Island</span> by Andrea Levy<br />6. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Outsiders</span> by S.E.Hinton<br />7. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Girl Who Kicked the Dragon's Nest</span> by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Steig</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Larsson</span><br />8. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Lord of the Flies</span> by William Golding<br />9. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Frankweiler</span></span> by E.L. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Konigsburg</span><br />10. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Oliver Twist</span> by Charles Dickens<br />11. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Pippi</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Longstocking</span></span> by Astrid <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lundgren</span><br />12. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">GingerBread</span> Cookie Murder</span> by Joanne Fluke<br />13. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Fantastic Mr. Fox</span> by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Roald</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Dahl</span><br />14. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">20,000 Leagues Under the Sea</span> by Jules Verne<br />15. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">One of Ours </span>by Willa Cather<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br />16. Room</span> by Emma <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Donoghue</span><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">17. The Kite Runner</span><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">18. Gathering Blue</span> by Lois <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lowry</span><br />19. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Messenger</span> by Lois <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lowry</span><br />20. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Memory Palace</span> by Mira Bartok<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">21. Little Bee</span> by Chris Cleave<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br />23. Freedom</span> by Jonathan <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Frazen</span><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">22. Journey to the Center of the Earth</span> by Jules Verne<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">24. </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Shiloh </span>by Phyllis Reynold <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Naylor</span><br />25. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Bluest Eye</span> by Toni Morrison<br />26. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">Poisonwood</span> Bible</span> by Barbara <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kinsgsolver</span><br />27. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Rip Van Winkle</span> by Washington Irving<br />28. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Legend of Sleepy Hollow</span> by Washington Irving<br />29. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Shiloh Season</span> by Phyllis Reynold <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">Naylor</span><br />30. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother</span> by Amy <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error">Chua</span><br />31. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">While I'm Falling</span> by Laura Moriarty<br />32. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Little Women</span> by Louisa May Alcott<br />33. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Every Last One</span> by Anna <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">Quindlen</span><br />34. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins</span><br />34 <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Secrets of Eden</span> by Chris <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bojhalian</span><br />36. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</span> by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle<br />37. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Nobodies Album</span> by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error">Caolyn</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error">Parkhurst</span><br />38. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Mrs. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error">Frisby</span> and the Rats of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error">NIMH</span></span> by Robert O'Brien<br />39. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Catching Fire</span> by Suzanne Collins<br />40. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Glass Castle</span> by Jeanette Walls<br />41. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mockingjay</span></span> by Suzanne Collins<br />42. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Across Five Aprils</span> by Irene Hunt<br />43. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Dirty Secret</span> by Jessie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sholl</span><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">44.Saving Shiloh</span> by Phyllis Reynold <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-error">Naylor</span><br />45. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Virgin Suicides</span> by Jeffrey <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-error">Eugenides</span><br />46. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Jane Eyre</span> by Charlotte Bronte<br />47. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">If you Ask Me (which of course, you won't)</span> by Betty White<br />48. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Mrs. Kimble</span> by Jennifer <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" class="blsp-spelling-error">Haigh</span><br />49.<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> Girl with a Pearl Earring</span> by Tracy <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31" class="blsp-spelling-error">chevilar</span><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">50. Julie of the Wolves</span> by Jean <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_32" class="blsp-spelling-error">Craighead</span> George <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></span><br />51. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Reader</span> by Bernhard <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_33" class="blsp-spelling-error">Schilink</span><br />52. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Uncle Tom's Cabin</span> by Harriet Beecher Stowe<br />53. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The House of the Seven Gables</span> by Nathaniel Hawthorne<br />54. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Wicked</span> by Gregory <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_34" class="blsp-spelling-error">Maguire</span><br />55. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Old Man and the Sea </span>by Ernest Hemingway<br />56. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">We Are All Welcome Here</span> by Elizabeth Berg<br />57. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Trumpet of the Swan</span> by E.B. White<br />58. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Scarlet Letter </span><span style="font-size:-0;">by Nathaniel Hawthorne</span><br /><br />59. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Lost Hours</span> by Karen White<br />60. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Sisterhood Everlasting</span> by Ann <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_37" class="blsp-spelling-error">Brashares</span><br />61. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Virgin's Lover </span>by Phillipa Gregory<br />62. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Chocolate War</span> by Robert <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_38" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cormier</span><br />63. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Summer of my German Soldier</span> by Bette Greene <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></span><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">64. Sing You Home</span> by Jodi <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_39" class="blsp-spelling-error">Picoult</span><br />65. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Frankenstein</span> by Mary Shelley 66. <em>The <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_40" class="blsp-spelling-error">Minpins</span></em> by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_41" class="blsp-spelling-error">roald</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_42" class="blsp-spelling-error">Dahl</span><br />67. <em>The <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_43" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Enormous</span> Crocodile</em> by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_44" class="blsp-spelling-error">Roald</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_45" class="blsp-spelling-error">Dahl</span><br /><p>68. <em>Dreams <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_46" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">of</span> Joy</em> by Lisa See<br />69. <em><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_47" class="blsp-spelling-error">The BFG</span></em> by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_48" class="blsp-spelling-error">Roald</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_49" class="blsp-spelling-error">Dahl</span><br />70. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest</span> by Ken Kassey<br />71. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Matilda</span> by Roald Dahl<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_51" class="blsp-spelling-error"><br />72. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Red Queen</span> by Philippa Gregory</span><br />73. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Boy</span> by Roald Dahl<br />74. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Book Thief</span> by Markus Zusak<br />75. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar</span> by Roadl Dahl<br />76. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">A Clockwork Orange</span> by Anthony Burgess<br />77. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Cleopatra</span> by Stacy Schiff<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">78. The Picture of Dorian Gray</span> by Oscar Wilde<br />79. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Dracula</span> by Bram Stoker</p><p>80. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Stories I Only Tell My Friends</span> by Rob Lowe<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">81.</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> Gulliver's Travels</span> by Jonathan Swift<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">82. Matched</span> by Ally Condle<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">83. Roots</span> by Alex Haley<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">84. The Red Garden</span> by Alice Hoffman<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">85. The Wind in the Willows</span> by Graheme Greene<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">86. The Quiet American</span> by Graham Greene<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br />87. Song of Solomon</span> by Toni Morrison<br />88. <em>The Adventures of Tom Sawyer</em> by Mark Twain <strong><br /></strong><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">89. The Thief Lord</span> by Cornelia Funke<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">90.. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</span> by Douglas Adams <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></span><br />91. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Peach Keeper </span>by Sarah Addison Allen<br /><em>92. I Know why the Caged Bird Sings</em> by Maya Angelou<br />93. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Weird Sisters</span> by Eleanor Brown<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">94. </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Jungle Book I</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> </span><span style="font-size:-0;">by Rudyard Kipling</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br />95. The World According to Garp</span> by John Irving<br />96.<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb</span><br />97. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Autobiography of Santa Claus</span><br /></p><p>98. <em>The Probable Future</em> by Alice Hoffman<br /><em>99. Uglies by Scott Westerfield</em></p><p><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">100. The Silver Boat</span> by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_35" class="blsp-spelling-error">Luanne</span> Rice<br />101. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Tuck Everlasting</span> by Natalie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_36" class="blsp-spelling-error">Babbit</span></p>Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-14634276116031209532012-01-01T05:48:00.000-08:002012-01-04T14:43:27.986-08:00WWW Wednesday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMbf75ADPaz6PXzjzecRhTSi7ZDENG1iNFkVMGA4uEFaC3NuDgQAy6HNB5jcvRSdoqGE2RmUyKJ-YkWiDP2Tpn9XreKcdipU9U8rBYmVMonEAKDhMSNHZxGQvolMs0yie5livPmiNVm6o/s1600/www_wednesdays42.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMbf75ADPaz6PXzjzecRhTSi7ZDENG1iNFkVMGA4uEFaC3NuDgQAy6HNB5jcvRSdoqGE2RmUyKJ-YkWiDP2Tpn9XreKcdipU9U8rBYmVMonEAKDhMSNHZxGQvolMs0yie5livPmiNVm6o/s320/www_wednesdays42.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693911099979731122" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#003300;">To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…</span> <p><span style="color:#008000;">• What are you currently reading?</span><br /><span style="color:#008000;">• What did you recently finish reading?</span><br /><span style="color:#008000;">• What do you think you’ll read next?</span></p><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br />Currently Reading:</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">A Thousand Splendid Suns</span> by Khaled Hosseini<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">New Moon</span> by Stephanie Meyer<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Recently Finished:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Probable Future</span> by Alice Hoffman<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Autobiography of Santa Claus</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I Know This Much is True</span> by Wally Lamb<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Uglies</span> by Scott Westenfield<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Twiligh</span>t by Stephanie Meyer<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Coming Up: </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Pretties</span> by Scott Westenfield<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Emma</span> by Jane AustenCindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-68327456957179711512011-12-31T18:29:00.000-08:002012-01-01T04:36:28.788-08:00Century Challenge<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhoG6GBdtwOLWpozHeqfy95P3R0cGceU5cVdq2IX4kg4SSOZIPgVuxJUCriDMdl3e6Nm5WLzd7VAx8GfcJLmCOJQamE8RBXg-vdfstCUDmBFTjY94_jSrQq2cLwbyZap9kRqJuW0xnHGc/s1600/CenturyChallengeSquare.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 169px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558523626291531458" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhoG6GBdtwOLWpozHeqfy95P3R0cGceU5cVdq2IX4kg4SSOZIPgVuxJUCriDMdl3e6Nm5WLzd7VAx8GfcJLmCOJQamE8RBXg-vdfstCUDmBFTjY94_jSrQq2cLwbyZap9kRqJuW0xnHGc/s200/CenturyChallengeSquare.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />For this challenge, I had to chose a decade and read through the years! I decided to pick the 70s and ended up enjoying the books I read. (All except one actually, my original choice for 1972 was Watership Down and I just could not get through it which is rare for me!)<br /><br />1970:<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Bluest Eye</span> by Toni Morrison<br />1971: <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH</span> by Robert O'Brien<br />1972:<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Julie of the Wolves</span> by Jean Craighead George<br />1973:<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Summer of My German Soldier</span> by Bette Greene<br />1974: <a href="http://cindy-somanybookssolittletime.blogspot.com/2011/10/book-review-the-chocolate-war-by-robert.html"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Chocolate War</span></a> by Robert Cormier<br />1975: <a href="http://http//cindy-somanybookssolittletime.blogspot.com/2011/10/book-review-tuck-everlasting-by-natlaie.html"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Tuck Everlasting </span></a>by Natalie Babbit<br />1976: <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Roots</span> by Alex Haley<br />1977: <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Song of Solomon</span> by Toni Morrison<br />1978:<em>The World According to Garp</em> by John Irving </div>1979: <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</span> by Douglas AdamsCindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-78450672540782381202011-12-31T18:28:00.000-08:002012-01-01T06:02:30.254-08:00Back to the Classics Challenge: COMPLETED!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjL9SVQ6FvMJcL0dWzMMf5SB8fgfSKDX9ZUZblJy3p__boW0caIac8CjQcDEnKIk1ohhRbsQaJpqqTH_q9hqGfj_bC7Q-vIe5_mg3gQ6VttLPGmnaM7yKxANpZvYnGacb9YjOShBIoRQ/s1600/BackToTheClassics.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjL9SVQ6FvMJcL0dWzMMf5SB8fgfSKDX9ZUZblJy3p__boW0caIac8CjQcDEnKIk1ohhRbsQaJpqqTH_q9hqGfj_bC7Q-vIe5_mg3gQ6VttLPGmnaM7yKxANpZvYnGacb9YjOShBIoRQ/s200/BackToTheClassics.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558523094576533442" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sarah from <a href="sarahreadstoomuch.blogspot.com">Sarah Reads too Much</a> spoonsored this challenge with themes to chose from to endourage us to read some classics!<br /><br /><br />Banned Book: <span style="font-style: italic;">Uncle Tom's Cabin</span> by Harriet Beecher Stowe<br />Wartime (Civil War): <span style="font-style: italic;">Across Five Aprils</span> by Irene Hunt<br />Pulitzer Prize: <span style="font-style: italic;">One of Ours</span> by Willa Cather<br />Children's/Young Adult: <a href="http://cindy-somanybooks-solittletime.blogspot.com/2011/09/book-review-outsiders.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Outsiders</span> by S.E. Hinton</a><br />19th Century: <span style="font-style: italic;">Little Women</span> by Louisa May Alcott<br />20th Century: <a href="http://cindy-somanybookssolittletime.blogspot.com/2011/02/book-review-lord-of-the-flies.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Lord of the Flies</span> by William H. Golding</a><br />21st Century: <span style="font-style: italic;">The Book Thief</span> by Markus Zusak<br />ReRead:<span style="font-style: italic;">The Scarlet Letter</span> by Nathaniel HawthorneCindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-68348148384819926272011-12-31T18:26:00.000-08:002012-01-01T06:10:51.522-08:00100+ Read challenge<div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYO2XT9eD8NOKc-Husp5PDGUNsFJab6GzI_lW3XfYnMQV1k_pSVeLOI_l76M5cxwZ5tMvn2SzlaOheeFYLdTuzMtQClfz0O5EZ_-FVsxbOfePndBi11c_HF1ZblFP9Gz_sii5hzWNLv84/s1600/100%252BReading.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558522644975941970" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYO2XT9eD8NOKc-Husp5PDGUNsFJab6GzI_lW3XfYnMQV1k_pSVeLOI_l76M5cxwZ5tMvn2SzlaOheeFYLdTuzMtQClfz0O5EZ_-FVsxbOfePndBi11c_HF1ZblFP9Gz_sii5hzWNLv84/s200/100%252BReading.jpg" border="0" /></a>Whew! I just made this one! And only because I noticed that I had misnumbered did I make it!<br /><br /><br />1. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</span> by Lewis Carroll<br />2. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Tales</span> by Edgar Allan Poe<br />3. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Girl who Chased the Moon</span> by Sarah Addison Allan<br />4. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Bud Not Buddy</span> by Christopher Paul <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Curits</span><br />5. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Small Island</span> by Andrea Levy<br />6. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Outsiders</span> by S.E.Hinton<br />7. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Girl Who Kicked the Dragon's Nest</span> by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Steig</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Larsson</span><br />8. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Lord of the Flies</span> by William Golding<br />9. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Frankweiler</span></span> by E.L. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Konigsburg</span><br />10. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Oliver Twist</span> by Charles Dickens<br />11. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Pippi</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Longstocking</span></span> by Astrid <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lundgren</span><br />12. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">GingerBread</span> Cookie Murder</span> by Joanne Fluke<br />13. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Fantastic Mr. Fox</span> by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Roald</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Dahl</span><br />14. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">20,000 Leagues Under the Sea</span> by Jules Verne<br />15. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">One of Ours </span>by Willa Cather<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br />16. Room</span> by Emma <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Donoghue</span><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">17. The Kite Runner</span><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">18. Gathering Blue</span> by Lois <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lowry</span><br />19. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Messenger</span> by Lois <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lowry</span><br />20. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Memory Palace</span> by Mira Bartok<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">21. Little Bee</span> by Chris Cleave<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br />23. Freedom</span> by Jonathan <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Frazen</span><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">22. Journey to the Center of the Earth</span> by Jules Verne<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">24. </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Shiloh </span>by Phyllis Reynold <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Naylor</span><br />25. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Bluest Eye</span> by Toni Morrison<br />26. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">Poisonwood</span> Bible</span> by Barbara <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kinsgsolver</span><br />27. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Rip Van Winkle</span> by Washington Irving<br />28. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Legend of Sleepy Hollow</span> by Washington Irving<br />29. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Shiloh Season</span> by Phyllis Reynold <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">Naylor</span><br />30. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother</span> by Amy <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error">Chua</span><br />31. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">While I'm Falling</span> by Laura Moriarty<br />32. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Little Women</span> by Louisa May Alcott<br />33. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Every Last One</span> by Anna <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">Quindlen</span><br />34. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins</span><br />34 <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Secrets of Eden</span> by Chris <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bojhalian</span><br />36. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</span> by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle<br />37. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Nobodies Album</span> by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error">Caolyn</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error">Parkhurst</span><br />38. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Mrs. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error">Frisby</span> and the Rats of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error">NIMH</span></span> by Robert O'Brien<br />39. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Catching Fire</span> by Suzanne Collins<br />40. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Glass Castle</span> by Jeanette Walls<br />41. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mockingjay</span></span> by Suzanne Collins<br />42. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Across Five Aprils</span> by Irene Hunt<br />43. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Dirty Secret</span> by Jessie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sholl</span><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">44.Saving Shiloh</span> by Phyllis Reynold <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-error">Naylor</span><br />45. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Virgin Suicides</span> by Jeffrey <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-error">Eugenides</span><br />46. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Jane Eyre</span> by Charlotte Bronte<br />47. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">If you Ask Me (which of course, you won't)</span> by Betty White<br />48. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Mrs. Kimble</span> by Jennifer <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" class="blsp-spelling-error">Haigh</span><br />49.<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> Girl with a Pearl Earring</span> by Tracy <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31" class="blsp-spelling-error">chevilar</span><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">50. Julie of the Wolves</span> by Jean <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_32" class="blsp-spelling-error">Craighead</span> George <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></span><br />51. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Reader</span> by Bernhard <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_33" class="blsp-spelling-error">Schilink</span><br />52. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Uncle Tom's Cabin</span> by Harriet Beecher Stowe<br />53. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The House of the Seven Gables</span> by Nathaniel Hawthorne<br />54. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Wicked</span> by Gregory <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_34" class="blsp-spelling-error">Maguire</span><br />55. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Old Man and the Sea </span>by Ernest Hemingway<br />56. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">We Are All Welcome Here</span> by Elizabeth Berg<br />57. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Trumpet of the Swan</span> by E.B. White<br />58. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Scarlet Letter </span><span style="font-size:-0;">by Nathaniel Hawthorne</span><br /><br />59. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Lost Hours</span> by Karen White<br />60. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Sisterhood Everlasting</span> by Ann <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_37" class="blsp-spelling-error">Brashares</span><br />61. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Virgin's Lover </span>by Phillipa Gregory<br />62. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Chocolate War</span> by Robert <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_38" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cormier</span><br />63. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Summer of my German Soldier</span> by Bette Greene <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></span><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">64. Sing You Home</span> by Jodi <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_39" class="blsp-spelling-error">Picoult</span><br />65. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Frankenstein</span> by Mary Shelley </div>66. <em>The <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_40" class="blsp-spelling-error">Minpins</span></em> by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_41" class="blsp-spelling-error">roald</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_42" class="blsp-spelling-error">Dahl</span><br />67. <em>The <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_43" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Enormous</span> Crocodile</em> by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_44" class="blsp-spelling-error">Roald</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_45" class="blsp-spelling-error">Dahl</span><br /><p>68. <em>Dreams <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_46" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">of</span> Joy</em> by Lisa See<br />69. <em><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_47" class="blsp-spelling-error">The BFG</span></em> by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_48" class="blsp-spelling-error">Roald</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_49" class="blsp-spelling-error">Dahl</span><br />70. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest</span> by Ken Kassey<br />71. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Matilda</span> by Roald Dahl<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_51" class="blsp-spelling-error"><br />72. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Red Queen</span> by Philippa Gregory</span><br />73. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Boy</span> by Roald Dahl<br />74. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Book Thief</span> by Markus Zusak<br />75. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar</span> by Roadl Dahl<br />76. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">A Clockwork Orange</span> by Anthony Burgess<br />77. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Cleopatra</span> by Stacy Schiff<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">78. The Picture of Dorian Gray</span> by Oscar Wilde<br />79. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Dracula</span> by Bram Stoker</p><p>80. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Stories I Only Tell My Friends</span> by Rob Lowe<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">81.</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> Gulliver's Travels</span> by Jonathan Swift<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">82. Matched</span> by Ally Condle<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">83. Roots</span> by Alex Haley<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">84. The Red Garden</span> by Alice Hoffman<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">85. The Wind in the Willows</span> by Graheme Greene<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">86. The Quiet American</span> by Graham Greene<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br />87. Song of Solomon</span> by Toni Morrison<br />88. <em>The Adventures of Tom Sawyer</em> by Mark Twain <strong><br /></strong><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">89. The Thief Lord</span> by Cornelia Funke<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">90.. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</span> by Douglas Adams <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></span><br />91. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Peach Keeper </span>by Sarah Addison Allen<br /><em>92. I Know why the Caged Bird Sings</em> by Maya Angelou<br />93. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Weird Sisters</span> by Eleanor Brown<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">94. </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Jungle Book I</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> </span><span style="font-size:-0;">by Rudyard Kipling</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br />95. The World According to Garp</span> by John Irving<br />96.<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb</span><br />97. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Autobiography of Santa Claus</span><br /></p><p>98. <em>The Probable Future</em> by Alice Hoffman<br /><em>99. Uglies by Scott Westerfield</em></p><p><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">100. The Silver Boat</span> by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_35" class="blsp-spelling-error">Luanne</span> Rice<br />101. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Tuck Everlasting</span> by Natalie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_36" class="blsp-spelling-error">Babbit</span></p><br /><p><em><br /><br /></em><br /><br /><br /></p><br /><br /><div><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_51" class="blsp-spelling-error"><br /><br /><br /></span></div>Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-2429046696547036622011-12-31T18:25:00.000-08:002012-01-01T06:14:27.498-08:002011 Audiobook Challenge<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gnyYo5Oo6I_JupU1_KT9vntl1JwsT4ox2-A2l9LBPA57YthRGcTTrmG2HhHsFjNwRqkIo3ToVFB4wo6O_zzbXSvSDawMRCW3mNOVtMw5wt9nKhmDfAqFFx8Gc3c2aoNB_REucDnaKuw/s1600/audiobookchallengebutto.png"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 160px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558522384748082370" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gnyYo5Oo6I_JupU1_KT9vntl1JwsT4ox2-A2l9LBPA57YthRGcTTrmG2HhHsFjNwRqkIo3ToVFB4wo6O_zzbXSvSDawMRCW3mNOVtMw5wt9nKhmDfAqFFx8Gc3c2aoNB_REucDnaKuw/s200/audiobookchallengebutto.png" border="0" /></a><br />For this challenge, I committed to Listening to 20 books and ended up listening to 37 books!<br /><br /><br />1. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</span> by Lewis Carroll<br />2. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Girl Who Chased the Moon</span> by Sarah Addison Allan<br />3. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Pippi Longstocking</span> by Astrid Lundgren<br />4. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Gingerbread Cookie Mystery</span> by Joanne Fluke<br />5. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">20,000 Leagues under the Sea</span> by Jules Verne<br />6. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini<br />7. </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Freedom</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> </span><span style="font-size:-0;">by Jonathan Frazer</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br />8. The Poisonwood Bible </span><span style="font-size:-0;">by Barbara Kingsolver</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br />9. Rip Van Winkle </span><span style="font-size:-0;">by Washington Irving</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br />10. Sleepy Hollow </span><span style="font-size:-0;">by Washington Irving</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br />11. </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">While I'm Falling </span><span style="font-size:-0;">by Laura Moriarty</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br />12. Every Last One </span><span style="font-size:-0;">by Anna Quindlan</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br />13. Secrets of Eden </span><span style="font-size:-0;">by Chris Bojhalian</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br />14. </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Nobodies Album</span> by Carolyn Parkhurst<br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">15. The Glass Castle </span><span style="font-size:-0;">by Jeannette Walls</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br />16. Jane Eyre </span><span style="font-size:-0;">by Charlotte Bronte</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br />17. Uncle Tom's Cabin </span><span style="font-size:-0;">by Harriet Beecher Stowe</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br /></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">18. Wicked </span><span style="font-size:-0;">by Gregory Maguire</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br />19. We are all Welcome Here </span><span style="font-size:-0;">by Elizabeth Berg<br />20. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Silver Boat</span> by Luanne Rice<br /><br /><br /><br />21. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Sisterhood Everlasting</span> by Ann Brashares<br />22. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Sing You Home</span> by Jodi Picoult<br />23. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Dreams of Joy</span> by Lisa See<br />24. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Red Queen</span> by Philippa Gregory<br />25. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Book Thief</span> by Markus Zusak<br /></span></div>26. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">A Clockwork Orange</span> by anthony Burgess<br />27. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Cleopatra </span>by Stacy Schiff<br /><p>28. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Dracula</span> by Bram Stoker<br />29. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Gulliver's Travels </span><span style="font-size:-0;">by Jonathan Swift</span><br />30.<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> The Red Garden</span> by Alice Hoffman<br />31. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Quiet American</span> by Graham Greene<br />32. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Thief Lord</span> by Cornelia Funke<br />33. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy</span> by Douglas Adams<br />34. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Peach Keeper</span> by Sarah Addison Allen<br />35. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Weird Sisters</span> by Eleanor Brown<br />36. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Jungle Book I</span> by Rudyard Kipling</p><p>37. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Autobiography of Santa Claus</span><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><br /><p><br /></p><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:-0;"><br /></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br /></span></div>Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731975067902222657.post-9139088664424153692011-12-31T18:23:00.001-08:002012-01-01T06:18:28.381-08:00What's in A Name 4<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-OsLHWuELxVd6Iz-JVBImJBsVm7yUrPSkydBmoyNT3dfyGNASm9egCQzY9SDY_Np2pICoMcGO9EeXwFWXleFBxk8p4S-270j_CdagIGSXW1banUCV7je-TqEvno7Yn64563POUAbw3g/s1600/whatsinname4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-OsLHWuELxVd6Iz-JVBImJBsVm7yUrPSkydBmoyNT3dfyGNASm9egCQzY9SDY_Np2pICoMcGO9EeXwFWXleFBxk8p4S-270j_CdagIGSXW1banUCV7je-TqEvno7Yn64563POUAbw3g/s200/whatsinname4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558521814194563362" border="0" /></a><br />Since I'm all about themes, this one was a good one for <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">me</span> and I have to say that I enjoyed all the books a I read-it got some <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">TBRs</span> off my list! I will definitely be <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">participating</span> again in 2012<br /><br />Number: <span style="font-style: italic;">The House of Seven Gables</span> by Nathaniel Hawthorne<br />Jewel or Gem: <span style="font-style: italic;">Girl with a Pearl Earring</span> by Tracy Chevalier<br />Size:<span style="font-style: italic;"> Small Island</span> by Andrea Levy<br />Travel or Movement: <span style="font-style: italic;">While I'm Falling</span> by Laura Moriarty<br />Evil: <span style="font-style: italic;">Wicked</span> by Gregory <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Maguire</span><br />Life Stage: <span style="font-style: italic;">The Old Man and the Sea</span> by Ernest HemingwayCindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562423965240618248noreply@blogger.com0