Southern Reading Challenge Three
May 15 – August 15, 2009
Maggie from Maggie Reads is once again hosting her very popular Southern Reading Challenge for 2009. She writes:
It’s that time of year!
The time when you pour a glass of lemonade or sweet tea and take your official summer spot on the porch. Lean back in that chase lounge surrounded by geraniums and ferns, and begin the summer long journey into Southern culture.
Participants may choose to read any style of Southern book such as Appalachian tales, Civil War sagas, Gothic myths, Grit lit, etc… The goal is THREE BOOKS in three months. As she did last year, Maggie will be holding weekly drawings and contests.
Looks like I’ll have plenty to choose from! =)
- The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
- Bitsy’s Bait & BBQ by Pamela Morsi
- The Rock Orchard by Paula Wall
- Sufficient Grace by Darnell Arnoult
- Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts
- Look Back All the Green Valley by Fred Chappell
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- The Known World by Edward P. Jones
- Widow of the South by Robert Hicks
- The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
- Light in August by William Faulkner
- Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! by Fannie Flagg
- Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg
- Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg
- On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon by Kaye Gibbons
- Charms for the Easy Life by Kaye Gibbons
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The Series Reading Challenge
starts December 1st, 2008 and goes until November 30th, 2009.
The rules are easy:
1) Pick a couple series you already started and now want to finish (meaning, you’ll be all up to date with the series when it ends).
2) Read at least 4 books, more are also okay, of course!
3) Post your review of the books on your blog or in the comment section, no matter how long. If you post the review on your blog, please post a link to the review in the comment section so that everyone else can check out your review.
4) Have fun!
completed:
- Shopaholic Ties the Knot (Shopaholic 3) by Sophie Kinsella
- The Calling of Emily Evans (Women of the West 1) by Janette Oke
- The Winter Lodge (Lakeshore Chronicles 2) by Susan Wiggs
- Appaloosa (Everett Hitch 1) by Robert B. Parker
- Crazy Hot (Steele Street 1) by Tara Janzen
- 84, Charing Cross Road (84, Charing Cross Road #1) by Helene Hanff
emme’s (seemingly neverending) list:
- Dockside (Lakeshore Chronicles 3) by Susan Wiggs
- Snowfall at Willow Lake (Lakeshore Chronicles 4) by Susan Wiggs
- Fireside (Lakeshore Chronicles 5) by Susan Wiggs
- Voyager (Outlander Series 3) by Diana Gabaldon
- Drums of Autumn (Outlander Series 4) by Diana Gabaldon
- The Fiery Cross (Outlander 5) by Diana Gabaldon (Don’t have)
- A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander 6) by Diana Gabaldon (Don’t have)
- An Echo in the Bone (Outlander 7) by Diana Gabaldon (Don’t have)
- The Masque of the Black Tulip (Pink Carnation Series 2) by Lauren Willig
- The Deception of the Emerald Ring (Pink Carnation Series 3) by Lauren Willig
- The Seduction of the Crimson Rose (Pink Carnation 4) by Lauren Willig (Don’t have)
- The Temptation of the Night Jasmine (Pink Carnation 5) by Lauren Willig (Don’t have)
- Sarah’s Quilt (Sarah Agnes Prine 2) by Nancy E. Turner
- The Star Garden (Sarah Anges Prine 3) by Nancy E. Turner (Don’t have)
- Resolution by Robert B. Parker (Everett Hitch 2) by Robert B. Parker (Don’t have)
- Brimstone by Robert B. Parker (Everett Hitch 3) by Robert B. Parker (Don’t have)
- Shopaholic and Sister (Shopaholic 4) by Sophie Kinsella
- Shopaholic and Baby (Shopaholic 5) by Sophie Kinsella (Don’t have)
- Boy Meets Girl (Boy Series 2) by Meg Cabot
- Every Boy’s Got One (Boy Series 3) by Meg Cabot (Don’t have)
- Anne of Ingleside (Anne 6) by L.M. Montgomery
- Rainbow Valley (Anne 7) by L.M. Montgomery
- Rilla of Ingleside (Anne 8 ) by L.M. Montgomery
- Curse of the Spellmans (Spellman Files 2) by Lisa Lutz
- Revenge of the Spellmans (Spellman Files 3) by Lisa Lutz (Don’t have)
- Brisingr (Inheritance Cycle 3) by Christopher Paolini
- Steele Street Series by Tara Janzen (2-8,10)
- The Em Hanson Series by Sarah Andrews
- The Grand Tour (Cecy and Kate Series 2) by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
- The Mislaid Magician or Ten Years After (Cecy and Kate Series 3) by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
- Something Rotten (Thursday Next 4) by Jasper Fforde
- Thursday Next: First Among Sequals (Thursday Next 5) by Jasper Fforde
- The Big Over Easy (Nursery Crimes 1) by Jasper Fforde
- The Fourth Bear (Nursery Crimes 2) by Jasper Fforde
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J. Kaye’s Book Blog – 2009 Young Adult Book Challenge
Guidelines for 2009 Young Adult Book Challenge
1. Anyone can join. You don’t need a blog to participate.
2. Read 12 Young Adult novels. No need to list your books in advance. You may select books as you go. Even if you list them now, you can change the list if needed.
3. Challenge begins January thru December, 2009.
4. You can join anytime between now and December 31, 2009.
emme’s list:
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
- The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott
- Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
- The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo (Newbery 2004)
- Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins (Newbery 2006)
- The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley (Newbery 1985)
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (Newbery 1963)
- Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink (Newbery 1936)
- Magyk (Septimus Heap 1) by Angie Sage
- Flyte (Septimus Heap 2) by Angie Sage
- Physik (Septimus Heap 3) by Angie Sage
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
- Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
- The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne
- Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
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Arthurian Challenge – 2009/2010
I did so bad on this challenge last year (I didn’t finish one Arthur book), but since they’re all still in my TBR pile, I”m hoping to get to them this year (really!!). Since I’m finishing my masters in May, I’m hoping to devote a lot more time after that to reading (and all those other things that have been put off for 3 years…).
April 1, 2009 – March 31, 2010
Becky from Becky’s Book Reviews is once again hosting the Arthurian Challenge for 2009/10. The goal is to read books starring characters found in or inspired by Arthurian legends.
Guidelines:
- No set amount of books. Read one or two. Or read a dozen. You set the amount that feels good to you!
- No lists are necessary. You can change your mind on WHAT you reading or should that be WHO you’re reading at any time.
- If at any time you dislike a book, then feel free to discard it and pick up another.
- What about movies? What about graphic novels? What about comics? What about audio books? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. All of those things count.
- Kids books. YA books. Adult books. All count. What about series books? Or series books in all-in-one editions? I’m leaving it up to you.
- What about short stories or poetry? Yes and yes. Anything really can go.
- What about rereads? Sure why not!
- The Once and Future King by T.H. White
- Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table, trans. Keith Baines
- Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country by Rosalind Miles
- King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck
Other Reading Goals for 2009:
- The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
- The Host by Stephenie Meyer
- The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
- The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser
- John Adams by David McCullough
- Hypatia’s Heritage: A History of Women in Science from Antiquity Through the Nineteenth Century by Margaret Alic
- Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts
- Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation by Cokie Roberts
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
