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April 13, 2007
I hate Dana
Okay, really I hate Dana.
No, I love her.
No, I hate her.
Do you know why? She knows I can't turn down a book challenge and what did she do, but throw down the gauntlet for 3 more challenges!
I am already in a TBR challenge and a 15 decades challenge. Now I've signed up for a nonfiction challenge, a southern writers challenge AND a challenge where you read the complete works of somebody. Oh, and because of her I'm also in a book awards group too.
So here are my lists....
TBR challenge
1. Sacred Romance by Curtis & Eldredge
2. Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
3. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
4. Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
5. Second Touch by Brock & Brodie Thoene
6. Bridge to Terebithia by Katherine Paterson (completed)
7. Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Eliott (completed)
8. Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery
9. Diary of Anne Frank
10. A Chance to Die by Elisabeth Eliott
11. Saddlemaker's Wife by Earlene Fowler
12. Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
15 decades challenge
1. The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo (Newberry) 2000's
2. The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields (Pulitzer) 1990's
3. Dinner at Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler 1980's
4. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor (Newberry)1970's
5. The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare (Newberry) 1960's
6. Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1950's
7. Cross Creek by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 1940's
8. Invincible Louisa by Cornelia Meigs (Newberry) 1930's
9. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (Pulitzer) 1920's
10. My Antonia by Willa Cather 1910's
11. A Room With a View by E.M. Forster 1900's
12. Tess of the D'urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 1890's
13. Ben Hur by Lew Wallace 1880's
14. Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne 1870's
15. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo 1860's
Bonus:
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1850's
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 1840's
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens 1830's
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott 1820's
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen 1810's
Major works challenge
1. Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen (1811)
2. Pride & Prejudice (1813)
3. Mansfield Park (1814)
4. Emma (1816)
5. Northanger Abbey (1818)
6. Persuasion (1818)
7. Minor works
Nonfiction challenge
1. Sacred Romance by Curtis & Eldredge
2. Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
3. A Chance to Die by Elisabeth Eliott
4. Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
5. A Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Southern reading Challenge
1. TBA
2.
3.
You might notice some books overlapping with different challenges. It is a necessity. I read a lot, but...there is a limit.
Posted by nattie at April 13, 2007 12:57 PM
Comments
I'm tired just reading your list! Good luck! :)
Posted by: stephanie at April 13, 2007 02:24 PM
WOW...what fun! Welcome to the Non-Fiction Five Challenge. You have a great list going there. Actually all your lists look interesting. I hope you enjoy them. Happy Reading!
Posted by: joy at April 13, 2007 03:12 PM
WOW!!!
You sure know how to keep busy!
Posted by: Pattie at April 13, 2007 04:53 PM
well if I can't spur people on to bigger and better things, what am I good for. i mean really.
**chokes a little on own hubris**
Posted by: Dana at April 13, 2007 05:04 PM
The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
I actually liked that a lot.
Posted by: Heather at April 13, 2007 05:27 PM
Thanks for joining the challenge and I look forward to your selections! ;D
Posted by: maggie at April 14, 2007 08:23 PM
I consolidated my lists on Xanga also...it was a good idea. I also put deadlines on my Outlook calendar, so hopefully between all these challenges, as well as all the reviews I have to do, I can keep it all straight!
Posted by: pattie pie at April 15, 2007 11:13 PM
Whoah... I would be doing going well to read one new book a month!
Posted by: Lauren at April 16, 2007 07:15 PM
i have overlap too! not for EVERY book in a challenge, but almost every book will fit into at least two challenges
Posted by: Dana at April 17, 2007 10:37 AM