Posted on August 30, 2008 by Becky
It’s time for The Summer Reading Challenge is completed. This iswas hosted by Rock Creek Rumblings. That link is here. I believe the challenge was from June 1, 2008 to August 31, 2008. (I think.)
Here iswas my list:
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
Peeled by Joan Bauer.
Seeing Redd by Frank Beddor
March Through Thunder by Joseph Bruchac
A Curse [...]
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Posted on August 25, 2008 by Becky
List of books completed (aka gold medals won) for the Olympic Reading Challenge:
1. Steinbeck’s Ghost by Lewis Buzbee
2. Mary Ingalls On Her Own by Elizabeth Kimmel Willard
3. The Redheaded Princess by Ann Rinaldi
4. Hurricane Song by Paul Volponi
5. Ruby’s Imagine by Kim Antieau
6. Don’t Talk To Me About the War by David Adler.
7. Love Me [...]
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Posted on August 25, 2008 by Becky
It’s that time of year again!!! Time for the R.I.P. Challenge. Readers Imbibing Peril. Our host is the wonderfully fabulous Carl of Stainless Steel Droppings.
1. R.I.P. III runs from September 1st through October 31st, 2008. But I’m no stickler, start reading now if you feel so inclined.
Mystery.
Suspense.
Thriller.
Dark Fantasy.
Gothic.
Horror.
Supernatural.
2. Choose one of more of the [...]
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Posted on August 2, 2008 by Becky
July Book Blowout. Hosted by Blue Archipelago
From a Distance by Tamera Alexander. 384. 3/5
Suddenly Supernatural by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel. 316. 3/5
Shift by Charlotte Agell. 230. 3/5
Big Fat Manifesto by Susan Vaught. 308. 3.75/5
Appetite for Detention by Sloane Tanen.
The Richest Doll in the World by Polly M. Robertus. 129. 1/5
The Hanging Woods by Scott Loring Sanders. [...]
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Posted on August 2, 2008 by Becky
The ever-fabulous Sarah Miller is hosting her first challenge. It is the DISNEY LITERATURE CHALLENGE. And I believe it would fall in the category of perpetual challenges in that it doesn’t have preset start/end dates assigned. Join by leaving a comment on her site. And participants are also supposed to go to that post to [...]
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Posted on August 2, 2008 by Becky
Hosted by Joy. Read about the challenge here. The challenge goes from May to September 2008. Joy does say that lists can change–added or subtracted, substituted etc. But this is what I’m thinking now.
Nonfiction Five Challenge
Moving Forward by Dave Pelzer (self-help)
Worship Matters by Bob Kauflin (spiritual)
Napoleon’s Privates: 2,500 Years of History Unzipped by Tony Perrottet [...]
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Posted on August 2, 2008 by Becky
Becky’s Reads
1) The Underneath by Kathi Appelt. Recommended by Sarah Miller.
2) The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry. Recommended by Sarah Miller.
3) The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson. Recommended by Sarah Miller and Erin and Little Willow and Amanda and The Story Siren.
4) The Floating Circus by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer. Recommended by Sarah Miller.
5) A [...]
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