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Our Mutual Friend Challenge Completed

9:13 AM

Nikki

Our Mutual Read (Sign UP Post) The challenge blog link.
Level 2: 8 Books at least four written during 1837-1901.

1. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling. Maryrose Wood. (2010)
2. Emma Brown: A Novel From the Unfinished Manuscript by Charlotte Bronte. Clare Boylan. (2005)
3. She Walks in Beauty by Siri Mitchell (2010)
4. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (1854-1855)
5. Scarlet Letter. Nathaniel Hawthorne. (1850)
6. Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope (1858)
7. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte (1848)
8. Armadale by Wilkie Collins (1866)
9. Soulless by Gail Carriger (2009)
10. Bleak House by Charles Dickens (1852-1853)
11. Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (1868)
12. He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope (1869)
13. Lady Anna. Anthony Trollope. (1874)

Mini Challenge to watch Period Movies

1. North and South, the movie
2. Bleak House, the movie (2005)

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Graphic Novel Challenge Completed

9:09 AM

Nikki

Graphic Novel 2010 Challenge
Level Intermediate
January - December 2010
I will be reviewing the books at Becky's Book Reviews

1. The First Escape by G.P. Taylor
2. Science Fiction Classics (Graphic Classics #17)
3. Julius Caesar (Manga Shakespeare) Mustashrik Mahbab (Illustrator). Richard Appignanesi (Text).
4. Calamity Jack. By Shannon and Dean Hale.
5. Manga Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing. William Shakespeare. 2009. Ill. Emma Vieceli. Adapted by Richard Appignanesi.
6. Manga Shakespeare: As You Like It. William Shakespeare.
7. Mary Anne Saves The Day. Raina Telgemeier and Ann M. Martin. 2007. Scholastic. 158 pages.
8. Lunch Lady and the Author Visit Vendetta. Jarrett J. Krosoczka.
9. Olympians: Zeus: King of the Gods. George O'Connor.
10. Olympians: Athena: Grey-Eyed Goddess. George O'Connor
11. Mercury by Hope Larson
12. The Sons of Liberty by Alexander Lagos and Joseph Lagos
13. Babymouse Burns Rubber #12. Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm.
14. Babymouse Cupcake Tycoon (#13) Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm.
15. Ender's Game: Battle School. (Graphic Novel) Orson Scott Card.
16. Jane Eyre The Graphic Novel -- Original Text -- Charlotte Bronte
17. Frankenstein The Graphic Novel -- Original Text -- Mary Shelley
18. Koko Be Good. Jen Wang.
19. Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation. Ray Bradbury. Illustrated by Tim Hamilton.
20. The Odyssey. Gareth Hinds.
21. Muppet King Arthur. Paul Benjamin and Patrick Storck.
22. Muppet Robin Hood. Tim Beedle.
23. Muppet Peter Pan. Grace Randolph
24. The Plain Janes. Cecil Castellucci
25. Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean. Sarah Stewart Taylor.

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Everything Austen II Challenge Completed

8:03 AM

Nikki

Stephanie of Stephanie's Written Word hosted the Everything Austen challenge again!
July 1, 2010 - January 1, 2011

Here's what I've read and reviewed

1. Pride and Prescience: Or A Truth Universally Acknowledged. A Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mystery. Carrie Bebris
2. North by Northanger, Or, The Shades of Pemberley. Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mysteries #3. Carrie Bebris.
3. The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James.
4. A Darcy Christmas: A Holiday Tribute to Jane Austen. By Amanda Grange, Carolyn Eberhart, and Sharon Lathan.
5. Bespelling Jane Austen. By Mary Balogh, Susan Krinard, Colleen Gleason, Janet Mullany.
6. Emma and the Vampires by Wayne Josephson.

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2010 TBR Challenge Completed

7:59 AM

Nikki

TBR 2010
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010
12 Books
The list CANNOT be changed after January 1, 2010.

1. Fire by Kristin Cashore (480 pages)
2. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (400 pages)
3. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (400 pages)
4. The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo (201 pages)
5. Saving Juliet. By Suzanne Selfors. (272 pages)
6. Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? by Louise Rennison (310 pages)
7. Prada & Prejudice. by Mandy Hubbard. (288 pages)
8. Alcatraz Versus The Knights of Crystallia by Brandon Sanderson (336 pages)
9. Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld (448 pages)
*10. Libyrinth by Pearl North (336 pages)
*11. Cannery Row by John Steinbeck (192 pages)
*12. The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James (352 pages)

* from alternate list

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Fall Into Reading Challenge Completed

8:07 AM

Nikki

Did you finish reading all the books on your fall reading list? If not, why not?

I listed ten books for this reading challenge. I read eight of them.

Desiree: The Bestselling Story of Napoleon's First Love by Annemarie Selinko. Sourcebooks. October 2010. 608 pages.
Elizabeth, Captive Princess: Two Sisters, One Throne. Margaret Irwin. Sourcebooks. October 2010. 352 pages.
Passionate Brood. Margaret Campbell Barnes. October 2010. Sourcebooks. 368 pages.
Bleak House. Charles Dickens. 1852-1853. 912 pages.
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. 1868. 544 pages.
Reckless by Cornelia Funke. 2010. Little, Brown. 394 pages.
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. 2010. Scholastic. 390 pages.
Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld. 2010. Simon & Schuster. 496 pages.

The two I didn't read were Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson and The Dragon's Apprentice by James A. Owen.

Did you stick to your original goals or did you change your list as you went along?

I did not change my list.

What was your favorite book that you read this fall? Least favorite? Why?

My favorite would probably be The Moonstone or Bleak House. I just LOVED these two! My least favorite was probably Desiree by Annemarie Selinko. It dragged (for me) in places. And I felt it was much too long. Passionate Brood got boring too, but, at least it was short.

Did you discover a new author or genre this fall? Did you love them? Not love them?

I couldn't honestly say this was my first time reading Charles Dickens. I mean, I've technically read Great Expectations twice. Even though I blocked it out (after test time) both times. And I've read A Christmas Carol, too, but this is the first "real" Dickens that I've read where I enjoyed losing myself in the story. And actually by "losing myself" mean enjoyment :) Wilkie Collins I discovered last December. I've read a handful of his this year. And really, really enjoyed most of them.

Did you learn something new because of Fall Into Reading 2010 – something about reading, about yourself, or about a topic you read about?

I've learned that short books can feel (tortuously) long at times, and that (delightful) long books can seem not quite long enough.

Wrap-up questions.

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Completed Challenge: 18th and 19th Century Women Writers...

7:07 PM

Nikki

18th and 19th Women Writers Reading Challenge
Hosted by Becky of Becky's Book Reviews
Minimum 2 books;
All of 2010

1. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (1854-1855)
2. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte (1848)

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