Challenges

I always described myself as “not much of a joiner,” but this list of reading challenges shows that in the last few years shows I have changed! When it comes to books, I am indeed a “joiner!” I love taking on a new challenge, a new project, and I’ve been happy to be introduced to many new-to-me books and authors. Each challenge listed below has it’s own sub-page, so click on each one to see the books I’ve chosen and the progress I’ve made. “It’s only time,” is my motto! Reading is a journey for me, and I’m enjoying my travels!

CURRENT CHALLENGES:

Support Your Local Library Challenge, 2010 (goal of 50 books)

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Women Unbound Challenge, 2010

1. Breaking Tradition: The Story of Louise Nevelson, by Natalie S. Bober
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November Novella Challenge, 2009

1. Pedro Páramo, by Juan Rulfo
2. The Ballad of the Sad Café, by Carson McCullers

Japanese Literature Challenge 3, 2009

1. The Revenge of the Forty-Seven Samuari, by Erik Christian Haugaard
2. Kira-Kira, by Cynthia Kadohata
3. Summer of the Big Bachi, by Naomi Hirahara

Independent Bookstore Reader’s Challenge, 2009

1. The Snow Goose Bookstore, Stanwood, Washington, USA
2. Murder By The Book: A Bookshop, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Dewey’s Books Reading Challenge, 2009

1. A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin
2. The Uncommon Reader, by Alan Bennett
3. The Book of Lost Things, by John Connolly
4. American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang
5. The Higher Power of Lucky, by Susan Patron
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Art History Challenge, 2009

1. The Forest Lover, by Susan Vreeland
2. The Madonnas of Leningrad, by Donna Dean
3. The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece, by Jonathan Harr
4. Still Life, by Louise Penny
5. “Monet Refuses the Operation“, a poem by Lisel Mueller
6. The Matisse Stories, by A.S. Byatt
7. Marc Chagall, Painter of Dreams, by Natalie S. Bober
8. Breaking Tradition: The Story of Louise Nevelson, by Natalie S. Bober

Shakespeare Challenge, 2009

1. An Introduction to Shakespeare, by Marchette Chute
2. Manga Shakespeare: Macbeth
3. Manga Shakespeare: The Tempest
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Rhinoa’s Manga Challenge, 2009

1. Manga Shakespeare: Macbeth
2. Manga Shakespeare: The Tempest
3. Return to Labyrinth, Vol I, by Jake T. Forbes
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COMPLETED CHALLENGES:

Readers Imbibing Peril-4, 2009

Arthurian Challenge, 2009

Once Upon a Time III, 2009

Audiobook Challenge, 2009

Dewey’s Knit-a-Long, 2009

Jewish Literature Challenge, 2009

Support Your Local Library Challenge, 2009

Sci Fi Experience, 2009

Readers Imbibing Peril-3, 2008

Book-to-Movie Challenge, 2008

Japanese Literature-2, 2008

Book Awards-2, 2008

Southern Reading Challenge-2, 2008

Non-Fiction Five Challenge, 2008

Once Upon a Time-2, 2008

Sci Fi Experience, 2008

Expanding Horizons Challenge, 2008

Japanese Literature Challenge, 2007

Hometown Challenge, 2007

Books-to-Movie Challenge, 2007

Readers Imbibing Peril-2, 2007

Southern Reading Challenge, 2007

Once Upon a Time, 2007

This page has the following sub pages.

• Book Awards Reading Challenge, 2008
• Sci Fi Experience, 2008
• Japanese Literature Challenge, 2007
• Once Upon a Time III, 2009
• Independent Bookstore Reader’s Challenge, 2009
• Dewey’s Books Reading Challenge, 2009
• Expanding Horizons Challenge, 2008