Holiday Break Reading Challenge Activity #6

 Today's challenge from:  Holiday Break Reading Challenge Activity #6

What's in a Name?

Here is what you need to do:

1 - Find a book title that fits in all of the following categories. If you read primarily young adult literature, then focus on young adult titles. If not, focus on adult. It doesn't matter.

2 - Be sure to list the author next to each title, just in case some of us want to read more about them.

3 - To be eligible for the prize you need to leave a comment on THE ORIGINAL POST with all of your book titles and authors.

4 - Leave your email address in your comment.

Here are the categories you need to find (you can't use the ones in the examples):

1. A book with a "profession" in its title. Examples might include: The Book Thief, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Historian

2. A book with a "time of day" in its title. Examples might include: Twilight,Four Past Midnight, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

3. A book with a "relative" in its title. Examples might include: Eight Cousins, My Father's Dragon, The Daughter of Time

4. A book with a "body part" in its title. Examples might include: The Bluest Eye, Bag of Bones, The Heart of Darkness

5. A book with a "building" in its title. Examples might include: Uncle Tom's Cabin, Little House on the Prairie, The Looming Tower

6. A book with a "medical condition" in its title. Examples might include:Insomnia, Coma, The Plague

7. A book with a "color" in its title. Examples might include: The Amber Spyglass, The Red Pony, Blue Blood

8. A book with an "animal" in its title. Examples might include: The Hound of the Baskervilles, To Kill a Mockingbird, Julie of the Wolves

9. A book with a "first name" in its title. Examples might include: Jane Eyre, the Harry Potter books, Anne of Green Gables

10. A book with a "place" in its title. Examples might include: From Russia with Love, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Out of Africa

11. A book with a "weather event" in its title. Examples might include: The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Red Storm Rising, Tornado Alley

12. A book with a "plant" in its title. Examples might include: Where the Red Fern Grows, The Name of the Rose, Flowers for Algernon

Have Fun!

My list:

Book 1:Profession  The Alchemist, by Paul Coelho
Book 2: Time of Day Pride and Predjudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Jane Austen and Steve Hockensmith
Book 3: Relative The Sisters Grimm (series) by Michael Buckley
Book 4: Body part Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury
Book 5: Building The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Book 6: Medical condition Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Book 7: Color The 39 Clues Book 5: The Black Circle by Patrick Carman
Book 8: Animal No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
Book 9: First name Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Book 10: Place Mililani Mauka by Chris McKinney
Book 11: Weather event Hurricane: A Novel by Terry Trueman
Book 12: Plant The Seven Orchids by Ian MacMillan





 

Wish I'd Read That Challenge 2010

 

I really am afraid of commitment and these challenges have COMMITMENT written all over them, but the Royal Reviews ladies make it sound so easy, so I will commit to this challenge.

This challenge is basically about reading the books I always wanted to read, but never got around to doing it. Now there's an excuse for me - I have to because I said I would.

Challenge Guidelines:

1. Anyone can join. You don't need a blog to participate.
--Non-Bloggers: Include your information in the comment section.

2. There are four levels:

-- Curious – Read 3 books.

-- Fascinated – Read 6 books.

-- Addicted – Read 12 books.

-- Obsessed – Read 20 books.

3. Any book format counts.

4. You can list your books in advance or just put them in a wrap up post. If you list them, feel free to change them as the mood takes you.

5. Challenge begins January 1st thru December, 2010. Only books started on January 1st count towards this challenge.



I may change my list later, but I think I can do the Fascinated level (6 books)
Wild Ginger by Anchee Min
The Host by Stephanie Meyer
Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Indian Killer by Sherman Alexie
Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. by Luis J. Rodriguez

30 Books to Movies Challenge

 

Chase at The Bibliophile's Lounge is hosting his first challenge: 30 Books to Movies Challenge. Basically, for 2010 I'll read 30 books and their movie versions and blog about both of them. This is actually my 2nd challenge for 2010 and although I love to read working two jobs is sometimes overwhelming, but I do love a challenge. I think I'll get my youngest to help me since he is a voracious reader and will push me along.

Wish me luck!

Women Unbound Challenge

This is another challenge, which is not always a good thing for me because I seem to be getting overwhelmingly busy but I can't resist this one.

1. It was started on Twitter, and this is tangible evidence of the power of Twitter

2. It's a year long, so that works with the rhythms of my work year.

3. It's about the power of women - FABULOUS

4. I can combine my interest in minority lit. with women's lit., with non-fiction and YA lit to create the list for this challenge

The Women Unbound challenge runs between now and November 2010 so that is a whole year to read any book that focuses on women and their issues.  Like I said, I want to combine minority lit with women's lit with YA lit as well as non-fiction so I have some possible titles, but I'd love to collect recommendations that will specifically appeal to YA readers.


Some that I think qualify and are interesting for YA readers, but I'm not adding because I already read them:

Non fiction:
She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martydom of Cassie Bernall by Misty Bernall (Columbine)
Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family and Fighting to Get Back on the Board by Bethany Hamilton, Sheryl Burk and Rick Bundschuh (Shark bite)
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah
Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Patillo Beals (Little Rock 9)

Fiction:
The Adoration of Jenna Fox  by Mary E. Pearson
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Skim by Mariko Tamaki (graphic)
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
Chiggers by Hope Larson


Any recommendations? The only definite so far is Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Books to Read Challenge 2010

Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea is hosting this challenge to "read the best books first." Like my son says, I don't want to die in 2010. Most people will probably read classics that ehy never got to, or books that have been on their TBR list for way too long.

I read a lot of books for my job, for my students and for my sanity, but many of them are blogged about, then forgotten as one story blends into another. But I would like to spend some time in 2010 revisiting the books that continue to follow me. The ones that haunt me are the ones I'd like to read first, and last, so these are the books with lines or characters that continue to speak to me, or encourage me, make me laugh, or make me cry, even after all these years.

1. Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
2. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
3. King Lear by Shakespeare
4. Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
5. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
6. Beloved by Toni Morrison
7. Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
8. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
9. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
10. Pouliuli by Albert Wendt

If you are interested in this challenge, go to Diane's blog (link above or on the picture).

What would you read first?

Sarah Dessen Challenge

Sarah Dessen Challenge

Looking for a great way to start your summer? Em from Em's Bookshelf has a Sarah Dessen challenge. Here's her rules:

1) Read all 9 books by Sarah Dessen.
2) Set your own time frame. Whatever works best for your schedule. Don't stress...this is supposed to be fun! :)
3) Comment on this post or link to this post on your blog. The more people that hear about this, the more people we'll have cheering us on!

And at The Sarah Dessen Diarist, Adele is putting together thirty days of posts(!) from authors, bloggers, and readergirlz in the month leading up to Sarah Dessen's birthday on June 6th.