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Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Another Challenge I Just Couldn't Pass Up
9:23 AM
Okay, so I know I'm getting in over my head with the challenges, but I simply can't resist. Here's another one that I'm really excited about: it's the Triple 8 Challenge hosted by 3M. All the details are on the challenge blog, but basically you choose 8 books to read in 8 different categories. Some overlap is allowed, so it's not as overwhelming as it sounds! It runs from January 1 to December 31, 2008. I'm so excited! Here's my list:
Jane Austen
Jane Austen
- Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
- Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
- Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
- Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
- Austenland - Shannon Hale
- The Jane Austen Book Club - Karen Joy Fowler
- Becoming Jane - Jon Spence
- Me and Mr. Darcy - Alexandra Potter
Classics I Need to Read or Re-read
- Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
- Emma - Jane Austen
- Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
- In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
- Last of the Mohicans - James Fennimore Cooper
- Little Men - Louisa May Alcott
- Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
- A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
Books by LDS Authors
- The Yearbook - Allyson Braithwaite Condie
- I Am A Mother - Jane Clayson Johnson
- Running With Angels - Pamela H. Hansen
- Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card (also reading for Cardathon Challenge)
- Rachel and Leah - Orson Scott Card (also reading for Cardathon Challenge)
- Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling - Richard Lyman Bushman (also reading for Unread Authors Challenge)
- Alone, Together - Jack Weyland
- No Doubt About It - Sheri Dew
Biography/Memoir
- Lemony Snicket: The Unofficial Autobiography - Lemony Snicket
- The Lives and Loves of Violet and Daisy Hilton - Dean Jensen (also reading for In Their Shoes Challenge)
- The Hiding Place - Corrie Ten Boom (also reading for In Their Shoes Challenge)
- Color Me Butterfly - L.Y. Marlow
- Fat Girl - Judith Moore
- The Wounded Spirit - Frank Peretti
- Porch Tales - Jewell Parker Rhodes
- A Girl Named Zippy - Haven Kimmel (also reading for In Their Shoes Challenge)
First In A Series
- Uglies - Scott Westerfield (also reading for Fall Into Reading Challenge)
- The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
- The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan (also reading for Fall Into Reading Challenge)
- Flamingo Fatale - Jimmie Ruth Evans
- On What Grounds - Cleo Coyle (overlap book/books about food)
- Catering to Nobody - Diane Mott Davidson (overlap book/books about food)
- To the Edge - Cindy Gerard
- Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
Neil Gaiman
- American Gods - Neil Gaiman
- Coraline - Neil Gaiman
- M Is For Magic - Neil Gaiman
- Interworld - Neil Gaiman
- Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
- Smoke & Mirrors - Neil Gaiman
- Good Omens - Neil Gaiman
- The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish - Neil Gaiman
Random Picks From My (Never-Ending) TBR Pile
- Empire Falls - Richard Russo
- Whistling in the Dark - Lesley Kegan
- I Am the Messenger - Markus Zusak
- Saving Fish From Drowning - Amy Tan
- Peony in Love - Lisa See
- Summer Reading - Hilma Wolitzer
- Midnight Sea - Colleen Coble
- Gilead - Marilynne Robinson
Books About Food
- Fast Food Nation - Eric Schlosser
- Something From the Oven - Laura Shapiro
- Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen - Julie Powell
- Cooking With My Sisters: One Hundred Years of Family Recipes, From Bari to Big Stone Gap - Adriana Trigiani
- Murder on the Rocks - Karen McInerny
- Dead and Berried - Karen McInerny
- On What Grounds - Cleo Coyle (overlap book/First In A Series)
- Catering to Nobody - Diane Mott Davidson (overlap book/First in A Series)
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mmmm... books about food. That sounds like a delicious category. Can't wait to see what you say about them!
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of books. I wish you luck and hope you have a great time with them!
ReplyDeleteI've really, really been wanting to join this one...but alas, I know my limitations. Good luck! And have fun...looks like you've got a nice varied selection there!
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