Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Much Ado about Shakespeare Challenge - Completed Lists

Please post your completed list here. Name and url of completed list, please.

Glad you joined and I hope you had fun!








Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Teaser Tuesdays - The Loud Silence of Francine Green

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!
Grab your current read

Open to a random page

Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page



"'I want you to read these pamphlets carefully. And this one,' he said, holding up "Building the Family-Sized Atomic Safety Shelter" 'will us how to have an A-number-one bombproof shelter in our own backyard, complete with food and water, a radio, and all necessary supplies.'"

p.137 The Loud Silence of Francine Green - Karen Cushman

August Wrap-up

 







Books finished: 
Raven's Gate (Horowitz)
Saving Juliet (Selfors)
Libyrinth (North)
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (Gallico)
Another Kind of Cowboy (Juby)
The Summoning (Armstrong)
Between Mom and Jo (Peters)
James and the Giant Peach (Dahl)
Rumors (Godbersen)
The Reformed Vampire Support Group (Jinks)
Nightrise (Horowitz, review to come)
Necropolis (Horowitz, review to come)

Audio finished:
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (Lockhart)
Skin Hunger (Duey)
The Calder Game (Balliet)
Evil Star (Horowitz)
Enthusiasm (Shulman)

Movies watched for challenges:
Bride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice (2005)
Pride and Prejudice (1995 BBC)
James and the Giant Peach

Abandoned:
The Possibilites of Sainthood (Freitas)

Challenges Joined:
Much Ado about Shakespeare Challenge
(starts Sept. 1)
R.I.P. IV Challenge (starts Sept. 1)
The Alice in Wonderland Challenge (starts Sept. 1)

Challenge Status:
Scott Westerfeld Mini-Challenge (status: 0/2)
GLBT Challenge 2009 (status: 4/6)
Take a Chance Challenge (status: 6/10 tasks)
Everything Austen Challenge (status: 5/6)
Stephanie Plum Reading Challenge (status 0/7)
Much Ado about Shakespeare Challenge (status 0/6)
R.I.P. IV Challenge (status 0/2)
The Alice in Wonderland Challenge (0/8 tasks)

    Challenges Completed:
    2009 Audio Book Challenge (12/12)
    2009 Support Your Local Library Challenge (25/25)

    So I managed to read an entire series, The Gatekeepers, this month even though I didn't get all the reviews posted.  My favorite book this month was Another Kind of Cowboy and my favorite audio was Enthusiasm.  I joined three challenges, one of which is my own and finished two.  I'm closing in on a few more of challenges and should have them done by the end of September.

    Much Ado about Shakespeare Challenge - Reviews Here

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