I'm also doing the Read Your Own Books challenge this year. Considering I have a few tons of books, surely I can get through 24 of them during 2009. I'll track my progress in this post. 1. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. (10 January 2009) 2. Artists in Crime by Ngaio Marsh. (16 January 2009) 3....
Well, I finally ventured into the BookCrossing Release Challenges forum. And one that I've decided to join is the Book Rescue challenge, which is a little like the RYOB challenge, but I must have had the books for at least three years. (Not much of a challenge there.) I've committed to read AND...
Another list of books. 1. "Little Women," Louisa May Alcott 2. "Fairy Tales," Hans Christian Andersen 3. "Peter Pan," J.M. Barrie 4. "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," L. Frank Baum 5. "The Last Unicorn," Peter S. Beagle 6. "The Secret Garden," Frances Hodgson Burnett 7. "Alice's Adventures in...
Okay, not really, but I declare time bankruptcy. Here's what I'm reading next this year: January: 1) World's Fair by E.L. Doctorow 2) Eden Close by Anita Shreve 3) Light on Snow by Anita Shreve 4) Knit Two by Kate Jacobs 5) Gifted by Nikita Lalwani 6) Sister Wife by Shelley Hrdlitschka 7) The Lit...
I'm accepting the 20 Books in 2009 challenge, and this is my progress post. I'll update it throughout the year as I finish qualifying books. 1. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. (10 January 2009) 2. Artists in Crime by Ngaio Marsh. (16 January 2009) 3. Martians in Maggody by Joan Hess. (21 January...
NB: This post is still very much a work in progress. It's going to take a while to get all the links and commentary put in, but I wanted the full list to be available as soon as possible. Enjoy, and check back when you can! Well, actually, it's the top 120 titles, thanks to a 25-way tie for 96th...
From Wikipedia: Synchronicity is the experience of two or more events which occur in a meaningful manner, but which are causally inexplicable to the person or persons experiencing them. The events would also have to suggest some underlying pattern in order to satisfy the definition of synchronicity...
Post number three for the year is Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The version of this story that I own at home actually has both this story and its sequel in one. However, I started reading this book at work, and therefore haven't yet read the sequel - will need to dig up my own...
Here I will record my progress in the 2009 Books-into-Movies reading challenge. 1. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. (10 January 2009) 2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Stories by F Scott Fitzgerald. (23 January 2009) 3. Coraline by Neil Gaiman. (8 February 2009) 4. A Traitor to...
You may have noticed that I'm something of a sucker for reading challenges. And I'm signing on for yet another. Fortunately for me, this one does not actually require me to read 1,001 books. The challenge for 2009 is to read 10 books from the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list. I'll begin...
Thursday, we took a train to Oxford to tour the Bodleian Library. Before I get into all the librarian-speak, let's talk about some important things, AKA Harry Potter. Oxford serves as the setting for scenes in many of the HP movies, and I may have seen these movies a time or two. Possibly three. I...
Post number thirty-two is for Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, and what Alice found there, which is actually my thirty-fifth book of the year. This is an astronomical number for me at this point of the year, considering that I only read sixteen total last year. Very very brief thoughts...
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