Reading Challenges
What's in a Name 5 Challenge
1. The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham (Something in a Purse)
2. The Reef by Edith Wharton (A Topographical Feature)
3.Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes (Something in the Sky)
4.The Gold Bug by Edgar Allen Poe (A Creepy Crawly)
5. The End of the Affair by Graham Greene (Something on a Calendar)
6. TBD (A Type of House)
3.Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes (Something in the Sky)
4.The Gold Bug by Edgar Allen Poe (A Creepy Crawly)
5. The End of the Affair by Graham Greene (Something on a Calendar)
6. TBD (A Type of House)
Immigrant Stories Challenge 2012
1. The Ruins of Us by Keija Parssinen
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Back to the Classics Challenge 2012
1. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome (19th Century Classic)
2. The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham (20th Century Classic)
3. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (Classic Reread)
4. Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neil (Classic Play)
5. The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin (Classic Mystery/Horror/Crime Fiction)
6. These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer (Classic Romance)
7. Massimilla Doni by Honoré Balzac (Translated Classic)
8. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (Classic Award Winner) (1933 Femina Vie Heureuse Prize)
9. The Gold Bug by Edgar Allen Poe (Classic in a Place I Won’t Visit) (Sullivan Island, South Carolina)
Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2012
1. Eromenos by Melanie J. McDonald
2. Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman
3. Reign of Madness by Lynn Cullen
4.Equal of the Sun by Anita Amirrezvani
5. Lions at Lamb House by Edwin M. Yoder, Jr.
6.The Four Seasons: A Novel of Vivaldi’s Venice by Laurel Corona
7.All the Flowers of Shanghai by Duncan Jepson
8. These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer
9.Sonoma Rose by Jennifer Chiaverini
10.Enchantments by Kathryn Harrison
2. Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman
3. Reign of Madness by Lynn Cullen
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5. Lions at Lamb House by Edwin M. Yoder, Jr.
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8. These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer
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R.I.P. VI: Peril the First COMPLETE
1. The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
2.The Victorian Chaise-Longue by Marghanita Laski
3.Strangers by Taichi Yamada
4.Scottish Ghost Stories by Elliot O'Donnell
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Japanese Literature Challenge 5 COMPLETE
1. The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto
2. Strangers by Taichi Yamada
Europa Challenge 2011 COMPLETE
1. Cooking with Fernet Branca by James Hamilton-Paterson
2. Clash of Civilizations over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio by Amara Lakhous
3. The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine by Alina Bronsky
4. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Once Upon A Time V
1. The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood COMPLETE
Vintage Mystery Reading Challenge (Golden Age Girls Challenge) COMPLETE
1. Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
2. Behold, Here’s Poison by Georgette Heyer
3. Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie
4. Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh
5.The Cape Cod Mystery by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
6.The Mill Mystery by Anna Katharine Green
7.The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
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Book Bloggers Abroad 2011 Challenge COMPLETE
1.Supreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley
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2. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
3. Changes: A Love Story by Ama Ata Aidoo
4. Manual del Guerrero de la Luz (Manual of a Warrior of Light) by Paulo Coelho
5. 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
Immigrant Stories 2011 Challenge COMPLETE
1. Bitter Sweets by Roopa Farooki
2. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
3. The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
4. Ivan and Misha by Michael Alenyikov Bonus Read
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What's in a Name 4 2011 COMPLETE
1. One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters (Number)
2. The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope (Gem or Jewelry)
3. A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True by Brigid Pasulka (Size)
4. The Pursuit of Love (Travel or movement)
5. Bitter Sweets by Roopa Farooki (Evil)
6. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson (Life stage)
GLBT Challenge 2011 COMPLETE
1. Ivan and Misha by Michael Alenyikov
2. The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay by Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi
3. Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
4. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
South East Asian Challenge 2011 COMPLETE
1. Radio Shangri-La by Lisa Napoli
2. The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
3. The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay by Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi
4. Bitter Sweets by Roopa Farooki
5. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Read-A-Myth Challenge 2011 COMPLETE
1. The Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley
2. The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
3. The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony by Roberto Calasso
4. The Conference of the Birds by Peter Sis
5.The Book of Imaginary Beings (El Libro de Los Seres Imaginarios) by Jorge Luis Borges
6.The Gardens of Adonis by Marcel Detienne
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Eastern European Reading Challenge 2011 COMPLETE
1. The Conference of the Birds by Peter Sis
2. Ivan and Misha by Michael Alenyikov
3.The Possessed by Elif Batuman
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4. A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True by Brigid Pasulka
Dewey Decimal Challenge 2011 COMPLETE
1. Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and his Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huang
2. The Bog People: Iron Age Man Preserved by P.V. Glob
3. Bossypants by Tina Fey
4. The Gardens of Adonis by Marcel Detienne
5. Cleopatra: A Life by Stacey Schiff
6. The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony by Roberto Calasso
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Middle East Reading Challenge 2010
1. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
2. The Night Counter by Alia Yunis
3. The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif
4. The Liberated Bride by A.B. Yehoshua
5.The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
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R.I.P. (Readers Imbibing Peril) V 2010 COMPLETE
1. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
2. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
3.The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
4.The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
5.Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg (Bonus Read!)
6.The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall (Bonus Read!)
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Scandinavian Reading Challenge 2010 COMPLETE
1. Ice Land by Betsy Tobin
2. The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
3. Independent People by Halldor Laxness
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
5. Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg
6. Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson
Japanese Literature Challenge 4 COMPLETE
1. Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
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2. Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto (Bonus Read!)
3.A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe (Bonus Read!)
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No Ruts Reading Challenge 2010: COMPLETE
1. Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
2. The Lightning Thief (Audiobook) by Rick Riordan
3. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
What's in a Name 3: COMPLETE
1. Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez
2. The Motion of the Ocean by Janna Cawrse Esarey
3. Goat Song by Brad Kessler
4. Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors by Lizzie Collingham
5. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl
6. The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Readalongs
The Princess Bride (October 2010)
