The ARC Reading Challenge 2009 Wrap Up

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on December 22, 2009
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Hooray, I finished my own challenge! Did you finish the challenge? Be sure to use Mr. Linky to post your wrap up post on the original challenge site, here.

These are the books I read and reviewed for the challenge:

1.Jakie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist by Nancy Goldstein

2. Sweet Mandarin by Helen Tse
3. Stealing Athena by Karen Essex

4.A long Stone’s Throw by Alphie McCourt

5.The Kingmaking by Helen Hollick

6.Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly

7.Still I Rise by Roland Laird with Tanesha Nash Laird, Illustrated by Elihu “Adofo” Bey
8.King’s Fool: by Margaret Campbell Barnes

9.Signora da Vinci by Robin Maxwell

10..Bark Up the Right Tree by Jessie & Ruth Tschudin

11.The Help by Kathryn Stockett

12.The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville

13.The Brightest Moon of the Century by Christopher Meeks

14.The G Free Diet: A Gluten -Free Survival Guide by Elisabeth Hasselbeck
15.My Splendid Concubine by Lloyd Lofthouse
16.The Painter from Shanghai by Jennifer Cody Epstein

17.Drood by Dan Simmons-Audiobook

18.The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire by C.M. Mayo

19.The Last Queen by C.W. Gortner

20.Dragon House by John Shors
21. Davey Bighead: Dream Big by Peter J. Hayden
22. The Tudor Rose: A Novel of Elizabeth of York by Margaret Campbell Barnes
23.Etta by Gerald Kolpan
24 Cleopatra’s Daughter by Michelle Moran
25. Sunflowers by Sheramy Bundrick
26.The Walking People by Mary Beth Keane

Since I read over 25 books, I ended in the ARC Obssed Level. LOL!

I hope you will join us for the 2010 ARC Reading Challenge!

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2008 Mini Challenge Wrap-up

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on December 31, 2008
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Thanks to Wendy at CaribousMom for hosting this challenge!

These were the 12 challenges and what I did for them:

1. Read a short story – review it. I read and reviewed Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by James Finn Garner

2. Read a children’s book – review it. I read and reviewed Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

3. Read a poem – tell us about it. I read Woods on a SnowyEvening by Robert Frost

4. Read a banned book – review it. I read Sula by Toni Morrison

5. Give a book away (you may donate to charity, give a book to a friend, leave a book “in the wild” to be found by another reader…as long as you do not sell it!) – post why you chose the book you did and where it went. I gave away The Horseman’s Graves by Jacqueline Baker

6. Read two (2) articles from any one magazine – tell us about them. The two articles were Obama’s Mother & Heston

7. Read a classic (for this challenge a classic is defined as a piece of literature which has stood the test of time, has literary merit, is widely read, and was published prior to 1970) – review it. I read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

8. Go to a book event and then tell the group about your experience (book events may be library events, author readings, seminars/lectures pertaining to books or reading, etc…). I attended An Hour With Miriam Toews

9. Read an essay – tell us about it. I read an Animal Rights Essay

10. Read something inspirational – tell the group why it inspired you. The American Journey of Barack Obama

11. Read a book written by a “new-to-you” author – review it. I read Barnacle Love by Anthony De Sa

12. Participate in a group or buddy read and discussion (this can be either a face to face book club, an on line group, or a blog/buddy read). Tell the group what you read and with whom; give us a review. I participated in a group read and discussion of Hawaii by James A. Michener