Thanks to Mizb17 at The Book Zone for this fun little challenge!

Here’s a re-cap of the challenge:
The Dates: February 1st – May 1st, 2008
Here are the rules:
Choose 2 or more books by authors you’ve never heard of before, or who you’ve never before read – OR – Choose 2 or more books outside of your reading “comfort zone.”

I chose to read two books by authors who I’ve never read before:

Here are the 2 books I completed for the challenge:

Hawaii by James A. Michener

Charles the Bold: The Dog Years by Yves Beacuchemin

Congratulations to all of you who joined the challenge and finished!

Bottle of Shine is hosting 342,745 Ways To Herd Cats Challenge. (Truth be told, I am joining this challenge because the cat is so darn cute!

The challenge goes like this:

1) Make a list of ten books you love.

2) Share the list by posting it on your blog and then give Bottle of Shine the link so she can add it to the master list.

2) Choose 3 books to read from the master list.

3) Write reviews of the books you read!

4) Share the links to your reviews for the challenge.

List of 10 books I love (Click books in green to see my review):

1. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
2. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
3. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
4. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
5. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
6. Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb
7. Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors
8. The Secret River By Kate Grenville
9. Oh My Stars by Lorna Landvik
10. The Time In Between by David Bergen

The 3 books I will read from the master list:

1. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hoesseini

Lynne at Lynne’s Little Corner of the World is hosting this challenge.

Here’s how Lynne described this challenge:

You need to read 3 books recommended by others, and you can read more if you like. Cross-challenges are OK and you can change your books at any time.


I promised myself that I wouldn’t sign up for anymore challenge’s this year, but this is an easy one for me. The majority of the books on my TBR were recommended by others!

Here’s the three book I intend to read for the challenge (though I may change it at some point):

My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Mistress of the Sun by Sandra Gulland
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hoesseini