Thursday, September 25, 2008

Challenge Update

As part of Weekly Geeks this week, I'm getting caught up! Posting a review every day is going well. Now, here's a little update on challenges with links to "done" books.

2008 TBR Challenge: Rread 12 books that's been sitting around, waiting their turn for awhile (at least six months.)


Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
The Painted Veil by Somerset Maugham
Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins (currently reading... sort of)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
Eugenie Grandet by Balzac
Messenger by Lois Lowrey (done with this one but must not have officially reviewed it!)
Quentins by Maeve Binchy


Book Awards II Challenge: Moving very slowly on this one... again!

Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorenson
The Twenty-one Balloons by William Pène du Bois
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
The March by E.L. Doctorow
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
To Say Nothing About the Dog by Connie Willis


Classics Challenge: This one runs through December this year. I've made one replacement from my original list:
1. Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins (currently reading)
2. Eugenie Grandet by Balzac
3.The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
4. The Little Prince by Saint Exupéry
5. War and Peace by Tolstoy (currently reading!)
Bonus: The Road by Cormac McCarthy


YA Romance Challenge: Nearly finished with this one.

5. Sweethearts by Sara Zarr
6. Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson










RIP III: I first committed to one book: Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier (because as you see, it's already on a challenge list!) However, since then I've read a cute kid's ghost story Deep and Dark and Dangerous, so, if I still get to Jamaica Inn, I'm doing better than I thought I would! Getting to Jamaica Inn will be the trick though.





Lit Flicks Challenge: To read five books that have been made into movies, and watch at least two of those movies.... by end of February.
1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2. Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
3. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
4. The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
5. All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy


2 comments:

  1. Wow congrats! Ooh, I should sign up for that Lit Flicks Challenge...

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  2. Wow, you're doing well with your challenges! Thanks again for your participation in mine and best of luck getting to Jamaica Inn!

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