Challenges from 2009 and even older

This is only my attempt to track my challenges – I’m not that dedicated, actually.    My goodreads categories also help me track this stuff…

New Zealand Challenge – Oct 2009 – Mr. Pip and The Whale Rider + Flight of the Conchords

Personal Portuguese Challenge – book recs from Nymeth

World Citizen 3 of 3
Science 2 of 3
Diversity 3 / ?
Austen Challenge 2 / ?
RoadTrip :: Massachusetts 0 of 2
Chartroose Challenge – perpetual and ongling
Dewey Challenge  3 of 6

worldcitizenbutton Eva’s World Citizen Challenge
(Official Site HERE.)  The Minor Level =  3 books
The Geography of Bliss / Eric Weiner – August 09
My Father’s Paradise / Ariel Sabar – memoir – in house!  August 09
The Father of All Things / Tom Bissell – Vietnam August 09
A.A.Gill is Away – travel!

sciencebook Science Challenge Books to Read: 2/3

Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World by Simon Garfield 2002, 242 pages.

The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean 2000, 282 pages.  My review.

Einstein:  The Life and Times, ,pages

A Spring Without Bees:  How Colony Collapse Disorder Has Endangered Our Food Supply by Michael Schacker 2008, 304 pages.

Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat /  Oliver Sacks

 

Literary Road Trip!   lrticon Hosted by GalleySmith

I intend to read one or two books by a Lakeville Massachusetts author

 

 

deweys_books1 Dewey Challenge (the blog of reviews is here.)
Anne of Green Gables / LM Montgomery
Looking For Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines and/or Paper Towns – John Green
Persepolis / Marjane Satrapi
The Virgin Blue / Tracy Chevalier
The Sea by John Banville

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From 2008:

How to Read & Why – Harold Bloom CHALLENGE.     I gave up on this but did buy the book.   Maybe someday I’ll get back to it.

Challenge – 1.0 Percent of the 1001 by 2/28/09 THE LIST The Official Challenge Site
My original post of commitment with a possible list of ten
The List
1. Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro 6/9/08 ****
2. Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie [replaces Fury]
3. American Pastoral – Philip Roth
4. Whatever – Michel Houellebecq
5. Trainspotting – Irvine Welsh
6. Get Shorty – Elmore Leonard
7. Like Life – Lorrie Moore
8. Nights at the Circus – Angela Carter
9. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie – Muriel Spark 9/28/08 *** 1/2
10. Anna Karenina – Tolstoy
11. Possession – Byatt
12. The Life of Pie – Yann Martel 07/08
13. The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood 7/5/08 *****

stalkbh Attempt to Read Chartroose Faves: A Separate Peace – John Knowles, Carson McCullars: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, When We Were Orphans – KIshiguro, Remains of the Day – KIshiguro, The Road to Wellville by Boyle, We Disappear by Scott Heim

Challenge – NOVELLAS! 9! My summary of my accomplishment… May 2008

The John Cusack Challenge has fallen way off the radar.

One thought on “Challenges from 2009 and even older

  1. Dear Care,

    I’d like to talk to you about the Literary Road Trip–you’re covering Massachusetts, right?–but I can’t find a way to contact you. Please e-mail me (address above) when you get the chance.

    Thank you!

    -Harrison Demchick
    Bancroft Press

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