Whats in a name reading challenge consists of the following paramiters for six books. The Challenge comes from an 11 year old named Annie.
1. A book with a color in its title -A Study in Scarlett by: Arthur Conan Doyle
2. A book with an animal in its title – Of Mice and Men by: John Steinbeck
3. A book with a first name in its title – Pope Joan by: Diana Woolfolk Cross
4. A book with a place in its title – A Winter in China by: Douglas Galbraith
5. A book with a weather event in its title –
6. A book with a plant in its title – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by: Mark Twain ( I am not really sure if this should count, but for now I think it works)
DONE
1% Well Read Challenge, read ten books from the 1001 book to read before you list. I am choosing the following books.1. Northanger Abbey by: Jane Austen
2. The Old Man and the Sea by: Ernest Hemingway
3. Nineteen Eighty-Four by: George Orwell
4. Of Mice and Men by: John Stienbeck
5. Animal Farm by: George Orwell
6. The Hound of the Baskervilles by: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
7. Agnes Grey by: Anne Brontë
8. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by: Mark Twain
9. The Hound of the Baskervilles by: Arthur Conan Doyle
10. Sense and Sensibility by: Jane Austen
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The A-Z Reading Challenge calls for reading 26 books with the titles starting with each letter of the alphebet and then the same with authors last names, without repeating any. I am just going to add books when I have read a new letter, I am not really going to write a list persay, just go at it! The ones listed I have read already since New Year and correspond with the list!
A- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by: Arthur Conan Doyle
B- Breaking Dawn by: Stephanie Meyer
C- Culture Smart! Hungary by: Brian McLean
D- Dear Dodie by: Valerie Grove
E- The English Patient by: Michael Ondaatje
F- Forever by: Pete Hamill
G- The Great Journey by: Christina Gregory
H- Howl’s Moving Castle by: Diana Wynne Jones
I- Into Thin Air by: Jon Krakauer
J- The Jane Austen Book Club by: Karen Joy Fowler
K- Kris’s War by: Carol Matas
L- Lucky by: Alice Seabold
M- Mary Reilly by: Valerie Martin
N- Nineteen Eighty-four (1984) by: George Orwell
O- The Old Man and the Sea by: Earnest Hemingway
P- Prey by: Michael Crichton
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R- Resistance by: Janet Graber
S- Sense and Sensibility by: Jane Austen
T- Tomorrow, When The War Began by: John Marsden
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V- Veronica Decides to Die by: Paulo Coelho
W- The Wizard, the Witch, and Two Girls From Jersey by: Lisa Papademetrion
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Authors
A- Alexander, Robert for The Kitchen Boy
B- Breslin, Theresa for Rememberance
C- Cabot, Meg for Princess Mia
D- Doyle, Arthur Conan for The Hound of the Baskervilles
E- Ewing, Barbara for The Trespass
F- Fallon, Jane for Getting rid of Matthew
G- Le Guin, Ursula K. for The Wizard of Earthsea
H- Hardy, Thomas for Jude the Obscure
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J- Jones, Wynne, Diana for Castle in the Air
K- Kaufman, Pamela for The Prince of Poison
L- Lewis, Beverly for The Parting
M- Michener, James A. for The Bridge at Andau
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O- Orwell, George for Animal Farm
P- Philips, Arthur for Prague
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R- Reed, John for A Still Small Voice
S- Stienbeck, John for Of Mice and Men
T- Twain, Mark for The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
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W- Willingham for Fables vol 1: Legends in Exile
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