Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Thanksgiving by Janet Evanovich
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Christmas Challenge
- Home for the Holidays by Debbie Macomber (finished)
- Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke (finished)
Book shopping
Borders:
- The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent By Esther and Jerry Hicks
- Sugar Cookie Murder By Joanne Fluke (The Borders cashier said it was a good read. We will see)
- Family Blessings By Fern Michaels
Salvation Army ( I did not think that they had a good selection today, but obviously I found some books)
- The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (50 cents)
- Dance Upon the Waters By Nora Roberts (50 cents)
- A Victorian Christmas By Various Authors (50 cents)
- A Regency Christmas by Various Authors (50 cents)
- The Wedding by Danielle Steele (50 cents)
- The Crimson Petal and the White By Michel Faber (1.00$)
- Mr Darwin's Shooter by Roger McDonald (1.00$)
50 cents for paperbacks and a dollar for hardcover.
Happy Book Hunting
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Self Conscious in Reading Choices.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
My First Reading Challenge
My first reading challenge will be Decade Challenge 2008. I hope I will be able to complete this challenge. My 11 year old daughter is also going to participate as well . As we were going through the list we found some books appropriate for her.
The rules are simple:
1. Read a minimum of 8 books in 8 consecutive decades in ‘08.
2. Books published in the 2000’s do not count.
3. Titles may be cross-posted with any other challenge.
4. You may change your list at any time
sponsered by 3M
My Possible List
1870: The Mysterious Island By Jules Vernes
1880: Portrait of a Lady By Henry James
1890: Captains Courageous By Rudyard Kipling
1900: The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
1910: O Pioneers By Willa Cather
1920: A Passage To India By E.M. Forster
1930: Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
1940: Methuselah's Children By Robert Heinlein
1950: Night By Elie Wiesel
1960: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich By Aleksadnr Salzhenitsyn
1970: The Chocolate War By Robert Ormer
1980: Light Penny Candle By Maeve Binchy
1990: The Doomsday Conspiracy by Sidney Sheldon
This is Subject to Change.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
The Children's Book Council: Children's Book Week
What a wonderful way to share your love of reading with a child.
Some suggested activities from the website. Donates some books to a homeless shelter, children's hospital, or a daycare center. Read a book set in the city you live in and take a tour of the city, use the book as a guide. Read a book everyday to a child. Have the child answer questions about what you read. You can also have the child retell the story to you or have them draw a picture about the book and tell you about the picture.
http://www.cbcbooks.org/cbw/promote/email.html You can also send an email to family and friends telling them about Children's Book Week.
I will probable celebrate Children's Book Week by taking my girls to Borders and letting them buy two books; one to keep and one to donate to their schools.