Archive for December 27th, 2006
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006Caribou & Argus - Christmas 2006
Very good dogs…waiting to eat their cookies until mommy says so! Notice all the new toys around them. And they LOVE the new rug!
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006TBR (To Be Read) Challenge - 2007
December 3, 2007: CHALLENGE COMPLETED!!!
Challenge Wrap Up and Thoughts: The goal of the challenge was to read 12 books off of my TBR pile - and I did that. I had originally targeted 12 primary reads and 5 alternates, and had wanted to read them all. Instead, I managed to knock 10 of the primary reads off the list, along with 2 alternates. I won’t be able to get to the rest of the books by the end of the year, but don’t be surprised if you see them on my TBR 2008 Challenge list!I thoroughly enjoyed this challenge. It gave me a good feeling to know I was finally getting to some books that had sat on my shelves for far too long. My favorite read from this challenge was a tie between Terms of Endearment and Fatal Voyage - I loved them for very different reasons and they are completely different genres! My least favorite read was The Maze.
Thanks for hosting the challenge, Jenn! See you in 2008!!
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Perhaps I’m stepping in over my head, but I’ve joined another reading challenge…to read 12 books in 12 months from my to-be-read stack. The books I’ve picked have lingered in the pile for 6 months or more and they are:
1. Balzac and The Little Chinese Seamstress, by Dai Sijie
Completed: January 8, 2007
Rated: 3.5/5
To see a review of this book, click here.
2. Zelda by Nancy Milford
Completed: February 8, 2007
Rated: 3.5/5
To see a review of this book, click here.
3. I Know This Much Is True, by Wally Lamb
Completed: February 27, 2007
Rated: 4.25/5
To see a review of this book, click here.
4. The Space Between Us, by Thrity Umrigar
Completed: April 21, 2007
Rated 3.5/5
To see a review of this book, click here.
5. Terms of Endearment, by Larry McMurtry
Completed: May 26, 2007
Rated 4.5/5
To see a review of this book, click here.
6. The Evening Star, by Larry McMurtry
Completed: June 30, 2007
Rated 4/5
To see a review of this book, click here.
7. Lost Geography, by Charlotte Bacon
Completed: August 25, 2007
Rated 4/5
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8. Range of Light, by Valerie Miner
9. The Maze, by Catherine Coulter
Completed: January 21, 2007
Rated: 2.5/5
Head hopping, information dumping, plot holes I could drive my car through (especially when it came to law enforcement protocols)…this one was not the greatest. On the plus side, the sex scenes were good *laughs* and it was fast paced. The ending was not believeable in the least. Can’t recommend this one.
10. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, by Stephen King
Completed: November 30, 2007
Rated: 3.5/5
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11. The Guardian, by Nicolas Sparks
12. Fatal Voyage, by Kathy Reichs
Completed: December 3, 2007
Rated: 4.5/5
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Additional Reads if I have time: 1. The Last Time They Met, by Anita Shreve2. The Last Kingdom, by Bernard Cornwell3. The Memory Keeper's Daughter, by Kim Edwards
Completed: February 19, 2007
Rated: 4.5/5
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4. The Reading Group, by Elizabeth Noble5. East of the Mountains, by David Guterson
Completed: October 1, 2007
Rated: 4/5
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