January Reads

1. Honeymoon by James Patterson (Jan)

2. Julie and Julia, My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell (Jan)

3. Persuasion by Jane Austen (Jan)

4. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (Jan)

5. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (Jan)

6. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith (Jan)

Jane Austen Challenge

This is my own personal challenge. Materpiece Theatre is showing all of the Jane Austen movies beginning tonight at 9PM (Eastern time)

I'm challenging myself to read all the books as the movies are shown. I'm trying to read them before, but I may run over a bit. Here are the titles and dates the movies will be played.

1. Persuasion, Jan. 13 - 9pm (Done)

2. Northanger Abbey, Jan. 20 - 9pm (Done)

3. Mansfield Park, Jan. 27 - 9pm

4. Miss Austen Regrets, Feb. 3 - 9pm(show about her life...yay, gives me extra time!)

5. Pride and Prejudice, Feb. 10-24 at 9pm

6. Emma, March 23 - 9pm

7. Sense and Sensibility, March 30-April 6, 9pm (Done)

The only Austen I've read before is Persuasion, about 2 years ago and I'm rereading it right now to get ready for tonight. I don't think I'll finish the book by this evening, but I'm giving it my best shot.

I had to order the next two books from Amazon, as they're the only 2 I don't have, so I won't get Northanger Abbey until Wednesday, so I better read it quickly!

So...I'm going to be generous with myself and say that all the books need to be read in order and completed by April 30th.

Anyone want to join me?

In Their Shoes Reading Challenge

I love memoirs!
Here's my (fairly short) list

1. Julie and Julia, My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell (DONE)
2. The Family Nobody Wanted by Helen Doss
3. Notes From My Travels by Angelina Jolie
4. A Girl from Yamhill by Beverly Cleary (DONE)
5. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Go here to join: ShoesReadingChallenge

Chunkster Reading Challenge '08!

Whoo-hoo! I missed this one last year. It runs until December 20th and you only have to read 4 books (can do more) that are at least 450 pages long (reg. type)

I've promised myself that I will read the books I already own instead of buying more this year so, I happen to have 4 big ol' guys sitting on my shelf...AND they're classics, which I told myself I needed to read more of...So here goes:

1. Villette by Charlotte Bronte -555 pages

2. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck -453 pages

3. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy -817 pages

4. Vanity Fairy (a re-read, love this book!) by William Makepeace Thackeray -809 pages

There you have it. I may substitute with other books if I find any of the other 3 a bore.

Go to So Many Books, So Little Time to join up!