Summer Reading Challenge 2009

   

Challenge: Summer Reading Challenge 2009

Start date: June 21, 2009

Finish date: September 21, 2009

Hosted By: A Southern Daydreamer Reads

Rules:

1. Make a list of books you want to read this summer.
2. Write a post with your list on your blog. (You can add to or change this list at any time during the challenge)
3. Please post the direct link to your Summer Reading Challenge 2009 post. (so that other participants can visit and see what you are reading)
4. You can write another post in September to let everyone know how you did.

List of Summer Reading Challenge participants:

We will have another challenge for Fall 2009. The purpose of the challenge is for everyone to read and have fun!

 

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NY Times Best Sellers – 6/17/09

HARDCOVER FICTION - Top 5 at a Glance

1. SKIN TRADE, by Laurell K. Hamilton
2. MEDUSA, by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos
3. THE SCARECROW, by Michael Connelly
4. SHANGHAI GIRLS, by Lisa See
5. MATTERS OF THE HEART, by Danielle Steel

HARDCOVER NONFICTION - Top 5 at a Glance

1. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY, by Mark R. Levin
2. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell
3. HORSE SOLDIERS, by Doug Stanton
4. RENEGADE, by Richard Wolffe
5. A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY, by Bill O’Reilly

PAPERBACK TRADE FICTION - Top 5 at a Glance

1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
2. THE SHACK, by William P. Young
3. MY SISTER’S KEEPER, by Jodi Picoult
4. VISION IN WHITE, by Nora Roberts
5. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

PAPERBACK MASS-MARKET FICTION - Top 5 at a Glance

1. RIGHT NEXT DOOR, by Debbie Macomber
2. MY SISTER’S KEEPER, by Jodi Picoult
3. SALVATION IN DEATH, by J.D. Robb
4. ANGELS AND DEMONS, by Dan Brown
5. THE FRONT, by Patricia Cornwell

 

 

PAPERBACK NONFICTION - Top 5 at a Glance

1. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
2. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES, by David Sedaris
3. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, by Michael Pollan
4. I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, by Tucker Max
5. LIBERAL FASCISM, by Jonah Goldberg

HARDCOVER ADVICE - Top 5 at a Glance

1. EXCUSES BEGONE!, by Wayne W. Dyer
2. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey with Denene Millner
3. THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow
4. MASTER YOUR METABOLISM, by Jillian Michaels with Mariska van Aalst
5. THE G-FREE DIET, by Elisabeth Hasselbeck

PAPERBACK ADVICE - Top 5 at a Glance

1. COOK YOURSELF THIN, by the staff of Lifetime Television
2. MARTHA STEWART’S CUPCAKES, by the editors of Martha Stewart Living
3. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel
4. THE LOVE DARE, by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough
5. HUNGRY GIRL 200 UNDER 200, by Lisa Lillien

CHILDREN'S BOOKS - Top 5 at a Glance

1. GOLDILICIOUS, written and illustrated by Victoria Kann
2. LISTEN TO THE WIND, by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth
3. GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder
4. FRECKLEFACE STRAWBERRY AND THE DODGEBALL BULLY, by Julianne Moore
5. EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!, by Jane O’Connor

For a complete listing visit NY Times Books

Summer Reading Challenge – My List

Well, I didn’t end up following my list very well during the last challenge…. but I did read !

Here’s my list for the Summer Challenge… (subject to change)

• The Camel Club by David Baldacci
• Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
• Knitting Bones by Monica Ferris
• Double Cross by James Patterson
• Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell
• Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell
• The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly
• Dairy Queen (**) by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
• Evermore (**) by Alyson Noel 

(**) = daughter read & added to my books to be read

For Classics Challenge (April 1- October 1, 2009)

• Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 
• The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Dracula by Bram Stoker
• Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

One Lovely Blog Award

Thank you Linda,  from Monkey Business, for the One Lovely Blog Award!

Here are the rules:

1. Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link.
2. Pass the award to other blogs….
3. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

Here are the blogs I would like to present the award:

1. Shirley at Shelf Indulgence
2. Missy at Missy’s Book Nook
3. Joy at Books and Life
4. Curtiss Ann Matlock at Pressing On
5. Gollum (Michael Lee West) at Designs by Gollum

Note: I understand that many have decided to make their blogs “Award-Free Zones” ….and I understand 100%… but that doesn’t mean I still can’t acknowledge your blog if I want to!!  (said with a big “evil” grin)

Introducing Monday Reviews

 

I am going to try out a new weekly event called Monday Reviews …. 

I thought this would give us all a chance to discover new books… and other bloggers who enjoy reading books……

If there is an interest, I will repeat this post every Monday……

If YOU have read and reviewed a book on YOUR blog recently and would like to share…. please leave a comment and include the following:

• Title and Author of book
• Link (Please post the direct link to your review post and not general blog address)

I will create a manual list and add it to this post and try to update it regularly. ~ Susan

HERE ARE THIS WEEK’S REVIEWS:

1. Sweet Dreams at the Goodnight Motel by Curtiss Ann Matlock (Review by Susan at A Southern Daydreamer Reads)
2. Mermaids in the Basement by Michael Lee West (Review by Susan at A Southern Daydreamer Reads)
3. I'm So Happy For You by Lucinda Rosenfeld (Review by Elizabeth at Thoughts  from an Evil Overlord)
4. The Host by Stephanie Meyer (Review by Elizabeth at Thoughts  from an Evil Overlord)
5. 10-10-10 by Suzy Welch (Review by Nicole at Momtrends)
8. adding links manually…..
9. You are next!

 

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Spring Reading Challenge 2009 - Results

 

Challenge: Spring Reading Challenge 2009

Start date: March 20, 2009

Finish date: June 20, 2009

Hosted By: A Southern Daydreamer Reads

Instructions:

1. Write a post with the list of books you read for the Spring Reading Challenge on your blog. Did you have any favorites?  Were there any you thought you would like but didn’t?
2. Please post the direct link to your Spring Reading Challenge 2009 post in Mr Linky. (so that other participants can visit and see what you read) Also, leave your link in the comments (in case we lose Mr Linky)

I hope everyone enjoyed the challenge……. 

I  will  post the Summer Reading Challenge 2009 on Friday, June 19, 2009…….. so get your list ready! The purpose of the challenge is for everyone to read and have fun!

Spring Reading Challenge participants:

1. Susan
2. jain
3. Carrie at Being Domestic
4. Shirley
5. Joy

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