Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Themed Reading Challenge 2008

I have been thinking and thinking and thinking about the Themed Reading Challenge. But I have finally come up with a theme that I am more than happy with...Beverly Cleary.

I am going to try to read and review EVERY Cleary book I can get my hands on. Some I have already--childhood copies--and, of course, I'll see what the library has to offer as well.

http://www.beverlycleary.com/books/index.html
http://www.beverlycleary.com/books/ramona_books.html
http://www.beverlycleary.com/books/henry_books.html
http://www.beverlycleary.com/books/ralph_books.html
http://www.beverlycleary.com/books/leigh_books.html

I know I probably can't manage all of these, but here is her bibliography according to Wikipedia:

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8 comments:

  1. Nikki in Niagara7:56 PM

    Wow, that's going to be a lot of reading! I've read most of them at various stages of my life, except the picture books and her autobiography, and I really look forward to your reviews. I never did like Ramona, even as a kid. Henry Huggins was, and still is, my favourite. I noticed you were missing her 3 "Leave It to Beaver" books. Here's a list that has them listed
    http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/beverly-cleary/

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  2. Becky8:05 PM

    Thanks, Nicola. That's why I'm sometimes skeptical of wikipedia! I do appreciate the link, I'll have to see if I can track those down somewhere. I know I don't own those.

    I am going to try my best to see if I can find audio books of at least some of these to read alongside the books. I think it would be fun to see how they're done.

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  3. Wendy8:41 AM

    Ooooh, I love Beverly Cleary! Great theme, Becky!! Glad you'll be joining me on this one :)

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  4. chrisa5114:46 PM

    You have got to be the most brave challenge participant I've ever met! LOL! I'm in awe at the amount of books you read! This is great though. I remember Beverly Cleary from when I was younger. Me and my sister used to read a lot of her books. Have fun reading these! Great idea :)

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  5. Becky5:07 PM

    I don't know that I'm all that brave. My philosophy is that if I already own it or if my library has a copy that I'll make a point of reading it so I can blog about it. It will be great to revisit Cleary in the upcoming year. I probably haven't read most of these since '90 or '91. So it will be interesting to see if I read them differently as an adult of if they're still magical.

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  6. Faith8:06 AM

    I've read vast quantities of Beverly Cleary, and my favourite--besides the Ramona books, which I adore--is The Luckiest Girl. It's as sappy as it can be, but it's just so sweet that I can't help but love it. You're going to enjoy that challenge!

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  7. Dewey1:40 PM

    Hi Becky,
    I saw someone mention a challenge that I thought they said you were hosting. And it wasn't the OSC challenge (that's yours, right?) but I can't remember what it was, and I'm not 100% sure it was you. This is probably the flakiest comment you ever got, but what other challenges are you hosting, if any?

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  8. Becky1:43 PM

    Dewey:

    I am hosting the Celebrate the Author challenge. I'll come visit your site and leave the link!

    Becky

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