2015 Reading Challenges: Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge

Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge
Host:  The Christmas Spirit; sign up
Duration: November 23-January 6, 2016
# of books: Signing up for 5 or 6 books

What I Actually Read:
1) Board Book: Jingle Bells. James Lord Pierpont. Illustrated by Pauline Siewert. 2015. Candlewick. 14 pages. [Source: Review copy]
2) Harold at the North Pole. Crockett Johnson. 1958. HarperCollins. 48 pages. [Source: Library]
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What I Plan on Reading:
Picture Books:

• Nutcracker Retold by Stephanie Spinner, illustrated by Peter Malone
• How Many Sleeps 'Til Christmas? by Mark Sperring, illustrated by Sebastien Braun
• Santa's Sleigh is On Its Way To Texas by Eric James, illustrated by Robert Dunn and Eldar Sky 
• Waiting for Santa by Steve Metzger, illustrated by Alison Edgson
• The Night the Lights Went Out On Christmas by Ellis Paul
• When Santa Was A Baby by Linda Bailey, illustrated by Genevieve Godbout
• Harold at the Northpole by Crockett Johnson
• Click, Clack, ho ho ho! by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Betsy Lewin

Novels/Novellas

• 12 Brides of Christmas Collection, various authors (romance)
• Silent Nights, various authors (mystery)
• The Fruitcake Murders by Ace Collins (mystery)
• A Basket Brigade Christmas (romance)

Christmas Spirit Read-a-thon
Host: Seasons of Reading (sign up)
Duration: November 23-29

What I Read for the Read-a-thon:
1) Two Mice. Sergio Ruzzier. 2015. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
2) Reading Picture Books With Children: How to Shake Up Storytime and Get Kids Talking About What They See. Megan Dowd Lambert. 2015. Charlesbridge. 176 pages. [Source: Review copy]
3) Tallulah's Tutu. Marilyn Singer. Illustrated by Alexandra Boiger. 2011. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
4) Tallulah's Solo. Marilyn Singer. Illustrated by Alexandra Boiger. 2012. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
5) Tallulah's Nutcracker. Marilyn Singer. Illustrated by Alexandra Boiger. 2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 48 pages
6) The Only Child. Guojing. 2015. Random House. 112 pages. [Source: Review copy]
7) Harold at the North Pole. Crockett Johnson. 1958. HarperCollins. 48 pages. [Source: Library]
8) I Am Not Going To Get Up Today. Dr. Seuss. Illustrated by James Stevenson. 1987. Random House. 48 pages. [Source: Library]
9) Jesus On Every Page: 10 Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament. David. P. Murray. 2013. Thomas Nelson. 246 pages. [Source: Library]
10) Delighting in God. A.W. Tozer. 2015. Bethany House. 208 pages. [Source: Review copy]
11) Martyn Lloyd-Jones: His Life and Relevance for the 21st Century. Christopher Catherwood. 2015. Crossway. 160 pages. [Source: Review copy]

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2015 Challenges: Flights of Fantasy

Host: Alexa Loves Books and Hello Chelly
Title: Flights of Fantasy (sign up)
Dates: January - December
# of Books: I'm aiming for 12
Remember: End of Each Month, They'll Be A Place/Linky To Share Reviews

 1) The Castle Behind Thorns. Merrie Haskell. 2014. HarperCollins. 336 pages. [Source: Library]
2)  How To Catch A Bogle. Catherine Jinks. Illustrated by Sarah Watts. 2013. HMH. [Source: Review copy]
3) The Zoo at the Edge of the World. Eric Kahn Gale. 2014. HarperCollins. 240 pages. [Source: Library]
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Two Monthly Options That Excite Me

First. I'm super-super-super excited that Hope is the Word is starting a Newbery Through the Decades Challenge. Yes, I've already joined a Newbery reading challenge this year. But the Newbery is the one award I probably care about the most. (Often, but not always, the Honor books end up wowing me more than the winner.)

Directly from her blog post about the challenge:

• This challenge will run January-October.
• Each month will focus on a decade’s worth of Newbery Medalists and honor books.
  • January:  1920s
  • February:  1930s
  • March:  1940s
  • April:  1950s
  • May:  1960s
  • June:  1970s
  • July:  1980s
  • August:  1990s
  • September:  2000s
  • October: 2010s
• I will post a list of all the eligible titles for the month on the first day of the month.  I will also post which title(s) I plan to read.  I’ll provide a linky for your own “I’m in” post.
• You may read one title or two or as many as you want.
• I will post the wrap-up post for you to link up your thoughts and reviews on the last day of the month.

I would love to participate every month. Though January will probably be the hardest for me. (I *know* that Millions of Cats won a Newbery Honor in 1929. And I have that one. So at the very, very least I could write up something on that one!!!

Second. Though I'm a bit more hesitant to commit to actually participating. I saw the 2015 Reading to Know Classics Book Club post this morning. January is any title by L.M. Montgomery. (I have five or six short story collections that I *need* to read/reread and review.) March is a Tozer title, Pursuit of God. April is 1984. (I've been meaning to read 1984 for years now. I don't know if I'll end up 'liking' it or not. But I should at least give it a try, right?) May is one of my favorite, favorite books CHRISTY by Catherine Marshall. June is The Little Prince. I've only read that one once, I could probably reread it this year if I can find it. July is any from Narnia or C.S. Lewis. September is The Screwtape Letters. I've that on audio. October is The Hound of the Baskervilles. (I've only read one Sherlock Holmes book.) November is Grimm's Fairy Tales. (Sounds fun, right!) So most of the months have potential. If I can only REMEMBER to join in.

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2015 Challenges: Nonfiction Reading Challenge

Host: Introverted Reader
Title: Nonfiction Reading Challenge (sign-up) (sharing reviews)
Dates: January - December 2015
# of Books: 16-20 (Master)

1. In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette. Hampton Sides. 2014. 454 pages. [Source: Library]
2. Don't Give Up, Don't Give In. Lessons From An Extraordinary Life. Louis Zamperini and David Rensin. 2014. 272 pages. [Source: Library]
3. The Girl With The White Flag. Tomiko Higa. Translated by Dorothy Britton. 1989. 130 pages. [Source: Bought]
4. The Art of the English Murder. Lucy Worsley. 2014. Pegusus Books. 336 pages. [Source: Library]
5. Little Author in the Big Woods. Yona Zeldis McDonough. 2014. Henry Holt. 176 pages. [Source: Library]
6. Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women. Cornelia Meigs. 1933/1995. Little, Brown. 256 pages. [Source: Library] 
7. Shadows of the Workhouse (Call the Midwife #2) Jennifer Worth. 2005/2008/2013. HarperCollins. 304 pages. [Source: Library] 
8. Jane Austen Cover to Cover: 200 Years of Classic Book Covers. Margaret C. Sullivan. Quirk Publishing. 224 pages. [Source: Library]
9. YUM: Your Ultimate Manual for Good Nutrition. Daina Kalnins. 2008. Lobster Press. 192 pages. [Source: Review copy]
10. Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times. Jennifer Worth. 2002/2009. Penguin. 340 pages. [Source: Library]
11. Farewell to the East End. (Call of the Midwife #3) Jennifer Worth. 2009/2013. HarperCollins. 336 pages. [Source: Library]
12.  Devil at My Heels. Louis Zamperini and David Rensin. 1956/2004. Harper Perennial. 292 pages. [Source: Library]
13. Determined. A. Avraham Perlmutter. 2014. Mascherato Publishing. 172 pages. [Source: Review copy]
14. A Great and Glorious Adventure: The Hundred Years War and the Birth of Renaissance England. Gordon Corrigan. 2013/2014. Pegasus. 320 pages. [Source: Library]
15. The Last Jews in Berlin. Leonard Gross. 1982/2015. Open Road Media. 343 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
16. A Girl from Yamhill. Beverly Cleary. 1988/1996. HarperCollins. 352 pages. [Source: Library]
17. 17 Carnations: The Royals, the Nazis, and the Biggest Cover-Up in History. Andrew Morton. 2015. 384 pages. [Source: Library]
18. Dead Wake. Erik Larson. 2015. Crown. 448 pages. [Source: Library] 
19. War Bonds: Love Stories from the Greatest Generation. Cindy Hval. 2015. Casemate. 240 pages. [Source: Review copy]  
20. The Sound of Music Story: How A Beguiling Young Novice, A Handsome Austrian Captain and Ten Singing von Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film of All Time. Tom Santopietro. 2015. St. Martin's Press. 324 pages. [Source: Library] 
21. Draw What You See: The Life and Art of Benny Andrews. Kathleen Benson. Illustrated by Benny Andrews. 2015. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
22. Follow Your Gut. Rob Knight with Brendan Buhler. 2015. Simon & Schuster (TED) 128 pages. [Source: Library]
23. Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography. Laura Ingalls Wilder. Edited by Pamela Smith Hill. 2014. South Dakota State Historical State Society. 400 pages. [Source: Library]
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2015 Challenges: War Through the Generations

Host: War Through the Generations
Title: War Through the Generations, 2015, ANY war (sign-up post)
Dates: January - December 2015
# of Books: I'm aiming for twelve

I'll be focusing on World War I and World War II. I'll be reading fiction and nonfiction.

1) The Girl With The White Flag. Tomiko Higa. Translated by Dorothy Britton. 1989. 130 pages. [Source: Bought]
2) The War That Saved My Life. Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. 2015. Penguin. 320 pages. [Source: Library]
3) Emil and Karl. Yankev Glatshteyn. Translated from the Yiddish by Jeffrey Shandler. 1940/2006. Roaring Book Press. 208 pages. [Source: Review copy]
4) The Ship of Brides. Jojo Moyes. 2005/2014. Penguin. 464 pages. [Source: Library]
5) The Last Jews in Berlin. Leonard Gross. 1982/2015. Open Road Media. 343 pages. [Source: Review copy]
6) Sleep in Peace Tonight. James MacManus. 2014. Thomas Dunne Books. 368 pages. [Source: Library]
7) The Greatest Skating Race: A World War II Story from the Netherlands. Louise Borden. 2004. Illustrated by Niki Daly. Simon & Schuster. 48 pages. [Source: Library]
8) The Cats in Krasinski Square. Karen Hesse. Illustrated by Wendy Watson. 2004. Scholastic. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
9) Remember the Lilies. (Women of Courage #3) Liz Tolsma. 2015. [February] Thomas Nelson. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy]
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2015 Challenges: Fantasy Fiction Reading Challenge

Host: Impressions in Ink
Title: Fantasy Fiction Reading Challenge (sign up)
Dates: January - December 2015
# of Books: at least 3

I'll be reading at least 3 fantasy books. I hope to read much more than that, of course!!!

1. The Castle Behind Thorns. Merrie Haskell. 2014. HarperCollins. 336 pages. [Source: Library]
2. Operation Bunny. Sally Gardner. Illustrated by David Roberts. 2014. Henry Holt. 192 pages. [Source: Library]
3. How To Catch A Bogle. Catherine Jinks. Illustrated by Sarah Watts. 2013. HMH. [Source: Review copy]
4. The Case of the Cursed Dodo: A Jungle Noir (Endangered Files #1) Jake G. Panda. 2014. Wooly Family Studios. 180 pages. [Source: Review copy]
5. The Zoo at the Edge of the World. Eric Kahn Gale. 2014. HarperCollins. 240 pages. [Source: Library]
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2015 Challenges: Back to Classics Challenge

Host: Books and Chocolate
Name: Back to Classics Challenge (sign up)
Dates: January - December 2015
# of Books: minimum six; twelve max.

The twelve categories:

A 19th Century Classic:  Hard Times. Charles Dickens. 1854/1992. Everyman's Library. 336 pages. [Source: Library]

A 20th Century Classic: Brave New World. Aldous Huxley. 1932. 268 pages. [Source: Bought]
Classic by a Woman Author: Their Eyes Were Watching God. Zora Neale Hurston. 1937. Harper Perennial Modern Classics. 256 pages. [Source: Bought]
Classic in Translation: The Little Prince. Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Translated by Richard Howard. 1943/2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 112 pages. [Source: Review copy]

A Very Long Classic Novel:  Ayala's Angel. Anthony Trollope. 1881. 631 pages. [Source: Bought]
A Classic Novella: The Lilies of the Field by William Edmund Barrett (1962)
A Classic with a Person's Name in the Title: Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope. 1863. 403 pages. [Source: Bought]
Humorous or Satirical Classic:
A Forgotten Classic: Jezebel's Daughter. Wilkie Collins. 1880. 304 pages. [Source: Bought]
Nonfiction Classic: The Life of Charlotte Bronte. Elizabeth Gaskell. 1857/1975. Penguin Classics. 623 pages. [Source: Bought]
Classic Children's Book: Thimble Summer. Elizabeth Enright. 1938/2008. SquareFish. 144 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Classic Play: Trifles. A Play in One Act. Susan Glaspell. 1916. 20 pages. [Source: Read online]

What I'm thinking of...
A 19th Century Classic: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (1884) OR Hide and Seek by Wilkie Collins (1854; by the way, Hide and Seek would also work for 'forgotten classic)
A 20th Century Classic: Exodus by Leon Uris OR East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Classic by a Woman Author: Miss Marjoribanks. Margaret Oliphant OR Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell (1863),
Classic in Translation: Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo OR Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky OR Les Miserables by Victor Hugo in one of the new translations I haven't read yet (Julie Rose OR Christine Donougher)
A Very Long Classic Novel: Ayala's Angel. Anthony Trollope (631 pages, 1881)
A Classic Novella: The Lilies of the Field by William Edmund Barrett (1962)
A Classic with a Person's Name in the Title: Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope.
Humorous or Satirical Classic: Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (1934) OR The Code of The Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse (1938)
A Forgotten Classic: Debby by Siddie Joe Johnson (1940) OR Miss Hargreaves by Frank Baker OR But He Doesn't Know the Territory by Meredith Wilson (1959)
Nonfiction Classic: Out of Africa/Shadows on the Grass by Isak Dinesen (1937, 1961) OR A Man Called Peter by Catherine Marshall (1951) OR The New World (History of the English Speaking Peoples, Vol. 2) Winston Churchill. (1956) OR The Life of Charlotte Bronte by Elizabeth Gaskell (1857)
Classic Children's Book: Thimble Summer. Elizabeth Enright. (1938) OR Winterbound by Margery Williams (1936) OR Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze. Elizabeth Foreman Lewis. (1932)
Classic Play:Trifles by Susan Glaspell (1916) OR A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (1959),


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2015 Challenges: British History

Host: Impressions in Ink
Name:  British History Reading Challenge (sign up)
Dates: January - December 2015
# of books: 3+ (my goal is 12)

I'm so excited to join this challenge! I love and adore reading British history!!!! I'll be reading a mix of nonfiction and fiction.

1) The War That Saved My Life. Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. 2015. Penguin. 320 pages
2) The Art of the English Murder. Lucy Worsley. 2014. Pegusus Books. 336 pages.
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2015 Challenges: Sci-Fi Experience

Host: Stainless Steel Droppings
Name: 2015 Sci-Fi Experience (sign up) (share reviews)
Dates: December 1, 2014 - January 31, 2015
# of books: It's not a challenge, so 1 or more books counts as a success

I'm currently watching Babylon 5, season 1. I'm planning out January's reads at the moment. And I do plan on reading/rereading some science fiction.

• Tesla's Attic by Neal Shusterman
• Boundless by Kenneth Oppel
• 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
• The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey
• Folk of the Fringe by Orson Scott Card (one of Card's that I've never read before)
• Worthing Saga by Orson Scott Card (probably my favorite Card novel)
• The Martian by Andy Weir

What I Read:
1) The 5th Wave. Rick Yancey. 2013. Penguin. 457 pages. [Source: Review copy]
2) It's The End of the World As We Know It. Saci Lloyd. 2015. Hachette Books. 288 pages. [Source: Review copy]
3) To Dream in the City of Sorrows. (Babylon 5: Book #9). Kathryn M. Drennan. Based on the series by J. Michael Straczynski. 1997. Random House. 352 pages.  [Source: Bought]
4) The Worthing Saga. Orson Scott Card. 1990. Tor. 465 pages. [Source: Bought]
5) The Infinite Sea (Fifth Wave #2) Rick Yancey. 2014. Penguin. 320 pages. [Source: Library]
6) Station Eleven. Emily St. John Mandel. 2014. Knopf Doubleday. 352 pages. [Source: Library]
7) Brave New World. Aldous Huxley. 1932. 268 pages. [Source: Bought]

What I View:
1) Babylon 5, disc one
2) Babylon 5, disc two
3) Babylon 5, disc three 
4) Babylon 5, disc four and five 
5) Babylon 5, disc six 
6) Babylon 5, season two, discs one and two

© 2014 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

2015 Challenges: Genre Decades Challenge

Host: Becky's Book Reviews
Name: 2015 Genre Decades Challenge (sign up)
Dates: January - December 2015
# of Books: 10 per decade;

1930s -- Mysteries, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance]

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1931
1932 Brave New World. Aldous Huxley. 1932. 268 pages. [Genre: Science Fiction]
1933 The Case of the Velvet Claws. (Perry Mason #1) Erle Stanley Gardner. 1933. Random House. 215 pages [Genre: Mystery]
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I hope to do a second decade--either the forties or fifties. But I want to concentrate on the thirties first.


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2015 Challenges: Cloak & Dagger Mystery Challenge

 Host: A Bookish Girl
Name: Cloak and Dagger (sign up) Note: there will be monthly link-up posts and giveaways.
Dates: January - December (January's link-up)
# of books: reader decides; I'm aiming for 12-24

What I Read:

January
1) Twelve Drummers Drumming. Father Christmas Mystery #1. C.C. Benison. 2011. Doubleday. 384 pages. [Source: Library]
2) Eleven Piper Piping. Father Christmas Mystery #2. C.C. Benison. 2012. Delacorte. 474 pages. [Source: Library]
3) Ten Lords A-Leaping. Father Christmas #3. C.C. Benison. 2013. Delacorte. 512 pages. [Source: Library]
4) The Case of the Velvet Claws. (Perry Mason #1) Erle Stanley Gardner. 1933. Random House. 215 pages. [Source: Bought]

February
1) Dying in the Wool. (Kate Shackleton #1) Frances Brody. 2009/2012. Minotaur Books. 368 pages. [Source: Library]
2) Medal for Murder. (Kate Shackleton #2) Frances Brody. 2010/2013. Minotaur Books. 432 pages. [Source: Library]
3) Murder in the Afternoon. (Kate Shackleton #3) Frances Brody. 2011/2014. Minotaur Books. 400 pages.  [Source: Library]
4) The Case of the Stuttering Bishop. (Perry Mason #9) Erle Stanley Gardner. 1936. 189 pages. [Source: Bought]
5) Her Royal Spyness (Her Royal Spyness #1) Rhys Bowen. 2007. Berkley. 336 pages. [Source: Library]
6) As Chimney Sweepers Come To Dust. Flavia de Luce #7. Alan Bradley. Random House. 392 pages. [Source: Review copy] 

March
1) The Killings At Badger's Drift. (Inspector Barnaby #1) Caroline Graham. 1987/2005. Felony & Mayhem. 272 pages. [Source: Library]
2) Death of A Hollow Man. (Inspector Barnaby #2) Caroline Graham. 1989/2006. Felony & Mayhem. 306 pages. [Source: Library]
3) The Case of the Cursed Dodo: A Jungle Noir (Endangered Files #1) Jake G. Panda. 2014. Wooly Family Studios. 180 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
4) The Case of the Vanishing Emerald (Maisie Hitchins #2) Holly Webb. 2013/2015. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 176 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
5)  Space Case. Stuart Gibbs. 2014. Simon & Schuster. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy]
6) Sparkling Cyanide. (Colonel Race #4) Agatha Christie. 1944/2002. HarperCollins. 288 pages. [Source: Bought] 



© 2014 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

2015 Genre Decades Reading Challenge

I'm excited to host the Genre Decades Reading Challenge. Here's how it works:

1) Choose a decade. I'd recommend starting with one. If you finish you can always come back for another! You will be reading TEN books. One book for each year of the decade you choose. You may choose to sign up for more than one decade from the start. But it's ten books per decade you choose. So it would be committing to twenty books if you choose two.

2) Choose your genre. Or genres. You may choose up to five genres for a single decade. (Two books per genre.) It is up to you if you want a single genre or multiple genres. Genre is different from audience. So if you choose fantasy, you may read fantasy for children, young adults, or adults. But "young adult" is not in and of itself a genre. You can definitely make this challenge your own. For example:

• sci-fi from the seventies
• fantasy from the eighties
• historical fiction from the thirties
• mysteries from the fifties
• romances from the forties
• paranormal from the nineties

3) If you want to make the challenge more difficult, you might consider reading one book per genre per year of your decade. So minimum of ten books, maximum of fifty.

4) Up to five rereads are allowed per decade. I love to reread I do. But part of a challenge is to discover new books and new authors.

5) Reviews are not required. But. They are fun to read! So if you do blog your reviews, you may share links. You may give updates on your progress by leaving comments if you do not have a blog. Definitely let me know when you finish the challenge. I'd love to see your finished list.

6) Sign up in the comments on this post.

ETA (January):
*While I prefer participants to read books from ten different years, I am not horribly strict. So if you are having a difficult time finding one or two years for your decade, for example, feel free to read two more books from any year in that decade so you can complete the challenge.
* As for sharing review links--not a requirement, by the way--you may either add links and titles to your sign-up post--So that there are working links to all the reviews in one convenient post. OR you may leave review links in the comment of this post.

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2015 Challenges: Birthday Month Reading Challenge

Host: You, Me, and a Cup of Tea
Name: 2015 Birthday Month Reading Challenge (sign up here)
Dates: January - December 2015
# of Books: 12
Note to self: remember to leave links to reviews on her linkies post. 

January:
Zora Neale Hurston.
Their Eyes Were Watching God. Zora Neale Hurston. 1937. Harper Perennial Modern Classics. 256 pages. [Source: Bought]
Wilkie Collins
Jezebel's Daughter. Wilkie Collins. 1880. 304 pages. [Source: Bought]
February:
Charles Dickens
Hard Times. Charles Dickens. 1854/1992. Everyman's Library. 336 pages.  [Source: Library]
Laura Ingalls Wilder
On the Banks of Plum Creek. Laura Ingalls Wilder. 1937. 340 pages. [Source: Library]
March:
Dr. Seuss
The Cat In the Hat. Dr. Seuss. 1957. Random House. 61 pages.  [Source: Library]
Lois Lowry
The Giver. Lois Lowry. 1993. Houghton Mifflin. 180 pages. [Source: Library]  
April:
Beverly Cleary
Ramona the Pest. Beverly Cleary. 1968. HarperCollins. 208 pages. [Source: Library] 
May:
Irene Hunt
Up A Road Slowly. Irene Hunt. 1966. 208 pages. [Source: Bought]
June:
Sarah Dessen
Saint Anything. Sarah Dessen. 2015. Penguin. 432 pages. [Source: Library]
July:
Josephine Tey
The Daughter of Time. Josephine Tey. 1951/1995. Simon & Schuster. 208 pages. [Source: Bought] 
August:
David Baldacci
Wish You Well. David Baldacci. 2000/2007. Grand Central Publishing. 432 pages. [Source: Library]September:
Jon Scieszka
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs. Jon Scieszka. Illustrated by Lane Smith. 1989. 32 pages. [Source: Library]  
October:
Julie Andrews (Edwards)
The Great American Mousical. Julie Andrews Edwards. 2006. HarperCollins. 160 pages. [Source: Library]
November:
Louisa May Alcott
Eight Cousins. Louisa May Alcott. 1874. 224 pages. [Source: Bought]
December: Connie Willis
Doomsday Book. Connie Willis. 1992. Random House. 592 pages.  [Source: Book I Bought]

Ideas for each month:
January

• J.R.R. Tolkien
• Wilkie Collins

February

• Charles Dickens
• Victor Hugo
• Mo Willems

March

• Dr. Seuss
• Lois Lowry

April

• Margaret Oliphant
• Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Anthony Trollope
• Beverly Cleary
• Charlotte Bronte
• Ngaio Marsh

May

• Jerome K. Jerome
• Pat Frank (Alas, Babylon)
• Arthur Conan Doyle

June

• Dorothy Sayers
• Thomas Hardy

July

• Josephine Tey
• Erle Stanley Gardner
• Candice F. Ransom
• Joan Bauer

August

•  Georgette Heyer
• Orson Scott Card
• E. Nesbit
• Kenneth Oppel
• Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
• P.L. Travers
• Diana Wynne Jones

September

• Elizabeth Gaskell
• Agatha Christie
• Roald Dahl
• Gail Carson Levine

October

• Julie Andrews Edwards
• Karen Cushman
• Lois Lensky
• Shel Silverstein
• Jessica Day George
• Laurie Halse Anderson
• Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
• Katherine Paterson

November

• C.S. Lewis
• Neil Gaiman
• Astrid Lindgren
• Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Mark Twain
• George Eliot
• L.M. Montgomery
• Louisa May Alcott
• Neal Shusterman

December

• Avi
• Connie Willis
• Carol Ryrie Brink
• Rudyard Kipling
• Mercer Mayer
• Rex Stout
• George MacDonald

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2015 Challenges: Hard Core Re-reading Challenge

Host: You, Me, and a Cup of Tea
Name: Hard Core Rereading Challenge (sign up here) (share links here)
Dates: January - December 2015 (books started before January do not count)
# of Books: Level 5; 50+ Rereading Coma
Note to self: check back to see about review linkies. MUST, MUST, MUST add links to reviews to the linkies.

What I (Actually) Reread
1. And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss
2. The Girl With The White Flag. Tomiko Higa. Translated by Dorothy Britton. 1989. 130 pages. [Source: Bought]
3. The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. 1938/1965. Random House. 56 pages. [Source: Library]
4. The Trumpeter of Krakow. Eric P. Kelly. 1928. Simon & Schuster. 208 pages. [Source: Library]
5. Millions of Cats. Wanda Gag. 1928. Penguin. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
6. Their Eyes Were Watching God. Zora Neale Hurston. 1937. Harper Perennial Modern Classics. 256 pages. [Source: Bought]
7) Horton Hatches An Egg. Dr. Seuss. 1940/1968. Random House. 64 pages. [Source: Library]
8) Trifles. A Play in One Act. Susan Glaspell. 1916. 20 pages. [Source: Read online]
9) The Worthing Saga. Orson Scott Card. 1990. Tor. 465 pages. [Source: Bought]
10)  To Dream in the City of Sorrows. (Babylon 5: Book #9). Kathryn M. Drennan. Based on the series by J. Michael Straczynski. 1997. Random House. 352 pages.  [Source: Bought]
11) On the Banks of Plum Creek. Laura Ingalls Wilder. 1937. 340 pages. [Source: Library]
12) The Warden. Anthony Trollope. 1855. Oxford World's Classics. 294 pages. [Source: Bought]
13) By the Shores of Silver Lake. Laura Ingalls Wilder. 1939. HarperCollins. 291 pages. [Source: Library]
14) The 100 Dresses. Eleanor Estes. Illustrated by Louis Slobodkin. 1944/2004. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 96 pages. [Source: Library]
15) Emil and Karl. Yankev Glatshteyn. Translated from the Yiddish by Jeffrey Shandler. 1940/2006. Roaring Book Press. 208 pages. [Source: Review copy]
16) Horton Hears A Who! Dr. Seuss. 1954. Random House. 64 pages. [Source: Library]
17) The Little Prince. Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Translated by Richard Howard. 1943/2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 112 pages. [Source: Review copy]
18) Enchantress from the Stars. Sylvia Louise Engdahl. 1970/2003. Penguin. 304 pages. [Source: Review copy]
19) Fox in Socks. Dr. Seuss. 1965. Random House. 72 pages. [Source: Library]
20) The Magic Pudding. Norman Lindsay. 1918. 144 pages. [Source: Bought]
21) Hop On Pop. Dr. Seuss. 1963. Random House. 64 pages. [Source: Library]
22) Princess Academy. Shannon Hale. 2005. Bloomsbury. 314 pages. [Source: Library]
23) Palace of Stone. (Princess Academy #2) Shannon Hale. 2012. Bloomsbury. 323 pages. [Source: Library]
24) Sleep Book. Dr. Seuss. 1962. Random House. 64 pages. [Source: Library]
25) Christy. Catherine Marshall. 1967. 512 pages. [Source: Bought]
26) Ten Apples Up On Top! Dr. Seuss (Theo LeSeig). Illustrated by Roy McKie. 1961. Random House. 72 pages. [Source: Library]
27) The Sneetches and Other Stories. Dr. Seuss. 1961. Random House. 65 pages. [Source: Library]
28) B is for Betsy. Carolyn Haywood. 1939. 144 pages. [Source: Library]
29) Scarlet. A.C. Gaughen. 2012. Walker. 292 pages. [Source: Library]
30) Lady Thief. A.C. Gaughen. 2014. Walker Books. 304 pages. [Source: Review copy]
31) Green Eggs and Ham. Dr. Seuss. 1960. Random House. 62 pages. [Source: Library]
32) Charlotte's Web. E.B. White. Illustrated by Garth Williams. 1952. HarperCollins. 192 pages. [Source: Review copy]
33) The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. C.S. Lewis. 1950. HarperCollins. 224 pages. [Source: Bought]
34) Prince Caspian. C.S. Lewis. 1951. HarperCollins. 240 pages. [Source: Bought]
35) One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. Dr. Seuss. 1960. Random House. 60 pages. [Source: Library]
36) YUM: Your Ultimate Manual for Good Nutrition. Daina Kalnins. 2008. Lobster Press. 192 pages. [Source: Review copy]
37) Number the Stars. Lois Lowry. 1989. (Won Newbery in 1990) 137 pages. [Source: Bought]
38)  Beezus and Ramona. Beverly Cleary. 1955. HarperCollins. 208 pages. [Source: Library]
39) Ramona the Pest. Beverly Cleary. 1968. HarperCollins. 208 pages. [Source: Library]
40) Ramona the Brave. Beverly Cleary. 1975. HarperCollins. 208 pages. [Source: Library]
41) Ramona and Her Father. Beverly Cleary. 1977. HarperCollins. 208 pages. [Source: Library]
42) Ramona and Her Mother. Beverly Cleary. 1977. HarperCollins. 224 pages. [Source: Library]
43) Ramona Quimby, Age 8. Beverly Cleary. 1981. HarperCollins. 208 pages. [Source: Library]
44) Ramona Forever. Beverly Cleary. 1984. HarperCollins. 208 pages. [Source: Library]
45) Ramona's World. Beverly Cleary. 1999. HarperCollins. 240 pages. [Source: Library]
46) Gospel: Recovering the Power That Made Christianity Revolutionary. J.D. Greear. Foreword by Timothy Keller. 2011. B&H Books. 266 pages. [Source: Bought]
47) Dragon Slippers. Jessica Day George. 2007. Bloomsbury USA. 324 pages. [Source: Library]
48) Dragon Flight. Jessica Day George. Bloomsbury USA. 272 pages. [Source: Library]
49)  Dragon Spear. Jessica Day George. 2009. Bloomsbury USA. 248 pages. [Source: Library]
50) The Cat In the Hat Comes Back. Dr. Seuss. 1958. Random House. 63 pages. [Source: Library]
51) The Giver. Lois Lowry. 1993. Houghton Mifflin. 180 pages. [Source: Library] 
52) Henry and Beezus. Beverly Cleary. 1952. HarperCollins. 224 pages. [Source: Library]
53) Little Town on the Prairie. Laura Ingalls Wilder. Illustrated by Garth Williams. 1941. 374 pages. [Source: Library]
54) These Happy Golden Years. Laura Ingalls Wilder. Illustrated by Garth Williams. 1943. HarperCollins. 289 pages. [Source: Library]
55) The Cat In the Hat. Dr. Seuss. 1957. Random House. 61 pages.  [Source: Library]
56) Ella Minnow Pea. Mark Dunn. 2001. Random House. 224 pages. [Source: Library]
57) The Long Winter. Laura Ingalls Wilder. Illustrated by Garth Williams. 1940. 335 pages. [Source: Library]
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What I Plan On Rereading: 

Georgette Heyer Novels I Want To Reread in 2015:

1. Devil's Cub
2. These Old Shades
3. Frederica
4. Venetia
5. Civil Contract
6. Sprig Muslin
7. Black Sheep
8. Masqueraders
9. Cousin Kate
10. Convenient Marriage
11. False Colors
12. Talisman Ring

Elizabeth Gaskell Novels I Want to Reread in 2015:

1. Ruth
2. Wives and Daughters
3. North and South 

Anthony Trollope Novels I Want To Reread in 2015:

1. Lady Anna
2. He Knew He Was Right
3. Belton Estate

Charles Dickens Novels I Want to Reread in 2015:

1. Our Mutual Friend
2. Bleak House
3. Oliver Twist

Wilkie Collins Novels I Want To Reread in 2015:

1. Woman in White
2. Armadale
3. Man and Wife

Mystery Novels I Want To Reread in 2015:

1. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
2. The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
3. Some Buried Caesar by Rex Stout
4. The Golden Spiders by Rex Stout
5. Have His Carcase by Dorothy Sayers
6. Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy Sayers
7. The Nine Tailors by Dorothy Sayers
8. Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers
9. Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy Sayers

Historical Novels I Want to Reread

1. Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
2. London by Edward Rutherfurd
3. Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd
4. Gone with The Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Science Fiction Novels I Want To Reread in 2015

1. Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
2. Worthing Saga by Orson Scott Card
3. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
4. Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
5. Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
6. Foundation by Isaac Asimov
7. Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov
8. Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov 
9. Babylon 5: To Dream in the City of Sorrow by Kathryn M. Drennan
10. Babylon 5: The Shadow Within by Jeanne Cavelos
11. Bablyon 5: In the Beginning by Peter David
12. Babylon 5: Legions of Fire: The Long Night of Centauri Prime by Peter David
13. Babylon 5: Legions of Fire: Armies of Light and Dark by Peter David
14. Babylon 5: Legions of Fire: Out of the Darkness by Peter David 
15. Wool by Hugh Howey
16. Shift by Hugh Howey

Fantasy Novels I Want to Reread in 2015

1. Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The Princess Bride by William Goldman
3. The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
4. The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan
5. The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
6. The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan
7. Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
8. A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan
9. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

Children's Novels I Want to Reread in 2015 (I'm sure I'll be adding *more* to the list.)

1. Welcome to the Grand View, Hannah by Mindy Warshaw Skolsky
2. You're the Best, Hannah by Mindy Warshaw Skolsky
3. Love From Your Friend, Hannah by Mindy Warshaw Skolsky

Dr. Seuss Books I Want to Reread in 2015

1. 1937 -- And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street
2. 1938 -- The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
3. 1939 -- The King's Stilts
4. 1940 -- Horton Hatches An Egg
5. 1947 -- McElligot's Pool
6. 1948 -- Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose
7. 1949 -- Bartholomew and the OObleck
8. 1950 -- If I Ran The Zoo
9. 1953 -- Scrambled Eggs Super
10. 1954 -- Horton Hears a Who
11. 1955 -- On Beyond a Zebra
12. 1956 -- If I Ran the Circus
13. 1957 -- How The Grinch Stole Christmas
14. 1957 -- The Cat in the Hat
15. 1958 -- The Cat In the Hat Comes Back
16. 1958 -- Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
17. 1959 -- Happy Birthday to You
18. 1960 -- One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
19. 1960 -- Green Eggs and Ham
20. 1961 -- The Sneetches and Other Stories
21. 1961 -- Ten Apples Up On Top (Theo LeSieg)
22. 1962 -- Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book
23. 1963 -- Dr. Seuss's ABC
24. 1963 -- Hop On Pop
25. 1965 -- Fox in Socks
26. 1965 -- I Wish That I Had Duck Feet (Theo LeSieg)
27. 1965 -- I Had Trouble Getting to Solla Sollew
28. 1968 -- The Foot Book
29. 1969 -- I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today and Other Stories
30. 1970  -- Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
31. 1971 -- The Lorax
32. 1972 -- Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now
33. 1972 -- In A People House (Theo LeSieg)
34. 1973 -- Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are
35. 1974 -- There's A Wocket in My Pocket
36. 1974 -- Great Day for Up
37. 1974 -- Wacky Wednesday (Theo LeSieg)
38. 1975 -- Oh, The Thinks YOu Can Think!
39. 1975 -- Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo (Rosetta Stone)
40. 1975 -- Would You Rather Be A Bull Frog (Theo LeSieg)
41. 1976 -- Hooper Humperdink…? Not Him (Theo LeSieg)
42. 1977 -- Please Try to Remember the first of Octember (Theo LeSieg)
43. 1978 -- I Can Read With My Eyes Shut
44. 1979 -- Oh Say Can You Say
45. 1980 -- Maybe You Should Fly A Jet (Theo LeSieg)
46. 1981 -- The Tooth Book (Theo LeSieg)
47. 1982 -- Hunches in Bunches
48. 1984 -- The Butter Battle Book
49. 1986 -- You're Only Old Once
50. 1987 -- I Am Not Going To Get UP Today
51. 1990 -- Oh, The Places You'll Go
52. 1995 -- Daisy-Head Mayzie
53. 1996 -- My Many Colored Days
54. 1998 -- Hooray for Diffendoofer Day
55. 2011 -- The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories

© 2014 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

2015 Challenges: TBR Pile

Host: Roof Beam Reader
Name: 2015 TBR Pile (sign up here) Note to self: actually go and share review links each month
Dates: January - December 2015
# of books: 12 to 14

My list of twelve:

Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope. 1863. 403 pages. [Source: Bought]

Miss Marjoribanks. Margaret Oliphant. 1865. 512 pages. [Source: Bought]

Footsteps in the Dark. Georgette Heyer. 1932. 336 pages. [Source: Bought]

Green for Danger. Christianna Brand. 1944. 256 pages. [Source: Bought]

Georgette Heyer. Jennifer Kloester. 2013. 464 pages. [Source: Bought]

Escape from Sobibor. Richard Rashke. 1982/1995. 416 pages. [Source: Bought]

The Nazi Officer's Wife. Edith Hahn Beer. 1999. 305 pages. [Source: Bought]

The New World (History of the English Speaking Peoples, Vol. 2) Winston Churchill. 1956. 400 pages. [Source: Bought]

Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze. Elizabeth Foreman Lewis. 1932. SquareFish. 306 pages. [Source: Review copy]

I, Juan de Pareja.  Elizabeth Borton de Trevino. 1965. SquareFish. 192 pages. [Source: Review copy]

Thimble Summer. Elizabeth Enright. 1938. SquareFish. 144 pages. [Source: Review copy]

 Schindler's List. Thomas Keneally. 1982. 429 pages. [Source: Bought]

My two alternates:

Ayala's Angel. Anthony Trollope. 1881. 631 pages. [Source: Bought]

The Silmarillion. J.R.R. Tolkien. 1977. 386 pages. [Source: Bought]


© 2014 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

2015 Challenges: Alphabet Soup

Host: Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book
Name: Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge (sign-up)
Dates: January - December 2015
# of books: 26

Second Bowl of Soup Started April 2, 2015

A Across Five Aprils. Irene Hunt. 1964. 224 pages. [Source: Bought]
B The Bears on Hemlock Mountain. Alice Dalgliesh. Illustrated by Helen Sewell. 1952. 64 pages. [Source: Bought]
C Christy. Catherine Marshall. 1967. 512 pages. [Source: Bought]
D Dragon Slippers. Jessica Day George. 2007. Bloomsbury USA. 324 pages. [Source: Library]
E The Egypt Game. Zilpha Keatley Snyder. 1967/2009. Simon & Schuster. 215 pages. [Source: Review copy]
F The Family Under the Bridge. Natalie Savage Carlson. Illustrated by Garth Williams. 1958/1989. HarperCollins. 123 pages.
G A Girl from Yamhill. Beverly Cleary. 1988/1996. HarperCollins. 352 pages. [Source: Library]
H Henry and Beezus. Beverly Cleary. 1952. HarperCollins. 224 pages. [Source: Library]
I Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison. Lois Lenski. 1941. HarperCollins. 298 pages. [Source: Bought]
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R Ramona the Pest. Beverly Cleary. 1968. HarperCollins. 208 pages. [Source: Library]
S Seraphina. Rachel Hartman. 2012. Random House. 499 pages. [Source: Library]
T The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales. Franz Xaver Von Schonwerth. Translated by Maria Tatar. 2015. Penguin. 288 pages. [Source: Review copy]
U Up A Road Slowly. Irene Hunt. 1966. 208 pages. [Source: Bought]
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W Wild Boy. Rob Lloyd-Jones. 2013. Candlewick Press. 295 pages. [Source: Review copy]
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Y Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. Dr. Seuss. 1958/2008. Random House. 96 pages. [Source: Review copy]
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Completed First Bowl of Soup! April 1, 2015!

Titles
A Audacity. Melanie Crowder. 2015. Penguin. 400 pages. [Source: Review copy]
B Brave New World. Aldous Huxley. 1932. 268 pages. [Source: Bought]
C The Castle Behind Thorns. Merrie Haskell. 2014. HarperCollins. 336 pages. [Source: Library]
D Debby. Siddie Joe Johnson. Illustrated by Ninon MacKnight. 1940.  Longmans, Green and Co. 214 pages. [Source: Bought]
E Emil and Karl. Yankev Glatshteyn. Translated from the Yiddish by Jeffrey Shandler. 1940/2006. Roaring Book Press. 208 pages. [Source: Review copy]
F Farewell to the East End. (Call of the Midwife #3) Jennifer Worth. 2009/2013. HarperCollins. 336 pages. [Source: Library]
G The Girl With The White Flag. Tomiko Higa. Translated by Dorothy Britton. 1989. 130 pages. [Source: Bought]
H Hard Times. Charles Dickens. 1854/1992. Everyman's Library. 336 pages.  [Source: Library]
I Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women. Cornelia Meigs. 1933/1995. Little, Brown. 256 pages. [Source: Library]
J  Jezebel's Daughter. Wilkie Collins. 1880. 304 pages. [Source: Bought]
K The Killings At Badger's Drift. (Inspector Barnaby #1) Caroline Graham. 1987/2005. Felony & Mayhem. 272 pages. [Source: Library]
L The Lilies of the Field. William Edmund Barrett. 1962/1988. Grand Central Publishing. 128 pages. [Source: Gift]
M Medal for Murder. (Kate Shackleton #2) Frances Brody. 2010/2013. Minotaur Books. 432 pages. [Source: Library]
N Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
O On the Banks of Plum Creek. Laura Ingalls Wilder. 1937. 340 pages. [Source: Library]
P The Paper Cowboy. Kristin Levine. 2014. Penguin. 352 pages. [Source: Library]
Q The Question of Miracles. Elana K. Arnold. 2015. HMH. 240 pages. [Source: Review copy]
R Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope. 1863. 403 pages. [Source: Bought]
S Station Eleven. Emily St. John Mandel. 2014. Knopf Doubleday. 352 pages. [Source: Library]
T Their Eyes Were Watching God. Zora Neale Hurston. 1937. Harper Perennial Modern Classics. 256 pages. [Source: Bought]
U The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. Rachel Joyce. 2012. Random House. 320 pages. [Source: Library]
V The Case of the Velvet Claws. (Perry Mason #1) Erle Stanley Gardner. 1933. Random House. 215 pages. [Source: Bought]
W  The Worthing Saga. Orson Scott Card. 1990. Tor. 465 pages. [Source: Bought]
X Xander's Panda Party. Linda Sue Park. Illustrated by Matt Phelan. 2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
Y Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze. Elizabeth Foreman Lewis. illustrated by William Low. 1932/2008. Square Fish. 302 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Z The Zoo At the Edge of the World by Eric Kahn Gale

© 2014 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

2015 Challenges: Victorian Bingo

Host: Becky's Book Reviews
Name: Victorian Bingo (Sign-Up)
Dates: January - December 2015 (you can start reading now)
# of books: minimum of 5, I'm going to try to read 10 books

First Bingo

Category: Male Author
Title: Hard Times. Charles Dickens. 1854/1992. Everyman's Library. 336 pages.  [Source: Library]
Category: Book Published in the 1850s
Title:  The Semi-Detached House. Emily Eden. 1859. 172 pages. [Source: Bought]  
Category: Book That You Wish Had Been Adapted Into A Movie
Title: Ayala's Angel. Anthony Trollope. 1881. 631 pages. [Source: Bought]
Category: Mystery, Suspense, Sensation
Title:  Jezebel's Daughter. Wilkie Collins. 1880. 304 pages. [Source: Bought]
Category: Book That Has Been Adapted Into A Movie
Title: The Warden. Anthony Trollope. 1855. Oxford World's Classics. 294 pages. [Source: Bought]

Second Bingo

Category:Book with A Name in the Title
Title: Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope. 1863. 403 pages. [Source: Bought]
Category: Book of Your Choice
Title: Miss Marjoribanks. Margaret Oliphant. 1866. 512 pages. [Source: Bought]
Category: Reread of Your Choice
Title:  Heidi. Johanna Spyri. 1880/2009. Puffin Classics/Penguin.  320 pages. [Source: Bough
Category: Book Published in the 1870s
Title:  At The Back of the North Wind. George MacDonald. 1871. 346 pages. [Source: Bought]
Category: Collection, Fairy Tales
Title:  The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales. Franz Xaver Von Schonwerth. Translated by Maria Tatar. 2015. Penguin. 288 pages. [Source: Review copy]

What I've read:

• Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope. 1863. 403 pages. [Source: Bought]
• The Warden. Anthony Trollope. 1855. Oxford World's Classics. 294 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Hard Times. Charles Dickens. 1854/1992. Everyman's Library. 336 pages.  [Source: Library]
• Ayala's Angel. Anthony Trollope. 1881. 631 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Jezebel's Daughter. Wilkie Collins. 1880. 304 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Miss Marjoribanks. Margaret Oliphant. 1866. 512 pages. [Source: Bought] 
• The Semi-Detached House. Emily Eden. 1859. 172 pages. [Source: Bought]   
• The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales. Franz Xaver Von Schonwerth. Translated by Maria Tatar. 2015. Penguin. 288 pages. [Source: Review copy]
• Heidi. Johanna Spyri. 1880/2009. Puffin Classics/Penguin.  320 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Notting Hill Mystery. Charles Warren Adams. 1862/2015. Poisoned Pen Press. 284 pages. [Source: Review copy]
• Nutcracker of Nuremberg. Alexandre Dumas. Illustrated by Else Hasselris. Translated by Grace Gingras. 1844/1930/2013. Pook Press. 172 pages. [Source: Bought] 
• At The Back of the North Wind. George MacDonald. 1871. 346 pages. [Source: Bought]Category: Collection, Fairy Tales 
• The Life of Charlotte Bronte. Elizabeth Gaskell. 1857/1975. Penguin Classics. 623 pages. [Source: Bought]
   

© 2014 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

2015 Challenges: Vintage Mystery Bingo

Host: My Reader's Block
Name: Vintage Mystery Bingo 2015 (sign up)
Dates: January - December 2015
# of Books: at least 6, preferably 12

I'll be going for the gold edition which is mystery books published before 1960.

Bingo #1

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 © 2014 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

2015 Challenges: Newbery Reading Challenge

Host: Smiling Shelves
Name: Newbery Reading Challenge 2015 (sign up here)
Dates: January - December 2015
# of Books Points:   30 to 44 points (Spinelli) 3 points for each Newbery winner, 2 points for each Newbery Honor Book (So 30 points could be reached by 10 Newbery books, for example, or 15 Newbery Honor books)

January Points: 9
February Points: 15
March Points:  13
April and May points:  36
June Points:  9
July Points:  7
August Points: 13
September Points: 7
October Points: 3

Total -- 112

Newbery Winners Read in 2015:

1)  The Trumpeter of Krakow. Eric P. Kelly. 1928. Simon & Schuster. 208 pages. [Source: Library]
2) Thimble Summer. Elizabeth Enright. 1938/2008. SquareFish. 144 pages. [Source: Review copy]
3) Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze. Elizabeth Foreman Lewis. illustrated by William Low. 1932/2008. Square Fish. 302 pages. [Source: Review copy]
4) Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women. Cornelia Meigs. 1933/1995. Little, Brown. 256 pages. [Source: Library]
5) The Giver. Lois Lowry. 1993. Houghton Mifflin. 180 pages. [Source: Library]  
6) Up A Road Slowly. Irene Hunt. 1966. 208 pages. [Source: Bought]
7) I, Juan de Pareja. Elizabeth Borton de Trevino. 1965/2008. Square Fish. 192 pages. [Source: Review copy]  
8) Number the Stars. Lois Lowry. 1989. (Won Newbery in 1990) 137 pages. [Source: Bought]
9) Ginger Pye. Eleanor Estes. 1950. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 306 pages. [Source: library]
10) The Summer of the Swans. Betsy Byars. 1970. Penguin. 144 pages. [Source: Bought] 
--- 11) Sarah, Plain and Tall. Patricia MacLachlan. 1985. Houghton Mifflin. 64 pages. [Source: Library] 
12) Walk Two Moons. Sharon Creech. 1994. HarperCollins. 280 pages. [Source: Bought]
13) The Whipping Boy. Sid Fleischman. Illustrated by Peter Sis. 1986. 96 pages. [Source: Bought]
14) The View From Saturday. E.L. Konigsburg. 1996. 176 pages. [Source: Bought] 
15) Criss Cross. Lynne Rae Perkins. 2005. 337 pages. [Source: Library] 
16) The Crossover. Kwame Alexander. 2014. HMH. 240 pages. [Source: Library]


Newbery Honor Books Read in 2015:

1) Millions of Cats. Wanda Gag. 1928. Penguin. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
2) The Windy Hill. Cornelia Meigs. 1921. 210 pages. [Source: Bought]
3) El Deafo. Cece Bell. 2014. Harry N. Abrams. 233 pages. [Source: Library]
4) ABC Bunny. Wanda Gag. 1933/2004. University of Minnesota Press. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
5) On the Banks of Plum Creek. Laura Ingalls Wilder. 1937. 340 pages. [Source: Library]
6) Winterbound. Margery Williams Bianco. 1936/2014. Dover. 234 pages. [Source: Bought]
7) The 100 Dresses. Eleanor Estes. Illustrated by Louis Slobodkin. 1944/2004. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 96 pages. [Source: Library]
8) By the Shores of Silver Lake. Laura Ingalls Wilder. 1939. HarperCollins. 291 pages. [Source: Library]
9) The Long Winter. Laura Ingalls Wilder. Illustrated by Garth Williams. 1940. 335 pages. [Source: Library]
10) Little Town on the Prairie. Laura Ingalls Wilder. Illustrated by Garth Williams. 1941. 374 pages. [Source: Library]
11)  These Happy Golden Years. Laura Ingalls Wilder. Illustrated by Garth Williams. 1943. HarperCollins. 289 pages. [Source: Library]
12) Princess Academy. Shannon Hale. 2005. Bloomsbury. 314 pages. [Source: Library]
13) Across Five Aprils. Irene Hunt. 1964. 224 pages. [Source: Bought]
14) My Side of the Mountain. Jean Craighead George. 1959. 192 pages. [Source: Bought]
15) The Egypt Game. Zilpha Keatley Snyder. 1967/2009. Simon & Schuster. 215 pages. [Source: Review copy]
16) Three Tales of My Father's Dragon. Ruth Stiles Gannett. Illustrated by Ruth Chrisman Gannett. 1987. Random House. 242 pages. [Source: Library]
17) The Bears on Hemlock Mountain. Alice Dalgliesh. Illustrated by Helen Sewell. 1952. 64 pages. [Source: Bought]
18) The Family Under the Bridge. Natalie Savage Carlson. Illustrated by Garth Williams. 1958/1989. HarperCollins. 123 pages.
19)  Gone Away Lake. Elizabeth Enright. 1957. 256 pages. [Source: Library]
20) Charlotte's Web. E.B. White. Illustrated by Garth Williams. 1952. HarperCollins. 192 pages. [Source: Review copy]
21) Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison. Lois Lenski. 1941. HarperCollins. 298 pages. [Source: Bought]
22) Ramona and Her Father. Beverly Cleary. 1977. HarperCollins. 208 pages. [Source: Library]
23) Ramona Quimby, Age 8. Beverly Cleary. 1981. HarperCollins. 208 pages. [Source: Library]
24) Enchantress from the Stars. Sylvia Louise Engdahl. 1970/2003. Penguin. 304 pages. [Source: Review copy]
25) The Upstairs Room. Johanna Reiss. 1972. HarperCollins. 208 pages. [Source: Library]
26) The Great Gilly Hopkins. Katherine Paterson. 1978. 256 pages. [Source: Bought] 
--- 27) Hatchet. Gary Paulsen. 1986. Simon & Schuster. 208 pages. [Source: Library] 
28) On My Honor. Marion Dane Bauer. 1986. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 96 pages. [Source: Review copy]
29) A Girl Named Disaster. Nancy Farmer. 1996. Scholastic. 320 pages. [Source: Review copy]
30) Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind. Suzanne Fisher Staples. 1989. 240 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
31) 26 Fairmount Avenue. Tomie dePaola. 1999. Penguin. 80 pages. [Source: Library]
32) Whittington. Alan Armstrong. 2005. Random House. 208 pages. [Source: Library]


© 2014 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews