The Eponymous Reading Challenge

Hosted by Coversgirl, the Eponymous Reading Challenge can be found here.

Here’s how it works:

The challenge will run from 1 March to 31 May, 2008.

During that time your mission should you choose to accept it is to read 4 books whose titles are the name of one or more of the characters (e.g. Evelina, Oscar and Lucinda); or a description of one or more of the characters (e.g. The Merchant of Venice, Sylvia’s Lovers).

My list is here:

All my books are by Beverly Cleary.

Beezus and Ramona
Ramona the Pest
Ramona the Brave
Ramona and Her Father
Ramona and Her Mother
Ramona Quimby, Age 8
Ramona Forever
Ramona's World

Banned Books Challenge (Feb 24- June 30th)

Banned Books Challenge. Sign up here. Read the rules. But basics are you set a goal for reading a certain number of banned books between February 24th 2008 and June 30th 2008. My goal? 3 Books.

My books:

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Alternates:
Chronicles of Narnia series
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Reading Full Circle Challenge

Thoughts of Joy is hosting the Reading Full Circle 2008 Challenge. It goes from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008. The goal is to read six "linked" books. The rules are on the sign up page if you're curious and want to join.

Here is my list:

Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain

Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray

Gone with The Wind by Margaret Mitchell

The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Girl with the White Flag by Tomiko Higa

White Lilacs by Carolyn Meyer

I Will Plant You A Lilac Tree by Laura Hillman


Alternates: The Road to Memphis by Mildred Taylor

Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame