Becky's Book Reviews

Friday, December 28, 2012

2013 Challenges: European Reading Challenge

Host: Rose City Reader
Name: European Reading Challenge, 2013
Dates: January - January
Target # of Books: 5+ (Five Star, Deluxe Entourage)

What I read:

1. Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz (POLAND)
2. Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell (UK)
3. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (France)
4. Zoo Station by David Downing (Germany)
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European Countries:

Albania,
Andorra,
Armenia,
Austria,
Azerbaijan,
Belarus,
Belgium,
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Cyprus,
Czech Republic,
Denmark,
Estonia,
Finland,
France,
Georgia,
Germany,
Greece,
Hungary,
Iceland,
Ireland,
Italy,
Kazakhstan,
Latvia,
Liechtenstein,
Lithuania,
Luxembourg,
Malta,
Moldova,
Monaco,
Montenegro,
Netherlands,
Norway,
Poland, (Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz)
Portugal,
Republic of Macedonia,
Romania,
Russia,
San Marino,
Serbia,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,
Spain,
Sweden,
Switzerland,
Turkey,
Ukraine,
United Kingdom,
Vatican City.

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

2012 Completed Challenge: Short Story

I am signing up for the 2012 Short Story Reading Challenge hosted by Library of Clean Reads. I am signing up for 'Tell Me a Story' which is 1 to 3 books.

1. Firewatch. Connie Willis. 1985. Bantam Books. 271 pages.
2. Jane Austen Made Me Do It. Edited By Laurel Ann Nattress. 2011. Random House. 464 pages.
3. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
4. Lin McLean by Owen Wister
5. Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie
6. Dead Witness, edited by Michael Sims
7. After Dark by Wilkie Collins
8. Stories by Ray Bradbury
9. The Tuesday Club Murders by Agatha Christie
10. Star Trek Reader by James Blish
11. Christmas on Deery Street. Steven Roberts. 2006. 100 pages.
12. While Shepherds Watched: Stories of Christmas Miracles and Mysteries by Steven Roberts. 2007. 165 pages.

© 2012 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

2012 Completed Challenges: Time Travel

I am so happy I discovered the Time Travel Reading Challenge hosted by Library of Clean Reads. I am signing up for 'great adventure' which is four to six time travel books. (I was so tempted to commit to more than that--since time travel is one of my favorite, favorite, favorite things to read about.)

What I read for the Time Travel Reading Challenge hosted by Library of Clean Reads:

1. To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
2. Blackout. Connie Willis.
3. All Clear. Connie Willis.
4. The Door Into Summer. Robert A. Heinlein.
5. 11/22/63 by Stephen King
6. Tempest by Julie Cross
7. Caught. (Missing #5) Margaret Peterson Haddix. 2012. Simon & Schuster. 352 pages.
8. Day of the Assassins. (Jack Christie #1) Johnny O'Brien. 2009. Candlewick. 224 pages.
9. The Indigo King. James A. Owen. 2008. Simon & Schuster. 375 pages.
10. The Shadow Dragons. James A. Owen. 2009. Simon & Schuster. 417 pages.
11. The Dragon's Apprentice. James A. Owen. 2010. Simon & Schuster. 376 pages.
12. The Dragons of Winter. James A. Owen. 2012. Simon & Schuster. 389 pages.

© 2012 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

2012 Completed Challenge: Science Fiction

I am joined Curiosity Killed the Bookworm's science fiction challenge. I hoped to read at least twelve science fiction books next year.

1. To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
2. Babylon 5: To Dream in the City of Sorrows by Kathryn M. Drennan
3. Babylon 5: The Shadow Within by Jeanne Cavelos
4. Babylon 5: In the Beginning by Peter David
5. Babylon 5: Legions of Fire: The Long Night of Centauri Prime. Peter David.
6. Babylon 5: Legions of Fire: Armies of Light and Dark. Peter David.
7. Babylon 5: Legions of Fire: Out of the Darkness. Peter David.
8. A Million Suns (Across the Universe #2). Beth Revis.
9. The Pledge. Kimberly Derting.
10. The Predicteds. Christine Seifert.
11. Scored. Lauren McLaughlin.
12. Shadows in Flight. Orson Scott Card.
13. Blackout. Connie Willis.
14. All Clear. Connie Willis.
15. Enchantress from the Stars. Sylvia Louise Engdahl.
16. The Way We Fall. Megan Crewe.
17. Tankborn. Karen Sandler.
18. All Good Children. Catherine Austen
19. Cinder. (The Lunar Chronicles #1). Marissa Meyer.
20. Crossed. Ally Condie.
21. Awaken. Katie Kacvinsky.
22. The Demolished Man. Alfred Bester.
23. Alas, Babylon. Pat Frank.
24. The Worthing Saga. Orson Scott Card.
25. Earth Abides. George R. Stewart.
26. Time for the Stars. Robert A. Heinlein.
27. The Puppet Masters. Robert A. Heinlein
28. The Door Into Summer. Robert A. Heinlein.
29. Double Star. Robert A. Heinlein
30. The Stars My Destination. Alfred Bester.
31. We. Yevgeny Zamyatin.
32. Fever. (Chemical Garden Series #2). Lauren DeStefano.
33. 11/22/63. Stephen King.
34. Article 5. Kristen Simmons.
35. Partials. Dan Wells.
36. Pandemonium. Lauren Oliver.
37. Parallelogram: Book 2: Caught in the Parallel. Robin Brande.
38. Unwind. Neal Shusterman.
39. Divergent. Veronica Roth.
40. Insurgent. Veronica Roth.
41. Tempest. Julie Cross.
42. Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury.
43. Martian Chronicles. Ray Bradbury.
44. Earth Unaware. Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston
45. The Age of Miracles. Karen Thompson Walker.
46. City. Clifford D. Simak. Old Earth Books. 264 pages.
47. The Star Trek Reader. Twenty-one Novelized Episodes Based on the Exciting Television Series Created by Gene Roddenberry. James Blish. 1968, 1969, 1972. Dutton. 372 pages.
48. The Long Earth. Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. 2012. HarperCollins. 352 pages.
49. Caught. (Missing #5) Margaret Peterson Haddix. 2012. Simon & Schuster. 352 pages.
50. The Bar Code Tattoo. Suzanne Weyn. 2004/2012. Scholastic. 256 pages.
51. Unwholly. Neal Shusterman. 2012. Simon & Schuster. 416 pages.
52. The Forsaken. Lisa M. Stasse. 2012. Simon & Schuster. 375 pages.
53. For Darkness Shows the Stars. Diana Peterfreund. 2012. HarperCollins. 416 pages.
54. Raider's Ransom. Emily Diamand. 2009. Scholastic. 368 pages.

© 2012 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews