Books

I decided to join this challenge to jumpstart my perpetual challenge of reading all the winners.  My goal was the L’Engle level: 15-29 points, and although I thought I would just make the lower threshold, I actually hit the top of the first level.

Each book you read is worth points. You get:

3 points for a Newbery Medal Winner
2 points for a Newbery Honor Book
1 point for a Caldecott Medal Winner

[Read more…] about Newbery Challenge 2014 wrap-up

 

1) All books that are part of a continuing series qualify.

2) It doesn’t matter if you have 1 or 10 books in a series to complete it, it qualifies. The goal is to complete a series from wherever you are up to until the last published book.

Choose a level….

Level 1 – Complete 1 series.
Level 2 – Complete 2 series.
Level 3 – Complete 3 or more series.

My goal for this challenge was Level 2 and I actually completed four series this year so I’m calling this one because I have outdone myself. I completed the following four series:

• Flavia de Luce Mystery by Alan Bradley
• Booktown Mystery by Lorna Barrett
• Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber
• Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber

 

I had an invite from RIEDEL Fascination to join one of her new reading challenges and I’m always game for a new one.  These go February 1st, 2014 – February 28th, 2015 so we’re not spending the holidays finishing books and posting wrap-up posts.  Great idea!  Also she’s not big on lots of picky rules so they are fairly straightforward.

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Read and review Scottish books -any genre, any form- written by a Scottish author (by birth or immigration) or about or set in Scotland.

Challenge levels:
Just A Keek (a little look): 1-4 books read
The Highlander: 5-8 books
The Hebridean: 9-12 books
Ben Nevis: 13+ books

My goal was to complete The Highlander and I fulfilled it completely by reading 8 books. It was really fun to dip into Scotland and I like the 44 Scotland Street series so much that I plan to finish it. Here’s what I read:

1. The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency #14), by Alexander McCall Smith
2. Belgrave Square (Thomas & Charlotte Pitt #12), by Anne Perry
3. Thistle And Thyme: Stories And Legends From Scotland, by Sorche Nic Leodhas
4. 44 Scotland Street, by Alexander McCall Smith
5. Espresso Tales (44 Scotland Street #2), by Alexander McCall Smith
(6.) Love Over Scotland (44 Scotland Street #3), by Alexander McCall Smith
(7.) The World According to Bertie (44 Scotland Street #4), by Alexander McCall Smith
(8.) The Unbearable Lightness of Scones (44 Scotland Street #5), by Alexander McCall Smith

Thanks to Peggy for hosting!

I have participated in #2, #3, #5, and #6, so here we go for the seventh version! It was a fun time and I’ve finished it up for 2014. Here are my reads. Thanks to The Worm Hole for hosting this year because it’s a fun challenge.

From January to December, choose a book from each of the following categories:

1. A reference to time: A Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman
2. A position of royalty: The Sugar Queen by Sarah Allen Addison
3. A number written in letters: The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
4. A forename or names: A Wilder Rose by Susan Wittig Albert, The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
5. A type or element of weather: Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
6. A book with a school subject in the title: William Shakespeare’s The Empire Striketh Back by Ian Doescher