B's Reading Challenge, 2008 (ongoing)

No Rules...just books my husband really likes and would like me to read sometime.

1. Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad
2. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera
3. Immortality, by Milan Kundera
4. Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis, by Jose Saramago
5. The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, by Jose Saramago
6. The Curtain, by Milan Kundera
   

The Sci Fi Experience, 2008 (COMPLETED)

1. First Meetings in Ender's Universe, by Orson Scott Card
2. The Green Book, by Jill Paton Walsh
3. Wolf of Shadows, by Whitley Streiber

Expanding Horizons Challenge, 2008 (COMPLETED)

1. Tales Our Abuelitas Told: A Hispanic Folktale Collection, by Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy
2. Far Away and Long Ago: A Childhood in Argentina, by W. H. Hudson (ARGENTINA)
   
3. My Invented Country: A Memoir, by Isabel Allende (CHILE)
4. Short Stories by Latin American Women: The Magic and the Real, edited by Celia Correas Zapata
   
5. Where the Flame Trees Bloom, by Alma Flor Ada (CUBA)
   
6. Under the Royal Palms, by Alma Flor Ada (CUBA)
   

Japanese Literature Challenge, 2007 (COMPLETED)

1. The Big Wave, by Pearl S. Buck
2. Thousand Cranes, by Yasunari Kawabata
3. The Bells of Nagasaki, by Takashi Nagai

Hometown Challenge, 2007 (COMPLETED)

1. The Goose Girl, by Shannon Hale (SALT LAKE CITY)
   
2. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian, by Sherman Alexie (SEATTLE)
   

Book-To-Movie Challenge, 2007 (COMPLETED)

1. The African Queen, by C. S. Forester
2. The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri
3. The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo

R.I.P., II Challenge, 2007 (COMPLETED)

1. A Study in Scarlet, by Arthur Conan Doyle
2. The Red House Mystery, by A. A. Milne
   
3. The Woman in Black, by Susan Hill
4. Strange Happenings, by Avi
5. The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, by Tim Burton

Southern Reading Challenge, 2007 (COMPLETED)

1. Big Fish, by Daniel Wallace
2. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (audiobook version, read by Sissy Spacek)
3. Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston (audiobook version, read of Ruby Dee)
4. Miss Julia Strikes Back, by Ann B. Ross

Once Upon a Time Challenge, 2007 (COMPLETED)

1. The Moorchild, by Eloise McGraw
2. The Arthurian Trilogy written by Rosemary Sutcliff: The Sword and The Circle, The Light Beyond the Forest, The Road to Camlann
3. Warriors, Gods & Spirits from Central and South American Mythology, text by Douglas Gifford, illustrations by John Sibbick
4. Stardust, by Neil Gaiman
   
5. The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde
6. A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare