Masterpiece
*****
Excellent
**** 1/2
Very good
****
Good
**** 1/2
Just okay
***
Not for me
**
Definitely not for me
*

Cardathon Challenge

This is an ongoing challenge that includes not only works that Orson Scott Card has written, but also works that he has edited, introduced, and recommended. Officially begins January 1, 2008. For more info, go here.

My working list:

Asimov, Isaac (any)
Austen, Jane (any)
Barry, Dave and Ridley Pearson. Peter and the Starcatchers. Peter and the Shadow Thieves
Bradbury, Ray (any)
Bronte sisters (any)
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  • Ender’s Game
  • Ender in Exile

Christie, Agatha (any)
Dickens, Charles (any)
Evanovich, Janet (any)
Gaiman, Neil (any)

Koontz, Dean (any)
Lewis, C.S. (any)
McCrumb, Sharyn (any)
Mitchell, Margaret. Gone With The Wind
Rowling, J.K. All of the Harry Potter series

Smith, Alexander McCall (any)
Tolkien, J.R.R. (any)
Twain, Mark (any)
Tyler, Anne (any)
Wells, H.G. (any)
White, E.B. Charlotte’s Web
White, T.H. The Once and Future King
Winspear, Jacqueline (any)

Whitcoulls Challenge

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November 1, 2007 through November 1, 2008
12 books from the Whitcoulls Lists
More info on the challenge can be found here.

I’ll select 12 books from the following.

  1. The Shipping News – E. Annie Proulx ’98, ’02, ’06
  2. Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini ’06
  3. Anne of Green Gables – L.M. Montgomery ’98
  4. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – J.K. Rowling ’02, ’06
  5. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – J.K. Rowling ’02
  6. The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Night-time – Mark Haddon ’06
  7. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – J.K. Rowling ’02, ’06
  8. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J.K. Rowling ’02
  9. Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix – J.K. Rowling ’06
  10. Life of Pi – Yann Martel ’06
  11. The Twits by Roald Dahl ’98
  12. Artemis Fowl by Coifer ’02

Extras/Alternates:
Sophie’s World – Jostein Gaarder ’98
The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver ’02, ’06
The Red Tent – Anita Diamant ’06
Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden ’98, ’02, ’06
Winnie-the-Pooh – A.A. Milne ’98, ’02
The English Patient – Michael Ondaatje ’98
The Other Boleyn Girl – Phillippa Gregory ’02, ’06
Northern Lights – Philip Pullman ’02, ’06
The Plain Truth – Jodi Picoult ’02
The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold ’06
Cold Mountain – Charles Frazier ’98

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