Nattie over at Nattie Writes! is hosting a Newberry Challenge. (I added the Newberry pic. I thought it looked nice!) OK. I admit it. I love children and Young Adult books. And the list of Newberry winners is so good, that I had to throw my hat into this challenge. Come on....it should be easy to slide in some children's books, right??
- Pick 6 books from the Newberry list.
- Comment on Nattie' s blog.
- List your books.
- Read and review from May 15th - Dec. 31 2007
Easy enough....until I actually had to pick my books!! There are some really good ones out there. But here goes:
- The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L' Engle
- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- Holes by Louis Sacher
- The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread by Kate Dicamillo.
Next up is the Dystopian Challenge. This is one is hosted by Lisa at Books. Lists. Life. Her rules are simple. Pick any number of books that you want to read for this challenge. (Hopefully, something you haven't read.....or at least not for awhile). And that's pretty much it!! The challenge has already started and runs until November 6th. Did I sign up for this one? Of course!! (like you didn't already know the answer to that one!)
- The Giver by Lois Lowry (yep...it's up above too! Gotta consolitdate somewhere!)
- Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- Faherheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
There still are tons more challenges that I actually haven't signed up for....yet! Two others I'm thinking about are the Something About Me Challenge hosted by Lisa at Breaking the Fourth Wall...which is really a cool idea. The other is the Southern Reading Challenge hosted by Maggie at Maggie Reads.
So....I guess I'd better get reading. Instead of crossing books off my list, I just seem to keep adding to it!!
Later!
16 comments:
The Newberry Challenge sounds really cool. I think I'm going to have to join that one ;)
I just signed up for the Newberry one myself. And couldn't resist the Southern one either. I'm not sure when I think I'll have time to actually read these books!
Thanks for joining me on the Dystopian one. I have The Giver on both my lists as well.
LOL, Stephanie *ducks and runs for cover* Thanks for the "plug" to the site. I'm really just living vicariously through all of you :)
It's ridiculous isn't it? I just can't seem to stop!
I'm reading A Wrinkle in Time for the Once Upon a Time Challenge hosted by Carl from www.stainlesssteeldroppings.blogspot.com. So, that will be fun to talk about. But, I agree: first it used to be just books, then books and challenges. It tends to get a bit overwhelming for a person as compulsive as me.
LOL I see just how much alike we are! Haha These challenges are irresistable!
I've signed up for the Newbery Challenge, and it's all your fault! *grin* Will be posting my list later today after pondering!
Your Newberry books look great: I have read 4 of those this year already, mostly for the Banned Book Challenge. I think I will be able to pass on that challenge this time.
My Dystopian list looks almost identical to yours. These books should be called 'Intro to Dystpia 101'
Oh man, I can already tell this is gonna get me in trouble! Challenges are addictive.
I've read all those Newberry books you listed but the Road to Terebithia. And the Dystopian challenge is sort of waht I'm reading now! More challenges! Argh! I'm going to need Challenge Anonymous. Later. After I join a couple more.
awesome Newberry list. Thanks for joining the challenge.
I am just about to start doing Holes with my Year 8 students. Wish me luck. We just finished Midsummer Night's Dream (yes, in original language) - so this is a bit of lighthearted relief, and should be easy for them to read.
I love the book, I hope they will too.
Oh no! A site listing all the reading challenges available? I think I'm in trouble.
I'm enjoying looking around your site. Good luck with your challenges.
I really didn't need to see that site... but if these help me get some reading done, then it's all for the good.
Stephanie, I hope you can join the SRC, BUT I understand you may be challenged out! :D
I signed up for this challenge as well. Do you mind if I borrow your Newbery pic for my blog? Your list has two of my favorite Newbery reads...The Giver and Holes. Both entertaining titles. Hope you enjoy them.
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