Challenges[2010]

Japanese Literature Challenge 3
Review Site HERE.
30 July 2009 – 30 January 2010

Progress: 17 of 1 – Complete [Wrap-up Post]

#1: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running – Haruki Murakami ..[thoughts]
#2: after the quake – Haruki Murakami ..[thoughts]
#3: A Pale View of Hills – Kazuo Ishiguro ..[thoughts]
#4: Sputnik Sweetheart – Haruki Murakami ..[thoughts]
#5: Almost Transparent Blue – Ryu Murakami ..[thoughts]
#6: Nocturnes – Kazuo Ishiguro ..[thoughts]
#7: After Dark – Haruki Murakami ..[thoughts]
#8: N.P. – Banana Yoshimoto ..[thoughts]
#9: Shadow Family – Miyuki Miyabe ..[thoughts]
#10: The Wind-up Bird Chronicle – Haruki Murakami ..[thoughts]
#11: The Old Capital – Yasunari Kawabata ..[thoughts]
#12: Kinshu: Autumn Brocade – Teru Miyamoto ..[thoughts]
#13: Kappa – Ryunosuke Akutagawa ..[thoughts]
#14: A Quiet Life – Kenzaburo Oe ..[thoughts]
#15: Five by Endo – Shusaku Endo ..[thoughts]
#16: I Am A Cat – Soseki Natsume ..[thoughts]
#17: The Housekeeper and the Professor – Yoko Ogawa ..[thoughts]

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Random Reading Challenge
Review Site HERE
1 August 2009 – 31 July 2010

Progress: 8 of 12

#1: The Namesake – Jhumpa Lahiri ..[thoughts]
#2: The Five People You Meet in Heaven – Mitch Albom ..[thoughts]
#3: The Wind-up Bird Chronicle – Haruki Murakami ..[thoughts]
#4: Binu and the Great Wall – Su Tong ..[thoughts]
#5: The Bonesetter’s Daughter – Amy Tan ..[thoughts]
#6: Asian Tales and Tellers – Cathy Spagnoli ..[thoughts]
#7: The End of the Alphabet – CS Richardson ..[thoughts]
#8: His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman ..[thoughts]

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Unlock Worlds Banned Book Challenge
Review Site HERE
Tentative Reading List HERE
27 September 2009 – 30 September 2010

Progress: 6 of 6 – Complete

#1: The Bluest Eye – Toni Morrison ..[thoughts]
#2: James and the Giant Peach – Roald Dahl ..[thoughts]
#3: The Witches – Roald Dahl ..[thoughts]
#4: Go Ask Alice – Anonymous ..[thoughts]
#5: The Boy Who Lost His Face – Louis Sachar ..[thoughts]
#6: The Chocolate War – Robert Cormier ..[thoughts]

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Women Unbound Reading Challenge
Review Site HERE
1 November 2009 – 30 November 2010

Level: Philogynist (1 Fiction, 1 Non-Fiction) - Complete
Bluestocking (3 Fiction, 2 Non-Fiction) - Complete
Suffragette (5 Fiction, 3 Non-Fiction) – Complete
Progress: 7 Fiction, 6 Non-Fiction

#1: Sophie’s World – Jostein Gaarder (Fiction) ..[thoughts]
#2: The Bonesetter’s Daughter – Amy Tan (Fiction) ..[thoughts]
#3: The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison (Fiction) ..[thoughts]
#4: February Flowers – Fan Wu (Fiction) ..[thoughts]
#5: Embroideries – Marjane Satrapi (Non-Fiction) ..[thoughts]
#6: Miss Chopsticks – Xinran (Fiction) ..[thoughts]
#7: The Sum of Our Days – Isabel Allende (Non-Fiction) ..[thoughts]
#8: A Song Flung Up to Heaven – Maya Angelou (Non-Fiction) ..[thoughts]
#9: Kickboxing Geishas – Veronica Chambers (Non-Fiction) ..[thoughts]
#10: The Good Body – Eve Ensler (Play/Drama/Non-Fiction) ..[thoughts]
#11: The Red Tent – Anita Diamant (Fiction) ..[thoughts]
#12: The Sadeian Woman- Angela Carter (Non-Fiction) ..[thoughts]
#13: The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood (Fiction) ..[thoughts]

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GLBT Challenge 2010
Review Site HERE
1 January – 31 December 2010

Level: Lambda (4 of 4) Complete
Pink Triangle (8 of 8 ) Complete
Rainbow
Progress: 11 of 12

#1: Sexing the Cherry – Jeanette Winterson ..[thoughts]
#2: February Flowers – Fan Wu ..[thoughts]
#3: Fun Home – Alison Bechdel ..[thoughts]
#4: Brokeback Mountain – Annie Proulx ..[thoughts]
#5: Self-Made Man – Norah Vincent ..[thoughts]
#6: The Night Watch – Sarah Waters ..[thoughts]
#7: The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde ..[thoughts]
#8: M+O 4EVR – Tonya Cherie Hegamin ..[thoughts]
#9: How Beautiful the Ordinary – Michael Cart (ed.) …[thoughts]
#10: Pedro and Me – Judd Winick ..[thoughts]
#11: Skim – Mariko and Jillian Tamaki ..[thoughts]

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World Religion Challenge 2010
Review Site HERE
1 January – 31 December 2010

Progress: The Unshepherded Path

#1: A Short History of Myth – Karen Armstrong (Mythology) ..[thoughts]

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Read the Book, See the Movie Challenge 2010
Review Site HERE
March/April Reviews HERE
Tentative Book/Movie List HERE
1 January – 31 December 2010

Level: Double Feature (2 of 2) Complete
Saturday Movie Marathon (4 of 4) Complete
Film Festival
Progress: 5 of 8

#1: The Virgin Suicides – Jeffrey Eugenides ..[thoughts]
#2: Brokeback Mountain – Annie Proulx ..[thoughts]
#3: Tony Takitani – Haruki Murakami ..[thoughts]
#4: The Chocolate War – Robert Cormier ..[thoughts]
#5: Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Truman Capote ..[thoughts]

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POC Reading Challenge
Review Site HERE
1 January – 31 December 2010

Level 5: 16-25 POC books
Progress: 14 of 25

January: 8 books
February: 6 books