Challenge History
2009

Host: Carl
When: September 1st-October 31st 2009
Book Read:
- The Ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope Lively
- Black Juice by Margo Lanagan
- Wolf by Gillian Cross
- Cemetery Stories by Katherine Ramsland
- The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
- Mortal Love by Elizabeth Hand
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
- The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
- The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
- The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale
- The Amnesiac by Sam Taylor
- The Haunting by Margaret Mahy
- Come Closer by Sara Gran

Host: Bellezza
When: August 2009-January 2010
Book To Read:

Hosts: Fyrefly and The Literate Housewife
When: Ongoing; Starts over every 3 months
Book To Read:

Host: Amanda
When: July- December 2009
Books To Read:
- The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
- The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson
- The Screwed-Up Life of Charlie the Second by Drew Ferguson
- Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
- Dangerous Angels by Francesca Lia Block
- Ash by Malinda Lo

Host:Trish
When: May - September 2009
Books Read:
- Feeling Like a Kid by Jerry Griswold
- Virgin: The Untouched History by Hanne Blank
- Reasonable Creatures by Katha Pollitt
- Cheek by Jowl by Ursula K. Le Guin
- 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Herding Cats II - Attack of the Hairballs (finished)

Host:Renay
When: April - December 2009
Books Read:

Host:Carl V.
When: March 21st - June 20th 2009
Books Read:
- Girl Meets Boy by Ali Smith
- Here, There be Dragons by James A Owen
- Silver on the Tree by Susan Cooper
- The Trygrine Cat by Inbali Iserles
- Flora Segunda by Ysabeu S. Wilce
- The Fox Woman by Kij Johnson
- The Witches by Roald Dahl
- Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall by Bill Willingham
- Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
- The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales by Maria Tatar
- Carmen Dog by Carol Emshwiller
- Bone by Jeff Smith
- Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
- The Children of Húrin by J.R.R. Tolkien

Host:Trish
When: April - October 2009
Books To Read:
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- Howards End by E. M. Forster
- Emma by Jane Austen
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Host: Jeff
When: All of 2009
Books Read:
- Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey
- An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks
- Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
Sci-Fi Experience (finished)

Host: Carl
When: Jan. and Feb. 2009
Books Read:
- The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- Stories from The Norton Anthology of Science Fiction, edited by Ursula K. Le Guin and Brian Atterbery
- Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
- Messenger by Lois Lowry
- Hard-boiled Wonderland and The End of the World by Haruki Murakami
- The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
- Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
- Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
- Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut
- Parasite Positive by Scott Westerfeld
- Old Man's War by John Scalzi

Host: Jessi
When: All of 2009
Books To Read:
- Comics: Violent Cases
- Novels: Good Omens
- Scripts: Mirrormask: The Illustrated Film Script
- Short Story Collections: Smoke & Mirrors
- Children's and YA: Blueberry Girl and The Dangerous Alphabet
- Others: Who Killed Amanda Palmer
Dewey's Books Challenge (finished)

Host:Chris and Robin
When: All of 2009
Books To Read:
- The Tale of One Bad Rat by Bryan Talbot
- How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
- The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennet
- Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
- We Are on Our Own by Miriam Katin
- Black Hole by Charles Burns
- The Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. Barron
- How to be Good by Nick Hornby
- What I Was by Meg Rosoff
What's in a Name II ( failed)

Host: Annie
When: All of 2009
Books To Read:
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres
- Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce
- The Impostor's Daughter by Laurie Sandell
- White Teeth by Zadie Smith
- Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
- The Amnesiac by Sam Taylor
Rhinoa and Nymeth's Mutual Challenge (failed)
Host: None
When: All of 2009
Books To Read:
TBR Lite Challenge (failed)

Host: MizB
When: All of 2009
Books To Read:
- Fudoki by Kij Johnson
- Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland
- How to be Good by Nick Hornby
- Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
- The Owl Service by Alan Garner
- The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Manga Challenge (finished)

Host:Rhinoa
When: All of 2009
Books To Read:
- Death Note v1 by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata
- Death Note v2 by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata
- Death Note v3 by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata
- Emma Vol 1-7 by Kaoru Mori
- Dramacon: Ultimate Edition by Svetlana Chmakova

Host:Eva
When:All of 2009
Books To Read:
- My Invented Country by Isabel Allende
- Iran Awakening by Shirin Ebadi
- Virginity or Death! by Katha Pollitt
Lambda Award Challenge (finished)

Host:Book Chronicle
When: No time limit
Books To Read:
Support Your Local Library Challenge (failed)

Host:J. Kaye
When: All of 2009
Books To Read:
- The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
- Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
- Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey
- An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks
- Ironweed by William Kennedy
- The Hard Facts of the Grimm's Fairy Tales by Maria Tatar
- Feeling Like a Kid by Jerry Griswold
- Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
- Suffer and Be Still: Women in the Victorian Age edited by Martha Vicinus
- Reasonable Creatures by Katha Pollitt
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard

Host:Laza
When: All of 2009
Books To Read:
- Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
- The Tale of One Bad Rat by Bryan Talbot
- Fables: Sons of Empires by Bill Willigham, Mark Buckingham, et al
- Fables: Arabian Nights (and Days) by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, et al
- Fables: Wolves by Bill Willigham, Mark Buckingham, et al
- Fables: The Good Prince by by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, et al
- Fables: War and Pieces by by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, et al
- We Are on Our Own by Miriam Katin
- Black Hole by Charles Burns
- Heartbreak Soup by Gilbert Hernandez
- Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now by Andre Jordan
- Human Diastrophism by Gilbert Hernandez
- Ethel & Ernest by Raymond Briggs
- Lost at Sea by Bryan Lee O'Malley
- Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall by Bill Willingham
- Bone by Jeff Smith
- Salamander Dream by Hope Larson
- Slow Storm by Danica Novgorodoff
- Bayou Vol 1 by Jeremy Love
- Dramacon: Ultimate Edition by Svetlana Chmakova
- The Impostor's Daughter by Laurie Sandell
- Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda by J.P. Stassen
- Fables: The Dark Ages by Bill Willingham et al
- Wonderland by Tommy Kavoc and Sonny Liew
2008
R.I.P. III (finished)

Host: Carl V.
When: September 1st - October 31st 2008
Books Read:
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
- The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
- Tell My Horse by Zora Neale Hurston
- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
- A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle
- The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers
- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- lost boy lost girl by Peter Straub
- Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist
- Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop
- Dreams Made Flesh by Anne Bishop
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
- The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
- The Vampyre by Tom Holland
- Nigthtmares and Fairy Tales by Serena Valentino
- Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
- Lonely Werewolf Girl by Martin Millar
- Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
- Gossamer by Lois Lowry
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
- The Birds and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier
New Classics Challenge (finished)

Host: Joanna
When: August 1st 2008 - January 31st 2009
Books to Read:
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
- Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
- Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Japanese Literature Challenge 2 (finished)

Host: Bellezza
When: August 1st 2008 - January 30th 2009
Read so far:
- When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka
- Strangers by Taichi Yamada
- Goodbye, Tsugumi by Banana Yoshimoto
- Black Rain by Masuje Ibuse
- Hard-boiled Wonderland and The End of the World by Haruki Murakami
100 Years of Anne Mini-Challenge (finished)
- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
- Anne of Avonela by L.M. Montgomery
- Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery
A Well-Rounded Challenge (finished)
Host: Jan
When:July 1st - Dec 31st 2008
Books Read:
- Looking for Alaska by John Green (Southern Reading Challenge)
- The Tempest by William Shakespeare (What's in a Name?)
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Classics Challenge)
- Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery (100 Years of Anne Mini-Challenge)
- Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo (Orbis Terrarum Challenge)
- When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka (Japanese Literature Challenge)

Host: Trish
When: July 1st - Dec 31st 2008
Books To Read:
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
- The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Southern Reading Challenge 2008 (finished)

Host: Maggie
When:May 15th - August 15th 2008
Books Read:
- The Known World by Edward P. Jones
- Looking for Alaska by John Green
- Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician by Daniel Wallace

Host:Becky
When: April 2008 - March 2009
Possible Books To Read:
- Arthur and the Lost Kingdom by Alistair Moffat
- Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
- The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
- Greenwitch by Susan Cooper
- The Grey King by Susan Cooper
- Silver on the Tree by Susan Cooper
- The Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. Barron
- I am Morgan Le Fay by Nancy Springer
Orbis Terrarum Challenge (finished)

Host: B&B Ex-Libris
When: April 1st - Dec 31st 2008
Books Read:
- The Famished Road by Ben Okri
- Strangers by Taichi Yamada
- The Zigzag Way by Anita Desai
- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
- The Nonexistent Knight by Italo Calvino
- Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
- paddy clarke ha ha ha by Roddy Doyle
- Hey Nostradamus! by Douglas Coupland
- Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo

Host:Becky
When: April 1st - Nov 30th 2008
Books Read:
- Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
- Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montegomery
- Father Brown Stories by G. K. Chesterton
- The Virgin in the Garden by A. S. Byatt
- The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit

Host: Joy
When: May 1st - Sep 30th 2008
Books Read:
- Going Solo by Roald Dahl
- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- The Monsters by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler
- Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine
- The Complete Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby

Host: Carl V.
When: March 21st - June 20th 2008
Books Read:
- The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke
- The Onion Girl by Charles de Lint
- Voice of Our Shadowby Jonathan Carroll
- The Helmet of Horror by Victor Pelevin
- A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong
- Psyche in a Dress by Francesca Lia Block
- Rusalka by C.J. Cherryh
- Chernevog by C.J. Cherryh
- The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other African Folk Tales by Alexander McCall Smith
- The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
- Deerskin by Robin McKinley
- Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales edited by Kate Bernheimer
- Scottish Fairy Belief by Lizanne Henderson and Edward J. Cowan
- Enna Burning by Shannon Hale
- River Secrets by Shannon Hale
- Zel by Donna Jo Napoli
- Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 by David Petersen
- Witch Ember by John Lawson
- Tales from Watership Down by Richard Adams
- The Robber Bridegroom by Eudora Welty
- The Brothers Grimm by Jack Zipes
- Tigerheart by Peter David
- The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman
- Transformations by Anne Sexton

Host: Becky
When: Feb 1st - June 1st 2008
Books Read:
- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
- Powers by Ursula Le Guin
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
- Psyche in a Dress by Francesca Lia Block
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Host: Joy
When: All of 2008
Books Read:
- Black Maria by Diana Wynne Jones
- Across the Wall by Garth Nix
- The Ruby in the Smoke by Phillip Pullman
- Voices by Ursula Le Guin
- One for Sorrow by Christopher Barzak
- Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madelaine L'Engle
- Pay the Piper by Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple
- Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
- Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer
- The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
- The Bromeliad by Terry Pratchett
Host: None
When: All of 2008
Books Read:
- The Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop
- Waifs and Strays by Charles de Lint
- The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillippa Gregory
- Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
- Lolita by Vladimir Nabakov

Host: Annie
When: All of 2008
Books Read:
- The Green Man edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
- King Rat by China Mieville
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- The Secret History of Moscow by Ekaterina Sedia
- The Tempest by William Shakespeare
- Black Orchid by Neil Gaiman & Dave Mckean
Themed Reading Challenge (finished)

Host: Wendy
When: Jan 1st to June 30th 2008
Theme: WWII
Books Read:
- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
- The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
- Night by Elie Wiesel
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- If This is a Man by Primo Levi
- The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank by Ellen Feldman

Host: Foxywriter
When: All of 2008
Books Read:
- Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner
- Little, Big by John Crowley
- Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
- Summerland by Michael Chabon
- The Wood Wife by Terri Windling
- Tamsin by Peter S. Beagle
- Young Merlin Trilogy by Jane Yolen

Host: Dana
When: Jan 7th - Dec 20th 2008
Books Read:
- The Bromeliad Trilogy by Terry Pratchett
- The Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop
- The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillippa Gregory
- The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
- Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Little, Big by John Crowley
- Witch Ember by John Lawson
- The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever
- Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
- The Onion Girl by Charles de Lint
- Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
- The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Short Story Reading Challenge (finished)

- "The Child" by Roddy Doyle
- "Lisey and the Madman" by Stephen King
- "Reports of Certain Events in London" by China Mieville
- "The Devil of Delerey Street" by Poppy Z. Brite
- "Mr. Aickman's Air Riffle" by Peter Straub
- “The View from Castle Rock” by Alice Munro
- "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" by Alice Munro
- “The Green Children” by Kevin Brockmeier
- "The evolution of trickster stories among the dogs of North Park after the Change" by Kij Johnson.
- "Going Ironside" by Holly Black
- “Peter and the Wolf” by Angela Carter
- “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates
- “The River Boy” by Tim Pratt
- “Queen of the North” by Eden Robinson
- “A Long Story” by Beth Brant
- “August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury
- “A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices” by Terry Pratchett
- “Born on the Edge of an Adjective” by Christopher Barzak
- “The Taste of Wheat” by Ekaterina Sedia
- "Hell-Heaven" by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Sci~Fi Experience (finished)

Host: Carl V.
When: Jan 1st - Feb 29th 2008
Books Read:
- Slaughtherhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin
- Douglas Adams’s Starship Titanic by Terry Jones
- Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Host: Dewey
When: All of 2008
Books Read:
- Midnight's Children by Salman Rushie
- In a Free State by V.S. Naipaul
- paddy clarke ha ha ha by Roddy Doyle
- The Famished Road by Ben Okri
- The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
- Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally

Host: Dewey
When: All of 2008
Books Read:
- The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
- Persepolis 1 and 2 by Marjane Satrapi
- Castle Waiting by Linda Medley
- Laika by Nick Abadizs
- The Sandman: Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman
- A Contract with God by Will Eisner
- American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
- Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 by David Petersen
- Black Orchid by Neil Gaiman & Dave Mckean
- Death: At Death's Door by Jill Thompson
- Spawn: Angela by Neil Gaiman
- Trese: Murder on Ballet Drive by Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo
- Fables: Storybook Love by Bill Willingham
- Fables: March of the Wooden Soldiers by Bill Willingham
- Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
- Nigthtmares and Fairy Tales by Serena Valentino
2007
Four-Legged Friends Challenge (finished)

Host: Kailana
When: Sept. 20th 2007 - Feb 26th 2008
Books Read:
- Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
- Varjak Paw by SF Said
- The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
- Watership Down by Richard Adams
- Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones

Host: Carl V.
When: Sept. 1st - October 31st 2007
Books Read:
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The House with a Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs
- Tideland by Mitch Cullin
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
- Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
- The Mummy by Anne Rice
- From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury
- Mirrormask by Neil Gaiman & Dave Mackean
- The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
- A few short stories from The Virago Book of Ghost Stories
Book to Movie Challenge(finished)

Host: Calista
When: Sept 1st - Dec 1st 2007
Books Read:
Seconds Challenge (finished)

Host: Joy
When: Oct 1st - Dec 31st 2007
Books Read:
Book Awards Reading Challenge (finished)
- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon (Pulitzer 2001)
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Pulitzer 1983)
- Beloved by Toni Morrison(Pulitzer 1988)
- Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (World Fantasy Award 2006)
- Little, Big by John Crowley (World Fantasy Award 1982)
- Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner (World Fantasy Award 1991)
- The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin (Hugo 1970 and Nebula 1969)
- Midnight's Children by Salman Rushie (Booker Prize 1981)
- The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishuguro (Booker Prize 1989)
- The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Booker Prize 1997)
- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (Newbery Medal 1978)
- On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Orange Prize 2006)
Host: Kate
When: All of 2007
Books Read:
- City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende
- Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Holgersson by Selma Lagerlöf
- Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
- The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
- If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
- Miguel Street by V. S. Naipaul
- The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson
- The Accidental by Ali Smith
- Rainbow by Banana Yoshimoto
- Obasan by Joy Kogawa
- The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
- The Fish Can Sing by Halldor Laxness
Southern Reading Challenge 2007 (finished)

Host: Maggie
When: June 1st - August 31st 2007
Books Read:
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
- The Watermelon King by Daniel Wallace
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Crossroads: Tales of the Southern Literary Fantastic edited by F. Brett Cox and Andy Duncan

Host: Carl V.
When: March 21st - June 20th 2007
Books Read:
- Lendas Brasileiras by Luís da Câmara Cascudo
- Lendas do Índio Brasileiro by Alberto da Costa e Silva
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman
- Myths and Folk Tales of the Russians, Western Slavs and Magyars by Jeremiah Curtin
- Wicked by Gregory Maguire
- The Book of Dragons by Joseph Nigg
- Contos Populares Portugueses by Adolfo Coelho
- Enchantment by Orson Scott Card
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman
- Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones
- The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis
- Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman
- The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
- Fables: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham
- City of Beasts by Isabel Allende
- Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling
- Oriental Myths and Legends by W. W. Gibbings
- The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Holgersson by Selma Lagerlöf
- Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
- Lion's Honey: The Myth of Samson by David Grossman
- Inside the Walls of Troy by Clemence McLaren
- Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees
- Victorian Fairy Tales edited by Jack Zipes
- Tam Lin by Pamela Dean
- The Sandman: Dream Hunters by Neil Gaiman
- Dream Angus by Alexander McCall Smith
- Norwegian Folktales by by Peter Christen Asbjornsen and Jorgen Moe
- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
- A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare