Challenge History II

2011

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Kiwi YA Challenge (failed)

Host: Maree
When: All of 2011
Book To Read:

• The Tricksters by Margaret Mahy
  
• The 10pm Question by Kate de Goldi
  
• Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier

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Graphic Novels Challenge (finished)

Host: Vasilly
When: All of 2011
Book Read:

1. V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd
   
2. Ghostopolis by Doug TenNapel
3. Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch
4. Castle Waiting Vol. 2 by Linda Medley
5. The Essex County Trilogy by Jeff Lemire
6. Anya's Ghost by Vera Brogdsol

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Reading List Swaps (failed)
Host: n/a
When: All of 2011
Book to Read:

• List from Rhinoa:
  
  1. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
     
  2. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
     
  3. Camelot's Shadow by Sarah Zettel
  
  
• List from Kelly:
  
  1. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
     
  2. Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
     
  3. The Republic of Nothing by Lesley Choyce
     
  4. Graceling by Kristin Cashone
     
  5. Wolf of the Plains by Conn Iggulden
  
  
• List from Heather:
  
  1. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
     
  2. The Stolen Child by Keith Donoghue
     
  3. Sleep, Pale Sister by Joanne Harris
     
  4. The Man in the Picture by Susan Hill
     
  5. Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English by Natasha Solomons
  
  
• List from Amanda:
  
  1. The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
  
  
• List from Debi:
  
  1. Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
     
  2. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
     
  3. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
     
  4. The Stand by Stephen King
     
  5. We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families by Philip Gourevitch
  
  
• List from Chris:
  
  1. The Bone People by Keri Hulme
     
  2. When You Are Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris
     
  3. The Bone Doll's Twin by Lynn Fleweling
     
  4. Push by Sapphire
     
  5. The Wild Things by Dave Eggers

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2010

RIP V (finished)

Host: Carl
When: September 1st - October 31st
Book Read:

• The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
  
• The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
• The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
• Love Lies Bleeding by Edmund Crispin
  

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1930's Mini-Challenge (Finished)

Host: Me
When: April 18th - July 18th
Book Read:

• The Group by Mary McCarthy
• Lady Rose and Mrs Memmary by Ruby Ferguson
• Flush by Virginia Woolf
• Among the Bohemians by Virginia Nicholson
• The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield

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Once Upon a Time (finished)

Hosts: Carl
When: Spring 2010
Book Read:

• The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope
  
• The Princess and the Goblin by George McDonald
• The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter
• Gasoline by Dame Darcy
• A Short History of Fantasy by Farah Mendlesohn and Edward James
• The Kind of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany
• The Language of the Night by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Illyria by Elizabeth Hand
• Tales from Moominvalley by Tove Jansson

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Clover, Bee and Reverie (failed)

Hosts: Lu and Jason
When: All of 2010
Book Read:

1. Red Bird by Mary Oliver
   
2. 
   

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Short Story Challenge (finished)

Host: Kate
When: All of 2010
Book Read:

1. Good Evening, Mrs Craven by Mollie Panter-Downes
2. Nonsense Novels by Stephen Leacock
3. Tales from Moominvalley by Tove Jansson
4. "What The Cat Told Me" by Diana Wynne Jones
5. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
6. A Winter Book by Tove Jansson
   

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Graphic Novels Challenge (finished)

Hosts: Chris and I
When: All of 2010
Book Read:

1. I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly and JM Ken Niimura
2. Nevermore: A Graphic Adaptation of Edgar Alan Poe's Short Stories by Various
3. Blankets by Craigh Thompson
4. The Unwritten Vol 1 by Mike Carey and Peter Goss
5. The Arrival by Shaun Tan
   
6. Bourbon Island 1730 by Appollo and Lewis Trondheim
   
7. La Perdida by Jessica Abel
8. Scott Pilgrom Vols 1-5 by Bryan Lee O'Malley
   
9. From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
10. Chicken with Plums by Marjane Satrapi
11. The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bedchel
12. Lola: A Ghost Story by J. Torres and Ernest Or

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GLBTQ Challenge (finished)

Hosts: Amanda
When: All of 2010
Book Read:

1. Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
2. Orlando by Virginia Woolf
3. Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
4. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by David Levithan and John Green
5. The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bedchel
6. The Hours by Michael Cunningham

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Women Unbound Challenge (finished)

Hosts: Aarti, Care and Eva
When: November 2009 - November 2010
Book Read:

1. Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
2. Dear Enemy by Jean Webster
   
3. Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power & A World Without Rape edited by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti
4. The Good Women of China by Xinran
5. Alas, Poor Lady by Rachel Ferguson

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A Tournament of Reading (failed)

Hosts: Meghan
When: All of 2010
Book Read:

1. Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
2. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
   
3. 
   

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Science Book Challenge (finished)

Hosts: Bearcastle Blog
When: All of 2010
Book Read:

1. Parasite Rex by Carl Zimmer
2. Rosalind Franklin - The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox
3. Woman by Natalie Angier
4. The Canon by Natalie Angier
5. Where the Wild Things Were by William Stolzenburg
   

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Terry Pratchett Challenge (failed)

Hosts: Marg
When: All of 2010
Book Read:

1. I Shall Wear Midnight
   
2. 
   

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Flashback Challenge (failed)

Hosts: Aarti and Kristen
When: All of 2010
Book Read:

1. The Hours by Michael Cunningham
   
2. 
   
3. 
   

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Manga Challenge (failed)

Hosts: Rhinoa
When: All of 2010
Book Read:

1. 
   
2. 
   
3. 
   
4. 
   
5. 
   
6. 
   

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My Challenge With Rhinoa (failed)
Hosts: n/a
When: All of 2010
Book To Read:

1. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
   
2. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
   
3. Camelot's Shadow by Sarah Zettel

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Our Mutual Read (finished)

Hosts: Amanda
When: All of 2010
Book Read:

1. Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
2. The Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
   
3. Uncle Silas by Sheridan Le Fanu
4. Alas, Poor Lady by Rachel Ferguson
5. Victorian Sensation by Michael Diamond

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POC Reading Challenge (finished)

Hosts: Pam
When: All of 2010
Book Read:

1. Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
2. The Good Women of China by Xinran
3. The Arrival by Shaun Tan
   
4. Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston
5. Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
6. Dark Dude by Oscar Hijuelos
7. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
8. Chicken with Plums by Marjane Satrapi
9. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
10. White Teeth by Zadie Smith
11. Love by Toni Morrison
12. Lola: A Ghost Story by J. Torres and Ernest Or
13. Kindred by Octavia Butler

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