Challenges

BOOK AWARDS READING CHALLENGE 2010



10 months. 10 awards.

Here's my book list for this challenge:

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Pen/Faulkner 2002

Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
Scotiabank/Giller 2007

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Man Booker Prize 2008

On Beauty by Zadi Smith
Orange Prize 2006

Haweswater by Sarah Hall
Commonwealth Prize 2003

The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Nebula Award 2007

The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
James Tait Black 2008

The Accidental by Ali Smith
Whitbread Award 2005

The Sparrow  by Mary Doria Russell
Arthur C. Clarke Award 1998

The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo by Stieg Larsson
Anthony Award 2009



CHUNKSTER READING CHALLENGE 2010




3 Books over 450 Pages by December 31st 2010

Here's my list so far for this Challenge:


1. This Body of Death by Elizabeth George, 689 pages

2. American Gods by Neil Gaiman, 588 pages



EW SUMMER BOOKS CHALLENGE




The 2010 EW Summer Books Challenge will run from May 1, 2010 through
September 6, 2010 (Labor Day).

Levels:
1-3 Books: Polliwog
4-6 Books: Guppy
7-9 Books: Minnow
10-12 Books: Fish
13-15 Books: Flying Fish
16-18 Books: Shark

To join, go to EW Summer Books Challenge.

Here's my list:

1. This Body of Death by Elizabeth George

2. Half Life by Roopa Farooki

3. The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer

4. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

5. The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman

6. Red Hook Road by Ayelet Waldman



ORANGE PRIZE PROJECT


2010

The Very Thought of You, by Rosie Alison


The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver

Black Water Rising, by Attica Locke

Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel

A Gate at the Stairs, by Lorrie Moore

The White Woman on the Green Bicycle, by Monique Roffey