I love taking on new challenges, new projects, and I’ve been happy to be introduced to many new-to-me books and authors. The best part of taking part in challenges, however, is the book people you meet. I have read all the books listed in my challenges, but did not review all of them. Click on the highlighted links to read my reviews. Reading is a journey for me, and I’m really enjoying my travels!
Challenges 2022:
My GOODREADS Challenge for 2022
Japanese Literature Challenge #15 hosted by Meredith (@Dolce Bellezza)
- A Man and His Cat, (volume 1) by Umi Sakurai
- A Man and His Cat, (volume 2) by Umi Sakurai
- A Man and His Cat, (volume 3) by Umi Sakurai
- A Man and His Cat, (volume 4) by Umi Sakurai
- The Cat Who Saved Books, by Sosuke Natsukawa
- Descending Stories, Volume 1, by Haruko Kumota
The Official TBR Pile Challenge 2022 hosted by Adam (@roofbeamreader.com)
- Call It Courage, by Armstrong Sperry
- Changes at Fairacre, by Miss Read
- The Enchantress of Florence, by Salman Rushdie
- Round the Bend, by Nevil Shute
My Ongoing Personal Reading Projects
Challenges 2021:
My GOODREADS Challenge for 2021
- Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief, by Dorothy Gilman
- Devil in a Blue Dress, by Walter Mosley
- Pietr the Latvian, by George Simenon
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving
- Bury Your Dead, by Louise Penny
- The Amethyst Box, by Anna Katharine Green
- Hero, by Susan Hill
- A Christmas Tragedy, by Baroness Orczy
- One More Body in the Pool, by Ray Bradbury
- An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, by Ambrose Bierce
My Ongoing Personal Reading Projects
Challenges 2020:
My GOODREADS Challenge for 2020
My Ongoing Personal Reading Projects
Challenges 2019:
My GOODREADS Challenge for 2019
Embracing Seventy (my self-challenge for 2019, in celebration of turning 70 years old)
- At Seventy, by May Sarton
- I’m Too Young to be Seventy: And Other Delusions, by Judith Viorst
- A book published in 1949 by a favorite author: Here is New York, by E.B. White
- Book by a male author born in 1949: Eye of the Needle, by Ken Follett
- Book by a female author born in 1949: A Small Place, by Jamaica Kincaid
- Newbery Medal winner for 1949: King of the Wind, by Marguerite Henry
- Caldecott Award winner for 1949: The Big Snow, by Berta and Elmer Hader
- American mystery book from 1949: The Little Sister, by Raymond Chandler
- British classic mystery from 1949: The Case of the Famished Parson, by George Bellairs
- A Book to Movie from 1949: The Red Pony, by John Steinbeck
- A Dr. Seuss book from 1949: Bartholomew and the Oobleck
- A Fiction book from 1949: Vittoria Cottage, by D.E. Stevenson
- A book by an artist born in 1949: WOMEN, by Annie Leibovitz
The Official TBR Pile Challenge 2019 hosted by Adam (@roofbeamreader.com)
- Lonely Road, by Nevil Shute
- Cider with Rosie, Laurie Lee
- The Book of Dragons, Edith Nesbit
- The Lost Garden, Helen Humphreys
Japanese Literature Challenge #12 hosted by Meredith (@Dolce Bellezza)
- Sweet Bean Paste, Durian Sukegawa
- Ikiru (film)
- Miss Hokusai (film)
- Ugetsu (film
Readers Imbibing Peril, XIV hosted by Andi (@Estella’s Revenge) and Heather (@Capricious Reader)
- The Lost One, by Mary Stewart
- The Little Sister, by Raymond Chandler
- Christmas in Absaroka County, by Craig Johnson
- Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
- The Religious Body, by Catherine Aird
- An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good, by Helene Tursten
- The Case of the Famished Parson, by George Bellairs
- Rose Cottage, by Mary Stewart
- The House on the Strand, by Daphne du Maurier
- Trouble in Nuala, by Harriet Steel
- Whiteout, by Ken Follett
- 4:50 From Paddington (film)
- Murder at the Gallop (film)
- The Mirror Crack’d (film)
- Murder Most Foul (film)
A Year of Shakespeare 2019 hosted by Rachel (@Hibernator’s Library)
- The Winter’s Tale
- Retelling of “The Winter’s Tale” in The Best of Shakespeare, by Edith Nesbit.
- Retelling of “The Winter’s Tale” in Shakespeare Stories II, by Leon Garfield.
- The Winter’s Tale, retold by Bruce Coville, illustrated by LeUyen Pham
- Short retelling of “The Winter’s Tale” in A Shakespeare Sketchbook, by Renwick St. James, illustrated by James C. Christensen.
- Retelling of “The Winter’s Tale” in Tales From Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb
Challenges 2018:
My GOODREADS Challenge for 2018
Readers Imbibing Peril, XIII (hosted by Andi (@Estella’s Revenge) and Heather (@Capricious Reader)
- The Whispering Statue, by Carolyn Keene
- The Silkworm, by Robert Galbraith
- The Eyes of the Amaryllis, by Natalie Babbitt
- This Rough Magic, by Mary Stewart
- The Seer of Shadows, Avi
- Death in the Castle, Pearl S. Buck
- The Keeper of Lost Causes, Jussi Adler-Olsen
- The Witches, Ronald Dahl
- The Coroner’s Lunch, Colin Cotterill
- The Seventh Seal, Ingmar Bergman
The Official 2018 TBR Pile Challenge Adam (@roofbeamreader.com)
- A Very Easy Death, by Simone de Beauvoir
- Death in the Castle, by Pearl S. Buck
- Dipper of Copper Creek, by Jean Craighead George
- Being Mortal, Atul Gawande
Challenges 2017:
My GOODREADS Challenge for 2017
Challenges 2016:
My GOODREADS Challenge for 2016
Challenges 2015:
My GOODREADS Challenge for 2015
Travel the World in Books Challenge (hosted by Mom’s Small Victories, I’m Lost in Books and Savvy Working Gal)
- The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver (DNF)
- The Far Country, by Nevil Shute
Challenges 2014:
My GOODREADS Challenge for 2014
Japanese Literature Challenge 8 (hosted by Dolce Bellezza)
- The Crane Wife, by Sumiko Yagawa
- The Housekeeper and the Professor, by Yoko Ogawa
Once Upon a Time VIII (hosted by Carl V)
- The Once and Future King, by T.H. White (Books 1 and Book 2)
- The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Minpins, by Roald Dahl
- Matilda, by Roald Dahl
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling
- The Crane Wife, by Sumiko Yagawa
- The River at Green Knowe, by L.M. Boston
Sci Fi Experience Challenge (hosted by Carl V)
- The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury
Long-Awaited Reads Month Challenge (hosted by Ana and Iris)
- One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez (Did not finish! Will I try again? We’ll see…)
Challenges 2013:
My GOODREADS Challenge for 2013
Challenges 2012:
Japanese Literature Challenge 6 (hosted by Dolce Bellezza)
- Kusamakura, by Natsume Soseki
Challenges 2010:
Once Upon a Time IV Challenge (hosted by Carl V)
- Growing Wings, by Laurel Winter
- Sleeping Beauty, by Adèle Geras
- Graceling, by Kristin Cashore
- Jamaica Inn, by Daphne Du Maurier
2010 Global Reading Challenge (hosted by Dorte and Kellie)
- A Cup of Light, by Nicole Mones (Asia)
- Jamaica Inn, by Daphne Du Maurier (Europe)
Jewish Literature Challenge, 2010 (hosted by Callista)
- The Adventures of Rabbi Harvey, by Steve Sheinkin
- The Endless Steppe, by Esther Hautzig
Graphic Novels Reading Challenge, 2010 (hosted by Nymeth and Chris)
- The Adventures of Rabbi Harvey, by Steve Sheinkin
Art History Reading Challenge, 2010 (hosted by Nomadreader)
- A Cup of Light, by Nicole Mones
Women Unbound Challenge (hosted by Aarti, Care, and Eva)
- Breaking Tradition: The Story of Louise Nevelson, by Natalie S. Bober
Support Your Local Library Challenge, 2010 (hosted by J. Kaye)
- The Water-Buffalo Children, by Pearl S. Buck
- Breaking Tradition: The Story of Louise Nevelson, by Natalie S. Bober
- Journey Between Worlds, by Sylvia Louise Engdahl
- Moon-Flash, by Patricia A. McKillip
- The Moon and the Face, by Patricia A. McKillip
- The Empty House, by Rosamunde Pilcher
- Sitti’s Secrets, by Naomi Shihab Nye
- The Adventures of Rabbi Harvey, by Steve Sheinkin
- Growing Wings, by Laurel Winter
- Sleeping Beauty, by Adèle Geras
- Jamaica Inn, by Daphne Du Maurier
Sci Fi Experience, 2010 (hosted by Carl V.) COMPLETED
- Journey Between Worlds, by Sylvia Louise Engdahl
- Moon-Flash, by Patricia A. McKillip
- The Moon and the Face, by Patricia A. McKillip
- Doctor Who: Blink (a Sci Fi DVD experience)
- 9 (the animated movie)
- District 9 (wow!)
- Star Trek (J.J. Abrahms. Loved it!)
- Life on Mars (the British TV series)
- Flash Forward (haven’t finished it yet)
Challenges 2009:
Independent Bookstore Reader’s Challenge, 2009
- The Snow Goose Bookstore, Stanwood, Washington, USA
- Murder By The Book: A Bookshop, Portland, Oregon, USA
Dewey’s Books Reading Challenge, 2009 (hosted by Chris and me!)
- A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin
- The Uncommon Reader, by Alan Bennett
- The Book of Lost Things, by John Connolly
- American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang
- The Higher Power of Lucky, by Susan Patron
- An Introduction to Shakespeare, by Marchette Chute
- Manga Shakespeare: Macbeth
- Manga Shakespeare: The Tempest
Rhinoa’s Manga Challenge, 2009
- Manga Shakespeare: Macbeth
- Manga Shakespeare: The Tempest
- Return to Labyrinth, Vol I, by Jake T. Forbes
- Return to Labyrinth, Vol II
- Return to Labyrinth, Vol III
November Novella Challenge, 2009(hosted by J.T. Oldfield)
- Pedro Páramo, by Juan Rulfo
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, by Carson McCullers
- Memories of My Melancholy Whores, by Gabriel García Márquez
Japanese Literature Challenge 3, 2009 (hosted by Dolce Bellezza)
- The Revenge of the Forty-Seven Samuari, by Erik Christian Haugaard
- Kira-Kira, by Cynthia Kadohata
- Summer of the Big Bachi, by Naomi Hirahara
Art History Challenge, 2009 (hosted by Sarah)
- The Forest Lover, by Susan Vreeland
- The Madonnas of Leningrad, by Donna Dean
- The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece, by Jonathan Harr
- Still Life, by Louise Penny
- “Monet Refuses the Operation“, a poem by Lisel Mueller
- The Matisse Stories, by A.S. Byatt
- Marc Chagall, Painter of Dreams, by Natalie S. Bober
- Breaking Tradition: The Story of Louise Nevelson, by Natalie S. Bober
Readers Imbibing Peril-4, 2009 (hosted by Carl V.)
- Summer of the Big Bachi, by Naomi Hirahara
- The Crime at Black Dudley, by Margery Allingham
Arthurian Challenge, 2009 (hosted by Becky)
- Over Sea Under Stone, by Susan Cooper (audiobook)
- The Dark is Rising, by Susan Cooper (audiobook)
- Greenwitch, by Susan Cooper (audiobook)
- The Grey King, by Susan Cooper (audiobook)
- Silver on the Tree, by Susan Cooper (audiobook)
Once Upon a Time III, 2009 (hosted by Carl V.)
- The Book of Lost Things, by John Connolly
- The Raven Steals the Light, by Bill Reid
- Zel, by Donna Jo Napoli
- Rapunzel’s Revenge, by Shannon and Dean Hale
- The Fairy Rebel, by Lynne Reid Banks
- The Nightingale, by Kara Dalkey
- The Ice Queen, by Alice Hoffman
- Jack the Giant-Killer, by Charles de Lint
- The One-Eyed Giant, by Mary Pope Osborne
- 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
- A Fine and Private Place, by Peter S. Beagle
- Half Magic, by Edward Eager
Audiobook Challenge, 2009 (hosted by J. Kaye)
- A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin (narrated by Rob Inglis)
- The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama (narrated by himself)
- Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Mystery, by John Mortimer (narrated by Bill Wallis)
- The Devil’s Arithmetic, by Jane Yolen (Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat)
- The Uncommon Reader, by Alan Bennett (narrated by himself)
- The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece, by Jonathan Harr (narrated by Campbell Scott)
- Zel, by Donna Jo Napoli (narrated by Alexandra O’Karma)
- The Ice Queen, by Alice Hoffman (narrated by Nancy Travis)
- Over Sea, Under Stone, by Susan Cooper (narrated by Alex Jennings)
- The Dark is Rising, by Susan Cooper (narrated by Alex Jennings)
- Greenwitch, by Susan Cooper (narrated by Alex Jennings)
- The Grey King, by Susan Cooper (narrated by Richard Mitchley)
Dewey’s Knit-a-Long, 2009 (hosted by myself and Chris)
- Scarf and hat
- Lacy scarf
- Book: Two Sweaters for my Father, by Perri Klass
Jewish Literature Challenge, 2009 (hosted by Callista)
- In the Name of Sorrow and Hope, by Noa Ben Artzi-Pelossof
- The Devil’s Arithmetic, by Jane Yolen
- My Grandmother’s Stories, by Adele Geras
Support Your Local Library Challenge, 2009 (hosted by J. Kaye)
- Two Sweaters For My Father, Perri Klass
- The Forest Lover, Susan Vreeland
- A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Mars Needs Moms!, by Berkeley Breathed
- The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama
- Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Mystery, by John Mortimer
- The Devil’s Arithmetic, by Jane Yolen
- The Uncommon Reader, by Alan Bennett
- The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece, by Jonathan Harr
- Enchantress From the Stars, by Sylvia Louise Engdahl
- Return to Labyrinth, Vol. 1, by Jake T. Forbes
- The Book of Lost Things, by John Connolly
Sci Fi Experience, 2009 (hosted by Carl V.)
- A Fisherman from the Inland Sea, Ursula le Guin
- Mars Needs Moms!, by Brian Breathed
- The Devil’s Arithmetic, by Jane Yolen (time travel)
- Manga Shakespeare: Macbeth, by William Shakespeare (set in a post-apocalyptic world)
- Enchantress from the Stars, by Sylvia Louis Engdahl
Challenges 2008:
Readers Imbibing Peril-3, 2008
- A Murder of Quality, John le Carré
- The Unstrung Harp, Edward Gorey
- The Eye of Jade: A Mei Wang Mystery, by Diane Wei Liang
- Varjak Paw, S.F. Said
- Gossamer, Lois Lowry
- Our Man in Havana, Graham Greene
- Tales of Moonlight and Rain, by Ueda Akinari
- The Outlaw Varjak Paw, by S.F. Said
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, by Jean-Dominique Bauby
- Our Man in Havana, by Graham Greene
- Tales of Moonlight and Rain, by Ueda Akinari
- After the Quake, Haruki Murakami
- Twenty-Four Eyes, by Sakae Tsuboi
- Tales of Moonlight and Rain, by Akinari Ueda
- Knit Kimono, by Vicki Square
- PULITZER: The Optimist’s Daughter, Eudora Welty
- SASQUATCH: The Ghost’s Grave, Peg Kehret
- PULITZER Special Award: Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale, by Art Spiegelman
- PURA BELPRÉ: Esperanza Rising, Pam Muñoz Ryan
- NESTLÉ SMARTIES BOOK PRIZE: Varjak Paw, by S.F. Said
- MASSACHUSETTS CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD: Charlotte’s Web, by E.B. White
- PULITZER: The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thornton Wilder
- THE ALA’S SCHNEIDER FAMILY BOOK AWARD: Becoming Naomi León, by Pam Muñoz Ryan
- THE MAUD HART LOVELACE BOOK AWARD: The Devil’s Arithmetic, by Jane Yolen
- THE ROBERT F. SIEBERT HONOR AWARD: To Dance: A Ballerina’s Graphic Novel, by Siena Cherson Siegel and Mark Siegel
Southern Reading Challenge-2, 2008
- Remembering, by Wendell Berry
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, by John Berendt
- The Watermelon King, by Daniel Wallace
Non-Fiction Five Challenge, 2008
- Looking Back: A Book of Memories, by Lois Lowry
- Renoir’s Garden, by Derek Fell
- Old Friend From Far Away, by Natalie Goldberg
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, by John Berendt
- Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale, by Art Spiegelman
- The Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum
- Brian Froud’s Faerieland project: The Wild Wood, by Charles de Lint;
- The Wood Wife, by Terri Windling;
- Something Rich and Strange, by Patricia A. McKillip; and
- Hannah’s Garden, by Midory Snyder
- Book of a Thousand Days, by Shannon Hale
- Briar Rose, by Jane Yolen
- Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, by May Gibbs
- Seven Wild Sisters, by Charles de Lint
- Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham, by J.R.R Tolkien
- Solstice Wood, by Patricia A. McKillip
Sci Fi Experience, 2008
- First Meetings in Ender’s Universe, by Orson Scott Card
- The Green Book, by Jill Paton Walsh
- Wolf of Shadows, by Whitley Streiber
Expanding Horizons Challenge, 2008
- My Invented Country: A Memoir, by Isabel Allende (Chile)
- Far Away and Long Ago, by W. H. Hudson (Argentina)
- Short Stories by Latin American Women: The Magic and the Real, edited by Celia Correas de Zapata. (Argentina)
- Where the Flame Trees Bloom, by Alma Flor Ada (Cuba)
- Under the Royal Palms, by Alma Flor Ada (Cuba)
- Tales Our Abuelitas Told: A Hispanic Folktale Collection, by Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy
Challenges 2007:
Japanese Literature Challenge, 2007
- The Big Wave, by Pearl S. Buck
- Thousand Cranes, by Yasunari Kawabata
- The Bells of Nagasaki, by Takashi Nagai
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
- The Goose Girl, by Shannon Hale
Books-to-Movie Challenge, 2007
- The African Queen, by C. S. Forster
- The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri
- The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate Dicamillo
Readers Imbibing Peril-2, 2007
- A Study in Scarlet, by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Woman in Black, by Susan Hill
- The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, by Tim Burton
- The Red House Mystery, by A.A. Milne
Southern Reading Challenge, 2007
- Big Fish, by Daniel Wallace
- To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
- Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
- Miss Julia Strikes Back, by Ann B. Ross
- The Moorchild, by Eloise McGraw
- The Arthurian Trilogy by Rosemary Sutcliff (The Sword and The Circle, The Light Beyond the Forest, The Road to Camlann)
- Warriors, Gods & Spirits from Central and South American Mythology, text by Douglas Gifford
- Stardust, by Neil Gaiman
- The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare
hi, robin! thanks for the encouragement re dewey’s 24-hour reading marathon. ^_^
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Pachuvachuva, you are very welcome! Great job on the read-a-thon! It was incredible to see how many people participated and their great enthusiasm.
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