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Post by Chao on Dec 28, 2010 12:48:34 GMT -5
December proved just as busy as I assumed, but I managed to read some books. (I simply could not resist starting the Little House series once amazon delivered the package... I had watched the TV-series when I was younger, but never got around buying the books once my English skills got good enough to read those...)
So by now I finished "Little House in the Big Woods" and "Farmer Boy" by Laura Ingalls Wilder and can proudly annouce that I finished my 30 books for this year *smiles all over her face* Wohoo!
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Post by M is for Morphine on Jan 1, 2011 2:52:12 GMT -5
Finished 'Speak, Memory' by Vladmir Nabokov.
That puts me at 30.
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Post by Jo on Jan 1, 2011 7:57:00 GMT -5
By quickly updating my list, I managed to get to 30 =D Yay!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2011 15:48:11 GMT -5
Let's see...these are the book I've read since posting last:
An Underground Life by Gad Beck - This autobiography is subtitled "Memoirs of a Gay Jew in Nazi Berlin," which explains the premise of the book fairly well. I have always been interested in the Holocaust period of history, and this book was able to bring to mind all the things similar books have: The horror, trepidation, and hope of living as a Jew under the watch of the Nazis, all with the added perspective of being written by a gay man, another (often underrepresented) persecuted group.
The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan - Read my review of the Lightning Thief, and then read the Lightning Thief. If you liked that book, you'll like this one, too.
Ghoul Catchers #1: The Creeping Danger and The Grey Faerie Chronicles #1: Nomi's Quest, both by Vivian Larue - I got these two books a long while ago when Neopets released them, since I figured reading an "actual" book by Neopets would help me become a better Neopian Times writer. I think both books have the same strengths and the same weaknesses, which is to be expected since they were written by the same author at the same time: They both suffer from about as many typos as any NT piece (which, for being in print, is disappointing), and their characters are largely flat and fill the same archetypes, but the story-telling isn't too bad and both of them have a fairly decent plot. I can't say they're masterpieces, since both of them have their nuances (the first puts more description to each Neopets species than I've ever seen in the 'Times, and the second gives hardly any description to the faeries, which is never capitalized, and that irks me), but for people who love Neopets, they're probably worth the time it takes to read them. I don't know if either of them had their sequels published, but it'd probably be a shame if they never got printed.
Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, both by C. S. Lewis - I was hoping to finish out my thirty books by finishing the Chronicles of Narnia, but I got sick at the end and could only make it through two of the four I needed to win. Nonetheless, C. S. Lewis is a master story-teller and the Chronicles of Narnia are not only easy to read, but incredibly enjoyable as well. If you've only ever read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, you're missing out on a lot of good reading.
So...my final count was only 28, but it's still two more than last year, and I'm happy with my (perhaps disappointing) accomplishment!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2011 16:17:57 GMT -5
I'd like to congratulate all of the 2010 Reader's Challenge Winners and invite all of you to compete in the 2011 EXTREME Reader's Challenge! This thread may now be officially closed. Thank you.
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