Darlene's Book Nook: 2012 Challenge Wrap-up

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Saturday, January 19, 2013

2012 Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge: My Wrap-up Post

This is my Wrap-up Post for the 2012 Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge.

COMPLETED!
2/2 books read

100% completed

I was aiming for "MISTLETOE" LEVEL (read 2-4 Christmas books), and I reached my goal! I actually had also read a third book (Holiday Grind), but I didn't have the review completed by the end of the challenge.

I also completed Fa La La La Films Level and Visions of Sugar Plums Level! My kids were sick all through the holidays, so we didn't read as many children's Christmas books as I had planned but they just weren't feeling up to it.

Here are the links to my reviews:

Fa La La La Films Level:

Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009): You can see my comments about this movie at the link above for the book review.
Elf (2003): This movie is hilarious! My kids and I love to watch it!
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007): My five year-old daughter watches this one over and over again and never tires of it! It is quite funny, and those Chipmunk voices are just so darn cute!

Visions of Sugar Plums Level:

Matchless: A Christmas Story by Gregory Maguire

Thanks again to Michelle for hosting!

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

2012 Dusty Bookshelf Challenge: My Wrap-up Post

This is my Wrap-up Post for the 2012 Dusty Bookshelf Challenge.

COMPLETED!

46/5 books read
920% completed

I was aiming for PIXIE DUST (read 0-5 dusty books), and I ended up exceeding the highest level, GRUNGY (read 20+ dusty books)!

Here are the links to my reviews:

The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis (Chronicles of Narnia, Book 1) (on the shelf since 1980)
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (on the shelf since 2009)
Incans, Aztecs & Mayans by John Holzmann (on the shelf since 2009)
Listening to Crickets: A Story about Rachel Carson by Candice F. Ransom (on the shelf since 2009)
The Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body by Joanna Cole (on the shelf since 2009)
Toliver's Secret by Esther Wood Brady (on the shelf since 2009)
Alpha and Omega: A Companion Novella to Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs (Alpha & Omega, Book 0.5) (on the shelf since 2010)
Walk Away the Pounds by Leslie Sansone (on the shelf since 2010)
The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong (Darkness Rising, Book 1) (on the shelf since 2011)
Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs (Alpha & Omega, Book 1) (on the shelf since 2010)
Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs (Alpha & Omega, Book 2) (on the shelf since 2010)
Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia by Margaret Cousins (Landmark Books, Book 28) (on the shelf since 2009)
Cinema of Shadows by Michael West (on the shelf since 2011)
The Story of Eli Whitney by Jean Lee Latham (on the shelf since 2009)
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham (on the shelf since 2009)
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (on the shelf since 2010)
3rd Degree by James Patterson and Andrew Gross (Women's Murder Club, Book 3) (on the shelf since 2010)
The Road by Cormac McCarthy (on the shelf since 2010)
If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution by Elizabeth Levy (on the shelf since 2009)
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake (Anna, Book 1) (the hardcover version has been on the shelf since 2011)
Nevermore by Kelly Creagh (Nevermore, Book 1) (on the shelf since 2010)
Loose Gravel by David P. Holmes (on the shelf since 2011)
The Gunslinger by Stephen King (The Dark Tower, Book 1) (on the shelf since 1985)
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (on the shelf since 2010)
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (on the shelf since 2009)
Moccasin Trail by Eloise Jarvis McGraw (on the shelf since 2009)
Fury by Elizabeth Miles (The Fury Trilogy, Book 1) (on the shelf since 2011)
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton (Agatha Raisin, Book 1) (on the shelf since 1993)
Thee, Hannah! by Marguerite de Angeli (on the shelf since 2009)
William Wilberforce: God's Politician by John Holzmann (on the shelf since 2009)
The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds (on the shelf since 2009)
The New Guy: Gathering Bonus Short by Kelley Armstrong (Darkness Rising, Book 1.1) (on the shelf since 2011)
The Winter at Valley Forge: Survival and Victory by James E. Knight (Adventures in Colonial America) (on the shelf since 2009)
American Indian Prayer Guide by Danette Maloof (on the shelf since 2009)
First Encyclopedia of Seas & Oceans by Ben Denne (on the shelf since 2009)
Mysteries & Marvels of Nature by Elizabeth Dalby (on the shelf since 2009)
The Usborne Science Encyclopedia by Annabel Craig and Cliff Rosney (on the shelf since 2009)
Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? by Jean Fritz (on the shelf since 2009)
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz (on the shelf since 2009)
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? by Jean Fritz (on the shelf since 2009)
You Wouldn't Want to Be at the Boston Tea Party! by Peter Cook (You Wouldn't Want to... series) (on the shelf since 2009)
Water by Trevor Day (See for Yourself series) (on the shelf since 2009)
The Story of the U.S.A., Book 1: Explorers and Settlers by Franklin Escher, Jr. (on the shelf since 2009)
Real Science-4-Kids: Biology, Level I by Dr. Rebecca W. Keller (on the shelf since 2009)
Lyrical Life Science, Volume 1 by Doug C. Eldon (on the shelf since 2009)
Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet by M.C. Beaton (Agatha Raisin, Book 2) (on the shelf since 1994)

Thanks again to Jessica at Books: A true story for hosting!

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Last Reads of 2012 Read-a-Thon: Wrap-up Post #LR2012

This is my Wrap-up Post for the Last Reads of 2012 Read-a-thon.

8 books completed
2 more books started but not finished

I exceeded my reading goals! I wanted to finish these two books:

Kiss of Surrender

(Deadly Angels, Book #2)

by Sandra Hill

[read]

MY REVIEW

Ashes of Twilight

(Ashes Trilogy, Book #1)
by Kassy Tayler

[listened]
MY REVIEW

And I had hoped to start on these ones:

Undead

(Undead, Book #1)

by Kirsty McKay

[reading]

A Winter Dream

by Richard Paul Evans

[listened]

MY REVIEW

I actually finished Kiss of Surrender, Ashes of Twilight, and A Winter Dream. Instead of picking up Undead, I decided that I didn't get enough of Christmas yet and went with a Christmas cozy mystery: