I thought our first challenge should be a fairly short and simple one. Nattie often talked about taking "baby steps." So, combined with her beloved Mt. To Be Read, I decided on The Baby Steps Challenge. We cannot possibly read everything we want to. We don't have time. ((My husband would file for divorce))So, take a baby step. Or 2. Or 3.
Oct, Nov, Dec and then we leap into a new year. Before that new year greets us, we shall knock 3 books off the pile.
This can work two ways.
Option A. Pick 3 books you own but have not read and read them before 2008.
Option B. Pick 3 books you have on a To Be Read list and read them before 2008.
If you have a blog and want to be linked as a participant, please, send me your information, and I will get a list up in the sidebar. Feel free to share your choices and your thoughts on those choices.
Happy Reading!
Heather
32 comments:
Heather, thank you again for doing this, I'm IN!
Haven't chosen my books yet.
Blog is at http://ukzoe.blogspot.com/
Definitely! I want to do this but won't get my list in till Monday the 15th.
I'll play. :) Probably will be combined with some other stuff, but definitely want to be part of the Nattie challenge.
I'll be in... http://womenathome.typepad.com/jojo
Count me IN!! :)
www.musicalmommy.blogspot.com
Count me in!
bubblebathdiaries.blogspot.com
My books will be:
1. Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire
2. Diary by Chuck Palahniuk
3. The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky by Ken Dornstein
I'm in. Can we combine this with other challenges?
If so, my books are
"Lords and Ladies" by Terry Pratchett
"Taken on Trust" by Terry Waite
"The Big Over Easy" by Jasper Fforde
If not, my books are:
"Escape From the Island of Aquarius"
"The Tombs of Anak"
"Trapped on the Bottom of the Sea"
all by Frank E. Peretti
In either case, my blog is http://abookgeek.blogspot.com
Count me in too Heather. My book list will be coming soon!
I posted my list:
http://freshbrewedwriter.blogspot.com/2007/10/nattie-challenge-baby-steps.html
Yes please I would like to take part.
My list is at http://juliette-m-m.livejournal.com/tag/baby+step+challenge
Count me in too. I'll get my list to you by Monday. :-)
Count on me! my list will be up by early next week.
www.homeschoolblogger.com/plaidhearts
I really want to do this but I will have my list to you by Monday. I really think this is a great idea :)
The other Maria reporting in!!
Mine is up!
http://womenathome.typepad.com/momof3litlbugs/2007/10/baby-steps-chal.html
I am in! My books are:
The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A Kempis
Epic by John Eldridge
Hinds Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard
Go see the button on Jojo's page. It's GAWJUS!!!
I would like to do this.
I have never participated in a book challange before.
Count me in!
http://janedoesntblog.blogspot.com/
I'll have to decide on my 3 books.
One will be Ben Hur by Lew Wallace. It's been in my tbr pile for years & I'm reading it now.
I'm in, my list is here.
I'm in. I'm doing 3 Sue Grafton mysteries.
I put my list up.
http://janedoesntblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/nattie-challenge.html
I'm in! I'll post my book choices on my blog: http://shetreadssoftly.blogspot.com/
I always enjoyed Nattie's encouragement to read those Mt. To Be Read stacks and this will be a wonderful tribute to her love of reading.
If we can overlap with other challenges, then I'm in! My list will be here.
MizB17
I'm in too. My list is here:
http://passionforthepage.blogspot.com/2007/10/i-lied.html
Kristi
I'm in - yeah! Since I don't have a blog yet (how could I ever handle my own blog when I can't even figure out how to comment?!), I'll post my choices here. All of them are books that were Nattie's that I hadn't read yet.
1. Embroidered Truths by Monica Ferris (finished today, 10/20)
2. Sins and Needles, also by Monica Ferris
3. something by D.E. Stevenson (Nattie's mom gave me the 13 D.E. Stevenson books that Nattie had collected; I'll pick one of those)
Anne52
Hi I would like to participate:
My choices are:
1. Haunted Sister by Jean Plaidy (will finish this by the end of Oct)
2. The Historian (Hopefully in November)
3. Helen of Troy by Margaret George (December)
I am going for option A - my three books are:
October - The Ship of Brides by Jojo Moyes - Review here
November - Enchanted, Inc by Shanna Swendson
December - Sugar Plums & Scandal
is on my challenge blog :)
http://myreadingchallanges.blogspot.com/
Completed two out of three for this and reviews are up for;
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
The Twenty One Balloons Rene du Pene
I have changed my third read due to reviews discouraging my original choice which was Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell.
I will be reading The Hours by Michael Cunningham (1999 Pulitzer and 1999 PEN/Faulkner.
The simplicity of this reading challenge appeals to me. I'm not sure about the best way to set it up on my new blogsite so I just kind of did one of those best-way-I-could-figure things (it's in the left side bar about midway down plus I mentioned it in an entry for today). My 3 books are:
"Duty First" by Ed Ruggero - I'm currently reading this and almost done but since it's a 3-mo/3-book challenge & we're now in November I figured it's appropriate.
"Care of the Soul" by Thomas Moore
"Love & Respect" by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs
I have completed this challenge in memory of your friend Nattie. I did not have the privilege of knowing her but I have dedicated my reading to her memory. I chose to read widely in the hope that others may be inspired to try out new horizons!
My three reads were;
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (graphic novel telling of a growing up in Iran)
The Twenty One Balloons Rene du Pene Newbery winner 1950
The Hours Michael Cunningham Pulitzer 1999
Please see reviews at the following;
http://juliette-m-m.livejournal.com/tag/baby+step+challenge
I've posted my first review: M is for Malice
I've finished my three and posted my second review: N is for Noose
I'm late, but my final post is up.
http://janedoesntblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/baby-steps-challenge.html
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