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Friday, July 27, 2018

Read in 2018 (not part of a challenge)



NOT PART OF A CHALLENGE (23)


The Power of Doom – Bruce Coville
To Heal Again – Rusty Berkus
The Little Women Letters – Gabrielle Donnelly
The Foxbury Force - Graham Oakley
The Church Cat Abroad   - Graham Oakley
The Diary of a Churchmouse – Graham Oakley
Marmee and Louisa – Eve LaPlante
Into the Sea - Philip Stine
She Persisted Around the World – Chelsea Clinton
How the Leopard Got His Claws – Chinua Achebe
The Church Mice and the Ring – Graham Oakley
The Church Mice in Action – Graham Oakley
When Aunt Mattie Got her Wings – Petra Mathers
The Whistler - John Grisham
Transitions - William Bridges
The Best Dad is a Good Lover - Dr. Charlie Shedd
The Way of Transition - William Bridges
Petanque - B. W. Putman 
Basketball Blues - Thalia Kalkipsakis 
The Daniel Prayer - Anne Graham Lotz
Breathe - Priscilla Shirer 
Short and Tall Tales - Lilian Jackson Braun
The Lady in the Lake - Raymond Chandler

Thursday, July 26, 2018

Book Bingo - 2018 Seattle Public Library/Seattle Arts and Lecture Series (May 23 - September 4, 2018) CHALLENGE COMPLETED


BINGO #1
recommended by a librarian - The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas (top left corner)
fiction - The Great Alone - Kristin Hannah (top 2nd from left)
finish a book you started and put down - Mailer, His Life & Times - Peter Manso (top 3rd from left)
mystery or thriller - Man in Lower Ten - Mary Roberts Rhinehart (top 4th from left)
written by an author from another country - Last Man in Tower - Adiga Aravind (top right corner)

BINGO #2
recommended by a librarian - The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas (top left corner)
award winning author - The Giver - Lois Lowry (2nd row from top left side)
made you cry or laugh out loud - Bad Monkey - Carl Hiassen (3rd row from top left side)
memoir or biography - Orange is the New Black - Piper Kerman (4th row from top left side)
local author - Seeking the Light of God's Comforter - Lynn L. Severance (lower left corner)

Friday, March 30, 2018

Literary Escapes Challenge - 2018

United States (34 - completed)
Alabama - Gone Crazy in Alabama - Rita Williams-Garcia (42)
Alaska -  The Great Alone - Kristin Hannah (20)
Arizona - Nancy Drew and the Mystery at Shadow Ranch - Carolyn Keene (16)
Arkansas - A Painted House - John Grisham (45)
California -  January First - Michael Schofield (7)
Colorado -  On the Road - Jack Keroauc (35)
Connecticut - Orange is the New Black - Piper Kerman (22)
Delaware - Port Mortuary - Patricia Cornwell (43)
Florida - Bad Monkey - Carl Hiaasen (19)
Georgia -
Hawaii -
Idaho -  Trixie Belden and the Sasquatch Mystery - Kathryn Kenny (25)
Illinois -  The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros (50)
Indiana -
Iowa -  Trixie Belden and the Happy Valley Mystery - Kathryn Kenny (36)
Kansas -
Kentucky -
Louisiana - Zeitoun - Dave Eggers (26)
Maine - Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - Kate Douglas Wiggin (41)
Maryland -Vinegar Girl - Anne Tyler (39)
Massachusetts -  A Garland for Girls - Louisa May Alcott (18)
Michigan - 
Minnesota - Trixie Belden and the Mystery of the Galloping Ghost - Kathryn Kenny (30)
Mississippi -  
Missouri -  Trixie Belden and the Mystery on the Mississippi - Kathryn Kenny (29)
Montana - Sweet Thunder - Ivan Doig (48)
Nebraska -
Nevada - Down the Rabbit Hole - Holly Madison (31)
New Hampshire - A Separate Peace - John Knowles (3)
New Jersey - Mailer, His Life and Times - Peter Manso (11)
New Mexico/Arizona - The Torquoise Ledge - Leslie Marmon Silko (28)
New York - Trixie Belden and the Mystery of the Phantom Grasshopper - Kathryn Kenny (1)
North Carolina - The Night Train - Clyde Edgerton (46)
North Dakota - Paradise Valley - C. J. Box (49)
Ohio - Ancestors-Birth-Boyhood - U. S. Grant (9)
Oklahoma -The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton (8)
Oregon -
Pennsylvania - Man in Lower Ten - Mary Roberts Rinehart (12)
Rhode Island -  The Case of Charles Dexter Ward - Culbard and Lovecraft (5)
South Carolina -
South Dakota - 
Tennessee -
Texas -
Utah -
Vermont -Trixie Belden and the Mystery at Mead's Mountain - Kathryn Kenny (24)
Virginia - Trixie Belden and the Mystery of the Emeralds - Kathryn Kenny (32)
Washington - Where'd You Go Bernadette - Maria Semple (44)
Washington, D. C.-
West Virginia -
Wisconsin - 
Wyoming - Free Fire - C. J. Box (47)

Countries of the World (16 - completed)

Canada - The Golden Road - L. M. Montgomery (33)
Czechoslovakia - The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera (13)
England - Into the Gauntlet - Margaret Pearson Haddix (10)
Germany - Christopher and His Kind - Christopher Isherwood (23)
India - Last Man in Tower - Adiga Aravind (15)
Israel - The Lemon Tree - Sandy Tolan(17)
Japan - A Tale for the Time Being - Ruth Ozeki (40) 
Korea (North/South) - Triune Helix - Sharman Badgett-Young (27)
Liberia - Madame President - Helene Cooper (6)
Morocco - Less - Andrew Sean Greer (34)
Pakistan - Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson  (21)
Russia - Shadows of Heroes - D. M. Ulmer (38)
Sierra Leone - Radiance of Tomorrow - Ishmael Beah (4)
Spain - The Dialogue of the Dogs - Miguel De Cervantes(2)
Sweden - A Man Called Ove - Fredrik  Backman (14)
The Netherlands - Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank (37)





Saturday, March 10, 2018

2018 Reading Challenge - 10 to TRY (CHALLENGE COMPLETED)

Read a :

Biography or Memoir - Down the Rabbit Hole - Holly Madison (10)
Book recommended by King County Library (KCLS) Staff - The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas (3)
Book with a Title Longer Than 4 Words - The Enneagram in Love & Work - Helen Palmer (6)
Book in Translation - The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera (1)
Book That's Been Made Into a Movie or TV Show - Orange is the New Black - Piper Kerman (2)
Young Adult Book - Monster - Walter Dean Myers (5)
Banned Book - The Giver - Lois Lowry (9)
Book Set in a Place You've Never Been - Last Man in Tower - Adiga Aravind (4)
Book by a Native American Author - The Turquoise Ledge - Leslie Marmon Silko (8)
Book about Food - Food Can Fix It - Dr. Oz (7)

Friday, February 9, 2018

52 Books in 52 Weeks - 2018 (CHALLENGE COMPLETED)

A book by a Canadian author- The Golden Road - L. M. Montgomery (46)
A childhood favorite - Trixie Belden and the Mystery of the Phantom Grasshopper - Kathryn Kenny (2)
A novel that is considered a "classic" - Far from the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy (28)
A mystery novel - The Man in Lower Ten - Mary Roberts Rinehart (20)
A book you've been meaning to read but haven't got to - Peter and the Shadow Thieves - Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (18)
A science fiction novel -Voodoo Planet - Andre Norton (38)
An adventure/espionage novel - Into the Gauntlet - Margaret Person Haddix (14)
A biography - The Golden Willow - Henry Bernstein (45)
A book that challenges your viewpoint - Christopher and His Kind - Christopher Isherwood (39)
The first book in a trilogy - The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman (7)
A book with over 600 pages- Mailer, His Life and Times - Peter Manso(16)
A book you can read in a day - The Case of Charles Dexter Ward - I. N. J. Culbard and  H. P. Lovecraft (6)
A book that has won a Pulitzer Prize - any year - Less - Andrew Sean Greer (47)
Any book from 2017 Good Reads Choice Awards - Talking as Fast as I Can - Lauren Graham(52)
A book that has been made into a movie -  Orange is the New Black - Piper Kerman (37)
A book chosen solely by its cover - Wintergirls - Laurie Halse Anderson (9)
A book on theology - A Grief Observed - C. S. Lewis (22)
A celebrity memoir - Down the Rabbit Hole- Holly Madison (44)
A book with a six word title - The Enneagram in Love and Work - Helen Palmer (29)
A book set in a country you want to visit - Last Man in Tower - Adiga Aravind (25)
Makes you laugh out loud - Bad Monkey - Carl Hiaasen (32)
You read in school - Nancy Drew and the Secret of Shadow Ranch - Carolyn Keene (26)
With a green spine - Meditations for Stressful Situations - David Michie (1)
With a character that shares your name - Jan Has a Doll - Janice Earl (17)
Published in 2018 - The Great Alone - Kristin Hannah (33)
Recommended by a friend - Madame President - Helene Cooper (8)
Recommended by a librarian -The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas (24)
Written by an author under 30 - The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton (11)
Written before 1920 - A Garland for Girls - Louis May Alcott (31)
Makes you cry - The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera (21)
An e-book - My Man Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse (35)
With a bad review - Wise Blood - Flannery O'Connor (36)
A young adults bestseller - A Separate Peace - John Knowles (4)
Historical nonfiction - The Diary of a Young Girl:  Anne Frank (51)
That inspires you - Seeking the Light of God's Comforter - Lynn L. Severance  (41)
A short story - Ancestor-Birth-Boyhood - U. S. Grant from his Memoirs in American Childhood Anthology - David W. McCullough, Editor (13)
Been on the NYT best seller list for more than 10 weeks - Curtain:  Poirot's Last Case - Agatha Christie (43)
Political book (fiction or non-fiction) - What Happened - Hilary Clinton (50)
By a Scandinavian author - Pippi Longstocking - Astrid Lindgren (49)
With non-human characters - Dialogue of the Dogs - Miguel de Cervantes (3)
About a topic you're passionate about - Quiet Power - Susan Cain (27)
Set in the Mid-East - The Lemon Tree - Sandy Tolan (30)
Already on your bookshelf - The Ministry to the Imprisoned - Joan Campbell (12)
Once banned - The Giver - Lois Lowry (42)
Originally published in your birth year - Joy in the Morning - P. G. Wodehouse (15)
About travel - On the Road - Jack Kerouac (48)
Translated into English - A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman (23)
With the letter "Y" in the title - January First - Michael Schofield (10)
With food on the cover - Food Can Fix It - Dr. Oz (40)
About a current world issue - Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson (34)
By Agatha Christie - The Hollow - Agatha Christie (19)
Set in Africa - Radiance of Tomorrow - Ishmael Beah (5)


Alphabet Soup Challenge - 2018 (CHALLENGE COMPLETED)

Andrew's Brain - E. L. Doctorow (23)
Blood Brothers - Elias Chacour & David Hazard (17)
C  The Case of Charles Dexter Water - I. N. J. Culbard (4)
Dialogue of the Dogs - Miguel de Cervantes (1)
E  The Enneagram in Love and Work - Helen Palmer (16)
Far from the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy (15)
G A Garland for Girls - Louisa May Alcott (18)
Homer and Langley - E. L. Doctorow (11)
Into the Gauntlet - Margaret Person Haddix (7)
J January First - Michael Schofield (6)
K Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain (26)
L Last Man in Tower - Adiga Aravind (12)
M The Man in Lower Ten - Mary Roberts Rinehart (9)
N Nancy Clancy, Secret of the Silver Key - Jane O'Connor (24)
Orange is the New Black - Piper Kerman (20)
Peter and the Shadow Thieves - Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (8)
Q Quiet Power - Susan Cain (14)
  Radiance of Tomorrow - Ishmael Beah (3)
S   A Separate Piece - John Knowles (2)
Tea Soup - Pat Schwiebert and Chuck DeKlyen (13)
U  The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera (10)
Voodoo Planet - Andre Norton (19)
Wintergirls - Laurie Halse Anderson (5)
X  eXcellent Women - Barbara Pym (25)
Y  The Yiddish Policeman's Union - Michael Chabon (21)
Zeitoun - Dave Eggers (22)

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

#80 - Jesus Always - Sarah Young



Title:   Jesus Always
Author:  Sarah Young
Genre:  Spiritual Non-Fiction
Publisher/Date:  Thomas Nelson/2016
Dates read:   1/1/17 - 12/31/17
ISBN:  978-0-7180-3950-9

This daily devotional, sub-titled Embracing JOY in His Presence, kept me sane this past year.  Fraught with uncertainty, fear and emotional pain, I clung to the passages that Sarah provided each day.  When our days were filled with what would, could or should my dear husband expect from this painful cancer we were living with, I sought refuge in this small, but powerful book.  For example, in the month of March, the gospel of John pointed me to “From the fullness of His grace we have all received one blessing after another.”  And when I look back now I realize the whole year, not just March or July or even into 2018, we were so blessed with His grace (and will be).  In particular on March 29, “Good things are better and bad things are more bearable when you share them with Me.”  
I loved the action words like “share” and supporting Bible verses from July 23, “have no fear of bad news, for I am able to bring good out of evil” (Psalm 112:7).

And now only a few days since John’s passing, I continue to be blessed with each person that entered our lives and continues to come into my life.  I see Christ from their God-given gifts and I am humbled by this experience, whether an on-line comment, a letter, or card, or phone call, a text – you name it, it soothes my soul, calms my heart and quiets my mind.