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Winter 09 Challenge FAQ’s December 1 – February 28
A big Thanks to everyone for help in making this list!!!


RULES:

1. Select ANY number of books to read that fit the category.
2. Post your list on the discussion board and blog (Name’s Winter 09 Challenge List)
3. If you need title suggestions please use the Discussion titled WINTER TITLE SUGGESTIONS if you don't see it please search (to try and minimize number of discussions)
4. Once you have read a book please find the corresponding discussion by searching you can search by 09 Winter # and use the number that corresponds with the list. (one will be created for each number on December 1, again, to try and minimize number of discussions) and post the book and title you read and rating, and review.
5. It is not required, but if you could post your review on the blog that would be great.
6. Reviews on the blog please include labels list the rating, author, and # of challenge only.
7. Audio books are okay
8. Rereads are okay
9. You can change your list at anytime
 
1. Read a book that was read in the Fall Challenge - Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
2. Read a book with a cheesy cover - Quicksilver by Sandra Dubay
3. Read a Julia Quinn Book - Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
4. Read a romance that starts as a friendship http://www.likesbooks.com/friendly.html - The Golden Barbarian by Iris Johansen
5. Read a book with “ICE” or “FIRE” in the title - Touched by Fire by Kathleen O'Reilly
6 Read a book that is a Cabin/Road Romance http://www.likesbooks.com/cabinroad.html - A Rose at Midnight by Anne Stuart
7. Reader’s Choice (Author last name A-K) - Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon
8. Reader’s Choice (Author last name L-Z) - The Moon-Spinners by Mary Stewart
9. Read a book with a color in the title - The Turquoise Mask by Phyllis A. Whitney
10. Read a book that has a setting other than the U.S. or England - The Pledge by Helen Mittermeyer
11. Read a book with a "magic" element (time travel, miracles, magic, psychic, angels...whatever this means to you!) - More Than Magic by Kathleen Nance
12. Read a book that is a stand alone (not part of any series) - Tender Warrior by Linda Lang Bartell
13. Read a new to you author - The Sword and the Pen by Elysa Hendricks
14. Read a book that has a three word title - The Legend MacKinnon by Donna Kauffman
15. For Winter, Read a book that has a “W” word in the title - The Wedding Knight by Joanne Rock

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I decided to join Bibliophile by the Sea's 2010 Reading From my Shelves Challenge. I think I'll try for 20 books. Below are the rules:

•  grab the button
•  decide how many books you want to read from your shelves (minimum of 20 - no maximum)
  
•  find a new home for the books once you read them
•  post the titles and the authors of books you've read and passed on
•  project runs from January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010
•  crossover challenge books are allowed

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a happy thanksgiving Graphic & Myspace Graphics
Happy Thanksgiving to you all! Tomorrow I plan to watch some of the parade on television and eat dinner around four pm. I plan to eat ham, roasted potatoes and pears, then pecan pie for dessert. I'm thankful for so much this year: my health, my family and good friends.

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When did I read it? November 17, 2009 to November 24, 2009
Where did I get it? Paperback Swap
Genre: nonfiction
Year Published: 1942
Where Will it go? To my sister in Australia
I just finished One Pair of Feet by Monica Dickens. It's semi autobiographical of Ms. Dickens' time as a nurse in England during World War II. I loved this book and give it four and a half hearts. I thought it was a little dated now, but still very good.
      - Be Still my Heart! (Rating 4.5)

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I am going to be joining the A to Z Challenge again next year. It is being hosted by Becky again and here is the sign-up post.

I think I'll be able to complete the challenge next year because she is being very lenient on the hard to find letters. Here is what she says:

How strict is the 26 or 52? I know it isn't always easy to find those difficult letters. The thought of finding the X's (for example) might scare folks away. It shouldn't! I'm a merciful host! (Ask anyone!)

If you want to give the X's a go... For authors, try to find an X in the first name, middle name, or last name. For titles, it doesn't have to be the starting word. Try to find an X somewhere in a title, and it'd count in my book.

So don't let those letters scare you away - it is doable!!

There are 3 levels to choose from:

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1. I've only been blogging for about two years.
2. I was born with a mild form of Cerebral Palsy that in my case affects my left side most of all. Cerebral Palsy is brain damage of - in my case - the motor area of my brain.
3. I had an operation when I was six years old to help me walk.
4. I have recorded a poem on my dad's CD about September 11th, 2001.
5. I've lived in three states in America - Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New York.
6. In the eighth grade, I was inducted into the Honor Society.
7. I like pizza for breakfast.
8. I studied Public Communications in College and made the Dean's List four times.
9. I've been on television before and radio since I was fourteen.
10. I've lived in a haunted house and believe in ghosts. I've also never had a nightmare.

Now on to the ten wonderful bloggers:

1. Cindy at Cindy Reads Romance 
2. Becky at Becky's Book Reviews 
3. Heather at Heather's Reading Romance 
4. Rowena at Aunt Rowena Sez 
5. The Thrillionth Page 
6. Wendy at Wendy's Minding Spot 
7. She is Too Fond of Books 
8. Anna at Anna's Book Blog 
9. Nikola at Nikola's Book Blog 
10. Fyrefly's Book Blog

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What books did you read while in school? Were there any that you particular liked, or even hated? Did any become lifelong favourites?

Let's see, I loved most of the books that I read in school. There was Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, Dragonsong by Anne McCaffery, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Night by Elie Wiesel, and The Diary of Anne Frank.

Some of the books I didn't like as much: Animal Farm by George Orwell, The Mill on the Floss by George Elliot and To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf. I once was asked why I didn't like Animal Farm.  To be perfectly honest, it was the first book that I read by George Orwell, to me it was too slow and involved.

My favorite book read in school was Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. It was full of suspense and mystery. The first book that I read on my own was The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy.

I once read a list of the ten most boring books in a book of lists that I got in the library. I had read seven of the ten books in school.

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