Beth F
Sandy
bermudaonion (Kathy)
Stephanie
Trisha
Have you heard of this new book, “Shelf Discovery?” It seems to really be making the rounds. Essentially, it is the author, Lizzie Skurnik’s, reading memoir, comprised of the books she read as a young woman. The book is mostly comprised of books written for young adults and middle grades from the late sixties to the early eighties. This does make the books slightly before my time, but looking at the Table of Contents I can see that I did still read quite a lot of them, maybe because my mom would have read many of them as a girl herself.
So “Shelf Discovery” sounds really fun, but I would imagine that it would be far MORE fun if you can compare your own impressions of the books to Skurnik’s. Enter Julie, of Booking Mama. Julie has decided to issue a reading challenge based on the book “Shelf Discovery.” It is going to run for 6 months (November 1, 2009 – April 30, 2010) and we are each to read six books. I’m personally opting to read three that I remember fondly and three I’ve never read before, so here’s my list (leaning slightly towards books that Daniel might enjoy one day):
Remember fondly:
- Danny, Champion of the World
- A Day No Pigs Would Die
- Island of the Blue Dolphins (LOVED this book!!!!!!!!)
Have never read:
- Homecoming
- Summer of My German Soldier
- Arm of the Starfish
How about it, are you going to engage in a little Shelf Discovery?
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I think this challenge is going to be lots of fun! Good luck!
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I’m so glad you are in! I was hoping that you’d want to participate. I just went though the house and the library picking up books. I think I have about 20 now!
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I’m in, and have two of the same books on my list, but in different spots – I’ve read The Arm of the Starfish (HUGE Madeleine L’Engle fan) but not Island of the Blue Dolphins.
Oh, and Shelf Discovery IS a fun read itself (I reviewed it last month)!
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I’m off to explore the challenge; I’m totally joining in! I loved this book — it inspired me to re-read some of my favorites and made me want to read a ton that I hadn’t seen as a teen.
.-= Katie´s last blog ..review: “crazy beautiful” =-.
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Summer of My German Soldier was on of my favorites as a young person. Sounds like fun!
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I’ve never read any of the books that you fondly remember. I did, however, read Summer of My German Soldier and Homecoming. Loved them both1
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Yes, I too succumbed to temptation today and joined the challenge. Here’s a link to my post: http://bookshelfmonstrosity.blogspot.com/2009/10/yet-another-challenge.html
.-= A Bookshelf Monstrosity´s last blog ..Yet another challenge… =-.
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That sounds fun – I’m going to give it a try!
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Good choices. I too am doing a mix of new and old.
.-= Beth F´s last blog ..Wordless Wednesday (October 27) =-.
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This sounds like areally fun and intriguing challenge. OMG, you brought me back to my high school years when I read and adored Island of the Blue Dolphins!! I forgot about that book but for a time I was sure I’d never read anything better! Have a great time with this challenge!
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I just reserved this book at the library. I’ll have to peruse it and see what I think–sounds like a fun challenge!
.-= Stephanie´s last blog ..Book Review: I Know it’s Over =-.
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I just read A Day No Pigs Would Die this year and loved it! Fun challenge.
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