I have decided to just go ahead with the 10/10/10 as I did the 9/9/09 and see what happens. I am going to attempt to use categories that I have on my shelves in an attempt to work my TBRs down and possibly eliminate some books from my library thusly.
I am excited for this challenge. I think it will be a real challenge for me this year as it was last year. Good luck one and all.
belva
hello belva! Good to see you! :)
My categories for this years challenge are:
1. By and about
Steinbeck (just can't leave him out)
2. Y.A. & Children's Lit
3. Non-fiction & Bios
4. Christianity
5. Series books
6. Virago
7. Mysteries
8. War & Wartime
9. L.T. recx
10. Short Stories
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Bonus Category #2: Duplicate Copy Member Give-Away Books
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1) Y.A. & Children's Lit
1. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
2. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
4. Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard
5. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
6. The Tower Treasure (The Hardy Boys #1) by Franklin W. Dixon
7. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
8. And It Was Good by Madeleine L'Engle
9. A Stone For a Pillow by Madeleine L'Engle
10. Sold Into Egypt by Madeleine L'Engle
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Good morning calm. It is good to be here getting organized and ready for the new year. It is good to see you as well. So nice that you are my first post.
I hope you are having a wonderful weekend and reading a good book.
hugs,
belva
Message edited by its author, Sep 12, 2009, 1:34pm.
Those look like some fantastic short stories you've selected. Good luck with your challenge.
Thanx Dave. I was hoping I would get to meet you soon. You are also on the Alphabet Challenge aren't you? I am so excited about that challenge. I can't wait to really dig in and get on with it. But I have spent all of today setting this thing up, digging my books out of my cases and putting them on fresh shelves so I don't have to go looking for them when the time comes. Still leaves a lot of books for my Alphabet Challenge.
Thanx for stopping by and for the luck wishes. I will see you over there.
later,
belva
Hola Belva. What are the Four Great Russian Short Stories?
Hi Belva,
The 101010 should be great fun. Your choices of books for next year seem to be almost opposite to ones I'd choose for myself! :)
It would be fun if we could overlap some of our religion books (depending how far back in history we go - Christianity did develop from Judaism). What is the
The Torah Blessing about?
Hi Belva,
The Alphabet Challenge is indeed one of my (slow moving) challenges (Good job I didn't set myself a time limit on that one). Setting up this challenge is a huge amount of fun. Had been thinking about mine for a while and ended up with a possible 14 or 15 categories before finally whittling it down to just the 10. Though I'm still not sure what my total number of books will be in each of them as while I think 100 books is a doable target for me it won't leave much room for anything else. Although the 999 and subsequently the 1010 Category challenge are my primary targets I still want to be able to continue with the other 4 challenge groups I have going as well.
>#18:
SqueakyChu;
Good morning to you my dear. Yes, the 10/10/10 should prove to be challenging and fun both. I am greatly looking forward to beginning it. I must go over and check your categories and the books you have chosen as well. I made a decision to read only from my books on hand this coming year, excepting for some group reads, and a few "must haves".
Yes, it would be fun if we could overlap our religion choices. I am a Christian by upbringing and by faith but I do carry Jewish blood within my veins. It would be fun to have a running dialog regarding our books within this category.
The Torah Blessing by
Larry Huch is written by a Rabbi turned Christian. I will just share a part of the book back for you:
"Discover the jewish roots of your Christian faith with acclaimed writer and leading authority Pastor Larry Huch as he takes you on an incredible journey through the hidden truths of the Torah and God's Word. This revelation will bring the Bible to life as never before releasing mew miracles and blessings into your life, ministry, family, and finances.
Beginning with his own experience at the ruins of an ancient synagogue in Capernaum, Pastor Larry reveals many powerful spiritual truths that will connect you to the rich heritage of your faith---from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to Jesus.
The Torah Blessing will help you discover:
What the apostle Paul means when he teaches that believers are "grafted in". (Romans 11/17).
How the bliblical feasts hold the keys to releasing a continuous flow of covenant blessings.
Why the Sabbath is God's appointed time for connecting His people with supernatural promises.
How the Jewish prayer shawl holds the promise of "healing in His wings". (Malachi 4/2).
How Bible prophey is being fulfilled to unite Jews and Christians in these end times."
The author, Squeak, pastors at the "New Beginnings" church that I attended while I was in Texas. It sits right next to "Trinity Broadcasting". I loved the church and the way he preached. Because of his background, you get a lot of early Bible study and preaching as well as N.T. So many churches these days preach only the N.T. I like to use both as the O.T. predicts and points the way to the N.T. and the N.T. shows and proves the prophecy and fulfillment of the prophets and the Words of the O.T.
I wish there was a church like this near me but the closest one I can find is a 2 hour drive each way.
Well, my dear, I hope that answers you question.
hugs,
belva
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Good morning Dave.
It was tough for me to whittle down my titles. The categories rather picked themselves except for Christianity & Religion, Mysteries, and Series books. I have a lot of books about Christianity and the Bible but vastly prefer to read the Bible as to reading books about the Bible. So with this challenge I will attempt to do both. (as ~~T said to me one day, "Why not do both?") I don't (or very rarely) read the mystery genre nor do I read (or again, very rarely) any series. So these categories were tougher for me.
I love the Alphabet Challenge and it will be slow going for me as well but that is okay. It is helping me to clear my shelves and that is what I am striving for. I didn't set a time limit either. Followed your lead there. I think you will be able to manage all of your challenges. You seem pretty organized and seem to have set them up nicely for yourself.
Good luck with all of them Dave and thank you for stopping by my little thread.
Happy reading,
belva
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Thanks for the details about the book. What church are you affiliated with at this time?
Squeak;
I haven't actually done church in church for about 2 years. I have been with the Assemblies of God for about 14 years but the past two years all of the churches within a 40 mile radius have changed pastors and so far all of them I have tried-----------I just end up going home more hungry for the Word than when I arrived. So I do a morning devotion here at home. My grandson and I do a Bible study one afternoon a week and I do mine every evening along with reading the Word and prayer. Right now it suits me better than banging my head against the wall trying to find one. I am viewing the Texas one online with live stream but it isn't the same.
We have been prepared for a "falling away", but I would just love to find a church that was a good fit for me.
Thank you for the note.
belva
We Jews call that "shul (a Yiddish word for synagogue) shopping". In other words, trying to find a religious institution/place/home in which one feels comfortable. Good luck in your search.
Hola Belva. Thanks. I am planning to read Dostoevsky's
The Brothers Karamazov this fall. I started it for a group read than life got in the way. I have been wanting to pick it up again since then. I decided to wait until the fall because summer didn't seem like the time to read Dostoevsky. I think I will either start it on my birthday as a present to myself or after I've finished my last ER book that I haven't read and reviewed yet.
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Good morning Squeak. Yup, I guess that is exactly what I am doing. Shopping for a "shul". If you find one before I do, let me know. ha ha
And thank you. I believe in hope and hopefully I will find the right place for me soon. He will guide me.
luv & hugs,
>#26:
chrine:
Hello. Ohhhhhhhhhh more Dostoevsky. He so scares me!~! But I will read him one day. At least the small one for my challenge. Also I hear really good things about
The Brothers Karamazov. --BJ read it for a group read this year and I rather think she enjoyed it. It's a big one, as I recall, and may take a while. I tried him for the first time with
Crime and Punishment. No, no, no, no. Don't want to begin there, I am sure.
Happy Birthday (early)!~! I am awaiting an ER book. When they come I try to drop whatever I am reading and get that read and reviewed. But sometimes I am in just too good of a book to do that and so wait until I finish.
Kids are here, gotta run.
hugs,
belva
Hola Belva. I started
The Brothers Karamazov for the same group read as BJ was doing. lol What ER are you waiting for?
Hello Chrine.
I am awaiting
God Ain't Blind by
Mary Monroe and the only thing I know about it is that it is about an affair and that the "F" bomb is thrown around quite a bit in the book. That isn't at all what I thought it would be about when I requested it. Fooled me, huh?
When does your GP for
The Brothers Karamazov end? It seems like it has been going on forever!~! But then I am not reading the book. I do wish I had signed up for that read. I think I would like to consistently like to be in a group read. I just like that I am reading a book at the same time others are and it is so nice to be able to discuss the same part at the same time.
later dayz,
belva
Hola Belva. Oh my, that book doesn't sound good at all. This is what was on Powell's about it.
"Hilarious, raunchy soul sistahs Annette Davis and Rhoda O'Toole return in this latest wacky adventure in Monroe's God series (God Don't Play, etc.). This time, Rhoda persuades her 46-year-old BFF to have an affair since Pee Wee, Annette's husband, hasn't touched his newly svelte wife in a year. Pee Wee has cancer, but doesn't tell his wife until he's cured so she's ripe for the picking. Rhoda sees nothing wrong with discreet adultery: she's been having an affair for years with her husband Otis's best friend, Bully Bullard. Sexy caterer Louis Baines, who's 30, woos Annette with all the right moves, and Annette finds him irresistible until it turns out he's after her money. Another extreme annoyance is Rhoda's 19-year-old Naomi Campbell look-alike daughter, Jade, who wreaked havoc in Annette's life by trying to steal Pee Wee and has come home with a Mexican hottie who chickens out on marrying her. Monroe's never better than when she's writing about Annette and Rhoda, an outrageous Lucy & Ethel — style African-American comedy duo who are always getting in trouble. (Sept.)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
The group read for
The Brothers Karamazov has long ended. I got slightly into it when the read started then realized I wasn't going to have the time to consistently and decently read it at that point. If you'd like to read it slowly with me this fall, I'd welcome any company. The group and threads for it are still there and we might even be able to interest some others.
Belva,
Don't worry about starting that Christmas one a little early. I did the same thing for 999 reading
a Christmas Carol on Christmas Eve. I just told myself that my penalty was I had to finish by 9/9/09 and I did.
I had had the Mitford book on my original list this year but others got in the way. Maybe I'll figure out way to fit it in for 101010.
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chrine;
I knew I should have checked out the book page or amazon before making that request. Darn it. I could ignore the "F" bomb, but it just doesn't sound like a good book, does it. Oh well, I am already committed to the reading and reviewing of it so I shall be a brave little soldier and do my duty. Then put it promptly up for give-away.
How much would I have to read to catch up with you on
The Brothers Karamazov? I just may be interested. Let me know as soon as possible and I will make a quick decision, if it is a positive one I will post hastely order said book and we will be off and running. I have always wanted to read it and never have. I have started it a couple of times and just been intimidated by the size of the thing. How many pages, you say?
Let me know all the particulars. K?
hugs,
belva
Cheli;
gorgeous, sweet, sweet baby. (Can I have him?)
I don't think I shall feel guilty about reading the Christmas book at Christmas time. It is the best time of year to read stories about Christmas, don't you agree?
That reminds me, I need to go over and join the "Halloween" challenge. That sounds like fun and I can use the library for that one.
Did you enjoy the
Mitford Christmas story last year? I have only read the first couple, but got my mother the entire set and she reads them over and over as by the time she gets to the end, she has forgotten the first ones. hee hee. Poor mother. She woke up yesterday at 1:00 A.M. and thought it was 7:00 A.M. so she got up and got doing her daily things and finally she called me at 5:45 and asked me what was wrong-------it had been dark all day and her shows weren't on and what was wrong with the PUD. As if they could take care of that one. She thought it was 5:45 P.M. Again I say, poor thing. It is definitely time for assisted living.
Ahhhhhhhhhh sweet life. I hope when I get there, that they stick me in an opium den and kiss me good bye and just let me die happy.
later dayz,
belva
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Hola Belva
Well, I'll be looking forwards to your witty negative review of it.
I plan to start rereading
The Brothers Karamazov from the beginning and I don't plan to start until Saturday at the earliest, more likely later in the month. My copy has 796 pages total and I have the Pevear/Volo translation. I am a rather slow reader and given that it's a harder book than general reading, I expect to be reading it for much of the remainder of the year, along with other books, of course. You'll probably finish well before me, which is okay. I plan to just use the 999 Challenge reading group for it to post about it, which is here:
http://www.librarything.com/groups/999th... I'm not sure where, but I might try to put the word out in case anyone else didn't finish it in February or anyone else wants to read it.
chrine;
I don't even have the book yet. I will most likely order it today. And I am certain that I will not finish it before you as I just joined the group read of
War and Peace that was begun in January and is set to end at year's end. So I will be reading 2 biggies, plus I joined the "I'll Read Yours if You Read Mine'' challenge and have a sci-fi to read for that plus I am right in the middle of my own little fluff read.
But, like you, I am all okay with being the last one done. There are just some books that are too intimidating to read alone. (The biggies)
So you and I will just be reading the year away. And then too, one never knows when life will throw a wrinkle in there and perhaps for days you don't have time to touch a book. So let's just read along and see where we end up. Okay?
And please, let's do, by all means keep in touch.
Thanks for the message.
hugs,
belva
#33>> Belva,
First, you CANNOT have my baby! He is just too cute and he is mine!
I will let you have a picture to brighten your day!
I have never read a
Mitford story/book. I had heard about them and that was why it was on my list, but I just haven't gotten there yet.
I have
The picture of Dorian Gray on my list next year too, do you want to do it together?
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Cheli:
Thank you for the picture on your post to me. I feel so special. He is sooooooooo darling.
I am so happy that I came by here tonight!~!
Yes, I will happily do
The Picture of Dorian Gray with you next year.
Ohhhhhh, he is so precious. What is his name?
hugs,
belva
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He is such a cutie!
Welcome to the challenge, Belva! Are your teen books mostly rereads or new ones?
I have never read any
Patricia Highsmith. Do you enjoy her books?
Hola Belva. Ooh, two BIG ones (and many little ones). I don't know how you can do it. I'd get confused. Today has been a no reading day for me so far. I hope to get some done in bed before sleeping. I wasn't sure how fast a reader you were. Some here are super speed demons. I'm glad we're on the same wave length for reading this one.
Hola Cheli. Aww, your baby is so cute! I could just see that teddy bear's ear going right in his little wide open mouth.
My little grandson, Jackson, is a real cutie and very well-behaved. He would never chew on a bear's ear, bunny maybe, but not a bear because he knows Nonna loves her bears.
Belva, How about we do it in January? Get started with a Classic?
** I can't believe I said that with all the trouble I had with Classics this year.**Message edited by its author, Sep 17, 2009, 11:22am.
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cyderry;
I am all good with reading
The Picture of Dorian Gray in January. Getting started with a classic will be great!~! I will have to get a few pages of my "very first book of the year" under my belt first though, but I don't need to finish it or anything. I will probably start it while hubby is watching The Rose Bowl Game, etc., on New Years Day. So shall we aim for January 2nd? I promised myself that I would begin a book about
Steinbeck as my first read of the year. So as long as I start that one first I will be all good to go. Sound good to you? It is huge----over 900 pages so I will be working on that one for a while. Just picking it up now and then. The
Oscar Wilde I can read straight through. It's not very long so you won't have trouble with it.
I thought the baby was yours. You don't seem old enough to be a "Nonna". That is funny. You are Nonna and I am nanny. Grands are great!~! Love 'em!~!
hugs,
>#39:
chrine;
I will order my copy of The Brothers Kamarazov today along with
People of the Book for that group read in November. I already have all of my books for my 10/10/10 challenge next year except for my L.T. recx category and I don't know what they will be yet. Hmmmmmmmmm, wonder what I can order to round out the order for free shipping? I will think of something. The books should be here within a week or so.
When would you like to begin or have you started already? Let me know. K?
I have been having a lot of days recently where
the only reading time I have had has been when I go to bed. And that sucks. But winter will be here soon and hopefully mother and kids will all settle in and it will be better for reading.
So----just let me know when you want to start the read. My regular thread is here:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/72987#...I must be honest and say that I don't check this one daily so I had forgotten the title and even who I was reading it with. (sorry 'bout that) Thank God for Kirconnell. She put me back on the straight and narrow. hee hee.
big hug,
>#38:
cmbohn;
Good morning and thank you. Thank you for all you do. We all appreciate it!~!
My Y.A./Children's that I have chosen for this challenge are mainly new to me as I have only read one of them in it's entirety.
A Little Princess I have read many times. And I have read bits and pieces of
The Secret Garden,
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The others are all totally new and fresh for me.
Regarding Patricia Hightower; the only book I have read of hers is
The Talented Mr. Ripley and I enjoyed it tremendously. She is another troubled author and I find her fascinating. I have a bio on her that I will probably read after I finish her series.
I am very excited for this particular 10/10/10 challenge as a great many of the books I have chosen for the year will come off my shelves and go bye bye and make room for those in boxes, bags, and piles all over the house. So a new year and a cleansing of some books that have been on my shelves unread for waaaay too long.
You have a great day and again thank you for setting these up. We all enjoy them so.
hugs,
belva
Okay,, first week in January it is. I'll put a note on the group read thread in case anyone else wants to join us.
>36 Cheli, your grandson is absolutely adorable!
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The Picture of Dorian Gray: I really loved that book when I read it many, many years ago. I wonder if I still would... maybe I'll join you for a re-read...
Sorry, I double posted.
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Cheli;
That sounds absolutely great. Perfect timing.
Is there an actual "group read" thread? I didn't know.
I also want to do an
Edna Ferber group read sometime next year. Someone mentioned a book by her on their thread and I realized I had forgotten all about
Ferber. Now, how does that happen? She is totally an American icon and classic author!~!
hugs,
>#44:
ivyd;
It is very nice to meet you. And we would absolutely love it if you wished to join us for
The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Oscar Wilde is always worth a reread. It is a re, re, re, reread for me as well. The more the merrier.
later dayz,
belva
Message edited by its author, Sep 17, 2009, 7:38pm.
I have added 2 bonus categories to my 10/10/10 challenge just to satisfy my reading desires for the year. I think it will still leave me plenty of time for group reads and spur of the moment grabs.
47 messages already, Belva?! I think I'm going to join in over here in 2010 - though I'm going for the stepladder approach rather than the 100 books. But you never know, 2010 will be our first full year in the bookshop so I might get more reading done than ever before!
Hola Belva. Ugh, this is the first time I've been on LT since the 17th. Ugh, I think I'm went through withdrawal. My husband was sick last week and I had to help a friend move and she was seriously underprepared to move. Ugh. I did manage to get half of
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter read, which I like more than I thought I would. Have you started TBK? I have not yet. But I'm determined to start in on it this fall. I just got delayed. I have not bit off too much to chew, I am determined! Psyching myself up for the book. lol
No rush, chrine. I am in the midst of a
War and Peace group read that I am waaaaaaaaaay behind on and attempting to do the Halloween reads (just some of them) with that group so am half way through
Dracula and it is Banned Books Week so I am cramming in as many of those as I can.
I do have my book now though so whenever you are ready; just say one, two, three--------------GO!~! And I am all over
The Brothers Karamazov. Okay?
I would at least like to get this week under my belt first though. So say at least after Monday. Okay with you?
Just let me know my dear. It sounds like you have been really busy and I have been spending a lot of time at the hospital with my niece so I will leave it up to you. If you want to wait until after the first of the year that is good too. Pretty much just whatever after Monday.
big hugs,
belva
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Hi Belva, Love the John Steinbeck category. I am planning to read much more of him this year (inspired by a visit to the Steinbeck museum), the
Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters sounds really interesting. Thanks for the tip.
Claire;
Beautiful name; Claire.
I didn't know there was a
Steinbeck museum. Where is it? In the valley? Oh, but would I not love to see that. Do you have pictures? You will have to tell me about it sometime. Feel free to P.M. me at any time.
I read everything I can get my hands of or about
John Steinbeck and it is great to learn of another fan of his.
I am very happy to meet you Claire and I hope we will have the opportunity to chat again soon.
Enjoy your reading.
belva
Hola Belva. I have no been on LT since Oct 2. I have been having withdrawal. =) I haven't even finished a book this month yet. (I have two days left still.) So yeah.
The Brothers Karamazov. I have no idea where it stands. (I've had to move it to a lovely prominent place on the bookshelf by my desk. It kept staring at me and giving me the worst guilt trip.) I did have the best of intentions to start reading a book here and there because just because I wanted to. Little did I know that I would not be reading much at all. I figure it is best to tell you straight up that I have no idea when I will be reading it and that I did not mean to lead you on. (I know you will be forgiving.) Because it is a lovely book and now we own it and it will get read sometime. Actually, you'll probably start reading it at some point, then I'll see you reading it and start it. Looking forward to seeing what you're reading as I catch up on the threads over the next few days.
Hello chrine;
I have not been on here much either. Life has rather gotten in the way, but it happens. I do not intend to begin reading
The Brothers Karamazov until after the first of the year. I want to get the holidays behind me first. Will that work for you? And it's not a have to at that point. I am content to wait until you are ready. So let's just wait and see how it plays out but I won't begin without letting you know and talking to you. Okay?
big hug and I hope you are doing well.
xoxo,
belva
Hola Belva
It has been hectic lately but I am doing good. It's beginning to settle again currently. My years seem cyclic like that. Super busy then nice normal routine in turns. I do think January/February would be a good time to consider TBK again. Plus then we can count it for our 1010s.
Hey, nannybebette and chrine, I have
The Brothers Karamazov on my 1010 list too. Would love to join you in January/February if you're starting then. I'll keep an eye on this thread.
We would love to have you, mathgirl. I'm sure we'll post the read in the group reads thread too once we settle on a timeframe.
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