2010

The Cybils Shortlist Challenge – 2010

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I’m addicted to YA and I enjoy children’s books as well, so it seemed smart to challenge myself to read all of the Cybil’s Short List books. Honestly, it wasn’t much of a challenge. I finished pretty early in the year and it was a piece of cake. I’m doing it again this year just because I enjoyed it so much. And, because I really appreciate the folks who work so hard to make the Cybil’s what they are. Here’s what I’ll be reading in 2010 (http://dadtalk.typepad.com/cybils/):

Easy Readers/Short Chapter
Dinosaur Hunt – 11/9/10
Good Dog, Aggie – 10/25/10
Mr Putter & Tabby Spill the Beans – 11/6/10
Shampoodle – 10/25/10
Watch Me Throw the Ball – 10/31/10
Alice’s Shooting Star – 10/25/10
Bad to the Bone – 12/1/10
How Oliver Olsen Changed the World – 10/31/10
Mercy Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes – 10/31/10
Roscoe Riley Rules #7 – 11/6/10

Fantasy & Science Fiction (Middle Grade)
11 Birthdays – 4/21/10
Dreamdark: Silksinger – 5/10/10
The Farwalker’s Quest – 5/5/10
Odd and the Frost Giants – 4/14/10
The Prince of Fenway Park – 4/27/10
Serial Garden – 5/3/10
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon – 4/28/10

Fantasy & Science Fiction (Young Adult)
Candor – 9/5/10
The Demon’s Lexicon – 9/12/10
The Dust of 100 Dogs -8/22/10
Fire – 3/19/10
Lips Touch Three Times – 8/19/10
Sacred Scars – 9/12/10
Tiger Moon – 9/15/10

Fiction Picture Books
The Curious Garden – 10/25/10
The Lion & the Mouse – 9/12/10
Jeremy Draws a Monster – 9/12/10
The Listeners – 10/31/10
All the World – 9/12/10
The Book that Eats People – 10/25/10
Silly Tilly – 9/12/10

Graphic Novels
Creepy Crawly Crime 3/13/10
Adventures in Cartooning – 3/20/10
The Stonekeeper’s Curse – 3/20/10
The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook 3/21/10
Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom 3/22/10
The Dreamer: The Consequence of Nathan Hale 3/21/10
Gunnerkrigg Court: Orientation 3/16/10
Crogan’s Vengeance 3/21/10
 Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Death and Dementia 3/22/10
Outlaw: The Legend of Robin Hood 3/22/10

Middle Grade Fiction
Captain Nobody – 11/6/10
Chains – 11/15/10
Anything But Typical – 11/9/10
Heart of a Shepherd – 11/9/10
All the Broken Pieces – 11/8/10
Operation Yes – 10/27/10
The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis – 10/30/10

Non-fiction (Picture)
Mermaid Queen – 8/14/10
The Day-Glo Brothers – 2.5.11
Life-Size Zoo – 8/22/10
14 Cows for America – 8/14/10
Moonshot – 8/14/10
Down, Down, Down: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea – 8/14/10
Faith – 8/14/10

Non-fiction (YA/Middle Grade)
Claudette Colvin – 4/18/10
The Frog Scientist – 6/26/10
I Can’t Keep My Own Secrets – 4/16/10
Marching for Freedom – 6/26/10
Written in Bone – 4/18/10

Poetry
African Acrostics – 6/26/10
The Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Poetry – 6/26/10
The Monsterologist – 6/26/10
Red Sings from Treetops – 6/26/10
The Tree that Time Built – 6/26/10

YA Fiction
Blue Plate Special – 9/20/10
Carter Finally Gets It – 11/8/10
Cracked Up to Be – 11/21/10
How to Say Goodbye in Robot – 8/13/10
Into the Wild Nerd Yonder – 11/13/10
North of Beautiful – 10/19/10
Wintergirls – 9/18/10

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Nancy Drew Challenge – 2010

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I blame Sassymonkey. And all I can say, besides "I blame Sassymonkey" is, at least it's not the Gilmore Girls reading challenge  — because that's a killer!

I have a fondness for Nancy Drew. I still have almost all of them from my childhood and I look at them fondly every day. So this year, I'm going to read them. All of them. Every single one of them. Which is a lot but since I used to be able to read a half dozen in a day when I was a kid, surely I can  knock them out this year.

Here's the Challenge info: http://books-movies-chinesefood.blogspot.com/2009/11/nancy-drew-challenge.html
And here's the list of all of the Nancy Drew's. I'll be crossing them off as I finish.

  • 1 The Secret of the Old Clock 1930, 1959 – 1/26/10
  • 2 The Hidden Staircase 1930, 1959 – 2/15/10
  • 3 The Bungalow Mystery 1930, 1960 – 2/20/10
  • 4 The Mystery at Lilac Inn 1930, 1961 – 2/21/10
  • 5 The Secret at Shadow Ranch 1931, 1965 – 2/21/10
  • 6 The Secret of Red Gate Farm 1931, 1961 4/10/10
  • 7 The Clue in the Diary 1932, 1962 4/10/10
  • 8 Nancy's Mysterious Letter 1932, 1968 4/11/10
  • 9 The Sign of the Twisted Candles 1933, 1968
  • 10 The Password to Larkspur Lane 1933, 1966 – 4/14/10

  • 11 The Clue of the Broken Locket 1934, 1965
  • 12 The Message in the Hollow Oak 1935, 1972 – 4/15/10
  • 13 The Mystery of the Ivory Charm 1936, 1974
  • 14 The Whispering Statue 1937, 1970
  • 15 The Haunted Bridge 1937, 1972
  • 16 The Clue of the Tapping Heels 1939, 1969 – 4/20/10
  • 17 The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk 1940, 1976 – 8/18/10
  • 18 The Mystery at the Moss-Covered Mansion 1941, 1971
  • 19 The Quest of the Missing Map 1942, 1969 – 8/18/10
  • 20 The Clue in the Jewel Box 1943, 1972 – 9/7/10

  • 21 The Secret in the Old Attic 1944, 1970 – 9/7/10
  • 22 The Clue in the Crumbling Wall 1945, 1973 – 9/13/10
  • 23 The Mystery of the Tolling Bell 1946, 1973
  • 24 The Clue in the Old Album 1947, 1977
  • 25 The Ghost of Blackwood Hall 1948, 1967
  • 26 The Clue of the Leaning Chimney 1949, 1967
  • 27 The Secret of the Wooden lady 1950, 1967
  • 28 The Clue of the Black Keys 1951, 1968
  • 29 The Mystery at the Ski Jump 1952, 1968 – 9/25/10
  • 30 The Clue of the Velvet Mask 1953, 1969 – 10/12/10

  • 31 The Ringmaster's Secret 1953, 1974 – 11/15/10
  • 32 The Scarlet Slipper Mystery 1954, 1974
  • 33 The Witch Tree Symbol 1955, 1974
  • 34 The Hidden Window Mystery 1956, 1975 – 11/16/10
  • 35 The Haunted Showboat 1957 – 1/19/11
  • 36 The Secret of the Golden Pavilion 1959 – 1/20/11
  • 37 The Clue in the Old Stagecoach 1960 – 4.9.11
  • 38 The Mystery of the Fire Dragon 1961 – 4/15/11
  • 39 The Clue of the Dancing Puppet 1962
  • 40 The Moonstone Castle Mystery 1963

  • 41 The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes 1964
  • 42 The Phantom of Pine Hill 1965 – 4.18.11
  • 43 The Mystery of the 99 Steps 1966
  • 44 The Clue in the Crossword Cipher 1967 – 4.19.11
  • 45 The Spider Sapphire Mystery 1968 – 6/18/11
  • 46 The Invisible Intruder 1969 – 6/18/11
  • 47 The Mysterious Mannequin 1970 – 6/18/11
  • 48 The Crooked Banister 1971 – 6/19/11
  • 49 The Secret of Mirror Bay 1972
  • 50 The Double Jinx Mystery 1973 – 12/31/11

  • 51 Mystery of the Glowing Eye 1974 – 12/31/11
  • 52 The Secret of the Forgotten City 1975 – 12/31/11
  • 53 The Sky Phantom 1976
  • 54 The Strange Message in the Parchment 1977
  • 55 Mystery of Crocodile Island 1978
  • 56 The Thirteenth Pearl 1979

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