War Bingo
Becky's Book Reviews
1- WWII Nonfiction - Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport by Emma Carlson Berne
2- Free Book Choice - The Queen's Accomplice by Susan Elia MacNeal
3- Asian War of Your Choice - Adrift at Sea: A Vietnam Boy's Story of Survival by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
WWII Reading Challenge
World War II Reading Challenge
1- Four-Four-Two by Dean Hughes
2- An Eagle in the Snow by Michael Morpurgo
3- The Queen's Accomplice by Susan Elia MacNeal
World at War Reading Challenge
Becky's Book Reviews
1-A Fiction Book Set During WWII - Paper Wishes by Lois Sepahban
2- A Book set in the US or Canada - A Tiny Piece of Sky by Shawn K Stout
3- A Book set in England, Ireland or Scotland - The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle by Janet
Fox
4- A Book Set in Europe - Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
5- A Nonfiction Book about World War II - We Will Not Be Silent by Russell Freedman
6- A Book Focused on "the home-front" - Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
7- A Book Set Elsewhere - Irena Sendler and the Children of the Warsaw Ghetto by Susan Goldman Rubin
8- A Book Set in Asia or the Middle East - The Last Cherry Blossom by Kathleen Burkinshaw
9- Any Movie About Either War - Winter in Wartime
Any War
War Through the Generations
1- Billy's Blitz by Barbara Mitchelhill
2- Women of Valor: Polish Resisters of the Third Reich by Joanne D. Gilbert
3- Women Heroes of World War I: 16 Remarkable Resisters, Soldiers, Spies, and Medics by Kathryn
J. Atwood
4- The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club by Philip Hoose
5- The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
2014 Reading Challenges
War Challenge with a Twist
War Through the Generations
World War I: Stay Where You Are & The Leave by John Boyne
French and Indian War: Seeds of Rebellion by Teresa Irvin
World War II: The Shepherd by Frederick Forsyth
Vietnam: Walking Wounded by Chris Lynch
Historical Fiction Reading Challenge (15 books)
Historical Tapestry
1- The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
2- Speaking From Among the Bones by Alan Bradley
3- No Surrender Soldier by Christine Kohler
4- The Children of the King by Sonya Hartnett
5- The Dead in their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley
6- Stay Where You Are & Then Leave by John Boyne
7- The One I Was by Eliza Graham
8- Vango: Between Sky and Earth by Timothee de Fombelle
9- Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anne Blankman
10- The Winter Horses by Philip Kerr
11- The Only Thing to Fear by Caroline Tung Richmond
12- Playing for the Commandant by Suzy Zail
European Reading Challenge (at least 5 books)
Rose City Reader
1- Hidden Like Anne Frank by Marcel Prins (Holland)
2- Odin's Promise by Sandy Brehl (Norway)
3- The One I Was by Eliza Graham (England)
4- Vango: Between Sky and Earth by Timothee de Fombell (France)
5- Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anne Blankman (Germany)
6- The Winter Horses by Philip Kerr (Ukraine)
7- Playing for the Commandant by Suzy Zail (Hungary/Poland)
Crusin' Thru the Cozies
Socrates' Book Reviews
1- Speaking From Among the Bones by Alan Bradley
2- The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley
2013 Reading Challenges
American Revolution Reading Challenge (4-10 books)
War Through the Generations
1- Sophia's War by Avi
2- Felicity, An American Girl 1775 (Film)
3- Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
4- Friends of Liberty by Beatrice Gormley
Historical Fiction Reading Challenge (15 books)
Historical Tapestry
1- A Parachute in the Lime Tree by Annemarie Neary
2- The Long Way Home by Margot Benary-Isbert
3- Sophia's War by Avi
4- Tamar, a Novel of Espionage, Passion and Betrayal by Mal Peet
5- Passing through Havana by Felicia Rosshandler
6- His Majesty's Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal
7- Auslander by Paul Dowswell
8- Rising Sun, Falling Star by Vickie Hall
9- The Bear Makers by Andrea Cheng
10- Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
11- The War Within These Walls by Aline Sax
12- N or M? by Agatha Christie
13- The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartmett
14- I Go by Sea, I Go by Land by P.L. Travers
15- Leaving China by James McMullan
European Reading Challenge (5 or more Books)
Rose City Reader
1- A Parachute in the Lime Tree by Annemarie Neary (Ireland)
2- Tamar, a Novel of Espionage, Passion and Betrayal by Mal Peet (Holland)
3- His Majesty's Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal (Germany)
4- Code Name Pauline: Memoirs of a World War II Special Agent by Pearl Witherington Cornioley, edited by Kathryn J. Atwood (France)
5- The Bear Makers by Andrea Cheng (Hungary)
6- The War Within These Walls by Aline Sax (Poland)
Cruisin' with the Cozies (6 or more books)
Socrates' Book Reviews
1- His Majesty's Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal
2- Nancy Drew: The Quest of the Missing Map by Carolyn Keene
4- N or M? by Agatha Christie
Pre-1960 Classic Children's Books Reading Challenge (any amount of books)
Turning the Pages
1- The Long Way Home by Margot Benary-Isbert
2- Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss
3- Biggles Defies the Swastika by Captain W.E. Johns (1941)
4- The Quest of the Missing Map by Carolyn Keene
2012 Reading Challenges
Holiday #Readathon
I completed the Holiday #Readathon on December 4, 2011
Total Pages Read: 1003 @ 5¢ per page, to be donated to the Salvation Army.
Total Books Read: 9, donation to the Bowery Mission, NYC
Cozy Mystery Reading Challenge (4-6 Books)
1- The Girl is Trouble by Kathryn Haines Miller
2- Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
3- Princess Elizabeth's Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal
2- Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
3- Princess Elizabeth's Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal
European Reading Challenge (5 or more Books)
1- My Brother's Shadow by Monika Schröder (Germany)
2- Night by Elie Wiesel (Romania)
3- Far from My Home, Never to Return by Nadia Seluga (Poland)
4- Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (Britain and France)
5- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Danemark)
6- Shadow on the Mountain by Margi Preus (Norway)
2- Night by Elie Wiesel (Romania)
3- Far from My Home, Never to Return by Nadia Seluga (Poland)
4- Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (Britain and France)
5- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Danemark)
6- Shadow on the Mountain by Margi Preus (Norway)
Hisrorical Fiction Challenge (15 Books)
1- My Brother's Shadow by Monika Schröder
2- Private Peaceful by Michael Mopurgo
3- Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
4- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
5- The Girl is Trouble by Kathryn Haines Miller
6- The Other Half of Life by Kim Ablon Whitney
7- Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
8- Shadow on the Mountain by Margi Preus
9- Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith
10- Violins of Autumn by Amy McAuley
11- Rowan Farm by Margot Benary-Isbert
12- Black Radishes by Susan Lynn Meyer
13- Becoming Clementine by Jennifer Niven
14- The FitzOsbornes at War by Michelle Cooper
15- Princess Elizabeth's Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal
2- Private Peaceful by Michael Mopurgo
3- Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
4- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
5- The Girl is Trouble by Kathryn Haines Miller
6- The Other Half of Life by Kim Ablon Whitney
7- Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
8- Shadow on the Mountain by Margi Preus
9- Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith
10- Violins of Autumn by Amy McAuley
11- Rowan Farm by Margot Benary-Isbert
12- Black Radishes by Susan Lynn Meyer
13- Becoming Clementine by Jennifer Niven
14- The FitzOsbornes at War by Michelle Cooper
15- Princess Elizabeth's Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal
World War I Reading Challenge (4-10 Books)
1- My Brother's Shadow by Monika Schröder
2- Private Peaceful by Michael Mopurgo
3- The Poppy Lady by Barbara Elizabeth Walsh
4- Truce: the Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting by Jim Murphy
2- Private Peaceful by Michael Mopurgo
3- The Poppy Lady by Barbara Elizabeth Walsh
4- Truce: the Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting by Jim Murphy
The Sir Terry Prachette Reading Challenge (any number of books is ok)
Once Upon a Time
1- Dodger by Terry Prachette
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Reading Challenge (any number of books is ok)
Man of la Book
2011 Reading Challenges
Holiday #Readathon
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Completed December 5, 2010
Total Pages - 888 at 5¢ per page donated to the Salvation Army
Total Books 11 donated to a food bank TBD
The Story Siren
1- Gentlehands by M.E.Kerr
2- Don't Say a Word by Barbara Gehrts
3- Back Home by Michelle Magorian
4- The Exeter Blitz by David Rees
5- A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson
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(3 Books from 3 Countries) Completed
1- Sons of the Dragon by Phyllis Ayer Sowers (China)
2- Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society by Adeline Yen Mah (China)
3- When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park (Korea)
4- Elephant Run by Roland Smith (Burma)
5- So Far from the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins (Korea/Japan)
The Bookette
(12 Books) Completed
1- Mystery at Witchend by Malcolm Saville
2- Worrals of the WAAF by W.E. Johns
3- Back Home by Michelle Magorian
4- Run Rabbit Run by Barbara Mitchelhill
5- The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips by Michael Morpurgo
6- Strangers at the Farm School by Josephine Elder
7- The Exeter Blitz by David Rees
8- The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall
9- Rowan the Strange by Julie Hearns
10- The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier
11- The Dolphin Crossing by Jill Paton Walsh
12- Pamela G.M. by Florence Gunby Hadath
US Civil War Reading Challenge 2011
War Through the Generations
(3-5 Books)
1- Girl in Blue by Ann Rinaldi
Forgotten Treasures Challenge 2011
(25 Books) (This wasn't completed because the person who was hosting it is no longer blogging)
(25 Books) (This wasn't completed because the person who was hosting it is no longer blogging)
1- Mystery at Witchend by Malcolm Saville
2- Worrals of the WAAF by W.E. Johns
3- Incident in Yorkville by Emma Gelders Sterne
4- Back Home by Michelle Magorian
5- On the Edge of the Fjord by Alta Halverson Seymour
6- Uncle Misha's Partisans by Yuri Suhl
7- Strangers at the Farm School by Josephine Elders
8- Sons of the Dragon by Phyllis Ayer Sowers
9- The Exeter Blitz by David Rees
10- The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall
11- The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier
12- Sparky Ames and Mary Mason of the Ferry Command by Roy J. Snell
13- The Dolphin Crossing by Jill Paton Walsh
14- Pamela G.M. by Florence Gunby Hadath
15- The Gremlins by Roald Dahl
16- Time to Go Back by Mabel Esther Allan
17- Winter in Wartime by Jan Terlouw
10- The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall
11- The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier
12- Sparky Ames and Mary Mason of the Ferry Command by Roy J. Snell
13- The Dolphin Crossing by Jill Paton Walsh
14- Pamela G.M. by Florence Gunby Hadath
15- The Gremlins by Roald Dahl
16- Time to Go Back by Mabel Esther Allan
17- Winter in Wartime by Jan Terlouw
1- A Brief History of Montmaray by Michelle Cooper
2- Gentlehands by M.E Kerr
3- Worrals of the WAAF by W.E. Johns
4- Don't Say a Word by Barbara Gehrts
5- Someone Named Eva by Joan M. Wolf
6- Traitor by Gudrun Pausewang
7- Incident in Yorkville by Emma Gelders Sterne
8- Back Home by Michelle Magorian
9- On the Edge of the Fjord by Alta Halverson Seymour
10- Run Rabbit Run by Barbara Mitchelhill
11- The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips by Michael Morpurg
12- Uncle Misha's Partisans by Yuri Suhl
13- Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway? by Avi
14- Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
15- Strangers at the Farm School by Josephine Elders
1- The Children We Remember by Chana Byers Abells
2- Jacob the Liar by Jurek Becker
3- The Shadow Children by Steven Schnur
Harry Potter Read Along and Giveaway (Completed)
1- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
3- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban
4- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
5- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
6- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
7- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
7- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
German Literature Month
November 2011
All TBR in November (Completed)
1- The Oppermans by Lion Feuchtwanger
2- Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner3- A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson
5- When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
6- Dark Hours by Gudrun Pausewang
