TSS: 2010 Challenges Round-Up 2

Week before last I did part 1 of my 2010 Challenges Round up. This week is round 2.

My start of challenge post
Level: The Unshepherded Path
My List of Books:

Freedom in Exile by The Dalai Lama

Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers by Stephanie Levine

The Unlikely Disciple by Kevin Roose 

The Odyssey by Homer 

Om Gud (About God) by Jonas Gardell 

I would have liked to have read more books for this challenge but simply ran out of time. I did enjoy all of the books I read but if I had to pick a favourite it would have to be Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers by Stephanie Levine. I enjoyed both the topic, girls in the Lubavic community and the way the book was written. Levine manages to present her subjects very well. I am glad that with the five books I cover four different religions.

My start of challenge post
Level: Lambda 4 Books
My List of Books:

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

En komikers uppväxt (A Comedian Growing Up) by Jonas Gardell 

My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger

The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson

Och jag läste att det var omöjligt att leva lycklig förutan dig (And I read that it was impossible to live happily without you) by Mark Levengood

Om Gud (About God) by Jonas Gardell

In my start of challenge post I set out to read 4 books by GLBT authors but hoping to read more. I’m glad I did manage this goal. One of the books was a re-read En komikers uppväxt (A Comedian Growing Up). I read it as a teenager and it had as much of an impact now as it did then. Out of the books I read I learned a lot in Om Gud (About God) by Jonas Gardell but my favourite was probably Och jag läste att det var omöjligt att leva lycklig förutan dig (And I read that it was impossible to live happily without you) by Mark Levengood it was just really sweet and funny.

My start of challenge post
Level: Literati 6 Books
My List of Books:

Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb

Madicken by Astrid Lindgren

The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles

Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb

Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery

En komikers uppväxt (A Comedian Growing Up) by Jonas Gardell

I could have added loads more books to this list but I’ve kept it to the six that I signed up for. Five of the six books are books I have loved. One I’m less fond of. The two In Death books are books I loved as an adult. I so love this series Madicken by Astrid Lindgren and Anne of Avonlea are books I loved as a child. Madicken (the title character) was one of my childhood heroines as was Anne. I really must get back to my Anne re-read (which I will now that I have them for free on my new kindle (more on that later)). Finally the two books I read in high school: The French Lieutenant’s Woman and En komikers uppväxt (A Comedian Growing Up). I really enjoyed En komikers uppväxt but wasn’t that fond of The French Lieutenant’s Woman.

My Start of Challenge Post
Level: 1 book

1.  The Odyssey by Homer

A challenge that only requires one book isn’t that hard to manage . I really did enjoy the audiobook I listened to for this challenge. And look for more Greek classics on my blog in 2011.

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