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2011

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Level: Valhalla 20+ books
List:
  1. Underbara dagar framför oss (Wonderful Days Ahead of Us) by Henrik Berggren
  2. A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
  3. Ett UFO gör entré (A UFO Makes an Entrance) by Jonas Gardell
  4. Mina drömmars stad (City of My Dreams) by Per Anders Fogelström
  5. Kulla-Gulla i blomgården by Martha Sandwall-Bergström
  6. Kulla-Gulla by Martha Sandwall-Bergström
  7. Kulla-Gulla håller sitt löfte by Martha Sandwall-Bergström
  8. Kulla-Gulla vinner en seger by Martha Sandwall-Bergström
  9. Kulla-Gulla på herrgården by Martha Sandwall-Bergström
  10. Kulla-Gulla löser en gåta by Martha Sandwall-Bergström
  11. Kulla-Gulla i skolan by Martha Sandwall-Bergström
  12. Kulla-Gullas första bal by Martha Sandwall-Bergström
  13. Kulla-Gulla och Tomas torpare by Martha Sandwall-Bergström
  14. Kulla-Gulla finner sin väg by Martha Sandwall-Bergström
  15. Kulla-Gullas myrtenkrona by Martha Sandwall-Bergström
  16. Astrid Lindgren och sagans makt by Vivi Edström
  17. Sunnanäng by Astrid Lindgren
  18. Karin Larsson och blommorna i Sundborn by Christna Högardh-Ihr
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    Level 1 Puck: 4 books
    List:
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    6 books:

    A book with a number in the title: One Was A Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming
    A book with jewelry or a gem in the title:
    A book with a size in the title: A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
    A book with travel or movement in the title: Ett UFO gör entré (A UFO Makes an Entrance) by Jonas Gardell
    A book with evil in the title:
    A book with a life stage in the title: The Dowry Bride by Shobhan Bantwal

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    Read 12 books
    List:
    1. Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb
    2. One Was A Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming
    3. Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb
    4. Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb
    5. Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb
    6. New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb
    7. Judgment in Death by J.D. Robb
    8. Witness in Death by J.D. Robb
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    List:
    1.  A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
    2. A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
    3. Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gillman
    4. A Room of One's Own by Virgina Woolf
    5. God Dies by the Nile by Nawal El Saadawi
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    List:
    1. The Dowry Bride by Shobhan Bantwal
    2. Unaccustomed Earth  by Jhumpa Lahiri
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    List:
    1. Underbara dagar framför oss (Wonderful Days Ahead of Us) by Henrik Berggren 
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    List:
    1. Maybe This Time by Alois Hotchnig
    2. Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb
    3. Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb
    4. New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb
    5. Judgment in Death by J.D. Robb
    6. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
    7. Witness in Death by J.D. Robb
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    2010



    My start of challenge post
    Level: Suffragette (8 books, at least 3 non-fiction)
    My List of Books:
    Fiction
    1. My Ántonia by Willa Cather
    2. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (short story)
    3. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
    4. Madicken by Astrid Lindgren 
    5. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
    6. The Forbidden Daughter by Shobhan Bantwal 
    7. The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
    8. Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers
    Non-Fiction
    1. Mias Systrar (Mia’s Sisters) by Maria Eriksson and Kerstin Weigl
    2. Lilla Feminist-boken (The Little Feminist Book) by Sassa Buregren
    3. Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton
    4. Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers by Stephanie Levine
    5. Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife by Peggy Vincent 
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    Level: Read 5 books
    My List of Books:
    1. The Babysitters Club: Mary Anne Saves the Day by Ann M. Martin
    2. A Horse Called Wonder by Joanna Campbell 
    3. Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery 
    4. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder 
    5. Madicken by Astrid Lindgren
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    Level: The Unshepherded Path
    My List of Books:
    1. Freedom in Exile by The Dalai Lama
    2. Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers by Stephanie Levine
    3. The Unlikely Disciple by Kevin Roose 
    4. The Odyssey by Homer 
    5. Om Gud (About God) by Jonas Gardell 
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    My start of challenge post
    Level: Read 3 Books
    My List of Books:
    1. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
    2. The Forbidden Daughter by Shobhan Bantwal 
    3. Haunting Bombay by Shilpa Agarwal
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    Level: Lambda 4 Books
    My List of Books:
    1. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
    2. En komikers uppväxt (A Comedian Growing Up) by Jonas Gardell  
    3. My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger
    4. The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson
    5. 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
    6. Om Gud (About God) by Jonas Gardell
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    Level: Literati 6 Books
    My List of Books:
    1. Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb
    2. Madicken by Astrid Lindgren
    3. The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles
    4. Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb
    5. Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
    6. En komikers uppväxt (A Comedian Growing Up) by Jonas Gardell
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    Level: Cashier at Ankh-Morpork Mint (3)
    My List of Books:
    1. Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
    2. The Last Hero by Terry Pratchett 
    3. Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett
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    My start of challenge post
    Level: Read 12 Books
    My List of Books:
    1. Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb
    2. The Girl Who Played with Fire (Flickan som lekte med elden) by Stieg Larsson
    3. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Luftslottet som sprängdes) by Stieg Larsson
    4. Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb
    5. Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb
    6. Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb
    7. Ceremony in Death  by J.D. Robb
    8. In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming
    9. Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
    10. A Fountain Filled With Blood by Julia Spencer-Fleming
    11. Out of the Deep I Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming
    12. To Darkness and To Death by Julia Spencer-Fleming
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    My start of challenge post
    Level: Read 20 Books
    My List of Books:
    1. Young Adult
      1. My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger
      2. The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson
    2. T.B.R. **
      1. John Adams by David McCullough
      2. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
    3. Shiny & New
      1. White Noise by Don Delillo
      2. A Fountain Filled With Blood by Julia Spencer-Fleming
    4. Bad Blogger’s ***
      1. Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife by Peggy Vincent
      2. Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers
    5. Charity
      1. The Life and Times of The Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
      2. Emma by Jane Austen
    6. New in 2010
      1. Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb 
      2. Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb
    7. Older Than You
      1. Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
      2. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
    8. Win! Win!
      1. The Last Hero by Terry Pratchett
      2. The Forbidden Daughter by Shobhan Bantwal
    9. Who Are You Again?
      1. Tracks by Louise Erdrich
      2. The Distance Between Us by Masha Hamilton
    10. Up to You! Memoirs
      1. Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton
      2. True Compass by Edward M. Kennedy
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    My start of challenge post
    Level: Read at least 4 Memoirs/Biographies/Letters/Diaries
    My List of Books:
    1. Freedom in Exile by the Dalai Lama
    2. Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton 
    3. Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife by Peggy Vincent  
    4. The Life and Times of The Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson 
    5. John Adams by David McCullough 
    6. True Compass by Edward M. Kennedy
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    2010 Social Justice Reading Challenge

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    My List of Books/media:
    January: Freedom in Exile by Dalai Lama
    February: None
    March: Mias Systrar (Mia’s Sisters) by Maria Eriksson and Kerstin Weigl
    April:
    May:
    June:
    July:
    August:
    September:
    October:
    November:
    December:

    What Actions did I take:
    January: None
    February: Entry into Water Race
    March: Donate to BRIS
    April:
    May:
    June:
    July:
    August:
    September:
    October:
    November:
    December:
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    My Start of Challenge Post
    Level: Level 4: 10-15 POC books
    My List of Books:
    1. Freedom in Exile by the Dalai Lama
    2. The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
    3. Tracks by Louise Erdrich
    4. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
    5. The Forbidden Daughter by Shobhan Bantwal 
    6. The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith 
    7. My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger 
    8. Haunting Bombay by Shilpa Agarwal
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    My Start of Challenge Post
    Level: Peril the First (4 books)

    1. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
    2. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
    3. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
    4. Haunting Bombay by Shilpa Agarwal
    5. Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett
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    Level: 1 book
    1.  The Odyssey by Homer
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