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Monday, January 4, 2010
Mona's Musings
To all you readers who are not familiar with Mona (or Ramona), she has a beautiful blog that she has just upgraded to be even more wonderful. I encourage you all to check her out.
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Book Challenge Notification
My friend who helped me set up this book challenge and I decided to make a couple of changes for reasons I'm not going to share with you. (Mwa, ha, ha...)
#1 - Instead of 600 page book for the 25 points, it only needs to be 550 pages.
#2 - Children's books, in order to count for full points, need to be at least 100 pages long. For easy readers and such that are shorter than 100 pages, but longer than a picture book, we've decided that we'll give .5 points for each of those. So ten pictures books to get 1 point and two easy reader books to get 1 point. Make sense?
Oh, and one book counts for one category even if it could fit into multiple categories. No double-counting a book. (Not even if you read it twice!) :)
Come participate!
#1 - Instead of 600 page book for the 25 points, it only needs to be 550 pages.
#2 - Children's books, in order to count for full points, need to be at least 100 pages long. For easy readers and such that are shorter than 100 pages, but longer than a picture book, we've decided that we'll give .5 points for each of those. So ten pictures books to get 1 point and two easy reader books to get 1 point. Make sense?
Oh, and one book counts for one category even if it could fit into multiple categories. No double-counting a book. (Not even if you read it twice!) :)
Come participate!
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Friday, January 1, 2010
A Book Challenge
As recommended by my bishop, I have been thinking of New Year's Resolutions all week. I have set a few worthy goals in hopes of improving myself this year. I've been praying about it and hope they're the goals Heavenly Father wants me to set.
On a related subject, my friend and I participated in a book challenge last year where we read books to fulfill all sorts of different and sometimes difficult categories. This year, we were unable to find a reading challenge we liked, so we came up with one. Anyone who would like to participate is welcome. I know most people don't have the time or inclination to read like I do. You could always cut out the A - Z part of the challenge. Without further ado...
2010 Reading Challenge – First book to count for any category has to be a new book to you. Rereads only count after you’ve completed the category.
.10 Points (Meaning 1/10 of a point)
1) Picture books
.5 Points (Meaning 1/2 a point)
1) Easy reader books/children's books under 100 pages
5 Points
1) Author to match every letter of the alphabet (Last names, that is. And 5 points for every book.)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
k.
l.
m.
n.
o.
p.
q.
r.
s.
t.
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x. You get a free five points for x. 15 points if you actually find an author whose last name starts with x. :)
y.
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2) Retold fairy tale
3) A book written between 1951 and 2009
4) Throwaway category – Any book that doesn’t fit in any other category.
10 Points
1) A book you own you haven’t read yet
2) A book with a body of water in the title (river, ocean, lake…)
3) A book with a Title in the title (The Count of Monte Cristo)
4) A book with a plant in the title (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)
5) A book set in a place you’ve wanted to visit/have visited
6) A book with a movie adaptation. Then watch the movie.
7) A book written between 1776 and 1850.
8) A book written between 1851 and 1900.
9) A book written between 1901 and 1950.
10) A book about war.
15 Points
1) A book from the London Times' Best Books of the Decade list. (Can look at either http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/262697-london-times-best-books-of-the-decade
or
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/book_reviews/article6914181.ece)
2) A book about science
3) A book about American History
4) A book about language/writing
6) A book by a Goodreads author
7) A book written in 2010.
25 Points
1) A book with over 600 pages
2) A book you’ve been meaning to read for years (maybe have even started), but haven’t gotten around to finishing yet.
3) A book about a political figure/politics
4) A book written before 1776.
Perhaps I'll start updating you if I read particularly interesting or amazing books. No promises. I hate writing my opinions about books/movies down. My thoughts on such things change as I change... We'll see.
On a related subject, my friend and I participated in a book challenge last year where we read books to fulfill all sorts of different and sometimes difficult categories. This year, we were unable to find a reading challenge we liked, so we came up with one. Anyone who would like to participate is welcome. I know most people don't have the time or inclination to read like I do. You could always cut out the A - Z part of the challenge. Without further ado...
2010 Reading Challenge – First book to count for any category has to be a new book to you. Rereads only count after you’ve completed the category.
.10 Points (Meaning 1/10 of a point)
1) Picture books
.5 Points (Meaning 1/2 a point)
1) Easy reader books/children's books under 100 pages
5 Points
1) Author to match every letter of the alphabet (Last names, that is. And 5 points for every book.)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
k.
l.
m.
n.
o.
p.
q.
r.
s.
t.
u.
v.
w.
x. You get a free five points for x. 15 points if you actually find an author whose last name starts with x. :)
y.
z.
2) Retold fairy tale
3) A book written between 1951 and 2009
4) Throwaway category – Any book that doesn’t fit in any other category.
10 Points
1) A book you own you haven’t read yet
2) A book with a body of water in the title (river, ocean, lake…)
3) A book with a Title in the title (The Count of Monte Cristo)
4) A book with a plant in the title (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)
5) A book set in a place you’ve wanted to visit/have visited
6) A book with a movie adaptation. Then watch the movie.
7) A book written between 1776 and 1850.
8) A book written between 1851 and 1900.
9) A book written between 1901 and 1950.
10) A book about war.
15 Points
1) A book from the London Times' Best Books of the Decade list. (Can look at either http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/262697-london-times-best-books-of-the-decade
or
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/book_reviews/article6914181.ece)
2) A book about science
3) A book about American History
4) A book about language/writing
6) A book by a Goodreads author
7) A book written in 2010.
25 Points
1) A book with over 600 pages
2) A book you’ve been meaning to read for years (maybe have even started), but haven’t gotten around to finishing yet.
3) A book about a political figure/politics
4) A book written before 1776.
Perhaps I'll start updating you if I read particularly interesting or amazing books. No promises. I hate writing my opinions about books/movies down. My thoughts on such things change as I change... We'll see.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Friendship
I had a beautiful dream last night about making new friends. I woke up, dying to write about my dream, but as I began to put it into words, it felt so mundane. How do you write about the simplicity of strong friendship in a way that shows that beauty I was feeling when I woke up?
Well, anyway, here's to friendship.
Well, anyway, here's to friendship.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Sissel
My friend had a link to a Sissel/Motab song and I started listening to a whole bunch of Sissel's stuff. Then I found this:
Wow!
Wow!
Sunday, December 6, 2009
The Christmas Story
Yesterday, we got to go see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra in concert. The first half of the concert was their Ghosts of Christmas Eve. I really enjoy the TSO, but the thing that really struck me yesterday was that they focused on the Christ part of Christmas rather than the commercial part. I really loved that and it helped me get even in more in the mood for this Christmas season.
I didn't know that the Church has a Christmas site, but I found it today. http://www.lds.org/topic/christmas/index.html
I found this video and I loved it, so I thought I would share.
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