Nothing beats reading a good book with the sound of the pouring rain in the background. I love reading, the color yellow, thunderstorms, and waterfalls. I reread The Secret Garden at least once every year. I'm probably one of the last people on the planet who hasn't finished reading the Harry Potter books, but I intend to finish the last two shortly. Although I'll read anything I can get my hands on, I'm most passionate about collections of poetry. However, these also take me the longest to read because I don't like to race through reading a bunch of poems all at once. When that happens, I think you risk missing some of the hidden meanings the poet was trying to get across.
I've been dormant on here for quite some time, and aim to get much more active again.

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I am continuing my A-Z Author Challenge from 2005. Although I did not finish it in one year, the idea still thrills me, so I'm going to continue plugging away at my list. I am reading one author for each letter of the alphabet whom I've never read before. And I'm doing my best to read them in order. My list is not yet complete, but I have enough to start off the alphabet that I have time to find the missing books. If anyone has suggestions, by all means, please send me a PM:

A-Z Author Challenge List
A~"Portrait In Sepia" Isabelle Allende READ (2005)
B~"Running With Scissors" Augusten Burroughs READ (2005)
C~"If We Could Hear the Grass Grow" Eleanor Craig READ (2005)
D~"Slammerkin" Emma Donoghue READ (2005)
E~"Melbury Square" Dorothy Eden READ (2005)
F~"A Coney Island of the Mind" Lawrence Ferlinghetti READ (2005)
G~"Memoirs of a Geisha" Arthur Golden READ (2005)
H~"Ghostway" Tony Hillerman READ (2005)
I~"A Prayer For Owen Meany" John Irving
J~"The Haunting of Hill House" Shirley Jackson
K~"The Secret Life of Bees" Sue Monk Kidd
L~"Double, Double, Oil and Trouble" Emma Lathen
M~"Starting Out in the Evening" Brian Morton
N~"Reading Lolita In Tehran" Azar Nafisi
O~"The Bluebird and the Sparrow" Janette Oke
P~"Sex, Art, and the American Culture" Camille Paglia
Q~"Symogne" Q READ (2007)
R~"The Rag and the Bone Shop" Jeff Rackham READ (2005)
S~"Goodbye Gutenberg" Anthony Smith
T~"The Opposite of Fate" Amy Tan
U~"The Spiritual Life" Evelyn Underhill READ (2007)
V~"Dragon's Bait" Vivian Vande Velde READ (2005)
W~"Fire With Fire" Naomi Wolf
X~"Soul Mountain" Gao Xingjian
Y~"Widow, Nun, and Courtesan" Lin Yuang
Z~"Red Shoes & a Diary" Mia Zachary

As if I didn't have enough to keep me busy, I've now also joined the 2006 "Never Judge a Book By it's Cover" challenge. I've done reading challenges before, but no release challenges, so this should be interesting and fun (fingers crossed).

http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/23/3127856/subj_-2006-NEVER-JUDGE-A-BOOK-BY-ITS-COVER!


As if I didn't have enough to do, I have also started a little personal reading challenge to help me get through 100 books this year. For each month of the year, I'm going to try to read a book that has the name of that month somewhere in the title. After I read the book, I'll be wild releasing it (in the same month). If anybody has suggestions for particular months, I'm all ears.

2006 Months of the Year List
January: The Two Faces of January by Patricia Highsmith Released: 1/31/06
Februrary: Crazy February: Death and Life in the Mayan Highlands of Mexico by Carter Wilson
March: The Misadventures of Maude March by Audrey Couloumbis
April:
May:
June:
July:
August:
September:
October: October Sun: A Year of Haiku by Joseph Gustafson
November: November Grass by Judy Van Der Veer
December:
I have renewed my goal to read 100+ books in the year 2006. This is an average of 2 books per week, and right now I'm a little behind so I'd best quit playing around here and get reading!

MY WISH LIST

The Orchid House by Phyllis Ahand Allfrey
Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
Unicorn's Blood by Patricia Finney
Firedrake's Eye by Patricia Finney
Gloriana's Torch by Patricia Finney
Half Magic by Edward Eager
Seven-Day Magic by Edward Eager
The Owl Service by Alan Garner
The Fearless Treasure by Noel Streatfeild
The Other Side of Green Hills by John Keir Cross