Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Bookfest, year 3

Well here we are again, preparing to embark on our third year of Bookfest. The contrinbuting members have been selected and confirmed and selections made. This year Bookfest welcomes contributing member, Mirlandra, which makes for a grand total of 8 members, each with 3 selections.

The list for 2008 is as follows (for those of you who might wish to plan ahead to read along):

JANUARY
1. Surprised by Joy, C.S. Lewis (Sky)
2. Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe (calon lan)

FEBRUARY
1. Holes, by Louis Sachar (Rose)
2. Peace Like a River, by Leif Enger (QOC)

MARCH
1. Safely Home, by Randy Alcorn (Carrie)
2. The Bookseller of Kabul, by Asne Seierstad (Ani)

APRIL
1. Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare, by Stephen Greenblatt (Mirlandra)
2. The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco (Alaina)

MAY
1. Fountain and Tomb, by Bauib Mahfouz (calon lan)
2. Race for the Park Street Treasure, by Sigmund Brouwer (Rose)

JUNE
1. Life Among the Savages, by Shirley Jackson (QOC)
2. Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe (Carrie)

JULY
1. A Year in Provence, by Peter Mayle (Ani)
2. Cordelia Underwood, by Van Reid (Sky)

AUGUST
1. Feint of Art, by Hailey Lind (Alaina)
2. Redeeming Love, by Francine Rivers (Mirlandra)

SEPTEMBER
1. The Decline and Fall of Practically Everbody, by Will Cuppy (Rose)
2. An Artist of the Floating World, by Kazuo Ishiguro (calon lan)

OCTOBER
1. The True Story of Hansel and Gretel, by Louise Murphy (Carrie)
2. Comstock Lode, by Louis Lamour (Sky)

NOVEMBER
1. Leepike Ridge, by N.D. Wilson (Alaina)
2. Middlemarch, by George Eliot (Mirlandra)

DECEMBER
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khalid Hosseini (Ani)
2. The Chosen, by Chaim Potok (QOC)

7 Comments:

At 6:50 PM, Blogger Queen of Carrots said...

I just got *The Name of the Rose* from the library. Now I suppose I should put it back and wait for April. I also just read *Holes* a few weeks ago. Looks like some Bookfest mind meld going on. Anyway, looks like a good year!

 
At 8:16 PM, Blogger B said...

I'm so glad to be starting off the year with C.S. Lewis. It promises to be exciting!

 
At 8:30 AM, Blogger Alaina said...

What a great list! Very diverse. I haven't even heard of half the titles, which is great, because I'm always looking to expand my horizon.

 
At 9:30 AM, Blogger Sky said...

Oh man! It looks so exciting!
I am going to have to order SO many books!

 
At 7:58 PM, Blogger B said...

I just looked over the list again and realized we're reading a Greenblatt book. Very nice! Can't wait to see what he has to say.

 
At 6:14 PM, Blogger return home gnome said...

ARRRRRRRRRG!
You post a list like that and I can't resist! CANT RESIST!!!
:P
thbbbt to you, I say....

 
At 8:28 AM, Blogger return home gnome said...

Ha! I got confused and read Holes already! LOL. I guess I got a jump start on February.

 

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