Shelf Discovery Challenge

Booking Mama has announced a reading challenge centered around the book Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading by Lizzie Skurnick.Shelfdiscoverytilead The challenge is to pick six books to read and write a "book report" on and runs from November 1, 2009 – April 30, 2010. Looking through the book's table of contents I see a lot of books that I loved and several that I remember hearing about but never getting around to reading. I think it will be fun to remember and discuss these books from days gone by. Here are the six I think I will read for the challenge:

1. The Cat Ate My Gymsuit – my all-time favorite book from my pre-teen years

2. Fifteen – another favorite

3. A Wrinkle In Time – I never read it but I feel like I should

4. My Darling, My Hamburger – never heard of it but sounds intriguing

5. Jacob Have I Loved – read

6. Summer of My German Soldier – never read

October 28th, 2009 in Uncategorized
  • http://bookingmama.blogspot.com Julie P.

    Thanks for joining us — this challenge should be a lot of fun! I’m going to make my list tomorrow, but I’m having a very hard time. I’m thinking about THE CAT ATE MY GYMSUIT and A WRINKLE IN TIME!

  • julie cope

    i read my darling my hamburger…dont remember much, but i think i liked it! lol

  • http://nerdyapplebottom.blogspot.com/ CW

    Just signed up as well. I recently reread The Westing Game. And I’ve started encouraging Peanut to read some of my past favorites. She read The Egypt Game over the summer. Maybe we should do a book club a few times a year where we read books like that and Peanut could participate?

  • Kim

    Oh, you have to read A Wrinkle in Time. It is my favorite book of all time. I read it at least once a year.

  • http://angiepedersen.typepad.com Angie Pedersen

    I read A Wrinkle in Time in grade school, followed by A Wind in the Door, and A Swiftly Tilting Planet. I’ve been thinking of reading them again, and have suggested them to Jo, but she doesn’t seem too interested. I should see if AWIT is available on audiobook!