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  The Challenged Reader's Next Reality Book Star -- 2nd Check In

  It's time to post all those books you've completed since our last check in. This also gives the rest of us an opportunity to see who has been starring on which shows.
  
  Please let us know the same information as the last time:
  
  (Sample)
  Title: A Child Called It
  Author: Melissa Nathan
  Show Number: A-3
  Why are you using this book for this show: This book is a biography about David Pelzer.
  
  Remember that this challenge is retroactive. So a book that you read previously this month may still be counted at this check-in or at a later check in.
  
  So, has anyone been asked for an autograph yet? =P

  Not Rory Gilmore started this discussion 3 months ago. ( reply )

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  Tenia F 

  Ted Kennedy the Dream That Never Died
  Edward Klein
  A-3
  Biography of the Life of Ted Kennedy

  The Future of Ice
  Gretel Ehrlich
  B-3
  Main Characters go on a ship on search of glaciers

  Shepherd's Fall
  W.L. Dyson
  D-1
  Main Character Nick Shepherd is a bounty hunter

  Donnie Brasco Unfinished Business
  Joe Pistone
  G-1
  (FBI Agent spent 6 years undercover in the Mafia)

  The Adoration of Jenna Fox
  Mary E Pearson
  I-1
  (Parents dislike boyfriend of Jenna's due to the fact they are afraid he'll discover there secret)

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  Rachel H (edited)

  Austenland
  author: Shannon Hale
  C1
  the main character says she hates someone at one point and ends up with him at the end of the book.

  The Nanny Diaries
  Authors: Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
  F1
  Main character is a nanny

  The Moon by Night
  Author: madeline L'Engle
  A1
  The book involves the family taking a road trip across the U.S.

  Carrie
  author: Stephen King
  J1
  Stephen King=the King of horror [need I say more :-)]

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  Jen M 

  I did not rearrange any of my books so these are all new to the list. Can't wait to see if you buy-in to my argument for Memoirs of a Geisha ;).

  
  
  

  A-5: Making the Band
  Reading Task: Read a book about a musician or a band.
  Book: Dark Challenge by Christine Feehan
  Reason: The heroine of this story has a mesmerizing, magical voice, literally...it weaves spells. She's spent centuries traveling as a musical performer.

  D-1: Dog the Bounty Hunter
  Reading Task: Read a book that features a bounty hunter.
  Book: Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich
  Reason: Our main character is a bonds enforcement agent, which means she goes after the people that skip bail or miss court dates.

  G-3: The Apprentice
  Reading Task: Read a business book.
  Book: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
  Reason: Ok...so this one might be out of the box thinking but go with me on this one: Although the book is a work of fiction, it delved heavily into the "behind the scenes" of the life of a geisha, which is very much business oriented. While all glam and artistic on the surface, the girls of an okiya are viewed as business investments, and every effort made to "improve" them are written as debts to the okiya that the girl must then repay when she becomes a full geisha. Every move made by the mother of the okiya, right down to the selling of the geisha's virginity to the highest bidder, is calculated to bring the most funds and reputation to the house for continued success. Is this not a business??

  J-1: Scare Tactics
  Reading Task: read a book from the horror genre.
  Book: Homebody by Orson Scott Card
  Reason: Creepy little story about a house that's alive, literally. And it doesn't like when people knock down the walls.

  K-1: The Crocodile Hunter
  Reading Task: read a book about reptiles or a biography about Steve Irwin.
  Book: Dark Magic by Christine Feehan
  Reason: Our magic couple battle an ancient vampire who has kept himself hidden in the swamps of Louisiana. Disguised as a vicious and huge alligator, the vampire has become so feared in the area that he's whispered of in local legends, referred to as Old Man Alligator.

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    Mary B 

    I hope that Memoirs argument works out, because I plan on stretching that one too!

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    JudithAnn 

    I'll leave it to NRG, but I "can see where you're coming from".

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    Not Rory Gilmore 

    I agree with JudithAnn. We'll go ahead and count it. For the "stretchers" we'll go on a case by case or book by book judgment. We'll allow you to use this one for the category.

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    Jen M 

    Yay thank you! I was hoping if I made the case reasonable enough, it might float.

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  Mary B 

  Previously on..... 2 appearances on A-3 and 1 on C-2

  Title: Travels with Charley
  Author: John Steinbeck
  Show Number: A-1
  Why are you using this book for this show: memoir about a road trip

  Title: Thomas Cranmer
  Author: Diarmaid MacCullouch
  Show Number: A-3
  Why are you using this book for this show: biography

  Title: A Woman's Life in the Court of the Sun King: Letters of Liselotte von der Pfalz
  Author: Elborg Foster
  Show Number: A-3
  Why are you using this book for this show: letters/bio

  Title: The Perfect Prince: The Mystery of Perkin Warbeck and His Quest for the Throne of England
  Author: Ann Wroe
  Show Number: A-3
  Why are you using this book for this show: biography

  Title: The Wars of the Roses: Through the Lives of Five Men and Women of the Fifteenth Century
  Author: Desmond Seward
  Show Number: A-3
  Why are you using this book for this show: biography

  Title: The Hunger Games
  Author: Suzanne Collins
  Show Number: G-2
  Why are you using this book for this show: most of the book takes place at the Hunger Games in the arena

  Title: The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment
  Author: A.J. Jacobs
  Show Number: H-1
  Why are you using this book for this show: considered a humour author

  Title: Cold Comfort Farm
  Author: Stella Gibbons
  Show Number: I-1
  Why are you using this book for this show: Ada Doom disapproves of everything her family does, especially if it involves marriage or leaving

  Title: The Boy Next Door
  Author: Meg Cabot
  Show Number: J-2
  Why are you using this book for this show: chick lit

  Title: The Actor and the Housewife
  Author: Shannon Hale
  Show Number: J-2
  Why are you using this book for this show: chick lit

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  DeeAnn J 

  Title: Storm Fron
  Author: Jim Butcher
  Show Number: J-1
  Why are you using this book for this show: tagged Horror on Shelfari

  Title: Angels Fall
  Author: Nora Roberts
  Show Number: J-2
  Why are you using this book for this show: tagged chick lit on Shelfari

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  DeeAnn J 

  Title: Storm Fron
  Author: Jim Butcher
  Show Number: J-1
  Why are you using this book for this show: tagged Horror on Shelfari

  Title: Angels Fall
  Author: Nora Roberts
  Show Number: J-2
  Why are you using this book for this show: tagged chick lit on Shelfari

  posted 3 months ago. ( reply )

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  clockstein 

  Title: Dark Entries
  Author: Ian Rankin
  Show Number: J-1
  Reasoning: It's about a reality TV show that takes place in Hell. It also fits the category of G-2 because they are all locked in a house

  Title: The Great Christmas Bowl
  Author: Susan May Warren
  Show Number: H-1
  Reasoning: The main character becomes the high school football mascot: a trout.

  Title: Spring Broke
  Author: Melody Carlson
  Show Number: I-1
  Reasoning: Gil and Anna's mother doesn't want them dating their non-Latina significant others and makes their lives difficult

  Title: Three Weddings and a Bar Mitzvah
  Author: Melody Carlson
  Show Number: J-2
  Reasoning: Anna gets jealous that her friends are getting married, dumps her boyfriend, and then spends pages trying to make it right.

  Title: Think No Evil
  Author: Jonas Beiler
  Show Number: B-1
  Reasoning: I'm hoping you'll let me stretch this a bit. It's a book about the Amish school shooting and focuses on the Amish culture, and they do tend to live in the 1900 or earlier lifestyle... So does that work??

  Title: The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow
  Author: Joyce Magnin
  Show Number: G-2
  Reasoning: Agnes weighs of 700 pounds and hasn't left her house in over ten years.

  That's it for me this time!

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    Not Rory Gilmore 

    Did you like The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow? I just added it to my TBR yesterday.

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    clockstein 

    I really loved it! It's quirky and fun but serious and inspiring. Very literary.

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  SouthWestZippy 

  Title: The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency
  Author: Alexander McCall Smith
  Show Number: Show G-1
  Why are you using this book for this show: Lead character owns a detective agency Precious Ramotswe.

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  kairilily 

  I only have two books that don't fit into a show and one that's a duplicate of a show I already posted, so I guess I can't count anything new this check in.

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  Cora R 

  I did not have anything new for this check in either.

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  Tanya D 

  Title: Emma
  Author: Jane Austen
  Show Number: J-2
  Why are you using this book for this show: tagged chick lit on Shelfari

  Title: By Hook or by Crook
  Author: Betty Hechtman
  Show Number:G-1
  Why are you using this book for this show: main character is an event coordinator at a bookstore who tries to find out the murderer of a woman who had left something with her crochet group.

  That's all I got that fits the current categories.

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  Not Rory Gilmore 

  I've been away for a few days, but I hope to start working on these results after work tonight and get them posted either tonight or tomorrow evening.

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  Lady_Shain 

  Better Late than Never?

  Show A3 - True Life - Read any memoir or biography about anyone.
  Book: Iceman: My Fighting Life by Chuck Liddell - in progress
  Why this book? Biography

  Show B2 - Outback House - Read a book about Australia, or a book that is set in Australia.
  Book: Crystal Woman by Lynn V Andrews - Completed Sept 21
  Why this book? About the author's Spiritual Journey set in Australia

  Category D
  Show D1 - Dog the Bounty Hunter (week 1) - Read a book that features a bounty hunter.
  Book: Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich - Completed September 23
  Why this book? The main character works as a Bond enforcement agent for her cousin Vinnie

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    JudithAnn 

    No, better later than late! Just report these in the next check-in, otherwise these results may be missed completely....

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    Not Rory Gilmore 

    I see them, but I'm going to go ahead and post them during the next check in if that is okay.

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