Chantale's BookShelf

The Host - Update

2008-07-10T06:58:00.000-07:00

Ironically after going home to read last night, I finally got to a part where about 10 more people entered the scene.

Much more excited.

2008-07-09T08:23:00.000-07:00

So, currently I'm reading Stephenie Meyer's The Host. The beginning was really interesting and creepy what with the sci-fi aspect and the Souls taking over Earth. A little confusing to get the thought of it in my head, I'll admit. It was pretty trippy - lol.

I'd say I'm about a third of the way in though, and it's going somewhat slowly. It tends to drag on a bit. I pictured myself in love with the man they are both chasing after but as of yet he doesn't suck me in. I can't right now even remember his name ... Melanie, Wanderer annnd... See? Nothing.

I didn't expect it to be as amazing as the Twilight series of course. But I expected it to go a little faster. I like a lot of dialogue - which, this doesn't so much seem to have a ton of yet. I also enjoy scene changes and right now we're walking through the desert. Sigh.

We'll see what happens. I should buckle down and get through it.

2nd Canadian Book Challenge!

2008-07-08T11:53:00.001-07:00

The rules are simple: read 13 Canadian books (books by Canadians and/or about Canadians) before next Canada Day (That's July 1st for you non-Canadians in the audience). Make sure to blog about each one!

I've chosen to do a book from/about/by an author from each province/territory.

1. Newfoundland and Labrador : The Shipping News - E. Annie Proulx.

2. Prince Edward Island: Lucy Maud Montgomery- Anne of Green Gables

3. Nova Scotia : No Great Mischief - Alistair Macleod

4. New Brunswick : David Adams Richards- Mercy Among The Children

5. Quebec : Yann Martel - Life of Pi

6 . Ontario : Mary Lawson- Crow Lake

7. Manitoba : Miriam Toews- A Complicated Kindness

8. Saskatchewan : Guy Gavriel Kay- The Summer Tree

9. Alberta : Cheryl Kaye Tardif- The River

10. British Columbia : David Bergen- The Time In Between

11. Yukon : Doctor on Everest: A Memoir of the Ill-Fated 1971 International Everest Expedition - Peter Steele

12. North West Territories: Elizabeth Hay- Late Nights On Air

13. Nunavut: Kevin Patterson- Consumption

I'll update more tomorrow!

A Daring Book Challenge

2008-07-08T09:51:00.000-07:00

My first official book challenge!!

I can choose from three tracts :

1. Read one book from each category from June 15/08 to February 15/09 (6 books in 8 months)

2. Read any 9 books from the list from June 15/08 to June 15/09 (9 books in 12 months) <<> I Choose this one!

3. Read one whole series from this list starting June 15/08. If it contains up to 10 books, by June 15/09, if 20-30 books, by June 15/11 and for the Trixie Belden series and Nancy Drew series by June 15/12.

My Nine choices, which will include previously unread book from at least each category are:

1. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

2. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien

3. Earthsea trilogy by Ursula K. LeGuin (series of 3 books)

4. Black Beauty by Anne Sewell

5. Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley

6. The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene

7. The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander

8. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

9. The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett