My Challenge Wrap-Up

Today is the last day of Callista's Jewish Literature Challenge, but I'm not quite done. I'm in the middle of Peter Beagle's A Fine and Private Place, and I'm also listening to Night, by Elie Wiesel, on my iPod, but am not quite finished with it, either. So I'll continue to read and listen to these final choices even though the official challenge is over.

The books I have completed for this challenge are:

• In the Name of Sorrow and Hope, by Noa Ben Artzi-Pelossof


• The Devil's Arithmetic, by Jane Yolen


• My Grandmother's Stories, by Adele Geras

I enjoyed this challenge very much and look forward to it again next time! Thanks for hosting, Callista!

Challenge Complete (3M from 1morechapter.com)

I really loved participating in this challenge again.  I enjoyed all my books, especially Petropolis, but the highlight of the challenge was watching the film Ushpizin.  I loved it!

1. Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
2. Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer
3. Petropolis by Anya Ulinich
4. Natasha and Other Stories by David Bezmozgis

Film from Israel: Ushpizin

Wrap-up Posts

There's still a few days left and like I said, feel free to continue, even if you're past the date, it's all for fun anyways.

You can post a wrap-up directly to this blog if you want. If you don't want to or aren't a member of the blog, and you post one at your own blog, leave the link in the comments.

CHALLENGE COMPLETED

I just completed the Jewish Literature Challenge for 2008-2009.

The five books read were:

SEINLANGUAGE by Jerry Seinfeld
DREK! by Yetta Emmes
CROSSING DELANCEY by Susan Sandler
CONVICTION by Leonard Levitt
SARAH'S KEY by Tatiana deRosnay

Thanks to Callista for hosting this challenge - I'll be looking forward to the 2009-2010 edition.

Wrap-Up

I completed the challenge a while ago; it was fun to have occasion to highlight some of the reading I do for my job as a temple librarian and share some of the great books I read. You can see my reviews here. Thanks to Callista for hosting the challenge.

Challenge Wrap-Up

Well I finished my challenge and had great fun. I'm glad so many people joined me for it. I fully intend to hold it again come Hanukkah.

Books I read:

Even Higher by Richard Ungar
Hanukkah by Roni Schotter
Hanukkah Lights, Hanukkah Nights by Leslie Kimmelman
The Channukah Tree by Eric A. Kimmel
The Channukah Guest by Eric A. Kimmel
I Have a Little Dreidel by Maxie Baum
The Christmas Revolution by Barbara Cohen
The Rabbi's Girls by Johanna Hurwitz
Something from Nothing by Phoebe Gilman
Emil and Karl by Yankev Glatshteyn
Hooray it's Passover by Leslie Kimmelman
A Woman in Jerusalem by A.B. Yehoshua

You can find all my review here.

My favourite novel was Emil and Karl by Yankev Glatshteyn and my favourite picture book was The Channukah Guest by Eric A. Kimmel.

Becky's Completed List

Callista is hosting a new challenge, the Jewish Literature Challenge. It does have its own blog. I'm assuming she'll invite participants so they can post their as well as on their own blogs.


Golden Dreydl by Ellen Kushner
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
The Entertainer and the Dybbuk by Sid Fleischman
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree by Laura Hillman
The Mozart Question by Michael Morpurgo
The Cage by Ruth Minsky Sender
Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank
I Have Lived A Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson
My Bridges of Hope by Livia Bitton-Jackson

3M's Challenge Wrap-up

I read six books for this challenge:

• Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
• Maus I by Art Spiegelman
• Maus II by Art Spiegelman
• Kaddish for a Child Not Born by Imre Kertesz
• Kanada by Eva Wiseman
• Detective Story by Imre Kertesz

I highly, highly recommend the first four books on my list, especially Maus I and II. I really enjoyed this challenge. Thanks for hosting, Callista!

Challenge Wrap-Up

Happy Passover!

I prepared this post in advance, since I will be spending all day Saturday in the kitchen cooking up our Seder meal!


Well, at least I can say I've finished one challenge this year, since I'm not doing so well on the others.


Books Read:


1. Living a Jewish Life: Jewish traditions, customs, and values for today's family - Anita Diamant (non-fiction) (finished 22 January 2008)
2. Moishe's Miracle: A Hanukkah Story - Laura Krauss Melmud (children's)
3. Hanukkah at Valley Forge - Stephen Krensky (children's)
4. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak (fiction) (finished 25 February 2008)
5. The Castle on Hester Street - Linda Heller (children's) (finished 7 February 2008)

The best book: They were all good in their own way. If I had to pick a favorite, it would probably be Moishe's Miracle, although I also really loved The Book Thief.
What book could I have done without: None, I liked them all.
Any new authors: All except Anita Diamant.


Thanks, Callista for hosting this challenge!

Wrap-up

I finished the Jewish Literature Challenge today. My post with links to all reviews is here.