My Challenges (timed)


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Completed 9 of 10


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My Challenges (perpetual)

100 SHOTS OF SHORT
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CHECKIN’ OFF THE CHEKHOV
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THE COMPLETE BOOKER
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MARTEL-HARPER CHALLENGE
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MODERN LIBRARY'S 100 BEST NOVELS

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NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS
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THE PULITZER PROJECT
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TAMMY'S BEYOND BOOKS CHALLENGE

New York Times Book Review: 6/40
New Yorker: 0/36
New York Review of Books: 0/20
Vogue: 1/16
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Baker Street Challenge

This Sherlock Holmes-themed challenge is being hosted by Ruth of Bookish Ruth. Participants can choose to read the Sherlock Holmes novels, short story collections, Holmes stories by authors other than Arthur Conan Doyle, nonfiction books about Doyle or Sherlock Holmes, or non-Sherlock Holmes works by Doyle. The challenge runs through December 31, 2009. The reading tiers that participants choose from are:

Three Pipe Problem: 3 books
Sign of the Four: 4 books
Five Orange Pips: 5 books
Seven Percent Solution: 7 books

Books do not have to be chosen in advance and can change at any time. Audiobooks and overlaps with other challenges are allowed.

I'm choosing Sign of the Four. My book choices are:

The Sign of Four -- completed 9/7/09; review

A Study In Scarlet -- completed 7/25/09; review

The Valley of Fear

one nonfiction book TBD

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