Lit Flicks Challenge

Lit Flicks Challenge – Summation

March 2, 2009

It is finished. The Lit Flicks Challenge is officially over. Here’s a challenge summary: MY PROGRESS I successfully completed my own version of this challenge, but fell two movies short of finishing my brother’s version. Here’s what I read and saw: The City of Ember, by Jeanne DuPrau – 9/25/2008 * Movie: City of Ember - 10/11/2008 [...]

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February 2009 Summation

February 28, 2009

Here is an abstract of my literary doings in February. Books Read Master, by Toni Sorenson – 2/3/2009  North of Beautiful, by Justina Chen Headley – 2/6/2009  American Rust, by Philipp Meyer – 2/17/2009  February Total = 3 Year-to-Date Total = 5 So, the good news is that I almost doubled my total from January. [...]

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Bookworms Carnival – Edition 23

February 20, 2009

Welcome to the 23rd Edition of the Bookworms Carnival! The Carnival, started by the late Dewey @ The Hidden Side of a Leaf, is a semi-monthly blog carnival that collects book blog posts centered on a particular theme. This edition’s theme is “literature and film” or “books to movies,” which encompasses anything book and movie [...]

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Coraline – The Movie

February 10, 2009

On Saturday night, I saw Coraline in 3D.  I read the book and saw the movie for the Lit Flicks Challenge. Coraline’s family has moved into an old house divided into separate apartments.  Her parents are busy writing a new gardening catalog and have no time to entertain Coraline.  In desperation, her father tells her [...]

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Lit Flicks Challenge – February

February 1, 2009

Only one month to go! Here’s the last monthly Lit Flicks Challenge post: JANUARY WINNER First things first. The winner of the January giveaway is . . . Stacy H @ One Girl’s Opinion.  I’ll be sending her a copy of Nights in Rodanthe, by Nicholas Sparks.  It was on her original challenge list but didn’t make [...]

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Lit Flicks Challenge – January

January 1, 2009

Only two months left of Lit Flicks fun. Here’s the January Lit Flicks Challenge post: DECEMBER WINNER First things first. The winner of the December giveaway is . . . Rachelle @ My Book Challenges! I’ll be sending her a copy of Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens. It is on her challenge list and was [...]

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Lit Flicks Challenge – December

December 1, 2008

Ah, we’re halfway done, and what a time we’re having! Here’s the December Lit Flicks Challenge post: NOVEMBER WINNER First things first. The winner of the November giveaway is . . . Meryl @ My Bit of Earth! I’ll be sending her a copy of The Constant Gardener, by John le Carre. The movie adaptation [...]

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The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo

November 17, 2008

The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread, by Kate DiCamillo was the winner of the 2004 Newbery Award. It has been made into a movie that will be released on December 19, 2008. So, Despereaux is a mouse. A very small mouse with [...]

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