YA Lit:: 999 Reading Challenge Part Quatre

It's only been a couple of weeks or so since my last update but I want to *slay* this challenge. The more I think about it, the more likely I am to, you know, do it. The more I post about it... you get the point.

Plus, I'm beginning to see the dangers of the list I created, in terms of overlapping. Technically I've read graphic novels (category 3) that are also award-winners (category 2). Some non-fiction books (category 8) are books I never thought I'd read (category 9). Does that mean each book can only apply to one category, or shall I apply some cheating rules here?

Would that make me a naughty librarian?

As usual, new entries are in italics.

• 9 teen books with multicultural characters
  ~The Possibilities of Sainthood by Donna Freitas
  
• 9 teen award-winners
  ~Japan Ai: A Tall Girl's Adventures in Japan by Aimee Major Steinberger
  [YALSA's 2009 Great Graphic Novels for Teens]
  
• 9 graphic novels (non-manga)
  ~The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci
  ~Janes in Love by Cecil Castellucci
  ~Skim by Mariko Tamaki
  ~Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore
  ~Watchmen by Alan Moore
  ~Awkward and Definition by Ariel Schrag
• 9 blogs
  ~YALSA blog
  ~The YA YA YAs
  
• 9 webcomics*
  
• 9 Overdrive audiobooks
  ~Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
  ~Something Rotten by Alan M. Gratz
  ~The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin
  
• 9 picture books
  ~Dad Runs Away with the Circus by Etgar Keret
  ~Chester by Melanie Watt
  ~Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt
  ~A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker
  ~Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel
  ~The Cat's Tale by Doris Orgel
  ~When Randolph Turned Rotten by Charise Mericle Harper
  
• 9 non-fiction books
  ~Obama: The Historic Journey by The New York Times
  
• 9 titles I never thought I'd read
  ~The Coffee Trader by David Liss

* So I put webcomics on here to kind of kick start me into the regular perusal of such jewels. Well, it hasn't worked. I love webcomics but they don't keep my interest over a period of time. I'll tell you what I *do* enjoy, though. Podcasts. Next time, I think I'll have a new category: "webcomics and podcasts." Why the hell not?

And to welcome my podcast category, voila! Here's a comic by Greg Williams of the Tampa Tribune doing a pretty amazing job of capturing the essence of Chuck and Josh of the How Stuff Works podcast.

Ha!

YA Lit:: 999 Reading Challenge Part Trois

Just a wee update, now that we're in the beginning of March. New additions in italics. :D

• 9 teen books with multicultural characters
  ~The Possibilities of Sainthood by Donna Freitas
  
• 9 teen award-winners
• 9 graphic novels (non-manga)
  ~The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci
  ~Janes in Love by Cecil Castellucci
  ~Skim by Mariko Tamaki
  ~Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore
  
• 9 blogs
• 9 webcomics
• 9 Overdrive audiobooks
  ~Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
  ~Something Rotten by Alan M. Gratz
• 9 picture books
  ~Dad Runs Away with the Circus by Etgar Keret
  ~Chester by Melanie Watt
  ~Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt
  
• 9 non-fiction books
  ~Obama: The Historic Journey by The New York Times
  
• 9 titles I never thought I'd read
  ~The Coffee Trader by David Liss
  

I don't have very long to really get cracking!

YA Lit:: 999 Reading Challenge Part Deux

Thanks to my GoodReads account, I'm able to verify that I'm already ahead on some of these.

• 9 teen books with multicultural characters
• 9 teen award-winners
• 9 graphic novels (non-manga)
  ~The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci
  ~Janes in Love by Cecil Castellucci
• 9 blogs
• 9 webcomics
• 9 Overdrive audiobooks
  ~Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
  ~Something Rotten by Alan M. Gratz
• 9 picture books
  ~Dad Runs Away with the Circus by Etgar Keret
• 9 non-fiction books
• 9 titles I never thought I'd read
  ~The Coffee Trader by David Liss
  (I mean, it's a historical financial mystery. Not my average fare, fo' sho'.)
  

SAPL 23 Things: Cosa Numero 22

An exercise in hatred and love.

I pretty much despise NetLibrary. I think it's a fantastic resource but one I would not use personally. I'm just not an e-books gal. The techie revolution is not a bad thing in my mind. I love printing out online articles so I don't have to mess with a copy machine. I love listening to audio books that I can easily download. I will *not* read a book online. I would read it too fast and not really absorb as much as I would on the printed page. So yeah. Maybe I could deal with DailyLit but no NetLibrary for me.

Overdrive, however, is a blessing. Yes, it's clunky, and yes, the titles aren't always the best, but I *luv* listening to books while cooking/cleaning/driving. When sick, I just download one of those babies and press play. Oh, it's glorious.

I continue to be an Overdrive fan. In fact, it's my goal to listen to at least 9 titles this year, as part of a self-imposed 9 books in 9 categories in 2009 scheme, thanks to the folks over in Children's. Upon checking my trusty GoodReads account, I can see that I've already done 2 this year: The Dairy Queen, which is fabulous, and Something Rotten, which is based on Hamlet, so it's also pretty good.