tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892500784557925022011-04-21T19:14:46.156-07:00katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647610491252326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689250078455792502.post-45715002089030351302009-04-07T03:00:00.000-07:002009-04-07T03:16:08.484-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ml0zGv4Wd8Y/SdsnukgO9KI/AAAAAAAABAk/7k0xk_Lwicg/s1600-h/africa.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 290px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ml0zGv4Wd8Y/SdsnukgO9KI/AAAAAAAABAk/7k0xk_Lwicg/s320/africa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321891065694712994" /></a><br /><br />Nigeria: <a href="http://katrinasreads.blogspot.com/2008/09/my-thoughts-famished-road-by-ben-okri.html">The Famished Road</a>, Ben Okri<br /><br /><br /><br />Kids/YA Books:<br />Ethiopia: <a href="http://katrinasreads.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-thoughts-garbage-king-by-elizabeth.html">The Garbage King</a>, Elizabeth Laird<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/689250078455792502-4571500208903035130?l=katrinaschallenges.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647610491252326847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689250078455792502.post-4014786993433648762009-04-07T02:34:00.000-07:002009-04-07T02:35:30.506-07:00This blog is currently a work in progress, I have many plans for it and hope to build it up and then release in in 2010 when it has a variety of parts to it.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/689250078455792502-401478699343364876?l=katrinaschallenges.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647610491252326847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689250078455792502.post-28739238042672065022008-07-29T07:47:00.000-07:002008-07-29T08:28:59.044-07:00<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Ml0zGv4Wd8Y/SI827zT64kI/AAAAAAAAAas/2MakJFLyrtk/s1600-h/latin_america_map.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228458093414376002" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Ml0zGv4Wd8Y/SI827zT64kI/AAAAAAAAAas/2MakJFLyrtk/s320/latin_america_map.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">This challenge will run for 4 months, between the 1st January - 30th April 2009.<br />The aim is to read a 4 books from Latin America, these can be fiction or non-fiction the mix is up to you. The books can be used as part of other challenges, but must be finished between the dates of the challenge.<br />I've shown below a couple of options you may want to follow:<br /><span style="color:#6666cc;">Free Choice</span>: Read any four Latin American books<br /><span style="color:#6666cc;">Mix it Up</span>: Read a variety of fiction and non-fiction Latin American books<br /><span style="color:#6666cc;">Author Challenge</span>: Read a variety of work from just one author.<br /><span style="color:#6666cc;">States</span>: Read a book from a variety of the differnt states of Latin America<br /><span style="color:#6666cc;">Magic Realism</span>: Latin America is famous for producing the Magic Realism genre, you may decide just to read books fitting this genre.<br /><br />I've added some suggestions in the side bar, and any recommendations are welcome.</span><br /><br />I will be using Mr Linky to sign people up.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/689250078455792502-2873923804267206502?l=katrinaschallenges.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647610491252326847noreply@blogger.com0