January Reading Challenge Updates

Off the Shelf (Making a Dent, 30 books)
1. A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
2. Geisha, A Life by Mineko Iwasaki
3. Othello by William Shakespeare
4. Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
5. 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
6. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
7. St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell

The 4 Month Challenge

1. Read a book you need to read for another challenge, A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck; 20 points
2. Read a book about a person who is still alive (Memoir, bio, auto-bio, etc), Geisha, A Life by Mineko Iwasaki; 15 points

3. Read a book written before you were born, Othello by William Shakespeare; 15 points
4. Read a book by your favorite author, Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli; 5 points
5. Read a book about a person who is passed (Memoir, bio, auto-bio, etc), 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff; 20 points
6. Read a classic you've never read before, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith; 20 points
7. Read a book of short stories, St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Smith; 20 points

Total for January: 115

Total: 190 points

Shakespeare Reading Challenge (Desdemona, 6 plays)

1. Othello