March Wrap-Up

Read:

Non-fiction:
*House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe by Christina Lamb (World Citizens Challenge, 21 Cultures Challenge, Countdown Challenge, 999 Challenge, Support Your Local Library Challenge, Dewey Decimal Challenge, What's in a Name 2 bonus)

Middle Grade Non-fiction:
*Lives of the Artists: Masterpieces, Messes (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull (for homeschool)
*Poverty: What If We Do Nothing? by Cath Senker (for homeschool)

Fiction:
*The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge by Harry Harrison (a late finish for the Sci-Fi Experience, 42 Challenge, What an Animal Challenge)

YA Fiction:
*The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett (Once Upon a Time III, What an Animal, 999 Challenge, Countdown Challenge, RYOB '09, Book Awards II, YA Challenge)

Middle Grade Fiction:
*Looking for Bobowicz by Daniel Pinkwater (read-aloud with boys, Spring Reading Thing 2009)

Graphic Novels (fiction):
*The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg (Graphic Novels '09)
*American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (Graphic Novels '09, YA Challenge '09, Countdown Challenge, Dewey's Books Challenge, Book Awards II)
*The Sandman: Dream Country by Neil Gaiman (Support Your Local Library Challenge, bonus for Dream King Challenge, bonus for Graphic Novels '09)

Plays:
*The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (for homeschool)

Picture Books:
*Cat, What Is That? by Tony Johnston

Short Stories:
*"Young Man" by Mathias B. Freese (100 Shots of Shorts)
*"Nicholas" by Mathias B. Freese (100 Shots of Shorts)
*"Billy's Mirrored Wall" by Mathias B. Freese (100 Shots of Shorts)
*"The Babysitter's Code" by Laura Lippman (100 Shots of Shorts)
*"Unanswerable" by Mathias B. Freese (100 Shots of Shorts)
*"For a While, Here, In this Moment" by Mathias B. Freese (100 Shots of Shorts)
*"A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O’Connor (100 Shots of Shorts)
*"Mortise and Tenon" by Mathias B. Freese (100 Shots of Shorts)
*"The April Witch" by Ray Bradbury (100 Shots of Shorts, Once Upon a Time III)
*"Uncle Dobbin's Parrot Fair" by Charles de Lint (100 Shots of Shorts, Once Upon a Time III)
*“No One’s a Mystery” by Elizabeth Tallent (100 Shots of Shorts)
*"Alpha Alpha Gamma" by Nancy Springer (100 Shots of Shorts)

Essays/Articles:
*"Between a Rock and a Hyrax" by Ronald E. Barry, Natural History: March 2009 (for homeschool)
*"Forensic Evidence Goes on Trial" by Linda Geddes, NewScientist: Feb. 28 - March 6, 2009 (for fun)
*"Earth's Plan B" by Catherine Brahic, NewScientist: Feb 28 - March 6, 2009 (for fun)
*"The Environment and Globalization" by Jerry Mander, IFG Bulletin: Summer 2002, reprinted in Globalization: Opposing Viewpoints edited by Louise I. Gerdes (for homeschool)
*"Surviving in a Warmer World" by Gaia Vince, NewScientist: Feb. 28 - March 6, 2009 (for fun)
*"Why Do People Die That Way?" by Robert Pool, NewScientist: Feb. 28 - March 6, 2009 (for fun)

Watched:

On TV:
*A Sound of Thunder directed by Peter Hyams (42 Challenge)
*70s Fever, the History Channel (for fun)
*House (for fun)
--"The Social Contract"
--"Here Kitty"
--"Locked In"
*Criminal Minds (for fun)
--"Demonology"
--"Omnivore"
--"House on Fire"
*American Experience (for fun)
--"Sister Aimee"
--"Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple"

On DVD/Video:
*The Wire (for fun)
--"The Target"
--"The Detail"
--"The Buys"
*10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America by The History Channel (for homeschool)
--"Murder at the Fair: The Assassination of President McKinley"
--"Scopes: The Battle Over America's Soul"
*The Presidents by The History Channel (for homeschool)
--"Washington to Monroe: 1789-1825"
--"John Q. Adams to Polk: 1825-1849"
*MegaScience by The Science Channel (for homeschool)
--"The Return of the Plagues"
*Albert Schweitzer: Reverence for Life (for homeschool)
*Gabon: The Last Eden by National Geographic (for homeschool)
*Jazz: Rhythms of Freedom (for homeschool)

Created:

Not a gosh-darn thing. :(

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I'd had high hopes for getting a lot read this month, but it just didn't happen. You know, life and all. Oh well. Definitely read some stuff I loved (Maurice, House of Stone, my first de Lint short story, etc.), and as DesLily said "...the 'numbers' don't mean that much to me anyway...just as long as I enjoy what I do read."