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Advent To Candlemas Reading Competition (2013-2014)


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Wish I could come along but I think this Advent to candlemas for me will be rather busy. Between finals, christmas, visiting my sister, moving. training for new job, and getting settled in at new job there isn't a lot of time in there for reading. Maybe over the summer though if we do another summer one!

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OK... but you no gotta read NUFFIN for those finals?????  You no read on airplanes?   Just for fun, before bed?   :please:

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Oh. I guess I read about 5 pages of an article called Extrametricality and Stress in Polish by Steven Franks. (You can find it on JStor, a wonderful resource.) More articles coming up today.... Does skimming my notebook for the next final count?

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13 pages (out of 30 in the article) from:

Cyran, E., & Gussmann, E. (1999).  Consonant clusters and governing relations: Polish initial consonant sequences. In H. van der Hulst & N. A. Ritter (Eds.), The syllable: Views and facts (219-248).  Berlin, Germany: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co.

One more article to come today, and then I'll be done. I suppose I'm not reading my paper, so it doesn't count....
 

 

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13 pages (out of 30 in the article) from:

Cyran, E., & Gussmann, E. (1999).  Consonant clusters and governing relations: Polish initial consonant sequences. In H. van der Hulst & N. A. Ritter (Eds.), The syllable: Views and facts (219-248).  Berlin, Germany: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co.

One more article to come today, and then I'll be done. I suppose I'm not reading my paper, so it doesn't count....

Never mind that about another article. I'm not reading it if I can get away with that. I only have so much time and I have a final to finish in that time too.... And there are only two more pages left to write to be inside the parameters for the paper. (I'll probably do more than that bare minimum.)

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You know...

 

I think we should let all students claim 200 pages for 'Final Exam Review Reading'  You don't have to document pages, or indicate subjects.... your hard work should be honored.

 

So.... I know we have at least 4 of you on here... .just let us know if you want to claim your 'Final Exam Review Reading' Credit!!!!

 

(Kind of like an income tax credit... freely available to all who qualify!)

 

 

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MY Book:  Completed - Kaleidoscope by Dorothy Gilman, 241 pages. 

 

NOT as good as the Mrs. Pollifax series books or The Tightrope Walker... but it had its moments.   Premise a little weak....  Glad I read it, however, because it was the only one I still had not read -- she died in the last year or two, and it was kind of a thank-you read.  I would definitely recommend The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax....

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13 pages (out of 30 in the article) from:

Cyran, E., & Gussmann, E. (1999).  Consonant clusters and governing relations: Polish initial consonant sequences. In H. van der Hulst & N. A. Ritter (Eds.), The syllable: Views and facts (219-248).  Berlin, Germany: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co.

One more article to come today, and then I'll be done. I suppose I'm not reading my paper, so it doesn't count....

 

 

SOMEBODY has learned to cite articles & books properly!   :winner:

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It was easier to cut and paste, since I was cutting and pasting the whole thing anyway. Oh, and owl.english.purdue.edu is the best thing ever.

 

ETA: And there's no way I'm reading a whole 200 pages, or writing that many. But I guess I'll take the credit....

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Good.  That is the point of the credit... to encourage people to do the job/task/work!

 

When I was in grad school (right after 2001).... they had this crazy tax credit on the books for just 4 years.... it let you take an income tax credit for ANY tuition or fees for training above the high school level if it was at a college or approved school.  It meant I was able to get the grad school classes almost for free!!!!!!   What a gift!      So... I kinda think this works the same way.... encourage you all to focus on getting through finals and papers and get some extra credit!!!!!

 

CLAIMING CREDIT FOR SCHOOLWORK:

 

Christina Therese -- Final and Exam Credit - 200 pages

 

 

 

 

ANYONE ELSE?

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Updated Status on Reading thus far.  I've taken out the formatting to make my life easier.   If I mucked anything up, let me know and I'll make the changes next update.

Be sure to announce if you want to claim a 'final exam review reading credit' of 200 pages for students AND/OR if you want to designate a CHALLENGE book... :)

 

We are getting a lot of reading done....  :)

 

 

READERS SO FAR: (in alphabetical order)

 

 

ANCILLA DOMANI “Cilla”

 

In Progress:

 

Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens  (372 pgs in progress)

The Betrothed by Alesandro Manzoni (713 pgs in progress)

 

 

ANNE LINE  â€œAL”

 

Completed:

 

Lights of Glory:  A Biography of

……Father Bonaventure Galvin, O.C.D., 1925-1992, by Dolores

……Grogan, O.C.D.S.  ……………………………………..……153 pages

Lights of Glory by Dolores Grogan (second reading) ………..…..153 pages

Kaleidoscope, Dorothy Gilman……………………………………241 pages

 

In Progress:

 

CHALLENGE BOOK:   Out of the Silent Planet, C.S. Lewis

 Future challenge book:  Story of a Soul, Study Edition

 â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦ By St. Therese (Marc Foley, trans.)

 

 

CARTER MIA   “Carter”

 

Completed:

 

The Brightstone Saga by Thompson

 

…..The Brightworking, Book 1 ………………………………....…160 pages

…..The Fortune-Teller, Book 2 Thompson ………………..………160 pages

…..The Battle for the Brightstone, Book 3……………...………… 176 pages

 

I am Alice by Delaney ……………………………………..………448 pages

Lure of the Dead by Delaney ……………………………..………..448 pages

 

CHALLENGE BOOK: 

The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ" by St. Alphonsus……..……486 pages x 2

 

 

 

In Progress:

 

CHALLENGE BOOK: 

Rise, Let Us be on Our Way by Blessed Pope John Paul II

 

In this House of Brede (if it arrives for Christmas!) :please:

 

 

CHRISTINA THERESE

 

Completed:

 

In Progress:

'Final Exam Review Reading' Credit  (200 Pages)

 

 

 

 

CHRYSOPHAX     â€œChrys”

 

Completed:

 

The False Prince by Jennifer Nielsen……………………352 pages

The Runaway King by Jennifer Nielsen…………………352 pages

Among the Hidden by Margaret Petersen Haddix………153 pages

The Thirteenth Princess by Dianna Zahler………………272 pages

 

In progress:

 

CHALLENGE BOOK:  

 

The Last Crusader by Louis De Wahl

 

 

COMING BACK

 

Completed:

 

My Life with the Saints, by James Martin ……………………..414 pages

A Place Apart by Basil Pennington……………………………. 192 pages

The Jesuit Guide to (Almost Everything) by James Martin…….. 406 pages

Phatmass Summer Reading Thread (Reference materials) …..…. 34 pages

 

In Progress:

 

Dark Witch by Nora Roberts

Lots of other ideas gleaned from the Summer Reading Thread….

 

CHALLENGE BOOK:  

Theology for Beginners by F.J. Sheed (252 pgs in progress)

(Later challenge….) The Shorter Summa by St. Thomas Aquinas

 

 

 

CONTEMPORARY CATHOIC CRUSADER   “CCC”

 

In Progress:

 

Days of Future Past!

 

 

 

DEUS TE AMAT  “DTA”

 

Completed:

Enigma by Robert Harris……………………………… 384 pages

The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult…………………………480 pages

Jaran by Kate Elliott……………………………………496 pages

 

In progress:

 

Not telling!

 

 

 

EMILY ANN    “Emily”

 

Completed:

 

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley……………….….288 pages

 

In progress:

 

Dracula by Bram Stoker

 

 

 

 

LIGHT AND TRUTH

 

In Progress:

 

To Be Announced

 

 

 

NOT THE PHILOSOPHER

 

Completed:

 

For the Life of the World by Alexander Schmemann……151 pages

 

 

In Progress:

 
City of God by St. Augustine

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (2nd time)

Readings for School (details tba)

 

CHALLENGE BOOK:   

 

tba

 

 

 

 

PLOOMF

 

In progress:

 

CHALLENGE BOOK:  Catholicism for Dummies

 

 

 

THERESA THOMA

 

In Progress:

'Final Exam Review Reading' Credit  (200 Pages)

 

 

 

xTRICIAxLYNNx   

 

In progress:

 

CHALLENGE BOOK:   The Confessions by St. Augustine

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I will note that the next time I update, TheresaThoma!

 

Is the Diary of St. Faustina a 'challenge' book for you, TT??

 

 

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The final 200 pages for me please. I have to go back and reteach myself most of my science and religion... wish me luck on my very first finmals

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