Sumthinblue is a girl who loves books, and this blog is about the books she reads, reading challenges she is attempting to conquer, and other adventures that her book obsession takes her.

She is a compulsive book buyer who cannot get through the week without adding a book (or ten) to her collection, which ran out of shelf space a long time ago.

She is also active on Flips Flipping Pages, BookMooch, and BookMoochers Pilipinas.

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Sumthinblue works as a writer, newspaper contributor, and children’s book illustrator to support her book addiction.

Currently, her mountain of to-be-read books is nearing 300, and she can’t read them fast enough.

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THE STAR SYSTEM

5 stars - I loved it, and I’d love for more people to read it.
4 stars – I liked it and I would read it again.
3 stars – It was okay, nothing spectacular.
2 stars – I wouldn’t die if I hadn’t read it.
1 star – I wish I hadn’t read it.

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READING CHALLENGE STATUS

Now reading:
The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill

The Quantity Challenge
181 books read in 2009
(target: 235)

Blooey’s Review Challenge
155 reviews written on books read in 2009
180 entries on this blog!

FFP Diversity Challenge
19 out of 24 books read

12 fiction (6 euro/american/commonwealth, 4 asian/latin american/african, 2 local [at least one of these classic lit])
4 European – To be or not to be: Shakespeare’s soliloquies; Shakespeare In Love: The Love Poetry of William Shakespeare; The Picture of Dorian Gray (CLASSIC title); The Reader; Dracula
2 American – A Long Fatal Love Chase, Heart of Stone
2 Asian – Rashomon and other stories, the girl who played go, 99 more Unuseless Japanese Inventions
1 Latin American – Like Water for Chocolate
2 Filipino – Para Kay B, Last Order Sa Penguin

6 nonfiction (1 science/math, 1 lifestyle, 1 poli/eco/soc, 1 bio/autobio/memoir, 2 local)
1 memoir – A Year in Provence
1 science- Surviving Cancer: Stories of Hope
2 local – Lolo Jose, Trese
1 lifestyle – Adobo Book
1 bio – Cory: An Intimate Portrait

3 reading group
3 February, March, June – Love Story, Out, Comfort Food

1 award-winning
1 National Book Award The Penderwicks

Common Title
1 Noli Me Tangere + El Filibusterismo (Lacson-Locsin Translation)

Partner Recommended
Yet to read

Lost in Translation Challenge
completed but still counting anyway
JAPANESE Rashomon, Out
GERMAN The Reader
GREEK The Last Black Cat
FILIPINO Noli Me Tangere, El Filibusterismo
SPANISH Fencing Master, The Angel’s Game
DUTCH The Dream Merchant