Saturday, July 10, 2010

A challenge for you!--CLOSES 11:59pm SUNDAY 7/11

The Oxford American editors (and interns!) pick favorite summer reads. Of course I was delighted to see Robin Becker's BRAINS on the list.



After I read the entire list I immediately ordered two books.

Here's the challenge:

1. Which books on the Oxford American list had I already read and loved?

2. Which books on the Oxford American list did I order?


First person to get all the answers right wins a copy of Robin Becker's "Intelligent, absurd, hilarious, and irreverent" BRAINS.


Contest opens now.

One entry per person.

Write your entry in the comments column.

Comments are moderated so you won't see your entry instantly.

20 comments:

Ellen Clair Lamb said...

You have already read and loved WINTER'S BONE, THE DARK END OF THE STREET, and HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY. You ordered TEMPER and THE BEST OF LSU FICTION.

Wish I could have gotten to Thrillerfest! See you at Bouchercon?

Clair

Wanda said...

1. BRAINS: A ZOMBIE MEMOIR; THE GHOST OF MILAGRO CREEK; TEMPER; WINTER’S BONE




2. ALTHOUGH OF COURSE YOU END UP BECOMING YOURSELF: A ROAD TRIP WITH DAVID FOSTER WALLACE; THE DARK END OF THE STREET

Laurie Lamb said...

1. You already read and loved BRAINS: A ZOMBIE MEMOIR, WINTER'S BONE, and HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY.

2. You ordered THE DARK END OF THE STREET and DOUBLES.

Alecya G said...

You have already read and loved:
Brains: A Zombie Meoir (of course)
The Ghost of Milagro Creek
Her Fearful Symmetry

You ordered:
The Dark End of the Street
Winter's Bone

Alyson Greene said...

You've already read and loved:
BRAINS (duh)
and WINTER'S BONE

You immediately ordered:
THE DARK END OF THE STREET
and ALTHOUGH OF COURSE YOU END UP BECOMING YOURSELF: A ROAD TRIP WITH DAVID FOSTER WALLACE

dylan said...

Dear Ms. Reid

You have read and loved:

Brains: A Zombie Memoir
The Dark End Of The Street

and you ordered:

Winter's Bone
The Ghost Of Milagro Creek

Edgar Cayce told me so.

dylan

Rick Anderson said...

Are you serious? *shakes head*

Maggie said...

You've already read and loved Brains, Her Fearful Symmetry, The Dark End of the Street, Winter's Bone, and Best of Lsu Fiction. You ordered Losing My Cool: How a Father's Love nad 15,000 Books Beat Hip-Hop Culture and Doubles.

M. Rose said...

A stab in the dark:

You've already read:
Brains: A Zombie Memoir (obviously)
Her Fearful Symmetry

You ordered:
Losing My Cool: How a Father's Love and 1500 Books Beat Hip-Hop Culture (just because the title caught your eye)
and
The Dark End of the Street

ryan field said...

I know Zombie is on the books you've read list, but couldn't even begin to guess the rest.

But I did just order Winter's Bone.

John said...

Already read: Dark End of the Street and Brains

Ordered: Losing My Cool and Winter's Bone

Lori Rader-Day said...

This is a guess.

You've read Brains, Her Fearful Symmetry, and Winter's Bone.

You just ordered The Dark End of the Street and The Ghost of Milagro Creek. Those are the two I'm ordering, anyway.

Laura said...

You had already read Brains, The Dark End of the Street, and Temper.

You ordered Losing My Cool, and Winter's Bone.

Katt said...

1. Already read:
-BRAINS,
-THE DEAD END OF THE STREET

2. Ordered:
-HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY
-DOUBLES
-WINTER'S BONE

Elisabeth Black said...

You read and loved Brains, Winter's Bone. You ordered The Ghost of Milagro Creek and The Dark End of the Street.

Stephanie Evans said...

Read and loved --
BRAINS: A ZOMBIE MEMOIR
by Robin Becker
HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY
by Audrey Niffenegger
Ordered --
ALTHOUGH OF COURSE YOU END UP BECOMING YOURSELF: A ROAD TRIP WITH DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
by David Lipsky
THE DARK END OF THE STREET
edited by Jonathan Santlofer and S.J. Rozan

Marjorie said...

1. You already read and loved:
The Dark End of the Street
Winter's Bone
(Brains, of course)

2. You ordered:
Losing My Cool
Best of LSU Fiction

LTM said...

1-BRAINS (of course) & Temper
2-Dark End of the Street & I HOPE the Best of LSU Fiction--!

GEAUX TIGERS!!! Whoot~ ;p

MarissaV said...

You read and loved BRAINS, WINTER'S BONE, HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY, and ALTHOUGH OF COURSE YOU END UP BECOMING YOURSELF: A ROAD TRIP WITH DAVID FOSTER WALLACE

You ordered THE DARK END OF THE STREET and THE GHOST OF MILAGRO CREEK

the Amateur Book Blogger said...

You had already read:

Brains
Her Fearful Symmetry
Best of LSU fiction
David Foster Wallace
and Winter's Bone

You ordered:
The Dark end of the Street
Temper