Podcast, Episode 4: A Graphic Challenge

Books on the Nightstand, Episode 4 (22:10)

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In Episode 4 of the Books on the Nightstand Podcast:

Ann discovers the world of Reading Challenges. Use some of these links to explore for yourself

• A Novel Challenge - A list of all reading challenges in the blogosphere. This a great place to start.
  
• A Novel Challenge Yahoo Group - Join this group to discuss reading challenges, track your own reading, and get updates on new challenges.
  
• Canadian Book Challenge - also contains fabulous lists of Canadian novels arranged by Province. And this one offers great prizes!
  
• Orbis Terrarum Challenge - for the internationally-minded; read 9 books, each by an author from a different nation
  
• What's in a Name Challenge - a clever challenge hosted by a very sophisticated 11 year old
  

In the last episode, Michael issued his own challenge to Ann: read an entire graphic novel. Ann did, and talks about the experience. If you think you don't like graphic novels, our podcast may be enlightening.

And we preview two new books that hit the shelves on May 13th: The Boat, by Nam Le and The Steel Wave, by Jeff Shaara.
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We encourage you to write down or print out the title information and shop at your local bookstore. Titles link to LibraryThing, a social networking site that allows you to catalog your home library. LibraryThing also links to various online purchasing options. Here are the books from this post:

Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan, Vertigo trade paperback, $12.99, ISBN 978-1-4012-0315-3
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi, Pantheon trade paperback, $12.95, ISBN 978-0-375-71457-3
Cancer Vixen by Marisa Acocella Marchetto, Knopf hardcover, $22.00, ISBN 9780307263575
Black Hole by Charles Burns, Pantheon trade paperback, $17.95, ISBN 978-0375-71472-6
Green Lantern: Rebirth by Geoff Johns, DC Comics trade paperback, $14.99, ISBN 978-1-401-20465-5
The Boat by Nam Le, Knopf hardcover, $22.95, ISBN 978-0-307-26808-2
The Steel Wave by Jeff Shaara, Ballantine Books hardcover, $28.00, ISBN 978-0345461421

(all information is for the U.S. editions).