Renee’s Comments (group member since Feb 03, 2014)

Renee’s comments from the The Reading Challenge Group group.

Teacher books...


The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Blackboard Jungle
Up the Down Staircase
Christy
Villette
Jane Eyre

LindaH-
I think Doctor Thorne is perfect for that category. I read it last year and think that while the romance is important, the doctor is the key character to every storyline in some way.

I'd live to hear a recommendation on where to start with Robin Hobb, Badlydone.

Welcome, Donna! And good luck with completing your degree!

I'm so excited to see the W&P threads are getting new life! I'm looking forward to seeing all the new comments. I thought it was a terrific read. :D

So glad to see new faces and also many who enjoyed this challenge in past years!

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Awesome! I love the Cheer Squid!!

Literally laughing out loud. So very wrong.... and never leaving my mind. Especially since my kittys' favorite time to insist on pettings is when I've just picked up a book or ereader.

Good for you, Allison!

I like that, too.

This is just me, playing with words for alternatives...

Backbreaker?
Bicep-Builder?
Flower-Flattener?
Shelf-Bender?
Table-Tipper?

I agree that this one is a fairly challenging Challenge. There's always a few letters that are hard to fill.

This year-long challenge is based on the game of Clue. Each character from the game represents the career of the MAIN CHARACTER (male or female) of the book you read.
For example, for Miss Scarlet/career in law you might go with The Firm. For MrGreen you might choose The Name of the Rose.


Miss Scarlet: career in law
Colonel Mustard: career in the military
Nurse White: career in medicine
Reverend Green: career in religion
Professor Plum: career in education
Mrs. Peacock: career in business
Sergeant Gray: career in law enforcement
Mr. Brown: career as a con artist or spy

Extra-Credit..
Mr. Black/Mr. Boddy: is dead or dies in the story

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_...

Im also a sucker for a visual. :)

Welcome, Elizabeth! I have family in WV. It's a very beautiful state.

Glad to have you along, Candy!

Winter Wonderland

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This Maxi-Challenge will run Jan 1-March 31.

Challenge: Read 6 books which are somehow related to the winter.
Suggestions:
- Wintery Words in the title. Such as snow, ice, skate, sled, etc.
- Winter Months in the title. January. February. March.
- Wintery Cover Art. (Please choose "cover" when linking your book)

Remember...

This Challenge looks harder than it is. You only need one BINGO to finish.

... Of course, you're welcome to claim as many as you can. It's gonna be a long winter.

Definitions (Updated as questions arise)...

Middle Grade- also called "Intermediate." Usually a chapter book written for children between the ages of 9-15. Newbury titles would fit here. Also, the Harry Potter books, Beverly Cleary, Rick Riordan, the Magic Treehouse series, Little House series, Anne of Green Gables, The Black Stallion, etc.

Magical Realism- "Matthew Strecher defines magic realism as "what happens when a highly detailed, realistic setting is invaded by something too strange to believe." (from Wikipedia)
For example, Beloved or One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Epistolary- written as a series of letters (or diary entries). For example, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.

Made Into A Movie- does not have to be recently

Based on Mythology- some examples might be The Lightning Thief or Till We Have Faces or Grendel. Use your own judgement.

Color/Lettering blocks refer to the cover of the book. Wintery colors for this one. Spring Bingo will have different colors and categories. ;-)