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

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

Welcome, Denise!

Glad to have you here, Sarah. Rosemarie is the best, right.

I haven’t read that one yet, as I’m trying to go in order. I thoroughly enjoy Gally and look forward to a whole book about his antics.

I’ve just reread Uncle Fred in the Springtime, one of the Blandings books. I find Wodehouse easy to read and reread. I can dip in anywhere and find something to make m giggle.

I am listening to A Shilling for Candles and enjoying it immensely. Josephine Tey is a terrific writer!

I’m rereading the second book in the Aubrey-Maturin series: Post Captain. The series is one that I revisit periodically. I just love going to sea with the fellows!

Eileen wrote: "Also, I just finished Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China for the second time at the end of last month and listened to it this time. There are two narrators, but I highly recommend the..."

I loved this book! I learned so much!

I just finished The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah.

Huzzah! I actually read the right genre in the right month this time. :)
I read The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin.

The villain was a bit over the top but it was a decent look at what happens when humans make assumptions rather than pay attention to details. I can definitely see it’s concepts spilling into Speaker for the Dead and the Avatar movie, but I’m looking now at the Fuzzy series and seeing a whole web of connection. I might need to go down the Fuzzy rabbit hole soon. It looks like an interesting Series.

So true!

Looks like Vicky and Rosemarie are knocking this challenge out of the park!!

Wow! You’re doing great! Only six books to go!

I read The Good Earth as a teen. It was one of my mom’s favorites. I wonder how it has held up over time. I might join you if I can squeeze it in.

Decade Challenge
(Original publication date)

1790-1799: The Italian 1796
1800-1809:
1810-1819:
1820-1829:
1830-1839:
1840-1849:
1850-1859: Tom Brown's Schooldays 1857
1860-1869:
1870-1879: The Princess and the Goblin 1872
1880-1889:
1890-1899:

1900-1909: The Old Wives' Tale 1908
1910-1919:
1920-1929:
1930-1939:
1940-1949:
1950-1959:
1960-1969:
1970-1979:
1980-1989:
1990-1999: The God of Small Things 1997

2000-2009:
2010-2019: Heirs of the Body 2013
2020-2023:

I’ll start with this one for 2023 and see how it goes. :)

Rainbow Challenge Template 🌈

Red:
Orange:
Yellow:
Green:
Blue/Indigo:
Purple/Violet:

Pink:
Gray:
White:
Black:
Brown:
Color/Colour:

🌈 This will run all year. The template has 12 color categories.

🌈 You can make this more or less challenging by either finding books with a predominate color as part of the cover (easier) or by trying to find books that actually have a color word in the title (harder).

🌈 Use your judgement on colors. Blue could be aquamarine or Navy. Red could be scarlet or carnelian. Etc.

🌈 For Color/Colour, you can do anything that makes sense to you. Examples might be...
1) your favorite color
2) the word “color” in the title
3) a rainbow on the cover
4) something color-related, like "palette" or "clarity"

P. S. If you want to show your rainbow, you can link the covers by clicking “add book/author” from above the comment box, then choosing “cover” rather than “link” at the bottom of the pop-up menu. For example:

Decade Challenge
(Original publication date)

1800-1809:
1810-1819:
1820-1829:
1830-1839:
1840-1849:
1850-1859:
1860-1869:
1870-1879:
1880-1889:
1890-1899:

1900-1909:
1910-1919:
1920-1929:
1930-1939:
1940-1949:
1950-1959:
1960-1969:
1970-1979:
1980-1989:
1990-1999:

2000-2009:
2010-2019:
2020-2023:

Dusting this off again… The Decade Challenge

This will run all year.
The idea is to try to read and record ONE book originally published in each decade listed. Your end result should be a list of the 22 decades posted here, with one book you've read beside each decade. (Feel free to cut and paste the template below to get started.)

Some members will have posted a mockup of this challenge in their personal goal threads, for ease of organization. This is the official thread for posting lists and sharing ideas about how to complete this challenge.

Also, GR does a "Best Books of ____" by decade, which is really helpful. You can access through LISTOPIA or Google "Best Books of (decade/year)" to get to them.

Personally, I really love the way this challenge forces me to read beyond my comfort zone.

I just watched “The Fantasy Makers,” about Lewis, Tolkien, and their connection to/inspiration from George MacDonald. It was very well done and worth tracking down on YouTube or one of the streaming channels.

There’s a cute graphic of a board somewhere. I’ll post it here if I find it again.