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

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

Mission: Read one book filled with humor &/or foolishness by April 30.

History of April Fool's Day... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/April...

How many books have you gone past 50? Post your totals for March!

It's time to start gathering your totals for March. Post your total number of books read for March and the year so far.

Renee's Poetry Log

1) How Do I Love Thee. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
2) Sonnet 116. William Shskeseare
3) Annabel Lee. Edgar Allan Poe
4) To Be One With Each Other. George Elliot.
5) Maude. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
6) To His Coy Mistress, Andrew Marvell
7) Bright Star, John Keats
8) Love's Philosophy, Percy Shelley
9) First Corinthians, Bible
10) Meeting at Night, Robert Browning
11) The Passionate Shepherd, Christopher Marlowe
12) She Walks in Beauty, Lord Byron
13) Give All to Love, Ralph Waldo Emerson
14) The Pasture, Robert Frost
15) Home Burial, Robert Frost
16) The Tuft of Flowers, Robert Frost
17) Mending Wall, Robert Frost
18) Birches, Robert Frost
19) Reluctance, Robert Frost
20) A Late Walk, Robert Frost
21) Fragmentary Blue, Robert Frost
22) Goblin Feet,
23) Kitchener,
24) Mole,
25) The House of the Soul: Lay,
26) De Profundis,
27) Une Ballade des dames perdues,
28) The Dying Man and the Vulture,
29) Cynics and Romantics,
30) Snake,
31) Ultimately,

***In Memoriam A. H. H. by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

I'm posting this a bit early so members can gather some poetry before April begins. The idea is to read as much poetry as you can stuff into your word-loving heads (and hearts). Basically, a poem a day, or as-many-as-you-can-even-if-it's-five.

Goal: A Poem A Day (30 poems, any length)
Needed to complete the challenge: 5 will do it

Iambic Pentameter and Naughty Limericks, here we come!

p. s. Audio of Richard Armitrage reading love poems totally counts!
Classic Love Poems
Yes, it's a thing. Thank you, God!

Good for you, Sonia. So glad you were able to finish it off.

I have visited Stars Hollow and I'm ready to move in!

READING LIKE A RORY Challenge

Challenge Levels...

Level 1: Visiting Stars Hollow
1. The Bell Jar**
2. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress**
3. The Jungle**
4. Bel Canto**
5. The Good Soldier**

Level 2: Gilmore Neighbor
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I have to say that these were 5 of the most interesting books I've read so far this year. :)

I read The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford. Not an easy read. A complicated story with an unreliable narrator. I didn't love it but I understand why it is on the Guardian/Boxall lists.

I see new faces and old friends. So nice to have you join in!

Glad to hear it, Rosemarie.

Finished with 6 really terrific new-to-me authors!!

New To You Maxi Challenge (January-April)

Level Two: 3 New Authors
1) The Bell Jar by The Bell Jar**
2) A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute**
3) Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie**

Level Three: 6 New Authors
4) Life After Life by Kate Atkinson**
5) The Jungle by Upton Sinclair**
6) Bel Canto by Ann Patchett**

Finished!

Historical Fiction Maxi-Challenge (Jan-March)

Level 1
1) Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
2) Life After Life**

Level 2 - 2 books
3) The Swans of Fifth Avenue**
4) Bel Canto**

Level 3 - 2 books
5) The Signature of All Things**
6) The Game of Kings

Historical Fiction Maxi-Challenge (Jan-March)

Level 1
1) Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress**
2) Life After Life**

Level 2 - 2 books
3) The Swans of Fifth Avenue**
4) Bel Canto**

Level 3 - 2 books
5) The Signature of All Things**
6) The Game of Kings**

Reserved for Updates

Space for the Board

Spring Bingo Categories

B1: Award Nominated
B2: Memoir
B3: Audio Book
B4: Green Cover
B5: Pretty Dress

I1: Published before 1900
I2: Travel
I3: Horror or Suspense
I4: Mental Illness
I5: Fairies or Fae

N1: Published This Year
N2: Yellow Cover
N3: FREE
N4: Romance
N5: Male POV

G1: Tear-Jerker
G2: In Translation
G3: Minority Studies
G5: Young Adult
G6: Magical Powers

O1: Fairy Tale Retelling
O2: Historical (F or NF)
O3: Play
O4: Based on a True story
O5: Pink Cover

Mission: Claim at least one "Bingo!" before June 20 (the first day of summer)!

RULES & GUIDELINES

* As with traditional Bingo, you can go for a horizontal, vertical, diagonal, "X" or "around the world" (perimeter). Or aim big and go for a black out (all squares)!

* A book can only be used once on the sheet.

* Interpret the categories as broadly as you like.

* Feel free to copy and paste the template below to record your books:

This challenge will remain open to the end of March so others can finish up.

SPRING BINGO will be posted soon!

Posting my final WINTER BINGO results...

WINTER BINGO : January - March

B1: Award Winner: Little House in the Big Woods**
B2: Graphic Novel
B3: Silver Lettering
B4: Mystery or Thriller: The Quiche of Death**
B5: Current Event Related:

I1: Start a Series: The Crown Tower**
I2: Middle Grade: A Town Like Alice**
I3: Blue Cover: The Jungle**
I4: > 400 pages: Framley Parsonage**
I5: Personal Improvement

N1: Classic: The Old Curiosity Shop**
N2: Made into a Movie: The Man Who Would Be King**
N3: FREE: The Signature of All Things**
N4: Science Fiction
N5: Humor

G1: Magical Realism: Life After Life**
G2: LGBTQ+: June**
G3: White Cover: Hide**
G4: Published In Your Birth Year: The Bell Jar**
G5: Biographical: In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox**

O1: Published Last Year: The Swans of Fifth Avenue**
O2: Epistolary
O3: Gold Lettering
O4: Based on Mythology
O5: Math/Science: Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal**

Bingos earned...
B1, I1, N1, G1, O1
G1, G2, G3, G4, G5
B1, I2, N3, G4, O5