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Zaz’s comments from the 2015 Reading Challenge [Closed] group.

April 11: The folder for week 23 (a book more than 100 years old) is available.

New poll: We are now on April! How many weeks from the challenge did you check? (Ends at: April 29th).

Week 23: a book more than 100 years old.
June 4 - June 10, 2015

Some books survive the years, some stories will bring smiles, tears or thoughts even after been published for more than 100 years. It's the back in time week and it's time too to pay a visit to classic books, discovering different ways to live, old societies and ideas.


How to Create a Topic:
1. Create a topic in the appropriate folder using your book's author and title (Title by Author, please). Link your book with the "This topic is about" feature.

2. In the body of your post, comment about why you chose this book. Have you read it before? What are your expectations?

3. Feel free to use the thread as a way to update the group on your progress. Also, when you are finished reading, add a small review and your thoughts about the week's challenge.

4. Comment on everyone else's posts as well! Participation and group involvement will make this challenge so much fun!

**If you chose the same book as another group member for the same week, do not create a duplicate thread.**

Book ideas
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (That Are Older Than 200 Years)
Classic Children’s Books By The Decade: 1900s
Classic Children’s Books: 19th Century
Time Line of Children's and Adolescent Literature

Listopia:
Popular More Than 100 Years Old Books
Popular Classic Before 1915
Popular Pre 1900 Books
Most Popular Books Published In 1915
Popular Before 1900 Books
Popular Published Before 1900 Books

I found the 1st half a bit creepy and good, after it becomes more normal and oriented adventure. I really enjoyed the pictures, it added an interesting atmosphere to the book!
Overall it was a pleasant book, I've to read the 2nd :)

"Topic is about" box: copy-paste your title in the box, wait the list, clic on the right book (if there are too many books with this title, you can add the author with the title), wait the cover appears on the page and post the topic :)
No problem ;)

I agree with Lauren (as I own all the discworld novels except the last one!). If you read in order, just keep in mind that the 3 first books are not the best and, after them, the stories improve enough to be more pleasant :)
If you decide to read out of order, I recommend starting with the 2 first Tiffany Ashing, continuing with the Witches series and widening with the other books. Each discworld novel is a full story so the out of order is not a problem but it's nicer to know the background of the characters.

The 1st one is a nice introduction but not a good book. I suppose you'll enjoy this one a lot more than the 1st, there are some great ideas inside it and you'll meet the other characters of the series :)

Welcome :)

Keri, you can add your books in all the existing folders (do a search with the search box in the side bar + selecting "in the title" to verify before posting that there is not already a topic for this book on this week, most popular books often have one. If yes, join the discussion, if not, create un new topic).
I add a new folder each saturday, it's easier to manage the group like this, and we change the current book on thursday :)
Of course, your plan is wanted in the folder 2015 Plans, so you can tell us what you read out of order (I'm on the app, so if you had already posted it, forget what I said ;) ).

I'm reading lots of books at the same time too, 2 for challenges, one as re-read, some side reads... My main problem is, when I finish one, to decide what book I'll start next!

Good luck for the following weeks :)

What did you read this week?
Chernobyl: Confessions of a Reporter

What was the subject of your book?
It's a photography book (with texts), written by a reporter who did pictures just after the accident and during the weeks, months and years which followed.

Did you enjoy the book?
Yes, it's a really interesting subject, moving and sad, about one of the important things well hidden by governments (in France, the radioactive cloud "stopped at the frontier"...). It's my 2nd book on the subject.

Would you recommend it?
Yes, it's short and give a good insight in few words, with good photographies from a lost world. For something deeper, I recommend Voices from Chernobyl.

It's all in the mind, less catch-up seems good :)
Short books are good stories written in few accurate words. Some writers don't need 600 pages to tell their story, so don't think you cheat while reading short books!
Good luck with the next readings.

We are halfway done with Week 14, a week without fiction.

This discussion thread is solely for your progress (book discussions go in individual threads).


What did you read this week?

What was the subject of your book?

Did you enjoy the book?

Would you recommend it?

You're doing pretty well :)

As ever, my graphic novels recommendations for people who are not in the super hero stuff and want a standalone with a good story:
I Kill Giants
Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (it's the full story, with great drawings)

r/Fantasy group on reddit just launched its Reading Bingo, so I'm totally in as I've lots of fantasy books as side-reads and some categories do well with our challenge too. It will be fun to do a bingo :)
http://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comme...

My book in another country was really nice et easy to read. I liked a lot the colorful characters and the awful family. I'll have a look at other books from this author.

I finished quickly my non fiction book, a photo book helps a lot. It was great, moving and sad, I'm very sensitive on this subject.

Out of schedule, I read The Emperor's Blades, it's a new favorite, I really loved how the characters felt real. It's a great new author discovery so I'll read the 2nd before the end of the year. I highly recommend the series to fantasy readers who are interested in well developed characters and strong world building.

I moved Eleanor and Park to the high school week as it was my previous new author book and as I'm really interested in reading it, so I don't want to put it away.

As side reads, I read 2 free short stories (The Axe and This Chance Planet), The Eyes of the Dragon (I'm doing a King marathon before re-reading The Dark Tower) and the audio The Graveyard Book (which was great).

Great Lindsay! I discovered some great books and authors too :)

I see you'll read The Talisman, it's on my re-read list for april-may, I really enjoyed it the first 2 times I read it.
If you like The Giver, have a look at the sequels, they are interesting and well written too :)

Ok thanks, this is helpful :)
I'm a little new to his work but like what I've read so far, so it's not easy to take decisions.

April 4:: Hi! We hope you're doing well after 3 months in the challenge. If you're a little late, don't worry, there are plenty of weeks to catch up!

The folder for week 22 (a scary book) is available with lots of suggestions.
Don't forget to vote for the April week poll, it will end in 2 days.

Have a nice Easter weekend :)

For this week, I'll read Bird Box. I'm not really into horror books (I read some when I was younger, but found them too much disturbing for me) but the atmosphere here seems scary, unusual and interesting. I hope I'll enjoy it.

Summary:
Something is out there, something terrifying that must not be seen. One glimpse of it, and a person is driven to deadly violence. No one knows what it is or where it came from.

Five years after it began, a handful of scattered survivors remains, including Malorie and her two young children. Living in an abandoned house near the river, she has dreamed of fleeing to a place where they might be safe. Now that the boy and girl are four, it's time to go, but the journey ahead will be terrifying: twenty miles downriver in a rowboat--blindfolded--with nothing to rely on but her wits and the children’s trained ears. One wrong choice and they will die. Something is following them all the while, but is it man, animal, or monster?

Week 22: a book that scares you.
May 28 - June 3, 2015

Fear the scary week, you'll jump at every sound, the night will be full of moving shadows, you'll have nightmares. Or maybe you'll choose the wrong book and be very sleepy, we don't know.
Fear the scary week (yeah, you have a déjà vu feeling, I know), you'll open this book you wanted to read but not wanted at the same time. Maybe it's very huge, maybe the subject makes you uncomfortable, maybe it talks to something deep inside you, living you a little afraid. Maybe it won't be a so big jump at the end, but good luck anyway.


How to Create a Topic:
1. Create a topic in the appropriate folder using your book's author and title (Title by Author, please). Link your book with the "This topic is about" feature.

2. In the body of your post, comment about why you chose this book. Have you read it before? What are your expectations?

3. Feel free to use the thread as a way to update the group on your progress. Also, when you are finished reading, add a small review and your thoughts about the week's challenge.

4. Comment on everyone else's posts as well! Participation and group involvement will make this challenge so much fun!

**If you chose the same book as another group member for the same week, do not create a duplicate thread.**

Book ideas (hu, some covers are creepy x__x)
Nightmare Magazine's Top 100 Horror Books
15 scary books to terrify you this Halloween
The 50 Scariest Books of All Time
10 Novels That Are Scarier Than Most Horror Movies
The 100 Scariest Horror Novels of All Time
The 20 horror books every fan should read
Some Listopias:
Best Indie Horror Books
Most Terrifying Short Stories
Books That Gave Me Nightmares
Really Scary Books
Best Horror Books of the 21st Century
Best Modern Horror Novels
Historical Ghost Fiction
Books That Gave Me Nightmares
Haunted House Stories
Haunted Hospitals
Favorite Bone-chilling YA novel
YA Haunted Houses
Where's The Scare? (Best YA Horror Books)
Spooky Middle Grade Reads
Horror films based on books

How did you like the 3 first Mistborn (comparing with other Sanderson's works)? I'm trying to decide if I'll buy the boxset or not.