Chaitra’s Comments (group member since May 25, 2012)

Chaitra’s comments from the The Seasonal Reading Challenge group.

Thanks Kristi!

Dlmrose wrote: "Chaitra wrote: "Checking to make sure... Would Stardust work for this?"

yes, compound words like stardust are fine"

Thank you!

Checking to make sure... Would Stardust work for this?

Would this work?

Chaitra

5.3 DUST IN THE WIND
A book that features a Native American character.
I read Barry Unsworth's Sacred Hunger. It features several Creek Indian chiefs once the action shifts to Florida.

Sacred Hunger is a big book. My copy had 630 pages.

Points: 5

5.4 CHEMICAL COMBO
A book that has 2 Ns and 2 Os in the title, subtitle and/or author's full name.
I read Madeline Miller's The Song of Achilles. The 2 Ns and Os are in the combination of title - the sONg Of achilles and the author name - madeliNe miller.

Points: 5

10.4 AIR SIGNS
A book by an author born under the air sign. I read Larry McMurtry's The Last Picture Show. Larry McMurtry was born on Jun 03, 1936 - Air sign Gemini.

Points: 10

20.3 READING…BY THE NUMBERS
I rolled a 6: Choose to read any option.
I chose to read 3: From any of Anne's favorite genres: Classics/Thrillers/Mystery/Literary Fiction.
I read Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. It has been shelved as Classics.

Points: 20

25.5 EVEN MORE FUN WITH THE HOLIDAYS
Choosing,
3. International Joke Day: A funny book.
I read Terry Pratchett's Equal Rites. It has been shelved as Humor.

and
6. Just Because Day: Any book.
I read Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's Heat and Dust.

Points: 25

50.1 MOONSHADOW: THE MUSICAL
Choosing,
3. A book set in an Islamic country/featuring a Muslim protagonist.
I read G. Willow Wilson's Alif the Unseen. The main character Alif is a Muslim. The book is set in an unnamed Middle Eastern country whose main religion is Islam.

7. A book where the complete title of one of Cat Stevens' songs appear in the title/subtitle.
I read J.M. Coetzee's Life and Times of Michael K. The song title used for the task is Life.

and
8. A book by an author born in the UK/Cyprus/Greece/Sweden.
I read Hilary Mantel's Bring Up the Bodies. Hilary Mantel was born in Derbyshire, England.

G. Willow Wilson is a Goodreads Author.
Points: 50

Points this post: 115
Total Points: 800
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500=6, 750=0, 1000=0

Tasks Completed: 42
Books Read: 61
Total Pages Read: 19,715

Jennifer W wrote: "Read ... a book with the brand name of a car in the title or author's name (anything mentioning Abraham *Lincoln* or author *Ford* Maddox Ford, for example). "

I love this idea! :)

Another one - a two book task.

Water is a reflecting surface. Read 2 books, containing a word in the first book that is spelt backwards in the second book. For example, books Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and Live Wire. The word Evil is Live spelt backwards.

Pigletto wrote: "I wouldn't be able to take part in the mascot one as I'm from the UK and my high school didn't have a football or any other sporting team never mind a mascot. If my university did I was completely unaware of it. High school and college/university sports aren't a big thing here."

Same here and I did my schooling in India. Maybe it can be amended to any sporting team we support?

- Different forms of condensation: Ice, Snow, Vapor, Dew, Rain. Read a book with one of these on the cover or in the title.

- Blood is thicker than water. Read a book that deals with families/siblings.

- To be in hot water. Read a book in which the main character gets into some form of trouble.

- This year's Booker prize is to be announced on Oct 15. Read a book that has been nominated for the Booker prize or a book by an author from one of the booker eligible countries (the Commonwealth, Ireland, Zimbabwe).

- In India, Diwali is celebrated during fall. Diwali is called the festival of lights. Read a book with any form of fire on the cover.

- Water and sun cause the rainbow. Read a book with one of the colors of the rainbow in the title or a rainbow on the cover.

- Oktoberfest. Read a book set in Germany/by an author of German origin/translated from or written in German or with an alcohol in the title or on the cover.

Chaitra

15.4 SUMMER READING
1. Summer Wind: A book with the letters W I N D in the title and/or subtitle.
I read Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's East Into Upper East: Plain Tales from New York and New Delhi. Wind can be found in east INto upper east: plain tales from new york and neW Delhi.

2. Summertime: A book by an author whose initials are in the word SUMMERTIME.
I read Toni Morrison's Home. Initials T & M are in summerTiMe.

Points: 15

Points this post: 15
Total Points: 685
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=5, 750=0, 1000=0

Tasks Completed: 36
Books Read: 52
Total Pages Read: 16,385

Chaitra

25.8 GOING TO THE BALLPARK
Choosing,
B1. Food: Book originally written in German.
I read Herta Müller's The Hunger Angel: A Novel.

and
C2. The Men's Room: A short (100-200p) book written by a man.
I read Julian Barnes's The Sense of an Ending. It had 163 pages.

Points: 25

30.2 I'LL LEAVE MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO!
Choosing,
2. Happy Anniversary: Book with words Golden/Gate/Bridge in the title.
I read Lorrie Moore's A Gate at the Stairs.

and
6. Flower Power: Book with flowers on the cover.
I read Anuradha Roy's The Folded Earth: A Novel.

Points: 30

30.6 IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT
Choosing,
2. End of the World As We Know It: Book shelved as Dystopia.
I read Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go.

and
5. A Cover Tune: Book with one of the things mentioned in the song on the cover.
I read Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies. Candle is mentioned in the line "…Light a candle, light a motive…"

Points: 30

30.7 THE FINAL BATTLE
Choosing the match-up,
1. Batman vs. Joker.
Book with a main character orphaned before 18.
I read Indra Sinha's Animal's People: A Novel. Animal is orphaned a few days after his birth.

Book shelved as Humor.
I read Terry Pratchett's The Light Fantastic.

Points: 30

30.10 HONORING THE FLAG AND DAD
Choosing,
3. Book with Train/Rail/Railroad in the title.
I read Khushwant Singh's Train to Pakistan.

and
5. Book with Alternate History as a main Genre.
I read Kim Stanley Robinson's The Years of Rice and Salt.

The Years of Rice and Salt is a big book. My copy had 672 pages.

Points: 30

Points this post: 145
Total Points: 670
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=5, 750=0, 1000=0

Tasks Completed: 35
Books Read: 50
Total Pages Read: 15,911

Chaitra

15.1 COLORS OF SUMMER
A. Summertime Blues: Mostly Blue Cover.
I read Ramona Ausubel's No One is Here Except All of Us.

and
B. Green Leaves of Summer: Mostly Green Cover.
I read Shalom Auslander's Hope: A Tragedy.

Ramona Ausubel is a Goodreads Author.
Points: 15

15.9 SUMMER NIGHTS
Book set in the 50's or first published in the 50s.
I read Nevil Shute's On the Beach. On the beach was first published in 1957.

Points: 15

20.1 FIFTY SHADES OF WHOA!
Choosing:
4. Grey: Book with the word White/Grey/Gray/Black in the title.
I read Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger.

Points: 20

20.2 SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER
Choosing:
2. School's Out Forever: Book in which characters have recently graduated from school or are starting a new job.
I read Upamanyu Chatterjee's English, August: An Indian Story. The plot spans a year in which August trains in his first job after college. The job is the plot.

Points: 20

20.9 PLEASE BE PATIENT
Choosing,
2. Book referred in the cover of another book read for the Summer Challenge.
I read Manil Suri's The Death of Vishnu. The book was referred in the dust jacket of The White Tiger as being similar in scope and narrative ambition. I claimed points for The White Tiger for task 20.1 earlier in this post.

Points: 20

25.3 HANDS AND FEET
1. Book with hands on the cover.
I read Antonya Nelson's Nothing Right.

and
2. Book with feet on the cover.
I read Margaret Atwood's Dancing Girls.

Margaret Atwood is a Goodreads Author.

Points: 25

25.6 SOUNDS OF SUMMER
Choosing,
2. School's Out Forever by Alice Cooper: Book whose main character is a teenager/student.
I read Nikita Lalwani's Gifted. Protagonist Rumi Vasi is in her teens and is a student.

and
4. Under the Boardwalk by The Drifters: Book with Under/Board/Walk/Down/Sea in the title/subtitle.
I read Jo Baker's The Undertow.

Points: 25

Points this post: 140
Total Points: 525
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=0

Tasks Completed: 30
Books Read: 40
Total Pages Read: 12,691

- Farms organize pumpkin mazes for Halloween. Read a whodunnit/heist/featuring a rescue or escape book.
- Books with fall colors on the cover. Yellow, red, brown, gold, orange.
- September 19 is Talk like a pirate day. Read an adventure book/a book with pirates/set on the high seas/a book with invented words or language.
- We set our clocks back in fall. Read a historical book or a book involving travelling back in time.

Chaitra

5.2 PACK YOUR BAGS
A book with suitcase or backpack on the cover.
I read Cathleen Schine's The Three Weissmanns of Westport.

Cathleen Schine is a Goodreads Author.

Points: 5

5.6 BLOWIN' IN THE WIND
Book with a picture on the cover of something that can be carried in the wind.
I read Kevin Barry's City of Bohane which has smoke on the upper third of the cover. SMOKE can be carried in the wind.

Points: 5

5.9 SUMMER READERS
A book from the shelves of an SRC member who joined Goodreads in Jun/Jul/Aug.
I chose Anne Tyler's A Patchwork Planet from ★Meghan★'s to-be-read shelf. ★Meghan★ joined Goodreads in Jun 2010.

Points: 5

10.3 WHAT'S YOUR EXIT?
A book by an author from New Jersey or a book set in New Jersey.
I read Paul Auster's The Music of Chance. Paul Auster was born in New Jersey.

Points: 10

15.2 THOSE LAZY, HAZY, CRAZY DAYS OF SUMMER
Two books with different titles with words rhyming with each other.
I read Cormac McCarthy's Child of God and Edna O'Brien's Wild Decembers. The rhyming words are CHILD and WILD.

Points: 15

Points this post: 40
Total Points: 385
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=0

Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 30
Total Pages Read: 9,670

Chaitra

20.4 LET'S GO CAMPING
I came up with
4. Bump in the night: A book that made me jump in alarm.
I read House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. This is a haunted house horror book with a creepy house that shifts dimensions randomly and an unknown monster stalking its corridors. This is also a book by a new-to-me author.

House of Leaves is a big book. My copy had 736 pages.

Mark Z. Danielewski is a Goodreads Author.

Points: 20


Points this post: 20
Total Points: 345
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=0

Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 24
Total Pages Read: 8,109

Thanks!

Chaitra

20.7 IN HOMAGE TO MZB
Choosing,
Death: Book by an author who died after Jan 1, 1990.

I read Kingdom Come by J.G. Ballard. J. G. Ballard died in 2009.

Points this task: 20
Total Points: 325
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0

Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 23
Total Pages Read: 7,373

Would this work for hands? Knees, but no feet in the cover. TIA!

Chaitra

15.5 SUMMER IN THE CITY
Book set in a city of population more than 100,000.

I read The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty. Set in NEW YORK CITY and WICHITA, KANSAS (pop: 382,000 in 2010)

Points this task: 15
Total Points: 305
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0

Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 22
Total Pages Read: 7,069

Chaitra

20.8 HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO
Choosing 3. Marble Cake: Book with a multicultural relationship.

I read The Newlyweds by Nell Freudenberger. The protagonist is a Bangladeshi (Asian Muslim) woman who marries an American man.

Points this task: 20
Total Points: 290
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0

Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 21
Total Pages Read: 6,698