Varla Fiona’s Comments (group member since Mar 26, 2012)

Varla Fiona’s comments from the SA Book & Challenge Lovers group.

That describes it Perfectly!!

What did you think of it?

Tasks planned:

2. Read a book that has been banned (not just challenged) in 3 or more countries.
3. Reread a book (give a second chance to) a book you previously gave a bad rating/review.
4. Finish a book that you started but gave up on.
6. Read a book with the word second, (not seconds) two or twice in the title. The catch is it can't be the second book in a series.
10. Read a book where a main character has the same name as your mother (we can speak about it if your mother has a random name etc).
12. Read a book that has a two part title that coincides with your initials (just first and last name). For example, mine is LC = Long Cannons by blah blah
14. A title with 3 or more words, each starting with consecutive letters of the alphabet. For example: A Boat Can Drift Everywhere
15. Read a book with a number of ratings matching your birth date. Month/Date/Year Eg. 01/20/86 would come to 12,086 ratings. Provide a screenshot to be verified by another member.
16. Read a book that is not written by a south African and does not take place in south Africa, but where in south Africa is mentioned.
17. Read a book that at least three of your friends have given less than three stars to.
18. Read a book translated from Finnish.
19. Read any novel by Tolstoy or Ayn Rand.
20. Go to a second-hand bookstore. Find the last book on the fiction shelf. If you do not have it, buy it and read it.
22. Get three of the other sado-masochists here to choose a book that they think you'll HATE but that they think you should read. Choose one of the books and read it.
(For this challenge, just announce that you want three nominations and the first 3 to come in will be the books you have to choose from.)
23. Read a book published in the year that your father was born
24. Read a book with the originals authors signature in the front
26. Read a book with a reference to a classic book in it and read that classic too.
So you have to read two books here and you have to post the quote.
27. There are 3 steps
1. Choose a book to read. A classic, multiple award-winning or literary book is best. Fiction or non-fiction.
2. Read a novel (fiction) based on the book in step 1. eg. read Hyperion if your book is The Canterbury Tales.
3. Read a non-fiction book related to the book in step one. Eg. a collection of essays on the novel, a book about the author etc, a book about a theme of the novel (eg. vampires, dystopias) where the novel is discussed at length. It can be a study guide, but remember that it should fit the 100 page minimum requirement.
30. Pick a theme, any theme fantasy, horror, whatever and read 6 different books belonging to that theme written by 6 different authors coming from the 6 different continents so from Europa, Africa, Asia, Australia, North-America and South-America. I know Antartica is counted as a continent, but I don't think they have many native authors there. I think it would be nice to see what the different continents do with the themes.
31. colour coded theme - You have to read 9 books. Each book must contain a colour in the title. The following colours should be used -
1. Yellow
2. Red
3. Blue
4. Green
5. White
6. Black
7. Brown
8. Any other colour like Orange, Purple, Turquoise, Pink
9. Last book should contain a word that implies colour, like rainbow, polka-dot, stripes
32. Read a book set in colonial Australia.
33. Read any book of your choosing, but then post a picture (a real picture - no photoshopping!) of yourself in the exact locations of a scene from the book. The picture/location should be verifiable. So don't use a photo of a beach that could be a beach anywhere in the world.
Eg. if you read Moxyland, you could use a picture of yourself in/outside Stones on Long Street in Cape Town. Just a picture of yourself in Cape Town won't cut it.
34. Re-create a cover. You have to take a pic where you have recreated a cover, using props, dressing up etc. You can't just use photoshop, except when putting a title on it and so on :)
Oh and read the book obviously :)
35. There is a song called "The Book Lovers" by the Divine Comedy. Read one book of 3 authors mentioned in the song.
36. Word Quest - One of your goodreads friends must choose a word for you, for example "driving", then you must find 3 books relating to that word and read it.
37. Read 33 novels from your favourite genre provided that each novel is more than 333 pages OR you can choose to read 11 novels from your favourite genre, provided that each novel is by an author you haven't read yet and that each novel is more than 333 pages.
38. a) Read 9 debut novels by different authors (first actual novel in print by a major publisher).
b) Then read 3 novels published before the death of its author. (That author's last novel).
39. Read as close to an original greek mythology novel

Tasks in progress:

30. Pick a theme, 6 different authors coming from:
Europa -
Africa -
Asia -
Australia -
North-America -
South-America -

31. Colour coded
Yellow -
Red - Star Wars: Red Harvest
Blue - Bitterblue
Green -
White -
Black -
Brown -
Other colour - Scarlet
Implies colour - The Last Light of the Sun

37. Read 33 novels from your favourite genre provided that each novel is more than 333 pages OR you can choose to read 11 novels from your favourite genre, provided that each novel is by an author you haven't read yet and that each novel is more than 333 pages.

38. a) Read 9 debut novels by different authors (first actual novel in print by a major publisher).Fifty Shades of Grey, Graceling, Divergent, James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing, Skulduggery Pleasant, Feed, Before I Go To Sleep, The Fairy-Tale Detectives, The Leviathan Chronicles
b) Then read 3 novels published before the death of its author. (That author's last novel).
Micro, ?, ?

Tasks Completed:

1. Read a book that takes place in 3 different mythical/imagined realms The Eyre Affair
5. Choose a series that you a gave a low rating to, and read the second book. Fifty Shades Darker
7. Nominated for the 2009 World Fantasy Award. The Graveyard Book
8. Read a book with 7 or more words in the title. Subtitles don't count (ie. nothing after the colon). James Potter and the Curse of the Gate Keeper
9. Read a book that is number 7,8 or 9 in a stand alone series. How to Steal a Dragon's Sword
11. Read a book that's cover depicts someone that is about to die in some way or other. Jaws
13. Read a book with 1000 or more pages. A Dance With Dragons
21. Read a book that is set on an ocean vessel that is not a passenger cruise ship. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
25. Read an entire series consisting of 6 or more books. The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, The Wide Window, The Miserable Mill, The Austere Academy, The Ersatz Elevator, The Vile Village, The Hostile Hospital, The Carnivorous Carnival, The Slippery Slope, The Grim Grotto, The Penultimate Peril, The End
28. The terrible threes: Read three trilogies.
The Red Pyramid, The Throne of Fire & The Serpent's Shadow
The Hunger Games, Mockingjay & Catching Fire
The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials & The Death Cure
29. Read a graphic novel. The Amazing Spider-Man, Volume 1: Coming Home
40. A one-word title with 10 letters. Skybreaker

I am going to join in with this one, using books from January 2012 onwards...

That means, currently I have completed

12/40 tasks and have a rank of (Evil Bunny, Sprite passed)

WRAITH!!

And I can still use Insurgent for Mishmash, as it is on your TBR shelf!!

Cool, then I will use when we read it later this month. I had planned to use it for the tree book in Mishmash, but I am reading another one this month that fits for that as well.

Just to clarify, the back is shown prominently in the cover picture?

Lu (The Muggle) wrote: "517 - Read a book written from a male POV (point of view)"

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

#507 next please.

Task 11: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

16/31

Well done!

Task 24: Jaws

15/31

Congrats Lauren! Nearly there...

Awesome! You must tell me about it when you get back... Have fun!

Awesome. Where you going?

Sounds good. I have enough to keep me busy util then!

Barbara, 3 days works great for me!

Next Saturday is fine for me. How much do you plan on reading per day?

I'm planning on reading it, Lu...