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Feb 09, 2019 08:59AM

35559 Going to do at least Category 1 and the movie adaption watch challenge...

Categories:
I. The Real Deal: Read or re-read a novel by one of the Bronte sisters: Charlotte, Emily or Anne
2 points per book.
Jane Eyre
Villete
The Professor
Wuthering Heights
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Agnes Grey


II. Sequels & Re-tellings: Read a sequel to a Bronte novel or a story of Bronte characters with a twist (alternate reality, paranormal elements, nowadays setting, a secondary character's perspective) or a story where at least one of the Bronte sisters is a character herself.
1 point per book.

Listopia links:
Brontës in Fiction
Brontës in YA
Bronte Fiction
Best Bronte Books
Derivatives of Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights reimaginings/sequels


III. Setting: Read a book/watch a movie or a TV series set in the Victorian era (1837 to 1901) in which the hero/heroine is English.
1 point per book (+1 extra point if the author is a Brontes contemporary, e.g. Charles Dickens or George Eliot), 1 point per movie, 2 points per TV series

Listopia links:
Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain
Victorian YA Novels
Victorian Romance
Victorian Novels


IV. Plain Facts: Read a non-fiction book/ watch a documentary related to Bronte sisters or to the Victorian time period.
3 points per book, 2 points per TV documentary series, 1 point per TV documentary

Listopia links:
Best Brontë Nonfiction
Victorian Britain: Non-Fiction
Non Fiction Books on the Victoria Era
19th Century British History - Victorian Era external link


VI. Adaptations: Watch a movie or a TV show or listen to a radio dramatization based on book by one of the Brontes or their life.
1 point per movie, 1 point per radio dramatization , 2 points per TV show/series.
35559 Really want to read this series...
Feb 01, 2019 03:11AM

35559 I’m in.
Oct 23, 2016 05:11PM

35559 Completion Post:

From a Paris Balcony by Ella Carey
Title: From a Paris Balcony
Author: Ella Carey
Oct 18, 2016 05:28PM

35559 Completion Post:

A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4) by George R.R. Martin
Title: A Feast for Crows
Author: George R.R. Martin
Task: 4th in series, 600+ pages
Oct 16, 2016 06:07AM

35559 My book 4 of Game of Thrones is also 600+ pages so you can choose what you want to use the book for. I am 3/4ths of the way through it so far
Oct 15, 2016 05:18PM

35559 Completion Post:

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Title: The Girl on the Train
Author: Paula Hawkins
Pages: 336
Task: ?
Oct 15, 2016 01:23AM

35559 I am about half way through the 4th book in Game of Thrones. When would I have to get it done?
Oct 07, 2016 05:10PM

35559 Awesome job Rachel! I just got home, lol
Oct 07, 2016 04:12PM

35559 I'll be home in an hour so if no one has a chance to work on it, I can start on it or help
Oct 07, 2016 04:11PM

35559 Completion Post:

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Title: Fahrenheit 451
Author: Ray Bradbury
Task: #22 flames on coverage
Oct 07, 2016 12:02PM

35559 Fine with me too
Oct 07, 2016 10:06AM

35559 I finished my book for #15 TBR over a year. Working on flames book now so hopefully will be done in a few hours
Oct 07, 2016 09:25AM

35559 Completion Post:

The Red Sea Rules 10 God-Given Strategies for Difficult Times by Robert Morgan
Title: The Red Sea Rules: 10 God-Given Strategies for Difficult Times
Author: Robert Morgan
Task: on TBR over 1 year 5/8/14 or body of water on cover
Oct 07, 2016 08:10AM

35559 Awesome. I can still rerelease Fahrenheit 451 then for flames. Not sure who has finished what for the TBR over a year task but I will be done with Red Sea Rules hopefully within the next hour. It could also be used for body of water task too.
Oct 07, 2016 07:57AM

35559 Looks like we are close to covering #22. Need someone to take "hot" in title and to use bonus for umbrella book...
Oct 07, 2016 07:55AM

35559 Selection Post:

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Title: Fahrenheit 451
Author: Ray Bradbury
Task: #22 flames on cover
Oct 07, 2016 06:58AM

35559 Is the rule for re-reads over 6 months? Just doublechecking since I can't find the rule.
Oct 07, 2016 06:35AM

35559 Completion Post:

Things We Set On Fire by Deborah Reed
Title: Things We Set On Fire
Author:Deborah Reed
Task: "fire" in the title
Oct 06, 2016 08:07PM

35559 Completion Post:

Pasadena by Sherri L. Smith
Title: Pasadena
Author: Sherri L. Smith
Pages: 240
Task: ?
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