Beth’s Comments (group member since Mar 06, 2014)

Beth’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

I can sprint for a while, what start time?

I just started The Player of Games and I'd like to do a buddy read if anyone replies in a week or so. Otherwise, I might want to do another book in the Culture series as a buddy read - maybe November or December?

1% read 59% done Invisible Man

ok

I'm here

anyone still want to sprint?

start time?

Still there? How about :30 for 20?

anyone on?

Start date: 9/27/2017
finish date: 9/27/2018
read so far: 19 books
themed/spell it out combo, 2 letters left for spell it out, unless I add more words

Theme #1:Classic Horror
Read classic horror books like Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or Bran Stoker’s Dracula. Or, you can choose the modern revamp of old classics like Pride, Prejudice and zombies. Or books that are based on Classic Horror books like Alice in Zombieland.
1. The Man Whom the Trees Loved 10/21/2017

Theme #2:Masters of Horror and Fantastic
Read a book from a master of horror and Fantastic like Stephen King or Dean Koontz, or if you prefer a lighter approach, like Neil Gaiman or Terry Pratchett
1. Teatro Grottesco 10/21/2017
2. The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains 10/21/2017
3. Books of Blood: Volume One 10/31/2017

Theme #3:Samhain -
Read a book that focus on Celtic/Gaelic traditions like Beltane, Samhain or other rituals, or somehow fit the meaning of Samhain (see spoiler for info)
1. The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore 1/12/2018

Theme #5:Face your Fears
Read books about things that scare you - urban legends, ghost stories, spiders, spider webs, murders, even elevators or planes, is all about your fears.
1. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (mass extinctions/climate change) 9/28/2017
2. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 10/21/2017 (urban legends/ghost stories)
3. Alias Grace 10/11/2018 (murder)

Theme #7:Halloween Party – a Spell-it-Out challenge - 8 books read
Use your imagination to create the perfect party item: the beverages, the food, the decorations, the theme, the music

food:
P The Player of Games 10/14/2017
I Invisible Man 10/6/2017
E

decorations
C The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr 10/22/2017
O The Once and Future King 12/24/2017
B Birds 10/28/2017
W War Music: An Account of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer's Iliad 10/9/2017
E
B Black Orchid 10/29/2017
S Star Songs of An Old Primate 10/19/2017

Theme #9:Halloween Cover Hunt
Read books with covers matching Halloween colors - black, orange, red - or Halloween themes - pumpkins, skulls, etc.
1. The Underground Railroad 11/6/2017 orange cover
2. The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra11/25/2017 red cover
3. An Instance of the Fingerpost 12/3/2017 skull on cover

Theme #10: Special Abilities - Read books with characters with special abilities - fire power, magical powers, sensing the dead, premonitions, etc.

listened to my audiobook, Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America for 20

13 hrs, 14 min complete

missed you. can we start at :10 for 20?

I'm here t/l?

signing off. Goodnight.

I'll be back tomorrow

I'm here, T/L?

I'm here, want to start at :50?

I'm on

5. Mendoza, Argentina
Detour: Read a book that has fairies

Copy and add your name:

Author/Setting: Zuzana
Detour: Daire
Spell-it-out: Heather, Gemma, Nikki, Beth

Zuzana, I know Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was by Angélica Gorodischer is by an author from Argentina. haven't read it yet, but it could work for either setting or Spell-it-out (letter A)

lost track of time but i read 1% of my book, 78% done

I can start @ 50 for 20

I'll be back sometime tomorrow. Goodnight!

22% done