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BJ Rose: How did you like the Scot and I? I am reading To Tame a Highlander and I like the underlying Scottish theme.
I liked it. There's definitely a Scottish setting in The Scot and I - it begins with a shooting in Balmoral Castle, but it's the Prophecy of the Grampian Witch that sets the tone - the hero is one of the grandsons of the Witch and has to decide whether or not he believes any of the Prophecy (foolish man - in books the prophecies always come true!)The book I just finished - Runaway McBride - is the 2nd in this series, and I actually liked this one more, but the first is fun. They take place in late Victorian times. I'm hoping there's a 3rd one for Gavin.
I loved Moning's Highlander series - they actually get better after the one you're reading now.
Finished The Deen Family Cookbook tonight (Paula Deen). I flipped through the whole thing but only read about half of the recipes so I'm not going to list the pages towards my page count even though I finished the book. (I skipped over the recipes I know my family wouldn't eat.)
If read historical romance I find that there has to be something magical happening to keep me interested. Even though in the Highlander series is not magically overt, lol. I did like reading a paranormal romance set in Victorian England as well. Those times [customs:] are so proper and different. Just a change from the attitude of today. I will look for more Highlander/Scottish themed romances now =D
I like Paula Deen. She is so country cute =D.
New Challenge: Getting ready for Fall/Start 08/24/09 : Read 2500 pages: By: 9/21/09 : Reward: 2 new books or 4 used books. Previous Total = 2409 pages
217 pages - Little Women - Lousia May Alcott - 08/09/09
Total = 2526 pages
Kenjii could you please post the new challenge. I haven't got any imaginative ideas but I'm sure you will have. I guess new page counts start from here ?!
Jane wrote: "New Challenge: Getting ready for Fall/Start 08/24/09 : Read 2500 pages: By: 9/21/09 : Reward: 2 new books or 4 used books. Total = 2526 pages
Congratulations, Jane!!
Congratulations Jane!I hope you're feeling better soon.
Thanks guys ! I am feeling a little better but I spend most of the day in bed sleeping and reading. Antibiotics make me very sleepy and they are pretty strong. I sure hope none of you get this swine flu it's really not nice ! !
Gave up on the book I was reading. The autographed book I found for 50 cents at a thrift shop - America on Six Rubles a Day. It's not that he isn't funny but after 41 pages (out of 124).. I got really tired of his jokes. He'd put one-liner jokes in every paragraph, and sometimes more than one. Too many jokes, not enough substance. It just became too much. Oh well.
Sorry you didn't like the book Kate ! Fortunately we don't come across books like that too often. I'm finally up out of bed ! Gosh this thing really takes it out of you.
Briansgirl wrote: "Gave up on the book I was reading. The autographed book I found for 50 cents at a thrift shop - America on Six Rubles a Day. It's not that he isn't funny but after 41 pages (out of 1..."That's too bad, BG, but maybe you can advertise it as an autographed book on eBay - you might luck out and find someone who does like this kind of thing.
Definetly not tossing an autographed book away. Might be worth something to someone. But it was just too much to keep reading.Glad you're feeling better Jane.
I'll get us started again. Something quick based on today's date.New Challenge: World Trade Center Memorial 9/11/09
Read 911 pages by: 9/25/09
Reward: 1 new book or 2 used books.
Thanks BG! SS I missed that post Jane. I don't know WHY Goodreads sometimes does not send me the emails from threads I am "following". I completely missed your request to start a new challenge Jane. I'll check more closely next time =D.
Jane wrote: "New Challenge: Getting ready for Fall/Start 08/24/09 : Read 2500 pages: By: 9/21/09 : Reward: 2 new books or 4 used books. Previous Total = 2409 pages
217 pages - Little Women - Lousia May A..."
GG, Jane!
No problem Kenjii ! I was just still struggling against medications that make you sleepy and I just couldn't get my brain in gear to come up with an interesting challenge lol
New Challenge: World Trade Center Memorial 9/11/09 Read 911 pages by: 9/25/09 Reward: 1 new book or 2 used books.
145 pgs - A Catskill Eagle - Robert B Parker (finished off this book today so just counting what I read today)
130 pgs - Dreams from my father - Barack Obama - 11/09/09
Total = 275 pages
It's a really quick challenge based on the theme. (So the reward is small. lol) But the number of pages seemed appropriate.
GG, BG. We can always count on a Challenge team memeber to haveour back[s:]. LOL. New Challenge: World Trade Center Memorial 9/11/09 Read 911 pages by: 9/25/09
Reward: 1 new book or 2 used books
p/c 128 Fireflies by Ally Blue (finished, e-book) **stars
Total: 128
New Challenge: World Trade Center Memorial 9/11/09 Read 911 pages by: 9/25/09 Reward: 1 new book or 2 used books.
Previous = 275
final 118 pages - Royal Lockdown - Rebecca York - 11/09/09
Total = 393 pages
New Challenge: World Trade Center Memorial 9/11/09 Read 911 pages by: 9/25/09Reward: 1 new book or 2 used books.
370 pp.: Mr. Cavendish, I Presume by Julia Quinn
Total = 370 pages
This challenge being easier may be a close one!
Briansgirl wrote: "This challenge being easier may be a close one!"Maybe that's the secret!
New Challenge: World Trade Center Memorial 9/11/09 Read 911 pages by: 9/25/09Reward: 1 new book or 2 used books.
prev:
p/c 128 Fireflies by Ally Blue (finished, e-book) **stars
finished:
p/c 114Outcast by Evangeline Anderson(e-book) ***stars
total: 242
New Challenge: World Trade Centre Memorial 9/11/09 Read 911 Pages by: 9/25/09Reward: 1 new book or 2 used books.
prev: 393 pages
300 pages - Taming a sea-horse - Robert B Parker - 12/09/09 (a quick read, big print and lots of dialogue)
Total = 693 pages
Back to work on Monday so I will slow down then hehe
New Challenge: World Trade Centre Memorial 9/11/09 Read 911 Pages by: 9/25/09 Reward: 1 new book or 2 used books.
And the race is on.....
Kenjii = 242 pages
BJ = 370 pages
Jane = 693 pages
Jane wrote: "New Challenge: World Trade Centre Memorial 9/11/09 Read 911 Pages by: 9/25/09Reward: 1 new book or 2 used books.
Back to work on Monday so I will slow down then hehe ..."
Glad to hear you're back to good (or at least working) health!
Hey BG your a great challenge host. Maybe you can be my co-lead when I drop the ball, ahem, as in when GR doesn't deliver messages letting me know when its time to start new challenges, lol. Also keeping up with page counts is a neat idea =D.
I would love to help Kenjii. As a stay-at-home mom... I've got the time. heheOn another note, I'm finally reading something that's fiction. It's a story about 9/11. It's 34 pages long and and I'm only on page 18, as I can only read a few pages of it at a time. Otherwise, I'm reading cookbooks.
New Challenge: World Trade Centre Memorial 9/11/09 Read 911 Pages by: 9/25/09 Reward: 1 new book or 2 used books.
(finished) Grandma's Wartime Kitchen 9/10/09 - 15 pages
Lost Things by G. Norman Lippert 9/12/09 - 34 pages
Total = 49 pages
Briansgirl "Master Book Sale Huntress" wrote: "I would love to help Kenjii. As a stay-at-home mom... I've got the time. heheOn another note, I'm finally reading something that's fiction. It's a story about 9/11. It's 34 pages long and and I..."
Thanks for offering to help BG =D. I don't work as you know and so I have time to check up on the messages as well. I do have moderate health issues that sometimes keep me away from the computer for a few days at a time.
I am SO glad to hear that you are getting back into fiction reading. Thanks for sharing and posting your pages!
I've mostly been reading cookbooks lately, which isn't a bad thing. But it took me 2 days, a little here or there to finally get through the 34 page novella about a woman (writer) whose husband goes missing during 9/11 attacks.You'll have to keep the lists of whose won towards whatever secret prize you've got. :) But I can help with running totals or a new challenge if you're not around.
New Challenge: World Trade Centre Memorial 9/11/09 Read 911 Pages by: 9/25/09Reward: 1 new book or 2 used books.
prev: 693 pages
242 pages - 16 Lighthouse Road(ebook version) - Debbie Macomber - 13/09/09
Total = 935 pages
Ok as I have won the last three challenges, I am going to back off for a while now and let others have a chance. Although in reality as I am back to work tomorrow my reading time is going to diminish anyway ! !I was fortunate in having been ill for almost three weeks, that I was able to read almost endlessly.
I am however feeling a little burnt out now hehe ! !
I'll let you know what I decide to do with my rewards
Pure Reading Challenge = 4 used books +
Getting ready for fall challenge = 2 new or 4 used books +
World Trade Centre Memorial Challenge = 1 new or 2 used books.
I am going to go for used books as it's a good way to take advantage of being able to buy lots of books at once to replenish my reading shelves .
Oops forgot to say thanks to Kate for creating a thought provoking challenge and of course to Kenjii who got the whole thing started in the first place.
Jane wrote: "New Challenge: World Trade Centre Memorial 9/11/09 Read 911 Pages by: 9/25/09Reward: 1 new book or 2 used books.
prev: 693 pages
242 pages - 16 Lighthouse Road(ebook version) - Debbie Macom..."
Congrads Jane! It is great to be able to get so much reading done though. Let us know if you want to post a challenge, or want us to do it, thanks! Page count zero!
Feel free to post a new challenge Kenjii .
New challenge::Summer's Gone::Start::9-13-09::Pages::1000::Ends::9-30-09::Reward::1 new or 2 used
Briansgirl "Master Book Sale Huntress" wrote: "Congrats Jane"Thanks Kate !
As I won the last three challenges, I'm going to sit this one out.
Glad you are reading a little now.
Thanks Jane. I'm trying to find my way back. I've read alot of non-fiction but even then, I've been reading a bit here or there in different books, rarely finishing any particular book. Can't count pages that way. lol
Jane wrote: "Ok as I have won the last three challenges, I am going to back off for a while now and let others have a chance. Although in reality as I am back to work tomorrow my reading time is going to dimin..."Congratulations on your 3-in-a-row, Jane!!!
"I was fortunate in having been ill for almost three weeks..."
I got a big chuckle out of the way you worded this - only a true reader could say that!
Thanks BJ Rose ! Yes my husband said the same thing !I would have been very unhappy if I hadn't been able to occupy myself reading.
New challenge::Summer's Gone::Start::9-13-09::Pages::1000::Ends::9-30-09::Reward::1 new or 2 usedfinished:
p/c 220 Daddy's Little Boy by Alan Holloway ****stars
total: 220
New challenge::Summer's Gone::Start::9-13-09::Pages::1000::Ends::9-30-09::Reward::1 new or 2 usedStarting slowly...
Rose Wars by Amy Corwin (ebook novella) 9/13/09 - 11 pages
Dead Cat Smell by Tara West (ebook novella) 9/13/09 - 7 pages
Standoff for Love by Paty Jager (ebook novella) 9/13/09 - 13 pages
Dog People by Rudy Bartek (ebook novella) 9/13/09 - 7 pages
Unexpected Beauty by Misty Simon (ebook novella) 9/13/09 - 10 pages
One More Time by Linda Carroll-Bradd (ebook novella) 9/13/09 - 14 pages
A New Fashioned Girl by Elizabeth Palmer (ebook novella) 9/13/09 - 7 pages
The Interview by Elizabeth Rose (ebook novella) 9/13/09 - 11 pages
Finding Fate by Viola Estrella (ebook novella) 9/13/09 - 11 pages
The Case of the Frozen Diplomat by Tim Heald (novella) 9/13/09 - 10 pages
The Alibi by Isaac Asimov (novella) 9/13/09 - 11 pages
Total = 112 pages
Wow BG that's a great amount of reading in one day ! !Congrats ! ! !
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No danger to Jane's winning, but figured I'd post this just for the heck of it!
310pp.: The Runaway McBride by Elizabeth Thornton Sept. 7
added to:
192 pp.: Madam Will You Talk by Mary Stewart Sept. 3 first read this over 30 years ago - still a great book!
290 pp.: Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen Sept. 1 delightful story!!
345 pp.: Dark Hunger by Sara Reinke August 29
455 pp.: Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward **** August 26
308 pp.: The Scot and I by Elizabeth Thornton Sept. 5
Total Pages: 1900