Thing Two's Rainbow Rolodex (showing 1-32 of 32)

[Almeta]

Wow...new blood! You are showing us some fresh choices, ThingTwo.

[Thing Two]

A - 2666 by Roberto Bolaño read August 3 - 898 pages

A - The Art of War, Special Edition by Sun Tzu read August 3 - 268 pages

A - Rabbit, Run by John Updike finished August 9 - 264 pages

A - Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson finished August 9 - 770 pages

A - The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus by Lee Strobel finished October 17 - 271 pages

A - The Writing Life by Annie Dillard finished October 17 - 113 pages

A - Looking For Alaska by John Green - finished December 8, 272 pages, Young Adult genre

A - Bastard Out Of Carolina - Dorothy Allison finished December 19, 309 pages, Young Adult genre

A - The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams finished December 21, 70 pages, Young Adult genre

2666 - 30 points (20 + 10)
Art - 32 points (30 + 2)
Rabbit - 32 points (30 + 2)
Complete - 35 points (30 + 5)
Case - 32 points (30 + 2)
Writing - 32 points (30 + 2)
Looking - 32 points (30 + 2)
Bastard - 33 points (30 + 3)
Glass - 32 points (30 + 2)

ORANGE RAINBOW CHALLENGE TOTAL - 290

[Thing Two]

I - The Day Laid on the Altar by Adria Bernardi set in Italy - 224 pages

I - One Day by David Nicholls set in Great Britain - 435 pages

I - Bleak House by Charles Dickens set in Great Britain - 1017 pages

I - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro set in Great Britain - 298 pages

I - Loving Frank by Nancy Horan set in Illinois - 384 pages

I - Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri set in India - 198 pages

Day Laid - 25 points (20 + 2 + 3)
One Day - 36 points (30 + 4 + 2)
Bleak House - 41 points (30 + 10 + 1)
Remains - 34 points (30 + 2 + 2)
Loving - 34 points (30 + 3 + 1)
Interpreter - 36 points (30 + 2 + 4)

YELLOW RAINBOW CHALLENGE TOTAL - 206

[Thing Two]

N - Zoobiquity: What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz - 320 pages

N - Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden - 205 pages

N - Battle Cry Of Freedom by James M. McPherson - 928 pages

N - Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty by John M. Barry - 464 pages

N - I'd Rather Teach Peace by Colman McCarthy - 140 pages

N - The Message Dark Green Leather-Look by Eugene Peterson - 416 pages

Zoobiquity - 23 points (20 + 3)
Escape - 37 points (30 + 2 + 5)
Battle - 40 points (30 + 10)
Roger - 34 points (30 + 4)
I'd Rather - 32 points (30 + 2)
Message - 34 points (30 + 4)

GREEN RAINBOW CHALLENGE TOTAL - 200

[Thing Two]

B - Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper - 295 pages

B - War Dances by Sherman Alexie - 209 pages

B - Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell - 193 pages

B - Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner - 322 pages

B - And Venus Is Blue by Mary Hood - 304 pages

B - Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day by Ben Loory - 210 pages

B - The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta - 384 pages

B - Saturday by Ian McEwan - 289 pages

B - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky - 231 pages

B - Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks - 300 pages

B - Shine Shine Shine by Lydia Netzer - 309 pages

B - Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk: A Novel by Ben Fountain 320 pages

B - Horoscopes for the Dead by Billy Collins 128 pages

B - Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan 343 pages (BETRAYAL!)

B - On Being Blue by William H. Gass 91 pages

Out - 22 points (20 + 2)
War - 32 points (30 + 2)
Winter's - 37 points (30 + 2 + 5)
Telex - 33 points (30 + 3)
Venus - 33 points (30 + 3)
Stories - 32 points (30 + 2)
Leftovers - 33 points (30 + 3)
Saturday - 32 points (30 + 2)
Perks - 32 points (30 + 2)
Caleb's - 33 points (30 + 3)
Shine - 33 points (30 + 3)
Billy Lynn's - 33 points (30 + 3)
Horoscopes - 32 points (30 + 2)
Half-Blood - 43 points (30 + 5 + 5 + 3)
On Being - 37 (30 + 2 + 5)

BLUE RAINBOW CHALLENGE TOTAL - 497

[April]

I read Rabbit, Run in June and had a very similar reaction. Yes, I read your review. I didn't write a review bEcause I really didn't know how to write one for that book. I do plan to read the next book in the series in hopes that Rabbit will grow up! How about you? Will you be reading the next book?

[Thing Two]

O - The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster published 1961 - 256 pages

O - All the King's Men 2006 Movie Tie-In Edition by Robert Penn Warren published in 1947 - 672 pages

O - The Moviegoer by Walker Percy Published in 1961 - 242 pages.

O - Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka published 1915 - 201 pages

O - Mansfield Park by Jane Austen published 1814 - 384 pages

O - Middlemarch by George Eliot published 1872 - 827 pages

Phantom - 27 points (20 + 2 + 5)
All - 45 points (30 + 5 + 10)
Moviegoer - 37 points (30 + 2 + 5)
Metamorphosis - 42 points (30 + 2 + 10)
Mansfield - 43 points (30 + 3 + 10)
Middlemarch - 50 points (30 + 10 + 10)

INDIGO RAINBOW CHALLENGE TOTAL - 244

[Thing Two]

W - Folded Leaf by William Maxwell - 304 pages

W - 520 The Madonnas of Echo Park: A Novel by Brando Skyhorse - 240 pages

W - The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell - 360 pages

W - Sula by Toni Morrison - 214 pages

W - Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy by Sarah Breathnach - 528 pages


W - The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War by Howard Bahr - 266 pages

Folded - 23 (20 + 3)
Madonnas - 42 (30 + 2 + 10)
Hand - 33 (30 + 3)
Sula - 32 (30 + 2)
Simple - 35 (30 + 5)
Black - 37 (30 + 2 + 5)

VIOLET RAINBOW CHALLENGE TOTAL - 202

RAINBOWS COMPLETED - 6

GRAND TOTAL - 2139

[Thing Two]

April wrote: "I read Rabbit, Run in June and had a very similar reaction. Yes, I read your review. I didn't write a review bEcause I really didn't know how to write one for that book. I do plan to read the nex..."

I'm on the fence. Curious enough to know if he does, in fact, mature. I'm of the belief that men of a certain age don't really ever "mature". If they haven't learned how to play by the rules by high school/early college, chances are they never will.
So, I don't have very high hopes for Mr. Angstrum (and too bad I couldn't count his last name as that "a" I needed!), but I do believe it is a prize winner - Pulitzer or NBCC - and I do tend to gravitate towards those.

BTW, my husband says I do NOT need any more motivation to read. He's not talking to you right now ... LOL!

[April]

LOL tell your hubby I'm sorry but I met a new friend and we are having fun!

[April]

or......you could buy a treat and read something on the order ofnFifty Shades of Grey. He would probably love that!

[jaxnsmom]

Oh no! Another spouse/partner upset with us :) We'll have to get them together in a GR support group.

Wow Thing Two - you've almost got a rainbow. Great going!

[Janice, Moderator]

Are your points including all the qualifiers? Eg - Red books get 1 point for each R in the title and author's name. In your first book, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, you would have 2 points.

It would help me if you itemize your points. Take a peak at how others have scored their books. Thanks - I hate to be a pain.

[Thing Two]

@ April - Grey is NOT a color in the rainbow.
@jaxnsmom - thanks!
@Janice - I'll update these today. I think I counted the R in Balzac.

[Judy]

LOL, Thing Two, tell your hubby we would love to have him read with us TOO! He can be Thing Three. hehe

I like your choices for the books you've read. I had forgotten about Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress until you posted it and then saw it at the bookstore and picked it up. War Dances has been on my radar also. How did you like that?

[Thing Two]

Judy wrote: "LOL, Thing Two, tell your hubby we would love to have him read with us TOO! He can be Thing Three. hehe

I like your choices for the books you've read. I had forgotten about Balzac and the Little C..."

My hubby woke me up early to remind me this was the last day of the toppler challenge and I HAD SOME READING TO DO!!! I guess I'll keep him around for another day, at least.

Here's my review for War Dances . It was a very interesting collection. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Janice, Moderator]

Your hubby sounds like a keeper! :)

[Judy]

Any possibility of cloning him?

[April]

LOL. Tell Mr. Thing Two to join us. We would love to have him with us for our challenes and the next toppler!

[Thing Two]

Janice wrote: "Your hubby sounds like a keeper! :)"

I've kept him around for 22 years now!

[Connie (Ava Catherine)]

Congratulations! Fantastic reading! ; )

[Thing Two]

Oops! I deleted all of my Rs!

R - Perla by Carolina De Robertis - 256 pages

R - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie translated by Ina Rilke - 184 pages

R - Lectures on Art by John Ruskin - 96 pages

R - The Hatfields and the McCoys by Otis K. Rice - 160 pages

R - Straight Man by Richard Russo - 416 pages

R - Lectures on Landscape by John Ruskin 60 pages

Perla 26 points (20 + 2 + 4)
Balzac 34 points (30 + 2 + 2)
Lectures 35 points (30 + 2 + 3)
Hatfields 33 points (30 + 2 + 1)
Straight 38 points (30 + 4 + 4)
Lectures 34 points (30 + 2 + 2)

RED RAINBOW CHALLENGE TOTAL - 200

[Thing Two]

R-A-I-N-B-O-W results:

Red - 6 books, 200 points
Orange - 9 books, 290 pointes
Yellow - 6 books, 206 points
Green - 6 books, 200 points
Blue - 15 books, 497 points
Indigo - 6 books, 202 points
Violet - 6 books, 202 points

6 completed challenges, 300 points
54 books
2139 total points

cya next year!

[Judy]

Wow! this was a productive challenge for you, Thing Two. Wishes for happy reading next year.

[Janice, Moderator]

Great job Thing Two!

[Thing Two]

Judy wrote: "Wow! this was a productive challenge for you, Thing Two. Wishes for happy reading next year."

Yeah, I pretty much suck at following the rules with those monthly challenges; I'm not a jewel-y/fairy tale reader, but this one was even flexible enough for my tbr list.

[Thing Two]

Janice wrote: "Great job Thing Two!"

Thanks!

[Janice, Moderator]

Thing Two wrote: "Yeah, I pretty much suck at following the rules with those monthly challenges; I'm not a jewel-y/fairy tale reader, but this one was even flexible enough for my tbr list."

Then the alphabet challenge should fit right in to your style.

[Thing Two]

Janice wrote: "Then the alphabet challenge should fit right in to your style. ..."

You've seen my lists, right? Already have "A" loaded on my ipad for tomorrow.

[Janice, Moderator]

Yes, I sure have. I have to finish the book I'm currently reading before I can start my A book. So what am I doing here? :)

[Connie (Ava Catherine)]

Love your lists, Thing Two!

Congrats on your Rainbow Challenge!

[Thing Two]

Thanks, Connie!