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OFFICIAL SPRING CHALLENGE - 2009
It's a bit too deep for me for this challenge, but Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche was mentioned in "Little Miss Sunshine".
Becky wrote: "It's a bit too deep for me for this challenge, but [b:Thus Spoke Zarathustra|31605|Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Texts in the History of Philosophy)|Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche|http://photo.goodreads.com..."I love that movie! I think Proust is mentioned too, b/c Steve Carrell's character is a Proust scholar.
Becky wrote: "It's a bit too deep for me for this challenge, but [b:Thus Spoke Zarathustra|31605|Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Texts in the History of Philosophy)|Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche|http://photo.goodreads.com..."I thought that was a piece of classical music.... Nietzsche? WOW.... I'll pass.
I'm going to read Shakespeare's sonnets (Sense & Sensibility). I've been meaning to read them for forever anyway.
I wish I could do that. Well, I could do that so I guess I should say I wish I would do that!I'm actually surprised I finished this many challenge books already without sticking a non challenge in.
I have almost a thousand books in two rooms in my house and I'm still having trouble coming up with two that rhyme. LOL
For Darla's task, in case anyone's looking for ideas, I've thought of a few..."You've Got Mail" mentions numerous books, since the two main characters work in bookstores, but here are a few off the top of my head: Pride and Prejudice, Ballet Shoes, Dancing Shoes, Theater Shoes (classic children's books -- wonderful! -- by Noel Streatfeild).
"84 Charing Cross Road" also mentions tons of books, and it's worth watching, if you haven't seen it, just to get ideas!
"The Devil Wears Prada" also mentions the Harry Potter series.
"Dan in Real Life" lists a number of books in a hilarious scene in a bookstore -- again, worth watching as an excuse to get book ideas.
This is a fantastic challenge -- combining two of my favorite things (books and movies)... now all I have to do is eat pizza or chocolate while completing the challenge, and I'll be in heaven! :)
Sara - it is also a piece of classical music. Just to be confusing!
I've finished a few tasks this week5 points
2. Collection of letters
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff(then I watched the movie again just because it's my favorite)
3. Planes, Trains, etc
A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
(listened to this during my drive to work)
7. Arbor Day
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
(read this on my new Kindle) By the way, this is a wonderful, short book about the Queen of England suddenly discovering a love of reading
15 points
6. Translated Book
The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
(French to English)
New Total: 45 points
Partial list of the books Helen Hanff ordered from Marks & Co. and mentioned in 84 Charing Cross Road:First edition back cover
Current edition
* Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice, (1813)
* Arkwright, Francis trans. Memoirs of the Duc de Saint-Simon
* Belloc, Hillaire. Essays.
* Catullus - Loeb Classics
* Chaucer, Geoffrey The Canterbury Tales translated by Hill, published by Longmans 1934)
* Delafield, E.M., Diary of a Provincial Lady
* Dobson, Austen ed.. The Sir Roger De Coverley Papers
* Donne, John Sermons
* Elizabethan Poetry
* Graham, Kenneth, The Wind in the Willows
* Greek New Testament
* Grolier Bible
* Hazlitt, William. Selected Essays Of William Hazlitt 1778 To 1830, Nonesuch Press edition.
* Horace - Loeb Classics
* Hunt, Leigh. Essays.
* Johnson, Samuel, On Shakespeare, 1908, Intro by Walter Raleigh
* Jonson, Ben. Timber
* Lamb, Charles. Essays of Elia, (1823).
* Landor, Walter Savage. Vol II of The Works and Life of Walter Savage Landor (1876) - Imaginary Conversations
* Latin Bible
* Latin New Testament
* Latin Vulgate Dictionary
* Leonard, R. M. ed. The Book-Lover's Anthology, (1911).
* Newman, John Henry. Discourses on the Scope and Nature of University Education. Addressed to the Catholics of Dublin- "'Idea of a University" (1852 and 1858)
* Pepys, Samuel. Pepys Diary - 4 Volume Braybrook ed. (1926, revised ed)
* Plato's Four Socratic Dialogues, 1903
* Quiller-Couch, Arthur, The Oxford Book Of English Verse
* Quiller-Couch, Arthur, The Pilgrim's Way
* Quiller-Couch, Arthur, Oxford Book of English Prose
* Sappho - Loeb Classics
* St. John, Christopher Ed. Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw : A Correspondence / The Shaw - Terry Letters : A Romantic Correspondence
* Sterne, Lauence, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, (1759)
* Stevenson, Robert Louis. Virginibus Puerisque
* de Tocqueville, Alexis Journey to America (1831–1832)
* Wyatt, Thomas. Poems of Thomas Wyatt
* Walton, Izaak. The Complete Angler . J Major's (2nd ed., 1824).
* Walton, Izaak. The Lives of - John Donne - Sir Henry Wotton - Richard Hooker - George Herbert & Robert Sanderson
* Woolf, Virginia, the Common Reader, 1932.
Darla, I love your task! It's had been brain spinning with ideas all day. However, everyone's already posted the one's I was thinking of.What about Hamlet for L.A. Story with Steve Martin
Tobie-I loved Sushie For Beginners-it was funny and sooo entertaining. I tried the seven dwarves diet for about a day, lol!
4. ROS’ TASK - Read a book that’s on the big reads list.For 25 points I read...Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
(New total: 125 points)
WV Heather wrote: "Darla, I love your task! It's had been brain spinning with ideas all day. However, everyone's already posted the one's I was thinking of.What about Hamlet for L.A. Story with Steve Martin"
There is a book store scene in When Harry Met Sally as well. I can't remember what book she keeps hiding behind but it's pretty prominent in the scene (another movie worth watching again to see!)
That reminds me - Jane Eyre was a huge plot point in the movie Definitely Maybe - which is also one of my fave newer movies, by the way.
5 POINTS2:84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff (3/04/09)
4:From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris (3/10/09)
7: My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (3/12/09)
10 POINTS
4:A Great and Terribly Beauty by Libba Bray (3/02/09)
6:Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (3/11/09)
10:All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris (3/03/09)
15 POINTS
6:The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (3/13/09)
8:City Dog by Alison Pace (3/01/09)
25 POINTS
1:The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (3/09/09) and Rebel Angels by Libba Bray (3/16/09)
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Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 9/40
-Beth MN
Elizabeth (NC) wrote: "There is a book store scene in When Harry Met Sally as well. I can't remember what book she keeps hiding behind but it's pretty prominent in the scene...I can't remember either, I think it was a self help book. Harry, however, read Misery and a Robert Ludlum book (I think it was one of the Bourne books).
Lake House the movie talked about the book Persuasion. I also want to go back and see if I can see what books were burned in Footloose.
And the movie Thirteen Days talks about the Guns of August which has been on my shelf since I saw the movie about 8 years ago...I guess I could finally read it...
Sara, I am so glad you mentioned The Pagemaster! I loved that movie when I was younger! So good! There are TONS of great books mentioned in that movie. I think that's what I am going to use. Thanks a bunch!
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Jeane wrote: "Cynthia, can I read for the five points task of a non-fiction collection of letters/journal: Dublin by Pakenham.I found this as description on amazon:
Dublin's turbulent history, its intense..." - THAT'S FINE
Sara wrote: "All right, Cynthia. How about Holes for my Scorpio-desert-wasteland book?
I had to stop reading..." - HOLES IS OK
5 Points 1.
2. Ella Minnow Pea A Novel in Letters - Mark Dunn
3. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close -
4.
5. The Shack - William P. Young
6.
7.
8.
9. Down the Rabbit Hole An Echo Falls Mystery - Peter Abrahams
10. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón
10 Points
1.
2. Rain of Gold - Victor Villaseñor
3.
4. Until I Find You A Novel - John Irving (March 2nd)
5.
6. The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things - Carolyn Mackler
7. Postmortem - Patricia Cornwell
8. Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
9. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
10. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides
15 Points
1.
2.
3. Neverwhere A Novel - Neil Gaiman
4.
5. The Witches of Eastwick - John Updike (National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction - 1981)
6. Ines of My Soul A Novel - Isabel Allende
7. Night - Elie Wiesel and A Northern Light - Jennifer Donnelly
8.
9.
10.
25 Points
1. Gossamer,
2.
3. The Art of Racing in the Rain and Whale Talk
4. Noughts & Crosses
5. Blood Brothers
6. The Six Wives of Henry VIII
8.
9.
Total
140 points, 11 Tasks
Cynthia - Instead of using Walk Two Moons for 10pt challenge #6 can I use Brave New World? Does the word World count towards the earth day theme? If not I will stick to walk two moons. Thanks!
15 POINT TASKS6. Read a book that was has been translated from its original language (i.e. it could be from Swedish to English or English to Italian etc.).
Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
(from Portuguese)
Total 30 PTS (3/16/09)
Another finished...5 point challenge
1. Bones of Faerie by Janni Lee Simner
2. The Naked Mole Rat Letters by Mary Amato
3. Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
4. The Wright 3 by Blue Baillet
5. Not sure yet
6. My Lady's Treasure by Catherine Kean
7. Artemis Fowl The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer
8.
9. May Bird and the Ever After Book One by Jodi Lynn Anderson or Bird by Rita Murphy
10. Storm Glass by Maria V. Snyder
10 point challenge
1. Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs
2. Red Glass by Laura Resau
3. The Siege of Macindaw by John Flanagan (ARC copy)
4. Kandide and the Secrets of the Mists by Diana Zimmerman
5. Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
6. Shooting the Moon by Frances O'Roark Dowell
7. Wintersmith A Discworld Novel by Terry Pratchett
8. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
9. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
10. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
15 point task
1. Mudville by Kurtis Scaletta - Sagitarius
2. Home of the Brave by Katherine Alice Applegate
3. Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
4.
5. Runt by Marion Dane Bauer - Won the Jane Adams Children's Book Award in 1984.
6. Tiger Moon by Antonia Michaelis translated from the German
7.
Clare B. Dunkle
8. I'll pick later
9.
10. Artemis Fowl The Eternity Code, Artemis Fowl The Opal Deception, Artemis Fowl The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
25 points
1. Goddess of the Rose by P.C. Cast or and Raven by Allison van Diepen
2. Wagner by Michael Tanner
3. Must Love Black by Kelly McClymer and The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett
4. Good Omens The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett
5. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
6. The Decline and Fall of the House of Windsor by Donald Spoto
7. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (from Pagemaster)
8.
9.
60/550
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Just finished The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for task 10.6.For the audio lovers out this, this is a fun one!
Total Points: 35
10 POINT TASK8. In Honor of Memorial and Armed Forces Day – Read a book about a veteran OR someone serving in the military (fiction or non-fiction).
Shattered by JoAnn Ross
Total Points: 35
For Darla's Task:Slumdog Millionaire had multiple references to The Three Musketeers.
I can't remember all the books featured in The Reader, but here are a couple: The Odyssey of Homer and Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904.
I really appreciate all these movie references. I'm not a movie goer, so I would have been at a complete loss on this one!
Nicole wrote: "Just finished The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy the book I'm doing for our challenge). I also really enjoyed A Town Like Alice on audio.
Update!I just finished Where Are You Now A Novel by Mary Higgins Clark for 10-point task #7 (a book given to me by my mother).
That brings my point total to 85.
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Another update! I finished All Quiet on the Western Front for the 10 point task: 8. In Honor of Memorial and Armed Forces Day – Read a book about a veteran OR someone serving in the military (fiction or non-fiction).Total: 120 points
Rory,I totally agree with you. I just listened to The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and hated it, but I loved The Red Tent.
I don't know a Town Like Alice, but will check it out!
Liz wrote: "15 POINT TASKS6. Read a book that was has been translated from its original language (i.e. it could be from Swedish to English or English to Italian etc.).
Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelh..."
What did you think of this book? I have been trying to decide if I really wanted to read it for a while now...
finished a 5-pointer: I can't imagine how/why I've gone so long without reading P.G. Wodehouse, but this will not be the last one. It was a delightful read, silly and full of absurdities.5.6 Read a novel with one of the following in the title:
added to:
5.7
10.4
15.6.
15.8.
25.8
AND
new total = 75 points
Sara wrote: "Jon - The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir just came in for me today through the trus..."i bet you , you love it once you get stuck in lol - be brave!
recent finished task is in bold5 Point tasks:
1. Science fiction or Fantasy: Dead Until Dark
2.Espistolary Novel: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
3.Spring cleaning:Defiant Heart
4.Transportation: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
5.Christian Novel:Speak Through the Wind
6.Women's history:The Lady and the Cad
7.Arbor day:Dawn In My Heart
8.April fools:The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes
9.Spring Animal:Birdsong Road
10.April Showers:His Winter Rose
10 Points
2.Cinco de mayo:Like Water for Chocolate A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies
3.Anzac Day:Faith in the Great Southland
4.Author's B-day:A Family To Share
6.Earth Day:Moon Called
7.Mother's Day:Killer Cargo
8.Memorial/armed forces:Military Daddy
9.TNBBC top book list:To Kill a Mockingbird
15 Points
1.Aries: TBD
2.Poetry Month:TBD
3.TNBCC Group Read:Stardust
4.Spring Break Location:Bayou Justice
5.Major Literary Prize:Beauty A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
6.Translated Book:TBD
7.Rhyming Books:Bridal Veiland THE LONG TRAIL TO LOVE - H S #753
10.3,4,5 books in series:The Horse and His Boy, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
25 Points:
2. El's task:Little Women
5.Bonnie's task: Simple Genius
6.Jon's Task: TBD
7.
9. Sara's Task: The Fear of the Lord Discover the Key to Intimately Knowing God
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Finished The Book Thief and Ella Enchanted for 10 point tasks 5 and 9.I loved The Book Thief! It was different from what I usually read, but it was so gripping! Death was a humorous touch too. :)
I cried at the end, and I've only done that for 5 or so books in my entire life! But then again, I'm not that old: just a freshman in high school...
Ella Enchanted was a re-read, so I don't have too much to say about it, other than it's one of my favorites too.
Kritika's total points
105+10+10
125 points
I love The Book Thief. It's such a touching story. :)
Hey all, I am trying to think of a funny book to read. I prefer novels. Anyone have any ideas?
Completed Tasks
10 Points
#10 1st to Die Fiona gave it a 5-star and we both joined this group on the same page!
15 Points
#2 Where the Sidewalk Ends
#8 Identical The link to the interview I read is http://www.teensreadtoo.com/Interview...
25 Points
#9 He's Just Not That Into You The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
Total Points: 65
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Sara wrote: "I was thinking about that super old movie with Macauley Culkin called The Pagemaster. I haven't seen it in YEARS, but I know for sure that Moby Dick and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde were mentioned (and..."I hope you aren't going for MOby Dick...
Cynthia wrote: "Jeane wrote: "Cynthia, can I read for the five points task of a non-fiction collection of letters/journal: Dublin by Pakenham.I found this as description on amazon:
Dublin's turbulent history, i..."
Thanks Cynthia. I was really hoping for it. I want to fit in as much books as possible and didn't find a place open anymore. And as it is so interesting(even if i am only in the long introduction) I really wanted to continue reading it. Another book about Dublin!
Josie wrote: "Another update! I finished All Quiet on the Western Front for the 10 p..."Josie, did you like the book? I read it for the winter challenge and was very interesting as it is where i come from that the book is set but was a bit dissapointed.
Kathryn wrote: "Hey all, I am trying to think of a funny book to read. I prefer novels. Anyone have any ideas?"The plum books by Evanovich
Jeane, after finishing it and thinking about it, it's kind of plotless, with a whole lot of random events (which I'm not even sure were in order) described, but I think it was very powerful. So many times I just went cold, thinking about the war and what an utter, utter waste it was. I also think it did a great job of showing that the end of the war wasn't the end of the mental torment for many of the soldiers, and what a struggle it must have been for them to try and return to everyday life. But, no, I probably wouldn't read it again!
5 POINTS4. Gobbolino the Witch's Cat by Ursula Moray Williams
7. For Arbor Day – Do your part to save some trees by…
- Reading an e-book The Poet by Michael Connelly (The nominal "Poet" is a killer, not one who writes poetry. So you can't use this book for the poetry task. :P)
10 POINTS
6. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
total points: 20
Yesterday I finished The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold for 15 points. Am now starting The Woman in White for 25 points. I've been putting this book off for months and months so wish me luck!!5 POINTS
1. A Neil Gaiman book
2. Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction by Sue Townsend
3. Half of Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4. ?
5. The Shack by William P. Young
6. The Girls by Lori Lansons
7. ?
8. The Difficult Second Book by Chris Moyles
9. ?
10. ?
10 POINTS
1. The Gathering by Anne Enright (Set in Ireland)
2. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
3. His Illegal Self by Peter Carey (Aussie Author)
4. Mr Pip by Lloyd Jones (Born 23rd March)
5. Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold
6. East of the Sun by Julia Gregson
8. The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies
9. I Capture the Castle (no. 1 of TNBBC top 10 list)
10. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson (One of Meg's 5 star rated books).
15 POINTS
1. ?
2. Shakespeare by Bill Bryson
3. Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen
6. Shape of Water by Andrea Camillia (translated from Italian into English
7. The Girl who was going to die by Glyn Maxwell and The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thompson
9. The White Tiger by Aravind Acliga
10. ?
25 POINTS
1. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson and The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
2. ?
3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger (from Angela's bookshelves)
4. Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
6. ?
7. ?
8. Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini
9. ?
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Phew. You people have been busy.I completed a few tasks while I've been gone.
5 point task #4.Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Task – Read or listen to a book while you are on a plane, on a train, or in a car: I've been listening to the audio book version of Bleak House by Charles Dickens on the bus on the way to work for the last week.
10 Point task # 6. In honor of Earth Day (April 22) read a book with the word Earth, Moon, Sun or one of the other planets... in the title: I re-read the AMAZING book A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.
New total: 85
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Kathryn wrote: "Hey all, I am trying to think of a funny book to read. I prefer novels. Anyone have any ideas?"Kathryn: The funniest book I ever read was
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid A Memoir by Bill Bryson. This was a memoir that had me laughing out loud. I rarely read anything that isn't fiction - this reads like fiction.
5 Points 1.
2. Ella Minnow Pea A Novel in Letters - Mark Dunn
3. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close -
4.
5. The Shack - William P. Young
6.
7.
8.
9. Down the Rabbit Hole An Echo Falls Mystery - Peter Abrahams
10. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón
10 Points
1.
2. Rain of Gold - Victor Villaseñor
3.
4. Until I Find You A Novel - John Irving (March 2nd)
5.
6. The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things - Carolyn Mackler
7. Postmortem - Patricia Cornwell
8. Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
9. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
10. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides
15 Points
1.
2.
3. Neverwhere A Novel - Neil Gaiman
4.
5. The Witches of Eastwick - John Updike (National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction - 1981)
6. Ines of My Soul A Novel - Isabel Allende
7. Night - Elie Wiesel and A Northern Light - Jennifer Donnelly
8.
9.
10.
25 Points
1.
2.
3. The Art of Racing in the Rain and Whale Talk
4. Noughts & Crosses
5. Blood Brothers
6. The Six Wives of Henry VIII
8.
9.
Total
165 points, 12 Tasks
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