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Cynthia, I was wondering for the 25pt task ( Read a book outside your normal genre(s).) Could i read the whole collection of grimm's fairy tales, They are basically very short stories, and i never read short stories? Thanks
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Fallon wrote: "Cynthia, I was wondering for the 25pt task ( Read a book outside your normal genre(s).) Could i read the whole collection of grimm's fairy tales, They are basically very short stories, and i never ..." - If you don't usually read fairy tales (I consider them a different genre personally from short stories) then yes Sai wrote: "I finished reading the following task but I've just haven't posted a new message:
5 points:
1. Solaris - Stanislaw Lem (Scifi novel)
8. Best Day of Someone Else's Life - Kerry Reichs (humorous n..." - Sorry the authors for the Ireland/Mexico/Australia have to be native born authors so that book won't work
There appears to be real competition for the halfway winner and picking a 50 point task!
No points but I finished half of this task tonight. Starting the other half and half of another too.8. CASSIE'S TASK - For her friend Melissa (who told her about goodreads and is a YA Librarian): Read two young adult novels.
I really liked Speak personally. I haven't reviewed it yet because I only had a minute and just had to post here but I think she did a fantastic job protraying a hogh school girl. I think it has a great message to. I wish I would have been more aware of books like this when I was in high school- maybe I wouldn't have spent so many years staring at a t.v. screen before getting back into books.
♡ Eva ♡ wrote: "I really liked Speak personally. I haven't reviewed it yet because I only had a minute and just had to post here but I think she did a fantastic job protraying a hogh school girl. I think it has a ..."I am so glad you liked it! That makes me really happy, because it is one of my favorites! I feel like she really understands people and portrays them well. I love hearing that people liked books I love!
I read Thoreau's The Maine Woods today and this evening for El's 25 point task (noted diarists), bringing me to a total of 230 points. 
Help! Is there any way to find your own posts in the list??? I am making up my "list to read" and for 25.3 I completely forgot to write down the name of the member who posted right after me.
Thanks,
Roseann
Roseann wrote: "Help! Is there any way to find your own posts in the list??? I am making up my "list to read" and for 25.3 I completely forgot to write down the name of the member who posted right after me.
..."
Just click on your name above. :)
Ps. Uhhh... But that doesn't work for finding the post after you. However, it gives the date of your posts, makes finding it easier or...?
Need to come up with others but this will bet me started for now:5 PONT
15 POINTS
2. Looking for suggestions
4. Need to think on this
5. Of Mice and Men
6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
7.
8. Something by Tee Morris
9. Thinking -
10.
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Ashley wrote: "♡ Eva ♡ wrote: "I really liked Speak personally. I haven't reviewed it yet because I only had a minute and just had to post here but I think she did a fantastic job protraying a hogh school girl. I..."I met her last summer at abook fair and she signed that and Twisted for me and you can tell she fells so strongly about the subject. It just comes off of her in vibes how much it means to her. It comes through in her writing also- for me it did anyway but in person it does also.
I'm really looking forward to Twisted now too. Apparently this is the first book she's written from a male perspective? I think I remember her saying that in a interview in the back of the book.
I love talking to someone about books- especially the ones I like! LOL
I have another question for you. A girlfriend of mine has it but hasn't read it yet and she has two teenagers, one boy and one girl who both love to read. She doesn't let them just readanything and they are pretty careful with their choices also to be honest. I think this is a great book for a teenager to read, either male or female. I didn't think it was overly descriptive or anything else that would make me think twice before recommending it to a young person. Do you agree?
Five Point Tasks 1.Science Fiction Novel: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
3. Spring Cleaning: Off Season
4. Commute???
5. For Easter/Lent: Persuasion
6. Women's History Month: Girl, Interrupted
7. Arbor Day: Love the One You're With(swapping it on paperbackswap)
9. Spring Animal Title: To Kill a Mockingbird
10. Book with Rain related word: The House of Thunder
Category Totals:
10 Point Tasks
1. Irish Author:PS, I Love You
3. ANZAC Day: The Book Thief
5. Book about Magic: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
6. Earth Day: The Pillars of the Earth
7. Mother's Day:????
8. Armed Forces Day: Cold Mountain
9. TNBBC Top Books List: The Secret History
10. Five Stars Member's List: Memoirs of a Geisha
Category Totals:
15 Points
1. SCORPIO: The Waste Lands by Stephen King OR Wastelands Stories of the Apocalypse
3. TNBBC Unread Group Read: House of Leaves
4. Location You've Been (CT): Swapping Lives
5. Award Winning Author:Beloved (Pulitzer in 1988)
6. Translated Book: Love in the Time of Cholera
7. Rhyming Novels: Alias Grace & No Place Like Home A Novel
8. Get to Know the Author: The Kite Runner
9. Book with Color Title: The Green Mile Book Box Set
10. 3-4-5: All That Remains, Cruel and Unusual, & The Body Farm
Category Totals:
25 Points
1. Karen's Task: The Good Guy AND Rebecca
2. El's Task: To Be Decided
3. Angela's Task: The Historian AND Alphabet Weekends Love on the Road from A to Z
4. Ros's Task: The Stand
6. Jon's Task: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
7. Darla's Task: PENDING
8. Cassie's Task: Looking for Alaska AND The Truth About Forever
I just finished The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea for the Mexican author challenge. I thought that it was one of those books that although they take a while to get into (and to get through), they end up being so great that you don't mind so much that you wanted to throw it against the wall numerous times because it just wasn't going fast enough for you. I thought it was a heartwarming, exciting, and suprisingly enough funny novel.
While most of the books that I listed for the Spring Challenge were ones that I was planning on picking up anyway, The Hummingbird's Daughter wasn't one of them. And I'm so incredibly glad that I joined this challenge because had it not been for it, I never would've picked up this gem of a book. So, I recommend it to everyone.
So, this now brings my total points to 90.
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Alisha wrote: "Five Point Tasks 1.Science Fiction Novel: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency which I read during the last challenge. It's one of the best books I've read and I wouldn't have picked it up normally I don't think. Not without some heavy recommendations from people who know me well anyway. LOL
I have The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea on my list for the same task to so I'm happy to hear you liked it that much. I'm looking forward to getting it soon. I think I saw another by him that looked good to but I don't remember the title.
Potjy wrote: "Roseann wrote: "Help! Is there any way to find your own posts in the list??? I am making up my "list to read" and for 25.3 I completely forgot to write down the name of the member who posted right..."
Thank you so much, found my post and the person whose books I chose.
Roseann
Recent tasks completed in bold. 5Point 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
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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5 Points 1.
2. Ella Minnow Pea A Novel in Letters
3. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
4.
5. The Shack
6.
7.
8.
9. Down the Rabbit Hole An Echo Falls Mystery
10. The Shadow of the Wind
10 Points
1.
2. Rain of Gold
3.
4. Until I Find You A Novel - John Irving (March 2nd)
5.
6. The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
7. Postmortem - Patricia Cornwell
8. Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
9. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
10. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides
15 Points
1. Deadline
2.
3. Neverwhere A Novel
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. Three Cups of Tea One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time; The Rule of Four; Slaughterhouse-Five
25 Points
1.
2. Alices Adventures In Wonderland
3.
4. Noughts & Crosses
5. Blood Brothers
6. Shadows Of A Princess An Intimate Account by Her Private Secretary
8.
9.
Total
190 points, 13 Tasks
5 Points#5. For Easter/Lent/Passover…
- Read a Christian Fiction novel,
- A book about sacrifice, OR
- A book about something you would or are planning to give up.
I just finished reading Redeeming Love, a Christian novel by Francine Rivers. (I didn't particularly like it, I thought it a bit annoying and sentimental.)
So new total: 125 points
15 Points4. Spring Break Location: Year of Wonders (England)
Let me just say that even though I worried Year of Wonders would be horribly depressing it turned out to be one of the most interesting and enthralling books I've read this year.
25 Points
Darla's Task: Othello (seen in movie Fahrenheit 451; thanks Angie!)
Total Points: 165
Meghan wrote: " 5 Points 1. Fire Study(3/14/09)
2. [b:Ella Minnow Pea A Novel in Letters..."
Was Whale Talk any good? :)
15 points- 8. Get To Know The Author - Read a book by an author AND then either attend a reading by that author OR read/listen to an interview with that author.Read: Lavinia by Ursula K LeGuin
Listened: Interview with Jacki Lyden on NPR's "All Things Considered" from April 26, 2008
I found the link to the interview on Ursula's website. how handy! :)
New total: 25 points
♡ Eva ♡ wrote: "Ashley wrote: "♡ Eva ♡ wrote: "I really liked Speak personally. I haven't reviewed it yet because I only had a minute and just had to post here but I think she did a fantastic job protraying a hogh..."That is so cool Eva! I know exactly what you mean about her really caring what she writes, and I think it is awesome you got to meet her! NEAT!
With Speak, I think it would be a great book to recommend they read. I thought she handled certain scenes very well. She gives you just enough information that you truly feel for the characters, but you don't come away going- Wow, that was way to much detail. With Twisted, I feel almost the exact same way, but she does use stronger language a some points. I don't really know how to explain it. In Speak, the main character is very strong, but she is very reserved, and within herself. In Twisted, he is also a strong character, but he displays it differently. After you read that one you'll be able to judge better, but I still feel like I'd recommend both of them. I have a younger brother who is 16, and I would (and have) recommended both to him, so...
And yes- Twisted is the first book she wrote from a guys perspective. I don't remember where I read the interview, but I think she talked about liking it, because it was such a challenge for her to write it.
So, I hope you like it! Again- if your friend isn't sure about the material, suggest she reads it first. I think this is a book anyone of any age can enjoy, and respond to.
10. March, April, and May are the 3rd, 4th, and 5th months of the year - Read the third, fourth and fifth books of one series: Morality for Beautiful Girls, The Kalahari Typing School for Men, & The Full Cupboard of LifeNice lightweight mystery-type novels, but a little tedious when read back-to-back.
Tasks Completed: 6/39
Pages Read: 2374
Total: 100 pts.
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Eva Wrote: "Was Whale Talk any good? :)" YES!!! I wrote a review and gave it five stars. I LOVED IT. Crutcher is such a terrific author. I recommend EVERYTHING he has written! I am reading his newest novel, Deadline, for my Sagitarius challenge.
Another book to cross off...
5 POINTS-
1. Twilight
2. Bridget Jones's Diary
3. Hunted A House of Night Novel
4. Three Weeks with My Brother
5. Redemption
6. J. K. Rowling The Wizard Behind Harry Potter
7.
Confessions of a Shopaholic
3/16/09
8. One for the Money
9. The Secret Life of Bees
10. Henderson the Rain King
10 POINTS-
1. Bard The Odyssey of the Irish
2. Like Water for Chocolate
3. The Magicians' Guild
4. Good in Bed
5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
6. New Moon
7. Mr. Darcy's Diary
8.
The Lucky One
3/8/09
9. Water for Elephants
10.
Eragon
3/8/09
15 POINTS-
1. SAGITARIUS: Moneyball The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
2. Where the Sidewalk Ends
3.
Stardust
3/18/09
4. The Leisure Seeker A NovelUPDATE (Disneyland)
5. Foreign Affairs A Novel
6. If On a Winter's Night a Traveler
7. The Picture of Dorian Gray/Me Talk Pretty One Day
8. The Choice
9. White Noise
10. Black Dagger Brotherhood 3/4/5:
Lover Awakened
3/20/08/Lover Revealed/Lover Unbound
25 POINTS-
1. Guitar Girl/Romeo and Juliet
2. Diaries, 1885-97 With Earlier and Later Diary Fragments from 1875-1917
3. Little Women/
A Wrinkle in Time
3/3/09
4. Anne of Green Gables
5. In Cold Blood
6. Diana Story of a Princess
7. UNDECIDED
8. Eclipse/
Specials
3/12/09
9. Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
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5 POINTS-
1. Twilight
2. Bridget Jones's Diary
3. Hunted A House of Night Novel
4. Three Weeks with My Brother
5. Redemption
6. J. K. Rowling The Wizard Behind Harry Potter
7.
8. One for the Money
9. The Secret Life of Bees
10. Henderson the Rain King
10 POINTS-
1. Bard The Odyssey of the Irish
2. Like Water for Chocolate
3. The Magicians' Guild
4. Good in Bed
5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
6. New Moon
7. Mr. Darcy's Diary
8.
9. Water for Elephants
10.
15 POINTS-
1. SAGITARIUS: Moneyball The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
2. Where the Sidewalk Ends
3.
4. The Leisure Seeker A NovelUPDATE (Disneyland)
5. Foreign Affairs A Novel
6. If On a Winter's Night a Traveler
7. The Picture of Dorian Gray/Me Talk Pretty One Day
8. The Choice
9. White Noise
10. Black Dagger Brotherhood 3/4/5:
25 POINTS-
1. Guitar Girl/Romeo and Juliet
2. Diaries, 1885-97 With Earlier and Later Diary Fragments from 1875-1917
3. Little Women/
4. Anne of Green Gables
5. In Cold Blood
6. Diana Story of a Princess
7. UNDECIDED
8. Eclipse/
9. Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
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Elizabeth wrote: "Readers notice the font the text is printed in? That's important? That book would lose a lot in an audio book, I guess. I'm more likely to pay attention to the author's writing style, his descriptive ability, and his exploration of characterization."
You don't ever open up a book and go, "Wow! The way this book is formatted is really cool/pretty/etc.!"? A couple of books I've read recently have actually LISTED the font used on one of the back pages. I did think THAT was weird.
The strangest thing for me is when a book is printed in a sans-serif font ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans-serif )... It's REALLY strange looking.
But I love fonts... I really like the font goodreads uses--with the numbers that don't all line up perfectly. What font is this? Does anyone know?
Sara wrote: You don't ever open up a book and go, "Wow! The way this book is formatted is really cool/pretty/etc.!"? A couple of books I've read recently have actually LISTED the font used on one of the back pages. I did think THAT was weird"I saw one of those and thought it was strange also. I think, coincidentally, it was garamond, but I thought, "Who cares"? The only time I've noticed fonts is in a novel where each chapter has a different voice. The author used a different font to denote this, and I did found it helpful.
Elizabeth wrote: "Sara wrote: You don't ever open up a book and go, "Wow! The way this book is formatted is really cool/pretty/etc.!"? A couple of books I've read recently have actually LISTED the font used on one o..."The reason I liked knowing the font on the last book I read, was because he used the font name for a character that worked in printing. It was a neat tie in, and I thought it was cool to know. One of those little things that don't really mean a ton, and don't add or detract from the story, but are just fun to know, and make you smile-
Sara, I believe I know this one. The font that GR uses is Georgia. (I use the same font for my emails at work, and I love it.) The GR logo is a different font, but I don't know that one...
STILL OBSESSED - FIVE DAYS AND COUNTING...
5 POINTS (1/10)
1. LAMB, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO BIFF (CHRISTOPHER MOORE)
2. GRIFFIN AND SABINE (NICK BANTOCK)
3. THE ALCHEMIST (COELHO)
4. THE LADY AND THE UNICORN (CHEVALIER) - IN THE CAR
5. WHEN CRICKETS CRY (CHARLES MARTIN)
6. GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING (CHEVALIER)
7. THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER (TAN)
8. SMASHED, SQUASHED, SPLATTERED, CHEWED, CHUNKED AND SPEWED (CARBUNCLE)
9. LITTLE BIRDS (ANAIS NIN)
10.OLIVE KITTERIDGE (ELIZABETH STROUT-OLIVE TREE)☆☆☆
10 POINTS (0/10)
1. THE GATHERING (ANNE ENRIGHT)
2. THE GOOD CONSCIENCE (FUENTES)
3. TIM (COLLEEN MCCULLOUGH)
4. OF LOVE AND OTHER DEMONS (GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ - MARCH 6TH)
5. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD (J.K. ROWLING)
6. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH (JHUMPA LAHIRI)
7. MY ANTONIA (WILLA CATHER)
8. THE THINGS THEY CARRIED (TIM O'BRIEN)
9. THE BELL JAR (#9) (SYLVIA PLATH)
10. ANGELS AND DEMONS (DAN BROWN) GIVEN A 5-STAR RATING BY DAR WHO ALSO JOINED TNBBC MARCH 14, 2009
15 POINTS (1/10)
1. THE LAST LECTURE (RANDY PAUSCH - CANCER)
2. THE GOLD CELL (SHARON OLDS)
3. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO (JUNOT DIAZ)
4. THE MYSTIC ARTS OF ERASING ALL SIGNS OF DEATH (CHARLIE HUSTON - LOS ANGELES COUNTY, LOOOVED THE FABRIC DISTRICT)
5. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (HARPER LEE - 1961)
6. ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE (GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ - SPANISH TO ENGLISH)
7. MANIC (CHENEY) and PANIC SNAP (REESE)
8. AN EXACT REPLICA OF A FIGMENT OF MY IMAGINATION. SEE: INTERVIEW WITH ELIZABETH MCCRACKEN (AUTHOR) AND ANN PATCHETT AT WWW.BLACKBIRD, ARCHIVES, FALL 2005, VOL. 4, #2 ☆☆☆☆☆
9. BLACK BOY (RICHARD WRIGHT); FOODS T.B.I.
10. JAMES PATTERSON'S THE WOMEN'S MURDER CLUB BOOKS 3/4/5
25 POINT TASKS
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY (SHAFFER AND BARROWS) ☆☆☆☆☆ AND THE REIVERS (FAULKNER)
2. A MIDWIFE'S TALE: THE LIFE OF MARTHA BALLARD BASED ON HER DIARY 1785-1812 (ULRICH)
3. SHADOW GAME & NIGHT GAME (CHRISTINE FEEHAN)
4. THE SECRET HISTORY (DONNA TARTT)
5. WESLEY THE OWL (STACEY O'BRIEN) - A BIOLOGIST'S MEMOIR - VIRGIN READ IN GENRE
6. ALISON WEIR'S THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII
7. THE LOST WEEKEND (CHARLES JACKSON - SEEN IN THE MOVIE - EDUCATING RITA)
8. TOBY ALONE (deTOMBELLE) & CORALINE (GAIMAN)
9. SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME: A MODERN-DAY SLAVE, AN INTERNATIONAL ART DEALER, AND THE UNLIKELY WOMAN WHO BOUND THEM TOGETHER. (HALL & MOORE)
GOAL - 575... CURSED A-TYPE PERSONALITY HERE :)
Amy, you can not read a fiction book for the 25.2 task. You have to read a diary from before 1900 or a non-fiction book about a diarist (Virginia does not qualify as she was post-1900).
Nice list, Amy. I'm still adding to mine. ;)
Amy, I apologize, I was thinking of another book - it would qualify probably as a diary, but not for this task as it was published too late. Sorry for my miscommunication.
Hello all im looking forward to getting started on this challenge. I am not much of a reader however i just finished college and would like to read more. I see alot of people have posted a list so I will have to get started on mine hopefully ill be able to find some good books.
Hi El - Virginia was born in 1882 - as she lived before the 1900's can we make a wee bit of an exception? :)
This is my first challenge and I have started a bit late here - but here it goes. My husband thinks I’m nuts but helped fill my book list with a bunch of his. Any suggestions from anyone as I am new to this? I will also fill in some of the blank spots as I find them.25 Point
1. The Godmakers – Don Pendelton / The Rainbow – DH Lawrence
2.
3.
4. Sophies World – Jostein Gaarder
5. Embracing the Wide Sky – Daniel Jammet
6.
7. The Once and Future King – T.H. White (Donnie Darko)
8. Uglies – Scott Westerfeld / Graceling – Kristin Cashore
9. The Secret Currency of Love; the Unabashed Truth about Women, Money, and Relationships – ed. Hilary Black
15 Point
1. O Pioneers – Willa Cather (Taurus – this may not work its kinda western ish??)
2. 10 Poems That Set You Free – Roger Housden
3.
4.
5.
6. The little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery
7.
8.
9. Black Swan Green – David Mitchell
10.
10 Point
1. Angelas Ashes – Frank McCourt
2. Like Water for Chocolate – Laura Esquivel
3. Down Under – Bill Bryson
4. Good in Bed – Jennifer Weiner
5. The Crystal Cave – Mary Stewart
6. Earth Abides – George R. Stewart
7. The Confident Woman – Majorie Hansen Shaevitz
8. One of Ours – Willa Cather
9. The Road – Cormac McCarthy
10. Water For Elephants – Sara Gruen
5 Point
1. The Gargoyle – Andrew Davidson
2. Selected Poems and Letters of Emily Dickinsen – ed. Robert Linscott
3. Brisingr – Christopher Paolini
4.
5. Sacrifice – S. J. Bolton
6. My Story; Marilyn Monroe – with Ben Hecht
7.
8. Born Standing Up – Steve Martin
9. The Secret Life of Bees – Sue Monk Kidd
10. The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahme
3/19 – Total points for Goal - 350
Hi Sommer, just enjoy the challenge. Some people, as you see, will try to read something for every task, others of us are glad to have the challenge focus our reading and get us reading a bit more than we might otherwise. Glad to see you here.
El wrote: "Amy, I apologize, I was thinking of another book - it would qualify probably as a diary, but not for this task as it was published too late. Sorry for my miscommunication."I'm so glad I saw this! This is the book I was going to use too. I misunderstood; I thought that since she was born in the late 1800s that we could use any of her non-fiction books for the challenge. Thank you for the clarification.
I think now I'll read something about Lewis Carroll.
Elizabeth wrote: "Nice list, Amy. I'm still adding to mine. ;)"Thanks, Elizabeth. Truth be told, I've thought of little else in my down time since Saturday the 14th. I haven't enjoyed as focused a relationship with my reading in a long time until now ! Feel free to paste and copy - or copy and paste - any or all! A
Shellie wrote: "This is my first challenge and I have started a bit late here - but here it goes. My husband thinks I’m nuts but helped fill my book list with a bunch of his. Any suggestions from anyone as I am new..."I don't have any specific suggestions, but if you go back to the first few pages, a lot of people have posted their lists near the beginning...
Amy, the idea is to read books about/by someone who published prior to the 20th-century. Since Virginia didn't start publishing professionally until early 1900 she is most definitely considered 20-century. Sorry!Cait, just remember that if you choose one of the diarists, you need to read one of their diaries, not just any non-fiction book they have written. Lewis Carroll is a great choice.
In the Shadow of the Dreamchild The Myth and Reality of Lewis Carroll is now in paperback. Thanks, Cait, for musing that you'd read something on Lewis Carroll. Whether I get this book or not, I'll put it on my own Challenge list, just in case!
El wrote: "Amy, the idea is to read books about/by someone who published prior to the 20th-century. Since Virginia didn't start publishing professionally until early 1900 she is most definitely considered 20..."Got it, thanks ! EDITED: 25.2 - A MIDWIFE'S TALE: THE LIFE OF MARTHA BALLARD BASED ON HER DIARY 1785-1872 (ULRICH)
15 points8. Get To Know The Author
Handle with Care- Jodi Picoult (read interview on www.bookreporter.com)
New Total 110
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Louise wrote: "Courtney wrote: "Update!I just finished Sara's 25-point task (12-word title).
[b:Skinny Bitch A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking ..."
I will have to read it!
Yay! Thank you so much for allowing my (very late) 25 point challenge, Cynthia!!! I'm glad to see some of the ideas people are coming up with!! Still no internet, but hopefully in the next week or so (keep your fingers crossed) Happy reading and good luck on the spring challenge everyone!
Elizabeth wrote: "There appears to be real competition for the halfway winner and picking a 50 point task!"I forgot about it. How did it go again?
Whoever has the most points by April 15th gets to pick a challenge for 50 points. - I think...
Sara wrote: "Shellie wrote: "This is my first challenge and I have started a bit late here - but here it goes. My husband thinks I’m nuts but helped fill my book list with a bunch of his. Any suggestions from a..."Not sure how to do that but will give it a try....:)
I just finished Cassie's 25 pt task. I read Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher and The Swan Kingdom by Zoe Marriott. I really liked both of them. Both are fairy tale retellings, and are rather unique. Lots of fun!!
That brings my total to 180!
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