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Books About Books Reading Challenge
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....itdelves into Sylvia Plath, Virginia Wolf poetry:)
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Challenge: Books About Books Reading Challenge Duration: Sept 2013 - March 2014
Level: Book Voyage: 5-9 books
Details: Books about books or about libraries
Complete: 0/9
1. The Library: An Illustrated History
2. The Library at Night
3. Your Books Are in the Mail: Fifty Years of Distance Library Service at Massey University
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Karen wrote: "Hey Catherine. I'm not familiar with that book, but if the main theme of the book is around Sylvia Plath, Virginia Wolf poetry, then yes :)"cool thanks....well..it's a psychological thriller..but Virginia Wolff and Sylvia Plath poetry are used throughout..and A Room of One's Own is referred to repeatedly.
Karen wrote: "Hey Catherine. I'm not familiar with that book, but if the main theme of the book is around Sylvia Plath, Virginia Wolf poetry, then yes :)"it's a new release July or August(just found it "by accident") lol
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Yes, I think March is fine, as would be something like Longbourne. As these are "side works" of the original books, and therefore is a book about a book :)
Yes, I didn't get a notification, either. Sorry, Ruth!
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I tried to listen to the audiobook and baled in the second chapter. I found it incredibly boring. I guess I'll get back to it at some point. What did you think of Lost in a Good Book?
It was reading a book about a book club that motivated me to come searching for a book club myself, and here I am. Thank you Lorna Landvik for writing Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons. I might try a booked challenge and work through some of the back log on my ereader.1. The Princess Bride 14/12/13
2. The Sweetgum Ladies Knit for Love 14/11/13
3. Obnoxious librarian from hades 08/12/13
4. The Cookbook Collector21/01/14
5. The Book of Lost Things20/01/14
6. The Thirteenth Tale9/05/14
7. The Happy Endings Book Club31/01/14
8. Hour of the Olympics 3/2/14
9. The Fault in Our Stars 24/03/14
Barbara ★ wrote: "Midu wrote: "1. ✔"Midu
I tried to listen to the audiobook and baled in the second chapter. I found it incredibly boring. I guess I'll get back to it at some p..."
I really like the books but yeah, they're unusual.
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Midu - I loved The Eyre Affair, I found Lost in a Good Book pretty good, but book 3 (The Well of Lost Plots ) I just couldn't get into. I don't know why. Maybe it was just my mood at the time. But I still really enjoy Jasper Fforde
Ok. I'm in. Don't know what I'm reading though. There's a couple I can think of off the bat.Duration: 1/2/2014 to
1. Inkheart
2.Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
3 Fahrenheit 451
4.The Last Bookstore In America
5. The Eyre Affair
6.Buried in a Book
7. Codex
8. 84, Charing Cross Road
9. A Reader's Book of Days: True Tales from the Lives and Works of Writers for Every Day of the Year
10.✔ Cooking the Books
11. Women Who Love Books Too Much: Bibliophiles, Bluestockings & Prolific Pens from the Algonquin Hotel to the YA-YA Sisterhood
12. The Haunted Bookshop
13. Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
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I am in! I am giving myself until the end of the year to read 10-14 books from my list below. If I break past 14 I MAY bump it up to more.Duration: Jan 14th, 2014 - Dec 31st, 2014
Book Escape: 10-14 books
2/10-14 read
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Libriomancer
Fahrenheit 451
The Book of Lost Things
Between the Lines
The Grimm Legacy
The Wells Bequest
The Lover's Dictionary
The Princess Bride
The Reader
The Neverending Story
The Thirteenth Tale
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Oh I thought of another series!Chris Colfer's The Wishing Spell and The Enchantress Returns
The series involves siblings that fall into a fairy tale book and meet characters from the stories. It is very much a book about a book! (I have read the first book but not the second yet)
I saw thing in a book discussion I'm in and thought I'd take a look and see and I'm in! I'm going to try Book Voyager but if I pass more than 9 books I will go for the next level.Duration: Jan. 1,2014
Book Voyager: 5-9 books
Completed Books: 1/5-9
1. The Book of Lost Things Completed 1/24/14
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Thanks Karen and Lisa Kay. :) I'm having a har time getting to a computer while my laptop is being repair so I use either my Nook or my Ipod touch but you can't update on them so while it's being repair I try to get on anyone one of my friends or son's computer. LOL
Hope it is repaired soon, Carmen, and not to expensive.
The good thing is that it's not going to cost me anything because I just bought it in May and the with the warranty still in effect and I also purchased an extra 3 years so I'm good. I just don't know what happen. It as on one minute and then it wouldn't come back on again. So now I have to wait until Feb 7th
The 7th! Eep! Well, "patience is a virtue."
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I started with a booked challenge, then upped it to a book voyage.Done.
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I have been on a Books about Books kick lately, so I'm totally joining in. Gonna aim for Book Bound, because it sounds cool. :)Hope it's ok if I include the books I read in April that all counted, when I got on my kick. :)
Book Bound: 15-19 books
Completed 8/15
Currently Reading ~
(audio)Completed ~
4/8 ~ 5/5 (AMAZING, a must read!!)
4/13 ~ 4/5
4/18 ~ 4/5
4/22 ~ 4/5
4/22 ~ 3/5
4/26 ~ 3/5
(audio) 4/27 ~ 2/5 (This book is about books, writing books, reading books, hiding books...)
5/11 ~ 2/5
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What did you think of Inkheart. I keep meaning to get to it and it just hasn't made it yet
Karen wrote: "Sure Karsyn!What did you think of Inkheart. I keep meaning to get to it and it just hasn't made it yet"
It was Good. Not GREAT but not awful, just good. It was lacking something with me, I think I never really fully connected with the characters or something but it wasn't awful.
I wish I had listened to the first one too. The audio of the 2nd is almost perfect. It's read by Brendan who I love, BUT he reads it soooooooooooo and I mean soooooooooooooooo freakin slow, it's like a dreamlike quality to his voice. I actually got an app to speed him up and at 1.50 (versus 1.00) he's actually at a normal, or a little fast sometimes, speed. Other than that, listening to it has been good, as it does take a long time to get through and since I didn't love it, it can be my nighttime ear music while I still spend my days reading great new reads. :)
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Karen wrote: "Nice one Renee. Do you have a favourite out of those you read?"The Fault in Our Stars would be the stand out in the ones I read. It had me emotionally involved, and I might have even cried...
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Looking forward to the movie!
Karen wrote: "Thanks - good to know. It might be an audio for me too then. I didn't actually realise there was an app for that (I guess I should've - there's an app for everything! lol) because I find the 2x spe..."What I got was from Google Play and is called Audipo. You can step up the speed of it a point at a time so you can choose where you want it to be. Really works well.
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Is set in a bookstore and will work for this challenge :)
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That means I have finished my voyage!
I still have a few books about books on my list so I may just continue on :)
Congrats Karen! This was the first challenge I joined.
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