BLK Autumn Reading Challenge

[Angie]

The days are growing shorter and the temperatures cooler. A good excuse to curl up in your favourite book nook and read, read, read.

2014 BLK Autumn Reading Challenge
Timeframe: March 1 - May 31, 2014

0/10

Read a book…
1. ...that has been on your real-life bookcase for way too long (Patient Bookcase Dweller)
2. …that is at the other end of your Goodreads to-read shelf (Languishing Literature)
3. …with a one word title
4. …that became a movie
5. …that scares you
6. …by a female author
7. …of non-fiction
8. …you heard about on-line
9. …set in the past
10. …set in a high school

[Angie]

Participating:
Angie
Ella's Gran
Kathleen
Darkpool
Sharlene
Sweetp-1

[Angie]

Angie's 2014 BLK Autumn Reading Challenge
Timeframe: March 1 - May 31, 2014

7/10

Read a book…
1. ...that has been on your real-life bookcase for way too long (Patient Bookcase Dweller) The Elegance of the Hedgehog
2. …that is at the other end of your Goodreads to-read shelf (Languishing Literature) Silver Wattle
3. …with a one word title Wake
4. …that became a movie Divergent
5. …that scares you Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China - the size of this book scares me!
6. …by a female author Romancing Miss Brontë
7. …of non-fiction Behavior Solutions for the Inclusive Classroom: A Handy Reference Guide that Explains Behaviors Associated with Autism, Asperger's, ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder, and other Special Needs
8. …you heard about on-line The Crown
9. …set in the past Tizzie
10. …set in a high school Looking for Alaska

[Lesley]

Sign me up please Angie - going try & do better!

Ella's Gran's 2014 BLK Autumn Reading Challenge
Timeframe: March 1 - May 31, 2014

6/10

Read a book…
1. ...that has been on your real-life bookcase for way too long (Patient Bookcase Dweller) Lottery
2. …that is at the other end of your Goodreads to-read shelf (Languishing Literature) Death at Wentwater Court 31/05/14
3. …with a one word title Tizzie 02/04/14
4. …that became a movie Salmon Fishing in the Yemen film was more a romance, and I preferred the way the story was told in the film. Book was a bit bitsy in it's format.
*5. …that scares you Don't do scary - not since Pet Semetary by Stephen King (had a black cat at the time too) *shudder*
6. …by a female author A Stitch in Time 17/04/2014
7. …of non-fiction The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
8. …you heard about on-line Beyond the Shadows 27/04/2014
9. …set in the past The Serpent and the Pearl 21/03/14
10. …set in a high school A Fourth Form Friendship I'm going back to the past for this one :)

[Angie]

For a book that scares you, you can select a book that seems a bit overwhelming (due to its size) or that is a challenging read (such as a classic) or one you just keep putting off for one reason or another. It could even be one that you have heard is heavy going due to its content. I think my choice fits all these!!

[Darkpool]

Tempted to give this a go... how pedantic are we about the timeframe? can I include books I've already started? (thinking of Wool, which I've read 11% of, but which got bumped when a more demanding book showed up)?

[Lesley]

Darkpool (protesting GR censorship) wrote: "Tempted to give this a go... how pedantic are we about the timeframe? can I include books I've already started? (thinking of Wool, which I've read 11% of, but which got bumped when a more demanding..."

From my point of view we aren't too pedantic about the time-frame, whether you get finished in the allotted time. I don't see any problem with counting a book you have begun before the start date and finish after that. I hope this is right since my first book I'll be marking off fits this scenario! In fact you would be more in the clear than me because I'd read almost half before the start date. :)

It's all about joining in - and in your case making me green with envy at the audios you can get that I can't.

[Darkpool]

Ella's Gran wrote: "...and in your case making me green with envy at the audios you can get that I can't."
I've been like a pig in muck ever since the Auckland libraries amalgamated. Best thing to come out of the super-city in my humble opinion!

[Darkpool]

2014 BLK Autumn Reading Challenge
Timeframe: March 1 - May 31, 2014

6/10

Read a book…
1. ...that has been on your real-life bookcase for way too long (Patient Bookcase Dweller) - Voices from the Moon: Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experiences. Bought this for the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, and still haven't read it.

2. …that is at the other end of your Goodreads to-read shelf (Languishing Literature)

3. …with a one word title - Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)

4. …that became a movie - Stardust

5. …that scares you - The Great Roxhythe by Georgette Heyer. I have decided to read all Heyer's historicals in chronological order of setting, and this is where I'm up to. It scares me because Heyer despised this book so much she did not allow it to be reprinted in her lifetime. Nor is it well reviewed! However, having set myself this task, I must get through Roxhythe if I'm to move on to the more palatable regencies. My copy is a 1929 impression, which I found on TradeMe a few years ago.

6. …by a female author - Daughter of Smoke & Bone

7. …of non-fiction

8. …you heard about on-line - Dangerous Women (although this may fit the bill for scary books - over 700 pages!!! yikes!!) read 10 of the stories: 330-ish pages, which sounds like a book-worth to me.

9. …set in the past - A King's Ransom

10. …set in a high school - Twin Spica, Volume: 10 and Twin Spica: Volume 11

[Angie]

Agree! An amazing trip down memory lane, Kathleen. And I'm anything but pedantic about the timeframe, Darkpool. It's there for a bit of guidance, but is very elastic and blurry. Glad you could join us :)

[Sharlene]

Timeframe: March 1 - May 31, 2014
7/10

1. …that has been on your real-life bookcase for way too long (Patient Bookcase Dweller)
2. …that is at the other end of your Goodreads to-read shelf (Languishing Literature)
3. …with a one word title Insurgent 06/05
4. …that became a movie Divergent 03/05
5. …that scares you
6. …by a female author The Iron Queen 22/03
7. …of non-fiction Martha Stewart's Handmade Holiday Crafts: 225 Projects and Year-Round Inspiration for Everybody's Favorite Celebrations 27/05
8. …you heard about on-line Speechless 20/03
9. …set in the past City of Fallen Angels 04/03
10. …set in a high school Will Grayson, Will Grayson 24/05

[P.D.R.]

er.. I'm slow where's the Heyer challenge? I've read all of them!

[Lesley]

P.d.r. wrote: "er.. I'm slow where's the Heyer challenge? I've read all of them!"

Kathleen's just commenting on a personal challenge Darkpool has set herself (message 11) - nothing official. :)

[P.D.R.]

Ah! I should stop speed reading without my specs!

[Sweetp-1]

Have managed to shoe horn the ones I didnt finish in the summer challenge into this one ;0

1. ...that has been on your real-life bookcase for way too long (Patient Bookcase Dweller)
Devil's Brood
2. …that is at the other end of your Goodreads to-read shelf (Languishing Literature)
The Warrior's Princess
3. …with a one word title
Attachments READ
4. …that became a movie Labor Day READ
5. …that scares you
6. …by a female author
The Dream Thieves READ
7. …of non-fiction
8. …you heard about on-line
The Luminaries
9. …set in the past
Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine
10. …set in a high school
The Shade of the Moon READ (MC was a teenager, some of it was set in HS)

[Darkpool]

Oof, halfway through May and I've managed 3 out of 10 so far...! I think this might turn out to be my Autumn, Winter and Spring challenge...

[Lesley]

Darkpool (protesting GR censorship) wrote: "Oof, halfway through May and I've managed 3 out of 10 so far...! I think this might turn out to be my Autumn, Winter and Spring challenge..."

Despite my promises to self, I'm not doing too well either, so probably be right there with you Darkpool :)

[Angie]

I'm back teaching full time again, which means I've had next to no time to read. I think I've managed 50 pages this week! Sigh. Loving my job, but missing my books.

[P.D.R.]

Bring in a everyone must read session after lunch for 15 mins! You can read then too.

[Sharlene]

Congratulations Kathleen! 10/10!

There is a week left of May. I'm halfway there. I got out a non-fiction from the library & I'm reading Will Grayson, Will Grayson which takes place in highschool, so that's at least 2 more books :)

Good luck everyone!

[Talia]

2014 BLK Autumn Reading Challenge
Timeframe: March 1 - May 31, 2014

10/10

Read a book…
1. ...that has been on your real-life bookcase for way too long (Patient Bookcase Dweller) The Monk
2. …that is at the other end of your Goodreads to-read shelf (Languishing Literature) He Followed Me Home 05/05/14
3. …with a one word title Edgewise 03/05/14
4. …that became a movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 27/04/14
5. …that scares you Foreign Body 16/05/14
6. …by a female author The Lace Reader 17/05/14
7. …of non-fiction A Modest Proposal 14/04/14 (I say it is non-fiction because Swift was deadly serious when he wrote it in an attempt to force the government to do something about the situation in Ireland at the time)
8. …you heard about on-line Letters from the Looney Bin 15/04/14
9. …set in the past Brazos Bride 14/04/14
10. …set in a high school Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 20/04/14

[Angie]

7/10 this time for me. I'm just about to set up the Winter Challenge. I think you're all going to like it...

[Lesley]

7/10 for me on this one at this stage, but we'll see what happens by midnight Saturday. You never know ....

[Sharlene]

lol 7 must be a good number! I'm on 7/10 too :)

[Lesley]

OMG can't count!! It's only 4 books I've read so far AND I wasn't reading #5 so it's even worse! I'll try for one more before 31 May comes to an end.:(

[Darkpool]

I have 5 completed, now that I've decided that Twin Spica #10 and 11 probably qualify as set in a high school, and one more nearly complete (became a movie), and another that I've at least started...