FALL 2015 READING CHALLENGE

[Rachel]

Danell wrote: "Finished , which works for #6. Loved listening to this book! So grateful I gave Neil Gaiman a second chance. I tried to read "American Gods", but couldn't get ..."

Thanks for the update, Danell! Keep hearing good things about this book-hope to get to it for the challenge too :D

(I also couldn't finish American Gods :)

[Rachel]

Bird Box this book works for task 1 and it's a really great, freaky book -perfect story for October.

[Christine]

The Graveyard is one of my favorite Gaiman books.

Does The Flight of Gemma Hardy count as a book with "light" in its title?

[Rachel]

Christine wrote: "The Graveyard is one of my favorite Gaiman books.

Does The Flight of Gemma Hardy count as a book with "light" in its title?"

Since all the letters are in order I say count it :)

[Christine]

Woohoo! Thanks.

[Danell]

I love this group!!

Finished which works for # 2. Good book!

[Christine]

I love this group too!!!!!

[Rachel]

Danell wrote: "I love this group!!

Finished which works for # 2. Good book!"

Thanks for the update, Danell! :)

[Rachel]

I also love this group!

[Jenn]

My #4 will be a 1989 read
Dustin I have a feeling you would appreciate this oldie lol

[Rachel]

Jenn wrote: "My #4 will be a 1989 read
Dustin I have a feeling you would appreciate this oldie lol"

Thanks for the update, Jenn! Look forward to hearing what you think of it (I love everything 1980's :)

[Danell]

Finished which works for #3. Good Book, now I have to find time to read the 3rd in the series!

[Rachel]

Danell wrote: "Finished which works for #3. Good Book, now I have to find time to read the 3rd in the series!"

Thanks for the update, Danell! :)

I'm hoping to pick up the next book soon-I love that series.

[Christine]

Finished . Love, love, loved it. Full of magic and monsters!

[Rachel]

Christine wrote: "Finished . Love, love, loved it. Full of magic and monsters!"

Thanks for the update, Christine! :)

I really need to read this book.

[Christine]

You do!!!!!

[Rachel]

finished The Graveyard Book for #6.

[Christine]

What did you think?

[Rachel]

Christine wrote: "What did you think?"

I liked it but didn't love it. I liked Coraline a lot more.
I thought Coraline was a creepier book and I guess I just liked that story better overall.
I still want to read The Ocean at the End of the Lane :)

[Christine]

I did not read Coraline but I saw the movie. I thought it was a beautiful movie, artistically as well as the story. Definitely creepy too. I guess I will have to read it. I think the next Gaiman I am going to read is Stardust I have an illustrated edition.

[Rachel]

Christine wrote: "I did not read Coraline but I saw the movie. I thought it was a beautiful movie, artistically as well as the story. Definitely creepy too. I guess I will have to read it. I think the next Gaiman I ..."

I definitely want to see the movie.

Stardust sounds like a good book-look forward to your comments-hope you enjoy it :)

[Danell]

"Coraline" is on sale on my Nook, $1.99. They are having a Halloween sale, great titles! Just wanted to pass that info along. Debating about purchasing it.

[Christine]

Coraline is also available on Kindle for $1.99. Woohoo. Thanks for letting me know about the sale on Nook. I figured it would be the same for my kindle. Coraline may have to come before Stardust. I'm going to be traveling so I will be reading more on my kindle.

[Christine]

I finished The Bell Jar I'm not quite sure I didn't read it in my high school years. I wish I had read it then but I am also glad I read it now.

[Rachel]

Christine wrote: "I finished The Bell Jar I'm not quite sure I didn't read it in my high school years. I wish I had read it then but I am also glad I read it now."

Thanks for the update, Christine! I've been hearing quite a bit about this book recently-glad you liked it :)

[Christine]

Her birthday was October 27th, so that might have something to do with why she is in the news recently. Its so sad that her life ended so young. I think we could have had so much more from her.

[Danell]

Christine wrote: "Coraline is also available on Kindle for $1.99. Woohoo. Thanks for letting me know about the sale on Nook. I figured it would be the same for my kindle. Coraline may have to come before Stardust. I..."

Looking forward to your thoughts when you read it. Still on the fence about purchasing it. Happy traveling!!

[Danell]

Finished , which I hope works for #5. Sad and moving book. What these women went through is amazing. I struggled through the first 70 pages, but grateful I stuck it out. This book will stay with me .

[Rachel]

Danell wrote: "Finished , which I hope works for #5. Sad and moving book. What these women wen..."

Thanks for the update, Danell! :D

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Rachel wrote: "Bird Box this book works for task 1 and it's a really great, freaky book -perfect story for October."

I've read that. I liked it :-)

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Christine wrote: "Finished . Love, love, loved it. Full of magic and monsters!"

I read that this year too! :-)

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Danell wrote: "I love this group!!

Finished which works for # 2. Good book!"

Good Choice. I'm still going to get Lightning by Dean Koontz in this month :-) Which will work for "Light" task and it is also the Dean Koontz Group Read so perfect.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Rachel wrote: "finished The Graveyard Book for #6."


I love The Graveyard book :-) It doesn't look like I'm gonna get to American Gods this month, although I had hoped to.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Jenn wrote: "My #4 will be a 1989 read
Dustin I have a feeling you would appreciate this oldie lol"

Thank You :-)

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Christine wrote: "Does The Flight of Gemma Hardy count as a book with "light" in its title?"

Sneaky.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Christine wrote: "I finished The Bell Jar I'm not quite sure I didn't read it in my high school years. I wish I had read it then but I am also glad I read it now."

I read that one in 2010

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

I kept forgetting to check back in here since I must have deleted my last notification from this thread. We still have until November 30th to finish this Fall Reading Challenge. I am still planning to read Lightning next week - that will probably be my last book that I read for the Fall Reading Challenge. Here are the other books I read:


Task #1, Suicide Prevention: The Accidental

Task #2, "Light" : Lightning by Dean Koontz (to read)

Task #4, T-R-E-A-T in title: The Patron Saint of Liars, Truth and Beauty (which is also a memoir - it could work for task 5 as well)

Task #5, Memoir: Angela's Ashes

[Rachel]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "I kept forgetting to check back in here since I must have deleted my last notification from this thread. We still have until November 30th to finish this Fall Reading Challenge. I am still planning..."

Thanks for the update, Dustin! Always good to see you post :D

[Rachel]

Hope everyone is doing well. Can't believe it's almost Thanksgiving. :)

[Rachel]

finished The Promise of Stardust - 4 stars

has the letters t-r-e-a-t in the title

Good book but so sad-need to read something with rainbows & butterflies now :)

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Rachel wrote: "Hope everyone is doing well. Can't believe it's almost Thanksgiving. :)"

Better believe it. Time keeps steadily moving forward. Best Wishes Kids!

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Rachel wrote: "finished The Promise of Stardust- 4 stars

has the letters t-r-e-a-t in the title

Good book but so sad-need to read something with rainb..."


First saw this and thought of Stardust by Neil Gaiman :-)

Have you read ROOM? I saw the movie in the theater last Sunday and it affected me the way you describe this Promise of Stardust. It is a great film but I think one must prepare them for the emotional traumatization. It felt so real and I'm glad I had picked up extra napkins at the concession stand. I now have requested the book from the library.

[Christine]

I read Room. I don't know if I can see the movie. The book was disturbing and beautiful all at the same time. Its one that has stuck with me for a long time.

I read Dead Time. Its on the last page of my TBR list. I decided to finally finish the Alan Gregory series. I've been delaying it because I know there are no more more books. I only have two more to read in the series. I am really going to miss this set of characters.

[Rachel]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Rachel wrote: "finished The Promise of Stardust- 4 stars

has the letters t-r-e-a-t in the title

Good book but so sad-need to read somet..."

I haven't read Room but it's on my tbr-keep hearing that it's an amazing (although traumatizing) story. I'm a little nervous to get the book or even to watch the movie but I'll probably read it one of these days.

[Rachel]

Christine wrote: "I read Room. I don't know if I can see the movie. The book was disturbing and beautiful all at the same time. Its one that has stuck with me for a long time.

I read Dead Time. Its ..."

Thanks for the update, Christine! :)

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

It has been a long time since a film hit me the way ROOM did. It might be a good idea to wait for the DVD so you can press "STOP" or "PAUSE" as needed. If you do decide to see the film, be sure to take tissues with you. If you forget to take tissues, get napkins from the concession stand or tissue from the restroom. I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to make it through the whole movie, but I did, even though I felt like getting up and leaving at some points. After the movie was over I went out the nearest exit as quickly as I could so people wouldn't see I had been crying. It took me until the next day to fully get over watching ROOM. If you are emotionally sensitive - please know what you are getting in for. You will feel everything the characters are experiencing. It feels real. With that being said, I highly recommend the film and I will be reading the book next month.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Christine wrote: "I decided to finally finish the Alan Gregory series. I've been delaying it because I know there are no more more books. I only have two more to read in the series. I am really going to miss this set of characters."

The Alan Gregory series is significant to me because I live in the city the stories are set in and I've met the author twice. I never did read all the books because I wasn't introduced to the series until I moved to Boulder in 2006. I read them out of sequential order except for the last ones. Maybe someday I will read the whole series from the beginning, but I don't know when I'll get around to doing that :-)

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Is the Winter Challenge in the works?

[Christine]

Rachel wrote: "Hope everyone is doing well. Can't believe it's almost Thanksgiving. :)"

I know! This year has flown by. I hope everyone has a nice Thanksgiving full of love and laughter!

[Rachel]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Is the Winter Challenge in the works?"

Of course :D

I will post it as soon as this one ends (possibly sooner :)