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Have you finished reading all those books? If so, Slick's Slugs have been completed and you are ready to start Mickey's Marchers.
Diane wrote: "The amount of books I have read that have just missed qualifying totally bums me out (1.e. 497 pages)..."Dont' forget they don't all have to be 500 page books. You can take two or more books and combine them to total 500 pages or more.....THAT IS IF you can make them all connect!☻
You may want to go back and reconsider some of those already read books.
Welcome to the Challenge, Label your first section (msg 1)Slick's Slugs and ask for a badge at 2014 - I'M DONE A SECTION, Please Give me a Badge
You are off to a great start, with some good reads.
P.S. You might want to reserve the following messages (4, 5, 6 and 7) for Mickey Mouse's Marchers, Roadrunner's Racers, Tasmanian Devil's Trouncers and Buzz Lightyear's Bombers respectively, so that all of your books are close to the top of your Big Book thread.
Janice wrote: "Have you finished reading all those books? If so, Slick's Slugs have been completed and you are ready to start Mickey's Marchers."Cool.
Almeta wrote: "Diane wrote: "The amount of books I have read that have just missed qualifying totally bums me out (1.e. 497 pages)..."Dont' forget they don't all have to be 500 page books. You can take two or ..."
I am not too savvy on the whole connection process. I thought they had to be in a series to add the smaller ones.
Diane, your badge for Slick's Slugs has been posted. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...As Almeta mentioned, when you finish a section, you need to report it in the report section so that I don't miss your accomplishment. You're okay for the first section, but you'll want to do that when you complete Mickey's section and onwards.
Diane wrote: "I thought they had to be in a series to add the smaller ones. ..."Nope. Any connection you can imagine. Purple covers, publishing dates, author's who liked standing on their heads.☻
Mickey Mouse Marchers (All books read between January and May 2014)7. (Book on 1001 Books List) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (329) (Last Name of Author is "Joyce") +
(Author's Last Name Is Joyce) The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (320) (Lots of Hills on Cover) 649 pages
8. (Lots of Hills on Cover) Barbara (258) (Title is a 1st Name) +
(Title is a First Name) Monica (108) +
(Title is a First Name) Cain (159) (Author is a Nobel Laureate) 529 pages
9. (Author Is a Nobel Laureate) Absalom, Absalom! (313) +
(Author Is a Nobel Laureate) Exile and the Kingdom (213) (Translated from French) 526 pages
10. (Translated from French) Jealousy (150) +
(Transalted from French) Ludmila A Story Of Liechtenstein (53) +
(Translated from French) The Elegance of the Hedgehog (325) (Animal in Title) 528 pages
11. (Animal in Title) The Lions of Little Rock (250) +
(Animals in Title) Tarzan of the Apes (260) (Made into a Movie) 510 pages
12. (Made into a Movie) Never Let Me Go (304) +
(Made into a Movie) Zorba The Greek (335) 639 pages (Nationality in Title)
Yay Tarzan! Go ERB! Who was your favorite movie Tarzan guy? I watched Zorba the movie a couple of months back. I really loved it. Have you seen it?
Cherie wrote: "Yay Tarzan! Go ERB! Who was your favorite movie Tarzan guy? I watched Zorba the movie a couple of months back. I really loved it. Have you seen it?"
The only Tarzan movie I have seen recently is the Disney version. I saw the version with Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan when I was a kid, but I haven't seen any others.
Loved both the Zorba movie and the book. I saw the movie about 10-15 years ago. I want to watch it again now that I've read the book.
Diane wrote: "(Translated from French) The Elegance of the Hedgehog (325) (Animal in Title) 528 pages"Thanks for reminding me I need to read this. I really liked the movie!
Roadrunner's Racers (All books read from Jan-May 2014)13. (Nationality in Title) Lithuanian Short Stories (156) +
(Nationality in Title) Contemporary Macedonian Poetry (175) (Poetry) +
(Poetry) Innocent Questions (80) +
(Poetry) The Epic of Askia Mohammed (104) (Black & Red Cover) 515 pages (Black & Red Cover)
14. (Black & Red Cover) The Bald Soprano and Other Plays (Opera-Related word in Title)(160) +
(Opera-Related Word in Title) The Phantom Of The Opera (357) (Red Covers) 517 pages
15. (Red Covers) Last Train to Istanbul (374) +
(Red Covers) Cheese (134) (Food & Drink Names in Title) 508 pages
16. (Girl's Names that Sound Like Food or Drink Names in Title) The Master and Margarita (360) +
(Girl's Names that Sound Like Food or Drink Names in Title) Olive's Ocean (217) (Water-Related Title) 577 pages
17. (Water-Related Title) Rivers of Babylon (296) +
(Water-Related Title) Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman (320) (Accent on Letter of Author's Name) 616 pages
18. (Accent on Letter of Author's Name) Smiley's People (398) +
(Accent on Letter of Author's Name) Broken April (216) 614 pages (Accent on Author's Last Name)
Tasmanian Devil's Trouncers (All books read from Jan-May 2014)19. (Accent on Letter of Author's Name) Dictionary of the Khazars (352) +
(Accent on Letter of Author's Name) As If I Am Not There (224) (Set in Country in Former Yugoslavia) 566 pages
20. (Set in Country in Former Yugoslavia) On the Edge of Reason (182) (Author has a "Z" in last name) +
(Author has a "Z" in last name) Under the Yoke (342) (Historical Fiction) 524 pages
20. (Historical Fiction) Cutting for Stone (541) (Having to Do with Cutting) 541 pages
21. (Having to Do with Cutting) Cutter and Bone (320) (Body Parts) +
(Body Parts) Their Eyes Were Watching God (256) (Eye-Related) 576 pages
22. (Eye-Related) Cataract (240) +
(Eye-Related) Reading Lolita in Tehran (400) (Women & Girls with Head Coverings) 640 pages
23. (Women & Girls with Head Coverings) I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity (237) +
(Women & Girls with Head Coverings) Djibouti (279) 516 pages
24. (Women & Girls with Head Coverings) This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President (315) +
(Women & Girls with Head Coverings) I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced (188) 503 pages
Buzz Lightyear's Bombers (All books Read Jan-May)25. (Women & Girls with Head Coverings) Keeping Hope Alive: One Woman: 90,000 Lives Changed (272) +
(Women & Girls with Head Coverings) Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia (304) 576 pages (Head Covering)
26. (Head Covering) Matigari (192) (African Writers Series) +
(African Writers Series) A Woman in Her Prime (144) +
(African Writers Series) Arrow of God (240) (God in Title) 580 pages
27. (God in Title) God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (275) +
(God in Title) God's Bits of Wood (248) (Apostrophe in Title) 523 pages
28. (Apostrophe in Title) Schindler's List (429) (Set During Holocaust) +
(Set During Holocaust) Pack of Wolves (181) (Wolves) 600 pages
29. (Wolves) Steppenwolf (256) (Nobel Laureate Author) +
(Nobel Laureate Author) Growth of the Soil (352) 558 pages
30. (Nobel Laureate Author) The Saga of Gösta Berling (434) (Scandinavian Author) +
(Scandinavian Author) Her Enemy (272) 706 pages
31. (Scandinavian Author) Purge (390) +
(Scandinavian Author) The Boy in the Suitcase (313) 703 pages (Child on Cover)
32. (Child on Cover) Aya of Yop City (128) +
(Child on Cover) The Disenchanted Widow (400) 528 pages
33. (Child on Cover) História, História: Two Years in the Cape Verde Islands (83) (Peace Corps Memoir) +
(Peace Corps Memoir) To Benin and Back: Short Stories, Essays, and Reflections about Life in Benin as a Peace Corps Volunteer and the Subsequent Readjustment Process. ((324) +
(Peace Corps Memoir) Greetings from Jungleland (208) (Blue Cover) 615 pages
34. (Blue Cover) The Ocean at the End of the Lane (181) (Lane in Title) +
(Lane in Title) The Prostitutes of Serruya's Lane and Other Hidden Gibraltarian Histories (168) (Green Cover) +
(Green Cover) They Called Me Mama (185) 534 pages
45. (Green Cover) The Informationist (307) (1st Book in a Series) +
(1st Book in a Series) Bluegrass State of Mind (236) (Goodreads Author) 542 pages
46. (Goodreads Author) Gods in Alabama (320) (Place Name in Title) +
(Place Name in Title) The Republic of San Marino (204) 524 pages
47. (Place Name in Title) Revolution in Guinea: Selected Texts (144) +
(Place Name in Title) Ljubljana Tales (144) +
(Place Name in Title) Writing from a Small Country: Anthology of the Creative Writing Club, Luxembourg (180) +
(Place Name in Title) Montenegro or Bust (175) 643 pages
48. (Place Name in Title) The Last King of Scotland (352) +
(Place Name in Title) One Summer in Malta (204) (Rowboat on Cover) 556 pages
49. (Rowboat on Cover) Three Men in a Boat (176) (Author's 1st & Last Names Start with Same Letter) +
(Author's 1st & Last Names Start with Same Letter) The Third Man (160) (Ordinal Number in Title) +
(Ordinal Number) Twelve Years a Slave (363) 699 pages (Person with Back to You on Cover)
50. (Person with Back to You on Cover) The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove (272) (Cover Picture in 1 or 2 Point Perspective) +
(Cover Picture in 1 or 2 Point Perspective) The Unbearable Lightness of Being (314) 586 pages
51. (Cover Picture in 1 or 2 Point Perspective) Pereira Maintains (196) (Building(s) on Cover)
(Building(s) on Cover) Between Two Worlds (304) 500 pages
52. (Building(s) on Cover) The Tower and Other Stories (177) +
(Building(s) on Cover) Neverwhere (370) (Brown Cover) 547 pages
53. (Brown Cover) The Sheltering Sky (313)
(Brown Cover) The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (NYRB Classic Series) (272) 585 pages
Diane, Do you mean that you have read all of the books that you posted in all of your sections already?
I see it in the header for each section "All books read Jan-May". I did not notice it before. I thought those were the books you were going to read. Wow..... I am speachless.
Cherie wrote: "Diane, Do you mean that you have read all of the books that you posted in all of your sections already?
I see it in the header for each section "All books read Jan-May". I did not notice it befo..."
Yes. I have read 129 books so far this year, so I actually have a lot more books I need to plug in. It really feels like cheating though, since only 6 of these books are actually greater than 500 pages long. When you read large volumes of books it is very easy to come up with connections to join them.
Did you connect your books between sections? Book 6 Foucault's Pendulum should connect to Book 7 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Each book is to be connected to the preceding book regardless of sections.
I can post badges once you've indicated those connections.
Rusalka wrote: "Diane wrote: "30. (Scandinavian Author) Purge (390) +"OOo!! Ooo!! What you think of Purge?"
I liked it. There are two parallel story lines, one in the past and one in the present day. I liked one of the story lines more than the other. Not a happy kinda book, but one that addresses a history and culture that isn't that well known. Definitely a worth-while read.
I really liked it too, in fact one of my now favourites. I loved the writing. I found it so incredibly immersive. Did you like the past or present better? I felt that one was covered much more in depth than the other.Very glad you enjoyed it too.
Rusalka wrote: "I really liked it too, in fact one of my now favourites. I loved the writing. I found it so incredibly immersive. Did you like the past or present better? I felt that one was covered much more in d..."This was one of the rare occasions where I liked the current story more than the past story. Maybe because of the frequent jumps back to different times or perhaps because Aliides character became progressively less likeable.
Oh, super job! It doesn't matter if they are not all chunksters. I could not face only reading books over 500 pages all year long! I did not mean to sound so surprised and not critical at all. I hope you did not take it that way. I was focusing on the book titles. You have completed some great books. I love to see people reading some of the wonderful old titles like I commented on. You seem to have a lot of newer titles too. Great mix!
It is funny to see new members posting their lists and links and getting badges with books they already read vs some of us who are still plodding our way along with our lists that we put together last December of what we wanted to read. Of course we have changed things (some many times) too. I finally got my Slick's badge and I don't have a real big problem if I don't earn any more. I still have a boat load of books to read and there is always a new one waiting for me to crack open the cover.
Cherie wrote: "Oh, super job! It doesn't matter if they are not all chunksters. I could not face only reading books over 500 pages all year long! I did not mean to sound so surprised and not critical at all...."
Oh, no, I didn't take it that way at all. Really.
I think it is sometimes easier to make what has already been read fit than to try to find future books to read that will fit.
Diane wrote: "This was one of the rare occasions where I liked the current story more than the past story. Maybe because of the frequent jumps back to different times or perhaps because Aliides character became progressively less likeable."Me too! But like a train wreak I wanted to know what happened. I loved her descriptions of place as well. I felt like I was in a foggy Estonian wood.
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Books mentioned in this topic
Three Men in a Boat (other topics)One Summer In Malta (other topics)
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (other topics)
Montenegro or Bust (other topics)
The Last King of Scotland (other topics)
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Slick's Slugs:
The main connection is that these books are all historical fiction:
1. The Historian 676 pgs
2. Eclipse of the Crescent Moon 560 pgs
3. Jane Eyre 507 pages
4. Palace Walk 544 pages
5. Palace of Desire 464 pages + Sugar Street 336 pages (both books are in trilogy with book #4)
6. Foucault's Pendulum 623 pages (Book from 1001 Books List)