Winter 2016/2017 Challenge

[LS]

Winter 2016 Challenge



This challenge will run from December 1 through February 28. Be sure to post your task list and let us know when you’ve completed a task by making a new post in this thread.

Example: Sept 1, completed task one, Great Gatsby

Be sure to use the Rory Gilmore reading list that can be found in the “How It Works” thread from Black, White and Read Books blog. I’ll try to keep up to date with a score board and post the winner at the end of the challenge!

Tasks:
1. Read one of the books from a winter episode of Gilmore Girls (original show):
2. Read one book from the list that is also mentioned again in the Gilmore Girls Revival (A Year in the Life):
3.Choose a book from the list that encompasses the holiday season:
4.Choose a new book that is mentioned in the Gilmore Girls Revival (A Year in the Life):
5.Read one book from the list that has been on your “to read” list the longest:

*Some of these tasks are centered around books that will be mentioned in the Gilmore Girls Revival, A Year in the Life. I will try to make a list as soon as the episodes release on Netflix and if anyone would like to join the task that would be great. I’ve set up a thread that we can put books mentioned in the Revival episodes here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

The tasks centered around the revival will have to be added to your list after the episodes air! I believe Bear Allen at Black White and Read Books blog is also planning to make a list once they air and I’m sure several others will as well!

[Megan]

Excellent, I love a good reading challenge :)

1. Read one of the books from a winter episode of Gilmore Girls (original show): The Shining by Stephen King

2. Read one book from the list that is also mentioned again in the Gilmore Girls Revival (A Year in the Life): On the Road by Jack Kerouac

3.Choose a book from the list that encompasses the holiday season: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

4.Choose a new book that is mentioned in the Gilmore Girls Revival (A Year in the Life): Wild by Cheryl Strayed

5.Read one book from the list that has been on your “to read” list the longest: The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown


Was going to choose 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' but figured a Dr Seuss book wouldn't be much of a challenge :)

[deb]

[ EDIT ] Okay, here they are :)

1. Read one of the books from a winter episode of Gilmore Girls (original show): The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)

2. Read one book from the list that is also mentioned again in the Gilmore Girls Revival - A Year in the Life: On the Road (Jack Kerouac)

3. Choose a book from the list that encompasses the holiday season: A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)

4. Choose a new book that is mentioned in the Gilmore Girls Revival - A Year in the Life: Little House in the Big Woods (Laura Ingalls Wilder)

5. Read one book from the list that has been on your “to read” list the longest: Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)

[Amy]

Hello All! I'm new to the group and very excited to start the winter challenge. Here it goes...

1. Read one book from a winter episode of Gilmore Girls (original show): The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
"Rory's Dance" (1.9)

2. Read a book from the list that is also mentioned in the Gilmore Girls revival: TBD

3. Choose a book from the list the encompasses the holiday season: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
"They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?" (3.7)

4. Choose a new book that is mentioned in the revival: TBD

5. Read one book from the list that has been on you "to read" list the longest: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
"The Nanny and the Professor" (4.10)

[Zoe]

Megan wrote: "Excellent, I love a good reading challenge :)

1. Read one of the books from a winter episode of Gilmore Girls (original show): The Shining by Stephen King

2. Read one book from the list that is a..."

I think I'm going to do the same three as you Megan!

[Windy]

Hello! I'm new to the group. This challenge sounds like a lot of fun!

Tasks:
1. Read one of the books from a winter episode of Gilmore Girls (original show):
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (1.8)

2. Read one book from the list that is also mentioned again in the Gilmore Girls Revival (A Year in the Life):
On the Road by Jack Kerouac (1.1 and Winter)

3.Choose a book from the list that encompasses the holiday season:
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (3.7)

4.Choose a new book that is mentioned in the Gilmore Girls Revival (A Year in the Life):
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Winter)

5.Read one book from the list that has been on your “to read” list the longest:
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R Tolkien (3.14)

[alunia]

1. Read one of the books from a winter episode of Gilmore Girls (original show): The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton as some of you haha :D

2. Read one book from the list that is also mentioned again in the Gilmore Girls Revival (A Year in the Life): On The Road by Jack Kerouac

3.Choose a book from the list that encompasses the holiday season: TBD bc I've read A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens so many times

4.Choose a new book that is mentioned in the Gilmore Girls Revival (A Year in the Life): TBD

5.Read one book from the list that has been on your “to read” list the longest: maybe The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd but it can change

[Agus]

Hello everyone! These are the books I chose for the challenge:

1. Read one of the books from a winter episode of Gilmore Girls (original show): The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

2. Read one book from the list that is also mentioned again in the Gilmore Girls Revival (A Year in the Life): On The Road by Jack Kerouac

3.Choose a book from the list that encompasses the holiday season: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

4.Choose a new book that is mentioned in the Gilmore Girls Revival (A Year in the Life): My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgaard

5.Read one book from the list that has been on your “to read” list the longest: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Happy reading to all of you!

[Irene]

I'm gonna try this. Are re-reads ok? I read A Christmas Carol every year :)

1) Read one of the books from a winter episode of Gilmore Girls (original show): The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

2) Read one book from the list that is also mentioned again in the Gilmore Girls Revival (A Year in the Life): On the RoadJack Kerouac

3) Choose a book from the list that encompasses the holiday season: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

4) Choose a new book that is mentioned in the Gilmore Girls Revival (A Year in the Life): The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (I know it's mentioned in the original series as well, but I'm having trouble finding some books that's *new* Help anyone? Maybe Macbeth?)

5) Read one book from the list that has been on your “to read” list the longest: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White (to be fair, I don't know which book has been there the longest, since Goodreads only has the books that I actually own)