December - Advent Calendar

[Debra]

Updated msg 43 12/22/16

[Diana]

i am up to date.

23/ 24 (25). :)

[Debra]

Updated msg 43 12/23/16

[Erin]

Update to message #13: 24/24. I finished a day early.

[Mie]

Update post 4: 24/24 ✅

All done - I wish you all A MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[Reija]

22. Mute (Just after sunset)
23. Ayana (Just after sunset)
24. A Very Tight Place (Just after sunset)

24/24

Ugh, note to myself: no King for advent calendar. I had him last year too but this collection was even worse. December is stressful time enough without these miserable stories, today's story was top of all (he was stuck in toilet and so on) I need more cheerful stuff.

Merry Xmas!

[Clare]

Updated message 57 -

Completed 24 / 24

I don't normally read poems and this seemed like a great challenge to dip my toes in the world of poetry. I actually enjoyed reading something different for a change. Thanks for hosting this!

Merry Christmas everyone!

[Debra]

Updated msg 43 12/24/16 continuing on til the end of the month

[Diana]

update:

Completed 25/25 . :)

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #7.

A) Collected Narrative and Lyrical Poetry by Alexander Pushkin

✔ 12/1: Poem 1. "Anchar"
✔ 12/2: Poem 2. "Arion"
✔ 12/3: Poem 3. "Devils"
✔ 12/4: Poem 4. "Bacchanal Song"
✔ 12/5: Poem 5. "Wandering the noisy streets..."
✔ 12/6: Poem 6. "The Tenth commandment"
✔ 12/7: Poem 7. "Deep in Siberia's mines..."
✔ 12/8: Poem 8. "Should this life sometime deceive you..."
✔ 12/9: Poem 9. "Winter morning"
✔ 12/10: Poem 10. "Winter evening"
✔ 12/11: Poem 11. "The wondrous moment of our meeting..."
✔ 12/12: Poem 12. "To the sea"
✔ 12/13: Poem 13. "When in the heat of my embrace..."
✔ 12/14: Poem 14. "In a Beauty's Album"
✔ 12/15: Poem 15. "To Chaadaev"
✔ 12/16: Poem 16. "Night"
✔ 12/17: Poem 17. "On hills of Georgia lies covering of night.."
✔ 12/18: Poem 18. "To My Nanny"
✔ 12/19: Poem 19. "While the poet is not required..."
✔ 12/20: Poem 20. "Confession"
✔ 12/21: Poem 21. "Awakening"
✔ 12/22: Poem 22. "The Prophet"
✔ 12/23: Poem 23. "As freedom's sower in the wasteland..."
✔ 12/24: Poem 24. "Verses, composed during a night of insomnia"
✔ 12/25: Poem 25. "The Talisman"
✔ 12/26: Poem 26. "Storm cloud"

26/31

B) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

✔ 12/1: Chapter 1
✔ 12/2: Chapter 2
✔ 12/3: Chapter 3
✔ 12/4: Chapter 4
✔ 12/5: Chapter 5
✔ 12/6: Chapter 6
✔ 12/7: Chapter 7
✔ 12/8: Chapter 8
✔ 12/9: Chapter 9
✔ 12/10: Chapter 10
✔ 12/11: Chapter 11
✔ 12/12: Chapter 12
✔ 12/13: Chapter 13
✔ 12/14: Chapter 14
✔ 12/15: Chapter 15
✔ 12/16: Chapter 16
✔ 12/17: Chapter 17
✔ 12/18: Chapter 18
✔ 12/19: Chapter 19
✔ 12/20: Chapter 20
✔ 12/21: Chapter 21
✔ 12/22: Chapter 22
✔ 12/23: Chapter 23
✔ 12/24: Chapter 24
✔ 12/25: Chapter 25
✔ 12/26: Chapter 26

26/31

[Heather]

26/31 done

[Debra]

Updated msg 43

[Lindsay]

Update msg 19

Completed all 24 "episodes" of The Jungle Book via Serial Reader

[Heather]

First challenge of the year I have not completed, but the book is so bad that I am forcing myself to read it - so at 26/31 I have decided life is too short to continue reading a book I hate!

Thank you for setting the challenge.

[Karina]

Heather: Oh, it happens! Congrats on pushing through as far as you did!

And congratulations to everyone who finished their challenges!

AND! Merry christmas!

I was knocked out by the noro virus, blech - but the list should be up to date now.

[Mie]

Hi Karina.
I just noticed, that you wrote "early" next to my name in the participant list? I did not finish early - I read the last poem on the 24th, but as it was morning time in Denmark, it probably looked like the evening of the 23rd in the US because of the time difference, haha :)

[Debra]

Updated msg 43 12/27/16

[Jane]

Haven't updated in a while I see! Updated message 70.

27/31 DONE

18. "What Then? My Life?" from Faithless: Tales of Transgression
19. "Referential" from The New Yorker by Lorrie Moore
20. "Secret, Silent" from Faithless: Tales of Transgression
21. "A Manhattan Romance" from Faithless: Tales of Transgression
22. "Murder Two" from Faithless: Tales of Transgression
23. "The Vigil" from Faithless: Tales of Transgression
24. "We were Worried About You" from Faithless: Tales of Transgression
25. "Little Match Girl" by Hans Christian Andersen
26. "A Telephone Call" by Dorothy Parker
27. "The Stalker" from Faithless: Tales of Transgression

[battie]

Finished! Updated message 24!

[Debra]

Updated msg 43 12/28/16

[Debra]

Updated msg 43 12/29/16 only a couple days left til the end of the year

[Karina]

Sorry Mie, I probably just made an error there!

The month (and year) is nearly over already...!

[Alisia]

31/31
I know it's only the 30th but I went ahead and completed this challenge... Truthfully, I have been on and off sick this month and some days I wouldn't read at all and on others I'd play catch up. This is an awesome challenge though! We need to find another excuse do it before December rolls around again. Maybe we could do something like this in February for Black History Month and make all of the short stories and/or poems be by black authors OR March is Women's History Month OR June is Gay Lesbian Pride Month, etc.

Stephen King
1. The Music Room 5/5
Read for free here: http://www.playboy.com/articles/ficti...

For the Love of Meat: Nine Illustrated Stories
Jenny Jaeckel
2. The Incident 4/5
3. Wander the Desert 3/5
4. Stumble and Fall 2/5
5. For the Love of Meat 2/5
6. Up on a Mountain 2/5
7. The Kid 2/5
8. The Teteriv 4/5
9. The Two 3/5
10. Meme 2/5

Meet Me in the Middle of the Air
Eric Schaller
11. The Assistant to Dr. Jacob 4/5
12. The Parasite 4/5
13. Turing Test 3/5
14. Talking at Sixty Watts 4/5
15.The Baby in the Forest 2/5
16. To Assume the Writer's Crown: Notes on the Craft 5/5
17. - 5.8 4/5

Seth Grahame-Smith
18. How to Survive a Horror Movie 3/5

Alice Clark-Platts
19. To Die For 2/5

Audible Narrators
20. The Most Wonderful Tales of the Year: Holiday Memories Written and Performed by Our Favorite Narrators 4/5

The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury
21. Rocket Summer
22. Ylla
23. The Summer Night
24. The Earth Men
25. The Taxpayer
26. The Third Expedition
27. -And the Moon Be Still as Bright
28. The Settlers
29. The Green Morning
30. The Locusts
31. Night Meeting

[Debra]

Updated msg 43 12/30/16

[Kate]

I'm posting a day early because I suck at posting on weekends. I finished 31/31

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #7.

***COMPLETE***

A) Collected Narrative and Lyrical Poetry by Alexander Pushkin

✔ 12/1: Poem 1. "Anchar"
✔ 12/2: Poem 2. "Arion"
✔ 12/3: Poem 3. "Devils"
✔ 12/4: Poem 4. "Bacchanal Song"
✔ 12/5: Poem 5. "Wandering the noisy streets..."
✔ 12/6: Poem 6. "The Tenth commandment"
✔ 12/7: Poem 7. "Deep in Siberia's mines..."
✔ 12/8: Poem 8. "Should this life sometime deceive you..."
✔ 12/9: Poem 9. "Winter morning"
✔ 12/10: Poem 10. "Winter evening"
✔ 12/11: Poem 11. "The wondrous moment of our meeting..."
✔ 12/12: Poem 12. "To the sea"
✔ 12/13: Poem 13. "When in the heat of my embrace..."
✔ 12/14: Poem 14. "In a Beauty's Album"
✔ 12/15: Poem 15. "To Chaadaev"
✔ 12/16: Poem 16. "Night"
✔ 12/17: Poem 17. "On hills of Georgia lies covering of night.."
✔ 12/18: Poem 18. "To My Nanny"
✔ 12/19: Poem 19. "While the poet is not required..."
✔ 12/20: Poem 20. "Confession"
✔ 12/21: Poem 21. "Awakening"
✔ 12/22: Poem 22. "The Prophet"
✔ 12/23: Poem 23. "As freedom's sower in the wasteland..."
✔ 12/24: Poem 24. "Verses, composed during a night of insomnia"
✔ 12/25: Poem 25. "The Talisman"
✔ 12/26: Poem 26. "Storm cloud"
✔ 12/27: Poem 27. "A little bird"
✔ 12/28: Poem 28. "The Captive"
✔ 12/29: Poem 29. "What means my name to you?.."
✔ 12/30: Poem 30. "I loved you"
✔ 12/31: Poem 31. "I have endured my desire..."

31/31

B) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

✔ 12/1: Chapter 1
✔ 12/2: Chapter 2
✔ 12/3: Chapter 3
✔ 12/4: Chapter 4
✔ 12/5: Chapter 5
✔ 12/6: Chapter 6
✔ 12/7: Chapter 7
✔ 12/8: Chapter 8
✔ 12/9: Chapter 9
✔ 12/10: Chapter 10
✔ 12/11: Chapter 11
✔ 12/12: Chapter 12
✔ 12/13: Chapter 13
✔ 12/14: Chapter 14
✔ 12/15: Chapter 15
✔ 12/16: Chapter 16
✔ 12/17: Chapter 17
✔ 12/18: Chapter 18
✔ 12/19: Chapter 19
✔ 12/20: Chapter 20
✔ 12/21: Chapter 21
✔ 12/22: Chapter 22
✔ 12/23: Chapter 23
✔ 12/24: Chapter 24
✔ 12/25: Chapter 25
✔ 12/26: Chapter 26
✔ 12/27: Chapter 27
✔ 12/28: Chapter 28
✔ 12/29: Chapter 29
✔ 12/30: Chapter 30
✔ 12/31: Chapter 31

31/31

[Reija]

That's nice idea Alisia. I would like to do it too, maybe then we could read more same books, it would be easier to have discussion. Maybe we could try to get some those group reads?

[Jane]

Updated message 70.

31/31 DONZO!

28. "The Vampire" from Faithless: Tales of Transgression
29. "The High School Sweetheart: A Mystery" from Faithless: Tales of Transgression
30. "Death Watch" from Faithless: Tales of Transgression
31. "In *COPLAND*" from Faithless: Tales of Transgression

I definitely chose a dark book of short stories to finish off this dark year. Haha. I actually enjoyed Joyce Carol Oates' writing, but probably could've chosen something a little more upbeat to end the year off with :P

[Debra]

Updated msg 43 completed the challenge 12/31/16

[Karina]

That's a great idea, Alisia! I'd love to do this as a diversity challenge.

And congrats, everyone who finished - happy new year!

[Cassandra]

Thanks for the feedback, Alisia! I'll pass it on to the other mods.

[ChrisR]

All done

[Nicole]

*Update (Message 55)*
*Whispers* I forgot about this. Whoops.

Goal: 17/31