FA 2014 Task Overview

[Liz M]

10.1 - Square Peg: Read a book that does not fit any of the other Reading with Style 10 or 20-point tasks. This task cannot be repeated.

10.2 - Halloween: Read one of the 50 Scariest Books of All Time, OR one of the Top 100 Horror Books, OR one of the 25 Books That Inspired Scary Movies

10.3 - Leif Erikson: Leif Erikson was a Norse (Icelandic/Norwegian) explorer who is believed to have visited North America 500 years before Columbus. Read a book shelved at least 5 times as Iceland or a book shelved at least 5 times as Norway.

10.4 - 9, 10, 11: This challenge includes the 9th, 10th and 11th months of the year. Read a book with a 9-, 10-, or 11-letter word in the title.

10.5 - Dr. Salk: October 28, 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth Dr. Jonas Salk, who developed the first vaccine for polio. In honor of Dr. Salk, read one of the top 150 books from this list of Medicine and Literature or any autobiography/biography/memoir about a medical doctor.

10.6 - Short Stuff: Read a collection of short stories by an author that has won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award OR has won the O. Henry Award.

10.7 - Honored Authors - Coralie's Task:
Read a book by an author who has a literary award named after them. Please provide a link to the award.

10.8 - Comfort Read - Cory Day's Task:
With a chill in the air and creepy ghost stories all around, take a break from scary Halloween tales and curl up by the fire with a comfort read. Read a book by an author that has written at least one book you've rated 5-stars. The book must have been rated prior to the start of the challenge.
This task cannot be used as combo points

10.9 - Mythological - Karen Michele's Task:
Read a book based on mythology, about mythology, or a collection of original of myths or legends. If the connection to mythology is not obvious from the title or goodreads description, please include a link for verification.

10.10 - Group reads
Liz M: Tenth of December by George Saunders
Elizabeth (Alaska): Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Kate S: Orfeo by Richard Powers
Tien: The Godfather by Mario Puzo
Theresa~OctoberLace: Jenny by Sigrid Undset
Ismaa: Ring of Bright Water by Gavin Maxwell
D: Stoner by John Edward Williams
Rosemary: Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard
Rebekah: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Don (The Book Guy): The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

15.1 - 15.10: Between the Wars

[Liz M]

This challenge celebrates the 150th anniversary of the publication of the first part of Trollope's Palliser series in September 1864.

20.1 - 19th Century: In honor of Can You Forgive Her?, read a book shelved at least 15 times as 19th Century.

20.2 - Birthplace: In honor of Phineas Finn, read a book by an author born in Belgium, Ireland Germany, or Switzerland.

20.3 - Thieves & Mysteries: In honor of The Eustace Diamonds, read one of the top 150 books from this list of Thieves, OR one of the top 40 of these Victorian Mysteries.

20.4 - Realism: In honor of Phineas Redux, read a book by one of these Realism authors.

20.5 - Politics: In honor of The Prime Minister, read one of these political novels OR a non-fiction book about politics or a politician.

20.6 - Underrated: In honor of The Duke's Children, read a book published prior to 2013 that has fewer than 1000 ratings.

20.7 - Make it Strange - Jama's Task:
Slipstream and New Wave Fabulism are two terms for fiction which crosses the boundaries between SciFi/ Fantasy and Literary Fiction. Stories in this genre usually seem to take place in a conventional reality, but are marked by a sense of the strange, the fantastic, or the unreal. Choose from the titles listed in this working canon of Slipstream Literature.

20.8 - Middle East - Kate S's Task:
With tensions growing once again, read a book set (>90%) in one of these Middle Eastern countries: Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Northern Cyprus, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

20.9 - War Babies - Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task:
Read a book by an author who was born in the years of either of the two world wars, 1914-1918 or 1939-1945.

20.10 - Higher Education - Liz M's Task:
Read a book specifically recommended to this year's incoming freshmen by their college or university, like these, for example. Please provide a link when posting this task.