Outread Aubrey! Challenge discussion
SPRINT: Spring cleaning! Oh wait, it's fall... (Sept.)
Since last week's challenge got me to dig around in my Comixology account, I decided to download everything I bought but haven't read yet and finally get that all cleaned up. I just had a little time this morning, so I paged through the My Little Pony Art Gallery and My Little Pony Cover Gallery. The cover gallery had more interesting art FWIW...
Oooh... Methinks I have a stack or two that these last months have left me with... I've just been so busy, I often forget everything I'm reading - or the library demands all back before I'm done. Heehee
Just remembered though, I have a book deadline this month too, so this could be interesting... :p
Rebekah, an author's life is ALWAYS a unique type of interesting. ;)
I love this idea! Now all I have to do is actually get some reading done. But, like Rebekah, I have writing deadlines for this month. :/
I started school again, but I'm definitely in! I'm been working on reading through "Matched" by Allie Condie for awhile and I have a whole shelf of unread books, but nuts! This means I can't count the graphic novels I have on hold for my Special Topics class! =P
I borrowed a lot of library books last month and have hardly read any of them, so I guess they count? I'm finally getting around to Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett today - I've been meaning to get on with it for ages but it's hardback and large so I couldn't take it on holiday.
I have a very large stack of books I own but haven't read. Maybe this will motivate me to read them . . . or maybe not. :)
So, current library books count, even if this is the first time you checked them out?
I have some books on my kindle right now and some in my Comixology but the rest of my unread books are across two states... Whoops.
Oooh. I have a ton of free books I've collected on my kindle. If I can find time to read this challenge should be very good for me.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I probably have about 200 or more books on my Kindle (most I got for free) that I haven't read yet. *whistles innocently* And this doesn't count the real books I have on my bookshelves that I haven't read. :halo:
Finished The Maze Runner which I got from the library last month. :)
I have a few laying around that I need to get too. I'm going to start by finally finishing the last super villain of the day book. I keep thinking i'll just sit down some afternoon and read it but i never do.
Wow, this is easy for me...So far, "The Cardinal Moth" by Frank White...finished the last half of the ebook.
Last night I read Finding the Core of Your Story by Jordan Smith, which I've had on my Kindle forever. Good stuff!
Yesterday I finished listening to Father Gilbert Mysteries: The Silver Cord/In Memorium. I've had the CDs sitting on my desk for over six months. They were great stories!
That's the spirit, my friends!
Yes, any books you currently had checked out on your library card qualify. You cam also re-check-out books you started earlier but didn't get to finish. You just can't check out new books you haven't read yet.
Yes, any books you currently had checked out on your library card qualify. You cam also re-check-out books you started earlier but didn't get to finish. You just can't check out new books you haven't read yet.
Starting September 1st (and mostly just on that day), I finished the following books:Nathan's Montana Bride by Maya Stirling
The Adventures of Starlight and Sunny by Ashley Armstrong
A Temporary Courtship by Calli Hunt
Cowboy Heart by Amelia Rose
I have far, far, far too many of these. * weeps ** stalks bookshelves and tries to pick *
My #2: By the World Forgot, by Cyrus Townsend Brady. I started two weeks ago and finished last night.
Read a play last night that I'd also had on my Kindle for a long time: The Man From Home by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson.
#1Well I finished Supervillains of London
It was great.
Now I need to charge up my kindle and read some book on there.
I finally read The Time Machine which I've had from the library for a shockingly long time.
Ain't all the Supervillain books grand?
Katie, stop stalking and just read! You're overthinking this. ;)
Katie, stop stalking and just read! You're overthinking this. ;)
But wait. It's not Friday. O.O *headdesk* That was weird. My blog readers just got their book review a day early. Oops!
Finished a volume of Emily Dickinson's poems that I've been working through for a while.
#3: Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind, Ann B. Ross#4: Thorns and Orange Blossoms, Bertha Clay
I've read 8 so far ... Anne of Green Gables Treasury - Nice little companion to the series
Dress a Day Sewing - Good for people who want to get into "altered clothing" & "upcycling" but have little or no sewing experience.
The Safe Lands: Rebels - my review: http://theartistlibrarian.blogspot.co...
Skirt a Day Sewing - I might buy this one. Very cute skirts
Sushi for One? - I haven't read Camy Tang in awhile
And ... I'm finally getting to the Christy Miller series I've had for years, but never got around to. The writing is tolerable but I'm really surprised by the little "nuggets" of wisdom I wasn't expecting since I'm over the target audience age. (Paraphrasing: It's good to have dreams Christy, but are you in control of your dream or is it in control of you?) ... so far I've read:
Summer Promise
A Whisper & a Wish
Yours Forever
@Aubrey - Do you want us to post a complete list by the deadline?
@Grace - How did you like Maze Runner? There's a movie coming soon, right?
#2 Once on a Time I've had this on my kindle a while and just never finished it.
It was hilarious! Now I want to read some more A. A. Milne (non-Pooh) Stories.
I liked Maze Runner overall. The plot and characters were good but the writing was atrocious. The language was slightly crude (via made-up slang) but it was otherwise clean I'd say. I'm looking forward to the movie. :)
A complete list would make my life easier, but I'll manually count if I have to. ;) Thanks for asking. :D
I was going to do this thing but it turns out that I've just been reading new books because I have discovered the library here and have had a ton of bus time to read on. Eheh. So I haven't read anything that counted AFAIK.
@Grace -- Hmm... thanks! Hopefully his writing improves in the later books (I believe it's a series)? I might check it out, but I'm not crazy into dystopians and such. =)@Aubrey - I can to a complete list --I've been keeping a running total draft so I can just copy/paste. ;)
Finished reading A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room, which I bought a few months ago. :)
I have ... not really been reading. But, I did format my third poetry collection for pre-order, so that's a thing now. I guess that's some sort of productivity... It's here!: Broken Body Fragile HeartBut other than that, argh. I have so many books out from the library and I haven't read any of them and I'm going to uni in two weeks so I REALLY need to get a move on because I'll have to return them before then.
(Needless to say I won't be reading much once I get there, apart from work.)
I've finished Reckoning by Jude Watson (Last of the Jedi) and The Deadly Curse of Toco-Rey by Frank Peretti. Would it be stretching the rules to count the Michael Vey book that came out Tuesday that I've been planning to get for two years? :)
Read The Giver, which I took out from the library last month.
I finished beta-reading "Guardian Star's True Mark" by Charissa Taylor Lees.
Grace, what did you think of The Giver? It's one of my favorites.
@Morgan - I wasn't a huge fan of Jude Watson's other Star Wars series, but I did enjoy the Last of the Jedi series. Ferus Olin is one of the few Prequel expanded universe characters I love. :)
I do really like Last of the Jedi. I also liked the Jedi Quest books that I read, Darra Thel-Tanis being my favorite of those new characters. Ferus didn't become nice until he left the Jedi Order. I never cared that much for Jedi Apprentice. The Rebel Force books by Alex Wheeler were pretty good and brought back several characters from Last of the Jedi, though I hated what happened to Trever. :'( I liked him. And here I though I'd gotten over my Star Wars phase. :)
Just read Toxic by Vicki Lucas, which has been on my kindle at about 10% for the past year. It was pretty good once I got past that 10%.
Morgan, I liked The Giver a lot. :) I actually think I may have liked the movie better though!
I like the book better, but I did read it three times prior to seeing the movie. However, despite the changes, I still really really liked the movie.
Outread Aubrey! Challenge
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For September's challenge we're going to make our best attempt to be good, model citizens and do something we all know we should have done long ago... Read the unfinished books we already own.
Eyup, that's right. For this Sprint, you need to read all those books on your shelf (or Kindle, or library card) that you've never read, or still haven't finished. In other words, you need to read:
--Books you own (whether physical or digital) that you've never read.
--Books you own that you started reading but never finished.
--Books you CURRENTLY have checked out from the library but haven't read or finished reading.
--Books you checked out from the library (or friends or Kindle loans) in the past, started reading, and didn't finish before you had to return them.
--Unpublished books written by people other than yourself that have been sitting on your computer or in your email.
Only books that are currently in your possession as of today (Sept. 1st) count--anything you may purchase, borrow, or otherwise acquire after today does not count. This is about finally sitting down to read all those poor lonely books that have been patiently waiting for your undivided attention.
All books need to be read in the month of September to qualify. Cut off is at midnight, September 30th, local time. If you've started reading a book already, you simply need to finish reading it during September. There is no requirements on the length, type, or reading level of books.
Every time you finish a book, post it here to earn an entry.
What're the stakes? I haven't decided yet. Maybe you need to outread me. Maybe you need to outread each other. Maybe all entries will just go in a random drawing. You'll find out--but the more entries you guys toss into the pile, the more I'll up the stakes.
So grab a dusting cloth and let's get going!