Something Old, Something New 2015 Challenge

[Michelle, Too many books, too little time!]

The Something Old, Something New 2015 Reading Challenge is here!

This challenge has been designed so we can dust off some of those old classics that have been on our TBR piles for years and also get acquainted with some newer books as well along the way.

You set the pace of your reading by choosing one of three levels, Bronze, Silver or Gold and you can list your books ahead of time to give yourself a plan or just list them as you go. The choice is all yours!

Start Date: 1st January 2015
Finish Date: 31st December 2015


1. Read a book that was published before the year 1900

2. Read a book published before 1980 that has been on your TBR the longest

3. Read a mystery book published before the 1950’s

4. Read a non-fiction book published after the year 2000

5. Read a book published between 1920 - 1940 by a male author

6. Read a book published after 1990 that has been made into a movie

7. Read a book published before the 1960’s that has a three (3) word title

8. Read a book published between 1960 – 1980 by a female author

9. Read a fiction new release published between January 2015 – December 2015

10. Read a book published between 1900 – 1950 that is on the Boxall’s 1000 Books To Read Before You Die list

11. Read a book published after 1990 that has won a major award (list the award with your selection)

12. Read a book published after 2000 that has been on your TBR the longest

Levels:
Bronze – Read one book from each category (equates to one per month)
Silver – Read two books from each category
Gold – Read three books from each category

Happy Reading Everyone!!

[Michelle, Too many books, too little time!]

Reserved

[Becky]

Start Date: 1st January 2015
Finish Date: 31st December 2015


1. Read a book that was published before the year 1900

2. Read a book published before 1980 that has been on your TBR the longest Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane completed 02/15


3. Read a mystery book published before the 1950’s

4. Read a non-fiction book published after the year 2000Follow the Model: Miss J's Guide to Unleashing Presence, Poise, and Powerby J. Alexander completed 03/09


5. Read a book published between 1920 - 1940 by a male author

6. Read a book published after 1990 that has been made into a movie The Silver Linings Playbookby Matthew Quick completed 02/05


7. Read a book published before the 1960’s that has a three (3) word title

8. Read a book published between 1960 – 1980 by a female author Coming of Age in Mississippiby Anne Moody Completed 01/14


9. Read a fiction new release published between January 2015 – December 2015

10. Read a book published between 1900 – 1950 that is on the Boxall’s 1000 Books To Read Before You Die list

11. Read a book published after 1990 that has won a major award (list the award with your selection)

12. Read a book published after 2000 that has been on your TBR the longest - Mum's the Wordby Kate Collins Completed 01/25

[Carol]

this might be a heavy list with my other book club obligations, but I'll give Bronze a shot. carol

Start Date: 1st January 2015
Finish Date: 31st December 2015


1. Read a book that was published before the year 1900

2. Read a book published before 1980 that has been on your TBR the longest

3. Read a mystery book published before the 1950’s

4. Read a non-fiction book published after the year 2000 January 2015

5. Read a book published between 1920 - 1940 by a male author

6. Read a book published after 1990 that has been made into a movie

7. Read a book published before the 1960’s that has a three (3) word title

8. Read a book published between 1960 – 1980 by a female author

9. Read a fiction new release published between January 2015 – December 2015

10. Read a book published between 1900 – 1950 that is on the Boxall’s 1000 Books To Read Before You Die list

11. Read a book published after 1990 that has won a major award (list the award with your selection)

12. Read a book published after 2000 that has been on your TBR the longest

Levels:
Bronze – Read one book from each category (equates to one per month)
Silver – Read two books from each category
Gold – Read three books from each category

[Becky]

I agree with Carol. I will be lucky to get a bronze I think lol

[Michelle, Too many books, too little time!]

It doesn't matter if you don't end up getting them all. The purpose is just to get us out of our comfort zones and read a wider spread of books.
I've always been very guilty of neglecting a lot of older books and classics because there were so many newer books I kept wanting to read. Creating this group has forced me to finally make an effort to get to those older books and although I'll never get to them all I'm having a lot of fun trying!

[Michelle, Too many books, too little time!]

Start Date: 1st January 2015
Finish Date: 31st December 2015


1. Read a book that was published before the year 1900
The Scarlet Letter or The Count of Monte Cristo

2. Read a book published before 1980 that has been on your TBR the longest
The Stand finished 5/4/15

3. Read a mystery book published before the 1950’s
The Postman Always Rings Twice

4. Read a non-fiction book published after the year 2000
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

5. Read a book published between 1920 - 1940 by a male author
The Trial

6. Read a book published after 1990 that has been made into a movie
Bridget Jones's Diary

7. Read a book published before the 1960’s that has a three (3) word title
Tropic of Cancer

8. Read a book published between 1960 – 1980 by a female author
To Kill a Mockingbird

9. Read a fiction new release published between January 2015 – December 2015
The Stranger -finished 6/6/15

10. Read a book published between 1900 – 1950 that is on the Boxall’s 1000 Books To Read Before You Die list
Tender Is the Night

11. Read a book published after 1990 that has won a major award (list the award with your selection)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

12. Read a book published after 2000 that has been on your TBR the longest
Fallen - Finished 20/5/15

Levels:
Bronze – Read one book from each category (equates to one per month)
Silver – Read two books from each category
Gold – Read three books from each category

[Chris]

Interesting list of categories. I'll give it a try, for Bronze I think.


Start Date: 1st January 2015
Finish Date: 31st December 2015


1. Read a book that was published before the year 1900

2. Read a book published before 1980 that has been on your TBR the longest

3. Read a mystery book published before the 1950’s

4. Read a non-fiction book published after the year 2000

5. Read a book published between 1920 - 1940 by a male author

6. Read a book published after 1990 that has been made into a movie
Before I Go To Sleep

7. Read a book published before the 1960’s that has a three (3) word title

8. Read a book published between 1960 – 1980 by a female author
Rocannon's World

9. Read a fiction new release published between January 2015 – December 2015
Half the World

10. Read a book published between 1900 – 1950 that is on the Boxall’s 1000 Books To Read Before You Die list

11. Read a book published after 1990 that has won a major award (list the award with your selection)
The Windup Girl (Hugo/Nebula)

12. Read a book published after 2000 that has been on your TBR the longest

Levels:
Bronze – Read one book from each category (equates to one per month)
Silver – Read two books from each category
Gold – Read three books from each category

[Michelle, Too many books, too little time!]

Great, I can't wait to see what books everyone starts to fit into their list!

[Elaine]

I think this is a great challenge Michelle. I will have to look at it more closely after Christmas though as right now with work being so busy, I just don't have the head space to think about it. I've pretty much opted out of all my other challenges too for the time being. Look forward to getting stuck into it again soon. Thanks for another interesting challenge, though.

[Michelle, Too many books, too little time!]

Elaine wrote: "I think this is a great challenge Michelle. I will have to look at it more closely after Christmas though as right now with work being so busy, I just don't have the head space to think about it. I..."

No worries Elaine. Reading is supposed to be fun and not something to stress over. It will certainly be lovely to have you join in though when you can :-)

[Michelle, Too many books, too little time!]

Woohoo! It's time to start our annual challenge now!

I'm just a little bit excited if no-one can tell.

Has everyone thought about their list yet?

[Kate S]

I have thought about my list a bit and this is what I have planned:

1.The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
2. The Great Train Robbery
3. Red Harvest
4. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
5. Oil!
6. High Fidelity
7. The Quiet American
8. Ripley Under Ground
9. NOT SURE YET*
10. Of Human Bondage
11. The God of Small Things (Man Booker 1997)
12. Paths of Glory

This is my first list, several of these books are slated for other challenges in the first couple of months of 2015, others are books I have had on my TBR for too long and this will hopefully encourage me to slot them into challenges later this year.

*I do not have a good grasp on new releases, yet. I will find books published in 2015 to read, but I probably won't make any decisions about which ones until March.

[Michelle, Too many books, too little time!]

Kate S wrote: "I have thought about my list a bit and this is what I have planned:

1.The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
2. The Great Train Robbery
3. [book:Red Harvest|..."

Awesome list Kate. I'll be interested to see what you think of High Fidelity as I've had that on my tbr for ages but haven't had the chance to get to it yet.

I haven't worked out what my 2015 new release will be yet either. I'm waiting to see what comes out and takes my interest.

[Elaine]

I'm doing Bronze level and my list but by no means set in concrete is as follows:

1. Book published before 1900: Deciding between two:
Les Misérables (1857) or What Maisie Knew (1897)

2. Book published before 1980/longest on TBR: Rabbit, Run (1960)

3. Mystery published before 1950: The Lady in the Lake ( 1943 )

4. Non-fiction published after 2000: Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee ( 2008)

5. Male Author published btw 1920-1940: The Great Gatsby ( 1925 )

6. Book made into movie: Tomorrow, When the War Began

7. The Little Prince

8. Female author published btw 1960-1980: Wide Sargasso Sea

9. New Release: TBA

10. 1001 List: Atlas Shrugged

11. The Goldfinch Pulitzer Prize winner 2014

12. Longest TBR after 2000: The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn (2004)

[Michelle, Too many books, too little time!]

Yay Elaine! You've got some really good ones on there too.
I'm trying to work myself up to reading Atlas Shrugged one day as I've heard it's not for everyone but I've had it on my kindle for a very long time.
I'll be interested to know what you think of The Great Gatsby too as I am one of the few people that didn't seem to really like it :-)

[Elaine]

Michelle I've been meaning to read Gatsby for such a long time, hopefully with this challenge I'll finally get to it. Not sure about Atlas Shrugged. I have heard mixed reviews but my husband read it and liked it and mostly we have similar tastes, although his reading can be a bit more out there than mine. We'll see. :)

[Michelle, Too many books, too little time!]

How's everyone going with their yearly challenge so far? I've managed to only tick 3 off my list but that's better than none and one was The Stand which is almost equivalent to 3 books in itself!

[Elaine]

OMG, Michelle!!!! I haven't checked in here for ages. I haven't really been on GR all that much and haven't done any challenges for a while. I did agree to do the Winter challenge for AR but I've just looked at this list and realised I haven't read anything on my list!!!

[Becky]

Slightly off topic - are we doing a June challenge? Or waiting till a maybe July?

[Chris]

I've knocked out four from my list. It's been a rather slow progress year and this time of the year I'm bogged down with work.

[Michelle, Too many books, too little time!]

So sorry for not listing a June challenge. I'm definitely working on one for July!

[Becky]

OK great. No biggie. I know you're getting ready for the little one to come!

[Michelle, Too many books, too little time!]

Sharyl wrote: "Hi, I've haven't actually checked in here, yet, but I've been working on it. So far:

1. Read a book that was published before the year 1900:


[book:The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucke..."

That's great Sharyl. Looks like you've got a really good mix there.

[Michelle, Too many books, too little time!]

How's everyone going with this challenge?
I've failed miserably at it so far. This year has been my worst reading year in a very, very long time but I might see if I can somehow slot in at least another one or two books from this challenge before the end of the year.

[Elaine]

Me too Michelle!!! Although I've read quite a few books this year I just realised that NONE of them are from this list!!!! Don't even know what I was thinking when I picked them but I may try and read a couple at least before the end of the year.

[Becky]

I think i have 3 or 4 left

[Michelle, Too many books, too little time!]

Haha Elaine! I had the best of intentions when I chose mine as I really wanted to step out of my reading comfort zone this year but it just wasn't meant to be.

You're doing really well there Becky. I reckon you'll finish this challenge easily!

[Elaine]

Michelle wrote: "Haha Elaine! I had the best of intentions when I chose mine as I really wanted to step out of my reading comfort zone this year but it just wasn't meant to be.

You're doing really well there Becky..."

Oh well you're still reading Michelle so that's the main thing...maybe not as much as you would have liked but it happens. Yes well done Becky.

[Keeley]

Hi Michelle

Can't wait for the 2016 year challenge. I am up for it and shooting for Gold.

[Michelle, Too many books, too little time!]

So I've only crossed four books off my challenge list this year and doubt I will get another one in :-(
Oh well, there's always next year!