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Reading Challenges 2015: I Dare You to Read + The Book of Dares
2/21, 7/21, 12/20 :D I sent my plea through a different medium but I feel like the oracle is omniscient anyway so I hope he/she doesn't mind terribly :p
I want to join! :)26Jan, 26Oct, 25Dec
thanks :)
The Oracle hears your pleas. Let us know what you have chosen!Blue wrote: "2/21, 7/21, 12/20 :D
I sent my plea through a different medium but I feel like the oracle is omniscient anyway so I hope he/she doesn't mind terribly :p"
Blue, Blue, Blue, the herald of The Book, choose your destiny: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man or Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. Impressionistic writing, or porn classic?
Honeypie wrote: "I want to join! :)
26Jan, 26Oct, 25Dec
thanks :)"
Honeypie, choose your destiny: Beowulf: A New Verse Translation or Something Wicked This Way Comes. Epic fantasy poem, or fantasy classic?
I choose Something Wicked This Way Comes! :)
I want to join too. :) 04/07, 05/31, 10/02
Will go for the impressionistic one, hello James Joyce! It's my first foray into his writing so I look forward to it. I officially pick A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (though I won't close my bookish doors to Fanny Hill, it also sounds... interesting). Thanks, Oracle! Will salute your building when I pass by Katipunan ;) (view spoiler)
The Oracle hears your plea.Kristel wrote: "I want to join too. :) 04/07, 05/31, 10/02"
Kristel, choose your destiny: The Woman in White or Pale Horse, Pale Rider. A pioneer mystery novel, or three bittersweet novellas?
Honeypie, Blue, the scroll is updated. Offerings are welcome at the temple/building.
Angus: I'm gonna choose Katherine Anne Porter! I've vaguely heard of her before but never really explored so this'll be a great discovery.
I want to join the Best and Worst, but...01/24, 01/28, 05/20
The Oracle hears your plea.Kwesi 章英狮 wrote: "I want to join the Best and Worst, but...
01/24, 01/28, 05/20"
Kwesi, choose your destiny: Moby-Dick; or, The Whale or The Hound of the Baskervilles. Whale-catching, or dog-catching?
Kristel, the scroll is updated.
Ang bastos, parang may subliminal meaning: dog-catching/bitching and whale-catching/pinning. Mukhang I'm not ready to read Melville's chunkster, dun muna ako sa Hound. Cheating mode, pero I'm going to read the first four books first from Sherlock's adventure. Haha.
Oh, hail The Oracle. Count me in, I plea. Here are my chosen dates: June 2, July 2, August 2. :)
Hail, Oracle, knower of stuff. Here are the dates I offer to your omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent self: February 8, November 7, April 25
The Oracle hears your pleas.Lynai wrote: "Oh, hail The Oracle. Count me in, I plea. Here are my chosen dates: June 2, July 2, August 2. :)"
Lynai, choose your destiny: A Map of the World or The Inheritance of Loss. A Wisconsin tragedy, or the Nepalese unrest?
Bennard wrote: "Hail, Oracle, knower of stuff. Here are the dates I offer to your omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent self: February 8, November 7, April 25"
Bennard, The Oracle determines that the gods have already bestowed auspicious quests for favored souls on February 8 and April 25. Know thy fate further by choosing two other dates.
Kwesi, the scroll is updated.
Oracle, I choose may 25 and april 21.
Bennard wrote: "Oracle, I choose may 25 and april 21."Bennard, choose your destiny: A Tale of Love and Darkness or Captain Blood. A Jewish childhood memoir, or a swashbuckling fantasy?
I choose A Tale of Love and Darkness, Oracle!
I gave away my copy of A Map of the World during the Filipino Readercon Book Drop. Not interested in reading it at all. I choose Inheritance of Loss. :)
Oh hail the Oracle for I might cheat... But know that I shall face my destiny soon, reading a history.(view spoiler)
Oh Mighty Oracle, in your fantabulous throne of truthWith earnest supplication, I come before thee....
01/23, 02/16, 09/19.
Angus: Seducing Drake Palma is by Beeyotch / Ariesa Domingo. I think the full title is Mission Impossible: Seducing Drake Palma? Something like that. Haha. (view spoiler)
The Oracle hears your plea.Tin wrote: "Oh Mighty Oracle, in your fantabulous throne of truth
With earnest supplication, I come before thee....
01/23, 02/16, 09/19."
Tin, choose your destiny: Interpreter of Maladies or Miss Lonelyhearts. The immigrant experience, or a moral satire?
Ella, you must not dare challenge the gods. Trudge thy chosen destiny and seek the gods' guidance at the next fork of the road.
Tina, the gods have long banished the Wattpad angels out of the gates of Goodreads. They are pleased with your humble offering of information. The scroll is updated.
Oracle, I choose Interpreter of Maladies!
Tin wrote: "Oracle, I choose Interpreter of Maladies!"Very wise choice, indeed! :D
Ooo, I'd like to join!Oh fabulous Oracle, I also humbly ask for an edict....
April 28, May 24, December 30
Monique: It was an easy choice on my part. Buti the odds (gods?) were in my favor at hindi ako na-James Joyce, or na-Moby Dick. XDMeliza: Tara let's bagets, let's eat pansit. XD
oh how the mighty Oracle favors some readers with good books to read. Forgive me for I might cheat. There are those dates I wish to pick... After reading that history book haha.
(view spoiler)
The Oracle hears your plea.Marie wrote: "Ooo, I'd like to join!
Oh fabulous Oracle, I also humbly ask for an edict....
April 28, May 24, December 30"
Marie, choose your destiny: The Kon-Tiki Expedition or American Tabloid. A true-life adventure, or a dark crime novel?
Tin, the scroll is updated.
Such wonderful choices, o wise Oracle. I choose American Tabloid. I would rather face the mob than feed my irrational fear of the wide open seas. :-D
Oh, wise and all powerful Oracle, knower of everything, I beseech thee, grant me a quest... these are the dates that you require: 12/07, 01/08, 07/07
The Oracle hears your plea.Joy wrote: "Oh, wise and all powerful Oracle, knower of everything, I beseech thee, grant me a quest... these are the dates that you require: 12/07, 01/08, 07/07"
Joy, choose your destiny: Empire of the Sun or The Sun Also Rises. Wartime in China, or wartime in Europe?
Marie, the scroll is updated.
Thank you, O great Oracle! I am tempted to say both but if I have only one choice, let it be the Empire of the Sun for I am far more interested in World War II than World War I.
ANG GALING NG KE JOY SOBRANG RANDOM! Dakilang babaylan ng tadhana, sana makajackpot rin ako nang ganyan heheh
Joy, the scroll is updated.Ella, be good so the gods will favor you.
Josemar, the Oracle is currently on vacation in the Lion City, alternately hearing petitions from the whores in Geylang and frolicking with the fictional characters in Universal Studios. He did not bring with him The Book of Dares (view spoiler) so as his High Priestess, I advise a little patience from your part until he duly returns.
Accept my gratitude, dutiful High Priestess. The Geylang courtesans and Sesame charlatans proved too much for my spiritual energy and prescience.Josemar wrote: "Oh Great Oracle!!!!......*compliments**compliments**honors**admirations*
Please hear my reluctant cry and let me join. Save me from this abyss of boredom and peer pressure. These are the dates I hu..."
Josemar, choose your destiny: The Maytrees or A Suitable Boy. A love affair or a family saga?
On behalf of the Great Oracle, this High Priestess wishes to inquire if anyone is already done with any of their challenge books? If you have, please state so! (view spoiler) Also, for those who have asked to be dared and whose passports were not officially stamped for their participation, let us also know. The Oracle carries the shiny sparkly stamp every month at the F2Fs. The "Good Job!" stamp awaits those who have conquered their challenges! :D
^This is a mockery, huhuhuhuI guess I better start :))
On behalf of the Great Oracle, I reiterate the call for those who are already finished with ANY of their challenge books to please leave a post on this thread stating so. Shiny sparkly stamps await! :D
Oohh this sounds interesting! Oracle, please hear my plea! April 21, June 30, July 1 :)
Joy wrote: "Oohh this sounds interesting! Oracle, please hear my plea! April 21, June 30, July 1 :)"
Joy, choose your destiny: A Clockwork Orange or The Poisonwood Bible. A nightmare fantasy world or the colonial Congo?
Angus wrote: "Joy wrote: "Oohh this sounds interesting! Oracle, please hear my plea! April 21, June 30, July 1 :)"
Joy, choose your destiny: A Clockwork Orange or [book:The Poisonwood Bible|724..."
I go for nightmare fantasy A Clockwork Orange!!!
If anybody has seen a copy of this book on bookstores, please let me know! I've heard that this book is a bit difficult to read so I'm gearing myself up for this haha
Joy (and Josemar), the scroll is updated.
Monique wrote: "On behalf of the Great Oracle, I reiterate the call for those who are already finished with ANY of their challenge books to please leave a post on this thread stating so. Shiny sparkly stamps await..."Uhhh. I suppose I should spend a weekend with that book na. :)))
Tina wrote: "Uhhh. I suppose I should spend a weekend with that book na. :))) "Prepare thyself, haha! (view spoiler)
Monique wrote: "Tina wrote: "Uhhh. I suppose I should spend a weekend with that book na. :))) "Prepare thyself, haha! [spoilers removed]"
Maybe I should add it to my Goodreads profile na so people can encourage me? Hahaha. XD
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So what are the purposes of our reading challenges? First is to draw members out of their comfort zones and read books that they would otherwise not have heard of or would not have read on their own. Second is to have more bookish conversations, which we're pretty sure we can't get enough of. Third is to have fun!
This year, we are shaking things up a bit. We have not one, but two reading challenges. Are you ready?
Reading Challenge 1: I Dare You to Read 2015
F2F37 attendees drew their challenge books from a box filled with strips of paper where the attendees' favorite and least liked books were written. TFG Passports were stamped to officially mark the attendees participation in I Dare You to Read.
Here is the list of challenge books for I Dare You to Read 2015:
The Best Books:
Angus:
Monstress - Rhena's BestCary: The Mythology Class: A Graphic Novel - Tina's Best
Ella:
Stargirl - Cary's BestGwaxa:
The Fionavar Tapestry - Aaron's BestIngrid:
The Luminaries - Monique's BestRollie: Burial Rites - Ella's Best
The Worst Books:
Aaron: Love & Misadventure - Rhena's Worst
Gay: Paper Towns - Gwaxa's Worst
Louize:
The Werewolf Prince and I - Ingrid's WorstMawi: The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories - Monique's Worst
Meliza:
The Secret Life of Bees - Louize's WorstMonique:
Love Among the Geeks - Tina's WorstRhena: Mad About the Boy - Mawi's Worst
Ronnie: Attachments - Angus's Worst
Tina:
Mission Impossible: Seducing Drake Palma - Gay's WorstReading Challenge 2: The Book of Dares
For those who were not able to attend F2F37, you still have the chance to participate in the reading challenges. All you need to do is consult The Oracle for your challenge book. The Oracle requires that you post in this thread three dates. These could be important or random dates (e.g. birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, etc.).
Once your plea to be challenged is heard, The Oracle will consult The Book of Dares. The Oracle will prophesize two challenge books based on the dates you've provided (view spoiler)[the third date is an alternate, in case one of the dates corresponds with a past or future F2F book (hide spoiler)]. It's now up to you to choose your destiny (i.e. choose which of the two you want to be your challenge book).
TFG Passports will be stamped to officially mark your participation in The Book of Dares, which means you are encouraged to join future F2Fs so that you can get the shiny sparkly stamp. But if you can't, that's okay. The Oracle will consider. And if you don't have a TFG Passport, you can either buy one from me (view spoiler)[for Php 100 (hide spoiler)] or just forego the shiny sparkly stamp.
Here is the list of challenge books for The Book of Dares (as of Aug 24):
Aaron: A Child's Christmas in Wales
Alexa: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Angus: The Bone People
Bennard: A Tale of Love and Darkness
Cary: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Ella:
HiroshimaGay: The Maltese Falcon
Gwaxa: The Call of the Wild
Honeypie: Something Wicked This Way Comes
Ingrid: Heart of Darkness
Josemar: A Suitable Boy
Joy: Empire of the Sun
Joy:
A Clockwork OrangeKristel:
Pale Horse, Pale RiderKwesi: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Louize:
Cold MountainLynai:
The Inheritance of LossMaria: Neuromancer
Marie: American Tabloid
Mawi: The Secret Garden
Meliza:
The Old Man and the SeaMonique: From Here to Eternity
Rhena: The Color Purple
Rollie: The March
Ronnie: Call it Sleep
Tin: Interpreter of Maladies
Tina: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
And there's more! If you want more from The Book of Dares and more stamps and shinier TFG passports, just ask The Oracle for another challenge book. The Oracle will respond once it is determined that you have already finished your current challenge book from The Book of Dares.
So, who's The Oracle? (view spoiler)[From January to June, it's me, Angus. From July to December, it's Monique. (hide spoiler)]
And really, what's The Book of Dares? (view spoiler)[It's The Bibliophile's Devotional: 365 Days of Literary Classics. Now you know why dates are required. (hide spoiler)]
This thread is where we all check in regarding our challenge books. If you can't find a copy of your challenge books, post away! Some members can alert you of book sightings or even lend their copies to you. (view spoiler)[Remember, be a responsible borrower. Read with care and return as soon as you're finished with the book. (hide spoiler)] You can also share your feels about your challenge books. Just don't forget that our group still and will always operate on mutual respect. (view spoiler)[And don't forget to use spoiler tags, if necessary. (hide spoiler)]
Conquer your challenges. Happy reading! :)