Decade Challenge 2022 (May) - Team 1 - Pallavi & Visalakshi

[Visalakshi]

Decade - 2001 to 2010

Genres/ Categories:

1) Award Winner - The Inheritance of Loss - 2006 - Visalakshi (Award - Man Booker Prize)
2) Translation - The Devotion of Suspect X - 2005 - Visalakshi
3) Horror
4) Fantasy - New Spring - 2004 - Pallavi
5) YA - The Secret Life of Bees - 2003 - Pallavi
6) Fiction - Bel Canto - 2001 - Pallavi
7) Sci-fi
8) Non-Fic - Outliers: The Story of Success - 2008 - Pallavi
9) Book to Movie - Room - 2010 - Visalakshi
10) Mystery/Crime/Thriller - The Ghosts of Belfast - 2009 - Pallavi


Completed - 3/10

[Pallavi]

I will go for-


Fiction - Bel Canto - 2001
YA - The Secret Life of Bees - 2003
Fantasy - New Spring - 2004
Non-Fic - Outliers: The Story of Success - 2008
Mystery/Crime/Thriller - The Ghosts of Belfast - 2009

[Visalakshi]

Our shiny new thread! :):)
Cool.. I will be taking
Award winner
Translation
Horror
Sci-fi
Book to movie

[Visalakshi]

I do have some books planned for 2005, 2006 and 2010.. but i can change based on your book years too.
Now I'll start with The Inheritance of Loss - 2006 - Award winner

[Pallavi]

thats great @V
I have update Msg 2.
Please check and select your list accordingly.
:)
Lets see how this one goes...

[Visalakshi]

That was fast!! Great! I have 2 more books to choose I'll update soon.
You are starting with YA?

[Pallavi]

yes... let me try YA. One of my least liked genres. Its always a hit or a miss. Hoping to start tomorrow.

[Visalakshi]

I have updated post #1 with your selections and added 2 more for mine.
Now I need to look for books for horror and sci fi in 2002 and 2007.

How's your YA coming along?

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Room is fantastic.

[Visalakshi]

Thought so too! Wanna see how the book reads

[Pallavi]

Visalakshi wrote: "I have updated post #1 with your selections and added 2 more for mine.
Now I need to look for books for horror and sci fi in 2002 and 2007.

How's your YA coming along?"

I didn't even start :(
I wanted to start today. But life is not giving me enough time to finish the one I am reading now and start the YA.
Hope i will start at least tomorrow.

Hows your read going??

[Visalakshi]

Too busy this week. I didn't read past 20 pages. Was working yesterday and today I just worked 12 hrs straight. Too tired to do anything else. I'll try to continue tmrw

[Pallavi]

oh that's bad. hope you get more time tomorrow.. take rest

[Pallavi]

Hi @V... finally I finished the secret of bees. It's a good book but a bit too much of holy mary for me.
Other than that it was kind of heart warming and touchy story.
A 4.5 star read..

[Pallavi]

Planning to start the non fiction next.
Hows your reading going on?

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Pallavi wrote: "Hi @V... finally I finished the secret of bees. It's a good book but a bit too much of holy mary for me.
Other than that it was kind of heart warming and touchy story.
A 4.5 star read.."

I always wanted to read it. Somehow I associate it with slavery, is it really about it? if not I will bump it on my tbr.

[Pallavi]

@Em, no it has the element of racism but it's just touch and go.. It's more about sisterhood among a few women. Lovely story of a motherless child coming in terms with her tragic reality...

[Visalakshi]

I'm finally done with my book. I have mixed feeling about it.. maybe because I expected too much and it kind of fell short for me..
My week was very busy! Hope to cover faster this week. I'll start with Book to movie next .

[Visalakshi]

Updated msg #1

[Visalakshi]

I'm being very slow this time, too much work to do! How's your book coming along?

[Leena]

Buck up guys, all the best

[Pallavi]

I too am slow @V
I have a lot going on in life. Work, Relatives visiting, School etc
No worries.. ultimately the goal is to try to read something towards our reading goals.

My reading is going good. Outliers: The Story of Success is good book, very interesting facts.

[Pallavi]

Leena wrote: "Buck up guys, all the best"

Thanks @Leena :)

[Pallavi]

Hi @V
I have finished my Non-Fiction
8) Non-Fic - Outliers: The Story of Success - 2008 - Pallavi

It was actually a very enlightening read. 4.5 stars.
Life is still hectic. I am still struggling to find time to read. Its slow but its there.

Hows life treating you?

[Visalakshi]

Oh man it was a tough week for me. Too busy too much happening and no time! :x didn't read much..

[Visalakshi]

Thanksss Leena!

Gonna try and power through it! And enjoy too :)

[Visalakshi]

How's it going Pallavi ? Seems we both have got a huge load of life happening this time around :o

I'm about to finish my book to movie. It is an interesting one. Planning to see the movie once I'm done with this.

[Pallavi]

true... reading is slow.
I started the thriller but it was so boring I dropped it. I need to find another one.
I wandered off the challenge and reading a book which is currently holding my attention. Yet it's slow.