2010 August Monthly Challenge: Suggestions Thread

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

This is the thread where we ask questions, discuss, and make suggestions for the challenge.


Special thanks to the members who regularly stop by at the Suggestions Thread and share their input. It definitely helped me a lot when I put together the monthly categories. Thanks, guys.

1. August: Read a book whose author’s first or last name starts with “A”

2. Birthday: Read a book from an August B-day celebrant. (http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...)

3. Geography: Read a book whose author, setting or character is from Germany.

4.Edinburg Festival: Read a book set in Scotland or has Scottish characters in it.

5. Archeology Day/Smithsonian Anniversay: Read a book that has an archeologist as a character or a search for an artifact is part of the plot or a book set in a museum or has a character that works in a museum.

6. National American Indian Heritage Month Read a Native American romance, or a book written by one, or has a Native American character.

7. Book Lovers’ Day Reread an favorite book, or read a book by a favorite author.

8. Romance Genre: Read a contemporary romance.

9. Of Lists and Shelves:Summer Reads Read a book from the first five pages of any of the following shelves:
summer
summer reading
summer reads

10. Reader's Choice

[Desperado]

I was wondering if I could use an author from an anthology for my "A Author". There is like 13 short stories in the novel & at least two of the authors have first or last names that begin with A.

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

♠LethalLovely~HBBIC♠ wrote: "I was wondering if I could use an author from an anthology for my "A Author". There is like 13 short stories in the novel & at least two of the authors have first or last names that begin with A."

Of course, you can.

[FlibBityFLooB]

Need some hints on archeology/museum and germany... :)

[Danielle]

Would Bloodfever count for the archeology category? The story is about a women in search of a book of black magic called Sinsar Dubh.

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

You might take a look at Alex Archer's Rogue Angel series. The heroine is an archeologist, almost like a Lara Croft.

and so on...

Quick, light reads.

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Danielle wrote: "Would Bloodfever count for the archeology category? The story is about a women in search of a book of black magic called Sinsar Dubh."

Yes. I was also thinking of using any of Showalter's Lord of the Underworld books since they are also looking for some ancient artifact.

[Danielle]

Yz the Whyz wrote: "Danielle wrote: "Would Bloodfever count for the archeology category? The story is about a women in search of a book of black magic called Sinsar Dubh."

Yes. I was also thinking of us..."

Good idea!

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

FlibBityFLooB wrote: "Need some hints on archeology/museum and germany... :)"

Have you read The Book Thief yet? Good an excuse as any.

I love that book, even if it made me cry.

[Melissa]

Alyssa Day's Atlantis books have everyone searching for long lost jewels. Plus hot, powerful men, smart ass women and all the things they do together ;)

[Mahyar]

Can I use The Darkest Whisper for "Archeology"? Because they're searching for artifacts, no?

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Mahyar wrote: "Can I use The Darkest Whisper for "Archeology"? Because they're searching for artifacts, no?"

See msg #7.

[Laura Lulu]

Yz the Whyz wrote: "FlibBityFLooB wrote: "Need some hints on archeology/museum and germany... :)"

Have you read The Book Thief yet? Good an excuse as any.

I love that book, even if it made me cry."


You beat me to it Yz--rhat was exactly what I was going to recommend for Germany. It is an exceptional book.

[Laura Lulu]

And for #6, Charles from Patricia Briggs' Alpha & Omega series is a Native American, as is Faith Hunter's Jane Yellowrock.

Actually, now that I think of it, doesn't Mercy Thompson also have NA blood? Her bio father was a Native American. As well as a coyote shifter. :)

[Mahyar]

Yz the Whyz wrote: "Mahyar wrote: "Can I use The Darkest Whisper for "Archeology"? Because they're searching for artifacts, no?"

See msg #7."

Oooh! Thank you.

[Judithe]

For the Germany one, I think Ashes of Midnight would work...first setting is Germany, and I think Andreas is German...but can't remember exactly...

[Sandra]

Yep, he is.

I need some more Germany ones people. Read both those mentioned.

Thanks in advance :)

[Angie]

List of authors from Germany:

German authors

[D.G.]

Some suggestions for Germany:
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel(set in Poland but with tons of German characters)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (set in Berlin)

[D.G.]

Laura Lulu wrote: "Actually, now that I think of it, doesn't Mercy Thompson also have NA blood? Her bio father was a Native American. As well as a coyote shifter. :)"

True, true! I'd be very happy if I can use Mercy Thompson for this one. ;)

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

How about The Reader? There's one that recently had a bit of attention with the movie and all.

[Mojca]

I don't know if someone already mentioned it, but the heroine in Karen Rose's Die For Me is an archaeologist.

Also, Elisabeth Naughton's Stolen trilogy (Stolen Fury, Stolen Heat, Stolen Seduction) features archaeologists and/or searching for artifacts.

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

Yz, how did you pick Germany? Italy, France, Ireland, Greece, and Mexico seem to appear all the time. Germany? I already gave the assignment to the librarians.

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Photojim wrote: "Yz, how did you pick Germany? Italy, France, Ireland, Greece, and Mexico seem to appear all the time. Germany? I already gave the assignment to the librarians."

If you want to understand the method in my madness, I pick the Geography categories based on where our members from this group are from using this thread. See the msg#2.

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/9...

[Dee]

I know most of these aren't romance, but here are some various books set in Germany (taken from the Next Best Book Club list)

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak;
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink;
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque;
Faust by Goethe;
Fatherland by Robert Harris;
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich;
Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi;
Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse;
Faustus by Thomas Mann;
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe;
The Clown by Heinrich Boll;
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer;
Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald;
Narcissus and Goldmund by Herman Hesse

[Barbara ★]

Native American suggestion:

Stormwalker by Allyson James
half-Navajo main character

Archeologist suggestion:
Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters

Some authors who write thrillers where the main characters are searching for artifacts:
Dan Brown
James Rollins
Matt Reilly

[Samantha]

For NA:

Some authors:

Madeline Baker
Karen Kay
Catherine Anderson
Virginia Brown
Elaine Barbieri
Judie Aitken (time travel NA)
Johanna Lindsey
Nan Ryan
Sara Orwig
Betty Brooks
Kathleen Eagle
Kit Dee
Janelle Taylor

There are more but those should give everyone a start

[Samantha]

I had won this book a while back but The Legacy by TJ Bennett is set in Germany. I just hope it's good b/c I think its the only book that I have to fit that category.

[Dee]

she was our featured author a few weeks back, Cynthia Roberts has a NA Romance that is brand new

[Fran, Moderator]

Nikita Black has a NA title-

The Renegade's Woman and only $1.41 on kindle.

[Sandra]

I picked up a couple of Sheri Whitefeather books on ebay within the last 2 weeks, quite by chance - she writes NA.

[Lindy-Lane]

How do you bold your font or underline it?

[Laura Lulu]

Lindy-Lane wrote: "How do you bold your font or underline it?"

Lindy, click on "(some html is ok)" above the top right corner of the text box. It tells you the html codes for bold, underline, italics & strike-through. You just add your text where the ... is.

[D.G.]

Oh a book with an archeology setting is one of my all time favorites: .

[Lindy-Lane]

Laura Lulu wrote: "Lindy-Lane wrote: "How do you bold your font or underline it?"

Lindy, click on "(some html is ok)" above the top right corner of the text box. It tells you the html codes for bold, underline, ital..."

Thanks!

[Penny]

To read a book from a B-day celebrant it has to be a book that that person has read or can it be from their TBR's too?

[D.G.]

Penny - As long as the book is in one of the birthday celebrant shelf (be it read, TBR, wishlist, etc.) I consider it good. :)

[Penny]

Thanks D.G., good to know. :)

[Daffodil]

Another archeology/Smithsonian suggestion is Elizabeth Lowell's Tell Me No Lies . An antiquites expert finds herself invovled in the investigation into artifact smuggling. I've reread this book quite a few times, it's one of my favorites.

[Penny]

I'm having trouble finding a book for the Archeology one that suits my taste, the only one I'm reading that is remotly close is Charlie and the Chocolate factory, "Everyone is serching/scavenging for the Golden Tickets, and Willy Wonka is looking for someone to leave his Factory to", can I use it? I know is a stretch, but..., pretty please.

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Penny wrote: "I'm having trouble finding a book for the Archeology one that suits my taste, the only one I'm reading that is remotly close is Charlie and the Chocolate factory, "Everyone is serching/scavenging f..."

Hmm....LOL...definitely a stretch.

But if you really want to read the book, go ahead.

[Penny]

LOL, I know, thanks. It has been on my to read list for a loooong time, and I'm finally reading it.