Points

[Lu]

Thanks! Done :D Think I passed (one hectic exam). But feel confident it went ok :)

[Monique]

Read Boy In the Striped Pajamas

Cover challenge
3/25

6/125

[Lu]

Updating

[Lauren]

Lu wrote: "Thanks! Done :D Think I passed (one hectic exam). But feel confident it went ok :)"

That's great Lu, I'm happy for you :)
And now you can relax!

[Lauren]

Finished Ilium

SF: no.1, +1, 1/25
C: no., +1, 5/25
MF: no.11, +1, 3/25
UTR: +1, 4/25
BH: +1, 5/25

Total: 18/25

[Crusader]

Finished The Cloud

Sci-fi: #7: +1
BH: +1
Cover: #24 + 1

New total: 30

[Lu]

Updating

[Crusader]

Finished Frankenstein

Cover: #4 +1
BH: +1
UTR: +1
Myth: #1 +1

New total: 34

[Lauren]

Hmm, I'd say no - Frankenstein is just fictional, not mythical, ie. there's no established body of myth or folklore about him, he came into because of Mary Shelley. On the other hand, if you can find myths or folklore about a monster made out of dead body parts and reanimated, then I'd say he counts

[Crusader]

Well, the Egyptians had a myth where Osiris was cut into pieces and his body parts scattered around the world. Isis tracked them down, and through magic brought him back to life.

Also Frankenstein seem to be based on the Greek Promethean myth where Prometheus created a living being from clay in the shape of the gods. Which also has the same undertone of stealing forbidden knowledge.

Don't know it that counts.

[Lauren]

Oh yes, I forgot the alternative title for Frankenstein is The Modern Prometheus, so I guess it counts then :)

The Egyptian myth is about resurrection, not creation though.

[Crusader]

Lauren wrote: "The Egyptian myth is about resurrection, not creation though."

True.

I'm not too concerned with it, so if someone has any objection to it counting I'd be more than happy to remove it.

[Lauren]

I'm ok with it, based on the Prometheus thing, but perhaps you could use it for the 1st task, Greek mythology instead? The original characters - Prometheus and man - are not monstrous, so you can't say the story is about a mythical monster; Shelley only made them monstrous in her novel.

[Crusader]

That sounds like the best option. Surprisingly there really isn't much all that monstrous about the monster in the book except his appearance, and then later his acts. It's nothing like the film versions.

[Lauren]

Yeah, I just felt sorry for him most of the time. Frankenstein is more of a monster.

[Crusader]

Lauren wrote: "Yeah, I just felt sorry for him most of the time. Frankenstein is more of a monster."

I completely agree. You really feel sorry for the monster especially after the part where he tells his own story for a while.

[Barbara]

I've finished Boudica dreaming the hound. Since I only participate in the cover challenge and the bookhoarders challenge I can only use it for the bookhoarders challenge.
So BH+1
total 10/50

[Naz]

C +1
MF +1

Over all now 10.. Am I doing this right? It somehow feels wrong that I'm using 1 book for 3 challenges :/

[Crusader]

Yes, you are doing it right. With careful planning you can use a book for 3/4 challenges. That's somewhat the point of the challenges, otherwise it would be very unlikely that someone will read 125 books in a year.

[Monique]

Read Evermore

Cover Challenge
3/25 (#15)
Mythology
2/25 (#13)

[Lu]

Finished Teen Angst? Naaah . . . A Quasi-autobiography

1 BH
1 C

Total 3

Updating

[Lu]

Monique just check if I have your stuff right please

[Lauren]

Finished Fandom of the Operator

SF: +1, no.7
C: +1, no.8
MF: +1, no.7
BH: +1

Total: 22/125

[Monique]

sorry, I forgot to put my total, Lu!

8/125

:) Thanks!

[Naz]

C +1
MF +1

12/125

[Lu]

Updating

[Lauren (Sugar & Snark)]

Cover Challenge
Finished No. 17, 8

Ultimate To-Read List
Finished No. 9

Book Hoarders
Finished No. 10

Total 27/75

[Sonette]

Finished Prophecy of the Sisters:

Cover +1
Myth +1
UTR +1
BH +1

Overall 14

[Charl]

Finished The Tower

SF
4/25 (#22)

Total
5/125

[Lu]

Updating

[Lauren (Sugar & Snark)]

Um I seem to be a better reader then a counter. I have counted wrong on my ultimate to-read list so I have actually finished 1 more book then I said -I have corrected the mistake on my list you just need to fix it on the points Lu. Im allowed one blonde moment each day and this is it.

Further up dates
Cover Challenge
Finished No.14

Ultimate To-Read
Finished No.24

Book Hoarders
Finished No.19

So including the miss calculation
31/75

[Charl]

Finished Needle in a Timestack

SF
5/25 (#9)

Total
6/125

[Lauren]

Finished Other Sides: 12 Webfiction Tales

BH: +1 (won on October 28)
UTR: +1

Total: 24/125

[Crusader]

Finished The Mirrored Heavens

Sci-Fi (#8) +1
BH: +1

Total: 36

[Lu]

Updating

[Crusader]

Finished Fahrenheit 451

Sc-Fi (#10): +1
BH: +1
Cover (#10): +1
UTR: +1

Total: 40

[Charl]

Finished A Canticle for Leibowitz

SF
6/25 (#10)

Total
7/125

[Lauren (Sugar & Snark)]

Cover Challenge
Finished No. 4

Ultimate To-Read
Finished No. 8

Book Hoarders
Finished No. 9

34/75

[Crusader]

Finished Old Man's War

Sci-fi: #12 +1
Bh: +1

Total: 42

[Lu]

Updating!

Will update around Sunday again

[Lauren (Sugar & Snark)]

Cover Challenge
Finished No. 9

Ultimate To-Read
Finished No.21

Book Hoarders
Finished No.13


37/75

[Crusader]

Finished: Oryx and Crake

Sc-fi: #22 +1
Cover: #15 +1
BH: +1

Total: 45

[Monique]

Read Hush, Hush

Mythology and Folklore
3/25 (#12)

Cover
4/25

Overall: 10/125

[Lauren (Sugar & Snark)]

Cover Challenge
Finished No.s 13 and 25

Ultimate To-Read List
Finished No.s 10 and 23

Book Hoarders
Finished No.s 4 and 14

Total 43/75

[Naz]

C +3
M&F +1
UTR +2
BH +1

Total 19

[Sonette]

Finished Halo and Night Star

Cover +2
Myth +1
UTR +1

SCORE: 18/125

[Lu]

Updating

[Crusader]

Finished Perdido Street Station

Sci-Fi #3: +1
Cover #13: +1
BH: +1

Total: 48

[Lauren]

What did you think of the Mieville Crusader?

A friend lent me a copy, and said it's a bit slow at the start and it only really gets going in the middle. I yelled "that's 400 pages!", but it turned out be a great read anyway :)
Slightly disappointing ending though.

[Crusader]

Yes, it's an amazing imaginative world, but the story did drag at times with some sections that could have been left out entirely without altering the storyline at all.

The ending was a disappointment to me too. You don't get any sense of closure.