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[Penney]

I think I love that idea!

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

The January monthly should definitely have a 'New' category to ring in the new year. How about a new author (one with only one book published) or maybe just an author you've yet to read (new to you).

Because it is the first month, how about the first book in a series.

Yes the above two suggestions are variations on the same theme. But you will find that first and new are really different concepts when you get down to it.

Statistically January is the coldest month of the year in most of North America. so something with cold or ice in the title would be apropos.

[Valorie]

Great ideas for January Jim!

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Delicious Dee Challenge Addict wrote: "I really like the read the month challenges, but maybe make a change and read the month in another language - i.e. how the french spell it, or the italians...it would be similar and yet different (..."

I was thinking I'm going to do this for both Read-the-Season and Read-the-Month.

[Lynne]

I was reading something where they talked about classic TV and I thought that might make a great challenge. For instance, the TV show Dynasty and you would read a book written by someone who's published a lot of books, like Nora Roberts, Mary Balogh, etc. Mary Tyler Moore Show read something about the TV industry. M.A.S.H read something about a doctor, nurse, etc.

While I was thinking about the Dynasty part, I also wondered about doing a challenge around the R.I.T.A. award winning books.

Just some ideas.

[Kim]

For Dynasty, you can also do about the rich & famous, either real or imaginary. Nora Roberts and Danielle Steele can help you there!

[exxcentrica]

@Lynne I have found some of my favorite writers by reading RITA winning books :)

[Kim]

January 25-29: National Take Back Your Time Week. Time travel.

January 16: Appreciate Your Dragon Day.

January 10: United Nations Day. A book regarding a treaty of countries, clans, worlds, etc. Maybe about WWIII? (UN was created to prevent that.)

that's all for now.

[Sandra]

Any excuse to read a Dragon book is OK with me. LOL.

[D.G.]

Delicious Dee Challenge Addict wrote: "I really like the read the month challenges, but maybe make a change and read the month in another language - i.e. how the french spell it, or the italians...it would be similar and yet different (..."

Looove that idea!

[D.G.]

Yz the Whyz wrote: "I was thinking I'm going to do this for both Read-the-Season and Read-the-Month. "

Hmmm and I had already decided which books to read for Winter! Please Yz post this soon so I know what I need to read for that season. :)

[Dee]

January being the first in the year:
first in a new series
book beginning with A
author beginning with A (last or first name)

[Sandra]

January - Australia Day & India Republic Day both Jan 26 - so why don't we read a book from another country/culture other than our own (whereever we may be).

A summer book - Jan is the hottest mth of the yr here & those in cold climes probably want to read something hot, to warm up.

[Kami]

January is named after Janus (Ianuarius), the god of the doorway; the name has its beginnings in Roman mythology, coming from the Latin word for door (ianua) – January is the door to the year. (Maybe the word door or doorway in the book's title?) In Finnish, the month is called tammikuu, meaning month of the oak, but the original meaning was the month of the heart of winter, as tammi has initially meant axis or core. In Czech this month is called leden, meaning ice month. In Ukrainian it is січень meaning cutting or slicing perhaps referring to the wind. January's birthstone is the garnet which represents constancy. (Thank you Wikipedia!)

[D.G.]

Yz - Going with the idea of using a different language to spell the month or the season, you can use Google Translate to find other alternatives besides Spanish, Italian, French etc. :)

Here's the link: http://translate.google.com/#en|tr|

For instance, January in Welsh is: Ionawr

No U! LOL!

You can even call the challenge:
Read the Month in Welsh: January

:)

[Dee]

ohhh, so do a different month in a different language?

[Penney]

Even though I've been saving An Unexpected Obsession for January (how sick is that?), I really, really like this idea. It's like a surprise every month :D

[D.G.]

Delicious Dee Challenge Addict wrote: "ohhh, so do a different month in a different language?"

Oh definitely! Like Penney said, that would make it more of a surprise every month. :)

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

D.G. and Dee,

I think I'm going for Spanish for 2011.

So, its going to be READ-the-Month and Read-the-Season Spanish edition. What do you guys, think?

[Penney]

WooHoo!

[SandyC]

Love that idea!

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

So, each year, we will use a different language. : )

[D.G.]

I liked the idea of using a different language per month, LOL. :)

But however you like to do it, Yz....after all, your the hostess. :) Just know that you'll have problems with the word for Fall which is OTOÑO because of the ñ - which is NOT an N with a squiggly line up top. It's a completely different letter for us Spanish Speakers and we take exception when people think it's an N. :)

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

D.G. wrote: I liked the idea of using a different language per month, LOL. :)

But however you like to do it, Yz....after all, your the hostess. :) Just know that you'll have problems with the word for Fall which is OTOÑO because of the ñ - which is NOT an N with a squiggly line up top. It's a completely different letter for us Spanish Speakers and we take exception when people think it's an N. :)

Hmm...didn't think about that. Might have to change languages here.

*runs back to the drawing board*

[D.G.]

Here are the words in Spanish for all the seasons and months:

Months:
Enero
Febrero
Marzo
Abril
Mayo
Junio
Julio
Agosto
Septiembre
Octubre
Noviembre
Diciembre

Seasons (starting with Winter):
Invierno
Primavera
Verano
Otoño

[SandyC]

Could we make the n~ a wildcard letter?

[D.G.]

What I don't like about using Spanish the whole year is that we'll have too many O's and E's...too many vowels in general. :)

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

D.G. wrote: "What I don't like about using Spanish the whole year is that we'll have too many O's and E's...too many vowels in general. :)"

Unfortunately, that problem is not limited to Spanish alone.

I'm going to go with Italian for 2011 (no funky letters/symbols that I can see right now).

Thanks for the input and the suggestion, guys.

*off to put together the Read-the-Season challenge*

[Cassie]

I would enjoy seeing a jobs challenge, with categories like you would see when you're filling out surveys and such and you have to choose which job category you fall under? Such as:

Legal
Public Service (police, fire, etc...)
Politics
Clerical
Art

and so on. I think that would be fun!

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

Have we done an astrology challenge?

Gemini - twins
Taurus - cattle/rancher
pisces - Fisherman

that sort of thing.

[Samantha]

I like that idea, Jim.

[Kami]

Photojim wrote: "Have we done an astrology challenge?

Gemini - twins
Taurus - cattle/rancher
pisces - Fisherman

that sort of thing."

I like that one too. Aries is a ram. Leo is a lion. Aquarius is water bearer.

[[deleted user]]

Hey, don't know if anyone's ever suggested these ideas. But I thought you could do scenarios (if you are sticking strictly to romance). e.g.

Bodyguard
Employer/Employee
Married
Single mother
Single father

Or, occupations in alphabetical order since you guys seem to like that a lot (to me, it's kind of random, that's all).

Another idea I had was nationalities. Characters where there is a, "foreigner". I'm not completely sure if there are a lot of books out there like that. But I got the idea because Karlene Kubat's lead men characters are almost always foreign. E.g. German, Catalan Spanish (they constantly use foreign words, which I love!)

[Kim]

I guess you can do one as part of a monthly challenge, or all four? well, here's the idea.

Read a book in which the main character or author has the same first name as a parent or grandparent.

[SandyC]

How about a Classic Movies Challenge?

Examples:
Gone With the Wind: Read a book set during the Civil War; read a book set in Georgia; read a book about a southern belle
Casablanca: Read a book set during WWII; read a book set in a nightclub
Psycho: Read a murder mystery or a horror novel
ET the Extra Terrestrial: Read a sci-fi book or a sci-fi romance
The Wizard of Oz: Read a fantasy; read a book set in Kansas; read a book about witches

etc.

[D.G.]

Great idea, Sandy!!

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Sandy wrote: "How about a Classic Movies Challenge?

Examples:
Gone With the Wind: Read a book set during the Civil War; read a book set in Georgia; read a book about a southern belle
Casablanca: Read a book set..."

I like that.

[[deleted user]]

Sandy wrote: "How about a Classic Movies Challenge?


That sounds interesting

[D.G.]

Singing in the Rain! (which is one of my favorite movies even though I'm not too fond of musicals.)

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

Yz, any chance we be gettin' the January cats a tad bit early since many of us will be travelling and want to take a January book with us?

[Kim]

Um, more like have a gift card burning a hole in your pocket on the 26th? :)

[Beth F]

::bouncy, bouncy, bouncy:::

I have no real reason for hoping they're posted early except for liking shiny new tasks.

[Dee]

or the fact that fictionwise apparently has an ebook 60% coupon that is good until the 26th...

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

I love the idea of the zodiac being included in the monthly reading challenge or as a separate yearly challenge.

I was actually just thinking of exactly this the other day... It is why I hopped on to read this post. Great minds Jim!

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

Sandy wrote: "How about a Classic Movies Challenge?

Examples:
Gone With the Wind: Read a book set during the Civil War; read a book set in Georgia; read a book about a southern belle
Casablanca: Read a book set..."

Love the idea

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Open for suggestions for February categories.

[Dee]

valentines day - aka single's awareness day - a book with only 1 word in the title

[D.G.]

Suggestions for February:

Short books (less than 300 pgs.) as Feb. is the shortest month.
2nd in a series as Feb is the second month of the year.

[Joanne]

Isn't February the Chinese New Year? So maybe something with an oriental theme.

Just checked and it is Feb 3rd and it is the year of the rabbit if that helps. :)

[Joanne]

I just came across this:
"The word February comes from the word 'februa' - which means cleansing or purification, and reflects the rituals undertaken before Spring."

It came from this website which does have a lot of info about February with some other ideas which could be used:
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch....