Outread Aubrey! Challenge discussion

Finished Firmament today. Enjoyed it a lot even though it was a re-read. ^_^ Started on Supervillain of the Day.

Mikayla wrote: "I'm reading a bioagerphy on Jim Elliot. :)"
Jim Elliot is awesome. One of the most influential people in my life.

Elisabeth wrote: "Leah—I just read A Bride Goes West during Christmas vacation! I loved that one too."
Whoa. Really? That's cool.

I finally got started on God's Smuggler last night. My stack of library books to be read is piling up on me. Not to mention all the books on my self and on my kindle.

Elisabeth wrote: "Funny, I know of City Of a Thousand Dolls even though the genre's not my cup of tea, because I used to read the author's blog way back before she got published."

What is the genre? I've heard of the title, but not enough about the book. :)

Aubrey wrote: "I just finished my first book of the year. (Meaning I read one book in the first week of the challenge... not a bad start. :) ) It was Supervillain of the Day by Katie Lynn Daniels, a friend of m..."

Just finished my first book, "Legon Awakening" by Nicholas Taylor, and I am now currently reading "The Light of Eidon" by Karen Hancock.

Rebekah wrote: "Elisabeth wrote: "Funny, I know of City Of a Thousand Dolls even though the genre's not my cup of tea...

What is the genre? I've heard of the title, but not enough about the book. :)"

Fantasy, I believe. Here's the Goodreads book page.

Wow, y'all have been busy! Excellent.

I'm at 19 books and would love to read another today to make it an even 20 for the month, but I've been working nonstop on a formatting project, so that's probably not going to work out... Next week I'll be able to relax and read a bit more.

Aubrey wrote: "I'm at 19 books and would love to read another today to make it an even 20 for the month, but I've been working nonstop on a formatting project, so that's probably not going to work out... Next week I'll be able to relax and read a bit more."

Sigh ... There goes the chance that I'll be able to obey this group's imperative title. :)

I'm with Jonathan. I'll be lucky to read 20 books this year...

For shame, gentlemen! It's not even February, and you're already admitting defeat? I dare say you have missed the point of the challenge. ;)

I'm not "admitting defeat," I'm predicting it. January is usually my biggest month (all those Christmas presents ...), and I only have 8 (... now 9, and counting) to your 20? I'll keep reading, and updating my list, but ...

Elisabeth wrote: "Fantasy, I believe. Here's the Goodreads book page. "

Thanks! That looks interesting, I might have to add that one to my list. Hmmm...

Aubrey wrote: "Wow, y'all have been busy! Excellent.

I'm at 19 books and would love to read another today to make it an even 20 for the month, but I've been working nonstop on a formatting project, so that's pr..."

19? *squeaks* *looks at pitiful list of...5* xD

Alyssa wrote: "Aubrey wrote: "19? *squeaks* *looks at pitiful list of...5* xD"


I can make you feel a little better - I haven't finished one yet. :-0

Rebekah wrote:
I can make you feel a little better - I haven't finished one yet. :-0"

Awwwww. I'm sure you'll pass me one of these days, dear. Hugs. ;-)

I just finished Jim Elliot and have Started My Savage Kinsmen by Elizabeth Elliot, its rely good so far.

By neglecting my other tasks, I get my count up to 11 for the month. Including The Squire's Tale, which I found an interesting take on some of the Arthurian legends and probably would have found most delightful when I was closer to its intended audience's age but now find more disjointed than I'd like, and The Practice Effect, a very interesting and funny fantasy set in a world that has just one fundamental difference from ours, summarized in the title.

Mikayla wrote: "I just finished Jim Elliot and have Started My Savage Kinsmen by Elizabeth Elliot, its rely good so far."
I'd love to hear more about it when you finish.

Okay, I'll write up a review and post a link to it if you'd like.

Aubrey wrote: "Wow, y'all have been busy! Excellent.

I'm at 19 books and would love to read another today to make it an even 20 for the month, but I've been working nonstop on a formatting project, so that's pr..."

o_o That's... that's... *stares* Ouch.
XD

Mikayla wrote: "Okay, I'll write up a review and post a link to it if you'd like."
That would be great.

Leah wrote: That would be great."

Here you go! http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Here you go! http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/..."
Thanks. Great review. ;)

You guys are fun. XD

*puts The Practice Effect on her "want to read" list*

I know a lot of you have read Supervillain of the Day already; for those that haven't, you should pick it up while it's free this weekend! http://www.amazon.com/Supervillain-of... It's a short, fun read. Great for boosting your numbers a bit. ;)

It's Monday! What are y'all's plans for the week?

I didn't do much reading last week because I had a lot of work to do, so I lost my momentum. Humph. So I shall be working to regain that this week. My first order of business is reading and reviewing a friend's published book.

Aubrey wrote: "My first order of business is reading and reviewing a friend's published book."
Which book is that?

I'm going to start Jake's Orphan today. After school.

My plans are... actually continue reading again! :P

No, but seriously, I've been slacking off on my Celtic Mythology project for school, so my mom has told me that I'm not allowed to get anymore books from the library until I finish reading all of my Celtic Mythology books. So I guess my plans this week are to read some of those...

At the meeting of the "local" chapter of the Mythopoeic Society my family belongs to, we were lent both "the new Bujold" and "the new Jordan", along with several others (and The Casual Vacancy, which he said he doesn't care to have returned and based on the reviews I've read I will not be reading). I started reading Captain Vorpatril's Alliance Saturday evening, after finishing Perelandra (which was the meeting's designated discussion topic), and finished it Sunday afternoon. While waiting for my dad to finish A Memory of Light, I'm reading The Masques of Amen House, which was a very-late-arriving Christmas present.

@Renna: The book relating to Celtic myth that has been most influential on my own work is The Fates Of The Princes Of Dyfed, which at the time (I haven't reread it in years) I found a fascinating and engrossing retelling of that Branch of the Mabinogion.

Interesting. I should check that one out.

Ahh, don't get me started on Celtic mythology! That sounds fascinating, but I really need to stick on the Revolutionary War for awhile!

You've got your work cut out for you, Jon! I haven't read any of Rowling's other work (read: Harry Potter), so her recent release doesn't interest me, either.

My friend's book is... *searches Goodreads* This one: The Time Weaver The author and I are Twitter buddies. :)

I ended up reading Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories last week, since I got sick. I read it in one day. It wasn't exactly on my list, but it was easier reading and I didn't have to think as hard while sick. :p

I also remembered this week, that I've been part way through Dracula since sometime towards the end of last year... So I added that to my "currently reading" list - other than that, my reading list still hasn't changed. Mark Twain, Aubrey Hansen, and Jordan Smith... I'm enjoying all three authors. Just have to somehow find the time to finish up some reading, while trying to finish writing my book. :D

Aubrey wrote: "My friend's book is... *searches Goodreads* This one: The Time Weaver The author and I are Twitter buddies. :) "

This looks fascinating! I'll be interested to know what you think of it. :)

*grins and Rebekah's post* I'm glad you were able to read something fun & relaxing, and that you're also enjoying my (our!) books. :D Finding time to read while writing is difficult, and something I'll be working on all year. You might try by scheduling just a small amount of time for reading each evening, or every other one--a half-hour, or one chapter, or something. No need to take a whole evening away from writing, but just do a little. :)

I finished Jake's Orphan (loved it!) and am hoping to start Red Thread Sisters either tonight or tomorrow.

I'm reading Elizabeth Elliot by Janet Benge since I jus finished Jim Elliot.

I reached the conclusion that the only way to get back into the swing of reading was to go at today with an "I will read a book today if it kills me" attitude.

I'm still alive, so we're good. lol ;)

Aubrey wrote: "You might try by scheduling just a small amount of time for reading each evening, or every other one--a half-hour, or one chapter, or something. No need to take a whole evening away from writing, but just do a little. :) "

Good idea. Now to actually implement that. :p

Glad I'm not the only one who needs to figure out working writing and reading together! :D

Finished Red Thread Sisters (another really good book) and trying to decide between The Case Against My Brother, Grace, Gold, and Glory: My Leap of Faith or Secret Believers: What Happens When Muslims Believe in Christ to read next. Too many great library books to chose from!

Now reading "Red Rain" by an awesome person named Aubrey Hansen. ;)

Aw, that's so nice of you to say, Alyssa. Too bad this Aubrey character isn't around to hear you call her an "awesome person." ;)

What's everyone reading this weekend?

Doing good over here--I've been able to read a book every day since Wednesday (the day I told myself I'd read a book if it killed me, lol). Still reading Fullmetal Alchemist, although I also read & formatted Jordan Smith's new book... A Purple and Gold Afghan and other stories A highly recommended sweet 'n short read!

My writer's group met today, and I was very happy to report to "What have you been reading?" with this long list. *grins*

I am currently reading "West of the Tularosa" by Louis L'Amour. It is a collection of short stories. I also finished proofreading "Red Sun Blue Earth" by Sienna North. All I have to do now is remember to ask her to add it to goodreads so I can count it towards the challenge. :)

I have been not reading much for pleasure lately, though if you look at my update feed you'll discover that I've read several obscure books this weekend. Bunch of public domain, out-of-print books that I was hired to scan and process for re-printing. Hey, it's reading! (And the one about composers was especially interesting.)

I finally finished re-reading Last of the Mohicans. I hate it taking so long to read a book because of how little time I have. :P

Now I'm going to re-read Goose Girl so I can do that review for my blog...

I wanted to read either Machiavelli's The Prince or Locke's Two Treatises, but my library is not being helpful, so I'll have to wait.

I ended up not reading any of the library books I mentioned. Instead I read Duty: a novel of Rhynan. Now I'm back to trying to decide between those library books.

* is reading too many books at once * ;)

Zoe wrote: "I wanted to read either Machiavelli's The Prince or Locke's Two Treatises, but my library is not being helpful, so I'll have to wait."

If you can stand reading from a screen rather than a hard-copy "dead-tree" book, both of those should be in Project Gutenberg ... after looking, the Machiavelli is (link), as is the second of Locke's Two Treatises (link), but not the First Treatise.

I finished reading The Masques of Amen House today, and raced through a book of Kinkade paintings included in the eclectic collection of books my uncle gave us for Christmas (mostly duplicates from his collection, I expect); I'll start on A Memory of Light later this evening or tomorrow, but as it's almost a thousand pages it may take a while.

BushMaid wrote: "* is reading too many books at once * ;)"

Me too. :)

I'm reading The Plymouth Plantain and Tomas Edison. Both are rely good for far.

This past week I finished The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie and Rifles For Watie. Next up is The Soldier's Cross—I'm planning on taking my Kindle to the dentist's office and either starting that or reading some more of Shakespeare's sonnets in the waiting room!