The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge discussion

I have slacked off on creating a Spring challenge, so I'm going to jump right in and start the Summer mini challenge since it's already June. This challenge will run from June 1 through September 1. Be sure to post your task list and let us know when you’ve completed a task by making a new post in this thread.

Example: Sept 1, completed task one, Great Gatsby

Be sure to use the Rory Gilmore reading list that can be found in the “How It Works” thread from Black, White and Read Books blog, and you can also use the list of books featured in the revival which can also be found in the How it Works thread. I’ll try to keep up to date with a score board and post the winner at the end of the challenge!

Tasks:
1. Read one book that was featured in a Summer episode of Gilmore Girls (original show or revival) :
2. Read one book from your all-time favorite episode (list the episode, too!) :
3. Choose a book that was read by at least two different characters on the show (list the characters too) :
4.Choose one book that Rory read while she was at Chilton:
5.Read one book that was published after 1984 (the year Rory was born):

Post your task list below!

I love this idea! My list is as follows:
1. A Game of Thrones by George R R Martin or The Circle by Dave Eggers, I'm undecided, I'm going to aim to try and read them both because they're both extremely high up on my TBR.
2. Fall is my favourite episode, I don't think there is one scene that I dislike, so I'm going for Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
3. Wild by Cheryl Strayed, read by multiple characters including Lorelai, Jess and the women Lorelai meets on the PCT.
4. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J K Rowling

I'm hoping to get all five read! It might be ambitious but here is the list, as follows:

1. A book from a summer episode:
A Song of Ice & Fire Series by George R.R. Martin - referred to as Game of Thrones. I've read the first two in the series, so I will be reading A Storm of Swords, the third.

2. A book from your all time favorite episode:
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, from the episode Teach Me Tonight. I love this episode!

3. A book read by more than one person in the show:
Franny & Zooey by J.D. Salinger; In Season 2, Ep. 15 (Lost and Found), Lorelai asks Jess why he was in Rory's room. His response is he was going to leave a copy of Franny & Zooey for her, but she already had it on her shelf.

4. A book Rory read while at Chilton:
The Portable Dorothy Parker

5. A book published after 1984:
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

This is the perfect excuse to encourage me to spend some of these hot nights going back through and watching old episodes!

The Rory Gilmore Reading Summer Challenge
June 1 - September 1, 2017
Status: 0/5

1- Read one book that was featured in a Summer episode of Gilmore Girls (original show or revival) :


2 - Read one book from your all-time favorite episode (list the episode, too!) :


3 - Choose a book that was read by at least two different characters on the show (list the characters too) :


4 - Choose one book that Rory read while she was at Chilton:


5 - Read one book that was published after 1984:

I am super excited about this!

Tasks:
1. Read one book that was featured in a Summer episode of Gilmore Girls (original show or revival) :
Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood

2. Read one book from your all-time favorite episode (list the episode, too!) :
Love Story
from episode 3.8 "Let the Games Begin" (The beginning of the Rory/Jess relationship and I think they are super sweet together).

3. Choose a book that was read by at least two different characters on the show (list the characters too) :
Northanger Abbey
read by Rory and Dean

4.Choose one book that Rory read while she was at Chilton:
Memoirs of General William T Sherman
(I'm a historian and really excited about this book!)

5.Read one book that was published after 1984 (the year Rory was born):
Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette

I finished my first book for the challenge: Memoirs of General William T Sherman. Parts of it were very interesting. But overall it was definitely written by a military man - very dry and precise.

I finished my second book for the summer challenge: Northanger Abby. It was amazing! One of my favorite all time books! Such a sweet, innocent story about growing up and coming of age.

I finished my third book - Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.

I finished my 4th book - Love Story
I really enjoyed the book! It was pretty predictable but it was so well written and such a sweet and endearing story.

I finished my 5th book AND THE CHALLENGE!!!!
Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette
I have to say, it was a tough read for me but I finally got through it.