Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon discussion

Fall can be a cleansing, an ending setting up for a beginning, and so much more. What does it mean for you?

To complete the challenge, choose four of the following idioms as reading pointers/hints/indicators.

1. Fall in Love. (like, attraction, admiration)
2. Fall into the Fire. (destruction, purification, social crisis)
3. Fall into the Flow of Things. (sequence or niche- ness)
4. Fall to the Earth. (fruit and leaves indicate trees; memoirs about parachuting or skydiving, disillusionment and recovery)
5. Fall off the Radar. (missing persons/murder mysteries; lost cities; explorers; ghost ships)

There is so many readers here who have so many ideas. I am sure you all come up really good books to share with us.

🍁 Fall in Love. Romeo and Juliet: No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels by William Shakespeare Oxct 25 ⭐⭐

🍁 Fall into the Fire. The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson Lizzie Borden put her ruined dress into the wood stove and fell into the fire of a public trial. Oct 04 ⭐⭐⭐

🍁 Fall into the Flow of Things. "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman Oct 10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

🍁 Fall to the Earth. Paul Bunyan in Michigan: Yooper Logging, Lore & Legend by Jon C. Stott ⭐⭐⭐

🍁 Fall off the Radar. A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales Oct 25 ⭐⭐⭐

Oh, I like this one!
My selections (mostly from the existing TBR):

IN PROGRESS 1. Fall in Love. (like, attraction, admiration) Когда-то там были волки by Charlotte McConaghy
IN PROGRESS 2. Fall into the Fire. (destruction, purification, social crisis) Не только кимчхи: История, культура и повседневная жизнь Кореи by Andrei Lankov
DONE 3. Fall into the Flow of Things. (sequence or niche- ness) Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman by Richard P. Feynman
DONE 4. Fall to the Earth. (fruit and leaves indicate trees; disillusionment and recovery) Раковый Корпус by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
IN PROGRESS 5. Fall off the Radar. (missing persons/murder mysteries; lost cities; explorers; ghost ships) Чисто британское убийствоby Lucy Worsley, Совы охотятся ночью by Anthony Horowitz

No idea if I will complete this, but here we go:

1. Fall in Love. (like, attraction, admiration)

2. Fall into the Fire. (destruction, purification, social crisis) Alien Clay — definitely social crisis, destruction and a kind of purification.

3. Fall into the Flow of Things. (sequence or niche- ness)
4. Fall to the Earth. (fruit and leaves indicate trees; memoirs about parachuting or skydiving, disillusionment and recovery)

5. Fall off the Radar. (missing persons/murder mysteries) Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 1, missing persons.

Avid's October Pre-Readathon Challenge

5/5 Read

1. Fall in Love. (like, attraction, admiration) Blood & Ink: 'the Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime- involves an affair, also people going out to the middle of nowhere to get it on
2. Fall into the Fire. (destruction, purification, social crisis) Gaslight- (view spoiler)[ cult that gets destroyed (hide spoiler)]
3. Fall into the Flow of Things. (sequence or niche- ness) - Fierce Desires: A New History of Sex and Sexuality in America niche topic
4. Fall to the Earth. (fruit and leaves indicate trees; memoirs about parachuting or skydiving, disillusionment and recovery) Bitter Harvest (view spoiler)[husband because disillusioned with his marriage and realizes that his wife is poisoning him (hide spoiler)]
5. Fall off the Radar. (missing persons/murder mysteries; lost cities; explorers; ghost ships)- It's Only a Game (view spoiler)[MC runs away from her mother and goes by another name (hide spoiler)]

I finished the challenge

DONE 1. Fall in Love. (like, attraction, admiration) Когда-то там были волки by Charlotte McConaghy
DONE 2. Fall into the Fire. (destruction, purification, social crisis) Не только кимчхи: История, культура и повседневная жизнь Кореи by Andrei Lankov
DONE 3. Fall into the Flow of Things. (sequence or niche- ness) Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman by Richard P. Feynman
DONE 4. Fall to the Earth. (fruit and leaves indicate trees; disillusionment and recovery) Раковый Корпус by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
DONE 5. Fall off the Radar. (missing persons/murder mysteries; lost cities; explorers; ghost ships)Чисто британское убийство by Lucy Worsley

FALL IN LOVE : Romeo and Juliet ( graphic novel ) by William Shakespeare , and John F. McDonald . As Old As Time by Liz Brazwell
The Thousand and One Nights by Scheherazadze

FALL INTO THE FIRE : Goes The Fire by S.M. Sterling


FALL INTO THE FLOW : Harry Potter , The Order of The Phoenix
by J. K. Rowling

FALL TO THE EARTH : The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
Circle of Cats by Charles DeLint

FALL OFF THE RADAR : The Legend of Sleepy Halloween
by Washington Irving
The Wildwood Chronicles books 1 & 2
by Colin Meloy
The Balloon Affair by
Marion Margery Lane
York by Laura Ruby

DONE !

Thanks Cynda

Thanks Vanessa and all participants.

I will have to change my selections if I will complete in time--a comic book is a good idea, maybe Shakespeare, may be Austen.

Completed!

🍁 Fall in Love. Romeo and Juliet: No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels by William Shakespeare Oxct 25 ⭐⭐

🍁 Fall into the Fire. The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson Lizzie Borden put her ruined dress into the wood stove and fell into the fire of a public trial. Oct 04 ⭐⭐⭐

🍁 Fall into the Flow of Things. "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman Oct 10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

🍁 Fall to the Earth. Paul Bunyan in Michigan: Yooper Logging, Lore & Legend by Jon C. Stott ⭐⭐⭐

🍁 Fall off the Radar. A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales Oct 25 ⭐⭐⭐

I don't think I ever posted here, but I finished the challenge as well. Mine is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...