Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die discussion

I like to set goals, and have many challenges, and I figures some other may too. This is just one challenge, but I think it fits really well with the list and could be fun for people committed to the list.

I recommend to join the group Reading Challenge 2015 as a companion group to this one. It's very focused on doing challenges, and if you like me love to cross out, it's really fun. You can get your own thread were you collect all the challenges you participate in.

Thought I should mention it. I think it can make it even more fun to have such minigoals on the way :)



This is one of them, I SPY challenge:


1. Color - red, crimson, indigo
2. Number - one, twice, third
3. Things That Grow - tree, rose, garden
4. Seasons - spring, fall, autumn
5. First Name - Jacqueline, Robert, Ajax
6. Places - country, empire, London
7. Body Part - hand, bone, mind
8. Weapon - knife, poison, arrow
9. Body of Water - sea, river, pond
10. Form of Water - ice, mist, rain
11. Product of Fire - heat, ash, flames
12. Celestial Body - sun, star, planet
13. Architecture - castle, bridge, house
14. Senses - sight, touch, taste
15. Royal Title - king, duke, emperor
16. Family Member - brother, aunt, parent
17. Elements - fire, wind, air
18. Time of Day - morning, dusk, evening
19. Metal - gold, bronze, steel
20. Emotion/Feeling - love, fear, pride
21. Animal/Insect - dog, tiger, unicorn
22. Something to Read - book, story, newspaper
23. Gender Identifier - wife, man, lady
24. Paranormal Being - vampire, angel, ghost
25. Occupation - doctor, assassin, detective

Winter wrote: "I like to set goals, and have many challenges, and I figures some other may too. This is just one challenge, but I think it fits really well with the list and could be fun for people committed to t..."

Are these meant to be titles, covers or just themes from the books? Also what is the time range?

P.S. If you like challenges I recommend the Seasonal Reading Challenge Group if you aren't already a member. I like to mix up my reading so I'm not just reading 1001 books and this works perfectly.

Ok so these are just ones I can think of off the top of my head....
6) Empire of the Sun and the Kindness of Women
8) The Poisonwood Bible....if that counts because it's part of a word)
9 The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch (awful book though!)
12) Half of a Yellow Sun
13) The Castle of Otranto
17) Gone with the Wind
20) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Other American Stories
21) Life of Pi (has a tiger in it...!)
23) Lady Chatterley's Lover
24) The Turn of the Screw (Ghost Story)/ Dracula
25) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Detective)/ Doctor Zhivago (title)

I agree it's fun to have a mini challenge, helps with choosing the next book to read too!!

Here are a few more 1001 books that would fit:

Color:
The Dream of the Red Chamber
Indigo
The Red Room
The Red and the Black
The Heart of Redness
Red Harvest
The Red Queen
The Red Badge of Courage
Almost Transparent Blue
The Bluest Eye
Blue of Noon
The Color Purple
Green Henry
The Green Man
The Yellow Wallpaper
Crome Yellow
Half of a Yellow Sun
A Clockwork Orange
Agnes Grey
Black Box
Black Water
Black Dogs
The Black Prince
The Black Dahlia
On The Black Hill
White Teeth
Tirant Lo Blanc: Tales Of The White Knight
White Noise
The Woman in White
The White Tiger
The Golden Notebook
The Golden Bowl
The Man With the Golden Arm

Numbers:
The 39 Steps: A Play
The 13 Clocks
1984
2001: A Space Odyssey
2666
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories
The Once and Future King
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Two Towers
At Swim, Two Boys
At Swim-Two-Birds
A Tale of Two Cities
The Third Man
The Third Policeman
Three Lives
The Three Musketeers
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Fifth Business
Slaughterhouse-Five
Hadrian the Seventh
The House of the Seven Gables
Nineteen Seventy Four
Around the World in Eighty Days
The Nine Tailors
Billiards at Half-Past Nine
Thousand Cranes
The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights

I am reading the 1001 books geographically in challenges in the Around the World in 80 Books group. Challenges help to break up the monotony and making the task of reading 1300+ books a bit more fun.

Nicola wrote: "Winter wrote: "I like to set goals, and have many challenges, and I figures some other may too. This is just one challenge, but I think it fits really well with the list and could be fun for people..."

This is just one example of one challenge they have I find fun to do. These are words in titles.

I will look into that group too, thanks!

Winter wrote: "I like to set goals, and have many challenges, and I figures some other may too. This is just one challenge, but I think it fits really well with the list and could be fun for people committed to t..."

Where you mention the I Spy Challenge, do you mean the task is to read a book from each of the 25 categories in 2015? I'll have to see if some of the ones I've read already this year could be counted if I'm ever going to come near finishing 25 books! Just hope I don't go downhill again as that's when I can't read a thing. Fingers crossed.

Kay wrote: "Winter wrote: "I like to set goals, and have many challenges, and I figures some other may too. This is just one challenge, but I think it fits really well with the list and could be fun for people..."

It's just one challenge example from a very nice group with great people. They have more than just this one challenge and you participate in those you want too. There are many such groups. I like this one because it's relaxed with nice people and I get my own thread to have all challenges I want in.

It's just a suggestion for those doing this huge task of reading all 1001 books that feel like having something that breaks itup a bit :)

But for your question: Yes that is the task. And yes, books read this year is counted also :)

Here's what I've gotten this year:

1. Color - red, crimson, indigo
2. Number - one, twice, third
3. Things That Grow - tree, rose, garden
4. Seasons - spring, fall, autumn
5. First Name - Jacqueline, Robert, Ajax Camilla Breakfast at Tiffany's
6. Places - country, empire, London The Buddha of Suburbia A Superior Death (refers to the Great Lake)
7. Body Part - hand, bone, mind
8. Weapon - knife, poison, arrow
9. Body of Water - sea, river, pond By the Open Sea
10. Form of Water - ice, mist, rain
11. Product of Fire - heat, ash, flames
12. Celestial Body - sun, star, planet
13. Architecture - castle, bridge, house
14. Senses - sight, touch, taste
15. Royal Title - king, duke, emperor
16. Family Member - brother, aunt, parent Burger's Daughter Bunner Sisters
17. Elements - fire, wind, air
18. Time of Day - morning, dusk, evening
19. Metal - gold, bronze, steel
20. Emotion/Feeling - love, fear, pride
21. Animal/Insect - dog, tiger, unicorn Sleeping Dogs
22. Something to Read - book, story, newspaper
23. Gender Identifier - wife, man, lady The Butcher's Boy
24. Paranormal Being - vampire, angel, ghost
25. Occupation - doctor, assassin, detective The Butcher Boy The Busconductor Hines

I've read other that don't fit any category.

Here are some other possible categories that I thought of:

Months - April, November, May
Unit of Time - minute, day, month
Nationality - American, Japanese, Spanish
Food/Drink - cake, coffee, wine
Military Rank - Sergeant, Captain, Lieutenant
Directions - up, down, west, east