The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

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I have two book club novels that'll happen during this challenge. But I am not sure how either of them fit. Challenge Winner's, I haven't looked at your 5-Star Lists to see if these are listed!

The Omnivore's Dilemma
and
The Education of Henry Adams

Help please :)

Could you fit either one or both here?

9. OUT WITH THE OLD & IN WITH THE NEW BOOKS
A. Read The Book That Has Been On Your TBR Pile/Shelf The Longest.
AND
B. Read A Book Written By An Author You Have Never Read Before.

Could fit with B. The A task is set as another book. Heh. It was on there longer.

Thanks El. That's one down!

The Omnivore's Dilemma: Do you have any new year's resolutions about eating healthier? Or living in a more ecologically sustainable fashion?

You could look through the five star reviews to see if any of the reviewers live in a "T" (or other initial) country.

Any suggestions on where I can fit The Lost Symbol?

I REALLY want to read Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger. I was trying to fit it into task 10.4 (Winner's Choice), but so far, it doesn't look promising. I'd really appreciate some other suggestions.

Just FYI, I can't fit it into the Old/New task since I've read The Time Travellers Wife.

Thanks!

Jennifer L. wrote: "I REALLY want to read Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger. I was trying to fit it into task 10.4 (Winner's Choice), but so far, it doesn't look promising. I'd really apprecia..."

I'll try really hard to finish the challenge for you! :o)

If anyone can think of a place for me to put A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor, I would greatly appreciate it.

I have already read some of her other works, so I can't use it for a new author.

Cait wrote: "Jennifer L. wrote: "I REALLY want to read Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger. I was trying to fit it into task 10.4 (Winner's Choice), but so far, it doesn't look promising...."

Ok, thanks! lol

I'm trying really hard myself to finish the challenge! If I do, The Lost Symbol will fit for Tammy. ;)

Jennifer - what month were you born? I am September and so it shows up for 10.5 as an option.

Bridgit wrote: "Jennifer - what month were you born? I am September and so it shows up for 10.5 as an option. "

April :(

Jennifer- Audrey Niffenegger was born in June 1963- so she's year of the Rabbit for 5.7 Does the zodiac sign fit?

I figured out my two books since Jan made her task as - fits any other challenge. YAY!!

I bet if you go to the library, you'll see it's on the recommendation list. I saw it at mine! - fearful symmetry.

Dlmrose wrote: "Jennifer- Audrey Niffenegger was born in June 1963- so she's year of the Rabbit for 5.7 Does the zodiac sign fit?"

Thanks, but no it doesn't - I'm the year of the ox.

Jennifer L. wrote: "I REALLY want to read Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger. I was trying to fit it into task 10.4 (Winner's Choice), but so far, it doesn't look promising. I'd really apprecia..."

You could use it for Wendy's dream vacation task if you would like to vacation in London.

You could also use it for the Dirty Job task if you couldn't imagine yourself working in a cemetery.

Cait wrote: "Jennifer L. wrote: "I REALLY want to read Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger. I was trying to fit it into task 10.4 (Winner's Choice), but so far, it doesn't look promising...."

Thanks!

Cynthia said (in the general questions thread) that for the Popularity Contest, "either the list for your month or the overall list is fine for everyone."

Her Fearful Symmetry (and I think The Lost Symbol) are both on that list.

Tammy wrote: "Any suggestions on where I can fit The Lost Symbol?
"

Tammy, The Lost Symbol is a "5-Star" on Rachel Lee's list (Task 10.4 - Winner's Circle).

Now that we have BJRose's Snowed In task, you can fit anything in- as long as you get to 825 pages- It sounded like an overwhelming task until I realized it was really a 2-3 book free choice.

How about some classics? I'm going to relook my proposed list and see if I can exchange some for want-to-read classics.

So far I have: Catch-22, North & South, Diary of Anne Frank, Notes from the Underground, Ben Hur, A Christmas Carol, Flowers for Algernon, Around the World in 80 Days.

Any recommendations?

Tanja wrote: "How about some classics? I'm going to relook my proposed list and see if I can exchange some for want-to-read classics.

So far I have: Catch-22, North & South, Diary of Anne Frank, Notes from t..."

I think I read in a post in the help section that Flowers For Algernon can fit into the Sci-Fi task as the "older" sci-fi book, but you might want to check on that.

A Christmas Carol could work in 15.8 Silver Screen Celebrations - you could read it and then watch it (or another Christmas movie).

Any of the others could fit into BJ ROSE'S Task (total 825 pages) or they might fit into JAN THE GRYPHON'S Task (multi-tasking)

*giggles* Oh I meant I already have those classics on my list. I wanted to add OTHER classics but wasn't sure of any into the other tasks (sans BJ Rose one) :)

For 5.1 Disney:
Peter Pan
The Arabian Nights Tales from a Thousand and One Nights
Winnie-the-Pooh
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
For 5.3 Royal Reading:
King Lear
Henry V
The Tragedy of King Richard III
For 5.8 Cozy Mysteries:
Murder on the Orient Express, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, and And Then There Were None are classic-ish mysteries by Agatha Christie
For 5.10 Alliteration:
Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
A Tale of Two Cities
East of Eden

OOoh Murder on the Orient Express! Definitely doing that!!! I haven't touched a Christie yet!

Thanks Rachel Erin!!

10.4 Winner's Choice
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (pjreads)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (roseann)
Leaves of Grass
The Age of Innocence
Emma
A Midsummer Night's Dream (diane)
Julius Caesar
Twelfth Night
Heart of Darkness
Romeo and Juliet
The Grapes of Wrath
The Old Man and the SeaAntigone
Tess of the D'ubervilles
Treasure Island (wendy)
The Secret Garden The Great Reads (rachel lee)
Little Women
Wuthering Heights
To Kill a Mockingbird (bonnie)
The Woman in White (bj rose)
10.10 Russia:
The Brothers Karamazov
Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment
Lolita

Tanja wrote: "*giggles* Oh I meant I already have those classics on my list. I wanted to add OTHER classics but wasn't sure of any into the other tasks (sans BJ Rose one) :)"

Oops! I'm blonde...

Where can I fit Gwenhwyfar The White Spirit by Mercedes Lackey?

Jennifer L. wrote: "Tanja wrote: "How about some classics? I'm going to relook my proposed list and see if I can exchange some for want-to-read classics.

So far I have: Catch-22, North & South, Diary of Anne Frank..."

Flowers For Algernon does fit the first part of the Sci-fi task. That is what I plan to read.

Tanja wrote: "*giggles* Oh I meant I already have those classics on my list. I wanted to add OTHER classics but wasn't sure of any into the other tasks (sans BJ Rose one) :)"

If your chinese birth year is Monkey then Ray Bradbury will fit that task.

Jennifer L. wrote: "Tammy wrote: "Any suggestions on where I can fit The Lost Symbol?
"

Tammy, The Lost Symbol is a "5-Star" on Rachel Lee's list (Task 10.4 - Winner's Circle)."

Thanks for the info Jennifer - I hadn't seen that!

Ask Cynthia to see if Gwenhwyfar The White Spirit works for fictional land b/c it takes the Arthurian myth but puts MAGIC in that world. It's iffy. You could read it for Bonnie's task (published in last decade) or the other for 825 pages at least.

Hopefully someone can help. I have 3 books I would like to try and fit into a challenge task. They are:

(note: this doesn't work for the red/white/blue task because her dress is more of a peach color than a red cover. It's sitting on my shelf, so I know up close and personal.)

Kelly Corrigan's website isn't working for me. If she is year of the Dog, she would work for the chinese zodiac task, but I remember not being able to find her birthday.



I also couldn't find this author's birthday anywhere.



Any ideas on these?

Jennifer wrote: "Hopefully someone can help. I have 3 books I would like to try and fit into a challenge task. They are:

(note: this doesn't work for the red/white/blue task be..."

Aside from BJ Rose's Task (Snowed in and loving it), where you can fit any book you want:
Truly Madly could be approved as a cozy mistery (you'll have to ask), for task 5.8
The middle place could fit part A (suspects, or colors) for Sarah Nicole's task (A game of clue, 25.3), since it has a blue cover.
And for The Space Between Us... do you want to go to India? It could be your dream vacation spot for task 30.6, Winter vacation dreams.
And remember that, if a book doesn't fit any 5, 10 or 15 point task, you can always read it for Abigail's task, Odd man out (25.5)

I'm sorry I couldn't find their birthdays either, but I hope this helped. :)

I have a book club book coming up that I want to include in this challenge. It is called "Istanbul: Memories and The City. The author is Orham Pamuk and he is a Nobel Prize winner and I was thinking I use that for a Winning Decade. I have to check on when the book was published. If it doesn't fit in that one, where else could I put it?

I checked the date and I can use the book for The Winning Decade. The author got an award in 2005.

Can I get some help on where to place this one please?



Cheers

Sophie wrote: "Can I get some help on where to place this one please?

Guilty Pleasures"

15.3. WHAT WOMEN WANT (TO READ AND WRITE):
A. Read A Novel Written By A Female Author From A Series That Has A Female Main Character.

Liz wrote: "Sophie wrote: "Can I get some help on where to place this one please?

Guilty Pleasures"

15.3. WHAT WOMEN WANT (TO READ AND WRITE):
A. Read A Novel Written By A Female Author From A..."

I've already used a book in that one! It's rather upsetting really as there are so many of my favourite authors that I really want to use for that one!

Sophie wrote: "Liz wrote: "Sophie wrote: "Can I get some help on where to place this one please?

Guilty Pleasures"

15.3. WHAT WOMEN WANT (TO READ AND WRITE):
A. Read A Novel Written By A Fem..."

Sophie, if you could let us know which tasks you've already completed that would help us find a remaining spot for the book. Thanks!

Sophie wrote: "Can I get some help on where to place this one please?



Cheers"


You can always put it in Task 30.3 B.J. R,ose's Snowed In and Loving It.

Does anyone know where End of Story or Clay would fit in?

I don't know if you've used this task yet, but "Clay" would fit the one word portion of Michelle's Task. (Task 25.8 Part B)

You might need a ruling from Cynthia on this but I think that CLAY could also be considered a color. If so, it would fit Theresa's task 30.10.a

hey, so I just finished reading Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick and would like to fit it in to one of the tasks, but I'm not sure if it actually can...help please!

Andrea wrote: "hey, so I just finished reading Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick and would like to fit it in to one of the tasks, but I'm not sure if it actually can...help please!"

If you've never read a book by Fitzpatrick, then it would work for Task 15.9 Part B. It would also work for 30.1 Part A and 30.3.

Sarah wrote: "Does anyone know where End of Story or Clay would fit in?"

How about End of Story for the job you couldn't imagine doing, teaching criminals?

Lisa wrote: "Andrea wrote: "hey, so I just finished reading Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick and would like to fit it in to one of the tasks, but I'm not sure if it actually can...help please!"

I..."

I haven't read one by her before! Thanks Lisa!

Andrea wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Andrea wrote: "hey, so I just finished reading Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick and would like to fit it in to one of the tasks, but I'm not sure if it actually can...hel..."

It is her first book Andrea. The sequel is coming out next October.

Sara☺ wrote: "Andrea wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Andrea wrote: "hey, so I just finished reading Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick and would like to fit it in to one of the tasks, but I'm not sure if it act..."

Really?! Well, I might just have read the next one, this one was pretty darn good, considering I just picked it up at random! Thanks!