SA Book & Challenge Lovers discussion

Naz what did you think of Before I fall?

Finished No. 19

Finished No. 28

Finished no 12.
6/30

Finished No. 11 and 21
9/30

Oh man, I have some serious catching up to do! I spend most of the day reading, but it's either for work or varsity and usually articles or chapters, not entire books :(

Lauren wrote: "Finished No. 11 and 21
9/30"

you read too much take it easy and let me catch up :P

You go Lauren!!!!
Wow you read a lot!

Ok so I'm done with 4, 9, 14, 15, 17 and 22... that makes 6/30

Please please please go look at some of the blanks I still have???? I could really use some help with finding books for them

Finished No. 3
10/30

Finished 6 & 27!

Finished No 30 thats 7/30

Finished No. 7 & 8
12/30

Ok wow guys slow down lol!

Welcome to the challenge Nadine :)

I updated please look if its correct:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/3...

So here are mine for now:

1. Read a book with your Name :
2. Read a book with the word
3. Read a author with a colour as a surname
4. Read a book that was released in 2010:THE PASSAGE BY JUSTIN CRONIN
5. Read a book by a author who's name and surname starts with the same letter:THE CAGED VIRGIN- AYAAN HIRSI ALI
6. Read a book by a South African author:
7. Read a book to learn something new:
8. Try a genre you normally avoid :
9. Read a random book: PERFECY YOU - ELIZABETH SCOTT
10. Read a book with an unusual narrator:PEONY IN LOVE BY LISA SEE - NARRATED BY A GHOST
11) Favourite Colour-
12) One Word- BIRTHRIGHT – BY NORA ROBERTS
13) Double Title- Find two books by different authors with the same name. e.g. Scandal and Scandal
14) Set in a City-
15) Dear Diary- Book written in the form of someone’s diary or has the word diary in the title.
16. Author's debut: read the first book published by an author
17. Read a non-fiction book;
18. Read a book written by a woman for woman:
19. Read a autobiography: INFIDEL – AYAAN HIRSI ALI
20. Read a book with a Country name in the title.
21. Read a classic:
22. Read an award winning book
23. Read a book whose author shares your birth
24. Read a book from the BBC Big Read top 100
25. Read a book not originally written in English
26. Read a sports themed book.
27. Read 1 books with 2 elements on the front cover.
28.Read 1 book with 2 types of animals on the cover
29. Read 1 book that has "his" or "her" in the title
30.Read 1 book from the Victorian era.

Emma, unfortunately your books for 9 and 18 don't count. 9 has to involve a book and author you've never heard of, but I see you've read Karen Marie Moning before.

At 18: The Caged Virgin is a feminist text,but that doesn't mean it addresses only women, it just deals with an issue affecting women.

You can put those books in other categories though :) Caged Virgin is non-fiction (17), and Marie Moning is a woman writing for women (18).

Lauren wrote: "Emma, unfortunately your books for 9 and 18 don't count. 9 has to involve a book and author you've never heard of, but I see you've read Karen Marie Moning before.

At 18: The Caged Virgin is a f..."

Thanks Lauren I have edited the post.

Yay welcome Emma!

16. Author's debut: read the first book published by an author: 13 TO LIFE – BY SHANNON DELANY.

1. Read a book with your Name :LOUISE RENNISON – ANGUS, THONGS AND FULL FRONTAL SNOGGING

I had started reading this awhilea go for the read your name challenge but never finished it. So I didnt have many pages left to read. I really enjoyed this book, was hilarious.

By the way you could also read on of these books for Diary Book:

Finished No.1
13/30

8/30 Done

Checked the dates on some of the books I have read and were July 18th!! Just missed the deadline by 2 days. :-( lol

So my points need to be changed as Lu has me on 10 at the moment. :-)

Will change :)

Finished no. 8
5/30

Finished No. 28
14/30
:D

You should start sleeping :P

Finished Nr 3 and 14. That makes 6/31 I think!

Updating :)

UPDATE

If you guys don't mind, everytime you finish a book please say, for example:

Finished Lover Mine by JR Ward (nr 23)
16/31 done :)

Just so we can see what book you read for which number and we can get ideas for our numbers. It also opens up discussions about the books we finish :)

Book with one word Title- WAKE - LISA MCMANN (11)

Dear Diary LOUISE RENNISON-ON THE BRIGHT SIDE (15)

Read an award winning book –THE GIVER BY LOIS LOWRY (22)NEWBERY AWARD

Read a book from the BBC Big Read top 100: THE LION THE WITCH & THE WARDROBE - C.C. LEWIS (24)

Read a sports themed book. THE BLIND SIDE- MICHAEL LEWIS (26)

Read 1 book that has "his" or "her" in the title. JENNIFER WEINER – IN HER SHOES (29)

14/30

Ooooh how was Wake Emma?

Lu wrote: "Ooooh how was Wake Emma?"

I really enjoyed it Lu, it has been on my TBR list for awhile now so I am glad that I manged to read it with this challenge. I will definately read the next ones in the series. I am sorry to say though that I realy struggled with the blind side, I thought if they had just stuck with the story instead of all the football jargon I would have enjoyed it far better, but I was glad when it ended. I will watch the movie though.

I am glad to say that most of the books I have read I have enjoyed. :-)

I will move Wake up on my list then :)

I know what you are saying about the Football jargon, but for some reason I find it interesting lol
Definitely watch the movie!

Yay finished 9. Read a random book - pick a book that you've never heard of, by an author you don't know of.
Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke

Loved it!

3.5/30 done :)

I also really enjoyed Wake and the second book Fade. The author has an interesting and minamalist style to her writing that gives a unique feel to the stories.
Finished No.18 and 14
16/30 - Past Half way!!

Finished no. 5: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
and no. 16: How I live now by Meg Rosoff
7/30

Finished:
5 - Author's name and surname begin with the same letter: The Northern Lights (The Golden Compass) by Philip Pullman
11 - Favourite colour cover (purple): Sexuality: A very Short Introduction by Veronique Mottier
16 - Author's debut: The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
17 - Non-fiction: The Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong
28 - Two animals on the cover: The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman

6/30

Gratz both of you!

Finished No.15
17/30

Finished No. 29
18/30
I totally forgot about it because it sucked soooooo bad!

haha which one was it?

It was called Commanded to his bed. A trashy historical romance novel with a very strong emphasis on the trashy!!

Finished Read a book from the BBC Big Read top 100 =
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

Finished no 11: Favourite colour (green):
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larson
Fantastic, amazing, most unusual book! 5+*

Finished No. 23 took a lot of googling!! To find an author born in June that I wanted to read!
19/30

Gratz!

Lu wrote: "Finished Read a book from the BBC Big Read top 100 =
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman"

The BBC lists His Dark Materials I'm afraid, so you'd have to read the whole series to add it under this category :(
The same with The Lord of the Rings.
Or do individual books count when the series as a whole is listed?

Oh i didn't realize, no i think you are right :(

Will fix it :)

Don't worry Lu you can use it for your animal on the cover challenge :)

Used it for the surname and name that starts with the same letter :)

Finished No. 19

20/30

Finished 8. Try a genre you normally avoid - Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer (Sci-Fi)

Loved it!

5.5/30