SA Book & Challenge Lovers discussion

Finished No. 13 and 26

22/30

3 Read a author with a colour as a surname: CLAUDIA GREY - EVERNIGHT

5 Read a book by a author same name/surname: RICK RIORDAN - THE RED PYRAMID

8 Try a genre you normally avoid : DOUGLAS ADAMS – THE HITHCIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY -sci-fi

18 Read a book written by a woman for woman: A MATTER OF CLASS - MARY BALOGH

18/30

Finished No. 10 Forgive my Fins
23/30
My net-book died half way through this book and I had to read the rest on my PC. So not worth the effort!

Lol now i might have to skip it!

Haha, ja I saw Lauren's review and was wondering if you were still planning to go with that mermaid narrator :)

Finished No. 12
24/30

I think i will still, that book has been on my have to read soon list forever!

Noooooooooooo!!!!!! Don't Do IT!!!!

Finnished No. 4

25/30

Finished 18 & 19! That's 8/31 for me!

Nice!

Finished 4. released in 2010
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

Loved it!

6.5/30 :)

Ok I think we should ban Lauren from doing these challenges hehehe (Just kidding)
She's making us all look bad :)

Lauren congrats! Actually you kind of inspire me to read more :)

I finished some more!!!!

lol which ones and how much are you on now?

I'm on 13/30...
I'll go check which I've finished so far :)

Ok I'm done with 4,5,6,9,10,11,12,14,15,16,17,22,24,28

Finished no. 27 - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
(earth and water in the cover picture)
8/30

Well if it helps any my net-book that I read on has died, all my books are lost!! and it will take 14 to 21 days to fix! :( So that should slow me down. On the plus side its a great excuse to go book shopping!

Great Shannon!

Suck Lauren :(

Finished 27. Read 1 books with 2 elements on the front cover. E.g. The ocean and sky= water and air
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins


Gave it 7/10 :)

That sucks Lauren, but maybe now we can catch up a bit :)

But that is a great idea to go bookshopping, thats what I'm doing this afternoon, and tomorrow I'm taking some old books to the store to get credits to get new books :)

Finished 16! Author's Debut - Paranormalcy Kierstin White! Thats 9 / 31

Great!

Finished No. 27
26/30

I went book shopping on Friday and bought my random book. Hex and The Single Girl by Valarie Frankel. Obviously I had never heard of the author or book but was very surprised when I was adding it to my currently reading list that it was on Lu's to-read list. But then I realized there are a 1000 books on Lu's to-read list!! I thinks its time to start pruning!! Seriously! :D LOL

Hahah and would you believe I know all the books on my to-read list? Well i think so lol. I pruned them the other day :(

Done 24. Read a book from the BBC Big Read top 100 -
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

8.5/30

Finished No. 9
27/30

Lu wrote: "Hahah and would you believe I know all the books on my to-read list? Well i think so lol. I pruned them the other day :("

Thats crazy! I sometimes struggle to find something I really want to read/ am in the mood to read. I think thats why this challenge has been so quick for me because usually I spend more time looking for the next book im going to read then I actually do reading it. But nowI know exactlly whats next on my list :)

I go and search books on Goodreads all the time, or check out the books that other people have on their lists, and then I seem to ad about a million to my own list :)

The books I'm currently reading are so looooong! Dont know when I'll be posting here again :(

Finished No.20
28/30

Lu remind Mark to post my spud book I want to make my final push to victory :) lol

lol you know Mark, good luck with that!

16. Author's debut: read the first book published by an author - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

9.5/30

Go Lauren! You're nearly there

Finished no. 23 - The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver (birth month April)
9/30

Finished no. 7 - Sky Burial by Xinran
10/30

I still need help with Authors born in August :(

Perhaps one of these?
P.D. James (crime,mystery)
Jonathan Kellerman (crime/mystery)
Antonia Fraser (historical biographies)
Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein)

Lauren your the best!
I've got an Antonia Fraser I need to read...
I see you picked the exact type of books I love :)

:)

Done With no. 25,26 and more recently no. 18. The Hindi-Bindi Club

10/30

Nice :)

18. Read a book written by a woman for woman
Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson

10.5/30

Finished No. 25
29/30

One more to go all I need is my spud book!

Good luck finding it! :(

Finished no. 24
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
11/30

Finished:
7. Learn something new - The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas (quantum physics)
13. (Half) - Ghosts by Paul Auster
14. Major city - Fury by Salman Rushdie (New York)
18. Written by a woman for a woman - Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
22. Award-winning - The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman

Points: 10.5

Great!

Finished nr 30.Read 1 book from the Victorian era
Soulless by Gail Carriger

Total 11.5/30

WE HAVE A WINNER!

Lauren has just informed me she just finished the last book of the challenge!

She can't get to a pc for the next bit, but when she does she will have to wear the badge of victory :D

Congratz Lauren!

Congrats Lauren :)

Finished
3. Read a author with a colour as a surname
The lost symbol by Dan Brown

23. Read a book whose author shares your birth month
The bad beginning by Lemony Snicket

24. Read a book from the BBC Big Read top 100
Alice’s adventures in wonderland by Lewis Carrol

13/30 :)