Aussie Readers discussion

1..Pick a book that has a warm or summery theme on the cover

Life of PiFINISHED29/06/11

2..Pick a book from your Mt.TBR list

Sonic Select: Book OneFINISHED 26/6/11

3..Find a YA novel or a picture book to read

The Hunger GamesFINISHED22/07/11

4..BORROW a book from the library/friend or pick one out of your TBR list
Between the AssassinationsFINISHED12/08/11

5..choosing a book which has been transformed into a movie

Post Grad FINISHED 2/06/11

6..Read a book with a word starting with the letters of WINTER in the title

The Man in the White SuitFINISHED 2/8/11


7..Read an Aussie author's book or books with an Aussie landscape/locale in it
From High Heels to HandcuffsFINISHED 6/6/11

8..Choose a New Release which will be out somewhere in the 3 month period of Winter
SKIP

9..Pick a friend on your GR list and also select and read a book they have read
Bossypants FINISHED 25/6/11

10..Curl up beside the fire and grab yourself a book full of suspense or murder!
Contract<-- Stopped reading will skip this one.

Bonus:Prolly won't do the bonus round unless I get through the other books quick enough.

I've changed to order to make Brenda happy :P

I thought I might give this challenge a go, I don't normally like to pick books so far in advance. But might as well try it atleast once.

1. A Clockwork Orange
2. Dog Soldiers
3. Evil Genius
4. We Need to Talk About Kevin
5. The Hunger Games (in preparation for the upcoming movie)
6. The White Tiger
7. On the Beach
8. Carte Blanche
9. Me and Mr. Booker
10. The Long Goodbye

Bonus: Frankenstein

Melanie wrote: "swear mine grows with out my knowledge"

I'm sure mine breed in the dark.

here's my list so far:
1.summer theme: Coromandel Sea Change READ 4 STARS
2. Mt TBR: The House of Lost Souls READ 2 OR 3 STARS
3. YA/Child: Divergent
4. library: [book:Dear Fatty|4391492] READ 4 STARS
5. Book to movie: Bridge to Terabithia READ 2 STARS
6. WINTER: Snømannen (I'll be reading it in English!)
7. Australian landscape: Bloodstain: the vanishing of Peter Falconio
8. New release: Before I Go to Sleep
9. A GR friend's list: I've changed my choice for this one. It's now We Need to Talk About Kevin READ 5 STARS
10. Mystery / suspense: The Secret Of Crickley Hall READ 3 STARS

Lots of 'Hunger Games' being mentioned. Hope everyone enjoys it :)

Oh! Question: When can we start?

Knowledge Lost wrote: "I've changed to order to make Brenda happy :P

I thought I might give this challenge a go, I don't normally like to pick books so far in advance. But might as well try it atleast once.

1. [book:A ..."

Well done Knowledge...lol ;)

★ Jessica ★ wrote: "Oh! Question: When can we start?"

JESSICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1/6 is the beginning of Winter...;)

Maggie wrote: "here's my list so far:
1.summer theme: Summertime or Coromandel Sea Change
2. Mt TBR: Ghostlight
3. YA/Child: Chain of Hearts
4. library: [b..."

Great list Maggie!

I think I'll read The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury as a bonus. He was born in August.

Well holidays will be free for reading for this challenge! :D

1.The Shining (my edition is red :P)Finished
2.The Old Man in the CornerFinished
3.The Tower TreasureFinished
4.File No. 113
5.PygmalionFinished
6.The Woman in WhiteFinished
7.Picnic at Hanging Rock
8.Mastiff (not sure if it'll actually be out in the three months but meh ;)
9.The Odyssey
10.Tragedy of X
11. The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler (born july)

Wow Khenan! Great list of books there!!! :)

This challenge sounds fabulous!! :D How do you do it, Brenda, coming up with these ten amazing ideas?!!

quick question: If a book fits more than one category (say it's set in Australia and I've borrowed it from a friend), can I count for both categories or only one or the other?

I can't wait to start this challenge, it's so cool!! :D Here's my list... (So glad someone else asked what the 'Mt.TBR' list is, didn't have a clue! :) )

1. Warm or summery theme on cover:Under the Tuscan Sun
2. From my Mt.TBR list: The Kite Runner
3. Children or YA fiction: A Company of Swans
4. Borrowed book: Escape
5. Book turned into movie: The White Masai
6. Book with letters of winter in title: Ice
7. Aussie author's book or set in Australia: Lost in Rooville: A Novel
8. New release: No idea...
9. Friend's recommendation: The Secret Ministry of Frost
10. Suspense or murder mystery: Blood Safari

phew, I think I might leave the Bonus challenge and just try and get through these!

Muphyn wrote: "This challenge sounds fabulous!! :D How do you do it, Brenda, coming up with these ten amazing ideas?!!"

Muphyn, I can't take all the credit! In fact, not much this time, as Laura and Carmel came up with most of it while I was away on holidays...enjoying myself while they were slaving away ;) But thanks for your enthusiasm, as we love to see lots of people participate, and enjoy their reading, reducing their TBR list, plus the huge variety of books that you all love to read! :)

Muphyn wrote: "quick question: If a book fits more than one category (say it's set in Australia and I've borrowed it from a friend), can I count for both categories or only one or the other?"

You can count it for both categories if you wish :)

PS..great list too...:D

Brenda wrote: "...Muphyn, I can't take all the credit! In fact, not much this time, as Laura a..."

Cool!! Awesome job, Laura and Carmel, I am seriously, seriously impressed!! (I know how hard it is to come up with these kinds of ideas/challenges so I appreciate your hard work! :D)

Thanks, Brenda - counting books twice might be a good backup plan if I don't manage to get through them all! :D

Muphyn wrote: "Brenda wrote: "...Muphyn, I can't take all the credit! In fact, not much this time, as Laura a..."

Cool!! Awesome job, Laura and Carmel, I am seriously, seriously impressed!! (I know how hard it i..."

:D

Carmel wrote: "Brenda wrote: "In fact, not much this time, as Laura and Carmel came up with most of it while I was away on holidays...enjoying myself while they were slaving away ;) ..."

*group hug - Jemima, B..."

Love hugs, especially group hugs *hugs back* ;)

Brenda wrote: "Carmel wrote: "Brenda wrote: "In fact, not much this time, as Laura and Carmel came up with most of it while I was away on holidays...enjoying myself while they were slaving away ;) ..."

*group hu..."

Indeed! *group hug* we did well :D!!

And thanks Muphyn it was a group effort :D

Does #5 have to be a movie? Can it be a TV show - like Little House on the Prairie for instance?

Sally906 wrote: "Does #5 have to be a movie? Can it be a TV show - like Little House on the Prairie for instance?"
Can't find any books turned into a movie? There are plenty around :)

Sally906 wrote: "Does #5 have to be a movie? Can it be a TV show - like Little House on the Prairie for instance?"

Google it Sally, that's what I did...you'll be amazed at how many there are! Good luck! :)

My list, version 1, as I'm sure it's going to change a lot :)

1..Pick a book that has a warm or summery theme on the cover (to make you feel cosy)

A Thousand Splendid Suns
or A Visit From the Goon Squad
or Cry, the Beloved Country
or Half of a Yellow Sun


2..It's a great time to bundle up and just spend a day reading. Pick a book from your Mt.TBR list!

Silence
or Doctor Zhivago


3..It's International Children's Day on the 1st of June. Why not find a YA novel or a picture book to read?

Marcelo In The Real World


4..BORROW a book from the libary/friend or pick one out of your TBR list. No purchases of books are allowed for this one! ;)

World Without End This could be a little bit too big, but I'll see...


5..a book which has been transformed into a movie.

No Country for Old Men


6..Read a book with a word starting with the letters of WINTER in the title...

The White Tiger


7..Read an Aussie author's book or books with an Aussie landscape/locale in it.

Parrot and Olivier in America

8..Choose a New Release which will be out somewhere in the 3 month period of Winter... either purchase, or borrow from the library and enjoy! http://www.goodreads.com/search?search_t...
Don't know yet..

9..Pick a friend on your GR list and also select and read a book they have read. Never know, you might find something new to enjoy!
Don't know yet. Don't have any friends as I'm new here. Need to make some! :)

10..Curl up beside the fire and grab yourself a book full of suspense or murder! You might even spook yourself if it's rainy and windy and there is a murder going on within your book!

Don't know yet.. May be We Need To Talk About Kevin, although it doesn't fit here perfectly...

Can't wait to start, may be will end up cheating a little bit and starting earlier! :)

The White Tiger is a good read :D

Poor Poor Mountain Goat - no friends??? I'll be your friend. We're a friendly bunch here, I'm sure you will have many friends before you know it.

Great list Mountain Goat...as you are new here (no friends :( ), head on over to http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/3... and tell us all about yourself. We'd love to meet you, and welcome you to our lovely group! Browse the threads, enjoy our chats, and you'll find your TBR list will grow rapidly! :)

I also have Doctor Zhivago / Doktor Zhivago on my shelf to read Mountain! Saw the movie many years ago, and loved it.

Brenda wrote: "I also have Doctor Zhivago / Doktor Zhivago on my shelf to read Mountain! Saw the movie many years ago, and loved it."
The book is great, one of my favorite (I've read already, but I'd like to re-read it as it was long time ago). I am Russian so I have it in the original language.

I read Doctor Zhivago years and years ago (absolutely loved it) and recently watched the old movie again (and still loved it, wasn't sure that I would). I really want to re-read it again and it's such a wintery read too (with all that cold Russian winter weather), it's a perfect read for the next months! :D (Might join you, Mountain_goat, when you tackle it!)

Yes, I hope it won't be too long before I can get to read it. I'd love to find the DVD of the old movie too. Might see if I can chase it down.

Laura wrote: "The White Tiger is a good read :D"

You shelf it under faves and only give it 3 stars

Knowledge Lost wrote: "Laura wrote: "The White Tiger is a good read :D"

You shelf it under faves and only give it 3 stars"

Yep! I did indeed. Favorite cause it's a good read...3 stars cause it wasn't mind blowingly amazing but I did really enjoy it.

I understand then, will read it next month

Thanks for the invite Brenda...but I just couldn't find the time. I need a break from retirement and a task like this is just NOT going to get me anywhere near that goal.
Have FUN, though!!!

Maggie wrote: "Poor Poor Mountain Goat - no friends??? I'll be your friend. We're a friendly bunch here, I'm sure you will have many friends before you know it."

Thanks, Maggie, and you have heaps of reviews! So my number 9 would be:

The Glass Castle if I can find it
or Still Alice - this one is easy to find, just saw it yesterday in the shop

Mountain Goat, nice selection of books. The movie Doctor Zhivago is an all time favourite of mine (haven't read the book yet). I also gave 3 stars to The White Tiger I think.

hmmm...I think I will change my YA book from The Dark and Hollow Places to The Hunger Games, since I will need to re-read the latter soon, and The Dark & Hollow Places will need to be read immediately after I finish The Dead-Tossed Waves, which I am almost finished with.

Wayne wrote: "Thanks for the invite Brenda...but I just couldn't find the time. I need a break from retirement and a task like this is just NOT going to get me anywhere near that goal.
Have FUN, though!!!"

Thanks Wayne..bad luck you can't join us..maybe another time! :)

Mountain_goat wrote: "Maggie wrote: "Poor Poor Mountain Goat - no friends??? I'll be your friend. We're a friendly bunch here, I'm sure you will have many friends before you know it."

Thanks, Maggie, and you have heaps..."

Loved Still Alice Mountain Goat..I'm on the waiting list for her next one Left Neglected at my library. :)

OK - here is my list - I will be on holidays for 4 weeks from the end of July so have made sure I have chosen a lot of the books already stashed on my Kindle. Will cross them out and bold them as I complete:

1) Pick a book that has a warm or summery theme on the cover:
Heat Stroke by Rachel Caine (Kindle book)
2) Pick a book from your Mt.TBR list:
Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away by Christie Watson (Kindle)
3) Find a YA novel or a picture book to read:
Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byers
4) National Tree Day – read a book you haven’t purchase:
Frostbitten by Kelley Armstrong (Kindle)
5) Choose a book which has been made into a movie:
The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood - the movie either has been released or is about to be released.
6) Read a book with a word starting with the letters of WINTER in the title:
Invisible by Ivy Malone (Kindle)
7) Read an Aussie author's book:
Brumby Plains by Joanne van Os
8) Read New Release out somewhere in the 3 month period of winter: The Dark Enquiry by Deanna Raybourn - was released around 20th June.
9) Pick a friend on your GR list and also select and read a book they have read:
The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani (from friend Roberta Austin's book list)
10) Curl up beside the fire and grab yourself a book full of suspense or murder:
Violent Exposure by Katherine Howell

Great list Sally! Good that you can use books you have, be it on Kindle or paper ones...that's what I tried to do, helps lower the TBR list..lol

Sally906 wrote: "OK - here is my list - ..."

great list ... you have given me some ideas and more for my TBR list

Carmel wrote: "Great books Sally! Apparently Kelley Armstrong is going to be at the Romance Writers Conference in Melb in Aug, which I hope to volunteer for..."

Wow - Lucky you - I have just obtained book one in her new YA series The Gathering I haven't read it yet - but is earmarked as holiday reading :)

I really need to get my TBR list down and finish all my series before I start new ones!

1) Pick a book that has a warm or summery theme on the cover: The Dead-Tossed Waves Even though there is a dead woman on the cover, I figure she is still working on her tan at the beach! The Forrest of Hands & Teeth was so good, can't wait to read this!
2) Pick a book from your Mt.TBR list: Demonglass Hex Hall (book 1) was such an enjoyable read.
3) Find a YA novel or a picture book to read: The Iron Daughter
4) National Tree Day – read a book you haven’t purchase: The Iron Queen (will borrow from library or friend)
5) Choose a book which has been made into a movie: City of Bones This is being made into a movie isn't it? I first read this ages ago and don't remember much, so I will reread it & continue on with the rest of the series. I wanted to read "A Walk to Remember" by Nicholas Sparks, the movie is one of my faves so I'm not sure, I don't want to ruin the movie!
6) Read a book with a word starting with the letters of WINTER in the title: White Cat not sure if I will like this.
7) Read an Aussie author's book: Saving Francesca
8) Read New Release out somewhere in the 3 month period of winter: Not sure yet
9) Pick a friend on your GR list and also select and read a book they have read: The Book Thief Many ppl have read and raved about this
10) Curl up beside the fire and grab yourself a book full of suspense or murder: Just One Look hmmm.. I need recs for a really good one. I love suspense thrillers (not YA) but have given up reading them because I'm always left disapointed.

Excellent list Nikki..why don't you go into your friends lists again for the suspense/murder book! You can look on mine if you like, I read a lot of that :)

Brenda wrote: "Excellent list Nikki..why don't you go into your friends lists again for the suspense/murder book! You can look on mine if you like, I read a lot of that :)"

Noticed I have Just One Look sitting on my bookshelf unread, So that will be my #10. You gave it 5 stars =)

Nikki wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Excellent list Nikki..why don't you go into your friends lists again for the suspense/murder book! You can look on mine if you like, I read a lot of that :)"

Noticed I have [book:..."

Oooo yes!!! Very good story, that one...read back in the day before I started writing reviews!! :)

Brenda, Murphyn and Mountain Goat - I've read Doctor Zhivago and seen the movie, and it's one of the few instances in which I preferred the movie!

I remember an interview with the producer at the time (yes, I'm that old, and to prove it I can't recall the blessed man's name, even though he did Lawrence Of Arabia too). He said the critics rubbished it at first. Then the money started rolling in and he stopped worrying about the critics.

Enjoy it all over again. By the way, I collect music boxes and I haven't been able to find one in my price range (very low!) that plays Lara's Theme (from the movie.) For a couple of years there I swear all the new music boxes were made with that melody included.

Monya (aka Mary)