You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

August is National Inventor's Month. There is a genre devoted to inventions. It's called Steampunk. The challenge this month is to read a book from that genre. For ideas go here:

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/61...
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/59...
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/37...

(By the way, Cecily, here's your chance to read a China Miéville book. I noticed that Perdido Street Station was on one of the listopias above.)

Challenge rules:

The book you choose for this challenge must be started no earlier than August 1st and be finished before September 1st. In other words, it is to be read between August 1 and 31st.

The book may be in any format - hardcover, paperback, ebook, or audiobook.

It must be at least 200 pages long. To determine the number of pages, do a search for the book using the Goodread's search. The first version that comes up will be the one we use to determine the number of pages regardless of the version you read or listen to.

Point qualifiers - 1 point each except where otherwise noted.

Themes:
Victorian Age
Adventure
Mystery
War
Part of a series (an extra point if the series is a trilogy)

Location/Setting:
England
Spain
Australia
Russia
Planet other than Earth
New York
Japan
Ireland

Author:
Last name begins with A
English
Has an initial
Is deceased (ew that sounds morbid)
Is NOT a Goodreads author

Titles Contain:
More than four words
The word God
The word Clock
The word Steam

Covers:
Feathers
A partial face
An airplane or balloon (an extra point if it's a balloon)
Colours Red & Blue
A doorway


BONUS POINTS:

August Events - 2 points each
Friendship Day - the story is about 2 very close friends
Aviation Day - has an airplane in the story.
Aviation Day - has a balloon or zeppelin in the story (4 points awarded)
Coast Guard Day - is set on, under, or beside the ocean
IBM PC Day - has a computer in the story

Page Length:
Less than 200 pages - DEDUCT ONE POINT
200 - 299 pages - 1 point
300 - 399 pages - 2 points
400 - 499 pages - 3 points
500 pages or greater - 4 points

Miscellaneous:
Is this a new genre? - 2 points
Did you give it 4 or 5 stars? - 2 points
Was it on your TBR list? - 2 points

I will set up a reporting thread in the next couple of days with a sample of how to report.

Does anyone have any questions?

I love that 2 points for already being on TBR - clever!

Oh! Darwinia counts, and I've owned it and been meaning to read it for years! Yay!

Already you have 2 bonus points, Cheryl.

heh ;)

Steampunk! Never read a steampunk before, not quite my type, but I'm willing to be challenged. I'm happy to find in my local library and I've started reading it.

That's great, May! I've not read steampunk before either. I hope you enjoy it!

Oh my 15 yo son loves Leviathan! And right now he's reading Skybreaker and loving it even better than the first book in that series, Airborn, which books I assume also count for this. I enjoyed Fever Crumb which I read on his recommendation.

Lots of YA choices for people just dipping their toes into the genre! :)

I'm going to read The Gaslight Dogs. It will be my first foray into steampunk as well.

I debated on that one too, Amber.

I can see why your son loves Leviathan, Cheryl. It's been a fun read for me so far, quite hard to put down actually.

Oh I managed to borrow City of Ember from my library as well. Seems like an interesting story.

Steampunk should receive more attention it deserves. Thanks for choosing this genre, Janice.

It seems to be consistently rated high, Judy. I'm glad you're enjoying it.

I'm going for the old school Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea which is on one of the steam punk lists. Steam punk from the age of steam!

I may try reading Magic Under Glass never tried one of these challenges...I'd like to read Winter's Tale but I don't think I have time or the patience...lol

I want to read Winter's Tale someday. It's not high on the top of my wishlist though. I took it off one day and then put it back on.

uh... can someone tell me what is TBR?

To Be Read :)