SA Book & Challenge Lovers discussion

This thread is for your personal planning and keeping track of what you are going to read.

my spot!

I think I am going to read:

Lu
READ

Claudia
READ

Crusader
READ

Lauren S
READ

Lauren F
READ

Rianna
READ

Henri
READ

Emma
READ

COMPLETED

Barbara


Lu


Claudia


Crusader


Lauren F


Riana


Henri


Emma


Progress: 8/8

Barbara - Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Claudia - The Night Circus or Chocolat
Crusader - Ender's Game or The Fellowship of the Ring
Lauren S - Snow Crash
Lauren F - The Green Mile or A Kingdom of Dreams or The Memoirs Of Cleopatra
Riana - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Henri - Uglies

Finished:
Lauren - The Virgin Suicides
Crusader - Contact

To Read:
Barbara - House of Leaves
Lu -
Lauren F - Cry To Heaven
Riana - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Henri - Uglies
Emma - The Giver

My spot, should I get the chance to take part.

Barbara: The Name of the Rose
Lu: The Hobbit
Claudia: The Demon King or Wizard's First Rule
Lauren - Snow Crash or The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Lauren - The Green Mile
Riana - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Henri - Duma Key
Emma - The Passage

Barbara - Perfume
Lu - Before I fall
Claudia - Night Circus
Crusader - Lord of the Rings
Lauren - Virgin Suicides
Lauren F - Cry to Heaven
Henri - Cell
Emma - The Lovely Bones

Wow guys I am super excited, I've been wanting to read almost all of these!

Should I by some miracle get time, here is my picks,

Barbara, House of Leaves

Lu, The Pillars of the Earth (always wanted to read Ken Follet)

Claudia,
Wizard's First Rule

Crusader,
The Lord of the Rings

Lauren,
The Virgin Suicides

Lauren F,

The Memoirs Of Cleopatra

Riana,


Change of Heart

A few I would never have tried

I see several people are going to try House of Leaves. I also know that a lot of you read ebooks. For House of Leaves however I recommend you try to get a hardcopy. Part of the reason I nominated the book and the fun of reading this book is the way it is printed. I don't know if an ebook version will do it justice. I don't say it won't but I have my doubts that it will.

I'll go so far as to say that an ebook won't do it justice - House of Leaves should ONLY be read in hardcopy. The way the text is printed is part of the story/experience and an eBook just won't cut it.

That is what I thought but I don't have much experience with ebooks and didn't want to put it that harshly. Thanks for backing me up. I don't want to force people to read a certain format but with this book hardcopy will enhance your reading experience.

No problem :) Reading that is a unique experience and I wouldn't want anyone to ruin it for themselves. I think that maybe - just maybe - you could use an eReader if there were bigger ones on the market to match the page size of House of Leaves. None of the screens I've seen are big enough to handle some of the layouts. You can't read it on a computer, because certain parts of the book require you to turn it on its side or upside down. You could read on a large laptop, but that'd be dreadfully awkward.

Also, I think the feel of paper book is important.

I have an ebook version of House of Leaves and I've tried to read it on a laptop a while back, but it wasn't a such great idea. There are some things that just don't work on a screen. I'll have to get my book budget in order before getting a physical copy though. :)

Yeah, it is a rather pricey one.

It is worth it though. It is a unique reading experience, I never found another book that is similar to this book.

Had a good look at everyones books and here are mine:

FINISHED 28TH SEPTEMBER 2012

Barbara - Perfume
Lu - Before I fall By Lauren Oliver
Claudia - The Night Cicus
Crusader - Contact By Carl Sagan
Lauren - Hitchhikers guide
Lauren2 - The Memoirs of Cleopatra
Riana - The lion, the witch and the wardrobe
Henri - Cell By Stephen King

Emma, I don't think we're allowed picking the alternatives if we haven't read all 5 of the main list books. Just check again with Barbara to make sure.

Claudia wrote: "Emma, I don't think we're allowed picking the alternatives if we haven't read all 5 of the main list books. Just check again with Barbara to make sure."

Thanks Claudia, I was a bit unsure about the rules to be honest. I can always change the post later. Maybe others will be joining the challenge and will have to update anyway. :-) Maybe on the main thread someone can just update the rules so we all know what we are doing. I hate scrolling down and having to figure out what the rules are. Im sure Barbara will let me know what we can do.

Hey Emma, the rules are mentioned in message 1 of the nominations thread. The two reserve bboks are indeed only for people who have read the 5 principal books and don't want to reread a book. They can then choose one of the reserve books. If they have read those too then alas they have to reread a book.

It is Henri's choice to nominate book 3 maybe book 1 and 2 are crap in his opinion. I don't know. Maybe it is a series of stand alone books. Again I don't know. I am sure he has his reasons for nominating book 3 in a series. If you want to read that book only book three will count towards this challenge. I don't know the series and maybe Henri can shed some light on his choice.

Barbara wrote: "Hey Emma, the rules are mentioned in message 1 of the nominations thread. The two reserve bboks are indeed only for people who have read the 5 principal books and don't want to reread a book. They ..."

Thanks Barbara. There are a few books that I have read, but I can work around it. Will update before the Challenge starts. Thanks for clarifying for me. :-)

You're welcome! Sorry you have to chance your books but there are still some great reads to be read!

Emma wrote: "Had a good look at everyones books and here are mine:

Barbara - The Mists of Avalon

Lu - Before I fall

Claudia - Postmortem

Crusader - Contact

Lauren - Perdido Street Station

Lauren2 - Cry ..."
If no one objects, i replaced bluemoon with the first book of the series, i enjoyed the whole series, and meant to put the first one up from the start

I don't mind.

We can change book untill 1 May. That is the day the challenge starts and we start reading the books. After that ddate it won't be fair for the readers and might create confusion if we would change books. So everybody make sure you have nominated the right books because no changing after 1 May!!!!

I read Uglies, one of Henri's choices.

Could you mention it in the points section?
Thank you!

Oh, sorry! Forgot about that.

No worries!