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

So, I'm brand new to the group and thus getting a late start but I loved this idea so much, I had to get onboard.

My tentative reading list is:

R- The Red Wolf Conspiracy
A- A Clockwork Orange
I: Dreaming the Eagle
N- Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
B- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection
O- Les Misérables
W- Range of Ghosts

I've started two of these books in the last week so they are within the time frame. Here we go!

The game is afoot! Finished my first entry today to make sure I got the August read requirement:



First A Book: 20 points
Book Length 213pages: 2 points
Total: 22 points

Great start Marcus! I was going to read A Clockwork Orange too, but the first few pages irritated me, so I admit defeat!

Les Miserables - great choice!

Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time sounds so interesting. I've added it to my tbr and will have to keep an eye out for it. Thanks, Marcus.

Welcome Marcus!

Add another 5 points to A Clockwork Orange for the cover being orange and the word orange in the title.

I agree with jaxnsmom about Why People Believe Weird Things. I've put it on my wishlist, but I'm not sure I want some of my weird beliefs debunked. :)

Great! Total: 27pts

Thanks for the feedback everyone. This challenge is really fun for me so I'm looking forward to future challenges as well.

If I'm feeling ambitious, I might try to squeeze in another A book: The Complete Joy of Homebrewing While the front may not look very orange, that orange border extends to cover the spine and the whole back of the book.

Ah, Marcus... I hate to be a fly in the brew, but the operative word in selecting a book by it's cover is that the colour must be predominant on the front cover.

Sorry.

well...the homebrewing must wait. That being the case, what say you of Artemis Fowl? Is that orange or gold? I can't convince myself one way or the other.

Marcus wrote: "well...the homebrewing must wait. That being the case, what say you of Artemis Fowl? Is that orange or gold? I can't convince myself one way or the other."

See my response in the discussion thread. :)

But here is one that looks more yellow if that's what you'relooking for. Looks like you could go either way.

JMom is correct. You could use this book for either Orange (if you read it in August) or yellow because it's set in Dublin.

New book completed:

The Year's Best Science Fiction: 28th Edition

First B book completed: 20 pts
Pages: 650- 5 pts

Total: 25

Points to date: 52

yay

Yah, you are climbing the rainbow!

Like dominoes, the books are falling fast now:



First book in W task: 20pts
Theme of War: 5pts

25 points for task

77 points to date :)

Currently reading Les Mis and Why People Believe Wierd Things (here we come indigo and green books)

Your green book looks really interesting Marcus, will be interested to hear what you think.

And good luck with Les Mis. I have tried a few times (I love the musical) and just can't quite get into it. DOn't think I've ever picked it up in the "right" mood.

Finished: Les Misérables

First O Book: 20pts
Over 800p : 10pts
Published before 1900: 10pts

Total for book: 40 pts

Pts to date: 117

R, I, and N books left

Finished: Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time

First N Book: 20pts
Pages (380) : 3pts
Total for book: 23pts

Pts to date: 140

Only R and I to go...next up Dreaming the Eagle

Hi Marcus! I also have R and I left! It looks like you and I joined the group about the same time.

April wrote: "Hi Marcus! I also have R and I left! It looks like you and I joined the group about the same time."

Nice work! I'm hoping to do one by the end of November and the other before X-mas. I had a couple books that I have been waiting a while to read that I'm doing this month (creepy ones), so I had to put the rainbow on hold for a minute.

Good luck finishing up!

After a hiatus, I just finished my R book:

The Red Wolf Conspiracy

So:

First R book: 20 pts
R's (5) : 5 pts

Total : 25 pts

Points to date: 165

I book left: Dreaming the Eagle

Starting tomorrow :)

Awesome! Glad to see you back on track. :)

Dreaming the Eagle sounds good. I've added it to my tbr.

Looks like you're on track to finish your rainbow.