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1SqueakyChu
Continued from here.
For those new to this challenge: More info and monthly index can be found in post #1 of this thread or this TIOLI FAQS wiki.
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Careful, everyone! This month we’re going to be doing a rolling challenge again like we did in some previous months. Please read the following directions *thoroughly* because I’d like you to do this correctly!
Your challenge is to Read a book with a title that has 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, or 13 words. This number will change each time another person adds a book. You will NOT list your books in alphabetical order for this challenge. You will list them by number of words in the title. We’ll start with one word, then two words, then three, etc. After 13 words, please return to one word and begin the cycle again.
Your newly added book will be the last book in the list every time UNLESS you are adding a matching book. You may add a matching book anywhere at any time.
You have the option of including or excluding a subtitle when counting the number of words in the book’s title. That’s your choice.
You may NOT use back-to-back books. In other words, you may not list a book with a four-word title and immediately follow that with a book with a five-word title. In other words, each of your entries must be separated by someone else’s book(s).
Please do NOT remove any unread books at any time from this challenge. I will do that when I do the monthly stats. I do not want the numerical order to be damaged during the course of the month.
Please list your books as follows:
Saturday (1) – Ian McEwan – SqueakyChu
Losing Eddie (2) – Deborah Joy Corey – alcottacre
After the Quake (3) – Haruki Murakami - _Zoe_
etc.
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Other Fun Stuff (not part of the TIOLI challenge):
1. The July 2011 TIOLI Meter - Some challengers use this page to track which challenges they're doing.
2. I Know I'm a TIOLI Addict When... - Frog Logo is on this page!
For those new to this challenge: More info and monthly index can be found in post #1 of this thread or this TIOLI FAQS wiki.
Simple directions for posting to the wiki can be found at the bottom of each month's wiki page.
...logo by cyderry
_______________________________________
Careful, everyone! This month we’re going to be doing a rolling challenge again like we did in some previous months. Please read the following directions *thoroughly* because I’d like you to do this correctly!
Your challenge is to Read a book with a title that has 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, or 13 words. This number will change each time another person adds a book. You will NOT list your books in alphabetical order for this challenge. You will list them by number of words in the title. We’ll start with one word, then two words, then three, etc. After 13 words, please return to one word and begin the cycle again.
Your newly added book will be the last book in the list every time UNLESS you are adding a matching book. You may add a matching book anywhere at any time.
You have the option of including or excluding a subtitle when counting the number of words in the book’s title. That’s your choice.
You may NOT use back-to-back books. In other words, you may not list a book with a four-word title and immediately follow that with a book with a five-word title. In other words, each of your entries must be separated by someone else’s book(s).
Please do NOT remove any unread books at any time from this challenge. I will do that when I do the monthly stats. I do not want the numerical order to be damaged during the course of the month.
Please list your books as follows:
Saturday (1) – Ian McEwan – SqueakyChu
Losing Eddie (2) – Deborah Joy Corey – alcottacre
After the Quake (3) – Haruki Murakami - _Zoe_
etc.
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Other Fun Stuff (not part of the TIOLI challenge):
1. The July 2011 TIOLI Meter - Some challengers use this page to track which challenges they're doing.
2. I Know I'm a TIOLI Addict When... - Frog Logo is on this page!
2SqueakyChu
Wiki Index:
Challenges #1-7
1. Read a book with a title that has 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, or 13 words
2. Read a book whose title ends with your middle initial or the last letter of your first name (for NMI) - Rules
3. Read a book whose title (or author name) contains an individual word with at least two sets of double letters in the same word - Rules
4. Read a book with title/author containing the word summer
5. Read a book whose cover has no illustrations, only typography - Rules - Thread
6. Read a book with a country or region in adjectival form in its title or subtitle
7. Read a book with the word skies, grain, mountains, or plain in the title - Thread
Challenges #8-14
8. Read a book by a "hot" author - Thread
9. Read a book you should have read by now - Rules
10. Read an Edgar Nominated novel from between the years 2002 and 2011 - Link to database - Helpful Hint - Thread
11. Read a "themed anthology" - Rules
12. Read a book with a “direction” in the title.
13. Read a book with the word "blue" or "berry" in the title
14. Read a novel set in two or more different time periods - Rules
Challenges #15-21
15. Read a book released in June or July 2011, or an ER book received in June or July 2011 - Thread
16. Read a woman-authored book that has been nominated for an international prize - Thread
17. Read a fantasy book for Juvenile and Young Adult month - Generic Thread 1 - Generic Thread 2
18. Read a book whose title words are in consecutive alphabetical order - Rules
19. Read a book in a genre whose number you rolled on random.com - Rules - Thread
20. Read a book that you should borrow from the person below you - Thread - Sign-Up
21. Re-read a book that you first read before age 21
Challenge #22
22. Read a Newberry/Newberry Honor Award Book - Thread
Please note: No more challenges may be added until we begin the August challenges.
Challenges #1-7
1. Read a book with a title that has 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, or 13 words
2. Read a book whose title ends with your middle initial or the last letter of your first name (for NMI) - Rules
3. Read a book whose title (or author name) contains an individual word with at least two sets of double letters in the same word - Rules
4. Read a book with title/author containing the word summer
5. Read a book whose cover has no illustrations, only typography - Rules - Thread
6. Read a book with a country or region in adjectival form in its title or subtitle
7. Read a book with the word skies, grain, mountains, or plain in the title - Thread
Challenges #8-14
8. Read a book by a "hot" author - Thread
9. Read a book you should have read by now - Rules
10. Read an Edgar Nominated novel from between the years 2002 and 2011 - Link to database - Helpful Hint - Thread
11. Read a "themed anthology" - Rules
12. Read a book with a “direction” in the title.
13. Read a book with the word "blue" or "berry" in the title
14. Read a novel set in two or more different time periods - Rules
Challenges #15-21
15. Read a book released in June or July 2011, or an ER book received in June or July 2011 - Thread
16. Read a woman-authored book that has been nominated for an international prize - Thread
17. Read a fantasy book for Juvenile and Young Adult month - Generic Thread 1 - Generic Thread 2
18. Read a book whose title words are in consecutive alphabetical order - Rules
19. Read a book in a genre whose number you rolled on random.com - Rules - Thread
20. Read a book that you should borrow from the person below you - Thread - Sign-Up
21. Re-read a book that you first read before age 21
Challenge #22
22. Read a Newberry/Newberry Honor Award Book - Thread
Please note: No more challenges may be added until we begin the August challenges.
3pbadeer
Oooh, I got in early this month...
CHALLENGE #3: DoubleDouble Letter – Read a book whose title (or author name) contains an individual word with at least two sets of double letters
I admit I got the idea from a Jeopardy category, but I had to search back on the past TIOLI challenges to make sure we hadn’t used it before because it sounded very TIOLI-like. From what I can tell, this is a new one.
Rules: Double letters are two of the same letters together. Double double letters are when two "sets" of double letters occur within the SAME word (example: Hello has one set of double letters, Halloween has double double letters, Mississippi has triple double letters, etc.)
The double set of double letters must be contained within a single word of the title and/or within EITHER the author’s First OR Last name.
The double sets do not need to be back to back; they just need to be in the same word.
I’ve included some examples (sorry my touchstones don’t work with my move to IE9)
Joe College – Tom Perrotta (RR/TT)
Sweetness (EE/SS) at the Bottom of the Pie – Alan Bradley
Lunch-Box Dream – Tony Abbott (BB/TT)
Villette (LL/TT) – Charlotte Bronte
NOTE: The titles "Mrs Roopy is Loopy" or the author "Johnny Heller" NOT qualify because the double letters are not contained within one word or name
CHALLENGE #3: DoubleDouble Letter – Read a book whose title (or author name) contains an individual word with at least two sets of double letters
I admit I got the idea from a Jeopardy category, but I had to search back on the past TIOLI challenges to make sure we hadn’t used it before because it sounded very TIOLI-like. From what I can tell, this is a new one.
Rules: Double letters are two of the same letters together. Double double letters are when two "sets" of double letters occur within the SAME word (example: Hello has one set of double letters, Halloween has double double letters, Mississippi has triple double letters, etc.)
The double set of double letters must be contained within a single word of the title and/or within EITHER the author’s First OR Last name.
The double sets do not need to be back to back; they just need to be in the same word.
I’ve included some examples (sorry my touchstones don’t work with my move to IE9)
Joe College – Tom Perrotta (RR/TT)
Sweetness (EE/SS) at the Bottom of the Pie – Alan Bradley
Lunch-Box Dream – Tony Abbott (BB/TT)
Villette (LL/TT) – Charlotte Bronte
NOTE: The titles "Mrs Roopy is Loopy" or the author "Johnny Heller" NOT qualify because the double letters are not contained within one word or name
4cyderry
My challenge for July is to read a book whose title ends with your middle initial. So for instance, my middle initial is Y so a book I've chosen is Sew Deadly. If someone wants to read the SAME BOOK as well, even if their middle initial is not Y, that's okay.
5lyzard
Yay!!
My challenge is to read a book that has in its title or subtitle the name of a country or region in adjectival form - for example, Australian, British, Canadian, Danish, Ethiopian, Fijian, Greek...
For a start I will be reading American Beauty by Edna Ferber.
My challenge is to read a book that has in its title or subtitle the name of a country or region in adjectival form - for example, Australian, British, Canadian, Danish, Ethiopian, Fijian, Greek...
For a start I will be reading American Beauty by Edna Ferber.
6lindapanzo
My challenge is to read a book whose title or author includes the word "summer" which can be part of a longer word, such as Summertime.
I wonder whether there are any summer titles written by someone named Summers or some variant. Hmmmm.
I wonder whether there are any summer titles written by someone named Summers or some variant. Hmmmm.
7Chatterbox
Mine is #5: Read a book that has no cover illustration, but where the publishers are trying to sell it with fabulous typography!
The ground rules: nothing that looks like an illustration unless it's directly encircling or involving a letter in the title or author's name, or it's less than a half-inch in height and width, or it's the publisher's logo. For instance, old Penguin books with the orange and green covers would count, despite the logo.
For guidance, check out The Haves and the Have-Nots which I'll be reading for this challenge.
Some tips: look at your non-fiction books; look for old paperbacks.
ARCs that have only typography DO count.
Abstract lines, zig zags, etc. ARE fine, as long as they don't form a definite pattern or image. The idea is to focus on typography.
A book with no dust jacket DOES NOT count for this, because the idea is to spark discussion about cover designs, whether on ARCs or completed books.
You CAN read an eBook for this, as long as one of the covers posted on LT contains only typography.
I'll be starting a thread for this one and you can post any queries here or over there!
The ground rules: nothing that looks like an illustration unless it's directly encircling or involving a letter in the title or author's name, or it's less than a half-inch in height and width, or it's the publisher's logo. For instance, old Penguin books with the orange and green covers would count, despite the logo.
For guidance, check out The Haves and the Have-Nots which I'll be reading for this challenge.
Some tips: look at your non-fiction books; look for old paperbacks.
ARCs that have only typography DO count.
Abstract lines, zig zags, etc. ARE fine, as long as they don't form a definite pattern or image. The idea is to focus on typography.
A book with no dust jacket DOES NOT count for this, because the idea is to spark discussion about cover designs, whether on ARCs or completed books.
You CAN read an eBook for this, as long as one of the covers posted on LT contains only typography.
I'll be starting a thread for this one and you can post any queries here or over there!
8humouress
Ooh - with all this obsessive thread-watching, I've managed to get in early this month; and on the first thread, yet. Glad you're fine, Madeline.
> 4 : I dont have a middle initial *pouts, with arms folded*
> 7 : in the meantime, is Mansfield Park alright? There is an old Penguin edition (with a green cover) - for £2, would you believe! - on LT. I'm reading an e-book.
> 4 : I dont have a middle initial *pouts, with arms folded*
> 7 : in the meantime, is Mansfield Park alright? There is an old Penguin edition (with a green cover) - for £2, would you believe! - on LT. I'm reading an e-book.
9SqueakyChu
Suzanne, you'll be happy to know that, with the new LT talk, I can point people to the exact post with your TIOLI challenge rules (and nothing on the wiki!). See message 2. You can also have a separate thread for which I'll add a link, but, as always, that's optional.
This is really cool for us, don't you think?
This is really cool for us, don't you think?
10SqueakyChu
You all thought you had trouble waiting for this challenge. Think of me...a total LT addict...who had to do without computer access for a whole day! Egads!! :)
11avatiakh
#8: Lol, my daughter is also pouting, as we didn't give any of our children a middle name. My middle initial is 'J' and I'm fairly sure that no English words end with that. I'm sure there will be plenty of other challenges for us.
13thornton37814
Challenge #7 - America the Beautiful Challenge - This one is inspired by the song "America the Beautiful" in honor of the 4th of July. Read a book that includes one of the following words in either the title or subtitle: skies, grain, mountains, or plain. The term can be singular or plural or even just include the main word. For example, skyward would be fine.
14amandameale
#8 I think you should give yourself a middle name. We can all congratulate you on your new name and then you can join the challenge. No cheating though! If you choose, say, "Nerissionatp", we'll know you're just trying to match a book. And Nerissionatp is not a very nice name anyway.
15kidzdoc
My very frivolous challenge for the hot month of July is Challenge #8: Read a book by a "hot" author, i.e., a writer who you think is good looking or attractive! Participants can choose authors of both genders; for example, I think that Sadie Jones and Zadie Smith are very cute, so I'll read The Outcast and On Beauty, and I also find David Mitchell to be a good looking guy, so I'll also read his novel Ghostwritten.
16cyderry
I never thought about those who don't have a middle initial so for them I will make the additional rule that you can use the last letter of your first name if you don't have a middle initial.
17avatiakh
Darryl, I like your challenge. I'll be reading Marcus Sedgwick and Patrick Ness definitely. Can we have a 'hot' thread please.
#12: Thanks Madeline, I read that years back.
#12: Thanks Madeline, I read that years back.
18humouress
> 13 : Thank you - I think. Nerissionatp is certainly ... different, but I hope you didn't tell your friend (I assume that's where you found it) that you don't like his / her name.
Maybe I'll get the kids to give me a name. So if you've got (suddenly) more than one middle initial, do you get more than one book for the challenge?
> 17 : Would the 'hot' thread be with photos?
Maybe I'll get the kids to give me a name. So if you've got (suddenly) more than one middle initial, do you get more than one book for the challenge?
> 17 : Would the 'hot' thread be with photos?
19SqueakyChu
> 3
Patrick, I edited the title of your challenge to make it clearer. Feel free to re-edit it! :)
Patrick, I edited the title of your challenge to make it clearer. Feel free to re-edit it! :)
20EBT1002
Challenge #9 Read an Edgar Award nominated novel from the years between 2002 and 2011, inclusive.
This is in honor of my departed cat, Edgar, who was truly the best cat ever to walk the earth. He was born in 2002 and graced us with his presence until May 7, 2011.
(yes, I'm biased).
~Ellen
This is in honor of my departed cat, Edgar, who was truly the best cat ever to walk the earth. He was born in 2002 and graced us with his presence until May 7, 2011.
(yes, I'm biased).
~Ellen
21SqueakyChu
> 15, 17
Can we have a 'hot' thread please.
I'd like a "hot" thread with author pictures!! :D
Can we have a 'hot' thread please.
I'd like a "hot" thread with author pictures!! :D
22kidzdoc
>17 avatiakh:, 21 Your wishes are my command; I'll create one now.
24pbadeer
>>19 SqueakyChu: - Thanks Madeline - I think you and I were editing each other's edits. I also fixed the post in #3 to emphasize the indivdual word component.
25lindapanzo
Thanks for clarifying the individual word component, Patrick. I didn't realize that.
I'd love a "hot" thread, too.
I'd love a "hot" thread, too.
26wandering_star
Challenge #10: read a 'themed anthology'. What I mean is that it should be a collection of writing by different authors which is collected around the same topic - eg The Paris Review Book Of People With Problems. This includes literary periodicals which theme their issues, like Granta or Lapham's Quarterly. It doesn't include anthologies which are collected by something about the author (eg the 'best new writing from country X', 'women writers from country Y').
I can't update the wiki at the moment because of computer problems but will do so later today.
I can't update the wiki at the moment because of computer problems but will do so later today.
27SqueakyChu
> 23
Click on "edit" (at the top of the wiki page). Add your challenge under the last challenge. Use the same punctuation as the challenge above yours. Click "show preview". Then click "save page". That's it. If you make a mistake, all of us can fix it! :)
Click on "edit" (at the top of the wiki page). Add your challenge under the last challenge. Use the same punctuation as the challenge above yours. Click "show preview". Then click "save page". That's it. If you make a mistake, all of us can fix it! :)
28humouress
I've put Mansfield Park into Challenge 5 (no cover illustration), but if anyone else is still reading it and puts it elsewhere, please let me know; I'd be happy to move it.
29wisechild
>23 EBT1002: - While you work away, I've added: Read a book you should have read by now.
Rules: This does not mean a book you've wanted to read, or that's been on your wishlist, but that you SHOULD have read. You have some kind of obligation to read this book, and for whatever reason it keeps being pushed back. So maybe you borrowed it from a friend and just haven't returned it yet, or you should have read it for a class this year, or if you're an awful teacher like me, it's a book that your students are reading that you should have read beforehand (oops!). If possible indicate your obligation on the wiki.
Rules: This does not mean a book you've wanted to read, or that's been on your wishlist, but that you SHOULD have read. You have some kind of obligation to read this book, and for whatever reason it keeps being pushed back. So maybe you borrowed it from a friend and just haven't returned it yet, or you should have read it for a class this year, or if you're an awful teacher like me, it's a book that your students are reading that you should have read beforehand (oops!). If possible indicate your obligation on the wiki.
30EBT1002
> 27
I think I did it. I made mine into #10 since wisechild got there before me to put in #9.
I think I did it. I made mine into #10 since wisechild got there before me to put in #9.
31pbadeer
>>25 lindapanzo: - no problem Linda, I'm glad you found something that ended up working.
32wisechild
>30 EBT1002: - Sorry EBT1002! I'm happy to be #10 but I don't know how to switch that. Madeline do you know how I can do that?
33Chatterbox
I'll have to read something by Paddy Leigh Fermor for the hotness challenge. OK, so he just died at 90 plus, but he was HOT in his day, and remained hot as a person to the end -- quirky and witty and bright.
#9 -- Humouress, absolutely -- if you are reading an e-book version, and a DTB version exists without cover art, knock yourself out!!
Love the "Edgar" challenge -- great feline tribute!
#9 -- Humouress, absolutely -- if you are reading an e-book version, and a DTB version exists without cover art, knock yourself out!!
Love the "Edgar" challenge -- great feline tribute!
34SqueakyChu
> 29
That was a challenge that I had in mind as well! I was going to call it "reading a 'guilt" book", though. Ha!
That was a challenge that I had in mind as well! I was going to call it "reading a 'guilt" book", though. Ha!
35wisechild
>34 SqueakyChu: I like that title! That's exactly the spirit I was going for. Not a wishlist book, but a book you actually feel guilty about not having gotten to yet. I've got a whole pile of those, and what better time than summer to get those books we've been meaning to.
37EBT1002
wisechild, no worries. Edgar can be #10. He was a very easygoing cat. :-)
Although.... if I really want to obsess about this, he was exactly nine years old when we lost him......
But he SHOULD have lived to be at least ten, so I think we can just leave it as is.
What a nerd, I'm all excited because I posted a challenge. Madeleine, I've said it before but I'll say it again: I love TIOLI. It's just this simple joy in busy-and-stressful-life. Thanks for making it happen.
Although.... if I really want to obsess about this, he was exactly nine years old when we lost him......
But he SHOULD have lived to be at least ten, so I think we can just leave it as is.
What a nerd, I'm all excited because I posted a challenge. Madeleine, I've said it before but I'll say it again: I love TIOLI. It's just this simple joy in busy-and-stressful-life. Thanks for making it happen.
38kidzdoc
Here's a link to my "hot" author thread: http://www.librarything.com/topic/119778
39Carmenere
Sorry, Patrick. I don't quite understand why my author WiLLiam PoLLack does not qualify for your challenge. I'll gladly take it off if necessary.
40SqueakyChu
You're welcome.
{{{Hugs to EBT}}} Glad you love the TIOLI...and that you just learned a new skill! :)
{{{Hugs to EBT}}} Glad you love the TIOLI...and that you just learned a new skill! :)
41wandering_star
Can I ask a favour? I am worried that as I won't be able to update the wiki till the end of the day (my work computer is blocking it) that my challenge will get missed... please could someone else just add in the title to the wiki? (I checked just before leaving for work, but the wiki wasn't open yet for adding challenges!)
thanks...
thanks...
42SqueakyChu
You're welcome.
{{{Hugs to EBT on the loss of Edgar}}}
Glad you love the TIOLI...and that you just learned a new skill! :)
{{{Hugs to EBT on the loss of Edgar}}}
Glad you love the TIOLI...and that you just learned a new skill! :)
43SqueakyChu
> 41
I'll put it in now, wandering-star.
I'll put it in now, wandering-star.
44pbadeer
>>38 kidzdoc: - Hi Carmenere - I hate saying something doesn't qualify - we're all here for fun - but the idea of the challenge was to have a SINGLE WORD with double, double letters. I extended it to allow author names, but it needs to be EITHER a first or last name, and your two sets of double letters fall across two different words.
45EBT1002
42>
Thanks for the virtual hug, Madeleine. This is a nice (and maybe a bit silly) way to do something to honor him.
Thanks for the virtual hug, Madeleine. This is a nice (and maybe a bit silly) way to do something to honor him.
46SqueakyChu
This is a nice (and maybe a bit silly) way to do something to honor him.
I love it and am honored to memorialize Edgar here on the TIOLI challenges. I think others who've ever lost a beloved pet feel the same way. Let's keep their memories alive.
I love it and am honored to memorialize Edgar here on the TIOLI challenges. I think others who've ever lost a beloved pet feel the same way. Let's keep their memories alive.
47countrylife
TIOLI challenge: Directionality.
Read a book which has a “direction” in the title. Your title should contain a word such as you could imagine someone using to give directions to help you get somewhere. Some examples: left, right, up, down, under, over, around, straight, north, south, east, west, left, right, etc. Please note the direction. For instance, mine is:
Down from Cascom Mountain – Ann Joslin Williams – (down)
Recap: Read a book with a “direction” in the title.
Read a book which has a “direction” in the title. Your title should contain a word such as you could imagine someone using to give directions to help you get somewhere. Some examples: left, right, up, down, under, over, around, straight, north, south, east, west, left, right, etc. Please note the direction. For instance, mine is:
Down from Cascom Mountain – Ann Joslin Williams – (down)
Recap: Read a book with a “direction” in the title.
48wandering_star
#43 - Thank you!
49Carmenere
#44 That's ok, Patrick. I'll slip it into the middle intial challenge. By this time of night I tend to get a little fuzzy.
50EBT1002
If anyone wants to see a list of Edgar Nominees between 2002 and 2011, the Edgars Database is pretty cool on their website:
http://www.theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php (don't know how to make that a live link)
You can type in the years -- and the category if you want (best novel, best first novel) and select the radio button for "Winners & Nominees"......
http://www.theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php (don't know how to make that a live link)
You can type in the years -- and the category if you want (best novel, best first novel) and select the radio button for "Winners & Nominees"......
51elkiedee
I really love the idea of the Edgar challenge because I've been wanting to do something about crime fiction awards for a while, and I like the way the Edgars are done - final decision on shortlist made by judges - much better than the fan awards. Also, we lost a cat too last month - her sister from the same litter is still with us.
52Smiler69
Yeowza! While I was reading the first 30 messages, another twenty or so got added on. But at least I caught the thread before the 100 mark!
Unlike other months, instead of rushing to post my challenge, I'll wait and see what everyone else comes up with first.
By the by, it's July: Juvenile & Young Adult so anyone tempted to make up challenges to accommodate that... do please be my guest! ;-)
#15 Darryl,you've just proven, yet again, the extent to which beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I looked up David Mitchell on wikipedia recently, and was almost shocked by how unattractive he was to me. Good thing we all have different tastes too, that way, EVERYONE has a chance to be considered "Hot".
eta: OMG!!!
I should have checked before posting my message, but I looked up David Mitchell here on LT, and an altogether person emerged who is, yes, very attractive, I must say. Which corresponds a lot better to the mental image I had of him. I just checked again on wikipedia and I wonder... could it be that a hotlink there was pointing to another David Mitchell? Because I'm quite sure I looked him up from the Jacob de Zoet page... *Huh*
#16 Thank you so much for adapting that challenge. I don't have a middle initial either, which I've only ever been bothered about whenever I was considered getting anything monogrammed (three letters looks so much better, I think). But otherwise, I've never really given it a thought until today!
#37 Ellen, extra (((((hugs))))) from me too.
eta: I think others who've ever lost a beloved pet feel the same way. Let's keep their memories alive.
Absolutely.
Unlike other months, instead of rushing to post my challenge, I'll wait and see what everyone else comes up with first.
By the by, it's July: Juvenile & Young Adult so anyone tempted to make up challenges to accommodate that... do please be my guest! ;-)
#15 Darryl,
eta: OMG!!!
I should have checked before posting my message, but I looked up David Mitchell here on LT, and an altogether person emerged who is, yes, very attractive, I must say. Which corresponds a lot better to the mental image I had of him. I just checked again on wikipedia and I wonder... could it be that a hotlink there was pointing to another David Mitchell? Because I'm quite sure I looked him up from the Jacob de Zoet page... *Huh*
#16 Thank you so much for adapting that challenge. I don't have a middle initial either, which I've only ever been bothered about whenever I was considered getting anything monogrammed (three letters looks so much better, I think). But otherwise, I've never really given it a thought until today!
#37 Ellen, extra (((((hugs))))) from me too.
eta: I think others who've ever lost a beloved pet feel the same way. Let's keep their memories alive.
Absolutely.
53DeltaQueen50
My first ever challenge! I just added Challenge Nbr. 13. Since July is National Blueberry Month - read a book with the word blue or berry in the title.
54SqueakyChu
> 48
You're welcome! I don't see why you can't play on LibraryThing at work! ;-)
You're welcome! I don't see why you can't play on LibraryThing at work! ;-)
55elkiedee
My challenge, which has come out as #14, is to read a book set in two or more different time periods - they could both be historical or past and present. There should be substantial amounts of the book set in more than one period - say, more than 10 per cent and preferably a bit more.
56SqueakyChu
> 53
Since July is National Blueberry Month
I sure would love a blueberry scone right about now...
Since July is National Blueberry Month
I sure would love a blueberry scone right about now...
57Chatterbox
Love the guilt challenge. That would include all my unread Vine/ER books AND the library books that have been renewed a dozen times and/or that someone else has on hold and waiting for me to return!!
59keristars
Oh, wow. I was half asleep just now and went to add to the list and forgot there were only 7 per page, not 8, and looked for a second page but didn't realize the link was a link, so I added to the first page, then came to this thread and saw the other 7 and was like "oh, wow, that was fast". -.-
Anyway, #15: Read a book released in June or July 2011 OR an ER book received in June or July 2011.
Not that we need excuses to read something new, but maybe we do?
I have two books I'll be listing there - one is a new release that I'd be super excited to get other people reading, Wandering Son, and the other is an ER book that I really need to push myself to read soon (so the "should have read already" would count for it, but I've only had it a couple weeks, so it's not overdue yet), Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact.
Anyway, #15: Read a book released in June or July 2011 OR an ER book received in June or July 2011.
Not that we need excuses to read something new, but maybe we do?
I have two books I'll be listing there - one is a new release that I'd be super excited to get other people reading, Wandering Son, and the other is an ER book that I really need to push myself to read soon (so the "should have read already" would count for it, but I've only had it a couple weeks, so it's not overdue yet), Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact.
60Dejah_Thoris
Madeline -- I have a quick question about your Challenge #1. May I count & as a word? If yes, then I have a 13 word title....
Thanks!
Thanks!
61pbadeer
>>20 EBT1002: - for the Edgar challenge - it took me a while to remember where it was, but if you go to the HOME tab on LT, and select Statistics/Memes, part way down the left side (under Common Knowledge) there is an option to view the "Awards" tied to books within your LT library. They are listed alphabetically, but once you find the Edgar awards, you will see any book currently in your TBR/Wishlist library to make a pick (assuming you use LT to track that sort of thing). Unfortunately, every book on my Edgar lists has already been read by me, but in honor of Edgar the cat, I will watch for something to catch my interest and try to add it to my list.
62SqueakyChu
> 60
May I count & as a word?
You may.
May I count & as a word?
You may.
63humouress
>52 Smiler69: : I'll take up your offer to post a challenge for Juvenile and Young Adult month; would 'Young at Heart: read a juvenile or young adult book' be too straightforward?
64Smiler69
#63 LOL! I certainly wouldn't have a problem with it, but it might be a good idea to narrow it down. Nothing says we can't have more than one challenge to accommodate Children's/YA books this month. As I said, I'm waiting around to see what else will come up before posting a challenge myself... (hint hint)
But if Madeline says she's fine with it as is, then go to it by all means! :-)
But if Madeline says she's fine with it as is, then go to it by all means! :-)
65humouress
>64 Smiler69: : ooh- another YA challenge! Then, since my favourite genre is fantasy, I'll narrow it to that.
It's in at number 17, where it got bumped to from number 16 in between previewing my changes and saving them.
It's in at number 17, where it got bumped to from number 16 in between previewing my changes and saving them.
66lindapanzo
#58: Yes, the word "summer" can appear in the subtitle if you'd like.
67Citizenjoyce
The first thing I did when I came home from baseball was check TIOLI, and wow, a few hours into the challenge and I'm all the way down to Challenge #16 - Read a woman-authored book that's been nominated for an international prize, name the prize. Of course, I did this because it's Orange July, but I'm sure there are other international prizes I know nothing of. These are my planned reads:
Amy and Isabelle: A novel by Elizabeth Strout Orange Prize short list 2000
Annabel: A Novel by Kathleen Winter Orange Prize short list 2011
Case Histories : A Novel by Kate Atkinson Orange Prize long list 2005
Grace Williams Says It Loud by Emma Henderson Orange Prize short list 2011
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran(Author) Desai Orange Prize short list 2007
The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna Orange Prize short list 2011
The Outcast: A Novel (P.S.) by Sadie Jones Orange Prize short list 2008
The Seas: A Novel by Samantha Hunt Orange Prize long list 2011
The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel by Stef Penney Orange Prize long list 2007
Amy and Isabelle: A novel by Elizabeth Strout Orange Prize short list 2000
Annabel: A Novel by Kathleen Winter Orange Prize short list 2011
Case Histories : A Novel by Kate Atkinson Orange Prize long list 2005
Grace Williams Says It Loud by Emma Henderson Orange Prize short list 2011
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran(Author) Desai Orange Prize short list 2007
The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna Orange Prize short list 2011
The Outcast: A Novel (P.S.) by Sadie Jones Orange Prize short list 2008
The Seas: A Novel by Samantha Hunt Orange Prize long list 2011
The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel by Stef Penney Orange Prize long list 2007
68humouress
>64 Smiler69: : ooh- another YA challenge! Then, since my favourite genre is fantasy, I'll narrow it to that.
It's in at number 17, where it got bumped to from number 16 in between previewing my changes and saving them.
Challenge #17: Young at Heart: Read a fantasy book for Juvenile and Young Adult month ie a YA book set in an alternate reality.
It's in at number 17, where it got bumped to from number 16 in between previewing my changes and saving them.
Challenge #17: Young at Heart: Read a fantasy book for Juvenile and Young Adult month ie a YA book set in an alternate reality.
69EBT1002
#61 > I'm touched by your interest (and thanks for the info about how LTers can find a book they've already noted that will meet the challenge) - I hope you can find something to read for the challenge.
# 67 when I came home from baseball --- I was at the Atlanta-Mariners game today. Were you??? (Mariners sucked, but I'm used to that). And - I love the challenge you set out. I'll try to read at least one book for it.
# 67 when I came home from baseball --- I was at the Atlanta-Mariners game today. Were you??? (Mariners sucked, but I'm used to that). And - I love the challenge you set out. I'll try to read at least one book for it.
71Citizenjoyce
#69, No I was a little further down the food chain - Little League All Stars practice.
72humouress
>70 avatiakh: : Sorry! Am trying to do several things at the same time on LT (never mind in real life), and lost track. Will amend it.
73keristars
Started a thread for challenge #15 New releases & ERs because I want to see what new books other people are reading. I kind of hope that it might turn into a regular What Are We Reading thread, but new releases get posted to lots of other threads too, so it's no big deal.
http://www.librarything.com/topic/119785
http://www.librarything.com/topic/119785
74jeanned
This is the first time I have ever planned my reading for an entire month. Everything is off my TBR, available at our local library, and satisfies one of July's challenges:
Two Lives by William Trevor
Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver
The Innkeeper's Song by Peter S. Beagle
Last Lessons of Summer by Margaret Maron
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfield
In Plain Sight by C. J. Box
The Last Child by John Hart
Over Tumbled Graves by Jess Walter
The Blue by Mary McCallum
I actually read 11 books in June, a feat I haven't managed in years. I thought about making it an even 10, but I didn't want to over-extend. If I get through these, then maybe I'll have time to add some shared reads.
Two Lives by William Trevor
Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver
The Innkeeper's Song by Peter S. Beagle
Last Lessons of Summer by Margaret Maron
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfield
In Plain Sight by C. J. Box
The Last Child by John Hart
Over Tumbled Graves by Jess Walter
The Blue by Mary McCallum
I actually read 11 books in June, a feat I haven't managed in years. I thought about making it an even 10, but I didn't want to over-extend. If I get through these, then maybe I'll have time to add some shared reads.
75calm
I've got one this month
Challenge #18 : The Alphabetical Challenge: Read a book whose title words are in consecutive alphabetical order
For this challenge only the main words of the title are counted so you can ignore - the; and; of; etc. and subtitles. The words in the title must be in consecutive ascending alphabetical order.
Examples that I can think of
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
The Bloody Chamber (and other stories) by Angela Carter
The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck
I'm sure there are lots more:)
Edit to clarify by adding consecutive and underlining to the challenge description
Challenge #18 : The Alphabetical Challenge: Read a book whose title words are in consecutive alphabetical order
For this challenge only the main words of the title are counted so you can ignore - the; and; of; etc. and subtitles. The words in the title must be in consecutive ascending alphabetical order.
Examples that I can think of
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
The Bloody Chamber (and other stories) by Angela Carter
The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck
I'm sure there are lots more:)
Edit to clarify by adding consecutive and underlining to the challenge description
76Morphidae
#19 Luck of the Die: Read a book in the genre you rolled.
Go to Dice Roller. Click on Roll Again.
Per the list below, read a book from that genre.
1 - Books about Books
2 - Fantasy
3 - Mystery
4 - Memoir or Autobiography
5 - Religion or Spirituality
6 - Science Fiction
You are allowed to read a book someone else has on the wiki list.
Once you have completed a book, you can roll again for another book.
Thread is here:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/119793
Go to Dice Roller. Click on Roll Again.
Per the list below, read a book from that genre.
1 - Books about Books
2 - Fantasy
3 - Mystery
4 - Memoir or Autobiography
5 - Religion or Spirituality
6 - Science Fiction
You are allowed to read a book someone else has on the wiki list.
Once you have completed a book, you can roll again for another book.
Thread is here:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/119793
77gennyt
I checked last thing at night, but not first thing this morning... By 1pm my time, 76 messages and 19 challenges! Now I've got to go away and plan what to read - but not before I've finished up my reading for June...
(I love the idea of the Edgar challenge - what a lovely way to commemorate a beloved pet!)
(I love the idea of the Edgar challenge - what a lovely way to commemorate a beloved pet!)
78wandering_star
Hi, back from work and therefore able to update the wiki. Once again, some great challenges - off now to peruse my shelves, counting letters in each word, mumbling the alphabet and looking for the letter that books END with... it's a good thing I'm on my own in the flat at the moment!
By the way, I noticed that On Beauty is listed under different challenges - 'hot' author and female author nominated for a prize ... did someone feel strongly that Zadie Smith wasn't 'hot' enough to read the book in that category!? ;-)
By the way, I noticed that On Beauty is listed under different challenges - 'hot' author and female author nominated for a prize ... did someone feel strongly that Zadie Smith wasn't 'hot' enough to read the book in that category!? ;-)
79SqueakyChu
> 58
About subtitles...
These are always optional when choosing books for your challenges...unless you are told otherwise by your host.
About subtitles...
These are always optional when choosing books for your challenges...unless you are told otherwise by your host.
80thornton37814
I created a thread for the "America the Beautiful Challenge" (no. 7) at http://www.librarything.com/topic/119798 which gives more information about the challenge and creates an opportunity to discuss books, etc.
81_Zoe_
I saw Madeline's coming-soon post last night, but after carrying around my 90+ pounds of luggage yesterday, I ended up just going to sleep and didn't wake up until now.
My challenge is to Read a book that you should borrow from the person below you. So, it's another "below you" challenge; there will be a sign-up thread where anyone who wants to participate will post, and your choices will be based on the person who posts just after you.
"A book you should borrow" is based on LT's new What Should You Borrow? feature, described here. You can see, for example, what books Tim should borrow from Jeremy.
I don't know that there's a convenient link to see what you should borrow from someone else, but you can go to the page for Tim and Jeremy and just replace their names in the address with yours and the other person's.
I'll be starting a discussion thread too, since I'm sure there will be plenty of questions....
My challenge is to Read a book that you should borrow from the person below you. So, it's another "below you" challenge; there will be a sign-up thread where anyone who wants to participate will post, and your choices will be based on the person who posts just after you.
"A book you should borrow" is based on LT's new What Should You Borrow? feature, described here. You can see, for example, what books Tim should borrow from Jeremy.
I don't know that there's a convenient link to see what you should borrow from someone else, but you can go to the page for Tim and Jeremy and just replace their names in the address with yours and the other person's.
I'll be starting a discussion thread too, since I'm sure there will be plenty of questions....
82_Zoe_
Here is a link to the discussion thread for the book-you-should-borrow-from-the-person-below-you challenge.
84Eat_Read_Knit
#81 I don't know that there's a convenient link to see what you should borrow from someone else
There is: if you go to the person's profile, it's at the bottom of the Books You Share box on the right.
There is: if you go to the person's profile, it's at the bottom of the Books You Share box on the right.
85_Zoe_
>84 Eat_Read_Knit: Oh, thanks! I would never have looked for it there.
86Smiler69
#68 Thanks for creating #17 Children's/YA Fantasy challenge! Love it. I've just added 11 books to it from my planned reading for the month:
The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
Charmed Life - Diana Wynne Jones
Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling - Maryrose Wood
The Jungle Books - Rudyard Kipling
Leviathan - Scott Westerfeld
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - Kate DiCamillo
The Shadow in the North - Philip Pullman
The Tale of Despereaux - Kate DiCamillo
The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
All these are currently on my July planned reading pile. More will be added as they come in from the library. Whether I'll actually manage to COMPLETE all those books is another matter, but the intention is there!
Madeline: just thought I'd point out that you seem to have skipped over this challenge in the challenge list above...
The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
Charmed Life - Diana Wynne Jones
Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling - Maryrose Wood
The Jungle Books - Rudyard Kipling
Leviathan - Scott Westerfeld
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - Kate DiCamillo
The Shadow in the North - Philip Pullman
The Tale of Despereaux - Kate DiCamillo
The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
All these are currently on my July planned reading pile. More will be added as they come in from the library. Whether I'll actually manage to COMPLETE all those books is another matter, but the intention is there!
Madeline: just thought I'd point out that you seem to have skipped over this challenge in the challenge list above...
87ivyd
So I finally started a challenge, inspired by a recent discussion of the YA label and what we read as teenagers. It will also tie into the July topic of Juvenile & YA books.
Challenge 21: Re-read a book that you first read before age 21 (indicate age)
It doesn't matter how the book is designated -- adult, YA, juvenile, picture book -- as long as the first time you read it (or it was read to you) was before the age of 21. The idea is to see what we read as children and teenagers, regardless of book label, and which books impressed us enough that we're interested in re-reading them as adults.
A listed book may be matched by someone who hasn't previously read the book or first read it as an adult.
An approximation of the age you first read it, or an age range, is fine -- unless, of course, you remember the exact age.
Challenge 21: Re-read a book that you first read before age 21 (indicate age)
It doesn't matter how the book is designated -- adult, YA, juvenile, picture book -- as long as the first time you read it (or it was read to you) was before the age of 21. The idea is to see what we read as children and teenagers, regardless of book label, and which books impressed us enough that we're interested in re-reading them as adults.
A listed book may be matched by someone who hasn't previously read the book or first read it as an adult.
An approximation of the age you first read it, or an age range, is fine -- unless, of course, you remember the exact age.
88gennyt
#87 That's a great excuse to go back and re-read some old favourites. Lots of children's books, but also many of the 'classics' that I first read in my teens... I wonder what I will choose?
89crazy4reading
Wow so many great challenges this month. Will be heading home soon and I will be looking at all my choices that I could read. I will be alone so hopefully I can get a lot done.
90Athabasca
I was struggling with these challenges to start off with, but, after much perusal of the TBR mountain.....
#1 In the arms of Mr Darcy (6) by Sharon Lathan
#7 By the mountain bound by Elizabeth Bear(Yikes..is mountain rather than mountains OK?)
#17 Wild magic by Tamora Pierce
I'm sure more choices will jump out at me over the month. Again, a great variety of challenges!
ETA - I couldn't resist signing up for Zoe's challenge. I really enjoyed the last "person below you" challenge - I discovered two great authors - Winifred Holtby and Rex Stout
#1 In the arms of Mr Darcy (6) by Sharon Lathan
#7 By the mountain bound by Elizabeth Bear
#17 Wild magic by Tamora Pierce
I'm sure more choices will jump out at me over the month. Again, a great variety of challenges!
ETA - I couldn't resist signing up for Zoe's challenge. I really enjoyed the last "person below you" challenge - I discovered two great authors - Winifred Holtby and Rex Stout
91ivyd
>88 gennyt: Glad you find it interesting, Genny! In the past few years, I've re-read quite a few children's books that I hadn't read since I was a child (which was a long time ago). On the whole, I still agree with my childhood opinion of them. I'm also curious about my reaction now to books that I read as a teenager, some of them now designated YA, and some that are still considered adult.
92gennyt
#91 I don't think the category YA really existed when I was in my teens - certainly what I read was a mixture of what I would call children's books (and re-read many of them frequently in my later teens) and what would definitely be classed as adult books as I raided my parents' bookshelves or got recommendations from one of my school teachers.
93brenpike
#87 Love the challenge, but am doubtful about remembering the age . . . I'm old, what can I say?!
I'm in luck . . . I found a book from my childhood on my shelves and my mother, bless her, wrote the date in the front. :)
I'm in luck . . . I found a book from my childhood on my shelves and my mother, bless her, wrote the date in the front. :)
94cyderry
18>> yes, homouress, if you have more than one middle name, (Prince William is William Arthur Philip Louis) he would have a few choices!
Madeline, can you link that to the Rules for Challenge #2 - I don't know how.
Madeline, can you link that to the Rules for Challenge #2 - I don't know how.
95Athabasca
>93 brenpike: LOL! Me too ...well, Enid Blyton, Malcolm Saville and the Tom Swift books maybe! As gennyt points out there weren't many teenage books as such, apart from LOTR. My hasn't the book world changed! :o)
96gennyt
#55 Interesting challenge - but it means you have to know a fair bit about the book to know if it fits so that's an extra challenging dimension to it, especially if you tend to avoid reading reviews until after reading the book. I'm scanning my TBR pile now, but it might be a case of adding a book to the wiki after I've read it when I'm sure it does cover two time periods.
97jolerie
This is crazy! I keep refreshing the WIKI page every couple of minutes to make sure I can fit Lolita into Madeline's challenge since I couldn't finish it in time for June..@.@
It's official that the TIOLI challenges are an addiction for me.. :)
It's official that the TIOLI challenges are an addiction for me.. :)
98lindapanzo
Do points accumulate if someone's reading the same book but for a different challenge? It seems to me that they don't.
On Beauty under both challenge 8 and challenge 16.
On Beauty under both challenge 8 and challenge 16.
99gennyt
Following on from message #96, I reckon that Cloud Atlas will fit, because it appears to consist of several different narratives set in different time periods. I'm probably being too ambitious adding another long and dense book to the list, though!
100madhatter22
I think this collection of challenges is the most fun we've had in a while. They're speaking to me, anyway.
Ellen - I think that's a sweet tribute to your sweet Edgar.
Wisechild - your challenge made me laugh. I have a pile of 6 or 7 books here borrowed from the same friend. ( I keep telling her I don't know when I'll get to them!) Now I have some motivation to get at least one off the pile. (Then maybe I can get to those 2 ER books I've had for months.)
Really nice job with the challenges everyone. I think I feel my reading slump coming to an end!
Ellen - I think that's a sweet tribute to your sweet Edgar.
Wisechild - your challenge made me laugh. I have a pile of 6 or 7 books here borrowed from the same friend. ( I keep telling her I don't know when I'll get to them!) Now I have some motivation to get at least one off the pile. (Then maybe I can get to those 2 ER books I've had for months.)
Really nice job with the challenges everyone. I think I feel my reading slump coming to an end!
101wandering_star
I am loving the way that Challenge 1 looks on the wiki, as the lines get gradually longer - like a pennant!
102kiwiflowa
I have two of the newest Jodi Picoult books that my sister automatically loaned to me automatically thinking I would want to read them *wince* I'm just not that into her formulaic novels anymore. I'm not sure whether to whip through them or give them back.
103madhatter22
I'm surprised by how many people here don't have middle names!
Cheli, since we can already see what people's middle initials are from the book titles chosen (and because I'm fascinated by names, or maybe just nosy) what would you think about people listing their middle name (if they don't object) instead of just the initial?
Just a thought ... :)
S.
Cheli, since we can already see what people's middle initials are from the book titles chosen (and because I'm fascinated by names, or maybe just nosy) what would you think about people listing their middle name (if they don't object) instead of just the initial?
Just a thought ... :)
S.
104Dejah_Thoris
>3 pbadeer:
pbadeer I have a question about Challenge #3 - would the assassins, work? It's two sets of double letters, but I wasn't sure the same letters would be ok.
pbadeer I have a question about Challenge #3 - would the assassins, work? It's two sets of double letters, but I wasn't sure the same letters would be ok.
105pbadeer
>>104 Dejah_Thoris: - "assassins" works beautifully. Sign it up!
106SqueakyChu
> 94
Cheli,
Please put all the rules for your challenge in one place - either in one message of this thread or in the first message of a separate thread. Then I'll create the link. Thanks!
Cheli,
Please put all the rules for your challenge in one place - either in one message of this thread or in the first message of a separate thread. Then I'll create the link. Thanks!
107SqueakyChu
> 98
Do points accumulate if someone's reading the same book but for a different challenge? It seems to me that they don't.
You are correct. They do not. In order for points to accumulate, the books must be adjacent to one another. You may move a book from one challenge to another at any time but you may not post the same book that you're reading in two different challenges at the same time.
Do points accumulate if someone's reading the same book but for a different challenge? It seems to me that they don't.
You are correct. They do not. In order for points to accumulate, the books must be adjacent to one another. You may move a book from one challenge to another at any time but you may not post the same book that you're reading in two different challenges at the same time.
108SqueakyChu
> 100
(Then maybe I can get to those 2 ER books I've had for months.)
Sahuna, you only have two?!
*groans*
...as I just learned today that I won another ER book. Well, I now know just which challenge I really need to do! :)
(Then maybe I can get to those 2 ER books I've had for months.)
Sahuna, you only have two?!
*groans*
...as I just learned today that I won another ER book. Well, I now know just which challenge I really need to do! :)
109MikeBriggs
92> Raided from parents' bookshelves, eh? I suppose I could give "The Joy of Sex" a reread. I haven't read that since I found it hidden on the parents bookshelf when I was about 12. (well, I felt the need to say that but I believe I will give up the chance to reread).
110gennyt
#109 I think I did come across that one too, to my embarrassment, when seeing what I could find. Also some rather inappropriate titles in amongst my father's sci fi and fantasy collection. But it was mostly a rather eclectic mix of lots of H E Bates, Father Brown mysteries, Nevil Shute or all the Brontes...
112EBT1002
For Challenge #2 - I finally found a book whose title ends in "N" (last letter in "Ellen"). Kennedy's Brain by Henning Mankell. My middle initial, B, proved quite, um, challenging....
113Smiler69
well, I felt the need to say that but I believe I will give up the chance to reread
Lol!
I'm loving the challenges too. I can't believe I got lucky and got to put Emma into Madeline's challenge... we're having a group read of it this month, so points should be accruing soon enough.
I've added 11 titles so far to the Children's/YA Fantasy challenge, and more on the way.
Several on Ellen's Edgar challenge too - was fun just going through the database, even if I know I can look up the books I have on CK. No matter what, because let's face it, I'm most assuredly overbooked already, I'll make sure to read at least one book on that challenge to honour the little guy. ^..^
eta: My childhood read book would have to be Anna Karenina which I read when I was 12, and then again when I was maybe 20. I'm due for a re-read, especially since I've gotten the version translated by Pevear and Volokhonsky. Unfortunately, I don't see how I'll be able to fit it in, but I sure wish I could... that challenge really speaks to me too.
Lol!
I'm loving the challenges too. I can't believe I got lucky and got to put Emma into Madeline's challenge... we're having a group read of it this month, so points should be accruing soon enough.
I've added 11 titles so far to the Children's/YA Fantasy challenge, and more on the way.
Several on Ellen's Edgar challenge too - was fun just going through the database, even if I know I can look up the books I have on CK. No matter what, because let's face it, I'm most assuredly overbooked already, I'll make sure to read at least one book on that challenge to honour the little guy. ^..^
eta: My childhood read book would have to be Anna Karenina which I read when I was 12, and then again when I was maybe 20. I'm due for a re-read, especially since I've gotten the version translated by Pevear and Volokhonsky. Unfortunately, I don't see how I'll be able to fit it in, but I sure wish I could... that challenge really speaks to me too.
114EBT1002
113> thanks, Ilana, for committing to at least one read to honor "the little guy" --- we used to call him that! I really appreciate it. And I'm impressed that you read Anna Karenina at age 12; I still haven't read it (but I can already feel another challenge developing for August!).
~Ellen ^..^ (I like that)
~Ellen ^..^ (I like that)
115Chatterbox
Ellen/Ilana, snap. There weren't too many that really grabbed me, that I hadn't already read, but I'll def. read The Last Child as a fellow cat-parent. (And with a sick feline in house, to boot... Sadly, Jasper has yet to have a literary award named in his honor...)
116jacqueline065
I would like to offer a challenge for this month , in honor of the theme Juvenile /Young Adult Month.
How about Read a Newberry/Newberry Honor Award Book. Give the year it won the award. I apologize for not being computer savy but I will see if I start a thread and link to the ALA Website which has the winners from 1922 to the present. I might need some help creating the thread.
How about Read a Newberry/Newberry Honor Award Book. Give the year it won the award. I apologize for not being computer savy but I will see if I start a thread and link to the ALA Website which has the winners from 1922 to the present. I might need some help creating the thread.
117SqueakyChu
> 115
Never fear, Suzanne. I just picked up a book last night whose main character is named Jasper. I'll read that book in honor of your sick kitty. The book is A Fraction of the Whole, a debut novel by Steve Toltz.
*runs to see if I can stick this book in any challenge*
Never fear, Suzanne. I just picked up a book last night whose main character is named Jasper. I'll read that book in honor of your sick kitty. The book is A Fraction of the Whole, a debut novel by Steve Toltz.
*runs to see if I can stick this book in any challenge*
118Donna828
I'm liking your rolling challenge this month, Madeline. I snagged the latest 4-word postiion for The Wind-up Bird Chronicles. This is also going to be a group read here on the 75-Book Challenge starting July 15. I wanted to alert others that might be joining in Mark's GR so we could have a shared read here.
Now I have to figure out where to put Dark Fire which didn't get read for last month's TIOLI. Maybe I'll try my hand at rolling the die!
Now I have to figure out where to put Dark Fire which didn't get read for last month's TIOLI. Maybe I'll try my hand at rolling the die!
119SqueakyChu
> 116
Hi Jacqueline, I'll be happy to help you with whatever you need to get started. Let me create the additional wiki page, and then I'll be back to point you to how to add your own challenge.
Hi Jacqueline, I'll be happy to help you with whatever you need to get started. Let me create the additional wiki page, and then I'll be back to point you to how to add your own challenge.
120SqueakyChu
> 116
The wiki page 4 is up! Add your challenge here. Just click on "edit" at the top of the page. Add your challenge. Below that, add a line with a hash tag (the number sign), your book's title, its author, and your name. Click "show preview". Then click "save page".
Questions? Just ask!
The wiki page 4 is up! Add your challenge here. Just click on "edit" at the top of the page. Add your challenge. Below that, add a line with a hash tag (the number sign), your book's title, its author, and your name. Click "show preview". Then click "save page".
Questions? Just ask!
121vancouverdeb
I'm reading books nominated for the Orange Prize this month. That will qualify me for TIOLI #16, as all of the Orange Prize nominees/ winners are written by women. Currently I am reading Case Histories by Kate Atkinson.
122elkiedee
Something seems to have gone a bit wrong in the second round of Challenge 1, but I think it can be corrected by moving 1 book into Challenge 3: there's a 2 word title & a 4 word title from the same person, a 3 word title and another 4 word title.
My suggested solution: William Trevor's first name fits Challenge 3: double letter challenge, ii, ll, just fine, so My House in Umbria could be moved there.
My suggested solution: William Trevor's first name fits Challenge 3: double letter challenge, ii, ll, just fine, so My House in Umbria could be moved there.
123thornton37814
I've managed to add mostly books that are at home as TIOLI challenges when I won't be at home for at least another week to get them. I'm getting ready to head to a bookstore to pick up the one title that I need to purchase. I'm crossing my fingers that the Goodwill Bookstore will have it so I don't have to pay full price at Barnes & Noble. I have one book on the Kindle that I manged to fit in the challenges. Unfortunately the 2 ARCs I have from NetGalley don't seem to fit any of the challenges. I'm reading those at the moment.
ETA: Neither the Goodwill Bookstore or Barnes & Noble had the book, but fortunately BooksAMillion did! Now I've got another book to keep me on track for the TIOLI.
ETA: Neither the Goodwill Bookstore or Barnes & Noble had the book, but fortunately BooksAMillion did! Now I've got another book to keep me on track for the TIOLI.
124SqueakyChu
(duplicate entry)
125SqueakyChu
> 122
Thanks for the heads up, Luci. I'm keeping this book in my own challenge, though! :)
We'll just wait for someone to set it up so it can be added. It was entered at the right time (four words following three words). The error was due to the incorrect numbering of the previous two entries (which I have now corrected).
Ever onward...!
> double letter challenge
Don't the double letters need to be adjacent to each other? Patrick? Help!! :)
Thanks for the heads up, Luci. I'm keeping this book in my own challenge, though! :)
We'll just wait for someone to set it up so it can be added. It was entered at the right time (four words following three words). The error was due to the incorrect numbering of the previous two entries (which I have now corrected).
Ever onward...!
> double letter challenge
Don't the double letters need to be adjacent to each other? Patrick? Help!! :)
126EBT1002
115 > Sorry Jasper is sick. And as for the name, it's a great one so an award should be named after him! We'll just have to come up with our own.
121 > I'm going to try to read one of the woman-authoreds on the list for your challenge - still looking about at the library, etc., to see what I can find.
121 > I'm going to try to read one of the woman-authoreds on the list for your challenge - still looking about at the library, etc., to see what I can find.
127jeanned
122 & 125> Thanks for helping me out with that. I didn't have a firm grasp on the procedure.
128Smiler69
#114 Ellen, I'm glad you like the little kitty ^..^ I've seen some people post much more creative ones online, but I can never remember how, and this one is straightforward enough.
#115 Suzanne, you have my sympathies for Jasper too. I agree it's a great name. Sorry, but I can't recall right now if you've posted a challenge or not, but why not go ahead and create one for his sake? All the good vibes from participants are sure to give him a boost!
#116 Jacqueline, I can't wait for you to post your challenge to the wiki. If you're not sure how to do it, just ask for help and I'm sure plenty of people will gladly point you in the right direction.
To start a thread, all you have to do is go to the 75 Books Challenge for 2011 main page, and just above to the left of the listed theads, you'll see a "Post a new topic" link. Click on that, write the title of the thread (good idea is to start it with "July TIOLI: name of your challenge" for easy identification) you'll see a message box there too where you can put in any relevant info you like. Voilà!
#115 Suzanne, you have my sympathies for Jasper too. I agree it's a great name. Sorry, but I can't recall right now if you've posted a challenge or not, but why not go ahead and create one for his sake? All the good vibes from participants are sure to give him a boost!
#116 Jacqueline, I can't wait for you to post your challenge to the wiki. If you're not sure how to do it, just ask for help and I'm sure plenty of people will gladly point you in the right direction.
To start a thread, all you have to do is go to the 75 Books Challenge for 2011 main page, and just above to the left of the listed theads, you'll see a "Post a new topic" link. Click on that, write the title of the thread (good idea is to start it with "July TIOLI: name of your challenge" for easy identification) you'll see a message box there too where you can put in any relevant info you like. Voilà!
130thornton37814
Question for Madeline about the 1st challenge. I have a title/subtitle that has 13 words plus a date range at the end. Can I use it for 13 or must the date range count as a word?
131jacqueline065
Okay, sorry for the delay I did add the Newberry Award Book as Challenge #22 to the Wiki on page 4.
Now to attempt a thread link! :)
Now to attempt a thread link! :)
132alcottacre
OK, at the moment, this is the way TIOLI is shaping up for me in July:
Challenge #2: Epic by Clint Willis - for some reason I cannot find the correct Touchstone for this book even though it is in my library!
Challenge #4: Armageddon Summer by Jane Yolen and Bruce Coville
Challenge #7: On Gold Mountain by Lisa See
Challenge #9: Come the Four Winds by Chasya Pincus and The Reluctant Detective by Martha Ockley
Challenge #17: The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan
Challenge #19: Oscar's Books by Thomas Wright
Challenge #20: Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
Challenge #2: Epic by Clint Willis - for some reason I cannot find the correct Touchstone for this book even though it is in my library!
Challenge #4: Armageddon Summer by Jane Yolen and Bruce Coville
Challenge #7: On Gold Mountain by Lisa See
Challenge #9: Come the Four Winds by Chasya Pincus and The Reluctant Detective by Martha Ockley
Challenge #17: The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan
Challenge #19: Oscar's Books by Thomas Wright
Challenge #20: Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
133Chatterbox
#117 -- thanks Madeline! And thanks for all the good vibes for Jasper. I did post a challenge already, Ilana (typography), and can't think of one that would do him justice off the top of my head. He was diagnosed with diabetes last October, and is struggling right now. When I came back from San Francisco, I was shocked to see how skinny he had become -- my neighbor and cat-carer had told me he hadn't been eating. I don't know whether I'm kidding myself or whether the higher insulin and my being back and standing over him and coaxing him to eat is making a difference, but he does seem a bit better. Though I could just be used to it. I'm realizing I'll have to get used to the fact that he won't live to a ripe old age. (He's not quite 9)
Finished my first book for this TIOLI, The Sentimentalists, which I realized after reading I could put into Elkiedee's challenge as two or three biggish chunks are told from the POV of characters in flashbacks, to Ontario in 1959 and to Vietnam in the 60s or early 70s. Now off to read another e-galley that will vanish from my Nook on Tuesday!!
Finished my first book for this TIOLI, The Sentimentalists, which I realized after reading I could put into Elkiedee's challenge as two or three biggish chunks are told from the POV of characters in flashbacks, to Ontario in 1959 and to Vietnam in the 60s or early 70s. Now off to read another e-galley that will vanish from my Nook on Tuesday!!
134humouress
Re Challenge 17 - Read a fantasy book for juvenile and young adult month, I'm not setting up a separate thread, but you can post in the 'July; Juvenile and Young Adult' thread or in the 'What we are reading; Juvenile and Young Adult' thread 2
135thornton37814
I keep missing the numbers I need to make my NetGalleys work in the TIOLI. The only place either of them will fit is the first challenge IF I happen to hit the correct number. Still no answer for my question whether or not date ranges count as words or numbers (message 130). I'd like to know before 13 rolls around again. (I was hoping that I'd get an answer while 13 was available last night.)
136kidzdoc
For those who are reading One Hundred Years of Solitude for Madeline's challenge, there is a group read of the book taking place on Club Read this month, that you may be interested in participating in:
Group Read: 100 Years of Solitude
Group Read: 100 Years of Solitude
137kidzdoc
My planned TIOLI reads for the month are:
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (challenge #1)
Dump This Book While You Still Can! by Marcel Bénabou (challenge #1)
Seeing Patients: Unconscious Bias in Health Care by Augustus A. White III, M.D. (challenge #1)
the immigrant suite: hey xenophobe! who you calling a foreigner? by Hattie Gossett (challenge #1)
The Sea and Poison by Shusaku Endo (challenge #1)
The Prospector by J.M.G. Le Clézio (challenge #2)
Granta 113: The Best of Young Spanish Novelists (challenge #5)
Hearts and Minds by Amanda Craig (challenge #5)
Ghostwritten by David Mitchell (challenge #8)
On Beauty by Zadie Smith (challenge #8)
The Outcast by Sadie Jones (challenge #8)
The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai by Ruiyan Xu (challenge #9)
River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh (challenge #15)
The London Train by Tessa Hadley (challenge #16)
The Swimmer by Roma Tearne (challenge #16)
The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht (challenge #16)
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (challenge #1)
Dump This Book While You Still Can! by Marcel Bénabou (challenge #1)
Seeing Patients: Unconscious Bias in Health Care by Augustus A. White III, M.D. (challenge #1)
the immigrant suite: hey xenophobe! who you calling a foreigner? by Hattie Gossett (challenge #1)
The Sea and Poison by Shusaku Endo (challenge #1)
The Prospector by J.M.G. Le Clézio (challenge #2)
Granta 113: The Best of Young Spanish Novelists (challenge #5)
Hearts and Minds by Amanda Craig (challenge #5)
Ghostwritten by David Mitchell (challenge #8)
On Beauty by Zadie Smith (challenge #8)
The Outcast by Sadie Jones (challenge #8)
The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai by Ruiyan Xu (challenge #9)
River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh (challenge #15)
The London Train by Tessa Hadley (challenge #16)
The Swimmer by Roma Tearne (challenge #16)
The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht (challenge #16)
138SqueakyChu
Folks, I need your help...
Please go back to last month's thread for the challenge about Awful Cover Art. I need more of you to send me a private message (mark it private!) with three selections for the book covers you think are the worst. I want to award a (small) prize, but I have gotten too few responses so far.
Here's the thread with the related book covers:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/117082#2725576
Thanks so much!
Please go back to last month's thread for the challenge about Awful Cover Art. I need more of you to send me a private message (mark it private!) with three selections for the book covers you think are the worst. I want to award a (small) prize, but I have gotten too few responses so far.
Here's the thread with the related book covers:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/117082#2725576
Thanks so much!
139alcottacre
#138: I have to abstain, Madeline, since I have one of those truly awful covered books :)
140SqueakyChu
> 139
I have to abstain, Madeline, since I have one of those truly awful covered books :)
Okay. Abstention allowed.
I have to abstain, Madeline, since I have one of those truly awful covered books :)
Okay. Abstention allowed.
141Smiler69
It's a really tough call Madeline, because there aren't that many to choose from once I've eliminated the ones that are so ugly that they're interesting. I'll try to choose tomorrow when I'm more rested.
In the meantime, I finished The Old Child by Jenny Erpenbeck in the French translation for challenge #1. The writing and translation were very good and the story tugged at my heartstrings, but it is described as very strange on the book jacket, and I have to agree. Kind of leaves one scratching one's head.
eta: I'm starting on The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo for the Newbery challenge (#22) tonight.
In the meantime, I finished The Old Child by Jenny Erpenbeck in the French translation for challenge #1. The writing and translation were very good and the story tugged at my heartstrings, but it is described as very strange on the book jacket, and I have to agree. Kind of leaves one scratching one's head.
eta: I'm starting on The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo for the Newbery challenge (#22) tonight.
142alcottacre
#140: Thanks for understanding :)
143kidzdoc
I finished my first TIOLI book of the month, the immigrant suite: hey xenophobe! who you calling a foreigner? by Hattie Gossett for challenge #1 (10 words), a poetry collection about immigrants of color in America, which was mildly interesting but quite lightweight, and not terribly enlightening or captivating. I'll give it 3 stars.
144Smiler69
#133 Suzanne, of course, the typography challenge, how can I forget. I thought that was very clever and as a lover of typography, I no doubt have several books (many of which are actually ABOUT typography) that could count toward this challenge, but I'm so so so so so very overbooked, it's not even funny.
Your kitty is so young! Glad he's doing better.
Your kitty is so young! Glad he's doing better.
145Citizenjoyce
I finished Incantation for the hot authors challenge. Yet another holocaust of Jews, this one about the Spanish Inquisition. It was very disturbingly violent, not unexpectedly, but still difficult, well done but difficult. Now I start In the Woods for the Edgar challenge.
147Morphidae
I don't see why you can't vote for the ugly cover as long as you don't vote for the one you read.
148SqueakyChu
> 146
calm, I would appreciate if you would vote for ugly covers.
Stasia (alcottacre) specifically requested *not* to vote, but I'd appreciate if you and others would vote because there is still a four-way tie (!) for third place!
> 146, 147
I don't see why you can't vote for the ugly cover as long as you don't vote for the one you read.
I disagree here. For my contest I will allow you to vote for your own as one of the three. If you've already cast your vote and want to change it to include your own book, please revote. I still have a record of all the original votes.
> 139
Stasia, if I misunderstood you and you wanted to vote, please do so. You may include your own submission as one of your votes. Sorry I didn't make myself clearer earlier on.
For you and others:
Please pick three book covers, and please mark your message "private" before sending.
calm, I would appreciate if you would vote for ugly covers.
Stasia (alcottacre) specifically requested *not* to vote, but I'd appreciate if you and others would vote because there is still a four-way tie (!) for third place!
> 146, 147
I don't see why you can't vote for the ugly cover as long as you don't vote for the one you read.
I disagree here. For my contest I will allow you to vote for your own as one of the three. If you've already cast your vote and want to change it to include your own book, please revote. I still have a record of all the original votes.
> 139
Stasia, if I misunderstood you and you wanted to vote, please do so. You may include your own submission as one of your votes. Sorry I didn't make myself clearer earlier on.
For you and others:
Please pick three book covers, and please mark your message "private" before sending.
149humouress
(Sorry - thought I clicked the 'private' button, but realised I'd missed after I posted, and there was no way to go back and edit)
150SqueakyChu
> 149
That's okay I recorded a private version of your vote!
That's okay I recorded a private version of your vote!
152SqueakyChu
> 151
Thanks!
Thanks!
153Cait86
I've signed up for:
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson - Challenge #1
The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht - Challenge #16
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather - Challenge #20
Can we sign up for challenges any time during the month, or does it have to be at the beginning?
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson - Challenge #1
The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht - Challenge #16
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather - Challenge #20
Can we sign up for challenges any time during the month, or does it have to be at the beginning?
154SqueakyChu
> 153
You may sign up at any time during the month. Enjoy!
You may sign up at any time during the month. Enjoy!
155Athabasca
After first struggling, I have now found tons of books from the TBR pile that will fit these challenges. I hope to read:
Challenge #12 Directions: Kings of the North by Elizabeth Moon (North)
Challenge #13 Blue: Bluestockings by Jane Robinson
Challenge #12 Directions: Kings of the North by Elizabeth Moon (North)
Challenge #13 Blue: Bluestockings by Jane Robinson
156EBT1002
>133 Chatterbox: Suzanne, it's not quite the same as a literary award, but your Jasper does have a Canadian National Park named after him! Maybe you could find a way to wrap that into a future challenge. It might end up being a couple more degrees separation, but I promise I'll rise to whatever challenge you devise. I hope he keeps eating now that you're back. My Edgar was exactly 9 when we learned that his heart really was two sizes too large (we'd always said that!) --- very hard not to have him for the hoped-for 20 years or so. Scritch little Jasper behind the ears for me.
On a different note:
Currently reading Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter for the Edgar challenge. It's quite good so far!
Tonight I will start Mrs. Dalloway for the Borrow-a-book-from-the-person-below-you challenge.
I'm getting less reading done than I might like this holiday weekend, but the front porch and steps (newly painted and due for a second coat tomorrow) look fabulous!
On a different note:
Currently reading Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter for the Edgar challenge. It's quite good so far!
Tonight I will start Mrs. Dalloway for the Borrow-a-book-from-the-person-below-you challenge.
I'm getting less reading done than I might like this holiday weekend, but the front porch and steps (newly painted and due for a second coat tomorrow) look fabulous!
157SqueakyChu
Thanks to those who sent me private messages to help determine the most awful book cover art. I'll accept votes through midnight July 4th (your time). After that, I'll finish up the tally and announce the winner and the runners-up.
158Chatterbox
Consider Jasper duly scritched, Ellen! He's been getting a lot of scritching today, actually. In between doing his imitation of a Persian carpet -- stretched out lengthwise on the floor. Am actually a bit worried I'll step on him!
Madeline, just cast my vote (and a second place vote in case you needed it).
Madeline, just cast my vote (and a second place vote in case you needed it).
159SqueakyChu
Thanks, Suz!
161SqueakyChu
Thanks, EBT1002.
they were all pretty ugly!
Agreed!
they were all pretty ugly!
Agreed!
163Citizenjoyce
EBT, I'm with you there. I have 6 dogs, 4 were fine. 2, my 10 pound dachshund mix and my 80 pound retriever mix spent the evening on my lap shivering.
164majkia
We have Labs one of whom goes hunting. She's fine with shotguns next to her but terrified of the fireworks and thunderstorms. Sigh. The other Lab is also afraid of everything.
165Donna828
My Lab, Lucky, is fine with thunderstorms and fireworks, but my grandkids' Zhu Zhu pets send him running!
I finished my first book for July TIOLI. I read, recommend, and reviewed my second book by Rose Tremain, The Road Home for Challenge No. 16.
I finished my first book for July TIOLI. I read, recommend, and reviewed my second book by Rose Tremain, The Road Home for Challenge No. 16.
166Citizenjoyce
There are so many good books listed for Challenge 16, Read a woman authored book that"s been nominated for an international prize that I've broken down and started a thread for it. Please come and discuss these delightful books: http://www.librarything.com/topic/120083
167Citizenjoyce
Madeline, will you please link my topic thread to my topic? Thank you.
168kidzdoc
I've read four TIOLI books so far, three for Madeline's challenge and one for my "hot" author challenge, and reviewed all of them:
the immigrant suite: hey xenophobe! who you calling a foreigner? by Hattie Gossett (review) (4 stars)
Seeing Patients: Unconscious Bias in Health Care by Augustus A. White III, M.D. (review) (5 stars, my favorite book of the year so far)
The Outcast by Sadie Jones (review) (4 stars)
The Sea and Poison by Shusaku Endo (review) (4-1/2 stars)
the immigrant suite: hey xenophobe! who you calling a foreigner? by Hattie Gossett (review) (4 stars)
Seeing Patients: Unconscious Bias in Health Care by Augustus A. White III, M.D. (review) (5 stars, my favorite book of the year so far)
The Outcast by Sadie Jones (review) (4 stars)
The Sea and Poison by Shusaku Endo (review) (4-1/2 stars)
169klobrien2
47:countrylife: I've added a few books to the Directionality challenge that I think belong there, but I'd like to confirm it with you, countrylife.
Among Others (among, of course)
To Darkness and To Death (to, twice)
Will you accept those titles in the challenge? Thanks for your consideration!
Karen O.
Among Others (among, of course)
To Darkness and To Death (to, twice)
Will you accept those titles in the challenge? Thanks for your consideration!
Karen O.
170labfs39
I have a question about 16. Read a woman-authored book that has been nominated for an international prize. What if she won the prize, does it still count, or should it be a book that was long or short listed, but didn't win? Also, does Le Prix du Roman FNAC count as an international award, or should it be an Orange or Booker book?
171SqueakyChu
> 167
Done.
Done.
172Citizenjoyce
labfs39, win or lose, as long as the book is in the running it counts. I'm not familiar with Le Prix du Roman FNAC. If it's open to people in more than 1 country it counts.
Thanks, Madeline.
Thanks, Madeline.
173Deern
Such great challenges this months, but my reading time will be very limited in July, so I will probably not get through more than 3 or maybe 4.
So far I added:
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and
Wer bin ich, und wenn ja, wie viele? by Richard David Precht for challenge #1,
Ragazzi di Vita by Pier Paolo Pasolini for #7.
I am currently reading some other books, but unfortunately they all don't fit any of the challenges.
So far I added:
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and
Wer bin ich, und wenn ja, wie viele? by Richard David Precht for challenge #1,
Ragazzi di Vita by Pier Paolo Pasolini for #7.
I am currently reading some other books, but unfortunately they all don't fit any of the challenges.
174alcottacre
I have added The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen to the wiki for challenge #3.
175kidzdoc
Does anyone have a 12 word book for Madeline's challenge? I have a 13 word book that I am planning to read this month.
176crazy4reading
I have one. I will add it to the wiki.
178crazy4reading
Done. I have been holding on to it waiting for 12 to be available.
181Deern
Yay, I have been able to add one of my "currently readings" as a two word book! I have a book with a 13 word title, should we ever get there again.
182wandering_star
Aaargh! Just missed the one-word book option. I also have a five-word book but doubtless I will keep obsessively checking and it won't go past three, then I will make a cup of tea or something and it will shoot up to seven....
183Deern
I have books with 3 and 4 words in the title, but I don't think I am allowed to post 3 books in a row?
Edit: just checked the rules - I am not.
Edit: just checked the rules - I am not.
185wandering_star
Thank you! It's in.
186thornton37814
I have a 2 (or 6) word book that I'm currently reading that I hope to add. I finished a 4 word (without subtitle) book. I never got an answer on whether the date range at the end of the title counted as a word or not. That 4 word title could be 13 or 14 words with the subtitle, depending on how it is ruled. I tried asking when 13 was available, and then when it was coming up once before. I guess I'll probably end up with a couple of books that I've read that won't count for TIOLI because I always seem to be asleep when the low numbers come up.
187wandering_star
6 is available now...
188thornton37814
I just saw that and grabbed it!
192Deern
This is the first time the low numbers were not taken during European night. I love this challenge!
193Chatterbox
For anyone looking to participate in Luci's challenge about a novel taking place in difft time periods, a note to say Lady of Hay by Barbara Erskine is available for Kindle for free, at least today. Not sure how long it will last.
194AnneDC
Challenge #1 is like a bad habit--I keep swearing I'm not going to add any more books to the wiki, but I just can't keep away!
195Smiler69
Every time I look at challenge #1 it's up around 10 or more words. But then again, I don't get up in the middle of the night to check up on it. Maybe I should.
I noticed that A Visit From the Goon Squad is listed in two different challenges. I had listed it in Darryl's Hot Author challenge, but it's also on the woman-authored international prize challenge, which probably makes more sense. Should I move mine over?
I noticed that A Visit From the Goon Squad is listed in two different challenges. I had listed it in Darryl's Hot Author challenge, but it's also on the woman-authored international prize challenge, which probably makes more sense. Should I move mine over?
196EBT1002
>195 Smiler69: LOL. Yep, same here! I finally signed up for Emma.
I finished Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter for my Edgar challenge (#10). I copied my brief review over in the challenge thread, but thought I'd put in a plug for it here, too. I found it to be a cut above the average mystery novel (hence, I suppose, the Edgar nomination...).
I finished Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter for my Edgar challenge (#10). I copied my brief review over in the challenge thread, but thought I'd put in a plug for it here, too. I found it to be a cut above the average mystery novel (hence, I suppose, the Edgar nomination...).
197Citizenjoyce
Thanks, Chatterbox, for the heads up on the free copy of Lady of Hay. Nook also has it for free, so I downloaded it, though the little will you like it bar says with a high degree of certainty that I won't.
198kidzdoc
>195 Smiler69: Ilana, since LizzieD is already reading A Visit From the Goon Squad in challenge #16 and no one else has posted it to my challenge, I'd suggest moving it to that challenge.
201DeltaQueen50
Wow, Madeline's Challenge # 1 has 118 books listed. I wonder if she knew how popular this challenge would be?
202SqueakyChu
> 201
Hehe! I didn't, but I remember how much fun the alphabetical challenge was, and I'd been determined to get another challenge similar to it back up.
Hehe! I didn't, but I remember how much fun the alphabetical challenge was, and I'd been determined to get another challenge similar to it back up.
203SqueakyChu
The ugliest cover art....
I'll be announcing the winner in a while on the appropriate thread. I'll start from the lowest runners-up and then slowly move up to first place. Trust me to make the announcement process agonizingly slow! :)
I'll be announcing the winner in a while on the appropriate thread. I'll start from the lowest runners-up and then slowly move up to first place. Trust me to make the announcement process agonizingly slow! :)
204alcottacre
I am adding The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong to the wiki for challenge #17.
205EBT1002
I notice there there are no books ending in B for challenge #2. My middle initial is B and I couldn't find one with my quick scan of my TBRs, so I went with N (last letter of Ellen) ---- i even tried to think of words that end in B that could end the title of a book ----
glib
boob
pub
brewpub
club
crib
job
lamb (oh - Lamb by Christopher Moore!! Maybe I'll do that if I have time)
climb
plumb
proverb
rhubarb
shrub
web
cobweb
suburb
aplomb
glib
boob
pub
brewpub
club
crib
job
lamb (oh - Lamb by Christopher Moore!! Maybe I'll do that if I have time)
climb
plumb
proverb
rhubarb
shrub
web
cobweb
suburb
aplomb
206jacqueline065
> EBT1002
I have a book in the TBR Chest, called SLOB by Ellen Potter. I don't if you can borrow it from your local libary.
I have a book in the TBR Chest, called SLOB by Ellen Potter. I don't if you can borrow it from your local libary.
207kidzdoc
>205 EBT1002: I can recommend Job by Joseph Roth, published last year by Archipelago Books, which was very good.
208cbl_tn
>205 EBT1002: I remember reading J.B. by Archibald MacLeish in high school English class.
209SqueakyChu
> 205
What about:
Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan
The Liars' Club - Mary Karr
or this children's classic:
Charlotte's Web - E. B. White
What about:
Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan
The Liars' Club - Mary Karr
or this children's classic:
Charlotte's Web - E. B. White
210gennyt
#205 Or if you are into classic mysteries, here's another 'club' read:
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club - Dorothy L Sayers.
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club - Dorothy L Sayers.
211_Zoe_
I just realized that my current read (Delirium) ends with my middle initial :). Here I'd been thinking it wouldn't count for TIOLI.
212jacqueline065
This was a nice brainstorming session for the letter B. Any suggestions for the letter C, as in my middle name is Cassandra ?
213wandering_star
Dirt Music by Tim Winton, one of my top reads of last year.
214kidzdoc
I read and reviewed two TIOLI books last night: The Prospector by J. M. G. Le Clézio for challenge #2 (reviewed here, 4 stars), and The Swimmer by Roma Tearne for challenge #16 (reviewed here, 2-1/2 stars).
215_Zoe_
>212 jacqueline065: Maybe something with Magic? Like Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce (also counts for Children's/YA month) or Shadow Magic by Patricia C. Wrede.
ETA: Er, scratch Wild Magic; someone else has listed it in a different category.
ETA: Er, scratch Wild Magic; someone else has listed it in a different category.
216EBT1002
Thanks for the brainstorm, y'all! Fun!
>212 jacqueline065: I liked Trunk Music by Michael Connelly.
Or the old classic Nancy Drew The Secret in the Old Attic.
Something ending in epic or panic.....?? Or traffic??
>212 jacqueline065: I liked Trunk Music by Michael Connelly.
Or the old classic Nancy Drew The Secret in the Old Attic.
Something ending in epic or panic.....?? Or traffic??
217jacqueline065
Thanks guys! I was stumped.
218lindapanzo
Madeline, I enjoy this obsessive thread watching that arises from your challenge #1.
My specialty: Long-winded titles.
My specialty: Long-winded titles.
219countrylife
Re: the Directionality challenge (#12).
169/Karen O.: Apologies for my delayed response - my computer's been in the shop. It wasn't what I had in mind, but it doesn't violate the rules I set, so I'll accept 'to'. Convince me how 'among' would be a direction, and I'd accept that also.
Citizenjoyce: At first, (for the same reasons as 'to' above) I kind of questioned 'on the corner' for the book you added, but decided that was a direction. At the risk of losing a listing on my challenge, though, I thought I'd let you know that the same book is listed on challenge #20, so it could be a matched read there. PS: I hope you like that book; it was one of my favorite reads last year.
169/Karen O.: Apologies for my delayed response - my computer's been in the shop. It wasn't what I had in mind, but it doesn't violate the rules I set, so I'll accept 'to'. Convince me how 'among' would be a direction, and I'd accept that also.
Citizenjoyce: At first, (for the same reasons as 'to' above) I kind of questioned 'on the corner' for the book you added, but decided that was a direction. At the risk of losing a listing on my challenge, though, I thought I'd let you know that the same book is listed on challenge #20, so it could be a matched read there. PS: I hope you like that book; it was one of my favorite reads last year.
220Citizenjoyce
Thanks, countrylife, for accepting my humble offering, and also for telling me where else it was posted. I've moved it to challenge #20 just to match. I've heard good things about it. I hope I like it as much as you.
221alcottacre
#212: I had the same problem, Jacqueline. My middle name is Christine. I read a book called Epic.
I finished The Summoning for challenge #17, so I am now adding The Wind Singer to the wiki for that same challenge.
I finished The Summoning for challenge #17, so I am now adding The Wind Singer to the wiki for that same challenge.
222Carmenere
Thanks to Suzanne's Challenge #5 Only Typography on cover I finally read a book I purchased pre-1990, Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestroika. Rather an interesting read consider all that's transpired in the world since 1987. BTW: I really like this quote from the book because GGM is my favorite author "I recently talked with an outstanding Latin-American writer, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. A great mind indeed. His range of thinking is global: reading just one of his books shows this." You go, Mikhail!
223SqueakyChu
> 212
How about...
Practical Magic - Alice Hoffman
Beach Music - Pat Conroy
Gun, With Occasional Music - Jonathan Lethem
How about...
Practical Magic - Alice Hoffman
Beach Music - Pat Conroy
Gun, With Occasional Music - Jonathan Lethem
224SqueakyChu
> 218
I'm happy to entertain you, Linda!
I'm happy to entertain you, Linda!
225alcottacre
I added a cookbook to challenge #7: The Versatile Grain and the Elegant Bean by Sheryl London.
226lindapanzo
#218 I am easily amused.
We seem to be stuck on 12 words. Come on folks, where's your spirit of adventure? Do I hear 13?
We seem to be stuck on 12 words. Come on folks, where's your spirit of adventure? Do I hear 13?
227thornton37814
I'm awaiting 4.
228elkiedee
I had listed Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet for my challenge #14, as it's partly set in the 1940s and partly in the 1980s. I've moved it to 20.
229alcottacre
I am adding The Magicians and Mrs. Quent to the wiki for challenge #19.
230elkiedee
Anyone reading a book with a 7 word title which doesn't fit anywhere else? Now's your chance at Challenge 1.
231thornton37814
The 4 word title rolled around again while I was sleeping. I'll be on the road all day. I'll probably never manage to get this one in this month's TIOLI.
232alcottacre
#231: It just goes to show you should never sleep, Lori!
233klobrien2
219: countrylife, thanks for accepting my "to" entry for the directional challenge. And now that I think about it, I really don't feel strongly about the "among" title fitting here--it would've been great for the Preposition challenge of yore (two months ago?)
I'm going to move Among Others to the YA challenge, I think. Thanks for the feedback!
Karen O.
I'm going to move Among Others to the YA challenge, I think. Thanks for the feedback!
Karen O.
234Smiler69
I picked up The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes last night for the Newbery Honor Award challenge and lapped it up in no time (helps that it's a tiny book with LARGE print, and lots of sweet illustrations). Thanks for Linda (Whisper1) for suggesting it. Definitely recommended by me too.
eta: Read the first chapter of A Visit From the Goon Squad for the international women's award challenge (that doesn't sound right...) and it's quite promising. I'm surprised more people didn't sign up for that one, seeing as it won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize and all...
eta: Read the first chapter of A Visit From the Goon Squad for the international women's award challenge (that doesn't sound right...) and it's quite promising. I'm surprised more people didn't sign up for that one, seeing as it won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize and all...
235Citizenjoyce
I keep hearing about A Visit From the Goon Squad and it doesn't interest me. Books about the music industry are not my thing. Please let me know what you think when you read it. Maybe I'm wrong. I remember when the Sandra Bullock - Keanu Reeves movie Speed came out I thought, "A movie about a big bus that goes fast, how boring." And I was right.
236kidzdoc
I've just finished Hearts and Minds by Amanda Craig for Suz's typography challenge, and for Orange July (it made the 2010 longlist). It's somewhere between a 4 and a 4-1/2 star read, and I'll review it tomorrow.
237Matke
Fiished Kosher Chinese, a very funny book about a Peace Corps Volunteer who works as an English instructor at a small university in a Chinese backwater. I really enjoyed it.
238SqueakyChu
> 237
Gail, I recently read Kosher Chinese, too, and thought it was great. It was an Early Reviewer book for me. After winning it, I was kind of skeptical as to whether or not I'd like it. Happily, I did. :)
Gail, I recently read Kosher Chinese, too, and thought it was great. It was an Early Reviewer book for me. After winning it, I was kind of skeptical as to whether or not I'd like it. Happily, I did. :)
239wandering_star
I've just read the very good Country Driving (for the alphabetical order challenge) by Peter Hessler, whose first book was also about being a Peace Corps volunteer somewhere remote in China. That's a good read as well. He was there about 10-15 years ago though... I wonder how much will have changed between the two books.
240Morphidae
I'm about to start creating the challenge database. The fields I'm looking at are: Month, Year, Challenge Number, Challenge Title, Creator, Number of Read Books, Title of Most Popular Book, Author of Most Popular Book, Number Read of Most Popular Book.
Anything else I should consider?
Anything else I should consider?
241_Zoe_
>240 Morphidae: Nothing to add, I just want to thank you again for doing this!
242Morphidae
Welcome.
The crazy part is that I'm seriously considering, once I'm done with this table, of creating a table of every book ever read in the challenge.
It's a sickness I tell you.
The crazy part is that I'm seriously considering, once I'm done with this table, of creating a table of every book ever read in the challenge.
It's a sickness I tell you.
243SqueakyChu
> 240
Sounds like quite an undertaking! Thank you so much, Morphidae. You can find information about older challenges on this wiki compiled by MikeBriggs.
Are you doing this on a Google Doc or a place where other challengers can search?
With the recent changes to Talk, I can hardly even find the current TIOLI threads (other than through the wiki index in message 2). It's very frustrating.
Sounds like quite an undertaking! Thank you so much, Morphidae. You can find information about older challenges on this wiki compiled by MikeBriggs.
Are you doing this on a Google Doc or a place where other challengers can search?
With the recent changes to Talk, I can hardly even find the current TIOLI threads (other than through the wiki index in message 2). It's very frustrating.
244SqueakyChu
> 242
It's a sickness I tell you.
Hehe!
I find statistics fun (...although I never wanted to take it as a college course). Then, when I had to take a Nursing Research course, I was up the creek because others knew stats and I didn't. Oh, well.
It's a sickness I tell you.
Hehe!
I find statistics fun (...although I never wanted to take it as a college course). Then, when I had to take a Nursing Research course, I was up the creek because others knew stats and I didn't. Oh, well.
246Morphidae
I'm working from the wiki MikeBriggs created right now.
It's being put into an Access database but will be exported as a table to Google Docs for everyone when I'm done.
It's being put into an Access database but will be exported as a table to Google Docs for everyone when I'm done.
247alcottacre
#246: Woot! for someone who knows how to do all that stuff.
248_Zoe_
Nah, doing a public service for others can't be a sickness! I have to say, I would love to see a list of all the books ever read (ranked by most popular, with details of how many times it was read for each given challenge? That would be fabulous!). I wonder if there's some way for a bunch of people to collaborate on it so it's not such a huge task for one person?
249Morphidae
>248 _Zoe_: It's mine, Mine, MINE! *hovers over project protectively* ;)
It will also have the reader's names. So you can see how many books you read per challenge, per month, per year, cumulative.
I'm done with the first six months of 2010 for the challenge list. I'll work more on it tomorrow.
It will also have the reader's names. So you can see how many books you read per challenge, per month, per year, cumulative.
I'm done with the first six months of 2010 for the challenge list. I'll work more on it tomorrow.
250SqueakyChu
> 249
I know the feeling of wanting one's own project. I don't want anyone(!) messing with how I do the TIOLI challenges (although I do love the polls and will usually capitulate to popular opinion).
However, I don't have enough hours in the day (week, month, or year) to do everything possible related to these challenges as they grow larger. For that reason, such extra-special "add-ons" that Mike has done and that you are now doing are so totally apppreciated by me (and others, I'm sure).
{{{Hugs}}}}
I know the feeling of wanting one's own project. I don't want anyone(!) messing with how I do the TIOLI challenges (although I do love the polls and will usually capitulate to popular opinion).
However, I don't have enough hours in the day (week, month, or year) to do everything possible related to these challenges as they grow larger. For that reason, such extra-special "add-ons" that Mike has done and that you are now doing are so totally apppreciated by me (and others, I'm sure).
{{{Hugs}}}}
251SqueakyChu
Before the thread police send out their special forces, I'm continuing this thread on Page 2. See you there!
252_Zoe_
>249 Morphidae: Don't worry, I won't try to steal it from you! If you want to do all the work, you are more than welcome to it! ;)
253brenpike
#242 OMG! That is a lot of information to compile . . . will you ever be able to read another book?
254crazy4reading
I added some books to the wiki. I added To the books I should borrow The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett currently reading
I also added a book that I finished to the luck of the die Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
Added to Challenge #15 Silent Enemy by Thomas W. Young my ER win for June and I received in July.
I also added a book that I finished to the luck of the die Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
Added to Challenge #15 Silent Enemy by Thomas W. Young my ER win for June and I received in July.
