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1SqueakyChu
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Your challenge for April is to ...here we go...
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Read a book of manga
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How in the world did this ever come about? ...is probably the question in your mind right now! Well, it began when two of my three children were in high school and were very entranced with this genre. My older son (now adult) is presently in Tokyo, Japan, enjoying the artwork, anime, gaming, and concerts that go with manga.
I don't know much at all about manga and thought I should at least explore it...in the same way that I explored graphic novels several years ago. You can find manga in public libraries or used book stores...just in case you don't own or wish to buy any at full price.
I want to know if manga can be for adults as well as for children or teens. I'm also now learning more about the Japanese culture...and this is part of my exploration.
Read more about manga here. (Wikipedia article about manga)
Suggestions for beginners from wandering_star
Here are some other ideas from BookCrosser GoryDetails for what to read if you're an adult new to manga!
I'd love to hear your thoughts about what you read...and if you are even willing to take me up on my challenge. :)
Good luck...and have fun!
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Other Fun Stuff (not part of the TIOLI challenge):
1. The April 2016 TIOLI Meter - Optional page on which you may track your TIOLI reading. FYI: This is not meant to be competitive - only fun!
2. Morphidae's List of Previous TIOLI Challenges - You may use this reference (Do a control-F scan) to avoid repeating a previous challenge. If your idea is similar to a previous challenge, just make it unique by adding a new "twist" to it. (Updated 09/23/14)
Simple directions for posting to the wiki can be found at the bottom of each month's wiki page.
...logo by cyderry
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Your challenge for April is to ...here we go...
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Read a book of manga
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How in the world did this ever come about? ...is probably the question in your mind right now! Well, it began when two of my three children were in high school and were very entranced with this genre. My older son (now adult) is presently in Tokyo, Japan, enjoying the artwork, anime, gaming, and concerts that go with manga.
I don't know much at all about manga and thought I should at least explore it...in the same way that I explored graphic novels several years ago. You can find manga in public libraries or used book stores...just in case you don't own or wish to buy any at full price.
I want to know if manga can be for adults as well as for children or teens. I'm also now learning more about the Japanese culture...and this is part of my exploration.
Read more about manga here. (Wikipedia article about manga)
Suggestions for beginners from wandering_star
Here are some other ideas from BookCrosser GoryDetails for what to read if you're an adult new to manga!
I'd love to hear your thoughts about what you read...and if you are even willing to take me up on my challenge. :)
Good luck...and have fun!
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Other Fun Stuff (not part of the TIOLI challenge):
1. The April 2016 TIOLI Meter - Optional page on which you may track your TIOLI reading. FYI: This is not meant to be competitive - only fun!
2. Morphidae's List of Previous TIOLI Challenges - You may use this reference (Do a control-F scan) to avoid repeating a previous challenge. If your idea is similar to a previous challenge, just make it unique by adding a new "twist" to it. (Updated 09/23/14)
2SqueakyChu
Wiki Index of Challenges:
Challenges #1-6
1. Read a book of manga - msg #1 - thread
2. Read a book that starts with APRIL - msg #6
3. Read a book by an author with a triple-barreled name - msg #7
4. Read a book with a flower in the title or the author's name - msg #8
5. Read a book in which at least one character travels between continents - msg #8
6. Read a book that in some way honors the writing of Jim Harrison - msg #14
Challenges #7-12
7. Read a book that was either based upon a movie you've seen, or that was the basis for a movie you've seen - msg #28
8. Read a book from the 2016 Longlist of the Bailey Prize for Fiction - msg #20
9. Read a book that is somehow connected to the idea of Valhalla - msg #23
10. Read a book that is a 2016 Rita finalist or a Rita winner from an earlier year - msg #27
11. Read a book that has the word "coffee" in the second chapter - msg #26
12. Read a book by an author you love but someone else hates, or at least hates one of the author's books - msg #30
Challenges #13-18
13. Read a book in which a gang or gangs play a part - msg #29
14. Read a Book Whose Title Contains a Word or Words With Consecutive Vowels - msg #33
15. Read a Book that a parent gave you/read to you/recommended to you/bequeathed to you/wrote - msg #34
16. Read a book by one of the eight authors featured so far on the Canadian Author Challenge - msg #53
17. Read a book by Beverly Cleary to celebrate her 100th birthday - msg #55
18. Read a book where one letter is repeated at least three times within the author's name - msg #66
Challenge #19-22
19. Read a book that has 2+ consecutive embedded words of 2 or more letters each in the title - msg #68
20. Read a book that starts on/in/about a flying airplane in the first line - msg #72
21. Read a book which was written pseudonymously - msg #80
22. Read a book that gets you some JOY (smile, laugh, chuckle, bemused grin, etc.) out of your reading! - msg #85
Save your challenge until the May challenges are posted. Thank you!
Challenges #1-6
1. Read a book of manga - msg #1 - thread
2. Read a book that starts with APRIL - msg #6
3. Read a book by an author with a triple-barreled name - msg #7
4. Read a book with a flower in the title or the author's name - msg #8
5. Read a book in which at least one character travels between continents - msg #8
6. Read a book that in some way honors the writing of Jim Harrison - msg #14
Challenges #7-12
7. Read a book that was either based upon a movie you've seen, or that was the basis for a movie you've seen - msg #28
8. Read a book from the 2016 Longlist of the Bailey Prize for Fiction - msg #20
9. Read a book that is somehow connected to the idea of Valhalla - msg #23
10. Read a book that is a 2016 Rita finalist or a Rita winner from an earlier year - msg #27
11. Read a book that has the word "coffee" in the second chapter - msg #26
12. Read a book by an author you love but someone else hates, or at least hates one of the author's books - msg #30
Challenges #13-18
13. Read a book in which a gang or gangs play a part - msg #29
14. Read a Book Whose Title Contains a Word or Words With Consecutive Vowels - msg #33
15. Read a Book that a parent gave you/read to you/recommended to you/bequeathed to you/wrote - msg #34
16. Read a book by one of the eight authors featured so far on the Canadian Author Challenge - msg #53
17. Read a book by Beverly Cleary to celebrate her 100th birthday - msg #55
18. Read a book where one letter is repeated at least three times within the author's name - msg #66
Challenge #19-22
19. Read a book that has 2+ consecutive embedded words of 2 or more letters each in the title - msg #68
20. Read a book that starts on/in/about a flying airplane in the first line - msg #72
21. Read a book which was written pseudonymously - msg #80
22. Read a book that gets you some JOY (smile, laugh, chuckle, bemused grin, etc.) out of your reading! - msg #85
Save your challenge until the May challenges are posted. Thank you!
3SqueakyChu
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5SqueakyChu
>4 LizzieD: And I don't have a thing in mind to add. Boo!
Haha!
You found it four minutes after I finished it! :D
Haha!
You found it four minutes after I finished it! :D
6lindapanzo
Challenge #2: Read a book that starts with APRIL
This is a rolling challenge. The first letter of the first book should start with A, P, R, I, or L.
Please disregard A, An, or The as the initial word.
As is customary, I believe, one person can't enter two consecutive letter titles. That is, I've put in an A title and can't now put in a P title.
This is a rolling challenge. The first letter of the first book should start with A, P, R, I, or L.
Please disregard A, An, or The as the initial word.
As is customary, I believe, one person can't enter two consecutive letter titles. That is, I've put in an A title and can't now put in a P title.
7lyzard
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Challenge #3: Read a book by an author with a triple-barrelled name
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By this I mean an author who habitually publishes under a three-word name. The middle word may be another first name (e.g. Mary Doria Russell) or a second surname, hyphenated or not (e.g. Natalie Sumner Lincoln), but it must be spelled out in full. So no Dorothy L. Sayers, R. Austin Freeman or J. K. Rowling!
Challenge #3: Read a book by an author with a triple-barrelled name
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By this I mean an author who habitually publishes under a three-word name. The middle word may be another first name (e.g. Mary Doria Russell) or a second surname, hyphenated or not (e.g. Natalie Sumner Lincoln), but it must be spelled out in full. So no Dorothy L. Sayers, R. Austin Freeman or J. K. Rowling!
8cbl_tn
Challenge #4 - Read a book with a flower in the title or the author's name
Pretty self-explanatory. I'm inclined to allow names derived from a flower name since one of the books on my April TBR list is The Rosie Project.
Pretty self-explanatory. I'm inclined to allow names derived from a flower name since one of the books on my April TBR list is The Rosie Project.
9wandering_star
Challenge #5 - read a book in which at least one character travels between continents
This, too, should be self-explanatory. I'm posting this challenge as on 1 April I will be moving from Europe to Asia, so it would be lovely to have TIOLI readers moving along in spirit. Ideally the book would include the character moving from one continent to another, but as long as there are scenes of their life in both continents that's acceptable too.
This, too, should be self-explanatory. I'm posting this challenge as on 1 April I will be moving from Europe to Asia, so it would be lovely to have TIOLI readers moving along in spirit. Ideally the book would include the character moving from one continent to another, but as long as there are scenes of their life in both continents that's acceptable too.
10cbl_tn
Manga is way outside my normal reading, but I plan to give it a try. I've placed a hold on Emma, Volume 1 by Kaoru Mori. Historical fiction sounds like it might work for me.
11SqueakyChu
>10 cbl_tn: That looks good.
I want to find some manga that I think is compelling reading. Tell me, anyone and everyone, if you find any books that are!
Manga is outside my normal reading as well. It's like telling me to read ancient history, romance, or a Western. I hope I come up with some good recommendations from all of you. I am currently reading volume 4 of a book series that came to me by random in a book box. Those books were intended for my Little Free Library, but I decided to give that manga series a go. So far, the series I chose is strange, but interesting. This is quite the challenge so I wasn't sure whether to present it here or not. I finally figured that's what challenges are about anyway! Good luck to everyone who participates! :D
I want to find some manga that I think is compelling reading. Tell me, anyone and everyone, if you find any books that are!
Manga is outside my normal reading as well. It's like telling me to read ancient history, romance, or a Western. I hope I come up with some good recommendations from all of you. I am currently reading volume 4 of a book series that came to me by random in a book box. Those books were intended for my Little Free Library, but I decided to give that manga series a go. So far, the series I chose is strange, but interesting. This is quite the challenge so I wasn't sure whether to present it here or not. I finally figured that's what challenges are about anyway! Good luck to everyone who participates! :D
12wandering_star
>1 SqueakyChu: sorry for the stupid question but by manga, do you mean comics translated from Japanese? I'm not sure if it refers to a style (ie you could also get comics written in another language but in the manga style, and you could get Japanese comics which aren't manga).
To put it another way, would something like the Oishinbo series fit the challenge? They are comics from Japan, but they are non-fiction books about Japanese food so not what you'd picture when you first thought of manga. Or A Distant Neighbourhood by Jiro Taniguchi in which a middle-aged man wakes up one day to find he is 14 again, but still has his adult memories - it's quite a moving/thought-provoking piece, again not necessarily what you would imagine when you think of manga.
ETA: this link might have some useful suggestions - http://thebests.kotaku.com/the-best-anime-and-manga-for-beginners-1697769892
To put it another way, would something like the Oishinbo series fit the challenge? They are comics from Japan, but they are non-fiction books about Japanese food so not what you'd picture when you first thought of manga. Or A Distant Neighbourhood by Jiro Taniguchi in which a middle-aged man wakes up one day to find he is 14 again, but still has his adult memories - it's quite a moving/thought-provoking piece, again not necessarily what you would imagine when you think of manga.
ETA: this link might have some useful suggestions - http://thebests.kotaku.com/the-best-anime-and-manga-for-beginners-1697769892
13SqueakyChu
>12 wandering_star: I would accept any book here on LT that is tagged "manga". Someone has classified manga in that way.
I also added a link up in message #1 to the Wikipedia article about manga.
I also added a link up in message #1 to the Wikipedia article about manga.
14dallenbaugh
Challenge #6: Read a book that in some way honors the writing of Jim Harrison
Jim Harrison died today March 28th. He was the author of a number of novels, poems and essays including the novella “Legends of the Fall” Read something he has written or read a book that you think might fit in with his writing or his life. He lived much of his life in Michigan, Montana and Arizona.
This is a wide open challenge and it is up to each person to decide if your book fits what is said about Harrison and his work.
Wiki says of Harrison “an American author known for his poetry, fiction, reviews, essays about the outdoors, and writings about food. “ It also said “Harrison's characters tend to be rural by birth and to have retained some qualities of their agrarian pioneer heritage. “ Much of his work is tied closely to the natural world, to "open space and anonymous thickets."
Jim Harrison died today March 28th. He was the author of a number of novels, poems and essays including the novella “Legends of the Fall” Read something he has written or read a book that you think might fit in with his writing or his life. He lived much of his life in Michigan, Montana and Arizona.
This is a wide open challenge and it is up to each person to decide if your book fits what is said about Harrison and his work.
Wiki says of Harrison “an American author known for his poetry, fiction, reviews, essays about the outdoors, and writings about food. “ It also said “Harrison's characters tend to be rural by birth and to have retained some qualities of their agrarian pioneer heritage. “ Much of his work is tied closely to the natural world, to "open space and anonymous thickets."
15SqueakyChu
>12 wandering_star: I'm learning about manga now just as you are.
I found this on Wikipedia...so that series would certainly qualify for my challenge:
"Oishinbo (美味しんぼ?, lit. "The Gourmet") is a long-running cooking manga written by Tetsu Kariya and drawn by Akira Hanasaki."
do you mean comics translated from Japanese?
Yes.
Since Jirō Taniguchi's occupation is listed on Wikpedia as a manga artist, I'd certainly consider his works manga and would accept them for this challenge.
I found this on Wikipedia...so that series would certainly qualify for my challenge:
"Oishinbo (美味しんぼ?, lit. "The Gourmet") is a long-running cooking manga written by Tetsu Kariya and drawn by Akira Hanasaki."
do you mean comics translated from Japanese?
Yes.
Since Jirō Taniguchi's occupation is listed on Wikpedia as a manga artist, I'd certainly consider his works manga and would accept them for this challenge.
16wandering_star
Great - now I just have to find my copy ;-)
17SqueakyChu
>12 wandering_star: Oooh! I love your suggestions! I added that link to message #1. Now I'm going to be distracted from all of the other books I started reading. Ha!
18cbl_tn
I did a search for the manga genre on NoveList and limited the results to award winners. My library doesn't have most of the titles that caught my eye. These include:
Gandhi: A Manga Biography
A Drifting Life
Library Wars: Love & War
Antique Bakery
Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
Gandhi: A Manga Biography
A Drifting Life
Library Wars: Love & War
Antique Bakery
Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
19lindapanzo
>18 cbl_tn: I know literally zero about this topic but the Library Wars one sounds good. I'll have to check to see whether I can get this from the library.
20raidergirl3
Challenge #8 Read a book from the 2016 Bailey Prize for Fiction
This was formerly the Orange Prize. This list: http://www.librarything.com/list/10731/all/2016-Baileys-Womens-Prize-for-Fiction contains most of the titles - the ones that could be added.
If you read a few, come by the list later and add your votes.
This was formerly the Orange Prize. This list: http://www.librarything.com/list/10731/all/2016-Baileys-Womens-Prize-for-Fiction contains most of the titles - the ones that could be added.
If you read a few, come by the list later and add your votes.
21dallenbaugh
>19 lindapanzo: I just checked and my library has Library Wars.
22lindapanzo
>21 dallenbaugh: Mine too. There are 15 books in the series but it looks like the early ones are available in house right now. I'd need to ask someone where they keep these.
I have a big Amazon gift card burning a hole in my pocket but I notice that I can't buy/send a copy to my Kindle Fire for some reason.
I have a big Amazon gift card burning a hole in my pocket but I notice that I can't buy/send a copy to my Kindle Fire for some reason.
23cyderry
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Challenge #9 Read a book that is somehow connected to the idea of ValHalla
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Someone in conversation a while ago mentioned ValHalla. I had heard about Valhalla but wasn't exactly sure what it was so on reading the description, I thought of lots of books that were somehow connected to the idea of Valhalla.
From Wikipedia:
In Norse mythology, Valhalla (from Old Norse Valhöll "hall of the slain"1) is a majestic, enormous hall located in Asgard, ruled over by the god Odin. Chosen by Odin, half of those who die in combat travel to Valhalla upon death. In Valhalla, the dead join the masses of those who have died in combat. Before the hall stands the golden tree Glasir, and the hall's ceiling is thatched with golden shields. Various creatures live around Valhalla, such as the stag and the goat , both described as standing atop Valhalla and consuming the foliage of the tree.
Some ideas are:
Challenge #9 Read a book that is somehow connected to the idea of ValHalla
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Someone in conversation a while ago mentioned ValHalla. I had heard about Valhalla but wasn't exactly sure what it was so on reading the description, I thought of lots of books that were somehow connected to the idea of Valhalla.
From Wikipedia:
In Norse mythology, Valhalla (from Old Norse Valhöll "hall of the slain"1) is a majestic, enormous hall located in Asgard, ruled over by the god Odin. Chosen by Odin, half of those who die in combat travel to Valhalla upon death. In Valhalla, the dead join the masses of those who have died in combat. Before the hall stands the golden tree Glasir, and the hall's ceiling is thatched with golden shields. Various creatures live around Valhalla, such as the stag and the goat , both described as standing atop Valhalla and consuming the foliage of the tree.
Some ideas are:
a large hall
warriors
large trees
gates
poetry
mountains
Animals
Shields
I have no preconceived ideas so I'm pretty flexible as to what is acceptable - I'll even accept titles that have a V or H word or authors whose names start with V or H.
24SqueakyChu
>23 cyderry: Interesting!
25susanna.fraser
Challenge #10: Read a book that is a 2016 Rita finalist or a Rita winner from an earlier year
The 2016 finalists for Romance Writers of America's annual Rita awards were just announced, so I'm challenging you to read a book from this year's finalists or previous years' winners, which date back to 1982.
The 2016 finalists for Romance Writers of America's annual Rita awards were just announced, so I'm challenging you to read a book from this year's finalists or previous years' winners, which date back to 1982.
26Carmenere
Challenge #11: Read a book that has the word "coffee" in the second chapter - started by Carmenere
27susanna.fraser
Challenge #10: Read a book that is a 2016 Rita finalist or a Rita winner from an earlier year
The 2016 finalists for Romance Writers of America's annual Rita awards were announced on Friday, so my challenge is to select a book from this year's finalists or a previous year's winners. List the year and the award category.
Since I know romance will be an unfamiliar genre to many of you, here are a few titles I can recommend from having read them myself that should be readily available, including in many libraries:
Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie (2005 Contemporary Single Title)
The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig (2011 Regency Historical Romance)
Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas (2010 Historical Romance)
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles (2010 Young Adult Romance)
Adios to My Old Life by Caridad Ferrer (2007 Contemporary Single Title, but it's actually a Young Adult book that got moved into an alternate category because there weren't enough YA entries that year)
The 2016 finalists for Romance Writers of America's annual Rita awards were announced on Friday, so my challenge is to select a book from this year's finalists or a previous year's winners. List the year and the award category.
Since I know romance will be an unfamiliar genre to many of you, here are a few titles I can recommend from having read them myself that should be readily available, including in many libraries:
Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie (2005 Contemporary Single Title)
The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig (2011 Regency Historical Romance)
Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas (2010 Historical Romance)
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles (2010 Young Adult Romance)
Adios to My Old Life by Caridad Ferrer (2007 Contemporary Single Title, but it's actually a Young Adult book that got moved into an alternate category because there weren't enough YA entries that year)
28fuzzi
Sorry for the delay, here is my challenge for April:
********Challenge #7: Read a book that was either based upon a movie you've seen, or that was the basis for a movie you've seen********
********Challenge #7: Read a book that was either based upon a movie you've seen, or that was the basis for a movie you've seen********
29yoyogod
Challenge 13: Read a book in which a gang or gangs play a part.
I am using gang in the sense of a criminal organization.
I am using gang in the sense of a criminal organization.
30Citizenjoyce
Challenge #12: Read a book by an author you love but someone else hates, or at least hates one of the author's books - name the category of the hater.
I will be reading The Iron Trial by Holly Black (hated by an LT Member)
Catagories of haters can be friends, relatives, book club members, class mates, other authors, book reviewers, someone you sat next to on the bus... People like to comment on the books they love or hate, especially if they see you reading them.
I got the idea for this challenge when DeltaQueen50 said that she abandoned The Coldest Girl in Coldtown before she did permanent damage to her kindle. I loved Coldest Girl so much that I've gone on to read two of Holly Black's series. It always amazes me to find people either hate or love the things I love or hate.
I will be reading The Iron Trial by Holly Black (hated by an LT Member)
Catagories of haters can be friends, relatives, book club members, class mates, other authors, book reviewers, someone you sat next to on the bus... People like to comment on the books they love or hate, especially if they see you reading them.
I got the idea for this challenge when DeltaQueen50 said that she abandoned The Coldest Girl in Coldtown before she did permanent damage to her kindle. I loved Coldest Girl so much that I've gone on to read two of Holly Black's series. It always amazes me to find people either hate or love the things I love or hate.
31Citizenjoyce
My planned reads for April:
Challenge #1: Read a book of manga - started by SqueakyChu
✔Black Jack, Volume 1 - Osamu Tezuka - (3)
*✔Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 1 - Kiiro Yumi, Hiro Arikawa - Manga (2.5)
Challenge #2: Read a book of that starts with APRIL - started by lindapanzo
✔Answered prayers : the unfinished novel - Truman Capote (2.5)
✔The Las Vegas Madam: The Escorts, The Clients, The Truth - Jami Rodman - (3.5)
Challenge #3: Read a book by an author with a triple-barrelled name - started by lyzard
✔We Should All Be Feminists - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (4.5)
Challenge #4: Read a book with a flower in the title or author's name - started by cbl_tn
*✔Rose Under Fire - Elizabeth Wein - Audiobook (5)
✔Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson - Audiobook (4)
The Tea Rose - Jennifer Donnelly - E-Audiobook
Challenge #5: Read a book in which at least one character travels between continents - started by wandering_star
✔Comfort Woman - Nora Okja Keller - E-Book (4.5)
✔My Life on the Road - Gloria Steinem - E-Audiobook (5)
*✔Sackett's Land - Louis L'Amour - E-Audiobook (3.75)
Challenge #6: Read a book that in some way honors the writing of Jim Harrison - started by dallenbaugh
Brown Dog Novellas - Jim Harrison - E-Audiobook
*✔True North - Jim Harrison - E-Audiobook (3)
Challenge #7: Read a book that was either based upon a movie you've seen, or that was the basis for a movie you've seen - started by fuzzi
Challenge #8: Read a book from the 2016 Longlist of the Bailey Prize for Fiction - started by raidergirl3
✔A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding - Jackie Copleton - E-Audiobook (4)
Improbability of Love: A novel - Hannah Rothschild
*✔Pleasantville - Attica Locke - E-Audiobook (3.5)
Challenge #9: Read a book that is somehow connected to the idea of ValHalla - started by cyderry
All the Stars in the Heavens - Adriana Trigiani - E-Audiobook
✔A Song Flung Up to Heaven - Maya Angelou - E-Audiobook (4)
Challenge #10: Read a book that is a 2016 Rita finalist or a Rita winner from an earlier year - started by susanna.fraser
Challenge #11: Read a book that has the word "coffee" in the second chapter - started by Carmenere
*✔Clever Girl - Tessa Hadley -E-Book (3)
*✔A Manual for Cleaning Women - Lucia Berlin - E-Audiobook (5)
Challenge #12: Read a book by Ann author you love but someone else hates, or at least hates one of the author's works - name the class of hater - started early by Citizenjoyce
The Diviners - Libba Bray - E-Audiobook
✔The Iron Trial - Holly Black - Audiobook (3.5)
Challenge #13: Read a book in which a gang or gangs play a part. - started by yoyogod
✔Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption - Bryan Stevenson - E-Audiobook (5)
The Monkey Wrench Gang - Edward Abbey - E-Audiobook
Challenge #14: Read a Book Whose Title Contains a Word or Words With Consecutive Vowels - started by DeltaQueen
Challenge #15: Read a Book that a parent gave you/read to you/recommended to you/bequeathed to you/wrote - started by HelenLiz
*✔Snow - Orhan Pamuk - E-Audiobook (3)
Challenge #16: Read a book by one of the eight authors featured so far on the Canadian Author Challenge - started by Smiler69
Challenge #17: Read a book by Beverly Cleary to celebrate her 100th birthday - started by madhatter22
✔Beezus and Ramona - Beverly Cleary - E-Book (2.5)
Challenge #18: Read a book where one letter is repeated at least three times within the author's name - started by countrylife
✔Illuminae - Amie Kaufman - E-Audiobook (3.5)
Innocents and Others: A Novel - Dana Spiotta - E-Audiobook
✔The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami - E-Audiobook (3)
Challenge #19: Read a book that has 2+ consecutive embedded words of 2 or more letters each in the title - Started by JeanneD
✔The Bungalow - Sarah Jio - Audiobook (2.5)
✔Girl Through Glass - Sari Wilson E-Audiobook (5)
✔Symptoms of Being Human - Jeff Garvin - E-Audiobook (4)
Challenge #21: Read a book which was written pseudonymously - Started by auntieclio
✔Thursday's Children - Nicci French - Audiobook (4)
Challenge #22: Get some JOY (smile, laugh, chuckle, bemused grin, etc.) out of your reading! - Started by klobrien2
✔Moving Pictures - Terry Pratchett - E- (3.5)
Challenge #1: Read a book of manga - started by SqueakyChu
✔Black Jack, Volume 1 - Osamu Tezuka - (3)
*✔Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 1 - Kiiro Yumi, Hiro Arikawa - Manga (2.5)
Challenge #2: Read a book of that starts with APRIL - started by lindapanzo
✔Answered prayers : the unfinished novel - Truman Capote (2.5)
✔The Las Vegas Madam: The Escorts, The Clients, The Truth - Jami Rodman - (3.5)
Challenge #3: Read a book by an author with a triple-barrelled name - started by lyzard
✔We Should All Be Feminists - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (4.5)
Challenge #4: Read a book with a flower in the title or author's name - started by cbl_tn
*✔Rose Under Fire - Elizabeth Wein - Audiobook (5)
✔Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson - Audiobook (4)
The Tea Rose - Jennifer Donnelly - E-Audiobook
Challenge #5: Read a book in which at least one character travels between continents - started by wandering_star
✔Comfort Woman - Nora Okja Keller - E-Book (4.5)
✔My Life on the Road - Gloria Steinem - E-Audiobook (5)
*✔Sackett's Land - Louis L'Amour - E-Audiobook (3.75)
Challenge #6: Read a book that in some way honors the writing of Jim Harrison - started by dallenbaugh
Brown Dog Novellas - Jim Harrison - E-Audiobook
*✔True North - Jim Harrison - E-Audiobook (3)
Challenge #7: Read a book that was either based upon a movie you've seen, or that was the basis for a movie you've seen - started by fuzzi
Challenge #8: Read a book from the 2016 Longlist of the Bailey Prize for Fiction - started by raidergirl3
✔A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding - Jackie Copleton - E-Audiobook (4)
Improbability of Love: A novel - Hannah Rothschild
*✔Pleasantville - Attica Locke - E-Audiobook (3.5)
Challenge #9: Read a book that is somehow connected to the idea of ValHalla - started by cyderry
All the Stars in the Heavens - Adriana Trigiani - E-Audiobook
✔A Song Flung Up to Heaven - Maya Angelou - E-Audiobook (4)
Challenge #10: Read a book that is a 2016 Rita finalist or a Rita winner from an earlier year - started by susanna.fraser
Challenge #11: Read a book that has the word "coffee" in the second chapter - started by Carmenere
*✔Clever Girl - Tessa Hadley -E-Book (3)
*✔A Manual for Cleaning Women - Lucia Berlin - E-Audiobook (5)
Challenge #12: Read a book by Ann author you love but someone else hates, or at least hates one of the author's works - name the class of hater - started early by Citizenjoyce
The Diviners - Libba Bray - E-Audiobook
✔The Iron Trial - Holly Black - Audiobook (3.5)
Challenge #13: Read a book in which a gang or gangs play a part. - started by yoyogod
✔Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption - Bryan Stevenson - E-Audiobook (5)
The Monkey Wrench Gang - Edward Abbey - E-Audiobook
Challenge #14: Read a Book Whose Title Contains a Word or Words With Consecutive Vowels - started by DeltaQueen
Challenge #15: Read a Book that a parent gave you/read to you/recommended to you/bequeathed to you/wrote - started by HelenLiz
*✔Snow - Orhan Pamuk - E-Audiobook (3)
Challenge #16: Read a book by one of the eight authors featured so far on the Canadian Author Challenge - started by Smiler69
Challenge #17: Read a book by Beverly Cleary to celebrate her 100th birthday - started by madhatter22
✔Beezus and Ramona - Beverly Cleary - E-Book (2.5)
Challenge #18: Read a book where one letter is repeated at least three times within the author's name - started by countrylife
✔Illuminae - Amie Kaufman - E-Audiobook (3.5)
Innocents and Others: A Novel - Dana Spiotta - E-Audiobook
✔The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami - E-Audiobook (3)
Challenge #19: Read a book that has 2+ consecutive embedded words of 2 or more letters each in the title - Started by JeanneD
✔The Bungalow - Sarah Jio - Audiobook (2.5)
✔Girl Through Glass - Sari Wilson E-Audiobook (5)
✔Symptoms of Being Human - Jeff Garvin - E-Audiobook (4)
Challenge #21: Read a book which was written pseudonymously - Started by auntieclio
✔Thursday's Children - Nicci French - Audiobook (4)
Challenge #22: Get some JOY (smile, laugh, chuckle, bemused grin, etc.) out of your reading! - Started by klobrien2
✔Moving Pictures - Terry Pratchett - E- (3.5)
32DeltaQueen50
>30 Citizenjoyce: Glad to be of service, Joyce!
33DeltaQueen50
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Challenge : 14: Read a Book Whose Title Contains a Word or Words With Consecutive Vowels
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Double Letters but vowels only.
The vowels must be the same letter - double oo's, ee's, and contained in the same word.
Challenge : 14: Read a Book Whose Title Contains a Word or Words With Consecutive Vowels
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Double Letters but vowels only.
The vowels must be the same letter - double oo's, ee's, and contained in the same word.
34Helenliz
====Challenge #15: Read a Book that a parent gave you/read to you/recommended to you/bequeathed to you/wrote - started by HelenLiz====
1st April is a year from my mother's death. Time flies. She's the one who introduced me to reading, there was always her & me, noses in a book. Sometimes the same book, with 2 different bookmarks in it, especially if it was a new one we both wanted and couldn't wait. On at least one occasion I can remember getting a book for Christmas and finding that she'd started it already, then had to wrap it, but she'd got to page 123 and could she have it back to finish please? When we cleared the house there there a number of series that came with me, in some cases because I'd got half of them already, and she had the other half!
So read a book that has some link to one of your parents. They could have given it to you, they might have read it to you, they could have simply read it loved it and told you to read it too. And seeing that my Mum also wrote, I'm adding that to the list as well.
Shared reads are allowed.
Her & me, my christening, clearly too much for some of us. >;-)
1st April is a year from my mother's death. Time flies. She's the one who introduced me to reading, there was always her & me, noses in a book. Sometimes the same book, with 2 different bookmarks in it, especially if it was a new one we both wanted and couldn't wait. On at least one occasion I can remember getting a book for Christmas and finding that she'd started it already, then had to wrap it, but she'd got to page 123 and could she have it back to finish please? When we cleared the house there there a number of series that came with me, in some cases because I'd got half of them already, and she had the other half!
So read a book that has some link to one of your parents. They could have given it to you, they might have read it to you, they could have simply read it loved it and told you to read it too. And seeing that my Mum also wrote, I'm adding that to the list as well.
Shared reads are allowed.
Her & me, my christening, clearly too much for some of us. >;-)
35souloftherose
>33 DeltaQueen50: Possibly a silly question but do the consecutive vowels need to be the same vowel (e.g. 'oo' or 'ee') or would other consecutive vowels be acceptable (e.g. 'ea', 'ie', etc.)?
36fuzzi
>34 Helenliz: that's a lovely idea for a challenge, thank you.
37SqueakyChu
>34 Helenliz: Nice picture!
38dallenbaugh
>31 Citizenjoyce: I noticed you are also reading Clever Girl. I wonder if you forgot to change my name to your name under the challenge? I was going to change it, but I wasn't sure if this was your entry.
39DeltaQueen50
>35 souloftherose: Heather, the vowels must be the same and contained within the same word - doubled as in the words Blood, Queen, Doom
40PawsforThought
>23 cyderry: Can I just be a stickler for spelling and point out that the H in Valhall/Valhalla should never be capitalized?
I'm quite excited that you find the idea of Valhall so interesting that you're make it a TIOLI challenge. I learnt about it all in primary school and it's been a part of my life forever so I don't think about the fact that other people aren't familiar with it - it's so natural to me.
If people are having difficulty coming up with ideas of connecting a book to this challenge, I'd say the "main themes" of Valhall are:
* death
* glory (particularly glory in death)
* feasting
* resurrection (the pig Särimner was slaughtered and eaten every night but lived again the next day)
* warriors
I'm quite excited that you find the idea of Valhall so interesting that you're make it a TIOLI challenge. I learnt about it all in primary school and it's been a part of my life forever so I don't think about the fact that other people aren't familiar with it - it's so natural to me.
If people are having difficulty coming up with ideas of connecting a book to this challenge, I'd say the "main themes" of Valhall are:
* death
* glory (particularly glory in death)
* feasting
* resurrection (the pig Särimner was slaughtered and eaten every night but lived again the next day)
* warriors
41fuzzi
>28 fuzzi: oh, wow! Beverly Cleary is about to celebrate her 100th birthday!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dcT5hsD2PbY
I'd use it for a challenge, but I've already posted one.
Would anyone like to add a challenge to read one of her books?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dcT5hsD2PbY
I'd use it for a challenge, but I've already posted one.
Would anyone like to add a challenge to read one of her books?
42souloftherose
>39 DeltaQueen50: Ok, thanks for confirming.
43Citizenjoyce
>38 dallenbaugh: Attention to detail is not my strong suit. I'll fix it now.
44cbl_tn
Maybe one of us who are planning to read Craig Johnson's As the Crow Flies in April can catch the "A" in challenge #2 when it rolls around again.
45Donna828
>44 cbl_tn: Great idea, Carrie. Done!
46cbl_tn
>45 Donna828: Nice job!
47susanna.fraser
Is anyone else having a problem with the search function? I have a library hold book starting with P (The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon) and can't get it to come up when I search for it. I tried putting in a couple of recent titles I know are in the database because I own the books and have added them to my collection, and no luck.
48cbl_tn
>47 susanna.fraser: Search isn't working at the moment. Hopefully it will be back up tomorrow.
http://www.librarything.com/topic/220552
http://www.librarything.com/topic/220552
49susanna.fraser
>48 cbl_tn: Thanks! The add books search works...and while normally I don't add library books unless I finish reading them, it gives me a workaround for now.
50lindapanzo
My search isn't working either. My work around is to add the book the my "to read" library and copy the relevant URL. I think I had to add the http at the start.
51Smiler69
Search has been down all day today, and I definitely hope they'll have it fixed by tomorrow.
52susanna.fraser
I've got a couple of books I'm still hoping for a good challenge to fit them into (Seanan McGuire's Chaos Choreography and Carol Dweck's Mindset), but I figure if all else fails, there's got to be SOMEBODY out there who hates them.
53Smiler69
Challenge #16: Read a book by one of the eight authors featured so far on the Canadian Author Challenge
Doing a bit of shameless promotion for the CAC and giving plenty of options to choose from for those who feel like they've 'fallen behind'. This is not something that should concern anyone interested in participating, as you are more than welcome to read any of the featured authors whenever suits you... just as long as you post about your experience on the pertinent thread. The main CAC thread can be found here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/209622
I haven't posted the April thread yet, but will do so in coming days.
The eight authors so far are:
Robertson Davies
Kim Thúy
Helen Humphreys
Stephen Leacock
Farley Mowat
Anita Rau Badami
Margaret Atwood
Michael Crummey
This month I'll be reading Galore by Michael Crummey and continuing on the MaddAddam Trilogy with The Year of the Flood, by Margaret Atwood.
Doing a bit of shameless promotion for the CAC and giving plenty of options to choose from for those who feel like they've 'fallen behind'. This is not something that should concern anyone interested in participating, as you are more than welcome to read any of the featured authors whenever suits you... just as long as you post about your experience on the pertinent thread. The main CAC thread can be found here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/209622
I haven't posted the April thread yet, but will do so in coming days.
The eight authors so far are:
Robertson Davies
Kim Thúy
Helen Humphreys
Stephen Leacock
Farley Mowat
Anita Rau Badami
Margaret Atwood
Michael Crummey
This month I'll be reading Galore by Michael Crummey and continuing on the MaddAddam Trilogy with The Year of the Flood, by Margaret Atwood.
54Smiler69
Not sure, on second thought, that I did myself a service when I picked my challenge. I have four or five planned reads I can't seem to fit in so far, and ALL of them have two consecutive consonants in the titles. Argh!
eta: I'll just say I hope other TIOLI participants create challenges to help us fit in various other reading challenge books for this month (BAC and NF, to name just those two).
eta: I'll just say I hope other TIOLI participants create challenges to help us fit in various other reading challenge books for this month (BAC and NF, to name just those two).
55madhatter22
Challenge #17: Read a book by Beverly Cleary to celebrate her 100th birthday
I was happy to discover earlier this year that Beverly Cleary is still alive & kicking and celebrating her 100th birthday on April 12th! She was one of my first favorite authors, and if you grew up in the U.S. in the '50s or the '60s or the '70s or the '80s or the '90s there's a good chance she was one of yours, too.
Dust off one of your old favorites or raid your kid's or grandkid's bookshelves in her honor.
I was happy to discover earlier this year that Beverly Cleary is still alive & kicking and celebrating her 100th birthday on April 12th! She was one of my first favorite authors, and if you grew up in the U.S. in the '50s or the '60s or the '70s or the '80s or the '90s there's a good chance she was one of yours, too.
Dust off one of your old favorites or raid your kid's or grandkid's bookshelves in her honor.
56madhatter22
>41 fuzzi: Oh! :) Well I guess at least one other person will be interested in this challenge.
57SqueakyChu
Haha! You are all making me laugh with your "safe" choice of manga by choosing to read a book about books and a library for my challenge!!!!!!! Confession: I'm trying to get hold of that book as well.
58fuzzi
>55 madhatter22: thanks for this challenge!
I really discovered Beverly Cleary when my children were small, and I love almost every book of hers that I have read, especially the Ramona books. The woman just remembers what it is like to be a child. For example:
Addendum: I've created a thread for her, over in the TBSL group, here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/220600
I really discovered Beverly Cleary when my children were small, and I love almost every book of hers that I have read, especially the Ramona books. The woman just remembers what it is like to be a child. For example:
"Ramona was frightened. Tears filled her eyes as she sat down on the cold concrete steps to think. Where could her father be? She thought of her friends at school, Davy and Sharon, who did not have fathers. Where had their fathers gone? Everybody had a father sometime. Where could they go? Ramona's insides tightened with fear. Maybe her father was angry with her. Maybe he had gone away because she had tried to make him stop smoking. She thought she was saving his life, but maybe she was being mean to him. Her mother said she must not annoy her father, because he was worried about being out of work. Maybe she had made him so angry he did not love her anymore. Maybe he had gone away because he did not love her. She thought of all the scary things she had seen on television-houses that had fallen down in earthquakes, people shooting people, big hairy men on motorcycles-and knew she needed her father to keep her safe..."
Addendum: I've created a thread for her, over in the TBSL group, here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/220600
59lindapanzo
>57 SqueakyChu: Carrie and I were talking about this...how is manga pronounced?
Mon-ga? Mon-djia (which is how, in my own mind, I've been pronouncing it).
Something else?
Mon-ga? Mon-djia (which is how, in my own mind, I've been pronouncing it).
Something else?
60elkiedee
It's a transliteration from japanese, I've heard it pronounced with a hard g - mang to rhyme with hang, a on the end.
61lindapanzo
>60 elkiedee: Thanks. It occurs to me that I'm going to have to ask a librarian to help me find that library manga item. Now I can confidently say mang-a.
Not sure whether it'd be in the adult half of the library or the kids half. I'm useless at finding anything in the kids half. If it's in the adult half, I think there's one spot I rarely visit and it could be there.
They'll see me coming at the research desk and breathe a sigh of relief, instead of the usual scream when I ask them a stumper. (I always say: if the answer is easy to find, I could've found it myself.) Just kidding, I usually send my stumper questions via email and they always comment that I ask interesting questions.
Not sure whether it'd be in the adult half of the library or the kids half. I'm useless at finding anything in the kids half. If it's in the adult half, I think there's one spot I rarely visit and it could be there.
They'll see me coming at the research desk and breathe a sigh of relief, instead of the usual scream when I ask them a stumper. (I always say: if the answer is easy to find, I could've found it myself.) Just kidding, I usually send my stumper questions via email and they always comment that I ask interesting questions.
62SqueakyChu
>59 lindapanzo: I've always pronounced it mahn-ga (hard "g", accent on first syllable, a as in mama).
https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-pronounce-manga
https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-pronounce-manga
63avatiakh
My daughter loved the Library Wars series, it's already complete at 15 volumes. She has the first twelve or so of the Kimi ni Todoke (From me to you) series so I'll pick that one.
Last year I read the two (huge) volumes of Message to Adolf by Osamu Tezuka and thoroughly enjoyed them. It's manga based around WW2, the Germany-Japan alliance and Jews who escaped to Japan.
I also read lots of Yoshihiro Tatsumi a few years ago and that was great reading. His A drifting life is a masterpiece and tells the evolution of manga.
Last year I read the two (huge) volumes of Message to Adolf by Osamu Tezuka and thoroughly enjoyed them. It's manga based around WW2, the Germany-Japan alliance and Jews who escaped to Japan.
I also read lots of Yoshihiro Tatsumi a few years ago and that was great reading. His A drifting life is a masterpiece and tells the evolution of manga.
64bell7
>57 SqueakyChu: I read a lot of manga during and soon after library school (about seven years ago or so, wow!), so actually I was thinking of joining in with Library Wars as something new and different! Ha!
I enjoyed both Fruits Basket, Her Majesty's Dog and Naruto quite a bit; Ouran High School Host Club was really fun, especially once you've read enough manga to realize how playful they're being with certain tropes.
I enjoyed both Fruits Basket, Her Majesty's Dog and Naruto quite a bit; Ouran High School Host Club was really fun, especially once you've read enough manga to realize how playful they're being with certain tropes.
65SqueakyChu
>63 avatiakh: >65 SqueakyChu: Thanks for the recommendations! I'm compiling a list of these so I can intersperse my regular reading with manga in the future.
I think my experiment with reading manga is going to turn out to be great fun!
I think my experiment with reading manga is going to turn out to be great fun!
66countrylife
**** Challenge #18 : Read a book where one letter is repeated at least three times within the author's name ****
Because I was beginning to despair of shoehorning in my last scheduled reads in any challenges this month.
Gracious - you folks are tough this month!
Because I was beginning to despair of shoehorning in my last scheduled reads in any challenges this month.
Gracious - you folks are tough this month!
67lyzard
I'm struggling with this month's challenges too and was hoping for something a little less stringent, so thanks! :D
68jeanned
Challenge 19: Read a book that has 2+ consecutive embedded words of 2 or more letters each in the title
I'm going to use my entry, The Carhullan Army by Sarah Hall, as an example. Excluding the initial T and final Y, there are 5 consecutive embedded words - he, car, hull, an, arm. The words the and army don't count because they aren't embedded.
I'm going to use my entry, The Carhullan Army by Sarah Hall, as an example. Excluding the initial T and final Y, there are 5 consecutive embedded words - he, car, hull, an, arm. The words the and army don't count because they aren't embedded.
69jeanned
Some planned reads for April 2016:
Challenge #4: Read a book with a flower in the title or the author's name
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival – John Vaillant
Challenge #5: Read a book in which at least one character travels between continents
Married Love and Other Stories – Tessa Hadley
Challenge #6: Read a book that in some way honors the writing of Jim Harrison
Blackwater Sound – James W. Hall
Challenge #9: Read a book that is somehow connected to the idea of Valhalla
*Annihilation – Jeff VanderMeer
The Dark Valley – Valerio Varesi (Note from library: not available. I’m wondering, ever?, or just not right now?)
Challenge #11: Read a book that has the word "coffee" in the second chapter
The Coroner - M. R. Hall
Mrs. Kimble – Jennifer Haigh
Challenge #14: Read a Book Whose Title Contains a Word or Words With Consecutive Vowels
The Moor’s Account – Laila Lalami (I’m 2nd in the library queue, but it might not arrive in April)
Challenge #19: Read a book that has 2+ consecutive embedded words of 2 or more letters each in the title
The Carhullan Army – Sarah Hall
Challenge #4: Read a book with a flower in the title or the author's name
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival – John Vaillant
Challenge #5: Read a book in which at least one character travels between continents
Married Love and Other Stories – Tessa Hadley
Challenge #6: Read a book that in some way honors the writing of Jim Harrison
Blackwater Sound – James W. Hall
Challenge #9: Read a book that is somehow connected to the idea of Valhalla
*Annihilation – Jeff VanderMeer
The Dark Valley – Valerio Varesi (Note from library: not available. I’m wondering, ever?, or just not right now?)
Challenge #11: Read a book that has the word "coffee" in the second chapter
The Coroner - M. R. Hall
Mrs. Kimble – Jennifer Haigh
Challenge #14: Read a Book Whose Title Contains a Word or Words With Consecutive Vowels
The Moor’s Account – Laila Lalami (I’m 2nd in the library queue, but it might not arrive in April)
Challenge #19: Read a book that has 2+ consecutive embedded words of 2 or more letters each in the title
The Carhullan Army – Sarah Hall
70paulstalder
Plesae excuse my coming late for the February awards, I was distracted by other things. Thank you SqueakyChu for the awards you have given me :)
And here some more fun awards for February:
The Damaged Heaps Award goes to Smiler69 for reading Heap House for the challenge to Read a book where a word in the title suggests damage. I am pretty proud of my TBR heaps - though they don't suggest any damage to me but obviously they would damage me when when tumbling on me (see below). Maybe I misunderstood the challenge...
The Where-the-true-action-happen-Award goes to Dejah_Thoris for reading Miss Zukas and the Stroke of Death where the action starts in a public library. (Challenge #9: Read a book whose first line answers the question, 'Where did it happen') Keep on reading library-thingy things like that!
The 한국 문학 장학금* goes to SqueakyChu and dallenbaugh for venturing into Korean literature and reading 채식주의자. (Challenge #10: Read a book with the word 'extraordinary' or a synonym of this word somewhere on the front or back cover) Well done. I didn't read that novel yet, but put it on my wishlist now.
The Cleaning Bard Award goes to brenpike for reading A Manual for Cleaning Women and finding the 'Bard' on page 20. (Challenge 18: Read a book with a four-corner-letter-word on page 20 or 16) I just wondered, a bard is singing in order to touch a woman's heart, maybe he knows the secret how to clean women? Thanks for the thought provoking title and word.
Thanks for your contributions to these challenges, and enjoy all your further reading
*Korean Literature Award
And here some more fun awards for February:
The Damaged Heaps Award goes to Smiler69 for reading Heap House for the challenge to Read a book where a word in the title suggests damage. I am pretty proud of my TBR heaps - though they don't suggest any damage to me but obviously they would damage me when when tumbling on me (see below). Maybe I misunderstood the challenge...
The Where-the-true-action-happen-Award goes to Dejah_Thoris for reading Miss Zukas and the Stroke of Death where the action starts in a public library. (Challenge #9: Read a book whose first line answers the question, 'Where did it happen') Keep on reading library-thingy things like that!
The 한국 문학 장학금* goes to SqueakyChu and dallenbaugh for venturing into Korean literature and reading 채식주의자. (Challenge #10: Read a book with the word 'extraordinary' or a synonym of this word somewhere on the front or back cover) Well done. I didn't read that novel yet, but put it on my wishlist now.
The Cleaning Bard Award goes to brenpike for reading A Manual for Cleaning Women and finding the 'Bard' on page 20. (Challenge 18: Read a book with a four-corner-letter-word on page 20 or 16) I just wondered, a bard is singing in order to touch a woman's heart, maybe he knows the secret how to clean women? Thanks for the thought provoking title and word.
Thanks for your contributions to these challenges, and enjoy all your further reading
*Korean Literature Award
71dallenbaugh
Thanks Paul, for the award (I think). I wouldn't have recognized that I had read 채식주의자, but I remember a matched read with Madeline so I guess I did. I'm glad my version was in English.
72paulstalder
Challenge #20: Read a book that starts with/on/in/about a flying airplane in the first line
The plane must be in the air, either starting, flying or landing, no taxiing. It must be an airplane (jet or glider) with people on board; no space ships, no parachutes, no animals, no flying carpets. The first sentence must make that clear. Can be the simple statement 'the plane flew above the ocean', 'I sat in a plane flying to ... when ...', or an announcement of the pilot (like my example).
# In a Sunburned Country (Flying into Australia, I realized with a sigh that I had forgotten again who their prime minister is.)
# Flucht in die Wüste ("Wir befinden uns jetzt direkt über der Insel Kreta", ertönte die ruhige Stimme unseres Piloten aus dem Lautsprecher, "und wir fliegen auf einer Höhe von ..." = "We are now directly over the island of Crete," came the calm voice of our pilot from the speaker, "and we fly at an altitude of ...")
I wish you a pleasant flight. Our flight will take us several pages above the most inspiring moments and will go through some turbulence before we land again in 30 days. Fasten your seat belts, fix your eyes on the pages and enjoy your journey.
The plane must be in the air, either starting, flying or landing, no taxiing. It must be an airplane (jet or glider) with people on board; no space ships, no parachutes, no animals, no flying carpets. The first sentence must make that clear. Can be the simple statement 'the plane flew above the ocean', 'I sat in a plane flying to ... when ...', or an announcement of the pilot (like my example).
# In a Sunburned Country (Flying into Australia, I realized with a sigh that I had forgotten again who their prime minister is.)
# Flucht in die Wüste ("Wir befinden uns jetzt direkt über der Insel Kreta", ertönte die ruhige Stimme unseres Piloten aus dem Lautsprecher, "und wir fliegen auf einer Höhe von ..." = "We are now directly over the island of Crete," came the calm voice of our pilot from the speaker, "and we fly at an altitude of ...")
I wish you a pleasant flight. Our flight will take us several pages above the most inspiring moments and will go through some turbulence before we land again in 30 days. Fasten your seat belts, fix your eyes on the pages and enjoy your journey.
73Smiler69
Yay, thanks for the award, Paul! I can assure you than in the case of Heap House, the heaps in question are indeed extremely dangerous and have been the cause of loss of life. A very imaginative story I loved to bits and recommend all around!
74SqueakyChu
>70 paulstalder: My first award! Thanks, Paul. :)
>71 dallenbaugh: I'm glad my version was in English.
Me, too!
>71 dallenbaugh: I'm glad my version was in English.
Me, too!
75fuzzi
>34 Helenliz: my mother introduced me to Stuart M. Kaminsky's Rostnikov mysteries, would reading one of those meet the challenge?
76Smiler69
>75 fuzzi: I have a couple of his novels and will gladly join you if possible.
77fuzzi
>76 Smiler69: my first unread in the series is Rostnikov's Vacation, and the one I plan to read. However, if you've not read any, either start with the first, Death of a Dissident, or whichever one you've not yet read, and I'll join you in a reread/refresher shared read before I continue with Rostnikov's Vacation.
78fuzzi
>68 jeanned: are two words enough, or does it have to be more than two consecutive words?
79jeanned
>78 fuzzi: At least two words. :)
80AuntieClio
====Challenge #21: Read a book written by an author who wrote mostly using a pseudonym - Started by auntieclip====
For this challenge I will be reading Hot Night in the City by Trevanian who turned out to be Rodney William Whitaker
For this challenge I will be reading Hot Night in the City by Trevanian who turned out to be Rodney William Whitaker
81Helenliz
>75 fuzzi: yes, a book from a series she introduced you to would fit.
82fuzzi
>79 jeanned: yes! Thank you! I've got a book selected...
>81 Helenliz: and thank you, too. I'm off to read Rostnikov mysteries!
>81 Helenliz: and thank you, too. I'm off to read Rostnikov mysteries!
83fuzzi
>55 madhatter22: do you want a separate thread for our Beverly Cleary reads?
:)
I did make a thread about Beverly Cleary in the TBSL group, here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/220600#5531318
:)
I did make a thread about Beverly Cleary in the TBSL group, here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/220600#5531318
84madhatter22
>83 fuzzi: That'll work. :)
85klobrien2
Challenge 22: Get some JOY (smile, laugh, chuckle, bemused grin, etc.) out of your reading!
This will be the easiest, most unchallenging challenge ever!
I happened to be reading The Relic Master and it is just a hoot. It is also is really good writing from Christopher Buckley (he's one of my favorites) and there's a lot of historicity. But, alas, nowhere to put it in this month's TIOLI.
So, here's my challenge: If the book you are reading is giving you joy, add it here. If it makes you laugh (on purpose or accidentally), put it here. It can be foolish fiction, hysterical history, goofy graphic novels, whatever. If it brings you joy (isn't that why we read?) this is your challenge. You won't have to defend your listing with me. Have fun!
Karen O.
This will be the easiest, most unchallenging challenge ever!
I happened to be reading The Relic Master and it is just a hoot. It is also is really good writing from Christopher Buckley (he's one of my favorites) and there's a lot of historicity. But, alas, nowhere to put it in this month's TIOLI.
So, here's my challenge: If the book you are reading is giving you joy, add it here. If it makes you laugh (on purpose or accidentally), put it here. It can be foolish fiction, hysterical history, goofy graphic novels, whatever. If it brings you joy (isn't that why we read?) this is your challenge. You won't have to defend your listing with me. Have fun!
Karen O.
86fuzzi
>85 klobrien2: what a nice idea, thank you!
87Smiler69
>22 lindapanzo: Thank you for that challenge! As it happens, I've had The Relic Master lined up as my 'next listen' for a little while and somehow keep putting it off for other stuff, but you've now convinced me that's what I want to listen to as soon as I finish my current listen today. So that's at least one shared read on your challenge!
88brenpike
>70 paulstalder: Gee thanks Paul! I loved your challenge and had a lot of fun looking for the four letter words. I agree the title A Manual for Cleaning Women is evocative but I obviously didn't read it the way you did!
89jennyifer24
>14 dallenbaugh: Here's a remembrance of Jim Harrison from the Detroit Free Press.
http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/arts/2016/03/27/jim-harrison-michigan-g...
http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/arts/2016/03/27/jim-harrison-michigan-g...
90cyderry
>68 jeanned: I have the word Chesapeake in one of my titles. Would you accept he's sap peak or is he okay?
91dallenbaugh
>89 jennyifer24: Thanks for the article. I like the way they set up this reminiscence.
92jeanned
>90 cyderry: Overlapping embedded words may be a challenge for another day. However, the word Chesapeake fits the current challenge with 2 consecutive embedded words, he sap. :)
93dallenbaugh
>2 SqueakyChu: Madeline, the link to the TIOLI meter doesn't seem to be working from Challenges 1-6 (at the bottom of the page)
94Helenliz
So, where does anyone suggest I put my current read. I'm reading Ecclesiastical history of the English people with Bede's letter to Egbert and Cuthbert's letter on the death of Bede by the Venerable Bede, Saint.
Can I claim a triple barreled name? Does a title "The Venerable" count as part of his name for repeated letters in the author's name? Feels a bit like that might be stretching the definition too far. I can find a few embedded words (in a title that long I'd hope to find a few!) but I can't see consecutive ones. I don't think it's manga (teehee), no coffee in the 8th century (how did they survive!), there's enough letters and several consecutive vowels but none that are double unless I can split over a 2 words?. It's late, maybe I'm being dense, can someone find it a TIOLI home?
Can I claim a triple barreled name? Does a title "The Venerable" count as part of his name for repeated letters in the author's name? Feels a bit like that might be stretching the definition too far. I can find a few embedded words (in a title that long I'd hope to find a few!) but I can't see consecutive ones. I don't think it's manga (teehee), no coffee in the 8th century (how did they survive!), there's enough letters and several consecutive vowels but none that are double unless I can split over a 2 words?. It's late, maybe I'm being dense, can someone find it a TIOLI home?
95Smiler69
>94 Helenliz: At first glance, I see 'tic' and 'his' in the first two words, so definitely would fit into the embedded words challenge.
Wanted to say that I just completed The Relic Master by Christopher Buckley and thought it was brilliant. A great satire on the religious relic trade at the dawn of reformation in the early 16th century, and overall a very fun adventure as well. Highly recommended!
Wanted to say that I just completed The Relic Master by Christopher Buckley and thought it was brilliant. A great satire on the religious relic trade at the dawn of reformation in the early 16th century, and overall a very fun adventure as well. Highly recommended!
96dallenbaugh
>94 Helenliz: What about his tory (2 embedded words)
97paulstalder
>94 Helenliz: >96 dallenbaugh: go for embedded words: Ecclesi-as-tic-al his-tory of t-he English
as tic his tory oft he
as tic his tory oft he
98cyderry
>80 AuntieClio: Does the writer have to mostly be under the pseudonym? I have a book by Ellery Adams who also writes under J B Stanley and Lucy Arlington, but the majority of her books are under Ellery Adams. Will this fit your challenge or not?
99fuzzi
The latest installment of the Russell/Holmes series, The Murder of Mary Russell, is available!
http://www.amazon.com/The-Murder-Mary-Russell-featuring-ebook/dp/B00UEL0KV4?_bbi...
http://www.amazon.com/The-Murder-Mary-Russell-featuring-ebook/dp/B00UEL0KV4?_bbi...
100cyderry
>99 fuzzi: Got it from ER. I love that series.
101fuzzi
>100 cyderry: me too, but I know not everyone who wanted one got a copy.
The Kindle version is $13.99, but I prefer "paper".
The Kindle version is $13.99, but I prefer "paper".
102SqueakyChu
>93 dallenbaugh: Fixed. Thanks.
104AuntieClio
SqueakyChu, is it too late to re-word my challenge?
105SqueakyChu
>104 AuntieClio: You may reword your challenge now.
Anyone can do rewording at any time to further explain intent. However, always let us know when you do this because we need to know that books we have listed are within the challenge parameters.
Anyone can do rewording at any time to further explain intent. However, always let us know when you do this because we need to know that books we have listed are within the challenge parameters.
106jeanned
I don't want to reword my challenge (#19), but clarify it. The consecutive embedded words in the title should not have any intervening letters. Punctuation and spaces can be ignored.
Example 1: The Wind in the Willows has he, win dint, he, will, ow, 6 consecutive embedded words.
Example 2: The Kite Runner has he, kit, run, er, 4 embedded words, but only 2 of them are consecutive with no intervening letters.
Example 1: The Wind in the Willows has he, win dint, he, will, ow, 6 consecutive embedded words.
Example 2: The Kite Runner has he, kit, run, er, 4 embedded words, but only 2 of them are consecutive with no intervening letters.
107cyderry
>106 jeanned: but can a letter be used twice - end of one word, beginning of the next?
108AuntieClio
>105 SqueakyChu: I will change the wording to:
Read a book which was written pseudonymously.
Read a book which was written pseudonymously.
109fuzzi
Oh, boy. I am not reading as I had planned. I decided to read a Stuart Kaminsky book, as part of Challenge 15 (my mother introduced me to the Rostnikov mysteries), but it's been a while since I've read any of them, so I went back to reread book #1, Death of a Dissident to refresh my mind. Then I just had to reread book #2, Black Knight in Red Square, and am enjoying it so much, I am afraid I'll have to read the next four books to get to the one I'd planned on reading, Rostnikov's Vacation.
Anyone else do that? I mean, wind up reading more than one extra book in order to read the one in the series you've not read before? I know someone must have at some point.
Oh well, at least I'm reading, and I'm enjoying the rereads!
Anyone else do that? I mean, wind up reading more than one extra book in order to read the one in the series you've not read before? I know someone must have at some point.
Oh well, at least I'm reading, and I'm enjoying the rereads!
110jeanned
>107 cyderry: Yes, that is absolutely fine. I guess it would have been more correct to say "2 or more embedded words comprised of consecutive letters". I'm beginning to understand why Madeline usually has several rules listed for her challenges. :)
111SqueakyChu
>110 jeanned:
I'm beginning to understand why Madeline usually has several rules listed for her challenges.
Heh!
I'm beginning to understand why Madeline usually has several rules listed for her challenges.
Heh!
112lalbro
I just wanted to thank everyone for their awesome challenges! I had a non-reading March - which is totally not me - and am using the TIOLI to get me back into my reading rhythm. Between manga, A God in Ruins, and My Brilliant Friend, I am ready to reset (and add more at mid-month).
113LizzieD
So --- could anybody suggest where I might put Vanessa and Her Sister? I just finished it and loved it. Also just finished the Bailey Long Lister, Gorsky, and was less impressed.
114harrygbutler
>113 LizzieD: I would think it could go into Challenge #19, as "Vanessa" contains "van" followed by "ess."
115dallenbaugh
>113 LizzieD: It could also go in Challenge 18. Author's name is Priya Parmar with 3 "a"s.
116LizzieD
Thank you both, Harry and Donna! I think I like it in #18, and you remind me to read all the challenges more carefully!
117Ameise1
I've read Master and Margarita. I put it in #19. Perhaps somebody else is reading it for the April group read too.
118SqueakyChu
Here are the stats for March 2016...
We had 19 challenges (the lowest number since 2013) in which 447 books were read. Of those, 75 (17%) were shared reads. We collected 39 TIOLI points (the lowest number since 2014) for a total of YTD for March of 125 points. This is the lowest number since 2010.
The most popular books were these two:
Never Cry Wolf - Farley Mowat (4 readers)
Sylvester; or, the Wicked Uncle - Georgette Heyer (4 readers)
The most popular challenge was cyderry's challenge to read a book with an embedded word in the title. This challenge listed 100 books.
The highest # of TIOLI points per challenge was cyderry's challenge to read a book with an embedded word in the title. This challenge had 6 TIOLI points.
We had 19 challenges (the lowest number since 2013) in which 447 books were read. Of those, 75 (17%) were shared reads. We collected 39 TIOLI points (the lowest number since 2014) for a total of YTD for March of 125 points. This is the lowest number since 2010.
The most popular books were these two:
Never Cry Wolf - Farley Mowat (4 readers)
Sylvester; or, the Wicked Uncle - Georgette Heyer (4 readers)
The most popular challenge was cyderry's challenge to read a book with an embedded word in the title. This challenge listed 100 books.
The highest # of TIOLI points per challenge was cyderry's challenge to read a book with an embedded word in the title. This challenge had 6 TIOLI points.
119SqueakyChu
Here's your question of the month or...Request of the Month
Won't you share a notable quote from one (or more) of your reads for this month?
Won't you share a notable quote from one (or more) of your reads for this month?
120countrylife
From a book of poems by Mary Oliver, titled Why I Wake Early, om page 27 -
"This World"
I would like to write a poem about the world that has in it
nothing fancy.
But it seems impossible.
Whatever the subject, the morning sun
glimmers it.
The tulip feels the heat and flaps its petals open
and becomes a star.
The ants bore into the peony bud and there is the dark
pinprick well of sweetness
. . .
"This World"
I would like to write a poem about the world that has in it
nothing fancy.
But it seems impossible.
Whatever the subject, the morning sun
glimmers it.
The tulip feels the heat and flaps its petals open
and becomes a star.
The ants bore into the peony bud and there is the dark
pinprick well of sweetness
. . .
122Citizenjoyce
>120 countrylife: I do love Mary Oliver. Thanks for that.
123Citizenjoyce
>119 SqueakyChu: Why is it the awful comes to mind before the good? I read a wonderful book this month, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson which is this very moral lawyer's account of his life long effort to achieve justice for the poor. His sense of justice and the value of working toward it stays with me, but I can't remember a single quotable sentence. However, Truman Capote's vicious, gossipy Answered Prayers provides these two quotes:
Are you familiar with the term "killer fruit"? It's a certain kind of queer who has Freon refrigerating his bloodstream. He's talking about his editor, but the phrase so obviously describes himself.
Also, Is it -- I'm not certain -- possible to love someone if your first interest is the use you can make of him? Doesn't the gainful motive, and the guilt accruing to it, halt the progression of other emotions? He could write this and then be completely surprised that the friends he used as fodder could be offended at the publication of this book.
I guess I shouldn't be too surprised at not remembering single lines from the Stevenson book. I listened to it, while I read Capote's. When I read a book and a line stands out, I retain a picture in my mind of just where on the page it was. When I'm listening, words all run together into one whole statement.
Are you familiar with the term "killer fruit"? It's a certain kind of queer who has Freon refrigerating his bloodstream. He's talking about his editor, but the phrase so obviously describes himself.
Also, Is it -- I'm not certain -- possible to love someone if your first interest is the use you can make of him? Doesn't the gainful motive, and the guilt accruing to it, halt the progression of other emotions? He could write this and then be completely surprised that the friends he used as fodder could be offended at the publication of this book.
I guess I shouldn't be too surprised at not remembering single lines from the Stevenson book. I listened to it, while I read Capote's. When I read a book and a line stands out, I retain a picture in my mind of just where on the page it was. When I'm listening, words all run together into one whole statement.
124fuzzi
>123 Citizenjoyce: perhaps also because of the emotional response you may have experienced to the "bad" was stronger than the "good". I recall hurtful bullying from grade school better than weddings and other happy memories.
125SqueakyChu
>123 Citizenjoyce: When I read a book and a line stands out, I retain a picture in my mind of just where on the page it was.
When I read something I like, I write it down quickly on Common Knowledge, or I'll immediately forget it and even where I read it.
When I read something I like, I write it down quickly on Common Knowledge, or I'll immediately forget it and even where I read it.
126dallenbaugh
Hi Madeline,
I am having trouble saving the the completed message for the following book in Challenge 6:
The White Rhino Hotel (outdoors, adventure) - Bartle Bull - dallenbaugh - COMPLETED
The preview is correct but I get this message again and again when I try to save it: Oops! That didn't work. Would you please save it again?
Am I overlooking something?
I am having trouble saving the the completed message for the following book in Challenge 6:
The White Rhino Hotel (outdoors, adventure) - Bartle Bull - dallenbaugh - COMPLETED
The preview is correct but I get this message again and again when I try to save it: Oops! That didn't work. Would you please save it again?
Am I overlooking something?
127lindapanzo
>126 dallenbaugh: I had the same problem in trying to mark something. I ended up editing the entire page, which isn't the ideal, that's for sure, and that worked.
Trying to edit just one challenge never did work.
Oops, editing the entire page didn't work either.
Hope they can fix it.
Trying to edit just one challenge never did work.
Oops, editing the entire page didn't work either.
Hope they can fix it.
128dallenbaugh
Thanks for the tip. I just tried that and it still doesn't work. (??)
129lindapanzo
>128 dallenbaugh: I went back to my #127 to say it didn't work. It seemed to go through the first time but didn't accept my change.
At month's end, there's always a lot of books to remove so I hope this gets fixed soon.
At month's end, there's always a lot of books to remove so I hope this gets fixed soon.
130dallenbaugh
Indeed!!!
131lindapanzo
I note, too, that the wikis aren't working right for the May TIOLI either, which is also worrisome.
132LizzieD
Yep...... Me too. I tried to mark Nobody Said Not to Go in Challenge 5 as completed with no luck. *sigh*
133klobrien2
Psst...I think wiki updating is working again. I just marked a book completed.
Karen O.
Karen O.
134SqueakyChu
>133 klobrien2: I just now used it as well. Go to it gang!
I couldn't get it to work earlier today so I figured it was just something wrong with LT. I just got back to it now and found it working. Sorry for all the problems everyone had earlier.
I couldn't get it to work earlier today so I figured it was just something wrong with LT. I just got back to it now and found it working. Sorry for all the problems everyone had earlier.
135dallenbaugh
Yes, it is working now but I had to restart my computer before it finally worked. It's good to have things working again.
136thornton37814
It wasn't working for me just now. I guess I'll see if editing the entire page works.
ETA: I can't get mine added to challenge 18.
ETA: I can't get mine added to challenge 18.
137Citizenjoyce
I tried about an hour ago and couldn't update the wiki, but I restarted and waited a while and, viola, I'm up to date.
138SqueakyChu
Housekeeping Day!
Please remove your books from the wiki if you don't finish them by 12 midnight tonight. For rolling challenges, just leave the information and mark your book DNF (did not finish). You may remove your name from the DNF books. Thank you!
Thanks, everyone, for being such good sports in the manga challenge! :D
See you on the May TIOLI thread!
Please remove your books from the wiki if you don't finish them by 12 midnight tonight. For rolling challenges, just leave the information and mark your book DNF (did not finish). You may remove your name from the DNF books. Thank you!
Thanks, everyone, for being such good sports in the manga challenge! :D
See you on the May TIOLI thread!
139lalbro
I only finished two books this month --- eek! But Annihilation will stay with me for a while. The sense of place evoked is unbelievable and at times overwhelming.
140Smiler69
>138 SqueakyChu: Madeline, I really wanted to participate in your manga challenge, but unfortunately the inter-library loans didn't work out well and I wasn't able to get in good time. Hopefully I'll be able to fit it into one of the May challenges!
141SqueakyChu
>140 Smiler69: Keep going with the manga, Ilana. I'm going to continue to read them because I thought they were fun. I'll fit them into other challenges this year. Feel free to add your thoughts to the "manga thread" for April even if April is long gone by the time you finish reading some. I'm still interested in hearing the reactions of others who try them out.
142avatiakh
My daughter read more manga this month than I did, but it was all inspired by this challenge. I have to recommend the Bakuman series, I only read book 1, it's about a couple of Japanese highschoolers wanting to become manga artists and follows them into their 20s as they chase the dream. The first book explains quite a bit about manga but as part of the story and I thought it was well done. It's one of my daughter's favourite series.
143wandering_star
>141 SqueakyChu: I've got one more manga to finish too!
144SqueakyChu
TIOLI Awards for March 2016:
The Hurry Up and Read This Award goes to smiler69 for reading Being Mortal for lyzard's challenge to read a book you're a bit panicky over. This challenger's remark, "do I really need to explain why?" says it all! :)
The Directional Award goes to swynn for reading Updraft for fuzzi's challenge to read a book with a "wind" word in the title or author's name. In the title of that book, I pictured a very soft, light wind sweeping upward and carrying flower petals. For that lovely vision, I bestow this award!
The Keep This on Hand Award goes to avatiakh for dallenbaugh's challenge to read a book that mentions a fictional poison, medicine or drug somewhere in the text. The drug that was mentioned was a troll medicine. One never knows when that will come in handy!
The Warm Fuzzies Award goes to smiler69 for her challenge in memory of her dog Coco to read a book with a word or name beginning with the letters "Co", or the word "Dog" or synonym, or with a dog as the main protagonist. Coco was a sweetie, and we all liked having the chance to honor Coco's memory.
The Send It Here Award goes to Citizenjoyce for reading Gratitude for yoyogod's challenge to read a book that has a title in which each word can be anagrammed. The anagram related to the book was "guide tart". All I could picture was someone directing a blueberry tart to my mouth! Yummmmm!
The Where Do I Begin? Award goes to AnndDC for reading Neither Here Nor There for wandering_star's challenge to read a book whose title could be an essay question. This is one essay that I would love to read. Ha!
The I'm Going to Eat What? Award goes to paulstalder for his challenge to read a book in which pulses are eaten. I never even knew that pulses could be eaten until I read about this challenge. As a former nurse, I thought that pulses could only be taken!
Feel free to add awards of your own at this time.
Congrats to our award winners!
The Hurry Up and Read This Award goes to smiler69 for reading Being Mortal for lyzard's challenge to read a book you're a bit panicky over. This challenger's remark, "do I really need to explain why?" says it all! :)
The Directional Award goes to swynn for reading Updraft for fuzzi's challenge to read a book with a "wind" word in the title or author's name. In the title of that book, I pictured a very soft, light wind sweeping upward and carrying flower petals. For that lovely vision, I bestow this award!
The Keep This on Hand Award goes to avatiakh for dallenbaugh's challenge to read a book that mentions a fictional poison, medicine or drug somewhere in the text. The drug that was mentioned was a troll medicine. One never knows when that will come in handy!
The Warm Fuzzies Award goes to smiler69 for her challenge in memory of her dog Coco to read a book with a word or name beginning with the letters "Co", or the word "Dog" or synonym, or with a dog as the main protagonist. Coco was a sweetie, and we all liked having the chance to honor Coco's memory.
The Send It Here Award goes to Citizenjoyce for reading Gratitude for yoyogod's challenge to read a book that has a title in which each word can be anagrammed. The anagram related to the book was "guide tart". All I could picture was someone directing a blueberry tart to my mouth! Yummmmm!
The Where Do I Begin? Award goes to AnndDC for reading Neither Here Nor There for wandering_star's challenge to read a book whose title could be an essay question. This is one essay that I would love to read. Ha!
The I'm Going to Eat What? Award goes to paulstalder for his challenge to read a book in which pulses are eaten. I never even knew that pulses could be eaten until I read about this challenge. As a former nurse, I thought that pulses could only be taken!
Feel free to add awards of your own at this time.
Congrats to our award winners!
145SqueakyChu
>142 avatiakh: I'll add that series to my wishlist...which is growing longer each day! Thanks!
146SqueakyChu
>143 wandering_star: Well, now I have way more than one more manga to finish. My pile of manga keeps getting taller. :)
147paulstalder
Oh, great, that was quick. Thanks for posting the awards and äh, did your pulses rise doing that? Thanks for the Eat-Award :)
148paulstalder
The Get Out of the Wooden Wind Award goes to raidergirl3 for reading In a Dark, Dark Wood for fuzzi's challenge to'Read a book with a "wind" word in the title or author's name' - It must be hard to be hit by a wooden wind. It just knocked me unconsciousssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
149SqueakyChu
>1247 Nope. My pulses stayed the same. :)
150SqueakyChu
>148 paulstalder: Congrats, raidergirl3. :)
151paulstalder
ah, here I am again...
The I Have a Dream Award goes to Dejah_Thoris for reading If Nuns Ruled the World for wandering_star's challenge to post an essay title. If Sister Teresa would rule the world - imagine.
The Big Void Award goes to klobrien2 for reading Bug in a Vacuum for madhatter22's challenge to 'Read a book with a title word describing a place someone could live'. Live in a vacuum? I thought the idea of a vacuum is to take everything out and you suggest to live in there? Did you think of someone specific?
The Health Food Award goes to fuzzi and klobrien2 for reading the prophet Daniel for my challenge to eat, äh, read a book wherein these healthy things are eaten. That is really the best start for a healthy diet. (and I didn't think actually of that thinking up the challenge, so thanks for reminding me)
Congratulations to all
The I Have a Dream Award goes to Dejah_Thoris for reading If Nuns Ruled the World for wandering_star's challenge to post an essay title. If Sister Teresa would rule the world - imagine.
The Big Void Award goes to klobrien2 for reading Bug in a Vacuum for madhatter22's challenge to 'Read a book with a title word describing a place someone could live'. Live in a vacuum? I thought the idea of a vacuum is to take everything out and you suggest to live in there? Did you think of someone specific?
The Health Food Award goes to fuzzi and klobrien2 for reading the prophet Daniel for my challenge to eat, äh, read a book wherein these healthy things are eaten. That is really the best start for a healthy diet. (and I didn't think actually of that thinking up the challenge, so thanks for reminding me)
Congratulations to all
152raidergirl3
>148 paulstalder: I know I was stretching, but I was thinking of 'woodwind' instruments. Thanks for noticing!
153SqueakyChu
>151 paulstalder: LOL! Congrats on these awards as well!
154SqueakyChu
It's so nice to have so many awards for March!
155Smiler69
Wow, thanks for the honours, Madeline. I hasten to add that I ended up absolutely loving Being Mortal. It was recommended by MANY LTers and I am now among that crowd who believe this should be required reading. I guess being in mourning over my little Coco put me in a mental place to deal with 'being mortal'.
And thanks too for mentioning Coco Madeline. He is still much missed, even though I have a new little cutie, aka Charley, taking up lots of space!
And thanks too for mentioning Coco Madeline. He is still much missed, even though I have a new little cutie, aka Charley, taking up lots of space!
156SqueakyChu
>155 Smiler69: All the books by Atul Gawande are excellent. See if you can grab some more.
Charley is really cute! Feel free to post his picture here if you want.
Charley is really cute! Feel free to post his picture here if you want.
157avatiakh
Oh thanks for the award for troll medicine. It was whipped out and in use several times during the book.
158SqueakyChu
>157 avatiakh:
It was whipped out and in use several times during the book.
See! That's what I told everyone! :)
It was whipped out and in use several times during the book.
See! That's what I told everyone! :)
160Citizenjoyce
>144 SqueakyChu: Thanks for the award. I'm more than willing for that tart to be directed my way too.
162AnneDC
>144 SqueakyChu: I just checked back on this thread and realized I missed the March awards--and that I won one! Thank you for the award, Madeline, but that is one essay I am not going to be writing (sorry). And thanks to wandering_star for a fun (and flexible) challenge. Congrats to other winners! Now back to May.
