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1SqueakyChu
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
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Your fun challenge for the month of May 2016 is to...
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Read a book about an animal with its proper name in the title
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Rules:
1. The name must be the actual proper name (ex. Fido, Mitzi, Polly) of the animal, not a generic animal name (ex. dog, cat, parrot).
2. The book must either be about the animal named in the title, or the animal must at least be a character in the book.
3. The book may be fiction or non-fiction.
4. Children's books are acceptable.
5. Name the animal if not in the title.
Suggestions:
Alex & Me (African Grey Parrot) by Irene Pepperberg
Charlotte's Web (spider) by E. B. White
Dewey, the Library Cat by Vicki Myron
Lad: A Dog by Albert Payson Terhune
Marley & Me (Dog: Labrador Retriever) by John Grogan
Moby Dick (whale) by Herman Melville
Seabiscuit: An American Legend (horse) by Laura Hillenbrand
Wesley the Owl by Stacey O'Brien
Go to it, challengers!
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Other Fun Stuff (not part of the TIOLI challenge):
1. The May 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 fun challenge for the month of May 2016 is to...
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Read a book about an animal with its proper name in the title
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Rules:
1. The name must be the actual proper name (ex. Fido, Mitzi, Polly) of the animal, not a generic animal name (ex. dog, cat, parrot).
2. The book must either be about the animal named in the title, or the animal must at least be a character in the book.
3. The book may be fiction or non-fiction.
4. Children's books are acceptable.
5. Name the animal if not in the title.
Suggestions:
Alex & Me (African Grey Parrot) by Irene Pepperberg
Charlotte's Web (spider) by E. B. White
Dewey, the Library Cat by Vicki Myron
Lad: A Dog by Albert Payson Terhune
Marley & Me (Dog: Labrador Retriever) by John Grogan
Moby Dick (whale) by Herman Melville
Seabiscuit: An American Legend (horse) by Laura Hillenbrand
Wesley the Owl by Stacey O'Brien
Go to it, challengers!
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Other Fun Stuff (not part of the TIOLI challenge):
1. The May 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 about an animal with its proper name in the title - msg #1
2. Read a book that has been read in the past 2 years by a student you know - msg #8
3. Read a book whose title and/or author's name includes at least 2 "M"s and an "I" - msg #7
4. Read a book where at least two letters in the title or author's name are next to each other in the alphabet - msg #14
5. Read a book with a title where one of the letters is worth at least 4 points and the total number of points for all letters is at least 15 as designated in the game of Scrabble - msg #12
6. Read a book that has something to do with spring cleaning - msg #18
Challenges #7-12
7. Read a book where at least one character on the cover is wearing a head covering - msg #20
8. Read a book with "Dark" or "Light" in the title - msg #22
9. Read a book published or set during the decade of your mother's birth - msg #26
10. Read a book featuring a religious ascetic, such as a monk or a nun - msg #29
11. Read a book that is at least the 5th book its author had published - msg #30
12. Read a book containing Murder & Mayhem starting with the first letters of Murders and Mayhem - msg #32
Challenges #13-17
13. Read a book whose title completes the sentence "May is my favorite month to be ...." -msg #34
14. Read a book whose title contains the word "water" or any form of water - msg #35
15. Read a manga where there is a picture of someone eating with chopsticks - msg #40
16. Read a book which has a word in the title indicating a place where a large amount of people meet - msg #63
17. Read a book whose first chapter contains a reference to a grandmother, grandma, gram, or any form of that relation - msg #64
Please hold your challenge until the June challenges are posted.
Challenges #1-6
1. Read a book about an animal with its proper name in the title - msg #1
2. Read a book that has been read in the past 2 years by a student you know - msg #8
3. Read a book whose title and/or author's name includes at least 2 "M"s and an "I" - msg #7
4. Read a book where at least two letters in the title or author's name are next to each other in the alphabet - msg #14
5. Read a book with a title where one of the letters is worth at least 4 points and the total number of points for all letters is at least 15 as designated in the game of Scrabble - msg #12
6. Read a book that has something to do with spring cleaning - msg #18
Challenges #7-12
7. Read a book where at least one character on the cover is wearing a head covering - msg #20
8. Read a book with "Dark" or "Light" in the title - msg #22
9. Read a book published or set during the decade of your mother's birth - msg #26
10. Read a book featuring a religious ascetic, such as a monk or a nun - msg #29
11. Read a book that is at least the 5th book its author had published - msg #30
12. Read a book containing Murder & Mayhem starting with the first letters of Murders and Mayhem - msg #32
Challenges #13-17
13. Read a book whose title completes the sentence "May is my favorite month to be ...." -msg #34
14. Read a book whose title contains the word "water" or any form of water - msg #35
15. Read a manga where there is a picture of someone eating with chopsticks - msg #40
16. Read a book which has a word in the title indicating a place where a large amount of people meet - msg #63
17. Read a book whose first chapter contains a reference to a grandmother, grandma, gram, or any form of that relation - msg #64
Please hold your challenge until the June challenges are posted.
3SqueakyChu
Heh! I completely entered this challenge...and no one has discovered it up yet! The time is 12:12am EST in the USA on 4/26/16.
Where is everyone?! ;)
Where is everyone?! ;)
4lindapanzo
I spotted it but am away on vacation and not up to posting a challenge on my iPhone.
5SqueakyChu
>4 lindapanzo: I do understand! :)
6brenpike
>3 SqueakyChu: found you!
7brenpike
Challenge 2: Mother May I? Read a book whose title and/or author's name includes 2 ms and an i.
8Citizenjoyce
Yahoo! Just on my way to bed, and look what I found.
Challenge #2: Read a book that has been read in the past 2 years by a student you know, name your relationship to the student and their grade
The last book my grandson is reading for his sophomore year of high school is The House On Mango Street. He doesn't much like to read anyway, and he particularly doesn't like this book. I started it a couple of years ago and didn't like it enough to continue, but I've since regretted the abandonment since so many good things have been said about it, so here's my chance to try again.
>7 brenpike: I took your #2 spot since you didn't put it on the wiki. It was just too exciting to actually get to be #2, I couldn't resist.
Challenge #2: Read a book that has been read in the past 2 years by a student you know, name your relationship to the student and their grade
The last book my grandson is reading for his sophomore year of high school is The House On Mango Street. He doesn't much like to read anyway, and he particularly doesn't like this book. I started it a couple of years ago and didn't like it enough to continue, but I've since regretted the abandonment since so many good things have been said about it, so here's my chance to try again.
>7 brenpike: I took your #2 spot since you didn't put it on the wiki. It was just too exciting to actually get to be #2, I couldn't resist.
9lindapanzo
This is very strange. I'll be home later today and will check again then.
ETA: My phone didn't refresh. Glad to see a few other challenges.
ETA: My phone didn't refresh. Glad to see a few other challenges.
10SqueakyChu
> 8 The last book my grandson is reading for his sophomore year of high school is The House On Mango Street. He doesn't much like to read anyway, and he particularly doesn't like this book
When my daughter was in middle school, the counselor tried to get my daughter to read this book because she's Hispanic (my husband is a native of El Salvador). My daughter refused, saying she started it and didn't like it. I found it okay. I couldn't get into Caramelo, another book by Sandra Cisneros. I usually like books about Hispanic culture, but neither of those two books did much for me.
When my daughter was in middle school, the counselor tried to get my daughter to read this book because she's Hispanic (my husband is a native of El Salvador). My daughter refused, saying she started it and didn't like it. I found it okay. I couldn't get into Caramelo, another book by Sandra Cisneros. I usually like books about Hispanic culture, but neither of those two books did much for me.
11SqueakyChu
>7 brenpike: Read a book whose title and/or author's name includes 2 ms and an i.
Exactly that number or can the title contain more of the same letter?
May we use the subtitle?
Exactly that number or can the title contain more of the same letter?
May we use the subtitle?
12dallenbaugh
Challenge #5: Read a book with a title where one of the letters is worth at least 4 points and the total number of points for all letters is at least 15 as designated in the game of Scrabble.
It’s May and it’s time to play SCRABBLE.
Please don't count the subtitle - too easy, but you can count any articles that are included in the main title such as '''The'''.
Madeline suggested we add the total number of points so add away.
Example: The Sympathizer where “Z” = 10 points & the total points = 36.
Point value is as follows:
• (1 point)-A, E, I, O, U, L, N, S, T, R.
• (2 points)-D, G.
• (3 points)-B, C, M, P.
• (4 points)-F, H, V, W, Y.
• (5 points)-K.
• (8 points)- J, X.
• (10 points)-Q, Z.
It’s May and it’s time to play SCRABBLE.
Please don't count the subtitle - too easy, but you can count any articles that are included in the main title such as '''The'''.
Madeline suggested we add the total number of points so add away.
Example: The Sympathizer where “Z” = 10 points & the total points = 36.
Point value is as follows:
• (1 point)-A, E, I, O, U, L, N, S, T, R.
• (2 points)-D, G.
• (3 points)-B, C, M, P.
• (4 points)-F, H, V, W, Y.
• (5 points)-K.
• (8 points)- J, X.
• (10 points)-Q, Z.
13SqueakyChu
I added rule #5 to my challenge #1 which is simply to name the animal in the listing if the animal is not named in the title.
14cyderry
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Challenge #4 Read a book were at least two letters in the title are next to
each other in the alphabet as seen in the normal layout.
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In May the Alpha Kit letters are O & P and I got me to thinking that they were next to each other in the alphabet but how often do we see words with letters that are immediately before or after in the standard alphabet configuration.
So , find those occurrences. Standard configuration is A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
I will also accept the occurrence in the author's name and Z can wrap to A or vice versa.
Challenge #4 Read a book were at least two letters in the title are next to
each other in the alphabet as seen in the normal layout.
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In May the Alpha Kit letters are O & P and I got me to thinking that they were next to each other in the alphabet but how often do we see words with letters that are immediately before or after in the standard alphabet configuration.
So , find those occurrences. Standard configuration is A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
I will also accept the occurrence in the author's name and Z can wrap to A or vice versa.
15SqueakyChu
>12 dallenbaugh:
For fun, may we also list the total points?
May we also use the subtitle?
May we also highlight the letters that are 4 or greater points?
For fun, may we also list the total points?
May we also use the subtitle?
May we also highlight the letters that are 4 or greater points?
16dallenbaugh
>12 dallenbaugh: Let's not count the subtitle - too easy.
Yes, total points would be fun, but only if you want to. At least mention that you have reached 15 points.
Yes, I took your example and highlighted the '''z''' in Sympathizer. I will now highlight the '''y''' and the two '''h'''s and add total points
Good ideas. Thanks, Madeline
Yes, total points would be fun, but only if you want to. At least mention that you have reached 15 points.
Yes, I took your example and highlighted the '''z''' in Sympathizer. I will now highlight the '''y''' and the two '''h'''s and add total points
Good ideas. Thanks, Madeline
17brenpike
>11 SqueakyChu: let's make it easy and say at least 2ms and an i.
Subtitles may be included.
Subtitles may be included.
18cbl_tn
Challenge #6: Spring cleaning challenge
Read a book that has something to do with cleaning. It can be a book about cleaning, a book with a title word or author name representing something you might clean (e.g., "dirt" or "bathtub"), or a TBR you want to read and get out of your house to make room for a shiny new book.
If you use a word that is something you might clean, please stick to things that you, yourself, might clean. I have seen "Big Ben" (technically, Elizabeth Tower) being cleaned, but I would not be the one doing the cleaning. If you would actually be the person cleaning "Big Ben", then count it!
Read a book that has something to do with cleaning. It can be a book about cleaning, a book with a title word or author name representing something you might clean (e.g., "dirt" or "bathtub"), or a TBR you want to read and get out of your house to make room for a shiny new book.
If you use a word that is something you might clean, please stick to things that you, yourself, might clean. I have seen "Big Ben" (technically, Elizabeth Tower) being cleaned, but I would not be the one doing the cleaning. If you would actually be the person cleaning "Big Ben", then count it!
19cbl_tn
I just put a hold on the Overdrive audio of Charlotte's Web last night. Maybe I'm psychic?!
20DeltaQueen50
Challenge #7: A Tip of the Hat
Read a book where at least one character on the cover is wearing a head cover of some kind. This could be a hat, a crown, a scarf, a cowboy hat etc.
Read a book where at least one character on the cover is wearing a head cover of some kind. This could be a hat, a crown, a scarf, a cowboy hat etc.
22lindapanzo
Challenge #8: Read a book with "Dark" or "Light" in the title
The title must include the word "dark" or the word "light" or both but non a synonym. The word can be embedded so, for example, Darkness at Noon would be fine.
The title must include the word "dark" or the word "light" or both but non a synonym. The word can be embedded so, for example, Darkness at Noon would be fine.
23Citizenjoyce
Loving the challenges so far. My planned reads for the month:
Challenge #1: Read a book about an animal with its proper name in the title (Name the animal if not in the title) - started by SqueakyChu
The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood - Sy Montgomery
*✔Pax - Sara Pennypacker - E-Audiobook (4)
Challenge #2: Read a book that has been read in the past 2 years by a student you know (Name your relationship to the student and their grade) - Citizenjoyce
✔The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros - Audiobook (3.5)
Challenge #3: Mother May I? Read a book whose title and/or author's name includes at least 2 "M"s and an "I" - brenpike
*✔The Excellent Lombards - Jane Hamilton (4.5)
✔Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir - Padma Lakshmi - E-Audiobook (4)
The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov - E-Audiobook - Abandoned
Challenge #4: Read a book were at least two letters in the title or author's name are next to each other in the alphabet as seen in the normal layout - cyderry
*✔Ahab's Wife - Sena Jeter Naslund - E-Audiobook (4)
*Bootleg : murder, moonshine, and the lawless years of Prohibition - Karen Blumenthal
✔Listen Liberal —or— What Ever Happened to the Party of the People? - Thomas Frank - E-Audiobook (1)
✔The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories - Ken Liu - E-Audiobook (5)
*✔Peter Pan - J. M. Barrie - E-Audiobook (2.5)
Challenge #5: Read a book with a title where one of the letters is worth at least 4 points and the total number of points for all letters is at least 15 as designated in the game of Scrabble. - dallenbaugh
✔The Two-Family House: A Novel - Lynda Cohen Loigman - E-Audiobook (3.5)
Zero K- Don DeLillo - Audiobook
Challenge #6: Read a book that has something to do with spring cleaning - started by cbl_tn
*✔Lab Girl - Hope Jahren - E-Audiobook (5)
*✔Old Filth - Jane Gardam (4.5)
*✔Little Red Chairs - Edna O'Brien - E-Audiobook (4.5)
Challenge #7: Tip of the Hat: Read a book where at least one character on the cover is wearing a head covering - started by DeltaQueen
✔The Taming of the Queen - Philippa Gregory - Audiobook (4.5)
Challenge #8: Read a book with "Dark" or "Light" in the title - started by lindapanzo
*✔Girl in the Dark: A Memoir - Anna Lyndsey - E-Book (4.5)
A Northern Light - Jennifer Donnelly - E-Audiobook
A Sliver of Light: Three Americans Imprisoned in Iran - Shane Bauer - E-Audiobook
Challenge #9: Read a book published or set during the decade of your mother's birth (list the decade) - started by susanna.fraser
✔Flappers and Philosophers - F. Scott Fitzgerald - E-Audiobook (3.5)
Challenge #10: Read a book featuring a religious ascetic, such as a monk or a nun - started by PawsforThought
Heresy - S. J. Parris
✔A Morbid Taste for Bones - Ellis Peters - Kindle (3.5)
Challenge #11: Read a book that is at least the 5th book its author had published - started by madhatter22
✔Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz E-Audiobook (4)
Challenge #12: Read a book containing Murder & Mayhem starting with the first letters of Murders and Mayhem (rolling challenge) - started by streamsong
✔The Diviners - Libba Bray - E-Audiobook (2.5)
✔Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire - E-Audiobook (4)
✔My Brilliant Friend - Elena Ferrante - E-Audiobook (5)
Challenge #13: Read a book whose title completes the sentence "May is my favorite month to be ...." - started by
*✔At the Edge of the Orchard - Tracy Chevalier - Audiobook (3.5)
Challenge #14: A Wet Challenge: Read a book whose title contains the word "water" or any form of water. - started by LizzieD
✔Twisted River: A Novel - Siobhan MacDonald - E-Audiobook (3.5)
Challenge #15: Read a manga where there is a picture of someone eating with chopsticks - started by paulstalder
✔YOTSUBA&!, Volume 1 - Kiyohiko Azuma - manga (2)
Challenge #16: Read a book which has a word in the title indicating a place where a large amount of people meet - started by Carmenere
✔Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine - Kelly Sue Deconnick - Graphic (3.5)
✔Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J. K. Rowling - Audiobook (4)
Challenge #17: Read a book whose first chapter contains a reference to a grandmother, grandma, gram, or any form of that relation - started by fuzzi (a new grandma!)
The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell: A Novel - Loraine Despres - Audiobook
✔The Improbability of Love: A novel - Hannah Rothschild (4.5)
Challenge #1: Read a book about an animal with its proper name in the title (Name the animal if not in the title) - started by SqueakyChu
The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood - Sy Montgomery
*✔Pax - Sara Pennypacker - E-Audiobook (4)
Challenge #2: Read a book that has been read in the past 2 years by a student you know (Name your relationship to the student and their grade) - Citizenjoyce
✔The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros - Audiobook (3.5)
Challenge #3: Mother May I? Read a book whose title and/or author's name includes at least 2 "M"s and an "I" - brenpike
*✔The Excellent Lombards - Jane Hamilton (4.5)
✔Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir - Padma Lakshmi - E-Audiobook (4)
The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov - E-Audiobook - Abandoned
Challenge #4: Read a book were at least two letters in the title or author's name are next to each other in the alphabet as seen in the normal layout - cyderry
*✔Ahab's Wife - Sena Jeter Naslund - E-Audiobook (4)
*Bootleg : murder, moonshine, and the lawless years of Prohibition - Karen Blumenthal
✔Listen Liberal —or— What Ever Happened to the Party of the People? - Thomas Frank - E-Audiobook (1)
✔The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories - Ken Liu - E-Audiobook (5)
*✔Peter Pan - J. M. Barrie - E-Audiobook (2.5)
Challenge #5: Read a book with a title where one of the letters is worth at least 4 points and the total number of points for all letters is at least 15 as designated in the game of Scrabble. - dallenbaugh
✔The Two-Family House: A Novel - Lynda Cohen Loigman - E-Audiobook (3.5)
Zero K- Don DeLillo - Audiobook
Challenge #6: Read a book that has something to do with spring cleaning - started by cbl_tn
*✔Lab Girl - Hope Jahren - E-Audiobook (5)
*✔Old Filth - Jane Gardam (4.5)
*✔Little Red Chairs - Edna O'Brien - E-Audiobook (4.5)
Challenge #7: Tip of the Hat: Read a book where at least one character on the cover is wearing a head covering - started by DeltaQueen
✔The Taming of the Queen - Philippa Gregory - Audiobook (4.5)
Challenge #8: Read a book with "Dark" or "Light" in the title - started by lindapanzo
*✔Girl in the Dark: A Memoir - Anna Lyndsey - E-Book (4.5)
A Northern Light - Jennifer Donnelly - E-Audiobook
A Sliver of Light: Three Americans Imprisoned in Iran - Shane Bauer - E-Audiobook
Challenge #9: Read a book published or set during the decade of your mother's birth (list the decade) - started by susanna.fraser
✔Flappers and Philosophers - F. Scott Fitzgerald - E-Audiobook (3.5)
Challenge #10: Read a book featuring a religious ascetic, such as a monk or a nun - started by PawsforThought
Heresy - S. J. Parris
✔A Morbid Taste for Bones - Ellis Peters - Kindle (3.5)
Challenge #11: Read a book that is at least the 5th book its author had published - started by madhatter22
✔Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz E-Audiobook (4)
Challenge #12: Read a book containing Murder & Mayhem starting with the first letters of Murders and Mayhem (rolling challenge) - started by streamsong
✔The Diviners - Libba Bray - E-Audiobook (2.5)
✔Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire - E-Audiobook (4)
✔My Brilliant Friend - Elena Ferrante - E-Audiobook (5)
Challenge #13: Read a book whose title completes the sentence "May is my favorite month to be ...." - started by
*✔At the Edge of the Orchard - Tracy Chevalier - Audiobook (3.5)
Challenge #14: A Wet Challenge: Read a book whose title contains the word "water" or any form of water. - started by LizzieD
✔Twisted River: A Novel - Siobhan MacDonald - E-Audiobook (3.5)
Challenge #15: Read a manga where there is a picture of someone eating with chopsticks - started by paulstalder
✔YOTSUBA&!, Volume 1 - Kiyohiko Azuma - manga (2)
Challenge #16: Read a book which has a word in the title indicating a place where a large amount of people meet - started by Carmenere
✔Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine - Kelly Sue Deconnick - Graphic (3.5)
✔Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J. K. Rowling - Audiobook (4)
Challenge #17: Read a book whose first chapter contains a reference to a grandmother, grandma, gram, or any form of that relation - started by fuzzi (a new grandma!)
The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell: A Novel - Loraine Despres - Audiobook
✔The Improbability of Love: A novel - Hannah Rothschild (4.5)
26susanna.fraser
Challenge #9: Read a book published or set during the decade of your mother's birth (list the decade)
In honor of Mother's Day, read a book published or set during the decade of your mother's birth. (Shared reads are fine.)
In honor of Mother's Day, read a book published or set during the decade of your mother's birth. (Shared reads are fine.)
27cyderry
>26 susanna.fraser: That one might be hard - my Mom is 91 and still kicking. She was born in 1924.
28dallenbaugh
>27 cyderry: My mom is 94 and still going strong. I found this book site that has lots of good suggestions for 1920's reads.
https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~immer/books1920s
https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~immer/books1920s
29PawsforThought
***Challenge 10: Read a book about an ascetic person, such as a monk or a nun***
My first time posting a challenge!
This is a completely self serving as I'm taking part in the The Name of the Rose group read in May. (Anyone is welcome to join us!)
"Your" ascetic person can belong to any religion, be male or female, and be any level of devout - it's up to you to decide if they're ascetic enough.
Suggestions:
The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
The Mermaid Chair - Sue Monk Kidd
A Canticle for Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller Jr.
In This House of Brede - Rumer Godden
The Nun's Story - Kathryn Hulme
My first time posting a challenge!
This is a completely self serving as I'm taking part in the The Name of the Rose group read in May. (Anyone is welcome to join us!)
"Your" ascetic person can belong to any religion, be male or female, and be any level of devout - it's up to you to decide if they're ascetic enough.
Suggestions:
The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
The Mermaid Chair - Sue Monk Kidd
A Canticle for Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller Jr.
In This House of Brede - Rumer Godden
The Nun's Story - Kathryn Hulme
30madhatter22
***Challenge 11: Read a book that is at least the 5th book its author had published***
This can't be any book by an author who's published 5 or more, but must be their 5th (or later) book. Collections of stories or essays count as a book. Novellas can count if they've been published as a standalone book and not only in collections.
This can't be any book by an author who's published 5 or more, but must be their 5th (or later) book. Collections of stories or essays count as a book. Novellas can count if they've been published as a standalone book and not only in collections.
31SqueakyChu
>29 PawsforThought: My first time posting a challenge!
Hurray!
This is a completely self serving
Self-serving is fine! :)
Hurray!
This is a completely self serving
Self-serving is fine! :)
32streamsong
In honor of one of my favorite group reads of the year - the May Murder and Mayhem thread -
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Challenge #12: Read a book containing Murder & Mayhem starting with the first letters of MurdersandMayhem (rolling challenge)
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As per usual, one letter can be skipped.
As not always usual, you can add two books to the wiki at a time if you like.
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Challenge #12: Read a book containing Murder & Mayhem starting with the first letters of MurdersandMayhem (rolling challenge)
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As per usual, one letter can be skipped.
As not always usual, you can add two books to the wiki at a time if you like.
33lindapanzo
>323 Great challenge!!
Now I have to find the M & M thread...
Now I have to find the M & M thread...
34jeanned
Challenge #13: Read a book whose title completes the sentence "May is my favorite month to be ...."
For example, I will be reading Edna O'Brien's In the Forest.
The resulting sentence doesn't necessarily have to be true, but it does have to be a sentence that makes sense.
For example, I will be reading Edna O'Brien's In the Forest.
The resulting sentence doesn't necessarily have to be true, but it does have to be a sentence that makes sense.
35LizzieD
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Challenge #14: A Wet Challenge: Read a book whose title contains the word "water" or any form of water.
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We're awfully dry here, so I'm trying some sympathetic magic. Your title can contain "water" or "rain" or "snow" or "dew" or "ice" "ocean" or "lake" or any other form of water. Embedded words are fine too!
Challenge #14: A Wet Challenge: Read a book whose title contains the word "water" or any form of water.
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We're awfully dry here, so I'm trying some sympathetic magic. Your title can contain "water" or "rain" or "snow" or "dew" or "ice" "ocean" or "lake" or any other form of water. Embedded words are fine too!
36paulstalder
>3 SqueakyChu: I was waiting for your Pre-Monthly-Awards ... I can't think of a new challenge till I've seen the awards ... *think*
38SqueakyChu
>36 paulstalder: They're now posted on April's thread. :D
40paulstalder
Challenge #15: Read a manga where there is a picture someone eating with chopsticks
Okay, my apprentice gave me some more mangas to read, so I make another challenge around mangas.
So, read a manga/graphic novel wherein somebody eats something with chopsticks. Please indicate the page and the number of pair of chopsticks.
Fruits basket 1 (p. 19, 1 pair) - Natsuki Takaya
an additional challenge: eat with your own chopsticks while reading :)
Okay, my apprentice gave me some more mangas to read, so I make another challenge around mangas.
So, read a manga/graphic novel wherein somebody eats something with chopsticks. Please indicate the page and the number of pair of chopsticks.
Fruits basket 1 (p. 19, 1 pair) - Natsuki Takaya
an additional challenge: eat with your own chopsticks while reading :)
41SqueakyChu
>40 paulstalder:. LOL! Oh, Paul, that is such a PERFECT challenge for me now!!
I seriously doubt that I can read while eating with chopsticks, but I'll have to try it!
I want to read Fruits Basket, but I have too much other manga to read first! :p
I seriously doubt that I can read while eating with chopsticks, but I'll have to try it!
I want to read Fruits Basket, but I have too much other manga to read first! :p
42fuzzi
>1 SqueakyChu: >13 SqueakyChu: excellent! I have a bunch of animal books I've been planning to read.
43SqueakyChu
>42 fuzzi: That turned out to be a self-serving challenge which defeated me. I started my animal book in April and compulsively read it until...I finished it in April! The joke's now on me! :)
44fuzzi
>43 SqueakyChu: then try Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand, an excellent read.
I've got six books listed so far for your challenge...we'll see if I can get them all read.
I've got six books listed so far for your challenge...we'll see if I can get them all read.
45SqueakyChu
>44 fuzzi: I already read Seabiscuit and thought it was an extremely well-written and interesting book. I highly also recommend it for my own challenge.
46paulstalder
Hej Madeline,
look at the TIOLI Meter page and, äh, explain, why this 'SqueakyChu: Tee hee! Manga took me to the top!' is listed in the Hall of Fame ?
congratulations!!!
look at the TIOLI Meter page and, äh, explain, why this 'SqueakyChu: Tee hee! Manga took me to the top!' is listed in the Hall of Fame ?
congratulations!!!
47SqueakyChu
>46 paulstalder: It was because I was TOP FROG for once in my life...at least for one day...because I finished two books of manga at the beginning of the month! Now I'm back to alternating them with slower reads so I'm going to sink down into the lower lily pads. :)
Now I see that YOU are the TOP FROG! Congrats! :D
Oops! I see that my remarks were posted in the wrong place. I've corrected all of that now! They should have been under RIBBITS, not under HALL OF FAMERS. I could never do that HALL OF FAMERS thing! :D
Now I see that YOU are the TOP FROG! Congrats! :D
Oops! I see that my remarks were posted in the wrong place. I've corrected all of that now! They should have been under RIBBITS, not under HALL OF FAMERS. I could never do that HALL OF FAMERS thing! :D
48paulstalder
>47 SqueakyChu: thanks for putting the record straight :) Maybe you could try to read a manga fitting each of the challenges, Chi's Sweet Home, Volume 1 for challenge 1, ANIMA, Volume 1 by Natsumi Mukai for challenge 3, and so on
49SqueakyChu
>48 paulstalder: That is a great idea! At least for challenge #1. I've already read Chi's Sweet Home, vol. 1. I'll have to see if my older son has any more books in that series. I'm not sure how easy it is to get hold of other series. However, I've noticed a compulsion on my part to finish series I like first, even if I have other books waiting to be read. Your idea is a fun one, though!
50jeanned
I think I can, I think I can....
Planned reading for May
Challenge #3: Mother May I? Read a book whose title and/or author's name includes at least 2 "M"s and an "I"
The Moor’s Account, by Laila Lalami
My Name Is Red, by Orhan Pamuk
Challenge #4: Read a book where at least two letters in the title or author's name are next to each other in the alphabet as seen in the normal layout
Mallory's Oracle, by Carol O'Connell
Challenge #5: Read a book with a title where one of the letters is worth at least 4 points and the total number of points for all letters is at least 15 as designated in the game of Scrabble
*The Death of Bees, by Lisa O'Donnell
Challenge #7: Tip of the Hat: Read a book where at least one character on the cover is wearing a head covering
Death of Riley, by Rhys Bowen
Challenge #8: Read a book with "Dark" or "Light" in the title
Lord of Light, by Roger Zelazny
Challenge #9: Read a book published or set during the decade of your mother's birth
Red Inferno: 1945, by Robert Conroy
Challenge #10: Read a book featuring a religious ascetic, such as a monk or a nun
Be Near Me, by Andrew O'Hagan
Challenge #11: Read a book that is at least the 5th book its author had published
Silent Joe, by T. Jefferson Parker
Challenge #13: Read a book whose title completes the sentence "May is my favorite month to be ...."
In the Forest, by Edna O'Brien
The Tiger's Wife, by Téa Obreht
Challenge #14: A Wet Challenge: Read a book whose title contains the word "water" or any form of water
The Body in the Snowdrift, by Katherine Hall Page
Planned reading for May
Challenge #3: Mother May I? Read a book whose title and/or author's name includes at least 2 "M"s and an "I"
The Moor’s Account, by Laila Lalami
My Name Is Red, by Orhan Pamuk
Challenge #4: Read a book where at least two letters in the title or author's name are next to each other in the alphabet as seen in the normal layout
Mallory's Oracle, by Carol O'Connell
Challenge #5: Read a book with a title where one of the letters is worth at least 4 points and the total number of points for all letters is at least 15 as designated in the game of Scrabble
*The Death of Bees, by Lisa O'Donnell
Challenge #7: Tip of the Hat: Read a book where at least one character on the cover is wearing a head covering
Death of Riley, by Rhys Bowen
Challenge #8: Read a book with "Dark" or "Light" in the title
Lord of Light, by Roger Zelazny
Challenge #9: Read a book published or set during the decade of your mother's birth
Red Inferno: 1945, by Robert Conroy
Challenge #10: Read a book featuring a religious ascetic, such as a monk or a nun
Be Near Me, by Andrew O'Hagan
Challenge #11: Read a book that is at least the 5th book its author had published
Silent Joe, by T. Jefferson Parker
Challenge #13: Read a book whose title completes the sentence "May is my favorite month to be ...."
In the Forest, by Edna O'Brien
The Tiger's Wife, by Téa Obreht
Challenge #14: A Wet Challenge: Read a book whose title contains the word "water" or any form of water
The Body in the Snowdrift, by Katherine Hall Page
51PawsforThought
>50 jeanned: I'm so glad you found a book for my challenge. I was a little worried I'd be the only one with a book for that one (slightly irrational fear, I know), but I see there are a few others. :)
52jeanned
>51 PawsforThought: I Know just how you feel. April was my most successful challenge ever with 50+ entries, but usually not so many. :)
53PawsforThought
>52 jeanned: :O I dream of double digits!
54Helenoel
>14 cyderry: For Challenge #4 Will you accept adjacent letter in reverse order? FE or ON ?
55cyderry
>54 Helenoel: yes, backward or forward.
56jeanned
I just got notification from the library that The Secret Chord, which I requested in January for the February AlphaKit challenge, has arrived and waiting for me to pick up.
I've added it to Challenge #5: Read a book with a title where one of the letters is worth at least 4 points and the total number of points for all letters is at least 15 as designated in the game of Scrabble.
I've added it to Challenge #5: Read a book with a title where one of the letters is worth at least 4 points and the total number of points for all letters is at least 15 as designated in the game of Scrabble.
57lindapanzo
The earlier comment about wanting more entries for a challenge one posts got me to thinking: Why do you post your challenges?
Is it a a self-serving reason? To find out about other topics on a particular topic? To get a lot of entries? To make it challenging to get only a few entries? Some other reason?
For me, it's usually some variation of one of the above. Usually, it's self serving for starters. Something I saw that made a book I want to read soon unique prompted me to post the challenge. Sometimes, I want to find out what other books people can fit into m challenge.
At times, I'm hoping for a lot of entries under my challenge. Other times, I hope it's tough to find something. It depends on my mood.
Is it a a self-serving reason? To find out about other topics on a particular topic? To get a lot of entries? To make it challenging to get only a few entries? Some other reason?
For me, it's usually some variation of one of the above. Usually, it's self serving for starters. Something I saw that made a book I want to read soon unique prompted me to post the challenge. Sometimes, I want to find out what other books people can fit into m challenge.
At times, I'm hoping for a lot of entries under my challenge. Other times, I hope it's tough to find something. It depends on my mood.
58Citizenjoyce
>57 lindapanzo: As with you, first it's self serving, I've found a book or books I want to read. Also, thinking of when my challenge was about prostitution or sex, I want to find other books on the same topic. I'd like to get lots of entries, but that almost never happens, so that's pretty far down my list of reasons; and I never work particularly to make a challenge tough. Just my usual thinking makes it tough or at least unappealing enough.
59PawsforThought
>57 lindapanzo: In my case (this was my first time posting a challenge) it was mainly self-serving. If I hadn't had a book I wanted to fit into a challenge, I would have probably wanted a challenge that was a bit of a challenge thought-wise just because I enjoy getting a bit of a brain work out.
60FAMeulstee
I am going to try to go ahead and read at least one TIOLI book this month, it is years back that I did my last TIOLI...
So I will start with Challenge 11: Read a book that is at least the 5th book its author had published
The Dutch translation of Seer of Sevenwaters, fifth book of the Sevenwaters series (and I think the 10th book of Juliet Marillier, at least in Dutch translation).
So I will start with Challenge 11: Read a book that is at least the 5th book its author had published
The Dutch translation of Seer of Sevenwaters, fifth book of the Sevenwaters series (and I think the 10th book of Juliet Marillier, at least in Dutch translation).
61SqueakyChu
>60 FAMeulstee:. Welcome back!
62DeltaQueen50
I try to post a challenge every month and yes, it's probably first and foremost for self-serving reasons, but I do love the TIOLI Challenges and want to help it stay alive and thriving so like to contribute. I love to see others take up my challenge and add books. I am truly amazed at how creative these challenges still are after all these years!
63Carmenere
Challenge #16: Read a book which has a word in the title indicating a place where a large amount of people meet
Self explanatory and self serving :0)
Self explanatory and self serving :0)
64fuzzi
Under the wire...
**********Challenge #17: Read a book whose first chapter contains a reference to a grandmother, grandma, gram, or any form of that relation - started by fuzzi (a new grandma!)**********
:)
Ruth Elizabeth
**********Challenge #17: Read a book whose first chapter contains a reference to a grandmother, grandma, gram, or any form of that relation - started by fuzzi (a new grandma!)**********
:)
Ruth Elizabeth
65susanna.fraser
>64 fuzzi: Congratulations, Grandma!
>57 lindapanzo: My challenge selection process varies from month to month. Especially if I don't get mine in as one of the first 10, sometimes I'll look at what's there and decide whether to go obscure or broad depending on what's already out there. Like, if there are a lot of really specific challenges, I'll try to pick something a lot of books would fit to help everyone find a place for their month's reading. Other times, if I have a library book or new release I'll be reading that month anyway, I'll craft a challenge to fit it. And sometimes I try to prod people to try something new, e.g. my read-a-Rita-finalist challenge last month.
>57 lindapanzo: My challenge selection process varies from month to month. Especially if I don't get mine in as one of the first 10, sometimes I'll look at what's there and decide whether to go obscure or broad depending on what's already out there. Like, if there are a lot of really specific challenges, I'll try to pick something a lot of books would fit to help everyone find a place for their month's reading. Other times, if I have a library book or new release I'll be reading that month anyway, I'll craft a challenge to fit it. And sometimes I try to prod people to try something new, e.g. my read-a-Rita-finalist challenge last month.
66SqueakyChu
>64 fuzzi: Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a sweetie pie. Do tell us more!
67fuzzi
>66 SqueakyChu: Ruth Elizabeth was born April 13th, about 12:30pm. She weighed 7 lbs, 15 oz, and was 20 1/2" long. Mommy and daughter (and Daddy) are doing well.
They live in Chicago, so a visit is forthcoming...
They live in Chicago, so a visit is forthcoming...
68Smiler69
>64 fuzzi: Congratulations grandma!
>57 lindapanzo: I like your question and interesting to read the answers. I don't post challenges all that often, but usually when I do they tend to be self-serving, or on occasion to highlight something, as I did with my Coco challenge, for example, to mark my beloved dog's passing. Of course I'm happy if lots of people join into the challenges I post, but this doesn't usually happen, which is fine too.
>57 lindapanzo: I like your question and interesting to read the answers. I don't post challenges all that often, but usually when I do they tend to be self-serving, or on occasion to highlight something, as I did with my Coco challenge, for example, to mark my beloved dog's passing. Of course I'm happy if lots of people join into the challenges I post, but this doesn't usually happen, which is fine too.
69SqueakyChu
>67 fuzzi: What a pretty name! All the best to you and your whole family. Enjoy the wee one!
70SqueakyChu
> 57 Great question!
I post my questions just for fun. My goal is too stretch what people read and to try not to let others pick ahead of time what they will read. I do this by trying to make my challenge fairly limited. I don't like if my own challenge is too wide open.
Sometimes I do pick a challenge based on something which I am already reading. I tend to read some books over many months. I guess I try to read too many books at once.
The one challenge I just did was really a stretch for me. That was the manga one. I can't believe so many people actually took me up on that challenge. You are very brave souls! :)
I post my questions just for fun. My goal is too stretch what people read and to try not to let others pick ahead of time what they will read. I do this by trying to make my challenge fairly limited. I don't like if my own challenge is too wide open.
Sometimes I do pick a challenge based on something which I am already reading. I tend to read some books over many months. I guess I try to read too many books at once.
The one challenge I just did was really a stretch for me. That was the manga one. I can't believe so many people actually took me up on that challenge. You are very brave souls! :)
71fuzzi
Thank you all for your kind wishes. Ruth E. was named after my mother, who passed 22 years ago. She would have been pleased.
72dallenbaugh
>65 susanna.fraser: My challenges are done pretty close to how Susanna does hers. They change every month, but usually not self serving since there are often so many challenges that will work for the books I have. The reason for this is I don't have a big personal library and I mainly check out books from the local library so I order the books to fit the challenges.
73cyderry
>57 lindapanzo: my challenges are usually self-serving but that's probably because I'm a planner. I have a large list of books that I want to read and then I look and see what they may have in common so that the majority will fit into my challenge.
74Helenliz
>64 fuzzi: Congratulations. Now the tricky bit is picking which, of the many variations, are you going to be? You are going to be stuck with it for some time to come.
Lovely name. Just don't expect her to be able to say, and especially not to spell, her middle name for a while. It's also my middle name and it took me ages to get it right. I recently got rid of a lot of my school exercise books and the variety of spelling is really very inventive! I still have to pause and think about the middle.
She fits nicely into challenge 4, consecutive letters. >:-)
Lovely name. Just don't expect her to be able to say, and especially not to spell, her middle name for a while. It's also my middle name and it took me ages to get it right. I recently got rid of a lot of my school exercise books and the variety of spelling is really very inventive! I still have to pause and think about the middle.
She fits nicely into challenge 4, consecutive letters. >:-)
75paulstalder
>64 fuzzi: congratulations, Grosi or Omi (as we call them here)
>57 lindapanzo: Choosing a challenge is mostly self-serving. Some challenges (like reading a German children's book or something Korean) are founded on the idea to bring others to read something I like.
When thinking of a challenge I sometimes have just an idea, a word, a picture, in mind and go from there. Sometimes I sigh under the many unread books around me and look for something common among them and decide to read these first. And then I started to post them here: I mean, why not challenge others to read similar stuff? Maybe (and most times) they come up with variations I didn't think about in the first place.
>57 lindapanzo: Choosing a challenge is mostly self-serving. Some challenges (like reading a German children's book or something Korean) are founded on the idea to bring others to read something I like.
When thinking of a challenge I sometimes have just an idea, a word, a picture, in mind and go from there. Sometimes I sigh under the many unread books around me and look for something common among them and decide to read these first. And then I started to post them here: I mean, why not challenge others to read similar stuff? Maybe (and most times) they come up with variations I didn't think about in the first place.
76fuzzi
>75 paulstalder: my mother was "Nana", as was her grandmother, from Denmark.
Sometimes I have an idea for a challenge, based upon the time of year or the month, but most of the time I look at my pile of TBR books, and pick a challenge that might fit several of them.
This month my challenge was a little of both of those reasons. :)
Sometimes I have an idea for a challenge, based upon the time of year or the month, but most of the time I look at my pile of TBR books, and pick a challenge that might fit several of them.
This month my challenge was a little of both of those reasons. :)
77Citizenjoyce
>64 fuzzi: Congratulations, Nana..
78susanna.fraser
>70 SqueakyChu: My challenge is I typically put tons of library books on hold, usually new releases lots of people want to read, and then they arrive whenever they arrive and I have 3 weeks to get them read, hence scrambling to fit them into challenges. I'd like to pick new things to fit the unique challenges, but I've got all those pre-existing holds!
(Really, if I'm not careful the hold list becomes a source of stress instead of an exciting source of reading. Too many books, too little time, and meanwhile the TBR pile of books I own but haven't read yet keeps growing because there's not that 3-week pressure.)
(Really, if I'm not careful the hold list becomes a source of stress instead of an exciting source of reading. Too many books, too little time, and meanwhile the TBR pile of books I own but haven't read yet keeps growing because there's not that 3-week pressure.)
79dallenbaugh
Yes, I know that pressure to read library hold books especially in the spring during gardening season.
80lindapanzo
>78 susanna.fraser: Fortunately, I've got the ability to put holds on vacation hold. I use that power to make sure that they don't all come in at the same time.
81jeanned
>79 dallenbaugh: Every season is gardening season! The only time my garden doesn't compete with reading is during the windy, raining cold of winter. :)
82fuzzi
>77 Citizenjoyce: thank you. :)
83dallenbaugh
>81 jeanned: Well I'm not sure about the seasons in Doubtless Bay but I live in Colorado where there are definitely seasons I won't be gardening. For example we had 7 inches of snow last weekend.
85susanna.fraser
>80 lindapanzo: I can do that, too--I just have trouble predicting how long it'll take a book to get to me when, say, I'm 63 in line for a book where the system holds 24 copies, and all too often despite my best efforts I find myself picking up a giant stack of books all at once.
86bell7
>64 fuzzi: Congrats! Ruth is adorable.
Well, I managed to fit every book I'm currently reading or *have* to read this month into the following challenges:
Challenge #3 "Mother May I" - A Long Way Gone:Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
Challenge #4 "Touching" letters - Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi taylor
Challenge #5 - Scrabble points Your Medical Mind by Jerome Groopman and Pamela Hartzband
Challenge #7 - Character on cover has a head covering Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
Challenge #12 - Murders and Mayhem rolling challenge A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor
Challenge #16 - Place where large groups of people congregate Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library by Wayne A. Wiegand
We'll see how the month goes, but if the number of challenges stay manageable I may attempt a sweep and some extra shared reads this month...
Well, I managed to fit every book I'm currently reading or *have* to read this month into the following challenges:
Challenge #3 "Mother May I" - A Long Way Gone:Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
Challenge #4 "Touching" letters - Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi taylor
Challenge #5 - Scrabble points Your Medical Mind by Jerome Groopman and Pamela Hartzband
Challenge #7 - Character on cover has a head covering Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
Challenge #12 - Murders and Mayhem rolling challenge A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor
Challenge #16 - Place where large groups of people congregate Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library by Wayne A. Wiegand
We'll see how the month goes, but if the number of challenges stay manageable I may attempt a sweep and some extra shared reads this month...
87nrmay
>86 bell7:
I've never managed a sweep, but I did think I, too, might try this month.
But I don't know any students! Though I guess I could call up my grand-nephews in Pennsylvania . . .
I've never managed a sweep, but I did think I, too, might try this month.
But I don't know any students! Though I guess I could call up my grand-nephews in Pennsylvania . . .
88SqueakyChu
>87 nrmay: But I don't know any students!
You can always have a "shared read" with an already listed book.
Sweeps should be easier than ever this month, but I would never be able to do it. Good luck!
You can always have a "shared read" with an already listed book.
Sweeps should be easier than ever this month, but I would never be able to do it. Good luck!
89lindapanzo
>88 SqueakyChu: Yes, this would be the month to do it. A 31-day month with fewer challenges than usual.
90madhatter22
>32 streamsong: If a book's title starts with the article "A", count it or ignore it? I'd expect it to be treated like "the", but it seems to me some people have counted it in past challenges.
>64 fuzzi: Congratulations! What a cutie. :)
>64 fuzzi: Congratulations! What a cutie. :)
91Citizenjoyce
>87 nrmay: Calling the great grand could be great.
92bell7
>87 nrmay: Even reading 17 would be a high (though not unprecedented) number for me. I may ask my youngest sister or her friends for recommendations or match a read in that category too.
>30 madhatter22: If one of the authors of a jointly written book has written more than five previously to this one, does it still count? I was thinking of When to Rob a Bank by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt, but if not I can change its category.
>30 madhatter22: If one of the authors of a jointly written book has written more than five previously to this one, does it still count? I was thinking of When to Rob a Bank by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt, but if not I can change its category.
93streamsong
>90 madhatter22: I'm going to say that a book starting with the article "a" can be counted as an "A" book. I always like to include as many people as possible in my challenge.
94lindapanzo
I didn't care for the manga I read last month but I just put in an ILL for one of the manga someone else read for this month's manga challenge.
95SqueakyChu
>94 lindapanzo: Let us know what you think of it. What's the book?
97SqueakyChu
>96 lindapanzo: I'm going to look for that series at a later date. Hope you like it. It sounds fun.
98paulstalder
>96 lindapanzo: fun. I hope you enjoy it. It is actually not so much my choice but the recommendation of our new apprentice in the library - she is a big fan of shoujo manga. She got quite excited when I told her about Madeline's manga challenge last month. Otherwise she is very shy but manga made her talkative. Her room must be full of mangas.
101fuzzi
>100 PawsforThought: me too...yum.
102avatiakh
Well, I can recommend Princess Jellyfish for the manga challenge. Loved this. @PhoenixTerran has done a thorough review on the bookpage and on visiting their profile page and doing the 'what you should borrow' feature I got about 4 more interesting manga & graphic novels to read.
103lindapanzo
>63 Carmenere: How large an amount of people? Would a diner be OK?
104SqueakyChu
>102 avatiakh: Thanks for the recommendation. I'll make a note of it. I'm very happy that at least a few of us adults have found enjoyment in our manga reading. :)
105lindapanzo
>104 SqueakyChu: I have another purpose in mind, not to mention finding one that I like, unlike last month's attempt.
107lindapanzo
>106 SqueakyChu: Maybe I can accomplish the sweep. I'm on pace for it but it's a tough thing to accomplish, and, of course, it's still early.
The manga category was the one where I truly hadn't a clue.
The manga category was the one where I truly hadn't a clue.
108Carmenere
>103 lindapanzo: Yes, I diner would be fine.
109lindapanzo
>108 Carmenere: Thanks!! I also have a couple of fairs. Not sure which one I'll read yet.
110SqueakyChu
>107 lindapanzo: That's pretty cool! What I see with the manga is that there are so many kinds that there should be some to suit you. For this month's manga, see if Yotsuba&!, vol. 1 has someone eating with chopsticks. I no longer have that book so I can't check for you. That series is very cute, and you should find it likeable enough to fit into your "sweep"! You can read one book in a sitting. It goes quickly.
112SqueakyChu
>111 nrmay: Hurray! EVERYONE...go read that book. It's really fun and will take just an hour or two. Thanks, @nrmay!
Addendum: Yotsuba&! vol.2 is hilarious!
Addendum: Yotsuba&! vol.2 is hilarious!
113lindapanzo
>111 nrmay: Thanks so much for the info. I'll put it on reserve at the library, if ours doesn't already have it.
114SqueakyChu
>8 Citizenjoyce: May I use a book for your challenge that I read to my 2 1/2 year old grandson? He is a nursery school student! I read the book, and he listened! :D
115Citizenjoyce
>114 SqueakyChu: Looks to me like it fits.
116harrygbutler
>8 Citizenjoyce: May I use something read by a university student?
117lindapanzo
>110 SqueakyChu: I just finished the vol 1 of the Yotsuba&! manga. I liked it a whole lot more than the library manga from last month. Kind of cute and funny.
Glad I found a better one but, even so, not something I'd focus on. At some point, though, maybe I will pick up vol 2.
Glad I found a better one but, even so, not something I'd focus on. At some point, though, maybe I will pick up vol 2.
118Smiler69
Well, I borrowed the manga Library Wars after weeks of waiting for it to get to my library branch. Now, I've read one manga before, which was Emma, Vol. 1, so I knew about starting from the right and so on, but this time I honestly couldn't figure out what order to read the panels in, as this seemed to change from one page to the next. Must say also I'm not at all fond of the "manga style" of drawing and had very little patience that day, so decided that was the end of my manga experience.
119klobrien2
>118 Smiler69: I know what you mean about the manga; I read the first Library Wars and was a bit offended by it--its simplistic writing and drawing, its violence,...but at least I have that done and checked off.
I came here to cheerlead for TIOLI, because I just finished Pax for challenge 1, and absolutely loved it. I'd seen the book advertised in the NYTimes, but probably wouldn't have sought it out right now except for the fact that you (Smiler69) had put it out on the challenge! So, thank you!
This is where TIOLI excels, because it prompts us to read what we might not pick up on our own. You take your chances, if you're going to like something as much as someone else, but it keeps you young (in reading habits).
Karen O.
I came here to cheerlead for TIOLI, because I just finished Pax for challenge 1, and absolutely loved it. I'd seen the book advertised in the NYTimes, but probably wouldn't have sought it out right now except for the fact that you (Smiler69) had put it out on the challenge! So, thank you!
This is where TIOLI excels, because it prompts us to read what we might not pick up on our own. You take your chances, if you're going to like something as much as someone else, but it keeps you young (in reading habits).
Karen O.
120Smiler69
>119 klobrien2: I'm glad you ended up enjoying Pax. I thought it was a lovely book. I also like the fact that TIOLI encourages me to pick up certain books, part of the fun of this challenge!
121SqueakyChu
>117 lindapanzo:
At some point, though, maybe I will pick up vol 2.
Volume 2 is hilarious. It's the best one I've read, and I'm now on volume 9. :)
At some point, though, maybe I will pick up vol 2.
Volume 2 is hilarious. It's the best one I've read, and I'm now on volume 9. :)
123Citizenjoyce
>116 harrygbutler: Absolutely. Your university student will balance out Madeline's preschooler.
125susanna.fraser
>8 Citizenjoyce: Does the book have to be something the student read for school, or can it be any book read by a person who happens to be a student? (i.e. can I just raid my 12-year-old's bookshelf?)
126Citizenjoyce
>125 susanna.fraser: It can be anything the student read.
127susanna.fraser
>126 Citizenjoyce: Thanks!
128harrygbutler
>123 Citizenjoyce: Thanks!
129Citizenjoyce
If anyone is waiting for the R slot to come around in challenge #12, feel free to replace my listing of
Run, Clarissa, Run - Rachel Eliason, which is in the first R position. I find that it is not about murder and mayhem after all.
Run, Clarissa, Run - Rachel Eliason, which is in the first R position. I find that it is not about murder and mayhem after all.
130SqueakyChu
Question of the Month:
Okay. I know I got most of you off the beaten track last month with my request that you try some manga, but, for this month, are you reading any other genre that is not usual for you? If so, what is it? How are your responding to it? Will you read more of this genre in the future?
Okay. I know I got most of you off the beaten track last month with my request that you try some manga, but, for this month, are you reading any other genre that is not usual for you? If so, what is it? How are your responding to it? Will you read more of this genre in the future?
131paulstalder
Hej Madeline, I just noticed that we both read a manga for the monk's challenge (# 10)
So, to answer your question >130 SqueakyChu: I still read some unusual stuff, namely manga. :)
So, to answer your question >130 SqueakyChu: I still read some unusual stuff, namely manga. :)
132dallenbaugh
I am not reading different genres but I am reading authors that are new to me from different countries due to various challenges. Some I am glad to have found and others not so much. Many of these authors are not found in my library system (New Zealand authors) so I am buying used books on Amazon, something I normally don't do.
133madhatter22
>92 bell7: Just now saw your question! Yes, that works.
134harrygbutler
>130 SqueakyChu: I didn't get around to reading a manga last month, but I did for Paul's challenge this month, after tracking one down that fit at one of the local libraries. Mine was a sci-fi story, part of a series that is or was tied to a TV show, I guess. It was OK, but I doubt I'll be tracking down more.
135fuzzi
>130 SqueakyChu: I've tried Manga in the past, and wasn't desirous to try it again. However, one genre I am reading more of in the last month or so is mysteries.
136susanna.fraser
>130 SqueakyChu: Not exactly a genre, but I've tried audiobooks, thinking they'd make my commute more relaxing, and discovered I hate them. At least, I hate them when they turn out to be long books, and I've borrowed them from the library and only have three weeks to get through them. My commute isn't THAT long, so the book takes over my life, crowding out all my other reading, while I seethe with annoyance because I could get through the thing at least three times as fast if I were reading rather than listening.
Suffice it to say I'm sticking to baseball and podcasts to make my commutes better from now on.
Suffice it to say I'm sticking to baseball and podcasts to make my commutes better from now on.
137SqueakyChu
>136 susanna.fraser: I used to listen to audiobooks while commuting, but for some reason I have now gravitated to political discussion (I must be a glutton for punishment) on the radio and toddler music on library CDs (much better than the political discussions). Haha!
138Helenoel
>137 SqueakyChu: The political discussion is what is true for me to use audio books during my commute. Our NPR station repeats the morning news so I've already heard it once at home before the repeat comes on while I'm driving to work. The first time is bad enough.
139SqueakyChu
>138 Helenoel: The first time is bad enough.
I totally agree. :(
My fantasy is to have an American presidential election in which both of the nominees were so terrific that it would be hard to choose which one ofthese to elect. Now it's still hard...but for different reasons. :(
I totally agree. :(
My fantasy is to have an American presidential election in which both of the nominees were so terrific that it would be hard to choose which one ofthese to elect. Now it's still hard...but for different reasons. :(
140fuzzi
I don't listen to audio books as my mind wanders.
When we go on extended driving trips, I either listen to favorite sermons or talk radio, just to keep me alert. I often yell at the radio, but that helps keep me awake, lol.
Music puts me to sleep.
When we go on extended driving trips, I either listen to favorite sermons or talk radio, just to keep me alert. I often yell at the radio, but that helps keep me awake, lol.
Music puts me to sleep.
142lindapanzo
Three books left for a sweep and just over a week to do it!!
Well, to be exact, half of one book, a swimming bio, 80 percent of another, a mystery, and one full book, another mystery.
Well, to be exact, half of one book, a swimming bio, 80 percent of another, a mystery, and one full book, another mystery.
143SqueakyChu
>142 lindapanzo: Wheeeeee! You can do it!
144lindapanzo
>143 SqueakyChu: Thanks.
The mysteries should be fine. The swimming biography, which I ordinarily would enjoy reading, is not very good. Even so, it's an ER book and I want to finish it asap.
The mysteries should be fine. The swimming biography, which I ordinarily would enjoy reading, is not very good. Even so, it's an ER book and I want to finish it asap.
145SqueakyChu
>144 lindapanzo: it's an ER book and I want to finish it asap.
Good reasoning! :D
I'll probably never have a sweep, but I think I've participated in more challenges this month than I ever have before. At this point,. I've read books in ten different challenges. For me, that's simply AMAZING!!
Good reasoning! :D
I'll probably never have a sweep, but I think I've participated in more challenges this month than I ever have before. At this point,. I've read books in ten different challenges. For me, that's simply AMAZING!!
146SqueakyChu
Stats for April 2016
For the month of April, we read a total of 441 books of which 73 or 17% were shared reads. That's the lowest number of shared reads since December, 2014. We accumulated a total of 40 TIOLI points for a YTD total of 165. This was the smallest YTD total for an April since 2000.
You should probably note that many of these stats reflect a smaller amount of individuals participating in the TIOLI challenges overall. I usually judge who's participating by watching the TIOLI meter. Previously we have had at least 25 individuals posting there each month. Now we usually have about 17 or 18 people posting there. This will not affect the TIOLI challenges which I intend to continue through 2017 if people want them. At the end of this year, I'll post a poll to judge that.
Ironically, the most popular book for April was Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 1 which had 9 readers. :D
The most popular challenge was the one by countrylife to read a book where one letter is repeated at least three times within the author's name. There were 56 books listed in that challenge.
The challenge with the most TIOLI points was mine (SqueakyChu's) to read a book of manga. This challenge accumulated 6 TIOLI points.
Stay tuned for our April TIOLI Awards...
For the month of April, we read a total of 441 books of which 73 or 17% were shared reads. That's the lowest number of shared reads since December, 2014. We accumulated a total of 40 TIOLI points for a YTD total of 165. This was the smallest YTD total for an April since 2000.
You should probably note that many of these stats reflect a smaller amount of individuals participating in the TIOLI challenges overall. I usually judge who's participating by watching the TIOLI meter. Previously we have had at least 25 individuals posting there each month. Now we usually have about 17 or 18 people posting there. This will not affect the TIOLI challenges which I intend to continue through 2017 if people want them. At the end of this year, I'll post a poll to judge that.
Ironically, the most popular book for April was Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 1 which had 9 readers. :D
The most popular challenge was the one by countrylife to read a book where one letter is repeated at least three times within the author's name. There were 56 books listed in that challenge.
The challenge with the most TIOLI points was mine (SqueakyChu's) to read a book of manga. This challenge accumulated 6 TIOLI points.
Stay tuned for our April TIOLI Awards...
147Smiler69
I can't imagine LT without TIOLI, as the two have become almost synonymous with one another (well, not quite, but you know what I mean!)
I'm really glad I let myself be convinced to try audiobooks back in 2011, not very long after first joining this group. I know they don't work for a lot of people, but they seem to be ideally suited to my lifestyle. I really enjoy being read to and am lucky that I can combine listening with drawing, thus bringing my two favourite pastimes together. Needless to say, audiobooks have also helped dramatically increase the number of books I can read in any given year. Not that numbers count of course, but then I do hope to get through my tbr sometime in this lifetime, if at all possible. :-)
I'm really glad I let myself be convinced to try audiobooks back in 2011, not very long after first joining this group. I know they don't work for a lot of people, but they seem to be ideally suited to my lifestyle. I really enjoy being read to and am lucky that I can combine listening with drawing, thus bringing my two favourite pastimes together. Needless to say, audiobooks have also helped dramatically increase the number of books I can read in any given year. Not that numbers count of course, but then I do hope to get through my tbr sometime in this lifetime, if at all possible. :-)
148SqueakyChu
>147 Smiler69: I do know what you mean about TIOLI being synonymous with LT. That's my favorite part of LT...and I created it! It's really all of Tim's doing because he added the wiki pages to LT. That did it for me. I saw the chance to become creative with them. It's easier to do what I want here on LT than it is to convince Tim to do what I want. You know what I'm saying! ;)
149SqueakyChu
TIOLI Awards for April 2016
The Eyeball Roll Award goes to SqueakyChu. Yes! I'm awarding this to myself because I could virtually see everyone's eyeballs rolling skyward when I posted this challenge. Everyone was such a good sport with this challenge, however, so I'll be happy to share my award with those of you who took me up in my challenge.
The Odd Flora Award is shared by klobrien2 for reading Locke & Key, Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows and teaching me that there is such a thing as a "crown flower" and by susanna.fraser for reading The Scarlet Pimpernel because I never knew that pimpernel was a flower until I just now looked it up. Don't you love what we learn here on the TIOLI challenges?!
The Destination Unknown Award goes to wandering_star for the challenge to read a book in which at least one character travels between continents. I'm still puzzled by the fact that I still do not know where any of those travelers went! :D
The Pass Me A Cuppa Award goes to Carmenere for the challenge to read a book that has the word "coffee" in the second chapter. I bestow this award simply because I'm a coffee fiend and rarely work on the TIOLI challenges without a cup of coffee directly in front of me. I have one there now even as we speak, but it's almost empty!
The One Man's Trash Award goes to Citizenjoyce for the challenge to read a book by an author you love but someone else hates, or at least hates one of the author's works. This challenge cracked me up because it's so true. I loved reading who the haters were. I'm usually the hater of a book loved by many others. This was a very clever challenge.
The Heart Strings Award goes to HelenLiz for the challenge to read a book that a parent gave you/read to you/recommended to you/bequeathed to you/wrote. Neither of my parents are still alive, but I love being a parent as well as a grandparent. I also love the idea of sharing books through our generations.
The Lonely Passenger Award goes to paulstalder for his challenge to read a book that starts on/in/about a flying airplane in the first line. It seems that he was the only passenger on his plane! So sorry, Paul. ;)
Please feel free to add your own awards for April 2016 here if you so choose. Congrats to our award winners!
The Eyeball Roll Award goes to SqueakyChu. Yes! I'm awarding this to myself because I could virtually see everyone's eyeballs rolling skyward when I posted this challenge. Everyone was such a good sport with this challenge, however, so I'll be happy to share my award with those of you who took me up in my challenge.
The Odd Flora Award is shared by klobrien2 for reading Locke & Key, Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows and teaching me that there is such a thing as a "crown flower" and by susanna.fraser for reading The Scarlet Pimpernel because I never knew that pimpernel was a flower until I just now looked it up. Don't you love what we learn here on the TIOLI challenges?!
The Destination Unknown Award goes to wandering_star for the challenge to read a book in which at least one character travels between continents. I'm still puzzled by the fact that I still do not know where any of those travelers went! :D
The Pass Me A Cuppa Award goes to Carmenere for the challenge to read a book that has the word "coffee" in the second chapter. I bestow this award simply because I'm a coffee fiend and rarely work on the TIOLI challenges without a cup of coffee directly in front of me. I have one there now even as we speak, but it's almost empty!
The One Man's Trash Award goes to Citizenjoyce for the challenge to read a book by an author you love but someone else hates, or at least hates one of the author's works. This challenge cracked me up because it's so true. I loved reading who the haters were. I'm usually the hater of a book loved by many others. This was a very clever challenge.
The Heart Strings Award goes to HelenLiz for the challenge to read a book that a parent gave you/read to you/recommended to you/bequeathed to you/wrote. Neither of my parents are still alive, but I love being a parent as well as a grandparent. I also love the idea of sharing books through our generations.
The Lonely Passenger Award goes to paulstalder for his challenge to read a book that starts on/in/about a flying airplane in the first line. It seems that he was the only passenger on his plane! So sorry, Paul. ;)
Please feel free to add your own awards for April 2016 here if you so choose. Congrats to our award winners!
150Citizenjoyce
>149 SqueakyChu: An award! Thanks. How old do I have to get before I stop being amazed that some people don't like the same things I do? I'm always surprised.
151SqueakyChu
>150 Citizenjoyce: I'll probably dislike what others like...as old as I get! :)
152lyzard
Hello, all - just to say that I have restarted the 'Murders And Mayhem' challenge with a 'U' book, if anyone is waiting to follow on?
>145 SqueakyChu:
I think I've participated in more challenges this month than I ever have before
That's what I try to do, too. :)
>145 SqueakyChu:
I think I've participated in more challenges this month than I ever have before
That's what I try to do, too. :)
153fuzzi
Hey! Want an incentive to finish up your TIOLI challenges by Tuesday? I've created a readathon thread to help myself, and other LTers, get caught up over the weekend...which for those of us in the USA, is a three day holiday (Memorial Day).
If any of you are interested, it's here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/223754
If any of you are interested, it's here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/223754
155harrygbutler
Along about the middle of the month, I noticed that I'd managed to read books fitting most of the challenges. The critical moment was coming across our copy of With Taro and Hana in Japan and discovering a mention of a grandmother (for fuzzi's challenge), as up until then I'd been unable to find a book for the challenge among those I had on hand. That convinced me to try to find books for them all. A quick trip to the library got me a manga to fit Paul's challenge, and I was able to fill in the last few gaps. With Murder on "B" Deck, on May 19th I completed the sweep!
156SqueakyChu
>155 harrygbutler: Cool! Hearty congrats!!
157streamsong
>155 harrygbutler: Oh good for you! That's so impressive!
158lindapanzo
>155 harrygbutler: Great job!! Way to go.
I'm down to two left to go for the sweep. I finished the swimming bio which dragged but finally picked up towards the end. Left with just two mysteries to finish.
I'm down to two left to go for the sweep. I finished the swimming bio which dragged but finally picked up towards the end. Left with just two mysteries to finish.
159fuzzi
>155 harrygbutler: excellent!
160harrygbutler
>156 SqueakyChu: >157 streamsong: >158 lindapanzo: >159 fuzzi: Thanks! And Linda, good luck on your sweep attempt, too!
161lindapanzo
>149 SqueakyChu: I wasn't too comfortable giving myself an award but no one noticed this so here goes...
I give myself the Keeping It in the (TIOLI) Family award for reading a book written by a TIOLI group author for the challenge to read a book where one letter is repeated at least three times within the author's name. I read The Sergeant's Lady by TIOLI's own Susanna Fraser.
I don't often read romances. Maybe just a couple each year but I really enjoyed this one and, in fact, quickly picked up another book by Susanna, though I haven't gotten to it yet.
I give myself the Keeping It in the (TIOLI) Family award for reading a book written by a TIOLI group author for the challenge to read a book where one letter is repeated at least three times within the author's name. I read The Sergeant's Lady by TIOLI's own Susanna Fraser.
I don't often read romances. Maybe just a couple each year but I really enjoyed this one and, in fact, quickly picked up another book by Susanna, though I haven't gotten to it yet.
162SqueakyChu
>161 lindapanzo: I wasn't too comfortable giving myself an award
Just pretend that I gave it to you! ;)
Congrats to @lindapanzo for reading The Sergeant's Lady ...and to @susanna.fraser for writing it! :D
I now bestow the You Can't Read It If It Isn't There Award upon susanna.fraser because, well...you know why! :D
Just pretend that I gave it to you! ;)
Congrats to @lindapanzo for reading The Sergeant's Lady ...and to @susanna.fraser for writing it! :D
I now bestow the You Can't Read It If It Isn't There Award upon susanna.fraser because, well...you know why! :D
163lindapanzo
One book to go for the sweep!! A mystery mentioning a first chapter grandma.
164Citizenjoyce
}161 Thanks for the heads up. The Sergeants Lady isn't available through my library system, but it's quite inexpensive on Nook and Kindle, so now I have our LT Author.
165klobrien2
>149 SqueakyChu: Yay! The Odd Flora award! The Crown Flower is really kind of cool, and I was glad to find a challenge for the Locke & Key, Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows. Thanks for the award!
Karen O.
Karen O.
166susanna.fraser
>149 SqueakyChu: I only knew a pimpernel was a flower because Lauren Willig's Pink Carnation series, with its ring of flower-aliased spies, is a riff on The Scarlet Pimpernel.
>161 lindapanzo: I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
>161 lindapanzo: I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
167lindapanzo
Mission accomplished!! My sweep is done. My first one since June of 2013.
I suspect that, in June, I will be much more "spur of the moment" in my reading.
I suspect that, in June, I will be much more "spur of the moment" in my reading.
168harrygbutler
>167 lindapanzo: Congratulations!
169Smiler69
I just listed The Vanishing Velazquez under the Scrabble challenge. Total points: 61. Very satisfying, since I'm usually so useless at Scrabble! I wonder if anyone will beat that score?? Great book by the way, which came highly recommended by Suz.
Congratulations to our sweepers!
Congratulations to our sweepers!
170Citizenjoyce
>167 lindapanzo: Congratulations. I have 2 to go, and one hasn't even come into the library yet.
171SqueakyChu
>167 lindapanzo: Hurray!! Congrats to you!
172dallenbaugh
>167 lindapanzo: Good going! Are you a fast reader or just reading all the time?
173lindapanzo
>172 dallenbaugh: I'm a pretty fast reader but I was making extra time to read this month. It also helped that my Blackhawks got knocked out of the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs or that would've been roughly 3 fewer hours of reading every other day for me. Another thing that helped was that I had several cultural events in Chicago's Loop which, for me, means about a 90 minute train ride each way.
Ten of my 17 books were mysteries and those really don't take me all that long to read.
Ten of my 17 books were mysteries and those really don't take me all that long to read.
174Citizenjoyce
>173 lindapanzo: Ten of my 17 books were mysteries and those really don't take me all that long to read
I'm just the opposite. One of the last 2 books I have to read for the sweep is the first Brother Cadfael mystery, and I find myself doing everything I can to avoid it. Yesterday I even washed the patio doors so I can see the birds in the backyard better during one of my frequent breaks from the book.
I'm just the opposite. One of the last 2 books I have to read for the sweep is the first Brother Cadfael mystery, and I find myself doing everything I can to avoid it. Yesterday I even washed the patio doors so I can see the birds in the backyard better during one of my frequent breaks from the book.
175lindapanzo
>174 Citizenjoyce: I was going to read a Brother Cadafel mystery, too. I've never read one but just didn't feel like it. I like historical mysteries but not that far back, typically. Maybe someday.
I was that same way with the swimming biography I read. Chasing Water. I kept finding other things to do, instead of reading this ER book. Silly me, I would've thought that a bio of an Olympic swimmer would've had swimming front and center but this was more about his reckless behavior. Drinking, recreational drugs. Casual sex. Living on people's couches. Pretty boring.
I was that same way with the swimming biography I read. Chasing Water. I kept finding other things to do, instead of reading this ER book. Silly me, I would've thought that a bio of an Olympic swimmer would've had swimming front and center but this was more about his reckless behavior. Drinking, recreational drugs. Casual sex. Living on people's couches. Pretty boring.
176cbl_tn
Congrats on the sweeps! It's something I can't imagine being able to do myself, and I'm in awe of those who are able to manage it. And with several days to spare!
177fuzzi
>175 lindapanzo: the Brother Cadfael mysteries are very light, though historically fairly accurate. I can whip through one in an evening. :)
178lindapanzo
>177 fuzzi: When are they set? I prefer more modern historicals. A mystery set during WW2 is ideal for me.
Thanks for the good wishes. Last time I did it, I was scrambling around for books and also racing to try to finish. This time, I wrote down 17 book titles. I switched out the Brother Cadfael and one other (didn't feel like a Sue Grafton I'd chosen and so I read a cozier book, Not a Girl Detective but otherwise, stuck to that list.
Thanks for the good wishes. Last time I did it, I was scrambling around for books and also racing to try to finish. This time, I wrote down 17 book titles. I switched out the Brother Cadfael and one other (didn't feel like a Sue Grafton I'd chosen and so I read a cozier book, Not a Girl Detective but otherwise, stuck to that list.
179Citizenjoyce
>178 lindapanzo: 12th Wales
>177 fuzzi: They are light, they seem accurate, I even like the characters, so I don't know why I'm having such a hard time forcing myself to read it.
>177 fuzzi: They are light, they seem accurate, I even like the characters, so I don't know why I'm having such a hard time forcing myself to read it.
180DeltaQueen50
Congrats Linda!
181susanna.fraser
>167 lindapanzo: Congratulations!
183paulstalder
I finished my first sweep (thanks to some manga)
184harrygbutler
>183 paulstalder: Congratulations, Paul!
186susanna.fraser
>183 paulstalder: Congratulations, Paul!
187SqueakyChu
>183 paulstalder: Congrats, Paul! See how useful manga can be?! :D
188lindapanzo
Way to go, Paul. Congratulations.
189Citizenjoyce
>183 paulstalder: Congratulations, Paul.
I finished Pax so I also managed to sweep the challenges for the first time. Wahoo!
I finished Pax so I also managed to sweep the challenges for the first time. Wahoo!
190SqueakyChu
>189 Citizenjoyce: Wow! Congratulations, Joyce!
191Citizenjoyce
>190 SqueakyChu: I'm sure I wouldn't have done it without your help. I had no intention of reading any more manga, but you recommended ✔YOTSUBA&!, Volume 1 for the manga chopsticks challenge, so I gave it a try, and it did the job.
192DeltaQueen50
Congratulations to all the "Sweepers" of the May Challenges.
193harrygbutler
>189 Citizenjoyce: Congratulations!
194Citizenjoyce
Thanks, it may never happen again, but it was fun for a change.
195paulstalder
Thank you everybody and congratulations to the other sweepers.
It was fun to once achieve that goal. Thanks for all the different challenges
It was fun to once achieve that goal. Thanks for all the different challenges
196dallenbaugh
Way to read you two.
A fun feat I fear I'll forever fail.
A fun feat I fear I'll forever fail.
198lindapanzo
Congratulations, Joyce. Way to go!!
200SqueakyChu
>191 Citizenjoyce: I'm glad it did the trick. I thought anything would have to be better than Library Wars, but I guess it's all personal preference. At least Yotsuba&!, vol. 1 is a quick and fun read.
201lindapanzo
Four sweepers this month!! I wonder if that's a TIOLI record for "most sweepers" in a month.
202dallenbaugh
>199 nrmay: Awesome!
203Smiler69
Bravo Paul. Again, bravo to all sweepers. Must feel like a nice accomplishment. Someday, I too will join the ranks... maybe.
204SqueakyChu
I just missed a sweep by 6 challenges! Hey! Don't laugh. That's the closest I've ever come.
If you really do want to laugh, however, just know that this month I've been mostly reading manga and toddler books. :)
If you really do want to laugh, however, just know that this month I've been mostly reading manga and toddler books. :)
205raidergirl3
I'd be happy with a mini-sweep - getting all 6 challenges on a page (1-6). I haven't even managed that yet. Baby steps.
206SqueakyChu
Housekeeping Day!
Please remove your book from the wiki if you haven't finished it by 12 midnight tonight, For the rolling challenge, simply remove your name (or mark it DNF) but keep the "roll" intact. Thank you!
Please remove your book from the wiki if you haven't finished it by 12 midnight tonight, For the rolling challenge, simply remove your name (or mark it DNF) but keep the "roll" intact. Thank you!
208SqueakyChu
>207 fuzzi:. Good job! :D
209Citizenjoyce
>200 SqueakyChu: Agreed, it was far better than Library Wars but what a dad he is. I mean, there's casual then there's completely on another plane of existence. Your young daughter gets lost the day you move to another house in another city and you say, "Oh, well. She'll come back." She has no idea where she is. Oh well, I guess I did overreact. It's only a story, but sheesh.
210SqueakyChu
>209 Citizenjoyce: I might be wrong, but this was my reaction to that scenario. Perhaps Japanese children are less supervised than those in Anerica. Perhaps this is also a very laid back, easily distracted dad. I've already read 9 volumes in this series and try not to put my own cultutral norms into what I'm reading. I'm really enjoying this series in the same way that I do when reading literary fiction and encountering people there so different from myself. I read with a critical eye but realize I'm looking into another world. Anyway, it's a comic, not a biography! :)
211Citizenjoyce
>210 SqueakyChu: I try to have that attitude, I try and try and try. Sometimes I succeed.
215paulstalder
>149 SqueakyChu: Thank you for the award, Madeline. I just realized I never said thanks. And I didn't give out any awards, I was busy doing other things.
217Citizenjoyce
>215 paulstalder: South American coffee?
