Take It or Leave It Challenge - September 2020 - Page 1
Talk 75 Books Challenge for 2020
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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.
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Imagine this scenario:
COVID-19 is a thing of the past. Students are welcomed back to school. You have just been named headmaster/headmistress of a prestigious private school. You have also been given the privilege and honor of bestowing a name on this school. The name of the school will be written within the title of the book you read so name it well.
Your challenge for September 2020 is to...
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Read a book whose title is or contains the name of your school.
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Other Fun Stuff (not part of the TIOLI challenge):
1. The September 2020 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.
3. @FAMeulstee's 2020 TIOLI Sweeplette Meter
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Imagine this scenario:
COVID-19 is a thing of the past. Students are welcomed back to school. You have just been named headmaster/headmistress of a prestigious private school. You have also been given the privilege and honor of bestowing a name on this school. The name of the school will be written within the title of the book you read so name it well.
Your challenge for September 2020 is to...
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Read a book whose title is or contains the name of your school.
*****************************************
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Other Fun Stuff (not part of the TIOLI challenge):
1. The September 2020 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.
3. @FAMeulstee's 2020 TIOLI Sweeplette Meter
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Temporary Thread --- to help us all through this pandemic and other charged situations around the world
TIOLI Challengers' Corona Virus and Other Matters Support Thread
2SqueakyChu
Wiki Index of Challenges:
Challenges #1-6
1. Read a book whose title is or contains the name of your school - msg #1
2. Read a book that has the word lie or a synonym for lie in the title - msg #3
3. Read a book by a woman author: Alphabet challenge - msg #6
4. Read a book for The Numbers Game - msg #7
5. Read a 20th century book - msg #8
6. Read a book by an author who is not only from a different country than you, but also from a different continent - msg #15
Challenges #7-12
7. Read a book whose title starts with a preposition - msg #16
8. Read a book with a strong emotion or feeling in the title - msg #18
9. Read a book where the number of pages added together is 11 or more - msg #22
10. Read a book where the author’s name and the title on the spine are in two different colors - msg #24
11. Read a book whose title completes the sentence "Please tell me..." - msg #32
12.Birthstone challenge for September - read a book with a predominantly deep blue cover - msg #33 - thread
Challenges #13-18
13. Read a book featuring a sport that's currently "in season" - msg #38
14. Read a book that was published in September, 2020 - msg #43
15. Read a book that features a dragon - msg #57
Hold your challenge until the October TIOLI challenges are posted.
Challenges #1-6
1. Read a book whose title is or contains the name of your school - msg #1
2. Read a book that has the word lie or a synonym for lie in the title - msg #3
3. Read a book by a woman author: Alphabet challenge - msg #6
4. Read a book for The Numbers Game - msg #7
5. Read a 20th century book - msg #8
6. Read a book by an author who is not only from a different country than you, but also from a different continent - msg #15
Challenges #7-12
7. Read a book whose title starts with a preposition - msg #16
8. Read a book with a strong emotion or feeling in the title - msg #18
9. Read a book where the number of pages added together is 11 or more - msg #22
10. Read a book where the author’s name and the title on the spine are in two different colors - msg #24
11. Read a book whose title completes the sentence "Please tell me..." - msg #32
12.Birthstone challenge for September - read a book with a predominantly deep blue cover - msg #33 - thread
Challenges #13-18
13. Read a book featuring a sport that's currently "in season" - msg #38
14. Read a book that was published in September, 2020 - msg #43
15. Read a book that features a dragon - msg #57
Hold your challenge until the October TIOLI challenges are posted.
3Citizenjoyce
Yahoo, I knew I should take one last look before I went to bed.
Challenge #2: Read a book that has the word lie or a synonym for lie in the title or subtitle
I plan to read It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump by Stuart Stevens.
Weird, just as I was posting this an interview with the author came on the Daily Show.
Challenge #2: Read a book that has the word lie or a synonym for lie in the title or subtitle
I plan to read It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump by Stuart Stevens.
Weird, just as I was posting this an interview with the author came on the Daily Show.
4SqueakyChu
>2 SqueakyChu: It was VERY quiet around here earlier when I was sneaking this month’s challenge onto the boards! :D
5Citizenjoyce
>4 SqueakyChu: You are getting ultra sneaky.
6Helenliz
Oh, I'm getting in on page 1 this month.
Challenge #3: Read a book by a woman author: Alphabet challenge
This month in my year of setting challenges to read female authors, we are going to read our way through the alphabet, playing with author's names.
I've started with Elly Griffiths. Your challenge is to then read any author whose first name or surname is one letter further along the alphabet. So you're looking for a first name beginning with F OR a surname beginning with G.
You could read Faye Kellerman, you could read Georgette Heyer. Let's assume we have good taste and read Georgette Heyer, the next challenger would then be looking for an author with first name H or surname I.
You would get massive kudos (but no actual benefit) for an author where both names were one letter further through the alphabet.
Questions that may arise.
Pseudomyns. You may use a female author writing under a male pseudonym. If using an author writing under a pseudonym, you should use the name on the book jacket. That also applies to collaborative writing partnerships. One in the partnership would have to be female.
Numbers of names. If an author writes as a single name, that counts as both a first name and a surname. If they write using a middle name, Sharon Kay Penman, for instance, the middle name counts as a first name and you may use either name. As may the next challenger. They would be looking for a first name starting with T or L or a surname starting with Q.
Initials count as names in the same was as above.
Collections. For multi author collections you need to have a female editor/collator and that's the name you use.
You may enter multiple books in a row.
You may not skip letters. Until we run up against needing an author starting QZ, you may not skip letters. At that point I'll make an executive decision and probably add a new book!
I hope that makes sense, if there's any other questions, just ask.
Challenge #3: Read a book by a woman author: Alphabet challenge
This month in my year of setting challenges to read female authors, we are going to read our way through the alphabet, playing with author's names.
I've started with Elly Griffiths. Your challenge is to then read any author whose first name or surname is one letter further along the alphabet. So you're looking for a first name beginning with F OR a surname beginning with G.
You could read Faye Kellerman, you could read Georgette Heyer. Let's assume we have good taste and read Georgette Heyer, the next challenger would then be looking for an author with first name H or surname I.
You would get massive kudos (but no actual benefit) for an author where both names were one letter further through the alphabet.
Questions that may arise.
Pseudomyns. You may use a female author writing under a male pseudonym. If using an author writing under a pseudonym, you should use the name on the book jacket. That also applies to collaborative writing partnerships. One in the partnership would have to be female.
Numbers of names. If an author writes as a single name, that counts as both a first name and a surname. If they write using a middle name, Sharon Kay Penman, for instance, the middle name counts as a first name and you may use either name. As may the next challenger. They would be looking for a first name starting with T or L or a surname starting with Q.
Initials count as names in the same was as above.
Collections. For multi author collections you need to have a female editor/collator and that's the name you use.
You may enter multiple books in a row.
You may not skip letters. Until we run up against needing an author starting QZ, you may not skip letters. At that point I'll make an executive decision and probably add a new book!
I hope that makes sense, if there's any other questions, just ask.
7Morphidae
Challenge #4: Read a book for The Numbers Game
We're going to play The Numbers Game!
Rule #1 Each book has to have a "number" that is HIGHER than the previous book.
Rule #2 The "number" can be any of the following:
* A number in the title
* A number on the cover (excluding ISBNs, prices, barcodes, etc.)
* The year published (just the year)
* The year the author was born (just the year)
* The number of characters (including punctuation but excluding spaces) in the title (including subtitles, unless the subtitle is something like "a novel.")
* The number of characters (including punctuation but excluding spaces) in the author's full name - first, middle, and last including initials
* The number of pages
* A number mentioned in a dedication or epigraph (not acknowledgments)
* A number mentioned in the first or last paragraph.
* A number mentioned on page 6, 11, 20, 18, 23, 59, or 65 (our birthdays/anniversary)
* A number from the book's work page - specifically, the number of members, reviews, popularity, average rating, conversations, or the work's number itself (in HTML)
If you have another idea, run it by me. I may add it to the list. No guarantee though! All decisions are mine and are completely arbitrary.
Rule #3 ***PLEASE*** be sure to mark what the number is/how it fits into the challenge on the wiki.
Rule #4 For the "rolling" part of the challenge, each book must have a higher number UNLESS there are at least ten entries. Then a brand new set can be started. Subrule #1 The new set must start with a number less than 100. Subrule #2 The previous set is then closed to new entries.
We're going to play The Numbers Game!
Rule #1 Each book has to have a "number" that is HIGHER than the previous book.
Rule #2 The "number" can be any of the following:
* A number in the title
* A number on the cover (excluding ISBNs, prices, barcodes, etc.)
* The year published (just the year)
* The year the author was born (just the year)
* The number of characters (including punctuation but excluding spaces) in the title (including subtitles, unless the subtitle is something like "a novel.")
* The number of characters (including punctuation but excluding spaces) in the author's full name - first, middle, and last including initials
* The number of pages
* A number mentioned in a dedication or epigraph (not acknowledgments)
* A number mentioned in the first or last paragraph.
* A number mentioned on page 6, 11, 20, 18, 23, 59, or 65 (our birthdays/anniversary)
* A number from the book's work page - specifically, the number of members, reviews, popularity, average rating, conversations, or the work's number itself (in HTML)
If you have another idea, run it by me. I may add it to the list. No guarantee though! All decisions are mine and are completely arbitrary.
Rule #3 ***PLEASE*** be sure to mark what the number is/how it fits into the challenge on the wiki.
Rule #4 For the "rolling" part of the challenge, each book must have a higher number UNLESS there are at least ten entries. Then a brand new set can be started. Subrule #1 The new set must start with a number less than 100. Subrule #2 The previous set is then closed to new entries.
8lindapanzo
Challenge #5: Read a 20th Century Book
I got to thinking about how, recently, we celebrated the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in the U.S. and the 75th anniversary of the end of World War 2 with little to no fanfare. So, please read a book with a 20th century connection. It can be, as I'm hoping to read, about a 20th century historical event but set in the 20th century or even written in the 20th century is fine by me as well.
Please briefly indicate what the 20th century connection is.
I got to thinking about how, recently, we celebrated the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in the U.S. and the 75th anniversary of the end of World War 2 with little to no fanfare. So, please read a book with a 20th century connection. It can be, as I'm hoping to read, about a 20th century historical event but set in the 20th century or even written in the 20th century is fine by me as well.
Please briefly indicate what the 20th century connection is.
9lindapanzo
>6 Helenliz: I'm feeling awfully confused. I think it is related to the heat and humidity.
You started with Elly Griffiths and I followed up with Frances Brody, continuing the first name. Does the third person put in a G first name and/or an I last name? Or do they put in a G first name and/or a C last name?
You started with Elly Griffiths and I followed up with Frances Brody, continuing the first name. Does the third person put in a G first name and/or an I last name? Or do they put in a G first name and/or a C last name?
10Helenliz
>9 lindapanzo: If you need to ask, someone else will. I'm not always good at explaining ideas.
So firstly, your entry is entirely correct. >:-) That's a relief all round!
The next entry would work entirely from your author, so it would be a G first name and/or C last name.
So firstly, your entry is entirely correct. >:-) That's a relief all round!
The next entry would work entirely from your author, so it would be a G first name and/or C last name.
11lindapanzo
>10 Helenliz: Thanks, that is what I thought.
So what we don't want is an author whose first name starts with a P and her surname starts with a Y.
So what we don't want is an author whose first name starts with a P and her surname starts with a Y.
12Helenliz
>11 lindapanzo: No, that would not be the ideal scenario! Penny Yates needs to find another occupation.
13lindapanzo
>12 Helenliz: Or else Quinn Zyks needs to get cracking on that book she always wanted to write.
14Citizenjoyce
Planned reads so far:
Challenge #1: Read a book whose title is or contains the name of your school - started by SqueakyChu
*✔The Gracekeepers - Kirsty Logan (4)
Challenge #2: Read a book that has the word lie or a synonym for lie in the title or subtitle - started by Citizenjoyce
Gaslighting America: Why We Love It When Trump Lies to Us - Amanda Carpenter ABANDONED
✔Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power - Anna Merlan (4)
Challenge #3: Read a book by a woman author: Alphabet challenge - started by helenliz
✔A Death of No Importance - Mariah Fredericks (4)
Challenge #4: Read a book for The Numbers Game - started by Morphidae
*✔Caste: The Origins of our Discontents - Isabel Wilkerson (4.5)
✔The Stars Are Legion - Kameron Hurley (4)
Challenge #5: Read a 20th century book - started by lindapanzo
✔Suffrage: Women's Long Battle for the Vote - Ellen Carol DuBois (5)
Challenge #6: Read a book by an author who is not only from a different country than you, but also from a different continent - started by DeltaQueen
✔Falling in Love with Hominids - Nalo Hopkinson (4.5)
Challenge #7: Read a book whose title starts with a preposition - started by wandering_star
Challenge #8: Read a book with a strong emotion or feeling in the title - started by lyzard
✔Rage - Bob Woodward (4.5)
✔Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Front Lines of White Nationalism- Seyward Darby (5)
Challenge #9: Read a book where the number of pages added together is 11 or more - started by FAMeulstee
✔Meet Me in the Future: Stories - Kameron Hurley (3.5)
Trump on Trial: The Investigation, Impeachment, Acquittal and Aftermath - Kevin Sullivan, Mary Jordan Abandoned
Challenge #10: Read a book where the author’s name and the title on the spine are in two different colors - started by dallenbaugh
✔A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts - Therese Anne Fowler (4)
Challenge #11: Read a book whose title completes the sentence "Please tell me..." - started by susanna.fraser
*✔Why We're Polarized - Ezra Klein (4)
Challenge #12: Birthstone challenge for September - read a book with a predominantly deep blue cover - started by humouress
✔Deep State: Trump, the FBI, and the Rule of Law by James B. Stewart (4.5)
✔The Other Alcott by Elise Hooper (4)
Challenge #13: Read a book featuring a sport that's currently "in season" - started by bell7
*✔The Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story of Maui's Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory - Julie Checkoway (4)
Challenge #14: Read a book that was published in September, 2020 - started by madhatter22
✔Compromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat of Donald J. Trump - Peter Strzok (4)
More Than a Woman by Caitlin Moran - ABANDONED
*Solutions and Other Problems - Allie Brosh
Challenge #15: Read a book that features a dragon - started by SilverWolf28
✔Dragon Keeper - Robin Hobb (4)
Challenge #1: Read a book whose title is or contains the name of your school - started by SqueakyChu
*✔The Gracekeepers - Kirsty Logan (4)
Challenge #2: Read a book that has the word lie or a synonym for lie in the title or subtitle - started by Citizenjoyce
Gaslighting America: Why We Love It When Trump Lies to Us - Amanda Carpenter ABANDONED
✔Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power - Anna Merlan (4)
Challenge #3: Read a book by a woman author: Alphabet challenge - started by helenliz
✔A Death of No Importance - Mariah Fredericks (4)
Challenge #4: Read a book for The Numbers Game - started by Morphidae
*✔Caste: The Origins of our Discontents - Isabel Wilkerson (4.5)
✔The Stars Are Legion - Kameron Hurley (4)
Challenge #5: Read a 20th century book - started by lindapanzo
✔Suffrage: Women's Long Battle for the Vote - Ellen Carol DuBois (5)
Challenge #6: Read a book by an author who is not only from a different country than you, but also from a different continent - started by DeltaQueen
✔Falling in Love with Hominids - Nalo Hopkinson (4.5)
Challenge #7: Read a book whose title starts with a preposition - started by wandering_star
Challenge #8: Read a book with a strong emotion or feeling in the title - started by lyzard
✔Rage - Bob Woodward (4.5)
✔Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Front Lines of White Nationalism- Seyward Darby (5)
Challenge #9: Read a book where the number of pages added together is 11 or more - started by FAMeulstee
✔Meet Me in the Future: Stories - Kameron Hurley (3.5)
Trump on Trial: The Investigation, Impeachment, Acquittal and Aftermath - Kevin Sullivan, Mary Jordan Abandoned
Challenge #10: Read a book where the author’s name and the title on the spine are in two different colors - started by dallenbaugh
✔A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts - Therese Anne Fowler (4)
Challenge #11: Read a book whose title completes the sentence "Please tell me..." - started by susanna.fraser
*✔Why We're Polarized - Ezra Klein (4)
Challenge #12: Birthstone challenge for September - read a book with a predominantly deep blue cover - started by humouress
✔Deep State: Trump, the FBI, and the Rule of Law by James B. Stewart (4.5)
✔The Other Alcott by Elise Hooper (4)
Challenge #13: Read a book featuring a sport that's currently "in season" - started by bell7
*✔The Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story of Maui's Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory - Julie Checkoway (4)
Challenge #14: Read a book that was published in September, 2020 - started by madhatter22
✔Compromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat of Donald J. Trump - Peter Strzok (4)
More Than a Woman by Caitlin Moran - ABANDONED
*Solutions and Other Problems - Allie Brosh
Challenge #15: Read a book that features a dragon - started by SilverWolf28
✔Dragon Keeper - Robin Hobb (4)
15DeltaQueen50
The challenges are up so early that I get to post mine before we go away. :)
Challenge #6: International Authors
With September 8th being International Literacy Day and September 21st being International Peace Day, my challenge this month is to read internationally with a book by an author who is not only from a different country than you, but also from a different continent.
Challenge #6: International Authors
With September 8th being International Literacy Day and September 21st being International Peace Day, my challenge this month is to read internationally with a book by an author who is not only from a different country than you, but also from a different continent.
16wandering_star
Challenge #7: read a book whose title starts with a preposition
I have recently started learning a new language and it often turns out that the hardest words are the shortest ones - for example in English you are on a train and in a tree but in French you have to be in a train, and in Japanese the cat is on the tree. So here's a chance for a bit of practice.
There is a nice short list of prepositions here and some longer lists here and here - but you may be able to find your own. If your book is not in English, your book title should start with a preposition in that language.
I have recently started learning a new language and it often turns out that the hardest words are the shortest ones - for example in English you are on a train and in a tree but in French you have to be in a train, and in Japanese the cat is on the tree. So here's a chance for a bit of practice.
There is a nice short list of prepositions here and some longer lists here and here - but you may be able to find your own. If your book is not in English, your book title should start with a preposition in that language.
17Morphidae
>7 Morphidae: The Numbers Game is ready to play! Have fun!
18lyzard
Challenge #8: Read a book with a strong emotion or feeling in the title
Ramp it up here, people! I don't want "happiness", I want "joy" or "rapture"; I don't want "anger", I want "fury" or "rage"; I don't want "love", I want "passion". I don't want "fear", I want "terror" or "panic". I will accept "hate", although "loathing" is better.
I will also accept any variant of such a word, e.g. "furious".
Ramp it up here, people! I don't want "happiness", I want "joy" or "rapture"; I don't want "anger", I want "fury" or "rage"; I don't want "love", I want "passion". I don't want "fear", I want "terror" or "panic". I will accept "hate", although "loathing" is better.
I will also accept any variant of such a word, e.g. "furious".
19SqueakyChu
>18 lyzard: LOL!
21SqueakyChu
>20 lyzard: That's EXACTLY what I meant! :D
22FAMeulstee
Challenge #9: Read a book where the number of pages added together is 11 ore more
Add the individual numbers of the total pages together, if the total is 11 or more you can put your book in this challenge.
Examples:
239 pages = 2+3+9 = 14
65 pages = 6+5 = 11
ETA: You can use the number of pages of a paper copy for an audiobook or e-book.
Add the individual numbers of the total pages together, if the total is 11 or more you can put your book in this challenge.
Examples:
239 pages = 2+3+9 = 14
65 pages = 6+5 = 11
ETA: You can use the number of pages of a paper copy for an audiobook or e-book.
23dallenbaugh
Challenge #10 Read a book where the author's name and the title on the spine are in two different colors
Mention the colors.
Different typefaces don’t count.
Kingbird Highway (red/black)
Mention the colors.
Different typefaces don’t count.
Kingbird Highway (red/black)
24lindapanzo
>22 FAMeulstee: If I read a Kindle book, can I use the page count as shown on Amazon as my page total?
25FAMeulstee
>24 lindapanzo: Yes, you can also use the number of pages of a paper copy for an audiobook.
26lindapanzo
>25 FAMeulstee: Thanks, Anita.
27Morphidae
One change and one addition to The Numbers Game challenge (>7 Morphidae: ) that I will be appending to my post.
For the "rolling" part of the challenge, each book must have a higher number UNLESS there are at least ten entries. Then a brand new set can be started. Subrule #1 The new set must start with a number less than 100. Subrule #2 The previous set is then closed to new entries.
Adding another numbers option:
* A number mentioned on page 6, 11, 20, 18, 23, 59, or 65 (our birthdays/anniversary)
Again, feel free to be creative and offer up other options for me to consider.
ETA: A number from the book's work page - specifically, the number of members, reviews, popularity, average rating, conversations, or the work's number itself (in HTML)
For the "rolling" part of the challenge, each book must have a higher number UNLESS there are at least ten entries. Then a brand new set can be started. Subrule #1 The new set must start with a number less than 100. Subrule #2 The previous set is then closed to new entries.
Adding another numbers option:
* A number mentioned on page 6, 11, 20, 18, 23, 59, or 65 (our birthdays/anniversary)
Again, feel free to be creative and offer up other options for me to consider.
ETA: A number from the book's work page - specifically, the number of members, reviews, popularity, average rating, conversations, or the work's number itself (in HTML)
28bell7
>6 Helenliz: Oh oops, you'd think as a librarian and former page I'd know my alphabet better! I was thinking I when it was H... ah well, I'll wait and see if I can fit it in correctly later :)
29Helenliz
>28 bell7: It's easily done. You'd have laughed had you seen me muttering the alphabet to myself more than once, trying to check it wasn't me getting it wrong...
30bell7
>29 Helenliz: Eight years of shelving, and I sang parts of it to myself every day hahaha.
31lindapanzo
>29 Helenliz: When I was trying to get that new Louise Penny book in, I was singing the alphabet to myself quite a bit and was thankful you let us put consecutive entries in.
32susanna.fraser
Challenge #11: Read a book whose title completes the sentence "Please tell me..."
More or less self-explanatory, I hope. The resulting sentence needs to be complete and more or less grammatical. Some suggestions:
Please tell me...
Why We're Polarized
The Key
When Harlem Was in Vogue
The Pericles Commission
The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth
If you're not sure your title will fit, please ask.
More or less self-explanatory, I hope. The resulting sentence needs to be complete and more or less grammatical. Some suggestions:
Please tell me...
Why We're Polarized
The Key
When Harlem Was in Vogue
The Pericles Commission
The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth
If you're not sure your title will fit, please ask.
33humouress
Challenge 12: Birthstone challenge for September - read a book with a predominantly deep blue cover.
Sapphire, the birthstone for September, is a form of the mineral corundum (rubies are formed of red corundum). Although sapphires can come in a variety of colours, depending on the mineral impurities in them, the most common colour is blue and the most prized colour is cornflower blue, for which Sri Lanka is famous for, although they can be a dark, indigo blue, commonly found in Australia. Sapphires are supposed to represent purity and loyalty (thus good engagement rings) and 13th century French apparently believed it 'transformed stupidity to wisdom, and irritability to good temper'. Hmm - could be a good investment.
Please post your covers on the birthstone covers challenge thread.
Sapphire, the birthstone for September, is a form of the mineral corundum (rubies are formed of red corundum). Although sapphires can come in a variety of colours, depending on the mineral impurities in them, the most common colour is blue and the most prized colour is cornflower blue, for which Sri Lanka is famous for, although they can be a dark, indigo blue, commonly found in Australia. Sapphires are supposed to represent purity and loyalty (thus good engagement rings) and 13th century French apparently believed it 'transformed stupidity to wisdom, and irritability to good temper'. Hmm - could be a good investment.
Please post your covers on the birthstone covers challenge thread.
34Citizenjoyce
>33 humouress: "13th century French apparently believed it 'transformed stupidity to wisdom, and irritability to good temper'." We all need to get sapphires immediately.
35bell7
Challenge #13: Read a book featuring a sport that's currently "in season"
This can be fiction or nonfiction, but the sport has to be somewhat central to the story, not just a brief mention on a page. So, nonfiction about a game, or season, a biography of an athlete, fiction where one of the characters is an athlete will all count.
A few sports I know are going on now (not an exhaustive list - if you know of others, shout out and I'll add them):
baseball
hockey
American football (will open in September)
tennis
golf
basketball
swimming
soccer/football
cycling
I'm planning on reading Different Strokes, a recent ER win that focuses on Venus and Serena Williams, just in time for the US Open.
This can be fiction or nonfiction, but the sport has to be somewhat central to the story, not just a brief mention on a page. So, nonfiction about a game, or season, a biography of an athlete, fiction where one of the characters is an athlete will all count.
A few sports I know are going on now (not an exhaustive list - if you know of others, shout out and I'll add them):
baseball
hockey
American football (will open in September)
tennis
golf
basketball
swimming
soccer/football
cycling
I'm planning on reading Different Strokes, a recent ER win that focuses on Venus and Serena Williams, just in time for the US Open.
36lindapanzo
>35 bell7: Now this is one that I could absolutely love. Especially since hockey is, unbelievably, in season.
While I don't watch it, basketball is in season. Plus I watched a HS swim meet the other day on You Tube so I know that is on right now.
While I don't watch it, basketball is in season. Plus I watched a HS swim meet the other day on You Tube so I know that is on right now.
37bell7
>36 lindapanzo: Thank you, I'll add them to the list!
38SqueakyChu
>35 bell7: Soccer!!!!!! I watched DC United play last night, although they have been playing *just horribly* since the season opened. :(
39bell7
>38 SqueakyChu: Excellent, added! Clearly I know best the sports that I watch - despite growing up in a soccer town and playing it for a few years, I never grew to love watching it :)
40SqueakyChu
>39 bell7: It's great to watch on television. Forty-five straight minutes for each half with NO commercials during playtime!
Last night's game made me crazy, though. I'm hard of hearing, and my hearing aids are broken. I turned on closed captioning. Every other word/phrase was (unintelligible) or (crowd noise), with the latter being especially weird since the game was not played in front of a crowd. The stadium was empty due to covid-19. It must have been "canned" crowd noise. Needless to say, I got very little out of the sportscasters' comments
Last night's game made me crazy, though. I'm hard of hearing, and my hearing aids are broken. I turned on closed captioning. Every other word/phrase was (unintelligible) or (crowd noise), with the latter being especially weird since the game was not played in front of a crowd. The stadium was empty due to covid-19. It must have been "canned" crowd noise. Needless to say, I got very little out of the sportscasters' comments
41FAMeulstee
>39 bell7: And cycling, the Tour de France should have been in June/July, has just started.
42Citizenjoyce
The benefits to children everything science fiction/fantasy . We always knew there were some.
https://theconversation.com/amp/science-fiction-builds-mental-resiliency-in-youn...
https://theconversation.com/amp/science-fiction-builds-mental-resiliency-in-youn...
43madhatter22
Challenge #14: Read a book that was published in September, 2020
I haven't finished very many books this year due to an inability to concentrate and a general lack of enthusiasm. This month has me excited for new books for the first time this year. A full-length Nick Hornby! A new Caitlin Moran! The next Cormoran Strike! And (*cue choir of angels*) finally Allie Brosh's Solutions and Other Problems.
It's a good month. A lot of series continuations - Louise Penny (see challenge #3!), Ann Cleeves, Ken Follett, Heather Morris ... new books by Yaa Gyasi, Jacqueline Woodson, Marilynne Robinson, Sue Miller, Emma Cline, Jill Lepore, Matt Haig, David Chang ....
You can also count books like the new Elena Ferrante, which came out last year but is just being published in English. (That goes for any language, of course.)
New-in-paperback or movie/tv tie-in editions don't count.
I haven't finished very many books this year due to an inability to concentrate and a general lack of enthusiasm. This month has me excited for new books for the first time this year. A full-length Nick Hornby! A new Caitlin Moran! The next Cormoran Strike! And (*cue choir of angels*) finally Allie Brosh's Solutions and Other Problems.
It's a good month. A lot of series continuations - Louise Penny (see challenge #3!), Ann Cleeves, Ken Follett, Heather Morris ... new books by Yaa Gyasi, Jacqueline Woodson, Marilynne Robinson, Sue Miller, Emma Cline, Jill Lepore, Matt Haig, David Chang ....
You can also count books like the new Elena Ferrante, which came out last year but is just being published in English. (That goes for any language, of course.)
New-in-paperback or movie/tv tie-in editions don't count.
44lindapanzo
>43 madhatter22: This'll help with some of my Net Galley books!!
Note that I've already put the new Louise Penny into challenge #3, the women's author challenge. I can't remove it from there because it'd mess up the alphabetical ordering.
Note that I've already put the new Louise Penny into challenge #3, the women's author challenge. I can't remove it from there because it'd mess up the alphabetical ordering.
45wandering_star
>43 madhatter22: Ooh, good news about Allie Brosh!
46madhatter22
>44 lindapanzo: Noted! :)
47Helenliz
>44 lindapanzo: you consideration is noted and appreciated. >;-)
48lindapanzo
?46 >47 Helenliz: I had to work hard to put two previous books in--J first name and K firs name books in (tops on my list)-- in order to squeeze Louise Penny in.
The new Louise Penny book is always cause for celebration in my household. It typically arrives, for me, at 11 pm central. I will likely be up at that hour watching the late night hockey playoff game and will no doubt start it asap.
The new Louise Penny book is always cause for celebration in my household. It typically arrives, for me, at 11 pm central. I will likely be up at that hour watching the late night hockey playoff game and will no doubt start it asap.
49Citizenjoyce
> Thank you so much. I've recommended The Lying Life of Adults, Troubled Blood, More Than A Woman and Solutions and Other Problems to my library system. I'll love them when I get them, but who knows if it will be in September.
50Morphidae
>43 madhatter22: Oh, that's going to be a tough one. I get all my books from the library and getting a book in the month published is all but impossible. Guess I'll have to look for an ebook freebie.
51lyzard
>44 lindapanzo:, >48 lindapanzo:
If you wanted to move your Louise Penny, Linda, perhaps one of us could substitute a different female author with an 'L' first name?
If you don't want to move it, of course that's fine! :)
If you wanted to move your Louise Penny, Linda, perhaps one of us could substitute a different female author with an 'L' first name?
If you don't want to move it, of course that's fine! :)
52raidergirl3
> 51 Before I saw the Louise Penny was listed already , I planned to put it in the Birthstone challenge - gorgeous dark blue. So many places to put it, so many planning to read it!
I’m iffy on getting it. I’m in line for the audiobook and my wait times says about 5 weeks. My fingers are crossed
I’m iffy on getting it. I’m in line for the audiobook and my wait times says about 5 weeks. My fingers are crossed
53lindapanzo
>51 lyzard: I don’t really care where it goes so, if someone has a first name woman author whose first name starts with L, they can pull it and I could put it elsewhere. Since I usually read on Kindle, typically I don’t know what color it has.
54quondame
>53 lindapanzo: Lots of covers are available to browse on LT - if covers are working that day.
55lindapanzo
>54 quondame: Thanks. Good to know. Probably 98% of my reading is on my Kindle now and I don't even think about covers anymore.
57SilverWolf28
Challenge #15: Read a book that features a dragon
A dragon should be a character. It doesn't matter if the character is minor as long as they're not just mentioned.
Let me know if you have questions.
A dragon should be a character. It doesn't matter if the character is minor as long as they're not just mentioned.
Let me know if you have questions.
58Citizenjoyce
>43 madhatter22: I just got a message from my library system that They Lying Life of Adults will be available to me in 12 weeks and The Vanishing Half in 15 weeks, so I'll be a little late listing it for your challenge.
59Citizenjoyce
>36 lindapanzo: I was just going to ask if basketball was in season. Thanks. I might read Shoot, Minnie, Shoot : The Story of the 1904 Fort Shaw Indian Girls/ Basketball's First World Champions by Happy Jack Feder.
60raidergirl3
>59 Citizenjoyce: basketball is definitely in season - I just watched the Raptors win a buzzer beater game. Very exciting! (For a Raptor fan, lol)
61Citizenjoyce
Thanks, I Googled it, and it said the season didn't start until October.
62raidergirl3
>61 Citizenjoyce: in regular times, yes October. But COVID times, the NBA is having its playoffs now for last season, and the teams are in a Disney bubble in Florida. It makes it great for watching games since there are no travel days or super late games.
63bell7
>61 Citizenjoyce: and >62 raidergirl3: yes, and in COVID times definitely counts, or hockey wouldn't make the list either.
64lindapanzo
>62 raidergirl3: I've been in hockey heaven, at least 2 or 3 hockey games per day for the past month, and so I haven't watched the NBA at all. Both leagues, the NBA and the NHL, smart to use the bubble concept.
I've been reading the latest book, from Louise Penny, my favorite author, during hockey intermissions all week.
I've been reading the latest book, from Louise Penny, my favorite author, during hockey intermissions all week.
65raidergirl3
>64 lindapanzo: it was a very sad house here in April and May, rewatching classic playoff games in hockey, and the full Raptor playoff run from last year. August/September has been wonderful for NHL/NBA fans. The bubble is so smart. We even have a league, Canadian Soccer League, playing in a PEI bubble.
My husband is a Montreal Canadiens fan, so he is more into NBA since Habs lost.
My husband is a Montreal Canadiens fan, so he is more into NBA since Habs lost.
66lindapanzo
65 Ordinarily, in April and May, I'd be watching the Cubs and, secondarily, the hockey playoffs. I started watching the Blackhawks and just got roped into this NHL playoff season. Three game 7's in the past two days has made for appointment TV for me.
I've been less than enamoured with the baseball rule changes this year and will watch a ballgame only when no hockey is on.
I've been less than enamoured with the baseball rule changes this year and will watch a ballgame only when no hockey is on.
67lyzard
>7 Morphidae:
Morphy, can someone list consecutive books for your challenge? I have a lot of obscure reads with high (that is, low!) popularity rankings, so I can get things moving again that way if necessary.
Morphy, can someone list consecutive books for your challenge? I have a lot of obscure reads with high (that is, low!) popularity rankings, so I can get things moving again that way if necessary.
68raidergirl3
>56 humouress: I was keeping an eye on those game 7s- I have a former student on Vancouver, and on the Islanders. Two players from little PEI is crazy, and I taught them both! I don’t think either played much, but still.
69Morphidae
>67 lyzard: Yes. A participant can have two books in a set of ten or more - consecutive or not. I'll add that to the rules, most likely tomorrow.
71Helenliz
>35 bell7: I don't suppose a fictional sport would count would it? It's a year round sport, so would be in season (if it existed)
72bell7
>71 Helenliz: I hadn't thought of it, but I'm willing to accept that.
I think that means Quidditch is good to go, since Harry and his friends play it during the school year.
I think that means Quidditch is good to go, since Harry and his friends play it during the school year.
74quondame
>72 bell7: Isn't there some sort of mounted capture the flag sport in The Collegium Chronicles? I wonder if it's still around in Spy, Spy Again.
75bell7
>74 quondame: I am not familiar with that book, but if capture the flag would be happening in September, go for it!
76quondame
>75 bell7: I found it. Kirball. It shows up in Foundation. I think Hurlee is in earlier books - it's an ice sport, so no.
77Morphidae
>75 bell7: It starts as an ice-based game but then becomes first land-, then Companion-based.
78SqueakyChu
TIOLI Question of the Month:
I really, really need to find some good people "out there". Find me a person in a book you read this month and tell me why you loved and admired that character so much. Make my day. Thanks!
I really, really need to find some good people "out there". Find me a person in a book you read this month and tell me why you loved and admired that character so much. Make my day. Thanks!
79quondame
>78 SqueakyChu: Harder than usual this month - I haven't read much, and while there have been many human shaped characters in the books some of the have been dragons or necromancers or whatevers, but not quite us. I'm liking Mona in A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking.
80lyzard
We see to have lost the edit function on the TIOLI meter page (unless I'm losing my mind, which isn't out of the question!).
81FAMeulstee
>80 lyzard: Should be back to normal now.
If the you can't edit the parts, there is always the option "Edit" in the left column. There you get the whole page to edit.
If the you can't edit the parts, there is always the option "Edit" in the left column. There you get the whole page to edit.
83FAMeulstee
>82 lyzard: Wiki pages can always be restored :-)
84Morphidae
>18 lyzard: Delight? Also got "Thrilled".
The Delights of Reading by Otto L. Bettemann
Curiosity Thrilled the Cat by Sofie Kelly
Saw this, and while I knew it wouldn't fit by the rules, it did catch my attention and make me chuckle!
Lumberjanes: Friendship to the Max by Noelle Stevenson
To the max!
The Delights of Reading by Otto L. Bettemann
Curiosity Thrilled the Cat by Sofie Kelly
Saw this, and while I knew it wouldn't fit by the rules, it did catch my attention and make me chuckle!
Lumberjanes: Friendship to the Max by Noelle Stevenson
To the max!
85lyzard
>84 Morphidae:
Hmm. 'Delighted' is a bit soft, but I will allow 'thrilled'...and, what the heck, TO THE MAX!!!! :D
Hmm. 'Delighted' is a bit soft, but I will allow 'thrilled'...and, what the heck, TO THE MAX!!!! :D
86Morphidae
>85 lyzard: I decided on the Kelly, so it's all good.
Unless you are serious about the Lumberjanes? I wasn't really putting out there as an entry. But what the heck, I'd love to be able to put it in a challenge!
Unless you are serious about the Lumberjanes? I wasn't really putting out there as an entry. But what the heck, I'd love to be able to put it in a challenge!
89Helenliz
*thread hijack in progress*
OK gang, I need your help.
To complete my bingo card I need to read books by a female author that was first published in 1820 or 1920 and 1972.
Any hints on titles that will be readily available much appreciated.
And a TIOLI category to put them in between now & Christmas would be even better. >;-)
*thread hijack concluded*
OK gang, I need your help.
To complete my bingo card I need to read books by a female author that was first published in 1820 or 1920 and 1972.
Any hints on titles that will be readily available much appreciated.
And a TIOLI category to put them in between now & Christmas would be even better. >;-)
*thread hijack concluded*
91PawsforThought
>89 Helenliz: According to Wikipedia, Louisa Stanhope’s The Crusaders was first published in 1820. So if you’re into romance that might be something. Otherwise there’s a few in 1920: Agatha Christie’s The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Sigurd Undset’s Kristin Lavransdatter and Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence are among the best known.
in 1972 there’s Angela Carter’s The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman, Christie again with Elephants Can Remember, Georgette Heyer’s Lady of Quality, P. D. James’s An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book to start you off.
Hope you find something so you can finish your bingo card!
in 1972 there’s Angela Carter’s The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman, Christie again with Elephants Can Remember, Georgette Heyer’s Lady of Quality, P. D. James’s An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book to start you off.
Hope you find something so you can finish your bingo card!
92Citizenjoyce
>78 SqueakyChu: Looks like we're a little short on admirable characters this week, but I finally have one. Jane Prescott of A Death of No Importance was brought over, as a child, from Scotland in the late 1800s by her father and immediately abandoned. She was raised well by her uncle who ran a home rescuing prostitutes. She developed not only empathy for the downtrodden but also a dedication to hard work. She works now as a lady's made for rich families and does all she can to make sure her charges are beautiful. In the meantime, she finds she has a talent for detective work. She's an interesting, moral, hard-working and admirable character. I wouldn't have found her if I'd not needed a book for the 20th-century challenge, so thanks once again, lindapanzo.
93SqueakyChu
>92 Citizenjoyce: Looks like we're a little short on admirable characters this week
LOL! In the broad spectrum of things, we've been undeniably short of admirable characters for a while. That's why I was looking for some in books. Have they run away from real life?! Thanks for telling us about Jane Prescott. :)
LOL! In the broad spectrum of things, we've been undeniably short of admirable characters for a while. That's why I was looking for some in books. Have they run away from real life?! Thanks for telling us about Jane Prescott. :)
94quondame
>23 dallenbaugh: Donna, are e-books specifically excluded if we don't know what the spine on the physical book would look like or if there is no physical book at all? Also, does different color apply when the author is printed as a solid color but the title is ombre or variegated of the same and other colors?
95dallenbaugh
I think e-books should be excluded unless they also have a physical book although I am not sure how easy it will be to look at the spine. Yes, the two should be in different colors not just light or dark of the same color but one variegated and the other not will count.
97SqueakyChu
This is too good not to share.
The National Book Festival is this weekend.
https://www.loc.gov/events/2020-national-book-festival/about-this-event/
Let us know if any of your current month's reads are by any of the presenting authors!
The National Book Festival is this weekend.
https://www.loc.gov/events/2020-national-book-festival/about-this-event/
Let us know if any of your current month's reads are by any of the presenting authors!
98Citizenjoyce
>97 SqueakyChu: Your post lead me to discover a new book, Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis by Jared Diamond. Well, it's not exactly new, it came out last year, but I didn't know about it. Thanks, I love him.
99Morphidae
Fellow TIOLIers, I thought I'd get your feedback for my mystery challenge as I'm having a hard time deciding. I have five of the six challenges figured out. They include challenges for:
Cover
Subject
Title
Author
First Sentence
What should I make the last one about? The book itself (size, page numbers?) A LibraryThing website challenge (ratings over 4.0, most reviewed books)? Awards (Alex, Canada Reads)? (Examples for clarification only.) Something else?
Gimme your thoughts. Quickly though.
*glances nervously over her shoulder*
What should I make the last one about? The book itself (size, page numbers?) A LibraryThing website challenge (ratings over 4.0, most reviewed books)? Awards (Alex, Canada Reads)? (Examples for clarification only.) Something else?
Gimme your thoughts. Quickly though.
*glances nervously over her shoulder*
100SqueakyChu
>98 Citizenjoyce: Very nice! You’re welcome!
101DeltaQueen50
>99 Morphidae: Hi Morphy, I really like challenges that feature as aspect of LT like a ratings over 4.0 or most reviewed so that would get my vote.
102SqueakyChu
TIOLI Stats for August 2020
For August, 2020. we read a total of 236 books, the lowest monthly number since 2010. We shared 28 books (12%). We accumulated 291 TIOLI points in August, the lowest August YTD number since 2017.
The most popular book was A Question of Belief by Donna Leon. Four people read this book.
The most popular challenge was the challenge by @lindapanzo to read a book which came into your possession since March 15. There were 56 books read for this challenge.
The challenge with the most TIOLI points was the challenge by @CitizenJoyce to read an article from the New York Review of Books, The New Yorker or Vanity Fair or a similar magazine from another country. This challenge accumulated 6 points.
For August, 2020. we read a total of 236 books, the lowest monthly number since 2010. We shared 28 books (12%). We accumulated 291 TIOLI points in August, the lowest August YTD number since 2017.
The most popular book was A Question of Belief by Donna Leon. Four people read this book.
The most popular challenge was the challenge by @lindapanzo to read a book which came into your possession since March 15. There were 56 books read for this challenge.
The challenge with the most TIOLI points was the challenge by @CitizenJoyce to read an article from the New York Review of Books, The New Yorker or Vanity Fair or a similar magazine from another country. This challenge accumulated 6 points.
103Citizenjoyce
>102 SqueakyChu: Thanks for the award, my challenge got me back to reading some of my subscriptions which I have shied away from the more I rely on audio rather than visual reading. Then I found Audm a phone app that reads magazine articles. Yay.
104Helenliz
>101 DeltaQueen50: I agree with this. Something that makes me explore LT is always interesting, as there must be loads of features I've never ventured into. Common Knowledge, for instance, scares me, I can't seem to find what I'm sure must be in there in an effective way.
105Helenliz
*does a happy dance*
Sweeplette done!!!! which almost never happens to me.
Page 1
1. Read a book whose title is or contains the name of your school - How the world Thinks - the Think School strikes me as a good aim to try and live up to.
2. Read a book that has the word lie or a synonym for lie in the title - Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen Collection One
3. Read a book by a woman author: Alphabet challenge - Dying Fall
4. Read a book for The Numbers Game - Hamnet Author born 1972
5. Read a 20th century book - The Century Girls 6 centenarians born in or before 1918, when the franchise was extended to women
6. Read a book by an author who is not only from a different country than you, but also from a different continent - Good Bones, Simple Murders and The Tent - Margaret Atwood (Canada, North America)
And with a few days to spare.
*happy dance continues*
Sweeplette done!!!! which almost never happens to me.
Page 1
1. Read a book whose title is or contains the name of your school - How the world Thinks - the Think School strikes me as a good aim to try and live up to.
2. Read a book that has the word lie or a synonym for lie in the title - Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen Collection One
3. Read a book by a woman author: Alphabet challenge - Dying Fall
4. Read a book for The Numbers Game - Hamnet Author born 1972
5. Read a 20th century book - The Century Girls 6 centenarians born in or before 1918, when the franchise was extended to women
6. Read a book by an author who is not only from a different country than you, but also from a different continent - Good Bones, Simple Murders and The Tent - Margaret Atwood (Canada, North America)
And with a few days to spare.
*happy dance continues*
106Morphidae
>101 DeltaQueen50: >104 Helenliz: I came up with one the moment I posted. It just popped into my head. You know how that goes.
And I will take your request for more LT site related challenges from December forward. I'll be doing my usual November challenge.
And I will take your request for more LT site related challenges from December forward. I'll be doing my usual November challenge.
107FAMeulstee
>105 Helenliz: Congratulations!
108SqueakyChu
>105 Helenliz: Cool beans! Congratulations!
109Morphidae
>105 Helenliz: And congrats!
110SqueakyChu
The August 2020 TIOLI Awards!
The That's a Lotta Talk Award goes to @dallenbaugh for reading The Book Thief for my (SqueakyChu's) challenge to read a book with at least 750 conversations on LibraryThing. This book had 1,957 conversations about it on LibraryThing! Whoa!!
The Discovery Award goes to @wandering_star for the challenge to read a book from one of the lists on fivebooks.com. This was a new-to-me website and a wonderful find. Thank you!
The Playtime Award goes to @quondame for the challenge to read a book about a doll, or for which there is a doll. I thought this was such a fun and whimsical challenge. What a great idea!
The Genealogy Appreciation Award goes to @susanna.fraser for the challenge to read a book by an author who shares a first name with my parents or their descendants. I am very interested in genealogy and much appreciate this idea for a challenge. In this time of isolation during the pandemic, family and heritage mean even more to us than ever.
The Looking Back Award goes to @lyzard for reading The Yellow Wallpaper for the challenge by @raidergirl3 to read a book published before 2010. This book was published in 1892 -- so of course it was read by our Liz! :D Anyway, the publication date of this book is 128 years ago. Wow!
The What's This Award also goes to @lyzard for reading both the ebook and the hard copy book of The Yellow Wallpaper for the challenge by @raidergirl3 to read a book published before 2010. I think this is the first time in the ten years of the TIOLI challenges that someone has shared a book with oneself! LOL!!
Congrats to our award winners...and you know what comes next! :D
The That's a Lotta Talk Award goes to @dallenbaugh for reading The Book Thief for my (SqueakyChu's) challenge to read a book with at least 750 conversations on LibraryThing. This book had 1,957 conversations about it on LibraryThing! Whoa!!
The Discovery Award goes to @wandering_star for the challenge to read a book from one of the lists on fivebooks.com. This was a new-to-me website and a wonderful find. Thank you!
The Playtime Award goes to @quondame for the challenge to read a book about a doll, or for which there is a doll. I thought this was such a fun and whimsical challenge. What a great idea!
The Genealogy Appreciation Award goes to @susanna.fraser for the challenge to read a book by an author who shares a first name with my parents or their descendants. I am very interested in genealogy and much appreciate this idea for a challenge. In this time of isolation during the pandemic, family and heritage mean even more to us than ever.
The Looking Back Award goes to @lyzard for reading The Yellow Wallpaper for the challenge by @raidergirl3 to read a book published before 2010. This book was published in 1892 -- so of course it was read by our Liz! :D Anyway, the publication date of this book is 128 years ago. Wow!
The What's This Award also goes to @lyzard for reading both the ebook and the hard copy book of The Yellow Wallpaper for the challenge by @raidergirl3 to read a book published before 2010. I think this is the first time in the ten years of the TIOLI challenges that someone has shared a book with oneself! LOL!!
Congrats to our award winners...and you know what comes next! :D
111dallenbaugh
>110 SqueakyChu: Thanks so much Madeline for the "Lotta Talk Award" especially since I'm social distancing by myself and so not doing a "lotta talk".
112SqueakyChu
>11 lindapanzo: I just got new hearing aids so I'm making up for not hearing people and not having conversations for the past six months (even though some of them were actually text messages!). :D
113quondame
>110 SqueakyChu: Thank you! I had a lot of fun setting it up and playing with my dolls - and have been inspired to take on a couple of doll oriented projects.
114SqueakyChu
>113 quondame: Pretty cool! Let us know what those projects turn out to be!
115quondame
>114 SqueakyChu: I've prototyped a bog coat for the 6.25" Hitty doll, and already come up with a couple of modifications that might improve upon it. We'll see.
116SqueakyChu
?115 Ooh, fun!! Be sure to show us how this develops!
117lyzard
>110 SqueakyChu:
I thank you for the first award but must decline the second: somebody else listed The Yellow Wallpaper but not their name; speak now or forever hold your peace! :D
I thank you for the first award but must decline the second: somebody else listed The Yellow Wallpaper but not their name; speak now or forever hold your peace! :D
118SqueakyChu
>117 lyzard: Well, whoever it was has been included in September's stats. The joke is on both of us! LOL!!
119quondame
>3 Citizenjoyce: Would "spy" qualify?
120wandering_star
>110 SqueakyChu: thank you! I am glad you enjoyed the site as much as I do...
121Helenliz
>107 FAMeulstee:, >108 SqueakyChu:, >109 Morphidae: Thank you!
It doesn't happen very often, getting my 6 or 7 books in a month to all align with a set of 6 challenges is pretty, um, challenging!
It doesn't happen very often, getting my 6 or 7 books in a month to all align with a set of 6 challenges is pretty, um, challenging!
122Citizenjoyce
>119 quondame: I'm binging on all the old episodes of The Americans who, as spies, spend their lives lying and being lied to, so I'll say yes.
