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Challenges: Year Long Main 2021
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Dawn's Dash "To infinity and beyond"
- Mickey Mouse's Marchers - 7 - 12 bookslink - 3 word title
link - title starts with The
link - animal in title
link - 2 word title
link - title starts with Blood
link - female author
total pages - 3351
- Roadrunner's Racers - 13 - 18 bookslink - same series
link - two word title
link - female author
link - female author
link – female author
link - author dead
total pages - 3313
- Tasmanian Devil's Trouncers - 19 - 24 bookslink – 4 word title
link – same series
link – authors born in the 50's
link – historical fiction genre
link – authors first and last names start with the same letter
link – historical fiction genre
total pages - 3514
- Buzz Lightyear's Bombers - 25 - "To infinity and beyond"link - two word title
link - authors both wear glasses
link - authors born in the 50's
link - one word title
link - titles start with A
total pages - 3479
link - author first name starts M
link - trees on cover
link - fantasy genre
link - three word title
link - tree on the cover
link - starts with THE
36) The War That Ended Peace: The Road To 1914 by Margaret MacMillan (739p)
link -
total pages - 3330
Thanks, everyone was being so clever and I couldn't think of anything better. :)
Hi Dawn, I just noticed you were here too. :)
I came to check it out when I saw you sign up and it looked like a great challenge, so I put my thread up too. :)
I am so looking forward to this one! Glad you're here too since I'll be leaving tbb in January. :)
I'll be joining you in that exodus in January. It's really only been the challenge keeping me there. This one will be fun and I don't have to keep track of points! :)
Are you doing the Mount TBR challenge again?? I've signed up for fewer books in 2014 but I'm still gonna try it.
I'm sure you are happy to be done with points! You probably have nightmares. ;)I won't be doing that other group again, in fact I already left it. I'm just going to focus on the challenges in this group.
There are lots of challenges here. I'm tempted to try a couple others during the year so we should meet up in a few places here! :)It also seems like a friendly group.
Blind Assassin is an all-time favorite, Dawn. I hope you enjoy it. Ooh, and Woman in White too! Great looking lists.
I have no doubt I'm gonna love Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood is a fantastic writer. And The Name of the Wind keeps coming up as such a good book that I figured I better get around to reading it. :)
I'm pretty sure Blind Assassin is on my list too.
I've been trying to read it for a year so this is a very good reason to actually get past the first chapter!
I keep doing the same thing. I look through all the other lists and find books I've been wanting to read, my challenge will be 100 long pretty soon and I don't think I can read that many! :)
lol. I've been wanting to get to that book for awhile also! :D
Tasha and I were supposed to get to it a few months back but we kept getting sidetracked by other books. I thought I'd still give it a try though.
yep, that's true. :)I had a hard time getting to it but I may give it a try again sometime but probably not this coming year.
I'm gonna try and read 1 classic a month again next year. It makes me feel more sophisticated and educated! :)
hahaha, I totally understand. I'm taking a break this year... ;)
That's my goal too Dawn...one classic a month.
One a month seems achievable, though I didn't do so well at the end of this year. :)Do you pick older classics or modern classics Marnie??
I'm going to start with The Fellowship of the Ring but I I think I will do a mix of both. Apparently The Woman in White is a must read for me based on the strong recommendations from friends here.What is your January Classic ?
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood is on for January. I have The Woman in White as my fifth for the year, I also added it based on a couple friends rec's. And The Fellowship of the Ring is sitting in my list of Chunkster Hopefuls so I might get to it this year sometime too.
Blind Assassin and Woman in White. Wow. I wish I could reread those again for the first time!
I know the feeling. :)I think Blind Assassin will be the first book I start in the New Year.
Nice choice! Dying to see what you think. It takes a bit to get your bearings with that one, but not too long. Loved Iris!!
Sounds better and better. I love a well written book that's a bit difficult. :)
It's a bit of a puzzle and you need to pay attention to the details. This one may be right up your alley, it sounds like. :)
Judy wrote: "Lol. Are you finding that you enjoy reading them? Any favorites?"I am enjoying them, quite a lot but I always put them off to read something easier and faster. I have 4 favorites from 2013:
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
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The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
I have got to try Portrait of a Lady. I keep hearing good things.
I was not expecting to like it as all and then ended up giving it 5 stars. Tasha liked it too if I remember right??
Those ones were all audiobooks. I've tried a variety of different genres in audio and only like classics or mysteries in that format. So I listen to quite a few of them. Classics almost feel like they were made to be read aloud, at least it seems like that to me. :)It took me two months of commuting to get through 60 hours of War & Peace.
Damn, I had 30 chunksters all picked out and connected. Then I went to the library and found We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen, I shall have to fit that into my first 6 somewhere....
True, I was hoping to stick to the first 6 but I can't even stick to the first 1! :)
I see it in your first 6. Did you already fit it in? That was quick... :)
Yep, I have two #6's right now, I'll have to move a few books over to the next posts but thought I'd wait and see if I add any more before I do!
I had to switch one of mine too. I sure do enjoy the flexibility of this challenge!
I have had to add your #1 book to my TBR list. I was talking to a friend at work today and he mentioned it. I have to keep telling myself not to change things yet. N-o-t y-e-t.... ☺
don't forget to update the book covers. :)
Marnie wrote: "I had to switch one of mine too. I sure do enjoy the flexibility of this challenge!"Me too!!
If there was no flexibility I would be hooped. I never can stick to my picks, something else always catches my eye or fits with a mood.
You'll love this one...!! A book club & more
Books mentioned in this topic
The Mysteries of Udolpho (other topics)A World Undone (other topics)
A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918 (other topics)
The Thousand Names (other topics)
The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914 (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Ann Radcliffe (other topics)G.J. Meyer (other topics)
Django Wexler (other topics)
Margaret MacMillan (other topics)
Max Hastings (other topics)
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1) The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (536p)link - Assassin in title
2) Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb (757p)link - epic fantasy genre
3) The Jackal of Nar by John Marco (754p)link - horse on cover
4) The Prince of Shadow by Curt Benjamin (512p)link - author first name starts with C
5) We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen (688p)link - 3 word title
6) Monster Hunter Legion by Larry Correia (528p)link – fantasy genre
total pages - 3775