2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

THE VERY MINI BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE
Duration: May 1 - 31, 2014

1. Read a book that was published year you were born.

2. Read a book from an author who shares a birthday or birth year with you.

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Merja is both the creator and leader for this challenge. Thanks, Merja!

I'm getting behind in the challenges I already have so this very short one sounds ideal for me at this point! Sign me up for the two.

The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury - completed 6 May
and something by Sue Monk Kidd

Finished: 2/2

I'm in, sign me up for both. :)

I'll try it!!! put me down for both.

I'll try both, though it will really be a challenge for me. Next month is getting busy. :)

THE VERY MINI BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE
Duration: May 1 - 31, 2014

1. Read a book that was published year you were born.
False Colours - 5/11/14 ***

2. Read a book from an author who shares a birthday with you.
a book by Jack Finney - Time and Again - 5/17/14 ***

I guess one more (very tiny) challenge can't hurt. I'll do this one!

Hello everyone! This is my first challenge I'm leading and I try to do my best. If you notice that I've missed you or something is wrong, feel free to PM me.

Alison - 0/2
Amanda - 2/2
Angelique - 2/2
Araceli - 1/2
Brianna - 0/2
Claire P - 2/2
Clare - 2/2
Courtney - 2/2
Deyara - 0/2
Elsbeth - 3/3
Emily~ - 0/2
Erika - 0/2
Helen - 2/2
Jackie - 2/2
Jamie - 1/2
Jennifer - 2/2
Kaleena - 0/2
Kate - 0/2
Kaye - 0/1
Kelsi - 2/2
Lanelle - 2/2
Leah - 0/2
Leah -82 - 2/2
Lilac - 0/2
LynnB - 2/2
Maiko - 2/2
Maria - 0/2
Maureen - 0/2
Meimei - 2/2
Melanie - 2/2
Melissa - 0/1
Merja - 2/2
Rachel - 0/2
Reija - 2/2
Robyn - 1/2
ScarlettMi - 2/2
Sharon - 2/2
Shaunte - 0/2
Sibyl - 0/2
Tasha - 0/1
Theresa~OctoberLace - 0/2
Valla - 2/2

You can also view the status, with bit more information, in here.

Well it took a while but I finally found an author born the same year as me (1989) so I will sign up for both :)

Welcome Kelsi! :)

I'm actually fortunate in that I have already found a nice selection of books for this challenge. My problem is that I can't decide which ones to read! There are about five that I'm considering for the book published the year I was born (1952), and my really difficult choice will be for a book by an author born that year.

I have Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club and Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and I don't know which way to go on that.

Any votes on which one I should choose?

I am actually reading The Joy Luck Club for a book published the year I was born, I'm really looking forward to reading it. I have read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxyand found it ok. It had some funny moments but I didn't like it as much as everyone else seems too.
I think it mostly depends on what you are in the mood for: ridiculous humour (Hitchhikers) or drama with some humour thrown in (joy luck club).

Claire wrote: "I have Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club and Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and I don't know which way to go on that. Any votes on which one I should choose? "

I agree with Kelsi. I enjoyed The Joy Luck Club but I never have understood what people see in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I didn't like it at all.

Thanks, Kelsi and Lynn! I was kind of leaning in that direction myself, but I've heard so many people say that they love Hitchhiker that I wasn't sure.

I'll probably get around to that one at some point, but for now I'll probably go with The Joy Luck Club.

My books for this challenge are:
1. Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut
2. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

I'm really sorry, but I'm going to have to bow out of this challenge. Just too many books/things on my to-do list this month. :(

Welcome Rachel. I've added you to the list.

Can you sign me up for 2?

Finally an excuse to read Beter again. It is written by a Dutch Olympic marathon swimmer, Maarten van der Weijden (born March 31, same birthday as mine). A beautiful book about his struggle with cancer and his road to the Olympics. I loved it. He's my hero!

Now I have to find a book that is published in my birthyear (1989).

Added you Maureen! :)

I am interested sign me up for 1 please

Welcome Tasha to this challenge! :)

I'd like to try this one .

Could you just sign me up for one ?

Thanks :)

❀ Amazing idea! Sign me up for 2 :) ❀
1. Bridget Jones's Diary - 1996 - 05/19
2. Things Fall Apart by Chinua - November 16 - 05 20

Welcome Kaye and Meimei. I have now added you both to this challenge :)

I'm in for 2


THE VERY MINI BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE

❖ 1/2

✔ 1. Read a book that was published year you were born.
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: A George Smiley Novel

2. Read a book from an author who shares a birthday or birth year with you.
- The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

Hi,

Can you out me down for 2 too?

I'm going to read:

1. Carrie by Stephen King, published 5th April 1974

2. Mrs Fox by Sarah Hall who was born in 1974

Thanks,

Amanda

I have little trouble find those authors born with same date, do you check wikipedia or something else?

I try both, so two for me.

1981 interesting year, I have found couple fine book, just trying to decide what to read.

Thanks Meimei! I found couple so it would be Isabel Allende, Robert P Holdstock or Aino Kallas.

This is fun, have to do little bit search.

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THE VERY MINI BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE
Duration: May 1 - 31, 2014

1. Read a book that was published year you were born.
The Comfort of Strangers
After liking Atonement so much I pick this, but no, I still don't seem to like his other books. So creepy but short.

2. Read a book from an author who shares a birthday or birth year with you.
Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
Weirdest story for awile. Little bit fairytale kind but I'm still don't gonna check other parts.

2/2 *DONE*

Reija wrote: "I have little trouble find those authors born with same date, do you check wikipedia or something else?
Hi, yeah, I had some trouble too, because I don't know any authors born in 1996... I would suggest trying wikipedia page with date of your birthday and then look for "author" or "writer" in the "Births" section. Or I also tried googling "November 16 birthday author/writer". Hope that helps and good luck :)

Hi ladies
I found a really neat website yesterday that has tons of authors birthdays . Just click on the day, month, or year on the left corner and you'll get lots of ideas !

http://www.bornglorious.com/birthday/...

Yes, I will join you all!
I was born 2nd june 1973.
In 1973 The Princess Bride was published - a book I've been wanting to read a long time!
Thomas Hardy had his birthday also on the 2nd of june. I'm planning to read 2 books by him this month (for 2 different groupreads): Jude the Obscure and Far from the Madding Crowd.

So you can sign me up for 3! ;)

Welcome to you all! :)

I like all kind of reports, so I created a sheet to Google Drive where I also update the status as this challenge goes. I made it public so you can see it too in here. It's updating automatically, so every time I make changes you'll see it too after hitting refresh-button.

Merja
Did you say this was the first challenge you have led ? You're doing great !

Yeah, this is my first. But I've been watching how other leaders do their job and learned from that :)

Hi Merja, can you bump mine to 2 books it took me awhile but found an author born the same year as me

1. Read a book that was published year you were born.
(1978)The Stand,Stephen King
2. Read a book from an author who shares a birthday or birth year with you.
same year (1978) Damian's Oracle,Lizzy Ford

If you're having trouble finding an author born in your birth year, my idea was to look for famous people and see if any of them wrote an autobiography I was interested in. Just another idea.

Tasha, your goal is now updated :)

I'm up for this one. I'll be going for both.

THE VERY MINI BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE
Duration: May 1 - 31, 2014
Completed 1/2

1. (1987). 5/10/14
2. As of now, looks like I'll be reading something by Betty Smith. Shares my birthday 12/15.

Welcome Leah! :)

I'll try both.

1. White Noise
2. The Elementary Particles

Added you Valla! :)

I'll join in!

1. The Catcher in the Rye was published the year I was born and is sitting on my bookshelf waiting to be read.

2. The Known World, winner of the Puliter Prize for Fiction and other awards, was written by Edward P. Jones, and he was born the same year as I was. I just downloaded it from my library in both Kindle and Audiobook formats.

Welcome! :)

Okay, I'm going to try for both:
1. I've been meaning to read this one for ages

2.

Welcome to the challenge, Angelique! :)

I don't know if need to post this, but I picked my two books:

1) Published the year I was born: A Confederacy of Dunces
2) Author who shares my bday: Jane Austen / Sense and Sensibility

I want to join this challenge :)

1) published the year I was born: The Witches by Roald Dahl.

2) author sharing birthday: Eragon by Christopher Paolini.

Shaunte, it's always nice to know what everyone is reading :)

Welcome to the challenge, Jamie! :) And! I'm going to read The Witches too for this challenge and maybe Paolini too, but Inheritance.

And yeah, I'm also taking part and my books will be

✔ 1. Read a book that was published year you were born.


✔ 2. Read a book from an author who shares a birthday or birth year with you.

Please sign me up for two!

Welcome to the challenge Erika! :)