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🎬🎧🎼💻🎮🎥📼📚📔📖📕How to Participate:📕📖📔📚📼🎥🎮💻🎼🎧🎬🎬 1. Post here telling the challenge leader that you'd like to join the challenge. You can choose your books for the challenge at the beginning, or add them as you go. You can join a challenge at any time, as long as the challenge is still active. You must choose a goal for the challenge.
🎧 2. Whenever you finish a book for the challenge, post here and let the challenge leader know so they can update your progress. Please be sure to post the number of books you have completed and the number of your original message every time you post an update.
🎼 The challenge leader is not able to keep track of your total number of books for you because of the number of participants in the challenge. The number of the original post is used to identify you, as there can be many members with the same name. The challenge leader will not look at this post to track your progress.
Example:
Message 32 updated! 2/10 books read!
🎮 P.S. Please do not delete posts! It makes updating very confusing for the Moderators! If you decide to leave the challenge, please just let us know. You can edit your original post to say {redacted}. Thank you!
📔🎥 PARTICIPANTS 🎥📔
Media Enthusiasts (signed up)
Jill (message #10) - ??
L A i N E Y (message #30) - 0/5
Lindsey (message #18) - 0/10
Ravenclaw Library Books (message #19) - 0/10
Renee (message #9) - 0/5
Saha (message #14) - 0/3
Suzanne (message #32) - 0/5
📖📼Media Connoisseurs (participating) 📼📖
Chrissie (message #5) - 1/3
Christene Paula (message #8) - 2/5
Lynn (message #7) - 2/3
📚🎬Media Aficionados (completed)🎬📚
Carri Carey (message #3) - 12/12
Debra Diggs (message #15) - 3/3
Janine (message # 20) - 3/3
Kristina (message #11) - 12/12
oshizu (message #16) - 6/4
Rachael (message #17) - 2/2
Sarah (message #21) - 3/3
SarahKat (message #6) - 7/7
TerryJane (message #4) - 17/15
Ziggy (message #12) - 4/4
📕💻STATS💻📕
Updated: 6/1/22
Participants: 20
Books pledged: 114
Books read: 74/114
Challenges completed: 10/20
I plan to read 12 books for this challenge:✅ Book to Movie:
Admission - Read 5/8/22✅ Book to Movie:
Beastly - Read 5/12/22✅ Book to Movie:
City of Bones - Read 5/16/22✅ Book to Movie:
Coraline - Read 5/20/22✅ Stage Play to Book:
Dear Evan Hansen - Read 5/16/22✅ Book to Movie:
Flowers for Algernon - Read 5/5/22✅Book to Movie:
The Green Mile - Read 5/24/22✅ Book to multiple shows and movies:
The Hound of the Baskervilles - Read 5/19/22✅ Book to Movie:
Howl’s Moving Castle - Read 5/3/22✅ Book to TV Series:
The Queen's Gambit - Read 5/12/22✅ Book to Movie:
'Salem's Lot - Read 5/19/22✅ Book to Movie:
The Silver Linings Playbook - Read 5/10/22
🎬 MEDIA MAYHEM - Monthly ChallengeDuration: May 1 - May 31, 2022
Progress: 17/15 -- COMPLETE
🎬 Blog to book
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
🎬 Book to TV documentary
The Art of War
🎬 Stage play to multiple films and TV movies
An Enemy of the People
🎬 Book to film and musical stage play
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
🎬 Radio to audiobook
A Soul in Torment / Dead Air / Where the Heart Is
🎬 Radio to audiobook
Healing / Secrets
🎬 Radio to audiobook
The Play's the Thing / The Grey Lady
🎬 Radio to audiobook
The Silver Cord / In Memorium
🎬 Poetry collection to musical stage play, video and film
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
🎬 Book to multiple films and documentary TV episodes
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
🎬 Book to musical stage play and film
Zorba the Greek
🎬 Comic book to TV series
Hawkeye: Kate Bishop, Vol. 1: Anchor Points
🎬 Book to movie (pre-production)
Beautiful Ruins
🎬 Book to film
The Shipping News
🎬 Book to film, mini-series and musical stage play
Doctor Zhivago
🎬 Book to movie, stage plays and dance drama
The Tale of Genji
🎬 Book to movie and stage play
Matilda
I'm going with 3 reads for a start.
to movie
to movie & manga ✓
to movie ✓
Hi Carri! I'll sign up for 7. I will *try* to also watch the movies that go along with these but we'll see.7/7
✔Nightbooks
✔A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
✔Movie watched!
✔The Devil All the Time
✔Movie watched!
✔Good Morning, Midnight
✔Movie watched! (Midnight Sky)
✔The October Faction, Vol. 1
✔The Remains of the Day
✔One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
MEDIA MAYHEMDuration: May 1 - May 31, 2022
Are you ready for a little media madness and mayhem? For this open prompt challenge, you may read selections which were:
🤪 books first, later produced in another medium, OR
🤪 another medium first, later published as a book
Since I have 6 buddy reads/monthly group reads for May, I'll just list these 3 for this challenge!
2/3 as of May 11
🌼 The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
May 8 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Book to Movie
🌼 Case Histories (Jackson Brodie #1) by Kate Atkinson
May 11 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Book to TV series
The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945 by Władysław Szpilman
Book to movie
MEDIA MAYHEMDuration: May 1 - May 31, 2022
2/5
1. No Exit book to movie
✔️ 2. Heartstopper: Volume One book to series
3. Death on the Nile book to movie
4. Dune book to movie
5. It book to movie
**extras**
✔️ 6. The Nightingalebook to movie
7. Gone Girl book to movie
8. Crazy Rich Asians book to movie
I’m in! Planning on reading 5 books.
Media MayhemMay 01 - May 31
Progress: 12/12
Put me down for 12 books please!
✅ 1. The Alienist by Caleb Carr
✅ 2. A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
✅ 3. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
✅ 4. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
✅ 5. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
✅ 6. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
✅ 7. Anne of Green Gables by L.M.M Montgomery
✅ 8. The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
✅ 9. Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
✅ 10. The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
✅ 11. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
✅ 12. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Jill wrote: "I’m in!"Great, Jill! How many would you like to shoot for?
Sign me up for 3, please. Books to movies
3/3
✔ 1. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
✔ 2. A Very English Scandal: Sex, Lies, and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment by John Preston
✔ 3. Dracula by Bram Stoker
Thank you so much for leading, Carri!Please sign me up for 3 books.
MEDIA MAYHEM
Progress: 6/4
✔️1. Book to TV: The Long Call
✔️2. Book to TV: Case Histories
✔️3. Book to TV: Outlander
✔️4. Book to TV: Raven Black
✔️5. Book to film: Their Eyes Were Watching God
✔️6. Book to TV: The Rose Rent
My planning post
Hadn't planned on doing this Challenge but a couple of my May reads fit so please sign me up for two books.COMPLETED: 2/2
✔️ Book to Musical: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
✔️ Book to Movie(s)/TV series: The Three Musketeers
Goal: 2/10 BUT aiming for higher
book turned into movies
MEDIA MAYHEMDuration: May 1 - May 31, 2022
Progress: /10
Sign me up for 3 books3/3-COMPLETED
✅1)Marley & Me to movie(12/5/22)
✅2)Legally Blonde to play and movie(1/5/22)
✅3)A Damsel in Distress to play(6/5/22)
Update on message #5: finished 1 of 3 books.
Update to Message 6: 1/7✔A Journey to the Centre of the Earth ⭐⭐
✔Movie watched! ⭐⭐⭐
The book was a bit slow for me. Lots of wandering through the dark and looking at scientific instruments. The movie wasn't the same story but took you to the same place. It took elements from the book and made them more exciting and watchable. Although it was still campy and the CG was terrible. But Brenden Fraser is watchable anyway! The movie gets one more star than the book for Mr. Fraser.
I finished Howl’s Moving Castle and thoroughly enjoyed it! It was as cute and fun and charming as the movie and it has a very Studio Ghibli feel to it! I definitely recommend.
Updated message 17: just read Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West which has been adapted into a musical. 1/2 completed
I finished Flowers for Algernon yesterday and watched the movie last night. Really enjoyed the book, especially for Charlie's own viewpoint. But the movie was pretty dull, not to mention leaving out entire characters and important plot points. Stick with the book.
I'm in for 5 please :)MEDIA MAYHEM
Duration: May 1 - May 31, 2022
Read: 0/5
1. Manga ⇲⇲ Anime
Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1 by Tatsuki Fujimoto
2. Manga ⇲⇲ Live-Action TV Series
Liar Game, Vol. 1 by Shinobu Kaitani
3. Manga ⇲⇲ Live-Action Film
20th Century Boys, Band 3 by Naoki Urasawa
4. Book ⇲⇲ TV Series [soon on Netflix]
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
5. Book ⇲⇲ TV Series
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
2022 Reading Challenge May - Media Mayhem
Duration: May 1 - May 31, 2022
Progress: 5 out of 5
Are you ready for a little media madness and mayhem? For this open prompt challenge, you may read selections which were:
🤪 books first, later produced in another medium, OR
🤪 another medium first, later published as a book
All book formats count for the book side: traditional print books, audio, ebooks, comic books, graphic novels, playscripts, etc.
All other media count on the other side: film, television, plays, blogs, podcasts, music, videos, news sources, video games, etc.
Examples:
Hawkeye: Kate Bishop, Vol. 1: Anchor Points to TV
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again to movie
Seventh Son to music (Iron Maiden album)
Podcast to Mostly Void, Partially Stars
Blog to Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
Play to Dear Evan Hansen
Please post to let your leader know how many books you'd like to read for this mixed-up media month. It's mayhem, I tell you!
This challenge was inspired by an idea from Carri Carey, who also offered to lead. Thanks so much, Carri!
1. The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel - ***** - 5/31/2022 - 203 Pages - First a News Story
2. The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss by Anderson Cooper - ***** - 5/11/2022 - 290 Pages - Anderson Cooper is a new reporter
3. Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century by Sam Kashner - ***** - 5/11/2022 - 500 Pages - About movie stars
4. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien - ***** - 5/15/2022 - 233 Pages - Book to Movie
5. We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby - ***** - 5/15/2022 - 288 Pages - Blog to Author
Update to posting #7:1/3 as of May 8!
Ziggy wrote: "Update to post 124/4 books read"
Way to Go!!
Updated msg #16Please increase my goal from 3 to 4 books.
✔️2. Book to TV: Case Histories
✔️3. Book to TV: Outlander
Progress; 3/4
Thank you, Carri!
Update to message 20, 3/3Heartstopper: Volume Two Webcomic --> Graphic Novel --> TV show
Normal People Book --> TV show
The Importance of Being Earnest Playscript --> Play --> Film
Update to Message #4: 11/15🎬 Blog to book
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
🎬 Book to TV documentary
The Art of War
🎬 Stage play to multiple films and TV movies
An Enemy of the People
🎬 Book to film and musical stage play
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
🎬 Radio to audiobook
A Soul in Torment / Dead Air / Where the Heart Is
🎬 Radio to audiobook
Healing / Secrets
🎬 Radio to audiobook
The Play's the Thing / The Grey Lady
🎬 Radio to audiobook
The Silver Cord / In Memorium
🎬 Poetry collection to musical stage play, video and film
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
🎬 Book to multiple films and documentary TV episodes
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
🎬 Book to musical stage play and film
Zorba the Greek
Update to posting #7:2/3 as of May 11!
Update to Message 66/7
✔Nightbooks
Movie watched? No- son is uninterested
✔A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
✔Movie watched!
✔The Devil All the Time
✔Movie watched!
✔Good Morning, Midnight
✔Movie watched! (Midnight Sky)
✔The October Faction, Vol. 1
Episode watched? Not yet
✔One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
Show watched? No and probably won't.
Update for message 11. Progress: 6/12
Updated msg #16: 5/4Thank you, Carri!
✔️1. Book to TV: The Long Call
✔️2. Book to TV: Case Histories
✔️3. Book to TV: Outlander
✔️4. Book to TV: Raven Black
✔️5. Book to film: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Update to Message 6: 7/77/7
✔Nightbooks
✔A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
✔Movie watched!
✔The Devil All the Time
✔Movie watched!
✔Good Morning, Midnight
✔Movie watched! (Midnight Sky)
✔The October Faction, Vol. 1
✔The Remains of the Day
✔One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
Update to message 11 - 12/12 books, challenge complete! ✌
Update to Message #4: 17/15Complete!
🎬 Blog to book
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
🎬 Book to TV documentary
The Art of War
🎬 Stage play to multiple films and TV movies
An Enemy of the People
🎬 Book to film and musical stage play
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
🎬 Radio to audiobook
A Soul in Torment / Dead Air / Where the Heart Is
🎬 Radio to audiobook
Healing / Secrets
🎬 Radio to audiobook
The Play's the Thing / The Grey Lady
🎬 Radio to audiobook
The Silver Cord / In Memorium
🎬 Poetry collection to musical stage play, video and film
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
🎬 Book to multiple films and documentary TV episodes
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
🎬 Book to musical stage play and film
Zorba the Greek
🎬 Comic book to TV series
Hawkeye: Kate Bishop, Vol. 1: Anchor Points
🎬 Book to movie (pre-production)
Beautiful Ruins
🎬 Book to film
The Shipping News
🎬 Book to film, mini-series and musical stage play
Doctor Zhivago
🎬 Book to movie, stage plays and dance drama
The Tale of Genji
🎬 Book to movie and stage play
Matilda
Thank you, Carri, for the media fun!
Update to message 14: 3/3 Completed!
2026 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. (other topics)Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century (other topics)
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (other topics)
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit (other topics)
The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss (other topics)
More...
Authors mentioned in this topic
Samantha Irby (other topics)Sam Kashner (other topics)
Robert C. O'Brien (other topics)
Michael Finkel (other topics)
Anderson Cooper (other topics)
More...
Duration: May 1 - May 31, 2022
Are you ready for a little media madness and mayhem? For this open prompt challenge, you may read selections which were:
🤪 books first, later produced in another medium, OR
🤪 another medium first, later published as a book
All book formats count for the book side: traditional print books, audio, ebooks, comic books, graphic novels, playscripts, etc.
All other media count on the other side: film, television, plays, blogs, podcasts, music, videos, news sources, video games, etc.
Examples:
Hawkeye: Kate Bishop, Vol. 1: Anchor Points to TV
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again to movie
Seventh Son to music (Iron Maiden album)
Podcast to Mostly Void, Partially Stars
Blog to Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
Play to Dear Evan Hansen
Please post to let your leader know how many books you'd like to read for this mixed-up media month. It's mayhem, I tell you!
This challenge was inspired by an idea from Carri Carey, who also offered to lead. Thanks so much, Carri!