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For this theme

1 Read a book that includes travel by ship,
or
2 Read a book set on or beside a river

As usual, you can complete this monthly task by reading just one short story or as many books as you want! Read something you will enjoy & perhaps recommend your choice to others in the group.

Suggestions:

Fiction or non-fiction. There are lots of possibilities. Some may enjoy a book by Mark Twain or Joseph Conrad. Fun reads suitable for this theme include The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame & Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome.

World Oceans Day template -

Books read: 0/?

1
2

Celebrating the ocean day…

1. Read a book that includes travel by ship.
“I joined the Mortzestus in ’Frisco. I heard before I signed on, that there were some funny yarns floating round about her; but I was pretty nearly on the beach, and too jolly anxious to get away, to worry about trifles.”
William Hope Hodgson - The Ghost Pirates 1909

2. Read a book set on or beside a river.
“In these times of ours, though concerning the exact year there is no need to be precise, a boat of dirty and disreputable appearance, with two figures in it, floated on the Thames, between Southwark Bridge which is of iron, and London Bridge which is of stone, as an autumn evening was closing in.”
Charles Dickens - Our Mutual Friend 1865

🐠 Tr1sha’s World Oceans Day 🐠

Books read: 1/1

🐠1 To Love and Be Wise, Josephine Tey, 6/5/25, 2*

World Oceans Day template -

Books read: 2/2

1Read a book that includes travel by ship,
The White Ship by H.P. Lovecraft-1919
✔1/6/25★ ★ ★ ★
2Read a book set on or beside a river
Frostiana: or, A History of the River Thames in a Frozen StatebyGeorge Davis -1814
✔3/6/25★ ★ ★ ★

✅Completed 3/6/25

World Oceans Day template -

Books read: 1/1

(1 Read a book that includes travel by ship,
or)
2 Read a book set on or beside a river: Siddharta by Hermann Hesse


I will use this month's theme for a reread. I rarely reread but Siddhartha by Herman Hesse is one of my absolute top favourite books and I've read it three times I believe but now it's well more than 20 or 25 years since the last reread so it's about time!

Vicky wrote: "World Oceans Day template -

Books read: 1/2

1Read a book that includes travel by ship,
The White Ship by H.P. Lovecraft
✔1/6/25★ ★ ★ ★
2Read a book set on or beside..."


I think I read The White Ship last year (or was it two years ago?) and I really enjoyed it, I hope you will too. (⁠•⁠‿⁠•⁠)

World Oceans Day template -

Books read:3/1

Read a book that includes travel by ship

1 Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 5 stars


2. Augustus by John Williams 5 stars


3. Mary / The Wrongs of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft 5 stars

Vicky wrote: "World Oceans Day template -

Books read: 1/2

1Read a book that includes travel by ship,
The White Ship by H.P. Lovecraft
✔1/6/25★ ★ ★ ★
2Read a book set on or beside..."

A good choice. Well done for completing a book so early in the month.

Nike wrote: "Vicky wrote: "World Oceans Day template -

Books read: 1/2

1Read a book that includes travel by ship,
The White Ship by H.P. Lovecraft
✔1/6/25★ ★ ★ ★
2Read a book se..."

Thanks Nike!I enjoyed this story and will be reading more of this author!

Tr1sha wrote: "Vicky wrote: "World Oceans Day template -

Books read: 1/2

1Read a book that includes travel by ship,
The White Ship by H.P. Lovecraft
✔1/6/25★ ★ ★ ★
2Read a book se..."

Thanks,Trisha,I'm becoming quite interested in short stories and am very impressed with this writer who can conjure up lots of atmosphere!Thankyou for all the hard work you put into these challenges-they always introduce me to a new author or genre!

Thanks, Vicky. You always choose interesting books for the challenges. I learn a lot from you & other members who often choose books I don’t know. It’s lovely to get recommendations. I used not to enjoy short stories, but like them now & find them a useful introduction to authors I don’t know about.

World Oceans Day Challenge

1. Read a book that includes a journey by ship: For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Clarke ✅


2. Read a book set on or by a river: Scuffy the Tugboat by Gertrude Crampton✅

World Oceans Day template -

Books read: 1/?

1 Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener (1947) Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
2


I have started reading Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener. I am considering this book a short story anthology. It is actually a series of historical fiction short stories that are tenuously related and placed in chronological order. I'm not sure I'll finish it in one month.

☑ 1. The South Pacific
☑ 2. Coral Sea
3. Mutiny
4. An Officer and a Gentleman
5. The Cave
6. The Milk Run
7. Alligator
8. Our Heroine
9. Dry Rot
10. Fo' Dolla'
19. A Cemetery at Hoga Point
18. The Landing on Kuralei
17. Frisco
16. The Strike
15. Those Who Fratenize
14. The Airstrip at Konora
13. Wine for the Mess at Segi
12. A Boar's Tooth
11. Passion

Lynn, you only need one short story for the challenge. Your book seems interesting - read as much as you want, but don’t worry about finishing the whole book this month.

Tr1sha wrote: "Lynn, you only need one short story for the challenge. Your book seems interesting - read as much as you want, but don’t worry about finishing the whole book this month."

Nice!

World Oceans Day Challenge

1 Read a book that includes travel by ship,
or
2 Read a book set on or beside a river

Books read: 1/1

✅ 2. Sisters by a River by Barbara Comyns

Celebrating the ocean day…
1. Read a book that includes travel by ship.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐William Hope Hodgson - The Ghost Pirates 1909
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Herbert Clyde Lewis - Gentleman Overboard 1937
⭐⭐⭐⭐William Golding - Pincher Martin 1956

2. Read a book set on or beside a river.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Charles Dickens - Our Mutual Friend 1865

Well done to everyone who took part in this & gave such interesting & varied book recommendations. You all did better than me - this was just one of several challenges I failed to complete in June.

Update - I did the challenge but hadn’t realised - oops!

I haven't been able to participate in the monthly challenge due to my work schedule. Turns out I read a book in June that fits this prompt - To Love and Be Wise by Josephine Tey.

Shaina wrote: "I haven't been able to participate in the monthly challenge due to my work schedule. Turns out I read a book in June that fits this prompt - To Love and Be Wise by Josephine Tey."

Shaina, well done on completing your challenge & thank you so much! This is very funny - I’m laughing at myself. For some reason I read the same book very early in the month, finishing it on 5 June. It’s only your comment that made me check. I find most of Josephine Tey’s books instantly forgettable & hadn’t noticed it worked for our June challenge. I had hoped to read a book by Joseph Conrad or Mark Twain but ran out of time. Now to update my challenge…

Lol... I'm glad we both completed our challenge this month. Thank you, Trisha!