Sometimes I think about reading one book for an entire year. And sometimes I think about reading one book a day for an entire year. I don't know if I could do either. I'm not even entirely sure how to go about doing the first one... would I have to read part every day? Would I have to start over again as soon as I finished it? I guess since this is my challenge idea, I would make up the rules.
I think I would make myself read at least part every day. Maybe have a page limit like I have to read 30-40 pages from the book every day. I don't know what book I would choose. I would probably want a longer book, but I would also want a book that I have at least read one time so I know I won't hate it. But maybe making myself read and reread any one book would make me appreciate it, if not come to like/love it. Or maybe it would have the opposite effect and make me hate it, no matter what the book.
See how many things there are to think about before starting such a challenge? I think I need to read more books to try and decide what book will be the one. And now that I've written this post, I actually want to try. I think I'll set a goal to try and have a book by September. September is a good starting point. I miss having something new to do in September now that I'm not in school any more, so I'll make up something for me to do.
PS I think this is the longest blog post I've ever written, but I just had the idea to maybe read HDM as my book. I know it's three books, but you can buy it as one. Does that count? Since it's my challenge I will say yes and it is officially in the running.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
April Reading Challenges Updates
The 4 Month Challenge
1. Read a book that begins with the letter S for spring, 5 points; The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
2. Read something that is next in a series, 20 points; The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
3. Read a book with a male on the cover, 10 points; The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
4. Read a book that the title begins with either your first or last initial, 20 points; The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
5. Read a book with a female on the cover, 10 points; Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
6. Read a debut novel, 10 points; The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
7. Read a book that's author's name begins with A for April in April, 5 points; 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows by Ann Brashares
8. Read a book that has won awards, 15 points; When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Total for April: 95
Off the Shelf (Making a Dent, 30 books)
1. 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows by Ann Brashares
Total for March: 1
Total: 16
1. Read a book that begins with the letter S for spring, 5 points; The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
2. Read something that is next in a series, 20 points; The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
3. Read a book with a male on the cover, 10 points; The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
4. Read a book that the title begins with either your first or last initial, 20 points; The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
5. Read a book with a female on the cover, 10 points; Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
6. Read a debut novel, 10 points; The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
7. Read a book that's author's name begins with A for April in April, 5 points; 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows by Ann Brashares
8. Read a book that has won awards, 15 points; When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Total for April: 95
Off the Shelf (Making a Dent, 30 books)
1. 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows by Ann Brashares
Total for March: 1
Total: 16
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
April Reading
My birthday is in April and as a present to myself I am letting myself read whatever I want and buy whatever books I want (I have a B&N gift card and an Amazon gift certificate). So that means a lot of YA and rereads.
That said, I have also decided to participate in The 4 Month Challenge, part 6 (I will update the side bar soon!).
That said, I have also decided to participate in The 4 Month Challenge, part 6 (I will update the side bar soon!).
Thursday, March 31, 2011
March Reading Challenges Summary
Off the Shelf (Making a Dent, 30 books): 15/30, 5 read in March
The 4 Month Challenge: Points for March: 20; Points total: 250; Challenge completed
TBR Dare: Challenge completed
Shakespeare Reading Challenge: Will work on it next month... maybe.
2011 progress:
Books: 15
Pages: 4,035
Saturday, March 19, 2011
I finished A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner today. I really hope there is a fifth book coming. I will wait years for it (and I probably will have to).
I think I am going to tackle The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. I have only read The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway and I was in eighth grade at the time. I'm hoping I enjoy him more the second time around.
I think I am going to tackle The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. I have only read The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway and I was in eighth grade at the time. I'm hoping I enjoy him more the second time around.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Meme Monday
1. Which book has been on your shelves the longest?
Pat the Bunny... or something that used to belong to my parents/siblings.
2. What is your current read, your last read and the book you’ll read next?
Current: The Masque of the Black Tulip by Lauren Willig
Last: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
Next: A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner
3. What book did everyone like and you hated?
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Atonement by Ian McEwan
4. Which book do you keep telling yourself you’ll read, but you probably won’t?
Maybe Wuthering Heights, but I hope I will finally read it someday.
5. Which book are you saving for “retirement?”
None. Or possibly The Stand by Stephen King.
6. Last page: read it first or wait till the end?
I will usually read the last line of a book when I buy it or pick it out (which is a while before I actually read it).
7. Acknowledgements: waste of ink and paper or interesting aside?
I read them. I think they're interesting.
8. Which book character would you switch places with?
Lyra from HDM.
9. Do you have a book that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place,
a time)?
Lots of books remind me of childhood. Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo reminds me of February 2001 (I haven't read it since).
10. Name a book you acquired in some interesting way.
I stole a couple of books from a hostel in the UK... well, the first one was a bookcrossing book so I felt I had the right to take it, but it still probably counts as stealing. For the others, I traded a book for the one I took, but that also still probably counts as stealing. One of the books was Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer though, which I had to take so I could finish it.
11. Have you ever given away a book for a special reason to a special person?
I think I gave my friend one of my copies of Skellig by David Almond.
12. Which book has been with you to the most places?
The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier
13. Any “required reading” you hated in high school that wasn’t so bad ten years later?
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (I never finished either of these the first time I was supposed to read them).
14. What is the strangest item you’ve ever found in a book?
Money?
15. Used or brand new?
Either.
16. Stephen King: Literary genius or opiate of the masses?
I've never read any Stephen King. But I am hoping to get to On Writing this year.
17. Have you ever seen a movie you liked better than the book?
The Notebook. The movie is far superior to the book.
18. Conversely, which book should NEVER have been introduced to celluloid?
The Golden Compass.
19. Have you ever read a book that’s made you hungry, cookbooks being excluded from this
question?
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
20. Who is the person whose book advice you’ll always take?
I usually read whatever my friend Alison recommends to me, even though we have pretty different tastes in books.
Pat the Bunny... or something that used to belong to my parents/siblings.
2. What is your current read, your last read and the book you’ll read next?
Current: The Masque of the Black Tulip by Lauren Willig
Last: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
Next: A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner
3. What book did everyone like and you hated?
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Atonement by Ian McEwan
4. Which book do you keep telling yourself you’ll read, but you probably won’t?
Maybe Wuthering Heights, but I hope I will finally read it someday.
5. Which book are you saving for “retirement?”
None. Or possibly The Stand by Stephen King.
6. Last page: read it first or wait till the end?
I will usually read the last line of a book when I buy it or pick it out (which is a while before I actually read it).
7. Acknowledgements: waste of ink and paper or interesting aside?
I read them. I think they're interesting.
8. Which book character would you switch places with?
Lyra from HDM.
9. Do you have a book that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place,
a time)?
Lots of books remind me of childhood. Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo reminds me of February 2001 (I haven't read it since).
10. Name a book you acquired in some interesting way.
I stole a couple of books from a hostel in the UK... well, the first one was a bookcrossing book so I felt I had the right to take it, but it still probably counts as stealing. For the others, I traded a book for the one I took, but that also still probably counts as stealing. One of the books was Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer though, which I had to take so I could finish it.
11. Have you ever given away a book for a special reason to a special person?
I think I gave my friend one of my copies of Skellig by David Almond.
12. Which book has been with you to the most places?
The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier
13. Any “required reading” you hated in high school that wasn’t so bad ten years later?
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (I never finished either of these the first time I was supposed to read them).
14. What is the strangest item you’ve ever found in a book?
Money?
15. Used or brand new?
Either.
16. Stephen King: Literary genius or opiate of the masses?
I've never read any Stephen King. But I am hoping to get to On Writing this year.
17. Have you ever seen a movie you liked better than the book?
The Notebook. The movie is far superior to the book.
18. Conversely, which book should NEVER have been introduced to celluloid?
The Golden Compass.
19. Have you ever read a book that’s made you hungry, cookbooks being excluded from this
question?
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
20. Who is the person whose book advice you’ll always take?
I usually read whatever my friend Alison recommends to me, even though we have pretty different tastes in books.
Friday, March 4, 2011
March Reading Challenges Updates
Off the Shelf (Making a Dent, 30 books)
1. How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
2. The Masque of the Black Tulip by Lauren Willig
3. A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner
4. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
5. Mr.Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Total for March: 5
Total: 15
The 4 Month Challenge
1. Read a book written in 2010, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu; 5 points
2. Read a book set in a country/place you'd like to visit, The Masque of the Black Tulip by Lauren Willig (set in the UK); 15 points
Total for March: 20
Total: 250
Challenge completed!
The Shakespeare Reading Challenge (Desdemona, 6 plays)
I need to get on this....
1. How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
2. The Masque of the Black Tulip by Lauren Willig
3. A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner
4. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
5. Mr.Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Total for March: 5
Total: 15
The 4 Month Challenge
1. Read a book written in 2010, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu; 5 points
2. Read a book set in a country/place you'd like to visit, The Masque of the Black Tulip by Lauren Willig (set in the UK); 15 points
Total for March: 20
Total: 250
Challenge completed!
The Shakespeare Reading Challenge (Desdemona, 6 plays)
I need to get on this....
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