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1SqueakyChu
For those new to this challenge: More info and monthly index can be found in post #1 of this thread or this TIOLI FAQS wiki.
Simple directions for posting to the wiki can be found at the bottom of each month's wiki page.
...logo by cyderry
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Not to be negative or anything, but your challenge for September, 2017, is to...
***Read a book whose title contains a negative word found on the Negative Vocabulary Word List***
Rules:
1. The word may be embedded in one or across more than one word.
2. You may use subtitles.
3. The word MUST be one that is included on THIS Negative Vocabulary Word List.
4. The EXACT word must be used. No variations on the words listed.
However, be positive...and have fun!
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Other Fun Stuff (not part of the TIOLI challenge):
1. The September 2017 TIOLI Meter - Optional page on which you may track your TIOLI reading. FYI: This is not meant to be competitive - only fun!
2. Morphidae's List of Previous TIOLI Challenges - You may use this reference (Do a control-F scan) to avoid repeating a previous challenge. If your idea is similar to a previous challenge, just make it unique by adding a new "twist" to it. (Updated 01/05/17)
Simple directions for posting to the wiki can be found at the bottom of each month's wiki page.
...logo by cyderry
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Not to be negative or anything, but your challenge for September, 2017, is to...
***Read a book whose title contains a negative word found on the Negative Vocabulary Word List***
Rules:
1. The word may be embedded in one or across more than one word.
2. You may use subtitles.
3. The word MUST be one that is included on THIS Negative Vocabulary Word List.
4. The EXACT word must be used. No variations on the words listed.
However, be positive...and have fun!
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Other Fun Stuff (not part of the TIOLI challenge):
1. The September 2017 TIOLI Meter - Optional page on which you may track your TIOLI reading. FYI: This is not meant to be competitive - only fun!
2. Morphidae's List of Previous TIOLI Challenges - You may use this reference (Do a control-F scan) to avoid repeating a previous challenge. If your idea is similar to a previous challenge, just make it unique by adding a new "twist" to it. (Updated 01/05/17)
2SqueakyChu
Wiki Index of Challenges:
Challenges #1-6
1. Read a book whose title has a negative word found on the Negative Vocabulary Word List - msg #1
2. Read a non-fiction book where food is a key theme - msg #5
3. Read a book which has an alternative title - msg #7
4. Read a book which you must read - msg #8
5. Read a book where there is at least one set of double consonants in the title - msg #9
6. Read a book that has a significant relationship to a book you read in August, name the book and relationship - msg #12
Challenges #7-12
7. Read a book where a 3+ course meal is served - msg #13
8. Read a book with a color word within the title in rolling order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet - msg #15
9. Read a book whose title contains a song title - msg #20
10. Read a book about teaching - msg #23
11. Read a book (play) by Shakespeare, based on Shakespeare or a retelling - msg #28
12. Read a book whose title contains the name of a historical figure - msg #30
Challenges #13-18
13. Read a book with an interesting dedication - msg # 39
14. Read a book by an author who was read for a Challenge in June, July or August, 2017 - msg #43
15. Read a book with a title that names a living thing (animal, insect, ...) - msg #46
16. Read a book with the words bless or hope on pages 2, 10 or 53 - msg #55
Post your next challenge after the October TIOLI challenges are up. Thanks!
Challenges #1-6
1. Read a book whose title has a negative word found on the Negative Vocabulary Word List - msg #1
2. Read a non-fiction book where food is a key theme - msg #5
3. Read a book which has an alternative title - msg #7
4. Read a book which you must read - msg #8
5. Read a book where there is at least one set of double consonants in the title - msg #9
6. Read a book that has a significant relationship to a book you read in August, name the book and relationship - msg #12
Challenges #7-12
7. Read a book where a 3+ course meal is served - msg #13
8. Read a book with a color word within the title in rolling order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet - msg #15
9. Read a book whose title contains a song title - msg #20
10. Read a book about teaching - msg #23
11. Read a book (play) by Shakespeare, based on Shakespeare or a retelling - msg #28
12. Read a book whose title contains the name of a historical figure - msg #30
Challenges #13-18
13. Read a book with an interesting dedication - msg # 39
14. Read a book by an author who was read for a Challenge in June, July or August, 2017 - msg #43
15. Read a book with a title that names a living thing (animal, insect, ...) - msg #46
16. Read a book with the words bless or hope on pages 2, 10 or 53 - msg #55
Post your next challenge after the October TIOLI challenges are up. Thanks!
3countrylife
Well, skunks! I've been delaying going out for groceries, thinking SURELY this morning we'd find the new TIOLIs, and I could just quick slip a book in challenge 1. But - no - nothing on my to-read list fits. Guess I'll have to go a-searching later.
4SqueakyChu
>3 countrylife:. LOL! Sorry 'bout that!
5wandering_star
First time I've ever been this quick! My challenge is to Read a non-fiction book where food is a key theme - this could be a book about food, a memoir with recipes, or even a recipe book if it's something you'd like to read cover to cover.
ETA: I love the list of negative words. Off to comb my shelves - I'd love to find a book including the word 'icky' or 'abysmal'...
ETA: I love the list of negative words. Off to comb my shelves - I'd love to find a book including the word 'icky' or 'abysmal'...
6Helenliz
>1 SqueakyChu: would you accept a variation on a word. SO Dead is listed on the dictionary, but not death. May I use death or are you being strict on the exact word being in the dictionary?
7Helenliz
Challenge #3: Read a book which has an alternative title
I'm always intrigued by those books of the past where the title seems to have it's own alternative built in. I've got Roxana to read, which was originally titled Roxana: Or to Fortunate Mistress. There are others of a similar vintage that follow the same pattern. It makes me think that the author couldn't decide what to call it, so went with both options!
Anticipating the next question, I will also allow a book that has had its title changed when published in another territory. And, covering off the question from those who read in a foreign language, the title being in a foreign language is not enough to qualify. However, it would qualify if the foreign language title was not a direct translation of the original title.
Please add the alternative title in brackets in the wiki
I'm always intrigued by those books of the past where the title seems to have it's own alternative built in. I've got Roxana to read, which was originally titled Roxana: Or to Fortunate Mistress. There are others of a similar vintage that follow the same pattern. It makes me think that the author couldn't decide what to call it, so went with both options!
Anticipating the next question, I will also allow a book that has had its title changed when published in another territory. And, covering off the question from those who read in a foreign language, the title being in a foreign language is not enough to qualify. However, it would qualify if the foreign language title was not a direct translation of the original title.
Please add the alternative title in brackets in the wiki
8lindapanzo
Challenge #4: Read a book which you must read
Pretty self evident, but please explain why you must read it. I have a book I have to finish by the end of September for work (as a "development" goal). I've also got a few ER books I have to read.
>7 Helenliz: When I see "alternative title," I always think of Agatha Christie. Hers, I think, had different titles in the UK and the U.S.
Pretty self evident, but please explain why you must read it. I have a book I have to finish by the end of September for work (as a "development" goal). I've also got a few ER books I have to read.
>7 Helenliz: When I see "alternative title," I always think of Agatha Christie. Hers, I think, had different titles in the UK and the U.S.
9DeltaQueen50
I've just added Challenge #5: Read a book where there is at least one set of double consonants in the title
Please note: Double vowels do not qualify for this challenge.
I am away from home for the next few days, but will try to check in when I can to see if there are any questions.
Please note: Double vowels do not qualify for this challenge.
I am away from home for the next few days, but will try to check in when I can to see if there are any questions.
10PawsforThought
>8 lindapanzo: My first thought too! Tons of her novels have different titles in the UK and US. Not to mention the multiple titles the book now known as And Then There Were None has had.
11Helenliz
>8 lindapanzo: It did cross my mind too. Hence allowing that alternative title from the off. No point excluding loads of titles when a bit of flexibility up front saves the question. So, Agatha fans, roll up, roll up, Challenge 3 is waiting for you.
12Citizenjoyce
Challenge #6: Read a book that has a significant relationship to a book you read in August, name the book and relationship
Included would be prequels or sequels, book with the same characters books about the same specific topic. Not included are books by the same author unless they are similiar in another way, books set in the same location unless the location itself is significant in the story, books about a large similar topic. So books about science aren't similiar if the topic of one is ethology and the other is physics, but they are similiar if one is about women in ethology and the other is about women in physics.
I'll be reading Streets of Loredo which is a sequel to Lonesome Dove and The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-Time because both it and Ginny Moon are about autistic young people on a mission.
Included would be prequels or sequels, book with the same characters books about the same specific topic. Not included are books by the same author unless they are similiar in another way, books set in the same location unless the location itself is significant in the story, books about a large similar topic. So books about science aren't similiar if the topic of one is ethology and the other is physics, but they are similiar if one is about women in ethology and the other is about women in physics.
I'll be reading Streets of Loredo which is a sequel to Lonesome Dove and The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-Time because both it and Ginny Moon are about autistic young people on a mission.
13PawsforThought
Challenge #7: Read a book where a 3+ course meal is served
Autumn is here and for many of us that means an increased focus on food (as evidenced byt this being the second challenge with a food theme) - especially hearty and nourishing food. This challenge doesn't care much if the food is hearty or "autumn appropriate" - it only cares about how many courses/dishes are being served.
To qualify for the challenge, the book has to contain a description of a serving of AT LEAST three courses (but the more the merrier). If the courses/dishes are served à la russe (one course after another) or à la française (all courses served at once, similar to a buffet) doesn't matter.
Please note that while I will mostly leave it up to you to decide whether something qualifies as a separate dish, drinks and sauces/gravies do not count as separate dishes (but feel free to mention them if you want) no matter how much you insist that you're on a liquid diet.
When adding books to the wiki, please note how many courses there are in the meal and a list of the courses (if it's a very long list, you don't have to add them all - just pick a few) in brackets.
Examples of books and dishes:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J. K. Rowling): (5) roast turkeys; roast and boiled potatoes; chipolatas; buttered peas, wizard crackers
A Storm of Swords (George R. R. Martin): (6) honey-cakes with blackberries and nuts; gammon steaks; bacon; fingerfish; autumn pears; Dornish dish of onions, cheese, and chopped eggs
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins): (5) carrot soup; green salad; lamb chops and mashed potatoes; cheese and fruit; chocolate cake
The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens): (4) bread; “knuckle o’ ham,”; cold beef; veal pie
The breakfast in Much Obliged, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse wouldn't qualify since "kippers; toast; marmalade; coffee" is two "dishes", one drink and a spread.
But Very Good, Jeeves's picnic basket does count: "ham sandwiches, tongue sandwiches; potted meat sandwiches; game sandwiches; hard-boiled eggs; lobster; cold chicken; sardines; cake; Bollinger; brandy" makes up 9 dishes (separate types of sandwich counts as separate dishes) as well as two types of drinks.
Please note that non-fiction (including cookbooks) does not qualify - only fiction for this one.
Autumn is here and for many of us that means an increased focus on food (as evidenced byt this being the second challenge with a food theme) - especially hearty and nourishing food. This challenge doesn't care much if the food is hearty or "autumn appropriate" - it only cares about how many courses/dishes are being served.
To qualify for the challenge, the book has to contain a description of a serving of AT LEAST three courses (but the more the merrier). If the courses/dishes are served à la russe (one course after another) or à la française (all courses served at once, similar to a buffet) doesn't matter.
Please note that while I will mostly leave it up to you to decide whether something qualifies as a separate dish, drinks and sauces/gravies do not count as separate dishes (but feel free to mention them if you want) no matter how much you insist that you're on a liquid diet.
When adding books to the wiki, please note how many courses there are in the meal and a list of the courses (if it's a very long list, you don't have to add them all - just pick a few) in brackets.
Examples of books and dishes:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J. K. Rowling): (5) roast turkeys; roast and boiled potatoes; chipolatas; buttered peas, wizard crackers
A Storm of Swords (George R. R. Martin): (6) honey-cakes with blackberries and nuts; gammon steaks; bacon; fingerfish; autumn pears; Dornish dish of onions, cheese, and chopped eggs
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins): (5) carrot soup; green salad; lamb chops and mashed potatoes; cheese and fruit; chocolate cake
The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens): (4) bread; “knuckle o’ ham,”; cold beef; veal pie
The breakfast in Much Obliged, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse wouldn't qualify since "kippers; toast; marmalade; coffee" is two "dishes", one drink and a spread.
But Very Good, Jeeves's picnic basket does count: "ham sandwiches, tongue sandwiches; potted meat sandwiches; game sandwiches; hard-boiled eggs; lobster; cold chicken; sardines; cake; Bollinger; brandy" makes up 9 dishes (separate types of sandwich counts as separate dishes) as well as two types of drinks.
Please note that non-fiction (including cookbooks) does not qualify - only fiction for this one.
14Helenliz
>12 Citizenjoyce: thankyou - that's where my series read can go this month.
>13 PawsforThought: love the fact that a cook book would not qualify. I am feeling hungry just reading that list of food!
>13 PawsforThought: love the fact that a cook book would not qualify. I am feeling hungry just reading that list of food!
15FAMeulstee
Challenge #8: Rolling rainbow, read a book with in the title in rolling order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet
The color can be embedded, some examples:
My name is Red by Orham Pamuk
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
To Green Angel Tower by Tad Williams
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead
March Violets by Philip Kerr
And after Violet, start again with Red.
The color can be embedded, some examples:
My name is Red by Orham Pamuk
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
To Green Angel Tower by Tad Williams
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead
March Violets by Philip Kerr
And after Violet, start again with Red.
16PawsforThought
>14 Helenliz: A cookbook would just be way too easy. And they'd qualify for wandering_star's challenge anyway.
ETA: If you get hungry reading the list, imagine how I felt writing it!
ETA: If you get hungry reading the list, imagine how I felt writing it!
17lindapanzo
>15 FAMeulstee: Hmmm, now that's interesting. After Violet, do we start over again at Red? Or go backwards up through the list to Blue, then Green etc?
18FAMeulstee
>17 lindapanzo: I like your backwards suggestion...
But lets keep it easy, start again with Red, I'll add it to the challenge message.
But lets keep it easy, start again with Red, I'll add it to the challenge message.
19elkiedee
>15 FAMeulstee: No Indigo? Between Blue and Violet.
20jeanned
Challenge #9: Read a book whose title contains a song title
Rules:
(1) The entire song title must be contained within the book title
(2) There can be words in the book title that do not appear in the song title, but these words cannot interrupt the words of the song title
Examples:
(1) Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld (performed by Leathermouth)
(2) Until She Comes Home by Lori Roy (performed by The Psychedelic Furs)
However, California Girl by T. Jefferson Parker could not be used for California Girls by the Beach Boys.
Let the earworms begin.
ETA: Please add the performer of your version of the song in the wiki.
Rules:
(1) The entire song title must be contained within the book title
(2) There can be words in the book title that do not appear in the song title, but these words cannot interrupt the words of the song title
Examples:
(1) Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld (performed by Leathermouth)
(2) Until She Comes Home by Lori Roy (performed by The Psychedelic Furs)
However, California Girl by T. Jefferson Parker could not be used for California Girls by the Beach Boys.
Let the earworms begin.
ETA: Please add the performer of your version of the song in the wiki.
21SqueakyChu
>6 Helenliz: I'm being strict on the word since there are so many words. Please use the exact word. Thanks!
22lindapanzo
>20 jeanned: Yay!! I've read the first few in a 1950's themed mystery series by Ed Gorman in which every book title is also the title of a song. I'm overdue to read Save the Last Dance for Me.
23lyzard
Challenge #10: Read a book about teaching
This may either be a non-fiction work about education, or a particular teacher, teachers or school / university, or a fiction work with a teacher or other educator as a main character, or which is significantly set in a school or university.
It cannot be a text-book or other teaching aide.
This may either be a non-fiction work about education, or a particular teacher, teachers or school / university, or a fiction work with a teacher or other educator as a main character, or which is significantly set in a school or university.
It cannot be a text-book or other teaching aide.
24Helenliz
>21 SqueakyChu: That's fine. I just wanted to ask rather than have it disqualified. I'm sure I'll find somewhere to get that title snuck in.
25FAMeulstee
>19 elkiedee: Thanks, I thought Indigo might be to hard to find, but a quick search gave many titles. So my fault, corrected!
26jeanned
>22 lindapanzo: Yay! I am looking for a song that bumps Cherokee Nation out of my head. Save the Last Dance for Me might do it!
27lindapanzo
>26 jeanned: Maybe one of these other Ed Gorman mystery song titles will do it?
The Day the Music Died by Edward Gorman 1
Wake Up Little Susie by Ed Gorman 2
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? by Ed Gorman 3
Save the Last Dance for Me by Ed Gorman 4
Everybody's Somebody's Fool by Ed Gorman 5
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do by Ed Gorman 6
Fools Rush In by Ed Gorman 7
Ticket to Ride by Ed Gorman 8
Bad Moon Rising: A Sam McCain Mystery by Ed Gorman 9
Riders on the Storm by Ed Gorman
The Day the Music Died by Edward Gorman 1
Wake Up Little Susie by Ed Gorman 2
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? by Ed Gorman 3
Save the Last Dance for Me by Ed Gorman 4
Everybody's Somebody's Fool by Ed Gorman 5
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do by Ed Gorman 6
Fools Rush In by Ed Gorman 7
Ticket to Ride by Ed Gorman 8
Bad Moon Rising: A Sam McCain Mystery by Ed Gorman 9
Riders on the Storm by Ed Gorman
28avatiakh
Challenge #11: Read a book (or play) by Shakespeare, based on Shakespeare or a retelling
My daughter has just read and fallen in love with the play Richard III, so that's inspired my challenge. There are plenty of retellings or books about Shakespeare, both fiction and nonfiction. I'll also accept books about characters from his plays.
Hogarth Shakespeare Series - 7 modern retellings
The Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones (Romeo & Juliet)
Exposure by Mal Peet (Othello)
Othello - adapted by Julius Lester
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett (witches from MacBeth)
The Fool's Girl by Celia Rees (Twelfth Night)
Gertrude and Claudius by John Updike (Hamlet)
Fool by Christopher Moore (King Lear)
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski (Hamlet)
Dead Fathers Club by Matt Haig (Hamlet)
The diary of William Shakespeare, Gentleman by Jackie French
My daughter has just read and fallen in love with the play Richard III, so that's inspired my challenge. There are plenty of retellings or books about Shakespeare, both fiction and nonfiction. I'll also accept books about characters from his plays.
Hogarth Shakespeare Series - 7 modern retellings
The Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones (Romeo & Juliet)
Exposure by Mal Peet (Othello)
Othello - adapted by Julius Lester
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett (witches from MacBeth)
The Fool's Girl by Celia Rees (Twelfth Night)
Gertrude and Claudius by John Updike (Hamlet)
Fool by Christopher Moore (King Lear)
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski (Hamlet)
Dead Fathers Club by Matt Haig (Hamlet)
The diary of William Shakespeare, Gentleman by Jackie French
29Citizenjoyce
Sheesh, all the food this month. My planned reads so far:
Challenge #1: Read a book whose title contains a negative word found on the Negative Vocabulary Word List - started by SqueakyChu
✔The Story of the Lost Child - Elena Ferrante (4)
✔Survival of the Sickest by Sharon Moalem (5)
The Unwanteds - Lisa McMann
Challenge #2: Read a non-fiction book where food is a key theme - started by wandering_star
✔Food of the gods: the search for the original tree of knowledge : a radical history of plants, drugs, and human evolution - Terence McKenna (4)
Challenge #3: Read a book which has an alternative title - started by helenliz
Challenge #4: Read a book which you must read - started by lindapanzo
*✔The Chilbury Ladies' Choir - Jennifer Ryan (4)
Challenge #5: Read a book where there is at least one set of double consonants in the title - started by DeltaQueen
✔Summerland - Michael Chabon (3.5)
Challenge #6: Read a book that has a significant relationship to a book you read in August, name the book and relationship - started by Citizenjoyce
✔The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (4)
✔Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History - Kurt Andersen (5)
*Streets of Laredo by Larry McMurtry
Challenge #7: Read a book where a 3+ course meal is served - started by PawsforThought
✔The Calamity Café by Gayle Leeson - Audiobook (3)
✔These Shallow Graves - Jennifer Donnelly (3.5)
Walkaway: A Novel - Cory Doctorow
Challenge #8: Rolling rainbow, read a book with in the title in rolling order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet - started by FAMeulstee
✔The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt (3)
Challenge #9: Read a book whose title contains a song title - started by JeanneD
*✔A House Divided- Pearl S. Buck - (3.5)
*Leviathan - Scott Westerfeld Abandoned
Challenge #10: Read a book about teaching - started by lyzard
✔Creation of Eve - Lynn Cullen (4.5)
Challenge #11: Read a book (play) by Shakespeare, based on Shakespeare or a retelling - started by avatiakh
✔New Boy - Tracy Chevalier (4)
*Shylock is my Name - Howard Jacobson - Abandoned
Challenge #12: Read a book whose title contains the name of a historical figure - started by susanna.fraser
✔The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman (Women in the West) - Margot Mifflin (4)
Challenge #13: read a book with an interesting dedication - started by humouress
*✔An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy (3.5)
Challenge #14: Read a book by an author who was read for a Challenge in June, July or August, 2017- started by Dejah_Thoris
*✔The Fifth Season - N.K. Jemisin (4)
Challenge #15: Read a book with a title that names a living thing (animal, insect, ...) - started by klobrien2
✔Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History - Dan Flores (5)
Challenge #16: Read a book with the words bless or hope on pages 2, 10 or 53 - started by paulstalder
✔The Misfortune of Marion Palm: A novel - Emily Culliton (4.5)
The Sinner: A Novel (TV Tie-In) - Petra Hammesfahr
Challenge #1: Read a book whose title contains a negative word found on the Negative Vocabulary Word List - started by SqueakyChu
✔The Story of the Lost Child - Elena Ferrante (4)
✔Survival of the Sickest by Sharon Moalem (5)
The Unwanteds - Lisa McMann
Challenge #2: Read a non-fiction book where food is a key theme - started by wandering_star
✔Food of the gods: the search for the original tree of knowledge : a radical history of plants, drugs, and human evolution - Terence McKenna (4)
Challenge #3: Read a book which has an alternative title - started by helenliz
Challenge #4: Read a book which you must read - started by lindapanzo
*✔The Chilbury Ladies' Choir - Jennifer Ryan (4)
Challenge #5: Read a book where there is at least one set of double consonants in the title - started by DeltaQueen
✔Summerland - Michael Chabon (3.5)
Challenge #6: Read a book that has a significant relationship to a book you read in August, name the book and relationship - started by Citizenjoyce
✔The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (4)
✔Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History - Kurt Andersen (5)
*Streets of Laredo by Larry McMurtry
Challenge #7: Read a book where a 3+ course meal is served - started by PawsforThought
✔The Calamity Café by Gayle Leeson - Audiobook (3)
✔These Shallow Graves - Jennifer Donnelly (3.5)
Walkaway: A Novel - Cory Doctorow
Challenge #8: Rolling rainbow, read a book with in the title in rolling order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet - started by FAMeulstee
✔The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt (3)
Challenge #9: Read a book whose title contains a song title - started by JeanneD
*✔A House Divided- Pearl S. Buck - (3.5)
*Leviathan - Scott Westerfeld Abandoned
Challenge #10: Read a book about teaching - started by lyzard
✔Creation of Eve - Lynn Cullen (4.5)
Challenge #11: Read a book (play) by Shakespeare, based on Shakespeare or a retelling - started by avatiakh
✔New Boy - Tracy Chevalier (4)
*Shylock is my Name - Howard Jacobson - Abandoned
Challenge #12: Read a book whose title contains the name of a historical figure - started by susanna.fraser
✔The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman (Women in the West) - Margot Mifflin (4)
Challenge #13: read a book with an interesting dedication - started by humouress
*✔An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy (3.5)
Challenge #14: Read a book by an author who was read for a Challenge in June, July or August, 2017- started by Dejah_Thoris
*✔The Fifth Season - N.K. Jemisin (4)
Challenge #15: Read a book with a title that names a living thing (animal, insect, ...) - started by klobrien2
✔Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History - Dan Flores (5)
Challenge #16: Read a book with the words bless or hope on pages 2, 10 or 53 - started by paulstalder
✔The Misfortune of Marion Palm: A novel - Emily Culliton (4.5)
The Sinner: A Novel (TV Tie-In) - Petra Hammesfahr
30susanna.fraser
Challenge #12: Read a book whose title contains the name of a historical figure
For the purposes of this challenge, "historical figure"=real person who is dead. The name has to be a proper name rather than a title--i.e. "Napoleon" counts, but "Emperor of the French" does not. However, the name in the title doesn't have to reference the historical figure in question--a title referencing a dog or dessert named Napoleon would be just fine.
For the purposes of this challenge, "historical figure"=real person who is dead. The name has to be a proper name rather than a title--i.e. "Napoleon" counts, but "Emperor of the French" does not. However, the name in the title doesn't have to reference the historical figure in question--a title referencing a dog or dessert named Napoleon would be just fine.
31FAMeulstee
Would a book that has to be returned to the library count as "must read"?
32lindapanzo
>31 FAMeulstee: If it's already checked out and due back soon, then yes, it's a must read.
Checking it out on or after September 1st doesn't seem to me to be a must read. More of a created must read.
Checking it out on or after September 1st doesn't seem to me to be a must read. More of a created must read.
33FAMeulstee
>32 lindapanzo: No it is a book I took from the library in August and can't be renewed.
So thanks :-)
So thanks :-)
34Citizenjoyce
I just finished The Solitary Summer by Elizabeth von Arnim and have to admit if it weren't the last book I needed for an August sweep I would have thrown it against the wall. (Well, it was on Nook, so I wouldn't actually throw it, but I would have deleted it with a forceful finger). The interminable descriptions and casual sense of entitlement are as irritating as a rock in the shoe, but half way through it gets not only bearable but almost delightful in places. So, I can recommend it to those looking for a book for the 3-course meal challenge, #7 because there is a very, very large meal described about 2/3 of the way in. An added feature is that you can get the collected works of von Arnim on either Kindle or Nook for from $.99 to $2.99.
35avatiakh
If anyone is thinking of adding another challenge, please do. I have several books I intend to read that still don't slot in anywhere.
36wandering_star
I have just realised that one of my latest purchases, We That Are Young, will fit into Challenge 11 as it turns out to be a retelling of King Lear (set in modern India). Love it when that happens!
Another book that would fit this is A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley, also based on King Lear.
Another book that would fit this is A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley, also based on King Lear.
37humouress
Checking in. I'm about to start A Civil Campaign and wondering where to fit it. It doesn't quite fit in Challenge 1 (ivil); viable possibilities are >7 Helenliz: 3 (the title inside the book says A Civil Campaign: a Comedy of Biology and Manners) or >12 Citizenjoyce: 6 (I assume a book by the same author is permitted if it's in the same series?)
38DeltaQueen50
>35 avatiakh: I have a number of books that I can't fit into the challenges yet as well. I am hoping that there is a 3+ course meal to be found in their pages!
39humouress
>37 humouress: >38 DeltaQueen50: On the other hand, although I'm anticipating that mine could also fit into the 3+ course challenge since galactic are gathering for Emperor Gregor's wedding and there should be a feast or two lying around, maybe I'll create my own challenge. I'm reluctant to do so, because I'm not very imaginative about these things nor very decisive, so it may be a bit wishy-washy, but here goes:
Challenge 13: read a book with an interesting dedication.
Interesting how? You have to make your case. And apologies if this has been done before; it's quite likely. (Lunch bell is being rung very urgently by a hungry husband. Must go.)
ETA : and please post on the thread why your dedication is interesting.
Challenge 13: read a book with an interesting dedication.
Interesting how? You have to make your case. And apologies if this has been done before; it's quite likely. (Lunch bell is being rung very urgently by a hungry husband. Must go.)
ETA : and please post on the thread why your dedication is interesting.
40Citizenjoyce
> Yes, a book in the same series would count, but it looks like you solved your problem.
41avatiakh
>38 DeltaQueen50: My characters are starving, it's WW2 in Belarus!
>39 humouress: Thanks, That looks to be a helpful challenge.
>39 humouress: Thanks, That looks to be a helpful challenge.
42PawsforThought
>39 humouress: You forgot to add the challenge to the wiki.
43Dejah_Thoris
I wasn’t going to post a Challenge this month, but…..
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Challenge #14: Read a work by an author who was read for a TIOLI Challenge from June, July or August
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Depending on where you live, Summer or Winter is practically over, no matter what the thermometer says! In honor of the changing of the seasons, read a work by an author of a completed work for a TIOLI Challenge from June, July or August, 2017.
For some wacky reason, I became curious about the patterns of what people were reading for the terms of TIOLI Challenges, so I decided I’d log all the authors, editors and illustrators (whatever was listed) for three months of the Challenges. I must admit, this turned out to be more work than I expected! The results are interesting so far.
I haven’t added August yet, but here are the authors from June and July (and soon, August) can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Awaggz9lXFt9I7kPfyNRfquhpr78rYRIAUzh1nlL...
Given that June and July alone represent a pool of over 500 authors, this should help in finding a Challenge home for a few books.
Authors are listed alphabetically; controlF CTRL-F will help you find a specific author without scrolling.
ETA: Please add the month (or months) the author was read to your book listing. Obviously this will be easier after I get August added to the spreadsheet.....
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Challenge #14: Read a work by an author who was read for a TIOLI Challenge from June, July or August
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Depending on where you live, Summer or Winter is practically over, no matter what the thermometer says! In honor of the changing of the seasons, read a work by an author of a completed work for a TIOLI Challenge from June, July or August, 2017.
For some wacky reason, I became curious about the patterns of what people were reading for the terms of TIOLI Challenges, so I decided I’d log all the authors, editors and illustrators (whatever was listed) for three months of the Challenges. I must admit, this turned out to be more work than I expected! The results are interesting so far.
I haven’t added August yet, but here are the authors from June and July (and soon, August) can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Awaggz9lXFt9I7kPfyNRfquhpr78rYRIAUzh1nlL...
Given that June and July alone represent a pool of over 500 authors, this should help in finding a Challenge home for a few books.
Authors are listed alphabetically; controlF CTRL-F will help you find a specific author without scrolling.
ETA: Please add the month (or months) the author was read to your book listing. Obviously this will be easier after I get August added to the spreadsheet.....
44PawsforThought
>43 Dejah_Thoris: Bless you! Your challenge provides a home for several books I was planning on reading this months but hadn't been able to place anywhere yet. (There's still a couple of books I can't place anywhere but they're such massive books I doubt I'll be able to finish them in September anyway.)
45Helenliz
>43 Dejah_Thoris: that's an impressive piece of work. The data driven nerd in me awards you a gold star.
46klobrien2
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Challenge #15: Read a book with a title that names a living thing (animal, insect, ...).
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I'm thinking of this as the "All Creatures Great and Small" challenge.
The name of the critter can be stand-alone (The Enigma of the Owl), embedded into a single word (Ararat) or across two words (I can't think of one right now, but they would be allowed). All animals, birds, fish, bugs. And homo sapiens ("man," "woman," "child," etc.).
Let me know if there are gaping holes in my description, and I'll be glad to patch them.
Karen O.
Challenge #15: Read a book with a title that names a living thing (animal, insect, ...).
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I'm thinking of this as the "All Creatures Great and Small" challenge.
The name of the critter can be stand-alone (The Enigma of the Owl), embedded into a single word (Ararat) or across two words (I can't think of one right now, but they would be allowed). All animals, birds, fish, bugs. And homo sapiens ("man," "woman," "child," etc.).
Let me know if there are gaping holes in my description, and I'll be glad to patch them.
Karen O.
47susanna.fraser
>37 humouress: A Civil Campaign has at least two three-course meals, the second of which is unforgettable. (Seriously, that scene is a writer's master class on how to weave together multiple characters and plot threads and build up tension among characters, ALL of whom the reader likes and is rooting for, to a breakpoint of conflict.)
48susanna.fraser
>46 klobrien2: Do plants count?
49klobrien2
>48 susanna.fraser: Nope, plants do not count. Fauna, not flora.
50streamsong
>46 klobrien2: Woot! A place for the RLBC read. (just pondering where I could put it)
51jeanned
>37 humouress: >47 susanna.fraser: One of my favorite scenes EVER.
52Helenliz
>46 klobrien2: thankyou! That's one of my homeless titles housed safely.
53Citizenjoyce
>43 Dejah_Thoris: Wow, what a lot of work, a fine way to spend your Labor Day weekend. Thanks.
54madhatter22
>39 humouress: I added a book to your challenge, but wasn't sure if you wanted the dedication included in the Wiki or wanted us to post it.
55paulstalder
Challenge #16: Read a book with the words bless or hope on pages 2, 10 or 53
In honor of my wife Suki who is fighting cancer I ask you to join me in reading a book in which there is one of the words bless, blessing, hope, hoping on pages 2, 10, and/or 53. The numbers give her birthday (10th February 1953). Embedded words are fine.
- Befreit leben (p. 10 Segen = blessing) - Edward T. Welch
In honor of my wife Suki who is fighting cancer I ask you to join me in reading a book in which there is one of the words bless, blessing, hope, hoping on pages 2, 10, and/or 53. The numbers give her birthday (10th February 1953). Embedded words are fine.
- Befreit leben (p. 10 Segen = blessing) - Edward T. Welch
56madhatter22
>55 paulstalder: I'm sorry to hear about this. Sending good thoughts to you both.
57Citizenjoyce
>55 paulstalder: My thoughts are with you and your wife for strength and healing.
58DeltaQueen50
>55 paulstalder: Paul, wishing you and your wife all the hope and blessing that you need to vanquish this foe!
59lindapanzo
>55 paulstalder: Wishing you and your wife well, Paul, in your fight against this disease.
60SqueakyChu
>55 paulstalder: Thinking of you and your wife and wishing you both strength in Suki's fight against cancer.
61susanna.fraser
>55 paulstalder: Sending my blessings and hope to you and Suki.
62humouress
>55 paulstalder: Paul, wishing you and Suki all the best.
>42 PawsforThought: Oops, sorry; it's been a while since I've done this. Thank you to whoever added my challenge to the wiki!
>54 madhatter22: Well, it would be nice to see all the interesting dedications and find out why they're interesting. I thought of asking for them on the wiki, but that could get a bit long. Could you post about it here, please? I'll add a note to the challenge.
>47 susanna.fraser: >51 jeanned: Now I'm torn between adding A Civil Campaign to challenge 7 or to the one I created to fit it into :0)
>42 PawsforThought: Oops, sorry; it's been a while since I've done this. Thank you to whoever added my challenge to the wiki!
>54 madhatter22: Well, it would be nice to see all the interesting dedications and find out why they're interesting. I thought of asking for them on the wiki, but that could get a bit long. Could you post about it here, please? I'll add a note to the challenge.
>47 susanna.fraser: >51 jeanned: Now I'm torn between adding A Civil Campaign to challenge 7 or to the one I created to fit it into :0)
63Citizenjoyce
>47 susanna.fraser: I've read some of the earlier books of the Vorkosigan series. Do you think I could skip ahead to A Civil Campaign, you make it sound so good, or would I be too confused to go from book 5 to book 13?
64avatiakh
>62 humouress: My book, The forest of souls had a dedication to three partisans who were the first to be hanged in public by Nazis in 1941 Minsk. Masha Bruskina, a 17yr old Jewish girl, Kiril Trus, an WW1 veteran and a 16yr old boy, Volodia Shcherbatsevich.
Followed by an extract from 'My Mother', a poem by John Guzlowski. His parents were slave labourers under the Nazis.
Followed by an extract from 'My Mother', a poem by John Guzlowski. His parents were slave labourers under the Nazis.
65PawsforThought
Kerry Greenwood's Dead Man's Chest is listed in both challenge 1 and challenge 6. They could be a shared read if moved to the same challenge.
66FAMeulstee
>39 humouress: For challenge # 13 I plan to read Jesse 'ballewal-tsji' by Harm de Jonge. It is dedicated to his mother.
And he explains why: On a seperate shelf in my mothers room are all books I have written. She is almost 90 years, but she reads my stories with a young mind. I am happy to have such a mother. That is why I want to dedicate Jesse 'ballewal-tsjí' especially to her.
And he explains why: On a seperate shelf in my mothers room are all books I have written. She is almost 90 years, but she reads my stories with a young mind. I am happy to have such a mother. That is why I want to dedicate Jesse 'ballewal-tsjí' especially to her.
67humouress
>64 avatiakh: >66 FAMeulstee: Your dedications are more interesting than mine, I must confess. Mine is 'For Jane, Charlotte, Georgette and Dorothy - long may they rule.'
>47 susanna.fraser: I've just hit the first meal (unless I'm miscounting) which is memorable for all the wrong reasons, from the characters' points of view. Especially with regards to some of the ingredients ...
>63 Citizenjoyce: Hmm, well I'm a completist and long ago discovered that I get irritated if I read series out of order and feel I'm missing important details. The Vorkosigan saga has a different publication order and chronological order and most of the books can be read as a stand-alone. But I think you'd be missing some essential details from previous books to get all the nuances and if you're going to read the rest of the series, you'd be setting yourself up for spoilers. Brothers in Arms, Mirror Dance and Komarr, for instance, have events that explain a lot about the characters in A Civil Campaign.
>47 susanna.fraser: I've just hit the first meal (unless I'm miscounting) which is memorable for all the wrong reasons, from the characters' points of view. Especially with regards to some of the ingredients ...
>63 Citizenjoyce: Hmm, well I'm a completist and long ago discovered that I get irritated if I read series out of order and feel I'm missing important details. The Vorkosigan saga has a different publication order and chronological order and most of the books can be read as a stand-alone. But I think you'd be missing some essential details from previous books to get all the nuances and if you're going to read the rest of the series, you'd be setting yourself up for spoilers. Brothers in Arms, Mirror Dance and Komarr, for instance, have events that explain a lot about the characters in A Civil Campaign.
68PawsforThought
>67 humouress: Is that a reference to Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Georgette Heyer and Dorothy Parker?
I think that's a pretty cool dedication, tbh.
I think that's a pretty cool dedication, tbh.
69paulstalder
>56 madhatter22: >57 Citizenjoyce: >58 DeltaQueen50: >59 lindapanzo: >60 SqueakyChu: >61 susanna.fraser: >62 humouress: Thank you all so much for your support. She was able to come from the hospital for the weekend. She is resting now.
70paulstalder
>43 Dejah_Thoris: you've done a great job here, thanks. It is quite interesting to see the different names listed.
71Citizenjoyce
>69 paulstalder: Good news. I hope you both have a good weekend.
>67 humouress: I did read Brothers in Arms, I guess Mirror Dance is next.
>67 humouress: I did read Brothers in Arms, I guess Mirror Dance is next.
72PawsforThought
>39 humouress: I just read Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayer, which has the following dedication:
To M. J. Dear Jim: This book is your fault. If it had not been for your brutal insistence, Lord Peter would never have staggered through to the end of the enquiry. Pray consider that he thanks you with his accustomed suavity. Yours ever, D. L. S.
73susanna.fraser
>67 humouress: It occurred to me I might've miscounted the number of courses in the first meal, the lunch with just two people and a third showing up at the end. If so, then yeah, you've found it.
>63 Citizenjoyce: It would definitely be too confusing. I think you could follow it if you just read its immediate prequel, Komarr, but if you're enjoying the whole series so far I think it's worth going in order. (I enjoy it all, but my favorites are toward the back end of the series, particularly Komarr, A Civil Campaign, and Captain Vorpatril's Alliance.
>63 Citizenjoyce: It would definitely be too confusing. I think you could follow it if you just read its immediate prequel, Komarr, but if you're enjoying the whole series so far I think it's worth going in order. (I enjoy it all, but my favorites are toward the back end of the series, particularly Komarr, A Civil Campaign, and Captain Vorpatril's Alliance.
74Citizenjoyce
>73 susanna.fraser: tempted though I am to jump right into A Civil Campaign, I've decided to go back to Mirror Dance and move on from there.
75SqueakyChu
Today's your last chance to offer a challenge. Remember to post one, if you want to, before midnight tonight!
77humouress
>68 PawsforThought: That's my guess.
>72 PawsforThought: >76 madhatter22: I'm liking all these dedications!
>73 susanna.fraser: Oh, of course. I must have been too focused on the story to remember to count it. I was expecting the wedding feast to be lavishly described but, although there are lots of parties and dinners around the wedding, I don't think the courses are described. Probably a good thing, for the sake of my waistline.
>72 PawsforThought: >76 madhatter22: I'm liking all these dedications!
>73 susanna.fraser: Oh, of course. I must have been too focused on the story to remember to count it. I was expecting the wedding feast to be lavishly described but, although there are lots of parties and dinners around the wedding, I don't think the courses are described. Probably a good thing, for the sake of my waistline.
78Citizenjoyce
>I'm moving An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy from the color challenge #8 to the interesting dedication challenge #13, so a yellow slot is open, but I'll leave it in place until someone else takes the spot.
The dedication is For Mike and Ben, my wonderful at-home germ machines. This one's for you. With love, Dad
Since the Yellow Fever killed 50% of those it infected, the dedication doesn't seem so loving to me.
The dedication is For Mike and Ben, my wonderful at-home germ machines. This one's for you. With love, Dad
Since the Yellow Fever killed 50% of those it infected, the dedication doesn't seem so loving to me.
79jeanned
Last book for September has arrived from the library. Its dedication:
"This book is dedicated to the first human who thought to hollow out a log to make a boat, and his or her ancestors."
Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer
"This book is dedicated to the first human who thought to hollow out a log to make a boat, and his or her ancestors."
Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer
80wandering_star
I'm reading Four Frightened People for Challenge #1, but the dedication is:
To, and in reproof of, Henry Ernest Turner, my sailing partner, who said: 'The trouble with you is that you're a prematurely mouldy intellectual, and at the touch of your pen romance goes rancid'.
To, and in reproof of, Henry Ernest Turner, my sailing partner, who said: 'The trouble with you is that you're a prematurely mouldy intellectual, and at the touch of your pen romance goes rancid'.
81Citizenjoyce
>80 wandering_star: Love it.
82humouress
>80 wandering_star: I say!
83jeanned
>37 humouress: I see you finished it. What did you think?
84humouress
>83 jeanned: I loved A Civil Campaign! I've posted my review (also here) if you want to know the juicy details.
85madhatter22
I keep noticing dedications now. I'm not reading Stephen Colbert's Midnight Confessions this month, but I love the dedication:
To human frailty: If you have no regrets, I don't want to know you.
To human frailty: If you have no regrets, I don't want to know you.
86Citizenjoyce
>85 madhatter22: great dedication. I don't think it's too political to say I agree with him.
87FAMeulstee
>78 Citizenjoyce: Do you still need a replacement for your Yellow entry?
88Citizenjoyce
>87 FAMeulstee: Yes. You can take mine out and put yours in.
90klobrien2
I've just added a book to challenge 13 (Interesting Dedication): Ripley Under Ground. Its dedication reads: "To my Polish neighbors, Agnes and Georges Barylski, my friends of France, 77." That makes me want to know more about this couple and their friendship with Highsmith!
Karen O.
Karen O.
91klobrien2
Challenge 15 (Book title names a living thing) is getting to be a regular menagerie! I'm really enjoying seeing all of the "critters" that people are finding: rat (2), girl (remember, the challenge was made open to homo sapiens-type creatures), coyote, elephant, owl, cow, eland, horse, women (see above), donkey, vipers, shad, octopus, ass). Getting closer to "All Creatures Great and Small"!
Karen O.
Karen O.
92Helenliz
It might be me, but September is being very s l o w w w w...
I seem to have picked big, long or heavy books to start the month.
I seem to have picked big, long or heavy books to start the month.
93lindapanzo
>92 Helenliz: It seems slow to me, too, but I've decided to bite the bullet and focus on reading the book I'm supposed to read for work, along with reading/reviewing all of my ER books. There's time for other things but I'll feel better when these books that are hanging over my head for so long are taken care of.
94Citizenjoyce
>93 lindapanzo: Ah, those ER books - so fun to get, but oh the commitment.
95lindapanzo
>94 Citizenjoyce: Now I've signed up for something called First Read from Penguin Books. The one I asked for is one I'm sure to read anyway and I don't think I absolutely have to do a review but it seems expected. If I even get it from them, that is.
Yes, I love getting the freebies but oh, the pressure of having to read something. Even when it's a book I'd love, like a Louise Penny, there's still that pressure.
Yes, I love getting the freebies but oh, the pressure of having to read something. Even when it's a book I'd love, like a Louise Penny, there's still that pressure.
96SqueakyChu
TIOLI Question of the Month:
Every so often I read a book in which I would like to jump right into its pages so I could also be part of the story. Have you read such a book this month? If so, what was the book? Why would you like ot jump into the book? At what point in the story would you do it?! :)
Every so often I read a book in which I would like to jump right into its pages so I could also be part of the story. Have you read such a book this month? If so, what was the book? Why would you like ot jump into the book? At what point in the story would you do it?! :)
97PawsforThought
>96 SqueakyChu: I've mostly read murder mysteries and dystopian graphic novels so really wouldn't want to be part of the stories of any of the books I've read so far in September.
I would however love to jump into the universe of Lord Peter Wimsey and experience what it was like having a life like his at a time like that.
I would however love to jump into the universe of Lord Peter Wimsey and experience what it was like having a life like his at a time like that.
98DeltaQueen50
>96 SqueakyChu: My non-fiction read this month was The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey by Rinker Buck. Two brothers recreated the overland experience of the pioneers and traveled from Missouri to Oregon in a mule-drawn covered wagon. I would love to have been on that trip, seeing the country and re-living the life of the original pioneers. The bonus part of this trip is that, unlike the originals, if things were too uncomfortable, I could slip away and find myself a nice motel with a comfortable bed and a hot shower!
100susanna.fraser
>96 SqueakyChu: I just finished Dead Man's Chest, a Phryne Fisher mystery where Phryne and most of her found family are on summer holiday together, and I'd happily join any of the meals or the preparations thereof as described in the text. Just such a lovely sense of affection and acceptance, and really delicious food! I'm even thinking of trying my hand at an Impossible Coconut Pie.
101madhatter22
>96 SqueakyChu: I'm reading Longbourn, so I'm seeing new parts of a place I've wanted to visit many times before. I'm not sure at what point I'd most like to jump in - maybe in time for the Netherfield ball. Anywhere is fine as long as I land upstairs instead of downstairs. I'd rather try to cope with haughty gentlemen and scheming officers than chilblains and bedpans.
102SqueakyChu
>96 SqueakyChu: I'm in a strange place in my new spy novel Dinner at the Center of the Earth by Nathan Englander. I'd like to jump in at the hospital in Tel Aviv, have no one notice me, and then run outside to transportation to visit my family in Israel. Never mind that the year is 2014. I'd take that as I'd be a few years younger! LOL
103SqueakyChu
>100 susanna.fraser: That looks like a fun recipe!
104Citizenjoyce
I'm not usually one to abandon books, but Ive abandoned 2 this month, both shared reads. Yikes.
The first was My Name Is Shylock which had some interesting things to say about Jews in society, but it also contained characters I couldn't stand - a horrible daughter and her horrible father who was obsessed with her sexuality. I know horrible daughters are the thing right now, but I'm quite sick or reading about them. And for a way to handle her problem, the father should have read The Story of the Lost Child in which a pretty horrible mother takes care of the situation in a reasonable fashion because she's not titillated by the daughter's sexual expression. The other book was Leviathon. I can take steampunk if it's kind of in the background and there's larger plot going on in front of it. Leviathon, while it does have a strong female character, just feels like steampunk writ large. So sorry my sister sharers. So far this month I haven't shared even one book with anyone. Sad.
The first was My Name Is Shylock which had some interesting things to say about Jews in society, but it also contained characters I couldn't stand - a horrible daughter and her horrible father who was obsessed with her sexuality. I know horrible daughters are the thing right now, but I'm quite sick or reading about them. And for a way to handle her problem, the father should have read The Story of the Lost Child in which a pretty horrible mother takes care of the situation in a reasonable fashion because she's not titillated by the daughter's sexual expression. The other book was Leviathon. I can take steampunk if it's kind of in the background and there's larger plot going on in front of it. Leviathon, while it does have a strong female character, just feels like steampunk writ large. So sorry my sister sharers. So far this month I haven't shared even one book with anyone. Sad.
105Citizenjoyce
>96 SqueakyChu: I haven't read any books this month that make me want to be in the story. I'd want to be there but be invisible so I wasn't effected by what was going on around me in 20th century Naples of The Story of the Lost Child or 16th century Spain of The Creation of Eve, but I'm too much of a wuss to want to actually let these places physically harm me.
106Helenliz
>96 SqueakyChu: hmmm, not so far. I've read about medieval women (450 to 1500) and while it was a very interesting read and while I'm sure that the sexist and gender related b******s we seem to deal with on a daily basis maybe didn't exist in the same manner, it wasn't a bed of roses either.
Then there's the choice to sleep your way out of poverty, allowing men to use your body to make yourself comfortable and I'm not sure that's quite my style either.
And finally I could be a governess in the 19th Century. I just know I'd be out on my ear in a trice for being unable to "know my position" and not speak my mind.
Also, none of them have central heating and it's started turning that bit chilly.
I hope to find a world I wouldn't mind joining later, when I read Gaudy Night. This one is set in Harriet's Oxford college, so I think I might find myself a home there. Plus you might run in Peter Wimsey and he's always been my first literary crush. I could maybe forgive him a lack of central heating. >:-)
Then there's the choice to sleep your way out of poverty, allowing men to use your body to make yourself comfortable and I'm not sure that's quite my style either.
And finally I could be a governess in the 19th Century. I just know I'd be out on my ear in a trice for being unable to "know my position" and not speak my mind.
Also, none of them have central heating and it's started turning that bit chilly.
I hope to find a world I wouldn't mind joining later, when I read Gaudy Night. This one is set in Harriet's Oxford college, so I think I might find myself a home there. Plus you might run in Peter Wimsey and he's always been my first literary crush. I could maybe forgive him a lack of central heating. >:-)
107thornton37814
>96 SqueakyChu: Not so far, but then I've only completed one book (or maybe two) and begun another. Just a lot of irons in the fire.
108lindapanzo
>100 susanna.fraser: I thought the same when I read it last week. It hardly felt like a murder mystery.
109FAMeulstee
Completed my September sweep today:
#1: Het oneindige verhaal (The Neverending Story) by Michael Ende
#2: Het dovemansorendieet by Maarten 't Hart
#3: Een koning voor de Dalriaden (The Mark of the Horse Lord) by Rosemary Sutcliff
Termietenheuvels in de savanne or Verlaten tempel van de macht (Anthills of the Savanna) by Chinua Achebe
#4: De eerste zaak van Montalbano (Montalbano's First Case) by Andrea Camileri
#5: De reizen van de slimme man by Imme Dros
De huiveringwekkende mythe van Perseus by Imme Dros
#6: Onvoltooide zomer (The summer that never was, DCI Banks 13) by Peter Robinson
#7: Decamerone by Giovanni Boccaccio
#8: Ik heet Karmozijn (My name is Red) by Orhan Pamuk
De vier geschriften van de Gele Keizer (The Yellow Emperor's four canons) by the Yellow Emperor
#9: Woeste hoogten (Wuthering Heights) by Emily Brontë
#10: Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
#11: Hamlet by William Shakespeare
#12: De laatste dagen van Floris V by Renée Vink
#13: Jesse 'ballewal-tsjí' by Harm de Jonge
#14: Aardzee (The Earthsea Trilogy) by Ursula Le Guin
#15: Hee meneer Eland by Eva Gerlach
#16: De Oostakkerse gedichten by Hugo Claus
#1: Het oneindige verhaal (The Neverending Story) by Michael Ende
#2: Het dovemansorendieet by Maarten 't Hart
#3: Een koning voor de Dalriaden (The Mark of the Horse Lord) by Rosemary Sutcliff
Termietenheuvels in de savanne or Verlaten tempel van de macht (Anthills of the Savanna) by Chinua Achebe
#4: De eerste zaak van Montalbano (Montalbano's First Case) by Andrea Camileri
#5: De reizen van de slimme man by Imme Dros
De huiveringwekkende mythe van Perseus by Imme Dros
#6: Onvoltooide zomer (The summer that never was, DCI Banks 13) by Peter Robinson
#7: Decamerone by Giovanni Boccaccio
#8: Ik heet Karmozijn (My name is Red) by Orhan Pamuk
De vier geschriften van de Gele Keizer (The Yellow Emperor's four canons) by the Yellow Emperor
#9: Woeste hoogten (Wuthering Heights) by Emily Brontë
#10: Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
#11: Hamlet by William Shakespeare
#12: De laatste dagen van Floris V by Renée Vink
#13: Jesse 'ballewal-tsjí' by Harm de Jonge
#14: Aardzee (The Earthsea Trilogy) by Ursula Le Guin
#15: Hee meneer Eland by Eva Gerlach
#16: De Oostakkerse gedichten by Hugo Claus
110PawsforThought
>109 FAMeulstee: Well done! 16 books in 19 days is really impressive.
111Citizenjoyce
>109 FAMeulstee: Not only a sweep but some impressively good reads. Congratulations.
112DeltaQueen50
>109 FAMeulstee: Congrats Anita!
113SqueakyChu
>109 FAMeulstee: Wow! Congratulations!
114FAMeulstee
Thanks Paws, Joyce, Judy and Madeline.
>110 PawsforThought: I have read more, 5 non TIOLI reads so far this month.
>111 Citizenjoyce: I read some long and heavy reads this month, so it took a bit longer as usual ;-)
>110 PawsforThought: I have read more, 5 non TIOLI reads so far this month.
>111 Citizenjoyce: I read some long and heavy reads this month, so it took a bit longer as usual ;-)
115Helenliz
>109 FAMeulstee: well done (again!)
116humouress
>109 FAMeulstee: Congratulations!
117FAMeulstee
>115 Helenliz: & >116 humouress: Thanks Helen and Nina!
Reading now Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck for challenge #13.
This book is dedicated to HAROLD GUINZBURG with respect born of an association and affection that just growed.
-JOHN STEINBECK
Reading now Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck for challenge #13.
This book is dedicated to HAROLD GUINZBURG with respect born of an association and affection that just growed.
-JOHN STEINBECK
118lindapanzo
>109 FAMeulstee: Congrats on your September and, I believe, your year to date sweeps.
I've been bogged down reading an intellectual property law book for work but the end is in sight and I am eager to resume my regular reading. Fortunately, the worst (to me) is patent law, which was addressed in the first third of the book. Trademark in the second third, which isn't too bad, and, much to my delight, a third of it is about copyright law and I've finally reached that point in this weighty tome.
I've been bogged down reading an intellectual property law book for work but the end is in sight and I am eager to resume my regular reading. Fortunately, the worst (to me) is patent law, which was addressed in the first third of the book. Trademark in the second third, which isn't too bad, and, much to my delight, a third of it is about copyright law and I've finally reached that point in this weighty tome.
119Citizenjoyce
>118 lindapanzo: Being delighted reading copyright law, you are a wonder!
120lindapanzo
>119 Citizenjoyce: I write about various legal topics but IP law is a new area for me. Yesterday, I had to read and analyze an 82-page trademark case (these are usually half day projects). The last thing I wanted to do, for my own reading, was read more trademark law so I skipped the IP reading and picked up a sports book.
Today's daily case writing is in the area of employee benefits law, my longtime area of specialization so I'm feeling happier today. The case is much shorter, too.
Today's daily case writing is in the area of employee benefits law, my longtime area of specialization so I'm feeling happier today. The case is much shorter, too.
121Helenliz
>118 lindapanzo: It takes all sorts to make a world, I suppose... Actually, I too love a good nerdy tome. Although I imagine regulations on medical devices are about as light reading as patent law might be.
>119 Citizenjoyce: You said it, we all thought it. >;-)
>119 Citizenjoyce: You said it, we all thought it. >;-)
122FAMeulstee
>118 lindapanzo: Thanks Linda, yes sweeps all month this year. Only 3 more months to go for a full year of sweeps.
123lindapanzo
>119 Citizenjoyce: >121 Helenliz: Some might say that the only area of law less exciting, ahem, than IP law might be pension law. Yet I was practically doing cartwheels when I realized that I got a pension benefits case today.
This is something I do only one or two days a week, in addition to my regular work. Thankfully, I'm not on call for this again until Mon and Tues of next week.
This is something I do only one or two days a week, in addition to my regular work. Thankfully, I'm not on call for this again until Mon and Tues of next week.
125Citizenjoyce
>123 lindapanzo: It takes a detail-oriented mind to be a lawyer. I guess that kind of goes with the statistical orientation of baseball.
126PawsforThought
>118 lindapanzo: You're not the only one who finds trademak and copyright law (and intellectual property) interesting. I took two online courses in copyright law last year because I find it so interesting.
127FAMeulstee
>124 madhatter22: Thank you Shauna!
128lindapanzo
Hurray, hurray. At lunch, I finished my weighty tome on intellectual property law. Now I can start reading for fun again. I hardly know what to read next.
129Citizenjoyce
>128 lindapanzo: Ah, you can breathe again.
130streamsong
>109 FAMeulstee: Congrats, Anita!!
>128 lindapanzo: and Yay! Linda for finishing your tome.
>96 SqueakyChu: I listened to The Jane Austen Project which was wonderful. Two time travelers from a future time went to Jane Austen's time, met her, became friends and/or flirted with her and tried to steal a manuscript. Of course, time changed forever because of their actions. I think that would be incredibly awesome to be able to meet a favorite author or historical figure. I'm not sure which I'd choose: to be in the future with time travel, or zapped into Jane Austen's time - with enough currency to live the life of a gentleperson. Not so much fun to come back to your own time and see the the not-so-happy changes, of course. Still, it was great fun especially since I've been reading heavy duty stuff lately.
>128 lindapanzo: and Yay! Linda for finishing your tome.
>96 SqueakyChu: I listened to The Jane Austen Project which was wonderful. Two time travelers from a future time went to Jane Austen's time, met her, became friends and/or flirted with her and tried to steal a manuscript. Of course, time changed forever because of their actions. I think that would be incredibly awesome to be able to meet a favorite author or historical figure. I'm not sure which I'd choose: to be in the future with time travel, or zapped into Jane Austen's time - with enough currency to live the life of a gentleperson. Not so much fun to come back to your own time and see the the not-so-happy changes, of course. Still, it was great fun especially since I've been reading heavy duty stuff lately.
131countrylife
Thinking of Challenge #13: With an interesting dedication, this caught my eye - Times Writers Took Book Dedications To Another Level.
132SqueakyChu
TIOLI Stats for August 2017
Together, for 19 challenges, we read a total of 360 books, of which 109 or 30% were shared reads. That's phenomenal. We have not had such a high number (or percentage) of shared reads since August, 2015.
We accumulated 61 TIOLI points in August...another great monthly number which we have not reached since April, 2015.
Our YTD TIOLI points for August was 289, our lowest ever number for this time of the year, but we can fix that going forward! It's close to last year's number.
Our most popular books, both with 5 readers, were:
1. The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
2. The Devil and Webster by Jean Hanff Korelitz
The most popular challenge, with 43 books, was helenliz's challenge to read the next book in the series.
The challenge with the most TIOLI points (11 of them) was fuzzi's challenge read a "wordless" book.
Together, for 19 challenges, we read a total of 360 books, of which 109 or 30% were shared reads. That's phenomenal. We have not had such a high number (or percentage) of shared reads since August, 2015.
We accumulated 61 TIOLI points in August...another great monthly number which we have not reached since April, 2015.
Our YTD TIOLI points for August was 289, our lowest ever number for this time of the year, but we can fix that going forward! It's close to last year's number.
Our most popular books, both with 5 readers, were:
1. The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
2. The Devil and Webster by Jean Hanff Korelitz
The most popular challenge, with 43 books, was helenliz's challenge to read the next book in the series.
The challenge with the most TIOLI points (11 of them) was fuzzi's challenge read a "wordless" book.
133SqueakyChu
TIOLI Awards for August, 2017
The Better You Than Me Award goes to Citizenjoyce for reading Lonesome Dove with 843 pages for her own challenge to read a book of at least 450 pages and 4 LT stars. This year my average number of pages read per month is 554. I very seriously doubt if I would choose one book to read that is more than 800 pages long. Kudos to this challenger!
The Keeping It Simple Award goes to wandering_star for reading My Life in the Bush of Ghosts for susanna.fraser's challenge to read a book with at least two words in the title where all the title words are of one syllable. Somehow this challenger found a book whose title was made up of seven one-syllable words. :D
The Very, Very Vintage Award goes to FAMeulstee for reading The Secret Garden which was published in 1911/1912 for avatiakh's challenge to read a children's or YA book that was published between 1901 & 1999. Some stories just never grow old, and this is a favorite book of mine which I read for the first time to my own kids when they were young (back in the 1980's).
The Do, A Deer Award goes to cbl_tn for the challenge to read a book with a musical term in the title or author's name. This challenge really cracked me up when I saw how many challengers used the notes of the scale (do, re, mi, etc.) to qualify their books for this challenge. It was a great idea...which I then myself used. :)
The Tedious Housework Award goes to paulstalder for his challenge to read a book in which somebody is washing clothes. I'd rather read about it than do it. However, it's so hard to find qualifying books for these challenges that I am amazed at the number of challengers who took it upon themselves to find qualifying books. Now...I'm off to do my own laundry...!
Congrats to our award winners! Feel free to add other awards of your own at this time.
The Better You Than Me Award goes to Citizenjoyce for reading Lonesome Dove with 843 pages for her own challenge to read a book of at least 450 pages and 4 LT stars. This year my average number of pages read per month is 554. I very seriously doubt if I would choose one book to read that is more than 800 pages long. Kudos to this challenger!
The Keeping It Simple Award goes to wandering_star for reading My Life in the Bush of Ghosts for susanna.fraser's challenge to read a book with at least two words in the title where all the title words are of one syllable. Somehow this challenger found a book whose title was made up of seven one-syllable words. :D
The Very, Very Vintage Award goes to FAMeulstee for reading The Secret Garden which was published in 1911/1912 for avatiakh's challenge to read a children's or YA book that was published between 1901 & 1999. Some stories just never grow old, and this is a favorite book of mine which I read for the first time to my own kids when they were young (back in the 1980's).
The Do, A Deer Award goes to cbl_tn for the challenge to read a book with a musical term in the title or author's name. This challenge really cracked me up when I saw how many challengers used the notes of the scale (do, re, mi, etc.) to qualify their books for this challenge. It was a great idea...which I then myself used. :)
The Tedious Housework Award goes to paulstalder for his challenge to read a book in which somebody is washing clothes. I'd rather read about it than do it. However, it's so hard to find qualifying books for these challenges that I am amazed at the number of challengers who took it upon themselves to find qualifying books. Now...I'm off to do my own laundry...!
Congrats to our award winners! Feel free to add other awards of your own at this time.
134Citizenjoyce
Thanks for the award, Madeline, but it was Lonesome Dove. I thought anyone should be able to read it, but my daughter got half way before she had to take it back to the library, now she's on the wait list again.
135Helenliz
I'd like to propose an award for a couple of readers in my challenge. The Elephants Never Forget Award goes to DeltaQueen50, jennyifer24 and Jeanned for reading the next book in a series when they read the previous book in the series in May, July & August 2012. I think I'd have forgotten I was reading the series at all after 5 years and would have certainly forgotten what happened in the last book after that period of time. Your series tenacity is most impressive.
136FAMeulstee
>130 streamsong: Thanks Janet.
>133 SqueakyChu: Thanks for the award, Madeline, it is an old book, but I had never read it before. I do understand it is a favorite of yours, as it is among my favorites now :-)
>133 SqueakyChu: Thanks for the award, Madeline, it is an old book, but I had never read it before. I do understand it is a favorite of yours, as it is among my favorites now :-)
137SqueakyChu
>136 FAMeulstee: I think that reading A Secret Garden for the first time as an adult brings so much more sense of mystery and understanding to that book. It was truly a beautiful story. I'm glad you had the opportunity to experience it.
138SqueakyChu
>136 FAMeulstee: Congrats to DeltaQueen50, jennyifer24 and Jeanned. I have such a bad memory when it comes to remembering the story lines of books that I often take notes while I'm reading a book! This is an award truly merited. :)
139jeanned
>135 Helenliz: Thanks so much for the award, although I have to suggest that the Dresden Files are exactly the kind of series book that can be picked up whenever!!
140DeltaQueen50
>135 Helenliz: I also thank you for the award. I am terrible about starting new series, liking it, and then not continuing on with it. That challenge reintroduced me to Ruth Galloway and I am determined not to let another 5 years go by without reading the next book!
141Dejah_Thoris
>109 FAMeulstee: Congratulations on your sweep, Anita! I still may join you for September, but I doubt I'll ever do it as quickly as you do!
>132 SqueakyChu: Good for all of us, re: shared reads! I don't think we're doing nearly as well in September - I know that I, personally, have not kept up the pace. Maybe we should list a few of the shorter works we've read in the hopes that we can improve the numbers these last few days of the month.
>133 SqueakyChu: Congratulations to all the winners!
>132 SqueakyChu: Good for all of us, re: shared reads! I don't think we're doing nearly as well in September - I know that I, personally, have not kept up the pace. Maybe we should list a few of the shorter works we've read in the hopes that we can improve the numbers these last few days of the month.
>133 SqueakyChu: Congratulations to all the winners!
142jeanned
>141 Dejah_Thoris: After I finished this month's planned reads, I went looking for a book on TBR I had on hand. Found one in Challenge #4, listed by jennyifer24. I had been putting off reading Gilead for ages, and I thought it was wonderful. A short read, but one I am sure to go back to, just to dip in now and again.
I've also read 3 very different, but quick reading, mysteries. They can stand alone from the series:
Hard Time by Sara Paretsky (Challenge #1)
A Woman Unknown by Frances Brody (Challenge #7)
California Girl by T. Jefferson Parker (Challenge #15)
I've also read 3 very different, but quick reading, mysteries. They can stand alone from the series:
Hard Time by Sara Paretsky (Challenge #1)
A Woman Unknown by Frances Brody (Challenge #7)
California Girl by T. Jefferson Parker (Challenge #15)
143jennyifer24
>135 Helenliz: Thank you, but I think mine was a typo! I went back to try to figure out what happened (because I actually read the previous book in July of 2017). I thought maybe I had finished it on July 12, but no. Apparently I just hit the wrong key. Alas, I'm not that impressive of a series reader :-)
>142 jeanned: I'm glad you enjoyed Gilead. I'm having a hard time getting through it. I like it, but I think it's the wrong book for the beginning of the school year. I need a little more action right now! Knowing that you finished it will hopefully motivate me to finish before October!
>142 jeanned: I'm glad you enjoyed Gilead. I'm having a hard time getting through it. I like it, but I think it's the wrong book for the beginning of the school year. I need a little more action right now! Knowing that you finished it will hopefully motivate me to finish before October!
144Dejah_Thoris
I knew I forgot a few things when I posted earlier.....
>131 countrylife: Thank you, Cindy, for the link - I really enjoyed the dedications!
And on the topic of dedications, I need to post the dedication for White Trash Zombie Unchained by Diana Rowland, which reads "To Robert Neagle, for showing me it’s ok to be weird."
Some of her books may be a little weird, but her White Trash Xombie series is just about the only zombie stuff I'll read!
>142 jeanned: Thanks for the suggestions - I just checked, and my library has a copy of Gilead. I've been trying to read more Pulitzer Prize nominees and winners from across all the book categories, so it's a particularly good fit. I don't know if I'll get to it, though. I need to finish The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South which is excellent, but not particularly short. I'm also planning to get to Binti, which several folks have read over the past few months and which IS short, if anyone wants to join me (TIOLI #14). I'm also looking at the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, but with rehearsals every night, I don't know when I'll get to it!
Oh well. There's always October.
ETA: And Bloodchild by Octavia Butler! I knew there was another one I had been thinking about. A short book of short stories. But I don't think it's going to happen.....
>131 countrylife: Thank you, Cindy, for the link - I really enjoyed the dedications!
And on the topic of dedications, I need to post the dedication for White Trash Zombie Unchained by Diana Rowland, which reads "To Robert Neagle, for showing me it’s ok to be weird."
Some of her books may be a little weird, but her White Trash Xombie series is just about the only zombie stuff I'll read!
>142 jeanned: Thanks for the suggestions - I just checked, and my library has a copy of Gilead. I've been trying to read more Pulitzer Prize nominees and winners from across all the book categories, so it's a particularly good fit. I don't know if I'll get to it, though. I need to finish The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South which is excellent, but not particularly short. I'm also planning to get to Binti, which several folks have read over the past few months and which IS short, if anyone wants to join me (TIOLI #14). I'm also looking at the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, but with rehearsals every night, I don't know when I'll get to it!
Oh well. There's always October.
ETA: And Bloodchild by Octavia Butler! I knew there was another one I had been thinking about. A short book of short stories. But I don't think it's going to happen.....
146Citizenjoyce
>144 Dejah_Thoris: I recently reread Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, because my daughter and I were going to see the play. Every play we've seen at the new theater in our town has been a musical, and I kept wondering how they could make a musical out of this pretty cerebral book. Well, they didn't. Instead it's a play that makes the audience experience the overwhelming sensations of autism, which was pretty cool.
147lindapanzo
Sigh, sadly I'm going to have a much larger than usual number of books to remove from the wiki this month. That Intellectual Property book I read for work took far more time than expected. On the bright side, yesterday, when I had my quarterly performance "check in." I was able to offer a few insightful comments about the book to my manager. For some reason, she thought I'd agreed to read it by the end of the year.
Since then, lots of comfort reads, including, currently, Magpie Murders, which I am loving.
Since then, lots of comfort reads, including, currently, Magpie Murders, which I am loving.
148Helenliz
>147 lindapanzo: I feel your pain. I have a tendency to be massively over optimistic on what I can manage in a month. It's that need to remove that means I don't tend to add all my books at the beginning of the month, but do it as I go along. I should be OK to finish the 2 I have on the go.
149FAMeulstee
>141 Dejah_Thoris: Thanks, Dejah, I hope you get your sweep done this month.
I always feel a bit nervous as long as I haven't read all my TIOLI books. So I try to read them all as soon as possible.
I always feel a bit nervous as long as I haven't read all my TIOLI books. So I try to read them all as soon as possible.
150streamsong
Here is the dedication for Stripped to the Bone: Portraits of Syrian Women by Ghada Alatrash,the book I just read for Challenge 13:
"To all the Syrian women in my life, and to all women, of all colours of the rainbow, who have taught me that being a woman is the most beautiful existence of all.
To you, I dedicate every page of this book, and to you, I also dedicate every heartbeat born, every smile felt and every tear shed while writing these pages. Here is to being a woman…"
"To all the Syrian women in my life, and to all women, of all colours of the rainbow, who have taught me that being a woman is the most beautiful existence of all.
To you, I dedicate every page of this book, and to you, I also dedicate every heartbeat born, every smile felt and every tear shed while writing these pages. Here is to being a woman…"
151klobrien2
>47 susanna.fraser: I just got Magpie Murders from the library--we should try to share a read for October, don't you think?!
Karen O.
Karen O.
152lindapanzo
>151 klobrien2: I'm reading Magpie Murders right now. I'm halfway through and absolutely loving it.
All told, I read about 50 or 60 mysteries a year and, so far, this one ranks right up there with the new Louise Penny as my favorite mysteries of the year.
All told, I read about 50 or 60 mysteries a year and, so far, this one ranks right up there with the new Louise Penny as my favorite mysteries of the year.
153Citizenjoyce
>150 streamsong: Wow, that makes the book sound great.
154lindapanzo
I'm reading the WaPo article about the new Ron Chernow book about U.S. Grant. (This is after his Hamilton bio and his Washington bio, among others.)
Too bad this weighty (1,074 page) tome wasn't out sooner. It would've fit into the dedication challenge. I love the dedication:
“To my loyal readers, who have soldiered on through my lengthy sagas.”
My favorite line from the article, though... Chernow is "the rare historian of 900-page, footnote-saturated tomes who can claim that "teenagers all over the country want to take selfies with me.”"
Too bad this weighty (1,074 page) tome wasn't out sooner. It would've fit into the dedication challenge. I love the dedication:
“To my loyal readers, who have soldiered on through my lengthy sagas.”
My favorite line from the article, though... Chernow is "the rare historian of 900-page, footnote-saturated tomes who can claim that "teenagers all over the country want to take selfies with me.”"
155Citizenjoyce
>154 lindapanzo: Do they? Wow that says something about both his writing and today's teenagers.
156paulstalder
>133 SqueakyChu: Thanks for the Tedious Housework Award. My wife would not agree giving me a 'housework' award at all :) I do my own laundry but she always finds something she would do better :)
I still remember my night in Bar Giyora near Jerusalem. There was a huge heap of laundry on the sofa waiting to be folded and put away. When I ask if I could help, she first refused saying 'Men are no good in folding laundry' ...
I still remember my night in Bar Giyora near Jerusalem. There was a huge heap of laundry on the sofa waiting to be folded and put away. When I ask if I could help, she first refused saying 'Men are no good in folding laundry' ...
158paulstalder
>157 SqueakyChu: I insisted on helping and she allowed me to fold the square parts (towels, hankerchiefs etc.), she was quite satisfied with my efforts with these :)
159wandering_star
>133 SqueakyChu: Thank you! It could have been even better though - I was disappointed that I didn't manage to finish What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky until this month, as that would have been 10 one-syllable words!
160SqueakyChu
>158 paulstalder:
The last man to fold something square in my house messed up. I'll try to post a picture to show you what I mean.
My four-year-old grandson tried to make a nice folded napkin for our Sabbath dinner. :D
P.S. I'll see what our soon-to-be born granddaughterw ill do with the same napkin when she will be four years old! I'll let you know. :)
The last man to fold something square in my house messed up. I'll try to post a picture to show you what I mean.
My four-year-old grandson tried to make a nice folded napkin for our Sabbath dinner. :D
P.S. I'll see what our soon-to-be born granddaughterw ill do with the same napkin when she will be four years old! I'll let you know. :)
161biodiplomacy
Four Frightened People
The post at 80 does not include the poem that is also on the same page as the dedication:
ROUNDING ORFORDNESS
Lordy, but this is something like a day!
You have not bungled, as You mostly do,
Spoiling fine seas for pennyworths of blue,
Letting the wind come foul, or die away.
We’ve “all plain sail,” and rainbows in the spray,
And – when I’m starving! - bread and cheese and beer.
We’ve saved our tide, too: flood makes south from here.
Drenches, and with love thrown in, “Too rich!” I say.
God, I could cry, such joy is close to sorrow.
White rings of bubbles, as the sleek bows lift,
Run widening past to join the wake we’ve made.
Lord, I will be more reverent to-morrow;
Could You expect, in flinging such a gift,
That I should feel a stranger and afraid?
NOTE: I could not find the text of the poem (presumably by E Arnot Robertson) on the web do have typed it out from my copy of the first Penguin edition of the book, published as Penguin 15 in October 1935.
The post at 80 does not include the poem that is also on the same page as the dedication:
ROUNDING ORFORDNESS
Lordy, but this is something like a day!
You have not bungled, as You mostly do,
Spoiling fine seas for pennyworths of blue,
Letting the wind come foul, or die away.
We’ve “all plain sail,” and rainbows in the spray,
And – when I’m starving! - bread and cheese and beer.
We’ve saved our tide, too: flood makes south from here.
Drenches, and with love thrown in, “Too rich!” I say.
God, I could cry, such joy is close to sorrow.
White rings of bubbles, as the sleek bows lift,
Run widening past to join the wake we’ve made.
Lord, I will be more reverent to-morrow;
Could You expect, in flinging such a gift,
That I should feel a stranger and afraid?
NOTE: I could not find the text of the poem (presumably by E Arnot Robertson) on the web do have typed it out from my copy of the first Penguin edition of the book, published as Penguin 15 in October 1935.
