5 posts tagged “challenge”
- Cast In Silence by Michelle Sagara
- Huntress by Caitlin Kittredge, Marjorie M. Liu, Christine Warren, and Jenna Maclaine
- The Sookie Stackhouse books 2 onwards (I need to read them for another challenge)
- Nightschool Vol. 1 (manga) by Svetlana Chmakova
- Maximum Ride, Vol. 1 (manga) by James Patterson and NaRae Lee
- Umm.. *eyes giant TBR*.. let's see how it goes. I doubt I'll read more than 2 books really.
I haven't had a chance to mention it earlier, but I watched Persuasion, so one down, 5 to go in my Everything Austen Challenge. This is the 1995 version with Ciarán Hinds and Amanda Root . Liked this version just as much as ever. I like this about equally to the 2007 version with Sally Hawkins and Rupert Penry-Jones, but for slightly different reasons. Um. I don't usually review movies here, so just saying I watched it (for the eighth time or something) suffices I hope?!
Here's a couple of things I found on youtube that are related. The Masterpiece Theatre trailer for this movie, which I thought made more sense than the Sony Classics trailer is for those who haven't seen this Persuasion yet, and a fan video which hits all the highlights of the romance is for those who have:
- Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler - I read the first book, Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict last year and enjoyed it so want to read this one too.
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Lost in Austen: Create your own Jane Austen Adventure by Emma Campbell Webster - I found this at Powells!
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Jane Austen in Scarsdale: Or Love, Death, and the SATs by Paula Marantz Cohen - I live near Scarsdale so this one has been on my radar as one I wanted to read for a while now. This is my excuse.
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Persuasion - I've seen this movie (1995 with Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds) about 3 times so far and it's one of netflix's watch instantly movies, so this is easy to put on. I may also watch the 2007 one with Rupert Penry Jones and Sally Hawkins again (only watched once which is weird).
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By a Lady by Amanda Elyot - this one has very mixed reviews so I'm going to try this one from the library
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Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattilo - Also to be found in my library
- The man who loved Jane Austen by Sally Smith O'Rourke
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Becoming Jane movie
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Love, Lies and Lizzie by Rosie Rushton
OK so I finally joined a book challenge which was to read a much as I could in July. My goal was 7 books. I think I did well considering the whole wedding madness! Books read this month:
1) Frederica by Georgette Heyer
2) Nightwalker by Jocelynn Drake
3) I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd have to Kill you/Cross My Heart And Hope to Spy by Ally Carter
6) Hotter Than Hell anthology edited by Kilm Harrison (still need to review this)
7) Dream Quest anthology edited by Linnea Sinclair and J.C. Wilder (also need to review)
8) Easy Connections by Liz Berry (again - need to review. This one left me a bit speechless).
Right now I started Alpha and Omega by Patricia Briggs (I'm happy so far and savoring it).
Not bad!! I can't decide if I was just more focused with time management this time, or if I was escaping the wedding plans, or if actually, it wasn't so bad with the wedding this month since we got the major things out of the way. I'll let you know how I feel once the family descends upon me.
Thank you everyone who signed up for the giveaway, passed along the information and sent well wishes. I really like hearing other people's wedding stories and advice too. Giveaway is of course still going on, so if you haven't entered, please do here (vox) or here (livejournal).
So, I've been lazy with following the weekly geeks but week 9's one was participating in a challenge, and it just so happens there's a challenge I wanted to join. The July Book Blowout challenge was just to read more books in july: "The rules are simple - read as many books as you can between July 1 and 31 - and then by August 7 post a list of all of the books you read on your blog. Reviews are not required to take part."
So far this year I've read only 34 books. I think around this time last year I was at around 60. In June I read 7 books which was pretty good compared to the piddly 3 I read in May. So for July my goal is to read at least 7. Maybe this isn't such a good idea since it is the month before my wedding, but falalala, let's try.
By the way, my favorite book of June was Wicked Game by Jeri Smith Ready. I recommend it.
