Something Old, Something New discussion

On this Day:

July 1st
On this day in 1952 Silly Putty was trademark registered.
1) Read a book that is from the Humour genre. 2 points
2) Read a book that revolves around childhood in some way. 3 points

Also, on this day in 1872 Louis Bleriot, a French aviator, inventor and engineer was born. He was the first man to fly an airplane across English Channel, and the first to invent a working monoplane.
1) Read a book with a plane on the cover. 3 points
2) Read a book that revolves around flying or features a pilot in some way. 2 points

July 4th
On this day in 1810 Phineas Taylor Barnum and then in 1847 James Anthony Bailey were both born. They were both circus promoters who co-started the Barnum & Bailey circus
1) Read a book that revolves around a circus or nomadic lifestyle. 2 points
2) Read a book that features something related to a circus on the cover, such as a clown, circus tent, acrobats, common circus animals, etc. 3 points

July 9th
On this day in 1911 John Archibald Wheeler was born in Florida. He was an American theoretical physicist who coined the terms black hole and wormhole.
1) Read a science fiction book. 2 points
2) Read a book with a theme revolving around space or has something space related on the cover. 3 points

July 12th
On this day in 1844 William Archibald Spooner invented spoonerisms, a play on words.
1) Read a book with a title that is a play on words or ‘pun’. 3 points

July 27th
On this day in 1921 Canadian scientists Frederick Banting and Charles Best first isolated insulin and within a year, the first human sufferers of diabetes were receiving insulin treatments.
1) Read a book that revolves around a doctor or medical related event. 2 points
2) Read a book where a character shows themselves as being ‘sweet’ but turns nasty or deadly in the end. 3 points

Becky’s Bonus Tasks
As Becky was the winner of our May TBR Takedown Challenge, we aksed her for some of her favourites and created some bonus point tasks as below:

* Your favourite book - To Kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee – Read this book for 5 points
* Your favourite author - Dean Koontz – Read a book by this author for 5 points
* Your favourite genre – Mystery – Read a book from this genre for 5 points
* Your favourite series - The Divergent series by Veronica Roth – Read a book from this series for 5 points

Have fun everyone and keep reducing that TBR pile!

Reserved for scores!

Becky - 5
Elaine - 10
Michelle - 2

(Updated 01/08/14)

Oh no this ones a hard one!! I don't think I have many books on my TBR that qualify.

Elaine wrote: "Oh no this ones a hard one!! I don't think I have many books on my TBR that qualify."

I know. I was wondering if it was going to be too hard but thought that if we're really creative something will fit somewhere :-)
Finding ways to make books fit is half the fun!

That's true I guess. The problem is I think I end up adding more books to my TBR to fit the challenge!!! Lol. :)

On this Day:

July 1st
On this day in 1952 Silly Putty was trademark registered.
1) Read a book that is from the Humour genre. 2 points
2) Read a book that revolves around childhood in some way. 3 points

Also, on this day in 1872 Louis Bleriot, a French aviator, inventor and engineer was born. He was the first man to fly an airplane across English Channel, and the first to invent a working monoplane.
1) Read a book with a plane on the cover. 3 points
2) Read a book that revolves around flying or features a pilot in some way. 2 points

July 4th
On this day in 1810 Phineas Taylor Barnum and then in 1847 James Anthony Bailey were both born. They were both circus promoters who co-started the Barnum & Bailey circus
1) Read a book that revolves around a circus or nomadic lifestyle. 2 points
2) Read a book that features something related to a circus on the cover, such as a clown, circus tent, acrobats, common circus animals, etc. 3 points

July 9th
On this day in 1911 John Archibald Wheeler was born in Florida. He was an American theoretical physicist who coined the terms black hole and wormhole.
1) Read a science fiction book. 2 points
2) Read a book with a theme revolving around space or has something space related on the cover. 3 points

July 12th
On this day in 1844 William Archibald Spooner invented spoonerisms, a play on words.
1) Read a book with a title that is a play on words or ‘pun’. 3 points

July 27th
On this day in 1921 Canadian scientists Frederick Banting and Charles Best first isolated insulin and within a year, the first human sufferers of diabetes were receiving insulin treatments.
1) Read a book that revolves around a doctor or medical related event. 2 pointsSummer House with Swimming PoolBy Herman Koch Completed 07/02
2) Read a book where a character shows themselves as being ‘sweet’ but turns nasty or deadly in the end. 3 points

Becky’s Bonus Tasks
As Becky was the winner of our May TBR Takedown Challenge, we aksed her for some of her favourites and created some bonus point tasks as below:

* Your favourite book - To Kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee – Read this book for 5 points
* Your favourite author - Dean Koontz – Read a book by this author for 5 points
* Your favourite genre – Mystery – Read a book from this genre for 5 points - The Death of Lucy KyteCompleted 07/24

* Your favourite series - The Divergent series by Veronica Roth – Read a book from this series for 5 points

Total as of 07/24
7 points

On this Day:

July 1st
On this day in 1952 Silly Putty was trademark registered.
1) Read a book that is from the Humour genre. 2 points
2) Read a book that revolves around childhood in some way. 3 points

Also, on this day in 1872 Louis Bleriot, a French aviator, inventor and engineer was born. He was the first man to fly an airplane across English Channel, and the first to invent a working monoplane.
1) Read a book with a plane on the cover. 3 points
2) Read a book that revolves around flying or features a pilot in some way. 2 points

July 4th
On this day in 1810 Phineas Taylor Barnum and then in 1847 James Anthony Bailey were both born. They were both circus promoters who co-started the Barnum & Bailey circus
1) Read a book that revolves around a circus or nomadic lifestyle. 2 points
2) Read a book that features something related to a circus on the cover, such as a clown, circus tent, acrobats, common circus animals, etc. 3 points

July 9th
On this day in 1911 John Archibald Wheeler was born in Florida. He was an American theoretical physicist who coined the terms black hole and wormhole.
1) Read a science fiction book. 2 points
2) Read a book with a theme revolving around space or has something space related on the cover. 3 points

July 12th
On this day in 1844 William Archibald Spooner invented spoonerisms, a play on words.
1) Read a book with a title that is a play on words or ‘pun’. 3 points

July 27th
On this day in 1921 Canadian scientists Frederick Banting and Charles Best first isolated insulin and within a year, the first human sufferers of diabetes were receiving insulin treatments.
1) Read a book that revolves around a doctor or medical related event. 2 points
The Cutting - finished 14/7/14
2) Read a book where a character shows themselves as being ‘sweet’ but turns nasty or deadly in the end. 3 points

Becky’s Bonus Tasks
As Becky was the winner of our May TBR Takedown Challenge, we aksed her for some of her favourites and created some bonus point tasks as below:

* Your favourite book - To Kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee – Read this book for 5 points
* Your favourite author - Dean Koontz – Read a book by this author for 5 points
* Your favourite genre – Mystery – Read a book from this genre for 5 points
* Your favourite series - The Divergent series by Veronica Roth – Read a book from this series for 5 points

In an effort to help out a little bit with this challenge I found the following Listopia list which gives a heap of books that have a 'pun' in the title:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...

Sorry for making it so hard everyone!

A lot of "cozy mysteries" fall into the pun as a title category.

i finally managed to finish a book this month and now have 2 whole points!
July has just been a shocking reading month for me :-(

I'm the same as you Michelle. Nothing that I plan on reading really fits into this challenge but I did just finish The Cuckoo's Calling which will earn me 5 points as part of Becky's Bonus Tasks. Mystery read. As for the rest of the criteria I don't think I'll be reading any books that qualify.

I've been in a reading slump this month plus been so busy! & when I do listen to something or read it, it doesn't seem to fit in any challenge so I just sorta gave up lol

Elaine wrote: "I'm the same as you Michelle. Nothing that I plan on reading really fits into this challenge but I did just finish The Cuckoo's Calling which will earn me 5 points as part of Becky'..."

Well, I think that means you're in the lead for the moment Elaine with your 5 points! :-)

Michelle wrote: "Elaine wrote: "I'm the same as you Michelle. Nothing that I plan on reading really fits into this challenge but I did just finish The Cuckoo's Calling which will earn me 5 points as..."

Ha,ha!! That's funny as it is only by fluke. Still 2 weeks to go though. I can't believe how hard this challenge is this time . I honestly do not have any books on my TBR that qualify. Maybe The Night Circus but I don't think I'll be getting to that one any time soon.

I didn't care for the Night circus. Water for elephants is a good one if you haven't read it. It's based on a circus.

Becky wrote: "I didn't care for the Night circus. Water for elephants is a good one if you haven't read it. It's based on a circus."

I have read that one Becky and yes I agree it was quite good.

I finished another mystery read Dog Will Have His Day so I will add it here for a total of
10 points. That's it for me. Hopefully next months task will be a bit easier...well at least fit in better with my TBR!!! Thanks Michelle and Kate for coming up with these challenges. They do make life a bit more interesting. :)

I love the challenges too Elaine. I have a huge TBR pile & the challenges help me decide what to read next because I'm horrible at making decisions LOL

Well look at you go Elaine! You're in the lead :-)

Major apologies for making it too hard this month. I didn't really think about how hard it would be when I put the challenge list together. I was having too much fun finding all of the events :-)

No need to apologise Michelle. It's good that we're challenged and also get to read outside our comfort zone. Normally I love trying to fit books on my TBR into these challenges. I struggled this time only because I honestly did not have any that fit the criteria. It was still fun. I wish though more people would participate.

Becky I know exactly what you mean. This way at least we get to sort out our books. If you're anything like me I want to read ALL my books at the same time!!!!

Elaine wrote: "No need to apologise Michelle. It's good that we're challenged and also get to read outside our comfort zone. Normally I love trying to fit books on my TBR into these challenges. I struggled this t..."

I really wish more people would participate too. We have a good number of members now but I'm at a loss as to how to get them more involved.

Oh well, we're still having fun!

Yes we are, Michelle and really I don't know what you can do to have more people join in. Maybe they're committed to other groups. I know that although I'm a member of a few groups here on GR I only really participate in this one and the Aussie readers one. I do check in with the other groups sometimes but haven't been reading the books.

I only participate actively in this one, Bookworm bitches & a cozy mysteries one but i really only do the challenges. Sometimes I'll jump in on a discussion but i never really have much to say lol

& if the challenges were easy all the time Michelle they wouldn't be a "CHALLENGE" LOL Plus some people may have thought this was an easy one. I thought it was pretty easy but most of the books i'd have read for the challenge i'd already read lol

Well it looks as if the winner of our July challenge was Elaine with a total of 10 points.

Congratulations Elaine!

Congrats Elaine!! Great job!