Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Over in the Cleaning out the closet challenge in 2018 we started talking...

Your know those MASSIVE books that you want to read, but everything else gets in the way?

Well we decided that perhaps the best way to tackle this problem is to pick a book and read it together over a year. So 2019 was the year of Les Misérables and 2020 was War and Peace!

After nominating books and then voting for 2021, the winner is Gone with the Wind!

Anyone is welcome to join. This is essentially an extremely long buddy read :)

There is a reading schedule below to show which books (chapters) to read over a two month period and we will also have two break months ; meaning the read will last the whole year.


To participate, all you need to do is come on over and give your thoughts for the section you are reading. Please make it clear which section you are referring to, and if you are reading ahead of the schedule, put your comments in spoiler tags.

1000+ pages? Meh! We got this! Let the Reading Begin!

READING SCHEDULE

January & February 2021
Vol 1
Part 1: pp 14 - 146
Chapters 1-7

March & April 2021
Vol 1
Part 2: pp 147 - 290
Chapters 8-16

==BREAK / CATCH UP MONTH==

June & July 2021
Vol 1
Part 3: pp 291 - 510
Chapters 17-30


August & September 2021
Vol 2
Part 4: pp 511 - 824
Chapters 31-47


==BREAK / CATCH UP MONTH==

November & December 2021
Vol 2
Part 5: pp 825 - 1011
Chapters 48-63

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In case anyone was interested in the voting results, you can see it here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

We just need to get a copy of the book to do a breakdown. Does anyone hapen to have one handy?

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "We just need to get a copy of the book to do a breakdown. Does anyone hapen to have one handy?"

My sister would - it was her favourite book as a teen - but she's not at home right now. So this comment maybe wasn't the most helpful! sorry! :(

I will join this one.

A quick google search showed me that this book has 5 parts and I think 63 chapters total. I’m not sure if that is useful at all. I don’t have a copy yet.

ok, more helpfully, I've borrowed an e-copy from the library

There's 2 volumes and 5 parts:

Vol 1
Part 1: pp 14 - 146
Part 2: pp 147 - 290
Part 3: pp 291 - 510

Vol 2
Part 4: pp 511 - 824
Part 5: pp 825 - 1011

I think I read this when I was twelve. Perhaps it is time for a reread. Now, do I still have a copy????

Can we somehow work in a worldwide casting call for someone to play Scarlett? Maybe the person over the year who has the best modern interpretation of "Fiddle-dee-dee"?

I'm in on this one! My mum named me after the star character (Katie Scarlett O'Hara) since it's one of her favorite novels/films so I guess it's time for me to finally stop making excuses as to why I've only seen the film of it :)

Cat wrote: "ok, more helpfully, I've borrowed an e-copy from the library

There's 2 volumes and 5 parts:

Vol 1
Part 1: pp 14 - 146
Part 2: pp 147 - 290
Part 3: pp 291 - 510

Vol 2
Part 4: pp 511 - 824
Part 5:..."

teehee
thanks

I'm in! :-)

I'm in, too. It's on my TBR list and I want to get rid of it. :)

I'm in :)

I'm in! It's been sitting there judging me for a few years now, so I should probably make it go away, lol.

I'm in! I have been wanting to read this book for a while

I’m in. It’s not officially on my TBR, but it’s such an iconic story, and I’d like to see what all the fuss is about. This is a good opportunity because I'm not sure if I would pick it up on my own.

I'm in for 2021.

So... I'm going to join in again. I sort of failed in following the prompts for Les Mis and War & Peace and finished/will finish months late, but these have motivated me to pick up these tome's I'd have otherwise continued to put off.

So I'll prob be absent again from the discussions not to mention late, but plan on reading nonetheless!

I'm keen!

I have a paperback and it has 1024 pages.

I read this last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. Have fun!!

I’m in. I was unfortunately rather absent this year and didn’t notice that the group was reading war and peace, which I actually began this December. Anyway got my copy of Gone with the wind ready tho mine has around 1300 pages

I’m in

I'm in. I love this book although my edition has three volumes I'll manage to catch up, I hope:)

I'm in!

Can't remember the last time I read this book ... must be time again!

I'm in!

Im so in for this its the top of my tbr list but its going to i have never read it or seen the film.

Welcome to January 2021!

Over January & February 2021 we are reading Vol 1, Part 1

From Wikipedia:

Part I
Gone with the Wind takes place in the state of Georgia during the American Civil War (1861–1865) and the Reconstruction Era (1865–1877). The novel opens on the eve of a rebellion in which seven southern states – including Georgia – declared their secession from the United States (the "Union") over a desire to continue the institution of slavery, which was the economic engine of the South. The story begins on April 15, 1861, on a plantation owned by the family of wealthy Irish immigrant Gerald O'Hara. The oldest of the three O'Hara daughters, 16-year-old Scarlett is willful, witty, and intelligent though uninterested in schooling. She is described in the book's opening sentence as "not beautiful" but in possession of a powerful ability to charm and attract men.

Happy new year!

I'm starting the audiobook from audible narrated by Charlton Griffin. I also have the kindle version on hand.

What version is everyone else using?

I believe I ordered the 75th anniversary paperback, but I'm not sure what it will end up looking like. Either or . I thought a paperback would weigh less...but I don't know. Hopefully the print isn't too small! 🤓

I'm using The Franklin Library Patron's Edition that my Mum had lying around her house

I bought this one hoping to read it but kept putting it aside. I'm definitely in.

I'm in. I read this as a child in the 50's, time to reread. My BFF in Alabama read this book every year. She named her daughter Scarlett. I have never known anyone as GWTW crazy as my friend Joy.

The Kindle edition is only $1.89 right now. I just bought it.

Thanks, Elizabeth. I got the ebook...that way if I can't read the small print I can enlarge it. LOL

I've never read this book and I taught English to freshmen and seniors in high school; however, when my daughter (who is now also an English teacher and freelance editor) was in 5th grade she was reading it. I remember going in her room around 4:00 in the morning because I woke up and saw her light on and she was awake in bed finishing it. She couldn't put it down! Now it's finally Mom's turn!

Wow!

I have never read it (or watches the movie) so I’m really curious. Especially with the media around the movie last year

I found this copy in one of the free book shelves in my town.
Before the second wave of Corona and my operation a couple of months ago I packed all my books in boxes to re-arrange my living room but wasn't able to finish on time. Now I have to wait until I can walk again to find the box it's in so I'm in but will start a little later than most of you.

I'm going to use an old German edition hardcover copy of this book that I picked up while secondhand shopping a couple of years ago. I bought it on a whim at the time because I'd only just watched the entire film (finally!) for the first time.

I'd always seen bits and pieces but never the whole thing because it is so so long . But a good one!

Just grabbed the book off the shelf and checked the publishing date. This is way older than I thought!

The book was published in English in 1936. This book was published in 1937!

916 pages :-)
(Thin and with a lot of text in fairly small print .)

Wow that’s pretty cool, E

Kindle for me for now, but if I'm enjoying it, I'll probably buy myself the paperback pretty quickly. :)

Vicki wrote: "Thanks, Elizabeth. I got the ebook...that way if I can't read the small print I can enlarge it. LOL

I've never read this book and I taught English to freshmen and seniors in high school; however, ..."

Glad at least one other member took advantage of the offer. Here's to good reading!

I'm in. I've watched the film a few times but understand the book is very different (?)

I was just going to borrow the ebook from the library but for 49 cents, I might as well buy it on Kindle

Yes! Count me in to. I need this push and challenge to motivate me as I've been dying to read this book for a long time. I actually bought an anniversary edition for Christmas hoping to read it soon.

Eldarwen wrote: "Just grabbed the book off the shelf and checked the publishing date. This is way older than I thought!

The book was published in English in 1936. This book was published in 1937!

916 pages :-)
(..."

Wow! Hope the small print is still readable.

I've got an edition from scribd so will be using that.

I haven't got a copy yet, but I will probably buy one on kindle or use an Audible credit. Maybe both.

I haven't see the film of this book or anything so I know next to nothing about the book going in.