The Complete Idiots Guide to the Ultimate Reading List discussion

We have decided to do a "mini" reading challenge for the month of May. The challenge will begin on May 1, 2011 and end May 31, 2011. You can sign up any time, but books must be read in the month of May. You can post your list in advance, or post as you go. You can make changes to your list at any time. You may disregard "a", "an", "the", etc.

Here are the details:

Using the word "May", read a book with a title corresponding to the letters. There will be three levels of participation.

Level One: Read a book from the The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Ultimate Reading List, with a title beginning with "M","A", or "Y". Total books to read = 1.

Level Two: Read two books - One book from from the
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Ultimate Reading List, and one book of your choice. Book two does not have to be from the list. Total books to read = 2.

Level Three: (1) Read three books from the The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Ultimate Reading List; or (2) read a combination - 2 books from the list and 1 book of your choice, or 2 books of your choice and 1 book from the list. Total of books to read = 3.

It looks like this:

Level One:
M
A
Y = You Slay Me by Katie MacAlister (from the list)

Level Two:
M = Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (not on list)
A =
Y = You Slay MeKatie MacAlister (from the list)

Level Three:
M = Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (not on list)
A = About a Boy by Nick Hornby (not on list)
Y = You Slay Me by Katie MacAlister (from the list)

If you have any questions, you can post them in the "Challenges" thread.

Most of all, we want you to have fun!

Happy reading!

Count me in. I will do level three - two books from the list, one book of my choice. List subject to change.

CIGURL May 2011 Challenge
Duration: 05/01/11 - 05/31/11

M = Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard (list)
A = Atonement by Ian McEwan (list)
Y =The Year of Living Scandalously by Julia London

A challenge! What a great idea :) I'm going to use this as an excuse to read a couple books from authors I've been meaning to read yet somehow haven't gotten around to yet. Level Two is most likely, but if I'm not too busy with my own writing/editing I'll go for all three.

M: The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
A: A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
(if I have time)
Y: Years of Wonder by Geraldine Brooks

Hi Martha,

Welcome to the challenge.

I am aiming for level 3: doing all three from the guide.

M: Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis: READ: May 2nd.
A: All I really need to know I learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum: READ May 3rd
Y: Year in Provence, A by Peter Mayle: READ May 3rd

Good Luck everyone!

~~ Update: I'm done with the challenge and am going out to buy myself a new book to celebrate :)

I'm going to try to do Level 3.

M: My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult (list)
A: Ash - Melinda Lo (not list)
Y: You Are So Undead To Me - Stacey Jay (not list)

Trisha and Cassandra, you both have interesting books listed for the challenge. Hope you both have fun with the challenge.

Thanks for joining in.

I'm in for the challenge! I'll try level 3.

M: My Sister's Keeper- Jodi Picoult (list)
A: Amy and Isabelle- Elizabeth Strout (not list)
Y: Yeah, I Said It- Wanda Sykes (list)

The first (list) I've been putting off but wanting to read.
The second (off the list) was borrowed from a friend and I need to get it back to her.
The third (list) I'd not heard about but sounds like fun.

Welcome to the challenge, Diane. Thank you for joining us. I hope you have fun.

I am in.........

M: My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (list)
A: Atonement by Ian McEwan(list)
Y: TBD (not from list)

I'm in for level three...

M: Mr. Dixon Disappears
A: Austerlitz
Y: Yeah, I Said It

One fun read, one from my 1001 list and one from the Idiot's list.

Welcome to the challenge Beth and Roseann. Hope you have fun.

Im in for level 3: M: My life in France by Julia Child A: Aunt Dimitys Death by Nancy Atherton Y: Your God is too safe by Mark Buchanan

Great, Karen. Welcome to the challenge. I hope you have fun.

Trisha wrote: "I am aiming for level 3: doing all three from the guide.

M: Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis: READ: May 2nd.
A: All I really need to know I learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum: READ May 3rd
Y..."

Congratulations, Trisha. *high five*

Mr. Dixon Disappears READ May 1
Austerlitz READ May 3

Two down, waiting for one from the library!

Way to go, Roseann. I just started my first one last night, lol.

I am going to try for three, though I have my doubts about my success:

M- Middlesex
A- As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto
Y- Yeah, I Said It

Two longish ones, so I am a bit worried about finishing, since they aren't the only books I'm reading this month!

You're Y book (Yeah, I Said It) should be a quick read. It's written in short vignettes, so goes quickly.

Diane wrote: "You're Y book (Yeah, I Said It) should be a quick read. It's written in short vignettes, so goes quickly."

I figured that would be the case - in fact, I'm depending on it!!

CIGURL May 2011 Challenge
Duration: 05/01/11 - 05/31/11

M = Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard (list)
A = Atonement by Ian McEwan (list)
√Y =The Year of Living Scandalously by Julia London==05.06.11

I love challeges.

I'm going to aim for Level 3:

M: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (list) May 17
A: All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (list) May 18
Y: You're a Horrible Person, But I Like You by Eric Spitznagel (not list) May 25

CIGURL May 2011 Challenge
Duration: 05/01/11 - 05/31/11

3/3 Completed

√M = Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard (list)==05.12.11
√A = Atonement by Ian McEwan (list)==05.12.11
√Y =The Year of Living Scandalously by Julia London==05.06.11

Well I finally finished the challenge... I must say, I picked some rather bad books for this month (this could be why it took me so long). Hopefully, my June Challenge choices will be better.

Way to go, Nicole

I finally received my copy of the final book from the library a couple of days ago and finished my challenge with:



Looking forward to next month's challenge!!

Congrats Roseann :)