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Winter is here but are you already dreaming of Summer? Welcome to our 'Winter Reading Challenge'



http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7522....
http://www.winterfestival.com.au/

1..Pick a book that has a warm or summery theme on the cover (to make you feel cosy)

2..It's a great time to bundle up and just spend a day reading. Pick a book from your Mt.TBR list!

3..It's International Children's Day on the 1st of June. http://www.care.org/newsroom/specialrepo... Why not find a YA novel or a picture book to read?

http://www.fishpond.com.au/Books/Childre...
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2807....
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yal...

4..With World Environment Day and National Tree Day coming up why not BORROW a book from the libary/friend or pick one out of your TBR list. OR if you own an e-reader why not read a book through it instead? No purchases of books are allowed for this one! ;)
http://www.unep.org/wed/

5..We all love snuggling up in front of the fire to watch our favourite movies, well with the Melb International Film Festival on 21/7 to 7/8 how about choosing a book which has been transformed into a movie. http://www.listsofbests.com/list/5908-bo...



EDIT: #6..sorry, this may have been confusing for everyone and perhaps ill worded....hope this doesn't affect member's selections so far, please don't feel you need to change your choices

6..a) Read a book where a word in the title has to relate to a wintery theme or
b) The chosen wintery word has to begin with a letter from the word WINTER.

http://www.goodreads.com/genres/winter

7..Read an Aussie author's book or books with an Aussie landscape/locale in it.
Just for interests sake this is a good site for reference . http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3027....

8..Choose a New Release which will be out somewhere in the 3 month period of Winter... either purchase, or borrow from the library and enjoy! http://www.goodreads.com/search?searc...

9..Pick a friend on your GR list and also select and read a book they have read. Never know, you might find something new to enjoy!

10..Curl up beside the fire and grab yourself a book full of suspense or murder! You might even spook yourself if it's rainy and windy and there is a murder going on within your book! http://www.goodreads.com/search?q=murder...



(this is Cradle Mountain in Tasmania)

Now a bonus for those who like an extra challenge...go to this site http://www.famouswhy.com/Born_Today/M... ... and find an author who was born in either June, July or August, then find a book written by said author :)

Hi Brenda,

Maybe I am just really tired after a hectic shift, but I dont quite understand what you mean for us to do for number 6.

Do I just find a book whose title starts with either a W or I or N or T or E or R? Or does the title have to have some connection with winter ie have ice, wind, snow etc as a word in the title? Or does the title have to start with a letter from the word WINTER and have some connection with winter too eg wind, ice, rain???

1..Pick a book that has a warm or summery theme on the cover (to make you feel cosy)

I am debating on or

Maggie wrote: "Hi Brenda,

Maybe I am just really tired after a hectic shift, but I dont quite understand what you mean for us to do for number 6.

Do I just find a book whose title starts with either a W or I o..."

Maggie, thanks for that, sorry it wasn't clear :(
I have now edited it, so hopefully it will make more sense! Please let me know if it doesn't :)

Nikki wrote: "1..Pick a book that has a warm or summery theme on the cover (to make you feel cosy)

I am debating on or "

Mmmm!! Think they would both fit Nikki...except for the dead woman..lol Hopefully we won't find her on the beach this summer..;

Woohoo..Will start planning my books for this challenge soon :)

Nikki wrote: "1..Pick a book that has a warm or summery theme on the cover (to make you feel cosy)

I am debating on or "

I am reading 'The Dead-Tossed Waves' at the moment. Are you aware that its the sequel to 'The Forest of Hands & Teeth'?
Anyway, its fantastic so far. There is some awesome imagery described, and lots of intense sequences.


Oh, I love these challenges, even if I rarely complete them :P

Pick a book that has a warm or summery theme on the cover
Still thinking. I'll add this one later.

Pick a book from your Mt.TBR list
The Regulators by Stephen King

Find a YA novel or a picture book to read
The Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan

BORROW a book from the library/friend or pick one out of your TBR list Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli

choosing a book which has been transformed into a movie
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Read a book with a word starting with the letters of WINTER in the titleIn the Winter Dark by Tim Winton

Read an Aussie author's book or books with an Aussie landscape/locale in it
Mice byGordon Reece

Choose a New Release which will be out somewhere in the 3 month period of Winter
The Warlock by Michael Scott (released later this month)

Pick a friend on your GR list and also select and read a book they have read
Gone by Michael Grant (27 of my 'friends' have read it, quite a few more have it as to-read.)

Curl up beside the fire and grab yourself a book full of suspense or murder!
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Wow Jessica, that's an awesome list!! Good luck with it all, and remember to restrain yourself...just over 2 weeks till you can start...LOL

Ok winter hit Cairns this week - night time temperatures plummeted to 15C and we had to put a blanket on our bed so the seasons are telling me things. (However the weather watcher at our house advises me that winter will be over by Wednesday).

Looking forward to thinking about some cool weather books :)

15C in Cairns?? That is unheard of!!!! We visited there last year, and loved it, and the consistently warm temperatures! Good luck with your book choices Jacinta :)

I thought I might give this challenge a go, I don't normally like to pick books so far in advance. But might as well try it atleast once.

1. Still deciding (possibly A Clockwork Orange)
2. Dog Soldiers
3. Evil Genius
4. The White Tiger
5. The Hunger Games (in preparation for the upcoming movie)
6. We Need to Talk About Kevin
7. On the Beach
8. Not sure yet
9. Me and Mr. Booker
10. The Long Goodbye

Bonus: Frankenstein

Looks great Knowledge!!! Am I missing a 'winter' word in #6 ;D

Brenda wrote: "Wow Jessica, that's an awesome list!! Good luck with it all, and remember to restrain yourself...just over 2 weeks till you can start...LOL"

haha, dont want to start to early again :P

OK my list...

1..Pick a book that has a warm or summery theme on the cover Miracle Cure ★★★★★
2..Pick a book from your Mt.TBR list The Neighbor ★★★★★
3..Find a YA novel or a picture book to read The Wrong Book ★★★★★
4..BORROW a book from the library/friend or pick one out of your TBR list I'll Walk Alone ★★★★
5..choosing a book which has been transformed into a movie Along Came a Spider (April 2001) ★★★★
6..Book starting with WINTERWinter ★★★★
7..Read an Aussie author's book or books with an Aussie landscape/locale in it Our Father Who Art in a Tree: A Novel ★★★
8..Choose a New Release which will be out somewhere in the 3 month period of Winter Fallen: A Novel ★★★★★
9..Pick a friend on your GR list and also select and read a book they have read Vanishing Acts ★★★★ A number of my friends have read this!
10..Curl up beside the fire and grab yourself a book full of suspense or murder! Naked in Death ★★★★★

Bonus Mystery ★★★★★ Jonathan Kellerman (born 9th August)

This may change a bit, as I try to read from my TBR list...lol

★ Jessica ★ wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Wow Jessica, that's an awesome list!! Good luck with it all, and remember to restrain yourself...just over 2 weeks till you can start...LOL"

haha, dont want to start to early again :P"

:D

Brenda wrote: "Looks great Knowledge!!! Am I missing a 'winter' word in #6 ;D"

I didn't read the entire list thing. I only read '.Read a book with a word starting with the letters of WINTER in the title' and We stated with a W. might think of something else.

I'm going with a crime theme this time around. And I'm including a Chandler novel, a la Knowledge Lost.

1 The Shark Net by Robert Drewe
2 Hard Revolution by George P. Pelicanos
3 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
4 American Tabloid by James Ellroy
5 Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
6 White Butterfly: Featuring an Original Easy Rawlins Short Story "Lavender" by Walter Mosely
7 Dead Point: A Jack Irish Thriller by Peter Temple
8 Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
9 Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon
10 The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

You won't be disappointed by Raymond Chandler. Interesting James Ellroy choice too.

I've already gone through the Big Sleep & High Window. Big Sleep was so good. I want to read Farewell my Lovely before I see the movie with Robert Mitchum (another favourite of mine). Re: Ellroy, I've almost finished LA Confidential (my first Ellroy) and I'm just stunned. It's like Chandler, but with everything cranked up until the colours start to hurt your eyes and make you feel sick. American Tabloid is one of the highest rated ones on Goodreads, and available at la biblioteca, so I figured I'd check it out.

I have not seen the Robert Mitchum movie yet, though it is sitting at home waiting for me to find the time.

I do like how James Ellroy takes historical events and writes around that, He did it really well in American Tabloid and even better in The Black Dahlia. I do like how he mixes hard-boiled with espionage in that book.

Knowledge Lost wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Looks great Knowledge!!! Am I missing a 'winter' word in #6 ;D"

I didn't read the entire list thing. I only read '.Read a book with a word starting with the letters of WINTER in the..."

Hahaha!!! ;)

Ljuke wrote: "I'm going with a crime theme this time around. And I'm including a Chandler novel, a la Knowledge Lost.

1 The Shark Net by Robert Drewe
2 Hard Revolution by George P. ..."

Fabulous selection Ljuke!!

For you; You need to two them all twice :P

Knowledge Lost wrote: "For you; You need to two them all twice :P"
tut tut!

Michael- You can choose to try and read all 10 books or you can do as many as you want. Last challenge (Autumn) I just went for 8/10.

It's whatever you feel comfortable with really.

since when, did you start taking me seriously?

Michael wrote: "I almost believed him for a sec lol."

How tired / unwell do you need to be for that to happen?

this is why we need a sarcasm font

I can still YELL FROM THE NAUGHTY CORNER!

Knowledge Lost wrote: "I can still YELL FROM THE NAUGHTY CORNER!"

Ssshhh!!! Or we'll have to pad that corner!!! ;)

awesome :D

Knowledge Lost wrote: "this is why we need a sarcasm font"

We do..It's called italics ;D

so everyone is sarcastically repeating what others have said?

Yes!

of course, Knowlede.

@KL A Clockwork Orange and We Need to Talk About Kevin awesome picks i loved we need to talk about kevin!

anyhoo my books... im sure some might change but:

Pick a book that has a warm or summery theme on the cover
Graceling* mostly because of the colours!

Pick a book from your Mt.TBR list
Angelology*

Find a YA novel or a picture book to read
The Forest of Hands and Teeth*

BORROW a book from the library/friend or pick one out of your TBR list
King Arthur: Dragon's Child

choosing a book which has been transformed into a movie
Water for Elephants

Read a book with a word starting with the letters of WINTER in the title
Whitechapel Gods*

Read an Aussie author's book or books with an Aussie landscape/locale in it
King Arthur: Warrior of the West*

Choose a New Release which will be out somewhere in the 3 month period of Winter
Deadline

Pick a friend on your GR list and also select and read a book they have read
Before I Go To Sleep*

Curl up beside the fire and grab yourself a book full of suspense or murder!
Bleeding Violet* its meant to be creepy and twisted so hopefully this one works out

* books I own :)

Thanks, I'm told We Need to Talk About Kevin isn't allowed for number six, but I might just defy them :P

Yeah, A Clockwork Orange is pretty great. Really interesting to see how the last chapter changes everything and the way it relates to the film version.

Stupid movie adaptations; wreck everything! *RAGE*

put it as number 8 im sure a few of your friends have read it lol but then i dont know where you would but your number 8 book haha

Ooh, 'bleeding violet sounds interesting.
Let me know what you think, because I might have to check it out!

i just bought it!
there is another one set in the same place how cool is the cover haha i think i might get that one next its meant to be a sequel of sorts but not with the same characters.. im not totally sure

Woah there, step off, the movie was good, there's just some interesting stuff going on, since ol' Kubers decided to omit the final part of the story.

What is an Mt.TBR list?

Mt. TBR is the Mountain-tall pile of books in our home that is To Be Read. That is, books we own (or, possibly, our close friends and family own and have been planning to let us borrow) but haven't read yet.

Cheryl in CC NV wrote: "Mt. TBR is the Mountain-tall pile of books in our home that is To Be Read. That is, books we own (or, possibly, our close friends and family own and have been planning to let us borrow) but haven'..."

Hehehe..Yes this is very correct Cheryl :) Tall pile of books waiting to crash when you take your eye off of it for a minute!

swear mine grows with out my knowledge

I googled some authors on my TBR list to see if any born Jun-Aug, and found following: Tim Winton, Bryce Courtenay, Isabel Allende, Ken Follett, Ian McEwan & Saul Bellow. This may be helpful to someone else. Please let me know if I am incorrect on any authors.

Hahaha..Feels like that at times Melanie!! I removed books from it as well simply because I don't want 'maybe tbr' books on the list..Not an easy task!

yea i think i might have to do that too! tbr is just a little to large! haha

Knowledge Lost wrote: "Thanks, I'm told We Need to Talk About Kevin isn't allowed for number six, but I might just defy them :P"

Defy away Knowledge...LOL...I notice you have a book with the word 'White' in the title (there's your #6)..change all your numbers around, I'm sure they'll all fit..HA!!!