Mount TBR Reading Challenge 2012 discussion
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Click underlined titles for reviews.
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Wow Bev, over 80 already! Here is how you can make your review a clicakable link. First, from one of your book review pages, highlight and copy the complete address in the URL window, at the top of your browser. Insert that complete address between the quotation marks in this code: < a href="" > my review of < / a >
where I have written 'my review of', you can change that to the title of the book or whatever you want. The only thing is there are no spaces between the brackets but if I try to type that you will only see a link instead of the code.
So, it should look like this < a href="url address for my review" > my review < / a >
Don't worry if you lose this code or if you aren't sure how to write it, just click (some html is ok) above every comment box and you will see it is the second bullet in the window that opens. Hope that helps and doesn't confuse things for you.
Here's how it's supposed to look with the spaces taken out. You have to leave a space between 'a' and 'href' and take them out everywhere else.
What did you think of the Mystery of the Yellow Room? I found it very dull.
<a href="xxx">Your text here</a>where xxx is the URL that you want to link to. This works for any kind of link, not just reviews at GR. You can link to a specific page of your blog, for instance.
What did you think of the Mystery of the Yellow Room? I found it very dull.
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Here is how you can make your review a clicakable link. First, from one of your book review pages, highlight and copy the complete address in the URL window, at the top ..."
I don't actually have over 80 read....only the ones with dates by them have been conquered. I filled out most of my list ahead of time with books that I definitely wanted to get off the TBR pile and then left time for books from the stacks that just "grabbed" me at the time.
when I get a minute (Ha!) I'll see what I can do with the linky thing.
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Your text herewhere xxx is the URL that you want to ..."
I actually liked The Yellow Room...once I get a minute, I'll link my review and you can check it out.
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Hayes wrote: "Here's how it's supposed to look with the spaces taken out. You have to leave a space between 'a' and 'href' and take them out everywhere else.Your text here
where xxx is the URL that you want to link to. This works for any kind of link, not just reviews at GR. You can link to a specific page of your blog, for instance.
What did you think of the Mystery of the Yellow Room? I found it very dull. "
When I tried to do that it was coming up as a false link, which wouldn't help Bev out since she couldn't see the code. I even tried doing it with nothing between the quotation marks, so I ended up having to spread them apart. And when I hit reply yours came up as a false link. Any idea why it makes it a link sometimes and other times just text in these examples?
Bev, Congrats! I see you have gone all "techy" and it looks like you have all your reviews linked up now. Now the links will help us to see which books you've read, besides the dates, when it comes to how many books you have read.
Dawn (& Ron) wrote: "other times just text in these examples"
Ha ha... secret weapon!
Because in my example I used the html codes for the
< and the >
'& lt;' and '& gt;' respectively
take out the spaces between the & and the lt; (less than) and the gt; (greater than)
that means you can put the < and > in and they are not read like link code thingies.
Ha ha... secret weapon!
Because in my example I used the html codes for the
< and the >
'& lt;' and '& gt;' respectively
take out the spaces between the & and the lt; (less than) and the gt; (greater than)
that means you can put the < and > in and they are not read like link code thingies.
Thanks, Hayes! I have been wondering how to do that.
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Hayes, thanks for that "secret weapon", I, like Jeannette, have wondered how to work around that.Bev, glad the "linky things" are working for you. I'll check them out.
Update: I did check out a couple of your reviews, and your "linky things" work! Love that you are reading some oldies like Ellery Queen (one of Ron's favorites) and The Yellow Room. Do you also have a portion of your reviews here on GR or only on your blog?
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New one going up!
Bev, that makes sense, I was just curious. Is your blog new? I have seen a lot of people starting them within the last year.< a href="xxx" > testing Hayes's secret weapon </a >
It worked, thanks again Hayes! I wish I could add that one to the GR html drop down menu.
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I started my blog two years ago in April 2010 (oh my gosh, I missed my blog birthday!)--so not brand new. I still feel like a newbie, though. I keep learning so many new things. (like the Hayes's secret weapon)
Bev wrote: "I keep learning so many new things. (like the Hayes's secret weapon) "
I have learned so many programming things (and not only) here at GR. I love passing the information along.
This group is so great Bev. Usually groups get together around a theme, Young Adults, Myteries, Fantasy, etc. This group is here for the goal, and our reading tastes and backgrounds are so varied.
But this is a powerful group of readers and I'm so glad to be a part of it. :-)
I have learned so many programming things (and not only) here at GR. I love passing the information along.
This group is so great Bev. Usually groups get together around a theme, Young Adults, Myteries, Fantasy, etc. This group is here for the goal, and our reading tastes and backgrounds are so varied.
But this is a powerful group of readers and I'm so glad to be a part of it. :-)
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This one seems to be pretty self-motivated. :)
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New review going up...A Dram of Poison.
I was on your blog the other day. It looks like it keeps you busy!
So many of us here on this challenge have known each other a while, or are friends of friends, and I've really been enjoying all the interactions, and all the interesting books I've been introduced to!
So many of us here on this challenge have known each other a while, or are friends of friends, and I've really been enjoying all the interactions, and all the interesting books I've been introduced to!
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I don't think I've read that one. I'll go read your review on your blog.
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Good job. That does look like fun!
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Gee you read fast, Bev! Good going!
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The 39 Steps was the fastest read I've had all year....Like taking the interstate instead of old Rout 66 (which is where I was all last week...)
I look forward to your review of 39 Steps. I've seen two film versions, and am curious about the book.
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I've never seen the movie--Hitchcock (I didn't realize there were two). But now I want to....If I could just get my mountain-climbing over with....
I love Robert Donat, although I haven't seen many of his films. The Hitchcock version was just a bit too over-the-top for me; it was a bit disappointing. The newest BBC version was fun, but I've heard the love angle was added in.
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Yes...there is no love interest in the novel.
Still, your review makes me want to read it. Considering the length, I guess it's not too surprising that the screen writers added a little romance. :)
I love The 39 Steps both book and movie. I even like the new version with the love interest as it has Rupert Penry-Jones in it!
Jemidar wrote: "... as it has Rupert Penry-Jones in it!"
That works for me!
That works for me!
Glad to hear it wasn't just me who found this book only so-so. I just couldn't relate to any of the characters, and as a result, I didn't real care what happened to any of them.
... but I didn't really care about Gatsby and Daisy and Tom and the Wilsons the way I imagine I was supposed to.
Are we supposed to? Or are we supposed to be waiting for their comeuppance? And cheering it on? I really didn't like this book either, and I think it was voted the American classic back in the 30s, because it was far far better than what was popular back then (like the writing of Marquand, Hemingway, and Dreiser (ugh!))
Are we supposed to? Or are we supposed to be waiting for their comeuppance? And cheering it on? I really didn't like this book either, and I think it was voted the American classic back in the 30s, because it was far far better than what was popular back then (like the writing of Marquand, Hemingway, and Dreiser (ugh!))
Mt. Everest: Read 100+ books from your TBR pile/s
I have put together some planned reading and will list those choices below. I also plan to leave some spaces empty so that if certain books in the TBR stacks just happen to call my name at a particular time I can use them for the challenge as well. Come on and join me in the mountain climbing madness!
1. From Sawdust to Stardust: The Biography of DeForest Kelley, Star Trek's Dr. McCoy by Terry Lee Rioux (3/14/12)
2. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (7/12/12)
3. The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (6/30/12)
4. Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen (8/13/12)
5. The Four Million & Other Stories by O. Henry (7/21/12)
6. The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
7. My Name is Legion by Roger Zelazny (1/4/12)
8. Prayers to Broken Stones by Dan Simmons (1/14/12)
9. Sick to Death by Douglas Clark
10. The Litmore Snatch by Henry Wade
11. So Many Steps to Death by Agatha Christie (5/25/12)
12. Appleby's Answer by Michael Innes
13. Death at Crane's Court by Ellis Dillon
14. The Case of the Blind Barber by John Dickson Carr
15. The Plague Court Murders by Carter Dickson
16. The Third Encounter by Sara Woods
17. Gideon's Month by J. J. Marric (8/8/12)
18. Death Is Relative by Edward Phillips
19. Murder & Magic by Randall Garrett (1/28/12)
20. Nothing Can Rescue Me by Elizabeth Daly (2/18/12)
21. Swing, A Mystery by Rupert Holmes
22. The Fleet Street Murders by Charles Finch
23. Crime on Her Mind: 15 Stories of Female Sleuths from the Victorian Era to the Forties by Michelle B. Slung, ed. (8/18/12)
24. The Edgar Winners: 33rd Annual Anthology by Bill Pronzini, ed.
25. Murder at the Library of Congress by Margaret Truman
26. Gun in Cheek by Bill Pronzini, ed.
27. The Necropolis Railway by Andrew Martin
28. The Love Songs of Sappho by Paul Roche, trans.
29. A Finer End by Deborah Crombie (4/14/12)
30. Shadow of a Doubt by June Thomson
31. The Morning After Death by Nicholas Blake (5/14/12)
32. The Masks of Time by Robert Silverberg (1/16/12)
33. The Jesus Incident by Frank Herbert & Bill Ransom (2/29/12)
34. Bland Beginnings by Julian Symons (4/12/12)
35. The School of Night by Louis Bayard
36. Death's Pale Horse by James Sherburne
37. Future on Ice by Orson Scott Card, ed. (2/15/12)
38. The Fire Engine that Disappeared by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö (4/9/12)
39. The Devil to Pay by Ellery Queen (5/6/12>
40. Death of a God by S. T. Haymon (5/1/12)
41. Such Friends Are Dangerous by Walter Tyrer (5/19/12)
42. A Stranger in My Grave by Margaret Millar
43. Silver & Guilt by Cynthia Smith (4/9/12)
44. The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton
45. Murder with a Past by Ellery Queen
46. Future Crime by Cynthia Mason & Charles Ardai, eds. (1/23/12)
47. A Sleeping Life by Ruth Rendell
48. O' Artful Death by Sarah Stewart Taylor (6/20/12)
49. The Group by Mary McCarthy
50. Mysterious Incidents at Lone Rock by Rajendra Pillai (8/6/12)
51. The Last Escape by E. C. R. Lorac (5/14/12)
52. A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott
53. The Dark Lantern by Gerri Brightwell
54. Sight Unseen by Mary Roberts Rinehart
55. The Nine Wrong Answers by John Dickson Carr
56. A Question of Time by Helen McCloy
57. The Bone is Pointed by Arthur W. Upfield
58. Not in the Flesh by Ruth Rendell
59. The Problem of the Green Capsule by John Dickson Carr (1/7/12)
63. The Black Seven by Carol Kendall (1/29/12)
64. The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells (2/3/12)
65. The Red Lamp by Mary Roberts Rinehart (2/7/12)
66. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne (2/14/12)
67. The Yellow Room by Mary Roberts Rinehart (2/27/12)
68. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (2/29/12)
69. The Greenwell Mystery by E. C. R. Lorac (3/3/12)
70. Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh (3/6/12)
71. Hare Sitting Up by Michael Innes (3/9/12)
72. Five Passengers from Lisbon/Wake for a Lady/The Murder in the Stork Club by Mignon G. Eberhart/H. W. Roden/Vera Casapary (3/11/12 & 3/12/12 and 3/10/12)
73. The Strange Murders at Greystones by Elsie N. Wright (3/16/12)
74. The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux (3/19/12)
75. The Rose Window & Other Verse from New Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke (3/22/12)
76. Full Moon by P. G. Wodehouse (3/23/12)
77. The So Blue Marble by Dorothy B. Huges (3/24/12)
78. The Case of the Grinning Gorilla by Erle Stanley Gardner (3/30/12)
79. A Sprig of Sea Lavender by J. R. L. Anderson (3/31/12)
80. The Golden Scorpion by Sax Rohmer (4/2/12)
81. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (4/4/12)
82. The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Whitechapel Horrors by Edward B Hanna (4/8/12)
83. Chancellorsville & Gettysburg by General Abner Doubleday (4/15/12)
84. The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart (5/15/12)
85. A First Class Murder by Elliott Roosevelt (5/16/12)
86. A Dram of Poison by Charlotte Armstrong (5/17/12)
87. Garden of Malice by Susan Kenney (5/21/12)
88. New Graves at Great Norne by Henry Wade (5/31/12)
89. Something to Kill For by Susan Holtzer (6/1/12)
90. The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer (6/12/12)
91. The House of a Thousand Candles by Meredith Nicholson (6/17/12)
92.The 39 Steps by John Buchan (7/3/12)
93. And Four to Go by Rex Stout (7/1/12)
94. File No. 113 by Emile Gaboriau (7/11/12)
95. Compartment K by Helen Reilly (7/15/12)
97. The Fifth Man by Manning Coles (7/22/12)
98. Surprised by Joy by C. S. Lewis (7/31/12)
99. The Key by Patricia Wentworth (8/5/12)
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