Anyone willing to take up the challenge this year?
Anyone willing to take up the challenge this year?
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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HaHa, it took me three years to complete the 2011 challenge.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
I got a feeling that you will do it this year!Originally Posted by papayahed
So far:
1. Susan Cooper ~ The Dark is Rising (N1/W1) ~ 7/10
2. Jean Rhys ~ Wide Sargasso Sea (N2/W2/SO1) ~ 8/10
3. Karen Russell ~ Swamplandia! ~ 8/10
4. Ambrose Bierce ~ The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter 7/10
5. Keith Roberts ~ Pavane 4/10
6. Raymond Carver ~ What We Talk About When We Talk About Love 10/10
7. PD James ~ Death Comes to Pemberley 4/10
8. Richard Matheson ~ I am Legend 6/10
9 Patrick O'Brien ~ Master and Commander
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I was looking forward to the renewal of this challenge. I am surprised by how many new authors I am already currently reading.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
1. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg -6/10
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
1. Pavane by Keith Roberts - 7/10
2. Year Zero by Rob Reid - 6/10
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
*Updated*
1. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg - 6/10
2. Iceland's Bell by Halldor Laxness - 6/10
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
*Updated*
1. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg - 6/10
2. Iceland's Bell by Halldor Laxness - 6/10
3. White Teeth by Zadie Smith - 7/10
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
1. Pavane by Keith Roberts - 7/10
2. Year Zero by Rob Reid - 6/10
3. Bimbos of the Death Sun by Sharyn McCrumb - 7/10
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
I didn't believe this until I Googled it. I know it's not necessary to bold the salient feature of this Wickipedia synopsis, but it's just too irresistible:
The novel takes place at Rubicon, a fictional science fiction convention taking place in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC, and at which the guests of honor are Appin Dungannon, a fantasy author noted for his books about hero Tratyn Runewind, and Dr. James O. Mega, an electrical engineering professor at Virginia Tech, who, under the pen name Jay Omega, has written one novel. That novel, a hard science fiction book about a space station crew whose female members are affected by radiation from a star (their intellect is diminished), was retitled "Bimbos of the Death Sun" and given an R-rated cover by the publisher.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
Lol. I googled it, too, all the while wondering how something called "Bimbos of the Death Sun" could only be rated 7/10.
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its' own reason for existing." ~ Albert Einstein
"Remember, no matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Bonzai "Some people say I done alright for a girl." Melanie Safka
Ok, let me share this year, although I am not sure from the success because it is the first time for me in a foreign forum, however, enroll my name it is just participation.
My country is the Home of Honour And
Without honour I haven't Home
MMA
Cool!
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
erm... I ignored that part.I didn't believe this until I Googled it. I know it's not necessary to bold the salient feature of this Wickipedia synopsis, but it's just too irresistible:
The novel takes place at Rubicon, a fictional science fiction convention taking place in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC, and at which the guests of honor are Appin Dungannon, a fantasy author noted for his books about hero Tratyn Runewind, and Dr. James O. Mega, an electrical engineering professor at Virginia Tech, who, under the pen name Jay Omega, has written one novel. That novel, a hard science fiction book about a space station crew whose female members are affected by radiation from a star (their intellect is diminished), was retitled "Bimbos of the Death Sun" and given an R-rated cover by the publisher.
haha. It was a recommendation from Calidore in my vacation reading thread. http://www.online-literature.com/for...light=vacation
I gave it a seven because the murder occurred halfway through the book.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
It reminds me of L.Halliwell's critique of the film 'I Was a Teenage Werewolf' :
'Hilarious farago with a title that achieved a splendour of its own.'
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
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