Book Loving Kiwis discussion

Spring is sprung, the grass is ris
I wonders where the birdies is
They say the birds is on the wing
Ain't that absurd?
The wing is on the bird.
Anon.

To herald spring I thought we could have a 'spell' challenge where you will read books using the first letter of the first word in the book’s title (excluding A, An and The) or the author’s first or last initial (middle names or initials are not to be used). Pick any word/s from the list below. You can do just one or as many words as you like.

The challenge will run from beginning of September to end of November.

When you sign up create a template into your post and read away!

Springtime
Lambs
Newborn
Blue skies
Spring green
Blossoming
Hatching
Fluffy chicks
Warming

That should do you. Read away!

Participants

Lesley
Erica COMPLETED
Darkpool COMPLETED
Kathleen COMPLETED X2
pdr
Angie
Andrea COMPLETED X2
Chris

Spring Spell Challenge
Sep. - Nov.


S Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie 17/09/2014
P The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure 14/09/2014
R Peter Robinson Wednesday's Child 18/09/2014
I Iced Chiffon by Duffy Brown 10/10/2014
N Nancy Wake by Peter FitzSimons 24/1/214
G Guidebook to Murder by Lynn Cahoon 02/09/2014
T Tuppenny Hat Detective by Brian Sellars 06/09/2014
I
M Death is a Cabaret by Deborah <M>organ 04/10/2014
E

Er, E's Gran, I'm having Duh moment. I do not see what that list of words is to do with the challenge of using the author's initial for a book?

In fact having reread your instructions several times I'm totally confusticated now and am all muddled up! My brain needs some sleep 'cos it's not working at all on your nice instructions.

Spring Spell Challenge (Sep - Nov)


L - Tizzie by P.D.R. Lindsay - 15/10/14
A - Queen of the South by Arturo Pérez-Reverte - currently reading
M - When We Were The Kennedys by Monica Wood - 22/09/14
B - Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín - 27/09/14
S - Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson - 19/10/14

Must we read the books in order of the letters in the word?

Darkpool (protesting GR censorship) wrote: "Must we read the books in order of the letters in the word?"

No. Just as you read books that qualify, fill in the applicable 'space'. Random. :)

Example:
S
U
M Debbie Macomber Christmas Letters 7/4/14
M Moon Shell Beach 6/29/14
E Janet Evanovich Three to Get Deadly 6/21/14
R

P.d.r. wrote: "Er, E's Gran, I'm having Duh moment. I do not see what that list of words is to do with the challenge of using the author's initial for a book?

In fact having reread your instructions several time..."

pdr you choose your word then spell it out using the first word of the title (excluding A, An, The), or using the first initial of either the first given name or surname of the author - whichever fits.

See the example in post immediately above. :)

Awesome, thanks :-)

Gotcha, and shame on me for being thick. Oh dear, my poor old brain. Oh for one night's complete sleep.

H Hopkins Gerard Manley 'Complete Poems'
reading every night. I love Hopkins.
A Anne Hillerman's 'Spider Woman's Daughter'
A fun read
T 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
How can anyone not love this book. And the film was good too, for once!
C 'Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts' Mary Gibson
a London dockside saga, not bad.
H Hope Anna 'Wake'
Now this is well worth a read. Covers three women and their reactions to the return of the unknown soldier's body to London after WWI
I Ingleman-Sundberg Catharina 'The little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules'
Quite amusing - agang of Senior Cits trying to get a better life through a bank robbery!
N Nadel Barbara 'Body Count'
Nah! One of these hard boiled policemen who was such am MCP I couldn't finish the book.
G Gerard Manley Hopkins 'Spring poems'
love them all!

Got 'em all. Will sub another book for N.

Thank you so much for organising the Spring Challenge, Lesley. I had the same idea in mind, so I'm glad you got it sorted earlier in spring than I would have been able to.
I'm in!
Not sure how many books I'll get through, but this may be what I need to get my reading back on track.

My words: BLUE SKIES

B
L
U
E

S
K
I
E
S

Yep, I'm deffo in. (just saw you had me with a ?) I'm going to give "Lambs" a go, cos there's nothing like starting small, and I already used most of September up on "Here Be Dragons"

L- Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History by Penny Le Couteur
A- Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews
M- Trunk Music by Michael Connelly
B- A Bit Mental: One Man's Mission to Lilo the Waikato by Jimi Hunt
S- Unholy Ghosts by Stacia Kane

Love Challenges! This will be my first one! I've looked through my Read list since the beginning of September and made a list. Think I'm going to try and get through a few words (considering some of the entries will be Young Adult)

S - The Savage Garden by Mark Mills 14/9/14
P - The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett 3/11/14
R - Sadie Walker is Stranded by Madeleine Roux 23/9/14
I - Insurgent by Veronica Roth 4/11/14
N - Breed by Chase Novak 16/11/14
G - Glass Houses by Rachel Caine 20/9/14
T - Witch Eyes by Scott Tracey 12/9/14
I - Into Darkness by Jonathan Lewis 6/11/14
M - Mainspring by Jay Lake 2/10/14
E - The End Games by T. Michael Martin 10/10/14

H - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 1/10/14
A - Allison Hewitt Is Trapped by Madeleine Roux 5/10/14
T - Gravity by Tess Gerritsen 23/10/14
C - Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins 24/10/14
H - A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris 31/10/14
I - Icons by Margaret Stohl 14/11/14
N - Fosterling by Emma Neale 17/11/14
G - A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow by George R.R. Martin 4/9/14

Taken your ? away Darkpool and added you to the list Andrea.
Great to see some new faces joining in.☺

I'm onto my last book for this challenge :)

Woohoo go Erica!
I've got books lined up for all my remaining letters...aside from those two pesky N's....

Erica wrote: "I'm onto my last book for this challenge :)"

Well done Erica! Feel free to pick another word if you want to continue on to the end of Spring.

Andrea wrote: "Woohoo go Erica!
I've got books lined up for all my remaining letters...aside from those two pesky N's...."

Those Ns don't crop up often in author names or titles I've noticed. Almost as difficult as U. :)

Read everything else. Still looking for a readable N book!

Nevil Shute is a good author if you're looking for an N.

Oooh, Can I join in?

Here's my quick picks of things I have here that I most want to read:

L Lock In John Scalzi (audiobook)
A Dragonsdawn Anne McCaffrey - done. Loved it! My second Pern book, guess I am going to have to read the rest of the series now...
M Hostile Skies David Morgan - done. Good book, author seems a little 'odd'
B The Black Company Glenn Cook - done. Not what I expected at all! A little strangely written...
S Gardens of the Moon S Erickson - abandoned as it it failed my 100 page rule - I hated it at the start and still hated it by 100 pages in so it's gone.

Chris wrote: "Oooh, Can I join in?

Here's my quick picks of things I have here that I most want to read:

L Lock In John Scalzi
A Dragonsdawn Anne McCaffrey
M [book:Hostile Skies|..."

You sure can Chris. Added your name :)

Erica wrote: "Nevil Shute is a good author if you're looking for an N."

Thanks Erica. Completely forgot about him yet I've got On the Beach & A Town Like Alice somewhere on the bookshelves here!

He is too, Erica, but I've read all his books and would like to find a recent novel. I am bad at reading new books and tend to reread old favourites all the time!

Doing these GR challenge thingies makes me read new modern stuff.

You could read the latest book by Colm Tóibín called Nora Webster :) He's an Irish author that was recently recommended to me.

Oh good! Will see if the library has it.

I'm intending to read Nevil's 'On the Beach' for the December challenge since that's on the list....but I'll have a look at the library next time and see if they have any others of his that tickle my fancy like "on The Beach' does.
Thanks for the tip :)

Found my 'N' books today! Just have those and the Three 'I's to finish and then I'll have completed both of my words :)

library's copies out.

Got Jo Nesbo's Cockroaches instead.

Kathleen wrote: "Finished another word:
B - The Bone Clocks / David Mitchell
L - Leningrad: Siege and Symphony / Brian Moynahan
O – The Odyssey / Gillian Cross
S – [a..."

WOW Kathleen! You are truly a Champion Page Turner!!

Woohoo! I've managed to finish a challenge by picking the lowest bar possible! Some of the books aren't even double-ups from other challenges!

Darkpool (protesting GR censorship) wrote: "Woohoo! I've managed to finish a challenge by picking the lowest bar possible! Some of the books aren't even double-ups from other challenges!"

Good job Darkpool. :)

Congrats Erica, Kathleen and Darkpool for finishing the challenge!!!!!!!
Tonight I have joined you all having finished the last book on my nightstand.

Here's all the book titles :)

SPRINGTIME

HATCHING


I really enjoyed this :)

Two words even, nice one Andrea :)

Andrea wrote: "Congrats Erica, Kathleen and Darkpool for finishing the challenge!!!!!!!
Tonight I have joined you all having finished the last book on my nightstand.

Here's all the book titles :)

SPRINGTIME
[b..."

Congrats on finishing two words Andrea. Glad you enjoyed it.

I'm really enjoying these seasonal challenges... (hint, hint). Even the ones I don't complete :-)

Hint taken. I will work the brain for a challenge for the summer season. Maybe a bit of a scavenger hunt. :) Watch this space as they say.

Awesome :D

Oops! Forgot to say I've finished Cockroaches so I'm all done too.

Summer challenge - nope must drop out now and finish th enew novel. No time.