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on: April 24, 2017, 11:20:17 AM
Book 30 Day Challenge

Day 01 - Best book you read last year
Day 02 - A book that you’ve read more than 3 times
Day 03 - Your favorite series
Day 04 - Favorite book of your favorite series
Day 05 - A book that makes you happy
Day 06 - A book that makes you sad
Day 07 - Most underrated book
Day 08 - Most overrated book
Day 09 - A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 10 - Favorite classic book
Day 11 - A book you hated
Day 12 - A book you used to love but don’t anymore
Day 13 - Your favorite writer
Day 14 - Favorite book of your favorite writer
Day 15 - Favorite male character
Day 16 - Favorite female character
Day 17 - Favorite quote from your favorite book
Day 18 - A book that disappointed you
Day 19 - Favorite book turned into a movie
Day 20 - Favorite romance book
Day 21 - Favorite book from your childhood
Day 22 - Favorite book you own
Day 23 - A book you wanted to read for a long time but still haven’t
Day 24 - A book that you wish more people would’ve read
Day 25 - A character who you can relate to the most
Day 26 - A book that changed your opinion about something
Day 27 - The most surprising plot twist or ending
Day 28 - Favorite title
Day 29 - A book everyone hated but you liked
Day 30 - Your favorite book of all time

I'm not sure I'll manage to do this challenge but I thought some of our members might like the challenge and give others to see what they are reading or have read.


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Reply #1 on: April 24, 2017, 01:41:40 PM
Day 01 - Best book you read last year

I didn't read a lot last year.   So, that narrows it down.  In fact, I only read 3 books.  This was the best of them.



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Reply #2 on: April 24, 2017, 03:33:26 PM

City of Sedition: The History of New York City during the Civil War, by John Strausbaugh








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Reply #3 on: April 24, 2017, 04:24:43 PM
Quote from: MintJulie on April 24, 2017, 01:41:40 PM
Day 01 - Best book you read last year

I didn't read a lot last year.   So, that narrows it down.  In fact, I only read 3 books.  This was the best of them.




Ditto...loved it too.  Movie, meh.

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Reply #4 on: April 25, 2017, 01:30:33 PM
Day 02 - A book that you’ve read more than 3 times

Yesterday, looking ahead to Day 2, I thought, I have never read a book more than once.    But I figured one out on the drive home yesterday.    Because of grade school, and one college class.


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Reply #5 on: April 25, 2017, 02:48:35 PM









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Reply #6 on: April 25, 2017, 03:19:54 PM
Quote from: MissBarbara on April 25, 2017, 02:48:35 PM
Charles Dickens - David Copperfield

I will admit to never reading it.   
If you read it 3 times, it must be good.
Seeing that I am between books,  I just purchase the Kindle version for $0.99 on Amazon. 
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Reply #7 on: April 25, 2017, 04:08:08 PM
Quote from: MintJulie on April 25, 2017, 03:19:54 PM
Quote from: MissBarbara on April 25, 2017, 02:48:35 PM

Charles Dickens - David Copperfield


I will admit to never reading it.   
If you read it 3 times, it must be good.
Seeing that I am between books,  I just purchase the Kindle version for $0.99 on Amazon. 
Thanks Barb!   
And a thank you to the Lady for another interesting topic.
Woo's for you two


Actually, it's "more than 3 times." I read it again last year, and that was at least the 4th time, and maybe the 5th. And, though I'd be hard-pressed to name one book as my all-time favorite, David Copperfield would certainly be in the Top 5. I've read all of Dickens's novels at least twice, and several of them I've read multiple times (but I've never read, and never will read, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," Dickens's final, and unfinished, novel).

However, Victorian literature in general, and Dickens in particular, isn't for everyone. It's very long (the edition I last read ran about 900 ages), some readers (and critics) feel that the drama is overly melodramatic, and it often relies on coincidence. But I'd still consider it one of the greatest novels every written, chiefly because of the host of amazing and unforgettable characters.

But give it a try. I think you'll enjoy it once you get into it.






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Reply #8 on: April 25, 2017, 04:27:07 PM

Read several time.  About time to pick it up again too.

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Reply #9 on: April 26, 2017, 03:44:01 AM
"Practicing History", by Barbara Tuchman. I have read it several times. It helps decipher political events and the world in its confusing whirl.

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Reply #10 on: April 26, 2017, 02:33:01 PM
Day 03 - Your favorite series


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Reply #11 on: April 26, 2017, 02:38:34 PM

Day 03 - Your Favorite Series:


The Maisie Dobbs series of novels, by Jacqueline Winspear, which is now up to 13 books.









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Reply #12 on: April 26, 2017, 03:06:21 PM
Disc World Series by Terry Pratchett.

Whimsical, fun, exciting.

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Reply #13 on: April 26, 2017, 03:27:37 PM

Besides being a long loved story for over 20 years, I listen to the audio books.  Instead of one reader, they have a cast of several persons adding to the depth of the series.

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Reply #14 on: April 27, 2017, 05:06:58 AM
Day 04 - Favorite book of your favorite series


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Reply #15 on: April 27, 2017, 06:06:54 AM
Disc World series Wyrd Sisters
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Reply #16 on: April 27, 2017, 12:33:21 PM

Second book in the "Ender's Game" series.  Orson Scott Card said this was the book he wanted to write, but had to write "Ender's Game" to set things up for "Speaker For The Dead".  Again, I listened to the audiobook with a cast of several persons.

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Reply #17 on: April 27, 2017, 02:44:55 PM

Day 04 - Your Favorite Book of Your Series:

The first book in the Maisie Dobbs series -- called, simply, "Maisie Dobbs" -- is my favorite.

The title character is a fascinating woman, with a rich, complicated background, a huge amount of inner strength and keen psychological insight, and -- and this is giving nothing away -- life-changing experiences working as a battle nurse in France during the carnage of World War I. She's from a lower class background who worked as a scullery maid from the time she was a girl, but she also has an advanced degree with Cambridge and her patron and patroness are among the richest and most powerful in all of England.








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Reply #18 on: April 28, 2017, 02:36:25 PM

Day 05 - A book that makes you happy









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Reply #19 on: April 29, 2017, 04:30:34 PM

Day 06 - A book that makes you sad








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