Chrissy Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I wanted to say Thank You to frankie for sharing the 30 Day list with us. For those who haven't seen it, it's a daily question-of-sorts; Day 01 – Best book you read last year Day 02 – A book that you’ve read more than 3 times Day 03 – Your favourite series Day 04 – Favourite book of your favourite 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 – Favourite classic book Day 11 – A book you hated Day 12 – A book you used to love but don’t anymore Day 13 – Your favourite writer Day 14 – Favourite book of your favourite writer Day 15 – Favourite male character Day 16 – Favourite female character Day 17 – Favourite quote from your favourite book Day 18 – A book that disappointed you Day 19 – Favourite book turned into a movie Day 20 – Favourite romance book Day 21 – Favourite book from your childhood Day 22 – Favourite 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 – Favourite title Day 29 – A book everyone hated but you liked Day 30 – Your favourite book of all time I decided to do mine starting from the 1st of June, to make it easier to remember where I was at with the list. I followed my gut reaction mainly, and managed to surprise myself a few times with my answers. All I can say is that I think everyone should give this list a go on their reading lists & blogs, it is fun and thought provoking. I may do it again in the future just to see if my answers have changed. So, again I say ~ Thank you frankie for bringing this to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Thanks Frankie, think I'll have a shot this month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I've just started one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Aww, thank Chrissy for the acknowledgement, eventhough it wasn't necessary. You're all quite welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 This month I will take a shot at the list, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LozzerzxD Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 the first six are all harry potter for me haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 (edited) I really enjoyed doing this, so many thanks from me too frankie, and have really enjoyed reading others' lists. They are scattered all over the site, so thought it might be an idea to use this thread to collate some of them together so that they are easier to track down. Hope others agree (if not, I'll delete). As a starter and possible template (just copy and overwrite with your choices), I've included my list below, plus a link to the first entry so that if anybody is interested in the reasoning behind any of the selections, they can follow it up. The start of this list is at: http://www.bookclubforum.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/5954-willoyds-reading-from-2010-onwards/page__view__findpost__p__269384 Day 01 – Best book you read last year: The Years by Virginia Woolf Day 02 – A book that you’ve read more than 3 times: Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling Day 03 – Your favourite series: The Inspector Brunetti series by Donna Leon Day 04 – Favourite book of your favourite series: Fatal Remedies Day 05 – A book that makes you happy: any of the Regency novels by Georgette Heyer Day 06 – A book that makes you sad: The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Day 07 – Most underrated book: pretty much everything written by Margaret Elphinstone Day 08 – Most overrated book: Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut Day 09 – A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving: Emma by Jane Austen Day 10 – Favourite classic book: So many, had to split into three categories. Favourite 18th century: Sense and Sensibility; Favourite 19th century: Bleak House; Favourite foreign: War and Peace. Day 11 – A book you hated: Homecoming by Bernhard Schlink Day 12 – A book you used to love but don’t anymore: none, so changed this to "A book you used to hate but don't anymore": Lord of the Flies by William Golding Day 13 – Your favourite writer: Virginia Woolf Day 14 – Favourite book of your favourite writer: To The Lighthouse Day 15 – Favourite male character: Jack Aubrey (from the series by Patrick O'Brian) Day 16 – Favourite female character: Gudrid Thorsbjorndottir (from The Sea Road by Margaret Elphinstone) Day 17 – Favourite quote from your favourite book: none, but my favourite opening (counts as a quote, even if not from my favourite book): It was a dark blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across the dried-out bed of the old North Sea. (From Mortal Engines by Philip Reeves) Day 18 – A book that disappointed you: Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe Day 19 – Favourite book turned into a movie: A Very Long Engagement by Sebastian Japrisot Day 20 – Favourite romance book: toss up between A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth and Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford. Day 21 – Favourite book from your childhood: Winter Holiday by Arthur Ransome Day 22 – Favourite book you own: my set of Charles Dickens novels Day 23 – A book you wanted to read for a long time but still haven’t: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Day 24 – A book that you wish more people would’ve read: The Ruins of Time by Ben Woolfenden Day 25 – A character who you can relate to the most: none: "on the whole, I find female characters more interesting, but not being female myself, I don't 'relate' to them (plenty I would like to have known though!), whilst the male characters I enjoy reading about are equally not those I 'relate' to." Day 26 – A book that changed your opinion about something: Small is Beautiful by EF Schumacher Day 27 – The most surprising plot twist or ending: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie Day 28 – Favourite title: jointly To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon Day 29 – A book everyone hated but you liked: Moby Dick by Herman Melville Day 30 – Your favourite book of all time: A Month in the Country by JL Carr I also added a Day 31 – Your Top Ten Non-fiction books of all time, as I felt this questionnaire was very heavily focused on what represents only about 50% of my reading, so here's Day 31: Crow Country by Mark Cocker (natural history) Letter From America by Alistair Cooke (essays/journalism) Chasing the Monsoon by Alexander Frater (travel) Virginia Woolf by Hermione Lee (biography) In Search of Robert Millar by Richard Moore (sport/biography) A Voyage for Madmen by Peter Nichols (sport/adventure) The Language Instinct by Stephen Pinker (science) The History of the Countryside by Oliver Rackham (landscape history) The History of the World by JM Roberts (history) Everest by Walt Unsworth (exploration/adventure) And then I added an arbitrary eleventh, as not yet finished and being read as a long term project, but simply had to be fitted in somewhere: The Diary of Samuel Pepys. Edited December 4, 2011 by willoyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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