Janet Posted January 10, 2009 Author Posted January 10, 2009 Thanks guys. Not too challenging - I'm going to attempt to finish it in 2009. Quote
kernow_reader Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 Yeah, this is a fantastic challenge, Janet. Some great choices there. Well Done. Quote
Janet Posted January 17, 2009 Author Posted January 17, 2009 I'm reading Love on the Dole by Walter Greenwood, which was published in 1933, as part of this challenge. Although this is fiction, it very much reminds me of The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell (the subject matter of both is poverty in the North) which I read last year. I'm about half way through now. Quote
Kate Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 I'm reading Love on the Dole by Walter Greenwood, which was published in 1933, as part of this challenge. Although this is fiction, it very much reminds me of The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell (the subject matter of both is poverty in the North) which I read last year. I'm about half way through now. I've read both of them - prefer Love on the Dole, I found The Road to Wigan Pier too slow going and I though Orwell was concentrating too much on his own self discovery. I did enjoy Love on the Dole though! Quote
Janet Posted January 19, 2009 Author Posted January 19, 2009 1933 - Love on the Dole by Walter Greenwood - 7�/10 Quote
Janet Posted February 22, 2009 Author Posted February 22, 2009 Finished a 1930s non-fiction book today... 1933 - Non-fiction - Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell - 7�/10. Quote
Janet Posted March 3, 2009 Author Posted March 3, 2009 (edited) Finished a children's book from the 1940s, The Land of Far-Beyond by Enid Blyton published in 1942 - 7/10 Edited March 3, 2009 by Janet Quote
Kell Posted March 3, 2009 Posted March 3, 2009 Ooh! I remember reading this one too! I think I must have enjoyed it, because I think I read it more than once. Quote
Janet Posted March 3, 2009 Author Posted March 3, 2009 Yeah, me to, it became a firm favourite. I think I might post a review in the relevant forum to see if anyone else has memories of it. Quote
Janet Posted March 16, 2009 Author Posted March 16, 2009 Today I finished The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham, published in 1951. It was *fantastic* - I can't praise it highly enough! 11/10 10/10! Quote
Ceinwenn Posted March 16, 2009 Posted March 16, 2009 It was *fantastic* - I can't praise it highly enough! 11/10 10/10! Let me get this straight, you enjoyed it, then? :friends0:I've never heard of it & I am going to be very lazy & ask you instead of investigating it myself, what's it about & what genre is it? Quote
Janet Posted March 16, 2009 Author Posted March 16, 2009 I did enjoy it! I don't really want to give away too much about it here, but Wikipedia have a very good summary of it here - which obviously contains spoilers. It's Sci-fi - which is a genre I've previously avoided like the plague! I read this at school but didn't remember it at all as I re-read! Quote
Janet Posted May 6, 2009 Author Posted May 6, 2009 Finished Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh today. Lovely book - 9/10. Quote
Janet Posted June 20, 2009 Author Posted June 20, 2009 Children's book - 1972 - Watership Down by Richard Adams - 9/10 Quote
Janet Posted July 21, 2009 Author Posted July 21, 2009 Just about to start The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (1988) Quote
lexiepiper Posted July 21, 2009 Posted July 21, 2009 Ooo I've been thinking about getting this, so I'll be interesting to see what you think Janet, hope you enjoy it! x Quote
Janet Posted July 21, 2009 Author Posted July 21, 2009 Thanks. I'll be sure to post my thoughts. (There is a thread about it on here but I've been avoiding it until I've read it). My Mum passed it on to me - she enjoyed it and we have similar tastes so I'm hopeful! Quote
Janet Posted July 22, 2009 Author Posted July 22, 2009 1980s fiction book - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho - 8/10. Not what I expected at all, but I really enjoyed it. It's a very quick read. I will try to put some proper thoughts down about it soon. Quote
Janet Posted October 2, 2009 Author Posted October 2, 2009 Just an update for me of what needs doing. I keep picking up books from my bookshelf from a certain decade... and then discovering I've done that decade already! 1990s - Children's book 1980s - Children's book ...........Non-fiction 1970s - Fiction ...........Non-fiction 1960s - Fiction ...........Children's book ...........Non-fiction 1950s - Children's book ...........Non-fiction 1940s - Non-fiction 1930s - Children's book 1920s - Non-fiction 1910s - Fiction ...........Children's book ...........Non-fiction 1900s - Children's book ...........Non-fiction 12 books read 18 to go Quote
Kylie Posted October 2, 2009 Posted October 2, 2009 Wow, I hadn't realised you were doing three books from each decade. That's a really interesting idea! I would probably find it relatively easy for fiction and children's, but the non-fiction side of things would be more of a challenge. I don't generally read a lot of non-fiction, and the books I do have always seem to be at least 600 pages long. Best of luck! Do you think you'll reach your goal by the end of the year? Quote
Janet Posted October 2, 2009 Author Posted October 2, 2009 I think non-fiction will be the most difficult part for me too - not because I don't read a lot of it, but just that finding older titles might be hard. I had originally intended just to do fiction, but then I read The Land of Far-Beyond and Down and Out in Paris and London just because I had them on my 'to read' pile so I thought "why not?"! I don't anticipate finishing by the end of this year, no. I haven't got on as quickly as I thought I might but I shall keep plodding on. Thanks, Kylie. Quote
Janet Posted November 7, 2009 Author Posted November 7, 2009 Finished Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce this morning. I shall write some proper thoughts down but for now I'll just say that although my childhood memories might be rose-tinting this, I loved it! 10/10 Remaining: 1990s - Children's book 1980s - Children's book ...........Non-fiction 1970s - Fiction ...........Non-fiction 1960s - Fiction ...........Children's book ...........Non-fiction 1950s - Non-fiction 1940s - Non-fiction 1930s - Children's book 1920s - Non-fiction 1910s - Fiction ...........Children's book ...........Non-fiction 1900s - Children's book ...........Non-fiction 13 books read 17 to go Quote
Univerze Posted January 7, 2010 Posted January 7, 2010 Wow, again a reading challenge hee hee, you know you make me feel so unstructurized (is that a word?) by just reading whatever I want next, no structure, no ideas. Just checked this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_years_in_literature And I realized, I would honestly have an easier time reading a book from every decade of the 19th century, than of the 20th.. actually I have read some mentioned there, guess I like 19th century books better. Quote
Janet Posted January 7, 2010 Author Posted January 7, 2010 Yes, that Wiki link is invaluable and I browse it quite often, although I'm still struggling to decide what to read for some of my missing 'fiction' decades. I'm enjoying this challenge more than the other one, because I'm very likely to get to the end of it - even if it takes me another two years! I'm going to try to make a big effort with it this year! Quote
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