I will pick an activity that I think can be fun, and will challenge myself to accomplish something with it. Activities can be repeated if they are really fun and anyone can provide ideas of amusing and enjoyable challenges they can think of. (Keep in mind that the point is for me to get to learn, not to end up divorced or wearing an orange suit.) I will share how the challenge moves along and hopefully some of you will want to do at least part of it with me.
First challenge:
Reading challenge. I used to looooove reading.
I heard of these when my son was little and the public library would have the challenges during the summer and winter breaks. Since I have read every Dr. Seuss at least once, and can recite by memory a few stories related to farm animals, I decided to go with random requirements that would get me also hunting down books that would qualify. With the reading challenge I want to see how other people share their thoughts, use their words, picture images, and mold the way I feel. I will share what I’m reading and, yes, I will give my honest opinion about any situation that would have had my neighborhood up in flames. I am not a book critic. If you have read the book, please share too!!!! (Even if you ARE a book critic hehe).
They have to be books I have not read before. The requirements for the books are on the left and the chosen book is next to it. Here is the list:
- From childhood – El Principito by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- Have not finished – Mrs. Hudson in New York by Barry S. Brown
- Non-human characters – Prince Lestat by Ann Rice
- Funny – Deadly Dossier by Josie Brown
- Non-fiction – Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions by Gloria Steinem
- Turned to movie – Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson
- Presents family issues – The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
- Poems – Oscar Wilde (Will have to check what the library has available at that point)
- Over 100 years old – Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Horror – Inheritance by Thomas Wymark
- Short Stories – The Very Best of Charles de Lint by Charles de Lint.
- Touches on death – W;t by Margaret Edson
- Pulitzer winner – Interpreter of Maladies by Lahiri, Jhumpa
- Written in 1970 – The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester.
- Written in 1965 – Ariel – Sylvia Plath
- Written in 1998 – Birthday letters by Ted Hughes
- Woman my age – Tina Fey: Bossy-Pants
