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Post by garej on May 5, 2024 19:53:56 GMT 1
Assuming we are doing this again this year it's almost a month to go until we usually start. I have a yearly goal to read 8 books this year on good reads. I have read 2 books so far and am currently reading Pony Club Team by JPT, so it would help personally speaking to smash the target. So any suggestions welcome!
My own suggestions are a book that that involves a cat. It doesn't necessarily have to be your traditional fireside tabby so Monica Edwards' The Wild One would count. Another one would count is some of Mary Gervaise's Georgia books as some of them involve a cat. It doesn't necessarily have to be a pony book author for example Felix the Railway Cat would also count. Just as long as it's an cat book. We have done dog books but not cat books so it would make a change.
Another suggestion that sprung to mind is "not in my country" option. We have done USA/UK books in the past so how about antipodean books?
Other than that my only other suggestion is to reread a book that you have selected for the challenge previously. It would be interesting to see if tastes change. We have been doing this for over a decade now and the majority of us have done it for donkeys years so should have plenty of choice.
If for some reason we aren't doing the reading challenge then I will carry on doing my own personal challenge.
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Post by Claire on May 7, 2024 1:04:46 GMT 1
Yes definitely will be doing the challenge again this year as long as enough people would like to take part. And some great suggestions there Garej. Bloomin heck it's hard to believe we have been doing the challenge for over 10 years !!
Please folk can you let me know if you'd like to take part this year and if you have any other suggestions for various categories.
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Post by susanb on May 11, 2024 20:29:31 GMT 1
I’m in!
Will have a think on categories, garej’s look good…I have a couple of cat books due for a reread 😊
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Post by darkhorse on May 11, 2024 21:37:22 GMT 1
Count me in too.
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Post by darkhorse on May 11, 2024 21:47:22 GMT 1
Sorry to hear about your flooding Susan, it sounds a bit of a nightmare as we say over here. I do hope you get it sorted out quickly. (I'm replying to your post on the K. M. Peyton thread here as you are avoiding it in)
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Post by susanb on May 11, 2024 22:17:20 GMT 1
Thanks, Darkhorse, it really has been a pain, especially since I work mostly remotely 🙄
I keep reminding myself that it could have been so much worse….at least it was confined to the bathroom, where the only real damage was to the wall!
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Post by Claire on May 18, 2024 19:46:07 GMT 1
Have you got your bathroom sorted out yet Susan?
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Post by susanb on May 19, 2024 18:09:14 GMT 1
Finally, on Thursday. All in, it was under two weeks, but it felt like eternity. As I work mostly from home, having people underfoot and, of course, no bathroom while they were working in it, was very trying 🙄 Back on track with the Peyton read, just started chapter 9…so behind! On topic for the thread, the more I’ve thought about garej’s suggestions, the more I like them 🙁 I have a book from Australia on order, it’s arrived in California and is making its way sloooooly across the country to me. Have a cat book and a reread from previous challenge picked out and am just debating additional books. BTW, if anyone is looking for a cat book suggestion, The Cat and Mrs. Cary by Doris Gates is excellent (it will be a reread for me, long overdue)
My book from Australia arrived: Starlight Belongs to Me by Gladys Lister..the list begins to firm up
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Post by Claire on May 25, 2024 10:52:47 GMT 1
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Post by garej on May 31, 2024 3:26:17 GMT 1
Another suggestion for the cat books would be The Cats of Winkle Bay and The Far From Home Cats by Judith Berrisford. They read, imo, much better than some of her pony books. Physical copies are horrendously hard to get hold of (and therefore expensive) but the ebooks are available from amazon. The Cats of Winkle Bay amzn.eu/d/7M1LL8ZThe Far-from-Home Cats amzn.eu/d/1Vk4HfU
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Post by susanb on Jun 1, 2024 17:04:27 GMT 1
June 1st, where does the time go?!
Draft list…I’d really like to add a couple more, but I’m not sure how realistic that is 🙄
1. The Cat and Mrs. Cary/Doris Gates - cat 2. Sawdust in His Shoes/Eloise Jarvis McGraw - reread of previous challenge book 3. Starlight Belongs to Me/Gladys Lister - Australia 4. Four Pentires and Jimmy/Kathleen MacKenzie 5. Pony Trek/Hilda Boden 6. Mystery of the Locked Room/Carolyn Keene
A couple of firsts for me: Four Pentires, first in the series, which, as is typical for me, I started at the wrong end, with Red Conker.
Pony Trek another first…author’s first pony book. I seem to be collecting Boden now, and have 7 of her books in my tbr stack. Anyone else do this? You buy one book by an author, then another, then three or four, and one day you look at a shelf full and think “huh, I guess I’m collecting her now “ 😉
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Post by garej on Jun 1, 2024 21:27:02 GMT 1
So far I have got
Second Chance Cats - edited by Callie Smith Grant (cat book) Blaze and the Dark Rider by Stacy Gregg (if that counts as it was published in the UK but is set in New Zealand. If not then I will read Blue Fire Lady by Jean Dixon as it is set in Australia. Antipodean book) A Job with Horses by JPT (pony book) Three Jay's in Rome by Pat Smythe (re- read of previous Challenge book. I chose that one as it's an Olympic Games set book and this year's an Olympic Games year).
I am currently reading an non pony book so hope to finish it by the start of the Challenge. Otherwise I will be starting late.
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Post by garej on Jun 1, 2024 22:06:11 GMT 1
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Post by odonna on Jun 3, 2024 19:27:41 GMT 1
I'm hoping to have time to have a crack at the Challenge this year. When is the start date?
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Post by Claire on Jun 3, 2024 23:33:26 GMT 1
Hoping to get the thread for this set up tomorrow. Start date is usually around 21st June. I may add one more category but if you've already drafted your list no need to add more. I think mine will be mainly TBR pile as it's really mounting up!
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Post by Claire on Jun 4, 2024 23:55:04 GMT 1
Hi all, as promised have set up the official thread for this year's challenge. The approx start date is 21st June, although you are welcome to begin before then, or join in afterwards. I have added to the suggested catgeories already discussed. Firstly, a new pony book, which we have included in the suggested categories most years - I always think this is a good one as it keeps us exploring new books and authors. Another idea I had for a category was to pick a book from a previous group read that you didn't take part in. It also gives an opportunity to check on the group read thread for the book you choose and compare your views to other peoples. And you can also vote on it. Lastly, an idea which was inspired by Susan talking about choosing Pony Trek by Hilda Boden. Namely to choose the first book written by a particular pony author. I thought this might be fun, especially if we pick authors who have written quite a few books, in that we can see if they have developed or changed as an author over the years. I'll add a link to the offical 2024 challenge thread below. If we can then move our comments and discussion to the dedicated thread from here. Official 2024 Reading Challenge thread
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