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So... I didn't make all the prompts, obviously. But I'm updating till the very end! Here's the one's I've added:
Mystery or Thriller-- I decided to go classic with this one and read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles. I practically grew up with Sherlock Holmes being a household name due to my mother's love of mysteries. And while I love a good mystery, usually I require a little something attached to it (magic or some other fantastical element). But I've never needed this for Sherlock. I've loved these stories for a while, and while I had read A Study in Scarlet some years ago, I had never read Hound. So now I have. What can I say about it? It's classic Sherlock and I loved it.
A Book from an Author You Love But Haven't Read Yet-- I counted Beka Cooper: Mastiff for this one. It's taken me a long time to get to this book, the end of a trilogy, but thanks to a great price and a thoughtful friend, I have it marked down as read. It was a great end with interesting characters, and sort of read like a giant chase scene. Kidnap and intrigue abound, and I still loved this one more than the first one in the series. But I still thing the second one in the series was the best.
A Book You Own But Have Never Read-- I counted The Resturant at the End of the Universe for this one, by Douglas Adams and apart of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. I'll admit that these books aren't for everyone, and they are all rather short and a quick read. Nothing much ever really happens in the either, but if you're ever looking for a sci-fi comedy that's quick to pass, I'd reccommend this.
And lastly, A Book Based On or Turned into a TV Show-- I read Game of Thrones for this. I'm a long-time watcher of the series, but had never picked up the books (I know, shame on me). While I still love the series--and yes, don't hate me, but even the changes that I have seen so far I enjoy--I really found this book entertaining to read. I was ahead of it, tv show-wise, but actually being able to be in the character's heads, so to speak, made it seem like a whole new story. If you're into epic fantasies but want something that still feels a bit more down to Earth--which, despite the dragons, we should all agree it does seem very approachable to those who cringe at magic-filled fantasy stories covered with elves and trolls--I recommend this one.
So, now that 2015 is over in a matter of hours--on my end of the world, anyway--it's obvious that I'm not finishing this challenge. I simply didn't budget my reading time right. But, I've found the 2016 reading challenge and I think I'm doing this again. I'll post it here, blank to begin with, so others who might want to can join.
Happy New Years!
Mystery or Thriller-- I decided to go classic with this one and read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles. I practically grew up with Sherlock Holmes being a household name due to my mother's love of mysteries. And while I love a good mystery, usually I require a little something attached to it (magic or some other fantastical element). But I've never needed this for Sherlock. I've loved these stories for a while, and while I had read A Study in Scarlet some years ago, I had never read Hound. So now I have. What can I say about it? It's classic Sherlock and I loved it.
A Book from an Author You Love But Haven't Read Yet-- I counted Beka Cooper: Mastiff for this one. It's taken me a long time to get to this book, the end of a trilogy, but thanks to a great price and a thoughtful friend, I have it marked down as read. It was a great end with interesting characters, and sort of read like a giant chase scene. Kidnap and intrigue abound, and I still loved this one more than the first one in the series. But I still thing the second one in the series was the best.
A Book You Own But Have Never Read-- I counted The Resturant at the End of the Universe for this one, by Douglas Adams and apart of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. I'll admit that these books aren't for everyone, and they are all rather short and a quick read. Nothing much ever really happens in the either, but if you're ever looking for a sci-fi comedy that's quick to pass, I'd reccommend this.
And lastly, A Book Based On or Turned into a TV Show-- I read Game of Thrones for this. I'm a long-time watcher of the series, but had never picked up the books (I know, shame on me). While I still love the series--and yes, don't hate me, but even the changes that I have seen so far I enjoy--I really found this book entertaining to read. I was ahead of it, tv show-wise, but actually being able to be in the character's heads, so to speak, made it seem like a whole new story. If you're into epic fantasies but want something that still feels a bit more down to Earth--which, despite the dragons, we should all agree it does seem very approachable to those who cringe at magic-filled fantasy stories covered with elves and trolls--I recommend this one.
So, now that 2015 is over in a matter of hours--on my end of the world, anyway--it's obvious that I'm not finishing this challenge. I simply didn't budget my reading time right. But, I've found the 2016 reading challenge and I think I'm doing this again. I'll post it here, blank to begin with, so others who might want to can join.
Happy New Years!
