I saw this reading challenge on my friend Gamila’s blog, and it looked interesting so I decided to join. Basically, you set a goal to read a certain number of books this winter (it should be winter of 2008, but meh), post the list, and then post updates and/or reviews as you go along. Since I’m already doing something like this for one of my New Year’s resolutions, I thought I’d join in. Here is the list:
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (finished last week)
- The Mote in God’s Eye (finished today)
- Red Mars
- Starship Troopers
- Twilight
- Spin
- Dreamsnake
- Wild Seed
- A Wind in the Door
- A Swiftly Tilting Planet
- I, Robot
I’ll post reviews as I read them. I’m already due to review Dragonsflight, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and The Mote in God’s Eye, so I’ll get on that.
As far as my writing goes, I haven’t been doing much actual writing…but I’ve been thinking through the plot and some of the basic premises of my story, and it still seems pretty cool in my mind. I’ll have to do it tomorrow (famous last words).
Mostly, though, I’ve been spending these last few days of the winter break playing Alpha Centauri. Man, what a freaking awesome game! It’s like civ2 on steriods in space, with an actual story! So…addicting…fortunately, it loses its allure after a while. And if I’m still addicted after the first week of school, I’ll just delete it. :'(
i love the look of your blog!
you’ve got a great list for the challenge. is this the Twilight by Stephenie Meyer? if so, i read it this past summer and absolutely loved it. madeleine l’engle is a favorite of mine too. happy reading!
Yeah, that’s the same twilight I’d like to read. I’ve always wanted to read some kind of a romance book, just to see what the genre is about (I’m much more into fantasy and sci fi, as you can probably tell), and I’ve heard a lot of good things about that one.
Hi. Thanks for joining us for the Winter Reading Challenge. You’ve got a great list. I didn’t know I, Robot was a book.
Yep, it’s a book. And most of the fans of the book really don’t like the movie at all, because the message of the book was that robots shouldn’t be feared, that they can integrate peacefully into our society. The movie just took it the exact opposite direction–or so I hear.
I, Robot is one of Asimov’s most famous works, so I thought I’d better read it if I want to be able to talk about Asimov with people. I did read his Foundation series, and it was REALLY good! I may read Foundation’s Edge during this challenge instead of one of the more boring books on this list…
Oh, and I forgot to put Neuromancer in there. One of the darkest, grittiest books I’ve read in a long time, but the writing is just so freaking good.
welcome to the challenge! i am heinously jealous of your english class! I totally had to lie and cheat my way into Dave Wolverton’s “Writing Sci-Fi and Fantasy” class when i was at BYU…
i don’t regret it! 🙂