tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post2331568880958417192..comments2009-10-06T21:52:10.261-04:00Ruth Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06863703037623512619noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-23740001825870087802009-10-02T09:41:14.190-04:002009-10-02T09:41:14.190-04:00This sounds like such a fun challenge! I dearly wish that I had the time to do it. I will plan better and do it next year. Your list of books sounds fabulous! I can&#39;t wait to hear how you like them!Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026539637409766437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-58869599348880753312009-09-21T11:14:44.690-04:002009-09-21T11:14:44.690-04:00Hello Ruth,<br /><br />I&#39;m with Quirk Books. I came across your blog and saw that you will hopefully be reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I&#39;m glad it made your list! I was wondering if you would like to be put on a mailing list to receive future news about the Quirk Classic series. In just a few weeks, we&#39;ll be announcing the next title.<br />If not, that&#39;s okay. We won&#39;t bug you again. <br /><br />If you have any questions feel free to contact the publicity manager, Melissa Monachello, melissa_m@QuirkBooks.com.<br /><br />Thank you for reading!<br /><br />Best,<br /> <br />Jennifer PachecoQuirk Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528311922267449111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-76059718286842979172009-09-07T10:53:26.871-04:002009-09-07T10:53:26.871-04:00I just recently found this challenge and have decided to join at the least &quot;challenging&quot; level :)<br /><br />I have yet to read any Poe, so I want to read a few of his more well-known short stories. I also managed to find The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl on the clearance rack at Half Price Books and I thought it might make a nice companion novel.<br /><br />Your list of books looks great - and I would also give high praises for The Thirteenth Tale - one of my favorite contemporary fiction novels.Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08414201637917215413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-75418280137443427682009-08-30T19:59:25.836-04:002009-08-30T19:59:25.836-04:00I&#39;m really excited for this challenge!S. Krishnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268527069548216054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-86838814516765052002009-08-30T00:16:08.560-04:002009-08-30T00:16:08.560-04:00I just had to swing by your page because my middle name is Ruth, and well, I&#39;m bookish as well:) Love your list-- happy reading!overflowingbookshelfhttp://overflowingbookshelf.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-32584412238432864282009-08-27T18:01:18.787-04:002009-08-27T18:01:18.787-04:00I&#39;ve seen an awful lot of people planning to read THE WOMAN IN WHITE. I&#39;m one of them. :)<br /><br />Good luck with the challenge!Memoryhttp://xicanti.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-11069016537530700102009-08-27T15:40:50.305-04:002009-08-27T15:40:50.305-04:00Deslily, that&#39;s exactly why I&#39;m so excited about The Last Dickens. I really enjoyed Drood and was delighted when I was offered to participate in a blog tour for Matthew Pearl. <br /><br />I&#39;m going to grab The Thirteenth Tale again and add it to my list. It will probably be the first book I read for this challenge.<br /><br />Carl, I love the image you chose for this year&#39;s banner. It is very reminiscent of Mina. I took a look at Jennifer&#39;s Etsy shop and found a lot of things that I loved. We just moved, and once I get around to putting up artwork, I&#39;m definitely going to be buying a few of her pieces.<br /><br />Kathy, thanks so much!<br /><br />Gautami Tripathy, good luck with the challenge. You have some great books on your list. I love Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman and have been meaning to read Rebecca for ages. Amazingly I&#39;ve never read it even though Rebecca is my middle name.<br /><br />Tam, I can&#39;t wait to read the Sookie Stackhouse books. I&#39;ve heard so many good things about the books and the TV series. It sounds like something that I&#39;m really going to love.<br /><br />You have a great list of books lined up. I&#39;ll be curious to see what you think of Frankenstein. I loved it and found it very different from the films.<br /><br />Lilly, there is a reading tier for this challenge that only requires one book and you can overlap it with other challenges. I know how easy it is to feel overwhelmed by challenges, though. Next year I probably won&#39;t participate in as many, but R.I.P. is a keeper.Ruth @ Bookish Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06863703037623512619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-12862202230834211142009-08-27T14:01:15.458-04:002009-08-27T14:01:15.458-04:00I would like to sign up for this challenge. it sounds like fun but I&#39;m afraid i wouldn&#39;t be able to finish it on time considering scores of others that I signed up for and don&#39;t think I&#39;ll complete by their deadlines. maybe I&#39;ll plan better for next year now that I know that this challenge happens every year at this time.lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07127042690689033583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-51802611032571689292009-08-27T10:15:11.419-04:002009-08-27T10:15:11.419-04:00I&#39;m doing this challenge as well!<br /><br />Dracula has been on my MUST read list for years, so thanks to this challenge I can finally bite the bullet (really, no pun intended). I am reading the Sookie books too for the <a href="http://bfishreads.blogspot.com/2009/06/sookie-stackhouse-reading-challenge.html" rel="nofollow"> Sookie Stackhouse Reading Challenge</a>, I sort of forgot I could add those to my list too. I finished the first and almost done with the second - they are fast and fun, so I would definitely keep that on your list.<br /><br />Here is <a href="http://baileysandbooks.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/just-in-time-for-the-fall-chill-%E2%80%93-the-r-i-p-iv-challenge/" rel="nofollow"> my first post</a> and proposed list.Tam @ Bailey's and Bookshttp://baileysandbooks.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-1223904152122192092009-08-27T09:02:41.728-04:002009-08-27T09:02:41.728-04:00Have fun reading. I joined too!<br /><br /><a href="http://readbookswritepoetry.blogspot.com/2009/08/readers-imbibing-peril-1v-september-1st.html" rel="nofollow">Here is my RIP IV read list</a>gautami tripathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-9553718374222435232009-08-27T08:35:46.114-04:002009-08-27T08:35:46.114-04:00Good luck to you!bermudaonionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-85780036567566076632009-08-27T07:53:58.963-04:002009-08-27T07:53:58.963-04:00I love Mina as well, which is why I was thrilled to find an image from Jennifer Gordon that, at least for me, reminded me of Mina. She looks ever so slightly vulnerable, but not &#39;damsel in distress&#39; like, so I think it fits perfectly.Carl V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15948764216438379394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-43709483343266799192009-08-27T06:38:39.338-04:002009-08-27T06:38:39.338-04:00i read somewhere that the Last Dickens was similiar to the book Drood.. I will be interested reading reviews on that one.<br /><br />oh.. go get The Thirteenth Tale back!! It&#39;s a super book!DesLilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02582481597658080464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-66298958724135169502009-08-27T03:43:12.506-04:002009-08-27T03:43:12.506-04:00Carl, thanks! I think about changing my header from time to time, but I love it too much to actually go through with it. <br /><br />The Thirteenth Tale is an excellent suggestion. I started reading that earlier this year and had to put it down because of a project I was working on. When I came back to it I realized I needed to start over because the story was no longer fresh in my mind. I haven&#39;t done that yet and I really should, because I loved what I read of it.<br /><br />I was hoping to save The Graveyard Book for this year&#39;s challenge, but ended up reading it a few weeks ago. Amazing that I&#39;d made it that far, really, considering that I bought the book well before it won the Newbery. I LOVED it and hope we&#39;ll see more of Bod someday soon.<br /><br />Dracula is an all-time favorite of mine. I think Mina is one of the most under-rated female characters ever. I think part of that is her on-screen portrayal -- so many people who have seen the movies but have never read the book don&#39;t realize what a strong character she is. The same thing applies to Frankenstein. The difference between the book and movies was so startling to me the first time I&#39;d read it. <br /><br />Her Fearful Symmetry is another excellent suggestion. I&#39;ve got that on my wish list. I enjoyed The Time Traveler&#39;s Wife and the premise of Symmetry is so intriguing.<br /><br />Kristen, I think probably a quarter to one half of my unread books might have worked for this challenge. I have a lot of mysteries squirreled away for rainy days. I&#39;ll have even more that I&#39;ll want to read by the end of the challenge, I&#39;m sure. <br /><br />Veens, that&#39;s great! I can&#39;t wait to see which books you pick. Did you participate last year?Ruth @ Bookish Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06863703037623512619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-73258831047538376522009-08-27T02:44:40.431-04:002009-08-27T02:44:40.431-04:00I am also joining in :)Veenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05654838944219228306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-24700736220065012862009-08-27T02:12:39.626-04:002009-08-27T02:12:39.626-04:00My list is posting tonight and I had *18* books on my stacks that work for the challenge and that I haven&#39;t read yet! I have a feeling that I am going to be reading more than four. ;)Kristen M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-85185308671023120022009-08-27T00:12:47.522-04:002009-08-27T00:12:47.522-04:00Great to have you back this year Ruth. I don&#39;t come over here often enough, but every time I do I am struck by how much I love your blog header image. Very cool!<br /><br />Your list is great. I&#39;m excited that you like Dracula enough that you are considering a re-read. It is such a favorite of mine and I never tire of experiencing that story.<br /><br />I would certainly suggest Thirteeth Tale if you haven&#39;t read it. Also Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger is getting great buzz. Gaimans Graveyard Book is a perfect one for this time of year as well if you haven&#39;t already read it.<br /><br />Thanks again for coming along!Carl V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15948764216438379394noreply@blogger.com