Merry Christmas and happy, new 2014 to everyone! I look forward to premiering my own challenges February 1st: joined by my readers too, I hope! :)
I support many. Here are groups I’m happily re-joining and discovering.
Challenges: 7×1, 7×2, 7×3.
Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe,
North America, South America, Seventh Continent
(Antarctica: the sea, space, a supernatural world, history, the future – you name it).
I will have no trouble rising to three of each continent, except Africa and South America. However I’m determined to fulfill those next year, at the highest levels too! Kerrie’s theme, in Australia, is firmly a favourite.
AFRICA:
“The Man In The Brown Suit” Agatha Christie (SOUTH AFRICA)
“The Tomorrow-Tamer” Margaret Laurence (WEST AFRICA)
“Crocodile On The Sandbank” Elizabeth Peters (EGYPT)
ASIA:
“Mystery Of The Golden Horn” Phyllis A. Whitney (TURKEY)
“The Gabriel Hounds” Mary Stewart (LEBANON)
“Night Of Secrets” June Wetherell (LEBANON)
“Incident At Badyama” Dorothy Gilman (BURMA)
EUROPE:
“Le Premier Nöel De La Famille LaTaupe” Russell Hoban (ENGLAND)
“Light A Penny Candle” Maeve Binchy 1982 (IRELAND)
“The Mystery Of Saint Salgue” Paul Berna 1962 (FRANCE)
AUSTRALASIA:
“Mansion Of Evil” Caroline Farr 1966 (AUSTRALIA)
“The Forgotten Garden” Kate Morton 2008 (AUSTRALIA)
“The Vines Of Yarrabee” Dorothy Eden 1969 (NEW ZEALAND)
NORTH AMERICA:
“The Gift Of The Frost Fairy” Sheila J. Bleeks (WINNIPEG, MANITOBA)
“Mystery Of Disaster Island” Ann Rivkin (BRITISH COLUMBIA)
“The Stone Angel” Margaret Laurence (NEEPAWA, MANITOBA)
SOUTH AMERICA:
“What The Witch Left” Ruth Chew (MÉXICO)
“The House On Cabra” June Wetherell (ISLA CABRA)
“The Alchemist” Paul Coelho (BRAZIL)
“The Lost Steps” Alejo Carpentier (AMAZON RIVER)
SEVENTH CONTINENT:
“Time For Andrew” Mary Downing Hahn (TIME TRAVEL)
“The Summer Tree” Guy Gavriel Kay (FIONAVAR)
“Through The Door” Jodi McIsaac (FANTASY REALM)
“The Monsters Within” Corvus Winchester (CASA DE REDENCIÓN)
Jackie seems so busy; at my third return, I’ve never heard from her at my blog, nor after a comment query. Perhaps 2014 is the charm year to have the pleasure of her “hello” in my post! Her theme is a useful indicator of how many new authors we’ve experienced.
Amateur: choose 1 – 25
LOVER: choose 26 – 50
EXPERT: choose 51 – 75
Fanatic: choose 76+ new
I’ve suddenly discovered another outlet for new author experiences, at last! This lovely hostess answers questions right away, perhaps the benefit of a smaller group. It’s clear her categories are more flexible, offering a lot of quantity options in between her levels. What a pleasure. I’ll choose “Lover” but I’ll bet I can do “Expert”. Her poster is beautiful! The same book list applies to both groups.
“The Flanders Panel” Arturo Pérez-Reverte 1990
“Elsewhere” William Peter Blatty 1999
“The Monsters Within” Corvus Winchester 2013
“Le Premier Nöel De La Famille LaTaupe” Russell Hoban 1969
“Mystery Of Disaster Island” Ann Rivkin 1975
“Witch In The House” Ruth Chew 1975
“The Witch Of Blackbird Pond” Elizabeth George Speare 1958
“The Scariest Stories You’ve Ever Heard” Mark Mills 1988
“The Gift Of The Frost Fairy” Sheila J. Bleeks 1976
“The Mystery Of Pony Hollow” Lynn Hall 1978
“The Stone Angel” Margaret Laurence 1964
“Eerie Tales Of The Old West” Emily, Joe West 1991
“Pleasing The Ghost” Sharon Creech 1996
“Time For Andrew” Mary Downing Hahn 1994
“My Cousin Rachel” Daphne DuMaurier 1951
“Ghost Of A Chance” Yasmine Galenorn 2003
“The Other Side Of Dark” Joan Lowery Nixon 1986
“The Cat Who Could Read Backwards” Lilian Jackson Braun 1966
“That Quail, Robert” Margaret A. Stanger 1966
“Caught Dead In Philadelphia” Gillian Roberts 1987
“Death On Demand” Carolyn G. Hart 1987
(22) “The Merlot Murders” Ellen Crosby 2006
“Mariana” Susanna Kearsley 1994
“The Black Joke” Farley Mowat 1962
“Through The Door” Jodi McIsaac 2012
“Prevailing Spirits” Giles Gordon 1976
Ahhh, flexible and open word games are the way to have fun with titles! This is my second participation with “What’s In A Name“, which proposes two categories that closely resemble mine, in “Gentle Spectrums“! It shall be easy to fulfill this new hostess’s five words. Her banner is beautiful.
• A reference to time. (Eleven Minutes, Before Ever After)
• A position of royalty. (The People’s Queen, The Last Empress)
• A number written in letters. (The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms)
• A forename or names. (The Unfinished Work Of Elizabeth D)
• A type or element of weather. (Red Earth Pouring Rain)
• A school subject. (Get creative; use a magical subject if you wish)
“Cold Midnight In Vieux Québec” Eric Wilson 1989
“The Curse Of The Pharaohs” Elizabeth Peters 1981
“Then Came Two Women” Charlotte Armstrong 1962
“Time For Andrew” Mary Downing Hahn 1994
“The Gift Of The Frost Fairy” Sheila J. Bleeks 1976
“The Cat Who Could Read Backwards” Lilian Jackson Braun 1966
RIEDEL FASCINATION 