Well, I have finished my first challenge!! Yahoo!! Ok - it only took one book to finish it but never mind - its an accomplishment!
Jill at Fizzy Thoughts hosted the NY Challenge to get people excited for BEA being held in NYC next week (next week - that came up quickly!). The rules were simple - read one book set in NY between the start of the challenge and May 15th. Jill also hosted 3 mini-challenges:
Feb: Create a list of ten things about NY - I wrote about my ten favorite places to read in NYC - maybe you can visit one or two if you are in town for BEA?
Heather from Age 30+ . . . A Lifetime of Books won the prize that month for her post on her ten favorite things about NY - her post draws attention to some of NYC's best so check it out before you come to the city for BEA!
Mar: Jill combined NY with women's history month and asked us to write about a "woman, NY, history" - I chose to write about Jackie Onassis and I won the prize that month! I received a lovely Strand coffee mug, pen and tin of mints. Thanks, Jill!
Apr: We were asked to compose a poem - my life at work fell apart that month and I could not summon any creative juices (there are few there to begin with!) so I did not participate in the April mini-challenge. But check out the poem written by Jenna from Little Bird - it was the winner that month!
For the challenge, I read a book I had been waiting to read for some time - Brooklyn by Colm Toibin (review here). It is a quiet story about an Irish immigrant living in Brooklyn in the 50's.
Thanks to Jill for hosting an excellent challenge and I look forward to welcoming everyone to the Big Apple next week!
Congrats on finishing your first challenge! I like to make things doable...well, except for that poetry mini-challenge :-D
ReplyDeleteSo if we meet next week, bop me over the head if I look at you with a blank look when you introduce yourself. I'm afraid I'm going to forget who everybody is!
Congrats on finishing the challenge!
ReplyDeleteGood review of what looks to be an interesting book. I like how you tied your family’s story into it and explained the appeal of Colm Toibin to you.
I won’t be at the BEA myself, but I look forward to hearing about it from you.