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Book one – Oh My Goth

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The aim of the 100+ reading challenge is to read 100 or more books in a year. this is something I attempt every year but usually fail due to forgetting to keep track of them all. So this year I’m going to follow Skippy’s idea and blog each one.

 

So first up it made sense to read one of the three, now four, new books I got for Christmas.

Oh My Goth by Gena Showalter tells the story of teenage goth Jade Leigh who finds herself switching places, freaky friday style, with the most popular girl in school. With one slight twist, when Jade enters this virtual world she finds that everyone s now goth and those people who were her friends before are now dressed like Barbie.

I found it an amusing read. It made a nice light hearted start to the year and didn’t take me long to finish. One down ninety nine to go.

 

Carpe Juglum

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Yes I have know this for a little while but now it’s on the website it’s official. In November I will be in the Woodhouse Players production of Carpe Jugulum. Based on the book by Terry Pratchett, click here for my review.

I will be playing the vampyre Krimson. so yes after years in the London Vampyre scene without doing so I now have full filled the goth stereotype of having a stupidly spelt ‘spooky’ name.

I am rather excited about this one, as anyone who has spoken to me recently can probably confirm. Though there is just one slight problem, as my lovely flatmates have been so keen to point out, thank you guys. That is that although being a vampyre is really cool, you are now on the wrong side in a Pratchett book, which means going against the likes of Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg. Which any fan of the Discworld will tell you is a really bad idea. You’ll have to come see it if you want to know what happens though.

100+ Reading Challenge

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Skippy Has convinced me to do project 52 (Write one article a week for your website for a year). So here is my first post of the year;

100+ Reading Challenge

Heard about this from Glowstars, who did it last year, but this sounds like just my sort of challenge.

  1. The goal is to read 100 or more books. Anyone can join.
  2. Audio, Re-reads, eBooks, YA, Manga, Graphic Novels, Library books, Novellas, Young Reader, Non-fiction; as long as the book has an ISBN or equivalent or can be purchased as such, the book counts.
  3. What doesn’t count: Individual short stories or individual books in the Bible.
  4. No need to list your books in advance. You may select books as you go. Even if you list them now, you can change the list if needed.
  5. Crossovers from other reading challenges count.
  6. Challenge begins January 1st thru December, 2010. Books started before the 1st do not count.

My list:

  1. 1001 ridiculus ways to die
  2. New Moan – Stephordy Mayo
  3. The Accidental Vampire – Lyndsy Sands
  4. Miscreation – Stefan Jakubowski