Book Challenge 8/12
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foxinthestarsMy latest fill in the 2016 Book Challenge is the "book you own but have never read." OMG SO MANY OF THESE YOU GUYS. But the one I went with:
"A Rare Benedictine: The Advent of Brother Cadfael" by Ellis Peters
This one was low-hanging fruit --- the whole book is only 150 pages --- but I hadn't read a Cadfael book since doing canon review for Yuletide last year, and it seemed like I was due for one.
My earliest hazy memories of Cadfael were of promos for the TV adaption on PBS "Mystery!," and I have a vague recollection that my mom declared it outside her comfort zone. (There are all manner of media I didn't experience in a timely manner because of my mom's comfort zone --- see also The Twilight Zone.) Somehow it lodged in my mind, probably a fascination with the medieval setting, and in the last few years I finally discovered a DVD of one of the episodes at the library.* This led to watching all the adaptations, then moving on to the books, which are even better.** I haven't finished all of the books, but I mean to eventually, and this was a bit of progress in that direction.
It's a collection of three short stories, including the one where Cadfael hears the call to become a monk. The other two are pretty typical for the series. I especially liked the second one ("The Price of Light"); it features one of the impressive women who usually figure into Cadfael stories.
Challenge progress:
-A book published this year (2016)
-A book you can finish in a day
-A book you've been meaning to read
-A book recommended by your local librarian or bookseller
-A book you should have read in school
-A book chosen for you by [a loved one]
-A book published before you were born
-A book that was banned at some point
-A book you previously abandoned
-A book you own but have never read
-A book that intimidates you
-A book you've already read at least once
What's next, I don't even know. I have some reading to do outside of the challenge (or maybe I'll figure out a way to count them), so we'll just see.
*("The Virgin in the Ice," specifically, so I got to meet our Gary Stu Olivier right off the bat.)
**(Especially "The Pilgrim of Hate," but the less said about the "adaptation" of that one, the better. The fourth season in general is kind of off; in particular it seems like Hugh was replaced by a much-dumber pod person or something.)
"A Rare Benedictine: The Advent of Brother Cadfael" by Ellis Peters
This one was low-hanging fruit --- the whole book is only 150 pages --- but I hadn't read a Cadfael book since doing canon review for Yuletide last year, and it seemed like I was due for one.
My earliest hazy memories of Cadfael were of promos for the TV adaption on PBS "Mystery!," and I have a vague recollection that my mom declared it outside her comfort zone. (There are all manner of media I didn't experience in a timely manner because of my mom's comfort zone --- see also The Twilight Zone.) Somehow it lodged in my mind, probably a fascination with the medieval setting, and in the last few years I finally discovered a DVD of one of the episodes at the library.* This led to watching all the adaptations, then moving on to the books, which are even better.** I haven't finished all of the books, but I mean to eventually, and this was a bit of progress in that direction.
It's a collection of three short stories, including the one where Cadfael hears the call to become a monk. The other two are pretty typical for the series. I especially liked the second one ("The Price of Light"); it features one of the impressive women who usually figure into Cadfael stories.
Challenge progress:
-A book you should have read in school
-A book that was banned at some point
-A book you previously abandoned
-A book that intimidates you
What's next, I don't even know. I have some reading to do outside of the challenge (or maybe I'll figure out a way to count them), so we'll just see.
*("The Virgin in the Ice," specifically, so I got to meet our Gary Stu Olivier right off the bat.)
**(Especially "The Pilgrim of Hate," but the less said about the "adaptation" of that one, the better. The fourth season in general is kind of off; in particular it seems like Hugh was replaced by a much-dumber pod person or something.)
