Alice's Bucket List: OH WOW

Alice's Bucket List: OH WOW: "OH WOW OH WOW OH WOW it's the middle of the night and we just hit £10,000 for CANCER RESEARCH by you sponsoring my little sister for her ru..."

I can do this.......

Honest, I will make it to the end of this book...even my 6 year old has offered to read it to me at bedtime - love her!!

I fear that the masses (well 4 posts on FB) may be right - the first part of this book is a slow read.  Please don't get me wrong I have loved  no to strong a word..I have enjoyed meeting the characters, having never seen the films I had no preconceived ideas, I wonder if that has helped or hindered? 

There's no denying this is an epic story. 

Whilst reading I decided it would be a good idea to learn a little about each Author as I make my way through my list.  Tolkien did not disappoint and I enjoyed reading about him (probably) more than the book so far!! 

Well best sign off - I will keep going and keep my fingers crossed. 

Happy Reading!

Tolkien update.....

I won't lie this book has been tough going and I have totally had to remind myself why I am doing this.....

I want to read books that would not normally be my first choice - I want to explore literature in a new way. 

I will post a list of my top 100 - please feel free to add any books you feel I should read.

Happy Reading

Some words of encouragement.....well mostly!!!

I posted on FB that my challenge had begun and these are some of the comments I received:

Best book ever... Dull start my arse. just remember our nighttime walks as kids...as you read you'll realise that no one could capture Oxfordshire at night better than Tolkien. Those first few chapters for those of us lucky enough to be from the real shire are joy.

Slow to start, but lyrical and wonderful. Savour every word - by the time you finish it you'll want more and more and more...

good luck. But be sure to stick with it. It has a very dull start, but by about a 3rd of the way through, it really picks up!

Oh god that's a big ask!!! Good luck!_!

Thank's to everyone who posted

Day 2...page 20.....988 to go - look out for my first book report

Happy Reading !!!!

Why am I doing this.......

Well I fear I may be mad and set myself a task I may regret..

Yesterday was world book day (4th March) and my daughter - lets call her "Eggs" who is Six had to take her favourite book into school to share. Well what book did Eggs decide to take -"the gruffalo", "monster at the back of the book" or "maybe if you give a mouse a cookie" no - she decides to take "the encyclopedia of aliens" this was her Dads favourite book when he was 10! Eggs has always seen & read books that have no direct relevance to her age - when we go to the library she does not head just to the Children section she looks for reference & larger books - not because she is super smart (she is perfect to me) but because, I believe, she has a much older brother - lets call him "Bacon" so she reads her books and whatever he reads, a book is just a book to her, it holds new adventure & information and have no relevance to her age or understanding.  This got me thinking as we get older do we pigeon hole books by age, gender, religion, and does this mean I have missed out on a bunch of really great classics?

I know that for some time I only really read nice easy "girly" books and to be fair I have been choosing these by their cover rather than content!  So in a mad moment I downloaded the BBC Top 100 book list and have vowed to read them all - not watch the films BUT really read them...this seemed like a great plan until this morning when book No1 appeared "Lord of the Rings" all 1008 pages (I thought the Bible was gonna be the tough one)

So here goes......Page 1 --maybe I will see you on the other side?