Thursday, January 20, 2011

Mad Men Reading Challenge

Mad Men
Reading Challenge 2011
hosted by vvb32 reads
January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011

signup on this post in comments
and leave review links here too

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Because I love this theme and I really didn't get to complete it from last year, parts of last year's challenge are being reanimated.

AND, I really am looking forward to the fifth season this year. So starting the hype and hoopla...

Whether or not you have watched the Mad Men TV series, the selection pool I have put together will give a snapshot of the 60's and Mad Men genre with a feminine slant. I also included some that were mentioned on the show.

TO DO (4 parts):

1. CREATE challenge acceptance blog post.

Please copy the challenge graphic and include it in your blog post with your book list. A tentative list is fine as I like getting book recommendations to add to my tbr pile ;-D

AND leave a comment linking back to your challenge acceptance post.

2. READ one of these:

A Strange Stirring:
The Feminine Mystique and
American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s
by Stephanie Coontz

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Babylon Revisited and Other Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

Sex and the Single Girl by Helen Gurley Brown

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe

The Group by Mary McCarthy

Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann

Wishin' and Hopin' by Wally Lamb

3. WATCH one of these films:

ANY Mad Men episode
The Apartment (1960)
The Best of Everything (1959)
Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Butterfield 8 (1960)
The Children's Hour (1961)
Far From Heaven (2002)
Gidget (1959)
Lady Chatterley's Lover (1955)
Revolutionary Road (2008)
West Side Story (1961)

OR

Select your own book and film that follows the challenge theme.

4. PARTICIPATE: Mini-challenge event
Comment on at least 3 posts from the event.
watch this spot: tba - most likely when the tv series premiere is released

*** Book Giveaway for completing the Mad Men challenge ***

Open to all.

Offer ends: December 31, 2011

Prize: winner gets to pick one of these

The Fashion File:
Advice, Tips, and Inspiration from the Costume Designer
by Janie Bryant


Sterling's Gold:
Wit and Wisdom of an Ad Man
by Roger Sterling


Mad Men:
The Illustrated World
by Dyna Moe


Mad Men Unbuttoned:
A Romp Through 1960s America
by Natasha Vargas-cooper

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* image source for event badge: mad men yourself
* source for most books
* source for most of movie list
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*** P A R T I C I P A N T S ***

the first two who sign up automatically win a surprise Mad Men goodie, just enter your challenge acceptance blog post link in comments

1. who will be in the one spot?

*** R E V I E W S ***

the first review link received gets a surprise Mad Men goodie

the second review link received get +1 entry point towards this challenge


enter your review link(s) in comments...

1. who will be in the one spot?


 
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