Reading Challenge 2011
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January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011
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and leave review links here too
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
Advice, Tips, and Inspiration from the Costume Designer
by Janie Bryant
Wit and Wisdom of an Ad Man
by Roger Sterling
The Illustrated World
by Dyna Moe
A Romp Through 1960s America
by Natasha Vargas-cooper
* image source for event badge: mad men yourself
* source for most books
* source for most of movie list
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?
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?
