Thank you all for voting on the Pratchett Read-Along book for next month! Sixty percent of you chose The Wee Free Men so that will be our group read. And I've decided to do that one first so that the rest of the month remains open for those of us that want to keep reading through the Tiffany Aching series.
The schedule for the Read-Alongs:
Sat, March 9 - Discussion for Terry Pratchett's The Wee Free Men
Sat, March 23 - Discussion for Diana Wynne Jones' Howl's Moving Castle
I'll have a post up on each day but also feel free to write your own blog posts and/or share the book on other social media. I'll probably also have something up on Instagram and Twitter each day.
And, speaking of Howl, did you know that this year is the 15th anniversary of the Hayao Miyazaki movie version?! It will be the first film shown for this year's Studio Ghibli Fest at the beginning of April, if you're interested in seeing it in a theater (and are in the U.S. or Canada).
Are you going to join these group reads? Will it be your first time for either book or are they already favorites?
Making the cheese,
K
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ReplyDeleteThanks for putting up this schedule, Kristen, I'll join in when I can. I'd actually planned to schedule reviews of Wintersmith on the 7th and Howl's Moving Castle on the 26th, on STP and DWJ's anniversaries but I can still discuss the chosen books on the Saturdays you highlight!
ReplyDeleteThanks again for running this event again, I'd otherwise miss it now that it's well established on my mental calendar. I've scheduled a couple of posts to draw attention to it on my blog, so hopefully others will participate too. 😊
I hope so! It's always more fun when more people join in. :)
DeleteYayyyyy for Howl's Moving Castle! I am excited to reread it and write about it -- let's see if I can actually get my shit together to do this on schedule for once.
ReplyDeleteI feel like it has been ages since I last read it!
DeleteOh, I am so in the mood for Wee Free Men right now! And Howl's Moving Castle, yes, absolutely, I am in! (Wasn't sure I was ready to jump back into the blogosphere, but you've given me two excellent reasons!)
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing like favorites to help bring us together!
DeleteHey, look, did you know about this? An art competition for an illustrated edition of Howl's Moving Castle. And it's People's Choice, so we can vote! http://bicpeopleschoice.org/book-illustration-competition-2019/
ReplyDeleteYep! It's in my last post. :) I finally chose and voted last week. So many good ones though!
DeleteNow I want to know which one you voted on! Really hard to narrow it down, but at the moment I'm torn between 14, 15, 19 and 25
DeleteI voted for #3, Julia Bernhard, because I just couldn't get past that color pallette. I really liked the ones you mention too though! I even saw an artist tweet out their work which didn't make the final list and it was fantastic. Obviously a lot of Howl love out there!
DeleteYAY! Definitely hoping to re-read Howl! I will try to join in on The Wee Free Men if I can get to the library beforehand! I've never read it before so I'm curious to try it. :D
ReplyDeleteOh, it's so silly and fun. I hope you can get it!
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