29 Aug 2018

Ignoring the rules when choosing favorites...

Last year my sister challenged me to complete the #challengeonnaturephotography on Facebook. The idea was to occupy FB with nature photographs. Each nominated person had to post a different nature photo for 7 days (and of course nominate someone else to take up the challenge). I got really into it and reposted the daily results here as well as on Facebook. But as I was selecting photos, I figured seven wouldn't cut it. So I chose to share two a day... for two weeks instead of one. Whoops! Carried away much? Nah! That's just me. Rules are more like guidelines, right? Do what you will with them? 😊

Earlier this month one of my Aunts tagged me in another a game on Facebook: the seven day book challenge. The idea was that for a whole week you were supposed to post a picture of the cover of one of your favorite books. No words, and no explanation (and of course challenge one of your friends). 

SEVEN days of favorite books?! How on earth could I possible choose only seven?!?!?! 

I promise I tried... I decided I'd just get up and pluck off my shelves books that immediately came to my mind as I walked around the house. The result:



TEN. 😱And if you look closely you'll notice an extra level of cheating: half of them are actually several books in a single volume! 😇 (I mean, how could I choose a single Narnia novel over another?) 😈

How about you? Ever broken the rules like this? And if not... how on earth were you able to keep the numbers down?!

Oh, and how do you like my books? (I actually ended up switching out the Little Women volume for another one I bought a few days later at the bookshop in the British Museum. Lovely hardback edition... that also includes Little Men and Jo's Boys so another 3-in-1!)

PS: I promise I'm still trying to write! This is actually my second post this week, the other was on one of my other blogs. I've decided I'm going to try and make Wednesday and Sunday evenings writing time. Depending on what I plan to write might be enough time to post something, or might need more work. And will be split between the 3 blogs... First off I need to dedicate some time to wrapping up six posts I left in draft form last summer on the Camelot/Sherwood blog! After that... fingers crossed all 3 will start coming back to life this Fall. Inch'allah.

8 comments:

  1. Hey Cris!! Hope you're well. Loved the photos, and who doesn't love a bit of nature photography? Haha, the book thing would not work for me as I have zero books nowadays (just a kindle library - less to dust) :)

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    1. Hey Veg! I tried going all digital, really I did. But I can't help walking into bookstores when I travel. And I can't help buying books when I do. And too many family and friends know of my love to read and frequently send me a tale they want to share with me so... Mission impossible! :p

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    2. I only get tempted by cook books and travel books. :) I mean digital versions of those just don't do them justice!

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    3. Very true. Plus those are two categories of books that it's useful to be able to make notes in!

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  2. So happy to see a post from you. I need to start posting more often as well.

    We have totally different taste in books - The only one I've read here is Anne of Green Gables.

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    1. Really?! Interesting! Most people I know have read at least 4-5 of those, even if they might not consider them in their "favorites". Indeed, I could easily associate each book to a particular person in my mind (and sometimes more than one) so I could tag them during the Challenge on the day corresponding to "their book".
      I should have tagged you in the Challenge to get a look at your book tastes! ;)

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  3. I am also happy to see a post from one of my favorite rule breakers! Your books made me smile. I couldn't do it, either: how to rate one book over another?? :-)

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    1. Hi Djan!!!
      Yeah, even 10 was a tough call! The only way I could even limit myself to that was to do a quick walk around the apartment picking out books that immediately called to me, and once done that initial round stop. I'm just happy there was no need to order them from first to last favorite!!! :p

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