Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Titanic 100 Year Anniversary Challenge

Originally posted at : http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/819010-titanic-100-year-anniversary-challenge?page=1#top

The RMS Titanic, a passenger liner that struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, sank on 15 April 1912. Of the 2,223 people on board the White Star Line steamship, 1,517 perished. Click here for a Time/Life Photo Gallery. Click here for more information from Wikipedia.
• Read a book, non-fiction or fiction, about the Titanic. For suggestions, check out these
         GoodReads’ listopia links: Best Titanic Books, Fiction Books About the Titanic,
         and Genre: Titanic.
• Read a book that at least partly has its setting on a ship. This can also be a spaceship.
• Read a book of “titanic proportions” - as in greater than 450 pages.
• Read a book about a captain of something or has a character called “captain,” even if only as
         a nickname.
• Read a book with “ice” in the title or is depicted on the cover.
• Read a book where a lifeboat is used.
• Read a book about a catastrophe or disaster. Click here for GRs listopia Maritime Disasters
         and Shipwrecks.
• Read a book in which Morse Code, or a telegraph, is used to send a message.
“And the band played on…” Read a book where the protagonist is connected to a musical band.
         Helpful GRs listopia are: Fiction Involving Music, Best Books on Rock & Roll,
         & YA Music Books.
• Read a biography of someone who was on the Titanic. Helpful link: enclyclopedia-titanica.org
• Read a book with a predominately white cover.
• Read a book with a star (or stars) on it.
Duration: One Year for Your Start Date

Levels
Life vest: (easy) = 3 books
Lifeboat: (medium) = 4 - 10
Carpathia*: (hard) = 11 - 12
(*ship that delivered survivors to New York)
Or you may choose the Spell-It-Out Option, and spell T.I.T.A.N.I.C. or another word that
reminds you of this historic event. Use book or series titles, or authors' first or last names to spell your word(s). Note: I used all Titanic theme books in the example;however, you don't have to do this.
Titanic, iceberg, captain, S.O.S, lifeboat, Morse Code, April, hundred
Spell It Out
T. - Terry Jones = Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic
I. - Ice, by Linda Howard
T. - Titanic, #3 by Gordon Korman
A. - And the Band Played on, by Christopher Ward
N. - A Night to Remember, by Walter Lord
I. - Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer
C. - Crisp, Marty White Star: A Dog on the Titanic
Douglas Adams's Starship TitanicIceS.O.S. (Titanic, #3)And the Band Played onA Night to RememberInto Thin AirWhite Star  A Dog On The Titanic
H. - Her Name, Titanic, by Charles R. Pellegrino
U. - Unsinkable: The Molly Brown Story, by Joyce B. Lohse
N. - Nick Barratt = Lost Voices from the Titanic
D. - Dirk Pitt, #4 - Raise The Titanic!, by Clive Cussler
R. - Rogan, Charlotte = The Lifeboat
E. - Every Man for Himself, by Beryl Bainbridge
D. - Deadly Decisions, by Christopher Burns
T. - Turner, Steve = The Band that Played On:
The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down with the Titanic
H. - How to Survive the Titanic: Or, the Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay, by Frances Wilson
Her Name, TitanicUnsinkable  The Molly Brown StoryLost Voices from the TitanicRaise The Titanic!The LifeboatEvery Man for HimselfDeadly DecisionsThe Band That Played on  The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down with the TitanicHow to Survive the Titanic  Or, the Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay  With Earbuds

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