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Nothing But Reading ChallengesEarth Day Challenge
Duration: 4/1/2018 - 5/31/2018
Progress: 24 out of 75
There is no Planet B! Help save the Earth by participating in a variety of environmentally friendly reading challenges.
Earn carbon credits by completing tasks and see what type of environmental activist you can be. Each task can only be completed once.
Time: Two Months
Levels:
☙ World Speaker - 75 Carbon Credits
☙ Community Leader - 50 Carbon Credits
☙ Tree Hugger - 25 Carbon Credits
☙ Recycler - 10 Carbon Credits
Tasks
Earn an extra carbon credit per book read that is a borrowed book or a digital book.
1 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Save a tree - Read a book with a tree on the cover:
You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: My Life in Stories and Pictures by Alan Cumming - ***** - 4/2/2018 - 304 Pages
☙ Walk to work - Read a book with a verb in the title.
The Buddha Walks into a Bar...: A Guide to Life for a New Generation by Lodro Rinzler - ***** - 4/2/2018 - 208 Pages
☙ Ride your bike - Read a book where someone travels for a living:
Tough Cookies: Leadership Lessons from 100 Years of the Girl Scouts by Kathy Cloninger - **** - 4/7/2018 - 181 Pages
☙ Celebrate the day - Read a book that has 22 as part of the page numbers. (Example: 422 pages, or 229 pages, etc.)
☙ Celebrate the Earth - Read a book that starts with the letter E, A, R, T or H.
Alex + Ada, Vol. 2 by Jonathan Luna - ***** - 4/5/2018 - 128 Pages
2 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Live green - Read a book with a mostly green cover.
The Emerald City of OzEric Shanower - **** - 5/1/2018 - 120 Pages
☙ Learn about the Earth - Read a science book.
☙ Plant Wildflowers - Read a book with a flower in the title:
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig - ***** - 5/11/2018 - 400 Pages
☙ Compost - Read a book that you've already read to re-use it for a new purpose:
On the Edge by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 5/4/2018 - 309 Pages
☙ Save water - Read a book that's set at sea or where someone captains a ship or boat.
3 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Bring your own bags - Read 2 books where one title "fits" inside the other. (All of the letters of one book title are in the other one.) Example: Mine is inside A Straight Line to My Heart.
☙ Pick up Trash - Read 2 books that have been on your to-read shelf for over a year:
1. Ghost Story by Jim Butcher - ***** - 4/6/2018 - 481 Pages
2. Irish Girls Are Back in Town by Cecelia Ahern - ***** - 4/17/2018 - 384 Pages
☙ Go Organic - Go back to basics by reading 2 books that are the first in their serie:
1. Birthright, Vol. 1: Homecoming by Joshua Williamson - ***** - 4/17/2018 - 128 Pages
2. That Scandalous Summer by Meredith Duran - ***** - 4/28/2018 - 372 Pages
☙ Pull Weeds - Read a book where someone fights against the "bad guys":
Username: Evie by Joe Sugg - *** - 4/4/2018 - 182 Pages
☙ Visit a farmers market - Read a book set on a farm.
Black Hammer, Vol. 1: Secret Origins by Jeff Lemire - ***** - 4/4/2018 - 184 Pages
4 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Build up the local environment - Read 2 books that are 4+ in their series:
1. City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare - **** - 4/19/2018 - 534 Pages
2. Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs - ***** - 5/9/2018 - 308 Pages
☙ Plant a vegetable garden - Find 10 veggie names in a book. (Names may be repeated)
- The Redhead Revealed by Alice Clayton - ***** - 5/22/2018 - 305 Pages
1. Celery: "I sat him at the counter and put him in charge of dicing celery for the stuffing." p. 283
2. Celery: "I was very celery at the moment." p. 306
3. Brussel Sprouts: "But I made brussels sprouts so well that even people who never liked them asked me how I made them taste so good." p. 283
4. Brussel Sprouts: "I assigned him to help me trim the brussels sprouts, but instead he kept trying to throw them away when he thought I wasn’t looking." p. 283
5. Brussel Sprouts: “Brussels sprouts, Grace, really?" p. 283
6. Brussel Sprouts: "I had mad Brussel skills." p. 283
7. Brussel Sprouts: “'So, you back for good now?' she asked, setting down the brussels sprouts, which had turned out great." p. 287
8. Lettuce: "Too many girls just eat lettuce and drink bottled water." p. 69
9. Shallot: "Then I set out the steaks to take the chill off and was frantically chopping shallots for the salad dressing when the phone rang." p. 256
10. Shallot: "Stacking three on top of the bok choy trio (symmetry, always symmetry), I then sprinkled bias-cut scallion, pickled garlic, and shallots that had been ever so slightly browned in peanut oil (a secret that would never be disclosed to Miss Fat Gram Counter) all around." p. 306
☙ Install solar panels - Read a book with a sun on the cover and a book that is set in a sunny climate.
☙ Clean Naturally - Clean your house naturally by reading 2 books with different essential oils in their text.
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☙ Donate your time - Read a book that spans at least 3 years.
John Adams by David McCullough - **** - 5/1/2018 - 751 Pages
5 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Plant a tree - Spell out the word TREE using spell-it-out rules.
T - Terminal Lance: The White Donkey by Maximilian Uriarte - ***** - 4/16/2018 - 284 Pages
R - Raven Cursed by Faith Hunter - ***** - 5/17/2018 - 353 Pages
E - Eric Shanower; Oz: Road to Oz - **** - 4/10/2018 - 136 Pages
E - P.N. Elrod; My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding - ***** - 5/3/2018 - 310 Pages
☙ Speak out - Read 4 books, each from a different genre that all have the same first letter in the title.
1. Bitten by Kelley Armstrong - ***** - 5/8/2018 - 436 Pages
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☙ Create a Plan B - Read a book that's set on another real planet.
☙ Setup a windmill for energy - Read a book with wind in the title or series and a book with something tall on the cover:
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole - *** - 5/16/2018 - 125 Pages - Tall Pillars
☙ Donate your money - Read a book with someone who has a lot of money.
Scandal Wears Satin by Loretta Chase - ***** - 4/23/2018 - 372 Pages
Spell-It-Out Rules:
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Nothing But Reading ChallengesApril: National Humor Month
Duration: Two months: April 1- May 31
Progress: 40 out of ?
April is National Humour Month so what better than a reading challenge dedicated to all that is Funny? Humorous? Comical?
Humor= a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: (Dictionary.com)
Option 1. -- Read any or all of the tasks below. Tasks may be completed more than once using a different book.
Option 2. -- Spell out any of the words below using the usual spell - it - out rules. (*) (You are not limited to the word list below)
Comical Cat = 1- 10 books
Clown = 11-24 books
Jokester = 25 + books
Read a book tagged as "humor" ( spelling variations acceptable)
Read a book tagged as "funny" ( spelling variations acceptable)
Read a book tagged as "laugh-out-loud"
Read a nominee from the 2017 Good Reads Choice Awards category Best Humor
Read a book from the Best Humorous List
Read a book from the Humorous Romance Books List
Read a book with the word "fun" in the title.
Read a book with the word "fun" in the text.
Read a book with the word "funny" in the text.
Read a book with a character you find humorous.
Read a book that made you laugh out loud.
Read a book that has the acronym "lol" in the text.
Read a book with the word "hilarious" in the text.
Read a book with the work "joke" in the text.
Read a book which has a clown make an appearance.
Read a book with "clown " in the text.
Read a book in which a character plays a joke on a friend.
Words
Amusement
A: Alex + Ada, Vol. 2 by Jonathan Luna - ***** - 4/5/2018 - 128 Pages
M: Mockingbird, Vol. 1: I Can Explain by Chelsea Cain - ***** - 4/20/2018 - 136 Pages
U: Username: Evie by Joe Sugg - *** - 4/4/2018 - 182 Pages
S: Scandal Wears Satin by Loretta Chase - ***** - 4/23/2018 - 372 Pages
E: Eric Shanower; Oz: Road to Oz - **** - 4/10/2018 - 136 Pages
M: Meredith Duran; That Scandalous Summer - ***** - 4/28/2018 - 372 Pages
E: The Emerald City of OzEric Shanower - **** - 5/1/2018 - 120 Pages
N
T: Tough Cookies: Leadership Lessons from 100 Years of the Girl Scouts by Kathy Cloninger - **** - 4/7/2018 - 181 Pages
Bandinage
B: The Buddha Walks into a Bar...: A Guide to Life for a New Generation by Lodro Rinzler - ***** - 4/2/2018 - 208 Pages
A: Alan Cumming; You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: My Life in Stories and Pictures - ***** - 4/2/2018 - 304 Pages
N
D: David McCullough; John Adams - **** - 5/1/2018 - 751 Pages
I: I Love My Breakup - the original part one by Sabrina Lacey - **** - 4/4/2018 - 39 Pages
N
A: Alex + Ada, Vol. 3 by Jonathan Luna - ***** - 4/5/2018 - 136 Pages
G: Ghost Story by Jim Butcher - ***** - 4/6/2018 - 481 Pages
E: P.N. Elrod; My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding - ***** - 5/3/2018 - 310 Pages
Banter
B: Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs - ***** - 5/9/2018 - 308 Pages
A: John Allison; Giant Days, Vol. 2 - ***** - 4/6/2018 - 128 Pages
N
T: Terminal Lance: The White Donkey by Maximilian Uriarte - ***** - 4/16/2018 - 284 Pages
E: Emil Ferris; My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 - ** - 5/18/2018 - 414 Pages
R: Raven Cursed by Faith Hunter - ***** - 5/17/2018 - 353 Pages
Buffoonery
B: Birthright, Vol. 1: Homecoming by Joshua Williamson - ***** - 4/17/2018 - 128 Pages
U
F: Tee Franklin; Bingo Love - ***** - 4/18/2018 - 88 Pages
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O: Katie O'Neill; Princess Princess Ever After - ***** - 4/28/2018 - 56 Pages
O: On the Edge by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 5/4/2018 - 309 Pages
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R: The Redhead Revealed by Alice Clayton - ***** - 5/22/2018 - 305 Pages
Y
Clowning
C: City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare - **** - 4/19/2018 - 534 Pages
L: Jeff Lemire; Black Hammer, Vol. 1: Secret Origins - ***** - 4/4/2018 - 184 Pages
O
W: Joshua Williamson; Birthright, Vol. 2: Call to Adventure - ***** - 4/30/2018 - 112 Pages
N
I: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare - **** - 4/15/2018 - 260 Pages
N
G: Giant Days, Vol. 3 by John Allison - ***** - 4/23/2018 - 112 Pages
Comicality
C: Jennifer Chiaverini; The Quilter's Apprentice - **** - 5/14/2018 - 271 Pages
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I: Irish Girls Are Back in Town by Cecelia Ahern - ***** - 4/17/2018 - 384 Pages
C
A: John Allison; Giant Days, Vol. 4 - ***** - 5/2/2018 - 112 Pages
L: Lauren Willig; The Secret History of the Pink Carnation - ***** - 5/11/2018 - 400 Pages
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Y: Your Inner Critic Is a Big Jerk: And Other Truths About Being Creative by Danielle Krysa - ***** - 5/15/2018 - 136 Pages
Gag
G: Sarah Graley; Kim Reaper Vol. 1: Grim Beginnings - ***** - 5/5/2018 - 112 Pages
A: Kelley Armstrong; Bitten - ***** - 5/8/2018 - 436 Pages
G: Giant Days, Vol. 5 by John Allison - ***** - 5/15/2018 - 112 Pages
Wit
W: Horace Walpole; The Castle of Otranto - *** - 5/16/2018 - 125 Pages
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Jest
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S: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo - **** - 5/18/2018 - 358 Pages
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Comicalness
Drollery
Facetiousness
Farce
Flippancy
Fun
Gaiety
Happiness
High Spirits
Jesting
Jocoseness
Jocosity
Jocularity
Joke
Joking
Joyfulness
Kidding
Levity
Lightness
Playfulness
Pleasantry
Ralliery
Tomfoolery
Whimsy
Wisecrack
Witticism
Wittiness
(*)Spell-it-Out Rules
Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audiobook narrators first or last name.
If you are reading a translated version, you can also use the first letter of the translator's first or last name.
As always, if the first letter of a title starts with ‘A’, ‘An’, ‘The’, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.
Nothing But Reading ChallengesSpring: Quest to Save Easter!
Duration: 4/1/2018 - 5/31/2018
Progress: 6 out of 6+
Quest to Save Easter!
Novel Kingdom is a small kingdom on the edge of Lake Lexicon. It is ruled by the benevolent Queen Skye.
Novel Kingdom is in holiday peril again! The Easter Bunny has been kidnapped by the local tribe of Omnibus Trolls.
HELP SAVE EASTER!
Each section of quests should be completed in order by parts. (i.e. Part 1 must be completed before Part 2 is started.) You have been given a Tote of Infinite Books that can store any book read after April 1st, 2018 for use in the quest at a later point. May 31st, 2018 is the last day to turn in progress towards the quest, after that Queen Skye will call in the knights to take drastic measures.
Levels
Finish Part 1: You have made a valiant effort but the knights have a lot of work ahead of them.
Finish Part 2: You've made a dent in the trolls evil plans but still are facing an Easter without chocolate eggs.
Finish Part 3: You almost rescued the Easter Bunny and with a bit more practice and speed reading could become a knight someday.
Rescue the Easter Bunny! You have rescued the Easter Bunny and saved Easter. The dentists of the realm thank you.
Save Easter Quests - Part 1 Discover the threat
You start hearing whispers of something terribly wrong while walking around town one morning. You hop over to the tavern to hear about the issue. The bartender wipes a tear from the corner of his eye and informs you that the Easter Bunny is missing! Find out all the information you can.
Pump the Bartender for Information
You think the bartender knows more than he has said. You slide two coins across the counter. They disappear quickly and the bartender tells you about a local troll that has been terrorizing local villages in the region.
Read a book where someone drinks a lot or is a bartender and read a book where someone pays for something in gold or the book has a gold cover to pay the bartender for information.
1. The Buddha Walks into a Bar...: A Guide to Life for a New Generation by Lodro Rinzler - ***** - 4/2/2018 - 208 Pages
Talk to the Local Children
The local children like to play just outside the gate and might have seen something. You don't want to upset them with the possible demise of their beloved spring hero so you decide to bribe them with a small toy to answer your questions.
Spell out the word TOY using spell-it-out rules to hear what the children saw.
T: Tough Cookies: Leadership Lessons from 100 Years of the Girl Scouts by Kathy Cloninger - **** - 4/7/2018 - 181 Pages
O: Oz: Road to Oz by Eric Shanower - **** - 4/10/2018 - 136 Pages
Y: You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: My Life in Stories and Pictures by Alan Cumming - ***** - 4/2/2018 - 304 Pages
Talk to the Guard at the Gate
Guarding the gate is a tough job, it's always opening and closing the gate and checking goods and warding off bandits. This day was particularly interesting for the guard since he noticed something off in the distance.
Read 2 books which feature restaurants or chefs to bring lunch to the guard and listen to him talk while you share the feast.
1. Raven CursedFaith Hunter - ***** - 5/17/2018 - 353 Pages - Evie was a chef
2. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain - **** - 5/29/2018
Save Easter Quests - Part 2 Track the rabbit
(view spoiler)
Save Easter Quests - Part 3 Make a plan
(view spoiler)
Save Easter Quests - Part 4 Execute the plan
(view spoiler)
Nothing But Reading ChallengesMajor League Baseball Challenge
Duration: 10/1/2020 - 3/31/2021
Progress: 0 out of 38
1) Chicago Cubs (Because Indianapolis doesn't have a Major League, only Minor)
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4) 1st - 9th Innings - Play the 1st - 9th innings by reading series books that correspond with the inning
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5) Playoffs:
Playoffs- Using the Number Generator, generate the number of points the opposing team has (9). Read that number of books, plus one.
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6) Baseball Term:
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7) Home run! Finish a four-book series
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Nothing But Reading ChallengesApril's: Scrabble Challenge
Duration: April 1st, 2018 - Open-ended
Progress: 28 out of 64+ (Option # 4: Combine any of the options 1-3)
April 13th is National Scrabble Day and we know you all love a good game of scrabble; so lets have fun with a scrabble reading challenge.
Use any of the options below to complete this reading challenge. Books may be used once for one task only. All book formats are accepted. Minimum page requirement=120 pages.
Option # 1: Read books that spell out the letters in the words "SCRABBLE", "HASBRO" & "MATTEL"
S: Sabrina Lacey; I Love My Breakup - the original part one - **** - 4/4/2018 - 39 Pages
C: City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare - **** - 4/19/2018 - 534 Pages
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A: Alan Cumming; You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: My Life in Stories and Pictures - ***** - 4/2/2018 - 304 Pages
B: The Buddha Walks into a Bar...: A Guide to Life for a New Generation by Lodro Rinzler - ***** - 4/2/2018 - 208 Pages
B: Black Hammer, Vol. 1: Secret Origins by Jeff Lemire - ***** - 4/4/2018 - 184 Pages
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E: The Emerald City of OzEric Shanower - **** - 5/1/2018 - 120 Pages
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A: Alex + Ada, Vol. 2 by Jonathan Luna - ***** - 4/5/2018 - 128 Pages
S: Joe Sugg; Username: Evie - *** - 4/4/2018 - 182 Pages
B: Jim Butcher; Ghost Story - ***** - 4/6/2018 - 481 Pages
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O: Oz: Road to Oz by Eric Shanower - **** - 4/10/2018 - 136 Pages
M: Mockingbird, Vol. 1: I Can Explain by Chelsea Cain - ***** - 4/20/2018 - 136 Pages
A: Alex + Ada, Vol. 3 by Jonathan Luna - ***** - 4/5/2018 - 136 Pages
T: Tough Cookies: Leadership Lessons from 100 Years of the Girl Scouts by Kathy Cloninger - **** - 4/7/2018 - 181 Pages
T: Terminal Lance: The White Donkey by Maximilian Uriarte - ***** - 4/16/2018 - 284 Pages
E: P.N. Elrod; My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding - ***** - 5/3/2018 - 310 Pages
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Option # 2: Read books that fit the scrabble tasks below
Scrabble Tasks:
Read a book that has a title with all the letters in the word "scrabble"
Read a book that has a title with all the letters in the word "bingo": Bingo Love by Tee Franklin - ***** - 4/18/2018 - 88 Pages
Read a book with a title that has all the letters in the word "bonus"
Read a book that has a blank cover (just a title)
Read a book that has 2- 4 characters: Giant Days, Vol. 2 by John Allison - ***** - 4/6/2018 - 128 Pages
Read a book that has the word "square" in the text
Read a book with a red cover: Birthright, Vol. 2: Call to Adventure by Joshua Williamson - ***** - 4/30/2018 - 112 Pages
Read a book with blue cover: Scandal Wears Satin by Loretta Chase - ***** - 4/23/2018 - 372 Pages
Read a book with a pink cover
Read a book that is 2nd in a series: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare - **** - 4/15/2018 - 260 Pages
Read a book that is 3rd in a series: Giant Days, Vol. 3 by John Allison - ***** - 4/23/2018 - 112 Pages
Read a book with the word "tile" in the text
Read a book with a board game on the cover or in the text
Read a book in which a character wins
Read a book with a title that has all the letters in the word "dictionary"
Read a book with the word "fun" in the text
Read a book with the word "strategy" in the text
Read a book that is 7th in a series
Read a book with the word "turn" in the text
Option # 3: Scrabble tiles are distributed as shown below. Using the title or author's first or last name read a book for each letter that occurs and its frequency. (or as many as you can)
For example: I want to spell out the F's. There are two of them.
F-Fatal Chaos by Marie Force ( title or author surname)
F- Fatal Threat by Marie Force (title or author surname)
Scrabble Frequency & Letters
A x 9 tiles
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B x 2 tiles
B: Birthright, Vol. 1: Homecoming by Joshua Williamson - ***** - 4/17/2018 - 128 Pages
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C x 2 tiles, D x 4 tiles, E x 12 tiles,
F x 2 tiles,
G x 3 tiles
G: Giant Days, Vol. 4 by John Allison - ***** - 5/2/2018 - 112 Pages
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H x 2 tiles
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I x 9 tiles
I: Irish Girls Are Back in Town by Cecelia Ahern - ***** - 4/17/2018 - 384 Pages
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J x 1 tile
J: John Adams by David McCullough - **** - 5/1/2018 - 751 Pages
K x 1 tile, L x 4 tiles, M x 2 tiles, N x 6 tiles,
O x 8 tiles:
O: On the Edge by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 5/4/2018 - 309 Pages
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P x 2 tiles
P: Princess Princess Ever After by Katie O'Neill - ***** - 4/28/2018 - 56 Pages
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Q x 1 tile,
R x 6 tiles, S x 4 tiles
T x 6 tiles
T: That Scandalous Summer by Meredith Duran - ***** - 4/28/2018 - 372 Pages
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U x 4 tiles, V x 2 tiles, W x 2 tiles,
X x 1 tile, Y x 2 tiles, Z x 1 tile
Nothing But Reading ChallengesApril: Rain or Shine Reading Challenge
Duration: April 1- May 31
Progress: 31 out of 42+ (Option 4= Combine any of the options)
On cloud nine: 25- 40 books
Calm before the storm: 41 + books
Everyone loves to talk about the weather, so why not a weather reading challenge?
Four Options to Play:
Option 1=Spell out your favorite weather words from the list below or choose your own.
Thunderstorm
T: Tough Cookies: Leadership Lessons from 100 Years of the Girl Scouts by Kathy Cloninger - **** - 4/7/2018 - 181 Pages
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U: Username: Evie by Joe Sugg - *** - 4/4/2018 - 182 Pages
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D: Meredith Duran; That Scandalous Summer - ***** - 4/28/2018 - 372 Pages
E: The Emerald City of Oz by Eric Shanower - **** - 5/1/2018 - 120 Pages
R: Lodro Rinzler; The Buddha Walks into a Bar...: A Guide to Life for a New Generation - ***** - 4/2/2018 - 208 Pages
S: Scandal Wears Satin by Loretta Chase - ***** - 4/23/2018 - 372 Pages
T: Terminal Lance: The White Donkey by Maximilian Uriarte - ***** - 4/16/2018 - 284 Pages
O: Oz: Road to Oz by Eric Shanower - **** - 4/10/2018 - 136 Pages
R: Raven CursedFaith Hunter - ***** - 5/17/2018 - 353 Pages
M: Mockingbird, Vol. 1: I Can Explain by Chelsea Cain - ***** - 4/20/2018 - 136 Pages
✔Balmy
B: Black Hammer, Vol. 1: Secret Origins by Jeff Lemire - ***** - 4/4/2018 - 184 Pages
A: John Allison; Giant Days, Vol. 4 - ***** - 5/2/2018 - 112 Pages
L: Sabrina Lacey; I Love My Breakup - the original part one - **** - 4/4/2018 - 39 Pages
M: David McCullough; John Adams - **** - 5/1/2018 - 751 Pages
Y: You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: My Life in Stories and Pictures by Alan Cumming - ***** - 4/2/2018 - 304 Pages
Lightening
L: Jonathan Luna; Alex + Ada, Vol. 3 - ***** - 4/5/2018 - 136 Pages
I: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare - **** - 4/15/2018 - 260 Pages
G: Giant Days, Vol. 2 by John Allison - ***** - 4/6/2018 - 128 Pages
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T: Tee Franklin; Bingo Love - ***** - 4/18/2018 - 88 Pages
E: P.N. Elrod; My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding - ***** - 5/3/2018 - 310 Pages
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I: Irish Girls Are Back in Town by Cecelia Ahern - ***** - 4/17/2018 - 384 Pages
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G: Ghost Story by Jim Butcher - ***** - 4/6/2018 - 481 Pages
Cloudy
C: City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare - **** - 4/19/2018 - 534 Pages
L: Jonathan Luna; Alex + Ada, Vol. 2 - ***** - 4/5/2018 - 128 Pages
O: Katie O'Neill; Princess Princess Ever After - ***** - 4/28/2018 - 56 Pages
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Y: Your Inner Critic Is a Big Jerk: And Other Truths About Being Creative by Danielle Krysa - ***** - 5/15/2018 - 136 Pages
Rainbow
R: The Redhead Revealed by Alice Clayton - ***** - 5/22/2018 - 305 Pages
A: John Allison; Giant Days, Vol. 3 - ***** - 4/23/2018 - 112 Pages
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B: Birthright, Vol. 1: Homecoming by Joshua Williamson - ***** - 4/17/2018 - 128 Pages
O: On the Edge by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 5/4/2018 - 309 Pages
W: Joshua Williamson; Birthright, Vol. 2: Call to Adventure - ***** - 4/30/2018 - 112 Pages
Option 2=Find the words in the title of a book
Example- I'm going to read the book The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan as it has the word "Lightning" in the title.
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Option 3= Use the words above (or your own) and find them as objects on your book covers.
Example- I'm going to read the book The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold (English Edition) by Editorial Atlantic because there are clouds on the cover.
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Nothing But Reading ChallengesMother's Day Reading Challenge
Duration: 5/1/2018 - 6/30/2018
Progress: 14 out of 14
~ A Reading Challenge~
DURATION: Two months from start date
LEVELS:
Mother's Day Flowers: 5 books
Hugs and Kisses: 10 books
Breakfast in Bed: 20 books
A Mother's Love: 25 + books
Option # 1: Show your love
~Read a book that features a mother and daughter(s) character(s)
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 by Emil Ferris - ** - 5/18/2018 - 414 Pages
~Read a book with "Love" in the title.
~Read a book that shows a mom hugging her child(ren) on the cover.
~Read a book in which a son or daughter gives mom a present.
~Read a book where a character does something nice for someone else.
~Read a book in which a daughter misses or grieves for her mother.
~Read a book that has a baby in the story.
~Read a book with the word "mother " in the text.
~Read a book in which a mother protects her family
~Read a book with a heart(s) on the cover:
The Quilter's Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini - **** - 5/14/2018 - 271 Pages
~Read a book with a flower(s) on the cover:
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig - ***** - 5/11/2018 - 400 Pages
Option # 2: Spell- it -Out
Spell out the word "Mother's Day"
(*)Spell-it-Out Rules
Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audiobook narrators first or last name.
If you are reading a translated version, you can also use the first letter of the translator's first or last name.
As always, if the first letter of a title starts with ‘A’, ‘An’, ‘The’, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.
M: My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding by P.N. Elrod - ***** - 5/3/2018 - 310 Pages
O: On the Edge by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 5/4/2018 - 309 Pages
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H: Faith Hunter; Raven Cursed - ***** - 5/17/2018 - 353 Pages
E: The Emerald City of OzEric Shanower - **** - 5/1/2018 - 120 Pages
R: The Redhead Revealed by Alice Clayton - ***** - 5/22/2018 - 305 Pages
S: Sarah Graley; Kim Reaper Vol. 1: Grim Beginnings - ***** - 5/5/2018 - 112 Pages
D: David McCullough; John Adams - **** - 5/1/2018 - 751 Pages
A: John Allison; Giant Days, Vol. 4 - ***** - 5/2/2018 - 112 Pages
Y: Your Inner Critic Is a Big Jerk: And Other Truths About Being Creative by Danielle Krysa - ***** - 5/15/2018 - 136 Pages
Option # 3: Scavenger Hunt ( 118 words)
Find as many words from the list in main post. List is optional; you may use your own. You may only "find" a word once. For this challenge you may only find one word per book.
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong - ***** - 5/8/2018 - 436 Pages
Adoption: "No one knew who Logan's father was. He'd been put up for adoption as an infant." Page 78
Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs - ***** - 5/9/2018 - 308 Pages
Appreciate: "'I'd appreciate that,' Charles said, because Boyd was right." Page 132
Option #4: Create a Story
Use book titles or objects on the cover to create a story.
Nothing But Reading ChallengesTulip Reading Challenge
Duration: 5/1/2018 - 5/31/2018
Progress: 12 out of 17
May 13th= Tulip Day; what better way to celebrate than a reading challenge dedicated to Tulips!
Pink tulips: completing option 1
Yellow tulips: completing option 2
Verigated tulips: completing all three options
Option 1: Spell- it -out.
Spell out the word "Tulip" using the usual spell it out rules(*)
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L: Lauren Willig; The Secret History of the Pink Carnation - ***** - 5/11/2018 - 400 Pages
I: Ilona Andrews; On the Edge - ***** - 5/4/2018 - 309 Pages
P: P.N. Elrod; My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding - ***** - 5/3/2018 - 310 Pages
Option 2: Find that Color!
Tulips come in a variety of colors: White, yellow, pink, red, purple, and orange.
Read books with covers of the above colors ( books should be 50% or more of color)
White: Giant Days, Vol. 5 by John Allison - ***** - 5/15/2018 - 112 Pages
Yellow:
Pink: Giant Days, Vol. 4 by John Allison - ***** - 5/2/2018 - 112 Pages
Red: Bitten by Kelley Armstrong - ***** - 5/8/2018 - 436 Pages
Purple:
Orange:
Option 3: Color Significance
Giving a certain type of flower can have a specific meaning; different colors of tulips also often carry their own significance.
Red tulips: Are often associated with true love: Read a book where a character falls in love:
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole - *** - 5/16/2018 - 125 Pages
Purple tulips: Are often associated with royalty: Read a book about a queen, king, prince or princess
The Emerald City of OzEric Shanower - **** - 5/1/2018 - 120 Pages
Yellow tulips: Are often associated with happiness, cheerfulness and hope: Read a book with a happy, cheerful character
Kim Reaper Vol. 1: Grim Beginnings by Sarah Graley - ***** - 5/5/2018 - 112 Pages
White tulips: Usually mean "I'm sorry" or given as a token of "my condolences": Read a book in which a character attends a funeral
Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs - ***** - 5/9/2018 - 308 Pages
Pink tulips: Usually mean "congratulations", "good luck", or "well wishes": Read a book in which a character is extremely lucky
Raven Cursed by Faith Hunter - ***** - 5/17/2018 - 353 Pages
Orange tulips: Symbolize energy, enthusiasm, desire and passion: Read a book with the word "passion " found in the text.
John Adams by David McCullough - **** - 5/1/2018 - 751 Pages
(*)Spell-it-Out Rules
Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audio book narrators first or last name.
If you are reading a translated version, you can also use the first letter of the translator's first or last name.
As always, if the first letter of a title starts with ‘A’, ‘An’, ‘The’, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.
Reserved
Reserved
District 8: Textiles/Clothing (6/6)Read books with clothing on the cover. Or spell-it-out with clothing terms (shirt, fabric, dress, designer, paper, etc.)
F: Faith Hunter; Raven Cursed - ***** - 5/17/2018 - 353 Pages
A: ApocalyptiGirl: An Aria for the End Times by Andrew MacLean - ***** - 3/24/2018
B: Brandon Sanderson; White Sand Volume 1 - ***** - 3/24/2018
R: J.D. Robb; Seduction in Death - ***** - 3/28/2018 - 354 Pages
I: I Love My Breakup - the original part one by Sabrina Lacey - **** - 4/4/2018 - 39 Pages
C: Kresley Cole; Untouchable - **** - 3/26/2018
District 9: Grain/Harvest (6/6)
Read books with food on the cover or take place during Autumn. Or spell-it-out with harvest terms (grain, bread, farmer, etc.)
F: Fern G. Brown; Daisy and the Girl Scouts: The Story of Juliette Gordon Low - **** - 6/7/2018 - 108 Pages
A: Anthony Bourdain; Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly - **** - 5/29/2018 - 312 Pages
R: The Redhead Revealed by Alice Clayton - ***** - 5/22/2018 - 305 Pages
M: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 by Emil Ferris - ** - 5/18/2018 - 414 Pag
E: The Eye of the World: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 by Robert Jordan - *** - 7/4/2018 - 240 Pages
R: The Redhead Plays Her Hand by Alice Clayton - ***** - 5/23/2018 - 304 Pages
District 10: Livestock (7/7)
Read books with an animal on the cover or an animal as an important part of the story. Or spell-it-out with livestock terms (cows, beef, butcher, milk, etc.)
B: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue - **** - 7/11/2018 - 380 Pages
U: The Unstoppable Wasp, Vol. 2: Agents of G.I.R.L. by Jeremy Whitley - ***** - 7/19/2018 - 120 Pages
T: James Tynion IV; The Woods, Vol. 2: The Swarm - ***** - 7/12/2018 - 112 Pages
C: Charles Soule; Black Squadron - **** - 7/12/2018 - 144 Pages
H: Molly Harper; Sweet Tea and Sympathy - ***** - 7/9/2018 - 307 Pages
E: Jesse Eisenberg; Bream Gives Me Hiccups - **** - 7/17/2018 - 273 Pages
R: The Eye of the World: The Graphic Novel, Volume Two by Robert Jordan - ***** - 7/5/2018 - 176 Pages
District 11: Agriculture (8/8)
Read books that take place on the farm/country or take place during Summer. Or spell-it-out with agriculture terms (wheat, cotton, gardener, etc.)
G: Grendel by John Gardner - *** - 7/25/2018 - 174 Pages
A: Aaron Blabey; The Bad Guys: Episode 1 - ***** - 7/19/2018 - 144 Pages
R: Abigail Roux; Sticks & Stones - *** - 9/21/2018 - 322 Pages
D: Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen - *** - 8/3/2018 - 404 Pages
E: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine - **** - 10/9/2018 - 232 Pages
N: Natasha Boyd; The Indigo Girl - ***** - 7/23/2018 - 343 Pages
E: Emily Carroll; Through the Woods - *** - 10/17/2018 - 208 Pages
R: Greg Rucka; Wonder Woman, Volume 1: The Lies - ***** - 10/17/2018 - 128 Pages
District 12: Mining (10/10)
Read books have a dark cover or a strong female character or include a rebellion. Or spell-it-out with mining terms (coal, mine, flashlight, mountains, etc.)
F: Faith and the Future Force by Jody Houser - ***** - 11/6/2018 - 112 Pages
L: Julia London; Material Girl - ***** - 11/6/2018 - 482 Pages
A: Anne Rice; Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana - *** - 10/22/2018 - 242 Pages
S: Shutter, Vol. 1: Wanderlost by Joe Keatinge - ***** - 10/18/2018 - 136 Pages
H: Tyson Hesse; Diesel: Ignition - ***** - 10/21/2018 - 208 Pages
L: Marjorie M. Liu; Monstress, Vol. 3: Haven - ***** - 11/27/2018 - 168 Pages
I: The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries by Neil deGrasse Tyson - ***** - 12/11/2018
G: William Goldman; The Princess Bride - **** - 10/24/2018 - 398 Pages
H: How to Be the Parent You Always Wanted to Be by Adele Faber - ***** - 11/30/2018 - 112 Pages
T: Tony Cliff; Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant - ***** - 10/20/2018 - 176 Pages
Bonus! (7/7)
Join the rebellion by proving your skills to the District 13 leadership.
District 13: Nuclear Weaponry
Read books with a war or coup in them.Or spell-it-out with weapon terms (gun, bomb, defense, etc.)
D: David Petersen; Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 - ***** - 12/31/2018 - 192 Pages
E: The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer - ***** - 1/5/2019 - 416 Pages
F: Floundering Fathers: A Pearls Before Swine Collection by Stephan Pastis - *** - 1/10/2019 - 128 Pages
E: Ian Edginton; The Sign of the Four: A Sherlock Holmes Graphic Novel - ***** - 1/21/2019 - 124 Pages
N: Audrey Niffenegger; Raven Girl - **** - 12/19/2018 - 80 Pages
S: Sarah Knight; The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck: How to Stop Spending Time You Don't Have with People You Don't Like Doing Things You Don't Want to Do - ***** - 12/12/2018 - 209 Pages
E: Eric Shanower; Age of Bronze Volume 1: A Thousand Ships - **** - 12/31/2018 - 224 Pages
Moved to Make More RoomNothing But Reading Challenges
Hunger Games Challenge: Escape the Capitol
Duration: 6/1/2016 - Til Done!
Progress: 102 out of 102
Imagine you are living in the country of Panem and are a citizen of the Capitol. Despite the wonderful fashion and colorful hair, you are growing tired of living under the tyranny of President Snow.
After watching the news and seeing people of the various districts rebel against the Capitol you are filled with the sense of camaraderie. You pack a light pack of clothes, brightly colored makeup, hiking boots and hair accessories (you never know what it will be like on the road).
In order to escape President Snow, you must travel through all 12 districts to reach the safety of District 13. But hurry, you want to be there before you miss the rebellion.
Duration: Open
To escape to District 13 complete each of the obstacles from the 12 districts.
For ideas to help with each task, check out The Hunger Games Wiki.
No minimum page limit
Progress: 15 out of 15 ➛ Victor Plus - Read 6+ books in each district in order starting with District 1
District 1: Precious Gems (8/8)
Read books with precious gem on the cover or in the title. Or spell-it-out with your favorite gemstone or birthstone. (examples: diamonds, sapphires, emeralds, etc).
D: Chuck Dixon; The Hobbit: Graphic Novel - *** - 1/23/2017 - 133 Pages
I: I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse by Lee Gutkind - **** - 9/8/2016 - 320 Pages
A: American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee by Karen Abbott - ***** - 11/8/2016 - 353 Pages
M: Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - **** - 8/8/2016 - 388 Pages
O: Daniel O'Malley; The Rook - ***** - 12/7/2016 - 496 Pages
N: A Night of No Return by Sarah Morgan - *** - 11/15/2016 - 192 Pages
D: Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon - ***** - 1/25/2017 - 743 Pages
S: Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones - **** - 8/15/2016 - 336 Pages
District 2: Masonry and Weapons (7/7)
Read books where a main character uses a weapon. Or spell-it-out with masonry terms (ex: masonry, stonework, stone, bricks, arch, etc.)
M: Marissa Meyer; Winter - **** - 2/8/2017 - 823 Pages
A: Sarah Addison Allen; First Frost - ***** - 1/26/2017 - 296 Pages
S: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday - **** - 3/19/2017 - 333 Pages
O: Lauren Oliver; Delirium - *** - 3/15/2017 - 441 Pages
N: Nora Roberts; Bay of Sighs - **** - 2/6/2017 - 319 Pages
R: J.K. Rowling; The Casual Vacancy - ** - 3/21/2017 - 503 Pages
Y: Skottie Young; I Hate Fairyland, Volume 2: Fluff My Life - ***** - 1/28/2017 - 128 Pages
District 3: Technology (8/8)
Read books where a main character works with technology. Or spell-it-out with technological terms. (ex: computer, screen, disc, television, etc.)
C: The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith - ***** - 3/28/2017 - 455 Pages
O: Oz: Ozma of Oz by Eric Shanower - ***** - 5/23/2017 - 200 Pages
M: Mark Millar; Kick-Ass 2 - ***** - 4/19/2017 - 208 Pages
P: Patricia Briggs; Silence Fallen - ***** - 4/29/2017 - 371 Pages
U: Under the Dome by Stephen King - ***** - 7/4/2017 - 1074 Pages
T: Raina Telgemeier; Ghosts - ***** - 5/24/2017 - 256 Pages
E: Eric Shanower; Oz. The Marvelous Land of Oz - ***** - 5/21/2017 - 200 Pages
R: J.D. Robb; Betrayal in Death - ***** - 3/23/2017 - 355 Pages
District 4: Fishing (7/7)
Read books that take place near/ on a body of water. Or spell-it-out with fishing terms. (ex:Fish, trident, net, traps, bait, etc.)
T: Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters by Mallory Ortberg - ***** - 7/7/2017 - 226 Pages
R: Nora Roberts; Blood Magick - *** - 8/18/2017 - 304 Pages
I: Ilona Andrews; Sweep in Peace - ***** - 9/7/2017 - 237 Pages
D: Dale Carnegie; How to Win Friends and Influence People - **** - 8/2/2017 - 288 Pages
E: Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee Jones - *** - 8/4/2017 - 336 Pages
N: Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men by Molly Harper - ***** - 8/30/2017 - 376 Pages
T: John Tiffany; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 - ***** - 7/11/2017 - 320 Pages
District 5: Power/Electricity (11/11)
Read books where a main characters have an "electric" connection (ie a romance genre). Or spell-it-out with electric term (ex: Dams, cable, electricity, outlet, etc.)
E: Eoin Colfer; Artemis Fowl - **** - 9/21/2017 - 316 Pages
L: Lorelei James; Rode Hard, Put Up Wet - **** - 9/12/2017 - 300 Pages
E: Janet Evanovich; Hard Eight - ***** - 11/1/2017 - 326 Pages
C: P.C. Cast; Burned - ** - 9/11/2017 - 323 Pages
T: Tracy Letts; August: Osage County - ***** - 9/20/2017 - 138 Pages
R: Nora Roberts; Blue Smoke - ***** - 9/19/2017 - 437 Pages
I: In a Daze Work: A Pick-Your-Path Journey Through the Daily Grind by Siobhan Gallagher - **** - 10/12/2017 - 160 Pages
C: Courtney Milan; The Governess Affair - ***** - 10/11/2017 - 152 Pages
I: Ichigo Takano; Orange: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1 - ***** - 10/26/2017 - 384 Pages
T: Neil deGrasse Tyson; Astrophysics for People in a Hurry - ***** - 11/6/2017 - 222 Pages
Y: You Slay Me by Katie MacAlister - ***** - 10/23/2017 - 334 Pages
District 6: Transportation (8/8)
Read books where the character takes some type of public transportation or there is a form of transportation on the cover. Or spell-it-out with transportation terms (ex: cars, train, mechanic, boat, etc.)
M: Michelle Sagara; Cast in Shadow - **** - 11/27/2017 - 507 Pages
E: Jennifer Egan; A Visit from the Goon Squad - *** - 12/8/2017 - 288 Pages
C: Kresley Cole; Kiss of a Demon King - ***** - 11/8/2017 - 417 Pag
H: Christina Henry; Black Wings - **** - 12/12/2017 - 295 Pages
A: Kristen Ashley; Rock Chick Redemption - ***** - 11/9/2017 - 426 Pages
N: Sara Nelson; So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading - ***** - 11/16/2017 - 242 Pages
I: I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons by Kevin Hart - ***** - 1/3/2018 - 400 Pages
C: Carly Phillips; Lucky Break - **** - 11/21/2017 - 378 Pages
District 7: Lumber (9/9)
Read books where the majority of the plot takes place outside or the cover is an outside setting. Or spell-it-out with lumber terms (trees, axes, carpenter etc).
C: Carl Hiaasen; Tourist Season - *** - 1/24/2018 - 404 Pag
A: Alex + Ada, Vol. 1 by Jonathan Luna - ***** - 3/21/2018 - 128 Pages
R: Rat Queens, Vol. 4: High Fantasies by Kurtis J. Wiebe - ***** - 3/24/20
P: Passing by Nella Larsen - **** - 1/17/2018 - 160 Pages
E: Elin Hilderbrand; Winter Street - **** - 3/20/2018 - 249 Pages
N: Elisabeth Naughton; Marked - *** - 2/23/2018 - 321 Pag
T: 'Til the Well Runs Dry by Lauren Francis-Sharma - **** - 2/3/2018 - 400 Pages
E: Joseph J. Ellis; His Excellency: George Washington - **** - 3/7/2018 - 352 Pages
R: John Rogers; Dungeons & Dragons, Volume 1: Shadowplague - **** - 3/19/2018 - 132 Pages
reserved just in case
Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers - *** - 3/11/2018 - 212 Pages
Draught: "Very sad case, Mr. Milligan—fine old antique—early English windows and decorated angel roof, and all that—all tumblin’ to pieces, rain pourin’ in and so on—vicar catchin’ rheumatism at early service, owin’ to the draught blowin’ in over the altar—you know the sort of thing." Loc 925
Emerald: "Nobody paid me for finding Lord Attenbury’s emeralds for you.” Loc 539
Famine: "The terrible fighter of the Stock Exchange, who could with one nod set the surly bear dancing, or bring the savage bull to feed out of his hand, whose breath devastated whole districts with famine or swept financial potentates from their seats, was revealed in private life as kindly, domestic, innocently proud of himself and his belongings, confiding, generous and a little dull." Loc 1180
Hallucination: "His mental instability shows itself in various forms: an overweening vanity, leading him to brag of his achievement; a disproportionate sense of the importance of the offence, resulting from the hallucination of religion, and driving him to confession." Loc 2747
Lorry: "A log broke across and sank into a fluff of white ash. A belated motor-lorry rumbled past the window." Loc 2001
Mutton: "I mean, a man doesn’t just say, ‘Last Friday I went out at 10 a.m. to buy a mutton chop." Loc 2241
Stout: "The body which lay in the bath was that of a tall, stout man of about fifty." Loc 194
Tweed: "By the way, such an odd thing’s happened about the Church Restoration Fund—the Vicar—oh, dear, here are these people coming back again; well, I’ll tell you afterwards—do look at that woman looking shocked, and the girl in tweeds trying to look as if she sat on undraped gentlemen gentlemen every day of her life—I don’t mean that—corpses of course—but one finds oneself being so Elizabethan nowadays—what an awful little man the coroner is, isn’t he?" Loc 1333
The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones - ***** - 3/13/2018 - 326 Pages
Ale: "Stuff that rhymed with ale and . . . ettuce." Page 281
Banshee: "Cookie ran out of the café, screaming like a banshee, with no explanation and no forwarding address when Bobert called her."
Catholic: "From what I understood, the Catholic Church tended to drag its feet about these things."
Coins: "Dropped several coins on the floor but ignored them to rummage through the small bills he'd freed."
Elf: "One of our third-shift servers, a tiny, elf-like creature named Shayla who looked about fourteen but was actually almost twenty-one, was just as much ..."
Shimmer: "Garrett's shimmering eyes held me captive as I walked toward him, the silver shards sparkling atop the deep gray of his irises." Page 21
The Off Season by Catherine Gilbert Murdock - **** - 3/18/2018 - 277 Pages
Biscuits: "And biscuits that were fluffier and more delicious every time he made them." Page 84
Blessings: "Which should make you count your blessings, thinking about that." Page 241
Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand - **** - 3/20/2018 - 249 Pages
Bagpipe: "I’m fond of the bagpiper.” Page 103
Brawl: "a brawl broke out over the honor of someone’s date, who, it was later disclosed, wasn’t very honorable at all." Page 105
Cider: "He won’t be gamely singing along as she plays “Jingle Bells” for the ten zillionth time or handing out cups of Mitzi’s horrendous spiced cider (so heavy on the cloves, it’s nearly undrinkable)." Page 12
Claddagh: "Kevin bought Norah a silver claddagh ring, and together, they announced they were going to get married as soon as they turned eighteen." Page 39
Inn: "He had a full inn through Thanksgiving and Christmas Stroll, but he hasn’t had a paying guest since the tenth of December." Page 4
Irish Coffee: "Ava loves plum pudding with hard sauce, and she knows her father will be making his famous Irish coffees—but nothing in the world right now is sweeter than being with Scott." Page 238
Sweaters: "He is tall and strong and handsome; he has nice, thick hair, and he looks good in cable-knit sweaters." Page 97
Musical: "In the age of iTunes, Ava has realized, someone has to give the kids a musical education, someone has to teach them the classics." Page 13
Rosy-cheeked: "There is the cheesemonger, a girl selling gingerbread, a rosy-cheeked boy peddling wreaths." Page 22
Wizard: "He would realize that Patrick is a little man behind a big facade, like the Wizard of Oz." Page 38
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly - ***** - 3/22/2018 - 487 Pages
Cultural: "Kasia Kuzmerick, Cultural Ambassador; it said." Page 453
Hand-knit: "The girl wore a dark coat over a handknit sweater, black boots, and stockings, and her hair was tucked up under a black-and-red plaid scarf tied like a turban, puffed up on top." Page 103
Rainbow: "...whirligig punch, their crystal cups flashing rainbows as they sipped." Page 402
Rugby: "The four stood in a huddle—something between rugby scrum and papal synod—as Jinx told a story." Page 224
Scones: "The scent of bergamot orange triggered a violent craving for one of Serge's violet scones." Page 319
Tea pot: "Binz turned to me, her expression bringing to mind a bubbling teapot." Page 158
A-Apparel
B-Balbriggan, Ballad, Balmy, Battlements, Belleck, Blackthorn, Blarney, Bog, Bonnyclabber, Boondoggle, Brambles, Brogue, Burr
C-Cally potatoes, Camagie=field hockey, Capriciousness, Castles, Celtic cross, Clan, Clover, Colcannon, Colleen, Corned beef, Crubeens, Curragh,
D-Dartboard, Donneybrook, Drumlin, Dublin, Dulse
E-Emerald Isle, Emigrant
F- Faerie (prince), Fenians, Fibbar MaGee, Fiddler, Folk music, Foolishness, Four leaf clover,
G- Gaelic, Ghra=my love, Guinness
H- Harpist, Headlands, Hedgerow
I- Indulgence, Irish stew, Irish sweepstakes,
K-Keg, Knits
L- Leprechaun, Lilt, Limerick, Loiter, Lotteries, Lough,
M-Machree, Matriarch, Moonflowers, Mulligan stew, Myths
O- Ogham
P-Paganism, Parable, Parochial, Peat bog, Pious, Pixie, Plaice, Pot pie, Pot-of-gold, Poteen, Pub (public house), Publican
Q- Query,
R- Reels, Revelers
S-Saint Patrick, Seanachais, Shramrock, Shananchie, Shillelagh, Silkies, Smithereens, Soda bread, Spongeware, Storyteller, Storytelling, Sweepstakes, Symbolism
T- Tanistry, Tankard, Tory, Turf
V- Valiant knight, Valour, Vitriol, Vivacious
W- Woolens,
X- X marks the spot
Z-zest
His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis - **** - 3/7/2018 - 352 Pages
Alcohol: "The alcohol bill from the tavern is available on 332–34." Page 284
Beer: "This time he mobilized his friends to campaign for him and opened accounts with four taverns in Winchester to provide impressive quantities of rum, wine, and beer at the polls." Page 36
Ancestor: "And even if war should occur, the American commander should be someone younger, “a man more in his prime.” Indeed, Washington concluded, he would regard another call to service “much as I would go to the tombs of my Ancestors.” Page 249
Authentic: "Washington also placed an order with a Philadelphia tailor for an exact replica of his old “buff and blue” uniform, complete with precise specifications about the cuffs, buttons, sashes, and embroidery to assure an authentic match." Page 254
Boycott: "On May 18, 1769, he presented the proposal calling for a colony-wide boycott of enumerated English manufactured goods, to include a cessation of the slave trade." Page 61
Cheer: "Second, the legend that the Hessian soldiers were drunk, sleeping off their Christmas cheer, is a myth." Page 98
Cliffs: ... of water, of cliffs, of woods and plantations.” Page 41
Drunk: "Second, the legend that the Hessian soldiers were drunk, sleeping off their Christmas cheer, is a myth." Page 98
Diversity: “I am fully persuaded it is the best that can be obtained at the present moment,” he told Knox, “under such diversity of ideas that prevail.” Page 179
Enjoy: "Especially after 1765, when Lund Washington, a distant relative, assumed many of the managerial responsibilities at Mount Vernon, Washington enjoyed a ..." Page 44
Expectation: "...expectation of solitude and the presumption of finality now ended with a plebiscite of unprecedented approval and the adoring voices of ordinary American citizens ringing in his ears." Page 185
Hallowed: "The genius of this formulation was that it transformed a regional or sectional grievance rooted in economic interest into a patriotic rallying cry rooted in a rhetoric with all the hallowed echoes of 1776." Page 218
Heritage: "Vintage and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. A portion of this book previously appeared in American Heritage." Page iv
Historic: "Because my school was so proximate to Mount Vernon, my teachers - all nuns - forced us to make frequent pilgrimages to the historic site where the spirit of America's greatest secular saint resided." Page ix
Hospitality: "He then dressed for dinner, at three o'clock sharp, which usually featured multiple courses and multiple guests, some of whom were perfect strangers who had made the pilgrimage to Mount Vernon to witness the great man in the flesh and could not be turned away without violating the open-ended Virginia code of hospitality."
Humble: "... your most humble and most obedient servant.” Page 5
Hung-over: "The ghost of Braddock had hung over the campaign from the start, and the ..." Page 34
Illusions: "The second long-term pattern in his thinking about slavery was a relentlessly realistic insistence that ideals perse must never define his agenda; indeed, he associated an idealistic agenda with sentimental illusions, like the belief that American virtue was sufficient to defeat Great Britain ..." Page 259
Imagery: "Nearly a century later, when Abraham Lincoln referred in his first inaugural to those “mystic chords of memory” that linked his Civil War generation with those predecessors who had created the American republic, the haunting imagery suggested a shared political idea."
Interaction: "There is some reason to believe that Washington's political vocabulary grew in this more radical direction because of increased interaction with Mason in the summer of 1774." Page 63
Ireland: "He kept several rosters of the enlisted men, that reveal that most of his recruits were recently arrived immigrants, primarily from England, Ireland, or Scotland, or second-generation carpenters, bricklayers, and tanners from the Pennsylvania or Virginia backcountry." Page 27
Local: "If he could not lease them locally, he was apparently considering moving his surplus slaves to his western lands in order to make more productive use of their labor on virgin soil." Page 268
March: "Washington to James Bowdoin, 26 April 1780, WW 18:298, on executive power; Washington to Arthur Lee, 29 March 1783, WW26:265–66; Washington to Alexander Hamilton, 31 March 1783, ibid., 276–77." Page 299
Mischievous: "For Washington's growing awareness of Mifflin's mischievous role, see his letters in WWIo;410–11, ..." Page 296
Mysterious: "But apart from the dentures and the piazza at Mount Vernon, Washington remained a mysterious abstraction." Page x
Nostalgic: "Another event had nostalgic implications, for it played out in the western counties of Pennsylvania where Washington's military career had begun forty years earlier." Page 224
Parades: "In the summer of 1790, Washington hosted McGillivray and twenty-six chiefs for several weeks of official dinners, parades, and diplomatic ceremonies more lavish than any European delegation experienced." Page 213
Passionate: "Washington's vision of peaceful coexistence also required that federal jurisdiction over the states as the ultimate guarantor of all treaties be recognized as supreme, which helps to explain why he was so passionate about the issue, but ..." Page 214
Patrick: "For the resolution of his moral dilemma about accepting stock in the Potomac River Company and James River Company, see Washington to Patrick Henry, 29 October 1785, PWCF3:326–27. 22."
Patron: "Dinwiddie concurred, made himself Washington's new mentor and patron, then dispatched Major Washington into the western wilderness the following year.” Page 12
Pints: "They bled him four times, extracting more than five pints of his blood." Page 268
Poetic: "It began with crowds of more than ten thousand celebrants cheering him amidst cannon salutes and poetic tributes at Baltimore and Wilmington." Page 185
Quest: "On the one hand, we should begin our quest looking for a man rather than a statue, and any statues we do encounter should be quickly knocked off their pedestals." Page xii
Rebel: "He had earlier described military action against the rebels as “a dernier resort,” but by September 1794 concluded that rebel intransigence left him no alternative, claiming that these “self-created societies”—he nearly spit out the words—represented a tyranny of the minority against the will of the majority, and that their only revolutionary principle was that “every man can cut and carve for himself.” Page 224
Religion: "When pressure from the Congress mounted for a prospective Franco-American expedition into Quebec, Washington objected on the grounds that, once the French planted their flag in a country 'attracted to them by all the ties of blood, habits, manner, religion and former connexion of government, they were unlikely..." Page 123
Rituals: "His statement also calls attention to a missing presence at the deathbed scene: there were no ministers in the room, no prayers uttered, no Christian rituals offering the solace of everlasting life." Page 269
Rogue: "Washington's instructions to the ship captain described Tom as “a Rogue & Runaway,” but also a hard worker who should fetch a decent price “if kept clean & trim'd up a little when offered to Sale.” Page 46
Romance: "An yet, while determined to have his own realistic assessment of America's interest prevail, the reigning romance of all things French gave the Republican press new ammunition to depict him as an arbitrary monarch rather than a farsighted leader."
Roundabout: "Instead, Howe decided to capture Philadelphia, which had symbolic but no strategic value, and he chose to launch his campaign in the most roundabout manner imaginable." Page 102
Rustic: "At first he took refuge in silence, noting that the slower cadences of rustic life required a period of adjustment after the crowded routine of wartime, when he was constantly, as he put it, “upon the stretch.” Page 148
Shrine: "For visitors, Mount Vernon was a mansion, a national shrine with a majestic view of the Potomac that visually embodied the majesty of their host and hero." Page 243
Sorrow: "A day in the life of George Washington in retirement began at five o'clock with the rising of the sun: “If my hirelings are not in their places at that time, I send them messages of my sorrow for their indisposition.” Page 241
Stunning: "(At a time when the officers and soldiers of the Continental army were not being properly fed, clothed, or paid, Morris's willingness to subsidize this project is truly stunning.)" Page 151
Troubles: "Lord Camden, for example, cautioned his colleagues in Parliment that the British army would find itself adrift in a boundless sea of troubles" Page 70
Unique: For their part, Conway and Gates had learned that questioning Washington's judgment, and implicitly his unique authority, was akin to purchasing a one-way ticket to the sidelines, which, in the end, ..." Page 107
Universal: "He concluded with another lecture: Let us consider the consequences that will result from a disappointment in a measure of this nature—In the first place it will be attended with a vast expence and the loss of many lives to no valuable purpose—it will prove a great obstruction to the recruiting service and a defeat will give a general alarm and spread universal discontent throughout the continent—It will expose the weakness of the militia to the enemy and not only them IoS HIS excel ..." Page 108
Show No Mercy by Cindy Gerard - **** - 3/10/2018 - 359 Pages
Celebration: "He lived for the night. This night, in particular, would bring cause for celebration because today, he had finally set his plan in motion." Page 70
Coffee: “How about we go downstairs and you put on a pot of coffee?" Page 154
Feast: "Wanting to watch her eyes go blind with pleasure as he unhooked her bra and feasted on the sight of her bare breasts." Page 192
Gabled: "Everything—from the European design and Gothic arches to the gabled windows and Louis XIV furnishings—reminded her of him. Gracious, eloquent, timelessly classic." Page 75
Grandeur: "Despite the grandeur of the architecture and the classy way it was decorated, the room exuded warmth and personality, comfort and informality." Page 10
Hurling: "The car picked up speed and shot around a corner, hurling her sideways." Page 58
Insight: "That little bit of insight finally brought him to his senses." Page 188
Nothing But Reading ChallengesSt. Patrick's Day Scavenger Hunt
Duration: March 1-March 31
Progress: 149 out of 251
Leprechaun: 101-150 words
Luck of the Irish: 151-200 words
Four leaf clover: 201-250 words
Pot- of- gold: 251 +
Option One Freestyle:
►Pick a level and find the words below in the books you read. There is no limit to the number of words per book ( but no duplicates of words )
Option Two Want-it-All:
►The same as option one, but you must find at least one word from each letter grouping (i.e., one word from A, B, C, D etc.)
Word List ( 271 words)
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray - ***** - 3/6/2018 - 403 Pages
Awe: "She walks out towards them, an apparition in white and blue velvet, her head held high as they stare in awe at her, the goddess."
Cabbage: "On her head is a broadbrimmed hat trimmed with cabbage roses."
Cap: "They fix their caps on their heads and bite into the mud with their shovels, burying a girl who was my friend."
Celtic: "It isn't just the Pagan or Roman but the Norse, the Germanic, the Celtic."
Charming: "Spence is a very good school with a reputation for turning out charming young ladies.”
China: "There are tempting storefronts offering everything one can imagine – tea, linens, china, and beautiful dresses copied from the best fashions of Paris."
Companionship: "Why shouldn't she have the companionship of friends in Paris?”
Cottage: "I had expected some sweet little cottage estate, the kind written about in halfpenny papers where rosy-cheeked young girls play lawn tennis on tidy green fields."
Countryside: "It is, word for word, what my grandmother said after we'd spent two weeks at Pleasant House, her home in the English countryside."
Cricket: Seeing no one, he opens it and finds my father's gleaming cricket bat.
Crosses: "She crosses her arms in triumph, lets the damage sink in."
Crystal: "That crystal ball allows her to make contact with the spirits of the dead,” Mademoiselle LeFarge whispers to us as she reads her programme."
Customs: "She has spent most of her life in India, and I'm sure she would be happy to tell you stories of their many quaint customs and habits."
Dance: "If you dance with so little grace, your season will be over before it begins."
Day: "TODAY IS ASSEMBLY DAY."
Dazzling: "Miss Moore pulls a dazzling blue sapphire from the basket, sad disappointment registering quickly in her eyes before she remembers herself and makes her face a mask of restraint and propriety."
Dramatic: "She gives this last bit a hushed quality for proper dramatic effect."
Dreamer: "They were all dreamers, ..."
Enchanting: "In a world beyond this one, that river goes on singing sweetly, enchanting us with what we want to hear, shaping what we need to see in order to keep going."
Fanciful: "They were fanciful girls, taken with stories of fairies and magic and whatnot.”
Fascination: "Ann is watching his every move with fascination, though he's hardly noticed her."
Festivals: "...exploring local customs, watching Hindu festivals, staying up late to see the streets bloom with candlelight."
Fiddle: "I pretend to fiddle with my collar."
Fun: "I smile in spite of myself and she shares one of those rare, ripe grins that seem to make the world a fun, inviting place."
Gardens: “I'eard Mrs Nightwing say they'd be touring the gardens, but—” Felicity turns to the girls. “We could see the gardens from the window on the secondfloor landing!"
Ghost: "This is a ghost story, remember? A tragedy."
Glimmer: "Watching the rocks glimmer, my new friends talking in soft murmurs, I wonder if this is what the days look and feel like for my father, wrapped tight inside his laudanum cocoon."
Good luck: "A gift from a villager, Mother said. Her goodluck charm."
Gold: "He might hold out a gift for me, something wrapped in gold paper."
Green: "Mademoiselle LeFarge is in her Sunday best, a green silk dress ..."
Happy: “I think you shall be very happy here, Miss Doyle.”
Harp: "It's as if we're conducting a symphony of harps through our fingers, and it sets us to laughing."
Holiday: "She looks as if she could be heading to sea for a holiday – not leaving Spence in a cloud of halflies and shame."
Horses: "An omnibus crowded with passengers sails past us, drawn by a team of magnificent horses."
Imagination: “Really your imagination is so brilliant you should put it to use as a novelist someday. Gemma, walk with me.”
Jig: "Mother applauds us in our jig."
Jolly: "Have a jolly day, and perhaps we shall see each other again at Christmastime."
Joy: "Iran, fast as a deer, my legs powerful and strong, and I was filled with a joy I cannot describe."
Keen: "She has a keen sense of the dramatic."
Kiss: "Without warning, I kiss Kartik."
Knight: "A beautiful young knight appears from behind a large ..."
Lace: "There's no way that I can tighten the laces at my back by myself."
Laugh: "We're laughing when Mrs Nightwing enters, suspicious and predatory."
Laughter: "I will wake up in my own bed and hear Father's loud, gravelly voice telling on of his longwinded jokes, Mothers' soft laughter filling in after."
Legends: "Such legends tend to fade away in the face of industrialisation.”
Lucky: “Trust me, she was lucky not to be taken by that thing."
Luck: "When we report to our first class, Mademoiselle LeFarge's French lesson, my luck runs out."
Magic: “It's been such a long time since the magic here has been used."
Magical: "The scent is all things powerful, magical, and forbidden."
Majesty: "He wears the military uniform of Her Majesty's guards—not an officer, but a foot soldier."
Mischief: “But I do believe in the power of young girls' minds to conjure all sorts of hobgoblins that have nothing to do with the occult and everything to do with very real mischief."
Mist: "The edges of the forest fold into mist; the mist folds back into a great hole of light, and then we are once again on the lecture hall stage."
Music: "There is music with Mr Grunewald, a tiny, stooped Austrian man with a weary voice and a look of defeat stamped across his sagging face, every sigh saying that teaching us to play and sing is one step below being tortured slowly to death."
Nimble: "With nimble fingers she unties Pippa's boat and sends it out onto the lake with a shove."
Nonsense: “Nonsense! If someone has been telling you such tales, I should know at once...”
Occassion: "Cecily has taken the occasion to show off a new hat."
Party: “This party is getting very dull. Who's got a clever idea for us?”
Peace: “I'm sure it will prove a most enjoyable evening,” Mrs Nightwing says, restoring peace."
Pint: "...time when the farmers raise a pint to the legendary murder of John Barleycorn."
Pipes: "Pippa pipes up. “Not necessarily. Let's try another way. What is taking place in this sketch right now, Miss Cross?”
Potatoes: "THE FEELING STAYS WITH ME during a tedious dinner of lamb and potatoes followed by pudding."
Prince: "The one where your true love is a prince looking for his princess and you just happen to have the dress in your wardrobe, neatly pressed.”
Quaint: "She has spent most of her life in India, and I'm sure she would be happy to tell you stories of their many quaint customs and habits."
Quiet: "We scurry across the threshold of the quiet, cavernous chapel and take our seats, our footsteps echoing off the marble floors."
Rambling: "The letter, rambling and sloppy, had hurt to read, and so I had stuffed it into my desk drawer, hidden away."
Rebellion: “It appears I am in the midst of a rebellion. You didn't seem to mind painting so much the other day.”
Relatives: "She's so lovely that scores of young men will prod their relatives to introduce them."
Sing: "There is music with Mr Grunewald, a tiny, stooped Austrian man with a weary voice and a look of defeat stamped across his sagging face, every sigh saying that teaching us to play and sing is one step below being tortured slowly to death."
Snakes: "A hand snakes around my ankle, bringing me down hard till I see pinpricks of light behind closed eyes."
Spell: "Eugenia made the door appear for us, we jumped through to safety, and the last I saw of Eugenia, she was shouting the spell to close the realms, even as she was swallowed by the dark without a trace."
Steep: "The other, my bed, fits tight in a nook under a steep eave that could probably break my skull if I sit up too quickly. It's a dormer room, one that ..."
Stew: “How would you like to end up in a birthday stew?”
Stroll: "They blush, completely charmed. “Will you take a stroll with me?"
Tea: “'So,' Tom says, dropping three lumps of sugar into his tea."
Thatch: "Within minutes, everything in sight was ablaze, thatched roofs crackling like so much dry kindling, mothers scurrying into the streets, carrying crying children."
Thoroughbreds: “This is not a day at the races, Miss Doyle, and you are not a Thoroughbred."
Toast: “Not yet. We have to do this properly. With a toast."
Tradition: "Assembly Day (n.) A boarding school tradition in which the family of the schoolgirl is allowed a visit, resulting in the mortification of all and the enjoyment of none."
Vibrant: "And then colour flows beneath her skin, the hair curling into ringlets, the cheeks a vibrant rose."
Wail: "Pippa's quivering lip gives way to a quiet, desperate wail."
Wake: “Wake me when it's time to leave. On second thought, don't wake me."
Wee: "“Oh, my. I think someone got a wee bit frightened,” Felicity says."
Whiskey: “Je ne voudrais pas le whiskey,” I slur in my terrible French English.
Wishes: "Martha, the tripper in the chapel, isn't among them, and I realise she's not part of the club; she only wishes she were."
Wonder: “It's a wonder you weren't sent home years ago,” she clucked.
Woven: "Mother gestures to a blanket woven of fine silver thread, stretched out on the grass."
Yarn: “Their energy is very powerful,” Mother says, making a cat's cradle from a skein of golden yarn.
Yeah: "Yeah, right, because dealing with supernatural visions, secret societies, and lots of not-quite-dead people is always a real laugh riot, right?"
Yellow: "I sit for a long time and watch the night bruise towards morning, the purple turning yellow, the yellow fading till it's as if the dark has never marked the skin of the..."
Nothing But Reading ChallengesThe End of Your Life Book Club Reading Challenge
Duration: 2/1/2018 - Til Done!
Progress: 0 out of 94
Levels:
Book Club Novice: 1-5 books
Book Club Regular: 6-12 books
Books Club Organizer: 13-20 books
Book Club Aficionado: 21+books
BONUS: “Book Club Master”: Be a Book Club Aficionado (read 21+ books on the list) AND find a buddy to read at least one of your books with your for this bonus.
The End of Your Life Book Club Reading Challenge
This 2011 memoir tells the story of Mary Anne Schwalbe, and how, during her treatment for cancer, she and her son Will spent many hours sitting in waiting rooms together. To pass the time, they would talk about the books they were reading. Once, by chance, they read the same book at the same time—and an informal book club of two was born. Through their wide-ranging reading, Will and Mary Anne—and we, their fellow readers—are reminded how books can be comforting, astonishing, and illuminating, changing the way that we feel about and interact with the world around us.
A list of the books discussed in Will Scwalbe’s biography memoir is available on Goodreads here.
Rules: In this challenge, you review the list and decide how many of the books mentioned in The End of Your Life Book Club you would like to read. Again, the complete list is available on Goodreads here.
Duration: There is no time limit to this challenge.
Books Already Read:
My Shelf for this Challenge
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Nothing But Reading ChallengesBooks to Movies Challenge
Duration: 5/1/2018 - 4/31/2019
Progress: 10 out of 10
The Movie Industry has had a huge impact on the world of books for a long time. We’ve seen many books, both classic and contemporary, turned into movies. Sometimes the directors and producers get it right, and sometimes they really miss the mark!
John Hughes: 1 - 5 books
Oliver Stone: 6 - 11 Books
Martin Scorsese: 12 - 17 Books
Ron Howard: 18 - 24 Books
Steven Spielberg: 25 Books or More
The Book was Better than the Movie Goodreads List
The Movie was Better than the Book Goodreads List
Note:
In 2010 we started this challenge, and we've now decided to start a new thread for the challenge to freshen it up a bit! You can find the old thread here
1. John Adams by David McCullough - **** - 5/1/2018 - 751 Pages
2. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro - **** - 6/8/2018 - 288 Pages
3. Still Alice by Lisa Genova - ***** - 7/25/2018 - 292 Pages
4. The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman - ***** - 8/13/2018 - 368 Pages
5. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume - ***** - 10/8/2018 - 218 Pages
6. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine - **** - 10/9/2018 - 232 Pages - Narrated by: Eden Riegel
7. The Princess Bride by William Goldman - **** - 10/24/2018 - 398 Pages
8. Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan - ***** - 11/26/2018 - 403 Pages
9. Dumplin' by Julie Murphy - ***** - 11/23/2018 - 384 Pages
10. The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs - ***** - 3/12/2019 - 179 Pages
Nothing But Reading Challenges50 States Challenge
Duration: 8/1/2020 - 7/31/2021
Progress: 0 out of 50
This challenge lasts for 1 year from the date you start
Read a book that is set in each of one the 50 states:
Alabama (AL)
Alaska (AK)
Arizona (AZ)
Arkansas (AR)
California (CA)
Colorado (CO)
Connecticut (CT)
Delaware (DE)
Florida (FL)
Georgia (GA)
Hawaii (HI)
Idaho (ID)
Illinois (IL)
Indiana (IN)
Iowa (IA)
Kansas (KS)
Kentucky (KY)
Louisiana (LA)
Maine (ME)
Maryland (MD)
Massachusetts (MA)
Michigan (MI)
Minnesota (MN)
Mississippi (MS)
Missouri (MO)
Montana (MT)
Nebraska (NE)
Nevada (NV)
New Hampshire (NH)
New Jersey (NJ)
New Mexico (NM)
New York (NY)
North Carolina (NC)
North Dakota (ND)
Ohio (OH)
Oklahoma (OK)
Oregon (OR)
Pennsylvania (PA)
Rhode Island (RI)
South Carolina (SC)
South Dakota (SD)
Tennessee (TN)
Texas (TX)
Utah (UT)
Vermont (VT)
Virginia (VA)
Washington (WA)
West Virginia (WV)
Wisconsin (WI)
Wyoming (WY)
Jefferson - 1 - 11 books
Franklin - 12 - 24 books
Washington - 25 or more books
Check Goodreads Settings Lists or stopyourekillingme.com
Note:
In 2010 we started this challenge, and we've now decided to start a new thread for the challenge to freshen it up a bit! You can find the old thread here
