2025 Reading Challenge discussion

THE DUSTY NOVEMBER CHALLENGE
Duration: November 1 - 30, 2013

The word "dusty" has many different meanings. To create this challenge, we ran it through a Google search, and all the tasks are inspired by the results.

1. Dusty: Covered or filled with dust. Read a book that has been on your bookshelf (physically or just on your TBR list) for over a year.

2. Urban Dictionary, Dusty: describes someone or something that's ugly and/or badly dressed. Read a book with a cover you consider to be ugly.

3. Dusty (1983) - IMDb. Read a book later made into a movie.

4. Dusty: slightly gray, somewhat dark or dull in color. Read a book with a dark cover.

5. Reds fire manager Dusty Baker. Read a book about sports or in which a main character plays a sport.

6. Dusty, Washington. Read a book that takes place in the Pacific Northwest.

7. Dusty Groove: Jazz, Soul, Funk, Hip Hop, Brazil Latin, and more... Read a book whose title shares a word with a title of one of your favorite songs. Make sure to tell us the name of the song!

8. Dusty Armadillo - The Place Country Comes To. Read a book that involves dancing or that has an animal as a character.

9. Dusty Strings Co. Read a book that incorporates music in some way.

10. Dusty Davidson (dustyd) on Twitter. Read a book whose author has the same initial for both his or her first and last names.

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Sharon will be our leader for this challenge. Thank you, Sharon!

I'll do five.

ow I would like to join. count me in for 3.

I'll join in for three!

2. Ugly cover - Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz - completed

4. Dark cover - We Band of Angels by Elizabeth Norman - completed

10. Author same initials - North and South by John Jakes - completed

3/3 - challenge complete!

I'm not setting a goal just seeing which books end up qualifying at the end of the month.

I will try for 6 ... I can lead if no one else has offered yet.

trying for 6
The word "dusty" has many different meanings. To create this challenge, we ran it through a Google search, and all the tasks are inspired by the results.

1. Dusty: Covered or filled with dust. Read a book that has been on your bookshelf (physically or just on your TBR list) for over a year. to read

2. Urban Dictionary, Dusty: describes someone or something that's ugly and/or badly dressed. Read a book with a cover you consider to be ugly. to read

3. Dusty (1983) - IMDb. Read a book later made into a movie.

4. Dusty: slightly gray, somewhat dark or dull in color. Read a book with a dark cover. to read

5. Reds fire manager Dusty Baker. Read a book about sports or in which a main character plays a sport.

6. Dusty, Washington. Read a book that takes place in the Pacific Northwest.

7. Dusty Groove: Jazz, Soul, Funk, Hip Hop, Brazil Latin, and more... Read a book whose title shares a word with a title of one of your favorite songs. Make sure to tell us the name of the song!

8. Dusty Armadillo - The Place Country Comes To. Read a book that involves dancing or that has an animal as a character.

9. Dusty Strings Co. Read a book that incorporates music in some way.

10. Dusty Davidson (dustyd) on Twitter. Read a book whose author has the same initial for both his or her first and last names.

Thank you, Sharon! That would be great.

I really love this challenge and I'm in for 4!

I don't think I will set a specific target for this one but will just see how I get on.

I'm working on some quarterly challenges that end in November, so I need to concentrate on those. If the books fit here, so much the better!

Just wanted to say good luck to everyone doing the November challenges. I am going to take a month break. I will still be reading a little but NanoWrimo is this month and I want to concentrate on that. Good Luck all and Happy Reading!

My goal this month will be five.

Tiffany-Rae wrote: "Just wanted to say good luck to everyone doing the November challenges. I am going to take a month break. I will still be reading a little but NanoWrimo is this month and I want to concentrate on t..."

Have you seen our NaNo thread? There are a few of us participating. You should join in! https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

THE DUSTY NOVEMBER CHALLENGE
Duration: November 1 - 30, 2013
updated 11/21
Participants:

Sharon 3/6
Erika 0/5
Theresa~October Lace 2/3
Sibyl 0/5
Stephan 1/3
Megan 2/3
Sarah 0/?
Rachel 0/4
Laura 0/?
Mave 0/6
Brian 3/4
Lindy 0/?
Lorelei 1/3
Spectacles 1/1
Heather 0/5
A 0/?
Strawberrysky 2/4
Kaitlin 4/10
SilverRaindrops 0/4

I will try for 6
3/6
10. Dusty Davidson (dustyd) on Twitter. Read a book whose author has the same initial for both his or her first and last names.
In the Bag, Kate Klise, 11/05/13 ***
8. Dusty Armadillo - The Place Country Comes To. Read a book that has an animal as a character.
The Night of Wishes, Michael Ende, 11/17/13 ***
4. Dusty: slightly gray, somewhat dark or dull in color. Read a book with a dark cover.
Some Girls Bite,Chloe Neill, 11/22/13 ***

I'll try for 4. Thank you!

I can ;do this

im gonna skip this one

In going through my November TBR list, I'm sure I can do three.

@Kara thanks I will take a look at that in the morning. That is awesome thanks for the tip. I'll see you on that thread!!!!

Please put me down for 3 books.

#3 Book to movie: The Secret Garden The Secret Garden Read 11-17-13
#4 The Unexpected Mrs. Polifax
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax Read 11-30-13
#8 Rascal Rascal Read 11-2-13

Thanks for moderating, Sharon!

This would be my first challenge and I am so excited. I was wondering I've had "World War Z" for more than a few years, would it count as a 1 & 3 or a 1 or 3?

Way to jump right into a challenge A. Books can only count for one number for each challenge. You would have to pick 1 or 3 but you can use the same book for different challenges. So if you joined one of the quarterly challenges or the mini-challenge for November, you could use World War Z for one of those challenges too.

Have you started World War Z yet? I am currently reading it.

I'm at 1/3! Updated my post #21.

8. Dusty Armadillo - The Place Country Comes To. Read a book that involves dancing or that has an animal as a character.

This book begins, "When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin." Gregor is the main character and is a beetle throughout the book. A beetle is an animal.
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

1/3

I'm in for one. I'm setting the bar low for myself, to make sure I complete this one :-/

I am going to try for 5.

Task 3: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

1/5

I'm in for 4.

1. The Journey (Guardians of Ga'hoole #2) By Kathryn Lasky

3. The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings #1) By JRR Tolkien

4. Satellite (Satellite #1) By Lee Davidson

10. The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials #1) By Phillip Pullman

Spectacles wrote: "I'm in for one. I'm setting the bar low for myself, to make sure I complete this one :-/"

Which one are you doing?

For #7, can I tie Margarita in the title to Jimmy Buffet's song Margaritaville?

Theresa~OctoberLace wrote: "For #7, can I tie Margarita in the title to Jimmy Buffet's song Margaritaville?"

I would think so ...

I just finished the first book -- The Journey, which I'm using for challenge 1 (book on my tbr for over a year).
I'm now at 1 out of 4 books.

10/10

1. Dusty: Covered or filled with dust. Read a book that has been on your bookshelf (physically or just on your TBR list) for over a year.
A Hole in the Universe - Completed 11/24/2013

2. Urban Dictionary, Dusty: describes someone or something that's ugly and/or badly dressed. Read a book with a cover you consider to be ugly.
- Completed 11/28/2013

3. Dusty (1983) - IMDb. Read a book later made into a movie.
The Book Thief - Completed 11/10/2013

4. Dusty: slightly gray, somewhat dark or dull in color. Read a book with a dark cover.
The Graveyard Book - Completed 11/22/2013

5. Reds fire manager Dusty Baker. Read a book about sports or in which a main character plays a sport.
Set in the time when Roger Maris beat Babe Ruth's single season homerun record.
A Stone of the Heart: A Novel - Completed 11/30/2013

6. Dusty, Washington. Read a book that takes place in the Pacific Northwest.
The Snow Child - Completed 11/17/2013

7. Dusty Groove: Jazz, Soul, Funk, Hip Hop, Brazil Latin, and more... Read a book whose title shares a word with a title of one of your favorite songs.
Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil (Evil Angel) - Completed 11/1/2013

8. Dusty Armadillo - The Place Country Comes To. Read a book that involves dancing or that has an animal as a character.
The Cranes Dance - Completed 11/8/2013

9. Dusty Strings Co. Read a book that incorporates music in some way.
All Shall Be Well; And All Shall Be Well; And All Manner of Things Shall Be Well - Completed 11/9/2013

10. Dusty Davidson (dustyd) on Twitter. Read a book whose author has the same initial for both his or her first and last names.
The Lace Reader - Completed 11/3/2013

I just finished my second book for this challenge:

7. Dusty Groove: Jazz, Soul, Funk, Hip Hop, Brazil Latin, and more... Read a book whose title shares a word with a title of one of your favorite songs. Make sure to tell us the name of the song!

The word in the title is Margarita, and the song is Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville. Just think of "Wastin' away again in Margaritaville..." while these characters are "Wastin' away again in Moscow!"

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 11/5/13

8. Dusty Armadillo - The Place Country Comes To. Read a book that involves dancing or that has an animal as a character. The main character has become a beetle, which is an animal.
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 11/3/13

2/3

I am going to change the book I'm reading for #4. Instead of reading Satellite, which is signed, I'm going to read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, as it still has a dark cover and I can take it out of my house without worrying for its safety.

Sharon, I'm in. I'm going for four :).

1. Dusty: Covered or filled with dust. Read a book that has been on your bookshelf (physically or just on your TBR list) for over a year.

3. Dusty (1983) - IMDb. Read a book later made into a movie.

4. Dusty: slightly gray, somewhat dark or dull in color. Read a book with a dark cover.

6. Dusty, Washington. Read a book that takes place in the Pacific Northwest.

Completed #10 - Author w/ same initials - North and South by John Jakes. While I appreciated the story and characters, the book was much too long and would have been aided by a good editor. Glad that I read a book that was so popular back in the day but do not plan to continue the series. 3 stars

1/3

Challenge Complete! 4/4

1. Dusty: Covered or filled with dust. Read a book that has been on your bookshelf (physically or just on your TBR list) for over a year.

Night by Elie Wiesel 11/2/2013. It's been on my bookshelf for years, and I finally brought myself to read it. A very tragic but important memoir from the Holocaust. I'm really glad I finally read it.

3. Dusty (1983) - IMDb. Read a book later made into a movie.

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 11/5/2013 It was made into a movie in 2009 and is on my Netflix queue! Overall, I liked it. I'm not quite sure why there are so many hateful reviews on Goodreads. I dropped it to 3 stars only because I wasn't a huge fan of the ending.

6. Dusty, Washington. Read a book that takes place in the Pacific Northwest.

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed 11/30/2013. Part of the book takes place in the Pacific Northwest, so I'm counting it. This took me a really long time to read. It definitely isn't a page turner, but I gave it 4 stars because I did think it was a very well-written memoir. There's just only so much reading about long-distance hiking that I can handle in one sitting.

8. Dusty Armadillo - The Place Country Comes To. Read a book that involves dancing or that has an animal as a character.

Blood Red Road by Moira Young 11/10/2013 Finished this one late last night for one of our monthly group reads. It was an easy read, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. I gave it 4 stars. The main character Saba's very helpful and highly intelligent companion, Nero, is a crow.

3. Dusty (1983) - IMDb.
The Hunger Games
Made into a movie and on my to be read list for a while, a good reason to start (and finish) it now. I had seen the movie already, I didn't like it that much. I'm glad I liked the book way better. The pacing is great it really manages to suck you in. Also you get to the hunger games itself pretty fast. Only 3 stars tho, I felt like the love part had to be crowbarred in later to make the characters more likeable or something.

Just finished Challenge #4: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame Smith. I'm at 2/4 books.

Completed #2 - Ugly Cover - Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz. Overall, I enjoyed this book. The characters were complex and the narrative was interesting, once I figured out the author's style. However, the beginning was incredibly slow and confusing, and I felt that the male characters were treated rather flippantly. Glad I read it and would recommend to anyone wanting a challenging read. 3.5 stars

2/3

Number 1: dusty or filled with dust- read The Artist's Way which I have been reading since June of this year.

Completed #4 - Dark Cover - We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of the American Women Trapped on Bataan. An amazing and inspiring story of courageous nurses! Coming from a family of nurses, I really appreciated the author's thorough research and obvious dedication to her subjects. Definitely worth reading! 4.5 stars

3/3

Good job, Megan! You're on top of these challenges!!

I'm up to 7/10. Here are the three I just added:

4. Dusty: slightly gray, somewhat dark or dull in color. Read a book with a dark cover.
The Graveyard Book - Completed 11/22/2013

6. Dusty, Washington. Read a book that takes place in the Pacific Northwest.
The Snow Child - Completed 11/17/2013

7. Dusty Groove: Jazz, Soul, Funk, Hip Hop, Brazil Latin, and more... Read a book whose title shares a word with a title of one of your favorite songs.
Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil (Evil Angel) - Completed 11/1/2013

I have completed my five:
3. Dusty (1983) - IMDb. Read a book later made into a movie.
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

4. Dusty: slightly gray, somewhat dark or dull in color. Read a book with a dark cover.


7. Dusty Groove: Jazz, Soul, Funk, Hip Hop, Brazil Latin, and more... Read a book whose title shares a word with a title of one of your favorite songs. Make sure to tell us the name of the song!
The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
from Cuckoo

8. Dusty Armadillo - The Place Country Comes To. Read a book that involves dancing or that has an animal as a character.
Old Bones the Wonder Horse

10. Dusty Davidson (dustyd) on Twitter. Read a book whose author has the same initial for both his or her first and last names.
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

My favorites were definitely Fangirl and Cuckoo's Egg - Personal Effects was really good too!

Finished one more, not sure if I can make all of them. but maybe with a final sprint. :P

book 2/3:
2. Urban Dictionary, Dusty: describes someone or something that's ugly and/or badly dressed. Read a book with a cover you consider to be ugly.

Eventho I didnt like the cover, I really liked the story.

Two more down! Just need to find something to do with sports to read in the last couple days of the month.

Completed 9/10

1. Dusty: Covered or filled with dust. Read a book that has been on your bookshelf (physically or just on your TBR list) for over a year.
A Hole in the Universe - Completed 11/24/2013

2. Urban Dictionary, Dusty: describes someone or something that's ugly and/or badly dressed. Read a book with a cover you consider to be ugly.
- Completed 11/28/2013

I did 7:

1. On shelf 1 yr: Steel, Danielle Dating Game
2. Ugly cover: Parker, Robert B. Six Kill
3. Made into move" Steel, Danielle Mixed Blessings
4. Dark cover: Quick, Amanda Wicked Widow blk
6. set Pacific Northwest: Jackson, Lisa Something Wicked
9. Music Kingsbury, Karen
10. Double Initial: Cooney, Carotine The Voice on the Radio

All done! Here's my list.

10/10

1. Dusty: Covered or filled with dust. Read a book that has been on your bookshelf (physically or just on your TBR list) for over a year.
A Hole in the Universe - Completed 11/24/2013

2. Urban Dictionary, Dusty: describes someone or something that's ugly and/or badly dressed. Read a book with a cover you consider to be ugly.
- Completed 11/28/2013

3. Dusty (1983) - IMDb. Read a book later made into a movie.
The Book Thief - Completed 11/10/2013

4. Dusty: slightly gray, somewhat dark or dull in color. Read a book with a dark cover.
The Graveyard Book - Completed 11/22/2013

5. Reds fire manager Dusty Baker. Read a book about sports or in which a main character plays a sport.
Set in the time when Roger Maris beat Babe Ruth's single season homerun record.
A Stone of the Heart: A Novel - Completed 11/30/2013

6. Dusty, Washington. Read a book that takes place in the Pacific Northwest.
The Snow Child - Completed 11/17/2013

7. Dusty Groove: Jazz, Soul, Funk, Hip Hop, Brazil Latin, and more... Read a book whose title shares a word with a title of one of your favorite songs.
Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil (Evil Angel) - Completed 11/1/2013

8. Dusty Armadillo - The Place Country Comes To. Read a book that involves dancing or that has an animal as a character.
The Cranes Dance - Completed 11/8/2013

9. Dusty Strings Co. Read a book that incorporates music in some way.
All Shall Be Well; And All Shall Be Well; And All Manner of Things Shall Be Well - Completed 11/9/2013

10. Dusty Davidson (dustyd) on Twitter. Read a book whose author has the same initial for both his or her first and last names.
The Lace Reader - Completed 11/3/2013

I completed this challenge!! Update on #21.