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Goodreads Choice Awards 2013 Challenge

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★ Category Demolisher: Read all 20 books in 1 category and I'm going to be plain Jane and do Fiction. I'll do the Easy portion:

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1. And the Mountains Echoed
2. The Storyteller
3. Me Before You
4. Orphan Train
5. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
6. We Are Water
7. Someday, Someday, Maybe
8. The Girl You Left Behind
9. The Interestings
10. The Silver Star

2014 New Releases Reading Challenge

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Level - Newbie: Read an average of at least 1 new book a month
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April-- April 8th 2014



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All About You Part 1 and Part 2 Challenge 2014
Part 1: 0/12 (months)
Part 2: 0/12 (months)

Part 1: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Part 2: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


January
Read your Birthday Month (Spell it out challenge)
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U-
L-Longbourn
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A nickname you go by - or want to go by!
D-Dead Until Dark
I-Ironskin
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February
Read your Birthstone (Spell it out challenge) or read 3 or 4 books with covers that match the color of your birthstone or 3 or 4 books with the name of your Birthstone in the title--Ruby
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Read four books where the protagonist has your current job, your dream job,or even your avocation.
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March
Read your sign (Spell it out challenge)
C-
A-Ask the Passengers
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C-
E-Eleanor & Park
R-

Your favorite color. Only this time choose four books where your favorite color appears somewhere on the cover, with at least one the predominate cover color. (Purple)
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April
Read your Chinese zodiac sign (Spell it out challenge)
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N
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E-Everything Leads to You

Read four books from your favorite series. They can either all be from different series or the same one.
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May
Read 3 or 4 books set in a country you'd like to visit
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Make of your dream car. If you don't drive, then use your favorite form of transportation.
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Everything Leads to You
Taking Chances
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A-

June
Read 3 or 4 books from your favorite genre
1. Parallel
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Birth Order. Were you born first, or sixth? Spell-It-Out.
F-Fangirl
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July
Read 3 or 4 books with your child or a friend
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Whether you love to play it or watch it, what is your favorite sport? Find four books on the topic, or Spell-It-Out.
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August
Read 3 or 4 books written by some of your favorite authors
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Your best subject in school. Math, science, French, Home Ec? Find four books on the topic,or the protagonist teaches or takes it. Or use the Spell-It-Out option.
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C
H-The Here and Now


September
Set yourself a personal goal to exceed the amount of books you normally read in a month.
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You against the elements. Read four books total, one each with “earth, wind, fire, water” in the title, or has a depiction of them on the cover, or is the subject of the book.
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October
Read one of your favorite foods (Spell it out challenge)
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Your Kingdom: animal, vegetable or mineral? Decide on a kingdom, then choose something from within that kingdom. Example: elephant, zucchini, quartz. Read only three books this month. Or, you guessed it, Spell-It-Out.
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November
Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read before, but have been meaning to.
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Read your favorite media delivery system: Kindle, NOOK, Kobe, iPad, e-book, audiobook, audio, iPod, paperback, paper, dead-tree version, etc. Spell-It-Out.
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E
R

December
Read your favorite Book Crush's name
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Repeat your favorite challenge month from “All About You, Part 1." --Read 3 or 4 books from your favorite genre

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Stuck in a Rut Challenge 2014
Easy Climb - Complete any 1 task

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

TASK THREE:
* Read a complete series from book 1 through to the last published book at the time of the challenge

Series: Sookie Stackhouse Series
Dead Until Dark completed (#1)

All About You Part Three: 2014
0/12 (months)

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

January
Your favorite type of music, band, or singer. Spell it out. Or read three or four books where a character plays that type of music.
F-Fangirl
O-
L-Longbourn
K-

February
Your favorite animal. Or name of your favorite pet. Spell it out. Or read three or four books where that animal appears in the storyline.
C-
Ask the Passengers
Taking Chances

March
Your favorite cartoon character. Spell it out.
F-
I-Ironskin
N-
N-

April
Your favorite artist, painter, photographer, sculptor. Spell it out. Or read three or four books whose book covers you consider “artistic.”
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May
Your favorite beverage. Spell it out. Or have it one the cover - for three or four books.
C
O
F
F
E-Eleanor & Park
E-Everything Leads to You

JuneRead three or four books that are basically like you favorite childhood T.V. shows. Give reasons as to why they fit.
Beetlejuice
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July
Read three or four books that are your favorite movies made from books (rereads allowed), or books that will be made into movies.
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August
Your favorite board game or card game as a child. Spell it out.
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M-Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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Y-

September
Your favorite skin care product. Spell it out.
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0-
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P-Parallel

October
Your favorite bad guy, who you love to hate or hope for reform. Spell it out. Or read three to four books with this archetype anti-hero.
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November
Your favorite holiday. Spell it out, or read three to four books set during that time of the year.
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December
Repeat your favorite challenge month from “All About You, Part 1” or “All About You, Part 2."
Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read before, but have been meaning to.
1. Dead Until Dark
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The Twelve Towers Challenge
beginning January 1, 2014
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https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Eyes on Target - up to 3 years


◈ The Twelve Towers
12 books that you've acquired most recently (from start date)
1. Dead Until Dark
2. Eleanor & Park
3. Longbourn
4. Everything Leads to You
5. The Here and Now
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11 books that you never find time to get around to or that have been on your shelves the longest (pre-choose these)
Animal Farm, Of Mice and Men, Slaughterhouse Five, The Alchemist, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Lord of the Flies, The Odyssey, A Tale of Two Cities, The Counte of Monte Cristo, Les Miserables, Moby Dick
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10 books you randomly select from your shelves (such as by using random.org -- as you go or pre-choose)
407-The Stone Carvers 312-Blue Pills 694-The Alchemyst 771-The Accidental 620-Always Looking Up 842-a mercy 624-Happy Accidents 750-Escape (Delinsky) 811-The Girl with the Crooked Nose 867-Ashes, Ashes
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9 sequels, series continuations, or spin-offs
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8 novellas or short-stories - they can be part of anthologies, you don't have to read the whole book in this case.
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7 books that everyone seems to have read but you
1. Taking Chances
2. Ask the Passengers
3. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
4. Fangirl
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6 anticipated releases (release dates after your start date)
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5 books that were recommended to you via Goodreads
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4 books that you started but never finished
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3 books that you've already read before
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2 books with covers that you don't think fit the storyline or that you don't like the covers of but everyone raves about the books
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1 book that intimidates you
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