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Duration: January 2014 - December 2014
Rules :
Choose your list (or multiple lists!) and the amount of books you plan to read from each.
State your goals in your first post. (posting a link to your lists is recommended*)
Any format of book, cross challenging etc. are all fine.
You can keep track in your Member's Corner or update here.
When you finish off a list, post your completed list here so we can all congratulate you!
Signed up for 5 book from each of the following lists, (must be books that I have not read before this year):
Best Children's Books:







Books That Exceeded Your Expectations:






Best Historical Fiction:






Best For Book Clubs:







Everyone's Read It But Me:








1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die:







3. A juggling pattern. The more objects in the shower, the more difficult. The same can be said for page numbers. Read a book with more than 350 pages.

4. The 1999 short film. This film is only 10 minutes long. Read a short book (fewer than 150 pages).

10. Particle shower. Read a book about science OR read a book with a title containing a word that can be made from the letters in the word PARTICLE (examples: PART, ICE, IT, AT, CLEAR).


Duration: May 1 - 31, 2014
1. May Day is lei day in Hawaii. Read a book with a flower on its cover OR read a book that takes place in a country that celebrates May day. For a list, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internat...
2. World Press Freedom Day. Read a book with a form of media on its cover (such as a book, a newspaper, or a CD) OR read a book in which a character is a reporter.
3. Star Wars Day. May the Fourth be With You. Read a book with a star on its cover OR read a science fiction book.
4. Children’s Day. こどもの日. Read a book that has a child on its cover OR read a young adult book.
5. Cinco de Mayo. Read a book with the number 5 somewhere on its cover (even if it’s in the title!) OR read a book with a 5 in its number of pages.
6. National Train Day. Read a book with a mode of transportation on its cover OR read a book in which a character takes a train ride.
7. Towel Day. "A towel, [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy] says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have." Read a book with a towel on it OR read a book written by Douglas Adams.
8. World Turtle Day. Read a book with an animal on its cover OR read a book that contains a turtle.
Books mentioned in this topic
Rabbit Ears (other topics)Pac-Man and the Ghost Diggers (other topics)
Clifford Visits The Hospital (other topics)
Memoirs of a Geisha (other topics)
We Need to Talk About Kevin (other topics)
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Young Adult
Coming of Age
YA Fantasy
Romance
Historical Romance
Paranormal Romance
Chick-lit
Suspense
Crime
Horror
Mytery
Historical (time periods)
Medieval
Victorian
Ancient
Fantasy
Epic/high fantasy
Mythic fiction
Magical realism
Science Fiction
Cyberpunk/Steampunk
Dystopian
Space Opera
Biographical
Memoir
Autobiography
Biography
Non-fiction
History
Science