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message 1: by Madelyn (last edited Apr 30, 2014 01:22PM) (new)

Madelyn (madhalverson) Monopoly Challenge 2014
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


message 2: by Madelyn (last edited May 15, 2014 09:48AM) (new)


message 3: by Madelyn (last edited Apr 30, 2014 07:54PM) (new)

Madelyn (madhalverson) The Listopia Challenge
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:
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster The Giver (The Giver #1) by Lois Lowry A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins, #1) by P.L. Travers Little Women (Little Women, #1) by Louisa May Alcott Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2) by Roald Dahl

Books That Exceeded Your Expectations:
Divergent (Divergent, #1) by Veronica Roth Ender's Game (The Ender Quintet, #1) by Orson Scott Card Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Lord of the Flies by William Golding Uglies (Uglies, #1) by Scott Westerfeld The Stand by Stephen King


Best Historical Fiction:
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier World Without End (The Pillars of the Earth, #2) by Ken Follett The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Best For Book Clubs:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon Room by Emma Donoghue The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

Everyone's Read It But Me:
The Notebook (The Notebook, #1) by Nicholas Sparks The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald It by Stephen King Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks


1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 1984 by George Orwell The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Dracula by Bram Stoker One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey


message 4: by Madelyn (last edited Apr 30, 2014 01:00PM) (new)

Madelyn (madhalverson) April: The Shower Disambiguation Challenge:

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.
The Shining (The Shining, #1) by Stephen King

4. The 1999 short film. This film is only 10 minutes long. Read a short book (fewer than 150 pages).
A Christmas Promise (Christmas Stories, #7) by Anne Perry

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). 
A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer


message 5: by Madelyn (last edited Apr 30, 2014 01:28PM) (new)

Madelyn (madhalverson) THE MAY HOLIDAY COVER HUNT (with alternatives)
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.


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