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Cait
Ruth
Bobbi
Megan
Natasha
Jingles
Kelly
Srividya
Michelle
Samantha
Barbara
Jesse
Angie
Jex
Ashley
Kat
Fleurette
Karrie
Colleen
Teri-k
Tina
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Part 2: G-N
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I am in!Astronomy
Option 3: Spell Out the Planets
April 1, 2016-No Deadline
►Using the Spell-it-Out Rules(*), spell out the 9 Known (real) planets. Do NOT have to use space only related books, but for extra challenge, use space only related books. :)
Mercury
M
E
R
C
U
R
Y
Venus
V
E
N
U
S
Earth
E
A
R
T
H
Mars
M
A
R
S
Jupiter
J
U
P
I
T
E
R
Saturn
S
A
T
U
R
N
Uranus
U
R
A
N
U
S
Neptune
N
E
P
T
U
N
E
Pluto
P
L
U
T
O
AstronomyOpen Ended Deadline
Option 3: Spell Out the Planets
Cosmonaut : 25+ books
Read: 52/52
💥☑💥Mercury: 7/7
(view spoiler)
💥☑💥Venus: 5/5
(view spoiler)
💥☑💥Earth: 5/5
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💥☑💥Mars: 4/4
(view spoiler)
💥☑💥Jupiter: 7/7
(view spoiler)
💥☑💥Saturn: 6/6
(view spoiler)
💥☑💥Uranus: 6/6
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💥☑💥Neptune: 7/7
(view spoiler)
💥☑💥Pluto: 5/5
(view spoiler)
AstronomyOption 3: Spell Out the Planets
April 1, 2016-No Deadline
►Using the Spell-it-Out Rules(*), spell out the 9 Known (real) planets. Do NOT have to use space only related books, but for extra challenge, use space only related books. :)
Mercury
M
E
R
C
U
R
Y
Venus
V
E
N
U
S
Earth
E
A - A Red Herring Without Mustard https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
R
T
H
Mars
M
A
R
S
Jupiter
J
U
P
I
T
E
R
Saturn
S
A
T
U
R
N
Uranus
U
R
A
N
U
S
Neptune
N
E
P
T
U
N
E
Pluto
P
L
U
T
O
Choose Your Own Adventure: AstronomyDuration: You Set the Pace
Option 6: Scavenger Hunt Want-it-All
Scavenger Hunt Level: Pluto
183/200 words
A
apastron
B
bolometer
C
celestial equator
D
E
extragalaxtic
F
G
H
hyperbolic orbit
I
inferior planets
J
K
kiloparsec
L
local arm
MN
O
P
Q
R
red giant star
S
scientific notation
scintillation
superior planets
T
U
V
variable star
vernal equinox
visual magnitude
W
white giant
X
Y
yellow dwarf
Z
NBRC: CYOA - AstronomyDate: 04/01/16 - 00/00/00
Level: 3, Spell Out the Planets
52/52 Completed
Challenge Link: NBRC: CYOA - Astronomy
①MERCURY:
☒1. M = McCullough, David|The Johnstown Flood|05.24.16|★★★★☆
☒2. E = Erik Larson|Isaac's Storm|04.01.16|★★★★☆
☒3. R = Rule, Ann|A Fever in the Heart and Other True Cases|04.06.16|★★★★☆
☒4. C = Christy Reece|Last Chance|04.29.16|★★★★☆
☒5. U = Upson, Nicola|Angel with Two Faces|05.17.16|★★★☆☆
☒6. R = Riley, Lucinda|The Midnight Rose|05.14.16|★★★★☆
☒7. Y = The Yokota Officers Club|Sarah Bird|07.03.16|★☆☆☆☆
②VENUS:
☒8. V = Vanderpool, Clare|Moon Over Manifest|05.18.16|★★★☆☆
☒9. E = Elizabeth Peters|Lion in the Valley|04.26.16|★★★☆☆
☒10. N = Nelson DeMille|Plum Island|04.13.16|★★★☆☆
☒11. U = Under the Cajun Moon|Mindy Starns Clark|06.15.16|★★☆☆☆
☒12. S = The Soldier's Wife|Margaret Leroy|04.13.16|★★★★☆
③ EARTH:
☒13. E = Elizabeth Musser|Two Crosses|04.25.16|★★★☆☆
☒14. A = All I Ever Wanted|Kristan Higgins|04.07.16|★★★☆☆
☒15. R = Rule, Ann|The End of the Dream|05.09.16|★★★★☆
☒16. T = A Tree Grows in Brooklyn|Betty Smith|04.17.16|★★★★☆
☒17. H = Hannah, Kristin|Winter Garden|04.03.16|★★★★☆
④ MARS:
☒18. M = Maya Banks|Echoes at Dawn|05.15.16|★★★★☆
☒19. A = Ann Rule|In the Name of Love and Other True Cases|04.20.16|★★★★☆
☒20. R = Ragtime|E.L. Doctorow|05.28.16|★★☆☆☆
☒21. S = Sea Swept|Nora Roberts|05.26.16|★★★★☆
⑤ JUPITER:
☒22. J = James, P.D.|Innocent Blood|04.30.16|★★★☆☆
☒23. U = Unleashed|David Rosenfelt|07.17.16|★★★☆☆
☒24. P = Patterson, James|Double Cross||04.28.16|★★★☆☆
☒25. I = Iles, Greg|Turning Angel|04.02.16|★★★☆☆
☒26. T = The Third Victim|Lisa Gardner|05.12.16|★★★☆☆
☒27. E = Ehemann, Beth|Room for You|04.25.16|★★★☆☆
☒28. R = Rule, Ann|Empty Promises|05.30.16|★★★☆☆
⑥SATURN:
☒29. S = Sue Klebold|A Mother's Reckoning|05.31.16|★★★★☆
☒30. A = Abraham Verghese|Cutting for Stone|05.13.16|★★☆☆☆
☒31. T = Tom Clancy|The Hunt for Red October|06.07.16|★★★☆☆
☒32. U = Upstate|Kalisha Buckhanon|09.15.16|★★★★☆
☒33. R = Roberts, Nora|Born in Ice (Born In trilogy #2)|06.28.16|★★★☆☆
☒34. N = Nicholas Sparks|The Best of Me|04.14.16|★★☆☆☆
⑦URANUS:
☒35. U = The Unbidden Truth|Kate Wilhelm|09.19.16|★★★☆☆
☒36. R = Ruta Sepetys|Salt to the Sea|06.28.16|★★★★★
☒37. A = Alice Kimberly|The Ghost and Mrs. McClure|04.16.16|★★★☆☆
☒38. N = Neggers, Carla|The Widow|04.22.16|★★★☆☆
☒39. U = Unspeakable|Kevin O'Brien|11.30.16|★★★★☆
☒40. S = Small Town Christmas|Jill Shalvis|06.06.16|★★★★☆
⑧NEPTUNE:
☒41. N = Nightwatcher|Wendy Corsi Staub|04.27.16|★★★☆☆
☒42. E = Evanovich, Janet|The Scam|04.30.16|★★★☆☆
☒43. P = Purity in Death|J.D. Robb|05.08.16|★★★★☆
☒44. T = Tricky Twenty-Two|Janet Evanovich|06.23.16|★★★★☆
☒45. U = Ugly Love|Colleen Hoover|02.10.17|✿✿✿✿✿
☒46. N = Nightwoods|Charles Frazier|05|01|16|★★★☆☆
☒47. E = Ehemann, Beth|Room for More|05.02.16|★★★☆☆
⑨PLUTO:
☒48. P = Paper Towns|John Green|06.11.16|★★☆☆☆
☒49. L = Larkin, Jillian|Ingenue||05.30.16|★★☆☆☆
☒50. U = Until Friday Night|Abbi Glines|02.11.17|✿✿✿
☒51. T = Tess Gerritsen|The Sinner|09.12.16|★★★★☆
☒52. O = The Other Typist: A Novel|Suzanne Rindell|04.20.16|★★★★☆
☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀CHALLENGE COMPLETED 02/11/17☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀☀
AstronomyScavenger Hunt Freestyle
Level: ?? (As many I can find in the month of April)
Current count: 20/199
astronomer: Welcome to Night Vale
galaxy: Welcome to Night Vale
planet: Welcome to Night Vale
satellite: Welcome to Night Vale
sun: Welcome to Night Vale
solar system: Welcome to Night Vale
star: Welcome to Night Vale
sky: Welcome to Night Vale
universe: Welcome to Night Vale
dust: Welcome to Night Vale
earth: Welcome to Night Vale
twinkling: Welcome to Night Vale
space: Welcome to Night Vale
orbit: Welcome to Night Vale
moon: Welcome to Night Vale
gravity: Welcome to Night Vale
day: Welcome to Night Vale
radiation: Welcome to Night Vale
rings: Attachments
lens: House of Echoes
rocket: Mrs. Dalloway
NBRC: CYOA - AstronomyDate: 04/01/16 - TBD
Option 3 - Spell Out the Planets
Books read: 0/--
MERCURY:
M
E
R
C - Churchill: A Life
U
R
Y
VENUS:
V
E
N
U
S -
EARTH:
E
A
R
T
H
MARS:
M
A
R
S
JUPITER:
J
U
P
I
T
E
R
SATURN:
S
A
T
U
R
N
URANUS:
U
R - Retribution Falls
A - The Age of Innocence
N
U
S
NEPTUNE:
N
E
P
T
U
N
E
PLUTO:
P - The Pillars of the Earth
L - The Lake House
U
T - Tigana
O
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I hope that you will love the challenge! Read the Guidelines of each Adventure at the Adventure page or at the Q&A. Then, feel free to ask any questions over in the Q&A thread. Have fun, and be on the look out for more Choose Your Own Adventures, coming soon!
Choose Your Own AdventureASTRONOMY (Finished)
Duration: 04/01-08/14
Cosmonaut : 25+ books
Spell It Out (44/44)
✔Mercury (7/7) (view spoiler)
✔Venus (5/5) (view spoiler)
✔Earth (5/5) (view spoiler)
✔Mars (4/4) (view spoiler)
✔Jupiter (7/7) (view spoiler)
✔Saturn (6/6) (view spoiler)
Uranus (2/6)(view spoiler)
Neptune (5/7) (view spoiler)
Pluto (3/5) (view spoiler)
Spell-It-Out Rules of the planetsUsing 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.
Duration: April 1, 2016 - ???
43/52 books
Mercury
M - Married By Morning
E - Ellen Raskin. The Westing Game
R - Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
C - Cline, Ernest. Armada
U
R - Roald Dahl Matilda
Y - Yolen, Jane. Briar Rose
Venus
V - V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic
E - Ernest Cline. Ready Player One
N - The Name of the Wind
U
S - Sookie Stackhouse, Dead Until Dark
Earth
E - Eli, Vicious
A - American Psycho
R - Rutkoski, Marie. The Winner's Curse
T - Tempt Me at Twilight
H - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Mars
M - Mary Poppins
A - A Wrinkle in Time
R - Robert C. O'Brien. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
S - Sam's Letters to Jennifer
Jupiter
J - Jeff Smith. Bone, Vol. 1: Out from Boneville
U
P - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two
I - Illuminae
T - Truant, Johnny (character). House of Leaves
E - Bone, Vol. 3: Eyes of the Storm
R - Rick Riordan. The Sea of Monsters
Saturn
S - The Shadow of the Wind
A - Anne of Green Gables
T - The Titan's Curse
U
R - Rick Riordan. The Lightning Thief
N - Neil Gaiman. The Graveyard Book
Uranus
U
R - The Raven Boys
A - Arin, The Winner's Crime
N - Nikolas (MC) Gemina
U
S - Superman: The Golden Age Vol. 1
Neptune
N - Nesbo, Jo, (author) Cockroaches
E - Emeline, (MC) To Taste Temptation
P - Pan, The Battle of the Labyrinth
T - Tamlin, A Court of Thorns and Roses
U
N - Nicholas, The Marriage Bargain
E - Elyssa, The Queen of the Tearling
Pluto
P - Percy Jackson (MC) The Last Olympian
L - Linh, Cinder. (MC) Cinder
U
T - Thorn, (MC) Bone, Vol. 7: Ghost Circles
O - OreSeur, (MC) The Well of Ascension
I don't read a whole ton of sci-fi books so I'm only going to commit to 100 words but hopefully I'll find them all.Astronomy Challenge
Level: Jupiter
Start Date: April 1, 2016
109/100 FOUND
Part 1
A
Alpha Centauri - Time Salvager - Wesley Chu 7/15
(you guys must be flying to Alpha Centauri by now),p108
aperature -
apogee - The North Water - Ian McGuire 4/10
(the last twitching apogee of a monstrous ejaculation),p228
asteroid - The Future Falls - Tanya Huff 5/19
(can stop an asteroid that size),p5
astronaut - Alien Tango - Gini Koch 9/4
(along with the astronauts),p110
astronomer - Last to Die - Tess Gerritsen 6/24
(comets were spotted all the time by amateur astronomers),p12
astronomy - Last to Die - Tess Gerritsen 6/24
(obsessed with astronomy),p276
B
big bang theory - Immortal - J.R. Ward 6/2
(watched reruns of the Big Bang Theory),p232
binary star - Rainshadow Road - Lisa Kleypas 11/20
(a binary star can have a distant orbit),p317
black body -
black hole - The Hotter You Burn - Gena Showalter 4/3
(even with the chaotic black holes), p216
C
celestial - League of Dragons - Naomi Novik 6/20
(his own celestial companion),p145
cluster - Time Salvager - Wesley Chu 7/15
(the first cluster of warheads),p313
comet - The Future Falls - Tanya Huff 5/19
(blazing like a comet across the night sky),p53
conjunction -
constellation - Night Marchers - Rebecca Gober 4/25
(points a few of the constellations out), p93
corona - Dragon Wytch - Yasmine Galenorn 12/3
(and more rarely, a golden corona),p146
cosmology -
cosmos - One Fell Sweep - Ilona Andrews 4/1
(the depth of the infinite Cosmos reflected in him),p231
crater - Nightwalker - Allyson James 6/26
(tossed into the volcano that's now Sunset Crater),p205
crescent moon - The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman 4/7
(it was a crescent moon yesterday), p105
D
dark matter -
day - A Case of Need - Michael Crichton 3/11
(what day is this?),p386
declination -
deep space - Time Salvager - Wesley Chu 7/15
(looked like a deep-space mining suit),p205
density - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers 11/25
(it's interior was solid explosive material, kedrium the density),p
docking - Time Salvager - Wesley Chu 7/15
(passed through the crowded docking hangar),p30
dust - Time Salvager - Wesley Chu 7/15
(blowing a plume of dust high into the air),p47
dwarf planet -
dwarf star - Born of Vengeance - Sherrilyn Kenyon 4/12
(it's hotter than a dwarf star),p303
E
Earth - The Future Falls - Tanya Huff 5/19
(she only tolerated off the face of the Earth),p130
earthbound - Time Salvager - Wesley Chu 7/15
(then the collie would be Earthbound),p272
eccentricity - The Luckiest Lady in London - Sherry Thomas 4/23
(focus from directrix or eccentricity),p260
eclipse - The Library at Mount Char - Scott Hawkins 5/24
(there was no eclipse),p234
elliptical orbit - Time Salvager - Wesley Chu 7/15
(the moons elliptical orbit),p31
equinox -
escape velocity - Born of Vengeance - Sherrilyn Kenyon 4/12
(once they were clear of escape velocity),p319
event horizon - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers 11/25
(they could safely get to the event horizon),p148
F
falling star -
flare -
flyby -
free fall - Time Salvager - Wesley Chu 7/15
(they were in free fall),p102
full moon - The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman 4/7
(always likes the full moon), p105
Part IIG
galaxy - Last to Die - Tess Gerritsen 6/24
(there are countless planets in this galaxy),p267
gamma ray - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers 11/25
(gamma-ray burst?),p251
gas giant - Time Salvager - Wesley Chu 7/15
(steering your collie toward a gas giant),p31
geostationary -
geosynchronous -
gibbous moon - Desert God - Wilbur Smith 2/4
(it was close to midnight and the waxing gibbous moon),p50
globular cluster -
gravitation - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers 11/25
(there was a slight gravitational discrepancy),p15
gravity - The Wild Ways - Tanya Huff 4/7
(began to slide, gravity taking over), p289
H
half moon - Frostbitten - Kelley Armstrong 7/8
(glittered under a half moon),p2
heliocentric -
helium - The Order of Odd-Fish - James Kennedy 6/5
(pumped full of helium),p106
Hubble telescope - Hot Pursuit - Kathryn Jensen 3/9
(like the Hubble telescope snafu),p48
hydrogen - The Order of Odd-Fish - James Kennedy 6/5
(with the moon men and hydrogram),p34
hyperbolic orbit -
hypernova -
I
ice giant -
inclination - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers 11/25
(that inclination of toward acting out in anger),p145
inertia - The Wild Ways - Tanya Huff 4/7
(inertia, Charlie dodged), p231
inferior planets -
inner planets -
interstellar - Unbound - Angela Knight 7/9
(size of an interstellar frigate),p77
interstellar dust -
ionosphere - Hot Pursuit - Kathryn Jensen 3/9
(way out there in the ionosphere),p111
J
Jupiter - The Future Falls - Tanya Huff 5/19
(but Jupiter provided a softer landing than Earth),p101
K
Kepler's laws -
kiloparsec -
Kuiper belt - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers 11/25
(a prison asteroid out in the Kuiper Belt),p323
L
lens - The Library at Mount Char - Scott Hawkins 5/24
(light gathering lens),p327
light-year - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers 11/25
(the cages are light years apart),p74
local arm -
local group -
lunar - The Ridge - Michael Koryta 8/8
(astronomy club planning event for lunar eclipse),p50
M
magnitude -
mare -
Mars - Born of Ashes - Caris Roane 5/11
(Holst's The Planets. I believe this is Mars),p225
mass -
Mercury - Time Salvager - Wesley Chu 7/15
(Eris, Pluto and Mercury), p27
meteor - The Future Falls - Tanya Huff 5/19
(that meteor that hit in Russia),p52
meteorite - Rogue Wave - Boyd Morrison 3/4
(talking about a meteorite impact at this point is premature),p112
meteoroid -
Milky Way - The Library at Mount Char - Scott Hawkins 5/24
(go up and watch the Milky Way),p256
minor planet -
moon - Time Salvager - Wesley Chu 7/15
(though the largest moon),p31
N
nadir -
NASA - The Future Falls - Tanya Huff 5/19
(taken a taxi directly to NASA headquarters),p2
nebula - Last to Die - Tess Gerritsen 6/24
(the Horsehead Nebula),p211
Neptune - Time Salvager - Wesley Chu 7/15
(Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus),p27
neutron star -
new moon -
north star - Dreamwalker - Allyson James 7/9
(the bears, large and small, the North Star),p163
nova - Bound by Flame - Anne Windsor 8/10
(like a star going nova),p54
Part IIIO
observatory - Last to Die - Tess Gerritsen 6/24
(the Vatican has an observatory),p268
occultation -
opposition - Time Salvager - Wesley Chu 7/15
(there was only so much opposition any faction could muster),p14
orbit - The Wild Ways - Tanya Huff 4/7
(nuking you from orbit), p116
orbital eccentricity -
orbital inclination -
outer planets - White Night - Jim Butcher 5/4
(from the outer planets),p129
P
parallax -
parsec - Origin Phase - RTW Lipkin 12/17
(my emotional state for at least 30 persecs),p58
partial eclipse -
penumbra - Butterfly Tattoo - Deidre Knight 5/28
(a penumbra of light circling), p56
perigee - Black Water Lilies - Michel Bussi 3/15
(at its perigee, as they put it),p306
perturbation -
phase - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers 11/25
(in their dormant phase),p203
plane of the ecliptic -
planet - The Hotter You Burn - Gena Showalter 4/3
(one of the richest men on the planet), p178
planetary nebula -
planetoid -
Pluto - The Library at Mount Char - Scott Hawkins 5/24
(how cold does it get on Pluto),p234
pole star -
precession -
probe - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers 11/25
(when a probe found Toremi ships),p94
pulsar -
Q
quarter moon -
quasar -
R
radiant - The Hotter You Burn - Gena Showalter 4/3
(anyone's idea of radiant), p180
radiation - The Library at Mount Char - Scott Hawkins 5/24
(wide-spectrum radiation),p242
red dwarf - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers 11/25
(a red dwarf lay in the distance),p84
red giant star - Laced with Magic - Barbara Bretton 3/20
(until the sun moves from red giant to white dwarf),p271
revolve -
rings - Unbound - Angela Knight 7/9
(Dyami can plot rings around),p164
rocket - Night Marchers - Rebecca Gober 4/25
(shooting up like a rocket), p253
S
satellite - White Night - Jim Butcher 5/4
(an old Soveit satellite),p315
Saturn - The Library at Mount Char - Scott Hawkins 5/24
(no, it's Saturn, see the rings),p309
scientific notation -
scintillation -
shooting star - Bethany's Heart - C.L. Scholey 12/18
(shooting stars raced across the hemisphere),p119
solar - Vampire Most Wanted - Lynsay Sands 6/27
(solar Abaddon explained),p319
singularity -
sky - Fired Up - Jayne Ann Krentz 4/13
(the sky was leaden), p24
solar - Time Salvager - Wesley Chu 7/15
(to obtain a solar charger),p40
solar system - Last to Die - Tess Gerritsen 6/24
(transform into solar systems),p215
solar wind -
solstice - Time Salvager - Wesley Chu 7/15
(picking presents for winter solstice),p227
space - Immortal - J.R. Ward 6/2
(flying through the air or space),p118
space exploration -
space station - The Library at Mount Char - Scott Hawkins 5/24
(on the international space station),p317
spectroscope -
spectrum - Time Salvager - Wesley Chu 7/15
(every channel in his spectrum),p343
star - The Library at Mount Char - Scott Hawkins 5/24
(the stars are out),p235
starlight - Allegiance of Honor - Nalini Singh 7/3
(her eyes had lost their starlight),p86
sun - Time Salvager - Wesley Chu 7/15
(even though the sun was nowhere in sight),p147
sunspot -
superior planets -
supernova - Alien Tango - Gini Koch 9/4
(made my worry go supernova),p55
synodic -
syzygy -
T
telemetry -
telescope - Silenced - Allison Brennan 4/15
(lens for space telescopes), p53
terminator -
terrestrial - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers 11/25
(life on a similarly sized terrestrial moon),p155
total eclipse -
totality -
transit -
translunar -
twinkling - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers 11/25
(his eyes twinkling),p169
U
umbra -
universe - Got Your Number - Stephanie Bond 4/5
(the universe was in balance), p203
Uranus - Time Salvager - Wesley Chu 7/15
(Oberon, a moon of Uranus),p27
V
vacuum - Time Salvager - Wesley Chu 7/15
(he screamed silently in the vacuum of space),p60
Van Allen belt -
variable star -
Venus - Last to Die - Tess Gerritsen 6/24
(Mercury, Venus and Earth),p215
vernal equinox - Natural Evil - Thea Harrison 8/17
(the vernal equinox was in a few days),p13
visual magnitude -
W
waning - The Curse of the Wendigo - Rick Yancey 9/5
(in those waning days),p15
wavelength -
waxing - Desert God - Wilbur Smith 2/4
(with a waxing moon to light our way),p305
weightlessness -
white dwarf - The Conquest - Yxta Maya Murray 4/22
(hopscotching white dwarfs),p16
white giant -
wormhole - The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman 4/7
(translucent silver black wormhole), p124
X
x-rays - All Wound Up - Jaci Burton 7/10
(your x-rays are clear),p32
y
yellow dwarf -
Z
zenith - Time Salvager - Wesley Chu 7/15
(this time period was considered the zenith),p90
zodiac - Death Angel - Linda Fairstein 7/26
(you know, the zodiac),p43
Astronomy
Open Ended Deadline
Option 3: Spell Out the Planets
Cosmonaut : 25+ books
Read: 0/52
Mercury
M
E
R
C
U
R
Y
Venus
V
E
N
U
S
Earth
E
A
R
T
H
Mars
M
A
R
S
Jupiter
J
U
P
I
T
E
R
Saturn
S
A
T
U
R
N
Uranus
U
R
A
N
U
S
Neptune
N
E
P
T
U
N
E
Pluto
P
L
U
T
O
Open Ended Deadline
Option 3: Spell Out the Planets
Cosmonaut : 25+ books
Read: 0/52
Mercury
M
E
R
C
U
R
Y
Venus
V
E
N
U
S
Earth
E
A
R
T
H
Mars
M
A
R
S
Jupiter
J
U
P
I
T
E
R
Saturn
S
A
T
U
R
N
Uranus
U
R
A
N
U
S
Neptune
N
E
P
T
U
N
E
Pluto
P
L
U
T
O
Choose Your Own Adventure: AstronomyOption 3: Spell Out
0/51
Start date: April 1, 2016
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Choose Your Own Adventure: Astronomy Option 1: Read Space Themed Books
►Read books set completely (or at least mostly) in Space
►Level: Earthbound
1.
2.
3.
COMPLETE!Choose Your Own Adventure: Astronomy
Duration: 4.01.16 - TBD
Option 3 Spell it out
Planets Completed: 9
Books: 52/52
M - People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Competitive Crafters, Drop-Off Despots, and Other Suburban Scourges by Jen Mann|7.02.16
E - The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans|4.29.16
R - The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater|5.02.16
C - City of Bones by Cassandra Clare|6.30.16
U - Crazy Love You by Lisa Unger|7.25.16
R - Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys|5.06.16
Y - The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey|6.07.16
•
V - A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab|4.24.16
E - One for the Money by Janet Evanovich|5.03.16
N - Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" by Lena Dunham|8.13.16
U - Utopia by Lincoln Child|9.27.16
S - Sign Off by Patricia McLinn
•
E - Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues by Diana Rowland|5.23.16
A - Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake by Frank W. Abagnale|4.06.16
R - White Trash Zombie Apocalypse by Diana Rowland|7.01.16
T - The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett|5.19.16
H - The Arrangement 5: The Ferro Family by H.M. Ward|7.13.16
•
M - Meant for Her by Amy Gamet|7.03.16
A - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott|4.13.16
R - The BFG by Roald Dahl|6.05.16
S - Smashed, Squashed, Splattered, Chewed, Chunked and Spewed by Lance Carbuncle|5.17.16
•
J - The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry|5.2816
U - In the Blood by Lisa Unger|6.21.16
P - Guilty Wives by James Patterson|7.22.16
I - In the Woods by Tana French|4.18.16
T - Do Not Disturb by A.R. Torre|6.24.16
E - Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich|6.17.16
R - Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys|6.25.16
•
S - Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan|8.05.16
A - Animal Farm by George Orwell|5.11.16
T - Tempted by P.C. Cast|7.08.16
U - The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin|6.19.16
R - Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant|7.23.16
N - Before the Fall by Noah Hawley|8.16.17
•
U - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead|6.24.17
R - Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs|10.21.16
A - All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda|9.27.16
N - Never Never: Part Two by Colleen Hoover|10.02.16
U - Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters|7.14.16
S - Storm Front by Jim Butcher|8.28.16
•
N - Never Never by Colleen Hoover|8.18.16
E - Follow You Home by Mark Edwards|7.31.16
P - Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman|7.27.16
T - Twilight Children: Three Voices No One Heard Until a Therapist Listened by Torey L. Hayden|7.20.16
U - Ultraviolet by R.J. Anderson|8.02.16
N - The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness|8.24.16
E - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline|9.15.16
•
P - I Funny: A Middle School Story by James Patterson|8.03.16
L - The Call of the Wild by Jack London|5.08.16
U - Black Out by Lisa Unger|8.20.16
T - Tick Tock by Dean Koontz|9.07.16
O - Opposition by Jennifer L. Armentrout|4.22.16
Choose Your Own Adventure: Astronomy Option 1: Read Space Themed Books
►Read books set completely (or at least mostly) in Space
►Level: Interstellar
And remember, they're not science fiction,
1.
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester (1/1/16)2.
Android at Arms by Andre Norton (1/7/16)3.
Star Gate by Andre Norton (1/7/16)4.
Way Station by Clifford D. Simak (1/7/16)5.
For Love and Glory by Poul Anderson (1/10/16)6.
Sassinak by Anne McCaffrey (4/24/16)7.
Death of Sleep by Anne McCaffrey (4/25/16)8.
Generation Warriors by Anne McCaffrey (4/26/16)9.
Dinosaur Planet by Anne McCaffrey (5/1/16)10.
Dinosaur Planet Survivors by Anne McCaffrey (5/2/16)11.
Broken Bow by Diane Carey (5/8/16)12.
By the Book by Dean Wesley Smith (5/8/16)13.
Shockwave by Paul Ruditis (5/9/16)14.
What Price Honor? by Dave Stern (5/12/16)15.
Surak's Soul by J.M. Dillard (5/12/16)
I'm in! I will go with Scavenger Hunt Freestyle.It will be fun to discover how many words I can find without reading anything about astronomy or space exploration.
Scavenger Hunt Freestyle - Astronomy1st April 2016 - ?
Words found:
181 words
black hole, cluster, crater, day, dust, Earth, earthbound, Jupiter, lens, mass, Mercury, moon, new moon, observatory, phase, planet, probe, revolve, rings, satellite, sky, space, starlight, sun, transit, twinkling, vacuum, Venus
lunar, nova, opposition, orbit, radiation, rocket, star, universe
celestial, corona, density, flare, meteor, spectrum
asteroid, comet
conjunction, solar system
eccentricity, full moon, magnitude, radiant, x-rays
crescent moon, falling star, inclination, mare, occultation, quarter moon, solstice
eclipse, gravity, half moon, solar, waning, waxing, zenith
galaxy
helium, wavelength
light-year, terrestrial
singularity
wormhole
Mars
astronaut, dark matter
free fall
NASA
ice giant
terminator
Neptune
Alpha Centauri, meteorite, partial eclipse
telescope
supernova
interstellar, shooting star
docking
totality
constellation
weightlessness
Milky Way
hydrogen
astronomer
zodiac
inertia, ionosphere, sunspot
cosmos
north star
space station
gibbous moon
event horizon, perigee, telemetry
astronomy
flyby
nadir
Pluto, Saturn
scientific notation
parallax
black body
cosmology
dwarf star, equinox, nebula
aperture, big bang theory
Doppler effect
cosmic rays
deep space
apogee, background radiation, ecliptic, elliptical orbit, escape velocity, gamma ray, geostationary, Hubble telescope, hyperbolic orbit, meteoroid, neutron star
pulsar
gravitation
gas giant
outer planets
declination
umbra
local group
total eclipse
plane of the ecliptic
minor planet, penumbra
scintillation
local arm
precession
azimuth, celestial equator, vernal equinox
geosynchronous
perturbation
asterism, binary star, double star, exoplanet, heliocentric, Kuiper belt, quasar, solar wind, space exploration, Uranus
pole star
red giant star, white dwarf, yellow dwarf
dwarf planet, parsec, red dwarf, Van Allen belt
cosmonaut
inner planets
astronomical unit, planetoid, spectroscope
interstellar dust
extragalactic
axial tilt, globular cluster, visual magnitude
inferior planets
orbital inclination, translunar
syzygy
Ok Here I go:Option 1 Books set completely or mostly in space:
Going for Cosmonaut! (Could be here a while)
Scavenger Hunt:
A
Alpha Centauri
apastron
aperature
apogee
asterism
asteroid The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems pg 77 Title
astronaut
astronomer and four astronomers royal pg 99 The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems
astronomical unit
astronomy
axial tilt
azimuth
B
background radiation
big bang theory
binary star
black body
black hole The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems Pg 12 Black hole,
sail beyond Pluto, or cut time
bolometer
C
celestial
celestial equator
cluster
comet
conjunction
constellation
cosmic rays
corona
cosmology
cosmonaut
cosmos
crater The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems Pg 71 craters within craters
crescent moon
D
dark matter
day The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems Day in and Day out Pg 15
declination
deep space
density
docking
Doppler shift
double star
Drake equation
dust
dwarf planet
dwarf star
E
Earth [bookr:The Little Prince|157993] huge planets like Earth pg 9
earthbound
eccentricity
eclipse
ecliptic
elliptical orbit
equinox
escape velocity
event horizon
exoplanet
extragalaxtic
F
falling star
flare
flyby
free fall
full moon
G
galaxy The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems as if half the galazy descend
gamma ray
gas giant
geostationary
geosynchronous
gibbous moon
globular cluster
gravitation
gravity The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems Pg 43 ear blazed: gravity's watermark on my vellum
H
half moon
heliocentric
hydrogen The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems pg 82 Hydrogen out of the universe evolved
helium
Hubble telescope
hyperbolic orbit
hypernova
I
ice giant
inclination The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems Pg 20 inclination to refelect
inertia
inferior planets
inner planets
interstellar
interstellar dust
ionosphere
J
Jupiter The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems Pg 37 Mars and Jupiter stud the sky with light
K
Kepler's laws
kiloparsec
Kuiper belt
L
lens
light-year The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems Pg 25 lightyears from Alexandria
local arm
local group
lunar The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems pg 84 round their lunar circuit, consulting the moons
M
magnitude
mare
Mars The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems PG 37 Mars and Jupiter stud he sky with light
mass The Little Prince the music of midnight mass pg 71
Mercury The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems Pg 15 Title
meteor
meteorite
meteoroid
Milky Way The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems Pg 12Milky Way,
that's our Milky Way. For me,
minor planet The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems Pg 71 on this minor planet
moonThe Little Prince when a moon colored loop uncoiled on the sand
N
nadir
NASA
nebula The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems Pg 12nebula,
the Crab Nebula will never
Neptune The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems Neptune colder.
neutron star The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems pg 85 The lowing of a neutron star
new moon
north star
nova
O
observatory Harmless he may be in the observatory pg 104 The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems
occultation
opposition
orbit
orbital eccentricity
orbital inclination
outer planets
P
parallax
parsec
partial eclipse
penumbra
perigee
perturbation
phase The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems Pg 16 moonlike phases
plane of the ecliptic
planet The Little Prince What planet are you from? pg 7
planetary nebula
planetoid
Pluto Title pg 137 The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems
pole star
precession
probe
pulsar
Q
quarter moon
quasar
R
radiant
radiation
red dwarf
red giant star
revolve The Little Prince Which means the planet now revolves once a minute pg 45
rings The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems Pg 91 hand together as rings
rocket The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems Pg 57 rocket to its heart
S
satellite The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems Pg 84 at a satellite campus ... on a real satellite till
Saturn The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems Pg 37 Saturn with it's pussyfoot ice
scientific notation
scintillation
shooting star
singularity
sky The Little Prince What, you fell out of the sky pg 7
solar
solar system The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems Pg 16 in the solar system
solar wind digram pg 117 The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems
solstice
space The Little Prince Men occupy very little space on Earth pg 48
space exploration
space station
spectroscope
spectrum
star The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems PG 71 of a humdrum star
starlight
sun The Little Prince at first a charming little twig reaching to the sun pg 14
sunspot The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems Pg 20 for a treeknot, sinkhole, grotto, sunspot
superior planets
supernova
synodic
syzygy
T
telemetry
telescope Through a telescope he gapes so snake eyed pg 104 The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems
terminator
terrestrial The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems pg 16 Like our own terrestrial
total eclipse
totality
transit
translunar
twinkling
U
umbra
universe The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems Pg 12 Universe, space, nebula, planet
of the universe,
Uranus Title pg 99 The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems
V
vacuum
Van Allen belt
variable star
Venus The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems Pg 25 TitleThe Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems Venus is much hotter Pg 16
vernal equinox
visual magnitude
W
waning
wavelength
waxing
weightlessness
white dwarf
white giant
wormhole
X
x-rays
y
yellow dwarf
Z
zenith
zodiac
Option 1: Read Space Themed Books►Read books set completely (or at least mostly) in Space
Level Terrestrial : 4 - 6 books
✔ Terms of Enlistment 04/30/2016
Option 4: Astronomy Terms Freestyle
►Choose from the terms below, and use covers or titles for that term
Level Terrestrial : 4 - 6 books
✔ A Constellation of Vital Phenomena 04/11/2016
I'll play. I don't read much sci-fi, but I am working my way through the Vorkosigan series, so we'll see where that gets me. Choose Your Own Adventure: Astronomy
Duration: You Set the Pace
Begun: 4/3/2016
Option 1: Read Space Themed Books
►Read books set completely (or at least mostly) in Space
Level: Astronomer, 7 - 10 books
1. Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold 4/3
2. Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold 4/4
3. A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold 4/5
4. Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold 4/20
5. Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold 4/28
6. Have Space Suit—Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein
7.
Option 5: Scavenger Hunt Freestyle
►Find the words below in the books you read. There is no limit to the number of words per book. **Will accept Plurals of the word, but no other variation. Only exact word or exact word that is plural will be accepted!
Level: To see what I get.
Completed: 94/200
Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold 4/3
Completed: 33 words
cluster "He spotted the Kouldelka clan in the ballroom, in a cluster on the far side."
comet "A smoky comet's trail of exquisetly fine powder hung a moment in the air."
day "The day in question dawned foggy and damp..."
density "...or attempting to market them like high information density slabs of meat."
docking "Properly, upon docking the injured hostage was rushed out first."
dust "I wouldn't expect much dust, given the air filters here."
Earth "The late Ser Galen, killed in that mess on earth..."
eclipse "...whom legend had it had died insane after the abrupt eclipse..."
event horizon "The fleet existed before Barrayar ever came over our event horizon..."
free fall "The med tech ducked away into free fall."
galaxy "...in the chaining network of wormhole jump routes that strung the galaxy together."
gravity "...after the sink back into their gravity well."
inclination "A slight inclination of her head."
magnitude "Several orders of magnitude simpler than installing it must have been."
mare "The mare was next door to somnolent."
mass "The heavy duty fuel cells add mass..."
opposition "I'm afraid it will find stiff opposition..."
orbit "We've just left orbit."
parallax "Let's just say... a parallax view of the problem could be most revealing."
phase "It is an entirely biochemical, rather than a pahse elliptical, form of epilepsy."
planet "I don't want to be stuck on just one planet for the rest of my life."
planetoid "...like a wandering planetoid, to fall into orbit..."
probe " probe, though most surely not a robot, to go places I can't..."
radiant "Her body seemd to glow with the radiant heat of burning metabolism."
radiation "You are entering a high radiation area."
satellite "...looed for all the world like a sheperical satellite, bristling with antennae."
sky "Things fell out of the sky onto Ivan."
space "She had doffed the helmet and gloves from her space armor..."
star "...formed into a dense cake in the shape of a star."
sun "...watching the rising sun burning redly through the morning mists above Vorkosigan Surleau."
telemetry "Your suit emitted a lot of garbage telemetry."
universe "It's a big universe."
wormhole "...six important wormhole jump points in close practical proximity to one another."
Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold 4/4
Completed: 21 words
apogee "Yes... vertigo at apogee, eh?"
asteroid "How could he have gotten all the way out to the second asteroid belt and boarded it…"
crater "...hence we can thank our ancestors for our Southern crater lakes."
eliptic "The damaged Soletta-array was now visible, creeping along the eliptic…"
equinox "And - over in Equinox - wild cockatoos."
gravitation "...taking into account light, water, gravitation, trace nutrients, and even attacks by programmed pests."
interstellar "Explorations through it had deep-ended either in deep interstellar space…"
Mars "...an immensely easier problem to tackle than such classic cold planets as, say, Mars."
meteor "...hoping to be hit by a meteor before his disease manifested itself."
moon "...that included as an option it's famous moon circling a handspan away…"
rings "...leaving only pale red rings of new scars."
shooting star "...the clockwork procession of their heavens - comets, novae, shooting stars - "
solar "...the reflected fire of the solar mirror sprang out in brilliant contrast…"
solar system "...and then a quarter of a solar system away when she really needed him."
solar wind "Solar wind."
solstice "The Solstice Massacre was infamous…"
space station "There were works on space stations and their construction…"
spectrum "Over the following decades, a full spectrum mixture…"
terminator "Furthermore, the terminator moved across their miniature landscapes in real time…"
vacuum "No one stands up to exposure to vacuum without a pressure suit, regardless of their age."
zenith "A vague wave of his arm taking in the planet from zenith to horizon indicated his idea of scope."
A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold 4/5
Completed: 4 words
flare "She rose in a flare of skirt; he boweed over her hand."
inertia "This cheery inertia proved a happy chance..."
twinkling "...gleamiong and flashing and twinkling in the twilight."
wavelength "...how to make wings that bio-fluoresce at the right wavelength..."
A Palm for Mrs Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 4/20
Completed: 1 word
astronomer "I think he prefers to become an astronomer."
Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold 4/20
Completed: 5 words
celestial "Who almost never left the Celestial Garden..."
constellation "Constellation by constellation, the haut were called forth..."
deep space "Briefly, one of our Komarr-based trade fleets put in at a deep space facility..."
solar "They were three jumps out from Solar space..."
transit "Then your most recent reports are probably somewhere in transit..."
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel 4/21
Completed: 14 words
astronomy "felt little affinity for anything outside astronomy."
conjunction "with the time the same conjunction was supposed to occur in the skies over the reference location."
earthbound "Earthbound astronomers were watching for the lieght of a moon to reemerge from the shadow of another world."
elliptical orbit "The moon follows an irregular elliptical orbit around the earth..."
Jupiter "when the earth came closest to Jupiter in it's orbit around the sun."
lunar "In this fashion, astronomers built one of the three pillars supporting the lunar distance method."
Mercury "Halley had witnessed part of a more common transit of Mercury from St. Helens in 1677."
north star "the compass helped sailors find direction when overcast skies obscured the sun by day or the North Star at night."
observatory "King Louis approved the building of an astronomical observatory in Paris."
pole star "The relative positions of the magnetic pole and the Pole Star sufficed to give a longitude reading in degrees east or west."
Saturn "had divined that the 'moons' Galileo observed around Saturn were really a ring."
telescope "called a sextant, which incorperated a telescope and a wider measuring arc."
terrestrial "What more, the results were further contaminated by the results of terrestrial magnetism."
Venus "In order for Venus to transit, or trespass in this fashion, the planet must be precisely between the Earth and the sun."
An Owl Too Many by Charlotte MacLeod 4/22
Completed: 3 words
full moon, "just as this great horned owl flew smack-dab across the face of the full moon with a bunch of wispy clouds streaking along behind."
lens "Folded and wrapped over the lens, the thin cloth diffused the beam..."
rocket "They found the makeshift contrivance that had been used to launch the rockets..."
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold 4/28
Completed: 3 words
aperture "Run, Jet!" she gasped, and bolted for the aperture.
dark matter "would be added on the debit side of the House Cordonah ledger, at least in the dark matter column."
nadir "We had reached the nadir of marketing my mother-in-law's hair…"
Night Broken by Patricia Briggs 5/2
Completed: 1
x-rays "Samuel said the first x-rays showed that you broke your neck."
Have Spacesuit Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein 5/3
Completed: 9 words
black hole "we threw the dead one down a black hole and went on."
double star "Proxima Centauri is a double star, as you know if you do crossword puzzles..."
helium "But there came a day when I pumped Oscar full of pure helium at two atmospheres absolute."
light-year "A light-year is -- I had forgotten."
Milky Way "It is pure as the Milky Way."
Neptune "Or maybe Neptune -"
Pluto "The outer door opened and I had my first view of Pluto."
starlight "counted thirty seconds to give time to adjust to starlight while I fumbled..."
Uranus "NEPTUNE, SATURN, URANUS"
Mod
Glad to see so many of you excited for the start of the "Choose Your Own Adventure" series. I hope you all will like the rest of the series just as much!
AstronomyOption 3: Spell Out the Planets
April 1, 2016-No Deadline
►Using the Spell-it-Out Rules(*), spell out the 9 Known (real) planets. Do NOT have to use space only related books, but for an extra challenge, use space only related books. :)
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.
Mercury
M:Marissa Meyer, Fairest 5/1/16
E:The Embittered Ruby by Nicole O'Dell 6/27/16
R:Ron Weasley - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling 4/10/16
C:Charles Dickens, Great Expectations 5/19
U
R:Revenson, Jody - Harry Potter: Magical Places from the Films: Hogwarts, Diagon Alley, and Beyond 5/17
Y
Venus
V:Vega Jane - The Finisher by David Baldacci 4/30/16
E
N:Nicole O'Dell, The Shadowed Onyx 6/27/16
U
S:Stars Above by Marissa Meyer 5/4/16
Earth
E
A:Asha - The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling 5/14/16
R:Red Queen Series - Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard 5/31/16
T:The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain 5/2/16
H:Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling 4/6/16
Mars
M:Milo - Greenglass House by Kate Milford 5/8/16
A:Avani - Kalahari by Jessica Khoury
R:Rowling, J.K., Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 7/9/16
S:Sign Of The Guardian: Volume II in the First Life fantasy adventure series. by Ryan Logan 5/28/16
Jupiter
J:J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 4/2/16
U
P
I:The Independent Guide to Universal Studios Hollywood 2016 by G. D. Costa 6/11/16
T:Terrier by Tamora Pierce 6/17/16
E
R
Saturn
S:Stranded Series - Home by Theresa Shaver 6/18/16
A:Ask a Science Teacher: Stuff You Always Wanted to Know about How the World Works, But Didn T Know Who to Ask by Larry Scheckel 7/4/16
T:Theresa Shaver, City Escape: A Stranded Novel 6/20/16
U
R
N
Uranus
U
R
A
N
U
S:Stephanie Skeem, Flotsam 6/21/16
Neptune
N
E
P
T
U
N
E
Pluto
P
L:Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone 6/30
U
T
O:O'Dell, Nicole, The Wishing Pearl 6/24/16
I'd like to do this one. Sounds fun! And I too wax nostalgic over the CYOA books from the 80s. :-) NBRC: CYOA - Astronomy
Date: 04/01/16 - 08/30/2016
Option 3, Spell Out the Planets
Cosmonaut: 25+ books
I did it! I'm done! I'm a Cosmonaut! Woohoo!!! :-) (Completed 08/30/2016.)
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52 of 52 Books Completed!!! Last book finished on 08/30/2016. :-) Books in order read:
I have decide to withdraw from this challenge, I will not delete my post because I don't want to stuff up anybody's links
Choose Your Own Adventure: AstronomyScavenger Hunt Freestyle
April 17 2016- No Deadline
level: Pluto=181+words
Word List
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i'm in...not sure what path i'm taking yet
AstronomyStart Date: 4/28/16
Option 6: Scavenger Hunt Want-it-All**
►The same Freestyle, but you must find at least one word from each letter grouping (i.e., one word from A, B, C, D etc.). **Will accept Plurals of the word, but no other variation. Only exact word or exact word that is plural will be accepted!
Jupiter : 81-100 words
Words:
asteroid
astronaut
astronomer
astronomy
big bang theory
black hole
celestial
cluster
comet
constellation
crater
crescent moon
dark matter
day
deep space
density
dust
Earth
earthbound
eccentricity
eclipse
ecliptic
equinox
falling star
flare
free fall
full moon
galaxy
gravity
hydrogen
helium
inclination
inertia
interstellar
Jupiter
kiloparsec
lens
light-year
lunar
magnitude
meteor
meteorite
Milky Way
moon
new moon
north star
nova
observatory
opposition
orbit
phase
planet
precession
quarter moon
radiant
radiation
revolve
rings
rocket
satellite
shooting star
sky
solar
solar system
solstice
space
space station
spectrum
star
starlight
sun
supernova
telescope
terminator
terrestrial
total eclipse
totality
transit
twinkling
universe
vacuum
waning
wavelength
waxing
weightlessness
wormhole
x-rays
yellow dwarf
zenith
zodiac
Mod
I'm going to try for the Spell-it-out option for this one.Astronomy
Duration: 1 May 2016 - ???
Option: 3 - Spell it out
Level: Cosmonaut
Planets: 5/9
Books: 47/52
Mercury
M: ✔Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews - 21.5.16 ★★★★★
E: ✔The Einstein Girl by Philip Sington - 21.5.16 ★★
R: ✔Life in the Third Reich: Daily Life in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945 by Paul Roland - 9.6.16 ★★★
C: ✔Cloudstreet by Tim Winton - 8.5.16 ★★★★
U: ✔Uncommon Purpose by P.J. Strebor - 7.7.16 ★★★★
R: ✔American Pastoral by Philip Roth - 11.7.16 ★★★
Y: ✔The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers - 7.3.20 ★★★★★
Venus
V: ✔Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray - 29.5.16 ★★★★
E: ✔The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert - 12.7.16 ★★★★★
N: ✔Collared by Nicole Williams - 18.5.16 ★★★
U: ✔UnHappenings by Edward Aubry - 19.8.16 ★★★★★
S: ✔Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder - 29.5.16 ★★★★
Earth
E: ✔Jane Doe January by Emily Winslow - 9.8.16 ★★★★
A: ✔Crow by A. Zaverelli - 11.5.16 ★★★★
R: ✔In Kelly's Corner by Roxie Rivera - 22.7.16 ★★★
T: ✔Shanghai Gold by Thomas Sturm - 14.6.16 ★
H: ✔The Winds Of War by Herman Wouk - 14.5.16 ★★★★★
Mars
M: ✔Making Samplers: The Embroiderer's Guild Practical Library by Embroiderer’s Guild - 19.5.16 ★★★
A: ✔Trans-Siberian Express by Warren Adler - 19.7.16 ★★★★
R: ✔Red Glove by Holly Black - 30.7.16 ★★★★
S: ✔Other Worldly Ways by Connie Suttle - 23.6.16 ★★★★
Jupiter
J: ✔Borderline by Joseph Badal - 20.8.16 ★★★★
U: ✔Unraveled Sleeve by Monica Ferris - 9.11.17 ★★★★
P: ✔Golden Son by Pierce Brown - 24.10.16 ★★★★★
I: ✔The Berlin Stories: The Last of Mr. Norris & Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood - 15.5.16 ★★★★
T: ✔Tempting the Best Man by J. Lynn - 9.10.16 ★★
E: ✔The Edge of Nowhere by C.H. Armstrong - 6.6.16 ★★★★
R: ✔Reaper by A. Zavarelli - 2.8.16 ★★★★★
Saturn
S: ✔The Illusions of Eventide by Sarah M. Cradit - 17.6.16 ★★★★
A: ✔American Quartet by Warren Adler - 6.8.16 ★★★★
T: ✔Twice Tempted by Jeaniene Frost - 19.9.16 ★★★★
U
R: ✔Rough by Skye Warren - 14.8.16 ★★★
N: ✔Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women by Geraldine Brooks - 10.9.16 ★★★★★
Uranus
U
R: ✔Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys - 30.8.16 ★★★★
A: ✔A Cold Dark Place by Toni Anderson - 3.6.16 ★★★
N: ✔Never Never by Colleen Hoover - 14.8.16 ★★★★
U
S: ✔Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder - 30.5.16 ★★★★★
Neptune
N: ✔Who Rules the World? by Noam Chomsky - 25.7.16 ★★★★★
E: ✔Extinction Point by Paul Antony Jones - 24.7.16 ★★★★
P: ✔The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance by Paul Strathern - 3.9.16 ★★★★
T: ✔Tempting the Player by J. Lynn - 19.9.16 ★★★
U
N: ✔This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein - 15.8.16 ★★★★★
E: ✔Deadly Magic by Elizabeth Crabtree - 4.1.17 ★★★
Pluto
P: ✔Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder - 28.5.16 ★★★★★
L: ✔Death Force by Matt Lynn - 4.7.16 ★★★★
U
T: ✔Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters - 28.6.16 ★★★★★
O: ✔One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 10.5.16 ★★★★
I'm ALSO going to have a go with the scavenger list. Astronomy
Duration: 1 May 2016- ???
Level: Pluto
Words found: 71/199
(Minimum 19 books)
1. ✔Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson - 2.5.16 ★★★★
2. ✔C791 by Eve Langlais - 4.5.16 ★★
3. ✔Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card - 9.6.16 ★★★★★
4. ✔Red Rising by Pierce Brown - 20.6.16 ★★★★★
5. ✔Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard Feynman - 1.7.16 ★★★★
6. ✔Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach - 2.12.16 ★★★★
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AAlpha Centauri
apastron
aperature
apogee
asterism
⭐︎asteroid: "The voyage to the asteroid outpost..." C791 loc. 1066
⭐︎astronaut: "...play buggers and astronauts..." p. 2 Ender’s Game
⭐︎astronomer: "I was talking to Professor Wildt, an astronomer..." p.60 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
astronomical unit
⭐︎astronomy: "...about astronomy and physics..." p. 174 Ender’s Game
axial tilt
azimuth
B
background radiation
big bang theory
binary star
black body
⭐︎black hole: "...slightly brighter than a black hole..." p. 174 Ender’s Game
bolometer
C
⭐︎celestial: "these celestial blobs grew in size" Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
celestial equator
⭐︎cluster: "...to avoid the largest clusters..." loc. 1210 Ender’s Game
⭐︎comet: "...human fleet out in the comet shield..." loc. 3193 Ender’s Game
conjunction
⭐︎constellation: "He grimaced and tried identifying constellations." Red Mars loc. 8714
⭐︎cosmic rays: "by deflecting cosmic rays..." Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
corona
⭐︎cosmology: "He does work on cosmology..." p.343 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
⭐︎cosmonaut: "...many of the cosmonauts..." Red Mars loc. 719
⭐︎cosmos: "Gravitation is the lust of the cosmos" Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
⭐︎crater: "...they'd used an existing crater on the asteroid..." C791 loc. 107
crescent moon
D
dark matter
⭐︎day: "one day I got a letter from my wife" p.116 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
declination
⭐︎deep space: "...have the brains to handle deep-space." loc. 783 Ender’s Game
⭐︎density: "it could measure the density of molecules." p.234 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
⭐︎docking: "...all the cyborgs to the docking bay." C791 loc. 80
Doppler shift
double star
Drake equation
⭐︎dust: "On a piece of dust" p.45 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
dwarf planet
dwarf star
E
⭐︎Earth: "...and an enemy of earth." C791 loc. 148
⭐︎earthbound: "...and bloody earthbound war..." loc. 3849 Ender’s Game
eccentricity
⭐︎eclipse: "might be just another double eclipse" Red Mars loc. 4801
⭐︎ecliptic: "...in the plane of the ecliptic." Red Mars loc. 684
elliptical orbit
equinox
⭐︎escape velocity: "hurtling at Earth's escape velocity" Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
event horizon
exoplanet
extragalaxtic
F
falling star
flare
flyby
⭐︎free fall: "its the sensation of free fall" Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
full moon
G
galaxy
⭐︎gamma ray: "mostly gamma rays scattering..." Red Mars loc. 883
gas giant
geostationary
geosynchronous
gibbous moon
globular cluster
⭐︎gravitation: "Gravitation is the lust of the cosmos" Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
⭐︎gravity: "...she used light gravity to propel herself..." C791 loc. 1233
H
half moon
heliocentric
⭐︎hydrogen: "someone else's experiment on light hydrogen" p.344 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
⭐︎helium: "...to get at the small veins of helium-3" Red Rising p. 5
Hubble telescope
hyperbolic orbit
hypernova
I
ice giant
inclination
⭐︎inertia: "has an inertia to get it to turn" p. 217 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
inferior planets
inner planets
⭐︎interstellar: "...the physics of interstellar travel..." loc. 4226 Ender’s Game
interstellar dust
⭐︎ionosphere: "and the lack of an ionosphere..." Red Mars loc. 8023
J
⭐︎Jupiter: "...send trainees flying of to Jupiter..." loc. 135 Ender’s Game
K
Kepler's laws
kiloparsec
Kuiper belt
L
⭐︎lens: "chromatic aberration in the lens..." p. 93 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
light-year
local arm
local group
⭐︎lunar: "table for predicting lunar eclipses" p. 315 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
M⭐︎magnitude: "A magnitude of spirit..." loc. 4219 Ender’s Game
mare
⭐︎Mars: "...a stake on one of Mars's southern continents." Red Rising p. 127
⭐︎mass: "...they saw a large mass slip out..." loc. 3618 Ender’s Game
⭐︎Mercury: "The Mercury Proctor curses and shoots me a quick smile." Red Rising p. 127
⭐︎meteor: "The other major factor was a meteor fall." Red Mars loc. 1499
⭐︎meteorite: "You know they found meteorites." Red Mars loc. 2832
⭐︎meteoroid: "when a meteoroid slams..." Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Milky Way
minor planet
⭐︎moon: "...once we've cleared the moon..." C791 loc. 700
N
nadir
⭐︎NASA: "settle in for an evening of NASA TV" Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
nebula
Neptune
neutron star
new moon
north star
⭐︎nova: "The situation was about to 'go nova'..." Red Mars loc. 1174
O
observatory
occultation
⭐︎opposition: "...and subdue the opposition." C791 loc. 124
⭐︎orbit: "to ascend to orbit" Red Mars loc. 433
⭐︎orbital eccentricity: "...and the orbital eccentricity caused..." Red Mars loc. 1905
orbital inclination
outer planets
P
⭐︎parallax: "The official name is Philotic Parallax..." loc. 4137 Ender’s Game
parsec
partial eclipse
penumbra
perigee
perturbation
⭐︎phase: "the transition between one phase..." p. 243 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
plane of the ecliptic
⭐︎planet: "...when we reach our home planet." C791 loc. 963
planetary nebula
planetoid
⭐︎Pluto: "Hmm, odd, I can't find a Pluto" Red Rising p.344
pole star
precession
probe
pulsar
Q
quarter moon
quasar
R
radiant
⭐︎radiation: "called the force of radiation reaction" p. 77 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
red dwarf
red giant star
revolve
rings
⭐︎rocket: "Albert III's rocket exploded" Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
S
⭐︎satellite: "...as a low-orbit satellite..." loc. 3505 Ender’s Game
⭐︎Saturn "It's one of Saturn's moons I think." Red Rising p. 63
scientific notation
scintillation
shooting star
singularity
⭐︎sky: "I saw the blue sky" p.334 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
⭐︎solar: "Hello, solar system" Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
⭐︎solar system: "...biggest suckers in the solar system..." loc. 508 Ender’s Game
solar wind
solstice
⭐︎space: "...the cold, airlessness of space." C791 loc. 98
⭐︎space exploration: "the goals of space exploration..." Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
⭐︎space station: "...most space stations liked to use." C791 loc. 1211
spectroscope
⭐︎spectrum: "...probably see the same spectrum of light..." loc. 4126 Ender’s Game
star
starlight
sun
sunspot
superior planets
⭐︎supernova: "I'm midway through a clever retort about the Yorkton Supernova..." Red Rising p. 113
synodic
syzygy
T
telemetry
⭐︎telescope: "Eros gradually disappeared from telescopes..." loc. 4453 Ender’s Game
terminator
terrestrial
total eclipse
totality
transit
translunar
twinkling
U
umbra
⭐︎universe: "older than the universe" p. 234 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
Uranus
V
⭐︎vacuum: "...into the airlock and vacuum them out." C791 loc. 59
Van Allen belt
variable star
⭐︎Venus: "...those in House Venus on Venus are not special". Red Rising p. 148
vernal equinox
visual magnitude
W
waning
wavelength
waxing
⭐︎weightlessness: "They say that weightlessness can cause..." loc. 719 Ender’s Game
white dwarf
white giant
wormhole
X
x-rays
y
yellow dwarf
Z
⭐︎zenith: "touch of purple at the zenith" Red Mars loc. 5838
zodiac
Im inAstronomy -DONE
Option 3: Spell Out the Planets
April 1, 2016-No Deadline
►Using the Spell-it-Out Rules(*), spell out the 9 Known (real) planets. Do NOT have to use space only related books, but for extra challenge, use space only related books. :)
Mercury
Mack Daddy by Penelope Ward 4.13
Elen Free-Riding the Storm 4.15
Rough Ride by Cynthia Rayne 4.21
Crescent, Sam-Bullied by the Boss 4.13
Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds 12.8
RL Mathewson-Delectable 4.29
Yegor by Esther E Schmidt 4.24
Venus
Vulfans True Mate by Georgette St Clair 5.6
Evelyn Glass-Wanted by the Biker 8.12
Nicole James-Blood 6.8
Unforgiving by Esther E schmidt 2.28
Single Dads Bride by Melinda Minx 5.5
Earth
Earth
Aleana Alder - My Defender 5.19
Rayne, Cynthia-Devil May Care 4.24
Talen by Rebecca Zanetti 5.10
Heat by CA Harms 5.10
Mars
Mister Moneybags by Vi Keeland 4.10
Angela Verdenius - Marty 5.10
Rayne, Cynthia-Flesh and Blood 4.22
Sienna Valentine-Dirty Jock 4.20
Jupiter
Jordan Silver - Bad Uncle 4.8
Until Susan by CP Smith 3.21
Playing the Greeks Game by Sharon Kendrick 4.3
Irish Prince by Virginia Nelson 5.15
Taken by Kathryn Thomas 4.24
Esther E Schmidt-Corban 6.2
Rayne-Cynthia-Blood in the Water 4.23
Saturn
Seere, Diana-Billionaire Shifters Secret Baby 4.6
Alyssa Rose Ivy-Forged in Stone 5.18
T- Thomas, Kathryn - Owned by the Bad Boy 5.11
Until Sunrise by Sarah O'Rourke 3.13
Rita Stradling- Making Bad Choices 4.18
Never Enough by Roxie Noir 4.6
Uranus
Until Nox by Layla Frost 3.5
Rayne, Cynthia-Hot as Hades 4.21
Amber Burns-Overhaul 5.8
Nicole, Jacquelyn- Craving Molly 5.3
Unforgiving by Esther E Schmidt 2.13
St Clair, Georgette-Dragon Claims His Treasure 4.6
Neptune
Nicole Snow-Baby Fever 5.11
Esther E Schmidt-Chester 5.9
Playboy Boss's Chosen Bride by Emma Darcy 4.5
Tessa Bailey-Staking His Claim 5.16
Until Harmony by Aurora Rose Reynolds 1.20
Natalie, Kristen-Werewolfs Baby 5.5
Emily Hemmer-Break Up Psychic 7.17
Pluto
Paths by Brynne Asher 5.15
Legend's Promise by Dani Jace 4.4
Under the Covers by Rebecca Zanetti 4.25
Travers, Winter-Nickel 7.29
Owens, CM - Axles Brand 5.2
AstronomyOption 3: Spell Out the Planets
June 1, 2016-No Deadline
►Spell-Out Option
Level: Cosmonaut
Mercury
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Venus
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Earth
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Mars
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Jupiter
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Saturn
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Uranus
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Neptune
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Pluto
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Not sure how I missed this one, but I'll spell out the planets, starting in June.Astronomy - Spell Out the Planets
Timeframe: 6/1/16 to 12/24/17
52/52
9/9 Planets
Mercury(7/7)
M - Author Mary Higgins Clark - The Cinderella Murder - 6/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Finger Lickin' Fifteen - 6/4/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Betrayal in Death - 6/6/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Author Olivia Cunning - Double Time - 6/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unforgivable by Laura Griffin - 8/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Ravishing Ruby by Lavinia Kent - 6/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
Y - You've Been Warned by James Patterson - 11/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
Venus(5/5)
V - Vintage Dreams by Jannie Lund - 9/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Speed - 6/27/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Marieke Nijkamp - This Is Where It Ends - 9/17/16 ♥♥♥♥
U - Undercover in the CEO's Bed by Coleen Kwan - 12/11/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Shannon Stacey - Controlled Burn - 6/15/16 ♥♥♥♥
Earth(5/5)
E - Author Janet Evanovich - The Job - 6/14/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - At Last by Jill Shalvis - 6/12/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Reunion in Death by J.D. Robb - 7/2/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Tamed by Emma Chase - 6/26/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Hope Flames by Jaci Burton - 6/20/16 ♥♥♥♥
Mars(4/4)
M - Miss Match by Laurelin McGee - 7/30/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anna Sullivan - Hideaway Cove - 6/30/16 ♥♥♥
R - Risking It All by Christi Barth - 7/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
S – Steal Me by Lauren Layne - 8/1/16 ♥♥♥♥
Jupiter(7/7)
J - Author Jill Shalvis - Forever and a Day - 8/31/16 ♥♥♥♥
U - Undone by Karin Slaughter - 9/3/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - Purity in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/10/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I Knew You Were Trouble by Soraya Lane - 7/12/16 ♥♥♥
T - Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones - 7/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Sizzling Sixteen - 7/21/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robyn Carr - What We Find - 7/8/16 ♥♥♥
Saturn(6/6)
S - The Sound of Glass by Karen White - 7/10/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick - 8/12/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord by Sarah MacLean - 7/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
U - UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn - 11/6/16 ♥♥♥
R - Author Rececca Zanetti - Forgotten Sins - 7/17/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nine Women, One Dress by Jane L. Rosen - 10/11/16 ♥♥♥♥
Uranus(6/6)
U - Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 7/9/17 ♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Seduction in Death - 6/22/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - We'll Always Have Parrots - 8/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - The New Yorkers by Cathleen Schine - 11/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes by Jennifer Crusie - 12/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Shannon Stacey - Fully Ignited - 7/13/16 ♥♥♥♥
Neptune(7/7)
N - Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt - 11/1/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Wicked Intentions - 8/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
P - Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/19/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tilia Klebenov Jacobs - Second Helpings at the Serve You Right Café - 8/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Untamed Earl by Valerie Bowman - 1/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity Digs In - 12/7/16 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - The Scam - 8/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
Pluto(5/5)
P - Paris for One and Other Stories by Jojo Moyes - 11/21/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lucky in Love by Jill Shalvis - 6/7/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Undeniably Yours by Shannon Stacey - 2/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Touch & Go by Mira Lyn Kelly - 8/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Off the Hook by Laura Drewry - 6/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 12/24/17****
I'm totally in to spell the planets!Start date: 2016/06/23
Mercury (6/7)
M - Margi Preus - West of the Moon - 7/2
E - Elizabeth C. Bunce - A Curse Dark as Gold - 6/26
R - Raziel Reid - When Everything Feels Like the Movies - 8/3
C - Changeless - 8/12
U - The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss - 6/30
R - Rebecca Skloot - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - 9/11
Y
Venus(5/5)
V - Lynn Viehl - Disenchanted & Co., Part 1: Her Ladyship's Curse - 7/21
E - Each Step is the Journey - 9/6
N - Neil Gaiman - InterWorld - 8/30
U - Undermajordomo Minor
S - Sarah J. Maas - Heir of Fire - 8/29
Earth (5/5)
E - Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl - 9/11
A - Ann Brashares - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - 8/1
R - Rainbow Rowell - Fangirl - 10/11
T - Thomas King - Green Grass, Running Water - 8/16
H - Here, There Be Dragons - 8/18
Mars (4/4)
M - Madame Bovary - 9/28
A - Alias Hook - 8/24
R - Richard Adams - Watership Down - 10/24
S - Kristen Simmons - The Glass Arrow - 9/24
Jupiter(7/7)
J - Jessica Lidh - The Number 7 - 7/20
U - The Undomestic Goddess
P - Pariah - 7/10
I - I'd Rather Wear Pajamas - 7/12
T - Twenties Girl - 12/14
E - Ernest Cline - Ready Player One - 9/27
R - Ransom Riggs - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children - 10/30
Saturn (5/6)
S - Shadowbloom - 10/29
A - Catherine Aird - The Religious Body - 9/6
T - Anne R. Tan - Raining Men and Corpses
U
R - Rhys Bowen - Her Royal Spyness - 11/26
N - Blake Nelson - The Prince of Venice Beach - 12/19
Uranus (4/6)
U
R - Richard Wagamese - Indian Horse - 12/27
A - The Arctic Incident - 10/01
N - Nora Roberts - Lessons Learned
U
S - Angela Scott - Wanted: Dead or Undead - 11/5
Neptune (3/7)
N
E - Ella in Perfected - 10/04
P - Patricia Briggs - Blood Bound - 9/16
T - Timothy Ferriss - The 4-Hour Workweek
U
N
E - The Eternity Code - 10/8
Pluto (3/5)
P - Patricia Briggs - Iron Kissed - 11/8
L - Jeff Lindsay - Darkly Dreaming Dexter - 8/30
U
T - Laini Taylor - Daughter of Smoke & Bone
O - Oryx and Crake - 7/30
Small update!NBRC: CYOA - Astronomy
Date: 04/01/16 - 00/00/00
Level: 3, Spell Out the Planets
21/52 Completed
Challenge Link: NBRC: CYOA - Astronomy
①MERCURY:
☒1. M = McCullough, David|The Johnstown Flood|05.24.16|★★★★☆
☒2. E = Erik Larson|Isaac's Storm|04.01.16|★★★★☆
☒3. R = Rule, Ann|A Fever in the Heart and Other True Cases|04.06.16|★★★★☆
☒4. C = Christy Reece|Last Chance|04.29.16|★★★★☆
☒5. U = Upson, Nicola|Angel with Two Faces|05.17.16|★★★☆☆
☒6. R = Riley, Lucinda|The Midnight Rose|05.14.16|★★★★☆
☒7. Y = The Yokota Officers Club|Sarah Bird|07.03.16|★☆☆☆☆
②VENUS:
☒8. V = Vanderpool, Clare|Moon Over Manifest|05.18.16|★★★☆☆
☒9. E = Elizabeth Peters|Lion in the Valley|04.26.16|★★★☆☆
☒10. N = Nelson DeMille|Plum Island|04.13.16|★★★☆☆
☒11. U = Under the Cajun Moon|Mindy Starns Clark|06.15.16|★★☆☆☆
☒12. S = The Soldier's Wife|Margaret Leroy|04.13.16|★★★★☆
③ EARTH:
☒13. E = Elizabeth Musser|Two Crosses|04.25.16|★★★☆☆
☒14. A = All I Ever Wanted|Kristan Higgins|04.07.16|★★★☆☆
☒15. R = Rule, Ann|The End of the Dream|05.09.16|★★★★☆
☒16. T = A Tree Grows in Brooklyn|Betty Smith|04.17.16|★★★★☆
☒17. H = Hannah, Kristin|Winter Garden|04.03.16|★★★★☆
④ MARS:
☒18. M = Maya Banks|Echoes at Dawn|05.15.16|★★★★☆
☒19. A = Ann Rule|In the Name of Love and Other True Cases|04.20.16|★★★★☆
☒20. R = Ragtime|E.L. Doctorow|05.28.16|★★☆☆☆
☒21. S = Sea Swept|Nora Roberts|05.26.16|★★★★☆
I know this started forever ago but I'm going to join!Open Ended Deadline
Option 3: Spell Out the Planets
Cosmonaut : 25+ books
Read: 41/52
Mercury
M: Caleb's Crossing charecter - Makepeace
E:Vengeance Road By: Erin Bowman 09/11/16
R: The Wrath & the Dawn By: Renee Ahdieh 09/06/16
C: 2010: Odyssey Two By: Arthur C. Clarke 8/27/16
U
R: Shadows and Dreams series: remade 09/18/2016
Y
Venus
V: A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World 8/28/16
E: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Character: aunt em 11/24/16
N:Nevernight 10/01/16
U
S:Starflight - 7/19/16
Earth
E: The Leaf Reader By: Emily Arsenault - 1/7/18
A: The Darkest Minds Alexandra Bracken
R:The Raven Boys 09/18/16
T:The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
H: Boys on the Bus Character: Hunter S. Thompson - 12/18/16
Mars
M: The Thousandth Floor by: Katharine McGee 10/06/16
A: A Great and Terrible Beauty
R: Wolf by Wolf By: Ryan Graudin
S: Stalking Jack the Ripper 10/11/16
Jupiter
J: Gemina By Jay Kristoff 11/08/16
U
P: The Penguin Guide to the United States Constitution - 9/09/16
I: In Cold Blood - 01/23/17
T: The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country - 8/20/16
E: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison - 04/18/18
R: Replica 10/29/16
Saturn
S: Double Down Character: Smallvilleguy 11/18/16
A: A Shadow Bright and Burning 11/23/16
T: Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi 10/20/16
U
R: Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters, of Liars and Leaks 12/17/16
N: Regarding the Sink: Where, Oh Where, Did Waters Go? Character - Sam N 12/18/16
Uranus
U
R: Regarding the Trees: A Splintered Saga Rooted in Secrets - 12/19/16
A: To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo - 04/24/18
N: Night Film - 08/19/18
U
S: Straight Talk About Cults 01/24/17
Neptune
N
E: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque - 05/16/18
P: The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry - 07/25/18
T: Triple Threat - 1/16/18
U
N: The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic - 10/14/18
E
Pluto
P: The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick 4/1/18
L: Fallout Character: Lois Lane
U
T: A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss - 07/21/18
O: Of Mice and Men 09/11/16
Calling it a day on this one too! These words were TOUGH. 126/199 :)
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Choose Your Own Adventure: Astronomy
Duration: You Set the Pace
How to play: Chose your Adventure from the list below and "read them".
Choose your Astronomy Adventure:
Option 1: Read Space Themed Books
►Read books set completely (or at least mostly) in Space
Option 2: Astronomy Alphabet
►Read through the Alphabet using Astronomy / Space related books
Option 3: Spell Out the Planets
►Using the Spell-it-Out Rules(*), spell out the 9 Known (real) planets. Do NOT have to use space only related books, but for extra challenge, use space only related books. :)
Option 4: Astronomy Terms Freestyle
►Choose from the terms below, and use covers or titles for that term
Option 5: Scavenger Hunt 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. **Will accept Plurals of the word, but no other variation. Only exact word or exact word that is plural will be accepted!
Option 6: Scavenger Hunt Want-it-All**
►The same Freestyle, but you must find at least one word from each letter grouping (i.e., one word from A, B, C, D etc.). **Will accept Plurals of the word, but no other variation. Only exact word or exact word that is plural will be accepted!
Examples:
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Option 1:
Option 2:
A: Across the Universe
B: Bradbury, Ray - The Martian Chronicles
C: Cosmos
D: Dune
E: Ender's Game
Option 3:
M: The Martian
A: Armada
R: Roberts, JD - Naked in Death
S: The Shadow of the Wind
Option 4: Freestyle
STARS on cover
MOON in title
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Book Levels:
- Earthbound : 2-3 books
- Terrestrial : 4 - 6 books
- Astronomer : 7 - 10 books
- Lunar Landing : 11 - 15 books
- Astronaut : 16 - 20 books
- Interstellar : 21 - 24 books
- Cosmonaut : 25+ books
Scavenger Hunt Levels:
- Mercury : 1-20 words
- Venus : 21-40 words
- Earth : 41-60 words
- Mars : 61-80 words
- Jupiter : 81-100 words
- Saturn : 101-120 words
- Uranus : 121-150 words
- Neptune : 151-180 words
- Pluto : 181 + words
Word List ~ 199 Words
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A
Alpha Centauri
apastron
aperature
apogee
asterism
asteroid
astronaut
astronomer
astronomical unit
astronomy
axial tilt
azimuth
B
background radiation
big bang theory
binary star
black body
black hole
bolometer
C
celestial
celestial equator
cluster
comet
conjunction
constellation
cosmic rays
corona
cosmology
cosmonaut
cosmos
crater
crescent moon
D
dark matter
day
declination
deep space
density
docking
Doppler shift
double star
Drake equation
dust
dwarf planet
dwarf star
E
Earth
earthbound
eccentricity
eclipse
ecliptic
elliptical orbit
equinox
escape velocity
event horizon
exoplanet
extragalaxtic
F
falling star
flare
flyby
free fall
full moon
G
galaxy
gamma ray
gas giant
geostationary
geosynchronous
gibbous moon
globular cluster
gravitation
gravity
H
half moon
heliocentric
hydrogen
helium
Hubble telescope
hyperbolic orbit
hypernova
I
ice giant
inclination
inertia
inferior planets
inner planets
interstellar
interstellar dust
ionosphere
J
Jupiter
K
Kepler's laws
kiloparsec
Kuiper belt
L
lens
light-year
local arm
local group
lunar
M
magnitude
mare
Mars
mass
Mercury
meteor
meteorite
meteoroid
Milky Way
minor planet
moon
N
nadir
NASA
nebula
Neptune
neutron star
new moon
north star
nova
O
observatory
occultation
opposition
orbit
orbital eccentricity
orbital inclination
outer planets
P
parallax
parsec
partial eclipse
penumbra
perigee
perturbation
phase
plane of the ecliptic
planet
planetary nebula
planetoid
Pluto
pole star
precession
probe
pulsar
Q
quarter moon
quasar
R
radiant
radiation
red dwarf
red giant star
revolve
rings
rocket
S
satellite
Saturn
scientific notation
scintillation
shooting star
singularity
sky
solar
solar system
solar wind
solstice
space
space exploration
space station
spectroscope
spectrum
star
starlight
sun
sunspot
superior planets
supernova
synodic
syzygy
T
telemetry
telescope
terminator
terrestrial
total eclipse
totality
transit
translunar
twinkling
U
umbra
universe
Uranus
V
vacuum
Van Allen belt
variable star
Venus
vernal equinox
visual magnitude
W
waning
wavelength
waxing
weightlessness
white dwarf
white giant
wormhole
X
x-rays
y
yellow dwarf
Z
zenith
zodiac
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(*)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.
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