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Liz Is Looking To be A Star 2018 Challenge
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Taurus Month: April - Month is in the title or at least 50% of book is set in month
Symbol: Bull - Read a book from this list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... OR where “western” is genre . In your personal thread report, list the page number where the book is found if it was selected from the list.
Plainsong
Badge 1:
The Butterfly Garden.
North American Zodiac: Beaver - set in Canada, or written by a Canadian author
Alias Grace
A Fine Balance
Stone: Jasper - illness (mental, emotional or physical) is a major theme
Necessary Lies
A Note of Madness
Superhero: Rhino - Read a book with Villain in the title. Series titles are included for this task
Actor: Audrey Hepburn - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_...
Gemini Month: May - Month is in the title or at least 50% of book is set in month
Symbol: Twins - book that has more than one title
The Stars My Destination
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Element: Air - 70% of the cover is white
Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation
North American Zodiac: Deer - set in Scotland, or written by a Scottish author
On Dublin Street
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
Superhero: Copycat - Read a book from the dystopian genre or set in the future. The word “Dystopian” needs to be listed as a genre on the main book page
Brave New World
Ink and Bone
An Ember in the Ashes
Actor: Johnny Depp - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_...
Cancer Month: June - Month is in the title or at least 50% of book is set in month
Symbol: Crab - Book with crab name in title: Coconut, Hermit, Horseshoe, King, Japanese Spider, Dungeness, Rock, Snow, Blue, or Fiddler
A Different Blue
Element: Water - 70% of the cover is blue
The Invisible Bridge
Release
North American Zodiac: Woodpecker - set primarily in a South American country, or by a South American author
Stone: Rose Quartz - a rose(s) on the cover, or the cover is 75% pink in color
The Tea Rose
Badge 1:
[[bookcover:See What I Have Done|32508637]
Actor: Meryl Streep - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meryl_S...
Leo Month: July - Month is in the title or at least 50% of book is set in month
Symbol: Lion - set in Africa.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Element: Fire - significant amount of fire on the cover
Badge 1:
The Child Finder
Stone: Carnelian - set in Ancient Egypt
White Lotus
House of Rejoicing
Superhero: Read a book where the main character is over 60 years old
Actor: Sean Penn - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Pe...
Virgo Month: August - Month is in the title or at least 50% of book is set in month
Symbol: Maiden - protagonist is a girl or young woman under the age of 20 and is unmarried
The Kitchen House
The Life She Was Given
The Hate U Give
Element: Earth - Earth-like planet on the cover
Badge 1
Stone: Amethyst - e main character is a king, queen, prince, or princess
Superhero: Rogue - Read a book with bird(s) on the cover OR the word “Raven” is in the title. Plurals are accepted
Miss Jane
Actor: Anne Meara - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Me...
Libra Month: September - Month is in the title or at least 50% of book is set in month
badge 1
The Good Daughter
Element: Air - a significant amount of clouds on the cover
Before We Were Yours
North American Zodiac: Raven - set primarily in New Zealand or is written by a New Zealand author
The Colour
Stone: Azurite - set in the Renaissance period from1400-1700
Dissolution
Superhero: Judge Dredd - set between 1977 and 2000
Actor: Viggo Mortenson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viggo_M...
Scorpio Month: October - Month is in the title or at least 50% of book is set in month
Symbol: Scorpion - Read a book that has “Poison” in the title (may be imbedded in other words like poisoner, poisonwood, poisoning), OR contains the name of a poison (arsenic, oleander, etc) in the title, OR has a bottle of poison on the cover. If using a name of a poison, please provide link to definition that it is a poison in your personal thread report
The Poisonwood Bible
Element: Water - significant amount of water on the cover
The Invisible Bridge
North American Zodiac: Snake - set in Australia, or written by an Australian author
Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil
Kick, Push
Lucas
The Dry
Badge 1
Stalking Jack the Ripper
Superhero: Anti-Venom - Read a book that is a stand-alone book in the Science Fiction genre. The genre must show on the main book page.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Actor: Jodie Foster - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodie_F...
Sagittarius Month: November - Month is in the title or at least 50% of book is set in month
Symbol: Archer - written by a North American author or about North American culture
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Tidewater: A Novel of Pocahontas and the Jamestown Colony
Element: Fire - Read a book with “Fire” in the title. Exact word
Little Fires Everywhere
North American Zodiac: Owl - majority of it is set in Greece or Crete, or written by a Greek author
Stone: Obsidian - Read a book set in Hawaii
Superhero: Hawkeye - Read a new release in 2018, never previously published
The Astonishing Color of After
Crimson Lake
Badge 1
The Reader
Capricorn Month: December - Month is in the title or at least 50% of book is set in month
Symbol: Goat - shelved as Scandinavian Literature using this genre page as a tool: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/scan...
scandinavian
Beartown
Explain how your book fits this genre.
Element: Earth - Read a book with “Earth” in the title. Exact word
The Bones of the Earth
The Good Earth
Heavens on Earth: The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia
North American Zodiac: Snow Goose - set primarily in Kansas, New Mexico, Texas, or Mexico
Stone: Quartz - Read a time-travel book. The words “Time Travel” must be on the main book page as a genre
Superhero: Cannonball - Read a book about the American Civil War or about the Napoleonic War
The Killer Angels
Lincoln in the Bardo
Actor: Sissy Spacek - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sissy_S...
Stalking
Midwives
Aquarius Month: January - Month is in the title or at least 50% of book is set in month
Symbol: Water-bearer - has an urn, jug, or other vessel used for holding water on cover (Glasses, cups, mugs are accepted)
Element: Air - Read a book with “Air” in the title. Exact word
North American Zodiac: Otter - set primarily in Switzerland or the Netherlands, or by Swiss or Dutch authors
Stone: Turquoise - Read a book where the main theme is magic
Strange the Dreamer
The Final Empire
The Golem and the Jinni
Superhero: Aquaman - Read a book with Atlantis or Poseidon in the title
Actor: John Hurt - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Contact
Pisces Month: February - Month is in the title or at least 50% of book is set in month
Badge 1
A Catalog of Birds
Element: Water - Read a book with “Water” in the title. Exact word
Water Music
North American Zodiac: Wolf - set primarily in Alberta, Montana, Idaho, or Wyoming
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
Stone: Jade -set in China
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
Superhero: Siren - Read a book with “siren” or one of the alternate names (banshee, harpy, kelpie, mermaid, nymph, or rusalka) in the title.
Actor: Glenn Close - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_C...
The World According to Garp or another john irving book
Badge 1:1. Pisces symbol: A Catalog of Birds
2. Virgo zodiac: The Bear and the Nightingale
3. Scorpio Stone: Copper Stalking Jack the Ripper
4. Gemini stone: Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
5. Cancer superhero:sandman
6. Sagitarius actor The Reader
7. Taurus element earth
The Butterfly Garden8. Leo north american zodiac:salmon: The Child Finder
9. Libra - Symbol: scales The Good Daughter
Phwew- so much gophering! Im tired!So fR used only books on my TBR.
Wow Liz, you've certainly been busy trawling your TBR.
Well, they all might be on my TBR, but I don’t have immediate access to about a third of them. Hakuna Matada, right!
You're looking pretty organized.
I'm doing the same Liz. I tried to pick books that were on my TBR that I actually own. I need to make room for some new books!
I finished my first book, A Catalog of Birds. Thos was a gorgeous story. Has anyone else read it? i highly recommend!
Liz wrote: "I finished my first book, A Catalog of Birds. Thos was a gorgeous story. Has anyone else read it? i highly recommend!"Excellent. Don't forget to report your book in this thread in the way Janice explained in the main challenge thread. It's possible our posts might cross though so apologies if you are in the process of doing it.
Liz wrote: "I finished my first book, A Catalog of Birds. Thos was a gorgeous story. Has anyone else read it? i highly recommend!"Please report according to message 2 of the official challenge thread. Then I can verify it and mark it as complete. Thanks.
Badge 1, book 1Pisces, symbol fish
*book set on or near lake/river
A Catalog of Birds
The main characters live next to a lake. The lake and water are integral to the story.
First book, Liz! Way to go!
I'm glad to see you've finished your first book.
Congrats on finishing your first book!
What did you think of The Bear & the Nightingale, Liz? Did you check out our buddy read?
Janice,I thought it was well-written, but it didn’t grab me for whatever reason. I wanted to love it, but it really just felt a bit flat for me. It moved a bit slow. I haven’t checked out the buddy read thread...I’ll do that now.
Badge 1, book 4Gemini: stone:, Agate - a face in profile on the cover. An actual cameo on the cover will be accepted.
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
Badge 1, book 6Sagitarius, actor: Fiennes
Could you link your book, please?
Badge 1, book 9Libra: symbol, scales
The Good Daughter
Legal thriller
sorry, Janice, I had to wait to link when I was on the desktop.
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Month: March - Month is in the title or at least 50% of book is set in month
Symbol: Ram - truck is on the cover or the protagonist drives a truck
Element: Fire - 70% of the cover is red
The Godfather
North American Zodiac: Falcon - Read a book set primarily in Iraq, Syria, or Turkey
Stone: Opal - set between 1750 and 1850
The Kitchen House
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution
Superhero: Ares - book shelved as mythology, or has the word “God” in the title. Plurals are accepted.
Into the Drowning Deep
Helen of Sparta
The Golem and the Jinni
Actor: Tim Curry - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Curry