Barbara's Challenges & Reading Lists discussion

25. Michael Jackson
✔Born August 29th, 1958
Echo - J.K. Accinni (August 2012) 5/5/15
✔Key Tracks "I Want You Back", "Billie Jean," "Man in the Mirror"
Shattered Mirror - Iris Johansen 10/31/18
✔Influenced Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown, Usher
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - George R.R. Martin 3/19/16

24. Van Morrison
✔Born August 31st, 1945
Sanctum - Madeleine Roux (August 2014) 5/7/15
✔Key Tracks "Brown Eyed Girl," "Moondance," "Tupelo Honey"
The Girl in the Spider's Web - David Lagercrantz 3/27/16
✔Influenced Elvis Costello, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Ray LaMontagne
Poison Princess - Kresley Cole 7/31/16

23. David Bowie
✔Born January 8th, 1947
The Will of the Empress - Tamora Pierce (January 2005) 8/5/15
✔Key Tracks "Life on Mars?" "Fame," "Space Oddity," "Heroes"
The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster - Scott Wilbanks 11/29/17
✔Influenced Morrissey, Scott Weiland, Trent Reznor
Stiletto - Daniel O'Malley 7/14/16

22. Etta James
✔Born January 25th, 1938
Forbidden - Jacquelyn Frank (January 2012) 7/31/15
✔Key Tracks "At Last," "Sunday Kind of Love," "Tell Mama"
A Love Untamed - Pamela Palmer 9/12/15
✔Influenced Janis Joplin, Bonnie Raitt, Christina Aguilera
Allegiance of Honor - Nalini Singh 7/3/16

21. Johnny Cash
✔Born February 26th, 1932
Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell (February 2013) 11/22/15
✔Key Tracks "Ring of Fire," "I Walk the Line," "Folsom Prison Blues"
Crossfire - Joann Ross 9/4/15
✔Influenced Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard, Steve Earle
The Last Good Man - Kathleen Eagle 2/17/17

20. Smokey Robinson
✔Born February 19th, 1940
The Reawakened - Jeri Smith-Read(February 2008) 11/8/15
✔Key Tracks "The Tracks of My Tears," "You've Really Got a Hold on Me", "Cruisin' "
How to Seduce a Vampire, Without Really Trying - Kerrelyn Sparks 12/14
✔Influenced Al Green, Linda Ronstadt, Mick Jagger
White Trash Zombie Gone Wild - Diana Rowland 7/7/16

19. Bob Marley
✔Born February 6th, 1945
Melting the Ice - Jaci Burton (pub 2/4/14) 2/13/16
✔Key Tracks "No Woman, No Cry," "Redemption Song," "I Shot the Sheriff"
Rock Chick Redemption - Kristen Ashley 10/1/15
✔Influenced Bono, Lauryn Hill, Buju Banton
Daughter of the Blood - Ann Bishop 1/22/17

18. Freddie Mercury
✔Born September 5th, 1946
Hostage to Pleasure - Nalini Singh (September 2008) 7/24/15
✔Key Tracks "We Are the Champions," "Bohemian Rhapsody," "You're My Best Friend"
The Best of All Possible Worlds - Karen Lord 5/15/18
✔Influenced Axl Rose, Joe Elliott, George Michael
Menagerie - Rachel Vincent 7/6/16

17. Tina Turner
✔Born November 26th, 1939
Bones of the Lost - Kathy Reichs (November 2012) 7/23/15
✔Key Tracks "Proud Mary," "River Deep — Mountain High," "What's Love Got to Do With It"
I Love This Bar - Carolyn Brown 12/23/16
✔Influenced Beyoncé, Mick Jagger, Mary J. Blige
Small Favor - Jim Butcher 6/14/16

16. Mick Jagger
✔Born July 26th, 1943
Caught Read-Handed - Terrie Farley Moran (July 2015) 8/3/15
✔Key Tracks "Gimme Shelter," "Sympathy for the Devil," "Satisfaction"
The Devil of Kilmartin - Laurin Wittig 9/10/15
✔Influenced Jack White, Steven Tyler, Iggy Pop
Wrayth - Pip Ballantine 3/21/17

15. Robert Plant
✔Born August 20th, 1948
Armageddon Cometh- J.K. Accinni (August 2012) 5/7/15
✔Key Tracks "Dazed and Confused," "Immigrant Song," "Sea of Love"
Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea - Nancy Atherton 2/4/16
✔Influenced David Lee Roth, Freddie Mercury, Tori Amos, Axl Rose
St. Patrick's Day Murder - Leslie Meier 3/8/17

14. Al Green
✔Born April 13th, 1946
Warrior's Curse - Alexa Egan (Apr 2014) 9/15/15
✔Key Tracks "Let's Stay Together," "Love and Happiness," "Tired of Being Alone"
Alone - Kendra Elliot 8/2/15
✔Influenced Prince, the Bee Gees,Justin Timberlake
No Limits - Alison Kent 7/16/16

13. Roy Orbison
✔Born April 23rd, 1936
Touched by an Alien - Gini Koch (Apr 2010) 9/19/15
✔Key Tracks "Oh, Pretty Woman," "You Got It," "Only the Lonely"
The Woman in Blue - Elly Griffiths 12/7/17
✔Influenced Bruce Springsteen, Chris Isaak, k.d. lang
Luscious - Amanda Usen (brUcE SprinsteeN) 10/2/15

12. Little Richard
✔Born December 5th, 1932
Deadly Offerings - Alexa Grace (December 2011) 8/9/15
✔Key Tracks "Tutti-Frutti," "Good Golly Miss Molly," "Long Tall Sally"
Tall, Dark & Heartless - R.L. Mathewson 9/29/15
✔Influenced James Brown, Prince, Paul McCartney
Ecstasy Untamed - Pamela Palmer (Palmer in PauL MccARtnEy) 7/28/15

11. Paul McCartney
✔Born June 18th, 1942
Wicked Charms - Janet Evanovich (June 2015) 3/26/16
✔Key Tracks "Yesterday," "Hey Jude," "Maybe I'm Amazed"
Outlaw Lovers: Jude and Luke - Jan Springer 8/16
✔Influenced Elton John, Rod Stewart, Elvis Costello
Immortal - J.R. Ward 6/2/16

10. James Brown
✔Born May 3rd, 1933
Leopard's Prey - Christine Feehan (May 2013) 9/26/15
Key Tracks "I Got You (I Feel Good)," "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," "The Payback," ✔"Give It Up or Turn it a Loose"
A Turn in the Road - Debbie Macomber 8/24/18
✔Influenced Michael Jackson, Sly Stone, Prince, George Clinton
Dreamwalker - Allyson James 7/9/16

9. Stevie Wonder
✔Born May 13th, 1950
Hell for Leather - Julie Ann Walker (May 2014) 9/11/15
✔Key Tracks "Superstition," "Sir Duke," "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"
The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy - Julia Quinn 10/11/15
✔Influenced Donny Hathaway, Maxwell, Adam Levine
Boundless - Cynthia Hand (hand in DonNy HAthaway) 11/29/15

8. Otis Redding
✔Born September 9th, 1941
Heir of Fire - Sarah Maas (Sept 2014) 9/13/15
✔Key Tracks "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay," "These Arms of Mine," "Try a Little Tenderness"
Yours, Mine, and Ours - Mary Janice Davidson 2/19/17
✔Influenced Al Green, Toots Hibbert, Chris Robinson
Obsession in Death - J.D. Robb 10/8/15

7. Bob Dylan
✔Born May 24th, 1941
Born of Defiance - Sherrilyn Kenyon (May 2015) 7/28/16
✔Key Tracks "Like a Rolling Stone," "Lay Lady Lay," "Visions of Johanna"
Melting Stones - Tamora Pierce 9/15/15
✔Influenced John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Conor Oberst
Desert God - Wilbur Smith 2/4/17

6. Marvin Gaye
✔Born April 2nd, 1939
Shadow Rites - Faith Hunter (April 2016) 5/10/16
✔Key Tracks "What's Going On," "Let's Get It On," "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
No One Heard Her Scream - Jordan Dane 11/14/18
✔Influenced D'Angelo, R. Kelly, Usher
The House at Sea's End - Elly Griffiths 4/6/17

5. John Lennon
✔Born October 9th, 1940
The Crimson Crown - Cinda Williams Chima (October 2012) 5/22/15
✔Key Tracks "I Feel Fine," "Strawberry Fields Forever," "Imagine," "Instant Karma"
Forever - Jacquelyn Frank 9/23/15
✔Influenced Bono, Neil Young, Liam Gallagher
The Legacy - Linda Lael Miller 3/27/17

4. Sam Cooke
✔Born January 22nd, 1931
The Witness - Nora Roberts (January 2012) 7/25/15
✔Key Tracks "A Change Is Gonna Come," "Bring It on Home to Me," "You Send Me"
Go Big or Go Home - Will Hobbs 2/2/16
✔Influenced Otis Redding, Art Garfunkel, Rod Stewart
How to Entice an Enchantress - Karen Hawkins 6/29/16

3. Elvis Presley
✔Born January 8th, 1935
Dark Hunger - Sarah Reinke (January 2008) 8/15 /15
✔Key Tracks "Mystery Train," "Hound Dog," "Suspicious Minds"
One Dog Night - David Rosenfelt 4/21/17
✔Influenced Bono, Bruce Springsteen
2066 - Peter Brandt 2/23/17

2. Ray Charles
✔Born September 23rd, 1930
Seduction's Shift - A.C. Arthur (September 2012) 7/28/16
✔Key Tracks "What'd I Say," "I Got a Woman," "You Don't Know Me," "Georgia on My Mind"
Mind Magic - Eileen Wilks 1/23/18
✔Influenced Van Morrison, Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder
Bound by Flame - Anne Windsor 8/10/16

1. Aretha Franklin
✔Born March 25th, 1942
Double Fantasy - Cheryl Holt (March 2008) 5/22/16
✔Key Tracks "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," "Respect," "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)," "Think," "Chain of Fools"
Chain of Illusions - Boone Brux 8/7/15
✔Influenced Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys, Aaron Neville, Annie Lennox
Magic Shifts - Ilona Andrews (AarOn NevILe) 10/9/15

Favorite Album - Second Helping
Duration: September 1 - October 31, 2018

READ: 10/10

✔️1. SECOND HELPING:
Second Helping is the second studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
♫Read a book OR a book with an action word in the title.
Five - Ursula Poznanski 10/8

✔️2. Release Date:
The album was released April 15, 1974.
♫Read a book published in 1974 OR a book published in April (any year).
Divergent - Veronica Roth (April 2011) 9/22

✔️3. LENGTH:
Second Helping is 37 minutes, 15 seconds long.
♫Read a book in which the number 3, 7, 1 or 5 is found in the total number of pages.
Sacred Evil - Heather Graham (371 pages) 9/13

✔️4. STUDIO:
Track 1 was recorded at Studio One in Doraville, Georgia. The remaining album was recorded at Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles, California.
♫Read a book set in either Georgia or California.
Magic Triumphs - Ilona Andrews (Georgia) 10/4

✔️5. LABEL:
Second Helping was released on the Sounds of the South and MCA labels.
♫Read a book in which the first letter of each title word can be found in SOUNDSOFTHESOUTHMCA. No word count limit, but all words count.
Heart of the Season - Julianna Douglas 10/5

✔️6. PRODUCER:
The album was produced by Al Kooper.
♫Read a book by an author whose first OR last initial is found in ALKOOPER.
Unloved - Katy Regnery 9/3

✔️7. GENRES:
Second helping is listed in several genres. They include: Southern rock, boogie rock, blues rock, country rock and hard rock.
♫Read a book in which the letters SOUTHERN, BOOGIE, BLUES, COUNTRY or HARD can be found somewhere in the book title (they do NOT have to be in order).
Shadow Rising - Yasmine Galenorn (HARD) 9/16

✔️8. RECORDS:
Lynyrd Skynyrd has sold 28 million records in the US alone.
♫Read a book in which the number 2 and the number 8 appear in the book's ISBN (or ISBN13) on the book's main page.
The Enchanted Mirror - Marianne Willman (ISBN 0312970803 ) 10/9

✔️9. LYNYRD SKYNYRD:
Lynyrd Skynyrd is an American rock band best known as having popularized the Southern rock genre in the 1970's. At their peak, the band lost three members in a tragic plane crash in 1977.
♫Read a book in which something tragic occurs, OR a book with two (or four if you are feeling especially ambitious) Y letters in the title or the author's first and last name.
Stygian - Sherrilyn Kenyon 10/13

✔️10. BONUS:
Spell out something related to this album using the following: (1) 1st letter of the book title, (2) 1st letter of the author's first or last name. What you spell is your choice, but it needs to relate to the album in some way. Feel free to be creative, but if your connection is not obvious, be sure to state what it is. Here are some spell out choices that may be of help: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Second Helping, Van Zant, Southern Rock, Blues, Boogie, Country, Hard Rock, Free Bird, Sweet Home Alabama.

H: Hope Ignites - Jaci Burton 10/6
A: Breath of Fire - Amanda Bouchet 10/11
R: Running Hot - Jayne Ann Krentz 9/26
D: Dead Between the Lines - Denise Swanson 9/6
R: Fortune's Pawn - Rachel Bach 9/24
O: O' Artful Death - Sarah Stewart Taylor 9/18
C: Hot Ice - Cherry Adair 10/5
K: Alien Proliferation - Gini Koch 9/29

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Favorite Album - Save Rock and Roll
Duration: November 1 - December 31, 2018

READ: 10/10

✔️1. Save Rock and Roll:
Save Rock and Roll is the fifth studio album by American Rock band Fall Out Boy.
♫Read the fifth book of a series or the fifth book on your WTR.
The Pursuit - Janet Evanovich/Lee Goldberg 11/8

✔️2. Release Date:
Save Rock and Roll was released on April 12, 2013.
♫Read a book published in April (any year) or a book published in 2013.
Endless Knight - Kresley Cole (October 2013) 11/15

✔️3. Length:
The album is 41 minutes, 37 seconds long.
Read a book in which the numbers 4 and 1 (any order) or the number 3 and 7 (any order) can be found in the book's ISBN number (or ISBN 13). You must post the ISBN or ISBN13.
Swan and the Bear - Eve Langlais (1468053701) 11/30

✔️4. Studio:
Save Rock and Roll was recorded at the Abbey Road Studios (London), Rubyred Recordings (Venice, CA) and Silent Sound Studios (Atlanta, GA).
♫Read a book set in London, California or Georgia.
The Care and Feeding of Unmarried Men - Christie Ridgeway 12/14

✔️5. Label:
The album was released on the Island and Decaydance labels.
♫Read a book in which the first letter of each title word can be found in DECAYDANCE. No word count limit, but all words count.
Dead End Dating - Kimberly Raye 11/10

✔️6. Producer:
Save Rock and Roll was produced by Butch Walker and Fall Out Boy.
♫Read a book in which the author's first and last initials can be found in BUTCHWALKER.
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda - Becky Albertalli 11/17

✔️7. Genre:
Save Rock and Roll is considered Pop/Pop Rock.
♫Read a book in which the letters POP or ROCK can be found in the book title. The order of the letters does not matter, but all letters must be present and accounted for.
Playing for Keeps - R.L. Mathewson (POP) 11/29

✔️8. Billboard 200:
Save Rock and Roll debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200.
♫Read a book that has won an award.
The Running Dream - Wendelin Van Draanen (Schneider Family Book Award for Teen Book (2012),) 11/22

✔️9. Fall Out Boy:
Fall Out Boy is an American rock band formed in Wilmette, Illinois in 2001.
♫Read a book in which the title contains one of the following words: Fall, Out or Boy.



✔️10. Bonus:
Spell out something related to this album using the following: (1) 1st letter of the book title, (2) 1st letter of the author's first or last name. What you spell is your choice, but it needs to relate to the album in some way. Feel free to be creative, but if your connection is not obvious, be sure to state what it is. Here are some spell out choices that may be of help: Fall Out Boy, Save Rock and Roll, Rock, Pop.

F: Full Speed - Janet Evanovich/Charlotte Hughes 11/7
A: Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well - Nancy Atherton 11/25
L: Lending a Paw - Laurie Cass 12/3
L: The Lucky One - Nicholas Sparks 12/20

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Bucket List
Duration: January - December 2018

READ: 5/12

January: Truthseeker - C.E. Murphy
February: Special Topics in Calamity Physics - Marisha Pessl
✔March: The Knowing - Larriane Wills 1/26
April: Antarktos Rising - Jeremy Robinson
✔May: Agatha H and the Airship City - Phil Foglio 6/13
June: The White Mare - Jules Watson
July: The Age of Ash - Andrenik Y. Sergoyan
✔August: The White Mary - Kira Salak 1/18
✔September: Relocating MIA - Rebecca Lerwill 3/4
October: The Charmed Sphere - Catherine Asaro
November: The World As We Know It - Joseph Monninger
December: Snow-Walker - Catherine Fisher

Alternates:
✔1. Something About Witches - Joey W. Hill 8/26
2. Forbidden - Christina Phillips