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COMPLETED - TIMELYChallenge #277-ACATT
Member Spell #9 BECKY
July 1-Sept. 30, 2019
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(Member Spell #9 BECKY
July 1-Sept. 30, 2019
(1) first letter of the book title, (2) first letter of the author's first or last name, (3) first letter of a series title, or (4) first letter of a main character's first or last name.
Round 1
B- The Vicious Vet by M.C. Beaton 7/15/19
E- Home Is Where You Live: A diary of teaching English abroad for the first time by Elliot Lord 7/25/19
C- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming 7/15/19
K- A House at the Edge of Tears by Vénus Khoury-Ghata 9/19/19
Y-The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa 7/21/19
Round 2-
B- Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton 9/23/19
E- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire 9/18/19
C- The Moon and the Bonfire by Cesare Pavese 9/25/19
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*****COMPLETED 7/18/19*****TIMELYChallenge #278- CCC
JULY 2019 SPELL CHALLENGE - APOLLO 11
Duration: Jul 01, 2019 - Jul 31, 2019
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JULY 2019 SPELL CHALLENGE - APOLLO 11
Duration: Jul 01, 2019 - Jul 31, 2019
To complement Suzanne's scavenger challenge about the historic moon landing, we've got a number of word choices for this month's spell challenge. The rules are simple, pick a word and read a book for every letter using the first letter of the title (ignore A, An and The) or the first or last initial of the author (not the middle).
A- The Fires by Alan Cheuse 7/18/19
P-The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck 7/17/19
O- Operation Shylock: A Confession by Philip Roth 7/4/19
L-The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida 7/10/19
L- Little House in the Big Woods by Little House in the Big Woods 7/16/19
O-An Ideal Husband; A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde 7/12/19-256p.
*****COMPLETED 11/21/19*****UNTIMELYChallenge #279-CCC
July 2019 Scavenger Challenge | Apollo 11
July 1 - 31, 2019
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July 2019 Scavenger Challenge | Apollo 11
July 1 - 31, 2019
This month is the culmination of many of our challenges over the past several months. We hope you've enjoyed learning about astronauts, space, and all things celestial! Stay tuned for one of the most exciting moments in history - the moon landing!
8/8 Complete
✔1. Apollo 11 was launched by a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida, on July 16 at 13:32 UTC (aka GMT). The Apollo spacecraft had three parts: a command module (CM) with a cabin for the three astronauts, and the only part that returned to Earth; a service module (SM), which supported the command module with propulsion, electrical power, oxygen, and water; and a lunar module (LM) that had two stages – a descent stage for landing on the Moon, and an ascent stage to place the astronauts back into lunar orbit.
🚀 Read a book whose author’s first and last initials are CM, SM, or LM (exact match only, no reversals) OR read a book that occurs during the summer months (June, July, August) OR read a book with a 5 in its total page count.- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 8/27/19-453p.
✔2. Three American men were onboard Apollo 11. The commander was Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin was the lunar module pilot; both of these men would walk on the moon’s surface. Command module pilot Michael Collins flew the command module Columbia alone in lunar orbit while they were on the Moon's surface.
🌚 Read a book that is third in a series (tell us the series' name) or the third book published by an author OR read a book whose title starts with a letter in either EAGLE or COLUMBIA - Operation Shylock: A Confession by Philip Roth 7/4/19
ignore a,an,the) OR read a book whose author’s first name is 4 letters.
3. The LM was named Eagle after the motif which was featured prominently on the mission insignia. The CM was named Columbia after Columbiad, the giant cannon that launched a spacecraft (also from Florida) in Jules Verne's 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon. It also referenced Columbia, a historical name of the United States.
🌎 Read a book with an eagle or any bird shown prominently on its cover; post the cover OR read any novel by Jules Verne OR read any book takes place Washington, D.C.- Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein-11/21/19-
✔4. After being launched by the Saturn V's third stage, the astronauts separated the spacecraft from it and traveled for three days until they entered lunar orbit. Armstrong and Aldrin landed the lunar module Eagle on July 20, 1969 at 20:17 UTC/GMT; they landed on the moon’s “Sea of Tranquility.” Viewers around the world heard, "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."
🌘 Read a book in which a character takes a long journey OR read a book in which some type of historic first occurs (tell us what) OR read a book that takes place during the 1960’s.- pub. in 1964 and set as a contemporaneous time period...Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming 7/15/19
✔5. Six hours later on July 21 at 02:56:15 UTC/GMT, Neil Armstrong became the first human to step onto the moon’s surface. Aldrin joined him 19 minutes later. Armstrong's first step onto the lunar surface was broadcast on live TV to a worldwide audience. He described the event as "one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." Initially the quote was reported as “one small step for man…” Armstrong reported that he had said “for a man” and the quote was revised.
☄️ Read a book published in 2019 OR read a book that starts each chapter with a quote OR read a book that has MAN in its title (does not have to separate, but should be intact). "Man" found in "Woman" in An Ideal Husband; A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde 7/12/19-256p.
✔6. Aldrin and Armstrong planted the American Flag in the moon’s surface in view of a live tv camera. President Richard Nixon was able to speak to them via telephone-radio transmission which Nixon called "the most historic phone call ever made from the White House." Armstrong and Aldrin got busy collecting samples from the moon. Two types of rocks were found in the geological samples: basalt and breccia. Three new minerals were discovered in the rock samples collected by the astronauts: armalcolite, tranquillityite, and pyroxferroite. Armalcolite was named for the three spacemen.
🚀 Read a book in which a real US President is mentioned (please copy the relevant text and give its location) OR read a book with a full moon or any type of flag on its cover (post the cover) OR read a book in which something significant is discovered- in The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida 7/10/19 it is discovered that the MC had a daughter nobody knew about.
tell us what.
✔7. After more than 21 1⁄2 hours on the lunar surface, in addition to the scientific instruments, the astronauts left the following behind: an Apollo 1 mission patch in memory of astronauts Roger Chaffee, Gus Grissom, and Edward White, who died when their command module caught fire during a test in January 1967; a memorial bag containing a gold replica of an olive branch as a traditional symbol of peace; and a silicon message disk carrying goodwill statements by Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon along with messages from leaders of 73 countries around the world. The disk also carries a listing of the leadership of the US Congress, a listing of members of the four committees of the House and Senate responsible for the NASA legislation, and the names of NASA's past and present top management.
🌍 Read a book in which a main character leaves something significant behind (tell us what) OR read a book in which each title word’s first letter may be found in GOODWILL STATEMENTS (a,an, and the DO count; 3 word minimum) OR read a book in which a serious accident occurs (tell us what). - a MC dies in a car accident in Uzbekistan in The Fires by Alan Cheuse 7/18/19
✔8. The astronauts used Eagle's ascent stage to lift off from the lunar surface and rejoin Collins in the command module. They jettisoned Eagle before they performed the maneuvers that propelled them out of lunar orbit on a trajectory back to Earth. They returned to Earth and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on July 24 after more than eight days in space. For each of the three astronauts, this trip had been their second time into space and would also be their last.
☄️ Read a book that takes place in any country that borders the Pacific Ocean (tell us where) -USA-California- The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck 7/17/19OR read a book where several steps/stages must be completed before getting a final product or result (briefly tell us what) OR read a book that is 8th in a series (tell us the series).
*****COMPLETED 10/18/19*****UNTIMELYChallenge #280 -WRC
JULY 2019 FEATURED AUTHOR: KATE MORTON
DATE: 07/01/19 - 07/31/19
125p. min
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JULY 2019 FEATURED AUTHOR: KATE MORTON
DATE: 07/01/19 - 07/31/19
125p. min
TASKS:
To complete the task section, read a book that fits each of the items listed below. Please Note: You must post the task option you are choosing to complete.
✔1. KATE MORTON:
Kate Morton was born in 1976.
☀Read a book published between 1976 - 2019 (inclusive). - Operation Shylock: A Confession by Philip Roth 7/7/19-pub.1993
Publication information required.
✔2. GENRE:
Ms. Morton writes in the genes of Literature and Fiction; however, many of here books are considered Historical Fiction.
☀Read a book tagged as Literature or Fiction - The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida 7/10/19
or Historical Fiction on the book's main page. Genre information required.
✔3. FIRST NOVEL:
Kate Morton's first novel, The House at Riverton, was published in June 2007.It was also released at The Shifting Fog.
☀Read a book with one of the following words found in the title: House, Riverton, Shifting, Fog (words must be exact). - Little House in the Big Woods by Little House in the Big Woods 7/16/19
✔️4. AUSTRALIA:
Ms. Morton was born in Berri, South Australia. She is the oldest of three sisters.
☀Read a book set in Australia, OR a book in which the main character has a sister. - The author has a sister and she returns from Armenia to Chicago to celebrate her 30th birthday in I Am There: Armenia by Olivia Puccini 7/23/19
Location/character information required.
5. BONUS:
Read a book written by Kate Morton.
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SPELL OUT:
Choose something related to this author to spell out by using the following: (1) first letter of the book's title, or (2) first letter of the author's first or last name. Below is a list to choose from, but you are welcome to use something of your own.
M-The Vicious Vet by M.C. Beaton 7/15/19
O- Operation Shylock: A Confession by Philip Roth 7/7/19
R-The Return of Mr. Campion: Uncollected Stories by Margery Allingham 7/19/19-165p.
T- The Fires by Alan Cheuse 7/18/19
O- An Ideal Husband; A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde 7/12/19-256p.
N-Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris 10/18/19
1. Kate Morton (first, last, or both)
2. Literature
3. Fiction
4. Historical Fiction
5. Berri
6. Australia
7. The House at Riverton
8. The Shifting Fog
*****COMPLETED 7/12/19*****Challenge #281-Wanderlust
Funafuti Spell Out
July 1, 2019 - July 31, 2019
100p. min.
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Funafuti Spell Out
July 1, 2019 - July 31, 2019
100p. min.
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Choose one or more of the below words to spell out this month. You can use any of the following to complete a letter:
1. First letter of the Book's title
2. First letter of the Author's first or last name
3. First letter of a Main Character's first or last name
Challenge Rules: All forms of books are accepted as long as they are 100 pages or more. When posting updates of completed books, please include a link to the title and author’s name, along with the date you finished reading the book. When you have finished the challenge, please copy and paste your entire challenge and re-post in a new message, letting us know it is completed.
W-An Ideal Husband; A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde 7/12/19-256p.
A-The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida 7/10/19
R- Operation Shylock: A Confession by Philip Roth 7/7/19
Words to Choose From
Tuvalu-A
Funafuti-A
Conservation -OA
Area -ARA
Philatelic -PA
Bureau-RA
Women's -WO
Handicraft -ARA
Center -R
Airport -AO
Runway -RWA
Fun
World -WO
War -WAR
Wreckage-WRA
Sunset
Lagoon-AO
Operation Shylock: A Confession by Philip Roth 7/7/19
The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida 7/10/19
An Ideal Husband; A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde 7/12/19-256p.
*****COMPLETED 7/19/19***** TIMELYChallenge #282-Wanderlust
Tuvalu's Capital: Funafuti
July 1, 2019 - July 31, 2019
0/6
100p. min
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Tuvalu's Capital: Funafuti
July 1, 2019 - July 31, 2019
6/6
100p. min.
Tasks
✔1. Funafuti Conservation Area
The Conservation Area was established in 1996 to protect 33 square kilometers of water and land on the western side of the atoll and lagoon. To reach the area you must obtain the needed permissions ahead of time and secure a rented boat. Even though this isn’t a “luxury” tour it is well worth the trip. Your friendly guide will take you on a 30 minute boat ride in an aluminum dinghy to crystal clear waters abundant with fish life and stunning white beaches on uninhabited islets. You can snorkel or scuba dive to your heart's content in this tropical paradise.
✱ Read a book with the ocean, boat or fish on the cover OR
✱ Read a book from your TBR that has 30 or 33 in its listed position number OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in FUNAFUTI CONSERVATION AREA. - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming 7/15/19
✔2. Tuvalu Philatelic Bureau
Stamps from remote Tuvalu are prized by philatelists around the world. Each year, this tiny country produces at least twenty stamps with each issue having a print run in the millions. All those stamps find their way into albums around the world. Since most collectors will never make it to the island, the post office sells the bulk of its stamps online. But for those visiting the island, you can view the Philatelic Bureau’s display at Funafuti's post office. It showcases the wide range and staggering diversity of Tuvalu stamps. They are available for sale and make great souvenirs!
✱ Read a book with a stamp or envelope on the cover OR
✱ Read a book where the MC receives an important piece of mail (tell us what it was) OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in TUVALU PHILATELIC BUREAU.- Operation Shylock: A Confession by Philip Roth 7/4/19
✔3. Women's Handicraft Center
Although there are no souvenir shops in the country, you can visit the Woman’s Handicraft Center where locally crafted goods are sold. The handicrafts include woven products such as fans, mats and baskets, gorgeous hand-painted bed linens, and woodcarvings. Be aware that the center is only open on the days a flight is due in which is normally three days a week. But you can often find stands outside the terminal selling handmade shell necklaces to departing Tuvaluan’s who love to wear them on their flight as a reminder of home.
✱ Read a book with a handmade (non-food) item on the cover OR
✱ Read a book with a MC that makes a handicraft (tell us what they make) OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in WOMEN'S HANDICRAFT CENTER.- An Ideal Husband; A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde 7/12/19-256p.
✔4. Airport Runway Fun
The Tuvaluan’s favorite spot to spend leisure time is the airport runway, which mainly functions as a local recreation area. In the late afternoon, you see groups gathering on the tarmac to play Tuvalu’s national sport Te Ano, which is very much like volleyball. Others ride up and down on motor scooters or simply hang out with friends, while a nearby bar blares out loud music. Additionally, on Friday afternoons which are usually half-day for employees, everyone dresses in flowers and finery and gathers to socialize and have fun. It’s a great place to meet the locals.
✱ Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in RUNWAY OR
✱ Read a book where a recreational sport was played (tell us what sport) OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in AIRPORT RUNWAY FUN. - The Beggars' Strike by Aminata Sow Fall 7/19/19
✔5. World War II Wreckage
During WWII, the US military used Funafuti as a base to counter Japanese advances into the Gilbert Islands. You can see the evidence of it across the atoll and islets. There are relics of heavy equipment used in the war, parts of landing craft and B-24 bombers. There are also the broken concrete remains of a seaplane ramp built by the US marines.
✱ Read a book that takes place on an island - Sao Vicente in Cape Verde- The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida 7/10/19
OR
✱ Read a book tagged WAR on its GR homepage OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in WORLD WAR II WRECKAGE.
✔6. Sunset Over Lagoon
Locals say the greatest attraction on Funafuti is the enormous and inviting Funafuti lagoon. It is fourteen kilometers wide and eighteen kilometers long and perfect place
to swim, snorkel or catch a beautiful tropical sunset.
✱ Read a book with a sunset on the cover OR
✱ Read a book that has a double OO in it's title - Little House in the Big Woods by Little House in the Big Woods 7/16/19
OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in SUNSET OVER LAGOON.
*****COMPLETED 9/23/19*****Challenge #283- Wanderlust
Global Camping Adventure
July 1, 2019 - September 30, 2019
100p. min
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Global Camping Adventure
July 1, 2019 - September 30, 2019
15/15
1. USA: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
When it comes to National Parks for camping, you have to start in the US. Americans love to camp and there are parks in every state that encourage our devotion to it. The most visited park is Great Smoky Mountains NP. It encompasses over 800 sq miles of mountainous land and preserves some of the world’s most stunning deciduous forests. It’s opened year round and is the perfect backdrop for your dream campsite.
✔⛺ Read a book with a forest or group of trees on the cover or read a book whose author’s first and last initial can be found in CAMPSITE.- The Fires by Alan Cheuse 7/18/19
The park is world renowned for its biological diversity and animal life with over 17,000 species being documented and has been designated an International Biosphere Reserve by the UN. It is also rich in Southern Appalachian history that is apparent when you encounter the old churches, cabins, farmhouses and barns of the mountain people who have settled there since the late 1700s. Structures and official sites have all been marked, creating an outdoor historic gallery.
✔⛺ Read a book a MC whose first name starts with a letter found in APPALACHIAN. Laura in Little House in the Big Woods by Little House in the Big Woods 7/16/19
The park maintains 10 developed campgrounds with Capes Cove being one of the most popular. The broad valley is blanketed in wildflowers in spring, frequented by deer, and surrounded by mountain peaks. It offers easy access to fishing, horseback riding and hiking trails, like the beloved 5-mile round trip hike to Abrams Falls. You can also rent a bike or join in one of their interpretive programs held at the onsite amphitheater. This park has it all which explains why it receives nine million visitors every year.
✔⛺ Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title can be found in GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS (THREE Word Minimum).- I Am There: Armenia by Olivia Puccini 7/23/19
2. NEW ZEALAND: Aoraki Mount Cook National Park
Kiwis also love to camp and one of their fav places to get back to nature is Aoraki Mount Cook NP. Located on the South Island, it is home to the highest mountains and the longest glaciers and the views from the campgrounds are simply staggering. There is only one way in and out of the park and it happens to be the most scenic road in the country! So pack up your gear and head to this "out of this world" outdoor playground.
✔⛺ Read a book with a scenic view on the cover or read a book whose author’s first and last initial can be found in SOUTH ISLAND.-
The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck 7/17/19-
White Horse Hill Campground is the place to camp and it is close to Mount Cook Village for easy access to supplies. The campground sits on a valley floor split by massive mountain ridges and glacier-covered Mount Sefton looms large above the campsites. It has easy access to several of the most popular hiking trails which take you to iceberg filled lakes you can kayak on and massive glaciers you can actually walk inside of.
✔⛺ Read a book with a MC whose first name starts with a letter found in GLACIER. - Robert Chiltern in An Ideal Husband; A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde 7/12/19-256p.
Aoraki Mount Cook NP is part of the International Dark Sky Reserve, so there is no better place to see the night sky with clarity. Out here in the mountainous wilderness it is almost completely free of light pollution. For those who want to learn more about what they can see there are astronomy guides to help at The Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Center, offering the use of telescopes and astronomy binoculars. The guides can also take you on a drive to a perfect stargazing site.
✔⛺ Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title can be found in AORAKI MOUNT COOK NATIONAL PARK (THREE Word Minimum). - The Return of Mr. Campion: Uncollected Stories by Margery Allingham 7/19/19-165p.
3. MONGOLIA: Gorkhi-Terelj National Park
Mongolia's nomadic people have been camping for thousands of years. We head to the beautiful Gorkhi-Terelj NP to get a small glimpse into their life. The park is impressive with its beautiful meadows, massive rock formations and wooded mountains. The best camping option is in a traditional Mongolian ger or yurt. There are dozens of camps hosted by local families that provide you with everything you need from freshly cooked food to local music in the evenings.
✔⛺ Read a book with a large rock on the cover or read a book whose author’s first and last initial can be found in MONGOLIAN GER.- The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida 7/10/19
The symbol of the NP is an 80 ft tall granite formation called Turtle Rock for its obvious resemblance to its namesake. It’s a definite must-see! A few kilometers further is the Ariyabal Meditation Temple, a little Buddhist temple tucked into a rocky mountainside that looks out over the entire park. Getting there is the real adventure. First you cross a long, swinging suspension bridge called the “Bridge to Heaven”, and then you climb up 108 impossibly steep steps to the temple itself. The serene tranquility and incredible views are well worth the climb.
✔⛺ Read a book with a MC whose first name starts with a letter found in TEMPLE. - Phillip Roth is the MC in his own book- Operation Shylock: A Confession by Philip Roth 7/7/19
Because of its vast terrain it’s hard to see the whole park on foot. Most of the camps have their own herd of horses to take you out into the steppes. If you are interested in
a more remote experience you can take an overnight riding tour into the remote high country. Other activities available are rock climbing, bird watching, archery lessons or even visiting with a nomadic family. Or you can just relax and enjoy the gorgeous scenery and nature surrounding you.
✔⛺ Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title can be found in GORKHI-TERELJ NATIONAL PARK (THREE Word Minimum). - The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa 7/21/19
4. PORTUGAL: Peneda-Gerês National Park
Portugal’s only national park is a combination of natural wonders and local lifestyles. Tucked into the northern corner against the Spanish border, this park has rugged mountain ranges, oak forests, rivers and green valleys that shelter hundreds of hamlets and small villages each retaining many of their traditions and agricultural practices from the past. Camping Parque Cerdeira is a great campground to use as home base while exploring all the park has to offer.
✔⛺ Read a book with a village scene on the cover or read a book whose author’s first and last initial can be found in CAMPGROUND.-
The Emperor and the Elephants: A Peace Corps Volunteer's Story of Life During the Late 1970s in the Central African Empire by Richard W. Carroll 7/27/19-186p.
Dozens of old shepherd trails provide easy hiking access to the park. The Homem River Valley offers a beautiful hike through rare remnants of the ancient Albergaria forest, allowing you to walk an old Roman road while enjoying waterfalls and gazing on medieval castles high above on the rocky peaks. Wander through the abandoned Cistercian monastery marveling how the structures built from local rock seem to grow organically from the soil. Explore the rustic villages and see the unusual old granite grain stores or espigueiros.
✔⛺ Read a book with a MC whose first name starts with a letter found in ALBERGARIA. - Stranded in the Seychelles by Bev Spicer 7/31/19-188p.- the author is the MC
The park is also a great place to see a diverse collection of wildlife. Europe’s very few wolves still prowl the park, as do foxes, wild boars, ibex, and deer. But the wild Garrano ponies are the park’s most charming inhabitants. Native to the region since the Celtic era, their numbers have greatly decreased so the government has been slowly working to rebuild the herds. You will see them running wild and also being used in the villages to help with heavy chores.
✔⛺ Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title can be found in PENEDA-GERÊS NATIONAL PARK (THREE Word Minimum). - Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton 9/23/19
✔5. GERMANY: Müritz National Park
Just two hours outside of Berlin, Müritz NP is an enchanting land begging to be explored. Its landscape includes ancient beech forests, mysterious marshes and huge expanses of water – including more than 130 lakes. Thousands of birds make their homes here, including the endangered white tailed eagle. Müritzeum, in the town of Waren is a great introduction to the park. It has awesome science-based, interactive exhibitions about the flora and fauna of the region. Its centerpiece is the large aquarium filled wit native freshwater fish.
⛺ Read a book with a cover that is mostly blue and/or green - The Vicious Vet by M.C. Beaton 7/15/19-
or read a book whose author’s first and last initial can be found in WHITE TAILED EAGLE.
There are some great campground choices giving you the option to be right on one of the lakes or in a quiet campsite in the woods. You can’t leave Müritz without getting on or in the water and there are loads of options for exploring the lake. You can rent canoes, charter a larger boat or take one of the pleasure boat tours run by the park. There are even houseboats you can rent if that is your preferred method of camping.
✔⛺ Read a book with a MC whose first name starts with a letter found in CANOE. -Elliot Lord in Home Is Where You Live: A diary of teaching English abroad for the first time by Elliot Lord 7/25/19
The park is a "dream come true" for hikers and bikers. There are extensive trails that meander through the forests, groves and lake shores, revealing amazing surprises at every turn. There are even viewing towers to help you get a birds-eye view of the region. One of the largest towers is the "Käflingsbergturm" with a height of 55m or 190 ft. A fun way to explore the park is to take a GPS Adventure Tour. There are 6 different tours, which guide you to all the treasures of nature and points of interest.
✔⛺ Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title can be found in MÜRITZ NATIONAL PARK (THREE Word Minimum)-Loser Takes All by Graham Greene 7/28/19-128p.
*****COMPLETED 8/28/20*****TIMELYChallenge #284- Wanderlust
Riding the Highways: Natchez Trace Parkway
July 1, 2019 to Completion
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Riding the Highways: Natchez Trace Parkway
July 1, 2019 to Completion
28/28
*Must be completed in order!!!!!
100p. min.
✔1. Natchez Trace Parkway Starting Point: Natchez
✱ Read a series #1, OR read #1 from your TBR OR read a book with 1 in the total page count.- 152p.- The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida 7/10/19
✔2. Drive 10 Miles from Natchez to the Emerald Mound
✱ Read a series #1, #10 or a Half Step Series Book OR read #10 from your TBR OR read a book with 1 AND 0 in the total page count.- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming 7/15/19
✔3. Drive 5 Miles from Emerald Mound to Mount Locust
✱ Read a series #5, OR read #5 from your TBR OR read a book with 5 in the total page count.- The Return of Mr. Campion: Uncollected Stories by Margery Allingham 7/19/19-165p.
✔4. Drive 25 Miles from Mount Locust to Windsor Ruins
✱ Read a series #2, #5 or #25, OR read #25 from your TBR OR read a book with 2 AND 5 in the total page count.- Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton 9/23/19-256p.
✔5. Drive 29 Miles from Windsor Ruins to Sunken Trace
✱ Read a series #2 or #9, OR read #29 from your TBR OR read a book with 2 AND 9 in the total page count.- The Moon and the Bonfire by Cesare Pavese 9/25/19-192P.
✔6. Drive 13 Miles from Sunken Trace to Rocky Springs
✱ Read a series #1, #3 or #13, OR read #13 from your TBR OR read a book with 1 AND 3 in the total page count.- SERIES #1- Gin & Daggers by Jessica Fletcher 9/29/19
✔7. Drive 23 Miles from Rocky Springs to the Battle of Raymond
✱ Read a series #2, #3, or #23 OR read #23 from your TBR OR read a book with 2 AND 3 in the total page count.- Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer 10/24/19
324p.
✔8. Drive 11 Miles from Battle of Raymond to Clinton
✱ Read a series #1 or #11 OR read #11 from your TBR OR read a book with 11 (intact) in the total page count.-Series #1- Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1 by Christopher Marlowe 10/26/19
✔9. Drive 15 Miles from Clinton to the Jackson
✱ Read a series #1, #5 or #15, OR read #15 from your TBR OR read a book with 1 AND 5 in the total page count.- The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie 12/3/19
315p.
✔10. Drive 14 Miles from Jackson to the Ross Barnett Reservoir Overlook
✱ Read a series #1, #4 or #14, OR read #14 from your TBR OR read a book with 1 AND 4 in the total page count.- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 12/3/19
146p.
✔11. Drive 21 Miles from Reservoir Overlook to Cypress Swamp
✱ Read a series #2, #1 or #21, OR read #21 from your TBR OR read a book with 2 AND 1 in the total page count.-Series #1- Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood 12/4/19
✔12. Drive 39 Miles from Cypress Swamp to the Kosciusko
✱ Read a series #3- The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie 3/4/20
#9 or #39, OR read #39 from your TBR OR read a book with 3 AND 9 in the total page count.
✔13. Drive 20 Miles from Kosciusko to French Camp
✱ Read a series #2 or a Half-Step Series Book, OR read #20 from your TBR OR read a book with 2 AND 0 in the total page count.- Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon 3/6/20- 240 pages
✔14. Drive 13 Miles from French Camp to the Jeff Busby Overlook
✱ Read a series #1, #3 or #13 OR read #13 from your TBR OR read a book with 1 AND 3 in the total page count.-#1 in series- Close Range by Annie Proulx 4/14/20
✔15. Drive 42 Miles from Jeff Busby Overlook to the Tombigbee National Forest
✱ Read a series #4 or #2, OR read #42 from your TBR OR read a book with 4 AND 2 in the total page count.
series #2- Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas -5/12/20
✔16. Drive 30 Miles from Tombigbee National Forest to Tupelo
✱ Read a series #3 or a Half Step Series Book, OR read #30 from your TBR OR read a book with 3 AND 0 in the total page count.
series #3- The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 5/13/20
✔17. Drive 9 Miles from Tupelo to the Confederate Gravesites
✱ Read a series #9, OR read #9 from your TBR OR read a book with 9 in the total page count.- 309p.Doctor No by Ian Fleming
✔18. Drive 18 Miles from Confederate Gravesites to Pharr Mounds
✱ Read a series #1 #8 or #18, OR read #18 from your TBR OR read a book with 1 AND 8 in the total page count.- #1 in series= Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer 6/1/20
✔19. Drive 17 Miles from Pharr Mounds to Tishomingo State Park
✱ Read a series #1, #7 or #17, OR read #17 from your TBR OR read a book with 1 AND 7 in the total page count.
#1 in series- Edwin of the Iron Shoes by Marcia Muller-6/15/20
✔20. Drive 26 Miles from Tishomingo State Park to Colbert Ferry
✱ Read a series #2, #6 or #26, OR read #26 from your TBR OR read a book with 2 AND 6 in the total page count.
256p- The Toughest Indian in the World by Sherman Alexie-6/17/20
✔21. Drive 12 Miles from Colbert Ferry to the Wichahpi Commemorative Stone Wall
✱ Read a series #1, #2 or #12, OR read #12 from your TBR OR read a book with 1 AND 2 in the total page count.
#2 in series "Crimes in Arabia" (listed as such in the GR narrative...not near the title as usual)- No Place for Women by Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar-6/21/20
✔22. Drive 48 Miles from Wichahpi Commemorative Stone Wall to Meriwether Lewis Monument
✱ Read a series #4 or #8, OR read #48 from your TBR OR read a book with 4 AND 8 in the total page count.
#4 in series- Death at Victoria Dockby by Kerry Greenwood 7/1/20
✔23. Drive 5 Miles from Meriwether Lewis Monument to Fall Hollow Trail
✱ Read a series #5, OR #5 from your TBR OR read a book with 5 in the total page count.
125p.- Angel On My Shoulder by John Pope 7/18/20
✔24. Drive 13 Miles from Fall Hollow Trail to Jackson Falls
✱ Read a series #1, #3 or #13 OR read #13 from your TBR OR read a book with 1 AND 3 in the total page count.
series #1- Arabian Nights: The Marvels and Wonders of the Thousand and One Nights Volume I of II- 7/18/20
✔25. Drive 1 Mile from Jackson Falls to Baker Bluff Overlook
✱ Read a series #1, OR read #1 from your TBR OR read a book with 1 in the total page count.
series #1- Bangkok 8 by John Burdett -7/23/20
✔26. Drive 2 Miles from Baker Bluff Overlook to Gordon House Historic Site
✱ Read a series #2, OR read #2 from your TBR OR read a book with 2 in the total page count.
#2 in series- The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie-7/26/20
✔27. Drive 31 Miles from Gordon House Historic Site to Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge
✱ Read a series #3, #1 or #31, OR read #31 from your TBR OR read a book with 3 AND 1 in the total page count.
series #1- A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro-7/27/20
✔28. Drive 22 Miles from Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge to Nashville
✱ Read a series #2 or #22, OR read #2 from your TBR OR read a book with 22 (intact) in the total page count.-122p.- A City of Han: Stories by Expat Writers in South Korea by Sollee Bae -8/28/20
*****COMPLETED 6/19/21***** TIMELYChallenge #285- Wanderlust
Let's Spell South America
May 1, 2018 to Completion
100p. min
see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
South_America_SM
Let's spell out the countries and territories of South America!
I'm starting 7/1/19
Let's Spell South America
May 1, 2018 to Completion
100p. min.
South_America_SM
Let's spell out the countries and territories of South America!
You can use any of the following to complete a letter:
1. First letter of the Book's title (Use or Ignore A, An or The)
2. First letter of the Author's first or last name
3. First letter of the Series title
4. First letter of a Main Character's first or last name
For letters Q, X, Y and Z, you may use a book in which the letter is found anywhere in the title, series, author or MC name.
Challenge Rules: All forms of books are accepted as long as they are 100 pages or more. When posting updates of completed books, please include a link to the title and author’s name, along with the date you finished reading the book. When you have finished the challenge, please copy and paste your entire challenge and re-post in a new message, letting us know it is completed.
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Argentina
A- The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida 7/10/19
R- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare-283p.- 8/30/19
G- Loser Takes All by Graham Greene 7/28/19-128p.
E- Home Is Where You Live: A diary of teaching English abroad for the first time by Elliot Lord 7/25/19
N- Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward 12/5/19
T- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy 9/2/19 -122p.
I- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming 7/15/19
N- Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth by Lisa Napoli-4/7/20
A- The Fires by Alan Cheuse 7/18/19
Bolivia
B- Stranded in the Seychelles by Bev Spicer 7/31/19-188p.
O- Operation Shylock: A Confession by Philip Roth 7/7/19
L- The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket 9/15/19
I- I Am There: Armenia by Olivia Puccini 7/23/19
V- The Vicious Vet by M.C. Beaton 7/15/19
I- Saturday by Ian McEwan 9/11/19
A- The Beggars' Strike by Aminata Sow Fall 7/19/19
Brazil
B- The Bellarosa Connection by Saul Bellow 8/1/19
R- The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary 9/6/19
A- The Return of Mr. Campion: Uncollected Stories by Margery Allingham 7/19/19-165p.
Z- Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals by Hal Herzog 9/19/19
I- In the Woods by Tana French-1/16/20-
L- Little House in the Big Woods by Little House in the Big Woods 7/16/19
Chile
C- The Professor's House by Willa Cather 1/22/20
H- The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells-192p.-8/13/19
I- Spring Flowers, Spring Frost by Ismail Kadare 3/21/20
L- The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket 11/8/19
E- The Emperor and the Elephants: A Peace Corps Volunteer's Story of Life During the Late 1970s in the Central African Empire by Richard W. Carroll 7/27/19-186p.
Columbia
C- A Chagos Story by Vinod T. Fullee-8/23/19-168p.
O- An Ideal Husband; A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde 7/12/19-256p.
L- The Ladies of the Corridor by Dorothy Parker 1/19/20
O- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 10/2/19
M-The Black Joke by Farley Mowat-218p.-8/13/19
B- Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 8/8/19-176p.
I- In the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee 3/8/20
A- Raiders of the Lost Bark by Sparkle Abbey 12/4/19
Ecuador
E- Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley 9/14/19
C- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 8/27/19-453p.
U-Add a Dash of Pity by Peter Ustinov 12/15/19
A- Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton 12/11/19
D- A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell 10/13/19
O- There There by Tommy Orange 10/10/19
R-Rachel, MC in The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf 10/25/19
Falkland Islands
F- The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 9/4/19-144p.
A- The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman 12/21/19
L- Looking for the Possible Dance by A.L. Kennedy 4/25/20-#571 of 2156
K- A House at the Edge of Tears by Vénus Khoury-Ghata 9/19/19
L- Life and Death of Harriet Frean by May Sinclair 1/10/20
A-Annabella, a MC in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford 10/25/19
N- I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections by Nora Ephron 3/2/20
D- Florida Roadkill by Tim Dorsey 12/24/19
I- The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera 12/13/19
S- The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck 7/17/19
L- Hadji Murat by Leo Tolstoy 12/8/19
A- The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter -8/11/19- 187p.
N- Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin 4/12/20-
D- The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard-11/26/19
S- The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat 10/11/19
French Guiana
F- The Maid's Tragedy by Francis Beaumont 9/23/19
R- The Overstory by Richard Powers 1/9/20
E- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire 9/18/19
N- The Parachute Drop by Norbert Zongo 4/29/20
C- Vittoria Corombona, MC in The White Devil by John Webster 10/20/19
H- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford 10/7/19
G- Gin & Daggers by Jessica Fletcher 9/29/19
U- Add a Dash of Pity by Peter Ustinov 12/15/19
I- The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera 12/13/19
A- The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie 3/4/20
N- Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon 3/6/20
A- Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage by M.C. Beaton- 3/6/20
Guyana
G- Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet 10/10/19
U- Ussiri Thanya (Fatima), MC in Bangkok 8 by John Burdett -7/23/20
Y- The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa 7/21/19
A- The Piano Lesson by August Wilson 3/23/20-
N- Neon Surf: And Other Stories of Love & Remembrance by Jack Kelleher-3/27/20
A- Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë - 2/8/20
Paraguay
P- The Moon and the Bonfire by Cesare Pavese 9/25/19
A- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos 1/2/20
R- For You Mom, Finally by Ruth Reichl 1/11/20
A- I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel 10/18/19
G- The Complete Tilling Tales: Mapp and Lucia Short Stories by Geoff Martin 10/21/19
U- Urn Burial by Kerry Greenwood-6/1/21
A- Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton 12/11/19Y- Shipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura 10/9/19
Peru
P- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 10/3/19
E- Women Of Messina by Elio Vittorini 9/22/19
R- Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney 1/1/20
U- The Uttermost Farthing by Marie Belloc Lowndes-5/6/21
Suriname
S- Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein-11/21/19
U- The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 1/17/20
R- The Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras-1/17/20
-location- south tahla or town beach
I- Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming 1/23/20
N- Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris 10/18/19
A- Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton 9/23/19
M- Cruel Shoes by Steve Martin 9/8/19
E- An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten -4/18/20-
Uruguay
U- The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney-4/20/21
R- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 12/3/19
A- Atomic Number Sixty by Dave Johnston -11/5/19
G-Kitty Garston- MC in The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham 10/15/19
U- Untold Night and Day by Bae Suah - 6/7/21
A- The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie 12/3/19
Y- Territory of Light by Yūko Tsushima 1/26/20
Venezuela
V- Two Old Fools on a Camel: From Spain to Bahrain and Back Again by Victoria Twead-8/4/19
E- Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 1/31/20
N- The Naked Civil Servant by Quentin Crisp-2/13/20
E- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque-12/1/19
Z-Mateo TorreZ0 MC in They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 9/7/19
U- Rabbit at Rest by John Updike-6/19/21E- Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo by Eric Hansen-11/4/19
L-Lucia, MC in Only You Can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett 10/22/19
A-Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer 10/24/19
*****COMPLETED 4/20/21***** TIMELYChallenge #286-Wanderlust
Spell the Continents
To Completion
see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I'm starting 7/1/19-
Spell the Continents
100p.min.
This if for all you Spell-Out junkies out there!
You can use any of the following to complete a letter:
1. First letter of the Book's title (Use or Ignore A, An or The)
2. First letter of the Author's first or last name
3. First letter of the Series title
4. First letter of a Main Character's first or last name
Challenge Rules: All forms of books are accepted as long as they are 100 pages or more. When posting updates of completed books, please include a link to the title and author’s name, along with the date you finished reading the book.
Continents
Africa
A- The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida 7/10/19
F- The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 9/4/19-144p.
R- The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary 9/6/19
I- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming 7/15/19
C- A Chagos Story by Vinod T. Fullee-8/23/19-168p.
A- The Fires by Alan Cheuse 7/18/19-
Antarctica
A- The Beggars' Strike by Aminata Sow Fall 7/19/19
N- Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward 12/5/19
T- Two Old Fools on a Camel: From Spain to Bahrain and Back Again by Victoria Twead-8/4/19
A- The Return of Mr. Campion: Uncollected Stories by Margery Allingham 7/19/19-165p.
R- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare-283p.- 8/30/19
C- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 8/27/19-453p.
T- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy 9/2/19 -122p.
I-character Laura Ingalls in Little House in the Big Woods by Little House in the Big Woods 7/16/19
C- Cruel Shoes by Steve Martin 9/8/19
A- The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter -8/11/19- 187p.
Asia
A- They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 9/7/19
S- The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck 7/17/19
I- I Am There: Armenia by Olivia Puccini 7/23/19
A- Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton 9/23/19
Australia
A- Shipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura 10/9/19
U- Ussiri Thanya (Fatima), MC in Bangkok 8 by John Burdett -7/23/20-
S- Stranded in the Seychelles by Bev Spicer 7/31/19-188p.
T- There There by Tommy Orange 10/10/19
R- The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket 11/8/19
A-Jesse Aarons - character in Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 10/3/19
L- Loser Takes All by Graham Greene 7/28/19-128p.
I- Saturday by Ian McEwan 9/11/19
A-Aspatia- a MC in The Maid's Tragedy by Francis Beaumont 9/23/19
Europe
E- Home Is Where You Live: A diary of teaching English abroad for the first time by Elliot Lord 7/25/19
U- The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney-4/20/21
R- Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney 1/1/20
O- Operation Shylock: A Confession by Philip Roth 7/7/19
P- Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 8/8/19-176p.
E- The Emperor and the Elephants: A Peace Corps Volunteer's Story of Life During the Late 1970s in the Central African Empire by Richard W. Carroll 7/27/19-186p.
North America
N- Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris 10/18/19
O- An Ideal Husband; A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde 7/12/19-256p.
R- Raiders of the Lost Bark by Sparkle Abbey 12/4/19
T- Tartuffe by Molière 10/28/19
H- The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells-192p.-8/13/19
A- The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman 12/21/19
M- The Vicious Vet by M.C. Beaton 7/15/19
E- Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley 9/14/19
R- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 12/3/19
I- In the Woods by Tana French-1/16/20-
C-The Moon and the Bonfire by Cesare Pavese 9/25/19
A-Aaronow, George - character in Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet 10/10/19
South America
S- The Bellarosa Connection by Saul Bellow 8/1/19
O- The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa 7/21/19
U- The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 1/17/20
T-Charlie Townsend - character in The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham 10/15/19
H- Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals by Hal Herzog 9/19/19
A- The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie 12/3/19
M- The Black Joke by Farley Mowat-218p.-8/13/19
E- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire 9/18/19
R- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque-12/1/19
I- I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel 10/18/19
C-Kya Clark- character in Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 10/2/19
A-Atomic Number Sixty by Dave Johnston -11/5/19
Challenge #287- Wanderlust100 Wonders for 100 Members!!
July 1, 2019 To Completion
100 p. min.
see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tasks
1. Pyramids of Giza:
✤ Read a book that is part of a trilogy.
2. Great Wall of China:
✤ Read a book published in 1987.
3. Taj Mahal:
✤ Read a book with a cover that is mostly white. Post cover.
4. Serengeti National Park:
✤ Read a book with a word in the title that ends with the letter “i”.
5. Galapagos Islands:
✤ Read a book with an island setting.
6. The Grand Canyon:
✤ Read a book that takes place in a state the Colorado River flows through (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah or Wyoming).
7. Machu Picchu:
✤ Read a book by an author whose initials are MP.
8. Iguazu Falls:
✤Read book #82, #150, #275 or #700 from your WTR shelf.
9. Bali:
✤ Read a book that is calming or meditative.
10. Amazon Rainforest:
✤ Read a book that you purchased from Amazon or read a book with a Z in the title.
11. Ngorongoro Crater:
✤ Read a book with the letters “go” (intact) somewhere in the author’s name.
12. Great Barrier Reef:
✤ Read a book where a character goes INTO the ocean.
13. Angkor Wat:
✤ Read a book whose title was “converted” to something new. Please share the original title.
14. Victoria Falls:
✤ Read a book with a MC whose first name starts with the letter V.
15. The Forbidden City:
✤ Read a book that has been banned at one point. Here is a list to help out: Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books.
16. Bagan Temples & Pagodas:
✤ Read a book with the word “thousand” in the title or a book over a 1000 pages long.
17. Karnak Temple:
✤ Read a book that happens in ancient times (before 1200 AD).
18. Teotihuacan: T
✤ Read a book with the sun or a butterfly on the cover. Post cover.
19. Banaue Rice Terraces:
✤ Read a book with a MC that grows something that can be eaten. Share what it is.
20. Bora Bora:
✤ Read a book that has a title with two words in it that start with the letter B.
21. Acropolis:
✤ Read a book that takes place in Greece or a book tagged CLASSIC on its GR Homepage.
22. Potala Palace:
✤ Read a book that mentions the Dalai Lama in the text. Please share sentence and the location.
23. Jerusalem Old City:
✤ Read a book where religion plays an important role in the plot.
24. Qin Terracotta Warriors:
✤ Read a book where a warrior or soldier protects someone. Tell us how.
25. Chichen Itza:
✤ Read a book with 5 or more steps shown on the cover. Post cover.
26. Petra:
✤ Read a book that has all the letters PETRA found in the title. They do NOT need to be in order.
27. Nile River:
✤ Read a book that mentions a well-known river. Tell us the name and why it was mentioned.
28.Easter Island:
✤ Read a book with a statue on the cover. Post cover.
29. Cappadocia:
✤ Read a book tagged FANTASY on its GR Homepage.
30. Colosseum:
✤ Read a book that had some kind of spectator sport in it. Tell us what it was.
31. Norwegian Fjords:
✤ Read a book that has the title written in blue. Post cover.
32. St Peter’s Basilica:
✤ Read a book written by an author whose first name is Peter or a book with a MC named Peter.
33. Egyptian Museum:
✤ Read a book that features a museum or a historical artifact.
34. Borobudur Temple:
✤ Read a book that has 7 AND 2 in its total page count.
35. Valley of the Kings:
✤ Read a book that features an archaeologist or a treasure hunt of some kind.
36. Hong Kong:
✤ Read a book that takes place in a major city of the world. Tell us where.
37. Sistine Chapel:
✤ Read a book by an author whose first and last initial can be found in SISTINE.
38. Alhambra:
✤ Read a book with a red cover. Post cover.
39. Musee Du Louvre:
✤ Read a book where art is central to the plot. Tell us how.
40. Canals of Venice:
✤ Read a book with a three word title.
41. Versailles:
✤ Read a book that is set between 1682 and 1789.
42. Carlsbad Caverns National Park:
✤ Read a book where the characters enter a cave for some reason.
43. Mecca:
✤ Read a book where the MC takes an important journey or pilgrimage.
44. Kathmandu Valley:
✤ Read a series book #7.
45. Metropolitan Museum of Art:
✤ Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title can be found in METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART (three word minimum)
46. Mount Everest:
✤ Read the highest book on your WTR shelf. This would be the latest book you've added. Tell us the number.
47. Temple of Emerald Buddha:
✤ Read a book with the word EMERALD found in the text. Share the sentence and location.
48. Hagia Sophia:
✤ Read a book tagged HISTORY or HISTORICAL FICTION on its GR Homepage.
49. Pompeii:
✤ Read a book in which a natural disaster (fire, earthquake, etc.) occurs. Tell us what it was.
50. Kashmir Valley:
✤ Read a book that takes place at a resort.
51. Prague Old Town:✤ Read a book with a clock on the cover. Post cover.
52. Golden temple:
✤ Read a book with the word GOLD in the title or author’s name. Variations will be accepted (golden, goldman, etc).
53. Amalfi Coast:
✤ Read a book that takes place in a village by the ocean.
54. Meenakshi:
✤ Read a book tagged ROMANCE on its GR Homepage.
55. Chartres Cathedral:
✤ Read a book tagged GOTHIC on its GR Homepage.
56. Mezquita of Cordoba:
✤ Read a book that has a repeated geometric pattern on the cover. Post cover.
57. Damascus Old City & Umayyad:
✤ Read one of the three oldest books on your WTR (#1, #2 or #3 – the ones that have been sitting there the longest).
58. Dubrovnik:
✤ Read a “bucket list” book - one you've been meaning to read for ages but have not taken the time to do it.
59. Uffizi Gallery:
✤ Read a book with a title that starts with the letter U.
60. Rio De Janeiro:
✤ Read a book by an author with three parts to their name (i.e: Marlena de Blasi, Simone St. James).
61. Temple of the Golden Pavilion:
✤ Read a book with the word FIRE in the title or a book in which a fire is an important part of the plot.
62. Delphi:
✤ Read a book from the following list: Best Books About Mythology. If a series book is listed, any book from the series will work.
63. St Basil’s Cathedral:
✤ Read a book that takes place in Russia or has a Russian character in it.
64. Abu Simbel:
✤ Read a series book #4.
65. St Marks Basilica & Campanile:
✤ Read a book with a tall tower on the cover. Post cover.
66. Florence:
✤ Read a book that completely enchanted you. Tell us why.
67. Kremlin:
✤ Read a book where politics plays an important role.
68. Varanasi/Ganges:
✤ Read a book that had a funeral in it or a book where a graveyard was important to the plot.
69. Li River:
✤ Read a book whose title includes a two letter word.
70. Shwedagon Stupa:
✤ Read a book with a gemstone or a colorful sunset on the cover. Post cover
71. The Sahara:
✤ Read a book that takes place in Africa or in a hot desert location.
72. The Leaning Tower of Pisa:
✤ Read a book you’ve been leaning towards removing from your WTR shelf without reading it. Tell us whether you found a gem or a dud.
73. Baalbek:
✤ Read a book that has more than 3000 reviews (not ratings) on GR.
74. Mont St. Michel:
✤ Read a book originally published in 2014.
75. Tapkapi Palace:
✤ Read a book that includes illustrations of some kind.
76. Carnival in Rio:
✤ Read a book that features a large party or parade or a book where the characters wear costumes sometime during the story.
77. Stonehenge:
✤ Read a book that is tagged MYSTERY on its GR Homepage.
78. Angel Falls:
✤ Read a book that you found complicated and had a hard time following the story line.
79. Yellowstone National Park:
✤ Read a book that has a color word in the title.
80. Santorini:
✤ Read a book with a cover that is ONLY blue and white. The title or author name may be a different color. Post cover.
81. Petronas Twin Towers:
✤ Read a book that features characters that are twins.
82. Matterhorn:
✤ Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in ALPS.
83. New York City:
✤ Read a book that takes place in New York City.
84. Marrakech:
✤ Read a book that you think has an exotic cover. Post cover.
85. Eiffel Tower:
✤ Read a book that takes place in Paris.
86. Ladakh:
✤ Read a book with a MC that rides a motorcycle.
87. Niagara Falls:
✤ Read a series book #3.
88. British Museum:
✤ Sort your WTR by published date (oldest to newest) and read the book published with the earliest date.
89. Burg Al Arab:
✤ Read a book that has won an award. Tell us what it was.
90. Antarctica Penguins:
✤ Read a book that has a black and white cover. Post cover
91. Yangtze River:
✤ Read a book in which the MC moved to a new location.
92. Yosemite National Park:
✤ Read a book that is really popular and that everyone is talking about.
93. Ayers Rock:
✤ Read a book with a title that has 3 Us in it.
94. Chambord Chateau:
✤ Read a book over 400 pages long.
95. Temple of Heaven:
✤ Read a book where the harvest was important to the welfare of the characters.
96. Schloss Neuschwanstein:
✤ Read a book based on a fairy tale or a book tagged RETELLING on its GR homepage
97. Suez Canal:
✤ Read a book with a ship on its cover. Post the cover.
98. San Francisco Bay & Cityscape:
✤ Read a book tagged MAGICAL REALISM on its GR Homepage.
99. Dead Sea:
✤ Sort your WTR shelf by Average Rating (low to high). Read one of the 10 lowest rated books on your shelf.
100. Portofino:
✤ Read a book that found very relaxing.
*****COMPLETED 8/13/19***** TimelyChallenge #288- Wanderlust
World Landmarks - The Leaning Tower of Pisa
July 1, 2019 - August 31, 2019
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World Landmarks - The Leaning Tower of Pisa
July 1, 2019 - August 31, 2019
7/7
Tasks
✔1. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a famous landmark in Italy located in the Tuscan city of Pisa. It is actually the campanile or bell tower for the cathedral it stands next to and part of the Campo dei Miracoli or "Square of Miracles" that includes, the cathedral, the baptistery, the bell tower and cemetery. The entire Square was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.
*Read a book with a tower -tower seen in background- The Bellarosa Connection by Saul Bellow 8/1/19
or square object on the cover or read a book that takes place in Italy.✔2. It took two centuries to build the tower. Construction started in 1173 and was not completed until 1372. Construction stopped and restarted twice due to the outbreak of war. Several different groups of engineers and architectures have worked on the tower but the original architect who created the plans has never been verified.
*Read a book in which war is a prominent theme - The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells-192p.-8/13/19
or read a book that was written by more than one author.
✔3. The tower is world famous for its prominent tilt which began as early as 1178, when construction of the second tier began and only grew worse as construction continued. The tower's foundation was built on soft subsoil which has difficulty supporting the tower's weight, creating its famous lean. To try and compensate for the tilt the engineers in 1272 built the upper floors with one side taller than the other giving the tower a slight curve.
*Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in TILT - The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida 7/10/19
or read a book you thought was unusually heavy (tell us why).
✔4. The tower is eight stories high and made mostly of white marble which gives it is striking white color. The top floor is the bell chamber which can be reached by climbing 294 steps. There you will find seven bells, one sitting in each of the seven arches, the largest one weighing in at nearly 8,000 pounds. Each of the seven bells represent a note of the musical major scale.
*Read a book with a white cover - An Ideal Husband; A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde 7/12/19-256p.-
or a series book #7 or #8.
✔5. In 1990, when the Tower reached the inclination of 5°, engineers warned that its center of gravity was coming dangerously close to the outer edge of the base and the tower was in serious danger of falling. A massive rescue operation was launched and the tower was closed for "straightening works". It took 30 million EUR and an entire decade to correct the Tower’s lean to an acceptable inclination of 3.97°. The tower was reopened to the public in 2001.
*Read a book published between 1990 and 2001 or read a book that featured a major reconstruction project (tell us what it was). -A jalopy is transformed into a magical car in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming 7/15/19
✔6. There are actually several other towers in Pisa that also lean: the bell towers at both St. Michele dei Scalzi and St. Nicola. The cathedral and baptistery in the square are also slowly sinking. It is no surprise to learn that the city of Pisa got its name in 600 BC from a Greek word meaning "marshy land".
*Read a book with a MC whose first name starts with a letter in PISA- Philip Roth is the MC in his own book- Operation Shylock: A Confession by Philip Roth 7/7/19
or read a book by an author that has the letters ST (intact) found in their name.
✔7. The Italian scientist Galileo Galilei, a professor of mathematics at the University of Pisa, is said to have dropped two spheres of different masses from the tower to demonstrate that their speed of descent was independent of their mass. According to the story, he discovered that both objects fell with the same acceleration, disproving Aristotle's theory of gravity which states that objects fall at speed proportional to their mass. Though there is no evidence that this actually occurred and many call it a legend or wives tale.
*Read a book with a character that is a scientist or professor - The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa 7/21/19
or read a book tagged NON-FICTION on its GR Homepage.
Challenge #289-The Challenge Factorysee- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
*****COMPLETED 1/23/20*****
Spelling Songs
Duration: August 1 - 30, 2019
Re-reads and audio books are okay.
No page limits.
Since there's a lot of letters, you can use the first word of the title of a book (excluding a, an, or the) AND the author's first AND last name.
M - The Black Joke by Farley Mowat-218p.-8/13/19
E -Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire 9/18/19
T -They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy 9/2/19 -122p.
H -The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells-192p.-8/13/19
O -Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 10/2/19
D -The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 9/4/19-144p.
O -There There by Tommy Orange 10/10/19
F -The Maid's Tragedy by Francis Beaumont 9/23/19
L -The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket 9/15/19
O -
V - A Chagos Story by Vinod T. Fullee-8/23/19-168p.
E - Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley 9/14/19
About the song:
*****1. The song by the American duo Daryl Hall & John Oates. - read a book with two people on the cover- The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter -8/11/19- 187p.
*****2. This was written by Daryl Hall and Janna Allen, a sister of Hall's long-term girlfriend. - read a romance- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 10/2/19
*****3. It was released on their 1984 album, Big Bam Boom. - read a book where the title has more than one word that begins with the same letter- The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells-192p.-8/13/19
*****4. The song reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100. - read a book with at least 5 books in its series- The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket 9/15/19
*****5. The song is about how true love is timeless in a modern world even though methods of communication change. - read a contemporary story- There There by Tommy Orange 10/10/19
*****6. Daryl Hall commented: "There's a freedom in the New York street music." - read a book where New York is mentioned- Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley 9/14/19
******7. The video shows the band on a faux rooftop that gets awfully foggy. - read a book that has a rooftop on the cover- Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein-11/21/19-
*****8. The song remained on the chart for nineteen weeks. - read a book published in 2019- Kindle by Fuin K. 1/23/20
*****COMPLETED 10/18/19*****Challenge #290- WRC
AUG 2019 FEATURED AUTHOR: SAWYER BENNETT
Date: 08/01/19 - 08/31/19
125p. min.
see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
AUG 2019 FEATURED AUTHOR: SAWYER BENNETT
Date: 08/01/19 - 08/31/19
125p. min.
TASKS:
To complete the task section, read a book that fits each of the items listed below. Please Note: You must post the task option you are choosing to complete.
*****1. SAWYER BENNETT:
Sawyer Bennett is a former trial attorney from North Carolina.
☀Read a book set in North Carolina, - Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals by Hal Herzog 9/19/19
OR a book in which the main character is an attorney.
*****2. FIRST NOVEL:
Her first novel, Off Sides was released in January, 2019.
☀Read a book published in January (any year) or a book published in 2013. - The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter -8/11/19- 187p.- Pub. January 1977
*****3. GENRE:
Ms. Sawyer writes in the following genres: Romance, Contemporary, Paranormal.
☀Read a book in which at least one of these tags is shown on the book's main page. Be sure to indicate which genre you've chosen to complete this task.- Romance- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare-283p.- 8/30/19
*****4. PEN NAME:
Sawyer Bennett also writes women's fiction under the pen name S. Bennett, as well as romance under the pen name Juliette Poe.
☀Read a book in which the first letter of each title word can be found in: SBENNETTJULIETTEPOE. No word count limit, but all words count.- Saturday by Ian McEwan 9/11/19
*****5. BONUS:
Read a book written by Sawyer Bennett.
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SPELL OUT:
Choose something related to this author to spell out by using the following: (1) first letter of the book's title, or (2) first letter of the author's first or last name. Below is a list to choose from, but you are welcome to use something of your own.
R-Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare-283p.- 8/30/19
O- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 10/2/19
M- book:Cruel Shoes|883398] by Steve Martin 9/8/19
A- The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter -8/11/19- 187p.
N- Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography b [booky [author:Neil Patrick Harris|620872] 10/18/19
C- The Moon and the Bonfire by Cesare Pavese 9/25/19
E- Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley 9/14/19
1. Sawyer Bennett (first, last, or both)-SAYWER BETT
2. S. Bennett-S BEETT
3. Juliette Poe-JLIETTE PO
4. Trial Lawyer-TRI LAWYER
5. North Carolina-O RH CARLIA
6. Off Sides-FF SIES
7. Romance- ROMACE
8. Contemporary-COTEMPORAY
9. Paranormal-PARAROMAL
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 8/8/19-176p.
The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter -8/11/19- 187p.
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells-192p.-8/13/19
A Chagos Story by Vinod T. Fullee-8/23/19-168p.
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 8/27/19-453p.
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare-283p.- 8/30/19
The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 9/4/19-144p.
The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary 9/6/19
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 9/7/19-373p.
book:Cruel Shoes|883398] by Steve Martin 9/8/19
Saturday by Ian McEwan 9/11/19
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley 9/14/19
The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket 9/15/19
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire 9/18/19
A House at the Edge of Tears by Vénus Khoury-Ghata 9/19/19
Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals by Hal Herzog 9/19/19
The Moon and the Bonfire by Cesare Pavese 9/25/19
Gin & Daggers by Jessica Fletcher 9/29/19
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 10/2/19
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 10/3/19
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford 10/7/19
Shipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura 10/9/19
There There by Tommy Orange 10/10/19
Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography b [booky [author:Neil Patrick Harris|620872] 10/18/19
*****COMPLETED 9/7/19*****Challenge #291-
ACATT: Member Task Challenge #24: Jessica
Date: 08/01/19 - 08/31/19
see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
ACATT: Member Task Challenge #24: Jessica
Date: 08/01/19 - 08/31/19
5/5 Completed
✔1. JESSICA:
Read a book with a main character whose first or last name begins with a letter found in JESSICA. Eve in The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter -8/11/19- 187p.
✔2. BOOKS:
Read a book in which the total page count contains one of the following numbers: 1, 6, 8 or 5.- The Bellarosa Connection by Saul Bellow 8/1/19- 112p.
✔3. DATE:
Read a book published in April (any year) or a book published in 2008.- Saturday by Ian McEwan 9/11/19
✔4. RATINGS:
Read a book that has more than 472 ratings as shown here on Goodreads.- Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 8/8/19-176p.
✔5. BONUS:
Read a book set in the United States.- set in NY-Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley 9/14/19
*****COMPLETED 8/8/21***** 3 books for Level 1- UNTIMELYChallenge #292-
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It's time to break out all those book titles that begin with the letter "F". Here's how is works. The goal is to read books from your WTR shelf whose titles begin with the letter "F". There is a twist - the books you choose to read must have been on your WTR shelf prior to August 1, 2019. As always, you are welcome to use any WTR, TBR, etc list whether it be here on Goodreads, a personal list, or a combination of lists.
There are several levels, so you can keep it short or make it a longer challenge - whichever works best for you. Articles such as "A", "An" and "The" may be used or ignored.
Levels/Duration:
Easy: 3-5 Books, 6 Months from Start Date
Medium: 6-10 Books, 9 Months from Start Date
Hard: 11-15 Books, 1 Year from Start Date
Impossible: 16+ Books, 2 Years from Start Date
1. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway 5/28/20
2.First Love by Ivan Turgenev 7/26/21
3.-Fear and Trembling by Amélie Nothomb-8/8/21
*****COMPLETED 1/22/20*****TIMELYChallenge #293-WRC
TOP TEN PYRAMID - GENRES/SUB-GENRES
Date: 08/01/19 - 07/31/20
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TOP TEN PYRAMID - GENRES/SUB-GENRES
Date: 08/01/19 - 07/31/20
t's time for a new pyramid challenge! This time we will be working with genres and sub-genres.
Choose ten genres and/or sub-genres to work with. Then for each one, you will list them in order of priority for your pyramid.
To complete the challenge, you will read one to ten books for each genre/sub-genre you have listed. The number of books you read for each one will depend on the priority you have set. For example, for Genre #1, you will read one book for that genre. For Genre #2, you will read two books for that genre. And so on. Please Note: In order for your book to count for this challenge, the genre/sub-genre must be shown on the book's main page.
Your list can be as simple or complex as you like. For example, you could use Fiction as one genre; however, you could also break it down further by also using Historical Fiction, Womens Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Literary Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Science Fiction, Adult Fiction, Christian Fiction, etc.
The genre and sub-genres you choose are totally up to you, and the number of books (1 through 10) you assign to each is also your choice.
Historical
1. The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham 10/15/19
Science Fiction
1. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells-192p.-8/13/19
2. The City of the Sun by Tommaso Campanella 10/24/19
Cultural
1.Women Of Messina by Elio Vittorini 9/22/19
2.The Moon and the Bonfire by Cesare Pavese 9/25/19
3.Shipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura 10/9/19
Humor
1. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 8/27/19-453p.
2. Cruel Shoes by Steve Martin 9/8/19
3. Only You Can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett 10/22/19
4. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos 1/2/20
Mystery
1. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy 9/2/19 -122p.
2. Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire 9/18/19
3. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 10/2/19
4. Florida Roadkill by Tim Dorsey 12/24/19
5. In the Woods by Tana French-1/16/20
Classics
1. The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 9/4/19-144p.
2. [The Blind Owl|45967] by Sadegh Hedayat 10/11/19
3. The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf 10/25/19
4. The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare 10/30/19
5. Life and Death of Harriet Frean by May Sinclair 1/10/20—“Her mother said it three times.”
6. The Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras-1/17/20
Non-Fiction
1. A House at the Edge of Tears by Vénus Khoury-Ghata 9/19/19
2. Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals by Hal Herzog 9/19/19
3. A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell 10/13/19
4. I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel 10/18/19
5. Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography b [booky [author:Neil Patrick Harris|620872] 10/18/19
6. Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo by Eric Hansen-11/4/19
7. The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman 12/21/19
Young Adult/ Children's
1. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 8/8/19-176p.
2. The Black Joke by Farley Mowat-218p.-8/13/19
3. They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 9/7/19
4. The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket 9/15/19
5. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 10/3/19
6. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer 10/24/19
7. Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young 32p.
8. The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera 12/13/19
Fiction
1. The Bellarosa Connection by Saul Bellow 8/1/19
2. The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter -8/11/19- 187p.
3. The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary 9/6/19
4. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford 10/7/19
5. There There by Tommy Orange 10/10/19
6. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark 1/1/20-
7. Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney 1/1/20
8. Queer by William S. Burroughs1/5/20
9. The Professor's House by Willa Cather 1/22/20
Plays
1.Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare-283p.- 8/30/19
2.The Maid's Tragedy by Francis Beaumont 9/23/19
3. Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet 10/10/19
4. The White Devil by John Webster 10/20/19
5. 'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford 10/25/19
6. Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1 by Christopher Marlowe 10/26/19
7. Tamburlaine the Great Part II by Christopher Marlowe 10/27/19
8. Volpone by Ben Jonson 10/28/19
9. Tartuffe by Molière 10/28/19
10. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare 10/29/19
*****COMPLETED 12/16/21***** UNTIMELYChallenge #294- GameNight
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August Challenge of the Month
Rodeo Events 12/12
Bareback riding
🐴 from the Saddle Up: Rodeo Romance MF listopia OR
🐴 with a title that does not have any letters of SADDLE in the title-
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie-12/16/21
Barrel racing
🐴 with a green cover OR
✔ where author's first and last name initials can be found in CLOVERLEAF- The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter -8/11/19- 187p.
✔Bronc riding | Bull riding | Miniature bull riding
✔ miniature in size; 100 - 175 pages - The Bellarosa Connection by Saul Bellow 8/1/19
OR
🐴 with HORSE or BULL found in the text
✔Calf roping | Breakaway roping
🐴 that is #3 in a series OR
🐴 where a character has been tied up (kidnapping, foreplay, etc)- Wendy and the boys are tied up by the pirates in Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 8/8/19-176p.
✔Campdrafting
🐴 with a gate on the cover OR
🐴 with an 8 in the page count- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare-283p.- 8/30/19
✔Chuckwagon racing
🐴 with food on the cover -persimmons - Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki4/27/20-
OR
🐴 set in Canada
Dally Ribbon Roping
🐴 with a ribbon on the cover or RIBBON found in text - The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket 9/15/19
-text-p.111-"...when she tied her hair up in a ribbon to keep it out of her eyes."
OR
🐴 written by more than one author (not to incl short story collections/anthologies)
✔Flag Racing
🐴 with a flag on the cover OR
🐴 with a mpg of YA or YOUNG ADULT- The Black Joke by Farley Mowat-218p.-8/13/19
✔Miss Rodeo America
🐴 set in Nevada OR
🐴 published in December- A Chagos Story by Vinod T. Fullee-8/23/19-168p.- PUB. DECEMBER 2014
Pole bending
🐴 with a 6 in the page count OR
✔ where the book title begins with a letter found in POLE- Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley 9/14/19
Rodeo clown
✔ tagged HUMOR on the first page of tags - Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 8/27/19-453p.
OR
🐴 with a character who wears a disguise
✔Steer wrestling | Chute dogging
🐴 with a dog on the cover OR
🐴 between 400 - 500 pages in length- The Roots of Heaven- by Romain Gary 4/6/19 420p.
*****COMPLETED 12/4/19*****Challenge #295-Game Night
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Pie Eating Contest
✔1) Sign up for the contest
Read a book where the author's first name begins with the first letter in your name (real name, not user name)- Women Of Messina by Elio Vittorini 9/22/19-Ed is my real name
✔2) Take a seat
Read a book with a chair on the cover- Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley 9/14/19
✔3) No hands allowed
Read a book with a hand on the cover- Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography b [booky [author:Neil Patrick Harris|620872] 10/18/19-
✔4) Beat the timer
Read a book with the word TIME in the text-p.47- Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton 9/23/19- “‘Time to leave,’ said James.”
✔5) Apple Pie
Read a book with a red cover- Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood 12/4/19-
12/4/19✔6) Lemon Meringue Pie
Read a book with a yellow cover- A House at the Edge of Tears by Vénus Khoury-Ghata 9/19/19
✔7) Pumpkin Pie
Read a book with an orange cover- There There by Tommy Orange 10/10/19-
✔8) Key Lime Pie
Read a book with a green cover- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy 9/2/19 -122p.
✔9) Coconut Cream Pie
Read a book with a white cover-
- The Bellarosa Connection by Saul Bellow 8/1/19✔10) Blackberry Pie
Read a book with a black cover- Saturday by Ian McEwan 9/11/19 -
✔11) Can't eat another bite!
Read a book with the letters P I E in the title- The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter -8/11/19- 187p.
✔12) Win first prize
Read a book that is #1 in series-Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 8/27/19-453p.
See Challenge #296 0n page 13- National Dishes
*****COMPLETED*****TimelyChallenge #297-Game Night
see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bulldozer Game
Aug 1 - 31
Step One: Collect the coins you'll be using for the bulldozer game
Read a maximum of 5 (five) books for this challenge. Collect one coin for each task your book works for:
#1 in series
2 people pictured on cover
the number 3 found in publication date
the number 4 found in the Goodreads rating
the number 5 found in the book identifier number (ISBN, ASIN, etc)
the number 6 found in the number of ratings on Goodreads
the number 7 found in the number of reviews on Goodreads
the number 8 found in the number of users for any MPG
the number 9 found in the number of Goodreads users following the author
a round object (representative of a 0) on the cover
Step Two: Use the coins to play and try to win prizes:
Lanyard
Keychain
Small prize
Medium prize
Large prize
Bulldozer Game
Aug 1 - 31
Step One: Collect the coins you'll be using for the bulldozer game
Read a maximum of 5 (five) books for this challenge. Collect one coin for each task your book works for:
#1 in series
2 people pictured on cover
the number 3 found in publication date
the number 4 found in the Goodreads rating
the number 5 found in the book identifier number (ISBN, ASIN, etc)
the number 6 found in the number of ratings on Goodreads
the number 7 found in the number of reviews on Goodreads
the number 8 found in the number of users for any MPG
the number 9 found in the number of Goodreads users following the author
a round object (representative of a 0) on the cover
Step Two: Use the coins to play and try to win prizes:
Lanyard
Keychain
Small prize
Medium prize
Large prize
1.Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 8/8/19-176p.- 4 COINS:
-Goodreads rating- 4.08
-ISBN 0805072454
-236,813 ratings
-1883 users for Fiction MPG
2. The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter -8/11/19- 187p.- 4 Coins
2 people pictured on cover
the number 5 found in the book identifier number (ISBN, ASIN, etc)-(ISBN13: 9780860683414)
the number 8 found in the number of users for any MPG - Feminism 48
a round object (representative of a 0) on the cover
3. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells-192p.-8/13/19- 4 coins
the number 5 found in the book identifier number (ISBN, ASIN, etc)-ISBN 0375759239
the number 7 found in the number of reviews on Goodreads-6,557 ratings
the number 9 found in the number of Goodreads users following the author-6901 followers
a round object (representative of a 0) on the cover
4.Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 8/27/19-453p.- 4 COINS
#1 in series
the number 5 found in the book identifier number (ISBN, ASIN, etc)-SBN 0684833395
the number 6 found in the number of ratings on Goodreads- 670,165 ratings
the number 8 found in the number of users for any MPG -Fiction- 8,899
5.Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare-283p.- 8/30/19- 4 COINS
the number 4 found in the Goodreads rating - 3.74
the number 6 found in the number of ratings on Goodreads1,886,477 ratings
the number 7 found in the number of reviews on Goodreads-17,531
the number 8 found in the number of users for any MPG -Romance- 4,801
I collected 20 coins:
1. Dropped 2 coins...total=21
2. Dropped Medium Prize & 2 coins= 22
3. Dropped small prize token=21
4. Dropped small prize token & 1 coin= 21
5.Dropped Medium Prize & 2 coins= 22
6.Dropped Medium Prize=21
7. Dropped 2 tokens= 22
8. Dropped 1 token= 22
9. Dropped 1 coin=22
10. Keychain prize= 21
11. Nothing dropped=20
12. Dropped 2 coins=21
13. Dropped small prize token=20
14. Dropped small prize token=19
15. Dropped 2 coins=18
16. Dropped Lanyard Prize= 17
17. Dropped 1 coin= 17
18. Keychain prize=16
19.Dropped Lanyard Prize=15
20. Nothing dropped=14
21. Nothing dropped=13
22.Dropped 2 coins=14
23.Dropped Medium Prize=13
24.Dropped 1 coin=13
25.Nothing dropped=12
26. Dropped Large Prize token = 11
27.Dropped small prize token & 1 coin=11
28.Dropped 2 coins=12
29.Nothing dropped=11
30.Nothing dropped=10
31.Nothing dropped=9
32.Dropped 2 coins=10
33.Dropped Large Prize token =9
34.Keychain prize=8
35.Dropped 2 coins=9
36.Nothing dropped=8
37.Dropped small prize token=7
38.Dropped 1 coin=7
39.Dropped 1 coin=7
40.Nothing dropped=6
41.Dropped 1 coin=6
42.Keychain prize=5
43.Dropped 2 coins=4
44.Nothing dropped=3
45.Dropped 1 coin=3
46.Nothing dropped=2
47.Nothing dropped=1
48.Dropped Large Prize token=0
Summary- Won :
3 Large Prizes
4 Medium Prizes
4 Keychains
2 Small Prizes
2 Lanyards
*****COMPLETED 10/10/19*****Challenge #298-CCC
August 2019 Scavenger Challenge | Lefties
Duration: August 1 - 31, 2019
see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
August 2019 Scavenger Challenge | Lefties
Duration: August 1 - 31, 2019
Let's hear it for the Southpaws!! Read on to learn some interesting facts, theories, and trivia for this minority.
150p. min
7/7 Complete
√1. International Left-Handers Day is held annually every August 13th. It was founded by the Left-Handers Club in 1992, with the club itself having been founded in 1990.
🖐 Read a book that was originally published in the 1990’s; tell us when - Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton 9/23/19-pub. 1994
OR read a book that is 13th in a series; tell us the series name OR read a book whose author’s middle initial may be found in CLUB (the middle initial must be listed in GoodReads).
√2. Left-handedness is far less common than right-handedness. Studies suggest that 10-15% of the world population is left-handed. Handedness does not appear to be a directly inherited trait such as eye or hair color but is associated with certain DNA sequences.
🤚 Read a book with “LEFT” or “RIGHT” in its title (does not have to stand alone) OR read a book between #10 - #15 on your TBR, sorted anyway you choose OR read a book in which a character inherits an obvious trait or illness from one of their ancestors (the book should make a point of stating “x” was inherited from "y"). In There There by Tommy Orange 10/10/19- one of the MCs inherits facial deformities caused by his Mother's alcoholism.
√3. There have been eight presidents who have been lefties, including James A. Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Harry S Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama.
🖐 Read a book with an “8” in its total page count; tell us how many pages - The Black Joke by Farley Mowat-218p.-8/13/19
OR read a biography about any US President OR read a book by an author who has the same initials as any of the eight left-handed presidents (you may ignore middle initials, but first / last initials must be an exact match).
√4. Ancient Romans are to thank for the placement of wedding bands on the left hand. They believed that a "lover's vein" connected the fourth finger on the left hand to the heart.
🤚 Read a book in which a wedding occurs OR read a book marked romance OR read a book that takes place during the Roman Empire.-
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare-283p.- 8/30/19
√5. The term "southpaw" can be traced back to the 1880s when Chicago Daily Newssports reporter Finley Peter Dunne used the term while covering the then-named Chicago White Stockings games. Dunne was known for giving colorful play-by-play and when a left-handed pitcher came on the field, he described him as a "southpaw." Since the ballpark faced east and west, home plate was west and a left-hander would pitch from the south with his "paw."
🖐 Read a book featuring a reporter of any kind- Abe Fields in The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary 9/6/19
OR read a book in which characters attend a baseball game OR read a book that takes place in Chicago.
√6. The concept that lefties are more creative has been debunked. But newer studies show some advantages for left-handers. One of which is that left-handers perform tasks that involve the use of their hands better than right-handed people. Lefties also learn to be more ambidextrous than righties, often because they have to in order to function in a predominantly right-handed world.
🤚 Read a book in which the main character's hands are absolutely essential to make a living (i.e. a pianist, a potter) OR read a book in which the first letter of each title word may be found in AMBIDEXTROUS (a, an, the DO count; 3 word minimum) OR read a book in which a character is specifically described as being left-handed; tell us who.- MC, Henry Perowne is a neurosurgeon in Saturday by Ian McEwan 9/11/19
√7. Studies found that left-handed people have a lower prevalence of arthritis and ulcers. Researchers believe it’s related to the underlying DNA that creates left-handedness. Another bonus for lefties in the medical arena is that they would recover faster if they were to suffer from a stroke or other brain-related injury. The cognitive functions are spread out in the brains of lefties, which means that in theory, when they have a stroke (which is typically concentrated to a small area of the brain), less of their cognitive functioning will be affected.
🖐 Read a book in which a character is suffering from any type of medical ailment; tell us what it is OR read a book featuring a medical professional OR read a book that requires quite a bit of cognitive functioning (i.e. heavy subject matter, difficult text).- heavy subject matter with rapes and a forced sex change operation in The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter -8/11/19- 187p.
*****COMPLETED 9/11/19*****UNTIMELYChallenge #299-CCC
August 2019 Spell Challenge- Southpaws
Duration: August 1 - 31, 2019
150p. MIN!
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
August 2019 Spell Challenge- Southpaws
Duration: August 1 - 31, 2019
150p. MIN!
To complement Suzanne's scavenger challenge, we have some words having to do with southpaws. Pick a word or words from below and spell them out using first letter of titles (excluding A, An and The) or author's first and last initials.
R-453p.Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare-283p.- 8/30/19
I-Saturday by Ian McEwan 9/11/19
G-The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary 9/6/19
H-Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 8/27/19-
T-They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 9/7/19-373p
Ambidextrous-AMBITRS
August-AGST
Brain-BRAI
Bush-BSH
Clinton-CIT
Cognitive-CGTIV
Dunne
Eight-IGHT
Ford-FR
Garfield-GARFI
Handedness-HASS
Hoover-HVR
Inherit-IHRT
Lefty-FT
Obama-BAMA
Pitcher-PITCHR
Reagan-RAGA
Research-RSARCH
Right-RIGHT
Southpaw-STHPA
Stroke-STR
Truman-TRMA
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 8/8/19-176p.
The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter -8/11/19- 187p.
The Black Joke by Farley Mowat-218p.-8/13/19
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells-192p.-8/13/19
A Chagos Story by Vinod T. Fullee-8/23/19-168p.
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 8/27/19-453p.Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare-283p.- 8/30/19
The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary 9/6/19
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 9/7/19-373p.
Cruel Shoes by Steve Martin 9/8/19-
Saturday by Ian McEwan 9/11/19
*****COMPLETED 9/7/19*****UNTIMELYChallenge #300-Wanderlust
Chile's Capital: Santiago
August 1, 2019 - August 31, 2019
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Chile's Capital: Santiago
August 1, 2019 - August 31, 2019
6/6
Tasks
*****1. Plaza de Armas
The best place to begin your exploration of Santiago is the Plaza de Armas. Like most major cities in South America, the “Square of Weapons” was designed to be the city center and main plaza. Fortunately, the gallows have been replaced with fountains and palm trees and is now a popular place to relax and socialize during the day. Walking around the plaza you might see people in a heated game of chess, busting a move with some group dancing, or enjoying an impromptu street show. People watching here is definitely one of the most entertaining things to do in Santiago!
✱ Read a book with a palm tree or a group of people on the cover OR
✱ Read a book that is in "the center" or middle of a series (tell us the series #) OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in PLAZA DE ARMAS. - Cruel Shoes by Steve Martin 9/8/19
*****2. Metropolitan Cathedral
Escape the hustle and bustle of the plaza by slipping into the beautiful Metropolitan Cathedral found on the northwest corner of the plaza. This historical treasure is the main house of worship and Archdiocese for Chile’s Catholic Church. Its history began in the mid-1500's and has been greatly impacted by the country's history of earthquakes, destroying it in 1647 and again ten years later. Another earthquake in 1730 prompted them to start a total reconstruction project that took decades. The neoclassical cathedral was completed in 1800 and is quite impressive with its ornate frescos on the ceiling and its beautiful gilded columns.
✱ Read a book with a house of worship or religious symbol on the cover OR
✱ Read a book with a plot that spans decades OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL. - The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter -8/11/19- 187p.
*****3. Cerra Santa Lucia
This historical hill is the perfect place to see the city’s breathtaking backdrop of the snow-capped Andes. The remnant of a 15 million year old volcano, it was used as a lookout point when the conquistadors were conquering Chile and in 1820, Fort Hidalgo was built as a defensive point. Today it houses a beautiful park that commemorates its significance in the city’s history. The park is essentially vertical and you’ll wind your way up to the top by following the many staircases and web of trails. On each level there is a place to pause, relax, enjoy the beautiful architecture, fountains, statues and of course, the incredible view.
✱ Read a book with staircase or fountain on the cover OR
✱ Read a book with a MC whose first name starts with a letter in HIDALGO OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in CERRA SANTA LUCIA. - They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 9/7/19
*****4. Bario Bellavista
Bellavista is Santiago’s bohemian quarter and a fun place to hang out day or night. Stroll around the area taking in the street art, perusing the markets, and stopping to relax in one of the many cafes. Or take the Bellavista Funicular to the top of San Cristobal Hill to see the statue of La Virgen and the memorial for Pope John Paul II. Once night falls, Bellavista really comes to life as locals and tourists flock to the countless restaurants, bars, and clubs to bask in the local flavors and music.
✱ Read a book with a colorful color OR
✱ Read a book where the characters go out for a "night on the town" OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in BARIO BELLAVISTA. - The Bellarosa Connection by Saul Bellow 8/1/19
*****5. La Moneda Palace
This ornate neoclassical building was designed by Italian architect Joaquín Toesca in
the late 18th century and is deemed by many as the most harmonious civilian building
of the Colonial America. Built to originally house the official mint it is now Chile's presidential offices and seat of its government. The changing of the guard ceremony which happens every other day is quite impressive. And UNDER the palace is one of Santiago's newer cultural spaces: Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda. A glass roof floods the vault-like central atrium with natural light and ramps wind down to a state run "art-house" movie theater and two large exhibition spaces that have rotating art and cultural exhibits throughout the year.
✱ Read a book that takes place in the 18th century OR
✱ Read a book with a plot that involves the government in some way- the governments of Britain and Mauritius connive to forcibly relocate the residents of the Chagos Islands in A Chagos Story by Vinod T. Fullee-8/23/19-168p.
OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in LA MONEDA PALACE.
*****6. Museum Hopping
Santiago abounds with wonderful museums including its three “National” museums. The National History Museum exhibits everyday life objects from Chilean culture. The Museum of Natural History features whale skeletons, fossils and artifacts from ancient civilizations and the National Fine Arts Museum is the perfect place to see Chilean and South American art. Another must-see is the moving Museum of Memory and Human Rights that commemorates the victims of human rights violations and marked the bicentennial of Chile’s independence. Two other fun options are The Museo de la Moda, a slick fashion museum with a vast collection of Western clothing and the Museo Interactivo Mirador which is a great hands-on experience perfect for the kid in you.
✱ Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in MUSEUM OR
✱ Read a book that mentions a museum (share text) OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in MUSEUM HOPPING.-They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy 9/2/19 -122p.
*****COMPLETED 9/14/19*****UNTIMELYChallenge #301- Wanderlust
see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Santiago Spell Out
August 1, 2019 - August 31, 2019
C-Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 8/27/19-453p
E- Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley 9/14/19
R-Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare-283p.- 8/30/19
R-The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary 9/6/19
A-A Chagos Story by Vinod T. Fullee-8/23/19-168p
Words to Choose From:
Chile-CHIE
Santiago-SATIG
Plaza -PA
de Armas- E ARMS
Metropolitan -METRPIA
Cathedral-CTHEDRA
Cerra -CERRA
Santa Lucia -SAT CI
Bario -BARI
Bellavista-BEAVIST
La Moneda-A MED
Palace-PACE
Museum-MSEM
Hopping-HPIG
The Bellarosa Connection by Saul Bellow 8/1/19
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 8/8/19-176p.
The Black Joke by Farley Mowat-218p.-8/13/19
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells-192p.-8/13/19
A Chagos Story by Vinod T. Fullee-8/23/19-168p.
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 8/27/19-453p.
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare-283p.- 8/30/19
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy 9/2/19 -122p.
The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 9/4/19-144p.
The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary 9/6/19
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 9/7/19-373p.
Cruel Shoes by Steve Martin 9/8/19
Saturday by Ian McEwan 9/11/19
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley 9/14/19
The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket 9/15/19
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Challenge #276-ACATT
2019 Characters, A to Z
Date: 07/01/19 - 06/30/20
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2019 Characters, A to Z
Date: 07/01/19 - 06/30/20
26/26
A-Agatha Raisin- The Vicious Vet by M.C. Beaton 7/15/19
B-Bert Munroe in The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck 7/17/19
C-Chiltern, Robert - An Ideal Husband; A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde 7/12/19-256p.
D-Senhor da Silva Araujo in The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida 7/10/19
E-Elliot Lord- Home Is Where You Live: A diary of teaching English abroad for the first time by Elliot Lord 7/25/19
F-Abe Fields in The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary 9/6/19
G-Gina Morgan in The Fires by Alan Cheuse 7/18/19
H-Harry Fonstein- in The Bellarosa Connection by Saul Bellow 8/1/19
I-Laura Ingalls in Little House in the Big Woods by Little House in the Big Woods 7/16/19
J-Jonathan Spence in The Black Joke by Farley Mowat-218p.-8/13/19
K-Klaus Baudelaire in The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket 9/15/19
L- Mrs. Layton in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy 9/2/19 -122p.
M-Mark in A Chagos Story by Vinod T. Fullee-8/23/19-168p.
N-Mour Ndiaye in The Beggars' Strike by Aminata Sow Fall 7/19/19
O-Olivia Puccini - I Am There: Armenia by Olivia Puccini 7/23/19
P-Potts, Caracatus - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming 7/15/19
Q- Qamar in Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi 8/16/20
R-Roth, Phillip is a character in his own book...actually two characters are named Phillip Roth- Operation Shylock: A Confession by Philip Roth 7/4/19
S-Bev Spicer in Stranded in the Seychelles by Bev Spicer 7/31/19-188p.
T-Tristessa in The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter -8/11/19- 187p.
U- Ussiri Thanya (Fatima) in Bangkok 8 by John Burdett -7/23/20
V-Victoria Twead in Two Old Fools on a Camel: From Spain to Bahrain and Back Again by Victoria Twead-8/4/19
W-Wendy in Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 8/8/19-176p.
X-BaXter in Saturday by Ian McEwan 9/11/19
Y-Yossarian- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 8/27/19-453p.
Z-Mateo TorreZ in They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 9/7/19