2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Let's Turn Pages 2019

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Genre Bingo-2019

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24/24

BINGO 1:5/5
B1 Classics Germinal
I1 Crime Along Came a Spider
N1 Chick-Lit The Joy Luck Club
G1 Coming of Age Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
O1 Dystopian Ready Player One

BINGO 2: 5/5
B2 Trilogy The Hunger Games/Catching Fire/Mockingjay
I2 Romance Gone with the Wind
N2 Humor/Comedy Much Ado About Nothing
G2 Biography Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
O2 Satire Arrowsmith

BINGO 3: 4/4
B3 General Nonfiction Fear: Trump in the White House
I3 Poetry The Giving Tree
N3 Free
G3 Historical Nonfiction The Longest Day
O3 Fantasy Speaker for the Dead

BINGO 4: 5/5
B4 Historical Fiction Gilead
I4 Suspense Gone Girl
N4 Adventure Where the Red Fern Grows
G4 Horror Welcome to Dead House
O4 Science Fiction Jurassic Park

BINGO 5: 5/5
B5 Mystery/Thriller And Then There Were None
I5 Literary Fiction Angle of Repose
N5 Magical Realism Midnight's Children
G5 Short Stories/Novella Breakfast at Tiffany's
O5 Memoir Papillon

Never Hit the Stage

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I will sign up for 8.

11/11

Paradise Lost 11/24/19
Angle of Repose 3/5/19
Guard of Honor 3/22/19
The Way of All Flesh 5/26/19
Gilead 2/1/19
Heaven's My Destination5/29/19
The Shepherd's Life: Modern Dispatches from an Ancient Landscape 6/6/19
Secrets 6/8/19
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis6/14/19
Speaker for the Dead 9/4/19
Fear: Trump in the White House6/24/19

Listopia - 2019

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I will sign up for 25 Books.

PBS’s The Great American Read: List of America’s Top 100 Books
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The Hunger Games 1/4/19 ****
Jurassic Park 7/30/19 ***
Where the Red Fern Grows 5/17/19 *****
The Joy Luck Club 3/10/19 ****
And Then There Were None 5/13/19 ****
Ready Player One 1/25/19 ****
Gone Girl 8/7/19 ****
Foundation 4/5/19 ***
Tales of the City 11/30/19****

BBC Top 200 Books
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Papillon 8/28/19 ****
Midnight's Children 7/21/19 ***
Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War 7/6/19 *****
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 3/29/19 ****
Welcome to Dead House 3/23/19 ***
Sophie's World 8/17/19 ****
Secrets 6/8/19 ****
Dustbin Baby 6/26/19 ****
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban10/5/19 ****

Pulitzer Prize Winners-Fiction
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Arrowsmith 2/13/19 ***
Guard of Honor 3/22/19 ****
Angle of Repose 3/5/19 *****
Gone with the Wind 5/5/19 *****
Gilead 2/1/19 ****

Must Read Classics
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Paradise Lost 11/24/19 *****
Germinal 12/10/19 ****
Much Ado About Nothing 2/2/19 *****
Breakfast at Tiffany's 3/25/19 ***
The Giving Tree 3/29/19 ***
The Way of All Flesh 5/26/19 ***
Around the World in Eighty Days 6/18/19 ***

Catching up Classics 2019 Old and New Classic Challenge

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Old School 1899 or earlier
1. Paradise Lost 11/24/19 *****
2. Germinal 12/10/19 ****
3. The Way of All Flesh 5/26/19 ***

New School 1900-1999
1. The Joy Luck Club 3/10/19 ****
2. Gone with the Wind 5/5/19 *****
3. Midnight's Children 7/21/19 ***

My Wild Card Six
1. Jurassic Park 7/30/19 ***
2. Where the Red Fern Grows 5/17/19 *****
3. Papillon 8/28/19 ****
4. Breakfast at Tiffany's 3/25/19 ***
5. Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War 7/6/19 *****
6. And Then There Were None 5/13/19 ****

My Yearly Shakespeare Quota
1. Much Ado About Nothing 2/2/19 *****
2. As You Like It 4/7/19 ****

Catching Up Classics 2019 Bingo Challenge

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B1: 18th Century or Earlier Classic - Paradise Lost
B2: Book Chosen by the Cover - Angle of Repose
B3: European Classic - Sophie's World
B4: Telegraph’s 100 Novels List - Germinal
B5: 20th Century Classic - Jurassic Park

I1: Book from the Group’s Bookshelf Prior to 2019 - Around the World in Eighty Days
I2: New-to-You Author - Where the Red Fern Grows
I3: Classic Play - Much Ado About Nothing
I4: Literary Prize of Your Country - The Joy Luck Club
I5: Classic on Your Bookshelf For over a Year - Guard of Honor

N1: South American Classic - Papillon
N2: Short Story Collection - Breakfast at Tiffany's
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Poetry or Essay Collection - The Giving Tree
N5: Asian Classic - Midnight's Children

G1: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize - Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War
G2: Classic By a Female Author - And Then There Were None
G3: Classic Non-fiction - The Longest Day
G4: Written by Nobel Laureate - Arrowsmith
G5: Book from the Group's 2019 Bookshelf - Foundation

O1: 19th Century Classic - The Way of All Flesh
O2: Classic Sci-fi or Fantasy - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
O3: Classic Comedy or Satire - As You Like It
O4: Classic Romance - Gone with the Wind
O5: 21st Century Potential Classic - Gilead

Quarter 1-2019 Looking Back at the Best

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Angle of Repose
Guard of Honor
Arrowsmith
Gone With the Wind
Gilead

DNF

January 2019 Book to the Future

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Ready Player One 1/25/19
Speaker For the Dead
The Hunger Games 1/4/19
Catching Fire 1/10/19
Mockingjay 1/15/19

DNF

Kind of a Big Deal 2019
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10/10 Books Completed

I will read 5 long books this year.
I will read 5 short books this year.
Total number of books: 10

Long Books
Angle of Repose
Guard of Honor
Gone with the Wind
Midnight's Children
Sophie's World

Short Books
Much Ado About Nothing
Welcome to Dead House
Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Giving Tree
As You Like It

Love of Reading Hollywood Challenge

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Duration: 01/01/19 – 12/31/19
Progress: 30/10

1. The Hunger Games
2. Catching Fire
3. Mockingjay
4. Ready Player One
5. Much Ado About Nothing
6. Arrowsmith
7. The Joy Luck Club
8. Breakfast at Tiffany's
9. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
10. As You Like It
11. Gone with the Wind
12. Along Came a Spider
13. And Then There Were None
14. Where the Red Fern Grows
15. The Longest Day
16, Around the World in Eighty Days
17. Dustbin Baby
18. Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War
19. Midnight's Children
20. Jurassic Park
21. Gone Girl
22. Sophie's World
23. Papillon
24. Lincoln
25. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
26. The Accidental Tourist
27. Caddie Woodlawn
28. David Copperfield
29. Tales of the City
30. Germinal

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Monopoly Challenge
Duration: 01/01/2019–12/31/2019
Level: Hard
Progress: 28/28
Categories:10/10
Get Out of Jail Free Cards Remaining: 2

1. BROWN
2/2
•Mediterranean: Much Ado About Nothing 2/2/19
•Baltic: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 3/29/19

2. LIGHT BLUE
3/3
•Oriental: The Joy Luck Club 3/10/19
•Vermont: Guard of Honor 3/22/19
•Connecticut: Caddie Woodlawn 10/16/19

3. VIOLET
3/3
•St. Charles Place:The Way of All Flesh 5/26/19
•States: Gilead 2/1/19
•Virginia:Mockingjay 1/15/19

4. ORANGE
3/3
•St. James Place:Heaven's My Destination 5/29/19
•Tennessee: Arrowsmith 2/13/19
•New York:Breakfast at Tiffany's 3/25/19

5. RED
3/3
•Kentucky: Angle of Repose 3/5/19
•Indiana: Where the Red Fern Grows5/17/19
•Illinois: Lincoln9/28/19

6. YELLOW
3/3
•Atlantic: And Then There Were None 5/13/19
•Ventnor: The Longest Day 6/3/19
•Marvin Gardens:The Giving Tree 3/29/19

7. GREEN
3/3
•Pacific: Tales of the City 11/30/19
•North Carolina: Gone with the Wind 5/5/19
•Pennsylvania: Catching Fire 1/10/19

8. DARK BLUE
2/2
•Boardwalk:Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War 7/6/19
•Park Place:Fear: Trump in the White House 6/24/19

9. UTILITIES
2/2
•Waterworks: Welcome to Dead House 3/23/19
•Electric Company: Ready Player One 1/25/19

10. RAILROADS
4/4
•Reading:Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis 6/14/19
•Short Line: As You Like It 4/7/19
•B&O: Along Came a Spider 5/10/19
•Pennsylvania: The Hunger Games 1/4/19