2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Please put me down for five :)

1. Read a classic play.
2. Read a play that has been written in your lifetime.
3. Read a book that has been adapted into a stage play.
4. Read a book that has been adapted into a musical, ballet, or opera.
5. Read a book that has been inspired by a theatrical production.
6. "Upstage" refers to the back of a theatrical stage but it can also be used as a verb (as in "upstaging the bride"). Read a book where one character upstages another.
7. "Backstage" refers the area of theater which the audience doesn't see. Read a book that features some "backstage" action.
8. The "house" is where the audience sits to view a show. Read a book with the word "House" in the title.
9. Choose a book that includes scenes in any type of theater (dramatic, cinematic, operating, etc.)
10. Choose a book whose protagonist is a performer of any kind.
11. Read a book with a melodramatic plot.
12. Read a tragedy or a story featuring a tragic event.
13. Read a comedy or a story featuring a comedic event.
14. Ritual is one of the earliest forms of performance. Read a book inspired by ritual or the features ritual as an important element of the story.
15. Read a book about a playwright, stagehand, costume designer, or another "behind-the-scenes" theater person.
16. Choose a book about a magician, circus performer, or spoken word artist.
17. Read a book featuring a con artist or a person who acts deceptively as someone they are not.
18. Read a book about a person playing a part or who "fakes it 'til they make it."
19. Read a book about a person removing their literal or figurative masks and revealing or accepting their true identity.
20. Read a book that isn't a musical but should be!

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Hola!
Sign me up for 20, please.

PROGRESS: 20/20
✔1. Read a classic play Casa de muñecas
✔2. Read a play that has been written in your lifetime. Master Harold...and the boys (first published 1982)
✔3. Read a book that has been adapted into a stage play. Lolita
✔4. Read a book that has been adapted into a musical, ballet, or opera. El Fantasma de la Ópera
✔5. Read a book that has been inspired by a theatrical production. Black Coffee
✔6. "Upstage" refers to the back of a theatrical stage but it can also be used as a verb (as in "upstaging the bride"). Read a book where one character upstages another. El mensaje que llegó en una botella (Assad steals the show even without intending to do it.)
✔7. "Backstage" refers the area of theater which the audience doesn't see. Read a book that features some "backstage" action. The Shakespeare Stealer
✔8. The "house" is where the audience sits to view a show. Read a book with the word "House" in the title. The Tea House on Mulberry Street
✔9. Choose a book that includes scenes in any type of theater (dramatic, cinematic, operating, etc.) La tía Julia y el escribidor Radio Drama
✔10. Choose a book whose protagonist is a performer of any kind. The Magician of Lublin
✔11. Read a book with a melodramatic plot. Aroma de café amargo
✔12. Read a tragedy or a story featuring a tragic event. Hamlet
✔13. Read a comedy or a story featuring a comedic event. Lady Of Quality
✔14. Ritual is one of the earliest forms of performance. Read a book inspired by ritual or the features ritual as an important element of the story. La vuelta al Mundo en 80 Dias (During his time in India, Phileas Fogg and his servant Jean Passepartout run into a procession of Brahmins whose goal is to perform the sutty ritual, a voluntary human sacrifice, in which the sacrificed woman is drunk with hemp and opium juice.)
✔15. Read a book about a playwright, stagehand, costume designer, or another "behind-the-scenes" theater person. To Be Young, Gifted, and Black: An Informal Autobiography
✔16. Choose a book about a magician, circus performer, or spoken word artist. The Night Circus
✔17. Read a book featuring a con artist or a person who acts deceptively as someone they are not. Heist Society
✔18. Read a book about a person playing a part or who "fakes it 'til they make it." Wife by Wednesday
✔19. Read a book about a person removing their literal or figurative masks and revealing or accepting their true identity. Confessions of a Mask
✔20. Read a book that isn't a musical but should be! Pippi Calzaslargas

5/3

1. Read a classic play.
2. Read a play that has been written in your lifetime.
3. Read a book that has been adapted into a stage play.
4. Read a book that has been adapted into a musical, ballet, or opera.
5. Read a book that has been inspired by a theatrical production.
6. "Upstage" refers to the back of a theatrical stage but it can also be used as a verb (as in "upstaging the bride"). Read a book where one character upstages another.
7. "Backstage" refers the area of theater which the audience doesn't see. Read a book that features some "backstage" action. MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors
8. The "house" is where the audience sits to view a show. Read a book with the word "House" in the title.
9. Choose a book that includes scenes in any type of theater (dramatic, cinematic, operating, etc.)
10. Choose a book whose protagonist is a performer of any kind.
11. Read a book with a melodramatic plot.
12. Read a tragedy or a story featuring a tragic event. Jaws
13. Read a comedy or a story featuring a comedic event.
14. Ritual is one of the earliest forms of performance. Read a book inspired by ritual or the features ritual as an important element of the story.
15. Read a book about a playwright, stagehand, costume designer, or another "behind-the-scenes" theater person.
16. Choose a book about a magician, circus performer, or spoken word artist.
17. Read a book featuring a con artist or a person who acts deceptively as someone they are not. Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Temple
18. Read a book about a person playing a part or who "fakes it 'til they make it." An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew
19. Read a book about a person removing their literal or figurative masks and revealing or accepting their true identity.The Wife Between Us
20. Read a book that isn't a musical but should be!

Put me down for 20 books-I can no longer do this challenge

0/20

1. Read a classic play.
2. Read a play that has been written in your lifetime.
3. Read a book that has been adapted into a stage play.
4. Read a book that has been adapted into a musical, ballet, or opera.
5. Read a book that has been inspired by a theatrical production.
6. "Upstage" refers to the back of a theatrical stage but it can also be used as a verb (as in "upstaging the bride"). Read a book where one character upstages another.
7. "Backstage" refers the area of theater which the audience doesn't see. Read a book that features some "backstage" action.
8. The "house" is where the audience sits to view a show. Read a book with the word "House" in the title.
9. Choose a book that includes scenes in any type of theater (dramatic, cinematic, operating, etc.)
10. Choose a book whose protagonist is a performer of any kind.
11. Read a book with a melodramatic plot.
12. Read a tragedy or a story featuring a tragic event.
13. Read a comedy or a story featuring a comedic event.
14. Ritual is one of the earliest forms of performance. Read a book inspired by ritual or the features ritual as an important element of the story.
15. Read a book about a playwright, stagehand, costume designer, or another "behind-the-scenes" theater person.
16. Choose a book about a magician, circus performer, or spoken word artist.
17. Read a book featuring a con artist or a person who acts deceptively as someone they are not.
18. Read a book about a person playing a part or who "fakes it 'til they make it."
19. Read a book about a person removing their literal or figurative masks and revealing or accepting their true identity.
20. Read a book that isn't a musical but should be!

The 6 I will be reading:

Playwright

House

Play In My Lifetime

Book adapted into a musical

Book adapted into a stage play

Book that isn't a musical but should be

Please sign me up for 9 20 books, Diane! Thank you. :D


Progress: 20/20

✔️1. Read a classic play. The Merchant of Venice
✔️2. A play written in your lifetime. Chinglish (David Henry Hwang)
✔️3. Adapted into a stage play. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
✔️4. Adapted into a musical. The Briefcase (Kawakami Hiromi)
✔️5. Inspired by a theatrical production: M. Butterfly (David Henry Hwang)
✔️6. "Upstage": Elantris (Dilaf repeatedly steals his superior Hrathren's spotlight)
✔️7. "Backstage": The Quiet American (Alden Pyle works covertly in 1950s Vietnam)
✔️8. The word "House" in the title. The Round House (Louise Erdrich)
✔️9. Includes scenes in a(n operating) theater: Before She Sleeps (Bina Shah)
✔️10. Protagonist is a performer. Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina (Misty Copeland)
✔️11. Read a book with a melodramatic plot. Soy Sauce for Beginners
✔️12. Read a tragedy or a story featuring a tragic event. An Unkindness of Ghosts
✔️13. Read a comedy or a story featuring a comedic event: Let's Talk About Love (Claire Kann)
✔️14. A book inspired by ritual or that features ritual as an important element of the story. A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines
✔️15. Read a book about a playwright, stagehand, costume designer, or another "behind-the-scenes" theater person. Hag-Seed
✔️16. A book about a magician, circus performer, or spoken word artist. The Well of Ascension
✔️17. A book a person who acts deceptively. A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder (Shamani Flint)
✔️18. Read a book about a person playing a part. Atlantic Hotel (João Gilberto Noll)
✔️19. Read a book about a person removing their literal or figurative masks and revealing or accepting their true identity. Mistborn: The Final Empire (Brandon Sanderson)
✔️20. Read a book that isn't a musical but should be! Xala (Ousmane Sembène)

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I can definitely read one book for this challenge but will see how many more I can fit in during this quarter.

COMPLETED: 7/?
✅ Read a book featuring a person who acts deceptively as someone they are not. The Loneliest Girl in the Universe finished 10 April, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
✅ Read a classic play: King Lear finished 12 April, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ Read a book about a person removing their literal or figurative masks and revealing or accepting their true identity: A Court of Thorns and Roses finished 19 April, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
✅ Read a book about a person playing a part: The Fandom finished 30 April, ⭐⭐⭐ with review
✅ Read a story featuring a tragic event: The Fault in Our Stars finished 8 May, ⭐⭐⭐ with review
✅ Choose a book about a magician/circus performer: The Night Circus finished 27 May, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
✅ Read a book that has been adapted into a musical: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West finished 3 June, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review

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2. Read a play that has been written in your lifetime.
3. Read a book that has been adapted into a stage play.
4.
5. Read a book that has been inspired by a theatrical production.
6. "Upstage" refers to the back of a theatrical stage but it can also be used as a verb (as in "upstaging the bride"). Read a book where one character upstages another.
7. "Backstage" refers the area of theater which the audience doesn't see. Read a book that features some "backstage" action.
8. The "house" is where the audience sits to view a show. Read a book with the word "House" in the title.
9. Choose a book that includes scenes in any type of theater (dramatic, cinematic, operating, etc.)
10. Choose a book whose protagonist is a performer of any kind.
11. Read a book with a melodramatic plot.
12.
13. Read a comedy or a story featuring a comedic event.
14. Ritual is one of the earliest forms of performance. Read a book inspired by ritual or the features ritual as an important element of the story.
15. Read a book about a playwright, stagehand, costume designer, or another "behind-the-scenes" theater person.
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20. Read a book that isn't a musical but should be

I will try for 4 to start with!

I will aim for 10!

10/10-- Challenge Complete!

1. Read a classic play.
2. Read a play that has been written in your lifetime.
3. Read a book that has been adapted into a stage play.
4. Read a book that has been adapted into a musical, ballet, or opera.
5. Read a book that has been inspired by a theatrical production.
6. "Upstage" refers to the back of a theatrical stage but it can also be used as a verb (as in "upstaging the bride"). Read a book where one character upstages another.
7. "Backstage" refers the area of theater which the audience doesn't see. Read a book that features some "backstage" action.
8. The "house" is where the audience sits to view a show. Read a book with the word "House" in the title.: Burnt House
9. Choose a book that includes scenes in any type of theater (dramatic, cinematic, operating, etc.): The Apprentice
10. Choose a book whose protagonist is a performer of any kind.: In Pieces
11. Read a book with a melodramatic plot.: Killer by Nature
12. Read a tragedy or a story featuring a tragic event.: The Witch Elm
13. Read a comedy or a story featuring a comedic event.
14. Ritual is one of the earliest forms of performance. Read a book inspired by ritual or the features ritual as an important element of the story.: Ceremony in Death
15. Read a book about a playwright, stagehand, costume designer, or another "behind-the-scenes" theater person.
16. Choose a book about a magician, circus performer, or spoken word artist.
17. Read a book featuring a con artist or a person who acts deceptively as someone they are not.: Operation Underpants (Olivia and Max pretending to be a Vicar an his wife; Jana pretending to be an elderly nursing home resident)
18. Read a book about a person playing a part or who "fakes it 'til they make it.": The Adventure of the Dying Detective (Holmes pretends to be a victim dying of an exotic disease)
19. Read a book about a person removing their literal or figurative masks and revealing or accepting their true identity.: Arlo Finch in the Lake of the Moon (Hadryn)
20. Read a book that isn't a musical but should be!: Stargirl

Hello everyone! Welcome to the challenge. I look forward to seeing what we all read together this quarter!

Participants

Participants: 20
Books pledged: 162
Books completed: 119 (73.4%)
Challenges completed: 12 (60%)

✅Amy (msg 10) - 10/10
✅Aubrey (msg 67) - 4/4
✅Carmen (msg 3) - 18/20
Clare (msg 32) - 1/3
✅ Crystal (msg 4) - 4/3
David (msg 16) - 3/7
✅ Diane (msg 13) - 2/3
Jess (msg 23) - 0/10
Jessica (msg 2) - 0/5
✅Kristin (msg 34) - 10/8
Lindsay (msg 14) - 0/3
Octothorpe Reader Leora K (msg 26) - 0/6
✅oshizu (msg 7) - 20/20
✅Rachel (msg 8) - 7/1
Ran (msg 12) 0/6
✅SANDYE (msg 20) - 3/3
Sarah (msg 5) - 0/5
✅ SarahKat (msg 9) - 11/4
✅ Sunny (msg 6) - 5/6
Suzanne (msg 59) - 2/20
✅ TerryJane (msg 21) - 15/15

Updated to message 132

Sign me up for 6, please! Thanks for leading this, Diane!

1. Read a classic play.
2. Read a play that has been written in your lifetime.
8. The "house" is where the audience sits to view a show. Read a book with the word "House" in the title.
✔️9. The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz
10. Choose a book whose protagonist is a performer of any kind.
✔️17. Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

I am in for 3.

Goal: 3/3

1. The Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo
2. Over the Plain Houses, Julia Franks
3. Hag-Seed, Margaret Atwood

I would like to join for 3

ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2019

1. Read a classic play.
2. Read a play that has been written in your lifetime.
3. Read a book that has been adapted into a stage play.
4. Read a book that has been adapted into a musical, ballet, or opera.
5. Read a book that has been inspired by a theatrical production.
6. "Upstage" refers to the back of a theatrical stage but it can also be used as a verb (as in "upstaging the bride"). Read a book where one character upstages another.
7. "Backstage" refers the area of theater which the audience doesn't see. Read a book that features some "backstage" action.
8. The "house" is where the audience sits to view a show. Read a book with the word "House" in the title.
9. Choose a book that includes scenes in any type of theater (dramatic, cinematic, operating, etc.)
10. Choose a book whose protagonist is a performer of any kind.
11. Read a book with a melodramatic plot.
12. Read a tragedy or a story featuring a tragic event.
Homegoing
13. Read a comedy or a story featuring a comedic event.
14. Ritual is one of the earliest forms of performance. Read a book inspired by ritual or the features ritual as an important element of the story.
600 Hours of Edward
15. Read a book about a playwright, stagehand, costume designer, or another "behind-the-scenes" theater person.
16. Choose a book about a magician, circus performer, or spoken word artist.
17. Read a book featuring a con artist or a person who acts deceptively as someone they are not.
18. Read a book about a person playing a part or who "fakes it 'til they make it."
Lessons I've Learned
19. Read a book about a person removing their literal or figurative masks and revealing or accepting their true identity.
20. Read a book that isn't a musical but should be!

Ran wrote: "Sign me up for 6, please! Thanks for leading this, Diane!

You're welcome Ran. I am looking forward to it!

I will try for 6/7.

1. Read a classic play: Macbeth
3. Read a book that has been adapted into a stage play. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
4. Read a book that has been adapted into a musical, ballet, or opera. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
7. "Backstage" refers the area of theater which the audience doesn't see. Read a book that features some "backstage" action. The Phantom of the Opera
10. Choose a book whose protagonist is a performer of any kind. A Fast Ride Out of Here: Confessions of Rock's Most Dangerous Man
13. Read a comedy or a story featuring a comedic event. The Color of Magic
20. Read a book that isn't a musical but should be! Harley Quinn: Mad Love

Updated Message #6

Added a list of what I'm going to be reading.

David wrote: "I will try for 7.

Sunny wrote: "Updated Message #6

Added a list of what I'm going to be reading."

Welcome David!

The Godfather as a musical is a brilliant idea Sunny!

Diane wrote: "Sunny wrote: "Updated Message #6

Added a list of what I'm going to be reading."

The Godfather as a musical is a brilliant idea Sunny!"

I end up watching the movie once or twice a year and enjoyed the book. And I see potential for a quirky musical in the whole set-up.

I'm in for 3 books!!

3 / 3 Books Read -- Completed 5/22/19

8. Harmony House by Ruth Hay - 5/15/19

12. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - 4/2/19 - involves murders

17. Mean Woman Blues by Julie Smith - 5/22/19 - one of the main male characters was professional con artist

Sounds fun! I'd like to join this challenge with a goal of 15 titles.

ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE - Q2 Quarterly Challenge
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2019
Progress: 15/15 -- COMPLETE 5/1/19

Our second quarter theme is Books to Stage and we have a "play-ful" challenge for you to celebrate! Whether you complete each task or just a few, we look forward to adding you to our troupe of readers and seeing which books you "cast" for each role. Please let us know the total number of books/tasks you would like to read for this challenge.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

🎭 1. Read a classic play.
🎭 2. Read a play that has been written in your lifetime.
🎭 3. Read a book that has been adapted into a stage play.
🎭 4. Read a book that has been adapted into a musical, ballet, or opera.
🎭 5. Read a book that has been inspired by a theatrical production.
6. "Upstage" refers to the back of a theatrical stage but it can also be used as a verb (as in "upstaging the bride"). Read a book where one character upstages another.
7. "Backstage" refers the area of theater which the audience doesn't see. Read a book that features some "backstage" action.
8. The "house" is where the audience sits to view a show. Read a book with the word "House" in the title.
🎭 9. Choose a book that includes scenes in any type of theater (dramatic, cinematic, operating, etc.)
🎭 10. Choose a book whose protagonist is a performer of any kind.
🎭 11. Read a book with a melodramatic plot.
🎭 12. Read a tragedy or a story featuring a tragic event.
🎭 13. Read a comedy or a story featuring a comedic event.
14. Ritual is one of the earliest forms of performance. Read a book inspired by ritual or the features ritual as an important element of the story.
🎭 15. Read a book about a playwright, stagehand, costume designer, or another "behind-the-scenes" theater person.
🎭 16. Choose a book about a magician, circus performer, or spoken word artist.
🎭 17. Read a book featuring a con artist or a person who acts deceptively as someone they are not.
🎭 18. Read a book about a person playing a part or who "fakes it 'til they make it."
🎭 19. Read a book about a person removing their literal or figurative masks and revealing or accepting their true identity.
20. Read a book that isn't a musical but should be!

Another amazing challenge!

10 for me

7/10

1. Read a classic play.
2. Read a play that has been written in your lifetime.
3. Read a book that has been adapted into a stage play.
4. Read a book that has been adapted into a musical, ballet, or opera.
5. Read a book that has been inspired by a theatrical production.
6. "Upstage" refers to the back of a theatrical stage but it can also be used as a verb (as in "upstaging the bride"). Read a book where one character upstages another.
7. "Backstage" refers the area of theater which the audience doesn't see. Read a book that features some "backstage" action.
8. The "house" is where the audience sits to view a show. Read a book with the word "House" in the title.
The House on Half Moon Street by Alex Reeve 22/04/19
9. Choose a book that includes scenes in any type of theater (dramatic, cinematic, operating, etc.)
10. Choose a book whose protagonist is a performer of any kind.
By the Light of the Moon by Dean Koontz 06/04/19 - Jilly is a comedian
11. Read a book with a melodramatic plot.
The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing 02/05/19
12. Read a tragedy or a story featuring a tragic event.
Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg 03/04/19
13. Read a comedy or a story featuring a comedic event.
Blackass by A. Igoni Barrett 01/06/19
14. Ritual is one of the earliest forms of performance. Read a book inspired by ritual or the features ritual as an important element of the story.
Rasputin: A Short Life by Frances Welch 10/04/19
15. Read a book about a playwright, stagehand, costume designer, or another "behind-the-scenes" theater person.
16. Choose a book about a magician, circus performer, or spoken word artist.
17. Read a book featuring a con artist or a person who acts deceptively as someone they are not.
Caught in Time by Julie McElwain 10/04/19
18. Read a book about a person playing a part or who "fakes it 'til they make it."
The Wych Elm by Tana French 24/04/19(Toby is trying to make his brain injury less obvious)
19. Read a book about a person removing their literal or figurative masks and revealing or accepting their true identity.
20. Read a book that isn't a musical but should be!

SANDYE wrote: "I'm in for 3 books!!"

TerryJane wrote: "Sounds fun! I'd like to join this challenge with a goal of 15 titles."

Jess wrote: "10 for me

Welcome Sandye, TerrryJane and Jess! I'm happy to have you doing this challenge with us!

Ketutar wrote: "Another amazing challenge!"

Hi Ketutar! Yes, this should be a really fun challenge. Will you be joining us?

ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2019

I am in for 6 please!
0/6 Completed

1. Read a classic play.
2. Read a play that has been written in your lifetime.
3. Read a book that has been adapted into a stage play.
4. Read a book that has been adapted into a musical, ballet, or opera.
5. Read a book that has been inspired by a theatrical production.
6. "Upstage" refers to the back of a theatrical stage but it can also be used as a verb (as in "upstaging the bride"). Read a book where one character upstages another.
7. "Backstage" refers the area of theater which the audience doesn't see. Read a book that features some "backstage" action.
8. The "house" is where the audience sits to view a show. Read a book with the word "House" in the title.
9. Choose a book that includes scenes in any type of theater (dramatic, cinematic, operating, etc.)
10. Choose a book whose protagonist is a performer of any kind.
11. Read a book with a melodramatic plot.
12. Read a tragedy or a story featuring a tragic event.
13. Read a comedy or a story featuring a comedic event.
14. Ritual is one of the earliest forms of performance. Read a book inspired by ritual or the features ritual as an important element of the story.
15. Read a book about a playwright, stagehand, costume designer, or another "behind-the-scenes" theater person. 
16. Choose a book about a magician, circus performer, or spoken word artist.
17. Read a book featuring a con artist or a person who acts deceptively as someone they are not.
18. Read a book about a person playing a part or who "fakes it 'til they make it."
19. Read a book about a person removing their literal or figurative masks and revealing or accepting their true identity.
20. Read a book that isn't a musical but should be!

Message #3 updated

PROGRESS: 1/20

Octothorpe Reader Leora K wrote: "ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2019

I am in for 6 please!
0/6 Completed

Carmen wrote: "Message #3 updated

PROGRESS: 1/20
"

Welcome Octothorpe Reader Leora K. Happy reading!

Nice work completing the first book of the challenge Carmen. I hope you enjoyed it.

Update to msg #8

✔️1. Read a classic play. The Merchant of Venice
✔️6. "Upstage": Elantris (Dilaf repeatedly steals his superior Hrathren's spotlight)
✔️7. "Backstage": The Quiet American (Alden Pyle works covertly in 1950s Vietnam)

Progress: 3/12
Diane, please raise my challenge goal to 12 books--I think I'll discover some overlap with my other challenges. :D

Message #3 updated

PROGRESS: 2/20

Hola Diane!
Thank you very much, I thoroughly enjoyed my first two books of the challenge, but no surprises here: Agatha Christie and Georgette Heyer never disappoint me, highly recommendable.

Message #3 updated

PROGRESS: 3/20

Please put me down for 3 :)

COMPLETED 3/3

1. Read a classic play.
2. Read a play that has been written in your lifetime.
3. Read a book that has been adapted into a stage play.
4. Read a book that has been adapted into a musical, ballet, or opera. Little Women Louisa May Alcott
5. Read a book that has been inspired by a theatrical production.
6. "Upstage" refers to the back of a theatrical stage but it can also be used as a verb (as in "upstaging the bride"). Read a book where one character upstages another.
7. "Backstage" refers the area of theater which the audience doesn't see. Read a book that features some "backstage" action.
8. The "house" is where the audience sits to view a show. Read a book with the word "House" in the title.
9. Choose a book that includes scenes in any type of theater (dramatic, cinematic, operating, etc.)
10. Choose a book whose protagonist is a performer of any kind.
11. Read a book with a melodramatic plot.
12. Read a tragedy or a story featuring a tragic event.
13. Read a comedy or a story featuring a comedic event.
14. Ritual is one of the earliest forms of performance. Read a book inspired by ritual or the features ritual as an important element of the story.
15. Read a book about a playwright, stagehand, costume designer, or another "behind-the-scenes" theater person.
16. Choose a book about a magician, circus performer, or spoken word artist.
17. Read a book featuring a con artist or a person who acts deceptively as someone they are not: Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake Frank W. Abagnale
18. Read a book about a person playing a part or who "fakes it 'til they make it."
19. Read a book about a person removing their literal or figurative masks and revealing or accepting their true identity.Code Name Verity Elizabeth E. Wein
20. Read a book that isn't a musical but should be!

oshizu wrote: "Update to msg #8

Clare wrote: "Please put me down for 3 :)

You got it Oshizu!

Welcome to the challenge Clare! I'm glad you'll be reading with us.

Message #3 updated

PROGRESS: 4/20

Kristin wrote: "I thought I had joined, but I guess not. Please put my goal at 8. Progress: 4/8

1. Read a classic play.
[ x ]2. Read a play that has been written in your lifetime. - [book:The White Card: A Play|4..."

Carmen wrote: "Message #3 updated

PROGRESS: 4/20"

Welcome Kristin! So glad you joined the challenge... and you're already making great progress.

You too Carmen... you're doing great. Hope you're still enjoying your choices.

Updated message 8: 1 book completed.
It wasn't the book I was planning to read for this challenge but I've just finished one that fits prompt number 17.

Updated message 32
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You learn something new everyday: Little Women has been adapted into a musical and opera

Message #3 updated

PROGRESS: 6/20

Diane wrote: You too Carmen... you're doing great. Hope you're still enjoying your choices.

So far, so good!

Updated message 8: 2 Completed

Updated message 10-- 1/10

Updated message 10-- 2/1-
Read a tragedy--
A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances. (https://www.thefreedictionary.com/tra...)

This definitely fits Toby in The Witch Elm

Clare wrote: "Updated message 32
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You learn something new everyday: Little Women has been adapted into a musical and opera"

Rachael wrote: "Updated message 8: 2 Completed"

Amy wrote: "Updated message 10-- 1/10"

Congratulations Clare, Rachael, and Amy on finishing your first books.

Clare, Little Women is one of my all-time favorites. I had no no idea about those adaptations!

Rachael - you've already exceeded your goal, nice!

Message #3 updated

PROGRESS: 7/20

Updated message 10 -- 3/10

Updated msg #7

✔️11. Read a book with a melodramatic plot. Soy Sauce for Beginners
✔️12. Read a tragedy or a story featuring a tragic event. An Unkindness of Ghosts
✔️17. A book a person who acts deceptively. A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder (can't explain without spoiling the plot, hehe)
✔️15. Read a book about a playwright, stagehand, costume designer, or another "behind-the-scenes" theater person. Hag-Seed (Margaret Atwood)
✔️18. Read a book about a person playing a part. Atlantic Hotel (João Gilberto Noll)

Progress: 8/12 (as of 20 April 2019)

Updated message 8: 3 books finished now

Message #3 updated

PROGRESS: 8/20

Message #3 updated

PROGRESS: 9/20

Updated message #6
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Message #3 updated

PROGRESS: 10/20

Sunny wrote: "Updated message #6 1/6"

Carmen wrote: "Message #3 updated

PROGRESS: 10/20

Congratulations on finishing your first book Sunny. I hope you liked it.

Wow Carmen, you are making terrific progress! Half done already. Pippi Longstocking has always been a favorite of mine. Did you enjoy it?