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Mandy (dimins) | 5 comments A thread for me to keep track of pre-readathon mini-challenges!


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Mandy (dimins) | 5 comments Oct 2020

1 - Read a "long" book (over 500 pages)
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1) by Scott Lynch = Finished 7 Oct 2020

2 - Read a "short" book (under 250 pages)
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman - Finished 3 Oct 2020

3 - Pick 5 of your favorite genres and enter them in a randomizer. Read a book in that genre
Flying Too High (Phryne Fisher, #2) by Kerry Greenwood - Finished 19 Oct 2020

4 - Read a "spooky" book (your own definition of spooky is fine)

5 - Read a book that is 75% one color on the cover.
Murder at Melrose Court A Country House Christmas Murder (Heathcliff Lennox Book 1) by Karen Baugh Menuhin - Finished 19 Oct 2020

6 - Read a book that was published in the last 18 months

7 - Read a book that was published more than 100 years ago
Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon - Finished 21 Oct 2020

8 - Read a book set in the Fall or with a cover that looks like it is Fall (leaves changing, etc)

9 - Read a book set in the Spring or with a cover that looks like it is Spring (trees blooming, etc)
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym - Finished 10 Oct 2020

10 - Read at least 75% of a book when it's dark outside
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2) by J.R.R. Tolkien - Finished 16 Oct 2020

11 - Read at least 75% of a book outside

12 - Read a book with an animal (real or made up) on the cover
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1) by Michael Crichton - Finished 13 Oct 2020

13 - Read a book with a main character or author whose first name starts with the same letter as your first name.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - Finished 9 Oct 2020

14 - Take five books you really want to read and put them in a randomizer and read whichever one is chosen.
The Summer Queen (Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1) by Elizabeth Chadwick - finished 18 Oct 2020

15 - Read a book that is set in a location you wish you could visit or live in. This location can be real or imaginary.
A Hero Born (Legends of the Condor Heroes #1) by Jin Yong - finished 3 Oct 2020


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