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My Full Moon Names mini challenge10/16/2024 12/12 FINISHED!
√January - Wolf Moon Wisdom of Wolves, The: Lessons From the Sawtooth Pack
√February - Snow Moon The Snow Ball
√March - Worm Moon The Book of the Earthworm
√April - Pink Moon Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces that Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave
√May - Flower Moon The Paper Garden: Mrs. Delany Begins Her Life's Work at 72
√June - Strawberry Moon Strawberry Girl
√July - Buck Moon The Gift of the Deer
√August - Sturgeon Moon The Philosopher Fish: Sturgeon, Caviar, and the Geography of Desire
√September/October - Harvest Moon O Pioneers!
√October - Hunter's Moon The Box of Delights
√November - Beaver Moon Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
√December - Cold Moon/Oak Moon The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees
Mini Rejects Challenge: Lists and Awards9/27/2024 12/12 FINISHED!
√1. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists (PP, Poll 6)
https://apps.npr.org/best-books
Spadework for a Palace
√2. A book from the Canada Reads Book list (Poll 1)
https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/...
Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
√3. A book on a banned books list (Poll 3)
Drama: A Graphic Novel
√4. An Audie award winner (Poll 7, Poll 17)
https://www.audiopub.org/audie-awards...
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
√5. A book on a summer reading list (Poll 9)
The Maid
√6. A book from the Are You Well Read in World Literature list (Poll 10)
https://www.listchallenges.com/are-yo...
The Reader on the 6.27
√7. A book nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award (Poll 13)
https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/
The Puma Years
√8. A book longlisted for a Booker Prize (Poll 13)
https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booke...
https://thebookerprizes.com/the-inter...
Quartet in Autumn
√9. A middle grade book that was nominated for or won an award (Poll 15)
Strawberry Girl (Newberry Medal)
√10. A book by a female or non-binary author which won an award that's also open to male authors (Poll 16)
The Lathe of Heaven (Nebula Award Best Novel)
√11. A book featured on a list for a media or celebrity book club (Poll 17)
Roman Stories (Elle Book Club)
√12. A book adapted by Masterpiece Theatre (poll 14)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
The Wind in the Willows
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11/27/2024 60/60 FINISHED!
January
√1. A book ending in A, T, or Y
√O Caledonia
√A Woman in the Polar Night
√The Pleasure of My Company
√2. A book connected to something you read in 2023
The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography
√3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list Wisdom of Wolves, The: Lessons From the Sawtooth Pack (Full Moon names)
√4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
√5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world
Roman Stories
February
√6. A book with wings on the cover
The Annual Migration of Clouds
√7. A book with a pronoun in the title
How High We Go in the Dark
√8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand
√Girt Australia
√Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture Canada
√9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads
Eleanor Cameron: Dimensions of Amazement
March
√10. A history or historical fiction book
√history: City of Ravens: The Extraordinary History of London, its Tower and Its Famous Ravens
√historical fiction: The Daughter of Time
√11. A book with an X connection Johannes Cabal the Necromancer
√12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend
√13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list
Venomous Lumpsucker
April
√14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color
Dark Energy
√15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX)
√J: Nicobobinus
√Q: Gold of Our Fathers
√X: The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
√Z: The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams
√16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs"
The Hundred and One Dalmatians
√17. A book involving intelligence
The Genius of Birds
May
√18. A book with a botanical cover The Paper Garden: Mrs. Delany Begins Her Life's Work at 72
√19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream "Cool Britannia" The Frozen Thames
√20. A book with a single word title
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
√21. A book with a title containing 6+ words
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
√22. A book by an author from an African country
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
June
√23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett
Key West: Tequila, a Pinch of Salt and a Quirky Slice of America...a year in Key West
√24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple)
√25. A book involving a crime other than a murder
The Spy Who Couldn't Spell: A Dyslexic Traitor, an Unbreakable Code, and the FBI's Hunt for America's Stolen Secrets
√26. A book by an author known by their initials (E. M. Forster) Maurice
July
√27. A book related to land
The Puma Years
√28. A book related to sea
Humboldt Penguin: The Struggle For Survival In A Changing World And Unveiling The Conservation Efforts To Prevent Extinction
√29. A book related to air
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
√30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea
The Plague
√31. A book related to “Going for the Gold”
Snowman: The True Story of a Champion
August
√32. A book with a number in the title
The Four Horsemen: The Conversation That Sparked an Atheist Revolution
√33. A book involving travel True North: Travels in Arctic Europe
√34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs (or in this case, a nod to all seven of the dwarfs)
We Seven: By the Astronauts Themselves
35. A science or science fiction book
√scifi: The Day of the Triffids
√science: The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
September
√36. A book featuring a character in education
Miss Pym Disposes
√37. A book that is part of a series
Paladin's Strength
√38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1
Heaven's River
√39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2
The Accidental Time Machine
October
√40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover
Becoming Wild: How Animals Learn Who They Are
√41. A book with a chilling atmosphere
Snow Widows: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition through the Eyes of the Women They Left Behind
√42. A book with a sound-related word in the title
This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You
√43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author
A Dark-Adapted Eye
November
√44. A book with a touch of magic
A Wild Sheep Chase
√45. A book that is not a novel
Ariadne’s Threads
√46. A book related to night
After Dark
√47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE
The Maid
December
√48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt (35. A science or science fiction book) Engine Summer
√49. A book with a senior citizen character
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
√50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
√51. A book published in 2024
Red Side Story
√52. A cozy mystery
Aunt Bessie Assumes