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Depeche Mode 2024 Challenge
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Supermod's Depeche Mode Challenge
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Construction Time Again
“More Than a Party” – Get on the bus and read a big buzz book
The Exciter
“The Dead of Night” – Read a book where all the action takes place at night
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Ultra
“Sister of the Night” – Read a book that features vampires or werewolves
Delta Machine
“Heaven” – Read a book in your favorite reading spot and take credit for it here
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Playing the Angel
“John the Revelator” – Read a book in which you didn’t figure out the ending until the very end
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Black Celebration
“Stripped” – Read a book with really short, sparce writing
Exciter
“Goodnight Lovers” – Stay up all night reading a book and take credit for it here
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Sounds of the Universe
“Jezebel” – Read a book that features a crafty, deceptive female protag
Playing the Angel
“The Darkest Star” – Read a book that is super dark and heavy
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Violator
“Sweetest Perfection” – Save this task for the best book you’ve read this year
Playing the Angel
“Macro” – Read an epic novel, one that spans multiple generations or takes place over many years
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Memento Mori
“Wagging Tongue” – Read a book that could have benefited from being shorter
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Songs of Faith and Devotion
“I Feel You” – Read a book that has deckled edges or an embossed cover
Delta Machine
“Alone” – Read a book that could be considered isolation fiction
Book 56: Saint the Terrifying by Joshua Mohr
Black Celebration
“A Question of Lust” – Read a book by an author that you have a crush on
Ultra
“Jazz Thieves” – Read a book that focuses on music or was written by a musician
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Violator
“Clean” – Read a book that deals with drugs/drug abuse
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Some Great Reward
“It Doesn’t Matter” – Read a book that features friendship or unrequited love
Momento Mori
“People Are Good” – Read a book that has a high star rating on goodreads
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Music For the Masses
“The Things You Said” – Read a book that’s incredibly quote-worthy
Playing the Angel
“The Sinner in Me” – Read a book that features gods or angels and devils
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Construction Time Again
“And Then…” – Read a book that ends on a cliffhanger or seems to not resolve itself
Exciter
“Shine” – Read a book with a yellow cover or sparkly cover
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Violator
“Enjoy the Silence” – Take a break from everyone, go ahead, shut yourself away somewhere and read in silence for a while, then take credit for it here when you finish it
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Speak & Spell
“New Life “ – Read a book that was published in the 1900’s but feels like it was written now
“Puppets” – A book that features puppets, ventriloquist dummies, or marionettes
- I might be cheating a little here. This book had moving metal sculptures that were controlled around the stage as part of performance art shows, so close enough : )
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Songs of Faith and Devotion
“Get Right with Me” – Give an author another try, pick up a different book by them, go on… give it a shot
Spirit
“Going Backwards” – Read a book that was originally published in the eighties or earlier
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Ultra
“The Bottom Line” – Read the book that is currently at the bottom of your TBR
Spirit
“You Move” – Read a travel themed book
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Violator
“Waiting for the Night” – Read a book that takes place at night
Momento Mori
“Soul With Me” – Read a book about a haunting or possession
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Construction Time Again
“Shame” – Read a book that you’d be ashamed to be seen reading
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Sounds of the Universe
“Wrong” – Read a book where you guessed the ending wrong
Playing the Angel
“I Want it All” – Read a book that you own in multiple formats or have multiple editions
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A Broken Frame
“Leave in Silence” – DNF a book and take credit for it here
DNFd 7 pages in, so I won't REALLY count it as a book read but I'm totally taking credit for it here.
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Some Great Reward
“Stories of Old” – Read a classic!
Spirit
“No More (This is the Last Time)” – Read another book by an author you read before and didn’t like
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Songs of Faith and Devotion
“In Your Room” – Read a book that takes your breath away
Ultra
“The Love Thieves” – Read a book that stole your heart
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Delta Machine
“My Little Universe” – Read a book that’s under 100 pages
Book 73: SKULL SLIME TENTACLE WITCH WAR by Rick Claypool DNFd
Playing the Angel
“Nothing’s Impossible” – Read a bizarro book
Momento Mori
“Always You” – Read two books back to back by the same author and take credit for it here
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Songs of Faith & Devotion
“Mercy in You” – Read a book in which the main character requires forgiveness
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Some Great Reward
“Blasphemous Rumours” – Read a really popular book and take credit for it here if you didn’t like it and don’t get what all the buzz was about
Sounds of the Universe
“Fragile Tension” – Read a psychological thriller
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Book 78: We Speak Through the Mountain by Premee Mohamed
A Broken Frame
“Further Excerpts From: My Secret Garden” – Read the sequel or prequel to a book you’ve already read
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Book 80: The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
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A Broken Frame
“Shouldn’t Have Done That” – Read a book you DNFd in the past and give it one more chance
(I DNFd it, and then a day later picked it up and finished it, LOL)
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Exciter
“Easy Tiger” – Read a book that prominently features an animal
Delta Machine
“Secret to End” – Read a book by an author who published under a pseudonym
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A Broken Frame
“Nothing to Fear” – Read a book that creeped you out a little
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Sounds of the Universe
“Peace” – Read a book about war or fighting
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Sounds of the Universe
“In Chains” – Read a story that features prison or a character who is in trouble with the law
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(not on goodreads yet)
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“Soft Touch/Raw Nerve” – Read a book that really pissed you off and take credit for it here
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Spirit
“Poison Heart” – Read a book that features an evil or morally grey protagonist
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Spirit
“Where’s the Revolution” – Read a dystopian novel or a novel in which the people revolt
Black Celebration
“It Doesn’t Matter Two” – Read a book that makes you feel all the feels