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Amber's June Dusty Bookshelf Challenge

My books:



I Pick for Wendi Jane: and

Jade aka MrsTosh Picks for Me: and

finished 6/4/15 ★★★★★
finished 6/30/15 ★★★★

Toss back to the 80's TV Challenge

Level: Hard (completed)

Duration: 5/1/15 - 5/31/15

Progress: 8/8+

Tasks:

The A-Team ~ Read a book who's author first, middle, or last name starts with A

Bosom Buddies ~ Read an M/M romance or someone who's pretending to be something they're not

Cagney and Lacey ~ Read a book that has a character in law enforcement

Cheers ~ Read a book that takes place in a bar at some point in the story
Dead Until Dark 5/9/15

Dallas ~ Read a book that's set in Texas
Her Surprise Sister 5/10/15

Dukes of Hazard ~ Read a book with a character that drives a fast car

Fantasy Island ~ Read any book from the fantasy genre
Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale 5/29/15

Full House ~ Read a book with a large family
Mirror Image Bride 5/31/15

Highway to Heaven ~ Read a book with an angel in it

The Love Boat ~ Read a book from the romance genre
Getting Lucky 5/17/15

Miami Vice ~ Read a book set in Florida

Night Court ~ Read a book who's title or series name has the word night in it

Punky Brewster ~ Read a book from the YA genre
None of the Above 5/5/15

Spencer for Hire ~ Read any book that's been made into a TV show
Living Dead in Dallas 5/25/15

Three's Company ~ Read a book that's part of a trilogy
Blue Dahlia 5/18/15

Who's the Boss? ~ Read a book with an "unusual arrangement"

Attack of Your TBR Challenge
*Formally know as The "I've Gotta Finally Read This!" Challenge

Duration: 6/6/15 - 9/6/15
Level: (downgraded to) Easy – 3 books
Progress: 3/3 (completed)

CATEGORIES

1. Could Never Make it Fit: * Pick a book for this category that you’ve been wanting to read, but could never make it fit into a challenge. Until now!

2. The Right Time:* Pick a book for this category that you’ve been waiting for the right time to read…which is now!
7 Dirty Words: The Life and Crimes of George Carlin finished 8/27/15

3. 6 Months: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for 6 months.
Special Offers finished 8/8/15

4. 1 Year: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for a year.

5. 1 + Year: *Pick a book that has been on your shelf for over a year.
The Phantom Tollbooth finished 7/3/15

6. Redo!: *Pick a book that you started, put down (for whatever reason) and didn’t finish.

Based On A Book Mini Challenge

Level: medium (completed)
Duration: 5/20/15 - 6/19/15
Completed: 4/4

1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest finished 6/2/15
2. Beastly finished 6/4/15
3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower finished 6/5/15
4. Ender's Game finished 6/18/15

Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century Challenge

Duration: May 20, 2015 - May 19, 2016
Level: Easy (10 books)
Read: 9/10 (didn't finish in time)

THE LIST

1.The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 12/26/15
2.The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
3.The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
4.To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
5.The Color Purple by Alice Walker
6.Ulysses by James Joyce
7.Beloved by Toni Morrison
8.The Lord of the Flies by William Golding 5/16/16
9.1984 by George Orwell
10.The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
11.Lolita by Vladmir Nabokov
12.Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3/18/16
13.Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
14.A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
15.Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
16.Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
17.Animal Farm by George Orwell
18.The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
19.As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
20.A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
21.Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
22.Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne 7/30/15
23.Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
24.Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
25.Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
26.Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
27.Native Son by Richard Wright
28.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey 6/2/15
29.Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut 8/1/15
30.For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
31.On the Road by Jack Kerouac
32.The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
33.The Call of the Wild by Jack London
34.To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
35.Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
36.Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin 3/8/16
37.The World According to Garp by John Irving
38.All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren
39.A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
40.The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
41.Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
42.The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
43.The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
44.Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
45.The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
46.Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
47.The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum 11/6/15
48.Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence
49.A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
50.The Awakening by Kate Chopin
51.My Antonia by Willa Cather
52.Howards End by E.M. Forster
53.In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
54.Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
55.The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
56.Jazz by Toni Morrison
57.Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
58.Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
59.A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
60.Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
61.A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor
62.Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
63.Orlando by Virginia Woolf
64.Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence
65.Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
66.Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut 4/10/16
67.A Separate Peace by John Knowles
68.Light in August by William Faulkner
69.The Wings of the Dove by Henry James
70.Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
71.Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
72.The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
73.Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
74.Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
75.Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence
76.Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
77.In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway
78.The Autobiography of Alice B. Tokias by Gertrude Stein
79.The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
80.The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
81.Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
82.White Noise by Don DeLillo
83.O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
84.Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
85.The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
86.Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
87.The Bostonians by Henry James
88.An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
89.Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
90.The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
91.This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
92.Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
93.The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles
94.Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
95.Kim by Rudyard Kipling
96.The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
97.Rabbit, Run by John Updike
98.Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster
99.Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
100.Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie

Alphabet Yearly Challenge

Duration: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015

Level: Medium (book titles)

Progress: 26/26 (completed)

The List:

A - Asylum ★★★★★ 8/23/15
B - Body & Soul ★★★★★ 4/19/15
C - Contactees: A History Of Alien Human Interaction ★★★★ 4/9/15
D - Diary of a Mad Diva ★★★★★ 2/20/15
E - Ender's Game ★★★★★ 6/18/15
F - Father by Choice ★★★★ 2/22/15
G - The Ghost and the Goth ★★★★★ 4/8/15
H - Here I Go Again ★★★★ 4/16/15
I - I Hate Everyone... Starting with Me ★★★★★ 6/27/15
J - Just Breathe ★★★★★ 11/25/15
K - Keep Out! Top Secret Places Governments Don't Want You to Know about ★★★★ 8/20/15
L - Living Dead in Dallas ★★★★★ 5/25/15
M - The Mindfulness Breakthrough: The Revolutionary Approach to Dealing with Stress, Anxiety and Depression ★★★ 2/8/15
N - None of the Above ★★★★★ 5/5/15
O - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ★★★★★ 6/2/15
P - The Perks of Being a Wallflower ★★★★★ 6/5/15
Q - Queen of the Dead ★★★★★ 4/15/15
R - Rekindled Romance ★★★ 2/5/15
S - A Study in Sherlock: Stories inspired by the Holmes canon ★★★★ 4/29/15
T - Taking the Lead: Lessons from a Life in Motion ★★★★★ 7/16/15
U - Utterly Charming ★★★★★ 9/27/15
V - Virgin ★★★★ 5/9/15
W - Warrior's Redemption ★★★★★ 2/6/15
X - X-Men and Philosophy: Astonishing Insight and Uncanny Argument in the Mutant X-Verse ★★★★★ 8/20/15
Y - You Never Called Me Princess ★★★★ 9/20/15
Z - The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead ★★★★★ 6/23/15

39th Annual Swim Around Key West Challenge
Duration: June 1st, 2015 - June 30th, 2015
Completed: 4/4 (completed)

Everyone begins the race at Smathers Beach.
There are some notable sights to guide you around the island.

To get to Fort Zachary Taylor, choose one book:
read a book where someone is or was in the army - Ender's Game finished 6/18/15

To get to the Overseas Highway bridge, choose one book:
read a book where time is spent driving a car - The Perks of Being a Wallflower finished 6/5/15

To get to Cow Key Marina, choose one book:
read a book with a door or a key on the cover - Carbon Copy Cowboy finished 6/26/15

To get back to Smathers Beach, choose one:
read any 200+ page book - Beastly finished 6/4/15

The Happiest Place On Earth Challenge
Level: Goofy (4-6 books) (completed, mostly)
Duration: June 1st, 2015 - June 30th, 2015
Progress: 5/4-6

Haunted Mansion: Read a book with ghosts in it
Pirates of the Caribbean: Read a book featuring a pirate or set in the Caribbean
Radiator Springs Racers: Read a book with an MC that drives fast
Space Mountain: Read a book from the sci-fi genre - Ender's Game finished 6/18/15
Splash Mountain: Read a book set near a body of water and/or mountains
California Screamin’: Read a book set in California
Tower of Terror: Read a book from the horror genre - The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead finished 6/23/15
Anna & Elsa’s Royal Welcome: Read a book set in winter
Golden Zephyr: Read a book set in the 1920’s or from the steampunk genre
It’s a Small World: Read a book set in a country other than your own - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies finished 6/30/15
Sorcerer’s Workshop: Read a book filled with magic - Beastly finished 6/4/15
Storybook Land Canal Boats: Read any book you’d like (250 pages or more)
Alice in Wonderland: Read Alice in Wonderland or a book based on Alice
Autopia: Read a book where someone takes a road trip
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad: Read a book where someone takes a train ride
Big Thunder Ranch: Read a book that takes place on a ranch - Carbon Copy Cowboy finished 6/26/15
Indiana Jones Adventure: Read a book featuring an archeologist or a treasure hunt
Mad Tea Party: Read a book with a tea party in it

TCF's It's Called WHAT???? Challenge
Duration: June 6th, 2015 - June 5th, 2016
Progress: 58/58 (completed)

L: Love Underground: Persephone's Tale finished 7/24/15
L: Look-Alike Lawman finished 8/11/15
A: Asylum finished 8/23/15
N: The Night Before Christmas finished 1/3/16
F: From Paradise...to Pregnant! finished 10/25/15
A: The Accidental Werewolf finished 9/24/15
I: I Hate Everyone... Starting with Me finished 6/27/15
R: The Rosie Project finished 7/7/15
P: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies finished 6/30/15
W: The Weiser Field Guide to Cryptozoology: Werewolves, Dragons, Skyfish, Lizard Men, and Other Fascinating Creatures Real and Mysterious finished 6/24/15
L: A Living Nightmare finished 12/6/15
L: Lost Highlander finished 2/14/16
G: The Giver finished 9/25/15
W: The Weiser Field Guide to the Paranormal: Abductions, Apparitions, ESP, Synchronicity, and More Unexplained Phenomena from Other Realms finished 8/17/15
Y: You Never Called Me Princess finished 9/20/15
N: Not My Wolf finished 1/30/16
G: The Great Gatsby finished 12/26/15
Y: You Blew It!: An Awkward Look at the Many Ways in Which You've Already Ruined Your Life finished 10/3/15
L: Lavender Vows finished 2/17/16
L: Love in Lowercase finished 5/11/16
G: Goddess Boot Camp finished 1/30/16
O: Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin finished 11/27/15
G: Guards! Guards! finished 2/15/16
E: Ender's Game finished 6/18/15
R: Real Vampires Have Curves finished 10/4/15
Y: You Wish finished 3/24/16
C: Carbon Copy Cowboy finished 6/26/15
H: Happy New Year, Baby Fortune! finished 1/4/16
W: Wicked Weekend finished 8/18/15
Y: The Year of Pleasures finished 5/23/16
R: Reunited for the Holidays finished 10/28/15
N: Not Otherwise Specified finished 4/3/16
D: Dad Is Fat finished 9/18/15
R: Red Lily finished 12/3/15
O: Oh. My. Gods. finished 1/17/16
B: Being Friends with Boys finished 7/29/15
W: Warrior's Last Gift finished 9/11/15
L: Lord of the Flies finished 5/16/16
L: The Lost Duke of Wyndham finished 5/29/16
L: Lúnasa Days finished 5/29/16
L: Loki: Nine Naughty Tales of the Trickster finished 6/5/16
A: Animal Instincts finished 10/7/15
N: Night finished 4/15/16
T: Taking the Lead: Lessons from a Life in Motion finished 7/16/15
Y: Y finished 6/4/16
S: Slaughterhouse-Five finished 8/1/15
I: Into the Wild Nerd Yonder finished 7/19/15
L: Light This Candle finished 6/5/16
I: The Inconvenient Duchess finished 10/3/15
O: Orphan Train finished 2/19/16
G: Gift-Wrapped in Her Wedding Dress finished 2/15/16
O: Of Mice and Men finished 3/18/16
G: Go Tell it on the Mountain finished 3/8/16
O: The Obituary Society finished 5/17/16
G: Guilty Pleasures finished 5/31/16
O: Outlaw Hunter finished 5/22/16
C: Christmas Kisses for a Dollar finished 7/25/15
H: Heat Wave finished 2/22/16

Amber's July 2015 Dusty Bookshelf Challenge



I choose for Petra: and
Jodi chooses for me: and

(didn't finish in time)
finished 7/16/15 ★★★★★

Honorable Pets Challenge

Start Date: 6/18/15
Completed: 31/31 (completed)

Pocky
P: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies finished 6/30/15
O: Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin finished 11/27/15
C: Carbon Copy Cowboy finished 6/26/15
K: Wicked Weekend by Karen Erickson finished 8/18/15
Y: You Never Called Me Princess finished 9/20/15

Wasabi
W: The Weiser Field Guide to Cryptozoology: Werewolves, Dragons, Skyfish, Lizard Men, and Other Fascinating Creatures Real and Mysterious finished 6/24/15
A: Love Underground: Persephone's Tale by Alicia Fields finished 7/24/15
S: Slaughterhouse-Five finished 8/1/15
A: Asylum finished 8/23/15
B: The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead by Max Brooks finished 6/23/15
I: I Hate Everyone... Starting with Me finished 6/27/15

Breed - American Shorthair
A: The Accidental Werewolf finished 9/24/15
M: Being Friends with Boys by Terra Elan McVoy finished 7/29/15
E: Ender's Game finished 6/18/15
R: The Rosie Project finished 7/7/15
I: Into the Wild Nerd Yonder finished 7/19/15
C: Christmas Kisses for a Dollar finished 725/15
A: Animal Instincts finished 10/7/15
N: Stardust by Neil Gaiman finished 8/31/15

S: Special Offers finished 8/8/15
H: Reunited for the Holidays by Jillian Hart finished 10/28/15
O: Oh. My. Gods. finished 1/17/16
R: Black Rose by Nora Roberts finished 9/5/15
T: The Phantom Tollbooth finished 7/3/15
H: Happy New Year, Baby Fortune! finished 1/4/16
A: Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alender finished 10/9/15
I: The Inconvenient Duchess finished 10/3/15
R: Real Vampires Have Curves finished 10/4/15

Cat
C: The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh finished 7/30/15
A: American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot finished 1/12/16
T: Taking the Lead: Lessons from a Life in Motion finished 7/16/15

Reading Bucket List Challenge

Duration: July 1st, 2015 - December 31st, 2015
Completed: 4/6

Finish the In The Garden trilogy:

Black Rose by Nora Roberts finished 9/5/15
Red Lily by Nora Roberts finished 12/3/15

FINALLY get around to reading/finishing at least some of these (I've had them forever):

American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
A Living Nightmare by Darren Shan finished 12/6/15
Warrior's Last Gift by Melissa Mayhue finished 9/11/15

Book It To The Finish Line Challenge July - Running Of The Bulls

Duration: July 1st, 2015 - July 31st, 2015
Completed: 6/6 (completed)

These seven famous bulls are scheduled for your run.

Ferdinand - read a children's book - The Phantom Tollbooth finished 7/3/15

Babe the blue ox - read a book with a mostly blue cover - Being Friends with Boys finished 7/29/15

Nandi (Translates to happy or joyous) - read a book with a happy character - The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh finished 7/30/15

Taurus (constellation) - read a book with stars on the cover

Minotaur - read a book that involves Greek mythology - Love Underground: Persephone's Tale finished 7/24/15

John Bull - read a book with a character by the name of John or something similar - Christmas Kisses for a Dollar (male lead is named Jonathan Sinclair) finished 7/25/15

The Chicago Bulls - read a book where someone plays or watches a sports game - The Rosie Project (they attend a baseball game) finished 7/7/15

Amber's August Dusty Bookshelf Challenge

My books:


I Pick for Christina T: and
Debbie G Picks for Me: and

finished 8/27/15 ★★★★★
finished 8/31/15 ★★★★

TCF's Book Genre Spell Out Challenge

Note: Not genre specific.

Duration: July 26th, 2015 - July 25th, 2016
Completed: (continuing until I finish)
Minimum Page Number: 50
Finished: 91/120

Chick Lit: 8/8
(view spoiler)[C: The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh finished 7/30/15
H: Happy New Year, Baby Fortune! finished 1/4/16
I: The Inconvenient Duchess finished 10/3/15
C: Cat People finished 8/8/15
K: Keep Out! Top Secret Places Governments Don't Want You to Know about finished 8/20/15

L: Look-Alike Lawman finished 8/11/15
I: Instructing an Heiress finished 11/1/15
T: Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween finished 11/15/15 (hide spoiler)]

Classics: 8/8
(view spoiler)[C: Cinder finished 8/14/15
L: A Living Nightmare finished 12/6/15
A: Asylum finished 8/23/15
S: Slaughterhouse-Five finished 8/1/15
S: Special Offers finished 8/8/15
I: The Imposter Bride: A Novel finished 3/29/16
C: Croak finished 9/17/15
S: The Science of Monsters: the Origins of the Creatures We Love to Fear finished 8/23/15 (hide spoiler)]

Comedy: 6/6
(view spoiler)[C: Club Dead finished 10/17/15
O: Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin finished 11/27/15
M: My Life as a White Trash Zombie finished 11/1/15
E: Epic Fail finished 8/10/15
D: Dad Is Fat finished 9/18/15
Y: You Never Called Me Princess finished 9/20/15 (hide spoiler)]

Fantasy: 7/7
(view spoiler)[F: From Paradise...to Pregnant! finished 10/25/15
A: The Accidental Werewolf finished 9/24/15
N: The Night Before Christmas finished 1/3/16
T: Three Reasons to Wed finished 2/6/16
A: American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot finished 1/12/16
S: 7 Dirty Words: The Life and Crimes of George Carlin finished 8/27/15
Y: You Blew It!: An Awkward Look at the Many Ways in Which You've Already Ruined Your Life finished 10/3/15 (hide spoiler)]

Horror: 6/6
(view spoiler)[H: Heat Wave finished 2/22/16
O: Oh. My. Gods. finished 1/17/16
R: Real Vampires Have Curves finished 10/4/15
R: Reunited for the Holidays finished 10/28/15
O: Orphan Train finished 2/19/16
R: Red Lily finished 12/3/15 (hide spoiler)]

LGBT: 4/4
(view spoiler)[L: Lost Highlander finished 2/14/16
G: The Giver finished 9/25/15
B: Being Friends with Boys finished 7/29/15
T: Tears of the Moon finished 3/14/16 (hide spoiler)]

Literary Fiction: 12/15
(view spoiler)[L: Lavender Vows finished 2/17/16
I:
T: To Kill a Mockingbird finished 8/6/16
E: Ever Mine finished 10/24/15
R: The Reptile Room finish 2/14/16
A: The Académie finished 2/27/16
R: Resenting the Hero finished 5/4/16
Y: You Wish finished 3/24/16

F: Fashionably Dead finished 12/26/15
I:
C: Christmas Healing finished 12/7/15
T: Tantalize finished 8/18/16
I:
O: Of Mice and Men finished 3/18/16
N: Not My Wolf finished 1/30/16 (hide spoiler)]

Manga: 5/5
(view spoiler)[M: Mistletoe in Manhattan finished 11/25/15
A: An Amish Noel finished 4/14/16
N: Not Otherwise Specified finished 4/3/16
G: The Great Gatsby finished 12/26/15
A: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass finished 6/7/16 (hide spoiler)]

Non-Fiction: 7/10
(view spoiler)[N: Night finished 4/15/16
O: The Obituary Society finished 5/17/16
N: Naked Heat finished 4/25/16
F: Fairest finished 1/29/16
I:
C: The Cat Who Played Brahms finished 1/24/16
T:
I:
O: Outlaw Hunter finished 5/22/16
N: The New Hunger finished 6/15/16 (hide spoiler)]

Paranormal: 8/10
(view spoiler)[P: Practical Demonkeeping finished 10/25/15
A: The Austere Academy finished 6/18/16
R: The Roswell Legacy: The Untold Story of the First Military Officer at the 1947 Crash Site finished 5/6/16
A: All Together Dead finished 7/19/16
N: Neuromancer finished 7/31/16
O:
R:
M: Me of Little Faith finished 3/16/16
A: Austenland finished 8/1/16
L: Love in Lowercase finished 5/11/16 (hide spoiler)]

Philosophy: 7/10
(view spoiler)[P: The Playboy's Gift finished 11/10/15
H: The Haunted finished 4/21/16
I:
L: Lord of the Flies finished 5/16/16
O:
S: Stardust finished 8/31/15
O:
P: Plague Town finished 4/20/16
H: Howl's Moving Castle finished 4/26/16
Y: The Year of Pleasures finished 5/23/16 (hide spoiler)]

Romance: 2/7
(view spoiler)[R:
O:
M: The Miserable Mill finished 4/18/16
A:
N:
C: Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet finished 4/10/16
E: (hide spoiler)]

Science Fiction: 5/14
(view spoiler)[S: The Stone Rose finished 9/13/15
C: Cat's Cradle finished 4/10/16
I:
E:
N:
C: Castle in the Air finished 6/25/16
E:

F: Forgive My Fins finished 2/13/16
I:
C: The Cat Who Could Read Backwards finished 7/5/16
T:
I:
O:
N: (hide spoiler)]

Young Adult: 6/10
(view spoiler)[Y: Y finished 6/4/16
O:
U: Utterly Charming finished 9/27/15
N:
G: Goddess Boot Camp finished 1/30/16

A:
D: Dead to the World finished 11/25/15
U: UnEnchanted finished 1/14/16
L: The Lost Duke of Wyndham finished 5/29/16
T: (hide spoiler)]

Notorious "August" Challenge

Level: Hard
Duration: 8/1/15-8/31/15
Progress: 7/7+ (completed)

Augusts:
➸August Strindberg 1849-1912, playwright: Miss Julie ~ Read any erotica book
➸August Wilson 1945-2005, playwright: Multiple Pultizer Prize Winner ~ Read any book that has won a Goodreads Choice Award (any year)
➸August Ferdinand Möbius 1790-1868, mathematician: ➸Möbius strip ~ Read any book that's in dead tree format - Cat People finished 8/8/15
➸August Alsina 1992-, R&B Singer:Life Under the Gun ~ Read any book with a gun on the cover
➸August Horch 1868-1951, entrepreneur: Audi ~ Read any book that has a car on the cover - Look-Alike Lawman finished 8/11/15
➸August Kekule 1820-1896, scientist: Chemist ~ Read any book from the steampunk or sci-fi genre - Slaughterhouse-Five finished 8/1/15
➸August Macke 1887-1914, painter: Colorful Landscapes ~ Read any book who's cover is colorful
➸August Schellenberg 1936-, actor: New World ~ Read a book set in a country that you've never visited or lived in
➸August Kitzberg 1855-1927, playwright: Comedic works ~ Read any book that makes you laugh
➸August Gailit 1891-1960, poet: Toomas Nipernaadi ~ Read any book with a liar, cheater, con man, player
➸August Wilhelm Hupel 1737-1819, non-fiction author: Estonian Medical Textbook ~ Read any book with a doctor or a nurse in it - Cinder finished 8/14/15
➸August Meyer 1851-1905, engineer: Kansas City Smelting & Refining Company ~ Read any book set in Missouri or Kansas
➸August Malk 1900-1987, novelist: Õitsev Meri (The Flowering Sea) ~ Read any book set near the ocean - Epic Fail finished 8/10/15
➸August Leimbach 1882-1965, architect: 12 Madonna of the Trail Monuments ~ Read any book with a female author - Special Offers finished 8/8/15
➸August Stradal 1860-1930, pianist: Music Teacher ~ Read a book with a musician
➸August Derleth 1909-1971, novelist: Horror Stories ~ Read a book from the horror genre - Asylum finished 8/23/15

Book It To The Finish Line! Challenge - August

Duration: 8/1/15-8/31/15
Minimum Page Number: 200
Progress: 3/3 (completed)

Each of the seventeen districts of the city is named after an animal or symbol:
Aquila (Eagle) - read a book with a bird on the cover
Bruco (Caterpillar) - read a book where someone changes dramatically or reinvents themself
Chiocciola (Snail) - read a book where someone eats something unusual
Civetta (Little Owl) - read a book with a wise character
Drago (Dragon) - read a book with a dragon in the story
Giraffa (Giraffe) - read a book with a character that is very tall
Istrice (Crested Porcupine) - read a book with a prickly [bad tempered or irritable] character - Epic Fail finished 8/10/15
Leocorno (Unicorn) - read a fantasy
Lupa (She-Wolf) - read a werewolf book
Nicchio (Seashell) - read a book set by the seashore
Oca (Goose) - read a book that will give you goosebumps
Onda (Wave) - read a book with a character that makes waves (idiom - causes difficulty)
Pantera (Panther) - read a book with a cat in the story - Special Offers finished 8/8/15
Selva (Forest) - read a book with a tree on the cover
Tartuca (Tortoise) - read a book where someone has to hide
Torre (Tower) - read a book with a castle or skyscraper on the cover
Valdimontone (Valley of the Ram) - read a book where two characters butt heads - Look-Alike Lawman finished 8/11/15

"Mickey" By Toni Basil Reading Challenge

Duration: 8/2/15-2/2/16
Progress: 14/14 (completed)

Read a book with a title that begins with each letter (omitting 'The', 'A', 'An') -or- author’s FIRST or LAST name that begins with each letter: M-I-C-K-E-Y

M – My Life as a White Trash Zombie finished 11/1/15
I – The Inconvenient Duchess finished 10/3/15
C – Cat People finished 8/8/15
K – Keep Out! Top Secret Places Governments Don't Want You to Know about finished 8/20/15
E – Epic Fail finished 8/10/15
Y – You Never Called Me Princess finished 9/20/15


Toni Basil was born Antonia Christina Basilotta. Read a book in which a character -OR- the author is named Antonia or Christina or some variation of the name (Ex.: Anthony, Tony, Christine, Chris, etc). - Utterly Charming by Kristine Grayson finished 9/27/15

The song was originally written as “Kitty”. Read a book featuring a cat shifter, or a character with a pet cat, or any book in which a cat plays a role. - Special Offers finished 8/8/15

Toni Basil changed the name to “Mickey” because of her fondness for Mickey Dolenz of ‘The Monkees’. Read any book from a series of which you are fond. (Note: This should be a series you’ve already started so no Book #1s, please, unless it’s a re-read.) - Look-Alike Lawman (Texas Twins #4) finished 8/11/15

The music video for the song was inspired by cheerleader routines. Read any Young Adult book. - Cinder finished 8/14/15

In the video, Toni Basil wore her head cheerleader uniform from Las Vegas High School. Read a book set in Nevada or whose author is from Nevada -OR- read a book with a cover showing a desert scene or any item used for gambling (playing cards, dice, cash, etc) - Wicked Weekend finished 8/18/15

Mickey is considered by some to be a “new wave” song. Read a book in which a character visits the beach -OR- with a cover showing a beach or ocean scene -OR- a predominantly blue cover. - You Blew It!: An Awkward Look at the Many Ways in Which You've Already Ruined Your Life finished 10/3/15

“Weird Al” Yankovic parodied the song on his debut album. Read any book you find funny or amusing or just plain weird. - Dad Is Fat finished 9/18/15

“Oh Mickey, you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind!” Read a book featuring a fine looking man on the cover. - Doctor Who: The Stone Rose finished 9/13/15

Around The World Spell Out Challenge

Note: Not country specific.

Duration: 8/13/15 – 8/12/16
Completed: (continuing until I finish)
Minimum Page Number: 50
Progress: 66/97

Australia: 9/9
(view spoiler)[A: Asylum finished 8/23/15
U: Utterly Charming finished 9/27/15
S: The Science of Monsters: the Origins of the Creatures We Love to Fear finished 8/23/15
T: Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween finished 11/15/15
R: Real Vampires Have Curves finished 10/4/15
A: The Accidental Werewolf finished 9/24/15
L: A Living Nightmare finished 12/6/15
I: The Inconvenient Duchess finished 10/3/15
A: American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot finished 1/12/16 (hide spoiler)]


China: 5/5
(view spoiler)[C: Cinder finished 8/14/15
H: Happy New Year, Baby Fortune! finished 1/4/16
I: Instructing an Heiress finished 11/1/15
N: The Night Before Christmas finished 1/3/16
A: The Académie finished 2/27/16 (hide spoiler)]


Egypt: 5/5
(view spoiler)[E: Ever Mine finished 10/24/15
G: The Giver finished 9/25/15
Y: You Never Called Me Princess finished 9/20/15
P: Practical Demonkeeping finished 10/25/15
T: Three Reasons to Wed finished 2/6/16 (hide spoiler)]


Great Britain: 10/12
(view spoiler)[G: The Great Gatsby finished 12/26/15
R: Reunited for the Holidays finished 10/28/15
E:
A: An Amish Noel finished 4/14/16
T: Tears of the Moon finished 3/14/16

B: Black Rose finished 9/5/15
R: Red Lily finished 12/3/15
I: The Imposter Bride: A Novel finished 3/29/16
T: To Kill a Mockingbird finished 8/6/16
A: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass finished 6/7/16
I:
N: Not My Wolf finished 1/30/16 (hide spoiler)]


Greece: 3/6
(view spoiler)[G: Goddess Boot Camp finished 1/30/16
R: The Reptile Room finished 2/14/16
E:
E:
C: Croak finished 9/17/15
E: (hide spoiler)]


India: 3/5
(view spoiler)[I:
N: Not Otherwise Specified finished 4/3/16
D: Dad Is Fat finished 9/18/15
I:
A: The Austere Academy finished 6/18/16 (hide spoiler)]


Ireland: 5/7
(view spoiler)[I:
R: Resenting the Hero finished 5/4/16
E:
L: Lost Highlander finished 2/14/16
A: All Together Dead finished 7/19/16
N: Night finished 4/15/16
D: Dead to the World finished 11/25/15 (hide spoiler)]


Italy: 4/5
(view spoiler)[I:
T: Tantalize finished 8/18/16
A: Austenland finished 8/1/16
L: Lavender Vows finished 2/17/16
Y: You Blew It!: An Awkward Look at the Many Ways in Which You've Already Ruined Your Life finished 10/3/15 (hide spoiler)]


Japan: 3/5
(view spoiler)[J: Just Breathe finished 11/25/15
A:
P: The Playboy's Gift finished 11/10/15
A:
N: Naked Heat finished 4/25/16 (hide spoiler)]


New Zealand: 6/10
(view spoiler)[N: The New Hunger finished 6/15/16
E:
W: The Weiser Field Guide to the Paranormal: Abductions, Apparitions, ESP, Synchronicity, and More Unexplained Phenomena from Other Realms finished 8/17/15

Z: The Zen of Zombie: (Even) Better Living through the Undead finished 4/4/16
E:
A:
L: Love in Lowercase finished 5/11/16
A:
N: Neuromancer finished 7/31/16
D: The Duchess War finished 12/16/15 (hide spoiler)]


Romania: 3/7
(view spoiler)[R: The Roswell Legacy: The Untold Story of the First Military Officer at the 1947 Crash Site finished 5/6/16
O: Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin finished 11/27/15
M: My Life as a White Trash Zombie finished 11/1/15
A:
N:
I:
A: (hide spoiler)]


Thailand: 3/8
(view spoiler)[T:
H: Heat Wave finished 2/22/16
A:
I:
L: Lord of the Flies finished 5/16/16
A:
N:
D: Divine Misfortune finished 5/24/16 (hide spoiler)]


United Kingdom: 7/13
(view spoiler)[U: UnEnchanted finished 1/14/16
N:
I:
T:
E:
D: Dead as a Doornail finished 6/9/16

K: Keep Out! Top Secret Places Governments Don't Want You to Know about finished 8/20/15
I:
N:
G: Guards! Guards! finished 2/15/16
D: Definitely Dead finished 7/7/16
O: Oh. My. Gods. finished 1/17/16
M: Mistletoe in Manhattan finished 11/25/15 (hide spoiler)]

VampAmber's September Dusty Bookshelf Challenge



I chose for Christina T.: and
Karen chose for me: and

finished 9/13/15 ★★★★
finished 9/11/15 ★★★★

New York New York Challenge

Duration: 9/1/15-9/30/15
Level: Medium
Progress: 5/8 (completed Easy)

New York, New York
Central Park: Read any book with a form of plant life on the cover - Black Rose finished 9/5/15
Empire State Building: Read any book that's over 500 pages
Statue of Liberty: Read a book set in France or with a French character
Rockefeller Center: Read a book with a male author or a book from a male's POV - Dad Is Fat finished 9/18/15
Time's Square: Read a book that's the last in a series or the most current release
Grand Central Terminal: Read a book where the characters travel at some point in the story - Warrior's Last Gift finished 9/11/15
Ellis Island: Read a book that's set in a different country than the one you live in - Doctor Who: The Stone Rose finished 9/13/15
September 11th Memorial: Read a book that features a character in the military, law enforcement, or a firefighter
Coney Island: Read a YA/NA book - Croak finished 9/17/15
Radio City Music Hall: Read a book with a character that's in the entertainment industry
Madison Square Garden: Read a book with an athlete
Brooklyn Bridge: Read a book with a bridge on the cover
St. Patrick's Cathedral: Read a gothic book
Carnegie Hall: Read a book with a musician
Chrysler Building: Read a book with a vehicle on the cover
Little Italy: Read a book set in Italy or with an Italian character
Plaza Hotel: Read a book where the characters stay at a hotel
Chinatown: Read a book set in China or with a Chinese character

BOOK it to the finish line! September 2015

Duration: 9/1/15-9/30/15
Minimum Page Number: 200
Progress: 65/59 vineyards visited (completed)

To finish the race, you must run past 59 vineyards.

Each book from this section will take you past 8 vineyards:
Read any 200+ book. - Dad Is Fat finished 9/18/15
Read a book where someone speaks French.
Read a book with a lot of purple on the cover. - The Accidental Werewolf finished 9/24/15
Read a book from your TBR list. - You Never Called Me Princess finished 9/20/15
Read a book of short stories.
Read a book written by an author that is new to you. - Croak finished 9/17/15

Each book in this section will take you past 13 vineyards:
Listen to an audio book.
Read a book set in Europe.
Read a book where someone has to run.
Read a book with more than 3 people on the cover.
Read a book published in 2015.
Read a book where the main character goes to a fancy party. - Black Rose finished 9/5/15

Each book in this section will take you past 20 vineyards:
Read a book set in France.
Read a book where someone wears in a costume. - Doctor Who: The Stone Rose finished 9/13/15
Read a book with fruit or grapes on the cover.
Read a book with less than 50 ratings here on Goodreads.
Read a book that was published at least 30 years ago.
Read an book where a main character gets drunk.

A book from this section will take you past 32 vineyards:
(only one book from this section)
Read a book written by a French author.
Read two books by the same author.
Read a book with a bottle or glass of wine on the cover.
Read a book that is at least 400+ pages.
Read a book where the main character goes to a vineyard.
Read a book written in the 1980's.

Branded By The Pages Challenge

Level: Consumer - 15 Books
Duration: 9/1/15-11/30/15
Minimum Page Number: 100
Progress: 15/15 (completed)

The Brands:
1. Absolut Vodka – Read a book where the MC is from Sweden or the character(s) go to Sweden (even if only for a small part of the book). Or read a book where a character drinks vodka.
2. Adidas – Read a book where the main characters is an athlete or at least once in the book someone was exercising. - From Paradise...to Pregnant! finished 10/25/15
3. Air Canada – Read a book that has a MC from Canada; or character(s) go to Canada (even if only for a small part of the book). Or read a book where people travel to different locations (if you pick this one, your character has to be in three or more cities). - Croak (MC is a grim reaper and travels all throughout the eastern third of the United States to claim souls after the person dies) finished 9/17/15
4. Always – Read a book where people talk about menstruations, even if it's mentioned just for a moment. Kidding or joking about it is ok too. - You Never Called Me Princess finished 9/20/15
5. Batman – Read a book about superheroes. (They don’t have to have any superpowers, they have to fight evil and help the good, and they can even be normal people like you and me. For example: policeman, soldiers from any armed forces, fireman and so on) - Doctor Who: The Stone Rose (the Doctor is always saving somebody, or the entire world, or the universe, or existence itself, etc...) finished 9/13/15
6. Chanel – Read a book about rich girl/woman that loves to shop, loves clothing, shoes and cosmetics.
7. Goodreads – Read a book about someone like you, who likes to read books. - Club Dead finished 10/17/15
8. Harley Davidson – Read a book about bikers; or a book with motorcycles in it.
9. History Channel – Read a book about a history lover; or a character which is very good with history in school, college; or read a Historical novel. - The Inconvenient Duchess finished 10/3/15
10. Lego – Read a book that MC is a parent of a child (not a baby, but a kid which can play by himself/herself)
11. Marlboro – Read a book that has a MC that is a bad boy; or he or she is a smoker; or is an addict of some kind. - My Life as a White Trash Zombie - finished 11/1/15
12. McDonalds – Read a book that's MC is working in a fast food restaurant; or where the MC was eating a burger (even if only one time in the book). - Ever Mine finished 10/24/15
13. Mortal Kombat – Read a book about a person who knows how to fight and has killed people or creatures.
14. MTV – Read a book that's MC is a singer or a dancer; or that at least has one scene in the book where he or she was singing. - Real Vampires Have Curves finished 10/4/15
15. Oral-b – Read a book that MC is a dentist; or the MC goes to dentist (doesn’t matter if this person goes for himself/herself or someone else so long as there's a trip to the dentist); or read a book were a character cleaned his or her teeth.
16. Playboy – Read a book that MC has a job where she or he has to wear little clothing; or the character(s) has an indecent picture or video on the internet.
17. Porsche – Read a book about a character that is rich and has more than one expensive car. Or read a book where the MC likes to drive very fast.
18. Stanford – Read a book that's MC is in some kind of University. - The Story of Awkward finished 11/14/15
19. Starbucks – Read a book that has a MC that is crazy about coffee, can’t get up without it, live without it; or a book that is set in Seattle or in Washington State.
20. Target – Read a book where the MC goes shopping or read a book where MC is a target (people want to kill, hurt, and kidnap her/him for money). - The Accidental Werewolf finished 9/24/15
21. Warner Bros. Entertainment – Read a book that's MC is an actor; or works in show business; or a book that became a movie. - Dad Is Fat (a memoir by a famous comedian) finished 9/18/15
22. Whiskas – Read a book about a cat lover (cat lover doesn’t have to have a cat, just that he or she has mentioned that he/she is a cat lover). - Utterly Charming finished 9/27/15
23. Wifi – Read a book that's MC is a tech geek, or is awkward around other people, or is a gamer. - Instructing an Heiress finished 11/1/15
24. World Wide Fund for Nature – Read a book that's MC saved some kind of animal. (For example: In the book it can be a charity which saves animals, or it can be that the MC finds a stray animal and takes it home)
25. Youtube – Read a book that's MC likes to take photos or shoot videos; or read a book about a person whose hobby is also a job. - Black Rose (MC's hobby is gardening and she owns a gardening store) finished 9/5/15

Science Fiction And Fantasy Challenge

Level: Barbarian (10-20)
Duration: 9/11/15-9/10/16
Board: Fantasy only
Progress: 9/20 (deductions: 0)

Roll 1: 1 - Unique Magic Systems - Warrior's Last Gift finished 9/11/15
Roll 2: 6 - Young Adult - Croak finished 9/17/15
Roll 3: 5 - Movies - The Giver finished 9/25/15
Roll 4: 5 - Unique Magic Systems - Utterly Charming finished 9/27/15
Roll 5: 6 - Young Adult - Bad Girls Don't Die finished 10/9/15
Roll 6: 4 - Humorous - Practical Demonkeeping finished 10/25/15
Roll 7: 4 - Ghosts & ESP - Dead to the World finished 11/25/15
Roll 8: 4 - Arthurian - The Sword in the Stone finished 8/14/16
Roll 9: 4 - Young Adult - Tantalize finished 8/18/16
Roll 10: - Dragons/Elves/Fairies - ???

VampAmber's October Dusty Bookshelf Challenge

My Books:



I pick for Joanna: and
Clare picks for me: and

★★★★★ finished 10/9/15
★★★★★ finished 11/1/15 (finished a day late)

Snakes & Ladders Challenge (restart)

Level: Rule Breaker
Duration: 1/8/16 - ???
Progress: 21/22

Spaces:
1 - one word title - UnEnchanted 1/14/16
2 - murder - The Cat Who Played Brahms 1/24/16
3 - n/a (ladder)
4 - last in series
5 - n/a (ladder)
6 - popular - Guards! Guards! 2/15/16
7 - foreign land - Goddess Boot Camp 1/30/16
8 - new release - The New Hunger 6/15/16
9 - female protagonist - Fairest 1/29/16
10 - made into movie - The Bad Beginning 1/20/16
11 - n/a (ladder)
12 - uncommon genre - Heat Wave 2/22/16
13 - stand alone - When the Ghost Screams: True Stories of Victims Who Haunt 1/29/16
14 - author name 'S' - The Reptile Room 2/14/16
15 - male protagonist - Not My Wolf 1/30/16
16 - family matters - Three Reasons to Wed 2/6/16
17 - n/a (snake)
18 - two word title - Lost Highlander 2/14/16
19 - n/a (snake)
20 - n/a (ladder)
21 - n/a (snake)
22 - three word title - Box of Rot 1/11/16
23 - published in 1999 - Jewels of the Sun 1/8/16
24 - award winning book - You Wish 3/24/16
25 - first in series - Oh. My. Gods. 1/17/16
26 - small town - Shadowed Summer 1/22/16
27 - n/a (snake)
28 - 6 months on TBR - Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly 1/27/16
29 - character name ‘A’ - Gift-Wrapped in Her Wedding Dress 2/15/16
30 - FREE SPACE (any book) - American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot 1/12/16

Defeat Your Fears Challenge

Duration: 9/18/15-12/17/15
Level: Fairly Brave (15-19 phobias)
Minimum Page Number: 120
Progress: 17/19

The Phobias:
1. Agrizoophobia (Fear of wild animals) - The Accidental Werewolf finished 9/24/15
2. Algophobia (Fear of pain) – Read a BDSM book.
3. Anthophobia (Fear of flowers) - The Soldier's Newfound Family finished 10/18/15
4. Aviophobia (Fear of Flying) - From Paradise...to Pregnant! finished 10/25/15
5. Chlorophobia (Fear of the color green) – Read a book with green cover.
6. Demonophobia (Fear of demons) – Practical Demonkeeping finished 10/25/15
7. Ephebiphobia (Fear of youth) – The Story of Awkward finished 11/14/15
8. Hylophobia (Fear of wood, forests, or trees) – My Life as a White Trash Zombie finished 11/1/15
9. Koinoniphobia (Fear of shared spaces) – Real Vampires Have Curves finished 10/4/15
10. Leukophobia (Fear of the color white) – Utterly Charming finished 9/27/15
11. Lipophobia (Fear of fats in foods) - Read a book with food on the cover.
12. Melanophobia (Fear of the color black) – Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween finished 11/15/15
13. Nosocomephobia (Fear of hospitals) – Reunited for the Holidays finished 10/28/15
14. Ombrophobia (Fear of rain) – The Inconvenient Duchess finished 10/3/15
15. Pentheraphobia (Fear of your mother in law) – Just Breathe finished 11/25/15
16. Phasmophobia (Fear of ghosts or phantoms) – Bad Girls Don't Die finished 10/9/15
17. Pogonophobia (Fear of beards) – Read a book with MC who is attracted to a bearded man; or MC who has a beard.
18. Porphyrophobia (Fear of the color purple) – Wicked finished 11/11/15
19. Sanguivoriphobia (Fear of vampires) – Club Dead finished 10/17/15
20. Thalassophobia (Fear of the sea, ocean) – The Playboy's Gift finished 11/10/15
21. Theophobia (Fear of gods) – Read a Mythological book, with gods in it.
22. Tokophobia (Fear of childbirth or pregnancy) – You Never Called Me Princess finished 9/20/15
23. Triskaidekaphobia (Fear of the number 13) – Read a 13th book in a series.
24. Xanthophobia (Fear of the color yellow) – Read a Yellow covered book.
25. Xenophobia (Fear of foreigners, or aliens) – Read a book with aliens in it; or with people from foreign country.

BOOK It To The Finish Line! October 2015 Challenge

Duration: 10/1/15-10/31/15
Minimum Page Number: 200
Progress (World Solar Challenge): 4/4 (completed)
Progress (Glendambo Four Wheel Drive Outback Challenge): 2/2 (completed)

Everyone begins the race in Darwin, Australia.
Here are some interesting cities along the 3000 km route.

To get to Dunmarra:
(Overland Telegraph linesman, Dan O'Mara, disappeared in the area in the early 1900s. Noel Healy established a cattle station here in the 1930s and discovered O'Mara's skeleton in the bush. The local Aboriginal people couldn't pronounce 'O'Mara', and their attempts sounded more like 'Dunmarra'.)
*read a book with someone whose family has lived in that *area a long time - Bad Girls Don't Die finished 10/9/15


To get to Kulgera:
(The only public buildings in town are the roadhouse and the police station. Kulgera Roadhouse has actually been pinpointed as the geographical centre of Australia.In the 2006 Australian census it had a population of 50.)
*read a book with less than 50 ratings here on Goodreads - You Blew It!: An Awkward Look at the Many Ways in Which You've Already Ruined Your Life finished 10/3/15


To get to Glendambo:
(Each June, Glendambo hosts a Four Wheel Drive Outback Challenge)
*read a book with 4 words in the title - Real Vampires Have Curves finished 10/4/15

If you want to, you can participate in a reading challenge within a reading challenge -
read at least 2 books from the Glendambo Four Wheel Drive Outback Challenge course challenges:
*rope course at night - nighttime on the cover - Club Dead finished 10/17/15
*cliff climb - a main character climbs something, i.e.; stairs, ladder, etc. - The Inconvenient Duchess finished 10/3/15

To get to Adelaide (5th largest city in Australia):
*read the 5th book in a series - The Soldier's Newfound Family finished 10/18/15

Foreman Trea's Batty About Pizza Challenge

Duration: 10/1/15-10/31/15
Level: Pepperoni
Progress: 6/6 (completed)

Tasks:

The average pizzeria uses roughly 55 pizza boxes per day.: Read a book that is the 5th in a series - The Soldier's Newfound Family finished 10/18/15

The popularity of pizza exploded throughout the country when World War II servicemen returning from Italy began opening pizzerias and raving about that "great Italian dish.": Read a book set during World War II or set in the 1950s

Super Bowl Sunday is one of the top 5 days in the year for pizza sales. Delivery sales of pizza also spike the most during close Super Bowl games.: Read a book where a character watches a football game or a book that has a main character that plays football

The longest pizza delivery was from Cape Town, South Africa to Sydney, Australia.: Read a book set in South Africa or Australia, or a book where someone sets a record - From Paradise...to Pregnant! finished 10/25/15

Kids ages 3 to 11 said they prefer pizza over any other food groups for lunch and dinner.: Read a book with a young child in it

Moose's Tooth Pub and Pizzeria in Anchorage is the highest-grossing single-unit independent pizzeria in the nation with $6 million annual sales.: Read a book that is the 6th in a series or a book set in Alaska - Reunited for the Holidays finished 10/28/15

Sixty-one percent of Americans enjoy thin crust. Fourteen percent said deep-dish and 11 percent enjoy their crust extra thin.: Read a book with a character that is a model, because they are expected to keep thin!

The world's fastest pizza maker made 14 pizzas in a record two minutes and 35 seconds.: Read a book where someone has to act/react quickly - Bad Girls Don't Die finished 10/9/15

In 2011, pizza was considered a vegetable by the Government.: Read a book where the main character is a vegetarian

Scientists report that eating pizza once a week can reduce the risk of esophageal cancer. It's the tomatoes and olive oil in the pizza.: Read a book where a character does something weekly, or a book with a character with cancer in any stage, or a book where a main character is a scientist

Italian is the most popular type of Ethnic food in America: Read a book set in Italy, a book with an Italian character, or a book where some type of Italian food is eaten - Real Vampires Have Curves finished 10/4/15

Domino's Pizza is the world leader in delivery: Read a book where a delivery has to be made, a book that is set in Michigan, a book that is the third in a series, or a book with a red, white, or blue cover - You Blew It!: An Awkward Look at the Many Ways in Which You've Already Ruined Your Life finished 10/3/15

Foreman Paris' Spooky October Challenge

Duration: 10/1/15-10/31/15
Level: Bewitched
Progress: 40/40 (2 books unfinished)

1. Ghoul - Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween by Lisa Morton
2. Ghost - You Blew It!: An Awkward Look at the Many Ways in Which You've Already Ruined Your Life by Josh Gondelman finished 10/3/15
3. Vampire - Club Dead by Charlaine Harris finished 10/17/15
4. Witch - Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alender finished 10/9/15
5. Werewolf - Club Dead by Charlaine Harris finished 10/17/15
6. Shifter - Club Dead by Charlaine Harris finished 10/17/15
7. Costume - The Inconvenient Duchess by Christine Merrill finished 10/3/15
8. Trick - You Blew It!: An Awkward Look at the Many Ways in Which You've Already Ruined Your Life by Josh Gondelman finished 10/3/15
9. Treat - Real Vampires Have Curves by Gerry Bartlett finished 10/4/15
10. Pumpkin - The Soldier's Newfound Family by Kathryn Springer finished 10/18/15
11. Skeleton - Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore finished 10/25/15
12. Haunted - Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alender finished 10/9/15
13. Black Cat - Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween by Lisa Morton
14. Cemetery - Club Dead by Charlaine Harris finished 10/17/15
15. Spooky - Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alender finished 10/9/15
16. Coffin - Club Dead by Charlaine Harris finished 10/17/15
17. Curse - The Inconvenient Duchess by Christine Merrill finished 10/3/15
18. Monster - Club Dead by Charlaine Harris finished 10/17/15
19. Full Moon - Club Dead by Charlaine Harris finished 10/17/15
20. Frighten - Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alender finished 10/9/15
21. Mischief - Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alender finished 10/9/15
22. Menace - Animal Instincts by Kim Alan finished 10/7/15
23. Orange - Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alender finished 10/9/15
24. Black - Club Dead by Charlaine Harris finished 10/17/15
25. Rituals - Club Dead by Charlaine Harris finished 10/17/15
26. Possession - Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alender finished 10/9/15
27. Terror - The Inconvenient Duchess by Christine Merrill finished 10/3/15
28. Zombies - Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alender finished 10/9/15
29. Trapped - The Inconvenient Duchess by Christine Merrill finished 10/3/15
30. Psychic - Club Dead by Charlaine Harris finished 10/17/15
31. Spiders - Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alender finished 10/9/15
32. Secluded - Wicked by Shannon Drake
33. Crazy - Club Dead by Charlaine Harris finished 10/17/15
34. Owls - Club Dead by Charlaine Harris finished 10/17/15
35. Nightmares - The Inconvenient Duchess by Christine Merrill finished 10/3/15
36. Masks - The Inconvenient Duchess by Christine Merrill finished 10/3/15
37. Midnight - The Inconvenient Duchess by Christine Merrill finished 10/3/15
38. Hell - Club Dead by Charlaine Harris finished 10/17/15
39. Bones - Club Dead by Charlaine Harris finished 10/17/15
40. Demons - Real Vampires Have Curves by Gerry Bartlett finished 10/4/15

VampAmber's November Dusty Bookshelf Challenge



I choose for ~Melissa~: and
Denise chooses for me: and

VampAmber's Million Page Challenge: Post 2 (current entry)

Started: 10/26/15
Total Progress: 27,947/1,000,000 pages read

Main Entry (completed)
Post 3 (not started yet)
Post 4 (not started yet)
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Foreman Trea's Clean Out Your Refridgerator Challenge

Duration: 11/1/15-11/30/15
Level: OMG! The Horror!
Progress: 7/9

Tasks:

Cheese and Dairy

Cheese slices: Read a book where someone gets wounded by a knife

Feta Cheese: Read a book with Greek Characters or is set in Greece

Shredded Cheese (Cheddar, Mozzarella, Parmesan, Mexican Blend; can also be frozen): - Instructing an Heiress finished 11/1/15

Milk: - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz finished 11/6/15

Condiments

Barbecue sauce: - Dead to the World finished 11/25/15

Dill pickle spears: - My Life as a White Trash Zombie finished 11/1/15

Fruit Preserves (100% fruit) or Jam: Read a book where someone is referred to as sweet, a book where someone eats jam or jelly, or a book where fruit is being harvested

Hot sauce: - Just Breathe finished 11/25/15

Ketchup: Read a book with a red cover or a book where someone eats a burger and fries with Ketchup

Mayonnaise: Read a book set in France or a book with a white or cream cover

Soy/Teriyaki sauce: Read a book with a Chinese/Japanese character or is set in China/Japan, read a book where the characters eat oriental takeout, or read a book with a “salty” character like a pirate, sea fisherman, or boat owner

Yellow or Dijon mustard: - The Story of Awkward finished 11/14/15

Worcestershire sauce: - Wicked finished 11/11/15

Produce

Carrots: Read a book with an orange or purple cover

Lettuce leaves: Read a book with a Jewish Character, or a book where the Passover Seder takes place

Mushrooms: Read a book set in the medieval or Victorian era, a book with a blue cover, or a book where a character does some work with wool or wool yarn (like knitting or crocheting)

Grapes: Read a book with a pink cover, a book set in a vineyard or vineyard town, or a book labeled Christian or Inspirational Fiction

Miscellaneous

Bacon or bacon bits: Read a book where the characters eat breakfast, or a book where a character is addicted to something

Crescent Roll Dough (for last minute meals with a crust): Read a book set in Minnesota, a book set in space, or a book with a baker for a main character

Yeast: Read a book where a character bakes or eats fresh bread, a book where a character brews his own beer, or a book where a main character is a scientist

VampAmber's BOOK It To The Finish Line November '15

Duration: November 1st, 2015 - November 30th, 2015
Minimum Page Number: 200
Progress: 4/4 (completed)

To cross the bridge you must read one book:
200+ page book - Wicked finished 11/11/15

To cross the see-saw you must read one book:
with a young child - The Playboy's Gift finished 11/10/15

To cross the pool you must read one book:
where the main character gets rescued - My Life as a White Trash Zombie finished 11/1/15

To turn around you must read one book:
that is not the first in a series - Instructing an Heiress finished 11/1/15

♫ Foreman Lanelle - Happy Planksgiving Challenge

Duration: 11/1/15-11/30/15
Completed: 9/18

the rocking plank - The Playboy's Gift finished 11/10/15
side plank - Wicked finished 11/11/15
reverse plank - My Life as a White Trash Zombie finished 11/1/15
crouching hover plank - Dead to the World finished 11/25/15
walking plank - read a book where someone goes for a long walk
x plank - read a book with an 'x' on the cover
side plank mermaid raise - read a book where someone sees the ocean
plank hip dips - read a book with a 'hipster' *
plank jacks - Just Breathe finished 11/25/15
rowing planks - read a book where time is spent in a small boat
bird dog planks - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz finished 11/6/15
fingertip planks - Instructing an Heiress finished 11/1/15
sphinx plank push-Up - read a book set in Egypt
plank drag with feet on towel - read a book set on a different planet than Earth *
sea witch plank crawl - The Story of Awkward finished 11/14/15
scorpion plank - read a book where someone gets stung
Swiss ball plank - Mistletoe in Manhattan finished 11/25/15
bicycle plank crunch - read a book where someone rides a bike

* hipster is a person who is trendy or stylish in an unconventional way
* feel free to add to the Hand and Glove Listopia
* everyone knows how important a towel is to a hitchhiker

VampAmber's December Dusty Bookshelf Challenge





I choose for Karina: and
Krissy chooses for me: and

(didn't finish in time)
★★★★ finished 12/7/15

VampAmber's BOOK it to the finish line! December 2015

Duration: 12/1/15-12/31/15
Minimum Page Number: 200
Progress: 5/17

Babar (a elephant prince)
The Duchess War finished 12/16/15

Ruby (the painting elephant)
*read a book that has a red cover

Lin Wang (the longest living captive elephant)
* read a book with an older character

Nellie the Elephant (a 1956 song)
* read a book where a main character escapes

Horton (he heard a Who)
Christmas Healing finished 12/7/15

Manny (from Ice Age)
* read a book set in the past

a heffalump (by A. A. Milne)
A Living Nightmare finished 12/6/15

Hanno (pet of Pope Leo X)
* read a book with a religious character

Dumbo (a Disney movie)
* read a book where time is spent in the air

Surus (Hannibal's surviving elephant)
* read a book with a survivor

Lotsa Heart (a Care Bear cousin)
* read a book with a pink cover

Tantor (from Tarzan)
Fashionably Dead finished 12/26/15

Elmer the Patchwork Elephant (a children's book)
Red Lily finished 12/3/15

Queenie (the waterskiing elephant)
*read a book with a talented character

Tai (has been in several movies)
* read a book that was made into a movie

Mr. Snuffleupagus (Sesame Street)
* read a book that is educational

Jumbo (a famous circus elephant)
* read a book that is 400+ pages

VampAmber's What Happened on December 19, 1843?

Duration: 12/1/15-12/31/15
Progress: 6/16

Major Characters:
Ebenezer Scrooge - read a book with a miserly character
Jacob Marley - Red Lily finished 12/3/15
nephew Fred - The Duchess War finished 12/16/15
Bob Cratchit - read a book with someone who is overworked
The Ghost of Christmas Past - read a book that is set in the past
Scrooge's neglected fiancée Belle - read a book where an engagement is broken
Scrooge's sister Fan - Fashionably Dead finished 12/26/15
Mr. Fezziwig - read a book with a nice boss
The Ghost of Christmas Present - read a contemporary book
Tiny Tim - read a book where a main character has a disability
Ignorance - A Living Nightmare finished 12/6/15
Want - read a book where the main character has little money
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come - read a book set in the future
the charwoman Mrs. Dilber - Christmas Healing finished 12/7/15
the undertaker - The Great Gatsby finished 12/26/15
Old Joe, a fence - read a book where something is pawned

♫ Foreman Lanelle - Best Selling Toys Over the Years

Duration: 12/1/15-12/31/15
Progress: 6/28

1960 Etch-A-Sketch - read a book with an artist
1961 Slip N' Slide - The Great Gatsby finished 12/26/15
1963 Easy Bake Oven - read a book with a chef or a cook
1964 G.I. Joe - read a book with a Army character
1965 Operation game - read a book with a doctor or nurse
1965 See 'n' Say - The Duchess War finished 12/16/15
1966 Twister game - read a book with extreme weather
1967 Big Wheel - read a book that is over 400 pages
1967 Lite Brite - Christmas Healing finished 12/7/15
1971 Mastermind game - read a book a very smart person
1972 Uno card game - A Living Nightmare finished 12/6/15
1973 Shrinky Dinks - read a short story
1974 Dungeons and Dragons game - read a fantasy book
1975 Othello game - read a book where a character changes sides
1977 Star Wars action figures - read a science fiction book
1978 Hungry Hungry Hippos game - Red Lily finished 12/3/15
1979 Cozy Coupe Ride-On - read a book with a car on the cover
1982 Trivial Pursuit game - read a nonfiction book
1983 My Little Pony - read a book with a cowboy or cowgirl
1984 Transformers - read a book with shape shifter
1985 Teddy Ruxpin - listen to an audio book
1986 Pound Puppies - read a book where someone has to be rescued
1988 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - read a YA book
1989 Super Soaker - read a book where someone goes swimming
1992 Barney plush toy - Fashionably Dead finished 12/26/15
1996 Tickle-Me Elmo - read a book with a red cover
1997 Tamagotchi - read a book with a needy character
2000 Razor scooter - read a book where someone gets injured

VampAmber's January 2016 Dusty Bookshelf Challenge



I choose for Sunshine✰✰✰: and
~Melissa~ chooses for me: and

★★★★★ finished 1/27/16
★★★★★ finished 1/29/16

TCF GoodReads Recommends Challenge 2016

Duration: 1/1/16-12/31/16
Levels
already know, but am curious: 1 - 2 books
need a few ideas: 3 - 4 books
no clue: 5 books or more

January
Level: curious (1-2 books)
1: American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot by Craig Ferguson finished 1/12/16 ★★★★★
2: When the Ghost Screams: True Stories of Victims Who Haunt by Leslie Rule finished 1/29/16 ★★★



February
Level: curious (1-2 books)
1: Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs finished 2/13/16 ★★★★★
2: Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett finished 2/15/16 ★★★★★



March
Level: curious (1-2 books)
1: Me of Little Faith by Lewis Black finished 3/16/16 ★★★
2: Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson DNF



April
Level: curious (1-2 books)
1: Plague Town by Dana Fredsti finished 4/20/16 ★★★★★
2: Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz finished 4/3/16 ★★★★★



May
Level: curious (1-2 books)
1: Resenting the Hero by Moira J. Moore finished 5/4/16 ★★★★★
2: Divine Misfortune by A. Lee Martinez finished 5/24/16 ★★★★★



June
Level: curious (1-2 books)
1: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater finished 6/15/16 ★★★★★
2: Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill (started 6/26/16)



July
Level: curious (1-2 books)
1: Neuromancer by William Gibson finished 7/31/16 ★★★★
2: Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg finished 7/14/16 ★★★★



August
Level: curious (1-2 books)
1: The Gospel of Loki by Joanne M. Harris (started 8/1/16)
2: In the Valley of the Kings: Howard Carter and the Mystery of King Tutankhamun's Tomb by Daniel Meyerson (started 8/2/16)

2016 Is Sweet Sixteen! Challenge

Duration: 1/1/16-12/31/16
Minimum Page Number: 175
Progress: 16/16 (completed)
More Progress: 41/48

Just the right age to:
get an adult job - Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly finished 1/27/16
get a driver's license - Where the Heart Is finished 3/23/16
drop out of school - American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot finished 1/12/16
get married with parental consent - Happy New Year, Baby Fortune! finished 1/4/16
drink alcohol in Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Portugal - Guards! Guards! finished 2/15/16
view a 16+ rated movie in the province of Quebec - The Wide Window finished 3/9/16
donate blood - The Cat Who Played Brahms finished 1/24/16
obtain a 10-year passport in the USA, UK and AUS - Jewels of the Sun finished 1/8/16
join the Armed Forces in the UK - The Académie finished 2/27/16
vote in Austria and Nicaragua - Beneath the Mall of Madness finished 3/19/16

Sixteen in music:
"Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" by Neil Sedaka - UnEnchanted finished 1/14/16
"Sixteen" by No Doubt - read a book with 'no' in the title
"The Sixteen", an English choir and orchestra - Lord of the Flies finished 5/16/16
"You're Sixteen" by Johnny Burnette - Cat's Cradle finished 4/10/16
Sixteen, a band from Poland - Goddess Boot Camp finished 1/30/16
"Sweet Sixteen" by Hilary Duff - Gift-Wrapped in Her Wedding Dress finished 2/15/16
"U16 Girls" by Travis - Three Reasons to Wed finished 2/6/16
"Sixteen" by Demon Hunter - The Vampire's Assistant finished 2/25/16
"Sweet Little Sixteen" by Chuck Berry - Orphan Train finished 2/19/16
"16", a song by Green Day - read a book with a green cover
"Sixteen Candles" by The Crests (#2 in 1959) - Go Tell it on the Mountain finished 3/8/16

In sports, 16 is:
the number of regular season games that each NFL team plays - You Wish finished 3/24/16
the number of teams that qualified for the finals of the FIFA World Cup (1934-1978) - Forgive My Fins finished 2/13/16
The number of teams that qualified for the finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup (1999-2011) - read a book with a cup on the cover
the number of drivers that qualify for NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup - read a book with a fast driver
from 1998-2012, the National League of Major League Baseball has had 16 teams - read a book with a ball on the cover
the University of Alabama once had 16 different teams on probation at the same time - The Reptile Room finished 2/14/16
since 2011 Super Rugby has conducted a 16-game regular season - Warm Bodies finished 5/26/16
the number Peyton Manning wore while at the University of Tennessee - Lost Highlander finished 2/14/16

Other sixteens:
16 Symbols, a digital marketing agency based in Delhi, India - Not Otherwise Specified finished 4/3/16
Sixteen, Kentucky, a community in the United States - Shadowed Summer finished 1/22/16
Louis XVI of France (1754 – 1793) - Fairest finished 1/29/16
each player in a chess game starts with sixteen pieces - When the Ghost Screams: True Stories of Victims Who Haunt finished 1/29/16
the Cadillac Sixteen, a high performance concept car - Me of Little Faith finished 3/16/16
there are 16 different personality types in the Myers-Briggs classification system - The Summer I Became a Nerd finished 3/31/16
16-bit microprocessor ran 16-bit applications - Naked Heat finished 4/25/16
Sixteen Kingdoms, part of Chinese history - read a book with a Chinese character
Canada's Yellowhead Highway is designated as Highway 16 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass finished 6/7/16
the F-16 Fighting Falcon, a fighter jet - Howl's Moving Castle finished 4/26/16
16 mm film was originally an amateur movie format, but is now used by professionals - Tears of the Moon finished 3/14/16
the M16 rifle - Plague Town finished 4/20/16
Android 16, a character in the Dragon Ball manga series - Heat Wave finished 2/22/16
16 waking hours in a day in an "8 hours of sleep" schedule - All Together Dead finished 7/19/16
many bank card numbers are 16 digits long - Outlaw Hunter finished 5/22/16
there are 16 racetracks in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! - Divine Misfortune finished 5/24/16
16 is the number printed on the front of the Johnny Hero's jogging suit (an early action figure) - Oh. My. Gods. finished 1/17/16
In Tarot, number 16 is the Tower card, which symbolizes great changes, moving on to something or someplace completely new. - The Imposter Bride: A Novel finished 3/29/16
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, during the Civil War (1861-1865). Lincoln was also against slavery. - Read a book that takes place during the Civil War or has slavery in it.

Honoring The Harry Potter Movies Challenge

Duration: 1/1/16-12/31/16
Minimum Page Number: 175
Progress (total): 40/45
Gryffindor: 15/15
Hufflepuff/Ravenclaw: 10/15
Slytherin: 15/15

Gryffindor
Read 15 books that are associated with something in the titles of books. (Since there are only 10 books, you will need to double up on a few titles.)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - read a book where the main character is magical in some way or where stones are relevant to the plot
Shadowed Summer finished 1/22/16
Guilty Pleasures finished 5/31/16
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - read a book where secrets are relevant or where a main character is locked up
Goddess Boot Camp finished 1/30/16
The Imposter Bride: A Novel finished 3/29/16
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - read a book where the main character is imprisoned, wrongfully so for extra credit
Fairest finished 1/29/16 (extra credit, too)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - read a book where fire is of importance
Samhain: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for Halloween finished 4/20/16
Howl's Moving Castle finished 4/26/16
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - read a book where the main character re-invents oneself or is mythological
Jewels of the Sun finished 1/8/16
The Summer I Became a Nerd finished 3/31/16
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - read a book about royalty or blood
Forgive My Fins finished 2/13/16
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - read a book where enchanted objects are relevant
UnEnchanted finished 1/14/16
The Tales of Beedle the Bard - read a book of short stories
Scary Stories Treasury finished 8/19/16
Quidditch Through the Ages - read a book with a 'Q' in the title
The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things finished 7/12/16
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - read a book where the main character has to search for something
The Reptile Room finished 2/14/16
Resenting the Hero finished 5/4/16



Hufflepuff/Ravenclaw (Go Hufflepuff!)
Read 15 books that are written by authors who have the same first or last name as the character or actor. (Spellings can be slightly different.)

Harry Potter - Daniel Radcliffe
Ron Weasley - Rupert Grint
Hermione Granger - Emma Watson
Albus Dumbledore - Richard Harris or Michael Gambon
►Heat Wave by Richard Castle finished 2/22/16
Rebeus Hagrid - Robbie Coltrane
Ginny Weasley - Bonnie Wright
Fred Weasley - James Phelps
►Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin finished 3/8/16
George Weasley - Oliver Phelps
Molly Weasley - Julie Walters
Arthur Weasley - Mark Williams
►Lord of the Flies by William Golding finished 5/16/16
Lord Voldemort - Ralph Fiennes
Severus Snape - Alan Rickman
Minerva McGonagall - Maggie Smith
►Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater finished 6/15/16
Draco Malfoy - Tom Felton
Sirius Black - Gary Oldman
►Me of Little Faith by Lewis Black finished 3/16/16
Remus Lupin - David Thewlis
►An Amish Noel by Patricia Davids finished 4/14/16
Vernon Dursley -Richard Griffiths
►Naked Heat by Richard Castle finished 4/25/16
Petunia Dursley - Fiona Shaw
Dudley Dursley - Harry Melling
Neville Longbottom - Matthew Lewis
►Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll finished 6/7/16
Nearly Headless Nick - John Cleese
►Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet by John W.S. Bradshaw finished 4/10/16
Argus Filch - David Bradley
Sybil Trelawney - Emma Thompson
Gilderoy Lockhart - Kenneth Branagh
Cedric Diggory - Robert Pattinson
►Tears of the Moon by Nora Roberts finished 3/14/16



Slytherin
Read 15 books about things that one might associate within the HP universe.

friends - read a book where a group of friends are the main characters
orphan - Orphan Train finished 2/19/16
Hogwarts - The Académie finished 2/27/16
Dumbledore - The Vampire's Assistant finished 2/25/16
muggles - Happy New Year, Baby Fortune! finished 1/4/16
wizards - You Wish finished 3/24/16
scar - Beneath the Mall of Madness finished 3/19/16
potions - Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly finished 1/27/16
the Marauder's Map - The Wide Window finished 3/9/16
England - Guards! Guards! finished 2/15/16
secret passageways - read a book where the main characters go through a magic portal
the Triwizard Tournament - Oh. My. Gods. finished 1/17/16
the Dursleys - Where the Heart Is finished 3/23/16
Gringott's Bank - Gift-Wrapped in Her Wedding Dress finished 2/15/16
Parseltongue - read a book where someone is able to communicate with animals
mythical creatures - read a book where mythical or animals play a part
giants - Boy Toy finished 4/6/16
castle - Lost Highlander finished 2/14/16
owls - The Cat Who Played Brahms finished 1/24/16

TCF's It's Called What??? Challenge (American version)

Duration: 1/1/16-12/31/16
Progress: 30/45

C: The Cat Who Played Brahms finished 1/24/16
H: Happy New Year, Baby Fortune! finished 1/4/16
A: American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot finished 1/12/16
R: The Reptile Room finished 2/14/16
G: Goddess Boot Camp finished 1/30/16
O: Oh. My. Gods. finished 1/17/16
G: Guards! Guards! finished 2/15/16
G: Gift-Wrapped in Her Wedding Dress finished 2/15/16
A: The Académie finished 2/27/16
G: Go Tell it on the Mountain finished 3/8/16
O: Orphan Train finished 2/19/16
G: Guilty Pleasures finished 5/31/16
G: Ghosthunting Ohio: On the Road Again finished 7/9/16
M: Me of Little Faith finished 3/16/16
A: An Amish Noel finished 4/14/16
N: Not My Wolf finished 1/30/16
C: Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet finished 4/10/16
H: Heat Wave finished 2/22/16
A: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass finished 6/7/16
U: UnEnchanted finished 1/14/16
G:
G:
A: The Austere Academy finished 6/18/16
G:
O: Of Mice and Men finished 3/18/16
G:
G:
C: Cat's Cradle finished 4/10/16
H: The Haunted finished 4/21/16
A: All Together Dead finished 7/19/16
U:
B: Box of Rot finished 1/11/16
U:
N: Not Otherwise Specified finished 4/3/16
A: Austenland finished 8/1/16
G:
U:
N: Night finished 4/15/16
G:
A:
M: The Miserable Mill finished 4/18/16
A:
U:
G:
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~Foreman Paris - January Ring in the New Year Challenge

Duration: 1/1/16-1/31/16
Level: Embrasing New Things (5-9 books)
Progress: 9/9 (completed)

New to You Author:
American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot 1/12/16
Oh. My. Gods. 1/17/16
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly 1/27/16
New Series (book 1 in a series):
Happy New Year, Baby Fortune! 1/4/16
Jewels of the Sun 1/8/16
New to You Standalone:
Shadowed Summer 1/22/16
When the Ghost Screams: True Stories of Victims Who Haunt 1/29/16
Fairest 1/29/16
New Genre:
New to You Trope:
UnEnchanted 1/14/16 (descendant of the brothers Grimm deals with the stories)
New to You Species:
New Setting:
New Time Frame:

♫ Foreman Lanelle - About Garnets Challenge

Duration: 1/1/16-1/31/16
Progress: 14/25

Words List
gem - read a book with any gem on the cover
rainbow - UnEnchanted finished 1/14/16
deep - read a book that makes you think
Bohemian - read a book with an unconventional character
vibrant - American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot finished 1/12/16
appearing - Goddess Boot Camp finished 1/30/16
orange - read a book where they eat/drink citrus
brown - read a book with brown eyes on the cover
subtle - read a book with a spy
purple - Fairest finished 1/29/16
legend - Oh. My. Gods. finished 1/17/16
light - The Twelve Days of Stella finished 1/18/16
protect - read a book with a police officer
owners - The Cat Who Played Brahms finished 1/24/16
nightmare - When the Ghost Screams: True Stories of Victims Who Haunt finished 1/29/16
long - Box of Rot finished 1/11/16
travelers - Jewels of the Sun finished 1/8/16
accident - Happy New Year, Baby Fortune! finished 1/4/16
far from home - read a book set on a different continent from you
January - The Bad Beginning finished 1/20/16
stunning - Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly finished 1/27/16
mystical - Shadowed Summer finished 1/22/16
powers - read a book with an energetic character
gift - read a book you received as a gift
centuries - read a book set over a hundred years ago

Cities of the World - Patras, Greece Challenge

Duration: 1/1/16-1/31/16
Progress: 10/13

The Sites To See
the medieval Patras Castle (built in the 6th century AD) - Fairest finished 1/29/16
the church of Saint Andrew of Patras - read a book with a character named Andrew
the Achaia Clauss wine industry and tasting center - Jewels of the Sun finished 1/8/16
the remains of the Roman aqueduct - UnEnchanted finished 1/14/16
the Turkish baths building - Happy New Year, Baby Fortune! finished 1/4/16
the Patras Lighthouse - Oh. My. Gods. finished 1/17/16
Olga's Square (Queen Olga, wife of King George I) - American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot finished 1/12/16
the Spinney of Patras ( a pine tree covered hill) - The Cat Who Played Brahms finished 1/24/16
Labyrinthos (an 80-year-old family restaurant) - Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly finished 1/27/16
Volcano (night club with live music and dancing) - read a book with a musician
Gerokomio Monastery (one of the oldest in the area) - Shadowed Summer finished 1/22/16
Ancient Odeion Theatre (used for cultural performances) - The Bad Beginning finished 1/20/16
Trion Symmahon Square (the three Allied Powers who fought for the liberation of Greece; Britain, France and Russia) - read a book set in Great Britain, France or Russia

BOOK it to the finish line! January 2016 Challenge

Duration: 1/1/16-1/31/16
Minimum Page Number: 200
Progress: 99/51 feet (completed)

For your stick to go 8 feet, read a book that:
is at least 200+ pages - American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot finished 1/12/16
has a bare tree on the cover
is the second in a series - Goddess Boot Camp finished 1/30/16
the title is 3 words long - Oh. My. Gods. finished 1/17/16
has a bird on the cover
has two authors

For your stick to go 11 feet, read a book that
has a bear in the story
has a yellow cover - Jewels of the Sun finished 1/8/16
is a children's book - Fairest finished 1/29/16
has a young child in it - UnEnchanted finished 1/14/16
is set in a forest
has a character with the name of Chris

For your stick to go 16 feet, read a book that
has less than 100 reviews
has a red shirt or dress on the cover
has a gloomy character
was published before 1928
you think is sweet (like honey)
the author's name is Alan or Alex

For your stick to go 21 feet, read a book that
is a genre you don't usually read
has a bridge on the cover
pigs are mentioned - The Cat Who Played Brahms finished 1/24/16
has illustrations
is set in a place you've never been - Happy New Year, Baby Fortune! (set in Texas) finished 1/4/16
where someone loses their home

VampAmber's Alphabet Yearly Challenge 2016

Duration: 1/1/16-12/31/16
Level: Medium (titles only)
Progress: 24/26

A: American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot ★★★★★ 1/12/16
B: Box of Rot ★★★✰✰ 1/11/16
C: The Cat Who Played Brahms ★★★★★ 1/24/16
D: Divine Misfortune ★★★★★ 5/24/16
E:
F: Fairest ★★★★★ 1/29/16
G: Goddess Boot Camp ★★★★★ 1/30/16
H: Happy New Year, Baby Fortune! ★★★★✰ 1/4/16
I: The Imposter Bride: A Novel ★★★★★ 3/29/16
J: Jewels of the Sun ★★★★★ 1/8/16
K: Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly ★★★★★ 1/27/16
L: Lost Highlander ★★★★★ 2/14/16
M: Me of Little Faith ★★★✰✰ 3/16/16
N: Not My Wolf ★★★★✰ 1/30/16
O: Oh. My. Gods. ★★★★★ 1/17/16
P: Plague Town ★★★★★ 4/20/16
Q: The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things ★★★★✰ 7/12/16
R: The Reptile Room ★★★★★ 2/14/16
S: Shadowed Summer ★★★✰✰ 1/22/16
T: Three Reasons to Wed ★★★✰✰ 2/6/16
U: UnEnchanted ★★★★★ 1/14/16
V: The Vampire's Assistant ★★★✰✰ 2/25/16
W: When the Ghost Screams: True Stories of Victims Who Haunt ★★★✰✰ 1/29/16
X:
Y: You Wish ★★★★★ 3/24/16
Z: The Zen of Zombie: (Even) Better Living through the Undead ★★★✰✰ 4/4/16

VampAmber's Dusty Bookshelf Challenge February 2016



I choose for Skandia: and
Dan chooses for me: and

(didn't finish in time)
★★★✰✰ finished 2/6/16