Renee’s Comments (group member since Feb 03, 2014)

Renee’s comments from the The Reading Challenge Group group.

Thanks for commenting on Ghost Bride, Allison. It's another title I've been considering and I'm glad to know you found it interesting. :)

Glad to hear it! Onward to the Challenges!

Sorry, Marianne, but no. This challenge is for books read during 2017. It's a very long list so you should be able to find some great reads.

The group is registered as being founded in the UK because the person who started it had the declare a place. However, there are people here from all over the world. We're a wonderful variety here!

Memoirs and Joy Luck were both fabulous!

We've got a 50 book challenge in the Year-Long folder to get you started if you're interested. It's just about shouting out your monthly accomplishments until you reach 50 books.

Brenda-
You might consider starting a Buddy Read. You could post a query for others interested in a book you want to read in the thread for that. Or you could ask someone here who is reading a book that looks interesting to you.

I'm in a Buddy Read about the Little House series because of a conversation in the Cereal Numbers thread (a Year-Long challenge).

I get some of my best book ideas from the people in this group. :)

Hi, Amélia! You may want to take a peek in the Personal Goals 2017 folder to see how some people are using this to keep track of the challenges in which they participate. It's an option, not a requisite.

Glad to have both you and Suneet join us here.

Oh, yeah. Sorry about that. Yes, use it. I didn't read the new How-To carefully, but that's the way I was doing them before 2017 and I decided to change it up this year. My fault for not communicating.

Faye-
Very cool. Allison created it in the spring and we had a blast with it last year.

A Bookworm Reading (Plethora) wrote: "I need a partner pick please. Please use this shelf to narrow down your selection.

Thank you."

Three I enjoyed...

1) The Hound of the Baskervilles
2) The Picture of Dorian Gray
3) Brave New World

Later...

Crazy Calendar
Reach for the Stars

Cereal Numbers: Little House Series

1) Little House in the Big Woods**
2) Little House on the Prairie
3)

Cereal Numbers: Aubrey-Maturin Series

11) The Reverse of the Medal**
12) The Letter of Marque**
13) The Thirteen-Gun Salute**
14) The Nutmeg of Consolation**
15) The Truelove**
16) The Wine-Dark Sea**
17) The Commodore**
18) The Yellow Admiral
19) The Hundred Days
20) Blue at the Mizzen
21) The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey

reserved

30 Book Non Fiction Challenge
COMPLETED ___

[] NF book with > 500 pages
[x] History: Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution**
[] NF book that became a movie
[] NF about Relationships
[] NF book published this year
[] Religion or Philosophy
[] NF book with a number in the title
[] Biography
[x] A funny NF book: The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo**
[x] NF book by a female author: In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox**
[] a "How-To" NF book
[] NF book with a one-word title
[] NF about Nature or Animals
[] A NF book set in a different country
[x] Health or Wellness related: Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal**
[] NF book recommended by a friend
[] Prize winning NF book
[] NF on Minority Studies
[] NF book that scares you
[] Self Improvement or Career Advice
[] A NF about something that happened in the decade you were born
[] NF on a LGBTQIA+ topic
[] A NF book with a place in the title
[] NF related to Current Events
[] Sociology or Psychology
[] NF book that takes place in your region
[x] a Memoir: Yes Please**
[] NF book written by an author with your same initials, first or last name
[] Math or Technology
[] A NF book you started but never finished

NEW RELEASE Challenge

Level One: Curious: read 1 new release
Level Two: Curiouser: read 3 new releases
Level Three: Most Curious: read 6 new releases
Level Four: You killed the cat: read 12 new releases

TBR Challenge


Level One (5 TBR books) = List Tickler
1. Little House in the Big Woods paperback**
2. The Old Curiosity Shop hardcover**
3. Little House on the Prairie paperback
4. The Neverending Story hardcover**
5. Brown Girl Dreaming**

Level Two (10 TBR books) = List Tamer
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Level Three (15 TBR books) = Captain of the Shelf
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

Level Four (20 TBR books) = Master of All Dust Bunnies
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
Dance of Book Joy ensues!

DOORSTOPPER Challenge (more than 800)

1) Les Misérables 1,463 pages

CHUNKSTER CHALLENGE (more than 400): Round Three

Level One (Chunkster)
- Read 3 books with > 400 pages
1) Belinda**
2) Titus Groan**
3) The Return of the Native**

Level Two (Flower Presser)
- Read 6 books with > 400 pages
4) The Tenant of Wildfell Hall**
5) The Disorderly Knights**
6) Pawn in Frankincense**
6)

Level Three (Back Breaker)
- Read 10 books with > 400 pages... and then see a chiropractor!
7) The Lake House**
8) Mansfield Park**
9) The Woman in White
10) Can You Forgive Her?