Miranda’s Comments (group member since Mar 18, 2019)

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

Doorstopper (600-1,000 pages)

1. IT-pgs. 1,156
2. Before We Were Yours- pgs. 603
3. Helter Skelter- pgs. 689
4. No Safe House- pgs. 669
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Chunkster (400-599 pages)

1. Good Girls Lie- pgs. 464
2. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek- pgs. 487
3. Heart Shaped Box- pgs. 510
4. The Family Upstairs- pgs. 487
5. Summer of 69- pgs. 432
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When do we, or can we rather start posting our challenge thread for 2020??

Got my first bingo with O. (SEE MESSAGE 23)

B1: Exploration
B2: Congratulations!
B3: Participation-
B4: Information
B5: Collaboration

I1: Listed it
I2: Bought it
I3: Eyed it
I4: Downloaded it
I5: Scored it!

N1: Oldie but goodie
N2: New kid on the block
N3: FREE
N4: Yesterday's news
N5: Everybody's talking

G1: Nice to meet you-
G2: You seem familiar
G3: One of the girls
G4: One of the guys
G5: Old friends

[++BINGO WITH O++]
O1: Take a stand
O2: Take a friend
O3: Take a trip-
O4: Take a look
O5: Take a break-





CATEGORIES...

B1: Exploration - A book out of your comfort zone
B2: Congratulations! - An award winning book (can include Goodreads choice awards)
B3: Participation - A group read (this or any other group)- Run Away
B4: Information - A non-fiction book or one based on a true story
B5: Collaboration - A discovery made through Goodreads such as through recommendations, suggestions from GR friends, newsletter etc.

I1: Listed it - A book from your GR to-read list
I2: Bought it - A book you own but have not yet read
I3: Eyed it - A book you have been meaning to read for a while now
I4: Downloaded it - An ebook you own but that you have not yet read or an audiobook you have not yet listened to
I5: Scored it! - A book you got for free e.g. sale, gift, giveaway, library etc.

N1: Oldie but goodie - A classic
√N2: New kid on the block - A book published this year- The Last House Guest
N3: FREE - Any book that strikes your fancy :)
N4: Yesterday's news - A book released last year that you haven't yet read
N5: Everybody's talking - A buzz-worthy book, one that you have heard others raving about or that everybody but you seems to have read

√G1: Nice to meet you - A book by an author new to you- Girl, Stolen
G2: You seem familiar - A book by an author you have heard a lot about
G3: One of the girls - A book by a female author
√G4: One of the guys - A book by a male author- Call Me Evie
G5: Old friends - A book you haven't yet read by an author whose work you like

√O1: Take a stand - A stand-alone book- The Hiding Place
√O2: Take a friend - Any book from a series- The Year Of Luminous Love
√O3: Take a trip - A book set in different locale, continent or culture from your own-The Suspect
√O4: Take a look - An adult book, any genre- The Perfect Plan
√O5: Take a break - A YA book- Count All Her Bones

Yay! I have a lot of YA books on my TBR!

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The Garden Challenge (April-December)

This is a multi-level challenge that will run from April 1 through December 31, so only count books read within the April-Dec. timeframe.

You can make this more or less challenging by either finding books with a predominate flower as part of the cover or by trying to find books that actually have a flower name in the title.


Level 1: Fascinating Flower-boxes
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Level 2: Captivating Containers
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Level 3: Grandiose Gardens
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Rainbow Challenge

🌈 Level 1: Painter's Palette - Any 3 colors
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🌈 Level 2: Ride The Rainbow!
Rainbow Six:
Red: √
Orange: √
Yellow: √
Green: √
Blue/Indigo: √
Purple/Violet: √

🌈 Level 3: Beyond the Pale - All 12
Beyond the Pale:
Pink:
Gray:
White: √
Black: √
Brown:
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Rainbow Challenge 2

🌈 Level 1: Painter's Palette - Any 3 colors
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🌈 Level 2: Ride The Rainbow!
Rainbow Six:
Red:
Orange: √
Yellow: √
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Blue/Indigo: √
Purple/Violet:

🌈 Level 3: Beyond the Pale - All 12
Beyond the Pale:
Pink:
Gray:
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Black: √
Brown:
Color/Colour:

Rainbow Challenge Template

🌈 Level 1: Painter's Palette - Any 3 colors
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🌈 Level 2: Ride The Rainbow!
Rainbow Six:
Red:
Orange:
Yellow:
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Blue/Indigo:
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🌈 Level 3: Beyond the Pale - All 12
Beyond the Pale:
Pink:
Gray:
White:
Black:
Brown:
Color/Colour:

Seize The Day

1. After The End√
2. Ambush√
3. 17th Suspect√
4. 18th Abduction√
5. Anne Of Windy Poplars√
6. Anne Of The Island√
7. Sons From Afar√
8. Seventeen Against The Dealer√
9. Auggie & Me√
10.Five Feet Apart√
11. Reconstructing Amelia√
12. Dear Daughter√
13. A Dog's Promise√
14. Creation In Death√
15. The Nanny√
16. Family Tree
17. Never Tell√
18. The Suspect√
19.Call Me Evie√
20. The Perfect Plan√
22.. Run Away√
23. Come Find Me√
24. The Last House Guest√
25. Our House√
26. Just Over The Mountain√

Rosemarie wrote: "Good luck on your challenges, Randie."

Thank you!

Read the books that have been waiting the longest. Owned or not, what matters is how long you've been meaning to read them.

This challenge can include owned books, but it is more about those you've been intending to read for a long time, owned or not.

**You can list up to 20 books that you will choose from for the challenge. Once listed, those are the books you must choose from.

**Deciding you're no longer interested in a book can count as long as you've read at least 50 pages to make sure, and you remove it from your shelves permanently. That'll be one less book gathering dust.

Level 1 (2 Books) - Swipe the duster
1. Reason To Breathe
2. Barely Breathing

Level 2 (4 Books) - Dust bunnies beware
3. Out Of Breath
4. Shattered Secrets

Level 3 (7 Books) - Cobwebs begone
5. Forbidden Ground
6. Broken Bonds
7. House Of Secrets

Level 4 (10 Books) - Polish and shine
8. Monster: My True Story
9. Dead By Sunset
10. Dear Dawn

-*ROUND 2-*

Level 1 (2 Books) - Swipe the duster
1. Stars Of Fortune
2. Bay Of Sighs

Level 2 (4 Books) - Dust bunnies beware
3. Island Of Glass
4. Herion Diaries

Level 3 (7 Books) - Cobwebs begone
5. Manson In His Own Words
6. A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
7. No One Left To Tell√

Level 4 (10 Books) - Polish and shine
8. Did You Miss Me?
9. Watch Your Back
10. The Monster In The Closet


-*ROUND 3-*
Level 1 (2 Books) - Swipe the duster
1. Family Tree√
2. Sizzling Sixteen√

Level 2 (4 Books) - Dust bunnies beware
3. Smoking Seventeen√
4. Creation In Death√


Level 3 (7 Books) - Cobwebs begone
5. Seaview Inn
6. Return To Seaview Key
7. The Last Ride To Graceland

Level 4 (10 Books) - Polish and shine
8. Last Train To Memphis: The Making Of Elvis Presley
9. Careless Love: The Unmaking Of Elvis Presley
10. Baby, Let's Play House: Elvis Presley & The Women Who Loved Him

Go big in 2019! Tackle at least one of those beasts awaiting you. Books from 600-1000 pages count for this challenge.

DOOR STOPPER CHALLENGE 600-1000 PAGES

Level 1 - A Mighty Tome
1. Before And Again (Large print)-pages 679

Level 2 - Stack 'em High
2. The Help- pages 640
3. An Anonymous Girl (Large Print)- pages 611

Level 3 - Weight Matters
4. Someone Knows (Large print)- pages 600
5. The Hush (Large print)- pages 641
6. Never Tell (Large print)- pages 666

Level 4 - A Hefty Pile
7. Before We Were Strangers (Large print)- pages 603
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-*Over achiever challenge-*

*Just hit 50 books in this month! What I'm gonna do is continue on from May. You can find January- April where this challenge was originally posted!*

May
Girls In Pants:The Third Summer Of The Sisterhood
Foley Is Good And The Real World Is Faker Than Wrestling
17th Suspect
Private Princess
A Dog's Way Home
Vegas Heat
I Know You Know
An Anonymous Girl
The Better Sister
A Dog's Journey
Our Strange New Land
The Starving Time
Season Of Promise
18th Abduction
Beautiful Darkness
Where The Red Fern Grows
June
The Invited
Ambush
Sizzling Sixteen
Anne Of The Island
Three More Words
Creation In Death
Unsolved
Mortal Danger
The Dead Ex
The Perfect Alibi
The Suspect
Come Find Me
July
Run Away
Girl, Stolen
Count All Her Bones
Call Me Evie
Hysteria
The Perfect Plan
The Year Of Luminous Love
The Year Of Chasing Dreams
The Last House Guest
Losing Gabriel
The Hiding Place
Dream Dark
Beautiful Chaos
August
Smokin' Seventeen
Just Over The Mountain
Someone Knows
The Hush
My Sister's Bones
Keep You Safe
Auggie & Me
Beautiful Redemption
Never Tell
Forever in Blue
Dark Witch
September
Our House
Every Note Played
From A Buick 8
Sons From Afar
Before We Were Strangers
Lock Every Door
No One Left To Tell
October
The Institute
Seventeen Against The Dealer
Where The Crawdads Sing
Reconstructing Amelia
Bone By Bone
November
Map Of The Heart
All Fall Down
The Turn Of The Key
The Nanny
Five Feet Apart
A Dog's Promise
Anne Of Windy Poplars
The Whole Thing Together
After The End
Holes
December
The Rock Says
Kiss The Girls & Make Them Cry
Vegas Sunrise
Family Tree
The Sun Is Also A Star
An Unwanted Guest
Doctor Sleep
The Cradle Will Fall
Someone We Know
3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows

YEAR TO DATE: 132

-* Buyers Remorse 2019-*
The books that count for this challenge are those books you have bought before January 1st 2019.

-Again my set is a little different than the template.
-Books will be checked off as I read them

Level One (5 TBR books) = List Tickler
1. Dear Daughter√
2. Reconstructing Amelia√
3. Paint It Black
4. Flags Of Our Fathers
5. Sybil

Level Two (10 TBR books) = List Tamer
6. Foley Is Good√
7. Mortal Danger√
8. Jane Eyre
9. Gone With The Wind
10. The Testament

Level Three (15 TBR books) = Captain of the Shelf
11. Little Men
12. Jo's Boys
13. Cats & Daughters
14. Huck
15. Dream Dark (Beautiful Creatures short story)√

Level Four (20 TBR books) = Master of All Dust Bunnies
16. Infiltrator
17. Rising Storm
18. The Future War
19. Vegas Heat√
20. Vegas Sunrise√

Level 5 (25 TBR books)
21. Sins Of Omission
22. Sins Of The Flesh
23. Beautiful Darkness√
24. Beautiful Chaos√
25. Beautiful Redemption√

Level 6 (30 TBR books)
26. Girls In Pants√
27. Forever In Blue√
28. 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows√
29. Sisterhood Everlasting
30. Kentucky Rich

Level 7 (35 TBR books)
31. Kentucky Heat
32. Kentucky Sunrise
33. Dark Witch√
34. Shadow Spell
35. Blood Magick

Level 8 (40 TBR books)
36. The Dead Zone
37. Cujo
38. The Dark Half
39. Needful Things
40. Doctor Sleep√

Level 9: (45 TBR books)
41. Rose Madder
42. From A Buick 8√
43. Cinder
44. Scarlet
45. Cress

Level 10 (50 TBR books)
46. Three More Words√
47. The Cradle Will Fall
48. A Cry In The Night
49. Still Watch
50. Pretend You Don't See Her

Mine will go here! :)

For this challenge, choose a single author and focus on tasting as many of their works as you can.

-*VC Andrews is my pick!-*

Level 1 - Just a Sample
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Level 2 - Appetizers
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Level 3 - Main Course
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Level 4 - Dessert
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Challenge yourself to read some authors that are new to you. Maybe there's an author or two you've been meaning to try for a long time. Don't let them linger on your TBR any longer!

Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
1.The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
2.The Color of Lies
3.The Sky Between You and Me

Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
4.That's Not What Happened
5.The Handmaid's Tale
6.A Million Little Pieces

Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
7.The Color Purple
8.The Haunting of Hill House
9.The Last Child
10.The Hate U Give

*-New to you in 2019 round 2-*

Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
1.The Problem with Forever

Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
2.A Danger to Herself and Others
3.The Help

Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
4.Foley is Good: And the Real World is Faker Than Wrestling
5.A Dog's Way Home
6.Girl, Stolen


Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
7.Call Me Evie
8.My Sister's Bones
9.Keep You Safe
10.Our House


*-New to you in 2019 round 3-*

Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
1.Before We Were Strangers

Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
2.Dear Daughter
3.Where the Crawdads Sing

Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
4.Bone by Bone
5.Five Feet Apart
6.The Rock Says

Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
7.Winter in Paradise
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Challenge yourself to read some authors that are new to you. Maybe there's an author or two you've been meaning to try for a long time. Don't let them linger on your TBR any longer!

Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
1.The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
2.The Color of Lies
3.The Sky Between You and Me

Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
4.That's Not What Happened
5.The Handmaid's Tale
6.A Million Little Pieces

Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
7.The Color Purple
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-* 50 book challenge-*

January
It's Not Summer Without You
We'll Always Have Summer
Lisey's Story
The Perfect Girl
Solitary Blue
The Runner
Missing
The Nightingale
The Tattooist Of Auschwitz
The Real Michael Swann
Deadfall
The Future Of Us
February
Another Piece Of My Heart
Elevation
The Color Of Lies
The Sky Between You And Me
That's Not What Happened
The Best Of Us
You Don't Own Me
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Silent Scream
Vulnerable
The Handmaid's Tale
Reaching Through Time

March
A Million Little Pieces
Silent Scream (South Shores # 5)
Bridge Of Clay
The Color Purple
Janie Face To Face
Broken Things
People Kill People
The Break Down
The Haunting Of Hill House
One Was Lost

April
Count To Ten
The Last Child
The Hate U Give
The Problem With Forever
Deep In The Valley
Watching You
Before And Again
A Danger To Herself And Others
The Help

May
Girls In Pants:The Third Summer Of The Sisterhood
Foley Is Good And The Real World Is Faker Than Wrestling
17th Suspect
Private Princess
A Dog's Way Home
Vegas Heat
I Know You Know
An Anonymous Girl
The Better Sister
A Dog's Journey
Our Strange New Land
The Starving Time
Season Of Promise
18th Abduction
Beautiful Darkness
Where The Red Fern Grows
June
The Invited
Ambush
Sizzling Sixteen
Anne Of The Island
Three More Words
Creation In Death
Unsolved
Mortal Danger
The Dead Ex
The Perfect Alibi
The Suspect
Come Find Me
July
Run Away
Girl, Stolen
Count All Her Bones
Call Me Evie
Hysteria
The Perfect Plan
The Year Of Luminous Love
The Year Of Chasing Dreams
The Last House Guest
Losing Gabriel
The Hiding Place
Dream Dark
Beautiful Chaos
August
Smokin' Seventeen
Just Over The Mountain
Someone Knows
The Hush
My Sister's Bones
Keep You Safe
Auggie & Me
Beautiful Redemption
Never Tell
Forever In Blue
Dark Witch
September
Our House
Every Note Played
From A Buick 8
Sons From Afar
Before We Were Strangers
Lock Every Door
No One Left To Tell
October
The Institute
Seventeen Against The Dealer
Dear Daughter
Where The Crawdads Sing
Reconstructing Amelia
Bone By Bone
November
Map Of The Heart
All Fall Down
The Turn Of The Key
The Nanny
Five Feet Apart
A Dog's Promise
Anne Of Windy Poplars
The Whole Thing Together
After The End
Holes
December
The Rock Says
Kiss The Girls & Make Them Cry
Winter In Paradise
Vegas Sunrise
Family Tree
The Sun Is Also A Star
An Unwanted Guest
Doctor Sleep
The Cradle Will Fall
Someone We Know
3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows
YEAR TO DATE: 132