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✔X Axis (5)X: X by Ilyasah Shabazz - *** - 1/9/2018 - 348 Pages
A: Anna Banks; The Stranger - *** - 7/5/2015 - 32 Pages
X: Qiu Xiaolong; Death of a Red Heroine - ***** - 10/13/2020 - 482 Pages
I: Kazuo Ishiguro; Never Let Me Go - **** - 6/8/2018 - 288 Pages
S: Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore - *** - 2/4/2016 - 335 Pages
✔Y Coordinate (11)
Y: You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero - ***** - 7/26/2017 - 256 Pages
C: Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke - **** - 4/19/2016
O: The Off Season by Catherine Gilbert Murdock - **** - 3/18/2018 - 277 Pages
O: Oz: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by Eric Shanower - ** - 3/21/2018 - 184 Pages
R: The Remix by Jennifer Haymore - *** - 1/19/2017 - 71 Pages
D: Darynda Jones; Seventh Grave and No Body - **** - 8/15/2016 - 336 Pages
I: Isaac Asimov; Foundation - *** - 6/12/2018 - 244 Pages
N: Neil Gaiman; How the Marquis Got His Coat Back - **** - 1/18/2017 - 64 Pages
A: V.C. Andrews; Lightning Strikes - **** - 9/20/2017 - 384 Pages
T: John Tiffany; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 - ***** - 7/11/2017 - 320 Pages
E: Eighth Grave After Dark by Darynda Jones - ***** - 2/1/2017 - 293 Pages
✔Zero (4)
Z: Jeffrey Zaslow; The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship - *** - 8/24/2015 - 297 Pages
E: Janet Evanovich; Seven Up - *** - 1/12/2017 - 337 Pages
R: Rebirth Volume 1 by Kang-Woo Lee - ** - 1/19/2017 - 176 Pages
O: Oz: Road to Oz by Eric Shanower - **** - 4/10/2018 - 136 Pages
✔Parabola (8)P: Pamela Palmer; Desire Untamed - *** - 7/27/2015 - 363 Pages
A: Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis - **** - 12/9/2016 - 293 Pages
R: Nora Roberts; Happy Ever After - **** - 9/20/2016 - 333 Pages
A: A.G. Howard; The Moth in the Mirror - *** - 7/16/2015 - 40 Pages
B: The Brave Tale of Maddie Carver by Stacia Kane - ***** - 2/16/2016 - 8 Pages
O: Online Searching: A Guide to Finding Quality Information Efficiently and Effectively by Karen Markey - ***** - 8/5/2017 - 324 Pages
L: Marie Lu; Prodigy - **** - 5/11/2015 - 371 Pages
A: Ally Condie; Matched - ** - 1/4/2017 - 369 Pages
✔Quadrangle (10)
Q: Julia Quinn; Just Like Heaven - ***** - 11/1/2015 - 374 Pages
U: Unshelved by Bill Barnes - **** - 2/6/2017 - 127 Pages
A: Amanda Hocking; Wake - ** - 1/5/2017 - 309 Pages
D: Deborah Harkness; Shadow of Night - ***** - 9/7/2015 - 584 Pages
R: Rachel Hawkins; Demonglass - **** - 7/20/2015 - 359 Pages
A: Sarah Addison Allen; First Frost - ***** - 1/26/2017 - 296 Pages
N: Ted Naifeh; Courtney Crumrin: The Final Spell - ***** - 9/23/2016 - 133 Pages
G: Heather Graham; Heart of Evil - *** - 7/25/2016 - 376 Pages
L: Christina Lauren; Sweet Filthy Boy - ***** - 7/19/2016 - 385 Pages
E: Elizabeth Buchan; Separate Beds - **** - 11/1/2016 - 384 Pages
✔Radical (7)
R: Rachel Neumeier; Black Dog - ***** - 12/25/2016 - 448 Pages
A: Amy Chua; Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother - **** - 6/11/2017 - 237 Pages
D: Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay - ***** - 12/18/2015 - 307 Pages
I: In a Daze Work: A Pick-Your-Path Journey Through the Daily Grind by Siobhan Gallagher - **** - 10/12/2017 - 160 Pages
C: Stephen R. Covey; The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change - ***** - 5/10/2016
A: Jennifer Ashley; The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie - *** - 7/7/2017 - 320 Pages
L: Victoria Laurie; Better Read Than Dead - **** - 8/5/2016 - 296 Pages
✔Standard Deviation (17)
S: Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 6/21/2015 - 216 Pages
T: Ted Naifeh; Courtney Crumrin: Tales of a Warlock - ***** - 9/29/2016 - 128 Pages
A: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie - ***** - 7/9/2017 - 230 Pages
N: Nick Spalding; Fat Chance - *** - 10/3/2016 - 288 Pages
D: Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 1/13/2016 -338 Pages
A: As Lie the Dead by Kelly Meding - **** - 8/14/2017 - 432 Pages
R: Rick Riordan; The Battle of the Labyrinth - ***** - 5/14/2015 - 368 Pages
D: The Dark Side Of Night by Cindy Dees - ***** - 1/16/2016 - 216 Pages
D: Daimon by Jennifer L. Armentrout - *** - 6/6/2016 - 62 Pages
E: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire - **** - 11/11/2016 - 173 Pages
V: Brian K. Vaughan; Paper Girls, Vol. 1 - ***** - 11/29/2016 - 144 Pages
I: I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 3: Good Girl by Skottie Young - ***** - 12/15/2017 - 128 Pages
A: And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman - ***** - 8/30/2017 - 96 Pages
T: Paul Torday; Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - **** - 3/19/2017 - 333 Pages
I: I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons by Kevin Hart - ***** - 1/3/2018 - 400 Pages
O: George Orwell; 1984 - *** - 10/12/2017 - 328 Pages
N: A Night of No Return by Sarah Morgan - *** - 11/15/2016 - 192 Pages
✔Trigonometry (12)
T: Raina Telgemeier; Ghosts - ***** - 5/24/2017 - 256 Pages
R: J.K. Rowling; The Casual Vacancy - ** - 3/21/2017 - 503 Pages
I: I Love My Breakup - the original part one by Sabrina Lacey - **** - 4/4/2018 - 39 Pages
G: Gail Carriger; Curtsies & Conspiracies - *** - 2/5/2016 - 310 Pages
O: Orange: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1 by Ichigo Takano - ***** - 10/26/2017 - 384 Pages
N: Nalini Singh; Play of Passion - *** - 12/1/2016 - 321 Pages
O: Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer - ***** - 12/5/2017 - 386 Pages
M: Molly Harper; Snow Falling on Bluegrass - ***** - 1/25/2016 - 168 Pages
E: Emily Giffin; First Comes Love - *** - 12/12/2016 - 380 Pages
T: Adriana Trigiani; Viola in Reel Life - **** - 6/14/2017 - 288 Pages
R: J.D. Robb; Betrayal in Death - ***** - 3/23/2017 - 355 Pages
Y: Rick Yancey; The Infinite Sea - ** - 6/22/2017 - 320 Pages
✔Unit (4)
U: Undead and Unpopular by MaryJanice Davidson - **** - 8/22/2017 - 286 Pages
N: Celeste Ng; Everything I Never Told You - ***** - 1/16/2017 - 304 Pages
I: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare - **** - 4/15/2018 - 260 Pages
T: Three Days to Dead by Kelly Meding - **** - 6/15/2017 - 405 Pages
✔Variable (8)
V: Brian K. Vaughan; Paper Girls, Vol. 2 - ***** - 1/2/2017 - 128 Pages
A: Across a Moonlit Sea by Marsha Canham - **** - 8/30/2017 - 400 Pages
R: R.O.D. Read or Dream 1 by Hideyuki Kurata - ***** - 1/24/2017 - 208 Pages
I: Irish Girls Are Back in Town by Cecelia Ahern - ***** - 4/17/2018 - 384 Pages
A: August: Osage County by Tracy Letts - ***** - 9/20/2017 - 138 Pages
B: Patricia Briggs; Fire Touched - ***** - 4/6/2016
L: The Little Android by Marissa Meyer - **** - 11/2/2015 - 35 Pages
E: Escape from Lucien by Kazu Kibuishi - **** - 11/28/2016 - 224 Pages
✔Weight (6)
W: WeSa and the Lumber King by Faith Hunter - *** - 6/13/2016 - 1 Page
E: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell - ***** - 1/9/2017 - 328 Pages
I: Ilona Andrews; On the Edge - ***** - 5/4/2018 - 309 Pages
G: G. Willow Wilson; Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal - ***** - 11/4/2015 - 120 Pages
H: Hawkeye, Vol. 2: Little Hits by Matt Fraction - **** - 7/4/2015 - 136 Pages
T: Three Weeks With My Brother by Nicholas Sparks - ***** - 6/20/2017 - 368 Pages
Part 2✔Imaginary Number (15)
I: The Immortals by Jordanna Max Brodsky - ***** - 7/29/2016 - 447 Pages
M: Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter - ***** - 3/8/2016
A: Adrian's Lost Chapter by Richelle Mead - **** - 2/16/2016 - 8 Pages
G: Gail Carriger; Soulless - ***** - 11/6/2016 - 365 Pages
I: I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse by Lee Gutkind - **** - 9/8/2016 - 320 Pages
N: Ted Naifeh; Courtney Crumrin Volume 1: The Night Things - ***** - 1/6/2016 - 137 Pages
A: G.A. Aiken; Dragon Actually - **** - 5/5/2016
R: Rhythm and Bluegrass by Molly Harper - ***** - 12/31/2015 - 200 Pages
Y: Elizabeth Young; A Girl's Best Friend - **** - 12/29/2016 - 308 Pages
N: Chloe Neill; Friday Night Bites - *** - 1/17/2016 - 357 Pages
U: Untraceable by Laura Griffin - **** - 8/9/2015 - 374 Pages
M: My Bluegrass Baby by Molly Harper - ***** - 11/8/2015 - 250 Pages
B: Beauty and the Black Sheep by Jessica Bird - ***** - 8/29/2015 - 299 Pages
E: Extreme Exposure by Pamela Clare - **** - 6/20/2016 - 335 Pages - 335 Pages
R: Diana Rowland; My Life as a White Trash Zombie - ***** - 11/2/2015 - 320 Pages
✔Jacobian (8)
J: Jodi Picoult; House Rules - **** - 9/1/2015 - 532 Pages
A: Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik - ***** - 6/1/2016 - 512 Pages
C: Kresley Cole; Dark Desires After Dusk - **** - 10/30/2015 - 368 Pages
O: Maggie Osborne; The Seduction of Samantha Kincade - **** - 7/22/2015 - 380 Pages
B: The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness - **** - 12/1/2015 - 561 Pages
I: Ilona Andrews; Magic Binds - ***** - 10/11/2016 - 328 Pages
A: Alexandre Dumas; The Count of Monte Cristo - **** - 6/9/2016 - 1276 Pages
N: Ted Naifeh; Courtney Crumrin Volume 2: Coven of Mystics - ***** - 2/7/2016 - 133 Pages
✔Kilogram (8)
K: Kim Harrison; Sideswiped - ***** - 10/13/2015 - 80 Pages
I: I Hate Fairyland, Volume 2: Fluff My Life by Skottie Young - ***** - 1/28/2017 - 128 Pages
L: Jenny Lawson; Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things - ***** - 11/14/2015 - 329 Pages
O: One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson - **** - 8/12/2015 - 456 Pages
G: Sue Grafton; D is for Deadbeat - 7/28/2015 - **** - 320 Pages
R: Nora Roberts; Bed of Roses - ***** - 6/17/2016
A: Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis - **** - 6/30/2016 - 304 Pages
M: Molly Harper; How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf - ***** - 11/15/2015 - 371 Pages
✔Logarithm (9)
L: Marie Lu; Champion - *** - 12/14/2015 - 369 Pages
O: Lauren Oliver; Delirium - *** - 3/15/2017 - 441 Pages
G: G. Willow Wilson; Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why - ***** - 12/20/2015 - 136 Pages
A: Abigail Roux; Cut & Run - *** - 7/7/2016 - 348 Pages
R: J.D. Robb; Judgment in Death - ***** - 6/25/2016 - 356 Pages
I: Interlude in Death by J.D. Robb - ***** - 3/29/2017 - 88 Pages
T: Tessa Dare; A Week to Be Wicked - *** - 1/5/2016 - 384 Pages
H: Heroes Are My Weakness by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - **** - 9/17/2015 - 384 Pages
M: Matt Fraction; Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon - ***** - 6/23/2015 - 136 Pages
✔Multiplication (14)
M: Ms. Marvel, Vol. 3: Crushed by G. Willow Wilson - ***** - 1/16/2016 - 112 Pages
U: The Unidentified Redhead by Alice Clayton - ***** - 1/27/2016 - 276 Pages
L: Christina Lauren; Beautiful Bastard - **** - 12/15/2015 - 320 Pages
T: This Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - *** - 6/29/2016 - 432 Pages
I: The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer - *** - 5/26/2017 - 468 Pages
P: Paul Cornell; Warcraft: Bonds of Brotherhood - ***** - 6/17/2016
L: Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson - ***** - 2/12/2016 - 318 Pages
I: I Want My Epidural Back: Adventures in Mediocre Parenting by Karen Alpert - ***** - 6/8/2017 - 309 Pages
C: Changes by Jim Butcher - ***** - 12/29/2015 - 438 Pages
A: Anna Banks; Hard To Get - **** - 7/8/2016 - 1 Page
T: Ted Naifeh; Courtney Crumrin, Volume 3: The Twilight Kingdom - ***** - 7/20/2016 - 134 Pages
I: Ilona Andrews; Sweep in Peace - ***** - 9/7/2017 - 237 Pages
O: Oz: Ozma of Oz by Eric Shanower - ***** - 5/23/2017 - 200 Pages
N: Nora Roberts; Savor the Moment - ***** - 7/5/2016 - 325 Pages
✔Numerator (9)
N: Ted Naifeh; courtney crumrin volume 5 - ***** - 9/9/2016 - 129 Pages
U: Under the Dome by Stephen King - ***** - 7/4/2017 - 1074 Pages
M: Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 1/21/2016 - 305 Pages
E: Janet Evanovich; Hot Six - ***** - 6/22/2016 - 336 Pages
R: Gretchen Rubin; The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun - ***** - 6/23/2016 - 352 Pages
A: Amy Bloom; Lucky Us - *** - 9/15/2016 - 256 Pages
T: Ted Naifeh; Courtney Crumrin's Monstrous Holiday - ***** - 9/3/2016 - 128 Pages
O: Oz. The Marvelous Land of Oz by Eric Shanower - ***** - 5/21/2017 - 200 Pages
R: The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion - **** - 7/11/2016 - 368 Pages
✔Operator (8)
O: Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Eric Shanower - **** - 5/18/2017 - 216 Pages
P: James Patterson; 11th Hour - ***** - 4/21/2016
E: E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton - *** - 10/7/2016 - 320 Pages
R: Ransom Riggs; Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel - ***** - 9/10/2016 - 272 Pages
A: American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee by Karen Abbott - ***** - 11/8/2016 - 353 Pages
T: Timebound by Rysa Walker - ***** - 8/16/2016 - 366 Pages
O: Mallory Ortberg; Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters - ***** - 7/7/2017 - 226 Pages
R: Nora Roberts; Stars of Fortune - **** - 9/13/2016 - 336 Pages
Novel Books & Reading ChallengesDo the Math from A to Z
Duration: 5/1/2015 - Til Done!
Progress: 231 out of 231 (Option 2)
OPTION 2: As an A to Z Spell-It-Out:Pick a math term (see message #2 for help) for each letter of the alphabet and read books with titles, series names, authors (first or last name), character (first or last name), that begin with letters that correspond to letter of the word you choose. You may ignore the indefinite and definite articles (a, an, the, etc.)
✔Alegbra (7)
A: Rachel Aaron; The Spirit Thief - ***** - 5/18/2015 - 310 Pages
L: Stieg Larsson; The Girl Who Played with Fire - ***** - 5/26/2015 - 503 Pages
E: Elizabeth Camden; Against the Tide - **** - 7/29/2015 - 362 Pages
G: Glitches by Marissa Meyer - **** - 5/9/2015 - 32 Pages
B: Charlotte Brontë; Jane Eyre - *** - 9/6/2016 - 507 Pages
R: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion - **** - 6/26/2015 - 295 Pages
A: Anna Banks; Human Date - **** - 7/8/2015 - 33 Pages
✔Balance (7)
B: Batman: The Night of the Owls by Scott Snyder - ***** - 9/5/2016 - 360 Pages
A: Angela Knight; Master of the Night - *** - 8/18/2015 - 296 Pages
L: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg - ***** - 6/24/2015 - 217 Pages
A: Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh - *** - 8/25/2015
N: Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover by Sarah MacLean - ***** - 6/25/2015 - 384 Pages
C: Kresley Cole; Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night - ***** - 7/26/2015 - 359 Pages
E: Jennifer Estep; First Frost - **** - 8/20/2015 - 30 Pages
✔Calculus (8)
C: Billy Crystal; Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys - ***** - 5/7/2015 - 288 Pages
A: Anne Ursu; Breadcrumbs - **** - 12/16/2015 - 312 Pages
L: Legacy Lost by Anna Banks - *** - 7/6/2015 - 32 Pages
C: Kresley Cole; Dark Needs at Night's Edge - **** - 10/21/2015 - 368 Pages
U: Untamed by Elizabeth Lowell - **** - 5/6/2015 - 416 Pages
L: The Line by J.D. Horn - ***** - 7/21/2015 - 296 Pages
U: Unblocked - Episode One by Marni Mann - ***** - 5/8/2015 - 109 Pages
S: Susan Elizabeth Phillips; Match Me If You Can - **** - 8/8/2016 - 388 Pages
✔Denominator (11)
D: The Dresden Files: Fool Moon, Volume 1 by Mark Powers - ***** - 7/4/2015 - 128 Pages
E: Janet Evanovich; High Five - ***** - 9/15/2015 - 336 Pages
N: Night Myst by Yasmine Galenorn - *** - 7/10/2015 - 317 Pages
O: Oprah Winfrey; What I Know For Sure - ***** - 6/25/2015 - 240 Pages
M: Mika Brzezinski; Knowing Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What You're Worth - ***** - 10/15/2016 - 208 Pages
I: Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke - **** - 7/8/2015 - 663 Pages - 663 Pages
N: Nalini Singh; Weapons Training - *** - 9/23/2015 - 5 Pages
A: Anna Banks; Girls Day Out - **** - 7/7/2015 - 32 Pages
T: Tempted by P.C. Cast - *** - 5/5/2015 - 319 Pages
O: Of Neptune by Anna Banks - *** - 7/9/2015 - 330 Pages
R: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater - *** - 8/6/2015 - 416 Pages
✔Estimation (10)
E: Janet Evanovich; Wicked Charms - **** - 10/6/2015 - 308 Pages
S: The Shadows by J.R. Ward - ***** - 5/12/2015 - 592 Pages
T: Rhiannon Thomas; A Wicked Thing - **** - 8/13/2015 - 337 Pages
I: I'm Not the Biggest Bitch in This Relationship: Hilarious, Heartwarming Tales About Man's Best Friend from America's Favorite Humorists by Wade Rouse - **** - 8/7/2015 - 272 Pages
M: Matt Fraction; Hawkeye, Vol. 3: L.A. Woman - ***** - 8/15/2015 - 120 Pages
A: Amie Kaufman; This Night So Dark - **** - 1/11/2016 - 109 Pages
T: Turn Coat by Jim Butcher - ***** - 9/27/2015 - 420 Pages
I: Ilona Andrews; Clean Sweep - ***** - 1/11/2016 - 235 Pages
O: Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost - ***** - 7/18/2015 - 346 Pages
N: Nicole J. Georges; Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir - ***** - 12/8/2015 - 288 Pages
✔Formula (7)
F: Gillian Flynn; Gone Girl - ***** - 8/16/2015 - 399 Pages
O: Odd Interlude: A Special Odd Thomas Adventure by Dean Koontz - ***** - 7/23/2015 - 279 Pages
R: John Rozum; Xombi - ** - 8/19/2015 - 160 Pages
M: Madame Mirabou's School of Love by Barbara Samuel - **** - 12/28/2016 - 320 Pages
U: The Unseen Bridegroom or Wedded for a Week by May Agnes Fleming - **** - 6/22/2015 - 246 Pages
L: Jeff Lindsay; Dearly Devoted Dexter - ***** - 8/20/2015 - 292 Pages
A: Ann Redpath; How To Guide Girl Scout Brownies On Brownie Quest - *** -1/12/2016 - 94 Pages
✔Geometry (8)
G: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson - ***** - 6/17/2015 - 563 Pages
E: Emily M. Danforth; The Miseducation of Cameron Post - ***** - 12/17/2015 - 470 Pages
O: One Plus One by Jojo Moyes - ***** - 6/14/2016 - 368 Pages
M: Matt Fraction; Hawkeye, Vol. 4: Rio Bravo - ***** - 2/7/2016 - 160 Pages
E: Excerpts from the 11th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica by Various - ***** - 6/14/2016
T: Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World by Lisa Bloom - ***** - 10/7/2015 - 288 Pages
R: Ray Bradbury; The Halloween Tree - **** - 11/3/2015 - 145 Pages
Y: Malala Yousafzai; I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban - ***** - 11/3/2016 - 327 Pages
✔Horizontal (10)
H: Hunted by P.C. Cast - *** - 5/4/2015 - 323 Pages
O; Origins by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 8/4/2016 - 157 Pages
R: Rex Stout; Fer-de-Lance - *** - 11/8/2015 - 285 Pages
I: Ilona Andrews; Magic Shifts - ***** - 2/17/2016 - 342 Pages
Z: Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke - ***** - 7/14/2015 - 192 Pages
O: Daniel O'Malley; The Rook - ***** - 12/7/2016 - 496 Pages
N: Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris - ***** - 12/21/2015 - 291 Pages
T: Tessa Dare; Say Yes to the Marquess - ***** - 12/10/2015 - 384 Pages
A: Attachments by Rainbow Rowell - **** - 2/3/2016 - 323 Pages
L: Lyn Hamilton; The Xibalba Murders - ***** - 10/28/2015 - 290 Pages
Nothing but Reading ChallengesThe May Tea Time Reading Challenge
Duration: 5/1/2015 - 5/31/2015
Progress: 7 out of 7
Different kinds of tea:
Earl Gray - Finished in 2014
Oolong
Jasmine
J: J.R. Ward; The Shadows - ***** - 5/12/2015 - 592 Pages
A: Rachel Aaron; The Spirit Thief - ***** - 5/18/2015 - 310 Pages
S: Stieg Larsson; The Girl Who Played with Fire - ***** - 5/26/2015 - 503 Pages
M: Marissa Meyer; Glitches - **** - 5/9/2015 - 32 Pages
I: I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai - ***** - 5/30/2015
N: Nora Roberts; The Collector - ***** - 5/31/2015
E: Elizabeth Lowell; Untamed - **** - 5/6/2015 - 416 Pages
Peppermint
Green
Black
White
Yellow
Rooibos
Mate
Blooming
Lemon and Ginger
Honeybush
Spearmint
Chamomile - Finished 2013
Assam
Nilgiri
Oolong
masala
badam
Keemun
Yunnan
Genmaicha
Pu-erh
Chai
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Novel Books & Reading ChallengesMostly May Idioms: ~ May Expresses Itself (May 2014)
Duration: 5/1/2015 - 5/31/2015
Progress: 11 out of 12 (Dust Devil)
Levels:
(view spoiler)
Rules: Read books from the following categories.
• “April showers bring May flowers” - Read a book with flowers or rain on the cover:
Glitches by Marissa Meyer - **** - 5/9/2015 - Flowers on the Cover
• “Be that as it may” - Read a book with a title that starts with the letter “B”. Or has an author whose name (first or last) that begins with “B”. Or with a series names that begins with “B”. Or a character’s name (first or last) begins with “B”:
Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys by Billy Crystal - ***** - 5/7/2015
• “Cinco de Mayo” - Read a book that is fifth in a series, or has five words or letters in the title
Hunted by P.C. Cast - *** - 5/4/2015 - 323 Pages - Book #5
• “Come what may!” - Read a book with a futuristic setting
Prodigy by Marie Lu - **** - 5/11/2015
• “Devil-may-care attitude” - Read a book where the protagonist has this attitude. (i.e. Heedless of caution; reckless. Jovial and rakish in manner)
Unblocked - Episode One by Marni Mann - ***** - 5/8/2015
• “He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.” - Read a book where someone gets bullied. Or where the protagonist is a professional fighter or gets in a fight. Or a story about survival
The Shadows by J.R. Ward - ***** - 5/12/2015 - 592 Pages - Gets in a fight
• “How may I help you?” - Read a book where the protagonist helps someone out.
• “If I may be so bold...” - Reader’s Choice.
• “It may account for...” - Read a book with an accountant protagonist, or someone who deals with numbers. Or is an account based on a true historical event.
• “I may be crazy, but...” - Read a book where the protagonist gets “Gaslighted”... or a little crazy, paranoid, spooked, or rattled
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson - ***** - 5/26/2015 - 503 Pages
• “Let the chips fall where they may.” - Read a book that has the words from this expression found in the title, series name, or author’s, or character’s name [i.e. “let,” “chip(s),” “fall,” “where,” “they,” or “may”].
• Mae West. - Read a book with a black & white cover. Or is set in Hollywood. Or where the protagonist is a vamp.
Tempted by P.C. Cast - *** - 5/5/2015 - 319 Pages - Vampire Protagonist
• “May the better man win!” - Read a book where a competition takes place.
• “May Day!” - Read a book that is first in a series. Or where the protagonist attends a fair:
Untamed by Elizabeth Lowell - **** - 5/6/2015 - 416 Pages - First in the Series
• “May-December Relationship.” - Read a book with quite a gap in years between protagonists’ ages. This does NOT have to be a Romance book.
• “May the force be with you.” - Read a book with stars on the cover. Or is set in outer space.
• “May he rest in peace.” - Read a book with ghosts. Or where someone dies. Or has a graveyard or tombstone on the cover.
• “May I be excused?” - Read a book that is written in the first person POV. (Point of View.)
• “May I count on you?” - Read a book with a number in the title. (Examples found on listopia’s Nothing But Numbers.)
• “May I take a message?” - Read an inspirational book.
• “May I take your order?” - Read a book where the protagonist is a waitress, or short-order cook, or takes orders of some kind. (Just a few examples on listopia’s Waitress Heroine in Romance.)
• “May Pole” (AKA May Poll) - Read a book on a listopia list. Or is set in Poland. Or written by a Polish writer. Or won one of our BOM polls (past or current). (Examples found on listopia’s Best Polish Books.)
• “May the road rise to meet you...” - Read a book with a road on the cover. Or someone takes a road trip.
• “May you live in interesting times...” - Read a book where someone is cursed. Or one with lots of danger, uncertainty, and chaos.
• “Maybe, maybe not.” - Read a book that you’ve been pondering for awhile.
• “Mayday! Mayday!” - Read a book where the protagonist works as some type of emergency personnel: fireman, policeman, paramedic. Or someone makes or receives a distress call. Or where someone uses a radio. Since this word may derive from the French expression “venez m'aider” - which translates to “come help me” - we’ll also take any book set in France. Also, in The Handmaid's Tale, they used “Mayday” as a code to identify themselves as part of the resistance - so, we’ll take a protagonist that is part of one, or any plot involving some hidden code.
• “The merry month of May.” - Read a book that is humorous.
• “Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are” - Read a book with a mirror or car on the cover. Or one where the protagonist is an illusionist, magician, or interacts with mirrors in some way
The Spirit Thief by Rachel Aaron - ***** - 5/18/2015 - 310 Pages - Wizards/Spiritualist/Magicians
• “Seven Days in May.” - Read a book that is seventh in a series. Or has the word “day(s)” in the title, series, author, or character name. We will take the alternate spelling of “Daye,” as in the series October Daye.
• “Sticks and stones may break my bones.” - Read a book with a word in the title that rhymes with “may” -- or where the title rhymes alone. (Examples: Double Play (“play” rhymes with “may” -- or Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake, where title is a rhyme itself.)
• “Terms & conditions may apply.” - Read a book that fits another challenge.
• “Things may look good on the surface...” - Read a book with an attractive cover.
• “To whom it may concern.” - Read a book with a stand-alone “letter” in the title. Or by an author with a stand-alone “letter” in their name. Or read a book of memoirs. Or one that has a letter or envelope on the cover. (Examples: C, by Tom McCarthy; author J.R. Ward; All Creatures Great and Small; or maybe something like these found on this listopia .)
• “Try as I may.” - Read a book that was published any day in May, of any year.
• “Warning: May be hazardous to your health.” - Read a book where someone finds themselves in a precarious situation. Or where a character gets an illness. Or is a cigarette smoker:
The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan - ***** - 5/14/2015
• “You may well ask!” - Read a book with a question mark -- or an exclamation mark -- in the title.
Novel Books & Reading ChallengesMajor League Baseball Challenge
Duration: 5/1/2015 - 9/30/2015
Progress: 31 out of 38
1) Chicago Cubs (Because Indianapolis doesn't have a Major League, only Minor)
C: Kresley Cole; Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night - ***** - 7/26/2015 - 359 Pages
H: Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon by Matt Fraction - ***** - 6/23/2015 - 136 Pages
I: I'm Not the Biggest Bitch in This Relationship: Hilarious, Heartwarming Tales About Man's Best Friend from America's Favorite Humorists by Wade Rouse - **** - 8/7/2015 - 272 Pages
C: Cornelia Funke; Inkdeath - **** - 7/8/2015 - 663 Pages - 663 Pages
A: Anna Banks; The Stranger - *** - 7/5/2015 - 32 Pages
G: Glitches by Marissa Meyer - **** - 5/9/2015 - 32 Pages
O: Of Neptune by Anna Banks - *** - 7/9/2015 - 330 Pages
C: Charlaine Harris; Shakespeare's Landlord - ***** - 6/21/2015 - 216 Pages
U: The Unseen Bridegroom or Wedded for a Week by May Agnes Fleming - **** - 6/22/2015 - 246 Pages
B: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan - ***** - 5/14/2015
S: The Shadows by J.R. Ward - ***** - 5/12/2015 - 592 Pages
4) 1st - 9th Innings
#1: Unblocked - Episode One by Marni Mann - ***** - 5/8/2015 - 109 Pages
#2: Prodigy by Marie Lu - **** - 5/11/2015 - 371 Pages
#3: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson - ***** - 6/17/2015 - 563 Pages
#4: Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover by Sarah MacLean - ***** - 6/25/2015 - 384 Pages
#5: P.C. Cast; Hunted - *** - 5/4/2015 - 323 Pages
#6: P.C. Cast; Tempted - *** - 5/5/2015 - 319 Pages
#7
#8
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5) Playoffs: 1+1 = 2
Playoffs- Using the Number Generator, generate the number of points the opposing team has. Read that number of books, plus one.
Book #1: The Seduction of Samantha Kincade by Maggie Osborne - **** - 7/22/2015 - 380 Pages
Book #2: Desire Untamed by Pamela Palmer - *** - 7/27/2015 - 363 Pages
Book #3: D is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton - 7/28/2015 - 320 Pages
6) Baseball Term:
B: Billy Crystal; Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys - ***** - 5/7/2015 - 288 Pages
A: Anna Banks; Legacy Lost - *** - 7/6/2015 - 32 Pages
S: Stieg Larsson; The Girl Who Played with Fire - ***** - 5/26/2015 - 503 Pages
E: Elizabeth Lowell; Untamed - **** - 5/6/2015 - 416 Pages
S: The Spirit Thief by Rachel Aaron - ***** - 5/18/2015 - 310 Pages
L: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg - ***** - 6/24/2015 - 217 Pages
O: Oprah Winfrey; What I Know For Sure - ***** - 6/25/2015 - 240 Pages
A: Anna Banks; Girls Day Out - **** - 7/7/2015 - 32 Pages
D: The Dresden Files: Fool Moon, Volume 1 by Mark Powers - ***** - 7/4/2015 - 128 Pages
E: Elizabeth Camden; Against the Tide - **** - 7/29/2015 - 362 Pages
D: Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins - **** - 7/20/2015 - 359 Pages
7) Home run! Finish a four-book series
Bride Quartet by Nora Roberts
Book #1: Vision in White by Nora Roberts
Book #2: Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts
Book #3: Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts
Book #4: Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts
Done!Novel Books & Reading Challenges
New 2 U Authors 2015
Duration: 1/1/2015 - 12/31/2015
Progress: 20 out of 20
1. Mudbound by Hillary Jordan - *** - 1/6/2015 - 340 Pages
2. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes - ***** - 1/14/2015 - 369 Pages
3. Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan - *** - 1/15/2015 - 388 Pages
4. Simply Unforgettable by Mary Balogh - **** - 1/24/2015 - 422 Pages
5. Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn - ***** - 1/25/2015
6. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell - ***** - 1/26/2015 - 408 Pages
7. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin - ***** - 2/1/2015 - 835 Pages
8. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - **** - 2/22/2015 - 387 Pages
9. Nefertiti by Michelle Moran - *** - 2/26/2015 - 463 Pages
10. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith - ***** - 3/1/2015 - 235 Pages
11. Wallbanger by Alice Clayton - **** - 3/10/2015 - 384 Pages
12. Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice by John Layman - ***** - 3/22/2015 - 128 Pages
13. Forgotten Sins by Rebecca Zanetti - **** - 3/29/2015 - 384 Pages
14. Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason by Nancy Pearl - ***** - 4/6/2015 - 304 Pages
15. Written in Red by Anne Bishop - ***** - 4/9/2015 - 433 Pages
16. Return to Me by Justina Chen - **** - 4/10/2015 - 352 Pages
17. Little Bee by Chris Cleave - *** - 4/14/2015 - 266 Pages
18. Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion - **** - 4/19/2015 - 239 Pages
19. Meet Me at the Cupcake Café by Jenny Colgan - ***** - 4/23/2015 - 456 Pages
20. Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay - ***** - 4/28/2015 - 288 Pages
Novel Books & Reading ChallengesANZAC Challenge
Duration: 4/1/2015 - 4/30/2015
Progress: 8 out of 8
Victoria - Melbourne
V: Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell - *** - 4/2/2015 - 243 Pages
I: Ilona Andrews; Magic Breaks - ***** - 4/1/2015 - 348 Pages
C: Chris Cleave; Little Bee - *** - 4/14/2015
T: Laini Taylor; Days of Blood & Starlight - *** - 4/13/2015
O: Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout - **** - 4/5/2015 - 382 Pages
R: Return to Me by Justina Chen - **** - 4/10/2015 - 352 Pages
I: Isaac Marion; Warm Bodies - **** - 4/19/2015
A: Anne Bishop; Written in Red - ***** - 4/9/2015 - 433 Pages
- 433 Pages
- 352 PagesCurrent Total: 874,312
- 384 Pages
- 348 Pages
- 243 Pages
- 382 Pages
- 304 PagesTotal 846,628
Apr 09, 2015 10:10AM
Part 5✔The Zodiac Killer (15)
T: Ted Naifeh; Courtney Crumrin: Tales of a Warlock - ***** - 9/29/2016 - 128 Pages
H: Molly Harper; Snow Falling on Bluegrass - ***** - 1/25/2016 - 168 Pages
E: Eoin Colfer; Artemis Fowl - **** - 9/21/2017 - 316 Pages
Z: Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke - ***** - 7/14/2015 - 192 Pages
O: George Orwell; 1984 - *** - 10/12/2017 - 328 Pages
D: The Dark Side Of Night by Cindy Dees - ***** - 1/16/2016 - 216 Pages
I: Ilona Andrews; Magic Binds - ***** - 10/11/2016 - 328 Pages
A: Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis - **** - 6/30/2016
C: Changes by Jim Butcher - ***** - 12/29/2015 - 438 Pages
K: Kresley Cole; A Hunger Like No Other - **** - 12/2/2014 - 356 Pages
I: I Hate Fairyland, Volume 2: Fluff My Life by Skottie Young - ***** - 1/28/2017 - 128 Pages
L: Jeff Lindsay; Dearly Devoted Dexter - ***** - 8/20/2015 - 292 Pages
L: Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson - ***** - 2/12/2016 - 318 Pages
E: Janet Evanovich; Hard Eight - ***** - 11/1/2017 - 326 Pages
R: Rachel Neumeier; Black Dog - ***** - 12/25/2016 - 448 Pages
Apr 09, 2015 10:10AM
Part 4✔Razorback (9)
R: Nora Roberts; Bed of Roses - ***** - 6/17/2016
A: G.A. Aiken; Dragon Actually - **** - 5/5/2016
Z: Jeffrey Zaslow; The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship - *** - 8/24/2015 - 297 Pages
O: Oz: Ozma of Oz by Eric Shanower - ***** - 5/23/2017 - 200 Pages
R: J.D. Robb; Judgment in Death - ***** - 6/25/2016 - 356 Pages
B: Jim Butcher; White Night - **** - 3/3/2015 - 416 Pages
A: Alan Bradley; The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse - ***** - 1/16/2015 - 27 Pages
C: Champion by Marie Lu - *** - 12/14/2015 - 369 Pages
K: Kresley Cole; Dark Desires After Dusk - **** - 10/30/2015
✔Stephen King (11)
S: Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness - ***** - 9/7/2015 - 584 Pages
T: Ted Naifeh; Courtney Crumrin Volume 2: Coven of Mystics - ***** - 2/7/2016 - 133 Pages
E: Ernest Cline; Ready Player One - ***** - 6/4/2017 - 386 Pages
P: Susan Elizabeth Phillips; Heroes Are My Weakness - **** - 9/17/2015 - 384 Pages
H: Deborah Harkness; The Book of Life - **** - 12/1/2015 - 561 Pages
E: Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee Jones - *** - 8/4/2017 - 336 Pages
N: Chloe Neill; Friday Night Bites - *** - 1/17/2016 - 357 Pages
K: Stacia Kane; The Brave Tale of Maddie Carver - ***** - 2/16/2016 - 8 Pages
I: Ilona Andrews; Magic Shifts - ***** - 2/17/2016 - 342 Pages
N: Nora Roberts; Savor the Moment - ***** - 7/5/2016
G: Glitches by Marissa Meyer - **** - 5/9/2015 - 32 Pages
✔The Thing (8)
T: This Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - *** - 6/29/2016 - 432 Pages
H: Molly Harper; My Bluegrass Baby - ***** - 11/8/2015 - 250 Pages
E: Lissa Evans; Crooked Heart - **** - 8/7/2017 - 283 Pages
T: Ted Naifeh; Courtney Crumrin, Volume 3: The Twilight Kingdom - ***** - 7/20/2016
H: How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper - ***** - 11/15/2015 - 371 Pages
I: I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse by Lee Gutkind - **** - 9/8/2016 - 320 Pages
N: Ted Naifeh; Courtney Crumrin's Monstrous Holiday - ***** - 9/3/2016 - 128 Pages
G: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - ***** - 8/16/2015 - 399 Pages
✔Urban Legends (12)
U: Under the Dome by Stephen King - ***** - 7/4/2017 - 1074 Pages
R: Gretchen Rubin; The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun - ***** - 6/23/2016 - 352 Pages
B: Beauty and the Black Sheep by Jessica Bird - ***** - 8/29/2015 - 299 Pages
A: Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik - ***** - 6/1/2016 - 512 Pages
N: Nancy Pearl; Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason - ***** - 4/6/2015 - 304 Pages
L: The Little Android by Marissa Meyer - **** - 11/2/2015 - 35 Pages
E: Jennifer Estep; Poison - ***** - 8/7/2017 - 6 Pages
G: G. Willow Wilson; Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal - ***** - 11/4/2015 - 120 Pages
E: Jennifer Estep; Web of Deceit - ***** - 8/7/2017 - 10 Pages
N: Ted Naifeh; courtney crumrin volume 5 - ***** - 9/9/2016 - 129 Pages
D: D is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton - 7/28/2015 - **** - 320 Pages
S: Sideswiped by Kim Harrison - ***** - 10/13/2015 - 80 Pages
✔Velociraptors (13)
V: Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell - *** - 4/2/2015 - 243 Pages
E: Jennifer Estep; Spider's Bargain - ***** - 8/7/2017 - 9 Pages
L: Jenny Lawson; Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things - ***** - 11/14/2015 - 329 Pages
O: Oz. The Marvelous Land of Oz by Eric Shanower - ***** - 5/21/2017 - 200 Pages
C: Christina Lauren; Beautiful Bastard - **** - 12/15/2015 - 320 Pages
I: The Immortals by Jordanna Max Brodsky - ***** - 7/29/2016
R: Abigail Roux; Cut & Run - *** - 7/7/2016
A: Jennifer L. Armentrout; Daimon - *** - 6/6/2016 - 62 Pages
P: Patricia Briggs; Fire Touched - ***** - 4/6/2016
T: Timebound by Rysa Walker - ***** - 8/16/2016 - 366 Pages
O: Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Eric Shanower - **** - 5/18/2017 - 216 Pages
R: The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion - **** - 7/11/2016
S: Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore - *** - 2/4/2016 - 335 Pages
✔Whispers (8)
W: The Witch With No Name by Kim Harrison - ***** - 10/21/2014 - 462 Pages
H: Charlaine Harris; Dead Ever After - ***** - 1/13/2016 -338 Pages
I: Larissa Ione; Desire Unchained - **** - 12/30/2014 - 380 Pages
S: Stephen R. Covey; The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change - ***** - 5/10/2016
P: James Patterson; 11th Hour - ***** - 4/21/2016
E: Jennifer Estep; Spider's Bite - ***** - 8/10/2017 - 395 Pages
R: Ransom Riggs; Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel - ***** - 9/10/2016 - 272 Pages
S: Sophie Kinsella; Finding Audrey - **** - 6/26/2016 - 286 Pages
✔Xenomorph (9)
X: The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton - ***** - 10/28/2015 - 290 Pages
E: End of Days by Susan Ee - *** - 9/5/2017 - 344 Pages
N: Ted Naifeh; Courtney Crumrin: The Final Spell - ***** - 9/23/2016 - 133 Pages
O: Mallory Ortberg; Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters - ***** - 7/7/2017 - 226 Pages
M: Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson - ***** - 12/20/2015 - 136 Pages
O: Online Searching: A Guide to Finding Quality Information Efficiently and Effectively by Karen Markey - ***** - 8/5/2017 - 324 Pages
R: Nora Roberts; Happy Ever After - **** - 9/20/2016 - 333 Pages
P: Jodi Picoult; House Rules - **** - 9/1/2015 - 532 Pages
H: Hawkeye, Vol. 4: Rio Bravo by Matt Fraction - ***** - 2/7/2016 - 160 Pages
✔Ygramul (7)
Y: Rick Yancey; The Infinite Sea - ** - 6/22/2017 - 320 Pages
G: G. Willow Wilson; Ms. Marvel, Vol. 3: Crushed - ***** - 1/16/2016 - 112 Pages
R: Nora Roberts; Stars of Fortune - **** - 9/13/2016 - 336 Pages
A: Alexandre Dumas; The Count of Monte Cristo - **** - 6/9/2016 - 1276 Pages
M: Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 1/21/2016 - 305 Pages
U: Undead and Unpopular by MaryJanice Davidson - **** - 8/22/2017 - 286 Pages
L: Jeff Lindsay; Dexter in the Dark - ***** - 12/18/2015 - 307 Pages
Apr 09, 2015 10:10AM
Part 3✔Jason Voorhees (13)
J: Jemima J by Jane Green - ***** - 2/18/2015 - 373 Pages
A: Anna Banks; The Stranger - *** - 7/5/2015 - 32 Pages
S: Simply Unforgettable by Mary Balogh - **** - 1/24/2015 - 422 Pages
O: Maggie Osborne; The Seduction of Samantha Kincade - **** - 7/22/2015 - 380 Pages
N: Nalini Singh; Weapons Training - *** - 9/23/2015 - 5 Pages
V: Carrie Vaughn; Kitty and the Midnight Hour - ***** - 1/25/2015 - 259 Pages
O: Odd Interlude: A Special Odd Thomas Adventure by Dean Koontz - ***** - 7/23/2015 - 279 Pages
O: One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson - **** - 8/12/2015 - 456 Pages
R: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion - **** - 6/26/2015 - 295 Pages
H: Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon by Matt Fraction - ***** - 6/23/2015 - 136 Pages
E: Excerpts from the 11th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica by Various - ***** - 6/14/2016
E: Extreme Exposure by Pamela Clare - **** - 6/20/2016 - 335 Pages - 335 Pages
S: Saga Deluxe Edition, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan - ***** - 2/21/2015 - 504 Pages
✔Killer (6)
K: Jayne Ann Krentz; White Lies - **** - 12/3/2014 - 384 Pages
I: I'm Not the Biggest Bitch in This Relationship: Hilarious, Heartwarming Tales About Man's Best Friend from America's Favorite Humorists by Wade Rouse - **** - 8/7/2015 - 272 Pages
L: Laurell K. Hamilton; Hit List - **** - 1/19/2015 - 320 Pages
L: Little Bee by Chris Cleave - *** - 4/14/2015 - 266 Pages
E: Janet Evanovich; Hot Six - ***** - 6/22/2016 - 336 Pages
R: Rachel Hawkins; Demonglass - **** - 7/20/2015 - 359 Pages
✔Leatherface (11)
L: Jeff Lindsay; Darkly Dreaming Dexter - ***** - 4/28/2015 - 288 Pages
E: E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton - *** - 10/7/2016 - 320 Pages
A: Anna Banks; Legacy Lost - *** - 7/6/2015 - 32 Pages
T: Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World by Lisa Bloom - ***** - 10/7/2015 - 288 Pages
H: Hard Day's Knight by Katie MacAlister - **** - 12/27/2014 - 346 Pages
E: Elizabeth Buchan; Separate Beds - **** - 11/1/2016 - 384 Pages
R: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater - *** - 8/6/2015 - 416 Pages
F: Matt Fraction; Hawkeye, Vol. 3: L.A. Woman - ***** - 8/15/2015 - 120 Pages
A: Anna Banks; Girls Day Out - **** - 7/7/2015 - 32 Pages
C: Jenny Colgan; Meet Me at the Cupcake Café - ***** - 4/23/2015 - 456 Pages
E: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire - **** - 11/11/2016 - 173 Pages
✔Mephistopheles (14)
M: Mindy Klasky; Perfect Pitch - *** - 12/26/2014 - 174 Pages
E: Escape from Lucien by Kazu Kibuishi - **** - 11/28/2016 - 224 Pages
P: Prodigy by Marie Lu - **** - 5/11/2015 - 371 Pages
H: Hunted by P.C. Cast - *** - 5/4/2015 - 323 Pages
I: Ilona Andrews; Clean Sweep - ***** - 1/11/2016 - 235 Pages
S: Small Favor by Jim Butcher - ***** - 3/4/2015 - 420 Pages
T: Tessa Dare; Say Yes to the Marquess - ***** - 12/10/2015 - 384 Pages
O: One Plus One by Jojo Moyes - ***** - 6/14/2016 - 368 Pages
P: Patricia Briggs; Dead Heat - ***** - 4/22/2015 - 336 Pages
H: Hawkeye, Vol. 2: Little Hits by Matt Fraction - **** - 7/4/2015 - 136 Pages
E: Emily Giffin; First Comes Love - *** - 12/12/2016 - 380 Pages
L: Stieg Larsson; The Girl Who Played with Fire - ***** - 5/26/2015 - 503 Pages
E: Elizabeth Young; A Girl's Best Friend - **** - 12/29/2016 - 308 Pages
S: Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys by Billy Crystal - ***** - 5/7/2015 - 288 Pages
✔Nurse Ratched (12)
N: Nicole J. Georges; Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir - ***** - 12/8/2015 - 288 Pages
U: The Unidentified Redhead by Alice Clayton - ***** - 1/27/2016 - 276 Pages
R: Diana Rowland; My Life as a White Trash Zombie - ***** - 11/2/2015 - 320 Pages
S: The Shadows by J.R. Ward - ***** - 5/12/2015 - 592 Pages
E: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell - ***** - 1/9/2017 - 328 Pages
R: Rex Stout; Fer-de-Lance - *** - 11/8/2015 - 285 Pages
A: A.G. Howard; The Moth in the Mirror - *** - 7/16/2015 - 40 Pages
T: Tessa Dare; A Week to Be Wicked - *** - 1/5/2016 - 384 Pages
C: Charlaine Harris; Shakespeare's Landlord - ***** - 6/21/2015 - 216 Pages
H: J.D. Horn; The Line - ***** - 7/21/2015 - 296 Pages
E: Janet Evanovich; Seven Up - *** - 1/12/2017 - 337 Pages
D: Darynda Jones; Seventh Grave and No Body - **** - 8/15/2016 - 336 Pages
✔Orlok (5)
O: Origins by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 8/4/2016 - 157 Pages
R: Ray Bradbury; The Halloween Tree - **** - 11/3/2015 - 145 Pages
L: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg - ***** - 6/24/2015 - 217 Pages
O: Daniel O'Malley; The Rook - ***** - 12/7/2016 - 496 Pages
K: Kresley Cole; Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night - ***** - 7/26/2015 - 359 Pages
✔Predator (8)
P: Pamela Palmer; Desire Untamed - *** - 7/27/2015 - 363 Pages
R: Rhythm and Bluegrass by Molly Harper - ***** - 12/31/2015 - 200 Pages
E: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng - ***** - 1/16/2017 - 304 Pages
D: The Dresden Files: Fool Moon, Volume 1 by Mark Powers - ***** - 7/4/2015 - 128 Pages
A: Angela Knight; Master of the Night - *** - 8/18/2015 - 296 Pages
T: Ted Naifeh; Courtney Crumrin Volume 1: The Night Things - ***** - 1/6/2016 - 137 Pages
O: Lauren Oliver; Delirium - *** - 3/15/2017 - 441 Pages
R: Ann Redpath; How To Guide Girl Scout Brownies On Brownie Quest - *** -1/12/2016 - 94 Pages
✔Queen Akasha (11)
Q: Julia Quinn; Just Like Heaven - ***** - 11/1/2015
U: Unshelved by Bill Barnes - **** - 2/6/2017 - 127 Pages
E: E.B. White; Stuart Little - *** - 3/15/2017 - 148 P
E: Eighth Grave After Dark by Darynda Jones - ***** - 2/1/2017 - 293 Pages
N: Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris - ***** - 12/21/2015 - 291 Pages
A: Amie Kaufman; This Night So Dark - **** - 1/11/2016 - 109 Pages
K: Kresley Cole; Dark Needs at Night's Edge - **** - 10/21/2015 - 368 Pages
A: Attachments by Rainbow Rowell - **** - 2/3/2016 - 323 Pages
S: Stieg Larsson; The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - ***** - 6/17/2015 - 563 Pages
H: Faith Hunter; Mercy Blade - ***** - 3/8/2016
A: Adrian's Lost Chapter by Richelle Mead - **** - 2/16/2016 - 8 Pages
Apr 09, 2015 10:10AM
Part 2✔Freddy Krueger (13)
F: Forgotten Sins by Rebecca Zanetti - **** - 3/29/2015 - 384 Pages
R: Mary Doria Russell; The Sparrow - ***** - 1/26/2015 - 408 Pages
E: Emma Chase; Tangled - **** - 12/22/2014 - 254 Pages
D: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness - ***** - 10/29/2014 - 579 Pages
D: Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas - ***** - 11/24/2014 - 368 Pages
Y: Malala Yousafzai; I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban - ***** - 11/3/2016 - 327 Pages
K: The King by J.R. Ward - **** - 11/17/2014 - 593 Pages
R: Nora Roberts; The Next Always - **** - 3/26/2015 - 352 Pages
U: Untraceable by Laura Griffin - **** - 8/9/2015 - 374 Pages
E: Jennifer Estep; First Frost - **** - 8/20/2015 - 30 Pages
G: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin - ***** - 2/1/2015 - 835 Pages
E: Erin Morgenstern; The Night Circus - **** - 2/22/2015 - 387 Pages
R: Return to Me by Justina Chen - **** - 4/10/2015 - 352 Pages
✔Goosebumps (10)
G: Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 4/29/2015 - 306 Pages
O: Oprah Winfrey; What I Know For Sure - ***** - 6/25/2015 - 240 Pages
O: Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost - ***** - 7/18/2015 - 346 Pages
S: J. Courtney Sullivan; Maine - *** - 1/15/2015 - 388 Pages
E: Janet Evanovich; High Five - ***** - 9/15/2015 - 336 Pages
B: Beauty Never Dies by Cameron Jace - **** - 12/19/2014 - 28 Pages
U: Anne Ursu; Breadcrumbs - **** - 12/16/2015 - 312 Pages
M: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes - ***** - 1/14/2015 - 369 Pages
P: James Patterson; The 9th Judgment - ***** - 12/6/2014 - 355 Pages
S: Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas - **** - 1/2/2015 - 374 Pages
✔Hannibal Lecter (14)
H: Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick - *** - 11/2/2014 - 391 Pages
A: Alice Clayton; Wallbanger - **** - 3/10/2015 - 384 Pages
N: Nalini Singh; Archangel's Consort - *** - 8/25/2015
N: Nefertiti by Michelle Moran - *** - 2/26/2015 - 463 Pages
I: Ilona Andrews; Magic Breaks - ***** - 4/1/2015 - 348 Pages
B: Blood Apples by Cameron Jace - **** - 12/20/2014 - 30 Pages
A: Jennifer L. Armentrout; Bitter Sweet Love - ***** - 1/12/2015 - 105 Pages
L: Ladle Rat Rotten Hut by Cameron Jace - **** - 12/19/2014 - 40 Pages
L: Lisa Kleypas; A Wallflower Christmas - *** - 1/4/2015 - 213 Pages
E: Janet Evanovich; Wicked Charms - **** - 10/6/2015 - 308 Pages
C: Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke - **** - 4/19/2016
T: Laini Taylor; Days of Blood & Starlight - *** - 4/13/2015 - 517 Pages
E: Emily M. Danforth; The Miseducation of Cameron Post - ***** - 12/17/2015 - 470 Pages
R: Rick Riordan; The Battle of the Labyrinth - ***** - 5/14/2015 - 368 Pages
✔Incantation (11)
I: Isaac Marion; Warm Bodies - **** - 4/19/2015 - 239 Pages
N: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith - ***** - 3/1/2015 - 235 Pages
C: Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice by John Layman - ***** - 3/22/2015 - 128 Pages
A: Anne Bishop; Written in Red - ***** - 4/9/2015 - 433 Pages
N: Night of Cake & Puppets by Laini Taylor - ***** - 4/29/2015 - 100 Pages
T: Laini Taylor; Dreams of Gods & Monsters - *** - 4/30/2015 - 613 Pages
A: Rachel Aaron; The Spirit Thief - ***** - 5/18/2015 - 310 Pages
T: Turn Coat by Jim Butcher - ***** - 9/27/2015 - 420 Pages
I: Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke - **** - 7/8/2015 - 663 Pages - 663 Pages
O: Of Neptune by Anna Banks - *** - 7/9/2015 - 330 Pages
N: Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover by Sarah MacLean - ***** - 6/25/2015 - 384 Pages
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The Bad, The Scary and The Terrifying: An A to Z Challenge
Duration: 10/1/2014 - Til Done!
As an A to Z Spell-It-Out, similar to the Animal Alphabet Challenge. Pick a bad, scary or terrifying expression(*) for each letter of the alphabet and read books with titles, series, character (first or last name), or authors (first or last name) that begin with letters that correspond to letter of the animal you choose. As always, if a title starts with a, an, the, etc you may use the second word of the title.
Progress: 261 out of 261
✔Asylum (6)
A: Ashes to Ashes and Cinder to Cinder by Cameron Jace - **** - 12/19/2014 - 28 Pages
S: Silk Is for Seduction by Loretta Chase - ***** - 11/23/2014 - 371 Pages
Y: Yes Please by Amy Poehler - ***** - 11/28/2014 - 329 Pages
L: Looking for Alaska by John Green - ***** - 12/1/2014 - 256 Pages
U: The Unseen Bridegroom or Wedded for a Week by May Agnes Fleming - **** - 6/22/2015 - 246 Pages
M: Mary Mary Quite Contrary by Cameron Jace - **** - 12/19/2014 - 26 Pages
✔Boogeyman (9)
B: Bloodlines by Richelle Mead - **** - 12/17/2014 - 421 Pages
O: Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout - ***** - 11/3/2014 - 366 Pages
O: Octavia E. Butler; Kindred - *** - 1/20/2015 - 288 Pages
G: Glow by Darynda Jones - **** - 1/7/2015 - 10 Pages
E: Susan Ee; World After - * - 1/6/2015 - 438 Pages
Y: You Have to Fucking Eat by Adam Mansbach - ***** - 12/16/2014 - 32 Pages
M: Marissa Meyer; Cress - **** - 12/10/2014 - 550 Pages
A: Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie - **** - 12/19/2014 - 295 Pages
N: Never Kiss a Rake by Anne Stuart - **** - 12/21/2014 - 265 Pages
✔Chucky (6)
C: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black - **** - 10/5/2014 - 419 Pages
H: The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James - ***** - 10/6/2014 - 318 Pages
U: Unblocked - Episode One by Marni Mann - ***** - 5/8/2015 - 109 Pages
C: Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger - *** - 2/5/2016 - 310 Pages
K: Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian - *** - 10/3/2014 - 402 Pages
Y: Yasmine Galenorn; Night Myst - *** - 7/10/2015 - 317 Pages
✔Dementors (9)
D: Dream a Little Dream by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - **** - 10/27/2014 - 400 Pages
E: Elizabeth Lowell; Untamed - **** - 5/6/2015 - 416 Pages
M: Mudbound by Hillary Jordan - *** - 1/6/2015 - 340 Pages
E: Emma Chase; Holy Frigging Matrimony: A Tangled Series Short Story - **** - 12/23/2014 - 40 Pages
N: No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole - **** - 1/5/2015 - 356 Pages
T: Rhiannon Thomas; A Wicked Thing - **** - 8/13/2015 - 337 Pages
O: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman - **** - 1/23/2015 - 181 Pages
R: Rick Yancey; The 5th Wave - ** - 11/22/2014 - 480 Pages
S: Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson by Patricia Briggs - ***** - 12/15/2014 - 450 Pages
✔The Exorcist (11)
T: The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan - *** - 10/7/2014 - 320 Pages
H: Her Ladyship's Companion by Joanna Bourne - **** - 10/18/2014 - 224 Pages
E: Eric Schlosser; Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal - *** - 10/21/2014 - 399 Pages
E: Elizabeth Camden; Against the Tide - **** - 7/29/2015 - 362 Pages
X: Xombi by John Rozum - ** - 8/19/2015 - 160 Pages
O: Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout - **** - 4/5/2015 - 382 Pages
R: A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg - **** - 1/9/2015 - 193 Pages
C: Cameron Jace; Snow White Blood Red - **** - 12/18/2014 - 25 Pages
I: If You Ask Me by Betty White - **** - 10/2/2014 - 258 Pages
S: Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones - ***** - 1/8/2015 - 326 Pages
T: Tempted by P.C. Cast - *** - 5/5/2015 - 319 Pages
Done!Progress: 23 out of 23
◾Mickey Mouse: Read a book where the main character is mischievous, funny, or brave. Or a character that is a mouse. Or read a book with a character named Walt, Jimmy, Les, Wayne, Bret, or Chris.
Hard Day's KnightKatie MacAlister - **** - 12/27/2014 - 346 Pages - Brave Character
◾Donald Duck: Read a book with a character who has anger issues, an aggressive personality, or a character who can sometimes be hard to distinguish from a villain. You may also read a book with a character who is seeking ways to get more money, or a character who is helping out a friend.
Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian - *** - 10/3/2014 - 402 Pages - Anger Issues
◾Bambi: Read a book with a charming hero, or one who is sweet or shy. Or read a book with a character who has a very good friend, or one who loses a close family member:
The Ugly Duchess by Eloisa James - **** - 9/23/2014 - Loses a Family Member
◾Peter Pan: Read a book about a character who is the leader of some sort of band, or someone who is playful or loves to have fun. You may also read about someone who is daring almost to the point of being foolhardy:
Seduced by a Pirate by Eloisa James - **** - 9/24/2014 - 100 Pages - Pirate Captain
◾Arthur Pendragon: Read a book about an someone who has royal or noble blood, or someone who is brave or hard-working. You may also read a book with a character named Rickie, Richard, or Robert:
The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan - *** - 10/7/2014 - 320 Pages - God Blood & Brave
◾Robin Hood: Read a book about a spy or a hero who is in disguise. You may also read a book about a thief, a fox-shifter, or a character named Brian.
Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas - ***** - 11/24/2014 - 368 Pages - Hero in Disguise
◾Taran: Read a book with a hero that has red hair, a headstrong or brave personality, or a hero who is loyal to his friends. Or read a book where a character sacrifices something important to keep someone safe:
Her Ladyship's Companion by Joanna Bourne - **** - 10/18/2014 - 224 Pages - keeps someone safe
◾Darkwing Duck: Read a book with a hero who is a spy or a force for good, a hero who uses many different gadgets (weapons, computers, etc.), or a character who is skilled in martial arts:
Forgotten Sins by Rebecca Zanetti - **** - 3/29/2015 - 384 Pages - Martial Arts and uses lots of gadgets
◾Simba: Read a book with a lion shifter, a character who is very protective, or a character who is in the justice system (lawyer, cop, judge, etc.):
The 9th Judgment by James Patterson - ***** - 12/6/2014 - 355 Pages - Justice System
◾Quasimodo: Read a book with a hero who is kind and gentle, a hero who is artistic, or someone who is very strong and/or agile
The King by J.R. Ward - **** - 11/17/2014 - 593 Pages - Strong, Agile, Kind
◾Phoebus: Read a book with a handsome, sarcastic, or brave hero, or one who is named Victor or Hugo. You may also read a book where the hero switches sides to fight for what he believes in:
The Witch With No Name by Kim Harrison - ***** - 10/21/2014 - 462 Pages - Trent switches sides in storyline
◾Hercules: Read a book with a compassionate hero, or one who is very strong. Or read a book where there is a big misunderstanding between characters:
The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James - ***** - 10/6/2014 - 318 Pages - Big misunderstanding between characters
◾Tarzan: Read a book that takes place in a jungle, a book with an orphan character or one who is ignorant of his past, a brave or honorable hero, or a hero who is an animal shifter of some sort.
Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson by Patricia Briggs - ***** - 12/15/2014 - 450 Pages
◾Emperor Kuzco: Read a book about a character who turns from 'bad' to good, a character who is very funny, a hero who is under a curse, or a character who is an animal shifter. You may also read a book with a character named David.
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black - **** - 10/5/2014 - 419 Pages - Bad to Good
◾Milo Thatch: Read a book that has to do with the legend of Atlantis or a book where the character knows several languages. You may also read a book with a socially-awkward character or a character named James or Michael:
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman - **** - 1/23/2015 - 181 Pages - Socially Awkward character
◾Sora: Read a book set in Japan or with a Japanese hero, a hero who uses a unique weapon, or a character who is heroic and/or selfless. You may also read a book with a hero who helps others in some way.
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke - ***** - 9/25/2014 - 635 Pages - Unique Weapon
◾Yao, Ling and Chien Po: Read a book about a character in the army, one who uses many weapons, or someone who has a few good friends. You may also read a book with a hero who is very strong, quick to anger, funny, large, or loves food.
Simply Unforgettable by Mary Balogh - **** - 1/24/2015 - 422 Pages - Quick to Anger
◾Prince Edward: Read a book with a character who is very handsome, or one who falls in love at first sight. Or read a book with a character named Edward.
Dream a Little Dream by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - **** - 10/27/2014 - 400 Pages - Character named Edward
◾David Kawena: Read a book with a character who is a surfer, one who supports his friends or love interest through hard times, or a character who surfs. You may also read a book with a character named David:
Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell - *** - 4/2/2015 - 243 Pages - supports his friends
◾Jim Hawkins: Read a book about a character who is rebellious or has a 'bad boy' image. Or a book with a hero who was raised by a single mother. You may also read a book with a character named Jim.
Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 4/1/2015 - Bad boy image
◾Jack Skellington: Read a book with a character who is immortal, a character named Jack, or someone who is a gentleman. You may also read a book that takes place around Halloween, or has a Halloween theme on the cover:
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness - ***** - 10/29/2014 - 579 Pages - Takes place during Halloween
◾John Rolfe: Read a book about a character named John, a character who is very handsome, or a character who acts as a diplomat between people. Or read a book where the hero must help the heroine change her appearance or behavior.
Silk Is for Seduction by Loretta Chase - ***** - 11/23/2014 - 371 Pages - Hero must help Heroine adapt to upper class society
◾Harris, Hubert and Hamish: Read a book set in Scotland or with a Scottish character. Or a book with a hero who has red hair or is named Harris, Hubert, or Hamish. You may also read a book about a character who has two brothers, or one who loves to play tricks on others.
A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole - **** - 12/2/2014 - 356 Pages - Scottish Character
