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I finished my first book on 1/5/17. I read All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. I didn't think I would like it but I surprised myself and actually enjoyed the book. It was worth the wait.
New 2 U Authors 2017Level: Devil May Care = 20
Duration: 1/1/2017-12/31/2017
Completed: 5/20
✔ 1. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr...FINISHED 1/5/17
✔ 2. Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly...FINISHED 1/18/17
✔ 3. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly...FINISHED 2/16/17
✔ 4. JILL by N.L. Greene...FINISHED 2/23/17
✔ 5. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman...FINISHED 2/27/17
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Author Alphabet Reading Challenge 2017 Duration: 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2017
Completed: 8/26
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B. - Fredrik Backman: A Man Called Ove...FINISHED 2/27/17
C. - Kate Collins: Slay It with Flowers...FINISHED 3/4/17
D. - Anthony Doerr: All the Light We Cannot See...FINISHED 1/5/17
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F. - Joanne Fluke:Blackberry Pie Murder...FINISHED 2/27/17
G. - N.L. Greene: JILL...FINISHED 2/23/27
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I'm in, I'll list as I goCompleted: 9/100
✔ 1. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr...1/5/17
✔ 2. Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly...1/18/17
✔ 3. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly...2/16/17
✔ 4. JILL by N.L. Greene...2/23/17
✔ 5. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman...FINISHED 2/27/17
✔ 6. Blackberry Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke...FINISHED 2/27/17
✔ 7. Slay It with Flowers by Kate Collins...FINISHED 3/4/17
✔ 8. The Diva Haunts the House by Krista Davis...FINISHED 3/10/17
✔ 9 Murder in the Paperback Parlor by Ellery Adams...FINISHED 3/27/17
✔ 10 Jeopardy in July... FINISHED 5/19/17
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I'm going to go with level 1Completed: 8/70
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2. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly...FINISHED 2/16/17
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I'm in for at least 30, I'm just going to work on all the past years since I joined, because somehow my shelves got all messed up. Most of them I've wanted to get through in 2016, so I'm continuing with what I wanted to get through but didn't.Completed: 6/30
1. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
3. Big Little Lies
4. Black-Eyed Susans
5. Blood Magick
✔ 6. The Diva Haunts the House...FINISHED 3/10/17
7. Someday, Someday, Maybe
✔ 8. JILL...FINISHED 2/23/17
9. Jane Eyre
10. The Ice Twins
11. Blackberry Pie Murder
12. The Taming of the Queen
13. The Miniaturist
14. The Night Circus
✔ 15. Lilac Girls...FINISHED 1/18/17
16. The Santangelos
17. A Discovery of Witches
18. The Witches: Salem, 1692
19. Those Girls
20. Tricky Twenty-Two
21. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
22. Shadow of Night
23. The Book of Life
24. Pretty Baby
25. Luckiest Girl Alive
26. Life After Life
✔ 27. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space RaceFINISHED 2/16/17
✔ 28. All the Light We Cannot See...FINISHED 1/5/17
✔ 29. A Man Called OveFINISHED 2/27/17
30. Six of Crows
I'm inStep 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
Green - green tea
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
Red - rooibos tea
Orange - herbal tea
Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
Strong - 301 pages or more: All the Light We Cannot See...FINISHED 1/5/17
Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
One spoonful - Book one in a series
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Honey - Book three in a series
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series
Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Lemon - Non fiction genre book
