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I'm not clear on where I'm supposed to record my books.Also, each book read can only count for one category, correct? As in a book with 3 vowels in a row in the title and is about a female radish farmer who dies of natural causes while dressed as a man is worth 100 points (for the title), not 190 points.
So this year's reading dates are...?
This sounds like fun. I used to LOVE these puzzles. But as I have a pile of books lined up at the moment, I'm going to wait until later in the month to start.
I don't see it here, so is this a November only challenge? (11/1 - 11/30)
That’s it for me; gotta go to bed. The book is falling from my hands and losing my place.
Only got a few pages, as conversation interrupted. Let me know
Ok. Another 20?
Jumping in
I'm back on the move.Heat III: September 30 - December 19
1. Mexico: "Baby HP" by Juan José Arreola
2. Argentina: "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" by Jorge Luis Borges
--"The Waves" by Silvina Ocampo
--"The Squid Chooses Its Own Ink" by Adolfo Bioy Casares
3. New Zealand: The Daughters of the Late Colonel, The Stranger by Katherine Mansfield
4. Brazil: The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho
5. Ireland: The Blood Red Cross by L.T. Meade
6. Germany: The Laughing Monsters: A Novel by Denis Johnson
7. England: Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
8. Scotland: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
--The Witches by Roald Dahl
--Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Golden Samovar by Olga Wojtas
9. Israel: The Property by Rutu Modan
10. Norway: The Snowman by Jo Nesbø
Zhun bèiAll about colour
Read a book with:
🌸 A red cover
🌸 Red font on the cover
🌸 Red items on the cover
🌸 Red edges on the pages
🌸 A character with the name, or nickname, of Red
🌸 An author with a first or last name that contains the letters r-e-d
🌸 With the word red in the title
🌸 With the word red in the series name
All about country and culture
Read a book:
🌸 Written by an author who has lived, or still lives, in China
🌸 Written by an author who was born in China, but now permanently lives in another country
🌸 Based in China
🌸 Where the characters eat Chinese food
🌸 With chopsticks on the cover
🌸 Where the characters go travelling
🌸 That contains the word "calligraphy" in the text
🌸 That contains the word "lantern" in the text
🌸 That contains the word "rice" in the text
🌸 Where there is a party
🌸 With fireworks on the cover
🌸 Where the author's first or last name starts with "X"
🌸 Where the main character lives with his/her parents and grandparents in the same house
🌸 That mentions Buddhism
🌸 With a quote by Confucius
🌸 That is based in a time period more than a thousand years ago
🌸 Where the characters drink tea
🌸 That contains an ancient kingdom
Wow, did I fall behind!
August 8th
128 pages
August 9th
179 pages
August 11th
109 pages
August 11th
311 pages
August 12th
295 pages
August 15th
304 pages
August 17th
160 pages
August 22nd
132 pages
August 24th
265 pages
August 29th
16 pages
August 29th
251 pages
August 31st
343 pages
Group Total: 1,252,390
Argh! Why am I having so much trouble with 2016?
Completed my 4 scoops in my two months, for the end of summer! [Message 58]
Now I want ice cream :- (
I saw this and then I couldn't find it again. Does that mean anything? Anyway, it feels like my life now, and I want in.I'm going to start with the prompts, then I'll worry about a way to fill out my numbers.
♠️ Alice: Read a book with a woman/girl on the cover with a blue dress or where the MC is named Alice
♠️ Cheshire Cat: Read a book with a purple cover or with a cat on the cover
♠️ Queen of Hearts: Read a book with Queen in the title or a book with playing cards on the cover
♠️ White Rabbit: Read a book with White in the title or with a timepiece on the cover
♠️ Caterpillar: Read a book with someone smoking on the cover or with mushrooms on the cover
♠️ March Hare: Read a book with March in the title or with a rabbit on the cover
♠️ Dormouse: Read a book with a mouse on the cover or with someone drinking tea on the cover
♠️ Mock Turtle: Read a book with Turtle in the title or set by the sea
♠️ Duchess: Read a book with Duchess in the title or where the main character has children
♠️ Dodo: Read a book with a bird on the cover or read an autobiography
♠️ Knave of Hearts: Read a book with a Heart in the title or where a character goes to trial
♠️ King of Hearts: Read a book with King in the title or with a red cover
♠️ Bill the Lizard: Read a book with a chimney on the cover or with Bill in the title
♠️ Gryphon: Read a book with a lion on the cover or read a book with Eagle in the title
♠️ Mouse: Read a book with someone swimming on the cover or with Tale in the title
Bachelor's Degree -- GRADUATED August 11Science Major / History Minor (post #51)
I threw in some extra credit in case any of my choices are denied
Congrats to me! Now on to Grad School -->
Maybe. I've already got my books for this month, so I'll see if they work out.
LaurLa wrote: "I'm going to try this challenge - where (or how) are people creating the image of their maze?"Me too. Two years later, but same question.
I've got at least one of these going, so I'll try for Luminescent○ Read a book with a full moon on the cover.
○ Read a book with a predominantly blue cover.
○ Read the second book in a series.
○ Read a book that was published in August (of any year).
○ Read a book with “moon” in the title or is by an author with the name of “Moon”.
○ Read a book with “blue” in the title or has a character/animal named “Blue”
○ Read a book about astronomy, or where the character is an astronomer.
○ Read a book with a telescope or spyglass on the cover.
○ Read a book that takes place on a planet that has more than one moon.
○ Read a two in one book.
Wow, am I behind here.
July 14th
288 pages
July 16th
120 pages
July 19th
108 pages
July 20th
192 pages
July 28th
320 pages
July 30th
193 pages
July 31st
43 pages
August 5th
224 pages
Group Total: 1,018,723
This sounds worth a try. I'm jumping in mid-Sign, but Leo is pretty short so we're all good.July 29th, 2018 - July 22nd, 2019
Completed Books:
July 23 to August 22 - Leo
L - Leo Waterman in Slow Burn
E - Enrico Colombo in "Risico" from For Your Eyes Only by Ian Fleming
O - Oscar in Empire Star
August 23 to September 22 - Virgo
V- Virgil Flowers in Heat Lightning
I - In Cold Blood
R - Dharma Raja Death and Night
G - Gudgeon Wild Strawberries
O - Bessie Organ in "" from Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life
September 23 to October 23 - Libra
L - Maggie Lynch in Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot: The Autobiography of a Dangerous Man
I - Abel In-Hout in A Cold Day For Murder
B - Beau Bridges narrates Montana 1948
R - David Raup in Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells by Helen Scales
A - Ahab in The Devil and Miss Prym
October 24 to November 21 - Scorpio
S - Sukie Rougemont, Jane Smart, Alexandra Spotford in The Witches of Eastwick
C - The Countess in Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Golden Samovar
O - Scott Oliver in Beast
R - Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
P - The Property
I - Indian in Scorpions
O - Ariadne Oliver in Hallowe'en Party
November 22 to December 22 - Sagittarius
S - Steve Martin's The Pleasure of My Company: A Novella
A - Allegra Goodman's The Cookbook Collector
G - Gennifer Choldenko's If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period
I - Isak Baek in Pachinko
T - Tom in A Study in Charlotte
T - Timothy in Mr. Dickens and His Carol
A - Lew Archer in The Zebra-Striped Hearse
R - The Randalls (Clare, Jack and Frank) in Outlander
I - Idar Vetlesen in The Snowman
U - "The Unnatural Order" from Social Studies
S - Starbuck, Stubb in Moby-Dick
December 23 to January 19 - Capricorn
C - Kevin Cook's Flip: The Inside Story of TV's First Black Superstar
A - Robertson Ay in Mary Poppins
P - Stephanie Perkins's My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
R - Lord Cecile Ravencourt in The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
I - Ishmael in Ahab's Return: or, The Last Voyage
C - A Christmas Carol
O - "Our Man in Havana" from Four Graham Greene Thrillers: Our Man in Havana/The Fallen Idol (The Basement Room)/Travels With My Aunt/Brighton Rock
R - Rabbit-Proof Fence: The True Story of One of the Greatest Escapes of All Time
N - Neil in The Refrigerator Monologues
BONUS: Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories (would have fit under A for Aaron or Atzel or Aksah--or I for Isaac Bashevis Singer--but there was a miscue with the library)
January 20 to February 19 - Aquarius
A - Art In The Age Of Aquarius, 1955-1970 (not finished yet, but I can sub in The Almost Sisters for the sticklers)
Q - White Queen in "Secret Identity" from Get in Trouble
U - Underground Man in Notes from the Underground
A - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's Wind, Sand and Stars
R - Robin Toowoomba in The Bat (BONUS: Mentions Aquarius Festival)
I - Carlos Ibarra in The Wedding Date
U - Uncle Pang in Number One Chinese Restaurant
S - Courtney Summers's Sadie
OR
February 20 to March 20 - Pisces
March 20 to April 20 - Aries
April 21 to May 20 - Taurus
May 21 to June 21 - Gemini
June 22 to July 22 - Cancer
