Sanskriti’s Comments (group member since Dec 24, 2011)

Sanskriti’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Just read for your favourite genre: mysteries - Fatherland by Robert Harris

Progress: 1/3 - Sanz going to the Party

DURATION: 01 SEP '12 to 31 AUG '13
DONE: 0/4

Month 1: Read your Birthday Month (Spell it out challenge)
→ J: Jordan, Robert - The Great Hunt
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Month 2: Read your Birthstone (Spell it out challenge) or read 3 or 4 books with covers that match the color of your birthstone or 3 or 4 books with the name of your Birthstone in the title
Month 3: Read your sign (Spell it out challenge)
Month 4: Read your Chinese zodiac sign (Spell it out challenge)
Read your favorite flower (Spell it out challenge) or read 3 or 4 books with your favorite flower on the cover
Month 5: Read 3 or 4 books set in a country you'd like to visit
Month 6: Read 3 or 4 books from your favorite genre
Month 7: Read 3 or 4 books with your child or a friend
Month 8: Read 3 or 4 books written by some of your favorite authors
Month 9: Set yourself a personal goal to exceed the amount of books you normally read in a month
Month 10: Read one of your favorite foods (Spell it out challenge)
Month 11: Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read before, but have been meaning to
Month 12: Read your favorite Book Crush's name

Duration: 01 Sep '12 to 31 Aug '13
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Constellations by Month

January :
Caelum (The engraver's chisel)
Dorado (Dolphinfish/Swordfish)
Mensa (Table)
Orion (The Hunter)
Reticulum (Net/Reticle)
Taurus (Bull)

February :
Auriga (Charioteer)
Camelopardalis (Giraffe/Camel/Leopard)
Canis Major (Greater Dog)
Columba (Dove)
Gemini (Twins)
Lepus (Hare/Rabbit/Bunny)
Monoceros (Unicorn)
Pictor (Painter/Painter's Easel)

March :
Cancer (Crab)
Canis Minor (Smaller Dog/Puppy)
Carina (Keel of a Ship)
Lynx (Cat)
Puppis (Poop Deck of a Ship)
Pyxis (Mariner's Compass)
Vela (Sails of a Ship)
Volans (Flying Fish)

April :
Antlia (Pump)
Chamaeleon (Lizard)
Crater (Cup)
Hydra (Female Water Snake)
Leo (Lion)
Leo Minor (Smaller Lion/Lion Cub)
Sextans (Astronomical Sextant)
Ursa Major (Larger Bear/Big Dipper)

May :
Canes Venatici (Hunting Dogs)
Centaurus (Centaur-Half man/Half Horse)
Coma Berenices (Queen Berenice's Hair)
Corvus (Raven/Crow)
Crux (Cross)
Musca (the Bee/Southern Fly)
Virgo (Virgin)

June :
Boötes (herdsman or plowman)
Circinus (Compass)
Libra (Weighing Scales)
Lupus (Wolf)
Ursa Minor (Little Bear/Little Dipper/Bear Cub)


July :
Apus (No Feet/Bird of Paradise)
Ara (Altar)
Corona Borealis (Northern Crown)
Draco (Dragon)
Hercules (the abbreviation is Her)
Norma (Normal/Right Angle/Rule/Carpenter's square/Level)
Ophiuchus (Serpent-bearer)
Scorpius (Scorpion)
Serpens(Snake)
Triangulum Australe(The Southern Triangle)

August :
Corona Austrina (Southern Crown)
Lyra (Lyre/Harp)
Sagittarius (Archer)
Scutum (Shield)
Telescopium (Telescope)

September :
Aquila (Eagle)
Capricornus (Horned Male Goat/Goat Horn/Sea Goat)
Cygnus (Swan)
Delphinus (Dolphin)
Equuleus (Little Horse/Pony/Foal)
Indus (Indian) - A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth (Author is an Indian)
Microscopium (Microscope)
Pavo (Peacock)
Sagitta (Arrow)
Vulpecula (Fox)

October :
Aquarius (Water-Carrier/Cup-Carrier)
Cepheus (King of Aethiopia/King)
Grus (Crane)
Lacerta (Lizard)
Octans (Octan/John Hadley-inventor of octan/Eight)
Pegasus (abbreviation Peg)
Piscis Austrinus (Southern Fish/Fish)


November :
Andromeda (The Chained Woman/Woman)
Cassiopeia (The Seated Queen/Queen/Vain Queen)
Phoenix
Pisces (Plural for Fish)
Sculptor
Tucana (Toucan)

December :
Aries (Ram/Abbreviation Ari)
Cetus (Sea Monster/Whale/Shark)
Eridanus (Po River/River)
Fornax (Furnace/Brazier)
Horologium (Clock)
Hydrus (Male Water Snake)
Perseus
Triangulum (The Triangle)

I loved this book when I read it last year! I'll jump in for the discussion... If time permits I might even give it another read.

I'm reading Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. Not an easy read, it's really trying to read into Woolf's own mind. But there are characters like Septimus, a man spiralling into madness and Sally, a woman considered too bold for 1920s England, that I'm really warming up to.

I'm going to the Party... May stay still sunrise :)

Duration: 01 Sep '12 to 30 Sep '12
Progress: 1/3

• Favorite genres
Mysteries: Fatherland by Robert Harris

• Books with dogs in them.

• Hawt guy on the cover.

• Coffee ice cream

• Read a book with a cover that is predominately blue.

• Read a book that shows a perfect coiffed hair style on the cover.

• Read a book with a hat on the cover.

• Read a book that somehow relates to cookies.

• Read any book from my all-time-favorites bookshelf:

• Listen to any book on audio

I'm in... Celebrating your birthday month as well... Will post books later.

a book with an umbrella on the cover

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START DATE: 1 JAN '12
END DATE: 31 DEC '12

DONE: 1/10

1. Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Book #10, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Book #11, The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy

My Complete List

Updated Post 2 : 9/100

FINISHED: 19/100


JANUARY

1. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (04 Jan)
2. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (08 Jan)
3. The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket(10 Jan)
4. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (14 Jan)
5. Life of Pi by Yann Martel (29 Jan)




FEBRUARY

6. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (05 Feb)
7. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (08 Feb)
8. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (12 Feb)
9. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (18 Feb)



MARCH
10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (03 Mar)
11. The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy (07 Mar)
12. A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin (13 Mar)
13. Empress Orchid by Anchee Min (18 Mar)
14. Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji (27 Mar)
15. The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett (31 Mar)



APRIL
16. The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay (02 Apr)
17. The Sari Shop Widow by Shobhan Bantwal (07 Apr)
18. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R. James (22 Apr)
19. Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell (25 Apr)



MAY
20. Killing Floor (4 Stars, 14 May)

Lisa Kay wrote: "Great, Sanskriti! You're here, too!"

Yup! I plan to get into as many reading challenges as I can this year. Just attempting a different reading experience.

BOOKS: 7/75
YEARS: 0/10

2003
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1) Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
2) The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy
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Reserving my spot!

Completed: 1


FAVORITE BOOKS:

Nominee

✔ Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Start: Jan '12
End: Dec '12

COMPLETED: 0/50

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Challenge: Jan '12 to Whenever!

Total Letters Completed: 0/26


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✔ M:Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
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✔ R: Rowling, J. K - book:Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone|2239941] by J.K. Rowling
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