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8th stop: Entebbe, UGANDA (detour: GR Choice Awards winner)Author/Setting: Zuzana, Karen
Spell-it-out (Entebbe, UGANDA): Daire
Detour: Beth
Option 5: Scavenger Hunt FreestyleStart date: 3/12/2017
Duration: You Set the Pace
►Pick a level and find the words below in the books you read. There is no limit to the number of words per book
Level: Karma - 149 words - 1 Sapphire coin!
(3/14/2017): 35 words1) afraid The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones pt 9, pg 17 "I am AFRAID so"
2) alive The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones pt 3, pg 6 "think of all the people I'm keeping ALIVE"
3) angry The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones pt 2, p 4 "you wouldn't like me when I'm ANGRY"
4) attention The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones pt 2, p12 "rats ran over her naked body, nipping at her flesh to attract her ATTENTION"
5) awake The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones pt 2, p14 "I was AWAKE"
6) awful The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones (pg v of intro by Frank McConnell) "...about how the values of regret, responsibility and the AWFUL duties of love outweigh even the power and majesty of the gods we invent and then worship"
B
7) brilliant The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones (pg iv of intro) "BRILLIANT as they are..." The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones pt 8, p 22
C
7) church "... she won't be his lady unless he swears he'll make her his wife -- and in the first CHURCH they come to, at that" pt The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones pt 6, p 10
8) clever - "oh, he embarrassed me... said something he thought was CLEVER..." pt 12, p 14
D
9) delight - The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "Delirium, who was once called DELIGHT..." (pg v of intro)
10) despair - The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "Desire, DESPAIR, and the wonderful Delirium..." (pg v of intro)
E
12) evil The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "... quite useless for the knowledge of good and EVIL, more like the other tree..." pt 4, pg 18
F
13) family - The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "the FAMILY of the Endless" pg iv of intro
14) fortunate The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones " 'Tis better to be FORTUNATE than to be wise" pt 7, p. 19
15) fulfillment The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones p i, intro "catastrophe & FULFILLMENT"
16) fury The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "the ladies of the FURY" pt 12, p 1
17) freedom "I told him that there was always FREEDOM" pt 12, p 14
H
18) hatred The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "we are vengeance and HATRED unending" pt 8, p 18
hope The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones pt 5, pg 1 "we haven't given up HOPE of being the Three again"
19) humanity The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "the dark mirror of HUMANITY" pt 1, pg 18
I
20) imaginative The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones"That's much more IMAGINATIVE" pt 9, p 10
K
21) kind - The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones, pt 4, p 10 "You could call them the nice ladies. Or the KIND ladies."
M
22) malice The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "I bind you, Loki MALICE-monger" pt 10, p 6
23) melancholy - The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones intro p 3, "MELANCHOLY farewell"
24) movement - The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "one stunning, final MOVEMENT" intro p. v
25) he was starting to find himself BORED by the music" The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones pt 8, p 22
P
26) The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "a frenzied explosion of color and PAIN" p 7, pt 10
27) The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "just rot on the ground - worms get them - PITY" p 18, pt 4
28) powerful -The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
"these all-POWERFUL goddesses" intro p v
29) powerless - The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "when he was imprisoned and POWERLESS" pt 1, page 9
30) preparation - The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "I have made all the PREPARATIONS necessary," pt 13, p 10
R
31) reading The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "reading an improving book" pt 8, p 22
T
32) time The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "TIME, choice, guilt and regret" intro, pg 3
33) tragic - The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "...exalted, TRAGIC catastrophe" p. i of intro
W
34) wise The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "word to the WISE" p 18 pt 4
35) The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones (pg v of intro by Frank McConnell) "... the power and majesty of the gods we invent and then WORSHIP"
(3/16/2017): 3 wordsThe Sandman, Vol. 10: The Wake
bonds 74 "the BONDS of family"
grief 135 "your GRIEF serves you"
sorrow 4 "one for SORROW"
(4/3/2017) - 1devotion - The Sparrow 432 "his eyes closed in dreamy DEVOTION"
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War - 52 words
A - 6 words
aggressive 616 “The Athenian Ionians were feared as restless & aggressive”
alarm 16 “The growth of the power of Athens, and the fear which this inspired in Sparta…”
amends 341 “he wished to make amends for his retreat from Argos”
anticipate 34 “wishing to anctipate the revolt of the cities”
arrogance “jealous of the arrogance that aspires higher than its due”
ashamed “men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are as ashamed of being the second as they are proud of being the first.”
B - 3 words
bitter 321 “rather than keeping them all in bitter subjection”
blunt 616 “in speech they were spare, pithy, and blunt”
bold 125 “which has so bold a sound”
C - 10 words
cautious 200 “cautious plotting a justifiable means of self-defense”
clarity p. xxx “I decided in the interests of clarity…”
comfort 117 “comfort, therefore, not condolence…”
contemptuous 304 “contemptuous of the scanty numbers of his opponent”
content 16 “I shall be content”
contrary 9 “on the contrary…”
control 47 “self-control contains honor…”
cool 452 “without giving time for their ardor to cool”
cruelty 176 “the horrid cruelty”
curious xxi “More curious is Thucydides’s very limited angle of vision”
D: 10
defeated 36 “defeated by the Athenians”
delusion 181 “fortune too powerfully helps the delusion…”
detriment 98 “this friendship should not extend to the detriment of the state”
development 7 “it was at a somewhat later stage of this development”
devoted 397 “a man devoted to them”
disagreeable 52 “disagreeable to the Hellenes”
discontent 100 “deep was their trouble and discontent”
discussion 113 “instead of looking on discussion”
doubtful 296 “the victory remained doubtful”
dread 164 “they delay the blow that we dread”
E - 13
education 47 “the advantages that we have by nature they cannot acquire by education”
elated 46 “let us never be elated by the fatal hope”
emotion 469 “the most agonizing & conflicting emotions”
engagement 20 “after the engagement”
enraged 390 “the enraged lover”
envy 200 “envy would not suffer them to escape”
evil 79 “the good and evil which lay hidden in the unseen future”
excited 44 “Men’s indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong…”
excluded 23 “while we are to be excluded…”
exhausted 243 “exhausted from want of food”
exercise 126 “the dangers incurred in its exercise”
expectation 36 “in expectation of the Athenians”
experience 16 “confirmed by experience”
F: 10
fear 24 “fear to act upon this belief”
fearful 160 “fearful that they might not be able to cope with the whole of Lesbos”
fearless 114 “fearless of consequences”
feelings 93 “men’s feelings inclined much more to the Spartans”
fortunate 117 “fortunate indeed are they who draw their lot…”
friends 101 “find an asylum with friends or relatives”
frightened 145 “you are frightened by the number of the enemy”
furious 290 “furious at the idea”
generosity 114 “in generosity we are equally singular”
giving 25 “giving and taking what was just”
grateful 44 “makes them forget to be grateful”
H - 5
habit 100 “old habit still prevailed”
happy 114 “so happy a versatility”
hazards 115 “the most glorious of hazards”
honored 188 “whom year by year we honored”
horror 471 “shuddered with grief and horror”
I - 4
impartial 44 “impartial laws at Athens”
impatient 488 “they were now impatient to set sail”
inspired 16 “the alarm which this inspired in Sparta”
isolated 49 “isolated portions of the circumference”
J - 3
jealous 124 “jealous of the arrogance”
joy 242 “the still greater joy of his expectant friends”
judgment 22 “an error in judgment”
K - 1
kindred 365 “they had also the specious design of aiding their kindred”
L - 5
laughing 425 “the Athenians could not help laughing at his empty words”
listen 112 “the whole assemblage, whether citizens or foreigners, may listen”
lost 103 “they lost all patience”
love 115 “til love of her fills your hearts”
loyalty 176 “your own strength and not their loyalty”
M - 3
mad 244 “mad as Cleon’s promise was”
miserable 119 “the miserable feeling”
music 605 “the music of flutes”
N - 1
natural 117 “your natural character”
O - 8
observation 82 “strong squadrons of observation”
obstinate 30 “the sea fight was an obstinate one”
opinion 8 “in my opinion, fear was quite as strong an element as love…”
opportunities 82 “the opportunities of war”
oppressive xviii “far from dismantling an oppressive imperial hierarchy”
ostracized 580 “ostracized, that is, sent into honorable exile for ten years.”
overcome 172 “so completely overcome by terror”
overwhelmed 470 “overwhelmed by their misfortune”
P - 7
patient 119 “the patient could not bear to have on him clothing…”
piety xx “superstition bereft of formal religious piety”
pity 178 “not to those who will never pity us in return”
practice 47 “in practice we always…”
prayer 321 “the prayers & reproaches of the Corinthians”
pride 25 “in the pride and license of wealth”
prompt 81 “prompt and vigorous action”
Q - 2
quest 22 “a power that comes in quest of assistance”
quiet 66 “if wise men remain quiet while they are not injured”
R - 5
rage 330 “they flew into a rage”
relax 163 “we saw them relax their hostility to the Mede”
religion 200 “their religion was in honor with neither party”
reputation 112 “advancement in public life falls to reputation for capacity”
resigned 239 “Nicias repeated his offer and resigned the command at Pylos”
S - 2
sacrifice 27 “the sacrifice of permanent tranquility”
security 69 “at once a reinforcement and a security”
T - 3
tranquility 27 “the sacrifice of permanent tranquility”
triumph 128 “an easy triumph in the war”
trust 15 “I did not even trust my own impressions”
U - 2
uncertain 179 “the uncertain future”
understood 85 “it must be thoroughly understood”
V - 3
vigorous 126 “vigorous protectors at their side”
violent 176 “the most violent man at Athens”
volunteer 482 “neutrals now felt… they should volunteer to march against the Athenians”
W - 5
wisdom 43 “the wisdom of our counsels”
wish 82 “the great wish of some is to avenge themselves”
wonder 177 “I wonder also…”
worthy 3 “a great war, & more worthy of relation than any that had preceded it”
I like tragedy! At least in fiction. The Pearl is beautiful, but my favorites by Steinbeck are Of Mice and Men and East of Eden. East of Eden was much more dramatic than The Grapes of Wrath, I thought. I think I've read The Red Pony but I can't remember what I thought of it, it was a long time ago. Cannery Row is one of Steinbeck's lighter books, but I didn't like it. I can't really remember why.
5. Attack Sewer Rat with Lvl 3 Magic Staff (5 Attack), current HP 12 => Sewer Rat: -5 HP 1 HP RemainingSewer Rat attacks me (3 Attack) => I lose -4 HP, 8 HP Remaining
Attack Sewer Rat with Lvl 3 Magic Staff (5 Attack) => Sewer Rat: -4 HP, Dead
Gained 1 XP
available next: 3/17/2017
I've just realized that if we move on to Brazil next week, I'll be away from home and (probably) won't have library access the 16th-23rd. So I won't be able to read the book I was planning on, but I might have to take a different letter for that stop. I know I have one for the letter I that I can take on the plane.
January 2017The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables and Reflections 256 pages
Miracle and Other Christmas Stories 328 pages
February 2017
Annihilation (listened to audio CD; print edition is 195 pages)
Hadji Murat 116 pages
The Martian Chronicles 182 pages
The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives 256 pages
Authority 341 pages
March 2017 so far
Fiesta Femenina: Celebrating Women in Mexican Folktales 64 pages
[my subtotal: 1,558]
Current total: 409, 513
February classifiedsI'd like to redeem a book
• Read a book that is book 6,7,8 or 9 in a series (3 Gold) The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives
read 2/19/2017
3 gold please!
Marvelous March ChallengeDuration: 03/01/2017 - 03/31/2017
Progress: 5 books
level: Daring Daffodil
◄ March 29th is National Smoke and Mirrors Day. Read a book where something isn’t as it seems or where the main character is hiding something.
The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones finished 3/14/2017
◄ March splits Pisces and Aries for zodiac signs. Read a book with water or fire on the cover, the final book in a series, or the first book in a series.
The Sandman, Vol. 10: The Wake 3/16/2017
◄ March was named for Mars, the Roman god of war. Read a book set in space, a book about war, or a book with a red cover.
The Sandman: Overture 3/16/2017
◄ The flower of March is the daffodil. Read a book that has a predominately yellow or white cover, or where the first letter of the title can be found in DAFFODIL.
The Sandman: The Dream Hunters (I assume the series doesn't count as part of the title) 3/27/2017
◄ March is Women’s History Month. Read a book by a new to you female author, or a book with a strong female lead.
Everfair by Nisi Shawl 3/30/2017
B: Beth (or I can do the letter I, if that works better - my book is Brasyl by Ian McDonald)O:
A: Nikki
V:
I:
S: Karen
T:
A: Zuzana
Jan 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2017level: Devil May Care - 20 books or more
12/13/2017 - 22 books read!
1) Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer 2/1/2017 4 stars!
2) The Histories by Herodotus 3/9/2017 5 stars!
3) Everfair by Nisi Shawl 3/30/2017 3 stars
4) The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell 4/3/2017 4 stars!
5) Eifelheim by Michael Flynn 4/29/2017 4 stars!
6) The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War 5/27/2017 absolutely worth it. 5 stars!
7) Poems of the Masters: China's Classic Anthology of T'ang and Sung Dynasty Verse translated by Red Pine 8/4/2017 4 stars
8) Ghost Stories of an Antiquary M.R. James 8/23/2017 3 stars
9) Warm Worlds and Otherwise by James Tiptree Jr. 8/27/2017 4 stars
10) The Harvard Classics - Plutarch's Lives 9/6/2017 4 stars
11) The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë 9/7/2017 5 stars!
12) Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America by Robert Charles Wilson 9/24/2017 5 stars!
13) The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert9/27/2017 5 stars!
14) Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 10/6/2017 4 stars!
15) The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks10/13/2017 4 stars!
16) Teatro Grottesco by Thomas Ligotti10/21/2017 5 stars!
17) The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr by Reduced Shakespeare Company 10/22/2017 4 stars!
18) The Underground Railroad 11/6/2017 3 stars
19) The Big Sleep 11/13/2017 3 stars
20) Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice 11/26/2017 5 stars!
21) An Instance of the Fingerpost 12/3/2017
5 stars!
22) Woman in the Nineteenth Century 12/7/2017
5 stars!
Copy & add your name6th stop:
Boa Vista, BRAZIL (Detour: Read a book that has the birthstone Turquoise in the text or title)
Author/Setting: Zuzana, Beth
Spell-it-out (Boa Vista): Heather
Detour:
Hoping to read either A Sor Juana Anthology or Fiesta Femenina: Celebrating Women In Mexican Folktale for our Mexico stop. I have reserved both at the library.
working on: 
Sapphire Coins for CYOA challenges when highest level is reached:
1. Astronomy
2. Eras
3. Over the Hill
4. Myths & Legends
Emerald Coins in progress:
Finish This Sentence
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Time Warp Challenge
Translation Tango
Amethyst Coins: in progress
NBRC Alphabet 26, Mix & Match (Spell it Out)
Feb 13, 2017 09:30PM
13. What is the function of "The Green Morning" as part of the novel? It’s kind of a Johnny Appleseed story on Mars. However, the story right that comes after it, "The Locusts," is an interesting contrast. This story shows the darker side of the human colonization of Mars — how the settlers aren’t interested in adapting, but want to change Mars to fit what they’re used to. "The rockets came like locusts, swarming and settling in blooms of rosy smoke. And from the rockets ran men with hammers in their hands to beat the world into a shape that was familiar to the eye, to bludgeon away all the strangeness,their mouths fringed with nails so they resembled steel-toothed carnivores, spitting them into their swift hands as they hammered up frame cottages and scuttled over roofs with shingles to blot out the eerie stars, and fit green shades to pull against the night."
14. Is Spender a hero? Why or why not?
I think his goals are heroic, but the way he pursues them is wrong. He can probably be described as a tragic hero in the classic sense. I love the interaction between him and Captain Wilder, it’s one of my favorite parts of the book. There are some great lines here. "Anything that’s strange is no good to the average American. If it doesn’t have Chicago plumbing, it’s nonsense."
These are some of Bradbury’s more ambiguous characters. Even Captain Wilder - the more sensible one usually - loses it and becomes violent in the end, when he catches Sam Parkhill doing target practice in the Martian ruins ("The Captain caught Parkhill and knocked his teeth out," 73-74).
15. Contrast chicken pox and atomic war as types of apocalypse. Note that, in this novel, both are the fault of Earthlings. Does Bradbury have a political message?
The chicken pox is probably a reference to the devastating impact of smallpox in the colonization of North America. It was strictly an accident, while the buildup of weapons that eventually leads to nuclear war is more intentional and calculated, even though what actually sets off the war is an accidental explosion of nuclear weapons in Australia, which destroys the continent ("The Watchers").
16. Was this book what you expected? Would you recommend it to others?
Well, I first read it so long ago that I’m not sure what my expectations were at the time. I’d definitely recommend it overall although I didn’t like all the stories ("The Silent Towns," for example, hasn’t aged well - it’s pretty sexist, I think).
There aren’t any questions about "The Long Years," but I thought this one was interesting because what Hathaway does stands out as one of the more positive examples of technology from the book. It is a little disturbing at first, but is there anything really wrong with it? Hathaway’s robotic family is so human-like that it’s hard to regard them as just machines.
The last story, "The Million-Year Picnic," shows a family that's more willing to genuinely adapt to Mars than most of the previous settlers. That's why the dad burns a map of Earth, to symbolize their need to start over.
5th stop: San Jose del Cabo, MEXICO (Detour: water, lake, pond, ocean, stream or their plural in the title)
Author/Setting: Zuzana, Karen, Nikki, Beth
Spell-it-out (San Jose del Cabo): Heather
Detour:
Feb 07, 2017 10:00PM
DQs pt 2 5. This book is shelved as short stories on GR but there seems to be an interconnection between chapters. What do you think?
The stories before “And the Moon Be Still As Bright” don’t connect to each other much, but the events of that story are referenced in later ones, so in a way that story is central to the book.
6. After the 4th expedition and planting of trees, the Earth people quickly invaded Mars. Do you think this is a good or bad thing for the Planet Mars?
The first invasions were a tragedy for the Martians, but at this point it’s too late for them. Probably some of the people who came to Mars have better lives than they did before, but unfortunately a lot of what Captain Wilder and Spender were afraid of came true.
7. What do you think actually happened in the chapter 'Night Meeting'. What is your theory?
It seems like a rift in time occurred which allowed Muhe Ca to communicate with Tomas across thousands of years. ("Tonight you could almost touch Time.")
8. Most of the Earth Men want to escape to Mars to get away from Earth. Would you want to move to Mars if you get a chance
I wouldn’t want to go to the Mars depicted in this book. I can understand wanting to leave, but it seem like the people who came to Mars have failed to create something better on Mars than they left behind.
9. What do you think of the Old Martians (blue globes) and do you think they will play any part in this story?
I don’t know, I don’t really remember this part from reading it before.
10. What do you think the author is trying to convey in the story with Mr. Stendahl and his Haunted Mansion?
I think this story is a precursor to Fahrenheit 451, which was published a year later (1951). It shows how people came to Mars looking for a fresh start, but then “good, clean citizens” came along to “make everything safe” and establish a sanitized, conformist civilization.
11. In the chapter 'The Martian', it seemed like the Martian did not have control over his appearance but took the shape of whomsoever the person looking at him is in search for or was missing. But in third expedition the Martians seemed to have full control of the person they were impersonating. What do you think has changed now?
I think maybe the Martian in this story lost control of his abilities for emotional reasons, because of the trauma of being one of the last of his kind.
12. Any predictions on what will happen next?
Nothing to add to what others have said for this question. I remember most of what happens next.
Reading University Challengefirst level: Associate's Degree complete
goal: Bachelor's Degree in Science, minor in History
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Around the World in 80 DaysDuration: 1 Year from start date
Goal: 25 books for an Emerald Coin - complete!
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Reading University Challengestart date 2/6/2017
so far: Associate's Degree earned
working on: Bachelor's with a major in Science/minor in History - 1 book left!
Associate’s Degree - 7 books
7/7 completed 8/20/2017
1. Science: sf - The Martian Chronicles finished 2/13/2017
2. Literature: Graphic Novel at least 200 pgs The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones finished 3/14/2017
3. History: European history (Greece) - The Histories finished 3/9/2017
4. Social science: Anthropology (set in a culture or country different from yours) Everfair finished 3/30/2017 (I'm in the US, the book is set in the Congo)
5. Art: Art History - fiction or nonfiction set in ancient Greece/Rome The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War 5/27/2017
6. language - Sino-Tibetan - Poems of the Masters: China's Classic Anthology of T'ang and Sung Dynasty Verse 8/4/2017
7. Athletics: fiction or nonfiction set in an International Cricket Council country - Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West India, or Zimbabwe
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 8/20/2017
Bachelor’s Degree - Major & Minor completed 4/8/2018
Major: Science - 10/10 read
subcategories:
Science Fiction - Science Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal or Dystopian genre
Earth Science - fiction or non-fiction book about climate change, a natural disaster, or located primarily on/in the ocean or underground
Life Science - fiction or nonfiction book about an animal(s) or plant(s)
Applied Science - fiction or non-fiction book about a medical condition/epidemic/breakthrough or where a main character is a doctor or nurse
1. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary 8/23/2017 (fantasy/paranormal)
2 Babel-17 8/26/2017 (sf)
3. Warm Worlds and Otherwise 8/27/2017 (sf)
4. Green Earth 9/14/2017 (Earth Science - fiction about climate change)
5. Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America (post-apocalyptic sf) 9/24/2017
6. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Earth Science - nonfiction about climate change) 9/27/2017
7. The Player of Games (sf) 10/14/2017
8. Star Songs of An Old Primate (sf) 10/19/2017
9. Teatro Grottesco (fantasy/paranormal) 10/21/2017
10. The Birds (I think this fits life science) 10/28/2017
Minor: History 2/3 read
1. European: Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil 10/8/2018 (history, Europe)
2. Alternate: The Years of Rice and Salt 4/8/2018 (alternate history)
3. American or World History: ?
Going to try for Platinum and a Gem Coin. This will overlap with CYOA Eras Challenge for a lot of books, probably.I live in the United States.
Completed Platinum level: 13+ books
1 Emerald Coin for 25 books
Duration: 2/6/2017 -- 10/9/2017 (8 months!)
read: 25/25
1 The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives - read 2/19/2017 (author from England)
2 The Histories - read 3/9/2017 (author from Halicarnassus, modern Turkey)
3 The Sandman, Vol. 8: Worlds' End 3/10/2017 (England)
4 The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones 3/14/2017 (England)
5 The Sandman, Vol. 10: The Wake 3/16/2017 (England)
6 The Sandman: Overture 3/16/2017 (England)
7 The Sandman: The Dream Hunters 3/27/2017 (England)
8 Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 4/19/2017 (England)
9 Death: The High Cost of Living Collected 4/29/2017 (England)
10 Death: The Time of Your Life 4/30/2017 (England)
11 Two Plays for Voices 4/30/2017 (England)
12 The Tempest 5/9/2017 (England)
13 The Acharnians 5/12/2017 (Greece)
14 The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War 5/27/2017 (Greece)
15 The Republic of Plato7/29/2017 (Greece)
16 Poems of the Masters: China's Classic Anthology of T'ang and Sung Dynasty Verse 8/4/2017 (China)
17 Necessity 8/13/2017 (Wales)
18 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 8/20/2017 (England) (reread)
19 Ghost Stories of an Antiquary 8/23/2017 (England)
20 Beren and Lúthien 8/25/2017 (England)
21 Julius Caesar 8/25/2017 (England)
22 The Harvard Classics - Plutarch's Lives 9/6/2017 (Greece)
23 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 9/7/2017 (England)
24 The Frogs 9/24/2017 (Greece)
25 War Music: An Account of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer's Iliad 10/9/2017 (England)
