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from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.
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Duration: 1/1/21- 12/31/21
Come What May = Let's see how many I read.
Completed: 21
1. R.J. Palacio - Wonder - 1/12
2. Bill Bryson - Notes from a Small Island - 1/26
3. Elizabeth Acevedo - The Poet X - 1/28
4. Michel Tremblay - The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant - 2/7
5. Amy Lane - Fish Out of Water - 2/10
6. Brandon Mull - Wild Born - 2/19
7. Toni Morrison - Song of Solomon - 2/21
8. Kate Allen - The Line Tender - 2/25
9. C.J. Redwine - Defiance - 3/7
10. Paul Tillery IV - Thundercluck! - 3/8
11. Tom Wayman - High Speed Through Shoaling Water - 3/13
12. Jodi Lynn Anderson - Tiger Lily - 3/28
13. Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life - 4/2
14. Sammy Keyes and the Killer Cruise - 4/4
15. Richard Peck - Secrets at Sea - 4/10
16. Uta Hagen - Respect for Acting - 4/17
17. Lauren Oliver - Delirium - 6/2
18. Hannah Moscovitch - What a Young Wife Ought to Know - 6/17
19. Yolanda Bonnell - Bug - 7/14
20. George Ryga - The Ecstasy of Rita Joe - 7/25
21. Catherynne M Valente - Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy - 8/16

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Time for my Bachelor's!

Associates Degree
Science: The Colour of Magic
Literature: No Great Mischief
History: Grave Mercy
Social Sciences: Origin (set in South America (presuming Brazil) - I live in Canada)
Art: Will Grayson, Will Grayson - 10/19
Language: The Gathering Storm - 1/28
Athletics: A Study in Scarlet
Yay! I'm done my Associates Degree! Time for a Bachelor's with a major in Science and a minor in history!
Bachelor's Degree
Science:
1. Perfect Ruin
2. The Poison Eaters and Other Stories
3. The Andalite's Gift
4. Secrets at Sea
5. The Alien
6. The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail
7. Greenmantle
8. Delirium
9. Homeland
10. The Secret
History:
1. The Virgin Trial
2. Silent Sky
3. What a Young Wife Ought to Know
Master's Degree
Read 3 books from each sub-category, plus 3 extra from any sub-category.
History (historical book defined as the book's timeline occurring at least 30 years prior to the publication date):
Alternate History - alternative history genre
1. Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy
2. The Eyre Affair
3. Leviathan
American History - fiction or non-fiction historical book set in North America
1. The Cure for Drowning
2. Five Little Indians
3. When Women Were Dragons
European history - fiction or non-fiction historical book set in Europe
1. Romancing the Inventor
2. A Marvellous Light
3. A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting
World history - fiction or non-fiction historical book set outside of North American and Europe
1. A Restless Truth (takes place on a crossing of the Atlantic, so *technically* not set in either Europe or NA)
2. Picnic at Hanging Rock (Australia)
Extras:
1. A Power Unbound
2. A Lady's Guide to Scandal
3. The Lost Apothecary

Books read: 19/26
A- Agatha Christie - The Mysterious Affair at Styles
B- Holly Black - Red Glove
C- Gail Carriger - Poison or Protect
D- Dawn Kurtagich - And the Trees Crept In
E- Marian Engel - Bear
F-
G- Gail Carriger - Heartless
H- Holly Black - White Cat
I-
J- Ken Jennings - Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs
K- Kelley Armstrong - Bitten
L- Madeleine L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
M- Kerri Maniscalco - Stalking Jack the Ripper
N-
O- Tricia Owens - Descended from Dragons
P- Terry Pratchett - The Colour of Magic
Q-
R- Carrie Ryan - The Forest of Hands and Teeth
S- Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island
T- Jodi Taylor - Just One Damned Thing After Another
U-
V- Katherena Vermette - The Break
W- William Gibson - Neuromancer
X-
Y- Suzanne Young - The Program
Z-

10 herbs and 10 salt please.
*Jack looks suspicious, as Lady Megs is not well known as a cook, but pockets her 40 gold none-the-less*