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Natasha’s comments from the The Lost Challenges group.

"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge

Duration: August 1, 2019 - August 31, 2019

Level: Superficial: Read 3-4 books

4/4 books

1. Challenger Deep - Neal Shusterman - 8/9/19
2. Acne, Asthma, And Other Signs You Might Be Half Dragon - Rena Rocford - 8/20/19
3. The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane - Julia Nobel - 8/21/19
4. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis - J.D. Vance - 8/28/19

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge

Duration: August 1, 2019 - August 31, 2019

Level: Single: Read 3-4 books

4/4 books

1. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - Sherman Alexie - 8/4/19
2.Moby-Dick, or, the Whale - Herman Melville - 8/6/19
3. When We Were Orphans - Kazuo Ishiguro - 8/8/19
4. Challenger Deep - Neal Shusterman - 8/9/19

Clean It Out

Duration: August 1, 2019 - August 31, 2019

5/5 tasks

TASKS:
1. Read one book from your TBR OR from the pile you have at home. - Moby-Dick, or, the Whale - Herman Melville - 8/6/19

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished. - A Clash of Kings - George R.R. Martin - 8/31/19

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read. - Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis - J.D. Vance - 8/28/19

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X) - Uglies - Scott Westerfeld - 8/18/19

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year). - Acne, Asthma, And Other Signs You Might Be Half Dragon - Rena Rocford - 8/20/19

I'm probably crazy for doing this, but let's give it a try!

2019 Colossal Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2019 to July 31, 2020

Monthly
Ducks in a Row can only count every other month. Lucky Charms and Tribute To Challenges will only count if started after August 1st.

August:
1. Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
2. Judge a Book By Its Cover
3. Clean It Out

September:
1. Dorm Decor
2. Stand Alone
3. "Easy as 1, 2, 3" Monthly Challenge

October:
1. "Easy as 1, 2, 3" Monthly Challenge
2. Soul Cakes
3. Hidden Gems

November:
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December:
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January:
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February:
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March:
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April:
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May:
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June:
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July:
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Quarterly/Semi-Annual
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Miscellaneous (Any other challenges that begin after August 1, 2019 and you finish before July 31, 2020.)
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Part 2

Technology is the collection of techniques, skills, methods and processes used in the production of goods or services or in the accomplishment of objectives, such as scientific investigation.
**Cover: read a book with some form of technology on it – (computer, e-reader, stereo, etc))
**Read a book with a main character that works or studies the subject OR a book that you can justify for this subject (tell us how it works) - Kill Process - main character uses computers a lot for her job and in her personal life, she codes and is good at hacking
**Read a book where use of technology is important (the use of a computer for research to find something, the use of GPS to get somewhere, etc)
**Spell: LAPTOP (6)
L - The Legend of Kimberly: Inheritance - 6/18/19
A - Anna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait - 5/27/19
P - The Philosopher and the Druids: A Journey Among the Ancient Celts - 10/4/19
T - Tiger Lily - 6/14/19
O
P - Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous - 3/29/19

Religious studies originated in the 19th century, when scholarly and historical analysis of the Bible had flourished, and Hindu and Buddhist texts were first being translated into European languages.
**Cover: read a book with a religious symbol of any kind
**Read a book with a main character who works or studies the subject OR a book you can justify for this subject (tell us how it fits) - The King and the Catholics: The Fight for Religious Liberty in Georgian England - 3/26/19 - this book is about the history of Catholic Emancipation in England
**Read a book where religion is important to the plot - Condemn Me Not: Accused of Witchcraft - 2/20/19
**Spell: BIBLE (5)
B - Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees - 4/18/19
I - The Internet of Us: Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data - 8/30/19
B - Bobby Undead: Season One - 5/17/19
L - LIFEL1K3 - 6/22/19
E

Earth sciences: Earth, the third planet from the sun, is the fifth largest planet in the solar system; only the gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are bigger. Earth is the largest of the terrestrial planets of the inner solar system, bigger than Mercury, Venus and Mars.
**Cover: read a book with a cover with an outdoor scene
**Read a book with a main character that works/studies in this subject OR a book you can justify for this subject (tell us why it fits) - The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from A Secret World - 3/31/19 - author is a forester and manages forests and this book is about trees and their connection to nature
**Read a book that is set outdoors OR that is 3rd or 5th in a series
Spell: GLOBE (5)
G - The Girl Who Chased the Moon - 7/2/19
L - The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy - 7/18/19
O
B - The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots: Elizabeth I and Her Greatest Rival - 5/24/19
E

Writing is a medium of human communication that represents language and emotion through the inscription or recording of signs and symbols. In most languages, writing is a complement to speech or spoken language
**Cover – read a book with words/letters or writing symbols (other than title & authors name)
**Read a book with an main character who works or studies the subject OR a book you can justify works with this subject (tell us how it fits)
**Read a book that you found to be well written (this is opinion based, but please tell us why you think so) - The Picture of Dorian Gray - 2/28/19 - Oscar Wilde is brilliant and this book is full of witty phrases, wonderful descriptions, and an intriguing take of morality and art.
**Spell: THESAURUS (9)
T - The Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century - 6/15/19
H - Henry Plantagenet - 2/16/19
E
S - The Sister Queens - 10/10/19
A - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - 8/4/19
U - The Underneath - 7/28/19
R
U - The University We Need: Reforming American Higher Education - 7/28/19
S - Specials - 10/30/19

Medicine has existed for thousands of years, during most of which it was an art (an area of skill and knowledge) frequently having connections to the religious and philosophical beliefs of local culture.
**Cover: read a book with something medical on it (stethoscope, prescription bottle, etc - - 4/6/19
**Read a book with a main character who works or studies in the subject OR a book you can justify for this subject (tell us how it fits) - The Sawbones Book: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine - 6/4/19 - a book about the history of medicine co-authored by an actual doctor
**Read a book where someone needs medical attention - Far from the Tree - 2/27/19
**Spell: LAB COAT (7)
L - Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King - 8/12/19
A - Acne, Asthma, And Other Signs You Might Be Half Dragon - 8/20/19
B - The Black Death: Natural and Human Disater in Medieval Europe - 6/13/19

C - A Curse Dark as Gold - 6/19/19
O
A
T - The Temptation of Dragons - 6/21/19

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits.
**Cover – read a book with a child on the cover
**Read a book with a main character who works or studies the subject OR a book that you can justify for this subject (tell us how it fits)
**Read a YA book - Stargazer - 2/24/19
**Spell: BINDER (6)
B - The Belles - 5/31/19
I
N - Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg - 8/2/19
D - Down Among the Sticks and Bones - 9/17/19
E
R

Criminal justice
~~ Criminal justice is the system of practices and institutions of governments directed at upholding social control, deterring and mitigating crime, or sanctioning those who violate laws with criminal penalties and rehabilitation efforts.
**Cover: read a book with a police officer, judge, lawyer or criminal on the cover (must be evident it is a criminal - handcuffed, in prison uniform, etc)
**Read a book with a main character who works or studies in the subject OR a book you can justify for this subject (tell us how it fits) - Red Dragon - 7/5/19 - Will Graham works for FBI
**Read a book where a character goes through the legal system (either rightly or wrongly accused - must go through 2 or more processes - jailed, arraignment, court, etc) - American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land - 4/6/19 - gets jailed and tried in court
**Spell: BRIEFCASE (9)
B - Between Hope and Fear: A History of Vaccines and Human Immunity - 6/3/19
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E
F - The Fierce Reads Anthology - 5/11/19
C - The Canterbury Tales - 6/27/19
A
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E

Part 2

Yellow

Yellow - it's been painted butter yellow - How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater - page 168
Canary - eye-wateringly bright canary-yellow satin - Murder, Magic, and What We Wore - page 67
Gold - the sun turns all the colors of the leaves into different shades of gold - Stargazer - page 92
Daffodil
Flaxen - that soft flaxen hair - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - page 274
Butter - round as a dumpling in butter yellow satin - The Boleyn Bride - location 2057
Lemon - a dress of cotton and silk in a lemon yellow - You're the Rogue That I Want - page 167
Mustard - said coat was a garish mustard color - When Beauty Tamed the Beast - page 157
Corn
Medallion
Dandelion
Fire - my cheek glowed like fire - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - page 317
Bumblebee
Banana
Butterscotch
Dijon
Honey - honey-colored blossoms of a laburnum - The Picture of Dorian Gray - page 3
Blonde - with her blonde tresses - The Duke's Temptation - location 358
Pineapple
Tuscan sun

Orange

Orange - hangs a bright orange moon - How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater - page 64
Tangerine - the trees up down Carroll Street are cinnamon and singed tangerine - When I Cast Your Shadow - page 27
Merigold
Cider
Rust - forty centimeters tall, the color of rust - LIFEL1K3 - page 9
Ginger - her flush matches the deep ginger of her hair - The Belles - Dhonielle Clayton - 5/31/19 - page 49
Tiger
Fire - fire-red phoenixes - The Belles - Dhonielle Clayton - 5/31/19 - page 28
Bronze - a green bronze figure The Picture of Dorian Gray - page 28
Cantaloupe
Apricot - one wilted apricot flower still clings there - When I Cast Your Shadow - page 141
Clay
Honey - great honey-colored moon - The Picture of Dorian Gray - page 223
Carrot - to add insult to injury, is carrot red - How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater - page 21
Squash
Spice - gowned in gold-braided spice orange velvet - The Boleyn Bride - location 2991
Marmalade
Amber - amber-colored silk - The Picture of Dorian Gray - page 143
Sandstone
Yam

Gray

Grey - the collar of his grey ulster turned up - The Picture of Dorian Gray - page 151
Shadow
Graphite
Iron - tall man with iron gray hair - How (Not) to Kiss a Toad - page 29
Pewter - in her gown of pewter satin - The Boleyn Bride - location 1533
Cloud
Silver - the moon shines silver - How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater - page 48
Smoke - his eyes the color of smoke - Lionheart - page 189
Slate - beneath a slate gray sky - The Boleyn Bride - location 876
Anchor
Ash
Porpoise
Dove - a dove-grey bare wall - The Eve Genome - page27
Fog
Flint
Charcoal - the distant mountains were charcoal against the multi-colored clouds - How (Not) to Kiss a Toad - page 158
Pebble
Lead - the skies had turned the color of lead - When We Were Gods: A Novel of Cleopatra - page 65
Coin - an elderly man with coin-silver hair - The Girl Who Chased the Moon - Sarah Addison Allen - 7/2/19 - page 3
Fossil

White

White - but with little flecks of white in them - How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater - page 45
Pearl - pearl-colored octagonal stand - The Picture of Dorian Gray - page 128
Alabaster - like clumsy red stitches on alabaster satin - The Boleyn Bride - location 3274
Snow - its fleece was at white as snow - How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater - page 275
Ivory - her deck, white as ivory - Around the World in Eighty Days - page 71
Cream - cream-colored silk blinds - The Picture of Dorian Gray - page 94
Egg shell
Cotton
Chiffon
Salt
Lace
Coconut
Linen
Bone - he's gone bone white - When I Cast Your Shadow - page 71
Daisy
Powder
Frost
Porcelain - perfect porcelain skin - The Duke's Temptation - location 3737
Parchment
Rice

Black

Black - and we tear off into the black night - How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater - page 63
Ebony - with hair as black as ebony - The Boleyn Bride - location 93
Crow
Charcoal - charcoal-black newsboats - The Belles - Dhonielle Clayton - 5/31/19 - page 32
Midnight - the horse was as black as midnight - The Amulet - page 5
Ink - her ink-black skin - The Belles - Dhonielle Clayton - 5/31/19 - page 5
Raven - topped with raven curls - The Duke's Temptation - location 915
Oil
Grease
Onyx - the main salon is filled wall to wall with post-balloons. Currant red. Emerald. Dark plum. Onyx - The Belles - Dhonielle Clayton - 5/31/19 - page 372
Pitch - it was pitch black outside - The Amulet - page 208
Soot
Sable - the water outside was sable-black now - The Neutronium Alchemist 1: Consolidation - page 209
Jet black - with jet-black hair and enormous blue eyes - Caught in Between - page 2
Coal - your coal-black hair The Picture of Dorian Gray - page 5
Metal
Obsidian - Marcus's were as black as shiny obsidian - The Eve Genome - page 68
Jade - transformed her emerald eyes to a deep jade - The Duke's Temptation - location 849
Spider
Leather

Cleaning Up Your Ebooks

Duration: May 1, 2019 - October 31, 2019

Level: Deep Cleaning 18+

Books Read (10/20)

Bonus: Fantasy

1. The Fierce Reads Anthology
2. Bobby Undead: Season One
3. The Legend of Kimberly: Inheritance
4. The Temptation of Dragons
5. Caged Wolf
6. Acne, Asthma, And Other Signs You Might Be Half Dragon
7. The Other Side
8. Talismans
9. Night of Wolves
10. Echo of The Witch
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A Color Scavenger Hunt

Part 2

Duration: No set duration

Level: Psychedelic ALL (180) colors

Colors: 99/180

Purple

Purple - hazy purple light - How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater - page 248
Mauve - "never trust a woman who wears mauve - The Picture of Dorian Gray - page 106
Violet - the sky was a milky violet-gray - Stargazer - page 48
Boysenberry
Lavender - she wore a lavender shirt - Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous - page 86
Plum - a gown of plum-hued Florentine velvet - The Boleyn Bride - location 1369
Magenta - hazy magenta light - How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater - page 32
Lilac - a panel of shimmering lilac silk down the front - The Amulet - page 201
Grape
Periwinkle
Sangria
Eggplant - the entire side of her face was a deep, raging purple, the color of eggplant - Cage of Deceit - page 5
Jam
Iris - opal-and-iris throated birds - The Picture of Dorian Gray - page 168
Heather
Amethyst - his eyes deepened into amethyst - The Picture of Dorian Gray - page 27
Raisin
Orchid - the windy season's colors are in: bright cobalt, misty mauve, cognac, purple-red wine, radiant orchid - The Belles - Dhonielle Clayton - 5/31/19 - page 61
Mulberry
Wine - a dramatic gown of black velvet and dark wine satin - The Boleyn Bride - location 2068

Green

Army Green
Asparagus
Emerald - silver wings flecked with emerald green - The Amulet - page 5
Fern
Forest Green - robes made of heavy velvet that were forest green in color - The Amulet - page 138
Harlequin
Hunter Green - a deep hunter green riding dress - The Duke's Temptation - location 655
Jade - jade-green piles of vegetables - The Picture of Dorian Gray - page 93
Kelly Green
Lime - the river is shining in a million twisted colors, red and lime and blue-violet - When I Cast Your Shadow - page 265
Mint - shutters painted in more flamboyant colors-pink, blue, even a mint green - You're the Rogue That I Want - page 110
Moss - moss-coloured velvet jerkin The Picture of Dorian Gray - page 80
Olive - walls of olive-green lacquer - The Picture of Dorian Gray - page 137
Pine Green
Shamrock
Sea Green - a handsome lad of fifteen in white fur and sea green silk - The Boleyn Bride - location 503
Teal - the bright teal of her eyes - The Eve Genome - page 7
Turquoise - straight lines of turquoise-blue - The Picture of Dorian Gray - page 168
Viridian

Red

Red - whose face is as red and puffy as his hair - How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater - page 244
Cherry - cherry red front door - Unofficial Detective - page 11
Rose - rose-colored pearls - The Picture of Dorian Gray - page 140
Jam
Merlot
Garnet - I put on a velvet gown in a dark garnet color - The Last Wife of Henry VIII - page 275
Crimson - cope of crimson silk - The Picture of Dorian Gray - page 143
Ruby - slanting letters written with ruby paint - When I Cast Your Shadow - page 310
Scarlet - the scarlet would pass away from his lips - The Picture of Dorian Gray - page 27
Wine - she had eschewed the boxy gable hood for a charming crescent of pearl-bordered wine satin - The Boleyn Bride - location 2074
Brick - a high fever made his normally pale face brick-red - The Last Wife of Henry VIII - page 229
Apple - carts hold tiers of pastries frosted in rose-petal pinks and pearly whites and apple reds - The Belles - Dhonielle Clayton - 5/31/19 - page 148
Mahogany - her skin shifts into a mosaic of colors. Mahogany brown - The Belles - Dhonielle Clayton - 5/31/19 - page 397
Blood - the sun made the space behind her eyelids as red as blood - Far from the Tree - page 194
Sangria
Berry
Currant - the main salon is filled wall to wall with post-balloons. Currant red - The Belles - Dhonielle Clayton - 5/31/19 - page 372
Blush - there were chests of new gowns, in the stylish colors of lady blush - The Last Wife of Henry VIII - page 201
Candy - another had formed around a punch bowl filled with candy-pink liquid - Every Heart a Doorway - page 47
Lipstick

Blue

Azure - humanity floated in an azure sky - Conclave - page 24
Indigo - yet here I am, cross-legged on the bed in indigo darkness - When I Cast Your Shadow - page 66
Turquoise - a huge turquoise building - Unofficial Detective - page 19
Prussian blue
Ultramarine - more cerulean, if you will, than the ultramarine of the earlier writing - Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous - page 137
Midnight blue - in a magnificent midnight blue silk bed gown - The Boleyn Bride - location 1119
Indigo - colors shifted, aquamarine suddenly deepening to indigo - Stargazer - page 277
Cyan
Steel blue
Oxford blue
Deep sky blue
Egyptian blue
Persian blue
Baby blue - the sky is a bright baby blue - How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater - page 271
Cobalt blue - their cobalt blue nearly covered by his lowered lashes - The Duke's Temptation - location 3180
AirForce blue
Maya blue
Sapphire - wearing a new gown of the richest sapphire velvet - The Boleyn Bride - location 450
Teal - the colour went from teal to a deep turquoise - The Eve Genome - page 42
Bleu de France

Back to School: College Edition

Part 2

Duration: No set duration

Doctorate - 4 tasks per subject

The Subjects:

Chemistry is sometimes called the central science because it bridges other natural sciences, including physics, geology and biology.
**Cover – read a book with an equation or chemistry items (beaker, microscope, etc) OR a bridge
**Read a book where a main character works/studies in the field of chemistry OR a book you can justify fits this subject (tell us why it works)
**Read a book with characters who have a strong chemistry
**Spell: TEST TUBE (8)
T - Trans Like Me: Conversations for All of Us - 2/28/19
E - Eleanor the Queen - 2/16/19
S - Spree - 2/24/19
T - Tales of Valhalla: Norse Myths and Legends - 3/18/19

T - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - 4/14/19
U - Unofficial Detective - 3/7/19
B - The Boleyn Bride - 3/17/19
E - Enclave - 4/16/19

Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments
**Cover: read a book with a map of some sort
**Read a book with a main character is working/studying this subject OR a book you can justify for this subject (tell us why it works)
**Read a book where there is a lot of travel OR a book that has a location in the title - Victory City: A History of New York and New Yorkers during World War II - 9/10/19
**Spell MARKERS (7)
M - Murder, Magic, and What We Wore - 4/9/19
A - The Amulet - 3/3/19
R - The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul - 3/9/19
K - Killer Pizza - 4/1/19
E - Every Heart a Doorway - 5/10/19
R - Romancing the Dark in the City of Light - 3/28/19
S - Shutter Island 9/30/19

Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound and silence.
**Cover: read a book with something musical on it (an instrument, music, music symbols)
**Read a book with a main character that works or studies this subject or a book you can justify for this subject (tell us how it fits)
**Read a book where there is a music concert
**Spell: RECORDER (8)
R - The Runner's Enticement - 4/20/19
E - The Early Church: From Ignatius to Augustine - 5/16/19
C - Conclave - 4/11/19
O - Omega - 2/16/19
R
D - The Duke's Temptation - 4/15/19
E - The Eve Genome - 5/20/19
R

Psychology is really a very new science, with most advances happening over the past 150 years or so. However, its origins can be traced back to ancient Greece, 400 – 500 years BC.
**Cover – read a book with something “Greek” – a statue, the flag, OR a cover that is only blue & white - - 9/16/19 - Greek statue on cover
**Read a book with a main character who works or studies in the subject OR a book you can justify for this subject (tell us how it fits)
**Read a book set in Greece
**Spell KLEENEX (7)
K - Keeper of the Mountains: The Elizabeth Hawley Story - 7/9/19
L - Lionheart - 5/18/19
E - The Eternal City: A History of Rome - 7/23/19
E - Echo of The Witch - 10/6/19
N - Not a Drop to Drink - 7/12/19
E
X

Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences. The early civilizations in recorded history, such as the Babylonians, Greeks, Indians, Egyptians, Nubians, Iranians, Chinese, and Maya performed methodical observations of the night sky.
**Cover: read a book with stars, moons, asteroids, anything found in space
**Read a book with a main character who works or studies the subject OR a book you can justify for this subject (tell us how it fits)
**Read a book by an author originally from Greece, India, Egypt, Iran, or China
**Spell: TELESCOPE (9)
T - Temp: How American Work, American Business, and the American Dream Became Temporary - 5/6/19
E
L - The Last Wife of Henry VIII - 4/28/19
E
S - Slaughterhouse-Five - 5/14/19
C - Cage of Deceit - 4/24/19
O - The Other Side - 8/22/19
P - The Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing - 3/3/19
E

Accounting: Mathematics is essential in many fields, including natural science, engineering, medicine, finance and the social sciences. Applied mathematics has led to entirely new mathematical disciplines, such as statistics and game theory. Mathematicians also engage in pure mathematics, or mathematics for its own sake, without having any application in mind.
**Cover: a book with a number on the cover - - 3/6/19
(The 5th Horseman is ok but Zero Day is not)
**Read a book with a main character who works or studies in the subject OR a book you can justify for this subject (tell us how it fits)
**Read a book where there are statistics somewhere in the story
**Spell – ABACUS (6)
A - Around the World in Eighty Days - 3/11/19
B - Breakwater - 4/8/19
A - Ancient Skies: Constellation Mythology of the Greeks - 3/19/19
C - Caught in Between - 4/29/19
U - The Universe in a Nutshell - 7/25/19
S - The Silver Linings Playbook - 9/20/19

Language is the ability to acquire and use complex systems of communication, particularly the human ability to do so, and a language is any specific example of such a system
**Cover – Read a book with a landmark on the cover from a country where English is NOT the main language
**Read a book with a main character that works or studies the subject OR a book that you can justify for this subject (tell us how it fits)
**Read a book where the main character can speak more than one language
**Spell – DICTIONARY (10)
D - Damned - 7/12/19
I - Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition - 6/9/19
C - The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume 1 - 5/10/19
T - Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There - 6/10/19
I - Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know - 7/17/19
O
N - The Neutronium Alchemist 1: Consolidation - 7/26/19
A - America's Greatest Library: An Illustrated History of the Library of Congress - 4/24/19
R
Y - You're the Rogue That I Want - 3/20/19

Don't Get Fined! A Library Adventure

Duration: No set duration

Roll #1
Start Space: Start
Number rolled: 1
Landed on: 1. Leave your house. Read a book with a house on the cover.
Book Read:

Roll #2
Start Space: 1
Number rolled: 3
Landed on: 4. Read a book with a dog on the cover or the word ‘DOG’ in the title (in order).
Book Read: Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know

Roll #3
Start Space: 4
Number rolled: 6
Landed on: 10. Pass the SCHOOL - Read a book with a character who is a teacher.
Book Read:

Purge That Pile

Duration: January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019

Levels:
Crop: 12 books - one each month
Lop: Any additional books after the monthly book is read.
You may be awarded both badges!

Months:
January
📚 Read a "short" book. - Dear Committee Members - 193 pages

February
📚 Read a book that represents LOVE. - The Picture of Dorian Gray - I love Oscar Wilde

March
📚 Read a book with NATURE on the cover. - - trees on cover

April
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre. - A Monster Calls - fantasy

May
📚 Read a book that you wonder why you added it to your list. - The Belles - everyone wants to be beautiful and only a select few can give it to them, seems superficial

June
📚 Read a Series book. - The Falconer - First in the Falconer series

July
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation. - The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains

August
📚 Read a book that added to you WTR list (here on Goodreads) in August of any year. - The Internet of Us: Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data - added to tbr list in August of 2016

September
📚 Read a book whose author's initials are in the name of a school you attended. Tell us the name of the school. - Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane - Medford Memorial Middle School

October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in AUTUMN. - The Neutronium Alchemist 2: Conflict

November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.

December
📚 Read a book with a WHITE, RED or BLUE cover.

Part 2

51. Weather Smurf- Read a book that involves a prediction. - The Lady of the Rivers
52. Nurse Smurf- Read a book where a boo boo is tended to. - Inherit the Stars
53. Lucky Smurf- Read a book with a character who has had a streak of bad luck. - Dragon's Bait
54. Lumberjack Smurf- Read a book where a character skips & jumps, or presses flowers, or is a man who puts on womens's clothing or hangs around in bars. - The Song of Achilles
55. Nanny Smurf- Read a book with a grandmother, or other person who tells stories. - Ivory and Bone
56. Archeologist Smurf- Read a book where there is a search for an artifact or temple. - The Dragon and the Unicorn
57. Explorer Smurf- Read a book that takes place partially on a boat. - The Eye of the World
58. Miller Smurf- Read a book with "flour" or "flower" on the cover. -
59. Traveler Smurf- Read a book that takes place in more than 1 country. - Between Two Queens
60. Liar Smurf- Read a book with a relationship built on a lie. - Madame Bovary
61. Hunter Smurf- Read a book where a bow and arrow are used. - The Great Hunt
62. Astro Smurf- Read a book set somewhere other than earth. - Aurora
63. Barber Smurf- Read a book where a character has a lot of hair (or fur). - Homer's Odyssey
64. Cobbler Smurf- Read a book where a character has a shoe fetish, or a shoe on the cover. -
65. Marco Smurf a.k.a Submariner Smurf- Read a book with pirates. - Under the Bloody Flag: Pirates of the Tudor Age
66. Flighty Smurf- Read a book with a character who is easily distracted by anything and tends to forget things - A Random Traveler
67. Don Smurfo- Read a book where a character is good with a sword. - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
68. Nobody Smurf- Read a book where a character has very low self-esteem - The Young Elites
69. Pushover Smurf- read a book where a character has problems telling others no. - Of Metal and Wishes
70. Gusty Smurf- Read a book with a Scottish character. - Steelheart
71. Panicky Smurf- Read a book where a character has a panic attack. - Chimera
72. Crazy Smurf- Read a book with a character who is referred to as crazy. - House of Leaves
73. Narrator Smurf- Read a book written in first person. - Hunter
74. Passive- Aggressive Smurf- Read a book with a passive or aggressive character. - Abundance
75. Disabled Smurf- Read a book with a character who has some kind of disability. - The Proposal
76. Weepy Smurf- Read a book that made you cry. - The Fault in Our Stars
77. Bored Smurf- Read a book a friend rated 2 stars or less. - Go Set a Watchman
78*. Twin Smurfs- Read a book with twins and a 2nd in a series. - Talon and The Red Queen (The Cousins' War #2)
79. Acrobat Smurf- Read a book where a character helps out in a time of danger. - Henry IV, Part 1
80. Musical Smurf- Read a book where a character is a musician - Seraphina
81. Black Smurf- Read a book with a black cover. -
82. Sculptor Smurf- Read a book with a character named Clay, David, Mary or Don - Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery
83. Equilibrist Smurf- Read a book where a character rides a unicycle or bike. - Graduation Day
84. Peasant Smurf- Read a book with a poor character, or one who grew up poor. - 1984
85. Fallen Smurf- Read a book with a character has "fallen" either from a height or in love. - Titus Andronicus
86. Queasy Smurf- Read a book where a character gets drunk. - Monument 14
87. Pusher Smurf- Read a book where a character has an addiction. - Impulse
88. Upside down Smurf- Read a book where the main character's life gets turned upside down. - The Taming of the Queen
89. Camper Smurf- Read a book where characters sleep outside or in a tent. - Henry V
90. Show off Smurf- Read a book with a collector. - The Dragon Behind the Glass: A True Story of Power, Obsession, and the World’s Most Coveted Fish
91. Impolite Smurf- Read a book where a character makes a bad first impression. - How I Live Now
92. Annoying Smurf- Read a book that has been haunting your TBR pile. - White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
93. Simple Minded Smurf- Read a book that calls your name as you walk on by but you just can't forget about. - Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog, Adder's Fork and Lizard's Leg: The Lore and Mythology of Amphibians and Reptiles
94. Reveler Smurf- Read a book where a character goes to a party. - After Midnight
95. Thinker Smurf- Read a book that leaves you with questions at the end of it. - Palimpsest
96. Dancer Smurf- Read a book that has a dancer or the characters go to a dance. - Seven Black Diamonds
97. Pointer Smurf- Read a book you are so excited to read. - The Lost Tudor Princess: The Life of Lady Margaret Douglas
98. Disguised Smurf- Read a book where a character wears a disguise. - Heist Society
99. Tuffy Smurf- Read a book where a character gets in to shape or goes to a gym. - Scythe
100. Stoic Smurf- Read a book where a character hides their emotions. - The Kingmaker's Daughter
101. Postman Smurf- Read a book where a letter or package plays a role in the story - Maid of Secrets
102. Suicide Mission Smurf- Read a book where a character has a seemingly hopeless goal. - The Witch Hunter
103. Blacksmith Smurf- Read a historical book. - Becoming Charlemagne: Europe, Baghdad, and the Empires of A.D. 800

Milk Duds (8/8)
M - Maid of Secrets
I - Ilium
L - The Lord of the Rings
K - The King's Curse

D - The Dragon Behind the Glass: A True Story of Power, Obsession, and the World’s Most Coveted Fish
U - The Unpopular King: The Life and Times of Richard III
D - Death's Summer Coat: What the History of Death and Dying Teaches Us About Life and Living
S - A Spell for Chameleon

Nerds (5/5)
N - New Spring
E - Ella Enchanted
R - The Reader
D - Dragon's Bait
S - Something Wicked This Way Comes

Orbit (5/5)
O - Olympos
R - A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
B - Between Two Queens
I - India's War: World War II and the Making of Modern South Asia
T - Tell the Wolves I'm Home

Payday (6/6)
P - Palimpsest
A - Assassin's Apprentice
Y - You're the Rogue That I Want
D - Death Watch
A - Abundance
Y - Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body

Q.bel (4/4)
Q - Quixote: The Novel and the World
B - Beastly: Lindy's Diary
E - Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
L - The Long Earth

Ring Pops (8/8)
R - A Rabble of Dead Money: The Great Crash and the Global Depression: 1929–1939
I - Inventing the Pinkertons; or, Spies, Sleuths, Mercenaries, and Thugs
N - Norse Mythology
G - Galileo's Muse: Renaissance Mathematics and the Arts

P - Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953
O - Once In A Great City: A Detroit Story
P - Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel
S - Studies in the History of Old English Literature

Snickers (8/8)
S - Shearwater
N - The Novice
I - Invasive
C - A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture
K - A Kiss at Midnight
E - The Empty City
R - The Reality Dysfunction 1: Emergence
S - Steelheart

Tootsie Rolls (12/12)
T - Then We Came to the End
O - Once Upon a Time: Behind the Fairy Tale of Princess Grace and Prince Rainier
O - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
T - The Tudor Rose
S - The Stranger
I - It's a Cat's World . . . You Just Live in It: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Your Furry Feline
E - The Essex Serpent

R - The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
O - The Ocean at the End of the Lane
L - Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery
L - Lincoln's Secret Spy: The Civil War Case That Changed the Future of Espionage
S - Sun, Moon, Earth: The History of Solar Eclipses, from Omens of Doom to Einstein and Exoplanets

U-No (3/3)
U - The Underground Railroad
N - Need
O - The Other Einstein

Velamints (9/9)
V - Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn Asunder
E - Engaging the Enemy
L - Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle
A - Accidental Ashes
M - Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe
I - Interesting Narrative of The Life Of Olaudah Equiano Or Gustavus Vassa, Th
N - Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
T - The Time Machine: An Invention
S - Skinny

Warheads (8/8)
W - The Walking Dead, Vol. 18: What Comes After
A - Aurora
R - Rotters
H - Harold and William: The Battle for England, A.D. 1064-1066
E - The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
A - The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British
D - Days of Infamy
S - Scurvy: The Disease of Discovery

Xtremes (7/7)
X - Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, Oh My!
T - This Fight Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class
R - Reptile Medicine and Surgery: Current Therapy
E - Eleanor the Queen
M - The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance
E - Enclave
S - Silver in the Blood

York Peppermint Pattie (20/20)
Y - You Did What?: Mad Plans and Great Historical Disasters
O - Once a Soldier
R - The Reality Dysfunction Part 2: Expansion
K - The King's Concubine: A Novel of Alice Perrers

P - The Proposal
E - Every Heart a Doorway
P - The Prince and the Pauper
P - Prince Caspian
E - The Early Church: From Ignatius to Augustine
R - The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives
M - The Mammoth Book of Dieselpunk
I - Ivy and Industry: Business and the Making of the American University, 1880-1980
N - The Name of the Blade
T - Thunderhead

P - Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit
A - Absent
T - Toward a More Perfect University
T - Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
I - Ink
E - The Eve Genome

Zours (5/5)
Z - Zeroes
O - The Outsiders
U - Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
R - Reading the Rocks: How Victorian Geologists Discovered the Secret of Life
S - Silent Spring

A-Z Cover Challenge

Duration: Jan 1st - Dec 31st 2016

18/26 items

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B. Building -
C. Crown -
D. Dagger -
E. Elephant -
F. Feather -
G. Gas Mask -
H. Hat -
I. Insect -
J.
K. Knight -
L. Lightning bolt -
M. Mask -
N. Necklace -
O.
P. Painting -
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R. Rose -
S. Shield -
T. Tree -
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W. Water -
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A-Z Spell Out - Candy

Duration: No Set Duration/Open Ended

26/26 candies
221/221 letters

Almond Joy (9/9)
A - After Elizabeth: The Rise of James of Scotland and the Struggle for the Throne of England
L - League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth
M - Mysterious Celtic Mythology In American Folklore
O - The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey
N - The Night Circus
D - The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Vol. 1: At the Edge of Empire

J - J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-Earth
O - On Literature
Y - The Young Elites

Baby Ruth (8/8)
B - Between Pagan and Christian
A - Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns
B - Blackberry Wine
Y - Your God Is Too Small: 50 Essays On Life, Love & Liberty Without Religion

R - Richard III
U - Untamed City
T - The Taming of the Queen
H - Hunter

Charleston Chew (14/14)
C - Cyberhenge: Modern Pagans on the Internet
H - Henry IV, Part 1
A - A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie
R - The Red Queen
L - The Lost Tudor Princess: The Life of Lady Margaret Douglas
E - Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First
S - The Scorpio Races
T - Talon
O - Of Metal and Wishes
N - Newt's Emerald

C - The Cambridge History of Later Greek and Early Medieval Philosophy
H - Henry IV, Part 2
E - Embrace
W - Way Walkers: Tangled Paths

Dots (4/4)
D - Disaster Capitalism
O - Othello
T - Titus Andronicus
S - The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Eclipse (7/7)
E - The End Games
C - A Court of Thorns and Roses
L - The Lazarus Game
I - Inherit the Stars
P - Pox: An American History
S - Seraphina
E - Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog, Adder's Fork and Lizard's Leg: The Lore and Mythology of Amphibians and Reptiles

Fifth Avenue (11/11)
F - The Fairies in English Tradition and Literature
I - The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
F - Francis of Assisi: A New Biography
T - Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates
H - House Guests, House Pests: A Natural History of Animals in the Home

A - Anomalies
V - Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution
E - Epitaph
N - Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy
U - Unequal Gains: American Growth and Inequality Since 1700
E - Evernight

Grapeheads (10/10)
G - Go Set a Watchman
R - Red Rising
A - Assassinations, Threats, and the American Presidency: From Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama
P - Poems and Stories
E - The Eye of the World
H - A History of Pagan Europe
E - The Electrifying Fall of Rainbow City: Spectacle and Assassination at the 1901 World's Fair
A - After Midnight
D - Dissent and the Supreme Court: Its Role in the Court's History and the Nation's Constitutional Dialogue
S - The Slow Regard of Silent Things

Hersey Kisses (12/12)
H - The Hunt for Vulcan: . . . And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe
E - The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be
R - Rasputin's Daughter
S - The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
E - Empire State Building: The Making of a Landmark
Y - Yes Please

K - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
I - The Impostor Queen
S - Seven Black Diamonds
S - The Song of Achilles
E - Everless
S - The Secret Diary Of Anne Boleyn

Ice Breakers (11/11)
I - Ivory and Bone
C - Cold Blood: Adventures with Reptiles and Amphibians
E - Ents, Elves, and Eriador: The Environmental Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien

B - Bosworth 1485: The Battle that Transformed England
R - Reasons to Kill: Why Americans Choose War
E - Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
A - After Alice
K - Kill Process
E - Exit West
R - Red Glove
S - Stealing Secrets: How a Few Daring Women Deceived Generals, Impacted Battles, and Altered the Course of the Civil War

Junior Mints (11/11)
J - Jane Seymour, the Haunted Queen
U - Under the Bloody Flag: Pirates of the Tudor Age
N - No Country for Old Men
I - Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Reform Sin-loving New York
O - Old English Literature In Context Ten Essays
R - Rough Riders: Theodore Roosevelt, His Cowboy Regiment, and the Immortal Charge Up San Juan Hill

M - Mirrored
I - Impulse
N - Nevernight
T - Timekeeper
S - Seveneves

Kit Kat (6/6)
K - KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps
I - Illuminae
T - The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World's Greatest Piece of Cheese

K - The Kingmaker's Daughter
A - The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum
T - Three Sisters, Three Queens

Lifesavers (10/10)
L - The Lady of the Rivers
I - In the Land of Giants: A Journey Through the Dark Ages
F - The Fever of 1721: The Epidemic That Revolutionized Medicine and American Politics
E - The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
S - Scythe
A - Amped
V - Vulgar Tongues: A Narrative History of Slang
E - Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
R - A Random Traveler
S - Show Me All Your Scars: True Stories of Living with Mental Illness

Thanks.

Fairytale Challenge

Duration: 10/29/15 - 2/29/16

17/25 books

Little Red Riding Hood (5/5)
1. Read a book red cover or cover with a person wearing hoodie -
2. Read a book about road trip or traveling long distance (Cross-country, outer space…) - Blackberry Wine
3. Read a paranormal book (vampires, werewolves, aliens…) - Embrace
4. Read a book about betrayal or cheating - Richard II
5. Read a book that the character is seriously sick - Henry IV, Part 2

Jack and the Beanstalk (4/5)
1. Read a book that main character’s name starts with letter J or B - Way Walkers: Tangled Paths - Jathen
2. Read a book with trees, flowers, or green cover -
3. Read a book about mythical creatures, such as Pegasus, giants, mermaids… - Hunter
4. Read a book about poverty or character having financial problems
5. Read a book whose main character is having one or no parent - Go Set a Watchman

Three Little Pigs (3/5)
1. Read a book about farmers or cowboys
2. Read a book about bullying - Mirrored
3. Read a book about family drama - Henry IV, Part 1
4. Read a book with animal on the cover or whose character is a vegetarian -
5. Read a dystopian book

Hansel and Gretel (2/5)
1. Read a fantasy book (magic, time traveling or fallen angels) - The Witch Hunter
2. Read a book with candy, cake or pie on the cover
3. Read a book about abusive relationship, whose character is being neglected or a book from a debut author - Maid of Secrets
4. Read a book whose main character is brainy or nerdy or read a sci-fi book
5. Read a book about people surviving tragedy or in horror genre or a tear jerking book

The Ugly Duckling (3/5)
1. Read a book with sea, river on the cover or a book with blue cover -
2. Read a coming of age book
3. Read a book whose main character is being homeless or a suspense book
4. Read a book whose main character is having low self-esteem or is unattractive - The Young Elites
5. Read a book whose main character is being adopted or having step-parent - Seraphina

'Gem of a book' Challenge

Duration: 10/29/15 - 10/28/17

4/12 months
6/12 birthstones
124/156 letters

January (7/7)
J - J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-Earth
A - After Elizabeth: The Rise of James of Scotland and the Struggle for the Throne of England
N - The Night Circus
U - Untamed City
A - Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns
R - Richard II
Y - The Young Elites

Garnet (6/6)
G - Go Set a Watchman
A - A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie
R - Richard III
N - Newt's Emerald
E - Embrace
T - The Taming of the Queen

February (8/8)
F - The Fairies in English Tradition and Literature
E - Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First
B - Between Pagan and Christian
R - The Red Queen
U - Unequal Gains: American Growth and Inequality Since 1700
A - Anomalies
R - Reasons to Kill: Why Americans Choose War
Y - Your God Is Too Small: 50 Essays On Life, Love & Liberty Without Religion

Amethyst (7/8)
A - After Midnight
M - Mysterious Celtic Mythology In American Folklore
E - The End Games
T - Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates
H - Hunter
Y
S - The Scorpio Races
T - Talon

March (5/5)
M - Mirrored
A - Assassinations, Threats, and the American Presidency: From Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama
R - Rasputin's Daughter
C - Cyberhenge: Modern Pagans on the Internet
H - Henry IV, Part 1

Bloodstone (10/10)
B - Blackberry Wine
L - League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth
O - The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey
O - On Literature
D - The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Vol. 1: At the Edge of Empire
S - The Six Wives of Henry VIII
T - Titus Andronicus
O - Of Metal and Wishes
N - Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy
E - Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog, Adder's Fork and Lizard's Leg: The Lore and Mythology of Amphibians and Reptiles

April (5/5)
A - After Alice
P - Pox: An American History
R - Red Rising
I - Inherit the Stars
L - The Lost Tudor Princess: The Life of Lady Margaret Douglas

Diamond (7/7)
D - Disaster Capitalism
I - The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
A - Amped
M - Maid of Secrets
O - Othello
N - No Country for Old Men
D - Dissent and the Supreme Court: Its Role in the Court's History and the Nation's Constitutional Dialogue

May (2/3)
M - Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe
A - The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum
Y

Emerald (7/7)
E - Epitaph
M - The Mammoth Book of Dieselpunk
E - The Eye of the World
R - Red Glove
A - Assassin's Apprentice
L - The Lazarus Game
D - The Dragon Behind the Glass: A True Story of Power, Obsession, and the World’s Most Coveted Fish

June (3/4)
J
U - Under the Bloody Flag: Pirates of the Tudor Age
N - Nevernight
E - Evernight

Pearl (5/5)
P - Poems and Stories
E - The Electrifying Fall of Rainbow City: Spectacle and Assassination at the 1901 World's Fair
A - Abundance
R - Rough Riders: Theodore Roosevelt, His Cowboy Regiment, and the Immortal Charge Up San Juan Hill
L - The Lady of the Rivers

July (1/4)
J
U
L - The Lord of the Rings
Y

Ruby (2/4)
R - A Random Traveler
U
B - Bosworth 1485: The Battle that Transformed England
Y

August (4/6)
A - Accidental Ashes
U
G - Galileo's Muse: Renaissance Mathematics and the Arts
U
S - Seraphina
T - Timekeeper

Peridot (7/7)
P - Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953
E- The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be
R - The Reader
I - The Impostor Queen
D - Death's Summer Coat: What the History of Death and Dying Teaches Us About Life and Living
O - Old English Literature In Context Ten Essays
T - The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World's Greatest Piece of Cheese

September (6/9)
S - The Slow Regard of Silent Things
E
P - Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel
T - Three Sisters, Three Queens
E
M - The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance
B - Between Two Queens
E
R - A River Runs Through It and Other Stories

Sapphire (6/8)
S - The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
A - Aurora
P - The Proposal
P
H - Henry IV, Part 2
I - Ivory and Bone
R - The Reality Dysfunction 1: Emergence
E

October (6/7)
O - Olympos
C - The Cambridge History of Later Greek and Early Medieval Philosophy
T - Tell the Wolves I'm Home
O - Once In A Great City: A Detroit Story
B - Beastly: Lindy's Diary
E
R - A Rabble of Dead Money: The Great Crash and the Global Depression: 1929–1939

Opal (3/4)
O
P - Paper Towns
A - The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British
L - The Long Earth

November (4/8)
N - New Spring
O
V - Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution
E
M - Madame Bovary
B - A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design
E
R

Citrine (4/7)
C - A Court of Thorns and Roses
I - Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Reform Sin-loving New York
T - Then We Came to the End
R
I - Impulse
N
E

December (4/8)
D - Dragon's Bait
E
C - Cold Blood: Adventures with Reptiles and Amphibians
E
M - Monument 14
B - Becoming Charlemagne: Europe, Baghdad, and the Empires of A.D. 800
E
R

Turquoise (4/9)
T - The Time Machine: An Invention
U
R
Q - Quixote: The Novel and the World
U
O
I - Illuminae
S - Seven Black Diamonds
E

'Judge a Book by Its Cover' Monthly Challenge

I'm a sucker for pretty book covers.

Duration: 11/1/15 - 11/30/15
Level: Shallow

1/2 books

1.
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Thank you.