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My turn to split posts up. Please bear with me for the next 20 posts or so...THE NEVER ENDING BEN AND JERRY'S CHALLENGE
Duration: Aug 13, 2012 - ????
Completed: 426/1428
CURRENT FLAVORS
195/617
CURRENT FLAVORS - Part 1
80/87
❦ Americone Dream ····· (11/28/12)
14/14
✔ A - The Age of Miracles | Karen Thompson Walker ★★★★★ (08/15)
✔ M - Me: Stories of My Life | Katharine Hepburn ★★★★ (08/24)
✔ E - The End of the Affair | Graham Greene ★★ (08/26)
✔ R - The Red House: A Novel | Mark Haddon ★★★★ (08/14)
✔ I - In One Person | John Irving ★★★ (08/22)
✔ C - Carry the One | Carol Anshaw ★★ (08/17)
✔ O - Of Mice and Men | John Steinbeck ★★★★ (09/06)
✔ N - Neverwhere | Neil Gaiman ★★★★ (09/07)
✔ E - Elantris | Brandon Sanderson ★ (11/21)
✔ D - The Dream of the Celt: A Novel | Mario Vargas Llosa ★ (08/19)
✔ R - The Right-Hand Shore: A Novel | Christopher Tilghman ★★★★ (09/05)
✔ E - The Elegance of the Hedgehog | Muriel Barbery ★ (11/28)
✔ A - Arcadia | Lauren Groff ★★★ (09/05)
✔ M - The Mysterious Affair at Styles | Agatha Christie ★★★★ (08/29)
❦ Banana Split ····· (11/02/12)
11/11
✔ B - Beautiful Ruins | Jess Walter ★★★★★ (09/19)
✔ A - Absolution | Patrick Flanery ★★ (09/13)
✔ N - The Night Circus | Erin Morgenstern ★★★★★ (10/26)
✔ A - Alys, Always: A Novel | Harriet Lane ★★ (09/25)
✔ N - NW | Zadie Smith ★★ (11/02)
✔ A - The Age of Desire | Jennie Fields ★ (10/26)
✔ S - Saturday | Ian McEwan ★ (08/24)
✔ P - Peaches for Father Francis | Joanne Harris ★★★ (10/11)
✔ L - The Lifeboat | Charlotte Rogan ★★★ (08/21)
✔ I - The Inquisitor: A Novel | Mark Allen Smith ★★ (09/11)
✔ T - Tomorrow | Graham Swift ★ (08/29)
❦ Boston Cream Pie ····· (01/26/13)
14/14
✔ B - The Book Thief | Markus Zusak ★★ (11/11)
✔ O - One For The Money | Janet Evanovich ★★★ (09/20)
✔ S - Summer | Edith Wharton ★★★ (08/29)
✔ T - Tilt-a-Whirl | Chris Grabenstein ★★★★ (09/13)
✔ O - Out Stealing Horses | Per Petterson ★★★ (09/25)
✔ N - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | Alexander McCall Smith ★★★ (11/09)
✔ C - The City of Ember | Jeanne DuPrau ★★★ (08/28)
✔ R - The Round House | Louise Erdrich ★★★★★ (10/05)
✔ E - Every Last One | Anna Quindlen ★★ (12/03)
✔ A - Await Your Reply | Dan Chaon ★★★★ (10/30)
✔ M - Murder at the Vicarage | Agatha Christie ★★★★★ (08/29)
✔ P - Portnoy's Complaint | Philip Roth ★ (11/25)
✔ I - If I Stay | Gayle Forman ★ (09/21)
✔ E - EAST, WEST: Stories | Salman Rushdie ★★★ (01/26)
❦ Cake Batter ····· (02/16)
10/10
✔ C - The Cold Light of Mourning | Elizabeth J. Duncan ★★★ (09/06)
✔ A - American Gods | Neil Gaiman ★★★★★ (11/09)
✔ K - The Kissing List | Stephanie Reents ★★★★ (08/20)
✔ E - The Enchantress of Florence | Salman Rushdie ★★★★ (02/05)
✔ B - Beautiful Lies | Clare Clark ★ (11/19)
✔ A - Anacacho, An Allie Armington Mystery | Louise Gaylord ★ (11/16)
✔ T - This Bright River | Patrick Somerville ★ (09/13)
✔ T - True Believers | Kurt Andersen ★★★ (09/28)
✔ E - Embassytown | China Miéville ★★★★★ (02/16)
✔ R - The Remains of the Day | Kazuo Ishiguro ★★★★★ (10/12)
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Done!CELEBRATE!
Duration: Sep 1, 2012 - Nov 30, 2012
Completed: 12/12
✓ T - Tilt-a-Whirl | Chris Grabenstein ★★★★ (09/13)
✓ E - The Sun Also Rises | Ernest Hemingway ★★ (09/04)
✓ D - A Dark-Adapted Eye | Barbara Vine ★★★ (09/14)
✓ D - Cloud Atlas | David Mitchell ★★★★★ (09/20)
✓ Y - Confessions of a Mask | Yukio Mishima ★★ (10/19)
✓ B - Beautiful Ruins | Jess Walter ★★★★★ (09/19)
✓ E - The Cold Light of Mourning | Elizabeth J. Duncan ★★★ (09/06)
✓ A - Arcadia | Lauren Groff ★★★ (09/05)
✓ R - The Right-Hand Shore: A Novel | Christopher Tilghman ★★★★ (09/05)
✓ D - A Hologram for the King | Dave Eggers ★★★★ (10/05)
✓ A - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie | Alan Bradley ★★★★★ (09/07)
✓ Y - The Yips | Nicola Barker ★★★ (11/10)
*** Completed (11/10) ***
Done!FAVORITE BOOK
Duration: Sep 16, 2012 - Nov 09, 2012
Completed: 16/16
✓ W - Beautiful Ruins | Jess Walter ★★★★★ (09/19)
✓ U - Under the Dome | Stephen King ★★ (11/09)
✓ T - The Long Earth | Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter ★★★★ (09/22)
✓ H - Alys, Always: A Novel | Harriet Lane ★★ (09/25)
✓ E - Monument 14 | Emmy Laybourne ★★ (09/18)
✓ R - The Round House | Louise Erdrich ★★★★★ (10/05)
✓ I - If I Stay | Gayle Forman ★ (09/21)
✓ N - Shine Shine Shine | Lydia Netzer ★★★ (09/26)
✓ G - Coraline | Neil Gaiman ★★★★ (09/17)
✓ H - A Hologram for the King | Dave Eggers ★★★★ (10/05)
✓ E - One For The Money | Janet Evanovich ★★★ (09/20)
✓ I - The Remains of the Day | Kazuo Ishiguro ★★★★★ (10/12)
✓ G - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows ★★★★ (10/07)
✓ H - Peaches for Father Francis | Joanne Harris ★★★ (10/11)
✓ T - True Believers | Kurt Andersen ★★★ (09/28)
✓ S - Seating Arrangements | Maggie Shipstead ★ (09/19)
*** Completed (11/09) ***
I'd like to buy my two letters Cherie, A & G.I read The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
and American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Both finished today.
Split stuff up!
I've been ignoring this for so long because of Capuchin monkey. I still doubt I'm ever going to find the thing, but I want to try finding the rest. I'll backdate to Nov 1 for keeping it neat.INCREDIBLE SCAVENGER HUNT
Duration: Nov 01, 2012 - Jan 31, 2012
Found: 0/50
1. Capuchin Monkey
2. Mime
3. Pianist
4. Tire Swing
5. Naughty Calendar
6. Rare Shifter (someone who shifts into something other than a wolf)
7. Duke
8. Queen
9. Deck of Cards
10. Mistletoe
11. Orphaned Child
12. Glowing Sword
13. Person with an Unusual Name
14. Car Bomb
15. Jet
16. Stripper
17. Chalkboard
18. Butterfly
19. Demon
20. Angel
21. Fangs
22. Butler/Housekeeper/Maid
23. Mousetrap
24. Spaceship
25. Engagement Ring
26. Diamond Necklace
27. Rainbow
28. Thunderstorm
29. Lightning Strike
30. A Planet other than Earth
31. A Foreign Made Vehicle (foreign to you)
32. A Palindrome
33. Umbrella
34. Wrecked Car
35. Gaslight
36. Fireplace
37. Burning Building
38. Candlelit Dinner
39. IPod
40. Golf Cart
41. Beach
42. Hurricane
43. Fishing Boat
44. Jet ski
45. Fatal Wound
46. Sauna
47. Oracle
48. Man in a Trench Coat
49. Woman Dressed as a Man
50. Man Dressed as a Woman
I didn't finish it in two months owing to other challenges, but I don't intend to give up. I've read 5 books so far and I can safely say I'm in love with Gaiman's writing. And I haven't even started American Gods! I have 4 more to go from my list, including Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, which I will read in the next two weeks. Oh goodie!
I finished this some weeks ago, but didn't get around to updating...SCHOOL'S IN, SUMMER'S GONE
Duration: Sep 01, 2012 - Nov 30, 2012
Completed: 15/15
✓ 1. Math - Read a book whose cover has geometric shapes on it » Squares on the top.
Absolution | Patrick Flanery ★★ (09/13)
✓ 2. Language Arts/English - Read a classic novel, or read a book you were required to read in high school or a book from one of these lists: 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
Of Mice and Men | John Steinbeck ★★★★ (09/06)
✓ 3. Science/Health - Read a book in which the character works in the science or medical field » The main character is a doctor.
This Bright River | Patrick Somerville ★ (09/13)
✓ 4. Social Studies - Read a book set in a different country than you live » Set in Wales.
The Cold Light of Mourning | Elizabeth J. Duncan ★★★ (09/06)
✓ 5. Home Economics - Read a book which spans 3 or more generations of a family » Book about Bit, Bit's parents Abe & Hannah & Bit's daughter Grete.
Arcadia | Lauren Groff ★★★ (09/05)
✓ 6. The Arts: Music, Band, Choir, Art - Read a book where the plot centers around an artist » Judith makes things with any rubbish.
The Land of Decoration | Grace McCleen ★★★★ (09/08)
✓ 7. Foreign Language - Read a book whose author is a foreign author to the United states » John Lanchester is British.
Capital | John Lanchester ★★ (09/14)
✓ 8. Gym - Read a book with the plot being about an athlete » Ramirez, the main villain is a boxer.
One For The Money | Janet Evanovich ★★★ (09/20)
✓ 9. Recess/Study Hall - Read a book on your TBR list over a year (tell us how long it has been there). » Ever since it was released in 2004.
Cloud Atlas | David Mitchell ★★★★★ (09/20)
✓ 10. Elective: The Lucifer Effect - Good vs. Evil plot -or- has demons in it.
Neverwhere | Neil Gaiman ★★★★ (09/07)
✓ 11. Elective: The American Vacation - Road trip -or- vacation thing.
The Sun Also Rises | Ernest Hemingway ★★ (09/04)
✓ 12. Elective: It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - Post apocalyptic or Dystopian fiction.
The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins ★★★★★ (09/11)
✓ 13. Elective: Circus Stunts - About the circus or some daring feat » Set in a circus.
Water for Elephants | Sara Gruen ★★★ (10/21)
✓ 14. Elective: Getting Dressed - Clothes on the cover.
The Flight of Gemma Hardy | Margot Livesey ★ (09/05)
✓ 15. Elective: Stupidity - The plot is a farce. There is a main character who is really dumb, and another who makes a fool of everyone.
Skios: A Novel | Michael Frayn ★★★★ (09/01)
*** Completed (10/21) ***
YOU KNOW YOU'RE A CHILD OF 90s WHEN...
Duration: Nov 01, 2012 - ?
Completed: 10/10
✔ 1.You can finish the entire rap to “In West Philadelphia born and raised…”
In honor of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Aire read a book that takes place in California.
Telegraph Avenue | Michael Chabon ★★★★ (11/17)
✔ 2. You know the significance Doug, Tommy Pickles, Stick Stickly, and Camp Anawana.
In honor of Nickelodeon, read a book that features teenagers/children.
The Book Thief | Markus Zusak ★★ (11/11)
✔ 3. You remember Michael Jordan as the greatest basketball player to ever live.
In honor of Michael Jordan, read a book that has basketball.
Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories | Sherman Alexie ★★★ (11/26)
✔ 4. You danced the Macarena every chance you got, at school, in your living room, in the car…
In honor of the Macarena, read a book that takes place in a Latin country.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold | Gabriel García Márquez ★★★★★ (11/01)
✔ 5. You collected Pogs, Beanie Babies, or had a Tomagatchi.
In honor of childhood toys, read a book where a character has a collection of something.
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag | Alan Bradley ★★★★★ (11/11)
✔ 6. You remember watching and playing along with Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
In honor of Carmen Sandiego, read a book that features traveling.
American Gods | Neil Gaiman ★★★★★ (11/09)
✔ 7.You understand the significance of someone “not having sexual relations with that woman.”
In honor (?) of the Monica Lewinsky Scandal, read a book in which a character has an affair.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy | John le Carré ★★★★★ (11/12)
✔ 8. You understand why there’s “no crying in baseball”.
In honor of A League of Their Own read a book that takes place around World War II.
Marlene | Marlene Dietrich ★★★ (11/02)
✔ 9. You remember getting up super early to watch the funeral of “The People’s Princess”.
In honor of Princess Diana, read a book that features a princess.
Mort | Terry Pratchett ★★★★★ (11/04)
✔ 10. You remember your parents/teachers/friends telling you the significance of Dolly.
In honor of the first sheep being cloned, read a science fiction book.
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe | Charles Yu ★★★★ (11/30)
*** Completed (11/30) ***
I'll try Sharpshooter too.COLOR HUNT
Duration: Nov 01, 2012 - Nov 30, 2012
Completed: 8/8
✔ 1. Read a book with a mostly pink cover or one that has flowers on it.
★★ (11/01)✔ 2. Read a book with a mostly brown cover or one with an animal on it.
★★★ (11/29)✔ 3. Read a book with a mostly blue cover or one with water (in any form) on it.
★ (11/19)✔ 4. Read a book with a mostly black cover or one with a moon on it.
★★★ (11/02)✔ 5. Read a book with a mostly green cover or one with trees on it.
★ (11/21)✔ 6. Read a book with a mostly white cover or one with a dress on it.
★★★ (11/16)✔ 7. Read a book with mostly yellow cover or one with a sun on it.
★★ (11/09)✔ 8. Read a book with a mostly purple cover or one with food/drink on it.
★★★★★ (11/04)*** Completed (11/29) ***
Bree wrote: "Christine wrote: "I want to make sure I'm clear on the first category: There have to be the given number of letters in common between the author's first and last name? It can be any letters in th..."I have a variation on that question... If I happen to have a name that has 2 consonants repeating, can I still use it for one? I'm a bit confused because the example you've given for the one letter in common - Pam Parker, Bree, has 2 Ps and 2 Rs...
I really should not be doing more challenges, but I cannot resist!JEOPARDY
Duration: Nov 01, 2012 - Apr 30, 2013
Completed: 27/27
What's in a Name
✔ 1. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? | Mindy Kaling ★★★★ (11/02)
✔ 2. The Elegance of the Hedgehog | Muriel Barbery ★ (11/28)
✔ 3. Mort | Terry Pratchett ★★★★★ (11/04)
✔ 4. Chronicle of a Death Foretold | Gabriel García Márquez ★★★★★ (11/01)
✔ 5. Kafka on the Shore | Haruki Murakami ★★★★★ (11/24)
Adjective in the Title
✔ 1. Color/Shape - A Red Herring Without Mustard | Alan Bradley ★★★★★ (02/17)
✔ 2. Good Feeling - Good Omens | Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett ★★★★★ (11/29)
✔ 3. Bad Feeling - Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology | Caroline Paul ★★★ (11/29)
✔ 4. Condition/Time - Touchy Subjects: Stories | Emma Donoghue ★★★ (02/06)
✔ 5. Quantity/Touch - Every Last One | Anna Quindlen ★★ (12/03)
Hit the Road
✔ 1. Set in Connecticut - Marmee and Louisa: The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother | Eve LaPlante ★★★ (11/04)
✔ 2. Place - The Graveyard Book | Neil Gaiman ★★★★ (11/26)
✔ 3. NW, London - NW | Zadie Smith ★★ (11/02)
✔ 4. America - American Gods | Neil Gaiman ★★★★★ (11/09)
✔ 5. Address - Telegraph Avenue | Michael Chabon ★★★★ (11/17)
It was a Very Good Year
✔ 1. 2009 - Catching Fire | Suzanne Collins ★★★ (11/26)
✔ 2. 1998 - Chocolat | Joanne Harris ★★★★★ (03/04)
✔ 3. 2001 - Fury | Salman Rushdie ★★★ (01/24)
✔ 4. 1983 - Silent House | Orhan Pamuk ★ (01/04)
✔ 5. 1982 - A is for Alibi | Sue Grafton ★★★ (03/16)
Period Pieces
✔ 1. Historical Fiction: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy | John le Carré ★★★★★ (11/12)
✔ 2. Historical Non Fiction: Marlene | Marlene Dietrich ★★★ (11/02)
✔ 3. World Leader: Washington: A Life | Ron Chernow ★★★★★ (01/07)
✔ 4. King: A Midsummers Night's Dream | William Shakespeare ★★★★★ (12/14)
✔ 5. Queen: EAST, WEST: Stories | Salman Rushdie ★★★ (01/26)
Daily Double: What's in a Name
✔ 1. Under the Dome | Stephen King ★★ (11/09)
✔ 2. The Book Thief | Markus Zusak ★★ (11/11)
*** Completed (03/16) ***
I love Dystopia. That's my word.FAVORITE GENRE
Duration: Nov 01, 2012 - ?
Completed: 8/8
✔ D - Marlene | Marlene Dietrich ★★★ (11/02)
✔ Y - The Yips | Nicola Barker ★★★ (11/10)
✔ S - NW | Zadie Smith ★★ (11/02)
✔ T - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Betty Smith ★★ (11/01)
✔ O - Black Water | Joyce Carol Oates ★★ (11/21)
✔ P - Mort | Terry Pratchett ★★★★★ (11/04)
✔ I - Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? | Mindy Kaling ★★★★ (11/02)
✔ A - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | Alexander McCall Smith ★★★ (11/09)
*** Completed (11/21) ***
Barb wrote: "As if this season isn't crazy enough, add in the strange weather today -- it's just starting to rain here, so any games on the east coast are likely to be rainy, sloppy messes, which will definitely affect some of these games!"Yep. I picked Patriots this week, and I kept thinking I had to change to a west coast game until I figured out they're not in US at all! Happy now. :D
I'll do this too... I'll backdate it to Oct 21, because I read a book about the Vietnam war yesterday and want that to count for a task. ;)MILITARY CHALLENGE
Duration: Oct 21, 2012 - Nov 20, 2012
Completed: 8/8
✔ 1. Read a book that's set during a war (real or fictional) » World War II.
The Book Thief | Markus Zusak ★★ (11/11)
✔ 2. Read a book that involves a branch of the military in some way » US Army & Navy.
Tree of Smoke | Denis Johnson ★★★ (10/27)
✔ 3. Read a book that takes place in a country different than the one you live in » In Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge occupation.
In the Shadow of the Banyan | Vaddey Ratner ★★★★ (10/28)
✔ 4. Read a book where a character is honorable, brave in the face of danger, or does something that is a great sacrifice » Shadow sacrifices himself to Mr. Wednesday.
American Gods | Neil Gaiman ★★★★★ (11/09)
✔ 5. Read a book that has a covert operation, or has a spy in it or is a thriller » Meets all of the criteria.
The Kill Artist | Daniel Silva ★★ (11/04)
✔ 6. Read a book which has a character that wears a uniform (fireman, maid, military etc). » The protagonist is a Major in the Army.
Under the Dome | Stephen King ★★ (11/09)
✔ 7. Read a memoir (bonus point if the memoir is from a veteran) » I think Marlene counts as a veteran because she was on the front lines of World War II, albeit entertaining troops.
Marlene | Marlene Dietrich ★★★ (11/02)
✔ 8. Read a book where a conflict is resolved » Blackmail, loss of business, cheating, all are resolved at the end, more or less peacefully.
Telegraph Avenue | Michael Chabon ★★★★ (11/17)
*** Completed (11/17) ***
I'll start. Can we post consecutively? What I mean to ask is, let's say no one picks up after my last post but I have a book I can read to move the game forward. Can I do that? (After I read the first book, I mean)
Congrats Alina and Bree! I'm sure you will both do a great job!
