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The Favorites ChallengeDuration: January 1 – December 31, 2013
Favourite Weather: Snow
S - Seeing Me Naked by Liza Palmer
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Favourite Genre: Chick Lit
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Favourite Author: Adele Parks
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Favourite Holiday: Christmas
C - Claudia Carroll, author of Personally I Blame my Fairy Godmother...
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S - Secrets of a Webcam Girl by Annabelle Baxter
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M - Ms Derby Requires by Sean Chapman
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S - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Favourite Sport: Tennis
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Completed 5/27
Quarter 1 Spell Challenge: All About TV and MoviesDuration: January 1 – March 31, 2013
Favorite Movie: Grease
G - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Completed 2/6
The New Beginnings ChallengeDuration: January 1 - January 31
1. Read a book by an author new to you.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. Read a book in a genre that is outside of what you normally read.
3. Should auld acquaintance be forgot: Read an old childhood favorite.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Completed: 2/3
It's All About the Oscars and Hollywood ChallengeDuration: January 1, 2013 - March 31, 2013
1. Reviews will make or break a movie in Hollywood – Read a book with a Goodreads rating of 4 or more stars. - The Secret Garden
4. Hollywood is in L.A. - Read a book whose author's name (first or surname) begins with L or A.
6. It’s award season. Here come the Oscars! - Read a book that has won a major literary award. (Man Booker, Pulitzer, Nobel Prize in Literature, etc.)
8. Hollywood is known for its sex, drugs, rock and roll - Read a book that features sex, drugs and/or rock and roll. - Undercover: The Adventures of a Real Life Gigolo
9. Movies weren't always in colour?! - Read a book whose cover is mainly black and/or white. - Ms Derby Requires
13. She dating who!? They broke up?! Celeb relationships are everywhere you look. - Read a book in which a relationship ends or a new relationship begins. - Seeing Me Naked
15. Celebs are obsessed with technology such as Facebook and Twitter - Read a book that heavily features social networking or technology. - Secrets of a Webcam Girl
17. February 14th is Valentine's day. Studios release several romantic movies this time of year - Read a book from the romance genre.
19. Harry Potter, The Godfather, The Lord of the Rings, Shrek. There are many great movie series! - Read a book from a series.
23. Oscars speeches have to be short and snappy with a maximum length of 45 seconds - Read a short book (no more than 100 pages). - The Christmas Bake-Off
26. Cut! And that's a wrap - Read the last book in a series.
Completed: 6/11
2022 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
The Secret Garden (other topics)The Great Gatsby (other topics)
Secrets of a Webcam Girl (other topics)
Ms Derby Requires (other topics)
Authors mentioned in this topic
Frances Hodgson Burnett (other topics)F. Scott Fitzgerald (other topics)
Personal Challenges
2013 - 75 books, current progress: 8/75
Yearly Challenges
The Favorites Challenge, current progress: 5/27, detailed progress
Quarterly Challenges
Quarter 1: Spell Out: All About TV and Movies, current progress: 2/6, detailed progress
Quarter 1: It's All About the Oscars & Hollywood Challenge, current progress 6/11, detailed progress
Monthly Challenges
January: The New Beginnings Challenge, current progress: 2/3, detailed progress