Mishmash Challenge 2013 (Offical Thread)

[Jennifer]

Completed #11

23/30

[Jennifer]

Completed #22 and 26

25/30

[Jennifer]

Completed #28

26/30

[Jennifer]

Completed #13

27/30

[Carolien]

Completed task 10, 13 and 28

18/30

[Claudia]

My mishmash shelf is no longer working to update my progress on the challenge. I've removed and re-added my latest read book to the shelf, but it's not showing up.

Anyone know how to fix it?

https://www.goodreads.com/user_challe...

[Lu]

I think it is still in Beta?

[Lu]

✔8. Read a book that's made into a movie/series during 2013/14 -

17/30

[Carolien]

Completed task 25

19/30

[Lisa]

1. Read a book (fiction or non-fiction) based on Asian mythology
The Journals of The Guardian 'Dawn of a Hero'
2. Read a book where someone on the cover is wearing a uniform (school uniform / policeman / firefighter etc.)

3. Read a book that has a sword fight in it.
The Legend of Luke
4. Read a book where the title includes an element of the periodic table e.g.helium, carbon etc. The full table is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic...
Mercury
5. Read a book that has an adjective in the tittle.
The Shining Girls
6. Read a book with a colour in the title
A Dry White Season
7. Read a book by an author that is new to you.
Burial Rites
8. Read a book that's made into a movie/series during 2013/14
A Game of Thrones Divergent
9. Read a book by an author whose first and last name start with the same letter.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Ken Kesey
10. Read a book that has a 1 word title that is less than or 4 letters long.
1984
11. Read a book that is a rewrite of (e.g. from another perspective)/sequel to another book/series that is not written by the same author as the original.
The Beresfords remake of Mansfield Park
12. Read a book with a plot based on a friendship, but not a romantic one.
Note: it's fine if one or more of the friends have romantic relationships, but the main plot should be based on a purely platonic friendship.
Truth and Beauty
13. Read a book that has been written by an author who has published under at least 3 names e.g Jayne Anne Krentz who has also published as Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle. I find this website very useful for those kind of facts http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/ -
George Eliot
14. Read a book with at least 3 words in the title. The first and last words in the title must start with the same letter. e.g Dead until dark or Lover at last. -
Life After Life
15. Read the latest book in a series that already has four or more books. So trilogies don't count. You don't have to read the earlier books in the series.
Raising Steam
16. Read a book with a 1 word title that is a verb
Panic
17. Read a book that has an ordinal number in it (1st, 2nd, etc; not 1, 2).
The 5th Wave
18. Read a book where either the main character or the authors first name and last name both have consecutive double letters in them. e.g Danielle Steel,Suzanne Collins, Harry Potter, Huckleberry Finn.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
19. Read a book with a sense of direction in the title. So words like Up, Down, Left, Right, Straight, Turn etc.
Under the Never Sky
20. Read a book that has a word in the title that indicates a collection of written words/records. Example: grimoire, lexicon, handbook, scroll, letter, tablet and of course book.t
The End of Your Life Book Club
21. Read a book that has a predominantly blue cover.

22. Read a book that has a word in the title that is related to the weather in some way. Such as cloud, frost, rain, sun. -
Gone with the Wind
23. Read a collection of short stories, essays or letters.
How to Breathe Underwater
24. Read a book by an author whose name (first and last name combined) has 10 letters or less.

25. Read a book (not an autobiography) by an author that is known from something else. E.g. Because he/she is/was an actor, singer, politician, athlete etc.
Postcards from the Edge
26. Read a book that includes a profession in the title e.g. doctor, lawyer, banker etc.
Doctor Zhivago
27. Read a book set in an African country (the main part of the story must take place in Africa. Islands are allowed as long as they have a distinct African connection e.g belongs to the African Union, is a territory of an African country, etc.) -
Kill Mandela
28. Read a book with a title that is at least 8 words long. Note: subtitles are not included in the word count.
How to Start Living or Die Trying
29. Read a book with only words on the cover

30. Read a book that has been banned

[Liezel]

Completed #s1,2,5,9,12,14

15/30

[Jennifer]

Completed task #23

28/30

[Lisa]

Completed #11
27/30

[Carolien]

Completed tasks 3 and 4

21/30

[Lisa]

Completed #16
28/30

[Carolien]

Completed tasks 6,14,15,17 and 26 and 30

27/30

[Lisa]

Completed 19
29/30

[Lisa]

Finished!

[Lauren]

Well done!

[Lisa]

Thanks

[Barbara]

Congrats!

[Lisa]

Thanks

[Jennifer]

Completd #30

29/30

[Carolien]

Completed task 11.

28/30

[Jennifer]

Completed #2

Finished the Challenge

[Lauren]

Nice, congrats!

[Barbara]

Congrats!

[Jennifer]

Thanks

[Carolien]

Completed tasks 1 and 22

30/30

[Jennifer]

Congratulations!

[Barbara]

Congrats!

[Lisa]

Yay

[Carolien]

Thanks, cutting it a bit fine.

[Barbara]

That's ok, as long as you complete the challenge. I think there was someone once who finished on the last possible day. You have a whole year so why not use it. :)

[Marlese]

Completed tasks:
11/30

2: The Pope in Winter - John Cornwell (Religious uniform papal robes)
3: Into the Darkness - K F Breene
5: Kade's dark embrace - Kym Grosso
6: Blue Moon rising - Natalie Herzer
7: Louisiana Longshot - Jana Deleon
9: Choosing Riley - S E Smith
18: Under the knife - Tess Gerritsen
19: The Heavens rise - Christopher Rice
20: Haven's song - S E Smith
21: They do it with mirrors - Agatha Christie
24: Wicked Enchantment - Anya Bast