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The Twelve Towers Challenge
Welcome to the challenge (and to the group) Jennifer ☺
I'll give this one a try.The Twelve Towers Challenge
February 1st, 2015 - January 31th, 2017
◈ Levels and Duration: Quick as a Bunny - up to 2 years
◈ The Twelve Towers
✔ 12 books that you've acquired most recently (from start date) - COMPLETED
✔ Mistborn: The Final Empire | Jun 09
✔ The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | Feb 20
✔ The Capture by Kathryn Lasky | Marc 22
✔ The Journey by Kathryn Lasky | April 28
✔ The Rescue by Kathryn Lasky | May 03
✔ Darkover Landfall by Marion Zimmer Bradley | Feb 17
✔ Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan | Marc 23
✔ Dakiti by E.J. Fisch | March 25
✔ The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan | April 06
✔ Red Rising by Pierce Brown | May 12
✔ Blood on Snow by Jo Nesbø | May 16
✔ Golden Son by Pierce Brown | May 22
11 books that you never find time to get around to or that have been on your shelves the longest (pre-choose these)
✔ i. Old Man's War by John Scalzi | March 03
º Ice Station by Matthew Reilly
º Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland
º A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke
º House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
º The Expats by Chris Pavone
º Afterwards by Rosamund Lupton
✔ The Truce at Bakura by Kathy Tyers
✔ The Courtship of Princess Leia by Dave Wolverton
º The Golden Compass byPhilip Pullman
º The Novice by Trudi Canavan
✔ 10 books you randomly select from your shelves (such as by using random.org -- as you go or pre-choose) - COMPLETED
✔ i. Falcon's Fire | Feb 09
✔ ii. The Book of Lost Things | March 09
✔ iii. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway | April 1
✔ iv. Artemis Fowl: O menino prodígio do crime by Eoin Colfer | April 07
✔ v. The Last Planet by Andre Norton | April 11
✔ vi. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton | April 16
✔ vii. Upon a Midnight Dream by Rachel Van Dyken | April 18
✔ viii. Tempo de Esperas | May 10
✔ ix. A Question of Class | Jun 14
✔ x. Dark Space | Sep 17
✔ 9 sequels, series continuations, or spin-offs - COMPLETED
✔ The Lake of Tears by Emily Rodda | Feb 12
✔ City of the Rats by Emily Rodda | Feb 26
✔ The Shifting Sands by Emily Rodda | March 18
✔ Fairest by Chanda Hahn | April 25
✔ The Journey by Kathryn Lasky | April 28
✔ The Rescue by Kathryn Lasky | May 03
✔ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling | May 04
✔ Dread Mountain by Emily Rodda | March 18
✔ The Maze of the Beast by Emily Rodda | March 18
8 novellas or short-stories - they can be part of anthologies, you don't have to read the whole book in this case.
✔ i. Cameron Rhyder's Leg by Matthew Kressel's | a short story from Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 98 | Feb 02
✔ ii. Cody by Pat Cadigan | a short story from Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 98 | Feb 15
✔ iii. The First Baby by Caroline Leavitt | a short story from About What Was Lost: Twenty Writers on Miscarriage, Healing, and Hope by Jessica Berger Gross | May 30
✔ iv. Misconceptions by Andrea J. Buchanan | a short story from About What Was Lost: Twenty Writers on Miscarriage, Healing, and Hope by Jessica Berger Gross | May 30
✔ v. Miscarried by Jessica Berger Gross | a short story from About What Was Lost: Twenty Writers on Miscarriage, Healing, and Hope by Jessica Berger Gross | May 30
✔ vi. My Others by Miranda Field | a short story from About What Was Lost: Twenty Writers on Miscarriage, Healing, and Hope by Jessica Berger Gross | May 30
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7 books that everyone seems to have read but you
✔ i. Clockwork Angel | Feb 06
✔ ii. The Last Unicorn | March 08
✔ The Fault in Our Stars | Jul 09
✔ Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay | March 31
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6 anticipated releases (release dates after your start date)
✔ Winter | Nov 23
º The Winds of Winter
✔ Armada | Aug 16
º book 3 of 'Filhos do Éden' series - the next book after Anjos da morte
º Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman
º Morning Star by Pierce Brown
5 books that were recommended to you via Goodreads
º The Bone Season | recommended by Mike
✔ The Martian | recommended by Mike | Sep 25
º City of Stairs | recommended by Mike
4 books that you started but never finished
º The Island of Doctor Moreau
º The War of the Worlds
º Ancillary Justice
✔ 3 books that you've already read before - COMPLETED
✔ i. Fundação e Império | Feb 23
✔ ii.Segunda Fundação | Feb 24
✔ iii. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling | May 04
2 books with covers that you don't think fit the storyline or that you don't like the covers of but everyone raves about the books
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1 book that intimidates you
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Okay, I'm in. I'll go with Quick as a Bunny, two years.Start Date: January 30, 2015
End Date: January 29, 2017
12 books that you've acquired most recently (from start date)
1. Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
2. The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
3. Inside Out & Back Again
4. Soulless
5. Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout
6. She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders
7. One of Our Thursdays Is Missing
8. China Dolls
9. The Ghost Bride
10. Night Film
11. Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
12. House of Leaves
11 books that you never find time to get around to or that have been on your shelves the longest (pre-choose these) These will all be books I own, since I keep adding new books and fail to read the books already there...
1. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
2. Olive Kitteridge
3. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story
4. Dune
5. The Ice Princess
6. Something Borrowed
✔7. The Ocean at the End of the Lane - read 7/1/15
✔8. Ella Minnow Pea - read 7/3/15
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10 books you randomly select from your shelves (such as by using random.org -- as you go or pre-choose)
1. The Twelve
2. Murder at the Vicarage
3. Two Graves
4. The Perfume Collector
5. Kindred
6. The Queen's Fool
7. Vanishing Acts
8. Tara Road
9. Shōgun
10. Skippy Dies
9 sequels, series continuations, or spin-offs
1. The Magician's Land
2. Skin Game
3. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
4. Frost Burned
5. Princeps' Fury
✔6. The Death Cure - read 8/26/15
✔7. The Well of Lost Plots - read 3/31/15
8. The Touch of Twilight
✔9. Broken Harbor - read 4/23/15
8 novellas or short-stories - they can be part of anthologies, you don't have to read the whole book in this case. I don't really read novellas or short stories on their own, so I'll do whole anthologies here
1. Rogues
2. Dangerous Women
3. The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
4. Nightmares & Dreamscapes
5. When the Women Come Out to Dance
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7 books that everyone seems to have read but you
1. Wuthering Heights
2. Eat, Pray, Love
3. Eleanor & Park
4. Cinder
✔5. The Girl on the Train - read 7/15/15
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6 anticipated releases (release dates after your start date)
1. She Weeps Each Time You're Born: A Novel (February release)
2. A God in Ruins: A Novel (May release)
3. Armada (July release)
4. You're Never Weird on the Internet - Almost (August release)
5. Carry On (October release)
✔ 6. The Damned (February release) - read 3/22/15
5 books that were recommended to you via Goodreads All nominees from Goodreads Choice Awards 2014
1. I'll Give You the Sun
2. Big Little Lies
3. The Paying Guests
✔4. Annihilation - read 4/8/15
5. The Pearl that Broke Its Shell
4 books that you started but never finished These will be started again from the beginning
✔1. Frog Music - read 8/9/15
2. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
3. The Swan Gondola
4. Insomnia
3 books that you've already read before
1. Hatchet
2. The Gunslinger
✔3. The Lost World - read 3/5/15
2 books with covers that you don't think fit the storyline or that you don't like the covers of but everyone raves about the books
1. I Am China - read 8/14/15 (There is a lot I didn't get about this book, so maybe I missed the point on the cover, too, but to me it doesn't seem to fit)
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1 book that intimidates you
1. Freedom
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Welcome to the challenge Juliana ☺"Thanks Tea!
I'm going to have to change my goal to "quick as a bunny"
i kind of forgot that i signed up for this challenge so i deleted and am going to start over completely and hopefully get it done this time. i will try Need for speed: 18 months.
Start date: 4/6/15
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Welcome (back) to the challenge Marybeth ☺
I'll be joining in! Great idea for a challenge :)Twelve Towers Challenge
Duration: Quick as a Bunny (2 years); 4/2015-4/2017
The Twelve Towers
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Welcome to the challenge Jacki & Maria ☺
Okay, I'll try this one too:-). I'm going for slow and steady.12 books that you've acquired most recently (from start date)
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3. The Way of All Flesh
4. The Greenlanders
5. A Death in the Family
6. The Dollmaker
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9. The Adventures of Augie March
10. Old School
11. Spring Moon: A Novel of China
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Tweaking this one since I don't ever re-read books
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Yay Done!!The Twelve Towers Challenge
Eyes on Target - up to 3 years
10/6/13~ 10/5/16
12 books that you've acquired most recently (from start date)
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by Kelly Keaton~ 11/16/136.
by Josin L. McQuein~ 1/16/147.
by Chelsea Pitcher~ 2/9/148.
by Colleen Oakes~ 2/16/149.
by D.E.L. Conner~ 2/21/1410.
by Jade Varden~ pgs, 2/23/1411.
by D.C. Armstrong~ 3/5/1412.
by Doug Dillon~ 3/12/1411 books that you never find time to get around to or that have been on your shelves the longest (pre-choose these)
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by Alice Hoffman~ 11/24/133.
by Terry Deary ~ 12/28/13~ 2 books in one- using this space for Angry Aztecs4.
by Terry Deary ~ 12/28/13~ 2 books in one- using this space for Incredible Incas5.
by Siobhan Vivian~ 1/31/146.
by Julie Anne Peters~ 3/2/147.
by Anna Collomore~ 3/26/148.
~ by Justina Ireland~ 6/1/149.
~ by Elizabeth Wein, 11/13/1410.
by Elizabeth Wein, 11/18/1411.
~ by Robin LaFevers, 11/23/1410 books you randomly select from your shelves (such as by using random.org -- as you go or pre-choose)
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by Terry Deary ~ 12/30/134.
by Terry Deary ~ 12/31/135.
by Terry Deary~ 12/27/136.
by Miranda Twiss~ 1/6/147.
by Michelle Zink~ 1/11/148.
by Kristen Elizabeth Clark~ 1/11/149.
by Jamie Wilson~ 1/25/1410.
by Amelia Atwater Rhodes~ 2/8/149 sequels, series continuations, or spin-offs
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by Gail Carriger~ 1/20/142.
By Darren Shan~ 2/2/143.
by Amelia Atwater Rhodes ~ 2/28/144.
by Darren Shan~ 4/15/145.
~ by Kirsty McKay~7/15/146.
by Tracy Lynn~ 10/4/147.
by Cameron Dokey ~ 9/30/148.
~ by Cameron Dokey, 11/7/149.
~ by Lauren Kate, 4/27/158 novellas or short-stories - they can be part of anthologies, you don't have to read the whole book in this case
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By Cameron Jace, 2/9/152.
By Cameron Jace, 2/9/153.
By Cameron Jace, 2/11/154.
By Cameron Jace, 2/11/15 5.
By Cameron Jace, 2/12/156.
By Cameron Jace, 2/12/157.
By Cameron Jace, 2/13/158.
By Cameron Jace, 2/13/157 books that everyone seems to have read but you
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by Amanda Grace~ 3/19/142.
~ by Vicky Alvear Shecter~ 7/12/143.
~ by Julie Kagawa, 12/3/144.
~ by Virginia Bergin, 1/13/155.
~ by H.A. Swain, 1/18/156.
~ by Rosamund Hodge, 2/21/157.
~ by Lauren Kate, 4/27/156 anticipated releases (release dates after your start date)
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by Julie Kagawa~ 5/11/142.
~ by Amanda Maciel 6/7/143.
~ by Michael Northrop~ 6/12/144.
~ by Susan Vaught~ 8/28/145.
~ by Shay Savage, 10/13/146.
~ by Micol Ostow, 11/2/145 books that were recommended to you via Goodreads
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by Robert T. Bakker~ 4/12/142.
~ by Amelia Atwater Rhodes~ 9/6/143.
~ by Atia Abawi~ 9/8/144.
~ by Brodi Ashton, 10/19/145.
~ by Danielle Vega, 10/15/144 books that you started but never finished
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~ by Jonathan Maberry, 3/7/152.
~ by Lauren Kate, 4/21/153.
~ by Jamie Campbell, 4/7/154.
~ by Kevin Richey, 4/15/153 books that you've already read before
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by Margaret Peterson Haddix~ 3/2/142.
~ by Michael Crichton~ 8/23/143.
~ By Amanda Grace, 12/5/142 books with covers that you don't think fit the storyline or that you don't like the covers of but everyone raves about the books
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~ by Lucy Christopher, 10/11/142.
~ by Kathleen Peacock, 1/27/151 book that intimidates you
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The Twelve TowersLevel: Quick as a Bunny - up to 2 years
05/21/15-05/21/17
Congrat, Joanne!And finished in almost half your estimated 3 years...I am very impressed.
You know, I'm still working on this after a year and a half...and I'm getting tired of it, so I need to finish up my last eleven books.Hey, mods, I would LOVE to see a list of everyone who has completed this challenge.
Marla wrote: "You know, I'm still working on this after a year and a half...and I'm getting tired of it, so I need to finish up my last eleven books.Hey, mods, I would LOVE to see a list of everyone who has co..."
I'm stuck with it too. I keep forgetting about it *sigh*
I'll work on that list...
I think I'm going to wade into this one. I'll be back in a few days to enter my pre-chosen books--I have to check my lists and piles....Duration: Quick as a Bunny
6/6/2015-6/6/2017
◈ The Twelve Towers
12 books that you've acquired most recently (from start date)
1. Shards of Hope 6/29/15
2. Midnight's Kiss 8/31/15
3. The Hurricane 6/11/15
4. Snow Like Ashes
5. Binding Ties 8/23/15
6. The Kraken King 9/19/2015
7. White Hot Kiss 6/22/16
8. The Haunting of Maddy Clare
9. Station Eleven
10. In Your Corner
11. Fighting Destiny
12. Season of Storms
11 books that you never find time to get around to or that have been on your shelves the longest (pre-choose these)
1. Uglies 7/10/2015
2. Naked Edge
3. Shiver DNF
4. Wicked Lovely 12/28/15
5. Echoes at Dawn 3/7/17
6. Night Forbidden 7/3/16
7. Stray DNF Ugh.
8. Ravished 6/26/16
9. Kiss of the Goblin Prince
10. Chosen by Blood
11. Angelfall 11/11/15
10 books you randomly select from your shelves (such as by using random.org -- as you go or pre-choose)
1. A Court of Thorns and Roses 6/30/2015
2. Master of Crows 7/20/2015
3. Hounded 9/10/2015
4. Half-Blood 9/19/2015
5. Ugly Love
6. Chain Reaction
7. Dangerous Grounds
8. Just Like Heaven 3/14
9. Rule
10. Dark Taste of Rapture
9 sequels, series continuations, or spin-offs
1. Sergei 8/8 (Her Russian Protector book #5)
2. Promises in Death 8/28 (In Death book #28)
3. Magic Rises 9/13 (Kate Daniels book #6)
4. The Sweetest Thing 10/5 (Lucky Harbor book #2)
5. Up From the Grave 10/17 (Night Huntress book #7)
6. Kindred in Death 10/25 (In Death book #29)
7. My Lady Quicksilver 10/27/15 (London Steampunk book #3)
8. Head Over Heels 11/10/15 (Lucky Harbor book #3)
9. Cutting Loose 12/5 (Steele Street #8)
8 novellas or short-stories - they can be part of anthologies, you don't have to read the whole book in this case.
1. The Curse of the Black Swan (Enthralled) by Alyssa Day 6/14/15
2. Magic Tests (An Apple for the Creature) by Ilona Andrews 9/18/2015
3. Kissing Santa Claus (Small Town Christmas) by Jill Shalvis 11/4/15
4. Dragos Goes to Washington 11/19/15
5. Rock Courtship 12/5/15
6. Mrs. Saint Nick 12/15
7. Hearts in Darkness 1/15
8. Pia Does Hollywood 1/31
7 books that everyone seems to have read but you
1. Skipping Christmas 9/25
2. The Maze Runner 12/8
3. Bloodfever 12/24
4. Red Queen 1/10
5. Magic Breaks 2/14
6. Lethal Rider 4/26
7. Shutter Island 5/23/16
6 anticipated releases (release dates after your start date)
1. Hell or High Water 8/16
2. Blood Kiss 2/3
3. The Score 2/6
4. Too Hard to Handle 2/10
5. Rock Redemption 2/18
6. Allegiance of Honor 9/12/16
5 books that were recommended to you via Goodreads
1. The Summoning 8/20
2. The Deal 9/23
3. Six of Crows 11/29
4. The Paper Swan 12/23
5. The Hook Up 2/20
4 books that you started but never finished
1. Enclave 9/20
2. Fool Moon 1/9
3. Red Rising 8/6/16
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3 books that you've already read before
1. Born of Night 7/25
2. Simply Irresistible 9/4
3. Hold 11/15
2 books with covers that you don't think fit the storyline or that you don't like the covers of but everyone raves about the books
1. The Perils of Pleasure 7/30
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1 book that intimidates you
1. Winter 2/14 (820 pages)
I keep wanting to do this challenge and am doing it now before I talk myself out of it again.Duration: Quick as a Bunny
6/23/2015-6/23/2017
12 books that you've acquired most recently (from start date)
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11 books that you never find time to get around to or that have been on your shelves the longest (pre-choose these)
1 Rogue Warrior
2 Damn Few: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior
3 Service: A Navy SEAL at War
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10 books you randomly select from your shelves (such as by using random.org -- as you go or pre-choose)
9 sequels, series continuations, or spin-offs
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8 novellas or short-stories - they can be part of anthologies, you don't have to read the whole book in this case.
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7 books that everyone seems to have read but you
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6 anticipated releases (release dates after your start date)
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5 books that were recommended to you via Goodreads
4 books that you started but never finished
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3 books that you've already read before
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2 books with covers that you don't think fit the storyline or that you don't like the covers of but everyone raves about the books
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1 book that intimidates you
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Welcome to the challenge Stacey and Holli :)
Welcome Stacey and Holli!Okay, I am kind of OCD and it is driving me crazy that my 12th row doesn't all fit on one line. Ideas anyone?
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Marla wrote: "Okay, I am kind of OCD and it is driving me crazy that my 12th row doesn't all fit on one line. Ideas anyone?"Try putting some html code in front of it, like italic or bold. Sometimes that removes those spaces between them. But for some reason I can't get it to work always :(
❀Tea❀ wrote: " Marla wrote: "Okay, I am kind of OCD and it is driving me crazy that my 12th row doesn't all fit on one line. Ideas anyone?"Try putting some html code in front of it, like italic or bold. Someti..."
Thank you Tea!!!
Marla wrote: "Welcome Stacey and Holli!Okay, I am kind of OCD and it is driving me crazy that my 12th row doesn't all fit on one line. Ideas anyone?
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"
LOL! I completely understand! I sometimes will spend way too much time trying to format my stupid post and line everything up proper when I could have been reading....although I've learned to do it when I have an audiobook going so it's not such a time waster...haha!
Maybe I should repost this at the confessions of a bookaholic thread. LOL
I finished in 7 months :-) Message 305
I'm starting this one...Let's see how it goes. I hate rereading books so, I'll try, really.Duration: Quick as a Bunny
31/072015-31/07/2017
◈ The Twelve Towers
12 books that you've acquired most recently (from start date)
1 - A Fogueira das Vaidades
2 - The Stud
3 - Laços que Perduram
4 - Accomplice
5 - Liza a pecadora
6 - Fundamentos da Quimica Orgânica e Inorgânica
7 - A Cidade Cruel
8 - Erico, o Fraco
9 - A Estrada do Amor/No Calor da Paixão
10- O Colégio da Ameixoeira
11 - O Melhor Contrato
12 - O Médico Verde
11 books that you never find time to get around to or that have been on your shelves the longest (pre-choose these)
1 - Rurouni Kenshin, Vol. 1
2 - A atmosfera e a previsão do tempo
3 - Apóstolos segundo o Evangelho
4 - Antes Que Anoiteça
5 - O livro de três
6 - Hamlet
7 - The Pilgrimage
8 - Dead to the World
9 - Redwall
10 - Lord Jim
11 - Flight of the Nighthawks
10 books you randomly select from your shelves (such as by using random.org -- as you go or pre-choose)
1 - A Casa Vazia * O Construtor de Norwood * Os Dançarinos
2 - A Tragédia do Glória Scott * O Estrela de Prata * O Tratado Naval
3 - Barry Trotter and the Unauthorized Parody
4 - Águas Perigosas
5 - J'étais là avant
6 - O Caminho de Merlim
7 - Biplano
8 - Dietas e Borbulhas
9 - Comer, Orar, Amar
10 - A Costa dos Murmúrios
9 sequels, series continuations, or spin-offs
1 - Eclipse
2 - Marés Negras
3 - Dreamsongs: A RRetrospective: Book Two
4 - Amanhecer
8 novellas or short-stories - they can be part of anthologies, you don't have to read the whole book in this case.
7 books that everyone seems to have read but you
6 anticipated releases (release dates after your start date)
5 books that were recommended to you via Goodreads
4 books that you started but never finished
3 books that you've already read before
2 books with covers that you don't think fit the storyline or that you don't like the covers of but everyone raves about the books
1 book that intimidates you
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Welcome to the challenge Lau and Elle ☺
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Welcome to the challenge Lau and Elle ☺"Thanks :) Hope to start this one soon :)
The Twelve TowersLevel: Quick as a Bunny
Duration: 8/26/2015 - 8/26/2017
Completed: 10/78
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Welcome to the challenge, MacabreGoblin!
Thank you for the link to this challenge, MacabreGoblin! :-) Since I see people still joining/starting, can I assume this is an "always open with no end in sight" sort of challenge? If it is, I'd like to participate, too! It looks like fun. :-)
I'm going to try for the Need for Speed - up to 18 months level, with my goal finish date as December 31, 2016.
◈ The Twelve Towers
12 books that you've acquired most recently (from 05/26/2016):
Library books checked out on 05/26/2015 and later:
2. 'Til Death Do Us Part by Amanda Quick.
3. Alchemystic by Anton Strout.
4. Stonecast by Anton Strout.
5. Incarnate by Anton Strout.
6. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon.
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11 books that you never find time to get around to or that have been on your shelves the longest (pre-choose these):
1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
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The Harry Potter books are ones that I promised a friend I would reread so that I could read the 7th book for the first time (the 7th book is in "tower #1"). I keep forgetting to read them, though.
10 books you randomly select from your shelves (such as by using random.org -- as you go or pre-choose):
1. The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
2. Marked by P.C. Cast
3. In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters
4. The Mask by Dean Koontz (writing as Owen West)
5. Under the Dome by Stephen King
6. Baaa by David Macaulay
7. The Key to Midnight by Dean Koontz (writing as Leigh Nichols)
8. One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
9. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
10. In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker
I used Random.org to choose 10 books from my pcpl-reserve shelf, which is the shelf I use for books that my library owns and that I've placed on lists within their catalog system. In the event that my #6 (Baaa) is too short, I'll be adding an 11th, #11 from my Random.org results: Blood Song by Anthony Ryan.
9 sequels, series continuations, or spin-offs:
8. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer, The Lunar Chronicles #2
9. Cress by Marissa Meyer, The Lunar Chronicles #3
8 novellas or short-stories - they can be part of anthologies, you don't have to read the whole book in this case:
7 books that everyone seems to have read but you:
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6 anticipated releases (release dates after your start date):
1. Stars of Fortune by Nora Roberts, due out in November 2015.
2. Winter by Marissa Meyer, due out in November 2015.
3. Secret Sisters by Jayne Ann Krentz, due out in December 2015.
4. The Shadow Hour by Melissa Grey, due out in April 2016.
5. The Rose and the Dagger by Renee Ahdieh, due out in May 2016.
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5 books that were recommended to you via Goodreads:
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4 books that you started but never finished:
2. The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
3. The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
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These are books that I first read samples of online, and then placed holds at my library to read the full books. (The only books that I've truly started and never finished are ones that I will never pick up again because of why I didn't finish them.)
3 books that you've already read before:
2. Cinder by Marissa Meyer
3. Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
I don't like the cover because the cover model does not match my internal image of Kate.
I don't like the cover because I don't like movie adaptation book covers.
1 book that intimidates you:
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling.
I have been putting off reading this book for years (since its release) because I was so upset by something that happened in book six. But now I've promised a friend to finally read the whole series (see the 11th tower above) so I'm going to force myself to continue on and read it.
Completed 26/78; 56/78 books selected
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Welcome to the challenge Jen ☺"Thanks! It looks like fun. I stayed up too late putting in books on mine last night. lol! ;-)
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Start: 01/01/2015
Level: Fast and Furious
78/78
1 book that intimidates you
COMPLETED
✔1. Allen Carr's Easyway to Stop Smoking by Allen Carr
2 books with covers that you don't think fit the storyline or that you don't like the covers of but everyone raves about the books
COMPLETED
✔1. Widow's Might by Sandra Brannan
✔2. Heartburn by Nora Ephron
3 books that you've already read before
COMPLETED
✔1. A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
✔2. The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
✔3. The 8 Minute Organizer by Regina Leeds
4 books that you started but never finished
COMPLETED
✔1. The Passage by Justin Cronin
✔2. Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult
✔3. A Heat Of The Moment Thing by Maggie LaPage
✔4. Doors to the Sacred: Everyday Events As Hints of the Holy
5 books that were recommended to you via Goodreads
COMPLETED
✔1. A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron
✔2. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
✔3. Identical by Ellen Hopkins
✔4. Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
✔5. Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
6 anticipated releases (release dates after your start date)
COMPLETED
✔1. Christopher's Diary: Echoes of Dollanganger by VC Andrews
✔2. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
✔3. Golden Son by Pierce Brown
✔4. Fairest by Marissa Meyer
✔5. Down the Rabbit Hole by Holly Madison
✔6. Secret Brother by VC Andrews
7 books that everyone seems to have read but you
COMPLETED
✔1. Unbroken: A World War II Story by Laura Hillenbrand
✔2. Cinder by Marissa Meyer
✔3. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
✔4. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
✔5. The Giver by Lois Lowry
✔6. Still Alice by Lisa Genova
✔7. The Rook by Daniel O'Malley
8 novellas or short-stories - they can be part of anthologies
COMPLETED
✔1. The Member of the Wedding: The Play by Carson McCullars
✔2. Ring in the Dead by JA Jance
✔3. The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
✔4. Best Short Shorts by Eric Berger
✔5. Girl Meets Boy: Because There Are Two Sides to Every Story by Kelly Milner Halls
✔6. Glitches by Marissa Meyer
✔7. The Little Android by Marissa Meyer
✔8. Scouting for the Reaper by Jacob M. Appel
9 sequels, series continuations, or spin-offs
COMPLETED
✔1. Outpost (Razorland #2) by Ann Aguirre
✔2. Horde (Razorland #3) by Ann Aguirre
✔3. One Foot in the Grave (Night Huntress #2) by Jeaniene Frost
✔4. The Hidden Child (Patrik Hedstrom #5) by Camilla Lackberg
✔5. At Grave's End (Night Huntress #3) by Jeaniene Frost
✔6. Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles #2) by Marissa Meyer
✔7. Destined for an Early Grave (Night Huntress #4) by Jeaniene Frost
✔8. Cress (Lunar Chronicles #3) by Marissa Meyer
✔9. Hollow City (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
10 books you randomly select from your shelves
COMPLETED
✔1. The Tenth Gift by Jane Johnson
✔2. In the Body of the World by Eve Ensler
✔3. Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
✔4. People I Want to Punch in the Throat by Jen Mann
✔5. Where the River Runs by Patti Callahan Henry
✔6. Stirring the Pot: My Recipe for Getting What You Want Out of Life by Jenny McCarthy
✔7. Dark Witch by Nora Roberts
✔8. The Dresden Files: Storm Front by Mark Powers
✔9. Who Asked You? by Terry McMillan
✔10. The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
11 books that you never find time to get around to or that have been on your shelves the longest
COMPLETED
✔1. Marriage by the Book by Joan Johnston
✔2. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
✔3. The Call of the Wild by Jack London
✔4. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
✔5. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
✔6. Firefly Beach by Meira Pentermann
✔7. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
✔8. The Ship of Brides by Jojo Moyes
✔9. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
✔10. The Incredible Grand Canyon by Scott Thybony
✔11. Bitter Is the New Black by Jen Lancaster
12 books that you've acquired most recently (from start date)
COMPLETED
✔1. If Every Month Were June by Tony Bender
✔2. Enclave by Ann Aguirre
✔3. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
✔4. The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan
✔5. Red Rising by Pierce Brown
✔6. A Complaint Free World by Will Bowan
✔7. Blizzard's Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
✔8. The Black Tower: An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery by P.D. James
✔9. Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar
✔10. Panic by Lauren Oliver
✔11. Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
✔12. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick