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I'm all finished! Here's my list.Read a book in a genre that is outside of what you normally read
Peter and the Starcatchers - Completed 10/8/2013
Any category in the first row (Favorite Book of 2012, Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fantasy)
The Dog Stars - Completed 10/11/2013
Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Up Jumps the Devil - Completed 10/18/2013
Read a book from 2012, the year that President Obama said he believes homosexuals should have the right to marry
The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Completed 10/19/2013
The European Inventor Award is awarded to inventors "who have made a significant contribution to innovation, economy and society in Europe." Read a book with an innovative cover. (This one's very open to interpretation!)
- Completed 10/5/2013The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - 11/22/2013
Anagram. Read a book that you can, using the first letters of the title, spell a word from.
BOAT
Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil - Completed 11/1/2013
Hero - The Book Thief - Completed 11/10/2013
Patriotic - Memorial Day
SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance - Completed 11/28/2013
10. May's Decades Mini Challenge
Read a book from the decade you choose.
The Snow Child - Completed 11/17/2013
Read a book set in England.
The Moonstone - Completed 10/28/2013
- Completed 10/27/2013Read a book about a culture you consider not your own.
The Lace Reader - Completed 11/3/2013
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey - Completed 10/13/2013
Read a book that takes place in a country that you would like to visit.
All Shall Be Well; And All Shall Be Well; And All Manner of Things Shall Be Well - Completed 11/9/2013
The Cranes Dance - Completed 11/8/2013
Math - 336 pages
Oxygen - Completed 10/20/2013
Labor Day also marks the official last day of summer, so read a book you've been dying to read all summer but haven't gotten to it yet.
Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep - Completed 10/20/2013
February. All about Cupid. Holy matrimony, the word marriage or wedding in the title. The Wedding Gift by Lucy Kevin. Yay I finished my first challenge. 9/9
One more month in the quarter! Here's where we stand...Aislinn: 0/5
Barb: 17/17 (25/25 books read) - COMPLETED!
Cathy: 12/12 - COMPLETED!
Craig: 6/9
Danielle: 10/10 - COMPLETED!
Elizabeth: 0/6
Erika: 10/10 - COMPLETED!
Heather: 0/9
Jannene: 1/1 (7/7 books read) - COMPLETED!
Joanne: 0/?
Jodi: 10/10 - COMPLETED!
Kaitlin: 18/18 - COMPLETED!
Karina: 10/10 - COMPLETED!
Katrina: 1/9
Laura: 7/18
Lianne: 3/9
Lorelei: 6/7 - FINAL
Mave: 0/10
Megan: 16/5 - COMPLETED!
Nicole: 3/5 - FINAL
Pat: 9/9 - COMPLETED!
Sharon: 0/9
Sibyl: 5/5 - COMPLETED!
Teresa: 3/6
Theresa: 10/10 - COMPLETED!
LOOKING BACK ON 2013 CHALLENGEDuration: October 1 - December 31, 2013
Completed 12/12
THE NEW BEGINNINGS CHALLENGE:
2. Read a book that was released in the last six months
All About Cupid Challenge:
4. Covers of Color: Read a book that has a cover that is mostly Red or Pink.
History of Civil Rights (mini challenge):
3. Read a book from 2012
AWARDS COVER HUNT:
12. The Merlin Award is an award given to magicians. Read a book with something you consider magical on its cover
THE WORD PLAY CHALLENGE:
3. Alliteration. Read a book whose title contains alliteration of some sort
THE POEM TYPES MINI CHALLENGE
2. Haikus are best known for their brevity. Read a book under 100 pages.
May Spell-Out Challenge:
MOTHER
KELSI'S ROYALTY CHALLENGE
5. Louis XIV of France r. 1643-1715 Read a book that has a main character that is wealthy.
July's The Definition of a Classic Challenge
12. Read a book that's part of a series.
August Types of Nonfiction Challenge
3. Dictionary. Read a book whose title is only a single word that can be found in the dictionary.
August Spell Out Challenge
LAKE
September's Back to School Challenge
7. Geography. Read a book that takes place in a country you've never visited.
Just completed #1 (Particular worker - chef) in September's Mini Labor Day - Summer Desserts (Great Chefs, #1) by Nora Roberts. Sweet romance, exactly what I needed on a sick day. Worth reading for brain candy! 3.5 stars15/5
I am going to do the August Spell Out Challenge only since I just joined yesterday.L
- DONEO
- DONEN
- DONEG
- DONED
- DONEA
- DONEY
- DONEI may add an "S" if I have time.
8:Kelsi's royalty challenge (June) - read a book with independant heroine (Catherine the Great): Daughter Of China
Welcome, Jannene! I added you. Good luck!Good job, Danielle. You're updated.
9: the new beginnings challenge (January) - read a book that was released in the last six months: No Man's Nightingale: An Inspector Wexford NovelRuth Rendell is also a new author for me. And the main character inspector Wexford starts out on a new part of his life.
9/10
Just completed #4 (red cover) for February's All About Cupid Challenge - The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver. I love Kingsolver's writing - every time I read her work, I feel like she's writing what is in my head! And this book is no exception. She does a superb job of telling the story with wit and sentiment in perfect measure. The characters are complex and sympathetic. Definitely worth reading and cannot wait to read the next book! 4.5 stars16/5
Great work, Danielle & Megan! I updated you.
I have finished 5/7. I have been updating my original post.
Kaitlin, I'll have to pull out. RL was crazy, and I'd rather finish the Listopia challenge, which will take a lot of reading as well.
No problem, SilverRaindrops! I removed you from the list.
I just finished die for you 6/7 read.
LOOKING BACK ON 2013 CHALLENGEDuration: October 1 - December 31, 2013
2014 is almost here, but before it comes, let's revisit some of the challenges we've done this year.
For this challenge, do tasks from previous monthly challenges. You can choose to do one task (but no more than one) from as many previous 2013 monthly challenges as you would like. There are 18 altogether. I'll try for 9
January: Should auld acquaintance be forgot: Read an old childhood favorite downloaded
on my kindle will probably read before end of year - maybe while on planeFebruary: Be My Valentine: Read a book that has Chocolate or Flowers (or a type of flower like roses or lilies) in the title.
March: The Craft Guild of Chefs Awards recognizes outstanding chefs. Read a book with food on its cover.
April: Pseudonym. Read a book by an author who has assumed a pen name under which the book was published. Pittacus Lore is actually James Frey & Jobie Hughes
May: Read a book from the decade you choose. I chose our current decade
June: Queen Victoria of England 1837-1901 was Britain’s longest ruling monarch, who expanded English territory to take up a quarter of the world during her reign. The Victorian Era takes its’ name after her. Read a book set in the Victorian Era (1840-1910).
July: A classic is the term given to any book which comes to represent the whole universe, a book on a par with ancient talismans. A talisman is a magical device that brings good luck. Read a book that contains magic in some form.
August: Travel writing. Read a travel writing book OR read a book that takes place in a country that you would like to visit. don't know if I would like to visit Botswana but it would be interesting
September: Art. Read a book whose cover has all three primary colors (red, yellow, blue) on it
Hi, Sharon! Have you read all the books on your list? If so, I'll mark you as challenge completed. Thanks!
I am finished with a few days to spare.
Karina wrote: "5/10"And now 10/10
January's New Beginnings:
10. Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with the letter A
Tone Almhjell - The Twistrose Key
March's Award Cover Hunt:
12. The Merlin Award is an award given to magicians. Read a book with something you consider magical on its cover.
Simon Winchester - The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
(This is perhaps a minor cheat - but who doesn't consider a book magical?)
April's Word Play:
8. Translations. Read a book originally published in a language that is not your native tongue.
Daryl Gregory - The Devil's Alphabet
(My native tongue is not English)
May's Mini Decades:
1. Read a book from the decade you were born.
David Brin - Sundiver
July's Definition of a Classic:
12. A classic is a work that comes before other classics; but those who have read other classics first immediately recognize its place in the genealogy of classic works. Read a book that's part of a series.
Terry Pratchett - Raising Steam
Yay, Karina! Great job. And I think your March book was creative, not a cheat :-)
10: labor day challenge (September)- read a book that highlights a particular worker: Vets Might Fly
4th Quarter Looking Back 10/10January's New Beginning's Challenge- Scorched
February Cupid: Pink cover Some Like it Hot
February 2013: History of Civil Rights Female Heroine Crown of Midnight
March's Award Cover Hunt:Building on cover Throne of Glass
June: The Colors of Royalty Mini Challenge: Relic
July: Definition of a Classic Fantasy FaeFever
August: Types of NonFiction: Yoga Sparks
August: Summer Spell Out Challenge Swimming No Rules
September: Back to School Geography The Heist Greece
September: Labor Day Mini Challenge Chef The Marriage Merger
Kaitlin wrote: "Good job, Erika!"Thanks, Kaitlin. I wasn't sure if I would be able to get it in before the end of the year. ~Erika
I finished the challenge with 6/7. I updated my post #51. Thanks for moderating Kaitlin.
Kaitlin wrote: "No problem, Alison! I removed you from the list.YAY, JODI! Congrats on completing the challenge.
Nice work, Lianne! I updated you.
Welcome, Nicole! Glad you could join us. I added your goal and..."
Thank You! :) I was unfortunately unable to finish, but here's what I did complete:
2. February 2013: All About Cupid Challenge- (3)The Color of Love: Read a book that has a title that contains the colors: Red, Pink, White, or Ivory. (Can include any shade of the above colors like blush pink, crimson, rose, scarlet)=
3. April 2013: The Poem Types Mini Challenge- (2)Haikus are best known for their brevity. Read a book under 100 pages=
4. June: Kelsi's Royalty Challenge- Henry VIII of England r. 1509-1547. There are a plethora of books on this monarch and his six wives. Read a book of fiction or non-fiction that is based on his or his wives’ life OR read a book set in England.=
Progress Made: 3/5
Thanks for the updates, Lorelei & Nicole! No worries about not finishing - what's important is that you got some good reading in :-)Now we have another whole year of reading to do...but what to read first?
That's great, Jodi! I'm glad to hear it :-)Thanks everybody for joining me on this one. For those of you who haven't finished yet, please feel free to continue and I'll keep keeping track. Otherwise, I'll see you all in the 2014 challenges!
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YAY, JODI! Congrats on completing the challenge.
Nice work, Lianne! I updated you.
Welcome, Nicole! Glad you could join us. I added your goal and your first completed book to our list. Good luck!