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November: Venda (South Africa) (is a Bantu language predominately spoken in the Limpopo Province, Botswana)4 out 4 - COMPLETED!!!
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55/55December: Niuean (Niue Island, Tokelau)
√ T - A Tap on the Window by Linwood Barclay
√ The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore
√ S - Suspect by Robert Crais 12/3/14
√ E - The Power of Six
√ M - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
√ O - The Blood of Olympus - Rick Riordan
Finished the challenge; this was fun :)
READ THE MONTH AROUND THE WORLD, 1/1 – 12/31/14
PROGRESS: 55/55
For each letter, read a book where that letter is contained somewhere in the title or the author's name. It does NOT need to be the first letter of the word. The book used must be read in the month it represents.
January (Kapampangan) - COMPLETED 1/5
E – Mama S*e*es Stars (Mace Bauer #4), by Deborah Sharp, finished 1/1 ★★★.5
N – Deep Fried a*n*d Pickled (Rachel O’Brien Chronicles #1), by Paisley Ray, finished 1/4 ★★.5
E – The Gol*e*m and the Jinni, by Helene Wecker, finished 1/5 ★★★★
R – The Autobiog*r*aphy of Mrs. Tom Thumb, by Melanie Benjamin, finished 1/3 ★★★
O – ZOUNDS!: A Br*o*wser's Dictionary of Interjections, by Mark Dunn, finished 1/4 ★★★.5
February (Arabic) - COMPLETED 2/6
F – The Last Boy*f*riend (Inn BoonsBoro #2), by Nora Roberts, finished 2/2 ★★★.5
I – Inv*i*sible City, by Julia Dahl, finished 2/6 ★★★★
F – Opal *F*ire (Stacy Justice #1), by Barbra Annino, finished 2/3 ★★★.5
R – Let's Explo*r*e Diabetes with Owls, by David Sedaris, finished 2/4 ★★
I – *I* Shall Not Want (Psalm 23 Mysteries #2), by Debbie Viguie, finished 2/5 ★★★★
March (Malay) - COMPLETED 3/5
M – Blackberry Pie *M*urder (Hannah Swensen #17), by Joanne Fluke, finished 3/5 ★★★
A – Bon Bon Voy*a*ge (Carolyn Blue #8), by Nancy Fairbanks, finished 3/1 ★★★
C – Unexpe*c*ted Secret Agents, by Theresa E. Moore, finished 3/3 ★★.5 
April (Papiamento) - COMPLETED 4/5
A – Shunned *a*nd Dangerous (Amish Mystery #3), by Laura Bradford, finished 4/2 ★★★★
P – Caught Dead in *P*hiladelphia (Amanda Pepper #1), by Gillian Roberts, finished 4/4 ★★★
R – This Book Is Ove*r*due!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All, by Marilyn Johnson, finished 4/5 ★★★.5
E – D*e*ath Turns a Trick (Rebecca Schwartz #1), by Julie Smith, finished 4/5 ★★★.5
L – A Bucket Fu*l*l of Lies (Bob Roosevelt #1), by Robert K. Swisher, Jr., finished 4/2 ★★.5
May (Romanian) - COMPLETED 5/4
M – *M*y Name Is Resolute, by Nancy E. Turner, finished 5/3 ★★★.5
A – *A*cross Eternity, by Aris Whittier, finished 5/1 ★★★
I – *I* Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, by Malala Yousafzai, finished 5/4 ★★★★.5
June (Greenlandic) - COMPLETED 6/12
J – author John Grisham – The Confession, finished 6/12 ★★★
U – Eggsecutive Orders (White House Chef #3), by Julie Hyzy, finished 6/3 ★★★★
N – Sweet Tea and Secrets (Adams Grove #1), by Nancy Naigle, finished 6/5 ★★★.5
I – Death in a Hot Flash (Bel Barrett #2), by Jane Isenberg, finished 6/6 ★★★.5
July (Swahili) - COMPLETED 7/8
J – *J*amie's America, by Jamie Oliver, finished 7/8 ★★★
U – C*u*re for the Common Breakup, by Beth Kendrick, finished 7/4 ★★★★
L – author C*l*eo Coyle – Espresso Shot (Coffeehouse #7), finished 7/6★★★★
A – The An*a*tomist's Apprentice (Dr. Thomas Silkstone #1), by Tessa Harris, finished 7/2 ★★★
I – I've Got You Under My Sk*i*n, by Mary Higgins Clark, finished 7/2 ★★★.5
August (Japanese) - COMPLETED 8/6
H – Once More From t*h*e Top (Women of Willow Bay #1), by Nan Reinhardt, finished 8/3 ★★★
A – Flowerbed of St*a*te (White House Gardener #1), by Dorothy St. James, finished 8/6 ★★★
D – *D*eath By Sarcasm (Mary Cooper #1), by Dani Amore, finished 8/1 ★★★
U – Book Cl*u*bbed (Booktown #8), by Lorna Barrett, finished 8/2 ★★★★
K – The Yellow-Lighted Boo*k*shop, by Lewis Buzbee, finished 8/4 ★★★
I – Twenty-E*i*ght and a Half Wishes (Rose Gardner #1), by Denise Grover Swank, finished 8/6 ★★★.5
September (Basque) - COMPLETED 9/4
I – The Midnight Show Murders (Billy Blessing #2), by Al Roker, finished 9/2 ★★★.5
R – Sounds of Murder (Pamela Barnes Acoustic Mystery #1), by Patricia Rockwell, finished 9/2 ★★★.5
A – Clam Wake (Bed and Breakfast #29), by Mary Daheim, finished 9/4 ★★★
I – Kenobi, by John Jackson Miller, finished 9/3 ★★★★
L – The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla (Pink Carnation #11), by Lauren Willig, finished 9/2 ★★★★
October (Ewe) - COMPLETED 10/2
K – Luc*k* Be a Lady, Don't Die (Rat Pack #2), by Robert J. Randisi , finished 10/1 ★★★
E – author Steve Ki*e*hlThe Unword Dictionary: 1,000 Words For Things You Didn't Think Had Words!, finished 10/2 ★★★
L – Indemnity On*l*y (V.I. Warshawski #1), by Sara Paretsky, finished 10/1 ★★★★
E – The Myst*e*rious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot #1), by Agatha Christie, finished 10/2 ★★★.5
November (Venda) - COMPLETED 11/2
A – The D*a*m Busters, by Paul Brickhill, finished 11/1 ★★★.5
R – *R*eading Upside Down, by Jo Platt, finished 11/2 ★★★
A – The M*a*n with the Golden Gun (James Bond #13), by Ian Fleming, finished 11/1 ★★★
December (Niuean) - COMPLETED 12/7
T – *T*he Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, by Umberto Eco, finished 12/3 ★★.5
E – D*e*ath by a Honeybee (Josiah Reynolds #1), by Abigail Keam, finished 12/6 ★★★.5
S – $10,000 in *S*mall, Unmarked Puzzles (Puzzle Lady #13), by Parnell Hall, finished 12/6 ★★★.5
E – Agony of the L*e*aves (Tea Shop #13), by Laura Childs, finished 12/4 ★★★★
M – Mr. *M*iracle, by Debbie Macomber, finished 12/5 ★★★★
O – Fall of a Philanderer (Daisy Dalrymple #14), by Carola Dunn, finished 12/2 ★★★.5
***** CHALLENGE COMPLETE 12/7 *****
I am finishing up my 53rd of 55 now, just two more (E and O) to go for the year!! I loved this challenge.
I've finished December and my challenge!55/55 Books Completed!
December: Niuean (Niue Island, Tokelau)
T - First Lord's Fury by Jim Butcher
E - Forest Born by Shannon Hale
S - Santa Claus the World's Number One Toy Expert by Marla Frazee
E - The Prophecy by K.A. Applegate
M - Scorpion Mountain by John Flanagan
O - The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
Complete! The whole year!January: Kapampangan (a language of the Philippines)
E The Day I AtE WhatEvEr I WantEd: And Other Small Acts of LibEration
N The DiNosaur Feather
E TEnth of DEcEmbEr
R The Rosie PRoject
O BOnk: The CuriOus COupling of Science and Sex
February: Arabic (Algeria & Tunisia)
F The InFatuations
I The Golem and the JInnI
F Love You Forever
R BuRial Rites
I The SIgnature of All ThIngs
March: Malay (a language of places like Indonesia etc)
M AMericanah
A PyongyAng: A Journey in North Korea
C The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew QuiCk
April: Papiamento (a language of the Caribbean ABC Islands => Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao)
A Fried Green TomAtoes at the Whistle Stop CAfe
P Ajax Penumbra 1969
R BRilliance
E My YEar of MEats
L A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout
May: Romanian (Romania)
M And the Mountains Echoed
A The DAylight GAte
I We Are All Completely BesIde Ourselves
June: Greenlandic (Greenland)
J Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid
U The Gods of GUilt
N Prodigal SoN
I The HospItal
July: Swahili (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda etc.)
J Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by MarJane Satrapi
U The HoUse Girl
L HyperboLe and a HaLf: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by ALLie Brosh
A We Are WAter by WAlly LAmb
I LIberace Extravaganza!
August: Japanese (Japan)
H Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
A Instant Mom by NiA VArdAlos
D You Don't Look Like Anyone I Know
U Yes, Chef: A Memoir by MarcUs SamUelsson
K BlacK Hole
I ShIne
September: Basque (Basque Country, Spain)
I My RealIty
R The EneRgy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy by Jon Gordon
A WAlking Softly in the Wilderness: The Sierra Club Guide to Backpacking
I The LIttle PrInce Graphic Novel
L The Perks of Being a WaLLfLower
October: Ewe (is a Niger–Congo language spoken in southeastern Ghana and southern Togo)
K Do Princesses Wear HiKing Boots?
E SEx Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick
L WiLd: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
E The Bippolo SEEd and Other Lost Stories
November: Venda (South Africa) (is a Bantu language predominately spoken in the Limpopo Province, Botswana)
L BLankets
A What I SAw and How I Lied
R BelzhaR
A The Andy Cohen DiAries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year
December: Niuean (Niue Island, Tokelau)
T Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir
E Just MErcy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
S Schroder
E BEautiful DarknEss
M I AM PilgriM
O Can't We Talk abOut SOmething MOre Pleasant?
READ THE MONTH AROUND THE WORLDDuration: 1stJanuary 2014 - 31st December 2014
Months: 12/12
January: Kapampangan
5/5 Completed
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February: Arabic
5/5 Completed
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3/3 Completed
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April: Papiamento
5/5 Completed
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May: Romanian
3/3 Completed
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June: Greenlandic
4/4 Completed
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July: Swahili
5/5 Completed
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August: Japanese
6/6 Completed
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September: Basque
5/5 Completed
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October: Ewe
4/4 Completed
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November: Venda
4/4 Completed
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December: Niuean
6/6 Completed
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S - The Submissive by Tara Sue Me (11/12/14)
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COMPLETED
October 4/4K Lauren Beukes - Broken Monsters
E Chuck Palahniuk - Beautiful You
L Steven Erikson - Willful Child
E Lavie Tidhar - Jesus and the Eightfold Path
November 4/4
L Elizabeth Bear - One-Eyed Jack
A Grady Hendrix - Horrorstör
R Robert McCammon - Swan Song
A Mira Grant - Symbiont
December 6/6
T Peter Tieryas - Bald New World
E Ann Brashares - The Here and Now
S Rebecca M Herzig - Plucked: A History of Hair Removal
E Erika Johansen - The Queen of the Tearling
M Mira Grant - The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell
O Shirley Jackson - We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Challenge completed!
47/55I didn't get to finish November because I went on a road trip to meet my brand new nephew!
November: Venda (South Africa) (is a Bantu language predominately spoken in the Limpopo Province, Botswana)
L: Lipstick Jungle
A: The Titan's Curse
R: Eragon DONE
A: Eat, Drink, and Be Wary
December done ... challenge complete!December: Niuean (Niue Island, Tokelau)6/6
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CHALLENGE COMPLETED
✔December: Niuean (Niue Island, Tokelau)
T •T•he Gunslinger by Stephen King
E Mist•E•r Slaughter by Robert McCammon
S The Keep by F. Paul Wil•S•on
E Th•E• Tomb by F. Paul Wilson
M The Dark •M•onk by Oliver Pötzsch
O Legacies by F. Paul Wils•O•n
2014 READ THE MONTH AROUND THE WORLDDuration: January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014
For each letter, read a book where that letter is contained somewhere in the title or the author's name. It does NOT need to be the first letter of the word. The book used must be read in the month it represents.
December: Niuean (Niue Island, Tokelau)
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That's the whole year completed :D!!!
Looks like I'll finish the year with 34/55 completed.
Message 432... 17/19. I know I won't be able to finish 2 books today. *sad trombone*
READ THE MONTH AROUND THE WORLDDuration: January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014
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This is a modified spell out challenge where each month of the year is spelled out in a different language!
For each letter, read a book where that letter is contained somewhere in the title or the author's name. It does NOT need to be the first letter of the word. The book used must be read in the month it represents.
DONE!!! January: Kapampangan (a language of the Philippines)
5/5
✓E True
✓N Intentions of the Earl
✓E Scarlet
✓R The Giver
✓O How to Be a Woman
True (New Species, #11) by Laurann Dohner Intentions of the Earl (Scandalous Sisters #1) by Rose Gordon Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2) by Marissa Meyer The Giver (The Giver, #1) by Lois Lowry How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
Done!!! February: Arabic (Algeria & Tunisia)
5/5
✔ F Lift
✔ I The Invention of Wings
✔ F Being Perfect
✔ R Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
✔ I The Rosie Project
Lift by Kelly Corrigan The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd Being Perfect by Anna Quindlen Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan The Rosie Project (Don Tillman #1) by Graeme Simsion
Done!!! March: Malay (a language of places like Indonesia etc)
3/3
✔M Interpreter of Maladies
✔A The Thirteenth Tale
✔C One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
DONE!!! April: Papiamento (a language of the Caribbean ABC Islands => Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao)
5/5
✔A The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Live
✔P Life of Pi
✔R Cress
✔E Rocky Mountain Freedom
✔L A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Live by Douglas Adams Life of Pi by Yann Martel Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3) by Marissa Meyer Rocky Mountain Freedom (Six Pack Ranch, #6) by Vivian Arend A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
DONE!!! May: Romanian (Romania)
3/3
✔M Middlesex
✔A Life After Life
✔I Shiver
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides Life After Life by Kate Atkinson Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1) by Maggie Stiefvater
DONE!!! June: Greenlandic (Greenland)
4/4
✓J Journey to the Edge of the Light: A Story of Love, Leukemia and Transformation
✓U Summer Fling
✓N Unwind
✓I Breakfast of Champions
Journey to the Edge of the Light A Story of Love, Leukemia and Transformation by Cristina Nehring Summer Fling (Compass Girls, #3) by Mari Carr Unwind (Unwind, #1) by Neal Shusterman Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
DONE!!! July: Swahili (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda etc.)
5/5
✓J The Bell Jar
✓U The Maze Runner
✓L Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
✓A The Storyteller
✓I Saving Grace
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, #1) by James Dashner Saving Grace (Mad World, #2) by Christine Zolendz
DONE!!! August: Japanese (Japan)
6/6
✓H The Thirteenth Gift
✓A The Unbearable Lightness of Being
✓D A Thousand Splendid Suns
✓U Curveball
✓K Orange Is the New Black
✓I Watership Down
The Thirteenth Gift by Charlene Costanzo The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Curveball (Philadelphia Patriots, #4) by V.K. Sykes Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman Watership Down by Richard Adams
September: Basque (Basque Country, Spain)
5/5
✓I Bought By The Billionaire Brothers
✓RFour: The Traitor
✓A Four: The Transfer
✓I The Initiate
✓L Flight Behavior
Bought By The Billionaire Brothers (Buchanan Brothers, #1) by Alexx Andria Four The Traitor (Divergent, #0.4) by Veronica Roth The Transfer (Divergent, #0.1) by Veronica Roth The Initiate (Divergent, #0.2) by Veronica Roth Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
October: Ewe (is a Niger–Congo language spoken in southeastern Ghana and southern Togo)
4/4
✓K Tuck Everlasting
✓E Cowboy Take Me Away
✓L The Lorax
✓E The Son
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt Cowboy Take Me Away (Rough Riders, #16) by Lorelei James The Lorax by Dr. Seuss The Son (Divergent, #0.3) by Veronica Roth
November: Venda (South Africa) (is a Bantu language predominately spoken in the Limpopo Province, Botswana)
4/4
✓L Gone Girl
✓A A Passage to India
✓R Lord of the Flies
✓A Ender's Game
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn A Passage to India by E.M. Forster Lord of the Flies by William Golding Ender's Game (The Ender Quintet, #1) by Orson Scott Card
December: Niuean (Niue Island, Tokelau)
6/6
✓ T The Cellist of Sarajevo
✓ E Uglies
✓ S Seek My Face
✓ E The Sonderberg Case
✓ M Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
✓ O The Joy Luck Club
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway Uglies (Uglies, #1) by Scott Westerfeld The Sonderberg Case by Elie Wiesel Seek My Face by John Updike Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance An Inquiry Into Values by Robert M. Pirsig The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
52/55 completedDecember: Niuean (Niue Island, Tokelau)
T: Palo Alto: Stories DONE
E: Digital Fortress DONE
S: Shakespeare Shaken
E: Christmas Cookie Murder DONE
M: Zoo DONE
O: Tippy Toe Murder DONE
I forgot to post this, but I did complete the challenge!December: Niuean
T: Thirteen Reasons Why - December 7
E: Life, the Universe and Everything - December 16
S: 2001: A Space Odyssey - December 11
E: The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You - December 14
M: The Invisible Man - December 2
O: A Clockwork Orange - December 5
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2025 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
The Invisible Man (other topics)Life, the Universe and Everything (other topics)
The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You (other topics)
Thirteen Reasons Why (other topics)
A Clockwork Orange (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Pittacus Lore (other topics)Robert McCammon (other topics)
Oliver Pötzsch (other topics)
F. Paul Wilson (other topics)
Stephen King (other topics)
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November: Venda (South Africa) (is a Bantu language predominately spoken in the Limpopo Province, Botswana)
L - The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Impostor (read 11/3)
A - The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son (read 11/22)
R - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (read 11/3)
A - Breakfast with Buddha: A Novel (read 11/10)
December: Niuean (Niue Island, Tokelau)
T - Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral (read 12/3)
E - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (read 12/10)
S - The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror (read 12/4)
E - Holidays on Ice (read 12/11)
M - Unaccompanied Minor (read 12/1)
O - The Weight of Water (read 12/4)
CHALLENGE COMPLETED!