Read the Month Around the World - 2014

[Helen]

I've completed three of the five for February

F- Vanity Fair Vanity Fair
I- White Night White Night
F-
R-
I- The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

8/55 Completed

[Jannene]

I finished one of the last "I" for February. 8/55

I - Pandora's Daughter by Iris Johansen

[Diane T.]

Yeah! Done with February and I just need one more to catch up with January. Question: Do we need to wait for March or can we start early?

[Ashlee]

February: Arabic (Algeria & Tunisia)
***Je t’aime***
F The Good Father by Diane Chamberlain
I
F
R
I

:) Read 2/12

[LynnB]

Diane wrote: "Yeah! Done with February and I just need one more to catch up with January. Question: Do we need to wait for March or can we start early?"

According to the rules (Msg. 1), "The book used must be read in the month it represents.".

[Diane T.]

LynnB wrote: "Diane wrote: "Yeah! Done with February and I just need one more to catch up with January. Question: Do we need to wait for March or can we start early?"

According to the rules (Msg. 1), "The book ..."

Thanks LynnB!

[Maureen]

I realized I haven't updated this challenge once.
So far I finished January and have one book down for February:

6/55


January: Kapampangan (a language of the Philippines)
E Robert Jordan - Lord of Chaos ( 01/04/14 )
N Frank Herbert - Dune ( 01/17/14 )
E J.D. Salinger - The Catcher in the Rye ( 01/28/14 )
R Orson Scott Crad - Ender's Game ( 01/31/14 )
O Robert Jordan - A Crown of Swords ( 01/26/14 )

February: Arabic (Algeria & Tunisia)
F
I H.G. Wells - The Time Machine ( 02/06/14 )
F
R
I

[Sharon]

Couldn't remember if I posted January? Here is January and progress for February

January: Kapampangan (a language of the Philippines)5/5
**this also happens to be the spanish word for January, I'll be in Mexico for 2 weeks, maybe I'll have to read un libro en espanol ... books on my kindle which I'm taking no book in Spanish :( but I did complete the goal for the month
E ✔

N ✔

E ✔

R ✔

O ✔


February: Arabic (Algeria & Tunisia)3/5
F ✔

I ✔

F ✔

R
I

[Daphne]

Updated Message 105:

Completed: 10/55


February: Arabic (Algeria & Tunisia)
F Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton 2/8/2014
I The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime by Miles Harvey 2/1/2014
F Dust by Joan Frances Turner 2/9/2014
R The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy by Adrienne Mayor 2/11/2014
I The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science by Norman Doidge 2/5/2014

[Zara's Retreat]

updated to here

[Helen]

I've officially finished February!

Completed 10/55

February: Arabic (Algeria & Tunisia)
F Vanity Fair Vanity Fair
I WhIte NIghtWhite Night
F Artemis Fowl The Last Guardian by Eoin ColFerThe Last Guardian
R TRickster's QueenTrickster's Queen
I The No. 1 LadIes Detective AgencyThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

[Naomi]

I've finished my goal of three for February:
I Ebelskivers: Danish-style filled pancakes and other sweet and savory treats by Kevin Crafts
R The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen
I Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan


I'll post again later if I finish more... So I'll post again later.

[Barb]

Finished February a bit ago, just now getting around to updating:

February (Arabic) - COMPLETED 2/6
✓ F – The Last Boyfriend (Inn BoonsBoro #2), by Nora Roberts, finished 2/2 ★★★.5
✓ I – Invisible City, by Julia Dahl, finished 2/6 ★★★★
✓ F – Opal Fire (Stacy Justice #1), by Barbra Annino, finished 2/3 ★★★.5
✓ R – Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls, by David Sedaris, finished 2/4 ★★
✓ I – I Shall Not Want (Psalm 23 Mysteries #2), by Debbie Viguie, finished 2/5 ★★★★

    

[Terrie]

February:
I- The Snow Child
R - The Rosie Project

Both Read in February. Added to the 2 for January, I am up to 4 books. Yeah!

[❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Daryl Dixonღ♥ღ]

Updated Post #52

February: Arabic
5/5

F The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Visual Companion by Jude Fisher *Fili* (09/02/14)
I Tempted by Elizabeth Naughton *Isadora* (19/02/14)
F Lust & Fae by Joyee Flynn (04/02/14)
R Cut & Run by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux (02/02/14)
I Eli's Way by Lynn Hagen *Jersey Iachino (23/02/14)

[Audrey]

I am in for all 55. I have already completed for January and I am still working on February. But should be able to finish it by the end of the month. 3 more books to go. Thanks and good luck to all. If you would like you can follow by members corner posts. I will be keeping better records there as I am participating in all of the yearly and monthly challenges and don't have the time to update outside of my members corner often. Audrey's Quiet Book Nook 2014

[Jannene]

I finished "R" for February. 9/55

R - Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs.

[Zara's Retreat]

updated to here.

[✿Claire✿]

I've finished February :)

February: Arabic
F - Few Are Chosen
I - The Lockington Legacy
F - Mansnatchers (author's name Frances)
R - Broken Truce
I - Beyond Tomb Mountain (The Swift Chronicles, #1)

[Jannene]

I have finished 10/55. Last one for this month was "Fallen Angel".

February: Arabic (Algeria & Tunisia)
F - Fallen Angel-Daniel Silva
I - Storm Cycle-Iris Johansen
F - Trial by Fury-J.A. Jance
R - Spider Bones-Kathy Reichs
I - Pandora's Daughter -Iris Johansen

[Karena]

Done with February. 10/55

February: Arabic (Algeria & Tunisia)

F The Midwife of Venice √
I Interpreter of Maladies √
F Fool √
R The Reader √
I Afterlight √

[Amie]

Finished February!

February: Arabic (Algeria & Tunisia)
F: Off Sides - Sawyer Bennett - 2/2/14
I: Deadly Lies - Cynthia Eden - 2/8/14
F: The Last Boyfriend - Nora Roberts - 2/23/14
R: Yours to Keep - Shannon Stacey - 2/2/14
I: Animal Magnetism - Jill Shalvis - 2/9/14

[Jennifer]

Finished February:


F: For the Twins Sake 2/7
I: The Italians Ruthless Marriage Command 2/8
F: An Foundation 2/26
R: Romeo and Juliet 2/26
I: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2/25

[Sharon]

February is done!

February: Arabic (Algeria & Tunisia)5/5
F ✔

I ✔

F ✔

R ✔ Kathy Reichs

I ✔

[Audrey]

READ THE MONTH AROUND THE WORLD
Duration: January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014
Complete: 10/55

(view spoiler)[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. (hide spoiler)]

January: Kapampangan (Philippines)
E - A Wife After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage by Elizabeth George 01/23/2014 *****
N - And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini 01/11/2014 *****+
E - Hearts West: True Stories of Mail-Order Brides on the Frontier by Chris Enss 01/23/2014 ***
R - Unafraid: Mary by Francine Rivers 01/04/2014 ****1/2
O - The Key Is Love: My Mother's Wisdom, A Daughter's Gratitude by Marie Osmond 01/28/2014 *****

February: Arabic (Algeria & Tunisia)
F - Finding God in the Land of Narnia by Kurt Bruner 02/27/2014 *****
I - A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah 02/01/2014 *****
F - Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers 02/22/2014 *****+
R - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion 02/01/2014 ****
I - Irish Myths & Legends by Ita Daly 02/22/2014 ***

March: Malay (Indonesia)
M
A
C

(view spoiler)[April: Papiamento (Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao)
A
P
R
E
L

May: Romanian (Romania)
M
A
I

June: Greenlandic (Greenland)
J
U
N
I

July: Swahili (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)
J
U
L
A
I

August: Japanese (Japan)
H
A
D
U
K
I

September: Basque (Spain)
I
R
A
I
L

October: Ewe (Niger–Congo language spoken in southeastern Ghana and southern Togo)
K
E
L
E

November: Venda (South Africa) (Bantu language predominately spoken in the Limpopo Province, Botswana)
L
A
R
A

December: Niuean (Niue Island, Tokelau)
T
E
S
E
M
O (hide spoiler)]

[Karina]

February: 5/5 (Total: 10/55)

F Daniel Kahneman - Thinking, Fast and Slow
I Rick Yancey - The 5th Wave
F Neal Stephenson - The Confusion
R Siri Pettersen - Odinsbarn (Norwegian)
I Peter S. Beagle - The Last Unicorn

[Cynthia]

February: 5/5 (Total: 10/55)

F The InFatuations
I The Golem and the JInnI
F Love You Forever
R BuRial Rites
I The SIgnature of All ThIngs

[Tiffany-Rae]

February: Arabic (Algeria & Tunisia)
F: The Deadly FireDONE
I: The Notebook DONE
F: Water for ElephantsDONE
R: The Girl Who Loved Tom GordonDONE
I: A Walk to RememberDONE

[Naomi]

I finished February. I already posted with the I, R, and I.
F: The Perks of Being of Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
F: Whoology: Doctor Who; The Offficial Miscellany by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright

[Cassandra]

February: Arabic
F: The Lost Years of Merlin - February 4
I: Tripwire - February 5
F: Frankenstein - February 28
R: The Rosie Project - February 5
I: Leviathan - February 13

I really like this challenge!

10/55

[Danielle]

March - Mac: two books
M: black Mamba boy - Nadifa Mohamed
A:
C: butCher's crossing - John Edward Williams

April - Aprel: one book
A:
P: the king's sPeech - Mark Logue and Peter Conradi
R:
E:
L:

May - Mai: two books
M: reMains of the day - Kazuo Ishiguro
A:
I: the guIlty one - Lisa Ballantyne

June - Juni: one book
J:
U:
N:
I: elIzabeth is missing - Emma Healey

July - Julai: two books
J:
U:
L:
A: the feAst of the goat - Mario Vargas Llosa
I: the thIng around your neck - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

August- Haduki: six books

H: the ruby in Her navel - Barry Unsworth
A: Animal farm - George Orwell
D: the gooD women of china - Xinran
U: a cUpboard full of coats - Yvvette Edwards
K: gem squash toKoloshe - Rachel Zadok
I: zangeres op zanzIbar - Lieve Joris

September - Irail: three books
I: theIr heads are green and their hands are blue - Paul Bowles
R: embeRs - Sandor Marai
A: blAck and blue - Anna Quindlen
I:
L:


Read: 17 books out of 15 books; challenge completed

[Maiko]

❖ 11/55


✓ M The Garden of Evening •M•ists by Tan Twan Eng

[LynnB]

Completed my first book for March:

Claire of the Sea Light Claire of the Sea Light

Completed: 11/55

[Karena]

Forgot to post. Completed.

February: Arabic (Algeria & Tunisia)

F The Midwife of Venice √
I Interpreter of Maladies √
F Fool √
R The Reader √
I Afterlight √

10/55

[Zara's Retreat]

updated to here.

[Maiko]

❖ 12/55


✓ A The Kite Runner by Kh•A•led Hosseini

[Barb]

Finished March, which brings my total to 13 so far:

March (Malay) - COMPLETED 3/5
✓ M – Blackberry Pie Murder (Hannah Swensen #17), by Joanne Fluke, finished 3/5 ★★★
✓ A – Bon Bon Voyage (Carolyn Blue #8), by Nancy Fairbanks, finished 3/1 ★★★
✓ C – Unexpected Secret Agents, by Theresa E. Moore, finished 3/3 ★★.5

  

[Diane T.]

M Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne 03/08



updated

[Erika]

January
J J Sentinel Jennifer Armentrout 1/18
E River Marked by Patricia Briggs 1/4
N Allegiant Veronica Roth 1/2
E This Case is Gonna Kill Me by Bornikova Phillipa 1/25
R Eon Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman 1/22
O Christmas On Fourth Street by Susan Mallery

February
F Forged by Jennifer Rush 2/12
I Wild Heart by Justiss Alliance 2/10
F Longing For Home by Sarah Eden 2/22
R When We Touch by Brenda Novak 2/23
I Drive by Daniel Pink 2/15



March
M Sweet Trouble by Susan Mallery 3/7
A Curl Up and Dye by Sarah Sala 3/6
C Catching up or Leading the Way by Yong Zhao 3/6

[Helen]

I've completed March

13/55 completed


M The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin
A The Visitor by K.A. Applegate
C The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima

[Jannene]

I have finished "A". 11/55

Where All the Dead Lie

[Diane T.]

Update

March: Malay (a language of places like Indonesia etc) Completed
M Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne 03/08
A Aaliyah Abdul - Dead To US 03/08
C Tim Curran - Hag Night 03/09

[Maiko]

✼ 13/55 (March completed)


✓ M The Garden of Evening •M•ists by Tan Twan Eng
✓ A The Kite Runner by Kh•A•led Hosseini
✓ C A Dis•C•overy of Witches by Deborah Harkness

[❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Daryl Dixonღ♥ღ]

Updated Post #52

March: Malay
3/3

M Kiss of Crimson *Midnight Breeds series* by Lara Adrian (10/03/14)
A Assassin's Honor by Monica Burns (04/03/14)
C Fated by Rebecca Zanetti *Cara Paulsen* (06/03/14)

[LynnB]

Completed my March books...


M - Anne's House of DreaMs Anne's House of Dreams
A - CockroAches Cockroaches
C - Claire of the Sea Light Claire of the Sea Light

Completed: 13/55

[Cynthia]

I have finished May and have now completed 13/55.

March: Malay
M AMericanah
A PyongyAng: A Journey in North Korea
C The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew QuiCk

[Daphne]

Updated Message 69:

March completed. :)


READ THE MONTH AROUND THE WORLD
Duration: January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014
Completed: 13/55


March: Malay (a language of places like Indonesia etc)
M The Day We Found the Universe by Marcia Bartusiak
A DNA USA: A Genetic Biography of America by Bryan Sykes
C Letters to a Young Contrarian by Christopher Hitchens

[Ashlee]

January: Kapampangan (a language of the Philippines)
***BEST OF BOOKS 2013***
E
N Necessary Lies By Diane Chamerlain
E
R
O

February: Arabic (Algeria & Tunisia)
***Je t’aime***
F The Good Father by Diane Chamberlain
I
F
R
I

March: Malay (a language of places like Indonesia etc)
***SPRING FORWARD***
M
A The Art of racing in the rain by Garth Stein
C

3/12 :):)

[Cassandra]

March: Malay
M: I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban - March 12
A: A Study in Scarlet - March 3
C: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - March 14

March is done! :)

13/55

[Sharon]

March: Malay (a language of places like Indonesia etc)3/3
M

A

C