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I-Spy: Book Titles Edition Challenge - 2016

18/20 - Could I get this upgraded to 25 please? I reckon I'll be focussing on this challenge for a while. :)

It's been a while since I've updated myself here:
1. Of Mice and Men: The Yiddish Policemen's Union
2. A Tale of Two Cities: A Tale for the Time Being - June 26
3. Gone with the Wind: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - May 28
4. A Wrinkle in Time: Love in the Time of Cholera - February 24
5. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
6. The Little Prince: Prince of Thorns
7. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass: Mountain of Black Glass - April 19
8. Brave New World: Everyone Brave is Forgiven
9. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: Requiem for a Dream
10. The Joy Luck Club: The Camel Club
11. The Diary of a Young Girl: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making - May 7
12. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: All the Birds in the Sky - April 21
13. The Book Thief: Doomsday Book
14. The God of Small Things: The Fairy Godmother - March 14
15. Around the World in 80 Days: My Beloved World
16. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: Night
17. The Time Traveler's Wife: A Brief History of Time
18. All Quiet on the Western Front: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
19. The Old Man and the Sea: Old Man's War
20. Where the Red Fern Grows: Ruby Red
21. Island of the Blue Dolphins: Blue Mars
22. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe: Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous
23. Girl With a Pearl Earring: The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story - March 18
24. The Call of the Wild: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail - April 14
25. The Good Earth: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
9/25

[√] Around The World in 80 Days - Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
4/25

Updated message 5 with Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - Anne of Green Gables
19/25

17. The Time Traveler’s Wife – Time and Again by Jack Finney
20. Where the Red Fern Grows – One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
8/25

Sign me up for 20 to start with.
I SPY: BOOK TITLES EDITION
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016
22/20 Completed
√1. Of Mice and Men I Like Big Dragons and I Cannot Lie, Sept. 7
2. A Tale of Two Cities
√3. Gone with the Wind The Trouble with Mirrors May 19
√4. A Wrinkle in Time One More Time April 23
√5. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Little Beach Street Bakery, Sept.9
√6. The Little Prince The Ice Princess Aug.5
√7. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass Muscling Through Dec. 30
√8. Brave New World Their Newborn Gift May 16
√9. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Highlander in Her Dreams July 9
√10. The Joy Luck Club Shift Out of Luck, May 2
√11. The Diary of a Young Girl The Girl on the Train Aug 10
12. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
√13. The Book Thief Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things May 13
√14. The God of Small Things One Small Thing July 29
15. Around the World in 80 Days
√16. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Night Pleasures July 2
√17. The Time Traveler's Wife The Seduction of His Wife July 7
√18. All Quiet on the Western Front FALLing for Archie April 4
√19. The Old Man and the Sea The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared May 21
√20. Where the Red Fern Grows In the Middle of Somewhere June 15
√21. Island of the Blue Dolphins The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman June 1
√22. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe Christmas at the Comfort Food Cafe Dec. 27
√23. Girl With a Pearl Earring A Life Without You July 27
√24. The Call of the Wild WILDER May 25
√25. The Good Earth Better Than Good July 6

22/25

(2016) I SPY: BOOK TITLES EDITION
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016
Progress: (25/25)***Completed 7/1 4/16***
Tasks:
1. Of Mice and (Men)*** 4/21/16
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: with Related Documents
2. A (Tale) of Two Cities***
** Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin 5/29/16
3. (Gone) with the Wind ***
**The Moment She Was Gone by Evan Hunter 6/20/16
4. A (Wrinkle) in Time ***
**The Wrinkle Cure by Nicholas Perricone 6/17/16
5. A (Tree) Grows in Brooklyn***
**The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury 5/15/16
6. The Little (Prince)
**The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli 6/1/16
7. Alice's (Adventures) & Through the Looking Glass***
**The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain2/15/16
8. (Brave) New World ***
**Brave Enough by M. Leighton 6/21/16
9. Do Androids (Dream) of Electric Sheep?***
**A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare 2/26/16
10. Joy (Luck) Club ***
**McNally's Luck by Lawrence Sanders 6/29/16
11. The Diary of a Young (Girl)***
**Black Girl Lost by Donald Goines 6/13/16
12. I Know Why the Caged (Bird) Sing} ***
**The Purple Bird Mystery by Ellery Queen Jr. 6/26/16
13. The (Book) Thief ***
**Books by Larry McMurtry 6/16/16
14. The (God) of Small Things***
**The Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly 4/3/16
15. Around the (World) in 80 Days ***
**Our Dumb World by The Onion 6/9/16
16. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the (Night) -Time***
**Queen of the Night by J.A. Jance 7/4/16
17. The (Time) Traveller's Wife***
**Time and Again by Jack Finney 7/6/16
18. All Quiet on the Western (Front)***
**The Face Out Front by Robert Irvine 6/11/16
19. The Old (Man) & the Sea***
**Axeman's Jazz by Julie Smith 4/27/16
20. Where the (Red) Fern Grows***
**Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett 6/3/16
21. (Island) of the Blue Dolphins***
**Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane 4/6/16
22. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle-stop (Cafe)***
**The Last Chance Cafe by Linda Lael Miller 7/13/16
23. The (Girl) with the Pearl Earring ***
**The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths 6/27/16
24. The Call of the (Wild) ***6/1/16
**Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul by John Eldredge
25. The (Good) Earth***
**A Good Yarn by Debbie Macomber 4/25/16

New total: 7/15
(I don't think I'll ever complete this challenge. I've read 54 books, and only 7 matches so far)

15/25
1. Of Mice and Men: The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett.
2. A Tale of Two Cities: The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm. Also the actual book, A Tale of Two Cities.
3. Gone with the Wind: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.
4. A Wrinkle in Time: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.
5. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn:
6. The Little Prince: Little Robot by Ben Hatke.
7. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass: Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain. Plus the actual book, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.
8. Brave New World:
9. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?:
10. The Joy Luck Club:
11. The Diary of a Young Girl:
12. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Elmer and the Big Bird by David McKee
13. The Book Thief: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.
14. The God of Small Things:
15. Around the World in 80 Days:
16. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie.
17. The Time Traveler's Wife: If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino. Also (unfortunately) the actual book The Time Traveler's Wife.
18. All Quiet on the Western Front: The Yellow Wallpaper and Selected Writings by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
19. The Old Man and the Sea: My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse.
20. Where the Red Fern Grows: Redwall by Brian Jacques.
21. Island of the Blue Dolphins:
22. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe:
23. Girl With a Pearl Earring:
24. The Call of the Wild: The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith.
25. The Good Earth:


Congratulations to Paul and Linda for finishing the challenge!

10. The Joy LUCK Club -- Some Luck✔07/17/16
17. The Time Traveler's WIFE -- The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story✔07/22/16

11/25
P.S. - somehow my last total was not updated. I am now at 11 out of the 25:)

6. The Little Prince- Princess Kitty Butterfly
7. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass- Picturing Frederick Douglass: An Illustrated Biography of the Nineteenth Century's Most Photographed American
8. Brave New World- Dead to the World
16. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time- Night Shift
23. Girl With a Pearl Earring- The Good Girl


Brave new world. The House at the Edge of the World
The call of tbe wild. Curtain Call
11/25

11/25 Read
14. God of Small Things- The Gods of Tango
18. All Quiet on the Western Front- Things Fall Apart

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That is a tough one but If I have to pick I'd say

It had mixed reviews, which I totally understand, but I just really liked it...

The Joy Luck Club – Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
11/25"
What did you think? I'm reading that one next month
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I noticed mine was never updated to 13/25 previously. Now here is another update to 14/25