2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion
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I-Spy: Book Titles Edition Challenge - 2016
Update Message #2821/25
1. Of Mice and Men - Men at Arms
2. A Tale of Two Cities - Grimm's Fairy Tales
3. Gone with the Wind - Gone
4. A Wrinkle in Time - The Cross-Time Engineer
5. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Tree of Life
6. The Little Prince - Princess Alyss of Wonderland
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9. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Robot Dreams
10. The Joy Luck Club - The Extinction Club
11. The Diary of a Young Girl - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
12. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
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14. The God of Small Things - The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
15. Around the World in 80 Days - The Eye of the World
16. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - The Night Circus
17. The Time Traveler's Wife - A Brief History of Time
18. All Quiet on the Western Front - The Signature of All Things
19. The Old Man and the Sea - Sea of Poppies
20. Where the Red Fern Grows - Where the Wild Things Are
21. Island of the Blue Dolphins - Wednesday Is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia
22. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - Murder with Fried Chicken and Waffles
23. Girl With a Pearl Earring - Pearl in the Sand
24. The Call of the Wild - Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
25. The Good Earth - Foundation and Earth
Finished 3/252. A Tale of Two Cities: The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure
I hope it isn't too late to sign up - this looks like fun!25/25
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Not too late at all! Welcome Joann. I put you down for all 25, but if you'd like to set a different goal just let me know.
Cassandra wrote: "Not too late at all! Welcome Joann. I put you down for all 25, but if you'd like to set a different goal just let me know."25 is what I'm shooting for - 1 down already.
The Winter Sea for 19. Old Man and the Sea
Thanks!
Update: Just finished my stand in for "Around the World in 80 Days" with "A World Away" by Stewart O'Nan, so I now have a total of 2. In case you were wondering, "Around the World in 80 Days" is leaps and bounds better.
Updated message 1482/25
✔ 19. The Old Man and the Sea - A Man of Some Repute
✔ 21. Island of the Blue Dolphins - Buddha in Blue Jeans: An Extremely Short Simple Zen Guide to Sitting Quietly and Being Buddha
Updating #902/25
7. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass-
The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit
14. The God of Small Things- Things Fall Apart
Update to post 204:4/10
9. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
5. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
I'd like to do all 25 in this please!Here are the 25 books:
1. Of Mice and Men
2. A Tale of Two Cities
3. Gone with the Wind
The WIND in the Willows
4. A Wrinkle in Time
5. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
6. The Little Prince
7. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
LOOKING for Alaska
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
13. The Book Thief
14. The God of Small Things
15. Around the World in 80 Days
16. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
17. The Time Traveler's Wife
18. All Quiet on the Western Front
19. The Old Man and the Sea
20. Where the Red Fern Grows
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
25. The Good Earth
2/25
Absolutely, Helen! For words that are possessive, it's fine to use the base word (traveler in this case). And then since "traveler" is completely contained in "travelers" it works! :)Welcome, Lucy Jade!
Maiko, I already had you at 1/10 - did you miscount or did I make a mistake?
3/251. Of Mice and Men - Walks With Men: Fiction
16. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - The Bunnicula Collection: Books 4-5 containing Nighty-Nightmare
18. All Quiet on the Western Front - Keep Quiet
Updated message 5 with 7. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass - Still Alice2/12
Cassandra wrote: "How to Participate
1. Post here telling the challenge leader that you'd like to join the challenge. You can choose your books for the challenge at the beginning, or add them as you go. You can ..."
I'd like to participate.
Welcome, Karin! I put you down for the full 25, but if you'd like to set a smaller goal just let me know. :)
Just finished #19 (Old Man and Sea) - The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey. While I appreciate the complexities of the story, the teen angst is still ever present. I understand it's written for YA, but some of the angst represented is much too extreme. Overall, I enjoyed it and will finish the series. 3.5 stars3/25
Update: 2/1511. The Diary of a Young Girl - The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
19. The Old Man and the Sea - A Man Called Ove
Read: 2/15
Updated message 20 with my third book:The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making - loved it
3/25
Update message 1963/25
6. The Little Prince. Little Black Lies - Sharon Bolton
15. Around the World in 80 Days. Our Endless Numbered Days - Claire Fuller
Update to post 203:5/10
7. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass- Looking for Me by Beth Hoffman
Hi, it looks like I haven't indicated that I want to participate, but you can put me down for 25, and I'll try to read the originals I haven't read yet as well. I've already read 8 of the originals, and I'm using 3 of the originals as part of the 25, so that means I have am additional of 14 books to read.4 A Wrinkle in Time - The Time Traveler's Wife
5 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Partridge and the Peartree
6 The Little Prince - Little Women
8 Brave New World - Weaveworld
10 The Joy Luck Club - De eetclub
12 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
13 The Book Thief - The Jungle Book
15 Around the World in Eighty Days - Weaveworld
16 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - A Midsummer Night's Dream
17 The Time Traveler's Wife - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
21 Island of the Blue Dolphins - Notes from a Small Island
24 The call of the Wild - Into the Wilderness
13/25 and 7/14
Updated Message 26Finally on the board!
I'm 3/25 for the challenge and I read one from the original list as well.
2. A TALE of Two Cities -- The Tales of Beedle the Bard✔01/30/16
4. A Wrinkle in TIME -- Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk✔01/29/16
& reread A Wrinkle in Time✔01/26/16
21. Island of the BLUE Dolphins -- The Blue Room✔01/31/16
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*1. Of Mice and Men Clementine for Christmas
2. A Tale of Two Cities Walk Two Moons
3. Gone with the Wind
4. A Wrinkle in Time..."
Ive read 2 of 10.
I-SPY Challenge 2016
*1. Of Mice and Men Clementine for Christmas
*12. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Boy, Snow, Bird