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Time: Two Months19 Carbon credits
Levels:
☙ World Speaker - 75 Carbon Credits
☙ Community Leader - 50 Carbon Credits
☙ Tree Hugger - 25 Carbon Credits
☙ Recycler - 10 Carbon Credits
Tasks
Earn an extra carbon credit per book read that is a borrowed book or a digital book.
1 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Save a tree - Read a book with a tree on the cover.
☙ Walk to work - Read a book with a verb in the title.
☙ Ride your bike - Read a book where someone travels for a living.
☙ Celebrate the day - Read a book that has 22 as part of the page numbers. (Example: 422 pages, or 229 pages, etc.)
☙ Celebrate the Earth - Read a book that starts with the letter E, A, R, T or H.
2 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Live green - Read a book with a mostly green cover.
22/04/19☙ Learn about the Earth - Read a science book.
☙ Plant Wildflowers - Read a book with a flower in the title.
☙ Compost - Read a book that you've already read to re-use it for a new purpose.
☙ Save water - Read a book that's set at sea or where someone captains a ship or boat.
3 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Bring your own bags - Read 2 books where one title "fits" inside the other. (All of the letters of one book title are in the other one.) Example: Mine is inside A Straight Line to My Heart.
☙ Pick up Trash - Read 2 books that have been on your to-read shelf for over a year.
Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg 03/04/19
Rasputin: A Short Life by Frances Welch 10/04/19
☙ Go Organic - Go back to basics by reading 2 books that are the first in their series.
☙ Pull Weeds - Read a book where someone fights against the "bad guys".
By the Light of the Moon by Dean Koontz 06/04/19
☙ Visit a farmers market - Read a book set on a farm.
4 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Build up the local environment - Read 2 books that are 4+ in their series.
☙ Plant a vegetable garden - Find 10 veggie names in a book. (Names may be repeated)
☙ Install solar panels - Read a book with a sun on the cover and a book that is set in a sunny climate.
☙ Clean Naturally - Clean your house naturally by reading 2 books with different essential oils in their text.
☙ Donate your time - Read a book that spans at least 3 years.
5 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Plant a tree - Spell out the word TREE using spell-it-out rules.
☙ Speak out - Read 4 books, each from a different genre that all have the same first letter in the title (A, An, The can be ignored if desired.)
☙ Create a Plan B - Read a book that's set on another real planet.
☙ Setup a windmill for energy - Read a book with wind in the title or series and a book with something tall on the cover.
by Tana French 24/04/19☙ Donate your money - Read a book with someone who has a lot of money.
Caught in Time by Julie McElwain (Duke of Aldridge) 10/04/19
Spell-It-Out Rules: Read books to spell out the word(s) using
◈ the first letter in the book's title
◈ the first letter in the series
◈ the first letter in the author's, translator's or narrator's first or last name
◈ the first letter of a character's first, last, or nick-name
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Nothing But Reading ChallengesEarth Day Challenge
Duration: 5/1/2019 - 6/30/2019
Progress: 26 out of 25 Carbon Credits
Levels:
☙ World Speaker - 75 Carbon Credits
☙ Community Leader - 50 Carbon Credits
☙ Tree Hugger - 25 Carbon Credits
Earth Day Challenge
There is no Planet B! Help save the Earth by participating in a variety of environmentally friendly reading challenges.
Earn carbon credits by completing tasks and see what type of environmental activist you can be. Each task can only be completed once.
Tasks
Earn an extra carbon credit per book read that is a borrowed book or a digital book.
1 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Save a tree - Read a book with a tree on the cover.
☙ Walk to work - Read a book with a verb in the title:
I Myself Have Seen It by Susanna Moore - **** - 5/23/2019 - 192 Pages
☙ Ride your bike - Read a book where someone travels for a living.
An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 6/5/2019 - 336 Pages
☙ Celebrate the day - Read a book that has 22 as part of the page numbers. (Example: 422 pages, or 229 pages, etc.)
☙ Celebrate the Earth - Read a book that starts with the letter E, A, R, T or H:
After You by Jojo Moyes - ***** - 5/22/2019 - 352 Pages
2 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Live green - Read a book with a mostly green cover.
☙ Learn about the Earth - Read a science book.
✔☙ Plant Wildflowers - Read a book with a flower in the title.
The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead - *** - 5/15/2019 - 418 Pages
☙ Compost - Read a book that you've already read to re-use it for a new purpose:
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson - ***** - 5/29/2019 - 318 Pages
✔☙ Save water - Read a book that's set at sea or where someone captains a ship or boat:
Never Trust a Pirate by Anne Stuart - ***** - 5/8/2019 - 304 Pages
3 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Bring your own bags - Read 2 books where one title "fits" inside the other. (All of the letters of one book title are in the other one.) Example: Mine is inside A Straight Line to My Heart.
☙ Pick up Trash - Read 2 books that have been on your to-read shelf for over a year:
1. Ain't She Sweet? by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - ***** - 5/3/2019 - 464 Pages
2.
☙ Go Organic - Go back to basics by reading 2 books that are the first in their series.
1. Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder - ***** - 5/2/2019 - 361 Pages
2.
✔☙ Pull Weeds - Read a book where someone fights against the "bad guys":
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Vol. 1 by Kieron Gillen - ***** - 5/7/2019 - 272 Pages
☙ Visit a farmers market - Read a book set on a farm.
4 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Build up the local environment - Read 2 books that are 4+ in their series:
1. Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout - *** - 5/21/2019 - 374 Pages
2.
☙ Plant a vegetable garden - Find 10 veggie names in a book. (Names may be repeated)
☙ Install solar panels - Read a book with a sun on the cover and a book that is set in a sunny climate.
☙ Clean Naturally - Clean your house naturally by reading 2 books with different essential oils in their text.
☙ Donate your time - Read a book that spans at least 3 years:
Dune by Frank Herbert - **** - 5/28/2019 - 604 Pages
5 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Plant a tree - Spell out the word TREE using spell-it-out rules:
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R: Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley - ***** - 5/1/2019 - 173 Pages
E: Emma Lee; Hidden Heartbreak - ***** - 5/12/2019 - 224 Pages
E: Evermore by Alyson Noel - *** - 5/15/2019 - 301 Pages
☙ Speak out - Read 4 books, each from a different genre that all have the same first letter in the title (A, An, The can be ignored if desired.)
1. The Last Star by Rick Yancey - * - 5/30/2019 - 338 Pages
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☙ Create a Plan B - Read a book that's set on another real planet:
☙ Setup a windmill for energy - Read a book with wind in the title or series and a book with something tall on the cover:
Laika by Nick Abadzis - **** - 6/5/2019 - 208 Page
✔☙ Donate your money - Read a book with someone who has a lot of money:
Branded by Laura Wright - *** - 5/16/2019 - 384 Pages
Spell-It-Out Rules: Read books to spell out the word(s) using
◈ the first letter in the book's title
◈ the first letter in the series
◈ the first letter in the author's, translator's or narrator's first or last name
◈ the first letter of a character's first, last, or nick-name
As always, if the first letter of a title starts with an indefinite or definite article ('A', 'An', 'The', etc.), you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.
Start Date: 5/21End Date: 7/21
CC Earned: 29
1 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Save a tree - Read a book with a tree on the cover.
☙ Walk to work - Read a book with a verb in the title.
☙ Ride your bike - Read a book where someone travels for a living.
☙ Celebrate the day- Read a book that has 22 as part of the page numbers. (Example: 422 pages, or 229 pages, etc.)
Air Awakens borrowed ebook 6/8
2 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Live green - Read a book with a mostly green cover.
☙ Learn about the Earth - Read a science book.
Under Rose-Tainted Skies borrowed ebook 6/28
☙ Compost - Read a book that you've already read to re-use it for a new purpose.
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue borrowed 6/10
3 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Bring your own bags - Read 2 books where one title "fits" inside the other.
☙ Pick up Trash - Read 2 books that have been on your to-read shelf for over a year.
1. Illuminae borrowed 5/27
2. Renegades borrowed ebook 6/4
Not a Drop to Drink borrowed 5/23
☙ Visit a farmers market - Read a book set on a farm.
4 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Build up the local environment - Read 2 books that are 4+ in their series.
☙ Plant a vegetable garden - Find 10 veggie names in a book. (Names may be repeated)
☙ Install solar panels - Read a book with a sun on the cover and a book that is set in a sunny climate.
☙ Clean Naturally - Clean your house naturally by reading 2 books with different essential oils in their text.
Broken Throne borrowed 6/16
5 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Plant a tree - Spell out the word TREE using spell-it-out rules.
T - This Darkness Mine borrowed 5/21
R - Reaper's Property borrowed ebook 6/18
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☙ Speak out - Read 4 books, each from a different genre that all have the same first letter in the title (A, An, The can be ignored if desired.)
☙ Create a Plan B - Read a book that's set on another real planet.
☙ Setup a windmill for energy - Read a book with wind in the title or series and a book with something tall on the cover.
Sadie read 6/5
character with a lot of $ -- Silas Baker
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MONTHLYApril 2, 2021 to June 2, 2021
0 out of 75
Earth Day Challenge
Earn carbon credits by completing tasks and see what type of environmental activist you can be. Each task can only be completed once.
Earn an extra carbon credit per book read that is a borrowed book or a digital book.
Level: World Speaker - 75 Carbon Credits
Tasks:
1 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Save a tree- Read a book with a tree on the cover.
☙ Walk to work - Read a book with a verb in the title.
☙ Ride your bike - Read a book where someone travels for a living.
☙ Celebrate the day - Read a book that has 22 as part of the page numbers. (Example: 422 pages, or 229 pages, etc.)
☙ Celebrate the Earth - Read a book that starts with the letter E, A, R, T or H.
2 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Live green - Read a book with a mostly green cover.
☙ Learn about the Earth - Read a science book.
☙ Plant Wildflowers - Read a book with a flower in the title.
☙ Compost - Read a book that you've already read to re-use it for a new purpose.
☙ Save water - Read a book where someone captains a ship or boat.
3 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Bring your own bags - Read 2 books where one title "fits" inside the other. (All of the letters of one book title are in the other one.) Example: Mine is inside A Straight Line to My Heart.
1.
2.
☙ Pick up Trash - Read 2 books that have been on your to-read shelf for over a year.
1.
2.
☙ Go Organic - Go back to basics by reading 2 books that are the first in their series.
1.
2.
☙ Pull Weeds - Read a book where someone fights against the "bad guys".
☙ Visit a farmers market - Read a book set on a farm.
4 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Build up the local environment - Read 2 books that are 4+ in their series.
1.
☙ Plant a vegetable garden - Find 10 veggie names in a book. (Names may be repeated)
☙ Install solar panels - Read a book with a sun on the cover and a book that is set in a sunny climate.
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2.
☙ Clean Naturally - Clean your house naturally by reading 2 books with different essential oils in their text.
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2.
☙ Donate your time - Read a book that spans at least 3 years.
5 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Plant a tree - Spell out the word TREE using spell-it-out rules.
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☙ Speak out - Read 4 books, each from a different genre that all have the same first letter in the title (A, An, The can be ignored if desired.)
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☙ Create a Plan B - Read a book that's set on another real planet.
☙Setup a windmill for energy - Read a book with wind in the title and a book with something tall on the cover.
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☙ Donate your money - Read a book with someone who has a lot of money.
Earth Day ChallengeApril 2, 2021 to June 2, 2021
76 out of 75 FINISHED!
1 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Save a tree - Read a book with a tree on the cover. FINISHED
The Willoughbys Return Lois Lowry 5-13-21
(+1= borrowed) ☙ Walk to work - Read a book with a verb in the title. FINISHED
Don't Pigeonhole Me!: Two Decades of the Mo Willems Sketchbook Mo Willems 5-9-21 (Pigeonhole) (+1= borrowed)
☙ Ride your bike - Read a book where someone travels for a living. (1 credit) FINISHED
Patterns in Peru: An Adventure in Patterning Cindy Neuschwander 4-24-21 (+1=borrowed)
☙ Celebrate the day - Read a book that has 22 as part of the page numbers. (Example: 422 pages, or 229 pages, etc.) FINISHED
Live Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer is Much Faster): Life Lessons and Other Ravings from Dave Barry Dave Barry 5-19-21 (+1=borrowed)
☙ Celebrate the Earth - Read a book that starts with the letter E, A, R, T or H. (1 credit) (+1) FINISHED
Hello Ocean / Hola Mar Pam Muñoz Ryan 4-24-21 (starts with H) (+1=borrowed)
2 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Live green - Read a book with a mostly green cover. FINISHED
Buddy and Earl Meet the Neighbors Maureen Fergus 5-14-21
(+1=borrowed) ☙ Learn about the Earth - Read a science book. FINISHED
A Shot in the Arm! Don Brown 4-30-21 (about vaccines) (+1=borrowed)
☙ Plant Wildflowers - Read a book with a flower in the title. FINISHED
The Poppy Project: How Fiji's Most Famous Dog Got Saved! Fiona Ingram 5-1-21 (Poppy) (+1= e-book)
☙ Compost - Read a book that you've already read to re-use it for a new purpose. FINISHED
The Pigeon Needs a Bath! Mo Willems 5-1-21 (read back in 2017) (+1= borrowed)
☙ Save water - Read a book that's set at sea or where someone captains a ship or boat. FINISHED
Fred and Ted Go Camping Peter Eastman 5-9-21 (+1= borrowed)
3 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Bring your own bags - Read 2 books where one title "fits" inside the other. (All of the letters of one book title are in the other one.) Example: Mine is inside A Straight Line to My Heart. FINISHED
Stella: The Dog with the Big Heart Thea Feldman 4-24-21 (+1=borrowed)
The Dalai Lama's Cat David Michie 5-11-21 (ThE daLAi Lama'S cat=STELLA) (+1= borrowed)
☙ Pick up Trash - Read 2 books that have been on your to-read shelf for over a year. FINISHED
1) Shelter Dogs Traer Scott 4-30-21 (Since 12-23-16) (+1=borrowed)
2) Reel Culture: 50 Movies You Should Know About Mimi O'Connor 5-9-21 (since 2017) (+1= ebook)
☙ Go Organic - Go back to basics by reading 2 books that are the first in their series. (3 credits) (+2) FINISHED
1) Burglars Can't Be Choosers Lawrence Block 4-20-21 (Bernie Rhodenbarr Mysteries #1) (+1 =borrowed)
2) Tony Baloney Pam Muñoz Ryan 4-24-21 (+1= borrowed)
☙ Pull Weeds - Read a book where someone fights against the "bad guys". (3 credits) (+1) FINISHED
The Institute Stephen King 4-20-21 (+1 = borrowed)
☙ Visit a farmers market - Read a book set on a farm.
4 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Build up the local environment - Read 2 books that are 4+ in their series. (4 credits) (+2) FINISHED
1) Sweet Sixteen Princess Meg Cabot 4-9-21 (it is 7.5 in the series) ( +1=e book)
2) Gray Wolves Christina Leaf 4-24-21 (North American Animals: 42 in the series) (+1=borrowed)
☙ Plant a vegetable garden - Find 10 veggie names in a book. (Names may be repeated) FINISHED
1) Mushrooms Tony Baloney: Pen Pal Pam Muñoz Ryan 4-26-21 (p. 13) (+1=borrowed)
2) Corn, Peppers The Elephant Keeper: Caring for Orphaned Elephants in Zambia Margriet Ruurs 4-30-21 (p. 10) (+1= borrowed)
3) Pea, Pumpkin Perfect Princess Meg Cabot 5-1-21 (pages 19 & 57) (+1= borrowed)
4) Mushrooms, Potato, Onions The Dreamer Pam Muñoz Ryan 5-2-21 (pages 95, 48, 60) (+1= borrowed)
5) Potatoes, Corn Peru Leslie Jermyn 5-3-21 (page 9) (+1= borrowed)
☙ Install solar panels - Read a book with a sun on the cover and a book that is set in a sunny climate.
Sun on cover:
Sunny climate: The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes Marcus Sakey 4-14-21 (LA) (+1= borrowed)
☙ Clean Naturally - Clean your house naturally by reading 2 books with different essential oils in their text.
☙ Donate your time - Read a book that spans at least 3 years. (4 credits) (+1=borrowed) FINISHED
The Eternal Soldier: The True Story of How a Dog Became a Civil War Hero Allison Crotzer Kimmel 4-24-21 (Civil War to 25 years later)
5 Carbon Credit Tasks: (Total= 5 credits)
☙ Plant a tree - Spell out the word TREE using spell-it-out rules.
Plant a Tree: (5 credits) (+2) FINISHED
++T- (Tavis S.) Doing What's Right: How to Fight for What You Believe--And Make a Difference Tavis Smiley 4-9-21 (author)
++R- (P. Ryan) How Do You Raise a Raisin? Pam Muñoz Ryan 4-14-21 (+1= borrowed)
++E- Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope Mark Manson 4-20-21 (+1= borrowed)
++E- Everything Organize Your Home Jason R. Rich 4-8-21 (title)
☙ Speak out - Read 4 books, each from a different genre that all have the same first letter in the title (A, An, The can be ignored if desired.)
Speak Out: same first letter in title, 4 genres P
1) Party Princess Meg Cabot 4-8-21 (YA/Teen) (+1=borrowed)
2) Pam Munoz Ryan Jill C. Wheeler 4-14-21 (Nonfiction) (+1= borrowed)
3) Patterns in Peru: An Adventure in Patterning Cindy Neuschwander 4-24-21 (Children's) (+1=borrowed)
☙ Create a Plan B - Read a book that's set on another real planet.
☙ Setup a windmill for energy - Read a book with wind in the title or series and a book with something tall on the cover.
Windmill:
1) Wind:
2) Tall: The Willoughbys Lois Lowry 4-8-21
(+1= borrowed) ☙ Donate your money - Read a book with someone who has a lot of money. (5 credits) FINISHED
Heroes: People Who Made a Difference in Our World Harold J. Sala 4-9-21 (Ann Schreiber)
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Live Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer is Much Faster): Life Lessons and Other Ravings from Dave Barry (other topics)Buddy and Earl Meet the Neighbors (other topics)
The Willoughbys Return (other topics)
The Dalai Lama's Cat (other topics)
Fred and Ted Go Camping (other topics)
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Earth Day Challenge
Duration: 4/1/2018 - 5/31/2018
Progress: 24 out of 75
There is no Planet B! Help save the Earth by participating in a variety of environmentally friendly reading challenges.
Earn carbon credits by completing tasks and see what type of environmental activist you can be. Each task can only be completed once.
Time: Two Months
Levels:
☙ World Speaker - 75 Carbon Credits
☙ Community Leader - 50 Carbon Credits
☙ Tree Hugger - 25 Carbon Credits
☙ Recycler - 10 Carbon Credits
Tasks
Earn an extra carbon credit per book read that is a borrowed book or a digital book.
1 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Save a tree - Read a book with a tree on the cover:
You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: My Life in Stories and Pictures by Alan Cumming - ***** - 4/2/2018 - 304 Pages
☙ Walk to work - Read a book with a verb in the title.
The Buddha Walks into a Bar...: A Guide to Life for a New Generation by Lodro Rinzler - ***** - 4/2/2018 - 208 Pages
☙ Ride your bike - Read a book where someone travels for a living:
Tough Cookies: Leadership Lessons from 100 Years of the Girl Scouts by Kathy Cloninger - **** - 4/7/2018 - 181 Pages
☙ Celebrate the day - Read a book that has 22 as part of the page numbers. (Example: 422 pages, or 229 pages, etc.)
☙ Celebrate the Earth - Read a book that starts with the letter E, A, R, T or H.
Alex + Ada, Vol. 2 by Jonathan Luna - ***** - 4/5/2018 - 128 Pages
2 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Live green - Read a book with a mostly green cover.
The Emerald City of OzEric Shanower - **** - 5/1/2018 - 120 Pages
☙ Learn about the Earth - Read a science book.
☙ Plant Wildflowers - Read a book with a flower in the title:
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig - ***** - 5/11/2018 - 400 Pages
☙ Compost - Read a book that you've already read to re-use it for a new purpose:
On the Edge by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 5/4/2018 - 309 Pages
☙ Save water - Read a book that's set at sea or where someone captains a ship or boat.
3 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Bring your own bags - Read 2 books where one title "fits" inside the other. (All of the letters of one book title are in the other one.) Example: Mine is inside A Straight Line to My Heart.
☙ Pick up Trash - Read 2 books that have been on your to-read shelf for over a year:
1. Ghost Story by Jim Butcher - ***** - 4/6/2018 - 481 Pages
2. Irish Girls Are Back in Town by Cecelia Ahern - ***** - 4/17/2018 - 384 Pages
☙ Go Organic - Go back to basics by reading 2 books that are the first in their serie:
1. Birthright, Vol. 1: Homecoming by Joshua Williamson - ***** - 4/17/2018 - 128 Pages
2. That Scandalous Summer by Meredith Duran - ***** - 4/28/2018 - 372 Pages
☙ Pull Weeds - Read a book where someone fights against the "bad guys":
Username: Evie by Joe Sugg - *** - 4/4/2018 - 182 Pages
☙ Visit a farmers market - Read a book set on a farm.
Black Hammer, Vol. 1: Secret Origins by Jeff Lemire - ***** - 4/4/2018 - 184 Pages
4 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Build up the local environment - Read 2 books that are 4+ in their series:
1. City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare - **** - 4/19/2018 - 534 Pages
2. Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs - ***** - 5/9/2018 - 308 Pages
☙ Plant a vegetable garden - Find 10 veggie names in a book. (Names may be repeated)
- The Redhead Revealed by Alice Clayton - ***** - 5/22/2018 - 305 Pages
1. Celery: "I sat him at the counter and put him in charge of dicing celery for the stuffing." p. 283
2. Celery: "I was very celery at the moment." p. 306
3. Brussel Sprouts: "But I made brussels sprouts so well that even people who never liked them asked me how I made them taste so good." p. 283
4. Brussel Sprouts: "I assigned him to help me trim the brussels sprouts, but instead he kept trying to throw them away when he thought I wasn’t looking." p. 283
5. Brussel Sprouts: “Brussels sprouts, Grace, really?" p. 283
6. Brussel Sprouts: "I had mad Brussel skills." p. 283
7. Brussel Sprouts: “'So, you back for good now?' she asked, setting down the brussels sprouts, which had turned out great." p. 287
8. Lettuce: "Too many girls just eat lettuce and drink bottled water." p. 69
9. Shallot: "Then I set out the steaks to take the chill off and was frantically chopping shallots for the salad dressing when the phone rang." p. 256
10. Shallot: "Stacking three on top of the bok choy trio (symmetry, always symmetry), I then sprinkled bias-cut scallion, pickled garlic, and shallots that had been ever so slightly browned in peanut oil (a secret that would never be disclosed to Miss Fat Gram Counter) all around." p. 306
☙ Install solar panels - Read a book with a sun on the cover and a book that is set in a sunny climate.
☙ Clean Naturally - Clean your house naturally by reading 2 books with different essential oils in their text.
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☙ Donate your time - Read a book that spans at least 3 years.
John Adams by David McCullough - **** - 5/1/2018 - 751 Pages
5 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Plant a tree - Spell out the word TREE using spell-it-out rules.
T - Terminal Lance: The White Donkey by Maximilian Uriarte - ***** - 4/16/2018 - 284 Pages
R - Raven Cursed by Faith Hunter - ***** - 5/17/2018 - 353 Pages
E - Eric Shanower; Oz: Road to Oz - **** - 4/10/2018 - 136 Pages
E - P.N. Elrod; My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding - ***** - 5/3/2018 - 310 Pages
☙ Speak out - Read 4 books, each from a different genre that all have the same first letter in the title.
1. Bitten by Kelley Armstrong - ***** - 5/8/2018 - 436 Pages
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☙ Create a Plan B - Read a book that's set on another real planet.
☙ Setup a windmill for energy - Read a book with wind in the title or series and a book with something tall on the cover:
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole - *** - 5/16/2018 - 125 Pages - Tall Pillars
☙ Donate your money - Read a book with someone who has a lot of money.
Scandal Wears Satin by Loretta Chase - ***** - 4/23/2018 - 372 Pages
Spell-It-Out Rules:
(view spoiler)[ Read books to spell out the word(s) using
◈ the first letter in the book's title
◈ the first letter in the series
◈ the first letter in the author's, translator's or narrator's first or last name
◈ the first letter of a character's first, last, or nick-name
As always, if the first letter of a title starts with an indefinite or definite article ('A', 'An', 'The', etc.), you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word. (hide spoiler)]