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June Clean It OutThe Lost Challenges
Duration: June 1, 2017-June 30, 2017
1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.
Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho Completed 25/6/17 Rating 3 stars
2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
Read the second book in a series but was the first book I read in the series so it doesn't count.
3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera Completed 21/6/17 Rating 3 stars
4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)
Das Urteil (The Judgement) by Franz Kafka Completed 21/6/17 Rating 2 stars
Read it in German. My own language is English.
Around the World Through Language
5. Read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year.
Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones Completed 29/6/17 Rating 5 stars
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Ducks In A Row
The Lost Challenges
Duration: June 1 - July 31, 2017
1. Charmed Life Chrestomanci #1 by Diana Wynne Jones Completed 29/6/17 Rating 5 stars
2. The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat The Five Find-Outers #2 by Enid Blyton Completed 26/6/17 Rating 3 stars
3. De Vijf gaan er vandoor (Five Run Away Together) The Famous Five #3 by Enid Blyton Completed 26/7/17 Rating 3 stars
3/3
Challenge completed
July Clean It OutThe Lost Challenges
Duration: July 1, 2017-July 31, 2017
1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.
Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella Completed 29/7/17 Rating 4 stars
2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman Completed 18/7/17 Rating 4 stars
3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Completed 8/7/17 Rating 5 stars
4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Completed 3/7/17 Rating 4 stars
Dewey Decimal Challenge (Non-Fiction)
5. Read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year.
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondō Completed 7/7/17 Rating 4 stars
5/5
Challenge completed
July Challenge: War and Peace
Duration: July 1, 2017 to July 31, 2017
Many of us will have heard of the classic novel by Leo Tolstoy: War and Peace. But do you know the following facts?
1. War and Peace is perhaps best known as one of the longest novels ever written, and spans the period 1805 to 1820. Read a book that has more than 500 pages or one takes place over a span of 15 or more years.
2. The book is set during the French invasion of Russia and chronicles the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society through the stories of five aristocratic Russian families. Read a book about aristocrats or one that is told from different perspectives.
Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella Completed 29/7/17 Rating 4 stars
Told from the perspective of two sisters.
3. Tolstoy said War and Peace is "not a novel, even less is it a poem, and still less a historical chronicle". Large sections, especially the later chapters, are a philosophical discussion rather than narrative. Read a book that fits different genres or one that contains philosophical considerations.
4. Tolstoy also said that the best Russian literature does not conform to standards and hence hesitated to call War and Peace a novel. Instead, he regarded Anna Karenina as his first true novel. Read a debut novel or one that has a link with Anna Katerina.
The Devil by Leo Tolstoy Completed 2/7/17 Rating 3 stars
Both written by Leo Tolstoy.
5. The central character, Count Pyotr Kirillovich (Pierre) Bezukhov, is the socially awkward illegitimate son of Count Kirill Vladimirovich Bezukhov, and is based on Tolstoy himself. Read a book about a socially awkward person or one that you can identify with.
6. The narrative mentions 559 different characters, of which about 200 are historical figures. Tolstoy tried to get everyone into his novel: emperors, generals, nobility, peasants, soldiers, all with their own mannerisms and speech patterns. Read a book that is based on historical figures or one that includes multiple layers of society.
7. Portions of an earlier version, titled The Year 1805, were serialized in The Russian Messenger from 1865 to 1867. The novel was first published in its entirety in 1869. Read a book that has been published under different titles or one that is part of a series.
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman Completed 18/7/17 Rating 4 stars
Book #2 from His Dark Materials series.
8. The Russian novel has been translated to English eleven times, the first translation by the American Nathan Haskell Dole in 1899. Read a book that was originally written in a language other than English or one that is set before 1899.
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondō Completed 7/7/17 Rating 4 stars
Written in Japanese.
9. There are three films and five television adaptations of the story. The four-part and 431-minutes long Russian film took six years to shoot and has won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language film. Read a book that contains a competition or one about bilingual characters.
10. English progressive rock band Yes's song "The Gates of Delirium" from their 1974 album Relayer was inspired by War and Peace. Read a book about music or a delirious character.
4/2
Challenge completed
July Scavenger Hunt - SummerThe Lost Challenges
Summer Breeze – 10-20 words
Duration: 1st July 2017 - 31st July 2017
Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella
Read 29/7/17 Rating 4 stars
Word List
1. air conditioning
How do we adjust the air conditioning?
p212
5. barefoot
It's just Lorcan and me, sitting on the wall with our barefeet in the sand.
p451
7. beach
They simply want to know that their massive slice of cash is going to buy them all the sunshine/snow, white beach/mountains...that they require of a five-star holiday.
p45
8. beer
He used to sit in the corner of the terrace, drinking beers and sunning himself.
p93
9. bikini
Bikinis hung over peeling wooden shutters to dry.
p80
14. garden
We're sitting in the hotel garden
p280
16. heat
My whole body floods with heat
p268
18. hot
He was the first guy I ever felt so hot for
p84
21. ice cream
A waitress appears, bearing a silver tray on which is an ice-cream sundae.
p331
25. June
June the twelfth
p283
28. picnic
He calls me 'Daisy' ever since we went on a picnic and I made him a daisy chain.
p16
30. sand
He should have invested in slightly more sand
p46
31. sandals
The man has socks on with sandals.
p285
33. shorts
I lived in cut-off shorts
p84
36. summer
I was there all summer
p80
37. sun
He comes forward a few paces, an impressive height and figure against the sun, intentness of purpose on his handsome face.
p10
38. sunbathing & 43. swimming & 29. pool
It has three funnels and rows of little portholes cut out perfectly and teeny clay figures on top, sunbathing round the blue-painted swimming pool.
p110
39. sunburn
The feel of seawater on sunburned skin.
p80
42. sweat
(He) rubs his sweaty brow
p10
44. swimsuit
She grabs the room card which is lying on Andrew's sunbed and stuffs it down her swimsuit defiantly.
p238
45. tan
I have a sudden memory of sitting with Ben on that ancient sofa in the dining room, our tanned legs tangled up
p94
46. tennis
I'd forgotten about the night we played table tennis with those two Australian guys
p92
47. travel
It was packed full of gap-year travellers.
p80
48. trip
I'd seen him at his best (the surprise birthday trip)
p14
26/20
Challenge completed
August Clean It OutThe Lost Challenges
Duration:August 1, 2017- August 31, 2017
1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.
Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 12/8/17 Rating 4 stars
2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson Millenium #3 Completed 20/8/17 Rating 4 stars
3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.
Room by Emma Donoghue Completed 1/8/17 Rating 4 stars
4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)
The Baby Trail by Sinéad Moriarty Completed 30/8/17 Rating 3 stars
Books Gathering Most Dust on my Shelf
5. Read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year.
The Color Purple by Alice Walker Completed 25/8/17 Rating 4 stars
5/5
Challenge completed
Ducks In A Row
The Lost Challenges
Duration: August 1 - September 30, 2017
1. The Baby Trail by Sinéad Moriarty Emma Hamilton #1 Completed 30/8/17 Rating 3 stars
2. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland #2 Completed 19/9/17 Rating 3 stars
3. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson Millenium #3 Completed 20/8/17 Rating 4 stars
3/3
Challenge completed
August - Famous TV NeighboursDuration: August 1, 2017 to August 31, 2017
1. Mr. Feeny from Boy Meets World: Not just a neighbor but also the principal at the local school - talk about a teenager's nightmare! Choose a book about a teacher's or principal's life outside of school.
2. Wilson Wilson from Home Improvement: The neighbor who only ever revealed his eyes, but always gave sage advice. Choose a book with either a wise character or a character who hides from others.
3. Cosmo Kramer from Seinfeld: The crazy neighbor with the awesome entrance. Choose a book about a unique character or with a character who makes an unusual entrance into the story.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson Completed 20/8/17 Rating 4 stars
Liesbeth Salander
4. Winnie Cooper from The Wonder Years: The proverbial girl next door. Choose a book about a teen romance or a love story involving the girl next door.
5. Ethel Mertz from I Love Lucy: Lucy's partner in crime. Choose a book about a friend who joins in on adventures.
6. Friends: The group of young adults who inexplicably rented expensive apartments next to each other without having the amazing jobs to afford those apartments. Choose a book about a group of young adults trying to find themselves preferably in a big city.
7. Mr. Rogers: This man taught millions of children to be good neighbors. Choose a book that has a character that is a caring neighbor.
8. Desperate Housewives: The fictional housewives who behaved badly and sought to find happiness in their seemingly perfect suburban neighborhood. Choose a book where reality is very different from the image portrayed.
Room by Emma Donoghue Completed 1/8/17 Rating 4 stars
9. Ned Flanders from The Simpsons: The well-meaning neighbor whom everyone makes fun of. Choose a book about a well-meaning character.
Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 12/8/17 Rating 4 stars
Fatty O'Leary
3/3
Challenge completed
August - LGBTQIA Reading Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2017 to August 31, 2017
1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson Completed 20/8/17 Rating 4 stars
Liesbeth Salander
2. The Color Purple by Alice Walker Completed 25/8/17 Rating 4 stars
Celie
2/1
Challenge completed
August Scavenger Hunt - VacationThe Lost Challenges
Weekend Break – 10-20 words
Duration: 1st August 2017 - 31st August 2017
Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party by Alexander McCall Smith
Read 12/8/17 Rating 4 stars
Word List
1. Airport
Then, on the morning of their departure, they closed up the house and were driven to the airport by Porky Flanagan.
p16 (Fatty)
3. Boat
He noticed a small jetty, at which a rowing boat bobbed.
p40 (Fatty)
10. Destination
Fatty accompanied his wife to their hired car and set off on the relatively short journey to their destination.
p37 (Fatty)
14. Guide
"On the shores of Lough Derg," the guide had enthused.
p37 (Fatty)
21. Luggage
Waiting for their luggage to appear on the carousel
p34 (Fatty)
27. Plane
There they caught their plane to Dallas and were eventually herded through to the waiting room for the departure of their flight to Shannon.
p16 (Fatty)
31. Reservation
They had arranged reservations at the other end.
p19 (Fatty)
37. Suitcase
Fatty spotted Betty's distinctive blue suitcase, and hauled it on to a trolley.
p34 (Fatty)
48. Vacation
It was sufficiently casual for one who was on vacation.
p54 (Fatty)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
Read 20/8/17 Rating 4 stars
5. Break
You took a break.
p72
6. Camera
Malm lowered the camera
p205
9. Customs
They had crossed six national borders but they had not been stopped once, either by customs or passport control.
p382
12. Flight
After six months they had put him on a flight to Spain.
p124
13. Foreign
The magazine suddenly felt foreign.
p245
15. Holiday
A trial through the peak holiday season would attract less attention than one at any other time of the year.
p237
16. Hotel
He had remembered that he had booked himself a room in City Hotel.
p63
18. Journey
He stopped in Goteberg to have lunch with an old friend before resuming his journey to Stockholm.
p105
20. Leisure
I wish we had the leisure to stay in touch with faithful old colleagues.
p129
22. Map
Now it was just a matter of mapping out the moves.
p167
25. Passport
He would need a hideout, a passport and some cash.
p92
26. Photograph
Armansky studied Malm's photographs of the men who had followed Blomkvist from the Copacabana.
p210
34. Ship
I'm hardly the person to criticize you for abandoning ship.
p72
36. Station
Meet Jerker Holmberg at Central Station.
p21
39. Ticket
Figuerola decided not to pay for a ticket.
p363
42. Train
We're keeping an eye on all the trains arriving in Stockholm.
p39
44. Transport
He had come by special transport for the disabled.
p156
45. Travel
Next week I'll be travelling, as you know.
p51
46. Trip
He had broken off his trip
p39
28/20
Challenge completed
September Clean It OutThe Lost Challenges
Duration: September 1, 2017- September 30, 2017
1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.
Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 16/9/17 Rating 4 stars
2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman His Dark Materials #3 Completed 9/9/17 Rating 3 stars
3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Completed 13/9/17 Rating 3 stars
4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)
Der Heizer (the Stoker) by Franz Kafka Completed 30/9/17 Rating 3 stars
Read it in German. Own language is English.
5. Read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year.
Stoner by John Williams Completed 28/9/17 Rating 4 stars
5/5
Challenge completed
September: Back To School
Duration: September 1, 2017 to September 30, 2017
4) History: Read a book by an author who was born before 1900.
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll Completed 19/9/17 Rating 3 stars
Lewis Carroll was born in 1832.
1/1
Challenge completed
September Easy as 1, 2, 3The Lost Challenges
Duration: 1st September 2017 - 30th September 2017
1. Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith Corduroy Mansions #1 Completed 16/9/17 Rating 4 stars
2. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There Alice's Adventures in Wonderland #2 by Lewis Carroll Completed 19/9/17 Rating 3 stars
3. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman His Dark Materials #3 Completed 9/9/17 Rating 3 stars
3/3
September: The Learning Challenge
Duration: September 1, 2017 to September 30, 2017
1. Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 16/9/17 Rating 4 stars
Learnt that if you eat large quantities of polar bear liver then you could die. It seems that it contains a lot of Vitamin A. Western explorers as early as 1596 suffered as a result of eating it. Symptoms ranged from headaches, blurred vision, drowsiness and skin loss to liver damage, coma and death.
2. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll Completed 19/9/17 Rating 3 stars
Learnt what some of the words in the nonsense poem The Jabberwocky mean.
2/2
Challenge completed
September Scavenger Hunt - On the FarmThe Lost Challenges
Farm Hand – 10-20 words
Duration: 1st September 2017 - 30th September 2017
Stoner by John Williams
Read 28/9/17 Rating 4 stars
Read in ibook format.
Word List
2. agriculture
They call it a College of Agriculture.
p100
4. barn
Stoner had found a vacant second-floor apartment in an old barnlike house five blocks from the University.
p624
6. bull
he leads him around like a cut bull.
p1345
9. chicken & 23. flock
(He) gathered eggs from a flock of spindly chickens.
p91
10. corn
But one evening in late spring after the two men had spent a full day hoeing corn.
p98
11. country
We used to walk for miles, out in the country.
p1576
12. cow & 37. milk
At the age of six, he milked the bony cows.
p90
13. crop
The summer after his first year of college he returned to his father's farm and helped with the crops.
p131
18. farm
He was born on a small farm.
p87
19. farmer
a few farmers withdrew their savings
p899
21. fence
Neat straight fences enclosed fields of wheat and corn that flashed by him outside the bus window.
p865
22. field
When he finished high school in the spring of 1910, he expected to take over more of the work in the fields.
p97
34. horse
a few horse-drawn, steel-tired wagons were still around.
p867
35. land
He gazed, without hope, at the arrid piece of land.
p88
42. pig
(He) slopped the pigs in the sty.
p90
44. plough
He also plowed and harrowed fields.
p125
18/20
Challenge completed
October Clean It OutThe Lost Challenges
Duration: October 1, 2017- October 31, 2017
1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.
2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.
4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Completed 12/10/17 Rating 3 stars
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
5. Read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year.
Eva Luna (Eva Luna) by Isabel Allende Completed 22/10/17 Rating 3 stars
2/5
Literary Prizes2017
Q4
1. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Completed 12/10/17 Rating 3 stars
Hugo Award for Best Novel (2005)
2. Eva Luna by Isabel Allende Completed 22/10/17 Rating 3 stars
American Book Award 1989
3. Looking for Alaska by John Green Completed 22/11/17 Rating 4 stars
Michael L. Printz Award (2006)
3/3
Challenge completed
November Clean It OutThe Lost Challenges
Duration: November 1, 2017- November 30, 2017
1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.
La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 5/11/17 Rating 4 stars
2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.
Big Fish by Daniel Wallace Completed 3/11/17 Rating 4 stars
4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Completed 16/11/17 Rating 4 stars
Catching up on Classics
5. Read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year.
Looking for Alaska by John Green Completed 22/11/17 Rating 4 stars
4/5
Togetherness in Books2017
Duration: November 1 - November 30
Books made into Films
1. Big Fish by Daniel Wallace Completed 3/11/17 Rating 4 stars
2. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie Completed 13/11/17 Rating 4 stars
2/2
Challenge completed
Weekend Read-a-Thon Hooked on Books
Saturday 21 - Sunday 22 January
Books:
Saturday:
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 22 pages
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen 21 pages Finished
43 pages
Sunday:
Outlander 23 pages
Total pages: 66 pages
Finished:
January Read-a-thonAll About Books
Friday 27 - Sunday 29 January
Books:
Friday:
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 119 pages Finished
Unsolved Mysteries of Amsterdam by Martijn J. Adelmund 52 pages
171 pages
Saturday:
Unsolved Mysteries of Amsterdam 53 pages
The Lost Art of Gratitude by Alexander McCall Smith 160 pages Finished
213 pages
Sunday:
Unsolved Mysteries of Amsterdam 50 pages Finished
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 by Jack Thorne, John Tiffany J.K. Rowling 94 pages
144 pages
Total: 528 pages
Finished:
Week Read-a-Thon Hooked on Books
Saturday 4 - Saturday 11 February
Books:
Saturday 4:
The Blessing by Nancy Mitford 9 pages
Sunday:
0
Monday:
The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton 126 pages
Hollow City by Ransom Riggs 52 pages
178 pages
Tuesday & Wednesday:
0
Thursday:
The Enchanted Wood 43 pages
Friday:
The Enchanted Wood 77 pages Finished
Saturday 11:
Dont You Want Me by India Knight 260 pages Finished
Total: 567 pages
Finished:
Weekend Read-a-Thon Hooked on Books
Saturday 18 - Sunday 19 February
Books:
Saturday:
Hollow City by Ransom Riggs 102 pages Finished
The Blessing by Nancy Mitford 25 pages
127 pages
Sunday:
The Blessing 34 pages
Nip 'n' Tuck by Kathy Lette 36 pages
70 pages
Total: 197 pages
Finished:
Weekend Read-a-thonFriday 24 - Sunday 26 February
Books:
Friday:
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 14 pages
The Blessing by Nancy Mitford 63 pages
77 pages
Saturday:
The Blessing 73 pages Finished
A Tale of Two Cities 32 pages
105 pages
Sunday:
A Tale of Two Cities 48 pages
Nip 'n' Tuck by Kathy Lette 23 pages
71 pages
Total: 253 pages
Finished:
Week Read-a-Thon Hooked on Books
Saturday 4 - Saturday 11 March
Books:
Saturday 4:
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran 51 pages
Sunday:
How to Be a Woman 18 pages
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling 23 pages
41 pages
Monday:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 67 pages
Nip 'n' Tuck by Kathy Lette 27 pages
94 pages
Tuesday
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 47 pages
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 46 pages
93 pages
Wednesday:
How to Be a Woman 17 pages
The New Sufferings of Young W. by Ulrich Plenzdorf 57 pages
74 pages
Thursday:
The Girl on the Train 42 pages
The New Sufferings of Young W. 9 pages Finished
How to Be a Woman 29 pages
80 pages
Friday:
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey 14 pages
The Girl on the Train 42 pages
56 pages
Saturday 11:
The Girl on the Train 275 pages Finished
Total: 764 pages
Finished:
Weekend Read-a-Thon Hooked on Books
Saturday 18 - Sunday 19 March
Books:
Saturday:
Nip 'n' Tuck by Kathy Lette 47 pages
Sunday:
Nip 'n' Tuck 110 pages
Total pages: 157 pages
Finished:
Winter 2016-2017 Read-A-Thon
December 21, 2016 to March 19, 2017
Bonus Word: BLANKET
TBR:
Currently Reading:
Total Pages: 5,066
Bonus Points: 29
Finished:
1. Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
1 bonus point
started page 150, total pages of book 414,
264 pages read
2. Family Happiness by Leo Tolstoy
2 bonus points
76 pages
3. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
0 bonus points
352 pages
4. A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot
1 bonus point
327 pages
5. A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
1 bonus point
81 pages
6. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
0 bonus points
863 pages
7. The Lost Art of Gratitude by Alexander McCall Smith
3 points
249 pages
8. Unsolved Mysteries of Amsterdam by Martijn J. Adelmund
3 points
157 pages
9. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 by Jack Thorne, John Tiffany J.K. Rowling
3 points
343 pages
10. The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton
3 points
248 pages
11. Dont You Want Me by India Knight
2 points
260 pages
12. Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
0 points
428 pages
13. The Blessing by Nancy Mitford
3 points
222 pages
14. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
1 point
367 pages
15. Die neuen Leiden des jungen W. (The New Sufferings of Young W.) by Ulrich Plenzdorf
1 point
111 pages
16. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
1 point
409 pages
17. How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
1 point
309 pages
18. Nip 'n' Tuck by Kathy Lette
3 points
255 pages
Bonus Books:
Other Books:
March Read-a-thonAll About Books
Friday 24 - Sunday 26 March
Books:
Friday:
0
Saturday:
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey 41 pages
Sunday:
The Girl with All the Gifts 51 pages Finished
Total: 92 pages
Finished:
Week Read-a-Thon Hooked on Books
Saturday 1 - Saturday 8 April
Books:
Saturday 1:
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote 18 pages
Sunday:
Breakfast at Tiffany's 46 pages
Monday:
Breakfast at Tiffany's 92 pages Finished
Tuesday:
Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs 63 pages
The Folk Of The Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton 29 pages
92 pages
Wednesday:
Library of Souls 107 pages
Thursday:
Library of Souls 39 pages
Friday:
Library of Souls 93 pages Finished
Saturday 8:
0
Total: 487 pages
Finished:
Weekend Read-a-Thon Hooked on Books
Saturday 15 - Sunday 16 April
Books:
Saturday:
The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy 41 pages
Sunday:
The Kreutzer Sonata 40 pages Finished
Total: 81 pages
Finished:
Weekend Read-a-Thon Saturday 22 - Sunday 23 April
Books:
Saturday:
Andy Murray: Seventy-Seven: My Road to Wimbledon Glory by Andy Murray 103 pages
Sunday:
Andy Murray: Seventy-Seven: My Road to Wimbledon Glory 102 pages Finished
Total: 205 pages
Finished:
April Read-a-thonAll About Books
Friday 28 - Sunday 30 April
Books:
Friday:
The Tennis Party by Madeleine Wickham 11 pages
Saturday:
The Tennis Party 98 pages Finished
Man in the Dark by Paul Auster 22 pages
120 pages
Sunday:
Zus by Siska Mulder 34 pages
Man in the Dark 125 pages Finished
159 pages
Total: 290 pages
Finished:
Week Read-a-Thon Hooked on Books
Saturday 6 - Saturday 13 May
Books:
Saturday 6:
Stardust by Neil Gaiman 73 pages Finished
Sunday:
0
Monday:
Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse 99 pages
Tuesday
Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves 16 pages
Wednesday:
Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves 94 pages Finished
Thursday:
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke 19 pages
Five Go Adventuring Again by Enid Blyton 16 pages
35 pages
Friday:
Room by Emma Donoghue 23 pages
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 14 pages
37 pages
Saturday 13:
Five Go Adventuring Again 88 pages
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 12 pages
100 pages
Total: 454 pages
Finished:
Weekend Read-a-thonHooked on Books
Saturday 20 - Sunday 21 May
Books:
Saturday:
Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin 79 pages
Sunday:
Hide and Seek 179 pages Finished
Total: 258 pages
Finished:
May Read-a-thonAll About Books
Friday 26 - Sunday 28 May
Books:
Friday:
0
Saturday:
Five Go to Smuggler's Top by Enid Blyton 160 pages Finished
Sunday:
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson 74 pages
Total: 234 pages
Finished:
Week Read-a-Thon Hooked on Books
Saturday 3 - Saturday 10 June
Books:
Saturday 3:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling 15 pages
Sunday:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 232 pages
Monday:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 137 pages
Tuesday:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 111 pages
Wednesday:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 104 pages Finished
Thursday:
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke 41 pages
Friday & Saturday 10: 0
Total: 640 pages
Finished:
Spring 2017 Read-A-ThonHooked on Books
March 20, 2017 to June 20, 2017
Bonus Word: TRIANGLES
TBR:
Currently Reading:
Total Pages: 4,507
Bonus Points: 41
Finished:
1. The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
3 bonus points
started page 163, total pages of book 460,
297 pages read
2. The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
3 bonus points
211 pages
3. Matilda by Roald Dahl
2 bonus points
240 pages
4. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
2 bonus points
158 pages
5. Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
3 bonus points
started page 43, total pages of book 458,
415 pages read
6. The Folk of the Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
3 bonus points
213 pages
7. The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy
3 bonus points
74 pages
8. De Derde man (The Third Man) by Graham Greene
0 bonus points (read in Dutch)
119 pages
9. Andy Murray: Seventy-Seven: My Road to Wimbledon Glory by Andy Murray
3 bonus points
288 pages
10. De tennisparty (The Tennis Party) by Madeleine Wickham
0 bonus points (read in Dutch)
285 pages
11. Man in the Dark by Paul Auster
2 bonus points
148 pages
12. Stardust by Neil Gaiman
3 bonus points
196 pages
13. Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
3 bonus points
211 pages
14. Five Go Adventuring Again by Enid Blyton
2 bonus points
186 pages
15. Zus by Siska Mulder
2 bonus points
204 pages
16. Blindeman (Hide and Seek) by Ian Rankin
2 bonus points (read in Dutch)
259 pages
17. Five Go to Smuggler's Top by Enid Blyton
2 bonus points
192 pages
18. Sinaasappels en Demonen (Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit) by Jeanette Winterson
1 bonus point (read in Dutch)
184 pages
19. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
2 bonus points
started page 139, total pages of book 766,
627 pages read
Bonus Books:
Other Books:
Weekend Read-a-thon
Hooked on Books
Saturday 17 - Sunday 18 June
Books:
Saturday:
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 94 pages
Sunday:
The Unbearable Lightness of Being 13 pages
Total: 107 pages
Finished:
Week Read-a-Thon Hooked on Books
Saturday 1 - Saturday 8 July
Books:
Saturday 1:
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman 28 pages
Sunday:
The Devil by Leo Tolstoy 44 pages Finished
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi 115 pages
159 pages
Monday:
When Breath Becomes Air 109 pages Finished
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 25 pages
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondō 74 pages
208 pages
Tuesday
0
Wednesday:
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying 75 pages
The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage by Enid Blyton 10 pages
85 pages
Thursday:
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying 66 pages
Friday:
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying 31 pages Finished
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 10 pages
41 pages
Saturday 8:
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 135 pages Finished
Total: 722 pages
Finished:
Weekend Read-a-Thon Hooked on Books
Saturday 15 - Sunday 16 July
Books:
Saturday:
The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage by Enid Blyton 84 pages
Sunday:
The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage 70 pages Finished
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman 73 pages
143 pages
Total: 227 pages
Finished:
Week Read-a-Thon Hooked on Books
Saturday 5 - Saturday 12 August
Books:
Saturday 5:
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson 16 pages
Sunday:
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest 69 pages
Monday:
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest 90 pages
Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party by Alexander McCall Smith 4 pages
Tuesday:
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest 68 pages
Wednesday:
0
Thursday:
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest 10 pages
Friday:
0
Saturday 12:
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest 22 pages
Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party 161 pages Finished
183 pages
Total: 440 pages
Finished:
Weekend Read-a-Thon Hooked on Books
Saturday 19 - Sunday 20 August
Books:
Saturday:
The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe 19 pages Finished
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson 52 pages
71 pages
Sunday:
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest 255 pages Finished
Total: 326 pages
Finished:
Weekend Read-a-Thon All About Books
Saturday 25 - Sunday 27 August
Books:
Friday:
The Color Purple by Alice Walker 90 pages Finished
Saturday:
The Baby Trail by Sinéad Moriarty 18 pages
Sunday:
The Baby Trail 27 pages
Total: 135 pages
Finished:
Week Read-a-Thon Hooked on Books
Saturday 2 - Saturday 9 September
Books:
Saturday 2:
0
Sunday:
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman 92 pages
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 15 pages
107 pages
Monday:
The Amber Spyglass 92 pages
Tuesday
Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith 37 pages
The Amber Spyglass 34 pages
71 pages
Wednesday:
Treasure Island 27 pages
The Amber Spyglass 60 pages
87 pages
Thursday:
The Amber Spyglass 55 pages
Corduroy Mansions 43 pages
98 pages
Friday:
The Amber Spyglass 111 pages
Saturday 9:
The Amber Spyglass 72 pages Finished
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 27 pages
99 pages
Total: 665 pages
Finished:
Weekend Read-a-Thon Hooked on Books
Saturday 16 - Sunday 17 September
Books:
Saturday:
Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith 226 pages Finished
Sunday:
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll 68 pages
Total: 294 pages
Finished:
Summer 2017 Read-A-ThonHooked on Books
June 21, 2017 to September 21, 2017
Bonus Word: SWELTERING
TBR:
Currently Reading:
Total Pages: 6,031
Bonus Points: 45
Finished:
1. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
1 bonus point
started page 250, total pages of book 305
55 pages read
2. Das Urteil (The Judgement) by Franz Kafka
0 bonus points (read in German)
14 pages
3. Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho
1 bonus point
291 pages
4. The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat by Enid Blyton
3 bonus points
232 pages
5. Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones
2 bonus points
started page 18, total pages of book 288
270 pages read
6. The Devil by Leo Tolstoy
3 bonus points
44 pages
7. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
1 bonus point
225 pages
8. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondō
1 bonus point
248 pages
9. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
2 bonus points
172 pages
10. The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage by Enid Blyton
3 bonus points
216 pages
11. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
1 bonus point
341 pages
12. De Vijf gaan er vandoor (Five Run Away Together) by Enid Blyton
2 bonus points (read in Dutch)
95 pages
13. Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella
3 bonus points
460 pages
14. Room by Emma Donoghue
3 bonus points
started page 23, total pages of book 401
378 pages read
15. Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party by Alexander McCall Smith
2 bonus points
174 pages
16. The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe
2 bonus points
19 pages
17. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
2 bonus points
746 pages
18. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
2 bonus points
288 pages
19. The Baby Trail by Sinéad Moriarty
2 bonus points
311 pages
20. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
1 bonus point
522 pages
21. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
3 bonus points
463 pages
22. Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith
2 bonus points
342 pages
23. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
3 bonus points
125 pages
Bonus Books:
Other Books:
Week Read-a-Thon Hooked on Books
Saturday 7 - Saturday 14 October
Books:
Saturday 7:
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke 74 pages
Sunday:
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 92 pages
Monday:
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 26 pages
Tuesday
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 96 pages
Wednesday:
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 126 pages
Thursday:
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 54 pages Finished
Friday:
Eva Luna by Isabel Allende 24 pages
Saturday 13:
Eva Luna 25 pages
Total: 517 pages
Finished:
Weekend Read-a-thonHooked on Books
Saturday 21 - Sunday 22 October
Books:
Saturday:
Eva Luna by Isabel Allende 78 pages
Sunday:
Eva Luna 68 pages
Total: 146 pages
Finished:
Weekend Read-a-Thon All About Books
Friday 27 - Sunday 29 October
Books:
Friday:
0
Saturday:
The House Of The Spirits by Isabel Allende 124 pages
Sunday:
The House Of The Spirits 42 pages
Total: 166 pages
Finished:
Autumn 2017 Read-A-ThonSeptember 22, 2017 to December 20, 2017
Bonus Word: JACK-O-LANTERN
TBR:
Currently Reading:
Total Pages: 2,015
Bonus Points: 17
Finished:
1. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
3 bonus points
started page 435, total pages of book 1006
571 pages read
2. Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
3 bonus points
305 pages
3. Big Fish by Daniel Wallace
0 bonus points
180 pages
4. La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith
3 bonus points
250 pages
5. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
2 bonus points
248 pages
6. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
3 bonus points
started page 61, total pages of book 254
193 pages read
7. Looking for Alaska by John Green
3 bonus points
268 pages
Bonus Books:
Other Books:
Readathon November
2025 Reading Challenge
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Body Snatcher – 10-20 words
The Lost Challenges
Duration: 1st June 2017 - 30th June 2017
Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho
Read 25/6/17 Rating 3 stars
3. Arm
He took her in his arms.
p8
8. Brain
She entered the Copacabana with only her body and her brain.
p95
9. Breast
Her breasts were neither large nor small.
p172
13. Ear
(she) made a cut on the Yugoslav's face, near her ear.
p180
15. Eye
The light is in your eyes.
p115
16. Face
But from her face it would be clear that she didn't.
p101
17. Finger
Nothing I can put my finger on.
p137
18. Foot
We all have one foot in a fairy tale.
p1
20. Hand
How she had dreamed of taking his hand.
p2
21. Head
Moving her head from side to side.
p8
22. Heart
I see that those who touched my heart.
p16
28. Knee
Down on your knees.
p195
30. Leg
It was as if two creatures had been glued back to back, with... four legs and four arms.
p169
31. Lip
She rubbed her lips.
p8
34. Mouth
Didn't you open your mouth?
p10
40. Shoulder
She felt a hand touch her shoulder
p253
41. Skin
St. Rosa running through the garden, letting the thorns tear her skin.
p203
43. Stomach
She was walking very slowly, with both her stomach and her mind churning.
p212
44. Thigh
I can see your nicely rounded thighs.
p109
46. Toe
From head to toe.
p114
47. Tongue
She felt the boy's tongue touch her teeth.
p8
50. Wrist
He put the first pair of handcuffs on her wrists.
p195
22/20
Challenge completed