Brianna's Challenge Log

[Brianna]

july - scavenger hunt

Summer Breeze – 10-20 words
Here Comes The Sun – 21-40 words
Summer of Love – 41-50 words

found → 45 | 50
(view spoiler)[
✦ 15 → hay fever
✦ 17 → heatwave
✦ 32 → scorching
✦ 38 → sunbathing
✦ 44 → swimsuit

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Little Wrecks by Meredith Miller
"... always have two sweaters and three jackets on in August." - loc 1373
"When she goes out the kitchen door into the backyard, the security lights..." - loc 275
"She walks barefoot through the empty streets around Harbor Ridge..." - loc 64
"We made a fire at the beach, like normal people." - loc 173
"Finally, Matt and his friends are leaving on the Saturday night beer run." - loc 3680
"Underneath, she's wearing Ruth's bikini and her jeans." - loc 1830
"Everything feels close and bright." - loc 1318
"They have bugs in Mexico, Isabel." - loc 2260
"He was in the war, in a prisoner-of-war camp in Germany." - loc 3262
"Henry the fourth, fifth, eighth." - loc 2999
"The pavement is gathering heat from the early sun..." - loc 74
"It was hot, but a bunch of football players..." - loc 1037
"The air was so humid it lay on them like wet wool." - loc 1039
"Isabel holds out her iced tea for Lefty..." - loc 683
"If it were July there would be a thunderstorm coming..." - loc 370
"Not until June twenty-first." - loc 1834
"Mackie smells like a bar and also like the ocean." - loc 1729
"Outdoors feels so close it seems like indoors, but made of metal." - loc 329
"Magda makes Ruth sit with Isabel at the picnic tables..." - loc 2257
"... why people trade in their souls for pool nets and sprinkler systems." - loc 81
"When Ruth stands up, sand and shells slide off her jeans." - loc 2689
"She pulls the leg of her shorts up an extra inch to show it off." - loc 492
"It almost feels like summer." - loc 1034
"The sun slants along the ground..." - loc 65
"... Henry is swimming in his own empty darkness." - loc 944
"... looking back and forth between them like she's watching a tennis match." - loc 1336
"... the thousands of miles there are to travel in every direction." - loc 80
"... yellow satin nightgown so it doesn't trip her on the stairs." - loc 1326
"In the house, they get kind of tropical." - loc 1693
"... they look like girls on a beach vacation." - loc 3416

Lost in Babylon by Peter Lerangis
"... mechanical whir of the lounge refrigerator and the whoosh of the air-conditioning ducts." - p 329
"... where he had blocked my path, like a baseball player bunting for a single." - p 109
"I could see a small cattle pasture, a pig pen, a vegetable garden." - p 99
"... her face puckered as if tasting mango-chili ice cream." - p 92
"... a group of bearded men in white robes and sandals, leading swaybacked mules ..." - p 46
"... bruises caused by a bad-tempered bronze statue, a peeling sunburn from a trip around the Mediterranean on a flying ball ..." - p 1
"The cabin was stifling hot, and sweat coursed down my face." - p 21

This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
"... gotten hold of a hot dog during a barbeque." - p 27
"He'd mistaken loneliness for independence..." - p 341
"Strawberry?" - p 26
"... instead chose a green sundress her mom had recently bought..." - p 151
"Sunscreen?" - p 31
"... Quinn had a deep tan." - p 31 (hide spoiler)]

[Brianna]

july - clean it out

read → 02 | 05
(view spoiler)[
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.
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey | ★★★

4 → Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)

✓ 5 → Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year).
Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch | ★★★★★ (hide spoiler)]

[Brianna]

july - easy as 1, 2, 3

read → 01 | 03
(view spoiler)[
✓ 1st in The 5th Wave series → The 5th Wave | ★★★
2nd in X series →
3rd in X series → (hide spoiler)]

[Brianna]

a trip down memory lane - 1998
July 1st, 2017 - September 30th, 2017

Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

read → 10 | 10
(view spoiler)[
1998
1 → Most watched TV show– ER
Read a book that features a medical professional (doctor, nurse etc).
The Room Mate by Kendall Ryan | ★★★

2 → Best selling single (UK) – Believe - Cher
Read a book with a one word title.
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer | ★★★★

3 → Best selling album (US) – 'Titanic' Original Soundtrack - James Horner
Read a book that has been made into a film.
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey | ★★★

4 → Most popular film – Armageddon
Read a book where somebody goes into space OR featuring a major disaster.
Illuminae by Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman | ★★★

5 → Best selling book – The Street Lawyer - John Grisham
Read a book that involves a courtroom trial.

6 → Celebrities of the year – Robbie Williams / Faith Hill / Drew Barrymore / Will Smith
Read a book by an author who shares a first or last name with one of these people.
This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith | ★★★★★

7 → Born this year – Apr 9th - Elle Fanning - (Actress sister of Dakota Fanning)
Read a book featuring sisters.

8 → Died this year – Feb 6th - Carl Wilson - (Guitarist/ singer with 'The Beach Boys'.)
Read a book set in the summer OR with a beach scene on the cover.
Little Wrecks by Meredith Miller | ★★★

IN THE NEWS

9 → Jan 17th - Story breaks of President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky.
Read a book involving an illicit affair.

10 → Feb/Mar - Five week blackout in Auckland, New Zealand.
Read a book with a black cover.
I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga | ★★★★

11 → Apr 22nd – Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
Read a book with an animal character.

12 → Jul 12th - Host nation France wins the final of the 16th FIFA World Cup.
Read a book published in 2016.
Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch | ★★★★★

13 → Sep 4th - Search engine GOOGLE is founded.
Read a book with a title starting with one of the letters in GOOGLE.
Lost in Babylon by Peter Lerangis | ★★★

14 → Dec 26th - The Great Boxing Day Storm - Severe gale force winds hit Ireland, southern Scotland and northern England.
Read a book where bad weather plays an important part.

15 → 1998 is the International Year of the Ocean (YOTO), by declaration of the United Nations.
Read a book with water on the cover.
The Secret History of Us by Jessi Kirby | ★★★ (hide spoiler)]

[Brianna]

gods & goddesses a-z spell out

completed → 01 | 26
letters → 50 | 140

Book titles ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)
Authors initials
Series names (first letter)
Main character first or last names

A → ANUKET
A : Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
K : Kirby, Jessi - The Secret History of Us
E : Elle Kennedy - The Mistake
T : This Savage Song

B → BACCHUS
B : Bed of Roses
A : Andreani, Michelle - The Way Back to You
C : City of Glass
C : Cress
H : Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
S : The Shadow Cipher

✓ C → CHAOS
C : Crash into You
H : The Historian
A : Anastasia - Fifty Shades Darker
O : Orson Scott Card - Seventh Son
S : Scarlet

D → DIS PATER
I : Isabel - Little Wrecks

P : Peter Lerangis - Lost in Babylon
A : Alice Clayton - Wallbanger
T : Thousand Words
E : E.L. James - Fifty Shades Freed
R : Rick Yancey - The 5th Wave

E → EPONA
P : P.S. I Like You

F → FORTUNA
F : Fifty Shades of Grey
R : Roomies
T : Twilight

G → GAIA
G : The Giver
I : I See London, I See France

H → HADES

I → IGALUK
I : I Hunt Killers
G : The Goal
L : Love & Gelato
K : Kendall Ryan - The Room Mate

J → JUNO
J : Jennifer E. Smith - This Is What Happy Looks Like

K → KOKOPELLI
K : Kieron Gillen - The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act
K : Kendall Ryan - Baby Daddy
P : The Peach Keeper
L : Lola and the Boy Next Door
L : Louisa - Me Before You
I : Illuminae

L → LOKI
L : The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
I : Ink and Bone

M → MAROHU
M : Madness
R : The Royal We

N → NANOOK

O → ODIN

P → PLUTO
P : The Play Mate
L : The Lake

Q → QETESH

R → RA
R : Roommates with Benefits

S → SIN

T → TARTARUS
R : Rusty Nailed

U → SHU

V → VENUS
V : Vision in White

W → WOHPE
W : The Wishsong of Shannara

X → STYX

Y → YGGDRASIL
G : The Geography of You and Me

Z → ZEUS
Z : Zhang, Amy - This Is Where the World Ends


A:12 - B:0 - C:0 - D:4 - E:8 - F:0 - G:1 - H:5 - I:3 - J:0 - K:2 - L:2 - M:0
N:9 - O:12 - P:1 - Q:1 - R:2 - S:10 - T:5 - U:11 - V:0 - W:0 - X:1 - Y:2 - Z:0

[Brianna]

disney movie scavenger hunt
July 1st, 2017 - December 31st, 2017

found → 58 | 60
(view spoiler)[
✓ Pete's Dragon

✓ Mary Poppins

✓ Pirates of the Caribbean

✓ Swiss Family Robinson

✓ Enchanted

✓ National Treasure

✓ The Parent Trap

✓ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

✓ Flight of the Navigator

✓ The Muppets

✓ The Journey of Natty Gann

✓ Something Wicked This Way Comes

✓ Return to Oz

✓ Hocus Pocus

✓ The Mighty Ducks

✓ The Shaggy Dog

✓ Holes

The Three Caballeros
✦ 54 → pinata

✓ High School Musical

The Incredible Journey
✦ 59 → porcupine

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Little Wrecks by Meredith Miller → 07.05.17
"... like she just slew a dragon or robbed a bank..." - loc 760
"Through the skylight she can see her little houseboat chimney and the fat drops slowly falling." - loc 3154
"Lefty makes prayer hands on his chest, pretending to be the tomb of a saint." - loc 1949
"Mackie smells like a bar and also like the ocean." - loc 1729
"It doesn't match with the Rhode Island types in their sailboats..." - loc 158
"I mean, loose lips sink ships, sweetheart." - loc 393
"I went with this guy who manages race horses." - loc 964
"Apple pie a la mode." - loc 2180
"This place is poison for Carter women, man." - loc 3503
"... it's like looking at a map" - loc 2368
"I guess you grew up in a Lakota camp on the move..." - loc 203
"It's a no-brainer, honey." - loc 2596
"It's like watching fireworks when you're little." - loc 3782
"... a spaceship or an alien creature with giant, mechanical legs." - loc 3992
"... Magda's running commentary on sexism in the studio era..." - loc 2223
"... doing ridiculous frog maintenance on her perfect life..." - loc 69
"lefty and Robert are using the bandstand for a theater..." - loc 2633
"Pawned 'em for a train ticket out of this hole." - loc 86
"... and throws the cop's wallet over the curb." - loc 101
"They look more like carnival hucksters than angels." - loc 2248
"... imagining the gears under the carousel." - loc 1098
"It falls right between the grating of a storm drain..." - loc 102
"... nightmares about stuff you're chicken about." - loc 681
"... how to see herself like a candle with the light..." - loc 2759
"It's a sucker's game for everyone involved." - loc 543
"He breaks the spell of Highbone." - loc 691
"It's not a museum." - loc 3705
"So the heroine of our movie will start out..." - loc 199
"She holds up her new book." - loc 124
"Magda stage whispers down over her shoulder." - loc 3994
"Isabel wrote a letter to Mr. Lipsky..." - loc 3974

Lost in Babylon by Peter Lerangis → 07.09.17
"It could be a code." - p 176
"... disgusting half eagle, half lion that came through the hole ..." - p 4
"Either you're taking duh pills or that dust storm has affected what little was left of your brain." - p 134
"Marco nearly tripped over a short, mushroom-shaped robot that whizzed and skittered along the floor ..." - p 232
"I'll coach you instead, Brother Cass." - p 238
"Cass was crouched low, stroking a palm-sized green lizard." - p 76
"Yo, Tork, do you do karaoke?" - p 244
"Soon Marco was acting out the rules of basketball, bouncing around, making fake jump shots." - p 144
"... found him miraculously alive in the spray of a healing waterfall" - p 11

This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
"... topped by a bright green umbrella..." - p 130
"Your wardrobe specialist is officially free..." - p 63
"... headed into the back with the broom." - p 221
"... like the layers of an onion." - p 24

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
"... a widow, a widower, an orphan." - p 55
"... would make them twins..." - p 457
"Where's their downed spacecraft?" - p 115

Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch
"...like a lighthouse in a sea of headstones." - loc 68
"... white paper lanterns lit by candles..." - loc 3699
"... cannibalistic witch?" - loc 709
'... you used to play hockey..." - loc 883

The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby - 08.05.17
"... wall of 211 Pearl Street, built in 1831." - loc 2169
"... buried in the graveyard at the Trinity Church." - loc 2812

The Wishsong of Shannara by Terry Brooks
"... species of timber wolf..." - p 99
"A Gnome term for 'black walker." - p 18

Vision in White by Nora Roberts - 08.26.17
"... hauling out the shovel." - p 55

Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins - 11.14.17
"Christ, the mailman knew how you felt about him." - p 284

The Mistake by Elle Kennedy - 11.29.17
"My heart soars like a kite in the wind." - p 268
"Did cartoon chipmunks dress you this morning?" - p 141 (hide spoiler)]

[Brianna]

august - scavenger hunt

Weekend Break – 10-20 words
Annual Leave – 21-40 words
Trip of a Lifetime – 41-50 words

found → 44 | 50
(view spoiler)[
23 → motel

32 → resort
33 → safari
38 → sunbathe

49 → visa
50 → voyage

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The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby - 08.05.17
"... crammed into a boat..." - loc 413
"... others to break out in hives?" - loc 1145
"... the camera operator..." - loc 4991
"... best sort of currency..." - loc 4898
"... the destination or the journey?" - loc 1324
"... rounded the last flight of stairs..." - loc 2406
"... government spies to foreign agents..." - loc 2798
"Colton, the tour guide, said..." - loc 1772
"... the incandescent Starr Hotel." - loc 459
"... upper west side of the island..." - loc 419
"... was a historical landmark..." - loc 1073
"... the luggage cart they were pushing..." - loc 4830
"... was another map that showed..." - loc 1206
"... would they pack everything..." - loc 926
"... and to photograph the tower..." - loc 569
"... a rooftop garden or pool..." - loc 3928
"... tried to relax..." - loc 2896
"When the ship had docked..." - loc 411
"... out of the station and onto..." - loc 1354
"... the size of a suitcase." - loc 565
"... offered at the ticket window..." - loc 2500
"... hours on a train to get..." - loc 659
"... easy to translate if you know..." - loc 3699
"They could travel below..." - loc 1327
"A trip to the top..." - loc 788
"into the trunk of an ancient van..." - loc 4989
"into summer vacation..." - loc 56

The Secret History of Us by Jessi Kirby - 08.09.17
"... in the postcard image..." - loc 1438
"... so that was my souvenir." - loc 2295
"... one of the little tourist shops..." - loc 1375

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling - 08.18.17
"... trials at your leisure." - p 175

P.S. I Like You by Kasie West - 08.21.17
"... not to move or explore..." - p 262
"... because it was a holiday." - p 175
"... get on a plane..." - p 240
"... was a way to transport letters faster..." - p 123

I See London, I See France by Sarah Mlynowski - 08.22.17
"... two of us charge through the airport." - loc 44
"... signs to baggage claim." - loc 442
"... want to go on a cruise?" - loc 1909
"... disappear through customs." - loc 489
"Boarding pass and passport, please." - loc 73
"Do you have a reservation" - loc 831

Vision in White by Nora Roberts - 08.26.17
"A double booking?" - p 144 (hide spoiler)]

[Brianna]

august - clean it out

read → 04 | 05
(view spoiler)[
✓ 1 → Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen - 08.27.17

✓ 2 → Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
The Wishsong of Shannara by Terry Brooks - 08.15.17

✓ 3 → Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.
The Room Mate by Kendall Ryan - 08.23.17

4 → Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)

✓ 5 → Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year).
The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby - 08.05.17 (hide spoiler)]

[Brianna]

august - easy as 1, 2, 3

read → 03 | 03
(view spoiler)[
1st in the York series → The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby
2nd in The Lunar Chronicles series → Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
3rd in The Original Shannara Trilogy series → The Wishsong of Shannara by Terry Brooks (hide spoiler)]

[Brianna]

bands and books 2.0
September 1st, 2017 - August 31st, 2018

E.P - 4 categories x 4 books (16 books)
8 Track Tape - 8 categories x 8 books (64 books)
Vinyl LP - 12 categories x 12 books (144 books)

read → 23 | 64

Twenty One Pilots - books with numbers in the title
• Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card - 11.15.17
• Thousand Words by Jennifer Brown - 11.23.17
• Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James - 02.14.18
• Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James - 02.15.18
• Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James - 02.17.18

Def Leppard - books with animals in the title or on the cover

Queen - books with royal characters
• Cress by Marissa Meyer - 10.25.17
• The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan - 12.17.17

Panic! At the Disco - books that involve music (in the title, theme, or cover)
• This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab - 09.09.17

Simple Plan - standalones
• This Is Where the World Ends by Amy Zhang - 09.02.17
• Roomies by Sara Zarr & Tara Altebrando - 09.10.17
• The Way Back to You by Michelle Andreani & Mindi Scott - 11.24.17
• Roommates with Benefits by Nicole Williams - 02.11.18
• Baby Daddy by Kendall Ryan - 03.12.18

Authority Zero - dystopians
• Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine - 01.25.18

Cheap Trick - books you got free or cheap
• The Play Mate by Kendall Ryan - 09.03.17
• Madness by Zac Brewer - 09.16.17
• Illuminae by Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman - 09.19.17
• Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts - 10.01.17
• The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo - 01.06.18
• Twilight by Stephenie Meyer - 01.14.18

Journey - books involving travel
• The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova - 11.11.17
• The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith - 12.25.17
• Wallbanger by Alice Clayton - 03.08.18

[Brianna]

september - scavenger hunt

Farm Hand – 10-20 words
Tenant Farmer – 21-40 words
Gentleman Farmer – 41-50 words

found → 34 | 50
(view spoiler)[
1. acre
2. agriculture
6. bull
8. cattle
12. cow
14. dairy
16. donkey
26. goat
27. grain
30. hay
36. meadow
38. oats
41. pasture
42. pig
47. stable
50. wheat

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This Is Where the World Ends by Amy Zhang - 09.02.17
"... the tagged animals were going..." - loc 2733
"There's Old Eell's barn..." - loc 630
"... rot and breed maggots." - loc 2806
"Like chicken but more fun." - loc 1617
"... corn when there's not." - loc 278
"... allowed to be out of the country..." - loc 875
"You're allowed to crop things..." - loc 1046
"... one that my dog chewed up..." - loc 93
"Old Waldo had a farm..." - loc 939
"... Mr. Marvin was talking to the farmer..." - loc 2733
"... a chain fence..." - loc 652
"... dancing electron field..." - loc 479
"... how the geese flew." - loc 1335
"... to heavy to grow..." - loc 1387
"... has a hen that lays..." - loc 2925
"I land with my knees..." - loc 175
"... he spilled milk..." - loc 1603
"... edge of the orchard..." - loc 2730
"...but I plow on." - loc 2152
"The sheep heart..." - loc 2176
"... another tractor..." - loc 417
"I'm not a vegetable." - loc 1226

The Play Mate by Kendall Ryan - 09.03.17
"... smiled like the cat..." - p 81
"Healthy as a horse..." - p 94

I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga - 09.03.17
"And the farmhouse is thataway." - p 85
"... in harvest gold and avocado green." - p 247
"... needle in a haystack..." - p 84
"And riding herd over all of it..." - p 6
"... assorted leftover plant pollens..." - p 7
"... least effect scarecrow..." - p 82

Illuminae by Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman - 09.19.17
"A duck that is sitting." - loc 6767
"The general's flock are gathered..." - loc 4404
"... jump gate generator..." - loc 307
"... filter out organic matter..." - loc 2275 (hide spoiler)]

[Brianna]

september - clean it out - no rereads

read → 03 | 05
(view spoiler)[
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.
The Play Mate by Kendall Ryan - 09.03.17

✓ 3 → Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.
Roomies by Sara Zarr & Tara Altebrando - 09.10.17

4 → Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)

✓ 5 → Read one free book from your e-reader.
This Is Where the World Ends by Amy Zhang - 09.02.17 (hide spoiler)]

[Brianna]

september - easy as 1, 2, 3

read → 03 | 03
(view spoiler)[
1st in the Jasper Dent series → I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga - 09.03.17
2nd in the Roommates series → The Play Mate by Kendall Ryan - 09.03.17
3rd in the Mortal Instruments series → City of Glass by Cassandra Clare - 09.09.17 (hide spoiler)]

[Brianna]

september 1st

This Is Where the World Ends - 44%
I Hunt Killers - 24%
Columbine - 54%

[Brianna]

a trip down memory lane - 1979
October 1st, 2017 - December 31st, 2017

Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

read → 04 | 06
(view spoiler)[
1979
✓ 1 → Most watched TV show– Dallas
Read a book where there is an attempt made on a character's life.
Cress by Marissa Meyer - 10.25.17

2 → Best selling single (UK) – 'My Sharona' - The Knack
Read a book with a title that begins with MY.

3 → Best selling album (US) – Pink Floyd - The Wall
Read a series book #11 OR a book with a wall on the cover.

4 → Most popular film – Kramer vs. Kramer
Read a book where a character gets a divorce OR parents fight over custody of their child/children.

5 → Hottest book – The Dead Zone by Stephen King
Read The Dead Zone OR a book with DEAD in the title.

✓ 6 → Most Popular Christmas Toy - Atari Video Computer System
Read a book with a title that begins with an A, V, C, or S.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith - 11.10.17

✓ 7 → Born this year – Apr 4th - Heath Ledger
Read a book with a character that is an actor or in the movie business OR set in Australia.
The Score by Elle Kennedy - 12.05.17

8 → Died this year – June 11th - John Wayne
Read a book with a MPG of Western, War/Military or Family.

IN THE NEWS

9 → February 26th - A total solar eclipse occurred in North America.
Read a book with a moon or sun on the cover.

10 → March 28th - Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident after fire at reactor in Pennsylvania (US).
Read a book with THREE, MILE, or ISLAND in the title.

11 → May 3rd - Margaret Thatcher elected as the Prime Minister in the UK.
Read a book by an author named Margaret (or any variation)
OR a book with a strong female character. Tell us the character's name.

12 → June 1st - McDonald's introduces the Happy Meal.
Read a book with HAPPY in the title OR with a MPG Food.

13 → July 2st - Sony introduces the Sony Walkman in Japan.
Read a book where music is very important.

14 → November 12th - Iran Hostage Crisis. People put yellow ribbons around trees in their yards as a symbol of support.
Read a book with a yellow cover.

✓ 15 → December 23 - The highest aerial tramway in Europe, the Klein Matterhorn, opens.
Read a book that is set in the mountains OR where mountains are an important part of the story.
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova - 11.11.17 (hide spoiler)]

[Brianna]

october - scavenger hunt

Spook – 10-20 words
Ghoul – 21-40 words
Undead – 41-50 words

found → 24 | 50
(view spoiler)[
1. Abundant
2. Amber
3. Apples
4. Breezy

7. Chilly
8. Cider
9. Colorful

13. Creepy

15. Enchanting

17. Fireside/Fire
18. Flannel
19. Foggy
20. Frightful
21. Frost
22. Ghoul

24. Gusty

28. Icy
29. Inspirational

34. Pumpkin
35. Rainy

37. Ripe

39. Scarf
40. Scary

42. Spooky

46. Windy

50. Zombie

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Cress by Marissa Meyer - 10.25.17
5. "...his eyes bright beneath the medbay's lights." - loc 441
6. "...had brown hair that stuck up in every direction..." - loc 694
10. "...and wedding invitations, and costumes..." - loc 5655
11. "Cozy Lab 6D." - loc 6200
12. "...the energy crackling around Wolf." - loc 5289
14. "...how good the crisp breeze felt..." - loc 2315
16. & 25. "An eerie silence haunted the sand-colored walls." - loc 4735
23. "...claiming the golden chalice." - loc 580
26. "...I can harvest your hematopoietic stem cells..." - loc 5566
27. "And then howling." - loc 5220
30. "...that might have magical blindness-curing machines..." - loc 5706
31. "...mountains standing over misty clouds..." - loc 6114
32. "...his eyes bright with moonlight." - loc 2935
33. "An orange light brightened..." - loc 1437
36. "She had curly red hair..." - loc 693
38. "...before more rustling." - loc 6225
41. "...land still soggy..." - loc 5942
43. "...something so stark and vibrant." - loc 3091
44. "...haven't had visual of us." - loc 1380
45. "...a crescent glowing vivid and white..." - loc 2085
47. "That witch had taken his ship." - loc 1357
48. "Some sort of weird fetishism?" - loc 4181
49. "A single yellow dot..." - loc 372 (hide spoiler)]

[Brianna]

october - easy as 1, 2, 3

read → 01 | 03
(view spoiler)[
1st in the X series →
2nd in the X series →
3rd in the Lunar Chronicles series → Cress by Marissa Meyer (hide spoiler)]

[Brianna]

A - Z of Me Challenge
December 1st, 2017 - November 30th, 2019

17 | 44

A: favorite author
Sarah Dessen
Read a book by Sarah Dessen.

B: favorite band or music
rock
Spell out ROCK.
R : The Royal We
O : Owen - The Geography of You and Me
C : Crash into You

✓ C: favorite character
Hermione Granger (primarily because I like Emma Watson)
Read a book made into a movie or TV show.
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

✓ D: favorite drink
Whiskey
Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in 'WHISKEY'.
The Score by Elle Kennedy

E: earliest reading memory
Nancy Drew
Read a Nancy Drew book.

F: favorite food
macaroni & cheese
Read a book with yellow or orange on the cover.

G: favorite book genre
fantasy
Spell out FANTASY.
F : Fifty Shades of Grey
A : Anastasia - Fifty Shades Darker
T : Twilight

H: favorite historical era
16th - 18th centuries
Read a nonfiction book about an event/person in this time frame or read a classic book written in this time frame.

✓ I: favorite ice-cream flavor
chocolate chip cookie dough
Read a book with 'chocolate chip' OR 'cookie dough' found in the text.
The Goal by Elle Kennedy : "... a pint of cookie dough ice cream..." - p 246

J: dream job
travel agent
Read a book involving travel.

✓ K: how many kids do you have
zero
Read a book with a 0 in the publication date (not year) or page count.
304 - The Lake by AnnaLisa Grant

L: favorite love story
enemies to lovers OR royalty falling for a commoner
Read a book with either of those two tropes.

M: favorite movie
The Yellow Submarine
Read a book with a color in the title.

N: favorite novel
Harry Potter - specifically The Goblet of Fire
Read a book that is 4th in a series.

✓ O: otherwise known as
Bri / Cheesehead / Squirrel
Read a book with a character who has a nickname.
Wallbanger by Alice Clayton

P: biggest phobia
falling / heights / grasshoppers / crickets
Read a book with one of these words in the text.

Q: favorite quote
"Be yourself; everyone else is taken." - Oscar Wilde
Read a book by Oscar Wilde.

R: favorite reading spot
comfy chair
Read a book with a comfy chair on the cover.

S: favorite school subject
history
Spell out HISTORY.
R : Roommates with Benefits

T: favorite TV show
Game of Thrones (currently)
Read a fantasy.

U: what makes you unique
cerebral palsy
Read a book featuring a character with a disability.

V: favorite / dream vacation destination
Paris / Europe
Read a book set in Paris OR Europe.

W: worst habit
biting my nails
Read a book that keeps me in suspense (a nail biter).

X: favorite thing about xmas
snow
Read a book that takes place during Winter.

✓ Y: year you were born
1988
'Coming to America' was released. Read a book that takes place in a different country.
Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine

Z: zodiac sign
Libra
Spell out LIBRA.
L : The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
B : Baby Daddy
R : Rusty Nailed
A : Anastasia - Fifty Shades Freed

[Brianna]

Thanks to school I've slowed down so much on my reading! :(