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Monthly Genre Challenge
January: Contemporary/Literary Fiction - Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine
by Gail Honeyman ***** 1/7/2018
February: Romance/Chick Lit - Still Me by Jojo Moyes *****2/12/2018
March: Mystery
April: Fantasy
May: Comedy/Tragedy
June: Travel/Survival/Adventure
July: Young Adult/Middle Grade
August: Science Fiction/Dystopia
September: Historical Fiction
October: Horror/Thriller/Paranormal
November: Classics
December: Children's
January: Contemporary/Literary Fiction - Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine
by Gail Honeyman ***** 1/7/2018
February: Romance/Chick Lit - Still Me by Jojo Moyes *****2/12/2018
March: Mystery
April: Fantasy
May: Comedy/Tragedy
June: Travel/Survival/Adventure
July: Young Adult/Middle Grade
August: Science Fiction/Dystopia
September: Historical Fiction
October: Horror/Thriller/Paranormal
November: Classics
December: Children's
Buyers Remorse: The TBR Challenge 2018
Level One (5 TBR books) = List Tickler
1. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. by Gail Honeyman
2. The New York Idea - (Adapted by David Auburn. From the original by Langdon Mitchell).
3. For one more day by Mitch Albom
4. The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom
5. Uncommon Type - some stories by Tom Hanks
Level Two (10 TBR books) = List Tamer
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Level Three (15 TBR books) = Captain of the Shelf
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Level Four (20 TBR books) = Master of All Dust Bunnies
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Dance of Book Joy ensues!
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Level One (5 TBR books) = List Tickler
1. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. by Gail Honeyman
2. The New York Idea - (Adapted by David Auburn. From the original by Langdon Mitchell).
3. For one more day by Mitch Albom
4. The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom
5. Uncommon Type - some stories by Tom Hanks
Level Two (10 TBR books) = List Tamer
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Level Three (15 TBR books) = Captain of the Shelf
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
Level Four (20 TBR books) = Master of All Dust Bunnies
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
Dance of Book Joy ensues!
reply | flag *
This looks like fun count me in:
No A- Uncommon Type - some stories by Tom Hanks
No B- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.
No C- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
No D- The Places In Between by Rory Stewart
No E-
No F- The New York Idea - (Adapted by David Auburn. From the original by Langdon Mitchell).
No G- The Leisure Seeker: A Novel. by Michael Zadoorian
No H- For one more day by Mitch Albom
No I-
No J- The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom
No K- The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman
No L-
No M-
No N- Still me by Jojo Moyes
No O-
No P-
No Q-
No R-
No S-
No T-
No U-
No V-
No W-
No X-
No Y-
No Z
No A- Uncommon Type - some stories by Tom Hanks
No B- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.
No C- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
No D- The Places In Between by Rory Stewart
No E-
No F- The New York Idea - (Adapted by David Auburn. From the original by Langdon Mitchell).
No G- The Leisure Seeker: A Novel. by Michael Zadoorian
No H- For one more day by Mitch Albom
No I-
No J- The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom
No K- The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman
No L-
No M-
No N- Still me by Jojo Moyes
No O-
No P-
No Q-
No R-
No S-
No T-
No U-
No V-
No W-
No X-
No Y-
No Z
Bookopoly 2018 --
➜ Click here for electronic dice
The Board
GO - Read the book on your shelf that matches the number rolled
Dark Blue - Genre: Classic
Partner Pick - Chosen from your shelf by another player
Dark Blue - Genre: Fantasy or Sci Fi (Can also include Paranormal / Dystopia / Horror)
Library Fine - A borrowed book
Railroad - Travel Afar: Featuring a journey
Light Blue - Theme: Relationships
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Light Blue - Theme: Purpose, War, Survival
Light Blue - Theme: Tradition & Change
Book Ban - Read a book you've been putting off for a long time, or finish a book that you've previously abandoned
Purple - Category: Published this year
Electric Co - In a setting that's new to you
Purple - Category: Recommended to you
Purple - Category: Part of a series
Railroad - Travel Along: Set in a different time (past or future)
Orange - Genre: YA, Middle Grade, or Children's
Partner Pick - Chosen from your shelf by another player
Orange - Genre: Mystery
Orange - Genre: Historical Fiction
Book Sale! - Book by a favorite author, or an old favorite
Red - Category: Highest number of ratings on your shelf
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Red - Category: Book with the highest average rating on your shelf
Red - Category: The shortest book on your shelf
Railroad - Travel Abroad: Set in a different country
Yellow - Theme: Nature
Yellow - Theme: Society
Library Fine - A borrowed book
Yellow - Theme: Times of Life (e.g. childhood, young-adulthood, mid-life, old age, etc.)
Go to Book Ban!
Green - Category: Most recently added to your shelf
Green - Category: On your shelf the longest
Partner Pick - Chosen from your shelf by another player
Green - Category: The longest book on your shelf
Railroad - Travel Away: Set in another world
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Blue - Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Water Works - By an author that's new to you
Blue - Genre: Award winner
Railroad - Travel Afar: Featuring a journey -- Reading The Places In Between by Rory Stewart
next roll landed in jail: Book Ban - Read a book you've been putting off for a long time, or finish a book that you've previously abandoned
I'll be finishing -- Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. by Michael Wolff
➜ Click here for electronic dice
The Board
GO - Read the book on your shelf that matches the number rolled
Dark Blue - Genre: Classic
Partner Pick - Chosen from your shelf by another player
Dark Blue - Genre: Fantasy or Sci Fi (Can also include Paranormal / Dystopia / Horror)
Library Fine - A borrowed book
Railroad - Travel Afar: Featuring a journey
Light Blue - Theme: Relationships
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Light Blue - Theme: Purpose, War, Survival
Light Blue - Theme: Tradition & Change
Book Ban - Read a book you've been putting off for a long time, or finish a book that you've previously abandoned
Purple - Category: Published this year
Electric Co - In a setting that's new to you
Purple - Category: Recommended to you
Purple - Category: Part of a series
Railroad - Travel Along: Set in a different time (past or future)
Orange - Genre: YA, Middle Grade, or Children's
Partner Pick - Chosen from your shelf by another player
Orange - Genre: Mystery
Orange - Genre: Historical Fiction
Book Sale! - Book by a favorite author, or an old favorite
Red - Category: Highest number of ratings on your shelf
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Red - Category: Book with the highest average rating on your shelf
Red - Category: The shortest book on your shelf
Railroad - Travel Abroad: Set in a different country
Yellow - Theme: Nature
Yellow - Theme: Society
Library Fine - A borrowed book
Yellow - Theme: Times of Life (e.g. childhood, young-adulthood, mid-life, old age, etc.)
Go to Book Ban!
Green - Category: Most recently added to your shelf
Green - Category: On your shelf the longest
Partner Pick - Chosen from your shelf by another player
Green - Category: The longest book on your shelf
Railroad - Travel Away: Set in another world
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Blue - Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Water Works - By an author that's new to you
Blue - Genre: Award winner
Railroad - Travel Afar: Featuring a journey -- Reading The Places In Between by Rory Stewart
next roll landed in jail: Book Ban - Read a book you've been putting off for a long time, or finish a book that you've previously abandoned
I'll be finishing -- Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. by Michael Wolff
I'm in - read a short play today and it was a nice break and a quick afternoon read. With plenty of short reads, it will give me a good excuse to start reading them.
Read books 280 pages or less for this challenge
level 1 - Ruffled Feathers
1. The New York Idea - (Adapted by David Auburn. From the original by Langdon Mitchell).
2. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.
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Level 2 - Flapping Wings
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Level 3 - Taking Flight
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Read books 280 pages or less for this challenge
level 1 - Ruffled Feathers
1. The New York Idea - (Adapted by David Auburn. From the original by Langdon Mitchell).
2. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.
3.
4.
5.
Level 2 - Flapping Wings
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Level 3 - Taking Flight
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
dust bunnies
Level 1 (2 Books) - Swipe the duster
1. For one more day by Mitch Albom
2. The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom
Level 2 (4 Books) - Dust bunnies beware
3. Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman
4. Uncommon Type - some stories by Tom Hanks
Level 3 (7 Books) - Cobwebs begone
5.
6.
7.
Level 4 (10 Books) - Polish and shine
8.
9.
10.
Level 1 (2 Books) - Swipe the duster
1. For one more day by Mitch Albom
2. The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom
Level 2 (4 Books) - Dust bunnies beware
3. Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman
4. Uncommon Type - some stories by Tom Hanks
Level 3 (7 Books) - Cobwebs begone
5.
6.
7.
Level 4 (10 Books) - Polish and shine
8.
9.
10.
50 Book Challenge 2018
This years attitude is determination - so I'm applying that to this new goal of 50 books. Good Luck everyone.
January:
1. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. by Gail Honeyman
2. The New York Idea - (Adapted by David Auburn. From the original by Langdon Mitchell).
3. The Leisure Seeker by Michael Zadoorian
4. For one more day by Mitch Albom
5. The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom
6. Uncommon Type - some stories by Tom Hanks
7. The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman
8. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
9. Still Me by Jojo Moyes
This years attitude is determination - so I'm applying that to this new goal of 50 books. Good Luck everyone.
January:
1. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. by Gail Honeyman
2. The New York Idea - (Adapted by David Auburn. From the original by Langdon Mitchell).
3. The Leisure Seeker by Michael Zadoorian
4. For one more day by Mitch Albom
5. The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom
6. Uncommon Type - some stories by Tom Hanks
7. The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman
8. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
9. Still Me by Jojo Moyes
My list -- Best Book of the Month in 2018
January: The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom
February:
March:
April:
May:
June:
July:
August:
September:
October:
November:
December:
January: The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom
February:
March:
April:
May:
June:
July:
August:
September:
October:
November:
December:
February Mini-Challenge - Olympics
February 1, 2018 - February 28, 2018
Progress 0/
BLUE —
YELLOW —
BLACK —
GREEN — The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2/4/18
RED — Still Me -- 2.12.2018
WHITE —
Bonus: Read a book with an athlete in it, any book taking place in Asia, or having anything to do with the Olympics.
February 1, 2018 - February 28, 2018
Progress 0/
BLUE —
YELLOW —
BLACK —
GREEN — The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2/4/18
RED — Still Me -- 2.12.2018
WHITE —
Bonus: Read a book with an athlete in it, any book taking place in Asia, or having anything to do with the Olympics.
Nancy 's Shopaholic Series List
1. Confessions of a Shopaholic -- started 2/12/18
2. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
3. Shopaholic Ties the Knot
3.5.Shopaholic on Honeymoon
4..Shopaholic and Sister
5..Shopaholic & Baby
6. Mini Shopaholic
7. Shopaholic to the Stars
8. Shopaholic to the Rescue
1. Confessions of a Shopaholic -- started 2/12/18
2. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
3. Shopaholic Ties the Knot
3.5.Shopaholic on Honeymoon
4..Shopaholic and Sister
5..Shopaholic & Baby
6. Mini Shopaholic
7. Shopaholic to the Stars
8. Shopaholic to the Rescue
The 2018 Reading Challenge Group discussion
Year-Long Challenges 2018 > Chunkster Challenge 2018 (400-600 pgs)
For those of you who need a little push to read those longer books, join the Chunkster challenge in 2018 and read books over 400 pages. For books over 600 pages, see the Doorstoper challenge as well!
Level One (Chunkster)
1 Uncommon Type - some stories by Tom Hanks
2 The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman
3
Level Two (Flower Presser)
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5
6
Level Three (Back Breaker)
7
8
9
10
... and then see a chiropractor!
Year-Long Challenges 2018 > Chunkster Challenge 2018 (400-600 pgs)
For those of you who need a little push to read those longer books, join the Chunkster challenge in 2018 and read books over 400 pages. For books over 600 pages, see the Doorstoper challenge as well!
Level One (Chunkster)
1 Uncommon Type - some stories by Tom Hanks
2 The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman
3
Level Two (Flower Presser)
4
5
6
Level Three (Back Breaker)
7
8
9
10
... and then see a chiropractor!
March 2018 Monthly Challenge
For this challenge we’re celebrating International Women’s Day!
International Women’s Day celebrates women’s achievements throughout the world. Its purpose is to promote women’s equality, encourage support for repressed women and promote appreciation toward women everywhere. The holiday is now recognized internationally and is an Official National Holiday for many countries. It is observed annually on March 8th.
How to Participate:
1.) List all the books you plan to read for this challenge. You can list them now or as you go along. All books must be read during the month of March.
2.) Upon completion of a book: rate it, & date it, strike-through it if you wish but please update your progress as you go along.
3.) You have two options to choose from:
Option 2:
Spell out a real-life heroine’s name using the title, author's first or last name, character, or series name. You may ignore the 'A', 'An', 'The', etc. at the beginning of titles. Example: Jessie (British suffragette):
For this challenge we’re celebrating International Women’s Day!
International Women’s Day celebrates women’s achievements throughout the world. Its purpose is to promote women’s equality, encourage support for repressed women and promote appreciation toward women everywhere. The holiday is now recognized internationally and is an Official National Holiday for many countries. It is observed annually on March 8th.
How to Participate:
1.) List all the books you plan to read for this challenge. You can list them now or as you go along. All books must be read during the month of March.
2.) Upon completion of a book: rate it, & date it, strike-through it if you wish but please update your progress as you go along.
3.) You have two options to choose from:
Option 2:
Spell out a real-life heroine’s name using the title, author's first or last name, character, or series name. You may ignore the 'A', 'An', 'The', etc. at the beginning of titles. Example: Jessie (British suffragette):
Nancy's Alphabet Soup Challenge
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B-
C-
D-
E- Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman
F-Fire and Furry by Michael Wolff
F- For one more day by Mitch Albom
F- The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom
G-
H-
I- The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman
J-
K-
L- The Leisure Seeker: A Novel. by Michael Zadoorian
M-
N-
O-
P- The Places in Between by Rory Stewart
Q-
R-
S- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
T- The New York Idea - (Adapted by David Auburn. From the original by Langdon Mitchell).
U- Uncommon Type - some stories by Tom Hanks
V-
W-
X-
Y-
Z-