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The Anne Bishop's Reading Challenge
Start Date: February 1, 2018
Levels of Play:
Cassandra Sangue: 26-40 books
Terra Indigine: 41 + books
5. Collect words in the title
Bite - Bitter Bite - Jennifer Estep (July)
Bone - Bone Magic - Yasmine Galenorn (March)
Etched - Etched in Bone - Anne Bishop (March)
Flesh - Dreams Made Flesh - Ann Bishop (April)
Murder - Cinnamon Roll Murder - Joanne Fluke (Feb)
Not - Not Quite a Husband - Sherry Thomas (2018)
Silence - Lake Silence - Anne Bishop (April)
White - The White Mare - Jules Watson (2018)
6. Find tasks
[Written in Red (Others #1)
(view spoiler)
Murder of Crows (Others #2)
(view spoiler)
Vision in Silver (Others #3)
(view spoiler)
Marked in Flesh (Others #4)
(view spoiler)
Etched in Bone (Others #5)
(view spoiler)

Since it's open-ended I can read for it for a loooong time :P
I'll make few posts for different types/options as I can't make my mind
The Anne Bishop's Reading Challenge
Start Date: 01.02.18
Level: Terra Indigine

Option 1
read Others series
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2.
3.
4.
5.

🐺Read a book where a character gets a new job
🐺Read a book where a character owns/works at a bookstore or is a librarian
🐺Read a book where a character owns/works at coffee shop or bakery or deli
🐺Read a book where a character is a police officer
🐺Read a book with a psychic
🐺Read a book that has a map in it
🐺Read a book with an orphan
🐺Read a book where they eat pizza
🐺Read a book where the characters go mountain climbing
🐺Read a book with an unknown illness/plague
🐺Read a book set in winter
🐺Read a book with a hat on the cover
🐺Read a book with a bird on cover
🐺Read a book with something shiny on the cover
🐺Read a book where someone is held against their will
🐺Read a book in which someone is tortured
🐺Read a book in which a town is destroyed
🐺Read a book in which someone gets poisoned or uses poison as a weapon
🐺Read a book with garbage on the cover or in the text
🐺Read a book where the characters attend a play or perform in one
🐺Read a book with a white item of clothing on the cover
🐺Read a book with a jar on the cover
🐺Read a book that mentions a ferry
🐺Read a book that mentions a whirlpool
🐺Read a book where someone gets evicted
🐺Read a book with a custody battle
🐺Read a book where someone overdoses
🐺Read a book where the characters go hunting
🐺Read a book where a character is saved
🐺Read a book where a character finds a new home
🐺Read a book where a character travels by train
🐺Read a murder mystery
🐺Read a book in which a character receives a mail/package or works in post office
🐺Read a book in which a conspiracy is in play
🐺Read a book in which a characters gets what he/she deserves
🐺Read a book where a trap is laid
🐺Read a book where someone puts their house up for sale
🐺Read a book where a character gets a haircut
🐺Read a book where a character is pregnant
🐺Read a book where someone has committed suicide
🐺Read a book featuring young children characters
🐺Read a book with a photographer character
🐺Read a book where the characters go on a picnic
🐺Read a book where civilization is on the brink of or has suffered extinction
🐺Read a book where a character journals or keeps a diary
🐺Read a book where a character brushes their teeth
🐺Read a book where a character is an artist
🐺Read a book with a character who is a hunter/hunts
🐺Read a book where the characters attend a concert
🐺Read a book where a character uses tarot cards
🐺Read a book where immediate family comes for an extended visit
🐺Read a book where the characters have to stockpile supplies
🐺Read a book with creatures not normally found in books
🐺Read a book with a terrible storm
🐺Read a book where the characters go skinny dipping
🐺Read a book with a bicycle on the cover
🐺Read a book where characters communicate via letters or email
🐺Read a book with a job fair
🐺Read a book where the characters eat ice cream
🐺Read a book where a character purchases art supplies
🐺Read a book with a goat
🐺Read a book where the characters share a large meal
🐺Read a book with cannibalism
🐺Read a book where a character is kidnapped
🐺Read a book with a heart on the cover

Now that the craziness of cutthroat is done. It will be fun to relax into this series again.
The Anne Bishop's Reading Challenge
Duration: 2/27/2018 - ?
Levels of Play: Terra Indigine: 41 + books
Option 3: Search and Spell (Names from Written in Red)
Progress 42/42
S - Storm of Lightning by Evans (3/1)
I - Isaac in Fair Game by Briggs (3/4)
M - Mischief in Mudbug by Deleon (3/5)
O - Open and Shut by Rosenfelt (3/13)
N - Nightengale in The Hanging Tree by Aaronovitch (3/7)
N - Nathan in Murder of Crows by Bishop (3/9)
A - Abducting Abby by Smith (3/8)
T - Thomas, Will's Fatal Enquiry (3/19)
H - Harmony Black by Schaefer (3/8)
A - Anne Carven's Out of Darkness (3/15)
N - Nearly Departed in Deadwood by Charles (3/11)
E - E Is for Evidence by Grafton (3/2)
R - Regan in Decked by Boyd (3/20)
E - Emrick's Death in Room 7 (3/6)
B - Beaton's Kissing Christmas Goodbye (3/17)
U - Under Cover of Daylight by Hall (3/9)
S - Sue Grafton's F Is for Fugitive (3/13)
V - Voeller's Unlikely Dad (3/11)
L - Lee Goldberg's True Fiction (3/4)
A - Anne Bishop's Vision in Silver (3/16)
D - Dead Heat by Briggs (3/12)
T - Taylor in The Final Spark by Evans (3/30)
E - Every Heart a Doorway by McGuire (3/14)
S - Seanan McGuire's Down Among the Sticks and Bones (3/17)
S - Stephen Leather's Once Bitten (3/18)
W - Written in Red by Bishop (2/28)
I - The Island of Dr. Moreau by Wells (3/14)
N - Nick Stephenson's Wanted (3/31)
T - Tom in The Island of Thieves by Lacey (3/25)
E - Evans' Fall of Hades (3/18)
R - Regan in Once Gone by Pierce (3/24)
H - Holly Jacobs' Bosom Buddies (3/18)
E - Evanovich's Wicked Business (3/22)
N - November's Past by Howe (3/25)
R - Run Girl by Hudson (3/27)
Y - Yorick in Lake Silence (3/31)
M - Marked in Flesh by Bishop (3/18)
E - Etched in Bone by Bishop (3/23)
G - Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera (3/11)
S - Stone, Lucy In Chocolate Covered Murder (3/21)
A - As the Crow Flies by Boyd (3/20)
M - Meier's Wicked Witch Murder (3/22)

The Anne Bishop's Reading Challenge
Duration: February 28, 2018-August 15, 2018
Level of Play: Terra Indigine: 41 + books
Option 2: Spell Out Titles, I'll start with this option and may add Option 1 later.
75/75 read
WRITTEN IN RED
W When the Dust Settles by Mary Calmes, read 3/2/18
R Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb, read 3/7/18
I Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust by Ina Garten, read 6/5/18
T A Tale of Two Trucks by Thea Nishimori, read 3/16/18
T Timing by Mary Calmes, read 3/2/18
E Road to Tara: The Life of Margaret Mitchell by Anne Edwards, read 4/24/18
N An Angry Wolf by Blair Nightingale, read 7/8/18
I Impossible by Vicktor Alexander, read 6/11/18
N Agent Chris by Blair Nightingale, read 7/8/18
R Delusion in Death by J. D. Robb, read 4/4/18
E Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, read 4/20/18
D Death by Cyanide: The Murder of Dr. Autumn Klein by Paula Reed Ward, read 4/7/18
MURDER OF CROWS
M The Guardian by Mary Calmes, read 3/7/18
U Ultimate Slow Cooker: 100 New and Delicious Recipes from the Queen of Slow Cooking by Sally Wise, read 3/5/18
R Memory in Death by J.D. Robb, read 4/4/18
D Death Trap by . William Phelps, read 3/28/18
E Moonstruck by Gabrielle Evans, read 3/5/18
R Brotherhood in Death by J.D. Robb, read 4/6/18
O Killing Critics by Carol O'Connell, read 3/13/18
F Frog by Mary Calmes, read 3/18/18
C The Cat’s Meow by Stormy Glenn, read 3/3/18
R Battle Born by Caitlin Ricci, read 4/12/18
O The Chalk Girl by Carol O'Connell, read 3/20/18
W Working Stiffs by Jana Downs, read 2/28/18
S A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas, read 4/29/18
VISION IN SILVER
V The Vampire's Touch by Stormy Glenn, read 3/5/18
I I'll Be Watching You by M. William Phelps, read 3/22/18
S Sullivan by Bailey Bradford, read 3/12/18
I It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History by Jennifer Wright, read 3/23/18
O Organic Chemistry by Andrew Grey, read 3/18/18
N Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming, read 4/11/18
I Payback by John Inman, read 4/5/18
N Nameless by Lili St Crow, read 3/18/18
S Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb, read 3/8/18
I Angels Of Darkness by Ilona Andrews, read 8/7/18
L Love Comes in Darkness by Andrew Grey, read 3/17/18
V Going Home by Max Vos, read 4/12/18
E The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff, read 5/13/18
R Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb, read 3/5/18
MARKED IN FLESH
M Fit to be Tied by Mary Calmes, read 3/15/18
A Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign by Johnathan Allen, read 5/26/18
R Promises in Death by J.D. Robb, read 3/8/18
K Christopher Kimball's Milk Street: The New Home Cooking by Christopher Kimball, read 3/5/18
E Esau by Bailey Bradford, read 3/11/18
D The Demon's Prince by Jo Penn, read 3/12/18
I Isaiah by Bailey Bradford, read 4/9/18
N From Ashes by K.M. Neuhold, read 6/19/18
F Festive in Death by J.D. Robb, read 3/1/18
L Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer's Life by Pamela Hill Smith, read 4/6/18
E Ensnared by Dawn H. Hawkes, read 3/26/18
S Shell Game by Carol O'Connell, read 3/19/18
H Straight: The Surprisingly Short History Of Heterosexuality by Hanne Blank, read 3/23/18
ETCHED IN BONE
E As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes, read 7/16/18
T The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty, read 4/24/18
C Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb, read 3/3/18
H The Heart of the Lost Star by Megan Derr, read 4/28/18
E Be Courageous by Gabrielle Evans, read 7/11/18
D A Day Makes by Mary Calmes, read 3/5/18
I Immortal by Amy Lane, read 4/27/18
N Naga's Concubine by Scarlet Hyacinth, read 8/15/18
B The Bastard Prince by Megan Derr, read 3/16/18
O Obsession in Death by J.D. Robb, read 3/8/18
N Nailed to the Wall by Jayne Rylon, read 7/8/18
E Calculating Interactions by Flynn Eire, read 6/26/18
LAKE SILENCE
L Levi by Bailey Bradford, read 4/9/18
A After the Sunset by Mary Calmes, read 3/2/18
K Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right by Angela Nagle, read 3/21/18
E Complete Without Kids: An Insider's Guide to Childfree Living by Choice or Chance by Ellen L. Walker, read 7/13/18
S Poppy's Pleasure by Stormy Glenn, read 3/3/18
I Work in Progress by John Inman, read 3/19/18
L Winter Ball by Amy Lane, read 3/17/18
E Deadly Sting by Jennifer Estep, read 7/13/18
N The Nourisher by Mark Alders, read 6/18/18
C Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb, read 3/3/18
E The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson, read 8/9/18

NBRC The Anne Bishop's Reading Challenge
Duration: 2/1/18 - ?? (Open Ended)
Level: Terra Indigene (41+ books)
Books Read
Option 1: Read all books from The Others Series
✔ 1. Written in Red - 3/17/18 - *****
✔ 2. Murder of Crows - 3/17/18 - ****
✔ 3. Vision in Silver - 3/17/18 - ****
✔ 4. Marked in Flesh - 3/18/18 - *****
✔ 5. Etched in Bone - 3/18/18 - *****
✔ 6. Lake Silence - 3/9/18 - ****
Option 2: Spell it Out Titles
Written in Red
(view spoiler)
Murder of Crows
(view spoiler)
Vision In Silver
(view spoiler)
Marked in Flesh
(view spoiler)
Etched in Bone
(view spoiler)
Lake Silence
(view spoiler)

Tasks have been taken from scenes from the series books. Read along and find any of the below tasks
Written in Red (Others #1)
(view spoiler)
Murder of Crows (Others #2)
(view spoiler)
Vision in Silver (Others #3)
(view spoiler)
Marked in Flesh (Others #4)
(view spoiler)
Etched in Bone (Others #5)
(view spoiler)

The Anne Bishop's Reading Challenge
Duration: February 28, 2018-August 15, 2018
Level of Play: Terra Indigine: 41 + books
Option 2: Spell Out Titles, I'll start with this option and may add Option 1 later.
75/75 read
WRITTEN IN RED
W When the Dust Settles by Mary Calmes, read 3/2/18
R Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb, read 3/7/18
I Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust by Ina Garten, read 6/5/18
T A Tale of Two Trucks by Thea Nishimori, read 3/16/18
T Timing by Mary Calmes, read 3/2/18
E Road to Tara: The Life of Margaret Mitchell by Anne Edwards, read 4/24/18
N An Angry Wolf by Blair Nightingale, read 7/8/18
I Impossible by Vicktor Alexander, read 6/11/18
N Agent Chris by Blair Nightingale, read 7/8/18
R Delusion in Death by J. D. Robb, read 4/4/18
E Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, read 4/20/18
D Death by Cyanide: The Murder of Dr. Autumn Klein by Paula Reed Ward, read 4/7/18
MURDER OF CROWS
M The Guardian by Mary Calmes, read 3/7/18
U Ultimate Slow Cooker: 100 New and Delicious Recipes from the Queen of Slow Cooking by Sally Wise, read 3/5/18
R Memory in Death by J.D. Robb, read 4/4/18
D Death Trap by . William Phelps, read 3/28/18
E Moonstruck by Gabrielle Evans, read 3/5/18
R Brotherhood in Death by J.D. Robb, read 4/6/18
O Killing Critics by Carol O'Connell, read 3/13/18
F Frog by Mary Calmes, read 3/18/18
C The Cat’s Meow by Stormy Glenn, read 3/3/18
R Battle Born by Caitlin Ricci, read 4/12/18
O The Chalk Girl by Carol O'Connell, read 3/20/18
W Working Stiffs by Jana Downs, read 2/28/18
S A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas, read 4/29/18
VISION IN SILVER
V The Vampire's Touch by Stormy Glenn, read 3/5/18
I I'll Be Watching You by M. William Phelps, read 3/22/18
S Sullivan by Bailey Bradford, read 3/12/18
I It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History by Jennifer Wright, read 3/23/18
O Organic Chemistry by Andrew Grey, read 3/18/18
N Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming, read 4/11/18
I Payback by John Inman, read 4/5/18
N Nameless by Lili St Crow, read 3/18/18
S Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb, read 3/8/18
I Angels Of Darkness by Ilona Andrews, read 8/7/18
L Love Comes in Darkness by Andrew Grey, read 3/17/18
V Going Home by Max Vos, read 4/12/18
E The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff, read 5/13/18
R Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb, read 3/5/18
MARKED IN FLESH
M Fit to be Tied by Mary Calmes, read 3/15/18
A Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign by Johnathan Allen, read 5/26/18
R Promises in Death by J.D. Robb, read 3/8/18
K Christopher Kimball's Milk Street: The New Home Cooking by Christopher Kimball, read 3/5/18
E Esau by Bailey Bradford, read 3/11/18
D The Demon's Prince by Jo Penn, read 3/12/18
I Isaiah by Bailey Bradford, read 4/9/18
N From Ashes by K.M. Neuhold, read 6/19/18
F Festive in Death by J.D. Robb, read 3/1/18
L Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer's Life by Pamela Hill Smith, read 4/6/18
E Ensnared by Dawn H. Hawkes, read 3/26/18
S Shell Game by Carol O'Connell, read 3/19/18
H Straight: The Surprisingly Short History Of Heterosexuality by Hanne Blank, read 3/23/18
ETCHED IN BONE
E As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes, read 7/16/18
T The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty, read 4/24/18
C Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb, read 3/3/18
H The Heart of the Lost Star by Megan Derr, read 4/28/18
E Be Courageous by Gabrielle Evans, read 7/11/18
D A Day Makes by Mary Calmes, read 3/5/18
I Immortal by Amy Lane, read 4/27/18
N Naga's Concubine by Scarlet Hyacinth, read 8/15/18
B The Bastard Prince by Megan Derr, read 3/16/18
O Obsession in Death by J.D. Robb, read 3/8/18
N Nailed to the Wall by Jayne Rylon, read 7/8/18
E Calculating Interactions by Flynn Eire, read 6/26/18
LAKE SILENCE
L Levi by Bailey Bradford, read 4/9/18
A After the Sunset by Mary Calmes, read 3/2/18
K Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right by Angela Nagle, read 3/21/18
E Complete Without Kids: An Insider's Guide to Childfree Living by Choice or Chance by Ellen L. Walker, read 7/13/18
S Poppy's Pleasure by Stormy Glenn, read 3/3/18
I Work in Progress by John Inman, read 3/19/18
L Winter Ball by Amy Lane, read 3/17/18
E Deadly Sting by Jennifer Estep, read 7/13/18
N The Nourisher by Mark Alders, read 6/18/18
C Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb, read 3/3/18
E The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson, read 8/9/18
The Anne Bishop's Reading Challenge
Duration: 26/09/2018 - ?
Level of Play: Terra Indigine: 41 + books
Option 2: Spell Out Titles
Written in Red
(view spoiler)
Duration: 26/09/2018 - ?
Level of Play: Terra Indigine: 41 + books
Option 2: Spell Out Titles
Written in Red
(view spoiler)
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Lake Silence : New Release coming March 6, 2018
Since the mods have declared March to be Urban Fantasy month work your way through these levels of play to see if you are an Urban Fantasy fanatic
Duration: Open-ended
Levels of Play:
Human: 1-5 books
Simple Life: 6-15 books
Intuits: 16- 25 books
Cassandra Sangue: 26-40 books
Terra Indigine: 41 + books
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