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Start Date 6/4/18Goal 5/29
Skedaddle: 29+ books
01 - Wrapped and Strapped
02 - Hang Tough
03 - Racked and Stacked
04 - Commando Cowboys Find Their Desire
05 - Commando Cowboys Desire Their Queen
06 - Unridden
07 - Cowboy Lust
08 - The Last Cowboy in Texas
09 - Hot on Her Trail
10 - Going Cowboy Crazy
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Start: 01/06/18End: 31/08/18
Level: Skedaddle
Options: 3
Books Read: 29/29
Completed
Band Wagon
Read: 9/9
B - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 02/06/18
A - The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan 14/06/18
N - The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon 06/06/18
D - Foundation For Three by Vella Day 05/06/18
W - A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare 08/06/18
A - All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater 22/06/18
G - Turtles All the Way Down by John Green 04/05/18
O - Over the Hills and Far Away by Kelli Jean 06/06/18
N - No Quarter by Kelli Jean 06/06/18
Bull Riding
Read: 10/10
B - The Book of Dirt by Bram Presser 14/06/18
U - Unbearable Arms by Aya Morningstar 03/08/18
L - Entice by S. Layne 04/06/18
L - Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor 29/07/18
R - Knight, Heir, Prince by Morgan Rice 16/06/18
I - Into the Water by Paula Hawkins 11/08/18
D - Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones 15/06/18
I - The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz 21/07/18
N - Scythe by Neal Shusterman 10/06/18
G - Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee 27/07/18
Guns
Read: 4/4
G - Infinite Blue by Darren Groth 06/07/18
U - Undertaking Irene by Pamela Burford 31/08/18
N - Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon 18/08/18
S - The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton 28/06/18
Saloon
Read: 6/6
S - Everly by S.M. Shade 05/07/18
A - To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo 25/06/18
L - Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo 23/06/18
O - On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta 08/06/18
O - The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson 30/06/18
N - Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman 18/07/18
Start- 1/6/18End:
Level-Skedaddle
Option #3- Spell It Out
Books Read- 0/30+ books
1. Band Wagon
2. Bow and Arrows
3. Cattle Drive
4. Chuck Wagon Races
5. Cowboy Boots
6. Horseshoes
7. Outlaw
8. Rodeo
9. Stetson
10. Wrangler
I'm in!Level: Skedaddle (29+ Books
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Sounds Like Fun I'll do option #4 please.
Skedaddle
40/45 ( I may change this to the hardest level but I want to see how I start off).
B - Brianna Hale Soft Limits
A - Alice Clayton Wallbanger
R - Meli Raine A Harmless Little Game
E - Enraptured by Candace Camp
B - Bethany Claire Love Beyond Belief
A - Amanda McCabe A Notorious Woman
C - Crossfire Christmas
K - Lisa Kleypas Then Came You
R - Xander Rhodes character in Dark Mysteries
I - 14 Weeks Investigators series
D - Dearest Ivie J.R. Ward
I - Investigating Christmas
N - Prisoner of Night
G - Jessica Gadziala 367 Days
J - Julie Miller - KCPD Protector
E - Erik character in Viking Passion
A - Adam Lawrence character in Semiautomatic Marriage
N - Neighbor Dearest
S - Sara Fielding character in Dreaming of You
V - The Viscount Who Loved Me
A - Valoree Ainsley character in Lady Pirate
Q - The Texas Cowboy's Quadruplets
U - Unexpected Gifts
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R - Reap
O - An Offer From a Gentleman
B - To Sir Phillip, With Love Bridgerton Series
A - A Navesink Bank Christmas
R - Romancing Mister Bridgerton
B - Brenda Harlen The Maverick's Thanksgiving Baby
W - When He Was Wicked
I -
R - Reign
E - Eli character in Shane
C - Cash
O -
W - Wolf
B - Bethany Lopez 8 Weeks
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B - Barb Han Kidnapped at Christmas
O - The Omega character in The Thief
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T - The Triangle
S - Captive for the Sheikh's Pleasure
Option #3 — Spell It OutDuration: June 1, 2018 - June 1, 2019
Level: Skedaddle
Books Read: 32/29+
S — Maria V. Snyder, author of Poison Study
T — Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman
E — Cary Elwes, author of As You Wish
E — Erin, character in Something in the Water
R — Ronald, character in Men We Reaped
D — Dekarta, character in The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
A — Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give
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B — Delilah Bard, character in A Conjuring of Light
I — Iris Murdoch, author of The Sea, the Sea
N — Naomi Novik, author of Spinning Silver
G — George, character in I've Got You Under My Skin
B — Vincent Bugliosi, author of Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
R — Red Sister by Mark Lawrence
I — Iris, character in Metamorphoses
D — Darcy Coates, author of The Carrow Haunt
L — Lucy, character in The Hating Game
E — Elizabeth Camden, author of With Every Breath
T — Thornton Wilder, author of Our Town
R — Sara Rider, author of Make Me Fall
A — Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet by Jennifer Homans
I — Isobel, character in The Summer Wives
L — Leonora, character in Possession
J — John Tomasetti, character in Pray for Silence
E — Elian, character in To Kill a Kingdom
A — Abel, character in Breaking Silence
N — Nathan, character in Sworn to Silence
S — A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas
V — Valency, character in The Blue Castle
A — Albus Dumbledore, character in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
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E — Esther, character in Gone Missing
R — Jenifer Ringer, author of Dancing Through It: My Journey in the Ballet
O — Oonagh, character in Daughter of the Forest
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NBRC 26 Alphabet 25: Wild West Reading Challenge: A to Z (Spell-it-Out)28/31 complete
BULL RIDING
B - Brandon Sanderson; Mistborn: The Final Empire (Author) 1/10/22
U - Umberto Eco; The Name of the Rose 2/15/22 (Author)
L - Lost Souls by Tim Rangnow (Title) 1/30/22
L - Lanyon, Josh; The Mermaid Murders 4/16/22 (Author)
R - Reya Starck & Kirby Crow; Circuit Theory 4/8/22 (Author)
I -
D - Deborah Harkness; Shadow of Night 3/23/22 (Author)
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N - Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (Title) 1/3/22
G - Gibson, William; Burning Chrome 2/21/22 (Author)
COWBOY BOOTS
C - Christopher Moore; A Dirty Job 4/25/22 (Author)
O - Of Secrets and Wolves by Alice Winters (Title) 1/14/22
W - Werewolves in Their Youth by Michael Chabon 3/29/22 (Title)
B - Ben Aaronovitch; Midnight Riot (Author) 1/25/22
O - On Animals by Susan Orlean 3/6/22 (Title)
Y - Yesterday by Felicia Yap 3/2/2022 (Title)
B - Broken by Jenny Lawson 3/6/22 (Title)
O - Oates, Joyce Carol; Zombie 4/9/22 (Author)
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T - Tenth of December by George Saunders (Title) 1/29/22
S - Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman (Title) 2/2/22
✔️JEANS
J - Jennifer Egan; A Visit from the Goon Squad 4/27/22 (Author)
E - Elly Griffiths; The Crossing Places 4/2/22 (Author)
A - All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell (Title) 2/6/22
N - Nevill, Adam; Before You Sleep: Three Horrors 3/24/22 (Author)
S - Spellbreaker by Charlie N. Holmberg 2/19/22 (Title)
✔️STEER
S - The Spirit Siphon by Ben S. Dobson 4/13/22 (Title)
T - They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 3/11/22 (Title)
E - The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty 4/7/22 (Title)
E - Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson 7/4/22 (Title)
R - Rosenbloom, Megan; Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin (Author) 1/5/22
Start: 12/28/22
End: 12/27/23
Option 3
Skedaddle 12/36
Aperschnalzen (7/13)
A: Asimov, Isaac - I, Robot 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎 2/3/23
P: Pretty Little Liars - Sara Shepard 🐎 3/1/23
E: Episode Thirteen - Craig DiLouie 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎 5/15/23
R: Ryland Miller (char) Samurai Game - Christine Feehan 🐎🐎🐎🐎 3/18/23
S: Sleeping Dogs Lie - Samantha Downing 🐎🐎🐎🐎 2/25/23
C: Contagion - Erin Bowman 🐎🐎🐎 3/5/23
H: How to Survive Your Murder - Danielle Valentine 🐎🐎🐎🐎 3/19/23
N: Noah's Ark - Andrew J. Morgan 🐎🐎 1/25/23
A: Adage (char) The Whispering Dead - Darcy Coates 🐎🐎🐎 2/20/23
L: Lamar Giles - The Getaway 🐎🐎🐎🐎 2/4/23
Z: Zachary Ashford - Sole Survivor 🐎🐎🐎 5/27/23
E
N: The Night Shift - Alex Finlay 🐎🐎🐎🐎 2/12/23
✔Bronc (5/5)
B: The Batman Who Laughs - Scott Snyder 🐎🐎🐎🐎 2/14/23
R: Rachael (char) Dark of Night - Flesh and Fire - Jonathan Maberry 🐎🐎🐎 3/9/23
O: Olivia (char) The Fear - Charlie Higson 🐎🐎🐎🐎 2/21/23
N: Neil Gaiman - The Sandman: Overture 🐎🐎🐎🐎 3/4/23
C: Changeless - Gail Carriger 🐎🐎 2/16/23
Cowboy boots (6/11)
C: Cal O'Shea-Wallace (char) You'll Be the Death of Me - Karen M. McManus 🐎🐎🐎 12/28/22
O: O'Reilly, Shawn (char) A Midsummer Night's Scream - R.L. Stine 🐎🐎🐎🐎 1/4/23
W: William H. Armstrong - Sounder 🐎🐎🐎 6/6/23
B: Brandon Sanderson - Snapshot 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎 1/6/23
O: Ondine (char) The Deep - Alma Katsu 🐎🐎🐎🐎 1/21/23
Y
B: Beloved - Toni Morrison 🐎🐎🐎🐎 4/30/23
O: Owen Baxter (char) The Island - Adrian McKinty 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎 2/25/23
O: Oops I Ate a Vengeance Demon - Lauretta Hignett 🐎🐎🐎🐎 4/23/23
T: Two Truths and a Lie - April Henry🐎🐎🐎 1/27/23
S: Seth Grahame-Smith - How to Survive a Horror Movie: All the Skills to Dodge the Kills 🐎🐎🐎🐎 1/14/23
Leather (3/7)
L: Lore Olympus: Volume Three - Rachel Smythe 🐎🐎🐎🐎 3/10/23
E: The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde 🐎🐎🐎 2/7/23
A: Andrews, Ilona - Magic Bleeds 🐎🐎🐎🐎 1/9/23
T: Tim Meyer - Kill Hill Carnage 🐎🐎🐎 3/8/23
H: How You Ruined My Life - Jeff Strand 🐎🐎 1/2/23
E: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone - Benjamin Stevenson 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎 4/16/23
R: Rhodes, Natasha Final Destination #1: Dead Reckoning 🐎🐎🐎 4/13/23
A Beasts of Prey by Ayana GrayR Boy's Life by Robert McCammon
I Tigana (CH: Iberico)
Z Dragon Planet (C: Zero)
O The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (C: Ohan)
N No Tomorrow
A Her Steadfast Hero / Her Devoted Hero (N: Aiden Snow)
B The Boyfriend
U The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant
L Third Eye (C: Laurel)
L Desert Death-Song by Louis L'Amour
C Cross
O Wild Dark Shore (C: Orly)
W Foul Play Suspected by John Wyndham
B Beneath a Bloody Moon
O The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (C: Oin)
Y Yocandra in the Paradise of Nada
D Dr. Mitchell
U Undaunted
D The Butterfly Garden (C: Desmond)
E The Philosophy of Epictetus: Golden Sayings and Fragments by Epictetus
R The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569 - 1999
A Murder by Candlelight (C: Arbie)
N The Maze Runner (C: Newt)
C Fiction Land (C: John Croker)
H Hearts in Atlantis
E The Burning Issue of the Day (C: Emily)
A Sunset Park by Paul Auster
R Caught in the Light by Robert Goddard
P Pirates! Scoundrels Who Shook the World
F The Female Man
O Spellbreaker (C: Cuthbert Ogden)
A Small Island by Andrea Levy
L The Luminaries
G The Gustav Sonata
U The Cambridge Centenary Ulysses: The 1922 Text with Essays and Notes (T: Ulysses)
N How Superfoods Work by Julia Nordgren
S Spellslinger
H The Adventures of Brother Cadfael: A Collection of Chronicles (C: Hugh)
O The Mother (C: Owen)
R The World Inside by Robert Silverberg
S Shadowblack
E Eugene Onegin
S Blood Tingling Tales Vol. 1 by Steve Hudgins
I The Turn of the Key (N: Imogen Church)
N Night
D Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench
I Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
G Great Ladies: The Forgotten Witnesses to the Lives of Tudor Queens
E Beware the Past by Joy Ellis
N No Mardi Gras for the Dead
O Julia (C: O'Brian)
U Under An Italian Sky
S In Bitter Chill by Sarah Ward
P The Pavilion in the Clouds
E Elric of Melniboné
O One Small Mistake
P Blowback by Peter May
L The Lost for Words Bookshop
E The Case of the Missing Marquess (C: Enola Holmes)
J The Passengers by John Marrs
E Death Beside the Seaside (C: Emily)
A The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
N The Beatrix Potter Collection (C: Squirrel Nutkin)
S Sleeping Giants
K The Funhouse by Dean Koontz
I The Road Home (C: Ina)
C Quite Ugly One Morning by Christopher Brookmyre
K Bethany's Sin (C: Kay)
A As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
P Paladin's Hope
O Musashi (C: Otsu)
O The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (C: Toru Okada)
L Little, Big: Or, the Fairies' Parliament
A Around the World in 80 Novels
S Solomon's Song
S Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink
O Murder in the Air by Emily Organ
M Madame Bovary
U Le Morte d'Arthur (C: Uther)
S Summer at The Cosy Cottage Cafe
T Thomas Hardy
A And the Mountains Echoed
N Dead Man’s Grave by Neil Lancaster
G A Greedy Man in a Hungry World: How (almost) everything you thought you knew about food is wrong
O One More to Die
U The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway (A: Una)
T Flybot by Dennis E. Taylor
L The Librarian of Crooked Lane
A The Autumn of the Patriarch
W The Woman in White
P The Pillars of the Earth
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S So, Anyway...
S Cast Iron (C: Sophie)
E Essex Dogs
R Red Sky Mourning
A A Single Swallow
N Brick Lane (CFN: Nazneen)
C Heads You Lose (C: Inspector cockrill)
H Wasteland Warlords 1 by James A. Hunter
S
T The Dream Home
E The Empire
T Twenty Years After
S Sixth Column
O Say No More by Caroline Overington
N London Fields (C: Nicola)
T The Bees
R Russka
A Forbidden Mafia Prince (N: Aiden)
I Imager
L Interview with the Robot by Lee Bacon
U
S Fresh Water for Flowers (N: Sarah)
A All Better Now
V Vineland
A Anxious People
Q QualityLand
U
E Everything Is Lies
R Redemption River
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W The Wheel of Fortune
E Egypt, Greece and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean
S Smoky Joe's Cafe
T The Man Who Ate the World: In Search of the Perfect Dinner
E Mrs England (C: Mrs England)
R Rotten to the Core
N No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach
W Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide
R The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
A A Match Made in Venice
N The Night Gate
G Two Steps Forward by Graeme Simsion
L The Lonely Heart Attack Club
E Freeze Frame (C: Enzo)
R The Innocent and the Dead: a DI Jack Knox Murder Mystery by Rob McNeill
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This challenge lasts one year from the date you start
Option #1- Read books that have cowboys, or something from the Wild West incorporated in the story.
Option #2- Read books with Cowboys, horses, ranches, etc on the cover
Option #3 - Spell- it -Out (*) Using words from the list below ( not limited to the list)
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Aperschnalzen
Band Wagon
Barb Wire
Bareback riding
Barrel racing
Bed Roll
Belt Buckle
Bob
Bow and Arrows
Brand
Branding Iron
Bridle
Bronc
Bull Riding
Bull Roping
Bull Whip
Calf roping
Canteen
Cattle Drive
Chaps
Chuck Wagon Racing
Cowboy boots
Critter
Cutting
Dappled
Greenhorn
Guns
Heifer
Horses
Horseshoes
Jeans
Knobs
Leather
Leppy
Outfit
Outlaw
Ranch
Reins
Rodeo
Rope
Round Up
Saddle
Saloon
Spurs
Steer
Steer Daubing
Steer Wrestling
Stetson
Stirrup
Trail
Vaquero
Wrangler
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Option #4- Any combination of the above tasks
Examples of words for the spell-it-out challenge:
G-The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks
U-Undead and Unwed by Mary Janice Davidson
N-Fatal Affair by Marie Force character Nick Cappuano
S-Scythe by Neal Shusterman
( Inspired by https://blogs.transparent.com/english...)
Howdy Partner : 5 books
Greenhorn : 13 books
Wet Your Whistle : 21 books
Skedaddle : 29 books +
(*)Spell-it-Out Rules
Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audiobook narrators first or last name.
If you are reading a translated version, you can also use the first letter of the translator's first or last name.
As always, if the first letter of a title starts with ‘A’, ‘An’, ‘The’, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.
* Note:
In 2013 we started this challenge, and we've now decided to start a new thread for the challenge to freshen it up a bit! You can find the old thread HERE