July - Light Spell Out Challenge

[Rachael]

LIGHT SPELL OUT CHALLENGE
Duration: July 1 - July 31, 2018

We just passed summer solstice and the days are full of light. Let's bring back an oldie but a goldie and spell it out! For this challenge choose a word that relates to light and spell out that word with books. You can use ANY of the first letters of the main words in a title of a book (don't use words like "a", "an", "the", or "of") or the initials of its authors.

Example: Candles produce light.

C: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (our group read for this month!)
A: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
N: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
D: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson
L: Life of Pi by Yann Martel
E: A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
S: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green


Claire will be leading this challenge. Thank you!

[[deleted user]]

I'm in! I choose the word LANTERN.

Duration: July 1 - 31, 2018

***COMPLETE***

✔️ L: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 14.07.2018 ★★★★★
✔️ A: American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis 27.07.2018 ★★☆☆☆
✔️ N: Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 29.07.2018 ★★★★★
✔️ T: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare 29.07.2018 ★★★★☆
✔️ E: Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon 15.07.2018 ★★★★☆
✔️ R: The Ruined Map by Kōbō Abe 31.07.2018 ★☆☆☆☆
✔️ N: The Ninth Life of Louis Drax by Liz Jensen 22.07.2018 ★★☆☆☆

L A N T E R N

7/7

[Meghan L]

I'm in with the word TWINKLE (I changed my mind.)

0/7

T: Two Princes of Summer
W: From Twinkle, with Love
I:
N: No Ordinary Star
K:Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens / Peter and Wendy
L: Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson
E: Tangerine by Edward Bloor

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

I'm in. I'll try for GLOW (I think)

0/4

G:
L: Little Fires Everywhere
O:
W: Wicked

[Nina]

That challange is amazing! I love the idear, but as i have a extremly busy month i have to go for a short word. My word will be "wave".

2/4

W : The Winter People
✔️A : AchtNacht3⭐️
✔️V :Vampire Academy 3⭐️
E : Emma

[Vicky]

I like it, but not sure I'll manage all of these. Worth a go though, right?

F: The Fire Gospel by Michel Faber
L: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
A: The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
M: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
E: The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue
S: The Sealwoman's Gift by Sally Magnusson

[Mie]

I will go for 4 books - 4/4 - COMPLETE ✔️

✅ S - Små påsatte brande - 3⭐️
✅ T - Twisted - 4⭐️
✅ A - Agatha Christie/While the Light Lasts - 3⭐️
✅ R - Elephants Can Remember - 4⭐️

[Ashley]

I will attempt 5 books
5/5 - COMPLETE

✅ F - Fatal Burn
✅ L - Mystery at Shadow Lake
✅ A - Out of Africa
✅ M - Cat and Mouse
✅ E - Eragon

[Claire]

I think I'll go for 6:

Summer light is BRIGHT!

B - The Burma Spring: Aung San Suu Kyi and the New Struggle for the Soul of a Nation
R - The River's Memory
I - Improvement
G - Gateway to the Moon
H - Her Name Is Rose
T - Two Steps Forward

6/6 Challenge complete! 7/27

[Claire]

Welcome to the July LIGHT SPELL OUT CHALLENGE

Hello, everyone! I will be leading this challenge. I can't wait to see what words everyone will be spelling!

PARTICIPANTS:

Allie - 0/4
Angela - 2/3
Anna - 7/7 challenge complete 7/31!
Ashley - 5/5 challenge complete 7/29!
Brittany - 6/6 challenge complete 7/31!
Cassandra - 0/6
Chris - 8/8 challenge complete 7/31!
Claire - 6/6 challenge complete 7/27!
Debra - 8/8 challenge complete 7/26!
Dlyn - 5/5 challenge complete 7/23!
Elina - 6/6 challenge complete 7/31!
Hafsa - 4/4 challenge complete 7/31!
Jenny - 6/6 challenge complete 7/31!
Jessica - 0/3
Jhuma - 3/3 challenge complete 7/11!
Katie - 0/5
Kristin - 2/5
Kristy - 0/9
Lynn - 8/8 challenge complete 7/17!
matilde - 1/4
Megan - 8/8 challenge complete 7/30!
Megan BG -5/5 challenge complete 7/31!
Meghan - 0/7
Mie - 4/4 challenge complete 7/5!
Nicole - 5/5 challenge complete 7/18!
Nikki - 5/5 challenge complete 7/27!
Nina - 0/4
Robin - 2/4
Samantha - 1/8
SarahKat - 4/4 challenge complete 7/28!
Shaelyn - 0/7
Siren - 2/5
Suaad (I just want a cat) - 4/4 challenge complete 7/21!
Thing 2 - 0/4
Vicky - 1/6

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[Nikki]

My word will be FLASH, we'll see if I can finish all my books :)

5/5 --- Challenge Complete!

F: Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah✔7/27/18
L: Hate List by Jennifer Brown✔ 7/11/18
A: The Dive From Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer ✔ 7/3/18
S: Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King✔7/11/18
H: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe✔ 7/17/18

[Megan BG]

5/5

B: The Book of Essie
U: I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons
L: Disjointed Lives
B: Girl Walks into a Bar . . .: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle
S: Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song

[Lynn]

...

Going to try for GLEAMING

Light Spell Out Challenge
Duration: July 1 - July 31, 2018
8/8 COMPLETE

G -- Gods of Howl Mountain 07/17/18 ✔
L -- Never Let Me Go - 07/11/18 ✔
E -- Everyone Brave is Forgiven - 07/06/18 ✔
A -- All the Flowers Are Dying - 07/03/18 ✔
M -- Mask Market - 07/09/18 ✔
I -- Island of the Mad - 07/01/18 ✔
N -- And Then There Were None - 07/07/18 ✔
G -- Wandering Ghost - 07/12/18 ✔

Edited 07/17/18

[Allie]

I will be doing Glow. I’m so excited for this challenge!!
G- The Grip of It
L- Little fires Everywhere
O- Of Fire and Stars
W- The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

[Brittany]

Going to try for 6 with the word luster.

L - Lullabies for Little Criminals
U - Unbreak My Heart
S - The Story of Doctor Dolittle
T - These Broken Stars
E - Everything Here Is Beautiful
R - Rebels, Volume 1: A Well-Regulated Militia

[[deleted user]]

I am totally in for this challenge! I want to read a 5 books with the word SPARK.

0/5

S - A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
P - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
A - The Thinnest Air by Minka Kent
R - The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
K - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

[Debra]

I'm in using the word SUNSHINE total 8 books.
S- The Summer I Died
U- Unstuck: Escape Spiritual Stagnation, Experience Abundant Life
N- Night Slashers
S- Skinny Me
H- The Haunting of Rachel Harroway, Book 1
I- The Island
N- Name and Number
E- Everything She Ever Wanted

[Robin]

I will try FIRE
F The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
I The Isle of the Lost by Melissa De La Cruz
R
E The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld

[Kristy]

F-Fahrenheit 451
I-This Is Where I Leave You
R-The Rest of us Just live here
E-Edge
W-How to be a good wife
O-Once upon a day
R-The revenge of the radioactive lady
K-Kira-kira
S-schindler's list

[Mie]

Update msg 7: 1/4
✅ A for Agatha Christie (While the Light Lasts) - 3⭐️

[Elina]

I'm going for Candle
6/6
C - Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi ★★☆☆☆
A - History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera ★★★☆☆
N - I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson★★★★☆
D - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon ★★★☆☆
L - Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller ★★★☆☆
E - The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw ★★★☆☆

[Suaad (I just want a cat)]

Yay this is gonna be fun! I'll go with Glow
G: Geekerella
L: Little Fires Everywhere
O: The Ocean at the End of the Lane or Out of the Blue
W: Warcross OR A Wrinkle in Time

*Edit: added another book to O

[Claire]

Mie wrote: "Update msg 7: 1/4
✅ A for Agatha Christie (While the Light Lasts) - 3⭐️"

Woohoo! That was fast!

[Mie]

Claire wrote: "Mie wrote: "Update msg 7: 1/4
✅ A for Agatha Christie (While the Light Lasts) - 3⭐️"

Woohoo! That was fast!"

Well, I DID start it early, but timed it so that I finished it this morning... 😉 And went straight on to another book, that I just couldn’t put down, so here is another one, hahaha..

2/4
✅ T - Twisted - 4⭐️

[Claire]

Mie wrote: "Claire wrote: "Mie wrote: "Update msg 7: 1/4
✅ A for Agatha Christie (While the Light Lasts) - 3⭐️"

Woohoo! That was fast!"

Well, I DID start it early, but timed it ..."

:) :) :)

[Gabby]

I'm in for FIRE, but not sure if I will accomplish all of it :)

[Hafsa | حفصہ]

I'm in for LAMP!
4/4

◑ L = Love Story by Erich Segal. (L from Love)
◑ A = I Hope My Voice Doesn't Skip by Alicia Cook. (A from Alicia)
◑ M = If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo. (M from Meredith)
◑ P = Puerto Rico Strong by Hazel Newlevant (P from Puerto)

[Angela]

This is the first challenge I am joining. This was fun to think of a word based off of books I already wanted to read. I am going with the word 'bug' as in 'lightning bug'.

B=Ghost Boys
U=Unselfie
G=Gifts of Imperfection

[Claire]

Angela wrote: "This is the first challenge I am joining. This was fun to think of a word based off of books I already wanted to read. I am going with the word 'bug' as in 'lightning bug'.

B=Ghost Boys
U=Unselfi..."
Welcome to the challenge! Once you get one done, you'll want to join all of them!

[Katie]

My word: SPARK

1/5 books

S-
P- Perfect Is Boring: 10 Things My Crazy, Fierce Mama Taught Me about Beauty, Booty, and Being a Boss
A-
R-
K-

[matilde]

I´m in!

My word: MOON
M - A Court of Mist and Fury
O
O
N

[Jessica]

I'm in.

0/3 books

S -
K -
Y -

[Megan]

I'll join in for 8!

C - Seduced By The Heart Surgeon by Carol Marinelli - completed
A - Artemis by Andy Weir - completed
M - The Murder House by James Patterson - completed
P - The Traitor Prince by C.J. Redwine - completed
F - The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen - completed
I - Falling into Place by Amy Zhang - completed
R - The Lying Game by Ruth Ware - completed
E - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - completed

8/8 - challenge completed!

[Brittany]

Update for message 17:

I finished Lullabies for Little Criminals for the letter L.

[Mie]

Update msg 7: 3/4
✅ R - Elephants Can Remember - 4⭐️

[Jhuma]

I have an exam coming up this month, so I can't do much reading so I have a small goal.

My word: SUN

S - The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
U - Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
N - Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

Challenge Completed: 1/3

[Suaad (I just want a cat)]

Update message 24

Done with G: Geekerella - 3🌟

[Lynn]

Finished my first two books and updated Message 15 -- 2/8


G
L
E
A -- All the Flowers Are Dying - 07/03/18 ✔
M
I -- Island of the Mad - 07/01/18 ✔
N
G

[[deleted user]]

Completed 1/5

S
P
A
R - The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur - 07/02/18
K

[matilde]

Update to message 33: 1 book finished. Now of to finding books titles with O´s and N´s in them

[Megan]

Just completed my book for "F" - The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen. This series was not entirely nonredeemable. True, the author took some really sick turns and there were still major gaps in her plot line at the end. But I liked the inevitable conclusion of what would a truly good citizen give up to ensure that their beloved country was able to survive and thrive. That ending saved the series for me. It contained real emotion. But some of the twisted stuff in the middle was unnecessary and distracted from the overall plot. Worth reading but be warned. 3.5 stars

1/8

[Vicky]

It looks like mine are going to move around a bit, but here goes:

F - A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
L
A - The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
M
E
S

2/6

[Mie]

Update msg 7: 4/4 - COMPLETE ✔️
✅ S - Små påsatte brande - 3⭐️

[Brittany]

Update for message #17

I finished These Broken Stars for T today. 2/6 completed.

[Megan BG]

L: Disjointed Lives

S: Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song

[Ashley]

Update to message 8
1/5
finished Fatal Burn

[Cassandra]

I'm going for six books.

[Jhuma]

Updated Message #38

The Light Between Oceans

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

1/4

O: Origin by Dan Brown

[Hafsa | حفصہ]

Updated Message #29

1/4

L: Love Story by Erich Segal.