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Guster (2019) Reading Challenge
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Supermod's Guster Reading Challenge
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“Careful” – Read a book that you borrowed from someone (and had to return in pristine condition)
“Keep it Together” – Read a book that keeps freaking you right the fuck out
“Starless Heaven” – Read a book at the beach
Ganging Up on the Sun (2006)
“Satellite” – Read a book that takes place primarily at night
“Manifest Destiny” – Read a book that someone randomly selects for you off your bookshelf
“Dear Valentine” – Read a book that takes place on or around a holiday
Satellite EP (2007) COMPLETE!!!!!
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“This Could All Be Yours” – Read a self-help or motivational book
“Bad Bad World” – Read a book in which the title contains the same word twice
“Hercules” – Read a book about a mythological character
On the Ocean EP (2011)
“Big White Bed” – Read a book in bed, and only in bed
Evermotion (2015)
“Long Night” – Read a book that kept you up all night
Look Alive (2019)
“Hard Times” – Read a book you borrowed from the library
“Terrified” – Read a horror book
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Off Parachute:
- “Love for Me” – Read a love story
Off Lost and Gone Forever:
- “Center of Attention” – Read a book written in first person
Off Keep it Together:
- “Diane” – Read a book with a female protag
Off Ganging Up on the Sun:
- “Empire State” – Read a book that takes place in NYC or is written by an author who calls NYC home
Off Evermotion:
- “Gangway” – Read a book with just one word in the title
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Off Parachute:
- “Parachute” – Take the plunge and read a book in a genre you don’t normally read
Off Goldfly:
- “Bury Me” – Read a book in which a character dies
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Parachute:
- “Mona Lisa” – Read a book about art or that features art
Lost and Gone Forever:
- "Rainy Day" - Read a book on a rainy day
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Satallite EP
- “Rise & Shine” – Spend the morning reading a book and take credit here
Evermotion
- “Simple Machine” – Read a digital book
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Goldfly
- “Perfect” – Read a book about drugs and drug use
Keep it Together
- “Homecoming King” – Read a book about high school or a book that features teenagers
Evermotion
- “Doin’ it By Myself” – Read a book in which the protag is a hermit/antisocial/lonely
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(not yet on Goodreads, releases end of March)
Parachute
- “Happy Frappy” – Read a book that takes place near or on a river
Lost and Gone Forever
- “Fa Fa” – Read a book that features a made – up language or dialect
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Parachute
- “Window” – Read a book with an inanimate object in the title
- “Eden” – Read a book about temptation
Keep it Together
- “Ramona” – Read a book written by someone who identifies as female
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Keep it Together
- “Red Oyster Cult” – Read a book that features a mother or focuses on the character’s relationship with their mother
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Parachute
- “Cocoon” – Read a book while you’re wrapped up in a blanket, or under the sheets in bed
Keep it Together
- “Untitled Hidden Track” – Read a book that you uncovered accidentally
Evermotion
- “Lazy Love” – Read a book instead of doing anything else and take credit for your procrastination here
I read this on the coldest day of the year.... double negative digits this morning!!!!!
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Keep it Together
- “Backyard” – Read a book written by an author from your hometown/city/state
Book 11: The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker
Evermotion
- “Endlessly” – Read a book and take credit for it here if it felt like it was never going to end
- “Expectation” – Read a book and if it didn’t meet your expectations, take credit here
Look ALive
- “Mind Kontrol” – Give into the hype and read a book that everyone else is talking about
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Lost and Gone Forever
- “What You Wish For” – Read a book that was on your wishlist
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Easy Wonderful
- “Well” – Read a book that takes you down a weird, trippy rabbit hole
- “Lost at Sea” – Read a book and if it made it absolutely no sense to you, take credit here
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Lost and Gone Forever
- “All the Way Up to Heaven” – Read a book in your coziest, most favorite reading spot
Look Alive
- “When You Go Quiet” – Read a book that you get totally, 100% absorbed in and take credit for it here
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Goldfly
- “Great Escape” – Read a book while you’re on a road trip, or in which a portion of the book takes place in a car
Keep it Together
- “Amsterdam” – Read a book set in a different country
Ganging Up on the Sun
- “The Captain” – Read a book that takes place on the ocean or on a ship/boat
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Evermotion
- “Farewell” – Read the last book written by an author
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Goldfly
- “Medicine” – Take a sick day and read a book
It wasn't a sick day perse. I asked my boss for a last minute vacation day today due to the anticipated storm and spent it reading this book!
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Ganging Up on the Sun
- “C’mon” – Read a book that didn’t sit well with you
Easy Wonderful
- “This is How it Feels to Have a Broken Heart” – Read a book that takes place during a war or features a character who has served in a war
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Goldfly
- “Demons” – Read a book that features an evil entity or someone with evil intent
Easy Wonderful
- “That’s No Way to Get into Heaven” – Read a book in which the main character(s) does something wicked
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Ganging Up on the Sun
- “The Beginning of the End” – Read a book about the end of the world
Look Alive
- “Don’t Go” – Read a book and if it made you wish it had never ended, take credit for it here
This collection was waaaaay too good and waaaaay too short!!
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Parachute
- “Dissolve” – Read a book and take credit here if it didn’t leave a lasting impression
Keep it Together
- “Two at a Time” – Read a book written by two authors
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Keep it Together
- “Jesus on the Radio” – Listen to a bookish podcast or an audiobook
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Parachute
- “The Prize” – Read a book about someone who’s lost themselves
Goldfly
- “Getting Even” – Read a book about revenge
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Parachute
-“Fall in Two” – Read a book with a number in the title
Evermotion
- “It is Just What it is” – Read a book that’s pretty straightforward
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Easy Wonderful
- “Do What You Want” – Read whatever floats your boat and take credit for it here
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Lost and Gone Forever
- “Happier” – Read whatever the fuck you want and take credit for it here
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Satellite EP
- “I’m Through” – If you’re reading a book that you’re just not into, DNF it and take credit here
I DNFd this on audio. Just could not get into it.
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Satellite EP
- “Timothy Leary” – Read a book with a man’s name in the title
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Easy Wonderful
- “Stay with Me Jesus” – Read a book that features religion or is about a religious conspiracy
While not intentionally about religion, the essay collection is about the author's experience in the south and religion and religious situations do appear.
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Easy Wonderful
- “Architects & Engineers” – Read a book that takes place in a city
(this book is forthcoming and not yet on goodreads)
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Satellite
- “G Major” – Read a book about music or that features a band or musician
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Keep it Together
- “Long Way Down” – Read a book written in third person
- “I Hope Tomorrow is Like Today” – Read a book that takes place in the future
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Goldfly
“X-Ray Eyes” – Read a book about a superhero or someone with strange powers
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It would appear all of the songs I could've applied to this book are already applied to others. poo.
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Lost and Gone Forever
- “I Spy” – Read a book from your TBR pile that is on one of your friend’s bookshelves
It's on Danger Slater's shelves.
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Ganging Up on the Sun
- “One Man Wrecking Machine” – Read a Sci-Fi book (extra points if it features time travel)
Easy Wonderful
- “Jonah” – Read a book that features a giant fish or whale
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It would appear all of the songs I could've applied to this book are already applied to others. poo again.
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Lost and Gone Forever
- “Barrel of a Gun” – Read a book written by or featuring a movie star
Look Alive
- “Overexcited” – Read a book you could not wait to get your hands on
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Easy Wonderful
- "On the Ocean" – Read a book that is dark and foreshadowing
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Look Alive
- “Hello Mr Sun” – Go outside, sit in the sun, and read a book, then take credit for it here
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Ganging Up On the Sun
- “The New Underground” – Read a book that takes place in a dystopian setting/time, or features a cult
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Evermotion
- “Kid Dreams” – Read a book that features a child protagonist
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On the Ocean EP
- “Every Moment” – Read a book that you just can’t put down/stop thinking about
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Ganging Up on the Sun
- “Lightning Rod” – Read a Cli-Fi book (a book that features climate change or strange weather)
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Easy Wonderful
- “What You Call Love” – Read a book in your favorite genre
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Look Alive
“Look Alive” – Read a book about zombies or dead people
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Easy Wonderful
“Jesus and Mary” – Read a book that features angels or a rapture/biblical end times
(this one is a bit of a stretch. It's a post apocalyptic story that has a cultish relgious ascention fanatic in it.)
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“Fall in Two” – Read a book with a number in the titleJoy: And 52 Other Very Short Stories by Erin McGraw“Mona Lisa” – Read a book about art or that features artThe Woman Who Lived Amongst the Cannibals by Robert Kloss“Love for Me” – Read a love storyWomen by Chloe Caldwell“Window” – Read a book with an inanimate object in the titleTonic and Balm by Stephanie Allen“Eden” – Read a book about temptationTonic and Balm by Stephanie Allen“Scars & Stitches” – Read a used book, the more banged up the better
“The Prize” – Read a book about someone who’s lost themselvesYou Who Enter Here by Erika T Wurth“Dissolve” – Read a book and take credit here if it didn’t leave a lasting impressionGirl Zoo by Aimee Parkinson and Carol Guess“Cocoon” – Read a book while you’re wrapped up in a blanket, or under the sheets in bedThe Bar Is Low by Benjamin DeVos“Happy Frappy” – Read a book that takes place near or on a riverSeverance by Robert Fanning“Parachute” – Take the plunge and read a book in a genre you don’t normally readThe Last Thing I'll Ever Write by Adam LauverGoldfly (1997) COMPLETE!!!!
“Great Escape” – Read a book while you’re on a road trip, or in which a portion of the book takes place in a carThe Word for Woman Is Wilderness by Abi Andrews“Demons” – Read a book that features an evil entity or someone with evil intentLimbs: A Love Story by Tim Meyer“Perfect” – Read a book about drugs and drug useWelfare by Steve Anwyll“Airport Song” – Read a book that you picked up at an airport, or that features an airplane/airportFull Throttle by Joe Hill“Medicine” – Take a sick day and read a bookSea Monsters by Chloe Aridjis“X-Ray Eyes” – Read a book about a superhero or someone with strange powersThe Story of the Y by Ben Arzate“Grin” – Read a book that makes you feel goodRoad Warrior Hawk: Poems about Depression, Anxiety and Pop Culture by Brian Alan Ellis“Getting Even” – Read a book about revengeYou Who Enter Here by Erika T Wurth“Bury Me” – Read a book in which a character diesThe Last Thing I'll Ever Write by Adam Lauver“Rocketship” – Read a book that takes place in outer spaceMars by Asja BakicLost and Gone Forever (1999) COMPLETE!!!!!
“What You Wish For” – Read a book that was on your wishlistThe Quiet Part Loud by Tyler Barton“Barrel of a Gun” – Read a book written by or featuring a movie starSong for the Unraveling of the World by Brian Evenson“Either Way” – Read a book you’ve been on the fence aboutDead Astronauts by Jeff Vandermeer“Fa Fa” – Read a book that features a made – up language or dialectSeverance by Robert Fanning“I Spy” – Read a book from your TBR pile that is on one of your friend’s bookshelvesPixel Boy in Poetry World by ST Cartledge“Center of Attention” – Read a book written in first personWomen by Chloe Caldwell“All the Way Up to Heaven” – Read a book in your coziest, most favorite reading spotFierce Pretty Things: Stories by Tom Howard“Happier” – Read whatever the fuck you want and take credit for it hereGristle: Weird Tales by Jordan A Rothacker“So Long” – Read a book with more than 400 pagesWanderers by Chuck Wendig“Two Points for Honesty” – Read a book that someone recommends to you and then tell them what you honestly thought of itSuspicious Minds by Gwenda Bond“Rainy Day” – Read a book on a rainy dayThe Woman Who Lived Amongst the Cannibals by Robert Kloss