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✵✵✵✵MIDWINTER READING MADNESS 2019✵✵✵✵**COMPLETED!**
February 12-March 12, 2019
My library is encouraging adult patrons to discover and read books that fulfill each listed requirement this winter.
4/4 TASKS COMPLETED
6 = TOTAL # OF BOOKS COMPLETED
✔1. TRY A NON-FICTION BOOK:
Try reading a book about science, history, current affairs or cooking.
H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
✔ 2. TRY AN AUDIO BOOK:
Listen to a new book or an old favorite.
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
✔ 3. TRY ROMANCE:
Try reading a romance novel.
The Curse of Misty Wayfair by Jaime Jo Wright
✔ 4. TRY SCIENCE FICTION:
Try reading a science fiction or fantasy book.
The Municipalists: A Novel by Seth Fried
***ADDITIONAL BOOKS READ***
1.
The Rent Collector by Camron Wright
2.
French Exit by Patrick deWitt
✵✵✵✵2019 ATY SUMMER READING CHALLENGE ✵✵✵✵✵✵COMPLETED!✵✵
June 1 - August 31, 2019
My Challenge Details-Message 81
12/12 tasks completed
JUNE
✔ 1. In The Summertime
☀️ Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in SUMMERTIME
The Milk Lady of Bangalore: An Unexpected Adventure by Shoba Narayan✔ 2. June, July, August
☀️ Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with J or A.
The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer✔ 3. Bloomsday
☀️ Read a book by an author who has the same first and last initials
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik✔ 4. Beach Reads
☀️ Read a book with a mostly yellow or blue cover
Recursion by Blake CrouchJULY
✔ 1. Summer in the City
☀️ Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in SUMMER IN THE CITY
Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow✔ 2. Travel the world
☀️Read a book set in a country other than the one you currently live in
The primary setting of this book is Parma, Italy.
Playing for Pizza by John Grisham✔ 3. Nelson Mandela Day
☀️ Read a book by an African author or a book set in an African country
This novel takes place in Nigeria.
Rosewater by Tade Thompson✔ 4. Winter Wonderland
❄️ Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title appears in WINTER WONDERLAND
NOS4A2 by Joe HillAUGUST
✔1. Summer Nights
☀️ Read a book published in a year that includes any two of the numbers 1, 9, 7, 8
published in 2019
The Whisper Man by Alex North ✔ 2. Summer is too short for bad books
☀️ Read a book published in 2019 that you have been looking forward to
Lent by Jo Walton✔ 3. International Beer Day
☀️ Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title appears in INTERNATIONAL BEER DAY
The Overstory by Richard Powers✔ 4. Back to School
☀️ Read a short book, defined as 200 pages or less.
An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
✵✵✵✵2019 ADULT SUMMER QUEST✵✵✵✵✵✵COMPLETED!✵✵
June 17-August 18, 2018
My library has just posted this year's summer challenge! I must try to complete the listed tasks and track my reading.
9/9 TASKS COMPLETED
TOTAL # OF BOOKS READ = 16
✔ 1. Try A New Genre: Expand your horizons and read something new!
[Sports Fiction]
Playing for Pizza by John Grisham
✔2. Whodunnit: Cozy up with a good mystery or thriller.
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
✔ 3. I Was Meant For The Stage: Check out and read a play or book of plays!
by Bertolt BrechtThe Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht
✔ 4. The Gift of Language: Read about the history or culture of another country, and then log onto Mango Languages and complete the first three lessons in a foreign language.
a. read book about Indian culture
The Milk Lady of Bangalore: An Unexpected Adventure by Shoba Narayan
b. completed 3 lessons of Tamil via the Mango program
✔5. Travel Through Time and Space: Check out one of our Museum Passes, and then come in and look up a book on that time or place to learn more about it.
a. Checked out a pass and visited Elmwood Park Zoo.
b. While there, I overheard a child ask his parent why they would keep a nearly extinct species, the Chacoan Peccary, in a zoo. I decided to read
Respecting Animals: A Balanced Approach to Our Relationship with Pets, Food, and Wildlife by David S. Favre as a means to formulate a good answer to this young one's question.
✔6. The Canon: Read a "classic" you've always meant to get to.
The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow
✔ 7. Say Cheese! : Use one of the libraries Book Snapshot lists to find a new read.
[Humor Fiction]
An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
✔8. Listen Carefully: Listen to an audiobook offered by the library.
Warcross by Marie Lu
✔ 9. Hoopla!: Use the hoopla resource/app to check out an ebook, comic, music album, or movie digitally!
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
***ADDITIONAL READS***
1. Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
2. Lent by Jo Walton
3. Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
4. Rosewater by Tade Thompson
5. Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
6. The Overstory by Richard Powers
7. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
✵✵✵✵2019 SUMMER CHALLENGE by THE READER✵✵✵✵✵✵COMPLETED!✵✵
May 23 - September 2, 2019 (STARTED 7/3-COMPLETED 8/27)
Challenge Details
I recently received an invitation to participate in this challenge and decided to add it to my growing list of summer reading activities!
7/7 TASKS COMPLETED
✔1. A book with a strong female protagonist
An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
✔2. A mystery or thriller written by an international author
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
✔3. A book that inspires you to travel
Strange Tales of World Travel: * bizarre * mysterious * horrible * hilarious * by Gina and Scott Gaille
✔4. A book from a diverse voice
Rosewater by Tade Thompson
✔ 5. A book in a mystery or thriller series
This book is the first of the Kindle County legal thriller series.
Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
✔ 6. A book that pairs well with wine
I suppose a Barolo would pair well with this book!
Lent by Jo Walton
✔ 7. A moving biography or memoir
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
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January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2025 (In Progress)
Challenge progress details
Read the 100 essential novels listed on the chart by the end of 2025.
4/10 TASKS FOR 2019 COMPLETED
40/100 TASKS FOR 2025 COMPLETED
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